US11605751B2
A device for detecting UV radiation, comprising: a SiC substrate having an N doping; a SiC drift layer having an N doping, which extends over the substrate; a cathode terminal; and an anode terminal. The anode terminal comprises: a doped anode region having a P doping, which extends in the drift layer; and an ohmic-contact region including one or more carbon-rich layers, in particular graphene and/or graphite layers, which extends in the doped anode region. The ohmic-contact region is transparent to the UV radiation to be detected.
US11605747B2
A solar energy collector includes: a solar energy collection tube having an absorption medium flow path for allowing an absorption medium to flow therethrough; a lens configured to concentrate solar energy on the solar energy collection tube; and an actuator configured to move the solar energy collection tube or the lens based on an incidence angle of the solar energy so that the solar energy is focused on the solar energy collection tube.
US11605736B2
Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are provided. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a fin extending from a substrate, a gate structure over a channel region of the fin, a source/drain contact over a source/drain region of the fin, a spacer extending along a sidewall of the gate structure, a liner extending along a sidewall of the source/drain contact, a gate contact via over and electrically coupled to the gate structure, and a source/drain contact via over and electrically coupled to the source/drain contact. The gate contact via extends through a first dielectric layer such that a portion of the first dielectric layer interposes between the gate contact via and the spacer. The source/drain contact via extends through a second dielectric layer such that a portion of the second dielectric layer interposes between the source/drain contact via and the liner.
US11605732B2
A power device includes a silicon carbide substrate. A gate is provided on a first side of the silicon carbide substrate. A graded channel includes a first region having a first dopant concentration and a second region having a second dopant concentration, the second dopant concentration being greater than the first dopant concentration.
US11605728B2
A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first nanowire structure over a second nanowire structure, a gate stack wrapping around the first nanowire structure and the second nanowire structure, a source/drain feature adjoining the first nanowire structure and the second nanowire structure, a gate spacer layer over the first nanowire structure and between the gate stack and the source/drain feature, and an inner spacer layer between the first nanowire structure and the second nanowire structure and between the gate stack and the source/drain feature. The gate spacer layer has a first carbon concentration, the inner spacer has a second carbon concentration, and the second carbon concentration is lower than the first carbon concentration.
US11605723B2
Some embodiments include integrated memory having an array of access transistors. Each access transistor includes an active region which has a first source/drain region, a second source/drain region and a channel region. The active regions of the access transistors include semiconductor material having elements selected from Groups 13 and 16 of the periodic table. First conductive structures extend along rows of the array and have gating segments adjacent the channel regions of the access transistors. Heterogenous insulative regions are between the gating segments and the channel regions. Second conductive structures extend along columns of the array, and are electrically coupled with the first source/drain regions. Storage-elements are electrically coupled with the second source/drain regions. Some embodiments include a transistor having a semiconductor oxide channel material. A conductive gate material is adjacent to the channel material. A heterogenous insulative region is between the gate material and the channel material.
US11605719B2
Semiconductor device structures with a gate structure having different profiles at different portions of the gate structure may include a fin structure on a substrate, a source/drain structure on the fin structure, and a gate structure over the fin structure and along a sidewall of the fin. The source/drain structure is proximate the gate structure. The gate structure has a top portion having a first sidewall profile and a bottom portion having a second sidewall profile different from the first sidewall profile.
US11605717B2
A semiconductor structure and a method of making the same includes a first recessed region in a semiconductor structure, the first recessed region defining a first opening with a first positive tapering profile, as at least part of the first positive tapering profile, widening the first opening in a direction towards a top source/drain region of the semiconductor structure at a first tapering angle, and a top source/drain contact within the first opening, the top source/drain contact surrounding a surface of the top source/drain region. The semiconductor structure further includes a protective liner located at an interface between a bottom portion of the top source/drain region, a top spacer adjacent to the top source/drain region and a dielectric material between two consecutive top source/drain regions, the protective liner protects the top source/drain regions during contact patterning.
US11605711B2
A semiconductor device includes an active pattern on a substrate, a source/drain pattern on the active pattern, a channel pattern connected to the source/drain pattern, the channel pattern including semiconductor patterns stacked and spaced apart from each other, a gate electrode extending across the channel pattern, and inner spacers between the gate electrode and the source/drain pattern. The semiconductor patterns include stacked first and second semiconductor patterns. The gate electrode includes first and second portions, which are sequentially stacked between the substrate and the first and second semiconductor patterns, respectively. The inner spacers include first and second air gaps, between the first and second portions of the gate electrode and the source/drain pattern. The largest width of the first air gap is larger than that of the second air gap.
US11605709B2
In an embodiment, an integrated circuit (IC) device comprises a semiconductor substrate, an isolation region and an active region disposed on the semiconductor substrate, a gate stack disposed over the active region, and a source and a drain disposed in the active region and interposed by the gate stack in a first direction. The active region is at least partially surrounded by the isolation region. A middle portion of the active region laterally extends beyond the gate stack in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction.
US11605708B2
Integrated circuit devices and methods of forming the same are provided. Integrated circuit devices may include a first active region including a first vertical field effect transistor (VFET), a second active region including a second VFET, and a diffusion break between the first active region and the second active region on a substrate. The diffusion break may include first and second isolation layers in the substrate and a diffusion break channel region protruding from a portion of the substrate. The portion of the substrate may be between the first isolation layer and the second isolation layer. In some embodiments, the first and second isolation layers may be adjacent to respective opposing sidewalls of the diffusion break channel region.
US11605707B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type having a first main surface at one side and a second main surface at another side, a trench gate structure including a gate trench formed in the first main surface of the semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode embedded in the gate trench via a gate insulating layer, a trench source structure including a source trench formed deeper than the gate trench and across an interval from the gate trench in the first main surface of the semiconductor layer, a source electrode embedded in the source trench, and a deep well region of a second conductivity type formed in a region of the semiconductor layer along the source trench, a ratio of a depth of the trench source structure with respect to a depth of the trench gate structure being not less than 1.5 and not more than 4.0, a body region of the second conductivity type formed in a region of a surface layer portion of the first main surface of the semiconductor layer between the gate trench and the source trench, a source region of the first conductivity type formed in a surface layer portion of the body region, and a drain electrode connected to the second main surface of the semiconductor layer.
US11605697B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel having a display substrate on which a plurality of pad terminals is disposed, and a driving unit having a plurality of driving terminals electrically connected to the plurality of pad terminals. Each of the plurality of pad terminals includes a stepped groove that faces a corresponding driving terminal of the plurality of driving terminals or each of the plurality of pad terminals includes an opening hole that faces the corresponding driving terminal of the plurality of driving terminals.
US11605695B2
A display device includes a display panel including a display substrate and a connection pad disposed on a side surface of the display substrate, and a circuit board including a base board, and a driving pad disposed on the base board to face the connection pad and being in electrical contact with the connection pad. The connection pad includes a top surface, at least a portion of which is recessed to define a recessed space and facing the base board, and a bottom surface facing the side surface of the display substrate. The driving pad is disposed in the recessed space.
US11605694B2
A display apparatus includes: a substrate; a plurality of unit display portions, each including a thin film transistor located on the substrate and including at least one inorganic layer, a display element electrically connected to the thin film transistor, and a planarization layer located between the thin film transistor and the display element; and an encapsulation layer sealing each of the plurality of unit display portions, the planarization layer including a recess that is concave in a depth direction from a side of the display element.
US11605693B2
A display apparatus including a flexible substrate, the flexible substrate including a first area where an image is displayed, a second area separated from the first area, and a bending area between the first area and the second area; a display on the first area of the substrate; a pad on the second area of the substrate; and a plurality of wirings on the substrate, the plurality of wirings including a first wiring having a first shape; and a second wiring having a second shape that is different from the first shape, the first wiring and the second wiring passing through the bending area.
US11605691B2
A display device includes: a base layer including a display area (DA) and a non-DA; a circuit element layer on the base layer and including: a power supply electrode (PSE) overlapping the non-DA, circuit elements, and a shielding electrode connected to the PSE and overlapping some of the circuit elements; a display element layer on the circuit element layer and including: a light emitting element including a first electrode, a light emitting unit, and a second electrode, and a connection electrode connecting the second electrode to the PSE and including first through-holes; a thin film encapsulation layer (TFEL) on the display element layer and including an organic layer overlapping the DA; and an input sensing layer on the TFEL and including sensing electrodes and sensing signal lines connected to the sensing electrodes. The sensing signal lines overlap the connection electrode. Some of the first through-holes overlap the shielding electrode.
US11605673B2
An approach to forming a semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes two adjacent fins on a substrate. A gate stack is on each of the two adjacent fins. The semiconductor structure includes a first source/drain on a first end of each fin of the two adjacent fins and a second source/drain on a second end of each fin of the two adjacent fins. The semiconductor structure includes a switching layer on at least the first source/drain on the first end of each fin of the two adjacent fins and a top electrode on the switching layer. A metal material over the top electrode in the semiconductor structure.
US11605667B2
A component may include a semiconductor body and a converter layer. The converter layer may have phosphor particles and an electrically conductive matrix material where the phosphor particles are embedded in the matrix material. The converter layer may be arranged on the semiconductor body and may have a plurality of sublayers that are spatially set apart from one another and can be electrically contacted individually. The semiconductor body may have an active zone for producing electromagnetic radiation where the sublayers of the converter layer are designed for local electrical contacting of the active zone.
US11605664B2
An image sensor device is disclosed, which blocks noise of a pad area. The image sensor device includes a substrate, a pad, and an impurity area. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface, and includes first conductive impurities. The pad is disposed at the first surface of the substrate. The impurity area is formed in the substrate to overlap with the pad in a first direction, the impurity area being includes second conductive impurities different from the first conductive impurities.
US11605662B2
An imaging element according to the present disclosure is an imaging element flip-chip mounted on a wiring substrate, in which a projection is provided on a side surface of the imaging element such that a bottom surface side of the imaging element projects from a top surface side. Then, in the imaging device according to the present disclosure, the imaging device is flip-chip mounted on the wiring substrate so that a top surface of the imaging element faces the wiring substrate, and an outer periphery of the imaging element on the wiring substrate is sealed with a sealing material. An adhesion site of the sealing material is urged to a side of the projection, so that penetration of a solute and a solvent forming the sealing material may be reduced.
US11605661B2
An unpolarized component image generating section generates unpolarized component image signals of specific and non-specific colors. A polarized component image generating section generates polarized component image signals of the specific and non-specific colors. A specific color polarization property detecting section detects polarization properties of the specific color using pixel signals of polarized or unpolarized pixels of the specific color having at least three polarization directions and pixel signals of polarized pixels having two polarization directions. An unpolarized color polarization property detecting section detects polarization properties of the non-specific color on the basis of the polarization properties of the specific color detected by the specific color polarization property detecting section, the pixel signals of the unpolarized pixels of the non-specific color, and the pixel signals of the polarized pixels of the non-specific color having fewer polarization directions than the polarized pixels of the specific color.
US11605656B2
A solid-state imaging device includes: pixels arranged in a matrix; a vertical signal line provided for each column, conveying a pixel signal; a power line provided for each column, proving a power supply voltage; and a feedback signal line provided for each column, conveying a signal from a peripheral circuit to a pixel, in which each of the pixels includes: an N-type diffusion layer; a photoelectric conversion element above the N-type diffusion layer; and a charge accumulation node between the N-type diffusion layer and the photoelectric conversion element, accumulating signal charge generated in the photoelectric conversion element, the feedback signal line, a metal line which is a part of the charge accumulation node, the vertical signal line, and the power line are disposed in a second interconnect layer, and the vertical signal line and the power line are disposed between the feedback signal line and the metal line.
US11605655B2
First to fourth switches are provided so that conduction states are able to be controlled independently of each other. The first switch, the third switch, and the second switch are electrically connected in series between a first wiring and a third wiring. The fourth switch has a function of controlling a conduction state between the light-emitting element and a fourth wiring. In a first transistor, a gate is electrically connected to a node to which the third switch and the second switch are electrically connected, one of a source and a drain is electrically connected to a second wiring, and the other is electrically connected to the light-emitting element. A capacitor includes first and second electrodes, the first electrode is electrically connected to a node to which the first switch and the third switch are electrically connected, and the second electrode is electrically connected to the light-emitting element.
US11605653B2
Disclosed is a semiconductor device including a gate wiring, an active layer, a gate insulating film, a first wiring, a second wring, and a first semiconductor film. The gate wiring includes a gate electrode. The active layer overlaps with the gate electrode and contains an oxide semiconductor. The gate insulating film is sandwiched by the gate electrode and the active layer. The first wiring and the second wiring are each located over the active layer and respectively include a first terminal and a second terminal which are electrically connected to the active layer. The first semiconductor film is located under and in contact with the first wiring and contains the oxide semiconductor.
US11605642B2
A microelectronic device comprises a stack structure comprising a vertically alternating sequence of conductive structures and insulative structures arranged in tiers, the stack structure divided into block structures separated from one another by slot structures, a staircase structure within the stack structure having steps comprising horizontal edges of the tiers, conductive contact structures in contact with the steps of the staircase structure, support pillar structures extending through the stack structure, and additional slot structures extending partially through the stack structure within one of the block structures, one of the additional slot structures extending between horizontally neighboring support pillar structures and closer to one of the horizontally neighboring support pillar structures than to an additional one of the horizontally neighboring support pillar structures. Related microelectronic devices, memory devices, and electronic systems are also described.
US11605641B2
A flash device and a manufacturing method thereof. The method comprises: providing a substrate, and forming, on the substrate, a floating gate polycrystalline layer, a floating gate oxide layer, and a tunneling oxide layer; wherein the floating gate polycrystalline layer is formed on the substrate, the floating gate oxide layer is formed between the substrate and the floating gate polycrystalline layer, a substrate region at one side of the floating gate polycrystalline layer is a first substrate region, a substrate region at the other side of the floating gate polycrystalline layer is a second substrate region; forming, on the tunneling oxide layer, located in the first substrate region, a continuous non-conductive layer, the non-conductive layer extending to the tunneling oxide layer at a side wall of the floating gate polycrystalline layer; and forming, on the tunneling oxide layer, a polysilicon layer.
US11605640B1
A storage device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The storage device includes a first chip and a second chip. The second chip is stacked on the first chip in a third direction. The first chip includes a storage array, and the storage array includes at least one storage block. An occupied area after the first chip and the second chip are stacked can be reduced by constructing a first local bit line decoder block, a second local bit line decoder block, a first word line decoder block, and a second local bit line decoder block in a top view projection area, thereby reducing plane occupied space of the storage device. This is beneficial for minimizing the size of the storage device.
US11605636B2
A semiconductor structure for a DRAM is described having multiple layers of arrays of memory cells. Memory cells in a vertical string extending through the layers have an electrical connection to one terminal of the memory cells in that string. Word lines couple the strings together. Each layer of the array also includes bit line connections to memory cells on that layer. Select transistors enable the use of folded bit lines. The memory cells preferably are thyristors. Methods of fabricating the array are described.
US11605624B2
Describe is a resonator that uses ferroelectric (FE) material in a capacitive structure. The resonator includes a first plurality of metal lines extending in a first direction; an array of capacitors comprising ferroelectric material; a second plurality of metal lines extending in the first direction, wherein the array of capacitors is coupled between the first and second plurality of metal lines; and a circuitry to switch polarization of at least one capacitor of the array of capacitors. The switching of polarization regenerates acoustic waves. In some embodiments, the acoustic mode of the resonator is isolated using phononic gratings all around the resonator using metal lines above and adjacent to the FE based capacitors.
US11605622B2
A method includes forming multiple photonic devices in a semiconductor wafer, forming a v-shaped groove in a first side of the semiconductor wafer, forming an opening extending through the semiconductor wafer, forming multiple conductive features within the opening, wherein the conductive features extend from the first side of the semiconductor wafer to a second side of the semiconductor wafer, forming a polymer material over the v-shaped groove, depositing a molding material within the opening, wherein the multiple conductive features are separated by the molding material, after depositing the molding material, removing the polymer material to expose the v-shaped groove, and placing an optical fiber within the v-shaped groove.
US11605621B2
An embodiment device includes: a first dielectric layer; a first photonic die and a second photonic die disposed adjacent a first side of the first dielectric layer; a waveguide optically coupling the first photonic die to the second photonic die, the waveguide being disposed between the first dielectric layer and the first photonic die, and between the first dielectric layer and the second photonic die; a first integrated circuit die and a second integrated circuit die disposed adjacent the first side of the first dielectric layer; conductive features extending through the first dielectric layer and along a second side of the first dielectric layer, the conductive features electrically coupling the first photonic die to the first integrated circuit die, the conductive features electrically coupling the second photonic die to the second integrated circuit die; and a second dielectric layer disposed adjacent the second side of the first dielectric layer.
US11605608B2
A method of joining a semiconductor die to a substrate includes: applying a solder preform to a metal region of the semiconductor die or to a metal region of the substrate, the solder preform having a maximum thickness of 30 μm and a lower melting point than both metal regions; forming a soldered joint between the metal region of the semiconductor die and the metal region of the substrate via a diffusion soldering process and without applying pressure directly to the die; and setting a soldering temperature of the diffusion soldering process so that the solder preform melts and fully reacts with the metal region of the semiconductor die and the metal region of the substrate to form one or more intermetallic phases throughout the entire soldered joint, each intermetallic phase having a melting point above the melting point of the preform and the soldering temperature.
US11605604B2
Disclosed is a fan-out antenna packaging method. A front surface of a semiconductor chip is jointed to a top surface of a separating layer; side surfaces and a bottom surface of the semiconductor chip are merged into a packaging layer; the packaging layer is separated from the separating layer to expose the front surface of the semiconductor chip; a rewiring layer is electrically connected to the semiconductor chip; a first antenna structure and a second antenna are stacked on a top surface of the rewiring layer, the antenna structures is electrically connected to the rewiring layer; a through hole runs through the packaging layer and exposes a metal wiring layer in the rewiring layer; and a metal bump electrically connected to the metal wiring layer is formed by using the through hole.
US11605603B2
Embodiments may relate to a microelectronic package that includes a radio frequency (RF) chip coupled with a die by interconnects with a first pitch. The RF chip may further be coupled with a waveguide of a package substrate by interconnects with a second pitch that is different than the first pitch. The RF chip may facilitate conveyance of data to the waveguide as an electromagnetic signal with a frequency greater than approximately 20 gigahertz (GHz). Other embodiments may be described or claimed.
US11605602B2
The disclosed current-distribution inductor may include (1) a magnetic core and (2) a conductor electrically coupled between a power source and an electrical component of a circuit board, wherein the conductor comprises (A) a bend that passes through the magnetic core and (B) a flying lead that extends from the bend to the electrical component of the circuit board and runs parallel with the circuit board. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US11605591B2
An interconnection structure, along with methods of forming such, are described. The structure includes a dielectric material and a conductive feature extending through the dielectric material. The conductive feature includes a conductive material and has a first top surface. The structure further includes a dummy conductive feature disposed adjacent the conductive feature in the dielectric material, and the dummy conductive feature has a second top surface substantially co-planar with the first top surface. An air gap is formed in the dummy conductive feature.
US11605589B2
A method of forming a microelectronic device comprises forming a stack structure comprising vertically alternating insulating structures and conductive structures arranged in tiers. Each of the tiers individually comprises one of the insulating structures and one of the conductive structures. A sacrificial material is formed over the stack structure and pillar structures are formed to extend vertically through the stack structure and the sacrificial material. The method comprises forming conductive plug structures within upper portions of the pillar structures, forming slots extending vertically through the stack structure and the sacrificial material, at least partially removing the sacrificial material to form openings horizontally interposed between the conductive plug structures, and forming a low-K dielectric material within the openings. Microelectronic devices, memory devices, and electronic systems are also described.
US11605587B2
In some examples, a method comprises: obtaining a substrate having at a metal interconnect layer deposited over the substrate; forming a first dielectric layer on the metal interconnect layer; forming a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer; forming a capacitor metal layer on the second dielectric layer; patterning and etching the capacitor metal layer and the second dielectric layer to the first dielectric layer to leave a portion of the capacitor metal layer and the second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer; forming an anti-reflective coating to cover the portion of the capacitor metal layer and the second dielectric layer, and to cover the metal interconnect layer; and patterning the metal interconnect layer to form a first metal layer and a second metal layer.
US11605583B2
An integrated circuit package includes a transmission line structure, wire bonds, a first post and a second post. The transmission line structure runs from a printed circuit board (PCB) to an integrated circuit (IC) and includes a center transmission line between two ground lines and sealed from exposure to air. The wire bonds connect the transmission line structure to pads on the integrated circuit from where the center transmission line exits the integrated circuit package. The wire bonds are selected to have an impedance matched to impedance of the integrated circuit. The first post supports the center transmission line where the center transmission line enters the integrated circuit package from the printed circuit board. The second post supports the center transmission line where the center transmission line exits the integrated circuit package to connect to the wire bonds.
US11605571B2
A package that includes a substrate, an integrated device, a first encapsulation layer and a void. The substrate includes a first surface. The integrated device is coupled to the first surface of the substrate. The first encapsulation layer is located over the first surface of the substrate and the integrated device. The first encapsulation layer includes an undercut relative to a side surface of the integrated device. The void is located between the integrated device and the first surface of the substrate. The void is laterally surrounded by the undercut of the encapsulation layer.
US11605565B2
Embodiments herein describe techniques for a semiconductor device including a first transistor stacked above and self-aligned with a second transistor, where a shadow of the first transistor substantially overlaps with the second transistor. The first transistor includes a first gate electrode, a first channel layer including a first channel material and separated from the first gate electrode by a first gate dielectric layer, and a first source electrode coupled to the first channel layer. The second transistor includes a second gate electrode, a second channel layer including a second channel material and separated from the second gate electrode by a second gate dielectric layer, and a second source electrode coupled to the second channel layer. The second source electrode is self-aligned with the first source electrode, and separated from the first source electrode by an isolation layer. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11605564B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a fin protruding from the substrate, and a gate stack over the substrate and engaging the fin. The fin having a first end and a second end. The semiconductor device also includes a dielectric layer abutting the first end of the fin and spacer features disposed on sidewalls of the gate stack and on a top surface of the dielectric layer.
US11605562B2
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of fins on a substrate. A fin end spacer is formed on an end surface of each of the plurality of fins. An insulating layer is formed on the plurality of fins. A source/drain epitaxial layer is formed in a source/drain space in each of the plurality of fins. A gate electrode layer is formed on the insulating layer and wrapping around the each channel region. Sidewall spacers are formed on the gate electrode layer.
US11605557B2
A for preparing a semiconductor device includes forming a first dielectric layer over a semiconductor substrate, and forming an etch stop layer over the first dielectric layer. The method also includes forming a second dielectric layer over the etch stop layer, and forming a first metal plug penetrating through the second dielectric layer, the etch stop layer and the first dielectric layer. The first metal plug protrudes from the second dielectric layer. The method further includes performing an anisotropic etching process to partially remove the first metal plug such that the first metal plug has a convex top surface, and forming a third dielectric layer covering the second dielectric layer and the convex top surface of the first metal plug. In addition, the method includes forming a second metal plug over the first metal plug.
US11605538B2
A method includes forming protective layer over substrate edge and photoresist over substrate. Protective layer removed and photoresist exposed to radiation. Protective layer made of composition including acid generator and polymer having pendant acid-labile groups. Pendant acid-labile groups include polar functional groups; acid-labile groups including polar switch functional groups; acid-labile groups, wherein greater than 5% of pendant acid-labile groups have structure wherein R1 is C6-C30 alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, hydroxylalkyl group, alkoxy group, alkoxyl alkyl group, acetyl group, acetylalkyl group, carboxyl group, alkyl carboxyl group, cycloalkyl carboxyl group, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon ring, or heterocyclic group; and R2 is C4-C9 alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, hydroxylalkyl group, alkoxy group, alkoxyl alkyl group, acetyl group, acetylalkyl group, carboxyl group, alkyl carboxyl group, or cycloalkyl carboxyl group; polymer having pendant acid-labile groups and lactone pendant groups; or polymer having pendant acid-labile groups and carboxylic acid groups.
US11605536B2
A method of nitridation includes cyclically performing the following steps in situ within a processing chamber at a temperature less than about 400° C.: treating an unreactive surface of a substrate in the processing chamber to convert the unreactive surface to a reactive surface by exposing the unreactive surface to an energy flux, and nitridating the reactive surface using a nitrogen-based gas to convert the reactive surface to a nitride layer including a subsequent unreactive surface.
US11605535B2
Boron-containing compounds, compositions, and methods for the deposition of a boron containing films
Described herein are boron-containing precursor compounds, and compositions and methods comprising same, for forming boron-containing films. In one aspect, the film is deposited from at least one precursor having the following Formula I or II described herein.
US11605533B2
Methods for an instrument including a light source of are provided. A method for an instrument including a light source includes providing light from the light source to a target location in a process chamber. The method includes receiving the light at a sensor. The method includes determining, using data from the sensor, a first position of the light at the target location. Moreover, the method includes determining whether to adjust the light to a second position at the target location. Related instruments are also provided.
US11605530B2
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a plasma processing apparatus includes: a processing chamber in which plasma processing is performed to a sample; a radio frequency power source that supplies radio frequency power for generating plasma in the processing chamber; and a data processing apparatus that performs processing to light emission data of the plasma. The data processing apparatus performs the processing to the light emission by using an adaptive double exponential smoothing method for varying a smoothing parameter based on an error between input data and a predicted value of smoothed data. A response coefficient of the smoothing parameter is derived by a probability density function including the error as a parameter.
US11605526B2
Systems, devices, and methods for performing a non-contact electrical measurement (NCEM) on a NCEM-enabled cell included in a NCEM-enabled cell vehicle may be configured to perform NCEMs while the NCEM-enabled cell vehicle is moving. The movement may be due to vibrations in the system and/or movement of a movable stage on which the NCEM-enabled cell vehicle is positioned. Position information for an electron beam column producing the electron beam performing the NCEMs and/or for the moving stage may be used to align the electron beam with targets on the NCEM-enabled cell vehicle while it is moving.
US11605519B1
The present invention relates to a high breaking capacity strip fuse, comprising an insulating housing and a fusing element. The fusing element includes a fusible part, a first connecting terminal and a second connecting terminal which are arranged at two ends of the fusible part and are integrally connected with the fusible part; the fusible part is fixed in the sealed cavity of the housing, and the sealed cavity is filled with insulating material. The present invention provides a fuse filling with insulating material, such as Silicone, quartz sand, resin, ceramic powder/ceramic sand, steatite powder/steatite sand, or saponite powder/saponite granules, in the sealed cavity, to solve the problem of causing the air to ionize and triggering arcing phenomenon of existing fuse during overload.
US11605518B2
A device and method for switching between a first power source and a second power source. The device includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal that connect to the first power source, a load, and the second power source respectively. A first switch and a breaker circuitry connect the first terminal to the second terminal. A second switch interrupts an electrical connection between the third terminal and the second terminal. A lever operably coupled to the first switch and the second switch, the lever can be actuated by the first switch to flip the second switch between the open state and the closed state.
US11605493B2
A method of manufacturing an electronic component capable of preventing entrance of a plating solution and a flux component at an interface to which an inner electrode of a ceramic element body is extended, and capable of forming an outer electrode of an arbitrary shape. A ceramic element body is made of a ceramic material containing a metal oxide, and part of an inner electrode is extended to extended surfaces of the ceramic element body. A base electrode is formed on each of the extended surfaces using a conductive paste to be connected to the inner electrode. Part of another surface of the ceramic element body adjacent to the extended surfaces is locally heated, and part of the metal oxide is reduced to form a reformed portion. A plating electrode is continuously formed over the base electrode and the reformed portion through a plating method to form outer electrodes.
US11605489B2
An integrated magnetic element is provided, including a first magnetic-core frame, three second magnetic-core frames, and three coil windings. The first magnetic-core frame has a first side pillar and a second side pillar opposite to the first side pillar. The three second magnetic-core frames are arranged on the side corresponding to the first side pillar of the first magnetic-core frame, and are arranged in parallel with the axis of the first side pillar of the first magnetic-core frame. Each of the second magnetic-core frames has a first side pillar adjacent to the first side pillar of the first magnetic-core frame, and a second side pillar opposite to the first side pillar of itself. The three coil windings connect to a three-phase grid, and wind around the first side pillar of the first magnetic-core frame and the corresponding first side pillar of the second magnetic-core frame respectively.
US11605488B2
A high-voltage device includes a housing and at least one subassembly which is electrically insulated from the housing. The at least one subassembly is spaced from the housing and mechanically connected to the housing. At least one ceramic spacer element is disposed between the housing and the at least one subassembly. A method of using the high-voltage device includes transferring heat, which is produced at connection elements of the at least one subassembly which is electrically insulated from the housing, from the subassembly through the at least one ceramic spacer element to the housing and emitting the heat from the housing to the environment.
US11605478B2
A method of making a mirror for use with extreme ultraviolet or x-ray radiation includes: i) providing a base substrate having a curved surface, wherein the curved surface deviates from a curvature of a target mirror surface at high spatial frequencies corresponding to spatial periods less than 2 mm; and ii) securing a first side of a thin plate to the curved surface of the base substrate to cover the curved surface, wherein the plate has a thickness thin enough to conform to the curvature of the target mirror surface and thick enough to attenuate deviations at the high spatial frequencies on a second side of the thin plate opposite the first side that are caused by the deviations on the curved surface of the base substrate. A mirror made by the method is also disclosed.
US11605475B1
A technique is disclosed for electro-optically inducing a force to fabricated samples and/or devices with laser light. The technique uses the interaction of the oscillating electric field of the laser beam in opposition with the electric field produced by an appropriate electric charge carrier to achieve a net repulsive (or attractive) force on the component holding the electric charge. In one embodiment, force is achieved when the field near the charge carrier is modulated at a subharmonic of the electric field oscillation frequency of the laser and the relative phases of the light field and electric charge carrier field are controlled to provide optimal repulsion/attraction. The effect is scalable by applying the technique to an array of charge carrier fields sequentially as well as using higher power lasers and higher carrier field voltages.
US11605473B1
A material for reducing exposure to ionizing radiation. One exemplary embodiment comprises a felt layer; a foil layer; a first adhesive film layer disposed between the outer felt layer and the foil layer; a radiation shield layer; a second adhesive film layer disposed between the foil layer and radiation shield layer; and a foam layer disposed on the surface of the radiation shield layer opposite the second adhesive film layer. The material may be installed in commercial aircraft, corporate aircraft, flight suits, helmets, military uniforms, rotary aircraft, spacecraft, and the like. For example, the material disclosed herein may be provided as a headliner in an aircraft, or alternatively may be used to line the entire interior of an aircraft. In one or more embodiments, the material may be secured to a surface using a hook and loop attachment mechanism.
US11605468B2
An infusion pump system and method with multiple drug library editor source capability including: an infusion pump system having a first drug library editor operable to generate a first drug library; a second drug library editor operable to generate a second drug library; and an infusion pump operable to connect to either one of the first drug library editor and the second drug library editor, the infusion pump having an operational drug library being one of the first drug library received from the first drug library editor and the second drug library received from the second drug library editor. The first drug library editor is one of a dedicated drug library editor and an enterprise drug library editor, and the second drug library editor is the other of the one of the dedicated drug library editor and the enterprise drug library editor.
US11605467B2
A method (100) for training a scoring system (600) comprising the steps of: (i) providing (110) a scoring system comprising a scoring module (606); (ii) receiving (120) a training dataset comprising a plurality of patient data and treatment outcomes; (iii) analyzing (130), using a clinical decision support algorithm, the training dataset to generate a plurality of clinical decision support recommendations; (iv) clustering (140), using the scoring module, the plurality of clinical decision support recommendations into a plurality of clusters; and (v) identifying (160), using the scoring module, one or more features of at least one of the plurality of clusters, and generating, based on the identified one or more features, one or more inclusion criteria for the at least one of the plurality of clusters.
