US11705584B2
Alkaline electrochemical cells are provided, wherein an organic additive is included in at least one component of the cell in order to increase electron discharge of the cathode, so as to improve the specific capacity of the cell. Methods for preparing such cells are also provided.
US11705582B2
An exemplary hybrid battery separator is provided with a porous sheet with a folded bottom edge and joined lateral edges that form a pocket. The folded bottom edge may have one or more openings or slits. The hybrid separators of the present disclosure are particularly useful for flat-plate cycling batteries. The separators of the present disclosure may effectively enhance the battery re-chargeability and the backup time. In addition, the separators of the present disclosure may contribute to the reduction of water loss in the battery, lowering the maintenance needs in service. It is expected that batteries having the separators of the present disclosure may be useful in various applications, such as in inverters, golf carts, as well as solar and traction applications.
US11705572B2
A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly having electrodes disposed on both surfaces of an electrolyte membrane, a gas diffusion layer stacked on one surface of the membrane electrode assembly, a resin frame assembled onto the one surface of the membrane electrode assembly so as to surround the outer periphery of the gas diffusion layer apart from the outer periphery of the gas diffusion layer, and a resin sheet disposed between the gas diffusion layer and the resin frame, and the membrane electrode assembly so as to fill a space between the inner periphery of the resin frame and the outer periphery of the gas diffusion layer.
US11705549B2
Disclosed is a transparent anode thin film comprising a transparent anode active material layer, wherein the transparent anode active material layer comprises a Si-based anode active material having a composition represented by the following [Chemical Formula 1]: SiNx [Chemical Formula 1] (wherein 0
US11705548B2
An apparatus with micro devices includes a circuit substrate, at least one micro device, and at least one light guide structure. The micro device is disposed on the circuit substrate. The micro device has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to each other, a peripheral surface connected with the top surface and the bottom surface, a first-type electrode, and a second-type electrode. The light guide structure is disposed on the circuit substrate and is not in direct contact with the first-type electrode and the second-type electrode. The light guide structure includes at least one connecting portion and at least one holding portion. The connecting portion is disposed on an edge of the top surface of the micro device. An orthographic projection area of the light guide structure on the top surface is smaller than an area of the top surface.
US11705522B2
A semiconductor device having a reduced amount of oxygen vacancy in a channel formation region of an oxide semiconductor is provided. Further, a semiconductor device which includes an oxide semiconductor and has improved electric characteristics is provided. Furthermore, a methods for manufacturing the semiconductor device is provided. An oxide semiconductor film is formed; a conductive film is formed over the oxide semiconductor film at the same time as forming a low-resistance region between the oxide semiconductor film and the conductive film; the conductive film is processed to form a source electrode and a drain electrode; and oxygen is added to the low-resistance region between the source electrode and the drain electrode, so that a channel formation region having a higher resistance than the low-resistance region is formed and a first low-resistance region and a second low-resistance region between which the channel formation region is positioned are formed.
US11705515B2
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated chip that includes a source region and a drain region arranged over and/or within a substrate. Further, a shallow trench isolation (STI) structure is arranged within the substrate and between the source and drain regions. A gate electrode is arranged over the substrate, over the STI structure, and between the source and drain regions. A portion of the gate electrode extends into the STI structure such that a bottommost surface of the portion of the gate electrode is arranged between a topmost surface of the STI structure and a bottommost surface of the STI structure.
US11705514B2
A MOS transistor structure is provided. The MOS transistor structure includes a semiconductor substrate having an active area including a first edge and a second edge opposite thereto. A gate layer is disposed on the active area of the semiconductor substrate and has a first edge extending across the first and second edges of the active area. A source region having a first conductivity type is in the active area at a side of the first edge of the gate layer and between the first and second edges of the active area. First and second heavily doped regions of a second conductivity type are in the active area adjacent to the first and second edges thereof, respectively, and spaced apart from each other by the source region.
US11705507B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor fin extending from the semiconductor substrate, a gate structure extending across the semiconductor fin, and source/drain semiconductor layers on opposite sides of the gate structure. The source/drain semiconductor layers each have a first thickness over a top side of the semiconductor fin and a second thickness over a lateral side of the semiconductor fin. The first thickness and the second thickness have a difference smaller than about 20 percent of the first thickness.
US11705506B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a trench in a first side of a semiconductor layer, the semiconductor layer including a drift zone of a first conductivity; forming a drain region of the first conductivity type in the first side of the semiconductor layer and laterally adjoining the drift zone; forming a body region of a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type and laterally adjoining the drift zone at a side of the drift zone opposite the drain region; and forming source regions of the first conductivity type and body contact regions of the second conductivity type in a sidewall of the trench and arranged in an alternating manner along a length of the trench, using a dopant diffusion process which includes diffusing dopants of both conductivity types from oppositely-doped dopant source layers which are in contact with different regions of the sidewall.
US11705502B2
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device including a substrate and a pair of spacers on the substrate. Each spacer of the pair of spacers includes an upper portion having a first width and a lower portion under the upper portion and having a second width different from the first width. The semiconductor device further includes a gate structure between the pair of spacers. The gate structure has an upper gate length and a lower gate length that is different from the upper gate length.
US11705493B2
A MOS transistor, in particular a vertical channel transistor, includes a semiconductor body housing a body region, a source region, a drain electrode and gate electrodes. The gate electrodes extend in corresponding recesses which are symmetrical with respect to an axis of symmetry of the semiconductor body. The transistor also has spacers which are also symmetrical with respect to the axis of symmetry. A source electrode extends in electrical contact with the source region at a surface portion of the semiconductor body surrounded by the spacers and is in particular adjacent to the spacers. During manufacture the spacers are used to form in an auto-aligning way the source electrode which is symmetrical with respect to the axis of symmetry and equidistant from the gate electrodes.
US11705492B2
A first gate and a second gate are formed on a substrate with a gap between the first and second gates. The first gate has a first sidewall. The second gate has a second sidewall directly facing the first sidewall. A first sidewall spacer is disposed on the first sidewall. A second sidewall spacer is disposed on the second sidewall. A contact etch stop layer is deposited on the first and second gates and on the first and second sidewall spacers. The contact etch stop layer is subjected to a tilt-angle plasma etching process to trim a corner portion of the contact etch stop layer. An inter-layer dielectric layer is then deposited on the contact etch stop layer and into the gap.
US11705491B2
A method comprises forming a gate structure over a semiconductor substrate; etching back the gate structure; forming a gate dielectric cap over the etched back gate structure; depositing an etch-resistant layer over the gate dielectric cap; depositing a contact etch stop layer over the gate dielectric cap and an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer over the contact etch stop layer; performing a first etching process to form a gate contact opening extending through the ILD layer and terminating prior to reaching the etch-resistant layer; performing a second etching process to deepen the gate contact opening, wherein the second etching process etches the etch-resistant layer at a slower etch rate than etching the contact etch stop layer; and forming a gate contact in the deepened gate contact opening.
US11705490B2
Exemplary methods of forming a semiconductor structure may include forming a doped silicon layer on a semiconductor substrate. A level of doping may be increased at an increasing distance from the semiconductor substrate. The methods may include etching the doped silicon layer to define a trench extending to the semiconductor substrate. The doped silicon layer may define a sloping sidewall of the trench. The trench may be characterized by a depth of greater than or about 30 μm. The methods may include lining the trench with a first oxide material. The methods may include depositing a second oxide material within the trench. The methods may include forming a contact to produce a power device.
US11705488B2
A device includes a semiconductor substrate, a source feature and a drain feature over the semiconductor substrate, a stack of semiconductor layers interposed between the source feature and the drain feature, a gate portion, and an inner spacer of a dielectric material. The gate portion is between two vertically adjacent layers of the stack of semiconductor layers and between the source feature and the drain feature. Moreover, the gate portion has a first sidewall surface and a second sidewall surface opposing the first sidewall surface. The inner spacer is on the first sidewall surface and between the gate portion and the drain feature. The second sidewall surface is in direct contact with the source feature.
US11705485B2
A lateral double-diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor (LDMOS) transistor including a breakdown voltage clamp includes a drain n+ region, a source n+ region, a gate, and a p-type reduced surface field (PRSF) layer including one or more bridge portions. Each of the one or more bridge portions extends below the drain n+ region in a thickness direction. Another LDMOS transistor includes a drain n+ region, a source n+ region, a gate, an n-type reduced surface field (NRSF) layer disposed between the source n+ region and the drain n+ region in a lateral direction, a PRSF layer disposed below the NRSF layer in a thickness direction orthogonal to the lateral direction, and a p-type buried layer (PBL) disposed below the PRSF layer in the thickness direction. The drain n+ region is disposed over the PBL in the thickness direction.
US11705484B2
A nanowire structure that includes a conductive layer; conductive wires having first ends that contact the conductive layer and second ends that protrude from the conductive layer; and a lateral bridge layer that connects laterally a number of the conductive wires to provide a substantially uniform spacing between the conductive wires.
US11705483B2
A capacitor includes a lower electrode including a first metal material and having a first crystal size in a range of a few nanometers, a dielectric layer covering the lower electrode and having a second crystal size that is a value of a crystal expansion ratio times the first crystal size and an upper electrode including a second metal material and covering the dielectric layer. The upper electrode has a third crystal size smaller than the second crystal size.
US11705481B2
Provided is a display device including a substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, a second electrode disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from the first electrode, a plurality of first sub-insulating layers extending in a first direction, disposed on the substrate and on the first and second electrodes, and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a plurality of light emitting elements disposed between the first sub-insulating layers and electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode.
US11705480B2
An optoelectronic device comprises an epitaxial stack, comprising a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer; a trench exposing a portion of the first semiconductor layer; a first insulating layer formed on a side wall of the trench to electrically insulate from the active layer and the second semiconductor layer; a first electrode formed on the trench; a second electrode formed on the second semiconductor layer; a supporting device covering the epitaxial stack; an optical layer covering the first electrode and the second electrode, comprising a plurality of openings corresponding to positions of the first electrodes and the second electrodes; a fifth electrode electrically connected with the first electrode; and a sixth electrode electrically connected with the second electrode, wherein the fifth electrode and the sixth electrode each comprises a side comprising a length longer that of an edge of the epitaxial stack.
US11705470B2
The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes a photodetector arranged within a substrate. The substrate has surfaces defining one or more protrusions arranged along a first side of the substrate over the photodetector. One or more isolation structures are arranged within one or more trenches defined by sidewalls of the substrate arranged on opposing sides of the photodetector. The one or more trenches extend from the first side of the substrate to within the substrate. The one or more isolation structures respectively include a reflective medium configured to reflect electromagnetic radiation.
US11705462B2
An electronic device includes a substrate, multiple transversal signal lines, a first vertical signal line, a second vertical signal line, a shielding wire, and multiple pixel structures. The first vertical signal line is intersected with the transversal signal lines. The second vertical signal line is intersected with the transversal signal lines and connected to one of the transversal signal lines. An orthogonal projection of the shielding wire on the substrate is located between an orthogonal projection of the first vertical signal line and an orthogonal projection of the second vertical signal line on the substrate. One of the pixel structures is surrounded by a corresponding one of the transversal signal lines and the second vertical signal line and includes an active device. A gate and a source of the active device is electrically connected to the corresponding one transversal signal line and the first vertical signal line respectively.
US11705458B2
Single gate and dual gate FinFET devices suitable for use in an SRAM memory array have respective fins, source regions, and drain regions that are formed from portions of a single, contiguous layer on the semiconductor substrate, so that STI is unnecessary. Pairs of FinFETs can be configured as dependent-gate devices wherein adjacent channels are controlled by a common gate, or as independent-gate devices wherein one channel is controlled by two gates. Metal interconnects coupling a plurality of the FinFET devices are made of a same material as the gate electrodes. Such structural and material commonalities help to reduce costs of manufacturing high-density memory arrays.
US11705450B2
Semiconductor structures and methods for forming a semiconductor structure are provided. The method includes forming a first active semiconductor region disposed in a first vertical level of the semiconductor structure, forming a second active semiconductor region disposed in the first vertical level, where the second active semiconductor region is separated from the first active semiconductor region by a distance in a first direction, forming a first conductive structure disposed in a second vertical level that is adjacent to the first vertical level. The first conductive structure extends along the first direction and electrically couples the first active semiconductor region to the second active semiconductor region.
US11705441B2
A micro LED display device including a display substrate, a plurality of conductive pad pairs and a plurality of micro light emitting elements is provided. The display substrate has a first arranging area, a splicing area connected to the first arranging area, and a second arranging area connected to the splicing area, wherein the splicing area is located between the first arranging area and the second arranging area. The conductive pad pairs are disposed on the display substrate in an array with the same pitch. The micro light emitting elements are disposed on the display substrate and are electrically bonded to the conductive pad pairs. A manufacturing method of the micro LED display device is also provided.
US11705438B2
A semiconductor device of embodiments includes an insulating substrate, a first main terminal, a second main terminal, an output terminal, a first metal layer connected to the first main terminal, a second metal layer connected to the second main terminal, a third metal layer disposed between the first metal layer and the second metal layer and connected to the output terminal, a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip provided on the first metal layer, a third semiconductor chip and a fourth semiconductor chip provided on the third metal layer, and a conductive member on the second metal layer. Then, the second metal layer includes a slit. The conductive member is provided between the end portion of the second metal layer and the slit.
US11705435B2
A device includes a lower semiconductor substrate, a lower gate structure on the lower semiconductor substrate, the lower gate structure comprises a lower gate electrode, a lower interlayer insulating film on the lower semiconductor substrate, an upper semiconductor substrate on the lower interlayer insulating film, an upper gate structure on the upper semiconductor substrate, and an upper interlayer insulating film on the lower interlayer insulating film, the upper interlayer insulating film covers sidewalls of the upper semiconductor substrate The upper gate structure comprises an upper gate electrode extending in a first direction and gate spacers along sidewalls of the upper gate electrode. The upper gate electrode comprises long sidewalls extending in the first direction and short sidewalls in a second direction The gate spacers are on the long sidewalls of the upper gate electrode and are not disposed on the short sidewalls of the upper gate electrode.
US11705432B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods using wire bonds and direct chip attachment (DCA) features in stacked die packages are described. A stacked die package includes a substrate and at least a first semiconductor die and a second semiconductor die that are vertically stacked above the substrate. An active surface of the first semiconductor die faces an upper surface of the substrate and the first semiconductor die is operably coupled to the substrate by direct chip attachment DCA features. A back side surface of the second semiconductor die faces a back side surface of the first semiconductor die. The second semiconductor die is operably coupled to the substrate by wire bonds extending between an active surface thereof and the upper surface of the substrate.
US11705427B2
An electronic device includes a substrate having contact pads disposed thereon and traces interconnecting the contact pads. A first integrated circuit (IC) die is mounted on the substrate and includes a predefined set of circuit components arranged on the first IC die in a first geometrical pattern, which is non-symmetrical under reflection about a given axis in a plane of the die. A second IC die is mounted on the substrate and includes the predefined set of circuit components arranged on the second IC die in a second geometrical pattern, which is a mirror image of the first geometrical pattern with respect to the given axis.
US11705412B2
An electronic device package includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a conductive layer. The first substrate includes a first bonding pad, and a cavity exposing the first bonding pad. The second substrate is laminated on the first substrate. The second substrate includes a second bonding pad at least partially inserting into the cavity of the first substrate. The conductive layer is disposed in the cavity and at least between the first bonding pad and the second bonding pad to connect the first bonding pad and the second bonding pad.
US11705406B2
A package structure is provided. The package structure includes a redistribution structure and a first semiconductor die over the redistribution structure. The package structure also includes a wall structure laterally surrounding the first semiconductor die and the wall structure includes a plurality of partitions separated from one another. The package structure also includes an underfill material between the wall structure and the first semiconductor die. The package structure also includes a molding compound encapsulating the wall structure and the underfill material.
US11705404B2
In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate, and a plurality of insulating layers provided on the substrate. The device further includes a plurality of electrode layers provided on the substrate alternately with the plurality of insulating layers and including metal atoms and impurity atoms different from the metal atoms, lattice spacing between the metal atoms in the electrode layers being greater than lattice spacing between the metal atoms in an elemental substance of the metal atoms.
US11705403B2
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods of forming the apparatuses. One of the apparatuses includes tiers of respective memory cells and control gates, the tier located one over another over a substrate, the control gates including a control gate closest to the substrate, the control gates including respective portions forming a staircase structure; conductive contacts contacting the control gates at a location of the staircase structure, the conductive contacts including a conductive contact contacting the control gate; a dielectric structure located on sidewalls of the control gates; and support structures adjacent the conductive contacts and having lengths extending vertically from the substrate, the support structures including a support structure closest to the conductive contact, the support structure located at a distance from an edge of the dielectric structure, wherein a ratio of a width of the support structure over the distance is ranging from 1.6 to 2.0.
US11705402B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device includes processing a first substrate including a first align mark and a first structure, processing a second substrate including a second align mark and a second structure, orientating the first substrate and the second substrate such that the first structure and the second structure face each other, and controlling alignment between the first structure and the second structure by using the first align mark and the second align mark to couple the first structure with the second structure.
US11705392B2
The present disclosure provides an electronic device including a substrate, a conductive pad, a chip and an insulating layer. The conductive pad is disposed on the substrate. The chip is disposed on the conductive pad. The insulating layer is disposed between the conductive pad and the chip, wherein the insulating layer includes an opening, and the chip is electrically connected to the conductive pad through the opening. An outline of the opening includes a plurality of curved corners in a normal direction of the substrate.
US11705387B2
A semiconductor package assembly includes a carrier with a die attach surface and a contact pad separated from the die attach surface, a semiconductor die mounted on the die attach surface, the semiconductor die having a front side metallization that faces away from the die attach surface, an interconnect ribbon attached to the semiconductor die and the contact pad such that the interconnect ribbon electrically connects the front side metallization to the contact pad, and an electrically insulating encapsulant body that encapsulates the semiconductor die and at least part of the interconnect ribbon. The interconnect ribbon includes a layer stack of a first metal layer and a second layer formed on top of the first metal layer. The first metal layer includes a different metal as the second metal layer. The first metal layer faces the front side metallization.
US11705380B2
The present disclosure provides a method for fabricating a semiconductor device including performing a bonding process to bond a second die onto a first die, forming a first mask layer on the second die, forming a first opening along the first mask layer and the second die, and extending to the first die, forming isolation layers on sidewalls of the first opening, forming protection layers covering upper portions of the isolation layers, and forming a conductive filler layer in the first opening.
US11705378B2
A semiconductor package includes a circuit board structure, a first redistribution layer structure and first bonding elements. The circuit board structure includes outermost first conductive patterns and a first mask layer adjacent to the outermost first conductive patterns. The first redistribution layer structure is disposed over the circuit board structure. The first bonding elements are disposed between and electrically connected to the first redistribution layer structure and the outermost first conductive patterns of the circuit board structure. In some embodiments, at least one of the first bonding elements covers a top and a sidewall of the corresponding outermost first conductive pattern.
US11705374B2
A substrate processing method includes performing a post-processing on a substrate subjected to a pre-processing, in the multiple chambers, acquiring a characteristic value of the substrate after the post-processing for respective chambers, calculating an actual value being an estimated value of the characteristic value when a processing condition of the post-processing is adjusted such that a difference between the characteristic value and a target value becomes small, acquiring a correction residual amount being a difference between the actual value and the target value for each chamber, calculating an average value of correction residual amounts of all of the chambers, correcting the pre-processing condition based on the average of the correction residual amounts, correcting the post-processing condition for each chamber based on the average of the correction residual amounts and the correction residual amount for each chamber; and performing the pre-processing and the post-processing based on the corrected conditions.
US11705372B2
The embodiments described herein are directed to a method for reducing fin oxidation during the formation of fin isolation regions. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate with an n-doped region and a p-doped region formed on a top portion of the semiconductor substrate; epitaxially growing a first layer on the p-doped region; epitaxially growing a second layer different from the first layer on the n-doped region; epitaxially growing a third layer on top surfaces of the first and second layers, where the third layer is thinner than the first and second layers. The method further includes etching the first, second, and third layers to form fin structures on the semiconductor substrate and forming an isolation region between the fin structures.
US11705366B2
Methods of etching a metal layer and a metal-containing barrier layer to a predetermined depth are described. In some embodiments, the metal layer and metal-containing barrier layer are formed on a substrate with a first dielectric and a second dielectric thereon. The metal layer and the metal-containing barrier layer formed within a feature in the first dielectric and the second dielectric. In some embodiments, the metal layer and metal-containing barrier layer can be sequentially etched from a feature formed in a dielectric material. In some embodiments, the sidewalls of the feature formed in a dielectric material are passivated to change the adhesion properties of the dielectric material.
US11705352B2
The present application relates to a base frame of a substrate carrier, including a first vertical rod and a second vertical rod; a plurality of cross rods, being arranged along the lengthwise direction of the first vertical rod and the second vertical rod, and being connected between the first vertical rod and the second vertical rod; a first vertical rod extension, being connected to an end of the first vertical rod from which a substrate enters; and a second vertical rod extension, being connected to an end of the second vertical rod from which the substrate enters; and the first vertical rod extension and the second vertical rod extension are configured to accommodate at least one set of rollers for conveying the substrate therebetween.
US11705351B2
Systems and methods are described for integrated decomposition and scanning of a semiconducting wafer, where a single chamber is utilized for decomposition and scanning of the wafer of interest.
US11705347B2
A thermal regulator for controlling temperature of a substantially circular stage comprising a plurality of first segments and a plurality of second segments in a radial direction and in a circumferential direction, each of the first segments and at least two adjacent second segments defining a set of segments, the thermal regulator includes heaters disposed in the first and second segments, respectively, thermal sensors disposed in the first segments, respectively, a controller configured to control the heaters in response to temperatures determined by the thermal sensors, and a segment switch to switch the second segments to be controlled in conjunction with the first segment in each set of segments.
US11705344B2
A technique capable of shortening process time for plasma cleaning is provided. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a step of preparing a substrate including a plurality of device regions each including a semiconductor chip electrically connected to a plurality of terminals formed on a main surface by a wire, a step of delivering the substrate while emitting plasma generated in atmospheric pressure to the main surface of the substrate, a step of delivering the substrate while capturing an image of a region of the main surface of the substrate and a step of forming a sealing body by sealing the semiconductor chip and the wire with a resin.
US11705334B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor part; first and second electrodes, the semiconductor part being provided between the first and second electrodes; a control electrode selectively provided between the semiconductor part and the second electrode; and a contacting part electrically connecting the semiconductor part and the second electrode. The semiconductor part includes a first layer of a first conductivity type, a second layer of a second conductivity type provided between the first layer and the second electrode, a third layer of the first conductivity type selectively provided between the second layer and the second electrode, and a fourth layer of the second conductivity type selectively provided between the second layer and the second electrode. The contacting part includes a first semiconductor portion of the first conductivity type contacting the third layer, and a second semiconductor portion of the second conductivity type contacting the fourth layer.
US11705317B2
A method of mass spectrometry is disclosed comprising: a) providing temporally separated precursor ions; b) mass analyzing separated precursor ions, and/or product ions derived therefrom, during a plurality of sequential acquisition periods, wherein the value of an operational parameter of the spectrometer is varied during the different acquisition periods; c) storing the spectral data obtained in each acquisition period along with its respective value of the operational parameter; d) interrogating the stored spectral data and determining which of the spectral data for a precursor ion or product ions meets a predetermined criterion, and determining the value of the operational parameter that provides this mass spectral data as a target operational parameter value; and e) mass analyzing again the precursor or product ions whilst the operational parameter is set to the target operational parameter value.
US11705315B2
A sputtering apparatus is provided. The sputtering apparatus comprises a vacuum chamber in which a substrate is located; a target having one surface facing an inner surface of the vacuum chamber; a gas supplier configured to supply a gas for generating plasma in the vacuum chamber; a power supplier configured to supply a power to the target to generate the plasma, sputter the target, and form a film on the substrate; and an abnormality detector configured to detect abnormality caused by a temperature of the target.
US11705314B2
Provided is a generator including a power amplifier, at least one sampler, an RF output, a signal generator, a controller including a digital control portion and an analogue control portion, an analogue feedback path between the at least one sampler and the controller enabling an analogue signal representation of a signal to be provided to the controller, and a digital feedback path between the at least one sampler and the controller enabling a digital signal representation of the signal to be provided to the controller. The controller is configured to adjust the RF signal at the RF output from a first state into a second state based on the analogue signal representation and/or the digital signal representation.
US11705307B2
A plasma system and a filter device are provided. In the system, an area surrounded by a dielectric window is configured as a first chamber for accommodating plasma. A first adapter is arranged under the dielectric window. An area surrounded by the first adapter is configured as a second chamber. A lower electrode platform is placed in the second chamber to carry a workpiece. A filter member of the filter device is placed at an intersection of the first chamber and the second chamber. The filter member includes through-holes configured to filter ions from the plasma. A first extension member extends from the filter member in a first direction and is placed over the first adapter. A second extension member extends from a position of the filter member adjacent to the first extension member to an inner side of the first adapter.
US11705302B2
A disclosed substrate support includes a base and first and second supports. A refrigerant flow path is formed inside the base. The base has first to third regions. The first region has a circular upper surface. The second region surrounds the first region. The third region surrounds the second region. The upper surface of the first region, the upper surface of the second region, and the upper surface of the third region are flat and continuous. The first support is provided on the first region and is configured to support the substrate placed thereon. The second support is provided on the third region to surround the first support, is configured to support the edge ring placed thereon, and is separated from the first support.
US11705299B2
The invention relates to a liquid metal-ion beam system (1) or liquid metal electron beam system, including: a conductive emitter electrode (2), a conductive extractor electrode (3) opposite to the emitter electrode (2), a liquid metal reservoir (4) which is fluidically connected to the emitter electrode (2) for transporting liquid metal to the emitter electrode (2), a control unit (5) which is configured to apply a periodically varying operating voltage between emitter electrode (2) and extractor electrode (3).
US11705289B2
A switching device includes: a first and a second fixed contact; a contact bridge; a first movable contact and a second movable contact that are arranged at the contact bridge; a first terminal contact on which the first fixed contact is mounted; and a second terminal contact on which the second fixed contact is mounted. The first fixed contact is in contact with the first movable contact and the second fixed contact is in contact with the second movable contact in a switched-on state of the switching device. The first fixed contact is free of contact with the first movable contact and the second fixed contact is free of contact with the second movable contact in a switched-off state of the switching device. A path of a load current flowing through the contact bridge between the first and second movable contacts in the switched-on state extends in a first plane.
US11705283B2
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode disposed to be alternately stacked with a dielectric layer interposed therebetween, a first external electrode connected to the first internal electrode and including a first electrode layer, a first conductive layer, and a first metal layer, a second external electrode connected to the second internal electrode and including a second electrode layer, a second conductive layer, and a second metal layer, and a first coating layer disposed on the ceramic body, the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, wherein the first coating layer may include an alkyl(meth)acrylate-based polymer.
US11705282B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers laminated alternately on each other, and external electrode layers provided on opposing end surfaces of the multilayer body in a length direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to a lamination direction, and each connected with the internal electrode layers, in which the dielectric layers each include at least one of Ca, Zr, or Ti, the internal electrode layers each include Cu, and when a dimension in the lamination direction of the multilayer body is defined as T0, a dimension in the length direction of the multilayer body is defined as L0, and a dimension in a width direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the lamination direction and the length direction is defined as W0, a relationship of L0
US11705277B2
A multilayer capacitor includes a body including dielectric layers and internal electrodes, and external electrodes, wherein the body has first and second surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, third and fourth surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and fifth and sixth surfaces opposing each other in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions. A length of a portion of the plurality of internal electrodes in the third direction in an intermediate region of the body in the first direction is greater than a length of the first surface or the second surface of the body in the third direction. The plurality of internal electrodes have a bottleneck structure between the intermediate region and at least one of the first and second surfaces, and wherein the bottleneck structure has a shape recessed into an inner portion of the body.
US11705276B2
A method for manufacturing an electronic-component includes a step of forming a laminate substrate including a plurality of laminates disposed in a direction intersecting with a lamination direction via a division portion by laminating a plurality of insulator layers, and a step of singulating the plurality of laminates by removing the division portion. The step of forming the laminate substrate includes a step of forming an insulator resist layer containing an insulating material on a base material, the insulating material being a constituent material of each of the insulator layers and a step of forming the insulator layer by curing the insulator resist layer by exposure, except for at least an insulator resist portion corresponding to the division portion. The division portion including the insulator resist portion is removed by development in the step of singulating.
US11705274B2
An arrangement for an overvoltage protection of a subsea electrical apparatus and a method for operating it. The arrangement includes a tank submersible below a water surface level, an electrical apparatus accommodated in the tank, and a surge arrester arrangement accommodated in the tank and coupled to a power supply of the electrical apparatus in the tank for providing the overvoltage protection of the electrical apparatus. The arrangement further includes a controllable grounding switch for connecting the surge arrester arrangement to a ground point in response to a control of the grounding switch to a closed state and for disconnecting the surge arrester arrangement from the ground point in response to a control of the grounding switch to an open state.
US11705270B2
In a coil component, an uneven structure provided by an insulation layer and a resin wall contributes to extension of a contact area with respect to a magnetic body, so that an adhesive force with respect to the magnetic body is improved. In addition, the magnetic body protrudes downward toward an exposed region of the resin wall corresponding to a recessed portion in the uneven structure, a volume thereof is increased, and coil characteristics such as an inductance value are improved.
US11705263B2
The present invention belongs to the technical field of magnetically controlled soft-bodied robots, and more specifically, relates to a controllable and reconfigurable magnetization system and method for a magnetic soft-bodied robot. The system comprises a pulse power supply module, magnetizing coil units axisymmetrically arranged up and down, and a magnetic soft-bodied robot placed between the upper and lower magnetizing units. By means of changing the relative current flow direction of the upper and lower magnetizing coil modules, radial and vertical magnetic fields can be generated between the magnetizing coils arranged oppositely without any mechanical movement, so that the internal magnetization direction of the magnetic soft-bodied robot can be configured simply and flexibly. The present invention realizes for the first time the particle magnetization and synchronization of bidirectional orientations, and decouples the material preparation process of the magnetic soft-bodied robot from the magnetization process, so that the entire manufacturing process is very simple. Moreover, the internal magnetization distribution is reconfigurable, which provides a completely new technical approach for realizing multifunctional magnetic soft-bodied robots.