US11605466B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for assessing tissue function based on vascular disease. One method includes receiving a patient-specific anatomic model generated from patient-specific imaging of at least a portion of a patient's tissue; receiving a patient-specific vascular model generated from patient-specific imaging of at least a portion of a patient's vasculature; receiving an estimate of blood supplied to a portion of the patient-specific anatomic model; and determining a characteristic of the function of the patient's tissue using the estimate of blood supplied to the portion of the patient-specific anatomic model.
US11605458B2
The present disclosure relates to a wearable monitor device and methods and systems for using such a device. In certain embodiments, the wearable monitor records cardiac data from a mammal and extracts particular features of interest. These features are then transmitted and used to provide health-related information about the mammal.
US11605452B2
Techniques for solving a radiotherapy treatment plan optimization problem are provided. The techniques include receiving a radiotherapy treatment plan optimization problem; processing the radiotherapy treatment plan optimization problem with a machine learning model to estimate one or more optimization variables of the radiotherapy treatment plan optimization problem, wherein the machine learning model is trained to establish a relationship between the one or more optimization variables and parameters of a plurality of training radiotherapy treatment plan optimization problems; and generating a solution to the radiotherapy treatment plan optimization problem based on the estimated one or more optimization variables of the radiotherapy treatment plan optimization problem.
US11605445B2
Factors affecting the fragmentation pattern of cell-free DNA (e.g., plasma DNA) and the applications, including those in molecular diagnostics, of the analysis of cell-free DNA fragmentation patterns are described. Various applications can use a property of a fragmentation pattern to determine a proportional contribution of a particular tissue type, to determine a genotype of a particular tissue type (e.g., fetal tissue in a maternal sample or tumor tissue in a sample from a cancer patient), and/or to identify preferred ending positions for a particular tissue type, which may then be used to determine a proportional contribution of a particular tissue type.
US11605437B2
The non-volatile memory includes a control circuitry that is communicatively coupled to an array of memory cells that are arranged in a plurality of word lines. The control circuitry is configured to program the memory cells of the plurality of word lines to a plurality of data states in a multi-pass programming operation. A later programming pass of the multi-pass programming operation includes a plurality of programming loops with incrementally increasing programming pulses. For at least one data state, the later programming pass includes maintaining a count of the programming loops of the later programming pass. The later programming pass also includes inhibiting or slowing programming of the memory cells being programmed to one of the data states during a predetermined program count verify (PCV) programming loop and a PCV−1 programming loop and skipping a verify operation for all programming loops prior to a PCV+1 programming loop.
US11605429B2
Present disclosure relates to a method and a system for searching through a Ternary Content Addressable Memory (TCAM). The system comprises a Digital Light Processing System (DLP) receiving an input query. The DLP comprises a 2-Dimensional array of digital micro mirrors configured for reflecting light from one or more input sources in the TCAM to a predefined position. The system further comprises a detection screen having a detection area. The detection area is configured for generating an image of a resultant pixel according to the reflection of the light, wherein the resultant pixel corresponds to a search result for an input query.
US11605423B2
The present disclosure describes embodiments of a write assist circuit. The write assist circuit can include a boost circuit configured to output a first negative voltage at a first output terminal, and an adjustment circuit configured to couple the first negative voltage to a second negative voltage higher than the first negative voltage. The adjustment circuit can include a transistor, and a second output terminal electrically connected to the first output terminal. The transistor can include a first source/drain terminal, a second source/drain terminal, and a gate terminal. The first source/drain terminal can be electrically coupled to the second output terminal. The second source/drain terminal can be electrically connected to a voltage source. The gate terminal can be electrically connected to a ground voltage supply.
US11605421B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes first and second digit lines, a sense amplifier configured to amplify a potential difference between the first and second digit lines, a driver circuit configured to drive each of the first and second digit lines to different one of first and second logic levels from each other, a first transistor coupled between the driver circuit and the first digit line, a second transistor coupled between the driver circuit and the second digit line, and a control circuit configured to supply a first potential to control electrodes of the first and second transistors in response to a write command, and supply a second potential different from the first potential to the control electrodes of the first and second transistors in response to a read command.
US11605417B2
An arithmetic device includes an auto-command/address generation circuit, a first data storage circuit, and a second data storage circuit. The auto-command/address generation circuit generates an auto-load selection signal that activates an auto-load operation based on a level of a power source voltage. In addition, the auto-command/address generation circuit generates an auto-load command for the auto-load operation. The first data storage circuit outputs look-up table data, to which an activation function is applied, based on the auto-load command. The second data storage circuit stores the look-up table data, output from the first data storage circuit, based on the auto-load command.
US11605392B2
Method includes receiving, through a plurality of channels, audio data corresponding to a plurality of frequency ranges; determining, for each channel's frequency ranges, speech audio and/or noise energy level using a model trained by machine learning; determining a speech signal with removed noise for each channel; determining one or more statistical values associated with an energy level of a channel's speech signal with the removed noise; determining a strongest channel that has highest statistical values associated with an energy level of a speech signal; determining that the one or more statistical values associated with the energy level of the strongest channel's speech signal satisfy a threshold condition; comparing statistical values associated with an energy level of a speech signal of each channel with those of the strongest channel; and determining whether to update a gain value for a channel based on the channel's statistical values associated with the energy level.
US11605388B1
This specification describes a computer-implemented method of generating speech audio for use in a video game, wherein the speech audio is generated using a voice convertor that has been trained to convert audio data for a source speaker into audio data for a target speaker. The method comprises receiving: (i) source speech audio, and (ii) a target speaker identifier. The source speech audio comprises speech content in the voice of a source speaker. Source acoustic features are determined for the source speech audio. A target speaker embedding associated with the target speaker identifier is generated as output of a speaker encoder of the voice convertor. The target speaker embedding and the source acoustic features are inputted into an acoustic feature encoder of the voice convertor. One or more acoustic feature encodings are generated as output of the acoustic feature encoder. The one or more acoustic feature encodings are derived from the target speaker embedding and the source acoustic features. Target speech audio is generated for the target speaker. The target speech audio comprises the speech content in the voice of the target speaker. The generating comprises decoding the one or more acoustic feature encodings using an acoustic feature decoder of the voice convertor.
US11605381B2
A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving information associated with an acoustic environment. Acoustic metadata associated with audio encounter information received by a first microphone system may be received. One or more speaker representations may be defined based upon, at least in part, the acoustic metadata associated with the audio encounter information and the information associated with the acoustic environment. One or more portions of the audio encounter information may be labeled with the one or more speaker representations and a speaker location within the acoustic environment.
US11605379B2
Disclosed is an artificial intelligence server. The artificial intelligence server includes a communicator in communication with at least one electronic device and a processor for receiving input data from a specific electronic device, applying personalized information corresponding to the specific electronic device to a recognition model, inputting the input data into the recognition model to which the personalized information is applied to obtain a final result value, and transmitting the final result value to the specific electronic device.
US11605378B2
An intelligent gateway device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a communication unit configured to be connected with a plurality of recognition devices; and a processor configured to receive data including a user request from an electronic device, acquire characteristic information for the user request from the received data, select at least one recognition device from the plurality of recognition devices on the basis of the acquired characteristic information, transmit the data to a first recognition device of the selected at least one recognition device, receive a recognition result of the user request from any one recognition device of the at least one recognition device, and transmit the received recognition result to an control device connected with a control target electronic device.
US11605373B2
A text search query including one or more words may be received. An ASR index created for an audio recording may be searched over using the query to produce ASR search results including words, each word associated with a confidence score. For each of the words in the ASR search results associated with a confidence score below a threshold (and in some cases having one or more preceding words in the ASR index and one or more subsequent words in the ASR index), a phonetic representation of the audio recording may be searched for the word having the confidence score below the threshold, where it occurs in the audio recording, possibly after the one or more preceding words and in the audio recording before the one or more subsequent words, to produce phonetic search results. Search results may be returned include ASR and phonetic results.
US11605369B2
Audio translation system includes a feature extractor and a style transfer machine learning model. The feature extractor generates for each of a plurality of source voice files one or more source voice parameters encoded as a collection of source feature vectors, and generates for each of a plurality of target voice files one or more target voice parameters encoded as a collection of target feature vectors. The style transfer machine learning model trained on the collection of source feature vectors for the plurality of source voice files and the collection of target feature vectors for the plurality of target voice files to generate a style transformed feature vector.
US11605367B2
A foldable idiophone musical instrument may have two frames to support accidental tone bars on the first frame and natural tone bars on the second frame. Connecting members may attach to opposite ends of the frames. The connecting members may allow the frames to rotate from 0° to 180° from a horizontal position to collapse or fold the instrument. The connecting members may have a riser portion and a stop block portion. The riser portion may elevate the accidental tone bars above the natural tone bars. The stop block portion may prevent the frames from rotating to less than 0° from the horizontal when in a performance position.
US11605364B2
Systems, methods, and devices implement line-based rendering of graphics. Methods include receiving a command associated with graphical data, the command identifying a plurality of pixel mapping operations to be implemented on a plurality of data objects included in the graphical data. Methods also include determining a plurality of rendering parameters, the plurality of rendering parameters identifying a partitioning of the graphical data into a plurality of portions, and further identifying a pixel mapping operation for each of the plurality of portions. Methods further include generating a plurality of sub-commands based, at least in part, on the plurality of rendering parameters and the command, the plurality of sub-commands identifying a processing operation for each data object included in each of the plurality of portions of the graphical data. Methods also include implementing a processing operation for at least one portion based on at least some of the plurality of sub-commands.
US11605361B2
An information processing apparatus for providing information for a driver of a vehicle, the information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to execute: receiving message data that includes a message to the driver of the vehicle; when receiving the message data, outputting the message on a display area provided on a screen; and changing a size of the display area where the message is outputted, based on whether the vehicle is traveling or not.
US11605355B2
An organic light emitting display device includes scan lines arranged in horizontal lines, data lines intersecting the scan lines, a pixel array including pixels coupled to the scan lines and the data lines, the pixels including at least first color pixels, a panel tester including switching elements coupled to first ends of the data lines, the switching elements including at least first and second switching elements, and a first line coupled to the first switching elements and a second line coupled to the second switching elements. Data lines of K-th to (K+L)-th (where K and L are natural numbers) first color pixels arranged in a predetermined horizontal line are coupled to the first line through the first switching elements, and data lines of at least a part of remaining first color pixels arranged in the predetermined horizontal line are coupled to the second line through the second switching elements.
US11605347B2
A display panel includes a plurality of pixels and an electrostatic circuit. At least one pixel includes: a pixel electrode; a common electrode; a light-emitting element; and a driving sub-circuit coupled to a scanning signal terminal, a data signal terminal, a light-emitting control signal terminal, a first voltage signal terminal and a first terminal of a light-emitting element, and outputs a first voltage signal from the first voltage signal terminal to the light-emitting element controlled by a scanning signal, a data signal, and a light-emitting control signal. The electrostatic circuit couples a first signal line and a second signal line, the first signal line receives a second voltage signal, and the second signal line receives a third voltage signal and is arranged on a periphery of the plurality of pixels. Common electrodes of the pixels are coupled to each other and to the second signal line.
US11605342B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a self-emission display device and a self-emission display panel and include a fake subpixel disposed in a non-display area of the self-emission display panel and including a reference transistor controlled by a control signal and connected between a first voltage node and a detection node and a bias transistor controlled by a bias voltage and connected between a second voltage node and the detection node. Thus, it is possible to restore the initial characteristic value of the driving transistor in the subpixel disposed in the display area by driving the fake subpixel.
US11605330B1
Embodiments presented herein relate to reducing visual artifacts on an electronic display caused by an intra-frame pause. To do so, the intra-frame pause may be divided into smaller intra-frame pause segments. The intra-frame pause segments may be applied to the display during different image frames and/or at different locations on the electronic display. For example, each intra-frame pause segment may be applied to a different location on the electronic display. In some embodiments, multiple intra-frame pause segments may be applied during a single image frame. In some embodiments, the intra-frame pause segments may be applied to various image frames and at various location on the electronic display according to a pattern. To reduce band flickering that may be caused by the different locations of the intra-frame pause segments, an emission duty of one or more rows of pixels of the display may be adjusted.
US11605329B2
A display apparatus, including a display panel and a first driver, is provided. The display panel includes multiple pixel circuits and multiple first wires. The first wires are configured to transmit multiple first driving signals. Each of the first wires includes a first portion and a second portion. The first driving signal is transmitted in the first portion and the second portion in different directions. The first driver is coupled to the display panel. The first driver is configured to output the driving signals to drive the display panel.
US11605320B1
A method to project content from a moving projector. The method includes analyzing an object to identify a projection surface; determining a first position of a projector relative to the projection surface; modifying a first frame of a content for projection onto the projection surface based on the projection surface and the first position of the projector; projecting the first frame of the content from the projector onto the projection surface; determining a second position of the projector relative to the projection surface; modifying a second frame of the content based on the projection surface and the second position; and projecting the second frame of the content from the projector onto the projection surface.
US11605319B2
A method for seamless transition from a 2D surround view to a 3D surround view. The method includes initializing the 2D-SRV processing chain, displaying the 2D surround view while waiting for HLOS handshake to complete and upon completion of a HLOS handshake, initializing a 3D-SRV processing chain and waiting for a 3D-SRV buffer output; disabling the 2D-SRV display pipeline and enabling a 3D-SRV display pipeline; enabling switchback monitor; atomically switching to 3D surround view seamlessly and glitch free; and displaying 3D surround view on a monitor. Another method includes detecting a crash in a HLOS and seamlessly switching to a 2D surround view from a 3D surround view.
US11605315B2
A display device, an apparatus for manufacturing a display device and a method of manufacturing a display device are provided. A display device includes a flexible substrate including a main region, a bending region, which extends from an end of the main region, and a sub-region, which extends from an end of the bending region, the sub-region being reversed from the bending region to be attached on a rear surface of the main region, and an active element layer disposed in the main region of the flexible substrate, wherein a thickness of the flexible substrate is greater in the bending region than in the main region and the sub-region.
US11605310B2
A training system for dental procedures having a training device and a self-assessment for use with the training device is described. The training device is printed with a 3D printer and includes a predetermined anatomic form of at least a portion of a human jaw structure and a predetermined anatomic form of at least one human tooth structure. Part of the printed human tooth structure is rooted in the printed human jaw structure, and both structures are designed to have at least one analogous physical property to their corresponding human structures. The self-assessment includes a pictorial array of procedural outcomes of a procedural step so that a user can identify which image in the pictorial array best represents the user's own procedural outcome of the procedural step performed by the user on the training device and at least one feedback instruction.
US11605308B2
An example weld training system includes: a display device; a processor; and a machine readable storage device comprising machine readable instructions which cause the processor to: collect, from welding-type equipment during a welding-type operation, data describing the operation; collect, from a set of one or more cameras, images depicting one or more of: a) a posture of the operator or a technique of the operator during the welding-type operation; or b) a welding torch used in the welding-type operation; synchronize the collected data and the collected images; identify an anomaly associated with the data; display the collected and images together in a synchronized manner on the display device such that the processor updates the display device to display corresponding synchronized data and images when a portion of the operation is selected for viewing, the displaying comprising displaying an indicator of the anomaly in at least one of the data or images.
US11605306B2
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to a training system to train a driver about occurrences of anomalous driving events of automated vehicle systems. In one embodiment, a method includes determining, upon receiving a selection of a vehicle behavior from one or more anomalous driving events and a detected state change signal, whether the vehicle behavior affects one or more entities. The method includes assessing a state of the one or more entities to simulate the vehicle behavior according to a safety standard. The method includes triggering simulation of the vehicle behavior if the state satisfies a threshold. The method includes simulating the vehicle behavior by at least controlling the vehicle to simulate the vehicle behavior during automated driving of the vehicle.
US11605303B2
Methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for determining a flight plan. An example method includes determining one or more potential flight plans from an originating location to a destination location, each potential flight plan comprising a different combination of one or more flight plan segments forming a potential flight plan from the originating location to the destination location. The method further includes calculating a projected cost for each of the one or more potential flight plans wherein the projected cost is based at least in part on dynamic cost data, dynamic navigation data, or a combination thereof. The method further includes determining an optimal flight plan from among the one or more potential flight plans, the optimal flight plan having a lowest aggregate cost of the calculated projected costs associated with each of the one or more potential flight plans.
US11605299B2
The present disclosure relates to a host vehicle and control method thereof, according to one aspect of the present disclosure, the purpose is to enable quick and accurate recognition of cut-in vehicles that change lanes from adjacent lanes to travel lanes. Disclosed are a control method of a host vehicle, the method including: obtaining a front image by photographing the front of the host vehicle; identifying left and right lines of a travel lane in which the host vehicle is traveling from the front image; determining that a vehicle cutting-in from an adjacent lane to the travel lane exists when the lengths of the left line and the right line of the travel lane are different from each other in the front image.
US11605298B2
The disclosure includes embodiments for pedestrian navigation by a group of connected vehicles executing a collaborative computing process. In some embodiments, a method includes analyzing pedestrian data generated by a pedestrian device and sensor data generated by the group of connected vehicles to determine digital twin data from a set that correlates with a scenario described by the pedestrian data and the sensor data. The digital twin data is an output of a historical digital twin simulation. The method includes predicting, based on the digital twin data, that the pedestrian is at risk of a collision. The method includes determining modified path data describing a modified walking path for the pedestrian. The method includes transmitting the modified path data to the pedestrian device so that the pedestrian is informed about the modified walking path and the risk is modified.
US11605297B2
A vehicle includes a communicator that is mounted on the vehicle to perform wireless communication with a server and a controller operates the communicator to transmit an accident reception request signal and image data acquired by another vehicle to the server when the vehicle has an accident with an accident target vehicle. The controller operates the communicator to receive a fault ratio from the server when the server generates fault ratio data between the vehicle and the accident target vehicle based on the image data.
US11605294B2
A computer-implemented parking system including: a driver mobile electronic device configured to transmit a parking lot entry signal and a parking lot exit signal, and a coordinating computer system configured to receive the parking lot entry signal and the, parking lot exit signal, computer-controllable vehicle entry and vehicle exit barriers in communication with the coordinating computer system. The coordinating computer system is configured to: upon receipt of the entry signal transmit an open signal to the computer-controllable entry barrier station, and upon receipt of the exit signal transmit an open signal to the exit barrier station. Each entry and exit barrier station may include a receiver to receive the entry signal and parking lot exit signal, respectively. The receiver may be configured to detect or assist the coordinating computer system to detect, position of the driver mobile electronic device with reference to the computer-controllable entry or exit barrier station.
US11605293B2
A parking guidance apparatus according to an embodiment comprises: a storage unit for storing parking state information of a parking slot within a predetermined space; a communication unit for receiving, from a first vehicle, occupancy state information 0 of at least a part of the parking slot in the predetermined space; an update unit for updating the parking state information by using the received occupancy state information; and a control unit for, when the parking state information for the predetermined space is requested by a second vehicle through the communication unit, providing the second vehicle with a parking slot, which is in a parking-available state, determined on the basis of the updated parking state information.
US11605290B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for receiving traffic object data from a plurality of autonomous vehicles, comparing the traffic object data of each of the plurality of autonomous vehicles with known traffic object data, determining a discrepancy between the traffic object data of each of the plurality of autonomous vehicles and the known traffic object data, grouping the traffic object data of each of the plurality of autonomous vehicles based on the determining of the discrepancy between the traffic object data of each of the plurality of autonomous vehicles and the known traffic object data, determining whether a group of traffic object data of the grouping of the traffic object data of each of the plurality of autonomous vehicles exceeds a threshold, and updating a traffic object map based on the traffic object data of the group that exceeds the threshold.
US11605284B2
A method and apparatus for a cooking appliance having an alert for energization of one or more burners. The cooking appliance may include an ignition enable control. The cooking appliance may include a locked mode and an unlocked mode. The cooking appliance may include one or more alarms to alert the user.
US11605281B2
In one embodiment, a method (110) that determines conditions including that a user is located in a monitored area and not wearing a wearable device (112), and provides an alert based on the determinations and an input pattern from one or plural sensors (114).
US11605277B2
Systems, methods, and devices for fire control system power switching are described herein. One embodiment includes an alternating current (AC) power source, a battery, a notification component, and a control circuit, comprising an LLC circuit comprising an LLC controller component, a transformer component, a rectifier and feedback component, and an opto-coupler component. The LLC circuit can be configured to reduce an LLC output voltage from a first LLC voltage to a second LLC voltage while the notification component is using power supplied by the battery. The control circuit can include a battery-plane voltage transfer component configured to disconnect the battery from a plane voltage of the control circuit and an AC/DC-plane transfer component configured to connect the second LLC output voltage to the plane voltage to supply power from the AC power source.
US11605275B2
Improved systems and techniques are disclosed for controlling the security states of anti theft security systems such as product display assemblies using security fobs. The tasks relating to fob authentication are offloaded to a computer system, and these authentications can be based on identifiers for the different security fobs. The computer system can maintain a list of identifiers for authorized security fobs that is easily updated when new security fobs are added to or existing security fobs are de-authorized from the system.
US11605272B2
Provided is an actuator having a piezoelectric element, a diaphragm to which the piezoelectric element is bonded and vibrates according to expansion and contraction displacement of the piezoelectric element, and a first spacer and a second spacer configured to fix both ends of the diaphragm in expansion and contraction displacement direction of the piezoelectric element to a base member. The driving characteristics of the actuator are determined by an effective length of the diaphragm between the first spacer and the second spacer.
US11605270B2
Systems with methods of providing a strategic poker tournament for 3-9 players, utilising a sequentially programmed electronic microprocessor, downloadable on ‘smart’ devices or in another embodiment, on gaming tables or gaming machines, known as “Tennessee Hold 'Em® Tournaments”, are defined: These methods provide beneficial stimulation of participants' cognitive brain activity through prompted continuous strategic thought. Systems include a bespoke method of “loaning” chips which eliminates inequitable ‘side pots’. Systems exclude players holding 4 hole cards from using the final community card, and Players holding 5 hole cards from using the penultimate and final card distributions, so participants create their own strategy. Prizes are awarded when two players remain. Chips are totaled and the winner's chips are divided by the total chips to determine the percentage split between the finalists.
US11605259B2
A system includes a drug product packaging system that is configured to hold a plurality of cells in a lockable section thereof and to maintain the plurality of cells in a locked state via a locking mechanism, the locking mechanism being configured to receive ones of the plurality of cells into the lockable section of the drug product packaging system and configured to maintain the ones of the plurality of cells in the locked state without changing the locked state of previously received ones of the plurality of cells into the lockable section of the drug product packaging system.
US11605252B2
Systems and methods for predictively detecting vehicle failure based on diagnostic trouble codes are provided. In one example, a method is provided, comprising determining a probability of failure of a vehicle based on one or more diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs); and indicating to an operator of the vehicle that failure is likely in response to the probability exceeding a threshold.
US11605242B2
A method in an electronic device includes identifying an authorized user of the electronic device being present within an environment of the electronic device. The method also includes identifying at least one other person also being present within the environment of the electronic device. The method then includes selecting, with one or more processors of the electronic device, content previously partially consumed by the authorized user and the at least one other person and presenting, with the one or more processors, the content on a user interface of the electronic device.
US11605239B2
Disclosed are a fingerprint recognition sensor, a manufacturing method, and a display device. The fingerprint recognition sensor includes a base substrate, a thin film transistor, on a side of the base substrate; and a photosensitive element, on a side of the base substrate away from the thin film transistor, the thin film transistor, the base substrate, and the photosensitive element are sequentially stacked in a thickness direction perpendicular to the base substrate, the base substrate includes a conductive structure penetrating through the base substrate in the thickness direction perpendicular to the base substrate, and the photosensitive element is connected with the thin film transistor through the conductive structure.
US11605238B2
A fingerprint identification module may include an array substrate (201), a plurality of point light sources (202) on the array substrate (201), and a plurality of photosensors (203) on the array substrate (201). The array substrate (201) may include a switch array (204) and a light emitting unit array (205) on the switch array (204). The plurality of point light sources (202) is configured to emit light to irradiate different regions of a finger at different times.
US11605226B2
The present disclosure provides a video data processing method and device, and a readable storage medium, where the technical means is adopted which includes: processing, according to a preset trained deep learning algorithm model, input video data to be processed, to obtain a label vector of the video data; determining, according to a label vector of each music data in a music library and a preset recommendation algorithm, a recommendation score of the label vector of each music data with respect to the label vector of the video data; and taking, according to the each recommendation score, the music data matching the video data as background music. By means of the above, and further a deep learning algorithm model and a recommendation algorithm, the data processing efficiency of finding the background music of the video data in the music library is effectively improved, and the labor cost is reduced.
US11605215B2
An object association method, apparatus and system, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining a first image and a second image; and determining an association relationship between objects in the first image and objects in the second image based on surrounding information of the objects in the first image and surrounding information of the objects in the second image, where the surrounding information of one object is determined according to pixels within a set range around a bounding box of the object in the image where the object is located.
US11605214B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a method for determining camera pose information of a camera of a mobile terminal. The method includes: obtaining a first image, a second image, and a template image, the first image being a previous frame of image of the second image, the first image and the second image being images including a respective instance of the template image captured by the mobile terminal using the camera at a corresponding spatial position; determining a first homography between the template image and the second image; determining a second homography between the first image and the second image; and performing complementary filtering processing on the first homography and the second homography, to obtain camera pose information of the camera, wherein the camera pose information of the camera represents a spatial position of the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal captures the second image using the camera.
US11605207B2
There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program for enabling display of AR content that has been generated for a predetermined environment and is applied to the real environment. The information processing device according to one aspect of the present technology generates a template environment map showing the environment of a three-dimensional space that is to be a template and in which a predetermined object exists, and generates template content that is a template to be used in generating display content for displaying an object superimposed on the environment of a real space, the template content including information about the object disposed at a position in the three-dimensional space, the position having a predetermined positional relationship with the predetermined object. The present technology can be applied to a transmissive HMD, for example.
US11605199B1
Systems and methods are provided for generating a mesh for a computer model of a three-dimensional object. In an embodiment: a Cartesian mesh of hexahedral elements is generated for a representation of the three-dimensional object; a sweep direction is determined for the Cartesian mesh; a swept index level is assigned for each planar face of the Cartesian mesh perpendicular to the sweep direction; the hexahedral elements are grouped into a plurality of mesh groups, with each mesh group including contiguous hexahedral elements that span the same swept index levels along the sweep direction; a block volume is generated for each respective mesh group, with the block volume being defined by boundary loop edges of first and second faces of the respective mesh group; and a hexahedral mesh is generated for each of the block volumes generated for the mesh groups.
US11605196B2
Provided are a method and device for providing interactive virtual reality content capable of increasing user immersion by naturally connecting an idle image to a branched image. The method includes providing an idle image including options, wherein an actor in the idle image performs a standby operation, while the actor performs the standby operation, receiving a user selection for an option, providing a connection image, and providing a corresponding branched image according to the selection of the user, wherein a portion of the actor in the connection image is processed by computer graphics, and the actor performs a connection operation so that a first posture of the actor at a time point at which the selection is received is smoothly connected to a second posture of the actor at a start time point of the branched image.
US11605188B2
The present disclosure includes a medical monitoring hub as the center of monitoring for a monitored patient. The hub is configured to receive and process a plurality of physiological parameters associated with the patient. The hub includes advanced analytical presentation views configured to provide timely, clinically-relevant, actionable information to care providers. In certain embodiments, the monitoring hub stores and is able to replay previously presented data reflective of the patient's condition.
US11605187B1
Many software applications include collaborative tools. However, such collaboration tools are more complex in graphics applications, than within word processing for example, as the application includes a diverse portfolio of drawing functions to create/edit an object where editing selecting the drawing function and/or amending a parameter may require navigating multiple levels of menus and displays. A reviewer, collaborator etc. may be unfamiliar with the graphics application to make any amendments whilst the user receiving collaborator comments may be unfamiliar with how to implement suggested amendments. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to provide collaborators with a tool supporting natural language input that parses the collaborators natural language, identifies an associated drawing function, and provides the drawing function which may parameters to edit. Further, machine learning models may be trained to provide a confidence level the identified drawing function is associated with the natural language input relating to a drawing change.
US11605173B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for labeling point clouds using distance field data. One of the methods includes obtaining a point cloud characterizing a region of the environment, the point cloud comprising a plurality of points; obtaining distance field data specifying, for each of a plurality of locations in the region of the environment, a distance from the location to a nearest static object in the environment; determining, using the distance field data and for each of the plurality of points, a respective distance from the point to a nearest static object in the environment to the point; and identifying, based on the respective distances for the plurality of points in the point cloud, one or more of the points as candidate dynamic object points that are likely to be measurements of a dynamic object in the environment.
US11605164B2
A method for lung nodule evaluation is provided. The method may include obtaining a target image including at least a portion of a lung of a subject. The method may also include segmenting, from the target image, at least one target region each of which corresponds to a lung nodule of the subject. The method may further include generating an evaluation result with respect to the at least one lung nodule based on the at least one target region.
US11605163B2
An automatic abnormal cell recognition method, the method including: 1) scanning a slide using a digital pathological scanner and obtaining a cytological slide image; 2) obtaining a set of centroid coordinates of all nuclei that is denoted as CentroidOfNucleus by automatically localizing nuclei of all cells in the cytological slide image using a feature fusion based localizing method; 3) obtaining a set of cell square region of interest (ROI) images that are denoted as ROI_images; 4) grouping all cell images in the ROI_images into different groups based on sampling without replacement, where each group contains ROW×COLUMN cell images with preset ROW and COLUMN parameters; obtaining a set of splice images; and 5) classifying all cell images in the splice image simultaneously by using the splice image as an input of a trained deep neural network; and recognizing cells classified as abnormal categories.
US11605161B2
One example method for detecting phases of a surgical procedure via video processing includes accessing a video of the surgical procedure and dividing the video into one or more blocks, each of the blocks containing one or more video frames. For each of the blocks, the method includes applying a prediction model on the video frames of the respective block to obtain a phase prediction for each of the video frames. The prediction model is configured to predict, for an input video frame, one of the plurality of phases of the surgical procedure. The method further includes generating an aggregated phase prediction for the respective block by aggregating the phase predictions of the video frames, and modifying the video of the surgical procedure to include an indication of a predicted phase of the respective block based on the aggregated phase prediction.
US11605160B2
An image inspection device includes a hardware processor executing an inspection for a first read image generated by reading a first sheet on which one image is formed, based on a reference image. When an operation for newly generating the reference image is performed in association with the inspection for the first read image, the hardware processor acquires second read images generated by respectively reading second sheets on each of which the one image is formed and generates the reference image using the inspection for the first read image. When an operation for using the generated reference image stored in a storage unit is performed in association with the inspection for the first read image, the hardware processor uses the reference image in the storage unit for the inspection for the first read image, without newly acquiring the second read images.
US11605159B1
Data is received that includes a feed of images of a plurality of objects passing in front of an inspection camera module forming part of a quality assurance inspection system. A representation is generated for each image using a first machine learning model. One or more second machine learning models are then used to analyze each image using the corresponding representation. The analyses can be provided to a consuming application or process for quality assurance analysis.
US11605156B2
Methods and systems are provided for accurately filling holes, regions, and/or portions of images using iterative image inpainting. In particular, iterative inpainting utilize a confidence analysis of predicted pixels determined during the iterations of inpainting. For instance, a confidence analysis can provide information that can be used as feedback to progressively fill undefined pixels that comprise the holes, regions, and/or portions of an image where information for those respective pixels is not known. To allow for accurate image inpainting, one or more neural networks can be used. For instance, a coarse result neural network (e.g., a GAN comprised of a generator and a discriminator) and a fine result neural network (e.g., a GAN comprised of a generator and two discriminators). The image inpainting system can use such networks to predict an inpainting image result that fills the hole, region, and/or portion of the image using predicted pixels and generates a corresponding confidence map of the predicted pixels.
US11605139B1
The present invention provides a system and method for presenting global issues to users and followers of a social media platform, allowing the users and followers to provide viewpoints on the global issues, ensuring that the users providing the viewpoints are authentic, and analyzing the various viewpoints to develop statistical data including the location of those providing viewpoints. The present invention also allows a user to present a global issue for consideration by users of the platform, for example, a social media internet-based website, and allows followers of the user to provide their viewpoints on such global issue. Simultaneously, the location of said followers will be collected and collated along with their responses.
US11605137B2
Techniques for expense report submission are disclosed. An expense report submission system receives, via a graphical user interface, a user query that corresponds to requesting whether a particular expense is allowed. The expense report submission system applies the user query to a machine learning model configured to evaluate data associated with expenses against one or more expense policy rules. The expense report submission system generates a response to the user query based at least on a result of applying the user query to the machine learning model. The response to the user query indicates whether the expense is allowed based at least on the expense reporting rule(s). The expense report submission system presents, in the graphical user interface, the response to the user query.
US11605133B2
A computer implemented method determines a margin requirement for a financial product portfolio. Market conditions for the financial product portfolio are characterized by a zero curve. The method includes producing a plurality of scenario curves, each scenario curve reflecting a principal component analysis (PCA) model of the zero curve with a respective PCA factor of a plurality of PCA factors of the PCA model offset from a corresponding base value for the zero curve, calculating a respective projected value of the financial product portfolio for each scenario curve of the plurality of scenario curves, calculating a loss risk amount for each PCA factor based on the respective projected value and a current value of the financial product portfolio, and determining the margin requirement based on a sum of the loss risk amounts for the plurality of PCA factors.
US11605131B1
An investment manager engine automatically manages an investment fund. During an accumulation phase, the investment manager receives messages that include contributions to the investment fund. For each contribution, the investment manager determines an allocation of the contribution among securities and guaranteed income assets. The investment manager allocates at least a portion of the contribution to guaranteed income assets, according to the determined allocation. The guaranteed income assets provide a guaranteed annual income stream upon a predetermined date.
US11605124B2
A system and method of smart contract and distributed ledger platform with blockchain authenticity verification includes a blockchain service circuit structured to interface with a distributed ledger; a data collection circuit structured to receive data related to a set of items of collateral that provide security for a loan: a smart contract circuit structured to create a smart lending contract for the loan and assign at least a portion of the set of items of collateral to the loan, thereby creating an assigned set of items of collateral; wherein the blockchain service circuit is further structured to record the assigned set of items of collateral to a loan-entry in the distributed ledger, and wherein each of the blockchain service circuit, the data collection circuit, and the smart contract circuit further comprise a corresponding application programming interface (API) component structured to facilitate communication among the circuits of the system.
US11605116B2
Methods and systems for displaying, to a user interface, categories of items for the user to select from for querying the system, in order to enable the system to return to the user images of items of the type desired by the user for possible purchase. The items categories of items can be presented to the user interface visually in silhouette form so that the user can select brand and the silhouette image of the type of item desired. Upon selection of the silhouette image, a query is sent to the system and images of the desired type of item are returned to the user interface for presentation to the user, along with certain attributes of the items.
US11605112B2
A system and process for coordinating streaming content or messages is provided. A network-connected server maintains a database containing media content-related data, such as the text of a message, accompanying media, time of airing, payment and related comments. A user can view these feeds or streams of these consciousness messages by downloading a mobile application or browsing to a website. The application can also be used to create, schedule and pay for a media content message.
US11605107B2
A system for providing advertisements with search results in response to a search query comprises a front end and an advertisement server. The front end is configured: to receive a search query; to send a first search request to a search server and sending a first advertisement request to an advertisement server, wherein the first search request includes the search query or information based on the search query, and wherein the first advertisement request includes the search query or information based on the search query and an indication that an advertisement response is not to be provided; to receive search results from the search server; and to send at least some of the search results to the advertisement server in a second advertisement request, wherein the second advertisement request includes an indication that an advertisement response is to be provided. The advertisement server is configured: in response to receiving the first advertisement request, to search for advertisements related to the search query to produce plural advertisement results each with an associated score; in response to receiving the second advertisement request, to modify the score of at least one of the plural advertisement results; to rank the plural advertisement results according to their scores; to select one or more of the highest ranked plural advertisement results; and to send an advertisement response to the front end, the advertisement response including the selected one or more highest ranked plural advertisement results. The front end is configured to provide the search results with the selected one or more highest ranked plural advertisement results.
US11605105B2
Payment card transaction systems and methods with instant geographic merchant incentive notification
An electronic payment card processing system and method includes a host computing device having at least one processor in communication with a memory device and a multi-party payment processing network for processing payment-by-card transactions. The host computing device is configured to identify a first payment-by-card transaction between an enrolled cardholder and a first enrolled merchant that is processed over the multi-party payment processing network, identify at least one affiliated merchant of the first enrolled merchant; and send an affiliate incentive offer for the at least one affiliated merchant to the enrolled cardholder.
US11605103B1
A system may include a remote device and a server. The server may be configured to store a grocery items purchase history for a given user, and determine a medication to be dispensed to the given user. The server may also be configured to compare the medication to the grocery items purchase history and determine a grocery item having an interaction with the medication, and determine a substitute grocery item for the grocery item having the interaction with the medication. The server may generate a digital promotion for the substitute grocery item, and communicate the digital promotion to the remote device.
US11605087B2
A method for identifying identity information includes: acquiring user data, the user data including identity information and account information of a user; establishing an association relationship between account information and identity information that are bound in the user data, and establishing an association relationship between two pieces of account information having common features in the user data; and determining a risk value of target identity information in the user data according to the established association relationships, and determining, according to the determined risk value, whether the target identity information has a risk of being used fraudulently.
US11605084B2
Various embodiments described herein are generally directed to techniques for managing fraud rules and generating authentication directions according to location data from one or more client devices. Embodiments may include using a payment server informed by a client device application to manage and/or apply fraud rules for transactions. In embodiments, fraud rules may be managed based on location data provided by a client device application and/or location data associated with at least one transaction system. In some embodiments, fraud rules may be managed based on location data provided by multiple client device applications and/or location data associated with at least one transaction system. In some embodiments, rules may be managed for an individual authorization request according to information from at least one client device application and location data for a transaction system associated with the authorization request.
US11605079B2
A method of verifying the destination of a transaction between nodes in a network includes receiving transaction information corresponding to a transaction between the nodes, where the transaction information comprises a unique destination identifier and a destination name and where the unique destination identifier defines a destination account of the transaction; obtaining from a storage unit a set of names used in previous transactions to that destination account; determining at least one disparity value between the destination name and the set of names; and producing a destination verification value based on the at least one disparity value, wherein the destination verification value is used to verify whether the transaction between nodes should proceed.
US11605074B2
A technique for improving the security of a portable consumer device may include storing a first account identifier and a second account identifier associated with the first account identifier, the second account identifier and the first account identifier being associated with the same account on the portable consumer device. When the portable consumer device is interacting with a reader device to conduct a transaction, the portable consumer device may determine whether the transaction is a proximity transaction by sensing whether a wireless interrogation signal is being transmitted from the reader device, and determine which of the first account identifier and the second account identifier to provide to the reader device based on whether the transaction is a proximity transaction.
US11605062B2
Systems and methods for performing automated drone-based photo-shoots of people in places of gathering/interests such as events, tourist spots, sports events, cultural shows, religious congregations, political rallies and conventions. Photos may be captured by drone-mounted cameras at the place of gathering/interest. The service can also be provided without a drone, and by using pre-installed cameras. These cameras can be controlled automatically using automated algorithms or manually by professional photographers to capture one or more images. Systems and methods for converting these media and other significant moments of the event into Digital Collectibles (Non-Fungible Tokens or “NFT”) to enable ownership and provenance tracking, and resale in digital asset marketplaces are also described. Disclosed systems would automatically create a digital package including the captured media at the end of the photo shoot. Disclosed systems may provide an exclusive local marketplace for listing and selling these digital collectibles.
US11605057B2
According to an embodiment, a store management system includes a store entry management device and a sales management device. The store entry management device reads identification data, of a shopper, for using the electronic receipt service from an information terminal of a shopper who wants to enter the store. The sales management device causes the store entry management device to permit the shopper to enter the store when the settlement data can be acquired based on the read shopper identification data.
US11605051B2
A system for parcel transport and tracking that operates responsive to data bearing records includes a plurality of geographically spaced repositories. The exemplary repositories include a plurality of enclosed compartment spaces. Access to each of the enclosed compartment spaces is controlled by respective door which is in operative connection with the respective lock. Central control circuitry in operative connection with the repositories is operative to control access to the compartment spaces and to cause compartments to be selectively accessible so that selected parcels may be placed therein or removed therefrom.
US11605050B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed that provide a pickup process for items purchased from a store. In some embodiments, a mobile computing device of a customer may determine whether the mobile computing device and therefore the customer are in a pickup zone for a store. In response to determining that the mobile computing device is in the pickup zone, the mobile computing device may notify the customer and request whether the customer wishes to initiate pickup of purchased items from the store. The mobile computing device may notify a merchandise pickup system of the customer's desire to pickup the purchased items.
US11605047B2
Systems and methods for managing post-harvest crop quality and pests. A post-harvest monitoring system receives sensor device measurements from sensors deployed within a commodity storage facility. The system analyzes the sensor measurements and, optionally, other data, and provides a user with a representation of the storage facility that includes air flow, temperature, and/or moisture content readouts, along with stored commodity quality and/or stored commodity business metrics predictions concerning infestation level, visible mold, dry matter loss, germination capacity, gas concentration, and estimates of commodity value and profit margin under a variety of post-harvest monitoring system-recommended or user-specified scenarios. Use of the system thus enhances stored commodity quality, marketability and food safety by providing solutions that combat spoilage manifestations and guide end users to efficient pest management.
US11605035B2
A user terminal for distributing an automobile and an automotive distribution system that can enhance convenience of a user at a time of an automotive distribution request, and a program that is executed in them are provided. In the user terminal for distributing an automobile or the automotive distribution system, a terminal control device accepts waiting times until a vehicle is distributed to a current position of the user terminal identified by a current position identifying device or the like, from the user via an operation input device. The terminal control device causes a display device to display one or a plurality of vehicles that can be distributed, for each of the waiting times that are accepted. When a single vehicle requested to be distributed is selected from vehicles that can be distributed via the operation input device, the terminal control device executes automotive distribution request processing of the vehicle requested to be distributed.
US11605032B2
System, apparatus, device and methods relating to a telematic vehicle sharing platform ecosystem and a telematic vehicle share I/O expander to automate sharing and management of a vehicle that is shared by more than one operator.
US11605023B2
The disclosure derives insight from telemetry data by receiving telemetry data; parsing the received telemetry data to identify properties, and mapping the identified properties to a set of identified tags based at least on a tag library. Based at least on the mapping, the disclosure generates insight data and a report for the telemetry data. In this manner, the disclosure adds structure to data, thereby providing semantic meaning to internet of things (IoT) telemetry data, regardless of the device class or manufacturer. This, in turn, automatically creates applicable insights. Insights are available with a core tag taxonomy, which can be extended and customized. By applying the tags, a user obtains immediate insights related to usage, performance, and health of a monitored product or service.
US11605016B2
A quantum computing service includes connections to one or more quantum hardware providers that are configured to execute quantum circuits using quantum computers based on one or more quantum technologies. The quantum computing service also includes at least one edge computing device located adjacent to a quantum computer at one of the quantum hardware provider facilities. The edge computing device is configured to execute classical computing portions of a hybrid algorithm in coordination with the quantum computer, which executes quantum computing portions of the hybrid algorithm. Results of the execution of the hybrid algorithm are automatically stored to a data storage service accessible to the customer.
US11605014B2
Embodiments relate to computing systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media. Identifier collisions are determined in historical event data based on short identifiers associated with a first event location and short identifiers associated with a second event location geographically dispersed from the first event location. Behavior analytics are performed on short identifiers in the historical event data to generate behavioral models associated with the short identifiers. Adjusted behavioral models are generated based on the determined identifier collisions. A short identifier is obtained from a client device, and based on the short identifier, an adjusted behavioral model of the adjusted behavioral models is determined. An expected event frequency is determined based on the adjusted behavioral model and an actual event frequency is determined. An indication of a first new event value is transmitted to the client device based on a determination that the expected event frequency is less than the actual event frequency, whereby the client device displays a notification corresponding to the indication of the first new event value.
US11605010B1
A system that suggests and refines priority, severity, historical resolution, resolution time and assignment group to resolve auto-generated incidents is provided. The system leverages an incident characterization list tracking essence key phrases associated with historical incidents generated by an application performance management (APM) system and a machine data (MD) analysis system. The system automatically obtains a first auto-generated incident, from the APM system or the MD analysis system, based on any specified search criteria being met, or detection of a deviation in the value of key metrics from a specified threshold value. The system further automatically extracts essence key phrases of the first auto-generated incident and matches it with the essence key phrases of the incident characterization list to suggest priority, severity, historical resolution and resolution time, relevant knowledge base articles and assignment group for the first auto-generated incident to aid in resolution of the first auto-generated incident.
US11605008B2
A computer-implemented method includes: determining, by a computer device, classifications of plural messages sent amongst plural users; detecting, by the computer device, actions performed by users in response to receiving ones of the plural messages; determining, by the computer device, insights based on the determined classifications and the detected actions; automatically generating, by the computer device, at least one new rule based on at least one of the insights; and automatically applying, by the computer device, the at least one new rule to new messages sent amongst the plural users.
US11605006B2
One embodiment provides a method, including: mining a plurality of deep-learning models from a plurality of input sources; extracting information from each of the deep-learning models, by parsing at least one of (i) code corresponding to the deep-learning model and (ii) text corresponding to the deep-learning model; identifying, for each of the deep-learning models, operators that perform operations within the deep-learning model; producing, for each of the deep-learning models and from (i) the extracted information and (ii) the identified operators, an ontology comprising terms and features of the deep-learning model, wherein the producing comprises populating a pre-defined ontology format with features of each deep-learning model; and generating a deep-learning model catalog comprising the plurality of deep-learning models, wherein the catalog comprises, for each of the deep-learning models, the ontology corresponding to the deep-learning model.
US11605003B2
A method includes inputting defect data of a source domain, to which a first mask is applied/unapplied to a reconstruction algorithm. The algorithm is trained to generate defect data of the source domain, to which the first mask is reconstructed. Normal data of the source domain is input to the algorithm, and includes data to which a second mask is applied, and data to which the second mask is not applied. The algorithm is trained to generate normal data of the source domain, to which the second mask is reconstructed. Normal data of a target domain is input to the algorithm, and the normal data of the target domain includes data to which the second mask is applied, and data to which the second mask is not applied. The algorithm is trained to generate normal data of the target domain, to which the second mask is reconstructed.
US11604996B2
A neural network learning mechanism has a device which perturbs analog neurons to measure an error which results from perturbations at different points within the neural network and modifies weights and biases to converge to a target.
US11604993B1
Techniques for training a computationally-expensive layer, such as a convolutional layer, of a machine-learning model toward a target filter. If the training drives parameters associated with the layer to match or be close enough to the target filter, the layer may be removed, replace, and/or reduced in size, depending on the type of target filter used.
US11604992B2
Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for probabilistic neural network architecture generation. In an example, an underlying distribution over neural network architectures based on various parameters is sampled using probabilistic modeling. Training data is evaluated in order to iteratively update the underlying distribution, thereby generating a probability distribution over the neural network architectures. The distribution is iteratively trained until the parameters associated with the neural network architecture converge. Once it is determined that the parameters have converged, the resulting probability distribution may be used to generate a resulting neural network architecture. As a result, intermediate architectures need not be fully trained, which dramatically reduces memory usage and/or processing time. Further, in some instances, it is possible to evaluate bigger architectures and/or larger batch sizes while also reducing neural network architecture generation time and maintaining or improving neural network accuracy.
US11604989B2
A system for ANN training through processing power of parked vehicles. The system can include a master computing device having a controller configured to control training of an ANN. The training can be performed at least partially in separate parts by computing devices of parked vehicles. The controller can be configured to separate computing tasks of training the ANN into separated tasks. Also, the controller can be configured to assign at least some of the separated tasks to selected computing devices of parked vehicles. The controller can also be configured to receive and assemble results of the separated tasks to train the ANN. The controller can also be configured to train the ANN according to the results. The master computing device can be configured to send the assigned tasks to the selected devices of the vehicles as well as receive, from the selected devices, the results of the assigned tasks.
US11604985B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training a neural network. A method includes: training a neural network having multiple network parameters to perform a particular neural network task and to determine trained values of the network parameters using an iterative training process having multiple hyperparameters, the method includes: maintaining multiple candidate neural networks and, for each of the multiple candidate neural networks, data specifying: (i) respective values of network parameters for the candidate neural network, (ii) respective values of hyperparameters for the candidate neural network, and (iii) a quality measure that measures a performance of the candidate neural network on the particular neural network task; and for each of the multiple candidate neural networks, repeatedly performing additional training operations.
US11604971B2
A neuromorphic apparatus includes a three-dimensionally-stacked synaptic structure, and includes a plurality of unit synaptic modules, each of the plurality of unit synaptic modules including a plurality of synaptic layers, each of the plurality of synaptic layers including a plurality of stacked layers, and each of the plurality of unit synaptic modules further including a first decoder interposed between two among the plurality of synaptic layers. The neuromorphic apparatus further includes a second decoder that provides a level selection signal to the first decoder included in one among the plurality of unit synaptic modules to be accessed, and a third decoder that generates an address of one among a plurality of memristers to be accessed in a memrister array of one among the plurality of synaptic layers included in the one among the plurality of unit synaptic modules to be accessed.
US11604967B2
Various examples of the present disclosure include a stereoscopic deep neural network (DNN) that produces accurate and reliable results in real-time. Both LIDAR data (supervised training) and photometric error (unsupervised training) may be used to train the DNN in a semi-supervised manner. The stereoscopic DNN may use an exponential linear unit (ELU) activation function to increase processing speeds, as well as a machine learned argmax function that may include a plurality of convolutional layers having trainable parameters to account for context. The stereoscopic DNN may further include layers having an encoder/decoder architecture, where the encoder portion of the layers may include a combination of three-dimensional convolutional layers followed by two-dimensional convolutional layers.
US11604952B2
A method for controlling an AI apparatus mounted on home appliance, the method comprising: receiving a sound signal at a predetermined time; removing noises of the received signal and separating the signal from which the noises are removed, into a signal by a user and a device signal; acquiring a result value outputted by an AI model by inputting the separated signal to the AI model using a multi-class separation; and executing a sleep mode of the home appliance and outputting a sleep mode switch notice when the result value is a user sleep, and requesting a feedback from the user when the result value is an unclear signal and updating the AI model using the feedback.
US11604950B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for classifying data points using convex hulls based on centroids of clusters, and a method for classifying data points according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises clustering data points into a plurality of clusters; constructing a hyperplane by using a set of centroids of singular clusters having a single class label from the plurality of clusters and removing singular clusters whose centroids are not used to construct the hyperplane; generating a convex hull for a singular cluster used to construct the hyperplane; removing internal data points except for the vertices of the generated convex hull from the singular cluster whose centroid is used to construct the hyperplane; and classifying a set of remaining data points except for the removed internal data points among the plurality of clusters.
US11604948B2
A cascaded machine learning inference system and method is disclosed. The cascaded system and method may be designed to be employed in resource restricted environments. The cascaded system and method may be applicable for applications that operate with limited power (e.g., a wearable smart watch). The cascaded system and method may employ two or more subsystems that are operable to classify an input signal provided by any number or types of sensors suitable for a given application. For instance, the sensors used may include gyroscopes, accelerometers, magnetometers, or barometric altimeters. The system and method may also be further split functionality across additional or new subsystems. By splitting operations and functionality across additional subsystems, the overall power consumption may further be reduced.
US11604946B2
A training system for a deep neural network and method of training is disclosed. The system and/or method may comprise: receiving, from an eye-tracking system associated with a sensor, an image frame captured while an operator is controlling a vehicle; receiving, from the eye-tracking system, eyeball gaze data corresponding to the image frame; and iteratively training the deep neural network to determine an object of interest depicted within the image frame based on the eyeball gaze data. The deep neural network generates at least one feature map and determine a proposed region corresponding to the object of interest within the at least one feature map based on the eyeball gaze data.
US11604945B2
Systems and methods for lane marking and road sign recognition are provided. The system aligns image level features between a source domain and a target domain based on an adversarial learning process while training a domain discriminator. The target domain includes one or more road scenes having lane markings and road signs. The system selects, using the domain discriminator, unlabeled samples from the target domain that are far away from existing annotated samples from the target domain. The system selects, based on a prediction score of each of the unlabeled samples, samples with lower prediction scores. The system annotates the samples with the lower prediction scores.
US11604943B2
Systems and methods for domain adaptation for structured output via disentangled representations are provided. The system receives a ground truth of a source domain. The ground truth is used in a task loss function for a first convolutional neural network that predicts at least one output based on inputs from the source domain and a target domain. The system clusters the ground truth of the source domain into a predetermined number of clusters, and predicts, via a second convolutional neural network, a structure of label patches. The structure includes an assignment of each of the at least one output of the first convolutional neural network to the predetermined number of clusters. A cluster loss is computed for the predicted structure of label patches, and an adversarial loss function is applied to the predicted structure of label patches to align the source domain and the target domain on a structural level.
US11604942B2
This application relates to apparatus and methods for determining confidence levels in associated data using machine learning algorithms. In some examples, a computing device may generate training graph data where each training graph connects at least two nodes by an edge, and each node represents data. The computing device may train a machine learning algorithm based on the generated training data. The computing device may then receive linked data, which associates at least two nodes, each representing data, with each other. The computing device may generate graph data based on the linking data, to provide to the machine learning algorithm as input. The computing device may then execute the machine learning algorithm on the generated graph data to generate values for each of its edges. The values may identify, for each edge, a confidence level in the connection between the two nodes for that edge.
US11604941B1
A method of training an action selection neural network to perform a demonstrated task using a supervised learning technique. The action selection neural network is configured to receive demonstration data comprising actions to perform the task and rewards received for performing the actions. The action selection neural network has auxiliary prediction task neural networks on one or more of its intermediate outputs. The action selection policy neural network is trained using multiple combined losses, concurrently with the auxiliary prediction task neural networks.
US11604935B2
A method includes receiving, with a computing system, a video item. The method further includes identifying a first set of features within a first frame of the video item. The method further includes identifying, with the computing system, a second set of features within a second frame of the video item, the second frame being subsequent to the first frame. The method further includes determining, with the computing system, differences between the first set of features and the second set of features. The method further includes assigning a clip category to a clip extending between the first frame and the second frame based on the differences.
US11604927B2
Provided is a system and method for adapting sentiment analysis to user profiles to reduce bias in customer or user generated content, specifically a system and method that discounts or adjusts bias in sentiment data based on the channel from which the content was received and/or the demographic of the user. The system includes a means to detect sentiment bias for any product, service, or company across multiple channels of customer data; a means to construct models to quantize bias by specific demographics and channels; and a means to adjust sentiment model output to reduce inflation by biased groups.
US11604925B1
Features are disclosed for training and using named entity recognition models based on gazetteer information. A named entity recognition model can be trained with a gazetteer output at a layer of the model to provide deterministic data in the probabilistic model. The named entity recognition model can recognize named entities based on the word embedding and the gazetteer output. The named entity recognition model can tune the gazetteer output to include false positive name entities such that the gazetteer output is not deterministic of the output of the model. In some embodiments, the named entity recognition model can be tuned so as to adjust the gazetteer output.
US11604924B2
Techniques are provided herein for generating improved document summaries that consider the amount of time that has passed since the user last accessed the document. The length of time that has passed since the user has accessed each previous portion of the document is used as a variable to determine how much the summary should focus on each of the previously read sections of the document. When a document is accessed by a user, a relevance score is assigned to content from previously accessed sections of that document, where the relevance score is weighted based on how long ago each of the sections was accessed by the user. Once the various content items of previous sections have been provided relevance scores, selected sentences with the highest relevance scores are fed to a deep learning sequence-to-sequence model is used to build the document summary.
US11604922B2
A system for creating an output comprises a processing unit, a user input module operably connected to the processing unit, and a display operably connected to the processing unit. The processing unit provides on the display: a grid image comprising multiple cells, each cell representing a duration of time; and a selection area comprising multiple select icons, each select icon representing a source data file. The processing unit is configured such that a user can create a grid layout representing the correlation between individual selected source data files and one, two, or more of the multiple cells. The processing unit produces the output based on the correlation.
US11604919B2
A method for rendering lyrics is provided, including: acquiring pronunciation of a polyphonic word to be rendered in target lyrics, and acquiring playback time information of the pronunciation in the process of rendering the target lyrics; determining a first number of furiganas contained in the pronunciation; and word-by-word simultaneously rendering, according to the first number and the playback time information of the pronunciation of the polyphonic word to be rendered, the polyphonic word to be rendered and each furigana in the pronunciation of the polyphonic word to be rendered, wherein the pronunciation of the polyphonic word to be rendered is adjacent to and parallel to the polyphonic word to be rendered.
US11604915B2
A method of process technology assessment is provided. The method includes: defining a scope of the process technology assessment, the scope comprising an original process technology and a first process technology; modeling a first object in an integrated circuit into a resistance domain and a capacitance domain; generating a first resistance scaling factor and a first capacitance scaling factor based on the modeling, the original process technology, and the first process technology; and utilizing, by an electronic design automation (EDA) tool, the first resistance scaling factor and the first capacitance scaling factor for simulation of the integrated circuit.
US11604897B1
A data privacy protection system is disclosed that comprises listener(s) that receive and store data including non-personal identifiable information (PII) and PII in data sets in a database and agent(s) that access each data set from the database, obtain the non-PII data and exclude the PII data to create non-PII data sets, and transmit the non-PII data sets to a third-party server. The system further comprises an anonymization framework that obtains the PII data from the data sets and stores some of the PII data in a raw PII data set. The anonymization framework distributes anonymization work on the stored PII data to queues based on hashed device identifiers associated with the stored PII data, performs the anonymization work on the stored PII data according to the queues to create an anonymized PII data set, and transmits the anonymized PII data set to the third-party server.
US11604896B2
Systems and methods for clustering data are disclosed. For example, a system may include one or more memory units storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include receiving data from a client device and generating preliminary clustered data based on the received data, using a plurality of embedding network layers. The operations may include generating a data map based on the preliminary clustered data using a meta-clustering model. The operations may include determining a number of clusters based on the data map using the meta-clustering model and generating final clustered data based on the number of clusters using the meta-clustering model. The operations may include and transmitting the final clustered data to the client device.
US11604892B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for standard compliant collection of sensitive data during a communication session. A standard compliant data collection system is used to provide the standard compliant collection of sensitive data. For example, in response to receiving an indication that a user is to provide sensitive data during an active communication session between the user and an agent, a standard compliant data collection mode is invoked. As a result, communication within the active communication session is routed between the user and the standard compliant data collection system via a secure connection, during which sensitive data is collected in a standard compliant manner. Once collection of the user's sensitive data has been completed, the standard compliant data collection mode is ended, and communication within the active communication session is routed between the user and the agent.
US11604888B2
A computer implemented method in a system comprising an actor authorization node, an access right storage node and a file record node. The method comprises receiving, from a computing device, a request to access a file, the request comprising information identifying an actor making the request and a file to be accessed, obtaining an indication from the actor authorization node whether or not the identified actor is recorded on the actor authorization node as trustworthy, obtaining an indication from the access right storage node of the access right the identified actor has to the identified file, if the identified actor has been indicated by the actor authorization node as being trustworthy and by the access right storage node as having access rights, obtaining file storage and access details from the file record node and sending the file storage and access details to the computing device or using the file storage and access details to access the stored file and sending the accessed file to the computing device. The file storage and access details comprise at least one of a file storage location, a file encryption key, a calculated characteristic of the stored file and a calculated characteristic of an encrypted version of the stored file.
US11604886B2
The portable peripheral (1001) of communication with a data storage peripheral and a data network utilizing the internet protocol, comprises: a connector to mechanically connect and establish a removable wired connection between the peripheral and a portable terminal, a first means of wired bidirectional communication with the portable terminal, a second means of bidirectional communication with a data storage peripheral or a data network and a security unit protecting the communication between the portable terminal and the data storage peripheral or the data network, this communication being established between the first and the second means of communication.
US11604884B2
An information handling system includes a general storage for storing application data of applications hosted by the information handling system. The information handling system also includes a management storage for storing management data used to manage operation of the information handling system. The information handling system further includes a management storage manager that obtains data for storage in the management storage; encrypts the data to obtain encrypted data and authentication data for the encrypted data; generates error correction code data for the encrypted data and the authentication data; and stores, as a new record, the encrypted data, the authentication data, and the error correction code data in the management storage.
US11604877B1
Described herein are systems and methods for improving incident response in an information technology (IT) environment. In one implementation, an incident service initiates execution of a course of action and identifies a step in the first course of action that determines data in a first format. The incident service further determines a format requirement for a second step in the course of action and translates the data from the first format to the second format in accordance with the format requirement.
US11604876B2
A computer-implemented method at a data management system comprises: receiving, at a storage appliance from a server hosting a virtual machine, a write made to the virtual machine; computing, at the storage appliance, a fingerprint of the transmitted write; comparing, at the storage appliance, the computed fingerprint to malware fingerprints in a malware catalog; repeating the computing and comparing; and disabling the virtual machine if a number of matches from the comparing breaches a predetermined threshold over a predetermined amount of time.
US11604873B1
Described herein are systems and methods using noisy instructions for side-channel attack mitigation. For example, some methods include fetching an instruction from a memory into a processor pipeline of a processor core that is configured to execute instructions using an architectural state of the processor core; generating a random number; fissioning the instruction into a set of micro-operations that includes one or more micro-operations that perform the instruction and the random number of noisy micro-operations, wherein each of the noisy micro-operations does not affect the architectural state; executing the set of micro-operations using one or more execution units of the processor pipeline; and, retiring, responsive to completion of execution of the set of micro-operations, the instruction.
US11604868B2
Disclosed are a system and method for an identity integration platform to leverage decentralized Internet identity services to streamline and secure the credentialing process for a variety of identity providers, credentialing service providers, and their users. The identity integration platform may operate as a conduit between these entities in a platform agnostic manner to ensure compatibility across a variety of entities without standardization. An application programming interface to facilitate interoperability is also described.
US11604863B2
An alignment system may comprise a housing defining a channel having a first end and a second end; a light source disposed at the first end of the channel; and an alignment image disposed at the second end of the channel. The light source may be in optical communication with the alignment image. The alignment system may further comprise a baffle extending around at least a portion of an inner perimeter of the channel, the baffle defining a backlight aperture. The light source may be in selective optical communication with the alignment image.
US11604860B1
A system and method synchronizes accounts across different computer systems using a matching computer system and a network, when the accounts on the source computer system are organized differently than they are on the destination computer system.
US11604855B2
Disclosed are a method and a system for determining a response to a digital task in a computer-implemented crowd-sourced environment. The method comprises determining if a number of the plurality of responses to the digital task received meets a pre-determined minimum answer threshold; in response to the number of the plurality of responses to the digital task meeting the pre-determined minimum answer threshold, executing: for each of the plurality of responses generating, by the server, a confidence parameter representing a probability of an associated one of the plurality of responses being correct; ranking the plurality of responses based on the confidence parameter to determine a top response being associated with a highest confidence parameter; and in response to the highest confidence parameter being above a pre-determined minimum confidence threshold, assigning a value of the top response as a label for the digital task and terminating the digital task execution.