US11705261B2
An apparatus comprising a signal transformer coupled to a power line and a signal transmission, reception, or detection circuit. A sensor is configured to be responsive to the power line current or magnetic flux generated in a ferrite core of the signal transformer. When the sensor indicates that the flux generated by the power line current mat cause an attenuation of the signal strength, a second circuit generates a current through a flux cancelling winding that cancels at least some of the flux generated by the power line current.
US11705259B2
According to an aspect, a soft magnetic metal powder includes a plurality of soft magnetic metal particles containing iron, a surface of each of the soft magnetic metal particles is covered with a coating part, and a maximum height Sz of a surface of the coating part is 10 to 700 nm. According to another aspect, a soft magnetic metal powder includes a plurality of soft magnetic metal particles containing iron, a surface of each of the soft magnetic metal particles is covered with a coating part, and a maximum height Rz of a surface of the coating part is 10 to 700 nm.
US11705250B2
A magnetic shielding material includes a material comprising manganese bismuth (MnBi) and tungsten (W), where a ratio of MnBi:W is in a range of 50:50 to about 70:30. A radiation shielding product includes a part including manganese bismuth (MnBi) and tungsten (W), and a plurality of layers having a defined thickness in a z-direction, wherein each layer extends along an x-y plane perpendicular to the z-direction. At least some of the plurality of layers form a functional gradient in the z-direction and/or along the x-y plane, and the functional gradient is defined by a first layer comprising a ratio of MnBi:W being less than 100:0 and an nth layer above the first layer comprising a ratio of MnBi:W greater than 0:100.
US11705245B2
A neural network is trained using transfer learning to analyze medical image data, including 2D, 3D, and 4D images and models. Where the target medical image data is associated with a species or problem class for which there is not sufficient labeled data available for training, the system may create enhanced training datasets by selecting labeled data from other species, and/or labeled data from different problem classes. During training and analysis, image data is chunked into portions that are small enough to obfuscate the species source, while being large enough to preserve meaningful context related to the problem class (e.g., the image portion is small enough that it can't be determined whether it is from a human or canine, but abnormal liver tissues are still identifiable). A trained checkpoint may then be used to provide automated analysis and heat mapping of input images via a cloud platform or other application.
US11705237B2
An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and an output unit. The acquisition unit acquires history information of image processing using a plurality of medical images. The determination unit determines, using the acquired history information, whether each of a plurality of candidate images that are candidates of a second medical image used for image processing together with a first medical image selected by an operator has already been processed. The output unit outputs a notification in accordance with the result of the determination.
US11705236B2
Item-management systems, apparatus, and methods are described, preferably for management of items such as medicaments. In embodiments, an item-management system comprises a container defining plural cells, a docking station configured to receive the container, sources of visible information to indicate the cell(s) into which an item is to be loaded, and at least one controller operable to control the visible information sources to indicate the cell into which the item is to be received.
US11705234B2
A medical device is disclosed. The medical device includes an RFID reader for receiving information from at least one RFID transponder. The medical device also includes a memory for storing a database and at least one processor for processing information. Also, a remote controller for a medical device is disclosed. The remote controller includes an information receiver for receiving information related to food. The infusion device also includes a memory for storing a database and at least one processor for processing information. A method for use in a medical device is also disclosed. The method includes receiving information from an RFID transponder related to food. Also, the processing the information by comparing the information to a database is included in the method. The method also includes determining the acceptability of the food and providing information related to acceptability to the user.
US11705229B2
A method and a device are for exchanging information regarding the clinical implications genomic variations. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving login-data of a user; evaluating the login-data received; establishing an encrypted data connection to the user after the evaluating indicates a positive evaluation of the login-data; saving, upon receiving a dataset in a context of a genomic variation, the dataset received in a memory, context-related with the genomic variation; and evaluating, upon a user request being received and connected with a search query for the genomic variation, a set of datasets from the memory, the datasets being context-related with the genomic variation and the set including the datasets that the user is authorized to receive, and sending the set of datasets to the user.
US11705225B2
A system and method for managing information relating to requests for a number of tests to be made of at least one sample within a laboratory environment are disclosed. The system may include a sample reception unit, a pre-analytical unit to scan, sort and/or aliquot the sample on request according to respective test requirements included within a respective sample order, an analytical unit to run at least one test on a sorted and/or aliquoted sample, and at least one decision unit. The decision unit acts as a connecting component for interconnecting the sample reception unit, the pre-analytical unit and the analytical unit as both an intermediary and coordinator such that tests can be performed via a recursive workflow until the sample is completely measured. The decision unit is further configured to collate the test results appropriately with the sample and to give a respective report towards a host component.
US11705224B2
Disclosed is a target-based drug screening method using inverse quantitative structure-(drug)performance relationships (QSPR) analysis and molecular dynamics simulation. The method includes modeling a molecular structure of a test compound group against a target molecule, obtaining a quantitative structure-(drug)performance relationships (QSPR) of the test compound group, acquiring the optimal pharmacophore of a novel target-based drug through a numerical inversion of the QSPR, and selecting drug candidates having a molecular structure similar to the optimum pharmacophore from the test compound group.
US11705217B2
Methods and systems for single molecule sequencing using concatemers of copies of sense and antisense strands. Concatemers are provided, for example, by carrying out rolling circle amplification on a circular molecule having sense and antisense regions to produce repeated copies of the sense and antisense regions connected by linking regions. The circular molecules can be produced by ligating hairpin adapters to each end of a double-stranded nucleic acid having a sense and antisense strand. The ligations can be carried out, for example using blunt end ligation. In some cases, a single molecule consensus sequence for a single template molecule is obtained. A single read from each template molecule can be obtained by comparing the sequence information of the sense and antisense regions.
US11705187B2
Described are memory modules that support different error detection and correction (EDC) schemes in both single- and multiple-module memory systems. The memory modules are width configurable and support the different EDC schemes for relatively wide and narrow module data widths. Data buffers on the modules support the half-width and full-width modes, and also support time-division-multiplexing to access additional memory components on each module in support of enhanced EDC.
US11705186B2
An example apparatus includes a sense amplifier, a plurality of storage memory cells coupled to the sense amplifier via a first digit line, and a plurality of offset memory cells coupled to the sense amplifier via a second digit line. The plurality of storage memory cells and the plurality of offset memory cells can comprise an array of memory cells. Each of the storage memory cells and the offset memory cells can include a respective capacitor having a particular capacitance.
US11705179B2
A semiconductor device includes a monitoring circuit suitable for generating a monitoring signal indicating whether a speed of a memory clock signal is changed based on a speed information signal representing speed information of the memory clock signal; a cycle control circuit suitable for generating a refresh cycle control signal for controlling a refresh cycle based on a system clock signal, the memory clock signal, the monitoring signal and a refresh flag signal; and a control circuit suitable for generating the memory clock signal and the refresh flag signal based on the speed information signal, the system clock signal and the refresh cycle control signal.
US11705178B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a method and apparatus for determining a refresh counter of a DRAM. The method includes: writing data to a target memory cell connected with a target word line in the DRAM, and controlling the DRAM to perform refreshes starting from a preset word line according to a preset rule; determining, according to whether the data can be read accurately from the target memory cell after the refreshes, an intermediate refresh counter of refreshes on the target word line; and controlling, based on the intermediate refresh counter, the DRAM to perform refreshes starting from the target word line according to the preset rule, and determining the refresh counter of the DRAM according to whether the data can be read accurately from the target memory cell after the refreshes.
US11705176B2
A storage circuit includes: the array of a memory cell MC including a variable-resistance element; a conversion circuit that converts the resistance value of each memory cell into the signal level of an electric signal; a reference signal generation circuit that generates a reference signal common to a plurality of columns; a correction circuit that corrects one of the signal level of the reference signal and the signal level of the electric signal for each column of the array of the memory cell; and an RW circuit that determines data stored in the memory cell belonging to a corresponding column by comparing one of the reference level and the signal level of the electric signal, corrected by the correction circuit, and the other of the reference level and the signal level of the electric signal.
US11705164B2
A supply voltage sensitivity of an output current of a bias current generator circuit is reduced. The bias current generator includes a plurality of transistors and a plurality of resistors coupled to the plurality of transistors. The supply voltage sensitivity of the output current of the bias current generator circuit is reduced by applying a second bias current generated by the bias current generator circuit to a first bias current generated by the bias current generator circuit.
US11705160B2
The present disclosure provides a method and device for processing a video. The method includes: determining a special effect video frame of a video, where a target feature area of the special effect video frame includes a preset special effect map; and modifying a display effect of the special effect map upon determining that a shielded area exists in the target feature area.
US11705156B2
A hexagonal strontium ferrite powder, in which an average particle size is 10.0 to 25.0 nm, a content of one or more kinds of atom selected from the group consisting of a gallium atom, a scandium atom, an indium atom, and an antimony atom is 1.0 to 15.0 atom % with respect to 100.0 atom % of an iron atom, and a coercivity Hc is greater than 2,000 Oe and smaller than 4.000 Oe. A magnetic recording medium including: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, in which the ferromagnetic powder is the hexagonal strontium ferrite powder. A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus including this magnetic recording medium.
US11705155B2
The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, a magnetic layer that includes ferromagnetic powder having an average particle volume of 2,500 nm3 or less on one surface side of the non-magnetic support, and a back coating layer that includes non-magnetic powder on the other surface side of the non-magnetic support, in which the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic powder selected from the group consisting of hexagonal ferrite powder and ε-iron oxide powder, and a ratio (PSD5μm-PSDmag/PSD10μm-PSDbc) of the magnetic layer and the back coating layer is in a range of 0.0050 to 0.20. A magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus include the magnetic tape.
US11705153B1
A hard disk drive flexure assembly includes a metal substrate having a gap between a root side and a slider side, a base layer and a first conductive layer that each bridges the gap, and a plurality of electrical pads where the pads extend to the slider side of the flexure so as to positionally overlap with a slider end edge and corresponding slider electrical pads. Pre-solder bumps are formed on each pad. This configuration facilitates formation of a functional solder bridge between the flexure and the slider because the melted solder can readily spread on the extended flexure pad surface and reach the slider pad when the pre-solder bump is heated, as the pad material has higher solder wettability than that of a cover layer material. These techniques are especially relevant with narrow, high-density, small pitch electrical pads.
US11705142B2
A spectrum encoding method includes selecting an important spectral component in band units for a normalized spectrum and encoding information of the selected important spectral component for a band, based on a number, a position, a magnitude and a sign thereof. A spectrum decoding method includes obtaining from a bitstream, information about an important spectral component for a band of an encoded spectrum and decoding the obtained information of the important spectral component, based on a number, a position, a magnitude and a sign of the important spectral component.
US11705138B2
A method includes generating a synthesized non-reference high-band channel based on a non-reference high-band excitation corresponding to a non-reference target channel. The method further includes estimating one or more spectral mapping parameters based on the synthesized non-reference high-band channel and a high-band portion of the non-reference target channel. The method also includes applying the one or more spectral mapping parameters to the synthesized non-reference high-band channel to generate a spectrally shaped synthesized non-reference high-band channel. The method further includes generating an encoded bitstream based on the one or more spectral mapping parameters and the spectrally shaped synthesized non-reference high-band channel.
US11705137B2
Provided is an encoding apparatus for integrally encoding and decoding a speech signal and a audio signal, and may include: an input signal analyzer to analyze a characteristic of an input signal; a stereo encoder to down mix the input signal to a mono signal when the input signal is a stereo signal, and to extract stereo sound image information; a frequency band expander to expand a frequency band of the input signal; a sampling rate converter to convert a sampling rate; a speech signal encoder to encode the input signal using a speech encoding module when the input signal is a speech characteristics signal; a audio signal encoder to encode the input signal using a audio encoding module when the input signal is a audio characteristic signal; and a bitstream generator to generate a bitstream.
US11705136B2
Controlling a concealment method for a lost audio frame associated with a received audio signal is provided. At least one bin vector of a spectral representation for at least one tone is obtained, wherein the at least one bin vector includes three consecutive bin values for the at least one tone. Whether each of the three consecutive bin values has a complex value or a real value is determined. Responsive to the determination, the three consecutive bin values are processed to estimate a frequency of the at least one tone based on whether each bin value has a complex value or a real value.
US11705135B2
Detecting a replay attack on a voice biometrics system comprises: receiving a speech signal from a voice source; generating and transmitting an ultrasound signal through a transducer of the device; detecting a reflection of the transmitted ultrasound signal; detecting Doppler shifts in the reflection of the generated ultrasound signal; and identifying whether the received speech signal is indicative of liveness of a speaker based on the detected Doppler shifts. The method further comprises: obtaining information about a position of the device; and adapting the generating and transmitting of the ultrasound signal based on the information about the position of the device.
US11705133B1
This disclosure describes techniques for identifying users that are enrolled for use of a user-recognition system. To be identified using the user-recognition system, a user may first enroll in the system by stating an utterance at a first device having a first microphone. In response, the first microphone may generate first audio data. Later, when the user would like to be identified by the system, the user may state the utterance again, although this time to a second device having a second microphone. This second microphone may accordingly generate second audio data. Because the acoustic response of the first microphone may differ from the acoustic response of the second microphone, however, this disclosure describes techniques to apply a relative transfer function to one or both of the first or second audio data prior to comparing these data so as to increase the recognition accuracy of the system.
US11705126B2
A barrier-free intelligent voice system and a method for controlling thereof, wherein multiple words are recognized from a voice audio to create multiple independent semantic units. Meanwhile, the system can continuously determine whether they are one of multiple voice tags created by the user. Thereafter, a target object, a program command, and a remark corresponding to the voice tag can be determined based on the successfully compared voice tag combination. Accordingly, a corresponding program can be started or a remote device can be triggered to operate. The present disclosure can be regarded as an AI intelligent voice processing engine. By allowing users to define different types of voice tag combinations, it can eliminate the grammatical and semantic analysis of natural language processing, eliminate speech translation differences and errors between different languages, effectively reduce the amount of calculations, increase the processing speed of the system, minimize system judgment errors.
US11705125B2
A processor may receive data regarding a context for a first dialog turn. The processor may monitor a voice input from a user for the first dialog turn. The processor may detect a first pause in the voice input, the first pause having a duration that satisfies a time threshold. The processor may receive, based on the first pause, first voice input data. The processor may analyze the first voice input data. The processor may determine that additional time is recommended for the voice input to be provided by the user.
US11705121B2
A system of multi-modal transmission of packetized data in a voice activated data packet based computer network environment is provided. A natural language processor component can parse an input audio signal to identify a request and a trigger keyword. Based on the input audio signal, a direct action application programming interface can generate a first action data structure, and a content selector component can select a content item. An interface management component can identify first and second candidate interfaces, and respective resource utilization values. The interface management component can select, based on the resource utilization values, the first candidate interface to present the content item. The interface management component can provide the first action data structure to the client computing device for rendering as audio output, and can transmit the content item converted for a first modality to deliver the content item for rendering from the selected interface.