US11604854B2
A multiplier array for implementing a multiply-accumulate operation has a plurality of rows, where each row comprises multiplexer circuitry and adder circuitry, the multiplexer circuitry selecting, in dependence on a control input, one of a first multiplexer input value and a second multiplexer input value to provide as a first adder input value to the adder circuitry. In each row other than an initial row, the adder circuitry also receives as a second adder input value at least a portion of a result value produced in a preceding row. In a multiplication mode, the multiplier array implements the multiply-accumulate operation, and in a linear interpolation mode, the multiplier array implements a linear interpolation operation between a lower limit value and an upper limit value based on a weighting value.
US11604850B2
A non-destructive memory array implements a full adder. The array includes a column connected by a bit line and a full adder unit. The column stores a first bit in a first row of the bit line, a second bit in a second row of the bit line, and an inverse of a carry-in bit in a third row of the bit line. The full adder unit stores, in the second and third rows of the bit line, a sum bit and a carry out bit output, respectively, of adding the first bit, the second bit and the carry-in bit. The full adder unit does not overwrite any of the bits when a full adder table indicates that the sum bit and the carry out bit are equivalent to the second bit and the carry-in bit.
US11604848B2
Technologies for cross-device shared web resource caching include a client device and a shared cache device. The client device scans for a shared cache device in local proximity to the client device and, in response to the scan, registers with the shared cache device. After registering, the client device requests a cached web resource from the shared cache device. The shared cache device determines whether a cached web resource that matches the request is installed in a shared cache. The shared cache device may determine whether an origin of the request matches the mi gin of the cached web resource. If installed, the shared cache device sends a found response and the cached web resource to the client device. If not installed, the shared cache device sends a not-found response and the client device may request the web resource from a remote web server. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11604845B2
Systems and methods are described herein to search for content recommendations, and in particular, for generating emoji-based metadata for content and processing an emoji-based query using the emoji-based metadata. A system identifies a content item posted via one or more social platforms. A system may retrieve a quantity of instances of a reaction to the content item. The reaction may correspond to an emoji. A system may retrieve a comment posted in association with the content item via the one or more social platforms. A system may map the comment to the emoji based on a rule. The system may generate a factor associated with the content item and the emoji based on the quantity of instances of the reaction and based on the mapping of the comment to the emoji. The system stores the factor in a database in association with an identifier of the content item to facilitate processing of an emoji-based query.
US11604840B1
Systems and methods for submitting regulatory documents, from authoring through uploading to a health authority gateway. It may continuously publish documents into a submission archive as documents become associated to the content plan and as related content or attributes are updated. It may continuously validate submission components by applying validation rules defined by a health authority to report non-conforming validation results during the publishing process. It may allow users to review and resolve validation errors and warnings by reporting information to users on an ongoing basis to help reduce end-stage reconciliation.
US11604836B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for predictive dynamic bidding rules generation for digital content objects.
US11604833B1
A method including retrieving first data from first and second databases. The databases include different, incompatible formats and described different aspect of subjects. The data in the respective databases is referenceable using a common key type. The method also includes converting, into combined data, the first data and the second data into a canonical form configured for use as input to a machine learning model. The method also includes generating, using the common key type, pre-processed data by correlating, for ones of the subjects in the combined data, the first aspect of the subjects to the second aspect of the subjects. The machine learning model takes, as an input, the first aspect and the second aspect for each of the subjects in the pre-processed data, and generates, as an output, a prediction for a selected subject in the subjects. The method also includes presenting the output.
US11604831B2
A dialogue device enabling speech capable of improving a degree of intimacy with a user or a user satisfaction is provided. An input information acquiring unit (101) configured to acquire input information from a user, a focus information acquiring unit (103) configured to acquire focus information representing a focus in the input information, a user profile DB (110) configured to store profile information of the user and date and time information at which the profile information is registered in association with each other, a profile information acquiring unit (107) configured to acquire the profile information in accordance with a priority level determined on the basis of the date and time information from a user profile corresponding to the focus information stored in the user profile DB (110), and a speech generating unit (108) configured to generate a speech sentence (speech information) corresponding to the user profile are included.
US11604829B2
A computer architecture for graph processing employs a high-bandwidth memory closely coupled to independent processing elements for searching through a graph using a first set of processing elements operating simultaneously to determine neighbors to a current frontier and second processing elements operating simultaneously to determine a next frontier, this process being repeated to search through graph nodes.
US11604822B2
Multi-modal differential search with real-time focus adaptation techniques are described that overcome the challenges of conventional techniques in a variety of ways. In one example, a model is trained to support a visually guided machine-learning embedding space that supports visual intuition as to “what” is represented by text. The visually guided language embedding space supported by the model, once trained, may then be used to support visual intuition as part of a variety of functionality. In one such example, the visually guided language embedding space as implemented by the model may be leveraged as part of a multi-modal differential search to support search of digital images and other digital content with real-time focus adaptation which overcomes the challenges of conventional techniques.
US11604821B2
One or more embodiments of the disclosure include a character management system that determines and utilizes contextual meaning with regard to standardized image characters. In particular, the character management system determines contextual meaning with regard to standardized characters based on the manner in which the standardized characters are utilized in a repository of electronic documents. Moreover, the character management system can utilize the contextual meaning to search, recommend, analyze, and translate with regard to the use of standardized image characters.
US11604812B2
Computer-implemented systems and methods are disclosed for indexing and aggregating proxy server data. In accordance with some embodiments, the systems comprise a memory device configured to store a set of instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the set of instructions to receive a plurality of log lines of proxy server data comprising a plurality of data components and index one or more of the plurality of data components for the plurality of log lines. The processors also generate a plurality of log data records, each including the one or more indexed data components, and generate a summarized data record by aggregating one or more log data records having at least one matching indexed data component.
US11604811B2
Systems and methods are provided for adaptive data replication. A first data object is stored. One or more first network characteristics of a communication network are detected. A first replication mode is triggered (e.g., a single-master replication mode) based on the one or more first network characteristics of the communication network. The single-master replication may be configured to facilitate real-time synchronizations (e.g., for critical updates). One or more second network characteristics of the communication network are detected. A second replication mode (e.g., a multi-master replication mode) is triggered based on the one or more second network characteristics. The second replication may be configured to facilitate a delayed synchronization (e.g., for non-critical updates) of the first data object and the second data object using the second update file.
US11604810B2
Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine readable mediums for efficient asynchronous replication of hierarchical records across data storage locations. Methods and systems are also described for efficiently updating replicated records. Disclosed also in some examples are improved storage, replication, and distribution of data related to network-based meetings (e.g., media) in hierarchical records. Data for one or more components of the meeting (e.g., media) may be stored in a child record (called a component record). The network-based meeting may be described by a parent record with links to, and in some examples descriptions of, the meeting component records (the child records).
US11604804B2
A data replication system is disclosed comprising a change event detection module configured to run at a first data repository and a change event implementation module configured to run at a second data repository. A messaging service configured to transmit received messages in accordance with message subscriptions is also provided. The event detection module is configured to detect changes made to the first data repository and transmit change event messages to the messaging service. The event implementation module is configured to subscribe to change event messages at the messaging service and, in response to receipt of a change event message, to implement the change event at the second data repository.
US11604800B1
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for generating a visualization of data points returned in response to a query based on attributes of a display device and display screen to render the visualization. A determination is made of inputs comprising area dimensions of the display screen and capabilities of the display device to render data points retrieved in response to a query. The inputs and the data points are provided to a visualization engine to output a type of visual presentation for the data points, a size of the visual presentation to render on the display screen, and a level of detail to aggregate the data points to render on the display screen. A visualization is generated to render on the display screen the data points in the type of visual presentation according to the size of the visual presentation and with the level of detail.
US11604790B2
A conversational analytics system may provide for a conversational interface to any relational database. A controlled natural language may be constructed in an automated manner from a given database (e.g., from schema and values associated with a relational database). For instance, a user natural language expression may be converted to an expression in the constructed controlled natural language and the controlled natural language expression may be converted into a sequence of one or more queries in a query language (e.g., queries in structured query language (SQL)). Such an intermediate controlled natural language may provide queries without ambiguity (e.g., as each expression or phrase in the controlled natural language may be mapped to one sequence of SQL queries). Accordingly, any natural language user utterance that ultimately follows the controlled natural language may be automatically converted into a sequence of one or more SQL queries sent to the database.
US11604774B2
A method and apparatus of converting a schema in a deep learning framework, an electronic device, and a computer storage medium are provided. The method of converting the schema in the deep learning framework includes: updating a first schema, based on first syntax elements in the first schema and a context relationship between the first syntax elements in the first schema, so as to obtain an updated first schema; generating second syntax elements corresponding to updated first syntax elements in the updated first schema, based on a mapping relationship between the updated first syntax elements in the updated first schema and second syntax elements in a second schema system; and combining the second syntax elements according to a context relationship between the updated first syntax elements, so as to generate a second schema.
US11604768B2
In an approach for optimizing resources in a disaster recovery cleanup process, processors are configured for receiving transaction entries represented by transaction identifiers at a source database in communication with target databases via Synchronous-to-Asynchronous Traffic Converters (SATCs). Further, the processors are configured for transmitting a transaction payload from the SATCs to the target databases; identifying completed tracking entries corresponding to tracking entries having a complete status for the SATCs; deleting remaining transaction entries ranging from a transaction entry associated with a highest processed transaction identifier to a transaction entry associated with a lowest processed transaction identifier; providing a list of the remaining transaction entries that were deleted to predecessors of the SATCs; removing the remaining transaction entries from the SATCs if the transaction entries were delivered to all target databases; and detecting a topology change corresponding to one or more additional SATCs integrated with the one or more SATCs.
US11604767B2
Systems and methods are described for distilling data. First data associated with a user may be received. The first data associated with the user may comprise an anonymized hash of an identifier associated with the user. A database may be determined to comprise a first record indicating the anonymized hash. The first record may comprise second data associated with the user. Based on the determining that the database comprises the first record, a second record may be generated. The second record may comprise the first data associated with the user, the second data associated with the user, and the anonymized hash. Based on the determining that the database comprises the first record, the example method may be stored to the database. These and other user and/or data distillation methods and systems are described herein.
US11604754B2
A method and apparatus of integrating memory stacks includes providing a first memory die of a first memory technology and a second memory die of a second memory technology. A first logic die is in communication with the first memory die of the first memory technology, and includes a first memory controller including a first memory control function for interpreting requests in accordance with a first protocol for the first memory technology. A second logic die is in communication with the second memory die of the second memory technology and includes a second memory controller including a second memory control function for interpreting requests in accordance with a second protocol for the second memory technology. A memory operation request is received at the first or second memory controller, and the memory operation request is performed in accordance with the associated first memory protocol or the second memory protocol.
US11604753B2
The present disclosure relates to techniques for facilitating communication and memory transfer between PCIe devices that permit access to an entire address space even though a limited address space is exposed and/or visible via the PCIe BAR registers. To this end, the present disclosure aims to permit memory transfer of large blocks of memory from one device to another including memory invisible to the system (i.e. not exposed via PCIe BAR registers). For example, in some embodiments, a data packet may be received at a port associated with a processor interconnect. The data packet includes a header which contains a first address associated with the port. In response to identifying the first address from the first data packet at the port, the data packet is decoded. During the decoding process, a second address is identified in a payload of the data packet. The second address corresponds to a first memory location, and data associated with the payload of the data packet is then stored to the first memory location.
US11604751B1
Embodiments herein describe techniques for preventing a stall when transmitting data between a producer and a consumer in the same integrated circuit (IC). A stall can occur when there is a split point and a convergence point between the producer and consumer. To prevent the stall, the embodiments herein adjust the latencies of one of the paths (or both paths) such that a maximum latency of the shorter path is greater than, or equal to, the minimum latency of the longer path. When this condition is met, this means the shortest path has sufficient buffers (e.g., a sufficient number of FIFOs and registers) to queue/store packets along its length so that a packet can travel along the longer path and reach the convergence point before the buffers in the shortest path are completely full (or just become completely full).
US11604739B2
A conditional direct memory access (DMA) channel activation system for executing a complex data transfer in a system-on-chip, comprising: a look-up table constructed and arranged to store elements of an activation profile; and a trigger circuit that controls a DMA transaction according to the activation profile of the look-up table.
US11604734B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a memory system and an operating method thereof. The memory system is configured to select, among the plurality of memory blocks, one or more target memory blocks operable to store user data to be accessed by a host which requests the memory system to write data, and determine whether to control a point of execution time of a command received from the host, based on valid page counts of respective target memory blocks.
US11604726B2
The present disclosure provides a memory management method, and belongs to the technical field of networks. The method includes: allocating a first memory address to video frame data based on a memory multiplexing queue, wherein the memory multiplexing queue records a memory address of video frame data that has been rendered; storing the video frame data in a memory space indicated by the first memory address; and adding the first memory address to the memory multiplexing queue after performing rendering based on the video frame data.
US11604718B1
Functionality is provided for profiling code by unwinding stacks in frame-pointer omitted executables using C++ exception stack unwinding information. Information is extracted from executable files, and used to optimize stack unwinding operations. In at least one embodiment, the system uses information that has been included for exception handling. Storage of such information can be optimized by exploiting patterns in stack deltas.
US11604717B2
A processor performance measurement apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processor, in which the processor detects that a memory access occurs, the memory access being required to execute processing units or execute execution units by a processor to be measured, performs first estimation for estimating switching of the processing units or the execution units and second estimation for estimating which of the one or more processing units the processing unit being executed is or to which of the one or more processing units the execution unit being executed corresponds based on an address of an access destination of the memory access, measures respective performances in the processing units or the execution units based on an estimation result of the first estimation, and aggregates respective measurement results of the performances for each of the processing units based on an estimation result of the second estimation.
US11604712B2
A method is provided for a hyper-converged storage-compute system to implement an active-active failover architecture for providing Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) target service. The method intelligently selects multiple hosts to become storage nodes that process iSCSI input/output (I/O) for a target. The method further enables iSCSI persistent reservation (PR) to handle iSCSI I/Os from multiple initiators.
US11604698B2
A system for processing a file stored on a computing system includes causing a processor of the system to obtain file usage data that is indicative of a number of times the file is loaded into a memory of the system and to obtain file-size data that is indicative of a size the file. The system further includes causing the processor to obtain metadata indicative of contents the file and to determine a file value based on the file usage data and at least one of the file-size data, the metadata, or a file-identifier value that is derived from an identifier of the file, where the file value comprising a quantitative or qualitative indicator of a value of the file. The system additionally includes causing the processor to adjust processing of the file relative to processing of other files associated with the computing system based on the file value.
US11604691B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for monitoring and automatically controlling batch processing. The present invention may be configured to receive a plurality of data processing requests and determine a processing plan for the plurality of data processing requests. The present invention may be configured to provide, to processing applications and based on the processing plan, actions for performance by the processing applications to complete the plurality of data processing requests. The present invention may be configured to determine a state of the plurality of data processing requests, determine, using an event state decision machine learning model, remedial actions to resolve an error state, and provide instructions to the processing applications to perform the remedial actions.
US11604690B2
An indication is received from a storage device that an attempt to read a portion of data from a block of the storage device has failed. A command is transmitted to the storage device to perform a scan on data stored at the block comprising the portion of data to acquire failure information associated with a plurality of subsets of the data stored at the block. The failure information associated with the plurality of subsets of the data stored at the block is received from the storage device.
US11604688B2
A computer-processor executable container application operates within an operating system, such as an Android operating system. The application is itself configured to execute applications contained within the container application. The container application may create a secure computing environment in which business applications on a computing device can be protected and monitored without affecting or interacting with other applications or data on the computing device. Such a secure computing environment may enable businesses to protect their data residing on a personal computing device and to have visibility into how the data is accessed, used, and shared, while not interfering with personal use of the personal computing device.
US11604686B2
A method of acquiring data, a computer program product for implementing the method, a system for acquiring data, and a vehicle including the system. The method includes determining one or more data types and virtual channels required for one or more applications. The method also includes allocating a plurality of circular buffers in memory according to the determined data type(s) and virtual channel(s). One or more of the circular buffers are allocated to safety data lines. The remaining circular buffers are allocated to functional data lines. The method further includes storing at least one functional data line in a circular buffer allocated to functional data lines according to a data type and virtual channel of the functional data line. The method also includes storing at least one safety data line in a circular buffer allocated to safety data lines.
US11604672B2
An example method of determining operational health of a virtualized computing system includes: monitoring, at a service executing in the virtualized computing system, a current configuration of a software-defined data center (SDDC) with respect to a desired state, the desired state including: a host cluster having hosts executing a virtualization layer thereon; a software-defined (SD) network deployed in the host cluster; shared storage accessible by the host cluster; a virtual infrastructure (VI) control plane managing the host cluster, the SD network, and the shared storage; and an orchestration control plane integrated with the virtualization layer and the VI control plane; determining a configuration status for the current configuration of the SDDC; monitoring, at the service, operational status of an application management system executing on the SDDC having the current configuration; and determining at least one measure of the operational health in response to the configuration status and the operational status.
US11604664B2
A system and method for facilitating a user to initiate and accept an assistance request through a chat session is disclosed. Controls may be provided in a graphical chat interface to enable the user to specify inputs to request assistance from other users participating in the chat session. An assistance request may be generated and communicated to those users through the chat session. Graphical representation for the assistance request and controls that facilitate the users to accept the assistance request may be provided in the graphical chat interface. Upon an acceptance to the assistance request by a responding user through the graphical chat interface, an assistance command may be generated and executed in the virtual space.
US11604655B2
In a system with a master processor and slave processors, sync points are used in boot instructions. While executing the boot instructions, the slave processor determines whether the sync point is enabled. In response to determining the sync point is enabled, the slave processor pauses execution of the boot instructions, waits for commands from the master processor, receives commands from the master processor, executes the received commands until a release command is received, and then continues to execute boot instructions. In response to determining the sync point is not enabled, the slave processor continues to execute boot instructions.
US11604647B2
An apparatus includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor includes first and second sets of arithmetic units having first and second precision for floating-point computations, the second precision being lower than the first precision. The processor is configured to obtain a machine learning model trained in the first precision, to utilize the second set of arithmetic units to perform inference on input data, to utilize the first set of arithmetic units to generate feedback for updating parameters of the second set of arithmetic units based on the inference performed on the input data by the second set of arithmetic units, to tune parameters of the second set of arithmetic units based at least in part on the feedback generated by the first set of arithmetic units, and to utilize the second set of arithmetic units with the tuned parameters to generate inference results.
US11604622B1
Techniques for selecting portions of audio tracks for content item inclusion are described. For example, a social networking system may receive, from an audio producer, an audio track. In some examples, the social networking system may, using a machine-learned model, determine a first portion of the audio track having a change of frequency over time, and provide the first portion of the audio track to a first user for inclusion in a content item. In some cases, the social networking system may receive a selection of a second portion of the audio track. Based on the selection of the second portion of the audio track, the social networking system may modify the parameters of the machine-learned model to provide the second portion of the audio track to a second user.
US11604610B2
A method for storing data, the method comprising receiving, by an offload component in a client application node, a request originating from an application executing in an application container on the client application node, wherein the request is associated with data and wherein the offload component is located in a hardware layer of the client application node, and processing, by the offload component, the request by a file system (FS) client and a memory hypervisor module executing in a modified client FS container on the offload component, wherein processing the request results in at least a portion of the data in a location in a storage pool.
US11604609B1
Methods, systems, and devices for techniques for command sequence adjustment are described. A memory system or a host system may adjust an order of a set commands in a queue if the memory system or host system determines that a subset of the commands in the queue are part of a test mode, for example by determining whether each command of the subset corresponds to a same size of data. The set of commands may be reordered such that the subset of commands associated with the test mode are continuous or back-to-back. In some cases, the subset of commands associated with test mode may be reordered such that logical addresses (e.g., logical block addresses) of the subset of commands are continuous.
US11604593B2
A control apparatus configured to record data in a recording medium includes a cluster management unit configured to manage clusters in a predetermined area in a recording area of the recording medium, a recording management unit configured to manage clusters in the predetermined area in recording units each having a predetermined size larger than each cluster size, and a directory cluster allocation unit configured to set a cluster in the predetermined area to a directory cluster in which a directory is recorded. The directory cluster allocation unit is configured to allocate a cluster out of clusters in a tail end area in the predetermined area to the directory cluster, the clusters in the tail end area being smaller than a size of the recording units having the predetermined size and being not managed by the recording management unit.
US11604589B2
A throttling value is determined according to one of multiple throttling modes. A threshold value is determined. The throttling value is compared to the threshold value. A request mask is generated based on a result of the comparison of the throttling value to the threshold value. In response to detecting the request mask, an arbitration request is masked using the request mask prior to passing the arbitration request to an arbitration component that manages access of multiple client requestors to a buffer. The arbitration request is generated in response to receiving an access request for the buffer from a client requestor of the multiple client requestors.
US11604585B2
A method for rebuilding data when changing erase block sizes in a storage system is provided. The method includes determining one or more erase blocks to be rebuilt and allocating one or more replacement erase blocks, wherein the one or more erase blocks and the one or more replacement erase blocks have differing erase block sizes. The method includes mapping logical addresses, for the one or more erase blocks, to the one or more replacement erase blocks and rebuilding the one or more erase blocks into the one or more replacement erase blocks, in accordance with the mapping.
US11604580B2
A method of controlling a display device including a touch screen is provided. The method includes setting an application execution space having one or more sub spaces in which windows executing applications are arranged, arranging windows corresponding to one or more applications which are being executed in the sub spaces of the set application execution space, displaying a first sub space corresponding to one of the one or more sub spaces on the touch screen, receiving a data sharing command for sharing data included in a first window arranged in the first sub space, and sharing the data to be shared by a second window arranged in a second sub space corresponding to one of the one or more sub spaces based on the data sharing command.
US11604579B2
An information display method in a mobile communication terminal. The method includes displaying information on a display unit of the mobile terminal, generating a scrolling start signal, and scrolling the information with a positive acceleration based on the generated scrolling start signal.
US11604575B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for managing configurations of multiple vehicle displays. For instance, a method may include: obtaining a configurable file for an electronic checklist; generating a graphical user interface (GUI) based on the configurable file; displaying the GUI on one of the multiple vehicle displays; receiving a user input on the GUI; and performing a window configuration setting process based on the user input. The method may also include: in response to the user input being a first user input type in a region associated with a context menu indicator: obtaining a window configuration function and a phase of flight variable; generating a context menu based on the window configuration function and the POF variable; and displaying the context menu on the GUI.
US11604572B2
A multi-screen interaction method includes: a first interface of a second terminal is projected on a display screen of a first terminal; detection is performed on a first operation acting on the first interface; and when the first operation on a first object in the first interface is detected, the first operation on the first object is responded in the first terminal.
US11604571B2
Target electronic devices can be remotely controlled using a personal electronic device are disclosed. The personal electronic device can identify target devices that are responsive to remote control. The personal electronic device displays graphical user interface objects that, when selected, cause the personal electronic device to instruct the target electronic device to perform an operation.
US11604570B2
The present disclosure discloses a method, a device, an apparatus, and a non-transitory readable storage medium of controlling a touch operation mode. The method includes responding to a mode trigger operation, selecting a touch operation mode corresponding to the mode trigger operation as an initial touch operation mode, monitoring an operation duration in the initial touch operation mode, and according to the operation duration, determining and controlling the execution of a current touch operation mode.
US11604568B2
A user request is received to access one or more resources. In response to the receiving and as a first background task, one or more remote data sources are queried for information associated with a user of the user request. The information from the one or more remote data sources are obtained. One or more portions of a user interface are caused to be generated based at least on the obtained information and as a second background task.
US11604564B2
Disclosed herein are radiotherapy systems and methods that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a system comprises a first display in communication with a server, the first display configured to display a first graphical user interface; a second display in communication with the server, the second display configured to display a second graphical user interface, wherein the server is configured to: present the first graphical user interface for displaying on the first display, wherein the first graphical user interface contains one or more pages corresponding to one or more stages of a radiotherapy treatment, wherein the server transitions from a first page of the one or more pages representing a first stage to a second page of the one or more pages representing a second stage responsive to an indication that at least a predetermined portion of tasks associated with the first stage has been satisfied.
US11604561B2
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for identifying and providing highlight messages from a group messaging thread. For example, systems and methods described herein detect when a group messaging thread participant becomes absent from the group messaging thread, and identifies one or more highlight messages that were submitted to the group messaging thread while the participant was absent. Systems and methods described herein identify highlight messages that are specific to the absent participant, such that when the participant again accesses the group messaging thread, the participant can review the identified highlight messages in order to quickly “catch up” on the group messaging thread without having to read each electronic message submitted to the group messaging thread during the participant's absence.
US11604558B2
A display control device comprising a display control section configured to arrange, on a display, icons for starting each of a plurality of applications, an acquisition section configured to acquire a number of times of use for each of the applications; and a computation section configured to compute a priority level for each of the applications based on a condition including the number of times of use as acquired by the acquisition section, the display control section being configured to effect a rearrangement, in a prescribed region of the display section, each icon having a high ranking for the priority level computed by the computation section, and, during the rearrangement, being configured to fix a display position of icons remaining in the prescribed region.
US11604552B1
A metal mesh structure includes at least one first wire extending along a first direction and at least one second wire extending along a second direction different from the first direction. The at least one first wire includes a first portion, a second portion and a first bending portion connected between the first portion and the second portion. The first bending portion crosses the at least one second wire to form a node. An extending line of the first portion along the first direction passes through the node and is overlapped with the second portion. A first included angle is included between the first direction and the second direction, and a second included angle is included between the first bending portion and the at least one second wire, wherein the first included angle is different from the second included angle, and the second included angle is 90 degrees.
US11604542B2
In a display system, a display device includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of source lines and a plurality of common electrodes used for both image display and touch detection. A first acquirer acquires a specific frequency to be avoided. A second acquirer acquires a frequency of a control signal used to control the display device. When the specific frequency and the frequency of the control signal satisfy a changing condition, a changing unit changes the frequency of the control signal.
US11604539B2
A charge compensation circuit is disclosed that provides amplified charge cancellation. A touch controller is disclosed that includes such a charge compensation circuit and may realize improved immunity to baseline capacitance signals that are much larger than a change in capacitance due to proximity of an object. Such a charge compensation circuit may include a capacitor, a driver circuit arranged to apply a pulsed voltage signal to the capacitor, and a current conveyor having a programmable gain and arranged to amplify an initial charge generated by the capacitor in response to the pulsed voltage signal and provide an amplified charge to an output of the charge cancellation circuit.
US11604537B2
A display device includes a touch panel, a panel control unit, and a storage unit configured to store an image signal. The panel control unit provides control to perform a touch detection operation and a write operation in an alternating manner in an image input period and to perform at least the touch detection operation at regular intervals in a suspension period. When an image input period starts, the panel control unit provides control to perform the write operation after an ongoing or subsequent touch detection operation finishes.
US11604533B2
There is provided a sensor unit for detecting a proximity state of an object at N detection positions, generating a composite detection signal in conformity with the sum of N detection signals obtained as a result of detection for N detection positions, and controlling a positive or negative polarity of the detection signal having a signal level in conformity with the proximity state at each of N detection positions, a sensor control unit for controlling the sensor unit for generating M composite detection signals having N polarity patterns set at N detection signals different from each other, and a signal regeneration unit for regenerating the signal level of the N detection signal based on the M composite detection signals generated by the sensor unit.
US11604530B1
The present invention provides a novel pixel array with touch component integration, the structure includes pluralities of the pixels, arranged in an array with a gap between the horizontal space. Two touch electrode layers are arranged in the gap which are alternately with the pixels, thereby the spatial integration efficiency could be improved by integrating touch sensing electrode layers within the display pixels.
US11604526B2
A driving circuit is provided for display device having pixel electrodes and drive electrodes facing the pixel electrodes in display area. The driving circuit includes touch wiring that is routed in frame area located outside display area and supplies alternating current touch drive signal to drive electrodes; display wiring that supplies display drive voltage; and switches conducting between at least one of drive electrodes and touch wiring in touch detection period, and conducting between at least one of drive electrodes and display wiring in display period, wherein display wiring is disposed closer to display area than touch wiring.
US11604521B2
Provided are a pen state detection circuit, a pen state detection system, and a pen state detection method that can improve estimation accuracy for a pen state in an electronic pen including at least one electrode. A pen state detection circuit acquires, from a touch sensor, a first signal distribution indicating a change in capacitance associated with approach of a first electrode and uses a machine learning estimator to estimate an instruction position or an inclination angle of an electronic pen from first feature values related to the first signal distribution. The first feature values include first local feature values related to a first local distribution corresponding to sensor electrodes in a number fewer than the number of arranged sensor electrodes exhibiting the first signal distribution.
US11604519B2
An input device may include a housing, a scroll wheel having an arresting surface, and a lever pivotable about a pivot axis between first and second lever arms of the lever for moving a first free end portion of the first lever arm to engage or disengage the arresting surface. The input device may further include a motion converter in engagement with a second free end portion of a second lever arm. The motion converter configured to convert a rotational movement of a rotary member of the motion converter into an output motion to move the second free end portion of the second lever arm so as to pivot the lever about the pivot axis for engaging or disengaging the first free end portion of the first lever arm and the arresting surface of the scroll wheel.
US11604518B2
A tactile-adjustable keyboard includes plural keyswitches, an adjustment frame and a hybrid operation button. The adjustment frame is disposed corresponding to the keyswitches to move and interfere at least one of the keyswitches. The hybrid operation button includes a tactile switch, a non-tactile knob disposed at least partially surrounding the tactile switch, and a lens disposed at least partially surrounding the non-tactile knob. The tactile switch includes a switch shaft and a switch bar. The switch shaft is disposed in rotatable connection with the adjustment frame to move the adjustment frame. The switch bar extends externally from the switch shaft. A tactile feedback of said one keyswitch changes in response to the rotation of the tactile switch, while a non-tactile signal is generated in response to the rotation of the non-tactile knob, and the lens is illuminated in response to the rotation of the tactile switch.
US11604517B2
An information processing device obtains an indicated position that is actually indicated by an object which is directed toward a screen and located on a plane including the screen. The information processing device obtains a relative position of a user to the actual indicated position. The information processing device obtains an input position on the screen, which corresponds to a current position of the object, and enables suppression of a movement amount of the input position with respect to an operation amount based on the relative position when the user has moved the object. The information processing device executes predetermined processing based on the input position.
US11604515B2
Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to visualization for network virtualization platforms (“NVPs”) enhanced with non-visual sensory interactivity. A computer system can obtain data associated with an NVP. The computer system can generate a non-visual feedback environment representative of at least a portion of the network virtualization platform. The non-visual feedback environment can include non-visual sensory feedback to be presented to a user. The computer system also can receive one or more rules associated with the data. The rule(s) can be associated with one or more service elements of the NVP. The rule(s) alternatively or additionally can be associated with one or more events. The computer system can provide the non-visual sensory feedback via a non-visual sensory feedback device that outputs the non-visual sensory feedback to be sensed by the user. The non-visual sensory feedback can include audio feedback, haptic feedback, olfactory feedback, or some combination thereof.
US11604514B2
Disclosed herein is a substrate for an electronic device. The substrate has a visually imperceptible surface texture that exhibits different coefficients of friction on various input objects. In some implementations, the texture of the textured substrate is created using a gas etching process.
US11604508B2
Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for displaying a virtual object on the display of a portable eyewear device using motion data gathered by a face-tracking application on a mobile device. A controller engine leverages the processing power of a mobile device to locate the face supporting the eyewear, locate the hand holding the mobile device, acquire the motion data, and calculate an apparent path of the virtual object. The virtual object is displayed in a series of locations along the apparent path, based on both the course traveled by the mobile device (in the hand) and the track traveled by the eyewear device (on the face), so that the virtual object is persistently viewable to the user.
US11604505B2
Various embodiments include methods and devices for system on chip infrastructure of system on chip infrastructure secure memory access and power management. Some embodiments, include determining whether a processor is performing a secure memory access transaction, and gating a clock signal from being transmitted to a secure portion of a memory in response to determining that the processor is not performing a secure memory access transaction. Some embodiments include determining whether any processor is operating in a secure mode, and transmitting a retention signal to the secure portion of the memory in response to determining that no processor is operating in a secure mode. The retention signal may be configured to set a retention state for the secure portion of the memory.
US11604503B2
A virtual image display system, including a handheld electronic device having a first battery and a virtual image display having a second battery, is provided. The handheld electronic device and the virtual image display are coupled to each other. The handheld electronic device is used to calculate a power supply time of the first battery; calculate an expected discharge time of the second battery under a discharge condition; compare the power supply time and the expected discharge time to generate a comparison result; and adjust a supply current provided by the first battery to the virtual image display according to the comparison result.
US11604501B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and system to facilitate temperature-aware redistribution of power in a power sourcing device comprising plurality of ports. The method can include monitoring, by using one or more sensors coupled to the power sourcing device, a first temperature associated with a first port of the plurality of ports to obtain a first set of signals and executing, at the power sourcing device, based on a second set of signals obtained from the first set of signals, a first set of instructions associated with redistribution of power from the first port to second port of the plurality of ports, wherein the second set of signals can indicate exceeding of the first temperature above the predefined threshold temperature value.
US11604500B2
It is intended to achieve excellent supply of power to connection destination equipment. Electronic equipment includes a receptacle having a plurality of electric terminal sets. The electric terminal sets each include a first electric terminal for power, a second electric terminal for detection, and a third electric terminal for grounding. A configuration of an interface cable connected to the receptacle is identified on the basis of signals acquired from the second electric terminals of the plurality of electric terminal sets. Power is supplied to external equipment through the first electric terminals of some or all of the plurality of electric terminal sets in accordance with the identified cable configuration.
US11604499B1
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for managing a temperature of a battery energy storage system (“BESS”). A method may comprise obtaining a charge/discharge schedule for a battery energy storage system (BESS) for a first time period; identifying, from the charge/discharge schedule, a charge or discharge time period of the BESS within the first time period; calculating a beginning time of a temperature control time period in which equipment operates to control a temperature of the BESS to reach a target temperature by a beginning time of the charge or discharge time period; and controlling the equipment operating to control the temperature of the BESS for the temperature control time period such that the temperature of the BESS reaches the target temperature by the beginning time of the charge or discharge time period.
US11604492B1
An electronic device includes a flexible display. A device housing provides a translation surface for the flexible display. A rotor positioned within a curvilinear section of the flexible display rotates with translation of the flexible display across the translation surface. The rotor can be a rechargeable electrochemical cell, can be a rechargeable electrochemical cell situated within a sheath, or can be positioned within a housing defining an outer surface of the rotor to save space within the electronic device.
US11604484B2
An electronic system device comprises a power generation device generating a power supply voltage, a substrate bias generation circuit connected to the power generation device, a memory circuit, a monitor circuit, and a capacitor connected to the substrate bias generation circuit via a switch. The substrate bias generation circuit generates a substrate bias voltage from the power supply voltage and supplies charges based on the substrate bias voltage to the capacitor while the switch is ON-state. While the switch is OFF-state, the capacitor stores the accumulated charges based on the substrate bias voltage. While the switch is ON-state, the substrate bias generation circuit adds based on the substrate bias voltage to charge that was held, and states the back bias voltage. The substrate bias generation circuit supplies the back bias voltage to memory circuit.
US11604481B2
A method for controlling a hybrid helicopter having at least one lifting rotor, at least one forward-movement propeller and an empennage provided with at least one moveable empennage surface. The method includes the following steps: using a main sensor to determine a current value of a rotor parameter conditioning a current power drawn by the lifting rotor, using an estimator to determine a current setpoint of the rotor parameter, adjusting a position of the moveable empennage surface using a deflection controller as a function of the current value and of current setpoint.
US11604464B2
A vehicle apparatus onboard a vehicle identifies a human operator-free trip trigger corresponding to a human operator-free trip the vehicle is to take. The vehicle is located at an origin location of the human operator-free trip. Responsive to the vehicle apparatus identifying the human operator-free trip trigger, a candidate destination location for the human operator-free trip is identified. A candidate route from the origin location to the candidate destination location is generated. The vehicle apparatus provides a trip request including the candidate route to an approval apparatus. The vehicle apparatus receives a message from the approval apparatus. Responsive to determining that the message comprises an approval of the candidate route, the vehicle apparatus controls one or more systems of the vehicle to cause the vehicle to traverse the candidate route from the origin location to the candidate destination location.
US11604463B1
Systems and methods for repositioning autonomous vehicles are disclosed. The systems and methods facilitate moving vehicles of a fleet of vehicles into more advantageous locations. For example, autonomous vehicles can be moved from positions where a vehicle would be difficult to access by a user and/or be less likely to be used by a user to positions that provide easier access by a user and/or make the vehicle more likely to be used.
US11604462B2
A system-on-module (SOM) for controlling an unmanned vehicle (UV) is provided. The SOM comprises a circuit board, a first processing system in operative communication with the circuit board, and a second processing system in operative communication with the circuit board. The first processing system includes one or more first processing units and a volatile programmable logic array. The first processing system is configured to execute a first process for the UV. The second processing system includes one or more second processing units and a non-volatile programmable logic array. The second processing system is configured to monitor execution of the first process by the first processing system.
US11604450B1
A method for determining an abnormal processing of a processing machine is disclosed, and includes: obtaining an acceleration signal corresponding to an acceleration of a tool tip from an accelerometer arranged on a tool-end of the processing machine; performing an integral process to the acceleration signal to generate a movement information; obtaining a motor position information of a motor used to bring the tool-end to move; respectively performing a coordinate alignment process to the movement information and the motor-position information to generate a transformed movement information and a position vector respectively being described based on a workpiece-end coordinates system used by a workpiece-end of the processing machine; combining the transformed movement information and the position vector to generate a relative movement value between the tool tip and the workpiece-end; and, determining whether an abnormal processing occurs based on the relative movement value.
US11604440B2
There is provided a control device that prevents the occurrence of an abnormality in control using artificial intelligence in the case where an abnormality occurs in another terminal that performs the control using the artificial intelligence. A control means (a first control unit) performs the control using artificial intelligence. The control means (second control unit) performs control different from the artificial intelligence. A control switching unit (a switching determination means, a switch) is configured to, when another terminal having the control means (the first control unit) is normal, cause the own control means (the first control unit) to perform the control using artificial intelligence, and when an abnormality occurs in another terminal having the control means (the first control unit), cause the control means (the second control unit) to perform the control different from artificial intelligence.
US11604434B2
A limiting device including an oscillator and capable of blocking this oscillator carried by the carriage of a tourbillon or karussel, which carriage includes a carriage wheel driven by an energy source of the watch or of a movement with a gear train, and carries an escapement mechanism engaging with the oscillator and including an escape pinion, this device includes a control rod, engaging with a control member external to this tourbillon or karussel, in order to push, substantially radially relative to the carriage axis, a resilient strip arranged so as to bear tangentially against the carriage wheel in order to stop the carriage upon passage of the control member from a rest position to an active position, and so as to remain remote from the carriage wheel when the control member is in the rest position thereof.
US11604428B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device that forms images in an image region on a sheet. An image fixing device includes heater elements disposed along a sheet-width direction. A controller is configured to identify a heater element that will overlap with an edge of the image region when a sheet is conveyed to the image fixing device. The controller calculates whether a shift of the image region by a shift amount less than a threshold would cause the heater element to not overlap. If so, the image forming device is controlled to form the image in a shifted image region and only those heater elements in the plurality of heater elements that overlap with the shifted image region are turned on when fixing the sheet if the image has been formed in the shifted image region.
US11604427B2
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of heaters, a switch portion, and first and second supply lines. The heaters heat a toner image. The switch portion is connected to an alternating-current power source, and opens and closes in a manner interlocked with the opening and closing of a cover. The first supply line connects the respective one ends of the heaters to the switch portion. The second supply line connects the respective other ends of the heaters to the switch portion. The second supply line has a branch portion. The respective other ends of the heaters are each connected to one of branch lines which are electric wires that branch off from the branch portion. The switch portion is disposed between the branch portion and the alternating-current power source.
US11604421B1
Provided are an overlay mark, and an overlay measurement method and a semiconductor device manufacturing method using the overlay mark. Specifically, provided is an overlay mark for determining relative misalignment between two or more pattern layers or between two or more patterns separately formed in one pattern layer, the overlay mark including a first overlay mark positioned in the center, a second overlay mark positioned above and below the first overlay mark or on the left and right thereof, and a third overlay mark and a fourth overlay mark each positioned in a diagonal line with the first overlay mark in between.
US11604419B2
Methods of determining information about a patterning process. In a method, measurement data from a metrology process applied to each of a plurality of metrology targets on a substrate is obtained. The measurement data for each metrology target includes at least a first contribution and a second contribution. The first contribution is from a parameter of interest of a patterning process used to form the metrology target. The second contribution is from an error in the metrology process. The method further includes using the obtained measurement data from all of the plurality of metrology targets to obtain information about an error in the metrology process, and using the obtained information about the error in the metrology process to extract a value of the parameter of interest for each metrology target.
US11604414B2
A photosensitive composition for EUV light includes a predetermined resin and a photoacid generator, or includes a predetermined resin having a repeating unit having a photoacid generating group, and satisfies Conditions 1 and 2, Condition 1: The A value determined by Formula (1) is 0.14 or more, A=([H]×0.04+[C]×1.0+[N]×2.1+[O]×3.6+[F]×5.6+[S]×1.5+[I]×39.5)/([H]×1+[C]×12+[N]×14+[O]×16+[F]×19+[S]×32+[I]×127) Formula (1): Condition 2: The concentration of the solid content in the photosensitive composition for EUV light is 2.5% by mass or less.
US11604411B2
A resist composition comprising a base polymer and a sulfonium salt of a carboxylic acid having an iodine or bromine-substituted hydrocarbyl group offers a high sensitivity, minimal LWR and improved CDU, independent of whether it is of positive or negative tone.
US11604409B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for identifying dimensional attributes of a first active area of a template; based at least in part on the dimensional attributes of the first active area, determining a desired magnification correction of a second active area of a substrate; determining an out-of-plane distortion of the template, the substrate, or both; applying a back pressure to the template, the substrate, or both, to compensate for the out-of-plane distortion of the template, the substrate, or both; after compensating for the out-of-plane distortion of the template, the substrate, or both: i) contacting an imprint resist positioned on the substrate with the template such that pattern features in the first active area are filled by the imprint resist, and ii) applying an additional back pressure to the template, the substrate, or both, wherein the additional back pressure is selected such that the second active area exhibits the desired magnification correction.
US11604396B2
Optical modulators are described having a Mach-Zehnder interferometer and a pair of RF electrodes interfaced with the Mach-Zehnder interferometer in which the Mach-Zehnder interferometer comprises optical waveguides formed from semiconductor material. The optical modulator additionally comprises a plurality of phase shifters configured to interface with the plurality of interconnected optical waveguides such that at least one phase shifter of the plurality of phase shifters is interfaced with at least one optical waveguide of the plurality of interconnected optical waveguides. A phase shifter controller, including an energy source with a variable output controlled by the controller and a plurality of electrical connections connecting the energy source to each of the plurality of phase shifters, is also included. In various embodiments, the plurality of electrical connections are configured to provide approximately equal power to each of the phase shifting elements from the energy source.
US11604395B2
An airborne-charge receiving layer of a passive electronic paper assembly comprises a first side and opposite second side to be in contact with a charge-responsive media layer. The airborne-charge receiving layer comprises a first material to minimize triboelectric charge transfer at an external surface of the first side of the airborne-charge receiving layer.
US11604391B2
To suppress a malfunction of a circuit due to deterioration in a transistor. In a transistor which continuously outputs signals having certain levels (e.g., L-level signals) in a pixel or a circuit, the direction of current flowing through the transistor is changed (inverted). That is, by changing the level of voltage applied to a first terminal and a second terminal (terminals serving as a source and a drain) every given period, the source and the drain are switched every given period. Specifically, in a portion which successively outputs signals having certain levels (e.g., L-level signals) in a circuit including a transistor, L-level signals having a plurality of different potentials (L-level signals whose potentials are changed every given period) are used as the signals having certain levels.
US11604386B2
A method for manufacturing a window includes preparing a liquid crystal device comprising a support substrate, a first electrode, a liquid crystal layer, and a sacrificial structure. The method further includes removing the sacrificial structure from the liquid crystal device, forming a second electrode disposed on a glass layer, and attaching the liquid crystal device to the second electrode.
US11604382B2
A backlight module and a display device using the same are disclosed. The backlight module includes at least one first light emitting unit, at least one second light emitting unit, a first optical layer and a second optical layer. The first light emitting unit emits a first light, and the second light emitting unit emits a second light. The first optical layer is disposed on a light exiting side of the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit, and the first optical layer collimates the first light and the second light. The second optical layer is disposed on a light exiting side of the first optical layer, and the second optical layer scatters the first light but does not scatter the second light.
US11604378B2
A display device includes a light source, a liquid crystal panel including a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel adjacent to the first sub-pixel in a first direction, and an optical control element including a light shielding layer. Each of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel has a first width in the first direction. The light shielding layer includes an opening portion having a second width in the first direction. The second width is 1.5 times the first width. In all of light rays irradiated from the light source and transmitting through the opening portion, an angle between a first light ray transmitting through the first sub-pixel and emitted to an outside and the second light ray transmitting through the second sub-pixel and emitted to the outside is less than or equal to 2 degrees.
US11604368B2
A method comprises: disposing a physical landmark upon an eye of a user; capturing at least one image of the eye of the user with an image sensor while the eye is illuminated, wherein the image includes an image of the physical landmark and at least one other point on the surface of the eye outside of the cornea; processing the at least one image to obtain at least one metric of the eye of the user; and determining, based on the at least one metric, at least one parameter of a daily use contact lens to be worn on the eye of the user.
US11604363B2
The disclosure relates to an image sensor comprising pixels for acquiring color information from incoming visible light, wherein said image sensor comprising at least two pixels being partially covered by a color splitter structure comprising a first part and a second part, each of said first and second parts being adjacent to a dielectric part, each of said dielectric part having a first refractive index n1 (said first part having a second refractive index n2, and said second part having a third refractive index n3, wherein n1
US11604360B2
The head-up display includes an imaging position changer configured to change a position of a virtual image between a far visual position far from an observer and a near visual position close to the observer. The imaging position changer inclines the virtual image at the far visual position by a second inclination angle with respect to a perpendicular plane to a reference light beam reaching a center of a viewpoint region in which a viewpoint of the observer is located, to move an upper end thereof in a forward direction of the moving object, and inclines the virtual image at the near visual position by a first inclination angle smaller than the second inclination angle with respect to the perpendicular plane to the reference light beam, to move the upper end in the forward direction of the moving object.
US11604359B2
A wearable head-up display which allows for convenient and safe stowage when not in use. A hinge component is positioned within the optical path from an image projector to a display component which ensures optical alignment for projection. A detection means is provided to signal when the wearable device is in a folded position in order to deactivate the projector.
US11604358B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate a head-worn computer with a see-through display wherein computer content is presented to a user wearing the head-worn computer and through which the user sees a surrounding environment, wherein the see-through display generates image light comprised of narrow bandwidths of red, green and blue light and wherein the see-through display further includes a tristimulus notch mirror positioned to reflect the image light towards the user's eye, and wherein the tristimulus notch mirror reflects less than a full width half max of the red image light.
US11604357B2
Displays and eyewear devices incorporating displays are disclosed. One display includes a light source, a first display region, and a second display region. The first display region includes a first contiguous array of pixels. The first contiguous array of pixels includes a first group of pixels and a second group of pixels interspersed with the first group of pixels. The first group of pixels is adapted to emit light from the light source in only a first wavelength band and the second group of pixels is adapted to emit light from the light source in only a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band. The second display region consists essentially of a second contiguous array of pixels. The second contiguous array of pixels is adapted to emit light from the light source in a predetermined wavelength band.
US11604349B2
Disclosed are a short-distance optical amplification module, method and system. The module comprises a reflective type polarizing plate, a first phase delay plate, an imaging lens, a second phase delay plate and an absorptive type polarizing plate, arranged successively. The reflective type polarizing plate is arranged on a transmission path of an optical image. The first phase delay plate is arranged on the transmission path of the optical image passing through the reflective delay plate. The imaging lens is arranged on the transmission path of the optical image. The second phase delay plate is configured for converting a polarization direction of the optical image from an elliptical or circular polarization direction to a second linear polarization direction. The absorptive type polarizing plate is arranged on one side of the second phase delay plate that faces away from the imaging lens.
US11604345B2
An image capture apparatus includes a light source, a modulator configured to modulate light irradiated from the light source to a target object, an imaging device configured to generate image data by capturing one or more images of the target object, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to drive the modulator by a first modulation signal, the first modulation signal being for irradiating a first pattern, drive the modulator by a second modulation signal, the second signal being for irradiating a second pattern, wherein the first pattern and the second pattern are irradiated alternately, modulate reflected light from the target object, the reflected light from the target object being detected at a lock-in detector, and generate an image composed of image data from the reflected light of the plurality of localized illuminations.
US11604333B2
An objective lens assembly includes a first lens group configured to have a positive refractive power, the first lens group being positioned to receive visible light along an optical path extending therethrough. The objective lens assembly further includes a second lens group configured to have a negative refractive power, the second lens group being positioned along the optical path to receive the visible light from the first lens group. The objective lens assembly further includes a center lens disposed between the first lens group and the second lens group and an aperture stop centered along the optical path and positioned in front of the first lens group to direct visible light from a scene to the first lens group.
US11604327B2
An optical element driving mechanism is provided, including a fixed part, a movable part and a driving assembly. The fixed part has a main axis, includes an outer frame and a base. The outer frame has a top surface and a sidewall. The top surface intersects the main axis. The sidewall extends from the edge of the top surface along the main axis. The base includes a base plate intersecting the main axis and securely connected to the outer frame. The movable part moves relative to the fixed part, and connects to an optical element having an optical axis. The driving assembly drives the movable part to move relative to the fixed part. The main axis is not parallel to the optical axis.
US11604317B2
A fiber optic adapter block is disclosed. The fiber optic adapter block includes at least three fiber optic adapters provided in a stacked arrangement extending widthwise in a longitudinal direction, wherein every other adapter of the at least three fiber optic adapters is staggered in a front to back direction with respect to an adjacent adapter such that front ends of the every other adapter of the at least three fiber optic adapters are aligned at a first depth and a front end of the adjacent adapter is at a second depth that is different than the first depth.
US11604307B1
A dark mirror optical stack, particularly a low emittance, high absorbance dark mirror optical stack is provided. The dark mirror optical stack includes a polyimide substrate containing carbon filler, an aluminum layer on the polyimide substrate, a first silicon oxide layer on the aluminum layer, a chromium layer on the first silicon oxide layer, and a second silicon oxide layer on the chromium layer. In a particularly exemplary embodiment, the aluminum layer has an average thickness of 600 to 2000 Angstroms, the first and second silicon oxide layers have average thicknesses of 500 to 1000 Angstroms, and the chromium layer has an average thickness of 40 to 100 Angstroms.
US11604303B2
A system is disclosed for correcting Uranium-free gamma logs. The system may receive data about a subterranean formation from a gamma-ray-logging process in a wellbore. The system may apply a photoelectric-suppression estimator to the data to determine a photoelectric-suppression factor using stored mud parameters and a wellbore diameter value. The data may be corrected by the system by using the photoelectric-suppression factor to generate a Uranium-free, gamma-ray log. The system may output the Uranium-free, gamma-ray log for determining characteristics of the subterranean formation.
US11604301B2
A method is provided for identifying and characterizing structures of interest in a formation traversed by a wellbore, which involves obtaining waveform data associated with received acoustic signals as a function of measured depth in the wellbore. A set of arrival events and corresponding time picks is identified by automatic and/or manual methods that analyze the waveform data. A ray tracing inversion is carried out for each arrival event (and corresponding time pick) over a number of possible raypath types to determine i) two-dimensional reflector positions corresponding to the arrival event for the number of possible raypath types and ii) predicted inclination angles of the reflected wavefield for the number of possible raypath types. The waveform data associated with each time pick (and corresponding arrival event) is processed to determine a three-dimensional slowness-time coherence representations of the waveform data for the number of possible raypath types, which is evaluated to determine azimuth position and orientation of a corresponding reflector, and determine the ray path type of the reflected wavefield. The method outputs a three-dimensional position and/or orientation for at least one reflector, wherein the three-dimensional position of the reflector is based on the two-dimensional position of the reflector determined from the ray tracing inversion and the azimuth position of the reflector determined from the three-dimensional slowness-time coherence representation. The information derived from the method can be conveyed in various displays and plots and structured formats for reservoir understanding and also output for use in reservoir analysis and other applications.
US11604297B2
Disclosed are advantageous designs for highly-sparse seabed acquisition for imaging geological structure and/or monitoring reservoir production using sea surface reflections. The highly-sparse geometry designs may be adapted for imaging techniques using the primary and higher orders of sea surface reflection and may advantageously allow for the use of significantly fewer sensors than conventional seabed acquisition. The highly-sparse geometry designs may be relevant to 3D imaging, as well as 4D (“time-lapse”) imaging (where the fourth dimension is time). In accordance with embodiments of the invention, geophysical sensors may be arranged on a seabed to form an array of cells. Each cell in the array may have an interior region that contains no geophysical sensors and may be sufficiently large in area such that a 500 meter diameter circle may be inscribed therein.
US11604288B2
A computer is programmed to determine a localization of a first vehicle, including location coordinates and an orientation of the first vehicle, based on first vehicle sensor data, and to wirelessly receive localizations of respective second vehicles, wherein a first vehicle field of view at least partially overlaps respective fields of view of each of the second vehicles. The computer is programmed to determine pair-wise localizations for respective pairs of the first vehicle and one of the second vehicles, wherein each of the pair-wise localizations defines a localization of the first vehicle relative to a global coordinate system based on a (a) relative localization of the first vehicle with reference to the respective second vehicle and (b) a second vehicle localization relative to the global coordinate system, and to determine an adjusted localization for the first vehicle that has a minimized sum of distances to the pair-wise localizations.
US11604283B2
The present disclosure relates to a light source system suitable for use in a time of flight camera. The light source system includes a light source, such as a laser, and a driver arranged to supply a drive current to the light source to turn the light source on to emit light. The driver includes a capacitor to store energy and then discharge to generate the drive current, and the driver is integrated into a semiconductor die on which the light source is mounted. Consequently, the driver includes within it the source of energy for the drive current and the light source and driver are very close together, meaning that the light source may be turned on and off very quickly with a relatively large drive current, in order to output a high optical power, short duration light pulse.
US11604281B2
A position and posture estimation apparatus includes: a laser sensor configured to be disposed on at least one of left and right sides of a forklift, to emit laser light to a side surface of a pallet lifted by a fork, and to receive reflected light of the laser light and acquire a laser measurement point group; and an estimation calculation unit configured to estimate a position and a posture of the pallet with respect to the fork based on the laser measurement point group acquired by the laser sensor.
US11604280B2
Examples of FMCW laser radar systems and methods described herein may segment the processing of a broader bandwidth frequency chirp into multiple shorter-duration (e.g., lower bandwidth) frequency chirps. This segmentation may have the benefits in some examples of improving the measurement duty cycle and range resolution, and/or allowing for more flexible processing, and/or enabling improved detection of more distant objects.
US11604270B2
A radar system configured to determine radar-ground distance measurements. The radar system includes transmission and reception means configured to transmit two radiofrequency signals towards the ground and to receive the signals obtained by the reflection of the two transmitted signals by the ground and computation means configured to determine the frequential representations of the transmitted signals and of the received signals and determine a frequential quantity as a function of the frequential representations. The radar system is wherein the computation means are configured to sample the frequential quantity over a determined number of samples, which provides a sampled signal; determine a number of frequency measurements as a function of a constant distance measurement accuracy value; determine frequency measurements by applying to the sampled signal a spectral decomposition by fast Fourier transform using a decimation of the sampled signal in a ratio dependent on the distance measurement accuracy value, and determine a distance measurement corresponding to each frequency measurement.
US11604259B2
A Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) receiver includes a receiver optics configured to receive at least one laser beam and direct the at least one laser beam along a receiver path; at least one silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) pixel including an array of single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) pixels, the at least one SiPM pixel configured to generate at least one electrical signal based on the at least one laser beam; and a spatial filter arranged between the receiver optics and the at least one SiPM pixel, the spatial filter including an aperture located at a focal point of the receiver optics that is configured to permit a passage of the at least one laser beam therethrough and spread the at least one laser beam across the array of SPAD pixels in at least one direction.
US11604258B2
A system including a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensor is arranged to monitor a field of view, and includes a LiDAR sensor and a linear resonant actuator. The LiDAR sensor includes a first portion including a laser array and a detector array, and a second portion including a transmitting lens and a receiving lens. The linear resonant actuator is arranged to oscillate one of the first portion or the second portion of the LiDAR sensor.
US11604256B2
An electronic device including a heat-radiant structure of a camera is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a front plate, a back plate, an image sensor to receive light through a first region of the back plate, and a laser emitter to emit light through a second region of the back plate, a laser driver, a housing structure surrounding at least a part of a side face of the image sensor and driver, a first metal structure, a first heat transfer member including a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion extended from the second portion to a space between the driver and the front plate, a second heat transfer member extended from the third portion of the first heat transfer member, and a first thermal interface material (TIM) disposed between the second heat transfer member and the front plate.
US11604251B2
The present disclosure provides a system for processing radar data. The system may comprise a frequency generator configured to generate a reference frequency signal; a timing module configured to generate a shared clock signal or a plurality of timing signals; and a plurality of radar modules in communication with the frequency generator and timing module. The radar modules may be configured to: (i) receive the reference frequency signal and at least one of a shared clock signal and a timing signal, (ii) transmit a first set of radar signals based in part on the reference frequency signal and at least one of the shared clock signal and the timing signal, and (iii) receive a second set of radar signals reflected from a surrounding environment. The system may comprise a processor configured to process radar signals received by each radar module, by coherently combining radar signals using phase and timestamp information.
US11604246B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a first receiving unit that receives a radio signal through a first wireless communication channel; a second receiving unit that receives a radio signal through a second wireless communication channel in which position measurement accuracy and radio wave reachable range are higher and shorter respectively than those in the first wireless communication channel; a calculation unit that calculates information on position of the information processing apparatus by using field intensity of the radio signal received by the first or second receiving unit; and a control unit that causes the calculation unit to calculate the information based on the radio signal received by the first receiving unit, and, if a preset condition is satisfied, performs switching control to cause the calculation unit to calculate the information based on the radio signal received by the second receiving unit.
US11604242B2
Phase-incrementing MRSI (pi-MRSI) method has resolved overlapping biomarker images in the presence of a read-gradient. On a Bruker 9.4T MRI spectrometer, the pi-SEE-HSelMQC sequence was implemented. The choline-selective and lactate CH-selective RF pulses were phase incremented by 10° in opposite signs, synchronized with the phase-encoding steps. The lactate and choline images from a yogurt phantom displayed opposite image offsets without image overlapping. In vivo one-dimensional pi-SEE-HSelMQC CSI images of lactate and choline, acquired from the MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer xenograft in a nude mouse, as well as two-dimensional pi-SEE-HSelMQC imaging of lactate and choline acquired from the PC3 human prostate cancer xenograft in a nude mouse, also had opposite image offsets, shifted away from the spurious residual water signals in the image center. The pi-SEE-HSelMQC method completely suppresses lipid and water with potential clinical applications in disease diagnosis and therapeutic interventions.
US11604239B1
A system for minimizing MGI in a superconducting magnet system of an MRI system includes a thermal shield having bi-metal material. The thermal shield is configured to be disposed about a cold mass of the superconducting magnet system, wherein the bi-metal material is configured to minimize MGI.
US11604214B2
Provided is a current detection device including a first stacked board; a second stacked board provided on a first region on the first stacked board; a third stacked board provided on a second region on the first stacked board; a magnetic measurement element provided in a third region on the first stacked board, the magnetic element provided between the first region and the second region; and a first coil provided on the magnetic measurement element or below the magnetic measurement element.
US11604213B1
A method and system are provided for reducing noise in a time domain waveform of a signal under test (SUT). The method includes performing cross-correlation of multiple first complex signals and multiple second complex signals, respectively, from the SUT to provide multiple cross-correlated signals, respectively, where the cross-correlated signals have amplitude components and no phase components from the SUT, and where the first and second complex signals include uncorrelated noise, respectively. The method further includes determining an average of the cross-correlated signals to provide an average cross-correlated signal with reduced uncorrelated noise; obtaining a representative phase component from one of the first complex signals or the second complex signals; and combining the representative phase component with the average cross-correlated signal to provide a representative complex signal corresponding to the SUT with reduced uncorrelated noise.
US11604210B2
A system and method of operating an atomic force microscope (AFM) that includes providing relative scanning motion between a probe of the AFM and a sample in a slow scan direction of a data scan to generate a reference image (plane) of a region of interest. Then, relative scanning motion between the probe and the sample is provided in a fast scan direction of a final data scan to generate a data image. By mapping the data image against the reference image in real-time during the supplying step, the preferred embodiments generate a final drift corrected data image without post-image acquisition processing.
US11604208B2
A MEMS device includes: a substrate as a base including a support portion and a detection electrode as a fixed electrode; a movable body supported to the support portion with a major surface of the movable body facing the fixed electrode; and an abutment portion facing at least a portion of an outer edge of the movable body and restricting rotational displacement in an in-plane direction of the major surface. The abutment portion includes an abutment surface including an abutment position at which the movable body abuts against the abutment portion due to the rotational displacement of the movable body, and a hollow portion provided opposing the abutment surface.
US11604206B2
Aspects herein are directed to a support garment testing system comprising a torso form having a motion tracking sensor associated with one or more breast structures of the torso form. A support garment is secured to the torso form, and the torso form is mounted on a motion platform that, when actuated, causes displacement of the breast structures. The amount of displacement is measured by the sensor, and the data is used to assign a level of support provided by the support garment.
US11604204B2
The present technology is directed to extraction devices, systems, and methods for controllably withdrawing and transferring fluid samples, such as blood, from a sample collection container to a testing device. For example, some embodiments of the present technology provide fluid extraction devices that include a fluid control module, a housing containing a receiving element and a suction element, and an actuator. To transfer blood from a sample collection container to a testing device, a user places the sample collection container over the receiving element and inserts the testing device into an outlet of the fluid control module. The user then pushes a lever or otherwise actuates the actuator, which automatically withdraws a predetermined volume of blood from the sample collection container and transfers it to the testing device positioned at the outlet of the fluid control module.
US11604203B2
A pretreatment device for performing pretreatment using a liquid sucked by a probe from an inside of a septum-attached container includes: a container holding unit which has a space for accommodating the septum-attached container and is provided with a hole into which the probe is inserted with respect to a septum of the septum-attached container to be stored; an installation unit in which the container holding unit is detachably installed; and a fixing unit which fixes the container holding unit to the installation unit in a state where the container holding unit is detachably installed in the installation unit, to solve the above-described problem.
US11604197B2
Methods for identifying compounds that modulate cellular responses stimulated by IgE, which include providing an impedance-based system that monitors cell-substrate impedance of cells on a substrate; introducing cells to the substrate of the system; adding at least one test compound and IgE to the cells, wherein the at least one test compound is suspected of modulating cell responses stimulated by the IgE; adding an antigen to the cells; monitoring the cell-substrate impedance of cells on the substrate; and analyzing the cell-substrate impedance to evaluate whether the at least one test compound alters a cellular response to stimulation with the IgE.
US11604194B2
The present invention aims to provide a method for simply and highly accurately detecting castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), and a reagent that can be used for this method. By measuring the level of GDF15 propeptide present in a sample as a novel detection marker for CRPC, acquisition of castration resistance in a prostate cancer patient during or after endocrine therapy is detected. An antibody that specifically recognizes GDF15 propeptide is included in the CRPC detection reagent.