US11705113B2
A speech processing system uses contextual data to determine the specific domains, subdomains, and applications appropriate for taking action in response to spoken commands and other utterances. Some applications may be given priority over others such that some applications are general request applications to which responsibility for processing an intent is to be assigned as long as contextual criteria are satisfied, while other applications are specific request applications to which responsibility for processing an intent is to be assigned only if the applications are specifically requested, if the contextual criteria of priority applications are not satisfied, and/or if certain contextual criteria associated with the specific request applications are satisfied.
US11705111B2
A method to adaptively predict non-default actions against unstructured utterances by an automated assistant operating in a computing-system is provided. The method includes extracting voice-features based on receiving an input utterance from at-least one speaker by an automatic speech recognition (ASR) device, identifying the input utterance as an unstructured utterance based on the extracted voice-features and a mapping between the input utterance with one or more default actions as drawn by the ASR, obtaining at least one probable action to be performed in response to the unstructured utterance through a dynamic bayesian network (DBN). The method further includes providing the at least one probable action obtained by the DBN to the speaker in an order of the posterior probability with respect to each action.
US11705106B2
Processor(s) of a client device can: identify a textual segment stored locally at the client device; process the textual segment, using a speech synthesis model stored locally at the client device, to generate synthesized speech audio data that includes synthesized speech of the identified textual segment; process the synthesized speech, using an on-device speech recognition model that is stored locally at the client device, to generate predicted output; and generate a gradient based on comparing the predicted output to ground truth output that corresponds to the textual segment. In some implementations, the generated gradient is used, by processor(s) of the client device, to update weights of the on-device speech recognition model. In some implementations, the generated gradient is additionally or alternatively transmitted to a remote system for use in remote updating of global weights of a global speech recognition model.
US11705103B2
An audio system for an ear mountable playback device comprises a speaker, an error microphone predominantly sensing sound being output from the speaker and a feed-forward microphone predominantly sensing ambient sound. The audio system further comprises a voice activity detector which is configured to record a feed-forward signal from the feed-forward microphone. Furthermore, an error signal is recorded from the error microphone. A detection parameter is determined as a function of the feed-forward signal and the error signal. The detection parameter is monitored and a voice activity state is set depending on the detection parameter.
US11705099B2
Provided is a soundproof structure that is small and light and can reduce noise with a high natural frequency of a sound source at a plurality of frequencies at the same time. The soundproof structure according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of membrane-like members that are overlapped to be spaced from each other, a support that is made of a rigid body and supports each of the plurality of membrane-like members so as to perform membrane vibration, an inter-membrane space that is sandwiched between two adjacent membrane-like members among the plurality of membrane-like members, and a rear surface space that is formed between one membrane-like member at one end of the support in the support among the plurality of membrane-like members and the one end of the support, in which each of the plurality of membrane-like members absorbs a sound by performing the membrane vibration in a state where the one end of the support is closed.
US11705090B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods for providing a rearward view of an aircraft. The system, apparatus, and methods include one or more cameras disposed on an aft portion of a fuselage of the aircraft, a heads-up display is within a cockpit of the aircraft, and a heads-up control. The heads-up control receives image data from the one or more cameras and generates an image on the heads-up display based on the image data from the one or more cameras to provide a rearward view of an area behind the aircraft. The heads-up control may be configured to determine when an aerial object is within a predetermined range behind the aircraft and responsively generate the image on the heads-up display based on the image data from the one or more cameras to provide a rearward view of an area behind the aircraft in which the aerial object is located.
US11705089B2
A system includes a spatial light modulator (SLM) configured to project an image. The system also includes a controller coupled to the SLM. The controller is configured to receive the image and determine a brightness level of the image. The controller is also configured to enforce a brightness limit on the image responsive to the brightness level, to produce a reduced image. The controller is configured to instruct a display to display the reduced image.
US11705085B2
A gate driving circuit and a display panel are provided. The gate driving circuit includes a plurality of shift register units as cascaded, and the plurality of shift register units as cascaded includes a first shift register unit including a first clock signal terminal, an (n+1)-th shift register unit including an (n+1)-th clock signal terminal, a second shift register unit including a second clock signal terminal, and an (n+2)-th shift register unit including an (n+2)-th clock signal terminal. The gate driving circuit further includes a first clock signal line connected to the first clock signal terminal and the (n+1)-th clock signal terminal, and a second clock signal line connected to the second clock signal terminal and the (n+2)-th clock signal terminal.
US11705073B2
The present disclosure relates to a DRD type display panel. The display panel includes first to fourth pixels; a first data line through which a data signal is transmitted to the first and second pixels; a second data line through which a data signal is transmitted to the third and fourth pixels; a first gate line through which a scan signal is transmitted to the first and third pixels; a second gate line through which a scan signal is transmitted to the second and fourth pixels; a reference voltage line used to detect deterioration of OLEDs in the first to fourth pixels; a first power line positioned on the left of the first data line and supplying driving power to the first and second pixels; and a second power line positioned on the right of the second data line and supplying driving power to the first and second pixels.
US11705071B2
A display device includes pixels electrically connected to a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines, respectively, a scan driver that provides a scan signal to each of the plurality of scan lines, a voltage supply that supplies a first gate voltage to the scan driver through a first gate power line, and a voltage compensator. The voltage compensator senses a partial voltage of the first gate voltage applied to the scan driver through a feedback line. The voltage compensator compensates the first gate voltage with a second gate voltage in case that the sensed first gate voltage is greater than a first reference voltage.
US11705066B2
A pixel of display device includes a light emitting element, a first transistor coupled between first power source and a second node and having a gate electrode connected to a first node N1, and the first transistor being configured to control a driving current supplied to the light emitting element in response to a voltage of the first node, a first capacitor including one electrode connected to the first node and another electrode connected to a third node, a second transistor coupled between the third node and a data line, a third transistor coupled between the first node and the second node, a fourth transistor coupled between the first node and an initialization power source, a fifth transistor coupled between a reference power source and the third node, and an eighth transistor coupled between a fourth node and an anode initialization power source.
US11705061B2
A display device includes a display panel, a display driver integrated circuit and a driving control circuit. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels connected to a plurality of driving lines and a plurality of source lines. The display driver integrated circuit includes a driving control signal generator. The driving control signal generator generates a driving control signal based on display device information and pixel values corresponding to at least a portion of the plurality of rows among a plurality of previous pixel values of a previous frame and a plurality of present pixel values of a present frame. The driving control circuit selectively connects the display driver integrated circuit with each of the plurality of driving lines based on the driving control signal such that first driving signals provided to first driving lines among the plurality of driving lines are blocked.
US11705055B2
The present disclosure provides a display device. The display device includes at least one display panel including at least one light-emitting diode (LED) light board, a drive control module connected to the LED light board, and a detecting module respectively connected to the LED light board and the drive control module. The LED light board includes at least one LED. The drive control module is configured to drive the LED of the LED light board to display.
US11705054B2
The present application discloses a display panel driving circuit and a display panel. The display panel driving circuit includes a driving circuit and a light-emitting diode. The driving circuit is connected to the light-emitting diode. The driving circuit includes a plurality of superimposed driving modules, and a corresponding number of driving modules are selectively conducted according to a preset grayscale. Each driving module includes a scan control transistor, a switch transistor and a drive transistor, in each driving module the scan control transistor is connected to the drive transistor via the switch transistor, in each driving module a first end of the scan control transistor is connected to a scan signal terminal, and the light-emitting diode and the drive transistors of the driving modules are sequentially connected. The present application can better increase the number of grayscales, thereby improving image quality.
US11705052B2
The present application relates to a sub-pixel rendering method for a display panel, which determines sampling locations according to arrangement locations of the sub-pixels, converts an input image according to a human vision model for correspondingly generating an adjustment luminance data, and samples a plurality of adjustment luminance value of the adjustment luminance data according to the sampling locations. Thereby, corresponded target grayscale data is generated. Thus, the input image is prevented from distortion.
US11705048B2
A shift register unit, a circuit structure, a gate drive circuit, a drive circuit and a display device are provided. A shift register unit includes a substrate and an input circuit, a reset circuit, a first output circuit, a first output terminal, a first connection conductive portion connecting both the input circuit and the reset circuit, a second connection conductive portion connecting both the reset circuit and the first output circuit, and a third connection conductive portion connecting both the first output circuit and the first output terminal, all of which are on the substrate.
US11705045B2
Disclosed are a method for generating display data by a rotatory stereoscopic display apparatus, a display driving method, a computer device, a rotatory stereoscopic display apparatus, and a stereoscopic display system. The method for generating display data includes: generating, based on display parameters of the rotatory stereoscopic display apparatus and a model to be displayed, an image array for displaying the model; generating, for an image in the image array, an initial data stream of the image, the initial data stream including: grayscale datum of each pixel in the image; and performing data compression on the initial data stream to generate a compressed data stream, the compressed data stream including: data units of pixels whose grayscale data is non-zero data, each data unit including: grayscale datum of the pixel and an order of the grayscale datum in the initial data stream.
US11705035B2
Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes multiple cascaded gate drive units. Each gate drive unit includes a shift register unit and an inverted unit. The inverted unit is electrically connected to the shift register unit. A scan output terminal of the shift register unit is electrically connected to one scan line. An inverted scan output terminal of the inverted unit is electrically connected to one inverted scan line. The scan output terminal of the shift register unit outputs a first effective pulse signal. The inverted scan output terminal of the inverted unit outputs a second effective pulse signal. A time period corresponding to the first effective pulse signal at least partially overlaps a time period corresponding to the second effective pulse signal, and the type of the first effective pulse signal is opposite to the type of the second effective pulse signal.
US11705032B2
A driving circuit and a display panel are disclosed. The driving circuit includes a plurality of cascaded driving units. The driving unit includes a forward/backward scan control module, a first control node controlling module, a second control node controlling module, a global control module, a regulating module, a first output module configured to output a stage signal, and a second output module configured to output a gate driving signal. A voltage level of the gate driving signal is higher than a voltage level of the stage signal.
US11705027B2
The application discloses a method for detecting gate line defects, a display panel and a readable storage medium. The method for detecting gate line defects includes the following operations: controlling a display panel to enter a self-checking mode upon receiving a startup signal; performing row scanning on the display panel according to a first preset frame rate, where the first preset frame rate is greater than a normal frame rate when the display panel normally operates; and upon determining that the display panel is abnormal, issuing a prompt message.
US11705014B1
A group study system is described. The group study system allows for students to form study groups with other students in the same class or related classes by utilizing various technologies that make such a system possible. The system provides for an anonymous creation of the study sessions and maintains the anonymity until all students joining the study session participate in the study session. These sessions can be in person and virtual. Hybrid and virtual sessions are becoming more and more important with the increasing presence of online education. This system harnesses technology in an innovative way to do something that was not possible years ago by enabling students to gather in a learning environment with other students who previously did not know each other. Additionally, the system operates to allow crowd sourcing of data for the input of exam data, including date and time of the exam in order to automatically extend exam reminders.
US11705011B2
A system and method for an ownship aircraft auto transition from an assigned spacing application to a visual separation application provides the ability to intuitively pre-configure for and execute an automatic transition from an assigned spacing traffic application managing an assigned interval spacing to a traffic application managing visual separation from an assigned target aircraft. This feature enables integration between separate traffic applications, creating new capabilities while reducing the workload on the pilot during a particularly busy phase of flight.
US11704988B2
The present invention relates to a system and method for monitoring the safety of users in a shaded area, wherein location information about an RFID post installed in a shaded area is identified by means of an RFID tag, so that the location of a work group working in the shaded area can be transmitted to a control server in real time, and the control server compares the location of the work group with operation information about trains, thereby determining whether the work group is in danger or not, makes notification the same, so that the safety of the work group can be secured.
US11704980B2
A method by a network device for outputting a virtual application object includes acquiring current status information of a plurality of virtual application objects in a virtual application, the current status information indicating that a virtual application object is in a known state or in an unknown state, constructing a virtual application object status plane based on the current status information of the plurality of virtual application objects, where the virtual application object status plane includes a region corresponding to each virtual application object, the region includes the current status information of the corresponding virtual application object, determining, based on the virtual application object status plane, output probabilities corresponding to a plurality of to-be-outputted virtual application objects, and determining, based the output probabilities corresponding to the plurality of to-be-outputted virtual application objects, a target virtual application object from the plurality of to-be-outputted virtual application objects.
US11704977B2
A lottery apparatus includes a programmed computer acting as a lottery control system which controls operation of the distribution of prizes to the purchasing customers from a lottery pool. The apparatus includes a plurality of typical instant win lottery tickets having a predetermined prize result taken from the pool together with a plurality of lottery cards which do not act as lottery tickets but instead include an activation code containing no information defining a prize and an access code which is used for entry by the customer into a digital experience provided by the lottery control system by which the customer accesses game information. The system, when the code is activated, assigns the result from the pool to the code and displays to the customer on a digital experience when accessed by the access code.
US11704971B2
In one aspect, gaming machines and systems are configured to distribute of viral events, such as viral gaming events, amongst devices. The devices can, for example, be gaming machines and/or mobile devices. According to one embodiment, once a viral event is triggered, it is presented at one or more first devices at a first time. The viral event spreads to other devices, such as one or more second devices where it can be presented at a later time. The viral event may continue to spread to numerous other devices. In another aspect, an apparatus, method, and system to acquire and display casino data on a portable electronic device may include a portable electronic device operative with a real-time location based data application to transmit the location of the portable electronic device and acquire, prioritize, store and display real-time casino data.
US11704969B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer-readable media related playing a progressive game, In some embodiments, at least one request may be received from a player to play a first game associated with a first prize pool. Play of the first game may be facilitated on at least one networked terminal based at least in part on receiving the at least one request from the, player to play the first game. Play of a second game associated with a second prize pool on the at least one networked terminal may be initiated, The second game may be initiated in response to the second prize pool reaching a predetermined amount.
US11704964B2
In various embodiments, promotions are featured on mobile gaming devices.
US11704957B2
A method and system is provided for determining the denomination and related data for a currency item using a personal computing device, such as a mobile phone. The device includes or is connected to an image capture device that is preferably a digital video camera. At least one image of a target currency item is captured then processed for image quality. A further processing of the image includes a coordinate mapping. A comparison is made between individual pixels of the processed image based on the assigned coordinate mapping with a database of reference currency images to determine the currency denomination. Additional processing of the currency image provides the date and other data regarding the target currency item. A market value for the target currency item is identified by reference to a valuation database using the data determined for the currency item.
US11704955B2
A wireless device system employs short-range wireless communication to require the proximity of a user device to a defined area prior to communicating a request or notification to the wireless user device. The system authenticates a request and the proximity of the user to or within the defined area prior to transmitting a command, request, or notification to the user or a third party. Additionally, the system uses an access node configured to shape the radiation pattern of short-range wireless communications to better determine the position of a user proximate in or around a defined area.