US11604191B2
Disclosed herein are methods for isolating target cells from blood, involving mixing in an open container an undiluted blood sample having a volume of 10 ml or less, and binding agents, wherein each binding agent comprises (A) a primary binding agent comprising an agent capable of binding to at least one cellular epitope on target cells in the undiluted blood sample, (B) a first linker bound to the primary binding agent, to generate binding agent-attached target cells in the undiluted blood sample; contacting the binding agent-attached target cells in the undiluted blood sample with a plurality of buoyant reagents that include a second linker capable of binding to the first linker to generate an undiluted buoyant reagent-attached target cell mixture; diluting the undiluted buoyant reagent-attached target cell mixture by at least 20% to produce a diluted buoyant reagent-attached target cell mixture; applying a vectorial force, such as centrifugal force, to the diluted buoyant reagent-attached target cell mixture to generate a stratified diluted buoyant reagent-attached target cell mixture; removing the buoyant reagent-attached target cells from the stratified diluted buoyant reagent-attached target cell mixture; and isolating the target cells from the buoyant reagent-attached target cells.
US11604187B2
Described is a method and device for detecting an analyte in a sample, comprising bringing a sample comprising a target analyte into contact with magnetisable particles, the particles being coated with binding molecules complementary to the target analyte, resulting in bound and unbound binder complexes, positioning the magnetisable particles, comprising both bound and unbound binder complexes, in proximity to a magnetic field sensor, changing the magnetic field sufficient to release at least a portion of the magnetisable particles, comprising both bound and unbound binder complexes, from their proximity to the magnetic field sensor, and measuring changes in a magnetic signal detected from the net movement, being either translational or rotational movement, of the magnetisable particles relative to the magnetic sensor.
US11604182B2
Provided is an apparatus and method for detecting grout compactness in grouted splice sleeve, the apparatus comprises a probe assembly, which comprises at least one of capacitive probe and piezoelectric sensor and is arranged inside the grouted splice sleeve to detect parameters of the sleeve during grouting and curing and a detector, which comprises at least an analysis module that is connected with the probe assembly to obtain the detected parameters and carry out calculation and analysis for the parameters. The probe assembly is arranged inside the grouted splice sleeve and forms a loop with the detector during grouting, such that during the process of grouting, the detected parameters will be changed as the surrounding dielectric changes, therefore, the detector may determine in real time whether the grouted splice sleeve is fully grouted by calculating and analyzing the detected parameters, which achieves a faster and easier grout compactness detection.
US11604157B2
In a reference electrode for the potentiometric measurement of ion concentrations, comprising a swellable polymer body filled with at least one electrolyte salt and a potential sensing element of the second type located in the polymer body, preferably of the Ag/AgCl type, the polymer body is composed of preferably organic, hydrophobic prepolymer segments, which are three-dimensionally crosslinked by preferably organic, hydrophilic polymer chains.
US11604153B2
A method of preparing a sample for physical analysis is disclosed, which is characterized by forming a low-temperature atomic layer deposition (ALD) metal nitride film or a low-temperature atomic layer deposition (ALD) metal oxynitride film by plasma-less enhanced atomic layer deposition (PLALD) at a temperature below 40° C. on a specimen to generate a sample for physical analysis to prevent the surface of sample for physical analysis from being damaged during physical analysis.
US11604140B2
The present invention is directed to an assembly for use in detecting an analyte in a sample based on thin-film spectral interference. The assembly includes a light source to emit light signals; a light detector to detect light signals; a coupler to optically couple the light source and the light detector to a waveguide tip; a monolithic substrate having a coupling side and a sensing side; and a lens between the waveguide tip and the monolithic substrate. The lens relays optical signals between the waveguide tip and the monolithic substrate.
US11604138B2
A process quantifies a concentration of a targeted molecule in a liquid sample by pulsing signal and reference beams from their own sources, then spatially combining the pulsed beams into a single radiation beam which passes into the liquid sample and then detecting pulsed output beams after the single radiation beam passes out of the liquid sample. The pulsed outputs of the signal and reference beams are processed to obtain a value over a preselected period of time and, if an interference beam is used, it is processed with the reference beam to obtain a calibration curve adjustment representative of optical interference represented by at least one interfering molecule concentration which is used to calculate the concentration level of the targeted particle in the liquid sample. Two detectors, which may have an optical co-axial configuration, can be used for detection of pulsed beams.
US11604130B2
A cabin air state sensing system for a vehicle may include a divergence structure facilitating measurement of cabin air temperature and dust concentration in a cabin through suction of air using an air suction device and an operation method thereof.
US11604125B1
An improved liquid vaporization and conditioning system, and associated method, for efficiently vaporizing a liquid sample for accurately determining the constituent components thereof providing enhanced flow rate, pressure and thermal control, the improvement including a combination of a resistance temperature detector, a sweeping bend to, an in-line thermal break, a flow buffering input manifold, enhanced multi-path heater vaporizer construction with four heater units, a vaporizer output mixing manifold and control elements providing a capability for partial shutdown in the event of compromised heating or flow anomalies without risk of flow loss/volume capacity beyond a permissible threshold and an improved, modular heat vaporizer enclosure.
US11604115B2
The present invention relates generally to a system and method for measuring the structural characteristics of an object. The object is subjected to an energy application processes and provides an objective, quantitative measurement of structural characteristics of an object. The system may include a device, for example, a percussion instrument, capable of being reproducibly placed against the object undergoing such measurement for reproducible positioning. The structural characteristics as defined herein may include vibration damping capacities, acoustic damping capacities, structural integrity or structural stability.
US11604114B2
A system and method for monitoring conditions in a crawl space is provided. The system generally comprises at least one sensor, computing device, data aggregator operably connected to the at least one sensor, processor operably connected to the computing device, power supply, and non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the processor and having instructions stored thereon. The system is designed to collect condition data via the at least one sensor and determine whether the conditions within the crawl space could have a detrimental impact on the building. In particular, the system is designed to monitor settling of a building over time and alert a user if the settling exceeds a predefined threshold.
US11604108B2
Various tactile sensors and associated methods are enabled. For instance, a sensing apparatus comprises a photosensitive sensor. A compound-eye structure is on the photosensitive sensor and an elastomer layer is on the compound-eye structure. A reflective layer is on the elastomer layer, opposite the compound-eye structure and a light source emits light between the reflective layer and the compound-eye structure.
US11604100B2
The temperature sensor module includes: a temperature sensor element and a signal processing circuit. The signal processing circuit includes: a series-connection resistor which is connected in series to the temperature sensor element; a temperature detection circuit which detects a temperature; a first analog-digital conversion circuit which converts an output signal from the temperature detection circuit into a digital signal; a memory which stores a series-connection resistor data piece about a relationship between a temperature and the resistance value of the series-connection resistor; a digital signal processing circuit which uses the series-connection resistor data piece, to calculate, on the basis of the digital signal indicating the temperature of the signal processing circuit, a digital command signal for keeping the resistance value of the series-connection resistor at a constant value, and outputs the digital command signal; and a digital-analog conversion circuit which outputs the digital command signal to the series-connection resistor.
US11604097B2
A calibration method includes placing an LED light source having a given wavelength range inside a reference apparatus; acquiring first data as an emission intensity of light at a wavelength, a light amount of the light being adjusted in stages by changing the light amount output from the LED light source; storing the first data in a memory; placing the LED light source in a calibration target apparatus; acquiring second data as an emission intensity of light at a wavelength, a light amount of the light being adjusted in the stages by changing the light amount output from the LED light source; and calculating a calibration formula based on the first data stored in the memory and the second data.
US11604090B2
A belt conveyor conveys discrete articles. The belt conveyor includes: a conveyor frame having a top side, a bottom side, and a length extending in the conveying direction for the discrete articles; a conveying belt configured to revolve around the conveyor frame during operation of the belt conveyor; and a belt-guide mounted to the bottom side of the conveyor frame between the conveyor frame and the conveying belt. The belt-guide includes at least two rolling-element bearings. The inner races of the rolling-element bearings are respectively mounted on axles. The axles are parallel to each other and stationary relative to the conveyor frame. The outer races of the rolling-element bearings have direct contact with the conveying belt.
US11604088B2
Disclosed is a seepage meter device, which is capable of detecting groundwater seepage fluxes to surface water bodies in a variety of aquatic environments. The device comprises a seepage meter body and an electronics component.
US11604083B2
An operating apparatus is disposed on a surface of a detection panel including a transparent panel and a sensor panel. An operation body includes an upper wall, an inner peripheral wall, and an outer peripheral wall. A rotary assembly is housed in the operation body. The rotary assembly includes a supporter fixed to the detection panel and a rotational operation member rotatably supported by the supporter. The rotational operation member is rotatable together with the operation body. A press detection conductor is provided at a conductor supporting portion of the operation body. A rotation detecting conductor is provided at the rotational operation member.
US11604077B2
A route from a current location of a portable device to a destination is determined, where the route includes a sequence of directed sections. Navigation instructions to guide a user of the portable device along the route to the destination are generated. To this end, candidate navigation landmarks perceptible within a 360-degree range of the current location of the portable device are identified, a navigation landmark disposed in a direction substantially opposite to the direction of the first one in the sequence of directed sections is selected from among the candidate navigation landmarks, and an initial instruction in the navigation instructions is generated and provided via a user interface of the portable device. The initial instruction references the selected navigation landmark.
US11604069B2
The present application discloses an improved transportation matching system, and corresponding methods and computer-readable media. According to the disclosed embodiments, the transportation matching system utilizes an image-based transportation request interface and environmental digital image stream to efficiently generate transportation requests with accurate pickup locations. For instance, the disclosed system can utilize one or more environmental digital images provided from a requestor computing device (e.g., a mobile device or an augmented reality wearable device) to determine information such as the location of the requestor computing device and a transportation pickup location within the environmental digital images. Furthermore, the disclosed system can provide, for display on the requestor computing device, one or more augmented reality elements at the transportation pickup location within an environmental scene that includes the transportation pickup location.
US11604066B2
Provided is a communication management system of a surveying instrument, which enables management by a management server through a communication network even when the surveying instrument has no communication function with the management server through the communication network. A communication management system of a surveying instrument includes a management server, a terminal including a terminal control unit and capable of communicating with the management server through a communication network, and a surveying instrument including a control unit, wherein when the surveying instrument and the terminal are connected to each other through their respective external interfaces, the terminal control unit makes the control unit install an operation execution program for executing a predetermined operation in the surveying instrument, the terminal transmits data output from the surveying instrument by execution of the operation execution program to the management server, and the management server manages the surveying instrument based on the received data.
US11604050B2
After determining that a gunshot has been fired, particularly indoors, the method of the invention is employed to determining the number of gunshots fired by analyzing consecutive windows of time over a certain time period. That is, after it is determined that a gun has been fired, the method is employed to identify that the gun is an automatic or rapid fire weapon by quickly counting the number of rounds shot over short periods of time. This information can be used to provide shooting details, both in connection with notifying emergency personnel and enabling the personnel to assess details of the shooting incident.
US11604049B2
It is herein proposed a novel multi-spectral artificial target device for producing a deceptive thermal and radar signature of an object. The device features a multi-layer structure with a substrate and a functional thermal signal layer, which is provided directly or indirectly on the substrate. The substrate is made of pliable material which is capable of being shaped on a frame. The thermal signal layer includes electrically conductive material such arranged to form an array of independently controlled thermal elements for outputting a thermal signal, which is observable in the infra-red spectrum, upon exposure to a control voltage. The multi-layer structure further includes a functional radar signal layer, which is provided directly or indirectly onto the substrate. The radar signal layer outputs a radar response signal, which is observable in the radio frequency spectrum, upon exposure to an external radar stimulus or excitation.
US11604046B2
Improvements in a shield is disclosed. The steady shield integrates a vest with a shield that can be made from a protective ballistic material that protects the user from projectiles, bottles, heat or debris. An adjustable arm connects the vest to the shield and allows the shield to be moved at least one of towards, away and to the sides and higher and lower relative to the user. Once the shield is positioned the shield will remain in the set position to allow both arms and hands of the user free for other activities. The shield also provides a platform for the storage of tools or other features such as, but not limited to, ammunition, tear gas, water, first aid, lighting, radio, camera, GPS or other display.
US11604042B1
A suppressor for a multi-barrel weapon system includes a barrel clamp about which the barrels rotate during discharge of the weapon, an adapter baffle engaging the barrel clamp and configured to receive the muzzles of the barrels, a plurality of extension baffles aligned with and arranged in a stack against the adaptor baffle, and an endcap baffle aligned with the extension baffles and engaging the final extension baffle in the stack. A plurality of projectile apertures in each baffle aligns with the muzzles to define a plurality of parallel bullet paths. The stacked baffles define a single continuous interior chamber in which the muzzles are enclosed and through which propellant gases comingle before venting out of the endcap baffle. A connecting rod extends through the barrel clamp and the baffle stack to compressively secure the baffle stack to the barrel clamp.
US11604041B1
A disconnector trigger bar safety for a semi-automatic pistol is provided and includes a trigger bar having a firing pin end having a sear surface and a cam surface. The trigger bar has an inside surface disposed adjacent to the cam surface. A disconnector is moveable from an inward position to an outward position and has a cam surface to receive the cam surface of a trigger bar. An inset portion is provided on the trigger bar at the firing pin end that has a bottom surface. A protuberance on the side of the disconnector is provided to mate with the inset portion of the trigger bar. The protuberance has a top surface matable to the bottom surface of the inset portion. Rearward movement of the trigger bar causes the cam surface of the trigger bar to slide against the cam surface of the disconnector to move the firing pin end of the trigger bar downwardly. The disconnector moves to provide clearance for the trigger bar to move upward. The top surface of the protuberance mates with the bottom portion of inset portion of the trigger bar to prevent downward movement of the trigger bar. Forward movement of the trigger bar causes the top surface of the disconnector to disengage from the bottom portion of the inset portion of the trigger bar and causes the disconnector to move to allow the cam surface of the trigger bar to reengage with the cam surface of the disconnector.
US11604037B2
Provided are an integrated connector and a heat exchanger including the same, which may prevent assembly defects and leaks of a heat exchanger because the connector may be manufactured with precise dimensions, and is easy to manufacture, by integrally forming the connector that connects and firmly couples a header tank and a gas-liquid separator so that a heat exchanger medium communicates in the heat exchanger such as a condenser, in which the integrated connector is formed by molding a first pipe portion inserted into a hole of the header tank, a first flange portion in surface contact with an outer surface of the header tank, a second pipe portion inserted into a hole of the gas-liquid separator, and a second flange portion in surface contact with an outer surface of the gas-liquid separator so as to be connected to one another and have an interior communicating with one another.
US11604034B2
The present invention concerns a method of refrigerating a housing to a target temperature according to which: an evaporator is placed in said housing; said evaporator is placed in fluid communication with a thermochemical reactor Ri, simultaneously, the heat produced at said reactor Ri is evacuated; Characteristically, at least n>1 other thermochemical reactors are provided; I) the pressure Pevi in said evaporator after it is placed in fluid communication with said thermochemical reactor Ri, and the temperature of said thermochemical reactor Ri connected to said evaporator, are determined; II) when the temperature difference DTRi between the temperature of said reactor Ri connected to said evaporator and the equilibrium temperature TeSi of said reactive mixture contained in said thermochemical reactor Ri at the pressure Pevi of said evaporator is equal to a first predetermined differential and/or when the temperature difference DTev between said evaporator and the interior of said housing is equal to a second predetermined differential, said reactor Ri is isolated from said evaporator and said evaporator is placed in fluid communication with at least one thermochemical reactor Ri+1 the pressure whereof is less than Pevi and/or the temperature is less than a predetermined value, simultaneously, all or part of the heat that is produced at said reactors Ri+1 connected to said evaporator is also evacuated, III) steps I and II are repeated with reference to the thermochemical reactor Ri+1 in fluid communication with said evaporator (E) until the target temperature in said housing C is obtained.
US11604010B2
A Gifford-McMahon (GM) type double-inlet pulse tube system providing cooling at cryogenic temperatures is provided. The system has a co-axial double-inlet valve that includes a base having an adjustable port, a fixed needle partially engaged in one end of the adjustable port, an adjustable needle partially engaged in another end of said adjustable port, and a body for housing the base, the fixed needle and the adjustable needle. The base is configured to be adjustable along an axial direction. The adjustable needle is arranged co-axially with the fixed needle. The adjustable port and the adjustable needle are configured to control an alternating current (AC) flow and a direct current (DC) flow between the stem port and the end port and to produce the DC flow in either direction between the stem port and the end port.
US11604005B1
An in-line device for controlling a ventilation system for an enclosed space is featured. The ventilation system is configured to produce a first airflow from an external environment to the enclosed space and a second airflow from the enclosed space to the external environment. The in-line device includes a first electrical interface configured to connect to an electrical outlet, a second electrical interface configured to receive a power plug for the ventilation system, and a controller configured to control the ventilation system based on a first parameter of the first airflow and a second parameter of the second airflow.
US11604000B2
Systems and methods for evaporatively cooling air wherein a cooling system enclosure is alternately expandable and contractible. The housing is expandable for operation and contractible for storage or transportation. A water distributor delivers water from a source to evaporative media within the enclosure. Air is circulated over the evaporative media to cool the air. The enclosure may be expanded by creating a positive pressure differential between the interior and exterior of the enclosure. The water distributor and evaporative media may be configured to move from storage to operating positions within the enclosure as the enclosure moves from the contracted position to the expanded position. The enclosure may include substantially rigid portions that form a protective housing for the internal cooling components when in the contracted storage position. Wheels and stowable handles may facilitate transportation of the system.
US11603990B2
A fuel-burning device includes a container defining a receptacle and having an opening which is at an end of the receptacle. The opening has a first width. The fuel-burning device also includes a fixing mechanism mounted in the container through a fixing member. The fixing member has an end resiliently fixed on a periphery of the receptacle. The fixing member is radially compressible. When the fixing member is not compressed, the end thereof has a second width which is greater than the first width. The end of the fixing member is compressible to a third width which is smaller than the first width.
US11603981B2
The present disclosure is an improvement in bi-focus lenses. The disclosure relates to the use of multiple channels of LED/Lens combinations to achieve a smooth and continuous range of emitted beam angles of light in a wider range of beam angles than previously possible through only two channels of LED/Lens combinations. The resultant product will produce a continuous range of beam angles in a range exceeding 35 degrees from narrowest bean angle to widest beam angle. The lens channels selected are weighted so as to maximize the contribution of a single channel lens to the overall beam projection.
US11603980B1
The present invention provides a crystal lampshade, which belongs to the technical field of lampshade. The crystal lampshade comprises a hanging rod assembly and a lampshade assembly. When in use, the crystal slabs are respectively inserted between the upper cover and the lower cover, and then the hanging bracket is threadedly sleeved onto the hanging bracket through the pressing sleeve, the pressing frame is sleeved in the hanging bracket, a lower end of the hanging bracket passes through the lower cover, installing a decorative cover, and rotating the pressing sleeve, and the pressing frame is gradually pressed onto the upper side of the upper cover by the pressing sleeve, the decoration cover tightly presses against the lower side of the lower cover, thus fixing and limiting the positions of the upper cover and the lower cover, and stabilizing the crystal slabs.
US11603979B1
A light source module including a ceramic substrate, copper traces, light emitting units, and heat conductive columns is provided. The first heat conductive column and the second heat conductive column correspond to the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit respectively. The negative electrode of the first light emitting unit is connected to the first copper trace, the positive electrode of the second light emitting unit is connected to the second copper trace, and the positive electrode of the first light emitting unit and the negative electrode of the second light emitting unit are connected to the third copper trace. An end of the first heat conductive column is connected to the positive electrode of the first light emitting unit, and an end of the second heat conductive column is connected to the negative electrode of the second light emitting unit.
US11603964B2
A high-pressure tank includes: a liner including a body portion having a tubular shape and side end portions each having a dome shape, the side end portions being provided on opposite sides of the body portion; and a reinforcement layer made of fiber reinforced resin covering an outer surface of the liner. The reinforcement layer includes a tubular member covering the body portion and dome members joined to opposite sides of the tubular member so as to cover the side end portions. The liner includes a first resin layer defining a storage space for storing gas and a second resin layer provided between the first resin layer and at least the tubular member. An elastic modulus of a second resin constituting the second resin layer is lower than an elastic modulus of a first resin constituting the first resin layer.
US11603963B2
Disclosed herein is a structure that comprises a tank including an outer cylindrical surface and a domed end. The structure also comprises a tank skirt positioned circumferentially around the tank. A wall of the tank and a wall of the tank skirt form two sides of a y-joint between the tank and the tank skirt. The y-joint includes a wedge structure positioned between the tank and the tank skirt. Additionally, a thickness of at least one of the wall of the tank or the wall of the tank skirt forming the y-joint tapers such that the thickness of the at least one of the wall of the tank or the wall of the tank skirt that tapers has a greater thickness at the y-joint than away from the y-joint.
US11603958B2
Systems and methods for assembling structural components are disclosed wherein a selectively configurable fixture is placed on an assembly surface of an assembly table. An assembly table interface couples about a pin of a pin slot of the assembly table and, by means of linkage assembly, translates movement of the pin to a positioning member. The positioning member, by the translated movement of the pin, abuts an element of structural component and supports the element while a fastener is applied to join multiple elements of the structural component. A selectively configurable fixture may be used in isolation, or in combination with other fixtures.
US11603956B2
A pipe isolation device and method of using the same. The pipe isolation device includes a control bar head, a first sealing head, and a second sealing head. The first sealing head has a first seal element and a first sliding engagement. The first sliding engagement permits the first sealing head to slide relative to the control bar head along a first fixed path and traverse a right angle to gain access to an interior space of a pipe. The second sealing head has a second seal element and a second sliding engagement. The second sliding engagement permits the second sliding head to slide relative to the first sealing head along a second fixed path and traverse the right angle to gain access to an interior space of the pipe.
US11603954B2
A breakaway assembly including a first connector and a second connector releasably coupleable to the first connector. The assembly is movable between a first configuration in which the first and second connectors are releasably coupled and together define a fluid path through which fluid is flowable, and a second configuration in which the first and second connectors are not coupled together. The assembly is configured to move from the first configuration to the second configuration when a predetermined separation force is applied to the assembly. The assembly includes a closure valve positioned in one of the first or second connectors, wherein the closure valve is configured to be in an open position when the assembly is in the first configuration to allow fluid to flow therethrough, and to move to a closed position when the assembly moves to the second configuration to generally block the flow of fluid therethrough. The assembly includes an attraction member coupled to one of the first or second connectors, and a magnet unit coupled to the other one of the first or second connectors, wherein the attraction member and the magnet unit are magnetically attracted to each other when the assembly is in the first configuration to retain assembly in the first configuration. The magnet unit includes a first portion and a second portion coupled to the first portion that together define a channel therebetween, and the magnet unit further includes a plurality of magnets received in the channel.
US11603951B2
A composite pipe termination is provided. The composite pipe includes a composite pipe wall thickness and a cut end. An annular part of composite material is attached around the outside of the composite pipe at the cut end. The annular part has a radial thickness which tapers towards the composite pipe in the direction along the composite pipe away from the cut end to provide an exterior surface having a tapered portion. A pinning structure includes one or more pins which extend through the annular part and partially through the composite pipe wall thickness to further attach the annular part to the composite pipe.
US11603950B2
A pipe (12) coupling assembly (16, 116) includes a body (64, 120), a rib (65, 122), and teeth (56, 124). The body (64, 118) has an outer diameter and first and second inner diameter sections (68, 128, 70, 130). The first inner diameter section (68, 128) is wider than the second inner diameter section (70, 130). The rib (65, 122) extends around the first diameter section (68, 128) and projects radially inwardly therefrom. The teeth (56, 124) are situated within the second inner diameter section (70, 130) and project radially inwardly toward a central axis (38, 134) of the body (64, 120).
US11603947B2
An emergency shut-off device comprises an activation means configured to generate an activation force in response to detecting a seismic event, and a magnetic driver having a hollow guide tube with two magnets affixed at a selected position on opposite sides along a length of the guide tube with like poles facing each other and a drive piston movable inside the guide tube. The driver piston is coupled to a third magnet and has a first end for receiving an activation force to move the third magnet crossing a magnetic repulse shift line formed by the two magnets, and a second end for applying the drive force to an output system to effectuate a shut-off of a fluid line.
US11603941B2
A relief valve includes: a housing; a plunger movable to each of a closed position and an open position; a differential pressure chamber; a spring member; a piston; and a damping chamber. The plunger includes a first damping passage penetrating the plunger and bringing an area outside the plunger and a through passage into communication. The piston includes a second damping passage penetrating the piston and bringing an area inside the piston and the damping chamber into communication. A communication space connected to each of the first damping passage and the second damping passage is formed between the plunger and the piston.
US11603934B2
A sliding component has an annular mating ring and an annular seal ring opposite to each other and causing respective sliding surfaces thereof to slidably rotate relative to each other, to seal a sealed fluid present on radially inner or outer side of the sliding surfaces. In the sliding surface of the seal ring, a plurality of dynamic pressure recesses is formed separately arranged in a circumferential direction, the dynamic pressure recesses generating a dynamic pressure by a relative sliding rotation between the mating ring and the seal ring. In the sliding surface of the mating ring, a plurality of static pressure recesses is formed in the circumferential direction at positions where the static pressure recesses cooperate with the dynamic pressure recesses to enable the sealed fluid to flow the static pressure recesses to the dynamic pressure recesses. The static pressure recesses is deeper than the dynamic pressure recesses.
US11603927B2
A shift range control apparatus controls a shift range switching system that switches shift ranges by controlling driving of a motor. This control apparatus calculates a motor angle based on a motor rotation angle signal, acquires an output shaft signal based on a rotation position of an output shaft from an output shaft sensor, sets a target rotation angle based on a target shift range and the output shaft signal, and controls driving of the motor such that the motor angle becomes the target rotation angle. The control apparatus sets the target rotation angle to a target limit value, in response to the target rotation angle that is set based on the output shaft signal being a value at which rotation occurs that is further toward a back side in a rotation direction than the target limit value that is set based on shift ranges before and after switching.
US11603924B2
A power transmission control device acquires rotation speed information of an idle gear corresponding to a target engagement member and rotation speed information of a sleeve corresponding to an engagement member, sets one rotation speed changeable by a power source as a synchronization side rotation speed, sets the other rotation speed as a target synchronization side rotation speed, allows a differential rotation between the synchronization side rotation speed and the target synchronization side rotation speed to match a predetermined differential rotation by changing the synchronization side rotation speed using the power source after a power transmission releasing state is selected due to a gear changing request, performs an engagement operation, inverts a sign of the predetermined differential rotation, and switches to the power transmission state while allowing the differential rotation to match the predetermined differential rotation of which the sign is inverted.
US11603919B2
A method of controlling an EOP of a hybrid vehicle may include controlling the EOP in a predetermined high-speed mode when the vehicle is started; controlling the EOP in a predetermined middle-speed mode in which the EOP is driven at revolutions per minute (RPM) lower than RPM of the high-speed mode when the high-speed mode is terminated; and controlling the EOP in a predetermined low-speed mode in which the EOP is driven at RPM lower than the RPM of the middle-speed mode when the vehicle is stopped.
US11603912B2
An electronic parking brake device may include: a plate part having a brake shoe rotatably mounted thereon; a housing part mounted on the plate part and configured to guide hydraulic pressure; a motor part mounted on the housing part, and driven when power is applied thereto; a piston part mounted on the housing part, and moved by hydraulic pressure so as to operate the brake shoe; and an operating part embedded in the housing part, and driven by the motor part so as to move the piston part.
US11603911B2
A rotary to linear actuator, comprises a drive crankarm that rotates in a first axis of rotation; a first and second gearset connected to the drive crankarm through a second crankarm; and a piston captured between the first gearset and the second gear set, wherein the first and second gearsets rotate a crankarm connected to one end of the piston, wherein the piston is caused to move linearly upon rotation of the crankarm.
US11603906B2
A drive sprocket comprising a plurality of teeth for meshing with a drive member to transmit rotary motion, the drive member including a plurality of engagement pockets engaging the teeth of the drive sprocket, wherein each tooth has a tooth profile defined by a first side comprising a first engagement surface and an opposite second side comprising a second engagement surface, which engagement surfaces are configured such that when driven, a tooth meshes to the engagement pocket at a first contact location on the first engagement surface and also at a second contact location on the second engagement surface, wherein the first contact location is radially offset from the second contact location.
US11603896B2
A caliper guide assembly and a method of manufacture. The guide assembly may include a guide pin, a guide bore arranged to receive the guide pin and permit relative axial sliding thereof, a bush arranged to define at least part of the guide bore, and a sensor arrangement configured to provide an output indicative of a state of wear of the bush.
US11603895B2
A mounting for a guide pin of a disc brake and method of mounting. A mounting portion of a guide pin may have a first polygonal cross-sectional profile. A receiving portion of a brake carrier may receive the mounting portion and may have cross-sectional profile that is different than the first polygonal cross-sectional profile.
US11603894B2
A method for adapting a biting point filling time of a hydraulically actuated hybrid disengaging clutch is implemented step by step during driving of the motor vehicle via a plurality of selected engagement phases of the hybrid disengaging clutch with a manipulation of the customary rapid filling routine. Proceeding from an initially stored biting point filling time, a filling time which is shortened in comparison with this for a subsequent rapid filling routine is increased step by step, in each case by an increment. Here, an actual value which is set in each case for a test parameter, from which a change in the transmission of torque of the hybrid disengaging clutch can be derived, is detected until the actual value corresponds to a setpoint value.
US11603893B1
A method of setting a clutch control reference value includes monitoring the pressure of a clutch while a controller applies test current having a predetermined amplitude and frequency to a solenoid valve in the manner of gradually reducing the magnitude of the test current from a predetermined entry value, applying, when the amplitude of the pressure of the clutch starts to change, predetermined checking current, the checking current vertically oscillating based on the magnitude of current when the amplitude of the pressure of the clutch starts to change as a central value, and determining a volumetric kiss point (VKP) by comparing the amplitude of the pressure of the clutch according to application of the checking current with a predetermined reference range.
US11603883B1
A roller type linear guideway includes: a rail, a sliding block sleeved on the rail, and end cover units installed at two ends of the sliding block. One of the end cover units includes a first cover plate, a second cover plate, an open end cover, and an outer end cover. The first cover plate includes a plurality of penetrating holes communicating with the non-load passages, the second cover plate is installed on the first cover plate and includes holes connected to the penetrating holes, and the open end cover is installed on one end of the sliding block and includes through holes communicating with the holes. The outer end cover closes the through holes to allow circulation of multiple rolling elements. The through holes, the holes, and the penetrating holes are connected to the non-load passages, so four rows of rolling elements can be filled simultaneously.
US11603878B2
A mount interface is described that includes a latch; and a latching assembly configured to receive the latch so as to lock the latch at a set position with respect to the latching assembly, wherein the latching assembly includes a housing provided with an irregular orifice configured to receive the latch; a first plug disposed in the housing so that a first portion of the irregular orifice overlies the first plug; and a second plug disposed in the housing adjacent the first plug so that a second portion of the irregular orifice overlies the second plug. Such a mount interface provides rapid and secure locking of a latch to the latching assembly.
US11603876B2
A telescopic tube is disclosed. By pressing and rotating a switching button, an abutting section is aligned to a first hole of an outer tube and then elastically pushed by an elastic member, a pin section of the switching button is released from engagement with a fastening hole of the inner tube, and the position of the inner tube in the outer tube can be adjusted individually. After the inner tube is adjusted completely and the switching button is pressed to rotated again, the pin section is inserted into the fastening hole, the engaging section is engaged in the first hole. When the switching button is pressed, the movement of the inner tube makes the switching button release from the first hole and the third hole, and the inner tube, the control assembly and the inner mounting member are retractable in the through hole of the outer tube.