US11704951B2
Techniques are described for keyless entry to a structure (e.g., hotel room) utilizing a set-back box. Registrants (e.g., hotel guest) may scan a barcode from their mobile device to check-in to the structure. Upon scanning the barcode or by other means, a mobile device identifier (e.g., a Bluetooth low-energy address (BLE)) is registered and associated with the checked-in structure. Receiving the registered mobile device identifier, the backend server pushes such to the set-back box associated with (e.g., resides in) the checked-in structure. The set-back box is enabled (e.g., BLE enabled) to actively scan addresses of nearby mobile devices. When the registered mobile device identifier is detected within a predetermined signal strength range (e.g., by using received signal strength indicator (RSSI) levels), the set-back box transmits a command to a smart lock (e.g., via BLE or Wifi or other radio) or to a lock controlling backend processor, to open the lock.
US11704944B2
The present application discloses a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: a common electrode layer including a plurality of columns of first common electrodes, wherein each column of the plurality of columns of the first common electrodes includes a plurality of touch electrodes insulated from each other; and a driving module. Each of the plurality of touch electrodes is electrically connected to the driving module through one or more touch leads. A number of the touch leads corresponding to each of or adjacent ones of the plurality of touch electrodes gradually increases along a direction away from the driving module.
US11704934B2
An information processing apparatus (100) includes an acquisition unit (122) that acquires a first image from which person region feature information regarding a region including other than a face of a retrieval target person is extracted, a second image in which a collation result with the person region feature information indicates a match, and a facial region is detected, and result information indicating a collation result between face information stored in a storage unit and face information extracted from the facial region, and a display processing unit (130) that displays at least two of the first image, the second image, and the result information on an identical screen.
US11704932B2
A collation system of the present invention includes an imaging means for acquiring a captured image of a pre-passage side area with respect to a gate, a collation means for performing a collation process between a previously registered target and a target in the captured image, and a determination means for determining propriety of passage of the target with respect to the gate, on the basis of a result of the collation process. The collation means initiates the collation process on the basis of a condition, set to each area of the captured image, for the target located in the area.
US11704926B2
Example embodiments that analyze images to characterize aspects of the images rely on a same neural network to characterize multiple aspects in parallel. Because additional neural networks are not required for additional aspects, such an approach scales with increased aspects.
US11704921B2
Character recognition processing suitable to a handwritten character area and a printed character area among character areas in a scanned image of a document is performed. Next, character recognition results for the handwritten character area and character recognition results for the printed character area are integrated and a likelihood indicating a probability of being an extraction target is calculated for a candidate character string that is an extraction candidate among the integrated character recognition results and a character string that is the item value is determined. Then, at the time of the determination, different evaluation indications are used in a case where a character originating from the handwritten character area is included in characters constituting the candidate character string and in a case where such a character is not included.
US11704919B2
A high-power-microscope-assisted identification method of maize haploid plants is provided, the method is implemented by a device including a high power microscope, a main frame disposed on an objective table of the high power microscope and a computer and includes four procedures of sample information input, automatic testing of a batch of samples, automatic analysis and comparison, and automatic generation of data results. Vertical sliding grooves are symmetrically formed in the main frame, and a vertical supporting plate is disposed at an upper end of the main frame. Horizontal sliding grooves are symmetrically formed in the vertical supporting plate, and a horizontal supporting plate is disposed on the vertical supporting plate.
US11704918B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include reconfigurable integrated circuits for characterizing particles of a sample in a flow stream. Reconfigurable integrated circuits according to certain embodiments are programmed to calculate parameters of a particle in a flow stream from detected light; compare the calculated parameters of the particle with parameters of one or more particle classifications; classify the particle based on the comparison between the parameters of the particle classifications and the calculated parameters of the particle; and adjust one or more parameters of the particle classifications based on the calculated parameters of the particle. Methods for characterizing particles in a flow stream with the subject integrated circuits are also described. Systems and integrated circuit devices programmed for practicing the subject methods, such as on a flow cytometer, are also provided.
US11704913B2
A list of images is received. The images were captured by a sensor of an ADV chronologically while driving through a driving environment. A first image of the images is identified that includes a first object in a first dimension (e.g., larger size) detected by an object detector using an object detection algorithm. In response to the detection of the first object, the images in the list are traversed backwardly in time from the first image to identify a second image that includes a second object in a second dimension (e.g., smaller size) based on a moving trail of the ADV represented by the list of images. The second object is then labeled or annotated in the second image equivalent to the first object in the first image. The list of images having the labeled second image can be utilized for subsequent object detection during autonomous driving.
US11704910B2
A vehicle detecting device includes a region setting unit that sets a plurality of regions of interest having different ranges on image data acquired from an image capturing device that captures an image of a space in front of a host vehicle; and a vehicle determining unit that determines, for each of the regions of interest, presence of a front vehicle based on a luminous point present in the region and that executes a determination at different frequencies in the respective regions of interest.
US11704902B2
Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for determining a field in a path of travel of a vehicle for detection of objects in the path of travel. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus includes a path identifier configured to identify a path of travel for a vehicle. At least one camera is disposed on the vehicle and is configured to capture image data of an area including the path of travel. A region of interest selector is configured to select a region of interest within the image data. A horizon identifier is configured to identify a horizon in the image data. A field determiner is configured to project the horizon onto the region of interest to isolate a field specified by the path of travel and the horizon, the field being evaluatable for the presence of objects in the path of travel of the vehicle.
US11704900B2
In one embodiment, a method includes, by a client system, receiving, at the client system, a first user input, processing by the client system, the first user input to provide an initial response by identifying one or more entities referenced by the first user input and providing, by the client system, the initial response, where the initial response includes a conversational filler referencing at least one of the one or more identified entities, processing the first user input to provide a complete response by identifying, by the client system, one or more intents and one or more slots associated with the first user input based on a semantic analysis by a natural-language understanding module, and providing, by the client system, the complete response subsequent to the initial response, where the complete response is based on the one or more intents and the one or more slots.
US11704899B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to access a first record in a plurality of records, where the first record describes a first set of attributes of a first entity, determining the first record is linked to a globally unique entity identifier, identifying one or more second records linked to the unique entity identifier, where the one or more second records describe one or more second sets of attributes of the first entity, generating a fused record comprising descriptions of attributes of the first entity from the first set and second sets of attributes, where the fused record is generated by deduping the plurality of records to associated the first record and the one or more second record with the unique entity identifier and compiling the first set and one or more second sets of attributes, and sending, in response responsive to the request to access the first record, instructions for presenting the fused record.
US11704896B2
A Method, apparatus, device, and storage media for image processing are provided. The method include: acquiring a set of image sequences, the set of image sequences including a plurality of image sequences; determining a first similarity measurement between image sequences in the set of image sequences; dividing the set of image sequences into one or more subset of image sequences based on a first similarity measurement; and determining, in each subset of image sequences, degrees of correlation between images in one image sequence of the subset of image sequences and images in other image sequences of the subset of image sequences.
US11704893B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a storage medium storing a program and method for receiving a video comprising a plurality of video segments; selecting a target action sequence that includes a sequence of action phases; receiving features of each of the video segments; computing, based on the received features, for each of the plurality of video segments, a plurality of action phase confidence scores indicating a likelihood that a given video segment includes a given action phase of the sequence of action phases; identifying a set of consecutive video segments of the plurality of video segments that corresponds to the target action sequence, wherein video segments in the set of consecutive video segments are arranged according to the sequence of action phases; and generating a display of the video that includes the set of consecutive video segments and skips other video segments in the video.
US11704887B2
A system, apparatus, method and computer program product are provided for determining a mobile device integrity status. Images of a mobile device captured by the mobile device and using a reflective surface are processed with various trained models, such as neural networks, to verify authenticity, detect damage, and to detect occlusions. A mask may be generated to enable identification of concave occlusions or blocked corners of an object, such as a mobile device, in an image. Images of the front and/or rear of a mobile device may be processed to determine the mobile device integrity status such as verified, not verified, or inconclusive. A user may be prompted to remove covers, remove occlusions, and/or move the mobile device closer to the reflective surface. A real-time response relating to the mobile device integrity status may be provided. The trained models may be trained to improve the accuracy of the mobile device integrity status.
US11704885B2
Systems and methods for providing an AR visual display to save are described. A camera of a computing device scans an area and an AR engine of the computing device extrapolates flat portions of the area. A digital representation of the area is displayed via a GUI of the computing device to allow a user to place digitally created content. The digitally created content is textual content, 2D content, 3D content, video content, and/or audio content. The AR engine receives, from a user, an action executed on a surface and at a location of the digital representation to add a tag or an anchor. The AR engine utilizes planes as indicators to save the placement of the tag or the anchor and transmits the placement of the tag or the anchor to a server. The placement of the tag or the anchor allows for viewing from other computing devices.
US11704884B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of two-dimensional (2D)/three-dimensional (3D) modeling, and in particular to a method, system, and device for combining models in a virtual scene, and a medium. The method of the present invention includes: placing a first model into a second model; determining a filling space and a removing space of the first model; filling an overlapping space between the first model and the second model with the second model, and filling the filling space of the first model with the second model; and removing the second model with which the removing space of the first model is filled, wherein when the overlapping space between the first model and the second model is filled with the second model, and the filling space of the first model is filled with the second model, the removing space of the first model is filled with the second model. The present invention simplifies a workflow of a scene designer, reduces repetitive work, and achieves a desired effect of the models.
US11704882B2
Systems and methods for inserting supplemental content into presentations of two-dimensional video content are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain two-dimensional video content depicting a three-dimensional space; obtain supplemental content; obtain a model of the three-dimensional space defining the one or more visible physical features within the three-dimensional space; determine the camera position of the two-dimensional video content; identify a presentation location within the two-dimensional video content; determine integration information; modify the two-dimensional video content to include the supplemental content at the identified presentation locations in accordance with the integration information and/or perform other operations.
US11704868B2
An improved virtual environment creation and testing process can be achieved by a combination of spatial partitioning and reverse tree generation. The reverse tree may be representative of the virtual environment and may be generated starting from a smallest portion or zone of the virtual environment (represented as a leaf node) and expanding up towards a root node representative of the entire virtual environment. Advantageously, the system can add new zones to the virtual environment and representative tree data structure that are external to the existing virtual environment without generating a new tree data structure. Thus, the computing resources utilized by the system disclosed herein may be significantly reduced compared to existing processes while improving the flexibility of the spatial partitioning and tree generation process thereby enabling spatial partitioning to be performed in real or near real time as a developer authors the virtual environment.
US11704864B1
Disclosed herein is a web-based videoconference system that allows for video avatars to navigate within a virtual environment. Various methods for efficient modeling, rendering, and shading are disclosed herein.
US11704854B2
An information processing system, a method, and a computer program capable of improving a motivation to view and/or distribute a moving image may be provided herein, which may include a distribution unit for distributing a moving image, a first selection reception unit for receiving selection of at least one object from a plurality of objects corresponding to each of a plurality of character objects, a second selection reception unit for receiving selection of at least one object from a plurality of objects, a specification unit for specifying a performing user associated with a character object corresponding to an object receiving most selections by the first selection reception unit and the second selection reception unit, an association unit for associating a specific object, and a display processing unit for generating information for displaying a specific object associated by the association unit in association with a character object.
US11704852B2
A mapping system receives sensor data from an unmanned aerial vehicle. The mapping system further receives images from a camera of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The mapping system determines an altitude of the camera based on the sensor data. The mapping system calculates a footprint of the camera based on the altitude of the camera and a field of view of the camera. The mapping system constructs a localized map based on the images and the footprint of the camera.
US11704845B2
A method includes recording a plurality of projection recordings along a linear trajectory. An X-ray source and an X-ray detector move in parallel opposite to one another along the linear trajectory and the examination object is arranged between the X-ray source and the X-ray detector. The method includes reconstructing a tomosynthesis dataset, respective depth information of the examination object is respective determined along an X-ray beam bundle spanned by the motion along the linear trajectory and an X-ray beam fan of the X-ray source perpendicular to the linear trajectory so that different respective depth levels in the object parallel to a detection surface of the X-ray detector are respectively scanned differently. Finally, the method includes determining a first slice image with a first slice thickness in a depth level, among the respective depth levels, substantially parallel to the detection surface of the X-ray detector based on the tomosynthesis dataset.
US11704844B2
Provided are systems and methods for synthesizing novel views of complex scenes (e.g., outdoor scenes). In some implementations, the systems and methods can include or use machine-learned models that are capable of learning from unstructured and/or unconstrained collections of imagery such as, for example, “in the wild” photographs. In particular, example implementations of the present disclosure can learn a volumetric scene density and radiance represented by a machine-learned model such as one or more multilayer perceptrons (MLPs).
US11704838B1
An encoder may perform a dynamic encoding that adapts the encoding of hyperspectral data according to the number of bands of the electromagnetic spectrum that are captured by different imaging devices, the amount of data that is contained in each band, and/or encoding criteria that are specified by a user or that are automatically generated by the encoder for an optimal encoding of the hyperspectral data. The encoder may receive hyperspectral data for different electromagnetic spectrum bands. The encoder may determine an encoding resolution based on one or more of a number of bands and a maximum resolution within the received bands. The encoder may configure a block size for a file format that is used to store an encoding of the hyperspectral data based on the encoding resolution, and may encode the hyperspectral data contained within each band to at least one block of the block size.
US11704836B2
A method and computer software for creating an encoded image and which can optionally include a method for decoding the encoded image. The encoded image is preferably formed from at least one symmetric image but can be formed from a plurality of symmetric images. Embodiments of the present invention can be performed with physical paper and writing utensils or can be performed via computer software. Embodiments of the present invention can be used for art authentication based on results obtained by decoding an image. In one embodiment, one or more encoded image elements can be revealed simultaneously. Optionally, however, encoded image elements can be caused to be revealed in a series that gives a sense of motion in a manner similar to that of motion picture animation.
US11704834B2
Techniques for calibrating cameras and displays are disclosed. An image of a target is captured using a camera. The target includes a tessellation having a repeated structure of tiles. The target further includes unique patterns superimposed onto the tessellation. Matrices are formed based on pixel intensities within the captured image. Each of the matrices includes values each corresponding to the pixel intensities within one of the tiles. The matrices are convolved with kernels to generate intensity maps. Each of the kernels is generated based on a corresponding unique pattern of the unique patterns. An extrema value is identified in each of the intensity maps. A location of each of the unique patterns within the image is determined based on the extrema value for each of the intensity maps. A device calibration is performed using the location of each of the unique patterns.
US11704813B2
A visual search method, a visual search device, and an electrical device are provided. The method includes determining a first object in a visual search process. A power consumption of the first object in the visual search process is greater than a power consumption of a second object in the visual search process. The first object includes at least one of a program and an algorithm and the second object includes at least one of a program and an algorithm. The method further includes performing a visual search through an optimized object of the first object. At least one of a calculating speed of the optimized object is greater than a calculating speed of the first object and a total calculating time of the optimized object within a unit time is less than a total calculating time of the first object within the unit time.