US11603875B2
A collapsible structure connection system including apparatus for connecting rod segments and apparatus for holding and organizing rod segments. An apparatus for connecting rod segments, such as a pole tip and final rod segment, or two rod segments, may have a pair of mated rod segments and a spring-loaded push-button locking mechanism, with the rod segments connected using an elastomeric connector attached to each rod segment at adjacent, opposing ends. The elastomeric connector may be attached to and held in place against the rod segment using an attachment assembly that may be threaded or unthreaded, and that may mate, or not mate, within the rod segment upon securing the attachment assembly to the rod segment. The spring-loaded push-button locking mechanism may have a spring-loaded push-button seated on a dowel of a male body, and a cavity aperture traversing a dowel cavity of a female body.
US11603868B2
A pressurizing device includes: a pressurizing unit that pressurizes a pressurized object by supplying a working fluid; a first cylinder mechanism that supplies the working fluid in a first cylinder to the pressurizing unit by output of a first drive source; a second cylinder mechanism that supplies the working fluid in a second cylinder to the pressurizing unit by output of a second drive source; and a control device that controls the first drive source and the second drive source, in which the control device performs transition control to transition to a second supply state of supplying the working fluid from the second cylinder mechanism to the pressurizing unit when satisfying a remaining amount condition of the working fluid in the first cylinder of the first cylinder mechanism in a first supply state of supplying the working fluid from the first cylinder mechanism to the pressurizing unit.
US11603866B2
A submersible fluid pump suitable for use in a landfill well includes an outer case extending along a vertical axis and at least partially defining an interior of the fluid pump, a fluid inlet and outlet, a discharge tube within the outer case and disposed between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, a float positioned around the discharge tube and within the outer case such that the float is within the discharge tube and the outer case, the float being movable along the discharge tube in an axial direction, a pneumatic valve configured to introduce pressurized air into the interior of the fluid pump, an actuator configured to open and close the pneumatic valve, and a plurality of magnets comprising a first magnet fixed with respect to the actuator and a second magnet fixed with respect to the float, the second magnet configured to magnetically repel the first magnet as the float moves to tip the actuator to either open or close the pneumatic valve.
US11603860B2
A radial compressor having a specially designed iris diaphragm mechanism is described. This mechanism includes only a single (main) blade that is driven directly by an actuating element, while the other blades are driven by the respective preceding blade via the movement of the main blade. This results in a particularly simple embodiment of the iris diaphragm mechanism. A blade for an iris diaphragm mechanism of this type and a charging device having a radial compressor of this type are furthermore described.
US11603856B2
A centrifugal fan for use as a blower in a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) system has a plurality of blades each having a leading edge camber angle of at or about 10 degrees to at or about 30 degrees, a trailing edge camber angle of at or about 10 degrees to at or about 30 degrees, a stagger angle of at or about 35 degrees to at or about 55 degrees, and a chord having a length L, wherein the length L over the diameter of the centrifugal fan divided by the diameter D satisfies the inequality 0.25≤L/D≤0.42. The fan blades having these parameters provide improved fan efficiency at certain operating conditions. The fan blades may further have a forward or radial sweep. The fan blades may have a uniform thickness from the leading edge to the trailing edge.
US11603855B2
An impeller for centrifugal pumps having at least one blade for delivering solids-containing media has, between a leading edge of the blade and a circumferential direction, an angle α, and between a leading edge of the blade and a meridional direction, an angle β. Depending on the dominant speed, the associated angles α, β are less than 90°, preferably less than 70°, in particular less than 50°.
US11603853B2
A method of controlling, by a controller for a compressor (200), pressure at plurality of magnetic motor thrust bearings (360, 370) for a motor (280) disposed within a housing (220) for the compressor (200), wherein the motor (280) and an impeller (270) are disposed on a compressor shaft (260) within the housing, the method including: monitoring current at each of the plurality of magnetic motor thrust bearings (360, 370), controlling a flow regulator (400) in a bypass loop (380) for the impeller (270) to decrease flow through the bypass loop when a first current in a first of the plurality of magnetic motor thrust bearings (360, 370) exceeds a second current in a second of the plurality of magnetic motor thrust bearings (360, 370), and controlling the flow regulator (400) to increase flow through the bypass loop (380) when the second current exceeds the first current.
US11603849B2
A turbo-molecular pump comprises multiple stages of rotor blades and multiple stages of stator blades. When m is a positive real number equal to or less than a total number of stages of the rotor blades and greater than one and K is a natural number which is not a multiple of m in a case where m is a natural number and is a natural number in a case where m is not the natural number, the multiple stages of the rotor blades include a rotor blade at an inter-blade angle α1, and a rotor blade of which reference position is phase-shifted from a reference position of the rotor blade at the inter-blade angle α1 by an angle α1·K/m.
US11603848B2
Embodiments of the inventive technology include a centrifugal fan having a damper repositionable between a closed position and a fully seated open position, and a magnetic coupler that serves to fully seat that damper it its open configuration, so as to prevent undesired effects such as slippage and/or rocking of that damper relative to rotatable componentry against which it is pressed, during operation of the fan. The coupler may be configured so that the damper may decouple from rotatable componentry, e.g., upon a certain reverse pressure differential, and translate to a closed position.
US11603847B2
A centrifugal compressor for a chiller system includes a casing having an inlet portion and an outlet portion, a recirculation structure including a recirculation path and a recirculation discharge cavity, an impeller disposed downstream of the recirculation discharge cavity, a plurality of recirculation discharge guide vanes disposed to surround the recirculation discharge cavity, and a diffuser disposed in the outlet portion downstream of the impeller. The recirculation structure is configured to impart a swirl to a flow of refrigerant into the inlet portion. The recirculation path supplies the refrigerant from the diffuser to the recirculation discharge cavity. The recirculation path includes a recirculation pipe that introduces the refrigerant toward the plurality of recirculation discharge guide vanes. An annular groove is disposed between the recirculation pipe and the plurality of recirculation discharge guide vanes. An annular plate is disposed between the annular groove and the recirculation discharge cavity.
US11603841B2
A scroll compressor includes an oil circulation pipe having one end inserted through a casing to be connected to an oil storage space inside the casing and another end connected to a suction passage for supplying refrigerant from outside of the casing to a compression chamber, an oil circulation valve disposed between the both ends of the oil circulation pipe to selectively open or close the oil circulation pipe, and a controller to control an opening or closing operation of the oil circulation pipe to reduce or eliminate frictional loss due to a shortage of oil by adjusting an oil level of the oil storage space at an initial operation.
US11603839B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a scroll compressor with a simple configuration which is capable of preventing the occurrence of noise induced due to compressed air remaining in a discharge pipe flow backward and an orbiting scroll rotating reversely when stopping the compressor. To this end, there is provided a scroll compressor including a scroll type compressor body provided with an orbiting scroll and a fixed scroll; a motor that drives the compressor body; an inverter that drives the motor; a discharge pipe that connects a discharge port of the compressor body to an air tank storing air compressed by the compressor body; and a check valve that shuts off the compressed air flowing backward from the air tank in the discharge pipe, in which, when stopping the compressor body, the inverter controls a rotational speed of the motor driving the compressor body, in two steps at a first deceleration and a second deceleration lower than the first deceleration, from when a stop command is output until the compressor body stops.
US11603837B2
A rotary fluid device including an outer housing assembly and an inner rotating arrangement adapted to rotate relative to the outer housing assembly, the outer housing assembly including a rotor housing and the inner rotating arrangement including a rotor dimensioned to rotatably fit within the rotor housing. One of the rotor and the rotor housing include lobes extending in a radial direction relative to respective inner and outer circumferential surfaces and the other of the rotor and the rotor housing includes followers and follower recesses in which the followers are moveably located. Three pressure zones may be defined between the followers and follower recesses the three pressure zones including an intermediate pressure zone and two laterally pressure zones on opposing circumferentially lateral sides of the intermediate pressure zone.
US11603824B2
A method for performing uptower maintenance of a wind turbine in order to replace the main bearing on the turbine shaft is disclosed. Embodiments of this method to perform maintenance may include installing a rotor lock to resist rotation of the main shaft during maintenance, providing a lifting device in order to elevate the main shaft, removing the main bearing from its main bearing housing, and installing a replacement split main bearing. A crane may also be installed uptower to assist in the maintenance.
US11603823B2
A method for ascertaining a wind direction at a wind power installation having a rotor on which at least one rotor blade is arranged. The method includes measuring first wind speeds in a predefined first measuring direction and second wind speeds in a predefined second measuring direction different from the first measuring direction in each case with a measuring frequency at a measuring point for a measuring period, wherein the measuring period is defined by a rotational distance of the rotor or by a prespecified time, wherein the rotor blade or one of the rotor blades passes the measuring point in the measuring period, and determining a wind direction by vectorial evaluation of the first wind speeds and of the second wind speeds.
US11603818B1
Systems and methods for preparing an engine for a cold start are described. In one example, the air is injected into one or more pre-chambers of engine cylinders in response to an engine start request so that one or more cylinders may be heated before the engine is started. The engine may or may not be rotated while air is being injected to pre-chambers of engine cylinders.
US11603812B1
An embodiment variable valve device of a vehicle intake system includes a variable valve housing fixed to a housing of an air cleaner and including a valve passage penetrating the air cleaner, a variable valve flap rotatably coupled to the variable valve housing and configured to perform opening and closing operations based on an intake negative pressure of an engine to open and close the valve passage, and a cam protrusion and a leaf spring provided on the variable valve flap and the variable valve housing, respectively, wherein the cam protrusion and the leaf spring are in contact with each other.
US11603801B2
A turbomachine engine includes a core engine having one or more compressor sections, one or more turbine sections that includes a power turbine, and a combustion chamber in flow communication with the compressor sections and turbine sections. The turbomachine engine also includes a shaft coupled to the power turbine and characterized by a midshaft rating (MSR) between two hundred (ft/sec)1/2 and three hundred (ft/sec)1/2. In one aspect, the shaft has a redline speed between fifty and two hundred fifty feet per second (ft/sec). In another aspect, the shaft has a length L, an outer diameter D, and a ratio of L/D between twelve and thirty-seven.
US11603799B2
A combustor for a gas turbine engine includes an inner liner and an outer liner positioned outward of the inner liner along the radial direction such that a combustion chamber is defined between the inner and outer liners. Furthermore, the combustor includes a fuel nozzle configured to supply fuel to the combustion chamber. Moreover, the combustor includes a bristle pack having a base plate and a plurality of bristles extending outward from the base plate such that the bristle pack forms at least a portion of at least one of a heat shield coupled to the fuel nozzle, a deflector of the combustor, or a flare of the combustor.
US11603793B2
An internal combustion engine may include a first piston reciprocatingly disposed in a first cylinder, a combustion chamber fluidly coupled with the first cylinder, and an ignition source at least partially disposed within the combustion chamber. An intake valve may provide selective fluid communication between an intake system and the combustion chamber, and an exhaust valve may provide selective fluid communication between an exhaust system and the combustion chamber. A second piston may be reciprocatingly disposed within a second cylinder. An inlet associated with the second cylinder may be fluidly coupled with the intake system, and an outlet may be fluidly coupled with one or more of the first cylinder and the combustion chamber. A crankshaft may be coupled with the first piston and the second piston for rotational motion associated with reciprocating movement of the first piston and the second piston.
US11603792B2
A vent insert is disclosed for use with an automotive turbocharger system. The vent has a substantially cylindrical hollow tube with a first end for seating the vent and a second open end. The first end has a rim around an opening. The second end of the vent has an angled opening that faces away from the direction of the gas flow when the vent insert is operating within the turbocharger system. There are a plurality of protrusions extending outward from the outside surface of the vent to assist in keeping the vent insert in place in the turbocharger system.
US11603791B2
A supercharger includes a rotor housing defining a pair of cylindrical chambers. A driving shaft bearing is to support a driving rotor shaft for rotation in the rotor housing. A driven shaft bearing is to support a driven rotor shaft for rotation in the rotor housing. An oil sump housing is to enclose a timing gear end of the rotor housing. A shaft seal is disposed between the rotor housing and each respective rotor shaft. The oil sump housing, the rotor housing and driving and driven shaft seals define a closed container for oil to lubricate the driving shaft bearing, the driven shaft bearing, a driving timing gear and a driven timing gear. The oil pools in the closed container and a top surface of the oil is spaced below the timing gears when the driving rotor shaft is in a vertical orientation.
US11603785B2
An exhaust aftertreatment unit for cleaning exhaust gases. The exhaust aftertreatment unit includes an emission reducing module being a diesel particulate filter, DPF, and/or a diesel oxidation catalyst, DOC, a selective catalyst reduction, SCR, catalyst, an electrical heating element arranged upstream of the SCR catalyst, a casing housing at least the emission reducing module, and a service lid removably arranged to cover a service opening of the casing through which the emission reducing module may be accessed. The electrical heating element is removably arranged relative the casing and is arranged accessible upon removal of the service lid.
US11603780B2
A noise abatement system for internal combustion engines comprising: a containment body (12) equipped with an inlet hole (6) for the entry of exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine, a plurality of expansion chambers (10) placed in sequence and separated by parallel dividing partitions (13), each equipped with a through-hole (4) for the passage of gases placing in fluid communication two neighboring expansion chambers (10); said expansion chambers (10) having two opposing through-holes (4), one as gas inlet and one as gas outlet. A rotating shaft (9) is integrated in a rotating turbine (1), along an axis comprising the center of gravity of the expansion chambers (10) up to an opposite end of the containment body (12), said rotating shaft (9) having placed around said axis and on said shaft (9) rotary fins (3) which open and close the through-holes (4) between expansion chambers (10) alternately and generating a swirling movement of the flow of gas entering each expansion chamber (10).
US11603775B2
A turbomachine assembly, comprising a distributor with a tubular platform, an inner radial flange extending radially inwardly from the platform, and a plurality of vanes extending radially outwardly from the platform; a casing comprising an outer radial flange; an abutment axially holding the outer radial flange in contact with the inner radial flange; a support ring attached to the casing and radially supporting the abutment; wherein the abutment is formed of a head and a body releasably connected to the head.
US11603769B2
A manufacturing method is provided. During this method, a preform component is provided for a turbine engine. The preform component includes a substrate. A meter section of a cooling aperture is formed in the substrate. An internal coating is applied onto a surface of the meter section. An external coating is applied over the substrate. A diffuser section of the cooling aperture is formed in the external coating and the substrate to provide the cooling aperture.
US11603766B1
A stator of a turbine section, has: vanes distributed around a central axis, a vane of the vanes extending along a spanwise axis and defining an internal passage; an insert received within the internal passage, the insert defining a cavity for receiving cooling air and defining impingement cooling apertures facing an inner face of the vane; a splitter plate secured within the cavity and being transverse to the spanwise axis, the splitter plate having a base secured to the insert and a tip protruding from the base; and a flow passage defined between the tip and the insert, the flow passage fluidly connecting a first section of the cavity to a second section of the cavity, the tip of the splitter plate secured to the insert at at least one location along a perimeter of the tip.
US11603765B1
An airfoil assembly includes first and second fiber-reinforced composite airfoil rings that each have inner and outer platform sections, a suction side wall extending between the inner and outer platforms, a pressure side wall extending between the inner and outer platforms, and suction and pressure side mate faces along, respectively, edges of the suction and pressure side walls. The suction side mate face of the first fiber-reinforced composite airfoil ring and the pressure side mate face of the second fiber-reinforced composite airfoil ring mate at an interface to form an airfoil that circumscribes an internal cavity. A least one of the suction or pressure side mate faces includes protrusions along a trailing edge of the airfoil. The protrusions define a toothed exit slot for emitting cooling air from the internal cavity.
US11603760B2
A shield method includes the steps: providing a first cylindrical frame 31 at a position where an entrance 12 is to be formed in an inner surface of an earth retaining wall 11 of a shaft 1; excavating a horizontal hole 5 in the underground by a shield machine 2, and sequentially adding and building, in the excavation direction, a plurality of segments 4 on an inner diameter side of the horizontal hole 5 while forming the entrance 12 in the shaft 1; temporarily stopping water from a gap between the entrance 12 and the shield machine 2, and removing excavated soil and pieces 6 that enter the first cylindrical frame 31 as the entrance 12 is formed; and coupling a second cylindrical frame 32 having a sealing member 35 attached thereto to an inner open end of the first cylindrical frame 31.
US11603755B2
Downhole rock debris extraction system and control method for downhole rock debris extraction system
A downhole rock debris extraction system is provided. The downhole rock debris extraction system includes a downhole marking component, a ground control component and a ground detection and extraction component. The downhole marking component is arranged at a drill bit for underground excavation or near the drill bit, and is configured to mark rock debris by spraying different types of markers in real time during the underground excavation performed by the drill bit; the ground detection and extraction component is configured to detect the types of the markers on the rock debris; and the ground control component is configured to manage and control the downhole marking component to mark the rock debris, and to manage and control the ground detection and extraction component to determine the types of the markers on the rock debris. Furthermore, a control method for the downhole rock debris extraction system is provided.
US11603753B2
A system for automated testing of a high-pressure pump comprises a choke valve, actuator and actuator drive for operating the choke in response to receiving control signals. A system control unit includes a processor unit, system memory, I/O interface, human-machine interface, and display device. A pressure sensor is connected to the pump outlet line for sensing and reporting outlet pressure to the control unit. The control unit can execute a test phase by causing the pump to run at a test speed and causing the actuator to change the restriction value of the choke until a predetermined pressure is sensed in the outlet line and reported to the control unit. The control unit can cause the actuator to maintain the predetermined pressure for a predetermined period of time. The control unit can cause the display device to show a result or print a report of one or more test phases.
US11603751B2
A push-pull force control method for a horizontal directional drilling machine with the following steps is provided. According to a correspondence relationship between a motor displacement and a maximum push-pull force of a drilling machine, the motor displacement is first adjusted, so that the required push-pull force can be obtained through the adjustment of the subsequent steps. Then, an oil feeding pressure of the motor is controlled according to a relationship between the push-pull force and the working pressure difference of the motor. Finally, the push-pull force of the motor is controlled in real time according to the oil feeding pressure of the motor to be equal to the required push-pull force value.
US11603746B2
A physical modeling method that includes providing a reservoir core plug, the reservoir core plug having a wellbore interface end, an outlet interface end, and a cylindrical face and saturating the reservoir core plug with hydrocarbon and brine to form a saturated core plug. The method also includes positioning the saturated core plug within a flooding apparatus and pumping the fracturing fluid through saturated core plug to displace a portion of the hydrocarbon to form a displaced hydrocarbon plug. In addition the method includes positioning the displaced hydrocarbon plug in an imbibition cell and conducting an imbibition test to form an imbibed core plug having brine and hydrocarbon. Further the method includes positioning the imbibed core plug in core-flooding apparatus and displacing a portion of the brine and hydrocarbon from the imbibed core plug.
US11603745B2
Systems and methods for supplying primary fuel and secondary fuel to an internal combustion engine may include supplying a first amount of the primary fuel and a second amount of the secondary fuel to the internal combustion engine. The system may include a first manifold to provide primary fuel to the internal combustion engine, and a primary valve associated with the first manifold to provide fluid flow between a primary fuel source and the internal combustion engine. A second manifold may provide secondary fuel to the internal combustion engine, and a fuel pump and/or a secondary valve may provide fluid flow between a secondary fuel source and the internal combustion engine. A controller may determine a total power load, the first amount of primary fuel, and the second amount of secondary fuel to supply to the internal combustion engine to meet the total power load.
US11603743B2
A system for delivering hydraulic fracturing fluid to a wellbore is provided. The system includes a first frac tree connected to a first wellbore and a second frac tree connected to second wellbore. The system further includes a zipper module and a first single straight-line connection between the zipper module and the first frac tree. The system also includes a second single straight-line connection between the first frac tree and the second frac tree.
US11603742B2
Processes are provided for conformance control in the production of hydrocarbons from reservoirs, involving the distribution of mobilizing injection fluids into a formation through a number of injection fluid distribution points spaced apart along an injection well. The volume and/or position of mobilizing fluid outflows at the distribution points is adjusted based on criteria that include selected reservoir parameters measured at spatially distributed measurement points in the reservoir. An operational system is provided so that these measurements provide a proxy for recovery chamber conformance.
US11603741B2
A well production system comprises a safety instrumented system (SIS) having one or more logic solvers; one or more pressure transmitters disposed along a flowpath and communicatively coupled to the one or more logic solvers; one or more valves disposed along the flowpath and communicatively coupled to the SIS, wherein the SIS is configured to selectively actuate the one or more valves based on feedback from the one or more pressure transmitters; and a spare pressure transmitter disposed along the flowpath, wherein the spare pressure transmitter is configured to be selectively coupled to the one or more logic solvers.
US11603740B2
Methods for interpreting pressure transient tests and predicting future production for a well are provided. In one embodiment, a method for predicting future production includes beginning a pressure transient test within a well at a wellsite and obtaining pressure measurements of well fluid during the pressure transient test. The method can also include using the obtained pressure measurements to determine probabilistic estimates of input parameters of a pressure transient reservoir model while continuing the pressure transient test. Future production from the well can then be estimated based on the probabilistic estimates of the input parameters. Other methods and systems are also disclosed.
US11603728B1
Systems and methods for delivering an injection fluid into a subterranean well include an injection tool having an injection tool body with an internal cavity. A fluid chamber is located within the internal cavity. A heating chamber includes a pipe segment arranged parallel to the central axis. A one way valve provides a fluid flow path for the injection fluids to travel in a downhole direction through the one way valve, and prevents the flow of fluids through the one way valve in an uphole direction. A fiber optic cable extends to the pipe segment, the fiber optic cable operable to deliver a laser radiation to the pipe segment, heating the pipe segment. The injection tool body provides a fluid flow path from the one way valve to an outside of the injection tool.
US11603697B2
A mechanism is disclosed for automating a sliding window having window components comprising a stationary pane component, a sliding pane component and a window frame component. The mechanism includes a telescoping mounting assembly attached to a first of the window components. The telescoping mounting assembly includes a housing and one or two extension arms, selectively extensible from the housing to either one or both sides of the first window component. A motor is disposed within the housing driving a first gear. Either one or two telescoping drive shafts are disposed within the extension arms, each having a gear on one end of the telescoping drive shaft driven by the first gear and having a gear on an opposite end of the telescoping drive shaft that engages a rack mounted on one side of a second of the window components. The telescoping drive shafts are coupled to the extension arms and are therefore selectively extensible with first extension arms. This mechanism is installed by extending the extension arm to fit the first of the window components. The sliding window is opened and closed by rotation of the motor and the telescoping drive.
US11603692B2
A locking structure can be used for a rectilinear center rail for opposite sliding doors. A rectilinear center rail mounted in a longitudinal direction on a sliding door, a center roller unit rollably connected to the center rail, and a swing bracket rotatably connected to the center roller unit and a vehicle body. The center roller unit includes a first rotating member and a second rotating member, a first catcher formed on the center rail to hinder a movement of the center roller unit, a second catcher formed on the swing bracket to assist a movement of the center roller unit, and a first lever configured to be locked by or unlocked from the first catcher and a second lever configured to be locked by or unlocked from the second catcher are connected to the second rotating member.
US11603690B2
A hinge structure includes a cabinet plate defining a first face and a second face, the cabinet plate including a first fastening hole, a stiffener plate in planar contact with the first face of the cabinet plate along the Z-axis, the stiffener plate including a second fastening hole, a hinge plate in planar contact with the second face of the cabinet plate along the Z-axis, the hinge plate including a locating hole, and a fastener for fastening the cabinet plate to the stiffener plate, the fastener protruding through the first fastening hole and the second fastening hole along the Z-axis and including a fastener head, wherein the fastener head is cylindrical and accepted within the locating hole of the hinge plate.
US11603681B2
A drawer assembly is described that includes one or more mini-drawer assemblies. A mini-drawer assembly comprises a sliding tab along a rear-to-front axis, a release mechanism coupled to the sliding tab, and a body having a body bottom coupled from the body bottom to the sliding tab. The body may slide over the sliding tab. The mini-drawer assembly may include a plurality of compartments in the body and a plurality of lids that are hingedly coupled to the compartments. Each lid may have a respective fastening element. A plurality of latches may couple to the body such that each latch is coupled to a corresponding compartment. The latch may hold the respective fastening element of the lid. When the body is pulled out along the rear-to-front axis, the release mechanism may engage with the latch to release the respective fastening element and to unlatch the lid of the compartment.
US11603665B2
A hollow brick includes a bottom wall, two side walls, two intermediate walls, and a top wall. The top wall defines three arched top boundary surfaces of three ventilation holes bounded by the bottom wall, the side walls, the intermediate walls and the top wall. Two supports, each of which supports a first corrugated plate, project from the side walls. Two inner holding ribs are in two ventilation holes respectively proximal to the side walls and lie below the arched top boundary surfaces. A middle one of the arched top boundary surfaces abuts and presses a curved middle portion of a second corrugated plate, and the inner holding ribs respectively lift lateral portions of the second corrugated plate.
US11603663B2
A strut and method using same is provided. The strut comprises a body member having a longitudinal axis, a first end and a second end. A first gripping member is connected to the first end of the body member. The first gripping member comprises a first plate for engaging a first structural engagement member. A second gripping member is connected to the second end of the body member. The second gripping member comprises a second plate for engaging a second structural member. The body member of the strut extends in a direction to intercept each of the first and second plates.
US11603662B1
A ceiling grid system as part of a suspended ceiling having a plurality of ceiling panels includes main runners and cross-runners oriented transverse to each other and forming a two-dimensional array having openings, each opening defining a position within the suspended ceiling in which a ceiling panel is disposed, the main runners and the cross-runners being configured to attach to each other and to be fixed in the horizontal plane in the physical space, each one of a plurality of panel support members is connected with a main runner or a cross-runner and is configured to support one of the ceiling panels, each panel support member is movable in a rotatable or linear manner with respect to the main runner or the cross-runner to facilitate the installation or removal of one of the ceiling panel with respect to its predetermined position within the suspended ceiling.
US11603650B2
A plumbing fixture includes an electrical component insert-molded within a portion of the plumbing fixture, the portion formed from an epoxy. The electrical component is offset from and disposed below an outer surface of the plumbing fixture.
US11603646B2
Techniques for generating earthmoving flow vectors for assisting control of a construction machine are disclosed. A design elevation map of an earthmoving site may be obtained. The design elevation map may include a plurality of design elevation points of the earthmoving site. An actual elevation map of the earthmoving site may be obtained. The actual elevation map may include a plurality of actual elevation points of the earthmoving site. A dual-layer input graph may be formed based on the design elevation map and the actual elevation map. The dual-layer input graph may include a plurality of nodes related through a plurality of connections. A flow graph may be generated by solving the dual-layer input graph. The flow graph may include a set of flow vectors indicating movement of the earth within the earthmoving site.
US11603637B1
A wave attenuator system for protecting a floating dock or other structure from incoming wake created by wind or vessel is disclosed herein, in various aspects. The wave attenuator system may include a substantially rectangular curtain made of a water-impermeable flexible material, in various aspects. The curtain top edge may be secured along the length of at least one of the sides of a dock, in various aspects. The curtain bottom edge may be suspended in a body of water a predetermined distance below the water surface, in various aspects. The bottom edge may include a weighted material to maintain the curtain in a substantially vertical orientation, in various aspects. The wave attenuator system is operable to redirect waves impacting the curtain downward to reduce wave action against the dock or other structure, in various aspects.
US11603636B2
An interlocking modular smart seawall diversion and recreation system provides step-shaped diverter sections arranged side-by-side along a shoreline. The diverter sections slope from a base end up towards an upper end. To break kinetic energy of waves, and divert waves, the diverter sections form steps with curved risers and horizontal treads. The system forms a diversion path for the waves that reach the upper end of the modular walls and recirculate the wave energy back to divertor chamber and natural environment. Foundation pilings project into the ground and extend up to support the wall sections. The bottom end of foundation pilings terminates at sheared attachments having a tapered cross section and an edge for securely anchoring into the ground. A platform atop the diverter sections provides a pathway; a lighted platform for recreational activities; and transparent skylight portals for observing aquatic wildlife in water below and creating an indigenous ecosystem.
US11603632B1
A method for forming a hollow box-shaped cross section beam utilizes double walled trough that allows for prefabrication with pre-stressed concrete. The hollow box-shaped cross section precast beam is formed by filling the fabrication conduit with precast concrete. A number of tendons may be positioned within the fabrication conduit in quantities and positioned that are favorable to resist deflecting forces and provide anchoring forces within the hollow trough or box-shaped cross section precast beam formed therein. Further, a box shaped cross section bridge girder can be formed having no tensile stresses due to its own weight. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
US11603617B2
A lifter for a laundry treating apparatus includes a first member mounted at an inner side of a drum; and a second member mounted on the first member and protruded toward an inside of the drum, wherein the first member includes a hook protruded and formed along a circumference of the first member, at least part of which is disposed to cover an inner circumferential surface of the drum when inserted into a fastening hole of the drum and then slid in one direction; and a shield protruded and formed at an inner side of the first member and configured to completely cover the fastening hole when the hook is inserted into the fastening hole and then slid in one direction.
US11603603B2
A method of performing heteroepitaxy comprises exposing a substrate to a carrier gas, a first precursor gas, a Group II/III element, and a second precursor gas, to form a heteroepitaxial growth of one of GaAs, AlAs, InAs, GaP, InP, ZnSe, GaSe, CdSe, InSe, ZnTe, CdTe, GaTe, HgTe, GaSb, InSb, AlSb, CdS, GaN, and AlN on the substrate; wherein the substrate comprises one of GaAs, AlAs, InAs, GaP, InP, ZnSe, GaSe, CdSe, InSe, ZnTe, CdTe, GaTe, HgTe, GaSb, InSb, AlSb, CdS, GaN, and AlN; wherein the carrier gas is H2, wherein the first precursor is HCl, the Group II/III element comprises at least one of Zn, Cd, Hg, Al, Ga, and In; and wherein the second precursor is one of AsH3 (arsine), PH3 (phosphine), H2Se (hydrogen selenide), H2Te (hydrogen telluride), SbH3 (hydrogen antimonide), H2S (hydrogen sulfide), and NH3 (ammonia). The process may be an HVPE (hydride vapor phase epitaxy) process.
US11603598B2
A photoelectrochemical cell includes a cathode with a front and back cathode surface, an anode with front and back anode surfaces, a conductive connector between the cathode and the anode, and an optical waveguide configured to direct sunlight to the back surfaces of the cathode and anode. The cathode is adapted for photoelectric generation of electrons at the back cathode surface and electrolytic generation of hydrogen at the front cathode surface. Similarly, the anode is adapted for photoelectric generation of electrons at the back anode surface and electrolytic generation of oxygen at the front anode surface. The photoelectrochemical cell may also include a waveguide optical concentrator coupled to the waveguide.
US11603595B2
The present invention refers to an electrolytic treatment device having an anodic compartment comprising a non-chromium (VI) etching solution to be treated and immersed therein an anode. The anodic compartment is separated by a membrane from a cathodic compartment comprising a cathodic solution comprising an inorganic acid, wherein the anode and the cathode are used comprising or consisting of a ternary or higher Pb alloy with Sn and at least one further metal selected from the group consisting of Sb, Ag, Co, Bi and combinations thereof. Moreover, a method for etching plastic parts is provided as well.
US11603591B2
Methods for depositing an amorphous carbon layer onto a substrate, including over previously formed layers on the substrate, use a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) process. In particular, the methods utilize a combination of RF AC power and pulsed DC power to create a plasma which deposits an amorphous carbon layer with a high ratio of sp3 (diamond-like) carbon to sp2 (graphite-like) carbon. The methods also provide for lower processing pressures, lower processing temperatures, and higher processing powers, each of which, alone or in combination, may further increase the relative fraction of sp3 carbon in the deposited amorphous carbon layer. As a result of the higher sp3 carbon fraction, the methods provide amorphous carbon layers having improved density, rigidity, etch selectivity, and film stress as compared to amorphous carbon layers deposited by conventional methods.