US11704809B2
A method for segmenting images is provided including tessellating an image obtained from one of an image database and an imaging system into a plurality of sectors; classifying each of the plurality of sectors by applying one or more pre-defined labels to each of the plurality of sectors, wherein the pre-defined labels indicate at least one of an image quality metric (IQM) and a metric of structure; assigning each of the plurality of classified sectors an Image Quality Classification (IQC); identifying anchor sectors among the plurality of classified sectors, applying filtering and edge detection to identify target boundaries; applying contouring across contiguous sectors and using the assigned IQC as a guide to complete segmentation of an edge between any two identified anchor sectors; and smoothing across segmented regions to increase parametric second-order continuity.
US11704806B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for scalable three-dimensional (3-D) object recognition in a cross reality system. One of the methods includes maintaining object data specifying objects that have been recognized in a scene. A stream of input images of the scene is received, including a stream of color images and a stream of depth images. A color image is provided as input to an object recognition system. A recognition output that identifies a respective object mask for each object in the color image is received. A synchronization system determines a corresponding depth image for the color image. A 3-D bounding box generation system determines a respective 3-D bounding box for each object that has been recognized in the color image. Data specifying one or more 3-D bounding boxes is received as output from the 3-D bounding box generation system.
US11704804B2
Techniques are described for domain adaptation of image processing models using post-processing model correction According to an embodiment, a method comprises training, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, a post-processing model to correct an image-based inference output of a source image processing model that results from application of the source image processing model to a target image from a target domain that differs from a source domain, wherein the source image processing model was trained on source images from the source domain. In one or more implementations, the source imaging processing model comprises an organ segmentation model and the post-processing model can comprise a shape-autoencoder. The method further comprises applying, by the system, the source image processing model and the post-processing model to target images from the target domain to generate optimized image-based inference outputs for the target images.
US11704801B2
Some methods of analyzing one or more brain lesions of a patient comprise, for each of the lesion(s), calculating one or more lesion characteristics from a first 3-dimensional (3D) representation of the lesion obtained from data taken at a first time and a second 3D representation of the lesion obtained from data taken at a second time that is after the first time. The characteristic(s) can include a change, form the first time to the second time, in the lesion's volume and/or surface area, the lesion's displacement from the first time to the second time, and/or the lesion's theoretical radius ratio at each of the first and second times. Some methods comprise characterizing whether the patient has multiple sclerosis and/or the progression of multiple sclerosis in the patient based at least in part on the calculation of the lesion characteristic(s) of each of the lesion(s).
US11704800B2
Methods and apparatus for evaluating an impact of injury to brain networks or regions are provided. The method comprises receiving MRI data of a brain of an individual, including a first volumetric dataset recorded using first imaging parameters and a second volumetric dataset recorded using second imaging parameters, combining, on a voxel-by-voxel basis, first MRI data based on the first volumetric dataset and second MRI data based on the second volumetric dataset to produce a volumetric injury map, performing a structural-functional analysis of one or more brain networks or regions by refining the volumetric injury map using a volumetric eloquence map that specifies eloquent brain tissue within the one or more brain networks or regions to determine an impact of injury within the one or more brain networks or regions, and displaying a visualization of the determined impact of injury within the one or more brain networks or regions.
US11704796B2
The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method, a device, and a computer program product for radiographic bone mineral density (BMD) estimation. The method includes receiving a plain radiograph, detecting landmarks for a bone structure included in the plain radiograph, extracting an ROI from the plain radiograph based on the detected landmarks, estimating the BMD for the ROI extracted from the plain radiograph by using a deep neural network.
US11704795B2
A framework for quality-driven image processing. In accordance with one aspect, image data and anatomical data of a region of interest are received. Zonal information is generated based on the anatomical data. Image processing is performed based on the image data to generate an intermediate image. One or more image quality metrics may then be determined for the intermediate image data using the zonal information. A processing action may be performed based on the one or more image quality metrics to generate a final image.
US11704793B2
A virtual conference in relation to diagnostic object data is created. Messages posted to the virtual conference from terminal devices of users participating in the virtual conference are received, and the posted messages are sent to the other terminal devices beside the terminal devices of the users. Information relating to the diagnostic object data is generated, which information is obtained in accordance with analysis results of analyzing the posted messages. The information relating to the diagnostic object data is sent to the terminal devices.
US11704786B2
A stress luminescence measurement method according to one aspect includes the steps of: placing a stress luminescent material on a surface of a sample; irradiating the stress luminescent material with excitation light; acquiring a first captured image by imaging the stress luminescent material during irradiation of the excitation light; applying a load to the sample; acquiring a stress luminescence image by imaging stress luminescence of the stress luminescent material; irradiating the stress luminescent material after removal of the load with the excitation light; acquiring a second captured image during irradiation of the excitation light by imaging the stress luminescent material in a state in which the load has been removed; and storing the first captured image and the second captured image in a memory in association with the stress luminescent image.
US11704782B2
A computer-implemented method allows a wait time to be determined automatically for a queue area. The queue is part of an environment and includes defined entrance and exit areas. A series of images showing the environment are received over time. A wait time associated with the queue area is determined by detecting a location of a object corresponding to a person in a first one of the images; associating the object with an identifier uniquely identifying the object in the first one of the images matching objects in later images; and determining the wait time based on times associated with an image in which an object associated with the identifier enters the queue area through the defined entrance area and later one of the images in which an object associated with the identifier exits the queue area through the defined exit area. An indication of the wait time is output.
US11704778B2
A method to compute a variable number of image planes, which are selected to better represent the scene while reducing the artifacts on produced novel views. This method analyses the structure of the scene by means of a depth map and selects the position in the Z-axis to split the original image into individual layers. The method also determines the number of layers in an adaptive way.
US11704775B2
A method for image capture includes identifying a bright spot in an image. A neural network is used to recover details in bright spot area through a trained de-noising process. Post-processing of the image is conducted to match image parameters of recovered details in the bright spot area to another area of the image.
US11704774B2
A system includes an image sensor, an imaging pipeline, and a display device. The image sensor is configured to capture a first frame of pixel data. The imaging pipeline is coupled to the image sensor to receive the first frame of pixel data. The imaging pipeline includes an adaptive noise filter. The adaptive noise filter is configured to filter a pixel based on noise in the pixel. The imaging pipeline is configured to output a second frame of pixel data. The second frame of pixel data includes pixels filtered by the adaptive noise filter. The display device is coupled to the imaging pipeline to receive the second frame of pixel data. The display device is configured to display the second frame of pixel data.
US11704772B2
A method comprising: obtaining an image; identifying a rotation angle for the image by processing the image with a first neural network; rotating the image by the identified rotation angle to generate a rotated image; classifying the image with a second neural network; and outputting an indication of an outcome of the classification, wherein the first neural network is trained, at least in part, based on a categorical distance between training data and an output that is produced by the first neural network.
US11704761B2
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for performing identity validation using a digital ID shared and trusted among a coalition of institutions. One example method includes receiving, via a communications module and from a first consortium member system, a set of input credentials from a first consortium member system associated with an operation, where the set of input credentials is associated with a user. A digital ID is identified corresponding to the set of input credentials and the first user, wherein each digital ID uniquely identifies a particular user and corresponds to at least one user account associated with other consortium member systems in a trusted consortium network. Using the other user accounts, additional user account information associated with the user is obtained and used in a verification operation.
US11704760B2
A system and method for determining optimal pathways to a predetermined goal, including generating a unique code for an event within a plurality of data records, where the same unique code will be generated for similar events; constructing at least one pathway using the unique codes based on the events, wherein the at least one pathway includes at least one segment; determining a goal, wherein the goal is the end of the at least one pathway; comparing the at least one pathway to other pathways sharing the determined goal; and optimizing the pathway for achievement of the determined goal.
US11704757B2
The described technology is a technique related to a server and method for displaying additional information on a 3D tour. In this case, the method for displaying additional information on a 3D tour performed by a server for providing a 3D tour service linked to a user terminal, the method includes providing a 3D tour comprising 3D information of a particular space to the user terminal, receiving coordinate information for a start point and an end point of an additional-information signpost to be created newly on the 3D tour displayed on the user terminal, creating an additional-information signpost connecting the start point and the end point, and overlappingly displaying the created additional-information signpost on the 3D tour.
US11704755B2
Approaches for determining scheduling assignments for the movement of people along a multi-segment path from a starting location to a destination location, are used to manage crowds, predict crowd behavior, and mitigate crowd turbulence. For example, to mitigate crowd congestion, routing solutions specifying an amount of time to spend at a destination and a departure time can be provided. Itinerary assignments, crowd data, and data associated with an event can be analyzed and weighted to determine scheduling assignments. Scheduling assignments can be validated against current crowd data and event data. Current crowd data and event data and crowd simulation can be used to predict future crowd behavior or crowd problems. Scheduling assignments can be rescheduled to mitigate crowd problems or emergencies.
US11704749B2
Networked utility services handle data-flow in a system to operate electrical vehicle charging stations. In an example, first and second utility companies may operate in first and second respective areas. A user may have a residence in the first area and may have an electric vehicle at a vehicle charging station in the second area. The user may provide identification at the vehicle charging station in the second area, and the user's vehicle may be charged at that location using electricity from the second utility. Data including the user's identification and the electricity consumed in the charging may be sent to the first utility serving the area including the user's residence. The first utility may bill the user for the electricity used to charge the user's vehicle at the remote vehicle charging station. The charging station, both utilities and/or other parties may share in the receipts.
US11704746B2
Implementations described herein disclose a method, an article of manufacture, and a system for displaying user profile information using extendible user profiles for user groups. A user profile with an application user profile is maintained. A value provided by a user joining a group for a group specific field is used to override a user profile field maintained in the application user profile.
US11704745B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a client system associated with a user, a user request comprising a reference to a target object, accessing visual data from the client system, wherein the visual data comprises images portraying the target object and one or more additional objects, and wherein attribute information of the target object is recorded in a multimodal dialog state, resolving the reference to the target object based on the attribute information recorded in the multimodal dialog state, determining relational information between the target object and one or more of the additional objects portrayed in the visual data, and sending, to the client system, instructions for presenting a response to the user request, wherein the response comprises the attribute information and the determined relational information.
US11704734B2
Systems and methods are provided for efficiently processing withholding payments for constructive dividends. A party that receives constructive dividend payments also has a corresponding short position in a withholding financial instrument. A clearing house computer system adjusts the value of a withholding financial instrument in response to receipt of constructive dividend payments. The clearing house computer system determines a variation margin amount for the short party and processes a variation margin payment from the short party to a withholding account through the variation margin settlement system.
US11704729B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media utilized for determining access to a financial account held by a customer of a financial institution. One method includes establishing a communication session with a sensor device, wherein the financial institution computing system continuously receives sensor data over the communication session and receiving, from a point-of-sale (POS) terminal, a payment request. The method further includes retrieving, from the user device via an application programming interface (API), device data including at least application data and receiving, from the sensor device, the sensor data including at least one of geolocation data or biometric data of the sensor device. The method further includes determining the customer experienced an adverse event based on the sensor data and the device data and determining automatically an access level. The method further includes authorizing, by the processor, the payment request utilizing the financial account held by the customer to a designee.
US11704728B1
A method for detecting a fraud attempt in a communication session may include receiving, via at least one processor, a set of data associated with a communication session between a representative of an organization and a user, tagging, via the at least one processor, one or more items of the set of data as one or more tagged data items, applying, via the at least one processor, a fraud detecting algorithm to the one or more tagged data items to determine a percent likelihood of the user attempting to defraud the representative, generating, via the at least one processor, a visualization based on the percent likelihood, and displaying, via the at least one processor, the visualization via an electronic display during the communication session.
US11704721B2
An information processing device obtains order identification information capable of identifying an order placed by an order-placing person, transmits, as payment information, the order identification information, causes a printing process of a print medium to be executed, the print medium being capable of identifying the order identification information and gives, to another information processing device when an additional order placed by the order-placing person is received, an invalidation command which invalidates the order identification information in such a way that a payment with respect to the order identification information on an order not paid yet and placed by the same order-placing person is disabled.
US11704720B2
A computer system is provided that includes a paired list of data transaction requests on which a matching process is performed. There are multiple different types of data transaction requests that are stored in the paired list including data transaction requests with midpoint attributes and data transaction requests with discretion attributes. The computer system may determine how the multiple different types of data transaction requests may be match against each other. Two matching processes can be used to determine if a match exists between the first and second sides of the paired list. Matches that are determined at private values are not disseminated to third-parties via public market data feeds.
US11704716B2
A user identifies products offered by the user to an online system. The online system identifies a product offered by the user in an image by applying a identification model to the image. If the online system identifies a product in the image with at least a maximum confidence value, the online system automatically tags the post with metadata about the product or suggests a tag to the user. If an object in the image could be one of multiple products, the online system identifies the multiple products to the user, which may be ordered based on confidences of matching the object, allowing the user to select which product is in the image. If the unlisted identifies a product in the image with less than a minimum confidence value, the online system identifies the user's offered products and suggests that the user select a product.
US11704715B2
A quantum computing service includes connections to multiple quantum hardware providers that are configured to execute quantum circuits using quantum computers based on different quantum technologies. The quantum computing service enables a customer to define a quantum algorithm/circuit in an intermediate representation and select from any of a plurality of supported quantum computing technologies to be used to execute the quantum algorithm/quantum circuit.
US11704713B1
A customized glitter system includes glitters, a first glitter having a first color and a first type; a second glitter having a second color and a second type; a customer interface, the customer interface having one or more options from which a customer selects, the one or more options relating to the glitters; a container to receive a customized glitter mix based on the one or more options.
US11704707B2
Methods, software, products and systems of an identity authentication and verification system which provide one or more users to verify by electronic and non-electronic means the identity of a person with whom a user is interacting.
US11704701B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for selecting content items for presentation along with publisher resources. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request for a content item for presentation at a user device with a publisher resource; receiving, from a content item provider a first selection value for each of a plurality of content items provided by the content item provider; determining, for each of the content items and using accessed distribution parameters, a second selection value distinct from the first selection value; and determining, for each of the content items and independent of a bid corresponding to the content item, a combined selection value based on the first selection value for the content item and the second selection value for the content item.
US11704700B2
Contextual data may be generated from assets in asset portfolios using metadata enrichment services. A recommendation engine may generate a set of recommended assets for presentation in a content stream based on the contextual data. Brand safety may be implemented using a brand safety policy that uses the contextual data as indicators of potentially offensive content. Advertisements included in the content stream may also be targeted based on the contextual data.
US11704698B1
A mobile advertising system includes a non-transitory computer readable configured to store instructions thereon; and a processor connected to the non-transitory computer readable medium. The processor is configured to execute the instructions for receiving gaze data from a viewing vehicle. The processor is configured to execute the instructions for receiving location information from an advertising vehicle. The processor is configured to execute the instructions for correlating the gaze data with the location information to determine whether the gaze data indicates viewing of an advertisement attached to the advertising vehicle. The processor is configured to execute the instructions for updating a histogram based on the correlation between the gaze data and the location information. The processor is configured to execute the instructions for generating a travel plan for increasing advertising effectiveness for the advertisement. The processor is configured to execute the instructions for transmitting the travel plan to the advertising vehicle.