US11603588B1
A method includes applying a material coating on a surface of a machine component using a thermal spray, wherein the material coating is formed from a combination of a hardfacing material and aluminum-containing particles. The method also includes thermally treating the material coating to generate an oxide layer comprising aluminum from the aluminum-containing particles, wherein the oxide layer is configured to reduce oxidation of the hardfacing material.
US11603586B2
A method for forming a structure using an interim temper process is provided. A metal material is partially-aged to a stable temper that does not require cold storage. The partially-aging step is completed at a supplier facility prior to the metal material being received by the manufacturer. Once received by the manufacturer, the partially-aged metal material is heated to a first temperature to perform retrogression. A structure is formed from the partially-aged metal material after performing the retrogression. The structure is shaped and inspected. The structure is then heated to a second temperature in an age oven to reach its final aged state. The final aged state may be close to, meet, or exceed a T6 temper.
US11603581B2
A high-strength aluminum alloy coating. The coating includes aluminum, 9R phase, fine grains, nanotwins, stacking faults, and a solute capable of stabilizing the 9R phase, the fine grains, and the stacking faults. A method of making a high-strength aluminum alloy coating on a substrate. The method includes, depositing the constituents of an aluminum alloy on a substrate such that the deposit forms a high-strength aluminum alloy coating containing 9R phase, fine grains, nanotwins, and stacking faults. A high-strength deformation layer in and on a casting of an aluminum alloy containing 9R phase, fine grains, nanotwins, stacking faults, and a solute capable of stabilizing the PR phase, the fine grains, and the stacking faults. A method of making a high-strength deformation layer in and on a casting of an aluminum alloy by deforming the alloy such that deformation layer contains 9R phase, fine grains, nanotwins, and stacking faults.
US11603577B2
The present invention relates, on one hand, to a metal cementing apparatus (1) formed by a vessel (2) with a liquid phase formed by a solution (3) containing noble metal, and a solid phase formed by a cementing metal or a less noble metal in contact with the solution (3), where one of said phases moves at a high speed with respect to the other one, and the difference in speeds allows the cementation of the noble metal on the solid phase, and the simultaneous detachment and separation thereof, and comprises means for generating the movement of at least the phase with the high speed and removing means for removing the precipitated noble metal. The invention describes, on the other hand, a continuous cementation method consisting of passing a continuous flow of solution in a vessel (2); reacting the solid phase with the liquid phase, where one of said phases moves at a high speed with respect to the other one, causing the fixing of the noble metal and the simultaneous detachment thereof; removing the precipitated noble metal.
US11603572B2
A method for manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step for hot-rolling a slab to produce a hot-rolled sheet; a step for cold-rolling the hot-rolled sheet to produce a cold-rolled sheet; a step for subjecting the cold-rolled sheet to primary recrystallization annealing; and a step for subjecting the primary recrystallization annealing-completed cold-rolled sheet to secondary recrystallization annealing, wherein the primary recrystallization annealing step includes a preceding step and a subsequent step, and the amount (A) of nitriding gas introduced in the preceding step with respect to the total amount (B) of nitriding gas introduced in the primary recrystallization annealing step satisfies expression 1 below. 0.05≤[A]/[B]≤[t] [Expression 1] (In expression 1, the amount of nitriding gas introduced is in units of Nm3/hr, and [t] represents the thickness (mm) of a cold-rolled sheet.)
US11603556B2
Methods and compositions for attaching cell-specific barcodes without formation of partitions is provided.
US11603550B2
Systems and methods for rapid determination of microorganism growth and antimicrobial agent susceptibility and/or resistance are disclosed.
US11603543B2
Provided nucleic acid-based expression construct for the target cell-specific production of a therapeutic protein, such as a pro-apoptotic protein, within a target cell, including a target cell that is associated with aging, disease, or other condition, in particular a target cell that is a senescent cell or a cancer cell. Also provided are formulations and systems, including fusogenic lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulations and systems, for the delivery of nucleic acid-based expression constructs as well as methods for making and using such nucleic acid-based expression constructs, formulations, and systems for reducing, preventing, and/or eliminating the growth and/or survival of a cell, such as a senescent cell and/or a cancer cell, which is associated with aging, disease, or other condition as well as methods for the treatment of aging, disease, or other conditions by the in vivo administration of a formulation, such as a fusogenic LPN formulation, comprising an expression construct for the target cell-specific production of a therapeutic protein, such as a pro-apoptotic protein, in a target cell that is associated with aging, disease, or other condition, in particular a target cell that is a senescent cell or a cancer cell.
US11603540B2
The invention provides hybrid and recombinant phagemid vectors for expressing a transgene in a target cell transduced with the vector. A recombinant phagemid particle comprises at least one transgene expression cassette which encodes an agent which exerts a biological effect on the target cell, characterised in that the phagemid particle comprises a genome which lacks at least 50% of its bacteriophage genome. The invention extends to the use of such phagemid expression systems as a research tool, and for the delivery of transgenes in a variety of gene therapy applications, DNA and/or peptide vaccine delivery and imaging techniques. The invention extends to in vitro, in vivo or in situ methods for producing viral vectors, such as recombinant adeno-associated viruses (rAAV) or lentivirus vectors (rLV), and to genetic constructs used in such methods.
US11603536B2
The invention relates to novel maize plants, seeds and compositions, as well as improvements to maize plant breeding and methods for creating modifications in maize plant genomes.
US11603530B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds useful for the detection or modulation of target nucleic acids, including DNA and RNA. The present disclosure further relates to methods for treatment of trinucleotide repeat disorders, which can include administration of oligonucleotide analogues that can bind pathogenic nucleotide repeats in DNA or RNA.
US11603519B2
Provided is a T cell receptor capable of binding to a peptide having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 27 or a complex of the peptide and HLA-A24. A T cell receptor capable of binding to a peptide having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 28 or a complex of the peptide and HLA-A02. Disclosed T cell receptors are useful in treating or avoiding cancers which are associated with expression of glypican-3.
US11603518B2
Methods for differentiating human pluripotent stem cells to dorsal neuroectoderm progenitors and further to glial progenitor cells and oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) using inhibitors of BMP signaling and MAPK/ERK signaling are provided. Also provided are cells and cellular compositions obtained by such methods, and uses of such cells. Further provided are methods and protocols for efficiently differentiating human pluripotent stem cells to OPCs in the absence of the ventralizing morphogen SHH or a SHH signaling activator. The methods of the present disclosure reproducibly produce dorsal neuroectoderm progenitor cells by day 7 of the differentiation process, glial progenitor cells by day 21 of the differentiation process and OPCs by day 42 of the differentiation process.
US11603516B2
Disclosed is a device for mechanically characterizing an element of interest, for example an oocyte. The mechanical characterization device includes: a support receiving a container suitable for containing a liquid medium; a holder for holding the element of interest; an indenting member; a magnet for generating a magnetic field in which the indenting member is intended to move and which participates in suspending the indenting member with an unstable horizontal direction oriented coaxially to the longitudinal axis; a controller to control the magnet to maneuver the indenting member in translation along the unstable horizontal direction; and a component for determining the mechanical characteristics of the element of interest.
US11603514B2
The present invention provides a cell treatment apparatus that can improve the operating rates of an observation unit and a laser irradiation unit in the case of treating a plurality of cell culture vessels. The cell treatment apparatus of the present invention includes: a cell treatment chamber in which cells in a cell culture vessel are treated; an observation unit that can observe the cells in the cell culture vessel; a laser irradiation unit that can irradiate the cells with lasers; a first moving unit that can move the observation unit; and a second moving unit that can move the laser irradiation unit, wherein the cell treatment chamber includes a plurality of regions in which the cells can be treated, each region includes a first cell culture vessel placement unit and a second cell culture vessel placement unit, in the first cell culture vessel placement unit, the cells in the cell culture vessel are observed by the observation unit, in the second cell culture vessel placement unit, the cells in the cell culture vessel are irradiated with lasers by the laser irradiation unit, the observation unit is moved by the first moving unit in a state of being able to observe the cells in the cell culture vessel in the first cell culture vessel placement unit of each region, and the laser irradiation unit is moved by the second moving unit in a state of being able to irradiate the cells in the cell culture vessel in the second cell culture vessel placement unit of each region with lasers.
US11603512B2
The present disclosure relates to cleaning compositions that can be used to clean semiconductor substrates. These cleaning compositions can be used to remove defects arising from previous processing steps on these semiconductor substrates. These cleaning compositions can remove the defects/contaminants from the semiconductor substrates and thereby make the substrates appropriate for further processing. The cleaning compositions described herein primarily contain at least one organic acid and at least one anionic polymer.
US11603503B2
This invention is related to an additive composition comprising metal-based quantum clusters (QCs) dispersed in a hydrocarbon medium. The additive composition is useful as a fuel additive, as it acts as a combustion improver for liquid and gaseous fuels. The invention describes a process for the synthesis of the additive composition comprising metal-based materials in atomic cluster form in hydrocarbon dispersible medium. The stable liquid dispersion of the QC has been doped into the hydrocarbon fuels at required concentrations. The measurable flame temperature of the fuels, e.g., commercial LPG on burner has been observed to increase by at least 60-80° C. The flame with high heat through put can be used for efficient cooking, heating, annealing and other high thermal applications. The additive composition may also be used to improve the fuel economy of the liquid hydrocarbon fuels.
US11603496B2
The invention relates to a process (100) for producing liquefied natural gas using a feedstock mixture that contains at least methane, one or more components boiling at a temperature lower than methane and one or more hydrocarbons boiling at a temperature higher than methane, wherein the hydrocarbon(s) boiling at a temperature higher than methane comprise one or more hydrocarbons freezing at a higher temperature, with a freezing point higher than −50° C. According to the invention the feedstock mixture is fed into a pressure swing adsorption process (10), in which a first fraction containing methane and a second fraction containing methane are formed, the first fraction containing methane contains, in addition to the methane, at least the predominant portion of the components of the feedstock mixture that boil more readily than methane and is low in or free from the hydrocarbons boiling less readily than methane, and the second fraction containing methane contains, in addition to the methane, at least the predominant portion of the hydrocarbons from the feedstock that boil less readily than methane and is low in or free from the components that boil more readily than methane, and the first fraction containing methane, or a portion thereof, is supplied for liquefaction (20). The invention also relates to a corresponding plant.
US11603495B2
Fire retardant and fuel decomposition compositions that include at least one compost accelerator, at least one deliquescent, at least one polymer, and at least one plant nutrient are provided. In one example, the composition includes at least one compost accelerator is in the range of 0.01-0.5 weight percent, at least one polymer in the range of 0.25-15 weight percent, at least one deliquescent in the range of 0.5-40 weight percent, and at least one plant nutrient in the range of 0.25-10 weight percent.
US11603485B2
A surface treatment method of a Si element-containing wafer including, during a cleaning process of the wafer, forming a water-repellent protective film on at least the recess portion of the uneven pattern by supplying a vapor of a composition containing a water-repellent protective film-forming component and a solvent in a state that a liquid is retained in at least the recess portion of the uneven pattern, changing the vapor of the composition into a liquid and replacing the liquid retained in the recess portion with the liquid of the composition. The water-repellent protective film-forming component consists of a compound of formula [1], and the solvent contains at least an acyclic carbonate. R1x(CH3)3-xSiN(R2)2 [1] R1 is selected from the group consisting of a H and a C1-C10 hydrocarbon group; x is an integer of 1 to 3; and R2 is each independently a group selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl and acetyl.
US11603482B2
The present application provides methods and compositions for patching a polymer or a non-polymer substrate surface by producing a bond between a polymer patch surface and the substrate surface. The application also provides kits having instructions for patching a polymer or a non-polymer substrate surface by producing a bond between a polymer patch surface and the substrate surface.
US11603481B2
The present application provides a composite material and a method for preparing the same. The present application can provide a composite material which comprises a metal foam and a polymer component and if necessary, further comprises a thermally conductive filler, and has other excellent physical properties such as impact resistance, processability and insulation properties while having excellent thermal conductivity.
US11603479B2
The present invention relates to a formulation containing at least one organic functional material and at least three different organic solvents, selected from at least two different organic solvents A and at least one organic solvent B, wherein at least one organic solvent A has a boiling point in the range from 250 to 350° C. and a viscosity of ≥15 mPas, the at least one organic solvent B has a boiling point in the range from 200 to 350° C. and a viscosity of ≤10 mPas, and the solubility of the at least one organic functional material in the second organic solvent B is ≥5 g/l; as well as to electroluminescent devices prepared by using these formulations.
US11603478B2
An ink contains water, an organic solvent, a polyurethane resin, and a cyclic ester including a structure represented by Chemical formula I, wherein the proportion of the cyclic ester having a crystal having a particle diameter of 1 μm or greater is less than 4 ppm of the total of the ink after the ink is allowed to stand at a temperature range of from 20 to 30 degrees C. for 30 days.
US11603475B2
The present embodiments relate to an antifouling article comprising polyurethane and medetomidine, or an enantiomer or salt thereof, from 0.1% by weight of the antifouling article and present in a polymer matrix of the polyurethane.
US11603474B2
A method of corrosion inhibition on a substrate may comprise: applying a sealing solution to an anodized surface of the substrate, wherein the sealing solution may comprise a nanomaterial dopant and a corrosion inhibiting compound, wherein the nanomaterial dopant may comprise at least one of graphene nanoplatelets, carbon nanotubes, and carbon nanofibers, and wherein the corrosion inhibiting compound may comprise at least one of a trivalent chromium compound, a trivalent praseodymium compound, nickel acetate, cobalt acetate, siloxanes, silicates, orthophosphates, molybdates, or a compound comprising at least one of elemental or ionic praseodymium, cerium, cesium, lanthanum, zinc, lithium, magnesium, or yttrium; and drying the sealing solution on the substrate to form a sealing layer comprising the nanomaterial dopant and the corrosion inhibiting compound.
US11603472B2
A composition for forming a protective coating on an electronic device that is in the form of a non-Newtonian fluid that exhibits both viscous and elastic properties, and that forms at least one coating that is hydrophobic, oleophobic, or oleophilic is disclosed. The viscous and elastic properties associated with the non-Newtonian fluid allows the composition to redistribute after being applied as a coating an electronic device. Methods for protecting an electronic device from liquid contaminants by applying the disclosed composition and electronic devices comprising the composition are also disclosed. An electronic device, such as a printed circuit board, having a film made of the composition is also disclosed.
US11603468B2
A system and method for forming a silicone composition C that is crosslinkable by exposure to radiation with a wavelength between 200 nm and 450 nm, having: at least one radical photoinitiator A; and at least one co-initiator B chosen from compounds having at least one hydrogen atom bonded to a silicon atom.
US11603461B2
Provided is a resin powder including a polyolefin-based resin, wherein a melting point of the resin powder is 150 degrees C. or higher, wherein a melt mass flow rate (MFR) of the resin powder measured according to JIS K 7210 is 0.35 (g/10 min) or greater but 8.50 (g/10 min) or less, and wherein a particle size distribution (volume average particle diameter Dv/number average particle diameter Dn) of the resin powder is 1.35 or less. In preferred embodiments, an average circularity of the resin powder is 0.975 or greater, and the polyolefin-based resin is a block copolymerized polypropylene resin.
US11603451B2
The present application relates to an adhesive composition capable of fixing a battery cell in a battery module and a battery pack. According to one example of the present application, there is provided a two-component urethane-based adhesive composition which has excellent storage stability and processability and is capable of providing physical properties required in related uses in a short time.
US11603449B2
Composite materials include a steel matrix with structural polymer integrated into the matrix. The composite materials have substantially lower density than steel, and are expected to have appreciable strength. Methods for forming composite steel composites includes combining a structural polymer component, such as a woven polymer, with steel nanoparticles and sintering the steel nanoparticles in order to form a steel matrix with structural polymer integrated therein.
US11603441B2
A methacrylic resin having a cyclic structure in a main chain thereof, a shaped article, and an optical component or automotive part, in which the glass transition temperature is higher than 120° C. and 160° C. or lower, and the sign of the orientational birefringence when being oriented so as to have a degree of orientation of 0.03 is different from the sign of the orientational birefringence when being oriented so as to have a degree of orientation of 0.08.
US11603440B2
In a first aspect, a polyimide film includes a dianhydride and a diamine. The dianhydride, the diamine or both the dianhydride and the diamine include an alicyclic monomer, an aliphatic monomer or both an alicyclic monomer and an aliphatic monomer. The polyimide film has a b* of 1.25 or less and a yellowness index of 2.25 or less for a film thickness of 50 μm. The polyimide film is formed by: (a) polymerizing the dianhydride and the diamine in the presence of a first solvent to obtain a polyamic acid solution; (b) imidizing the polyamic acid solution to form a substantially imidized solution; (c) casting the substantially imidized solution to form a film; and (d) drying the film.
US11603438B2
Methods of cross-linking or chain extending a polymeric material including a silane-modified poly(arylene ether) polymer (Si-PAE) in a shaped article include heating the shaped article from a temperature T1 to a temperature T2>T1, while maintaining the temperature at which the shaped article is heated within a specified range based on the increasing Tg of the polymeric material during the heating. Shaped articles cross-linked or chain extended by the methods are also described.
US11603437B2
A photodynamic composite including a porphyrin having four quaternized nitrogens, wherein the porphyrin is covalently bonded to a polymer containing reactive amines covalently bonded to a solid-state support is claimed. A method for sanitizing contaminated water is claimed including exposing the contaminated water to the photodynamic composite, in the presence of light and oxygen, wherein, a sufficient quantity of singlet oxygen and super oxide anions is provided by the chemical reaction of the light and the photosensitizer to destroy the pollutants or pathogens present in the contaminated water and to oxidize organic contaminants into carbon dioxide and water; thereby rendering the water potable.
US11603434B2
A method for manufacturing a thermoplastic resin composition enabling easy control of the weight average molecular weight of a thermoplastic resin used in a soluble three-dimensional modeling support material, the support material having sufficient strength even when used in the manufacture of a three-dimensional object by an FDM system 3D printer, being less colored with excellent appearance quality, and having a high dissolution speed in neutral water and quickly removable from a precursor of the three-dimensional object without using a strong alkaline aqueous solution; and the thermoplastic resin having dicarboxylic acid monomer units derived from a dicarboxylic acid component and having a proportion of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid monomer unit derived from a sulfonic acid group and/or sulfonate group-containing aromatic dicarboxylic acid component in the dicarboxylic acid monomer units of 10 mol % or more; the method including mixing an organic salt compound represented by formula (I): (R1—SO3−)nXn+ (I).
US11603425B2
The present invention relates to hydrogenated linear copolymers comprising butadiene and isoprene monomer units, as well as the process for preparing these copolymers. The invention further relates to a lubricating oil composition comprising one or more hydrogenated linear copolymers according to the invention, as well as to the use of the aforementioned copolymers as a lubricant additive or a synthetic base fluid for lubricant compositions, especially in gear oils, transmission oils, hydraulic oils, engine oils, grease, marine oils or industrial lubricating oils.
US11603421B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a thermoplastic copolymer using monomer droplets, a thermoplastic copolymer prepared therefrom and a thermoplastic resin composition including the same. In the preparation method, monomer droplets including an aromatic vinyl-based monomer are injected after reaching a polymerization conversion ratio of 10% to participate in the reaction after initiating polymerization, and a thermoplastic copolymer having an increased average particle diameter may be prepared in high yield.
US11603419B2
The present invention concerns a process for the preparation of a copolymer comprising the steps of copolymerizing under suitable reaction conditions at least one first type of olefin monomer and at least one second type of functionalized olefin monomer using a catalyst system to obtain a polyolefin main chain having one or multiple functionalized short chain branches, the catalyst system comprising: i) a single-site catalyst or catalyst precursor comprising a metal selected from Ti3+ or Cr3+; ii) a co-catalyst; iii) optionally a scavenger.
US11603418B2
The present invention relates to a process for reducing the volatile organic compound (VOC) content of plastomers the process comprising the steps of subjecting the plastomer in granular form containing VOCs which is contained in an aeration vessel to a gasflow, and withdrawing granular plastomer from the aeration vessel which has a lower content of VOCs, wherein the average particle size of the granular plastomer is greater than 2.5 mm, preferably greater than 2.7 mm, more preferably greater than 3.0 mm, wherein the gas has a minimum temperature of at least 26° C. measured at a gas inlet of the aeration vessel, and a maximum temperature of 4° C. below the Vicat temperature (10N, ISO 306) of the granular plastomer or 35° C. measured at the gas inlet of the aeration vessel, whatever value is lower, and wherein at least a part of the withdrawn granular plastomer is recirculated to the aeration vessel.
US11603417B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel method of producing a nonpolar olefin polymer (e.g., a copolymer of a nonpolar olefin and a polar olefin). The present invention provides a method of producing a polar olefin polymer or copolymer, the method including the polymerization step of polymerizing a polar olefin monomer using, as a catalyst, a polymerization catalyst composition containing: 1) a metallocene complex represented by Formula (I), which contains a central metal M that is scandium (Sc) or yttrium (Y), a ligand Cp* containing a cyclopentadienyl derivative and being bound to the central metal, monoanionic ligands Q1 and Q2, and W neutral Lewis bases L wherein W is an integer of 0 to 3; and 2) an ionic compound composed of a non-coordinating anion and a cation.
US11603413B2
The present invention includes an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that binds specifically to TMPRSS2 and methods of using such antibodies and fragments for treating or preventing viral infections (e.g., influenza virus infections).
US11603410B2
Provided herein are methods of treating cancer using agonistic antibodies that specifically bind to immunostimulatory receptors, wherein the antibodies are administered in an amount and/or frequency sufficient to achieve and/or maintain a receptor occupancy of less than about 80%, for example, a receptor occupancy of about 20% to about 80%. Also provided are methods of determining human doses for such agonistic antibodies, and methods for monitoring receptor occupancy of the agonistic antibodies in order to maintain effective antibody levels in, e.g., human patients. Also provided are methods of measuring soluble OX40 in a subject. Also provided are methods of treating cancer, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of each of an anti-OX40 antibody and an anti-PD-1 antibody.
US11603409B2
The present invention relates to a humanized DR4 antibody gene having apoptosis-inducing activity, and a dual-acting chimeric antigen receptor T cell or natural killer cell therapeutic agent, a secretory DR4 scFv antibody recombinant protein synthesized by using a humanized DR4 scFv antibody gene (humanized anti-DR4 scFv) may be used as an anticancer drug specifically targeting DR4 by binding to DR4 expressed on surface of the cancer cells to induce apoptosis of the cancer cells. In addition, the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) using the humanized DR4 scFv antibody gene is predicted to have a strong anticancer immune effect as a dual-acting cell therapeutic agent, which is capable of simultaneously inducing apoptosis in cancer cells by DR4 and exhibiting a cytotoxic effect for cytotoxic T lymphocytes or natural killer cells by binding to DR4 expressed on the surface of cancer cells, as a DR4-specific CAR-T cell or CAR-NK cell therapeutic agent.
US11603408B2
The present invention provides methods for treating, preventing or ameliorating skin infections, including bacterial and viral infections. In certain embodiments, the invention provides methods to reduce skin infection in a patient with atopic dermatitis (AD). Also provided are methods for improving skin barrier function, and methods for reducing the risk of inflammation due to microbial infection in a patient in need thereof. The methods of the present invention comprise administering to a patient in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition comprising an interleukin-4 receptor (IL-4R) antagonist such as an anti-IL-4R antibody.
US11603406B2
The present application relates to antibodies specifically binding to the V-domain immunoglobulin-containing suppressor of T-cell activation (VISTA) at acidic pH and their use in cancer treatment. In some embodiments, the antibodies bind specifically to human VISTA at acidic pH, but do not significantly bind to human VISTA at neutral or physiological pH.
US11603399B2
The invention relates to compositions and methods for the preparation, manufacture and therapeutic use of long-lived polynucleotides, primary transcripts and mmRNA molecules.
US11603398B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions for the amelioration of inflammatory disorders comprising the intestinal expression of programmed death ligand 1.
US11603391B2
The present invention provides new derivatives of CATH2 or CMAP27, one of the cathelicidins. These derivatives comprise N-terminally truncated peptides, cyclic peptides, D-amino acid variants of CATH2 and its truncated derivatives, inverso and retroinverso CATH2 derivatives. These derivatives are useful as anti-infectives, in vaccines, and especially for in ovo applications. Further, for the above derivatives and also for the already known C-terminally truncated derivatives new immunoactivating functions have been described that are particularly advantageous for prophylactic treatments.
US11603383B2
The methods described herein provide a means of producing an array of spatially separated proteins. The method relies on covalently attaching each protein of the plurality of proteins to a structured nucleic acid particle (SNAP), and attaching the SNAPs to a solid support.
US11603372B2
The invention relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods useful for treating cancer, systemic or chronic inflammation, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, obesity, T-cell mediated autoimmune disease, diseases associated with over production of IL12/IL23, lysosomal storage disorders, filovirus infections, ischemia, and other complications associated with these diseases and disorders.
US11603371B2
The invention relates to ligands and complexes of metal ions with the ligands useful in various applications, including therapeutic and diagnostic applications.
US11603368B2
The present invention relates to a new class of fused thiophene derivatives and their uses for treating diseases such as infection, cancer, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, iron storage disorders and inflammatory disorders.
US11603366B2
Provided are crystalline forms of pyrazine-2(1H)-ketone compound and a preparation method thereof; specifically disclosed are a method for preparing the compound of formula (II) and crystalline forms thereof.
US11603364B2
The present invention relates to compounds that have zinc and/or iron ionophore activity and their use in treating diseases that are modulated by reducing zinc and/or iron. In particular embodiments, the compounds are compounds of formula (I):
US11603362B2
According to the present invention a process is provided for producing glycolide which comprises contacting glycolaldehyde dimer with an oxidizing agent to produce a glycolide product. Preferably, the process is carried out in an aprotic environment, such as in a reaction mixture comprising the glycolaldehyde dimer, the oxidizing agent, the glycolide product and an aprotic solvent.
US11603357B1
The present invention relates to a mechanochemical based synthesis of perfluoropyridine monomers, polymers made using such monomers and methods of making and using articles comprising such polymers. Such perfluoropyridine monomers are easily chemically tuned have the strength needed for high temperature applications and the flexibility needed for low temperature applications. In addition, to the aforementioned monomers, a mechanochemical based synthesis for such perfluoropyridine monomers is provided. All of the aforementioned performance application advantages are also found in polymers comprising Applicants' perfluoropyridine monomers.
US11603356B2
Provided herein is an amorphous form of a complement component 5a receptor having the formula of Compound 1 Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment using the amorphous form of Compound 1, described herein.
US11603351B2
Compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful as inhibitors of sodium channels are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and methods of using the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including pain.
US11603349B2
Provided herein are anti-fibrotic compounds, in particular those of Formula (I), that inhibit the TGF-beta signaling pathway. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the anti-fibrotic compounds, and methods of treating diseases or conditions associated with fibrosis, inflammation, and benign or malignant neoplastic diseases in a subject by administering a compound or composition described herein.
US11603343B2
Novel compounds which inhibit DYRK1A activity comprise thymoquinone derivatives including a pair of substituted or unsubstituted six-membered carbon rings selected from phenyl and cyclohexadiene linked by an alkyl or alkenyl linker. Each six-membered ring includes at least one oxygen-bearing substituent selected from carbonyl oxygens, hydroxyls, alkoxyls, and halogenated derivatives thereof. The compounds can be administered to mammalian subjects for inhibition of DYRK1A kinase proteins.
US11603337B2
Provided is a method for producing an optically active substance, the method including an asymmetric induction, wherein an asymmetry inducer is allowed to act on a chiral molecule having a half-life of enantiomeric excess of shorter than 10 hours, thereby increasing abundance of one enantiomer of the chiral molecule. According to this method, one enantiomer of a chiral molecule that is susceptible to racemization can be selectively and efficiently obtained.
US11603334B2
What are described are a process for producing an insulating product for the construction materials industry or an insulating material as intermediate for production of such a product, and a corresponding insulating material/insulating product. Also described are the use of a matrix encapsulation method for production of composite particles in the production of an insulating product for the construction materials industry or of an insulating material as intermediate for production of such a product, and the corresponding use of the composite particles producible by means of a matrix encapsulation method.
US11603322B2
An alkaline aqueous ferric iron salt solution is disclosed. Generally, the alkaline aqueous ferric iron salt solution comprises ferric ions (Fe3+), potassium ions (K+), carbonate ions (CO32−), bicarbonate ions (HCO3−), hydroxide ions (OH−), optionally nitrate ions (NO3−). Further, a molar ratio of the potassium ions to the ferric ions is generally at least 5.0. The ferric iron is complexed with carbonate, bicarbonate or both to form a water-soluble complex that is anionic in nature and highly soluble in the alkaline aqueous ferric iron salt solution at pH above 8.5, and a pH of the alkaline aqueous ferric iron salt solution is at least 8.5.
US11603317B2
A hydrophilic graphitic material is provided that may be formed by heating a graphitic material to a temperature between about 150° C. to about 1400° C. for an extended period of time under an inert atmosphere. Annealing CNT film at 500 to 1400 removes amorphous carbon to produce purified CNT film. The purified CNT film can be further densified with the treatment of alkylphosphonic acid or alkyldiphophonic acid and heating to produce a hydrophilic, densified CNT film which is mechanically robust and does not adhere to other solid surfaces. These films can be used as filtration membranes with superior membrane fouling resistance among other uses.
US11603311B2
A MEMS switch is actuatable by a fluid, and includes a piezoelectric pressure sensor that detects the movement of a fluid generating a negative pressure. The piezoelectric pressure sensor is formed by a chip of semiconductor material having a through cavity and a sensitive membrane, which extends over the through cavity and has a first and a second surface. The piezoelectric pressure sensor is mounted on a face of a board having a through hole so that the through cavity overlies and is in fluid connection with the through hole. The board has a fixing structure, which enables securing in an opening of a partition wall separating a first and a second space from each other. The board is arranged so that the first surface of the sensitive membrane faces the first space, and the second surface of the sensitive membrane faces the second space.
US11603308B2
A float controlled nozzle valve for use in a fuel nozzle, to provide for gradual delivery of fuel to a fuel tank, the nozzle, having a housing, including a generally horizontally arranged spout, and embodying a float rod and float assembly, which act upon a valve provided within the nozzle housing, to detect and provide for the flow of fuel into an associated fuel tank, or to curtail the same. The float rod pivotally mounts within the nozzle housing, contains an adjustment screw, which can bias against a valve pin to determine when a valve ball is to be opened from its valve seat, to allow the passage of fuel, or when the valve ball is allowed to seat upon its valve seat, to curtail the further flow of fuel. The nozzle housing is provided for securement to the fuel tank, for which it detects the level of fuel within the tank, to determine when an additional supply of fuel is to be dispensed by way of the nozzle, into its associated fuel tank.
US11603302B2
A work gondola apparatus is provided with: a work cage into which a worker boards; equipment mounting parts disposed on both outer sides of the work cage; battery-driven elevating/lowering mechanisms which are mounted to the respective equipment mounting parts and which elevate/lower the work cage to a working location by means of cables that are being suspended; and batteries for driving the respective elevating/lowering mechanisms.
US11603298B2
An apparatus for hoisting and forwarding of logs enables the forwarding of logs along an axis towards a processing area. The apparatus is adjustable in height either due to various configuration of ground or to various heights of processing area in various wood processing machines, and is comfortable both for each user as well as for manufacturers and distributors. The apparatus is also easy to transport to any desired locations by using a tractor. To this aim, supporting legs on the apparatus are telescopic and connected a bearing framework, with a movable part engaging the ground. Bearing members on a hoisting unit are telescopic and embedded in the bearing framework, with a displaceable part engaging the ground. The bearing framework may be provided on its side and faced away from the hoisting unit, as well as furnished with a coupling member for connecting the apparatus to a tractor.