US11704695B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture for communication with an audience metering device are disclosed. An example apparatus includes one or more non-transitory computer readable media, instructions in the apparatus, and one or more processors to execute the instructions. The example one or more processors are to segment a message to be transmitted to a configuration device into a first message segment and a second message segment, store the first message segment in a characteristic memory, and transmit a first advertisement to the configuration device when the first message segment is stored in the characteristic memory. Additionally, the example one or more processors are to after the first message segment has been gathered by the configuration device, store the second message segment in the characteristic memory and transmit a second advertisement to the configuration device when the second message segment is stored in the characteristic memory.
US11704681B2
A neurological profile associated with introversion/extroversion levels, simultaneous visual element processing capability, and/or dynamism processing capability, etc., is determined to select market categories and stimulus material targeted to the particular neurological profile. The neurological profile is determined using information such as user input, user activity, social and environmental factors, genetic and developmental factors, and/or neuro-response data. The neurological profile can be matched with corresponding neurological profile templates to select market categories and stimulus material.
US11704677B2
Techniques are provided for customer support ticket aggregation. One method comprises obtaining a customer support ticket; extracting a topic of the customer support ticket using a topic model based on natural language processing techniques; converting the customer support ticket to a topic vector representation that identifies the extracted topic and comprises a list of words describing the topic based on a collection of processed customer support tickets; extracting features from the customer support ticket; generating a fingerprint for the customer support ticket that comprises the topic vector representation and the extracted features; applying the fingerprint to a machine learning similarity model that compares the fingerprint to fingerprints of processed customer support tickets from the collection of processed customer support tickets; and identifying a processed customer support ticket from the collection of processed customer support tickets that is related to the customer support ticket.
US11704676B2
A method for managing payment submissions includes receiving, at an acquirer computing system, an authorization request submitted by a merchant computing system for a transaction of a predefined amount, the merchant computing system being associated with a merchant, and the authorization request identifying account information for an account that is associated with a payment card network and an issuer processor; and re-transmitting the authorization request for less than the predefined amount and greater than a configurable threshold value, until the authorization request is approved by the issuer processor or until the authorization request falls below the configurable threshold value.
US11704675B2
A system for detecting a fraudulent ATM transaction is disclosed. The system relates to an ATM machine that receives a bank/ATM card from a customer. The ATM first attempts to read information from the card chip, but is unable to do so due to a read error. The ATM then instead reads the information from the magnetic strip, and initiates a fraud detection procedure. In one such procedure, the ATM uses a local wireless access point to detect a customer's device, such as a phone, in the vicinity of the ATM. In another such procedure, the ATM communicates with a backend server. The backend server then determines the location of the customer device either by transmitting a message to request authorization, or by utilizing GPS or other location-detection means on the customer device to determine whether the customer device is within the ATM vicinity.
US11704671B2
A transformation-as-a-service apparatus, system and method are described, where the transformation converts financial messages from one format to another (such as SWIFT format to ISO 20022 format, etc), storing the original and transformed messages for future access by a token. The transformation service also includes a permissions and access control mechanism for allowing access to the financial messages based on requestor permissions when requested via the token.
US11704669B1
Arrangements for payment and recommendation control are provided. In some aspects, contextual data may be received from a user. For instance, data such as calendar data may be received and an event may be identified. Based on the event, a pre-authorized amount may be identified for payment associated with the event. The system may receive a request for payment and event details. The amount may be compared to the pre-authorized amount and, if more than the pre-authorized amount, a request for payment authorization may be transmitted to a user device. If the amount is not more than the pre-authorized amount, expected location data of the user may be received and current location data of the user may be requested from a user device. The location data may be compared and, if the locations match, the payment may be authorized and automatically processed.
US11704663B2
A system for blockchain-based unique identifiers and decentralized payments including a first computerized system that includes a unique identifier, a second computerized system including a gateway device that can communicate with a blockchain network, generate a transaction to transfer a token value responsive to receiving the unique identifier and synchronize the generated transaction to the blockchain network. One of the first computerized system and the second computerized system is installed in a vehicle and the other is installed in a fixed structure.
US11704656B2
A zero-step authentication system and method which uses wireless mobile devices to automatically make payments in a secure manner without requiring the customer to handle his or her mobile device. The system and method uses a payment facilitation device at the business location which automatically detects and recognizes registered mobile devices, displays a photo of the customer to a business employee for identity confirmation, and automatically deducts payments for purchases from a pre-authorized customer account. The customer account is managed by a payment processing server, which stores the customer account data, makes appropriate deductions, sends confirmation of deductions to the customer's mobile device, and automatically refills the customer's account by making pre-authorized charges to the customer's banking institution.
US11704655B2
Location polygons are defined along traffic lanes and parking spaces to facilitate determination of the location of a vehicle relative to features associated with the location polygons. The location polygons are used, in one application, to identity entrance and exit of a special toll lane along a roadway, and to ensure that the vehicle properly enters and exits the tolling lane.
US11704654B2
A device and method for waveform transmission of transaction card data to a merchant point-of-sale device are provided. The device includes a memory device for storing data, a processor, and a transmitter. The device is programmed to receive transaction card data that mimics data stored within a magnetic stripe associated with a transaction card, convert the transaction card data to a first data file for storage within the memory device, transmit the first data file to the transmitter, and transmit a first waveform from the transmitter to the POS device, wherein the first waveform includes changes in a magnetic field that represent the transaction card data.
US11704650B2
Images are captured of a customer during a transaction at a transaction terminal along with images associated with items of the transaction and any bags or cart used to hold the items. The images are processed to track any movement and locations of the customer, items, bags, and cart relative to a known location of the transaction terminal. When a transaction payment is required for the transaction and movement is detected in a direction that is moving away from the transaction terminal before a payment notification is received for the transaction, one or more alerts are raised as an indication to staff and/or security systems of a potential in-progress walk-away theft.
US11704648B2
A method of payment terminal operation, including: receiving a payment collection request for a payment from an application, generating a payment initiation request for the payment, sending the payment initiation request to a secure processing system, switching the secure processing system from operation in an unsecured mode to operation in a secured mode in response to receipt of the payment initiation request, facilitating payment information entry, and receiving a payment response notification, generated based on the payment information, at the main processor.
US11704640B2
Introduced here is a technology for automatic notification of an invoice for a customer based on identification of a customer identifier included in transaction data received from a point-of-sale (POS) system of a particular merchant (“the invoice technology”). The notification can include a promotion to provide an incentive to the customer to pay the invoice. The notification can be presented on a display of the POS system. Alternatively, the notification can be presented in a receipt for the transaction conducted at the POS system, where that receipt can be transmitted for display at a user device of the customer. For example, the receipt can be in the form of an email message or a text message. Upon notification of the invoice, the customer can submit a payment for that invoice (“invoice payment”) in exchange for the promotion.
US11704634B1
A system, method and computer-readable medium are provided to enable digital bank endorsement. A digital image of a back side of a check may be placed in a computer memory. Appropriate coordinates for a bank endorsement may be determined. A bank endorsement may be automatically generated. The digital image may then be electronically altered by overlaying, merging, or rendering text of the generated bank endorsement. A modified digital image may be combined with an image of the front side of the check and stored and/or exported to check clearing operations.
US11704633B2
Systems and methods for transferring funds from an acquirer processor account to one or more financial accounts. The transferring of the funds can be directed by one or more settlement rules defined by a merchant.
US11704630B2
The disclosure relates to a life prediction system for a fan of a lamp. The system comprises a fan signal detecting module to detect at least one working parameter of the fan; and a micro control unit to receive the working current signal, the environment temperature signal and the working rotation speed signal of the fan. The detecting module comprises a current detecting unit to detect a working current of the fan and output a working current signal; a temperature detecting unit to detect a working environment temperature of the fan and output an environment temperature signal; and a rotation speed detecting unit to detect and output a working rotation speed signal of the fan. The micro control unit calculates a predicted residual life of the fan based on the received working current signal, the environment temperature signal, the working rotation speed signal, through the life model of the fan.
US11704620B2
Provided is an estimating system including: at least one memory configured to store computer program code; and at least one processor configured to access said at least one memory and operate according to said computer program code, said computer program code including: via point acquisition code configured to cause the at least one processor to acquire a position of a via point, wherein the route is a path followed by a mobile object when the mobile object moves toward a destination; staying time period code configured to cause the at least one processor to estimate, based on the position of the via point, a staying time period; and arrival time code configured to cause the at least one processor to estimate, by including the staying time period, an arrival time of the mobile object at the destination.
US11704617B2
Systems and methods for modeling and analysis of commerce platform system infrastructure provided by cloud services provider systems to a commerce platform are described. The method may include receiving a cloud services provider spending report generated by a cloud service provider system, wherein the cloud services provider spending report comprises information indicative of costs of cloud services provider resource usage by the commerce platform system over a period of time, and receiving a service report for one or more systems of the commerce platform, wherein the service report comprises information indicative of execution of services of the one or more systems of the commerce platform over the period of time. A directed graph may then be generated that models costs of commerce platform system service usage at the cloud services provider system. The method may also include performing an analysis of the directed graph to attribute cloud service provider system cost information to the commerce platform system service usage at the cloud services provider system, and generating a report indicating cloud service provider system costs attributable services of the commerce platform system.
US11704612B2
The supply chain management apparatus includes: an input unit that receives input information indicating a change in market conditions; a storage unit that stores supply chain information in which constituent companies of a supply chain, T&Cs information in which T&Cs of each of the constituent companies of the supply chain is registered, and a condition for a key performance indicator which should be satisfied, the condition for a key performance indicator being set for each of the constituent companies; a T&Cs calculation unit that, when the input information is received, calculates a supply chain plan corresponding to the change in the market conditions indicated by the input information based on a predetermined calculation method, and when a key performance indicator calculated based on the supply chain plan does not meet the condition for the key performance indicator, changes the T&Cs so that the key performance indicator is optimal.
US11704611B2
Embodiments optimize inventory allocation of a retail item, where the retail item is allocated from a plurality of different fulfillment centers to a plurality of different customer groups. Embodiments receive historical sales data for the retail item and estimate demand model parameters. Embodiments generate a network including first nodes corresponding to the fulfillment centers, second nodes corresponding to the customer groups, and third nodes between the first nodes and the second nodes, each of the third nodes corresponding to one of the second nodes. Embodiments generate an initial feasible inventory allocation from the first nodes to the second nodes and solves a minimum cost flow problem for the network to generate an optimal inventory allocation.
US11704599B2
A system including a machine learning processing device and a memory device with microbumps is disclosed. A machine learning processing device is for performing a machine learning operation, where the machine learning processing device includes a first set of microbumps. A memory device is for storing data for the machine learning operation, where the memory device includes a second set of microbumps. The first set of microbumps of the memory device are coupled with the second set of microbumps of the machine learning processing device. The first set of microbumps of the memory device and the second set of microbumps of the machine learning processing device are to transmit the data for the machine learning operation.
US11704589B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for automatically identifying whether applications are static or dynamic. In one embodiment, code of an application is analyzed to determine instances of requesting data via a network in the application. Characteristics of the instances of requesting data via the network are provided to a machine learning model. The application is automatically classified as either dynamic or static according to the machine learning model.
US11704587B2
Quantum repeater systems and apparatus for quantum communication. In one aspect, a system includes a quantum signal receiver configured to receive a quantum field signal; a quantum signal converter configured to: sample quantum analog signals from a quantum field signal received by the quantum signal receiver; encode sampled quantum analog signals as corresponding digital quantum information in one or more qudits, comprising applying a hybrid analog-digital encoding operation to each quantum analog signal and a qudit in an initial state; decode digital quantum information stored in the one or more qudits as a recovered quantum field signal, comprising applying a hybrid digital-analog decoding operation to each qudit and a quantum analog register in an initial state; a quantum memory comprising qudits and configured to store digital quantum information encoded by the quantum signal converter; and a quantum signal transmitter configured to transmit the recovered quantum field signal.
US11704579B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to earth modeling using machine learning. A method includes receiving detected data at a first depth point along a wellbore, providing at least a first subset of the detected data as first input values to a machine learning model, and receiving first output values from the machine learning model based on the first input values. The method includes receiving additional detected data at a second depth point along the wellbore, providing at least a second subset of the additional detected data as second input values to the machine learning model, and receiving second output values from the machine learning model based on the second input values. The method includes combining the first output values at the first depth point and the second output values at the second depth point to generate an updated model of the wellbore, the updated model comprising an earth model.
US11704570B2
A learning device includes a structure search unit that searches for a first learned model structure obtained by selecting search space information in accordance with a target constraint condition of target hardware for each of a plurality of convolution processing blocks included in a base model structure in a neural network model; a parameter search unit that searches for a learning parameter of the neural network model in accordance with the target constraint condition; and a pruning unit that deletes a unit of at least one of the plurality of convolution processing blocks in the first learned model structure based on the target constraint condition and generates a second learned model structure.
US11704562B1
A system including a machine learning accelerator (MLA) hardware configured to perform machine-learning operations according to native instructions; an interpreter computing module configured to: generate, based on virtual instructions, machine language instructions configured to be processed by a processing hardware implementing the interpreter computing module; and cause the processing hardware to perform machine-learning operations according to the machine language instructions; and a compiler computing module associated with the MLA hardware, the compiler computing module configured to: receive instructions for performing an inference using a machine-learning model; based on the received instructions: generate the native instructions configured to be processed by the MLA hardware, the native instructions specifying first machine-learning operations associated with performing the inference; and generate the virtual instructions configured to be processed by the interpreter computing module, the virtual instructions specifying second machine-learning operations associated with performing the inference.
US11704560B2
A method includes receiving interaction data that indicates, for each given interaction among multiple interactions that occurred at a client device, (i) an event type an (ii) a delay period specifying an amount of time between the given event and a previous event that occurred prior to the given event, encoding each given interaction into an encoded interaction having a standardized format that is a combination of (i) the event type and (ii) the delay period, generating an interaction signature that includes sequence of encoded interactions, processing the sequence of encoded interactions using a model trained to label sequences of user interactions as valid or invalid, including labelling, using the model, a sequence of encoded interactions as invalid, and preventing distribution of a set of content to an entity that performed the sequence of encoded interactions in response to a subsequently identified request to provide content to the entity.
US11704558B2
A method and a system for training a machine learning algorithm (MLA) for object classification. The machine learning algorithm includes an embedding layer and a classification layer. A set of embedding indices representing a reference object is received. The set of embedding indices has been generated based on a byte representation of the reference object. A label associated with the reference object indicative of a reference class the objects belongs to is received. The MLA is iteratively trained to classify objects by embedding the set of embedding indices to obtain an input vector and by predicting an estimated class based on the input vector, and updating a parameter of at least one of the embedding layer and the updated embedding layer. The set of embedding indices is generated by parsing the byte representation to obtain byte n-grams and by applying a hash function on the byte n-grams.
US11704557B2
Systems and methods for generating an interference prediction for a target well are disclosed herein. A computing system generates a plurality of interference metrics for a plurality of interference events. For each well, the computing system generates a graph based representation of the well and its neighboring wells. The computing system generates a predictive model using a graph-based model by generating a training data set and learning, by the graph-based model, an interference value for each interference event based on the training data set. The computing system receives, from a client device, a request to generate an interference prediction for a target well. The computing system generates, via the predictive model, an interference metric based on the one or more metrics associated with the target well.
US11704556B2
Embodiments relate to systems and methods to optimize quantization of tensors of an AI model. According to one embodiment, a system receives an AI model having one or more layers. The system receives a number of input data for offline inferencing and applies offline inferencing to the AI model based on the input data to generate offline data distributions for the AI model. The system quantizes one or more tensors of the AI model based on the offline data distributions to generate a low-bit representation AI model, where each layer of the AI model includes the one or more tensors, where the one or more tensors include the one or more tensors. In one embodiment, the system applies online inferencing using the low-bit representation AI model to generate online data distributions for a feature map, and quantizes a feature map tensor based on the online data distributions.
US11704541B2
There is described a neural network system for generating a graph, the graph comprising a set of nodes and edges. The system comprises one or more neural networks configured to represent a probability distribution over sequences of node generating decisions and/or edge generating decisions, and one or more computers configured to sample the probability distribution represented by the one or more neural networks to generate a graph.
US11704536B1
Disclosed approaches for convolving input feature maps in a neural network include a circuit arrangement circuit that includes memory circuitry and convolution circuitry. The memory circuitry is configured to store K NxN first filters, and C 1x1 second filters, wherein N ≥ 1, and 1 < K < C. The convolution circuitry is coupled to the memory circuitry and configured to convolve a three-dimensional input feature map with the K NxN first filters into an intermediate volume having a depth of K, and convolve the intermediate volume with the C 1x1 second filters into an output feature map having a depth of C.
US11704528B2
Disclosed is a method of gathering data from a hybrid RFID chip to determine usage of an item or article of clothing using a mobile device like a phone, laptop, or tablet. The hybrid RFID chip consists of a processor, a memory, a radio transceiver, a power harvesting antenna, and an impedance circuit that converts ambient radio frequency (RF) energy to electrical energy. The RFID chip receives a first power level from ambient RF energy and periodically broadcasts an identity. The mobile device can receive the broadcast identity, store the identity, transmit the identity and location to a remote server, and receive a notification message from the remote server. The remote serve can determine usage of the item or article of clothing by comparing current records to previous records of RFID chip identity, location, and mobile device application identity.
US11704524B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, devices, and the like for generating dynamic machine readable codes. In one embodiment, a system is introduced that enables the analysis of user information for the generation of the dynamic machine readable code. In response to the analysis, using middleware on a multi-tier system, user information is embedded onto the dynamic machine readable code. The embedded user information can be captured during the transaction enabling the presentation of customized content which can be used to provide a user friendly interface for the transacting while detecting incorrect account usage. In another embodiment, in conjunction with the dynamic machine readable code, additional user and/or device features are captured during the processing of a transaction such that the combination facilitate fraudulent activity detection.
US11704521B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a nozzle head in which nozzles that ejects ink is arranged in a first direction; a moving mechanism that moves a recording medium relative to the nozzle head; an image acquirer that acquires image data; a quantization processor that quantizes density of pixels forming an image based on the image data; a grouping processor that groups adjacent pixel positions into one group in the quantized data; and a rearrangement processor that rearranges a quantized pixel value at each pixel position in the group that is grouped, wherein the grouping processor groups such that a direction intersecting the first direction is set to a second direction, arrangement of groups in the first direction is set to a row, rows is arranged in the second direction, and a row in which an initial position of the row is different at least by one pixel is included.
US11704520B2
An image forming apparatus has an office direct print function, and when a non-installed font that is not installed in the image forming apparatus is included in application data, a font substitution guidance screen is displayed on a display. A drop-down list that is an operator for selecting a substitute font is provided in the font substitution guidance screen, whereby a user can arbitrarily select a substitute font. The font substitution guidance screen displays also a sample character group having a typeface according to the selected substitute font.
US11704507B1
A method for providing automatic interpretation may include receiving, by a processor, audible speech from a speech source, generating, by the processor, in real-time, a speech transcript by applying an automatic speech recognition model on the speech, segmenting, by the processor, the speech transcript into speech segments based on a content of the speech by applying a segmenter model on the speech transcript, compressing, by the processor, the speech segments based on the content of the speech by applying a compressor model on the speech segments, generating, by the processor, a translation of the speech by applying a machine translation model on the compressed speech segments, and generating, by the processor, audible translated speech based on the translation of the speech by applying a text to speech model on the translation of the speech.
US11704505B2
A method includes obtaining n pairs of translation sentences of a source language and a target language, where each of the n pairs of translation sentences includes a source language sentence and a target language sentence that are translations of each other, extracting a source language segment from each source language sentence in the n pairs of translation sentences using an extraction rule of the source language, extracting a target language segment from each target language sentence in the n pairs of translation sentences, and generating an extraction rule of the target language based on n target language segments extracted from n target language sentences.
US11704504B2
Provided are an interactive machine translation method and apparatus, a device, and a medium. The method includes: acquiring a source statement input by a user; translating the source statement into a first target statement; determining whether the user adjusts a first vocabulary in the first target statement; and in response to determining that the user adjusts the first vocabulary in the first target statement, acquiring a second vocabulary for replacing the first vocabulary, and adjusting, based on the second vocabulary, a vocabulary sequence located in a front of the first vocabulary and a vocabulary sequence located behind the first vocabulary in the first target statement to generate a second target statement.
US11704493B2
Pairing a user response and associated context with a neural network associated with a virtual assistant computer during a dynamic text conversation with an end user. The virtual assistant computer receives a detected user generated text input; determines context of the detected user generated text input; compares the context of the detected user generated text input by comparing a confidence score representing context of the user generated input to a classification associated with each of a plurality of existing nodes of a neural network. For confidence scores below a threshold relative to the classification associated with each of the existing nodes of the neural network, the virtual assistant computer creates a new node within the neural network and assigns the context of the user generated text to the new node.
US11704489B2
A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for identifying requirements in a document. A document including requirements is received. Attribute related information in the document is identified using an attribute model. Component information in the document is identified using a component model. The attribute related information and the component information identified in the document are merged. Requirements in the document are identified from the merged attribute related information and component information. The requirements identified in the document are used to develop a product.
US11704483B2
A method includes receiving a request from a user device accessing a webpage, the request including a webpage uniform resource locator (URL) and a user device identifier. The method includes retrieving a list of events associated with the user device based on the device identifier. The method further includes retrieving sets of rules. Each set of rules indicates events and URLs that satisfy the set of rules. Each set of rules is associated with a template that includes link rendering data for rendering a link on the user device. The method includes identifying a set of rules that is satisfied by the received URL and events, transmitting link rendering data associated with the identified set of rules to the user device, and transmitting link routing data to the user device. The link routing data is configured to route the user device to an application state corresponding to the webpage.
US11704481B1
Systems and methods for k-anonymizing a corpus of documents using linguistic similarities and embeddings distances between words. For instance, a word pair is selected based on linguistic similarity (e.g., belonging to the same part of speech) and small embeddings distance. For the selected word pair, a plurality of words is retrieved, also based on linguistic similarity to, and embeddings distances from, the selected word pair. Out of the plurality of words, a third word is identified that has a closer linguistic similarity to the word pair and also has smaller embeddings distances from the word pair. Each word in the word pair is then replaced by the third word. The process is repeated until k-anonymity is achieved.
US11704479B2
A method of processing an interactive document is enclosed.
US11704476B2
A method for estimating text heights of text line images includes estimating a text height with a sequence recognizer. The method further includes normalizing a vertical dimension and/or position of text within a text line image based on the text height. The method may also further include calculating a feature of the text line image. In some examples, the sequence recognizer estimates the text height with a machine learning model.
US11704473B2
Review systems and methods facilitate active reading by providing a flexible environment in which users can examine documents. A review system can comprise a virtual workspace, a document view region, a preview region, and optional document objects. The virtual workspace can simulate a desktop or other physical workspace. The document view region can display a portion of an open document at a magnification sufficient for reading. The preview region can display the document at a magnification sufficient to enable the general layout of the entire document to be determined. The document objects can be created from the document through tools of the review system. These document objects can be independently moveable throughout the virtual workspace as needed to facilitate the user's active reading process.
US11704467B2
Embodiments provide for building a global clock tree. In embodiments, an example method includes inserting clock drivers at symmetric locations in one or more hierarchy levels of a plurality of hierarchy levels of an integrated circuit (IC) design. The example method further includes generating one or more routes by routing one or more nets within or across the one or more hierarchy levels of the plurality of hierarchy levels. The example method further includes matching symmetric routes of the one or more routes at each of the one or more hierarchy levels irrespective of a number of physical hierarchies each associated net spans. The example method further includes placing one or more ports at one or more signal entry points where routes of the one or more routes cross physical hierarchy blocks.
US11704466B2
Routing a circuit path includes selecting pixels on the circuit path based at least on penalty values associated with the pixels. Pixels on a rejected circuit path are penalized by increasing their penalty values. Re-routing a rejected circuit path allows for pixels on previously rejected paths to be considered when rerouting the rejected circuit path, rather than being eliminated outright.
US11704441B2
A system and method can provide charter-based access to resources using an object model. Charters are defined by an administrator to have certain markings, each marking indicating a control (e.g., permission, credential, qualification, constraint, requirement, etc.) that regulates work under the charter. Users are also associated with markings. A user starts a session to access the system and is authenticated. The system determines charters having markings that the user has, and these charters are provided to the user to select from. Selecting a charter allows the user access to resources associated with the charter, under the controls indicated by the markings. Charters, controls, qualifications, resources, authorizations and links between them can be implemented using an object model. Markings can control session parameters (e.g., geographic location), resource access, user credentials, qualifications, and/or data processing permissions for a group of users, simplifying project definition and revisions to controlling access under the charter.
US11704438B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for contextual data masking and registration. A data masking process may include classifying ingested data, processing the data, and tokenizing the data while maintaining security/privacy of the ingested data. The data masking process may include data configuration that comprises generating anonymized labels of the ingested data, validating an attribute of the ingested data, standardizing the attribute into a standardized format, and processing the data via one or more rules engines. One rules engine can include an address standardization that generates a list of standard addresses that can provide insights into columns of the ingested data without externally transmitting the client data. The masked data can be tokenized as part of the data masking process to securely maintain an impression of the ingested data and generate insights into the ingested data.
US11704436B2
Techniques are described herein for assembling/evaluating automated assistant responses for privacy concerns. In various implementations, a free-form natural language input may be received from a first user and may include a request for information pertaining to a second user. Multiple data sources may be identified that are accessible by an automated assistant to retrieve data associated with the second user. The multiple data sources may collectively include sufficient data to formulate a natural language response to the request. Respective privacy scores associated with the multiple data sources may be used to determine an aggregate privacy score associated with responding to the request. The natural language response may then be output at a client device operated by the first user in response to a determination that the aggregate privacy score associated with the natural language response satisfies a privacy criterion established for the second user with respect to the first user.
US11704426B1
An object of the invention is to appropriately separate an available cluster for each user in a storage system configured by using a plurality of clusters each of which is an aggregate of nodes. A computer system includes a plurality of K8s clusters each configured by one or a plurality of K8s nodes, a storage that provides a volume, and a tenant management unit that manages the plurality of the K8s clusters and the storage. The tenant management unit creates, in the storage, a plurality of tenants respectively corresponding to the plurality of the K8s clusters. The storage, for each of the plurality of the K8s clusters, permits access from the K8s cluster to a tenant corresponding to the K8s cluster and prohibits access from the K8s cluster to a tenant not corresponding to the K8s cluster.
US11704423B2
A data managing method. Metadata including a sharing policy is applied to a data file on a computing device. A sharing of the data file from the computing device via a network to a platform hosted by a computing system is detected. It is determined whether the platform is in compliance with the sharing policy, and it is reported whether the platform is in compliance with the sharing policy.
US11704419B2
Protecting a fragment of a document includes automatically detecting the fragment without user intervention based on the content of the fragment and/or the context of the fragment within a set of documents, selectively encrypting the fragment to prevent unauthorized access, and providing an alternative view of the fragment that prevents viewing and access of content corresponding to the fragment unless a decryption password is provided. Automatically detecting the fragment may include detecting numbers and alphanumeric sequences of sufficient length that do not represent commonly known abbreviations, detecting generic terms, detecting proper names, detecting terms signifying a type of content, detecting mutual location of terms and sensitive content, and/or detecting user defined terms. The generic terms may correspond to password, passcode, credentials, user name, account, ID, login, confidential, and/or sensitive. The proper names may be names of financial organizations and security organizations.
US11704414B2
A method for managing vulnerability data may include: (1) ingesting, by a data ingestion engine, vulnerability data from a plurality of sources; (2) normalizing, by a data normalizer module, the vulnerability data into a plurality of data records; (3) generating, by a data processing module, a dynamic risk score for each data record; (4) storing, by a risk record register, a risk record for each data record, wherein the risk record may include the dynamic risk score, a priority level, an identifier for a software application, and a software dependency; (5) selecting, by a control policy selection engine, a control policy based on one of the dynamic risk scores; (6) implementing, by the risk record register, the selected control policy; (7) monitoring, by the risk record register, implementation of the control policy; and (8) updating, by the risk record register, the control policy selection engine based on the monitoring.
US11704410B2
A system for detecting malicious software, comprising at least one hardware processor adapted to: execute a tested software object in a plurality of computing environments each configured according to a different hardware and software configuration; monitor a plurality of computer actions performed in each of the plurality of computing environments when executing the tested software object; identify at least one difference between the plurality of computer actions performed in a first of the plurality of computing environments and the plurality of computer actions performed in a second of the plurality of computing environments; and instruct a presentation of an indication of the identified at least one difference on a hardware presentation unit.
US11704402B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein that may implement an information handling system including a gateway and a peripheral device monitor. The gateway may interface peripheral devices and control access of host resources of the information handling system by any of the peripheral devices. The peripheral device monitor may detect connection of an unverified peripheral device to the gateway, perform a trust verification process with the unverified peripheral device, control the gateway to enable access of the host resources by the unverified peripheral device when the unverified peripheral device becomes verified, and control the gateway to prevent access to the host resources by the unverified peripheral device when the unverified peripheral device fails the trust verification process. The trust verification process may include validating a device certificate and verifying a digest of boot code of the peripheral device. The peripheral device monitor may perform a verification failure procedure when the unverified peripheral device fails the trust verification process.
US11704401B2
The disclosure relates to an authentication approach to grant access to a secure service on an electronic device. The authentication approach includes receiving, via an electronic device, a request to access the secure service. The authentication approach includes determining whether the electronic device is positioned at a location that corresponds to a virtual authentication lock. The authentication approach includes displaying, in response to determining the device is positioned at the location that corresponds to the virtual authentication lock, the virtual authentication lock on a display of the electronic device. The authentication approach includes receiving one or more interactions with the virtual authentication lock. The authentication approach includes determining whether the one or more interactions correspond to one or more authentication interactions related to the virtual authentication lock and granting, in response to the one or more interactions corresponding to the one or more authentication interactions, access to the secure service.
US11704397B2
In order to detect a replay attack in a speaker recognition system, at least one feature is identified in a detected magnetic field. It is then determined whether the at least one identified feature of the detected magnetic field is indicative of playback of speech through a loudspeaker. If so, it is determined that a replay attack may have taken place.
US11704396B2
According to certain embodiments, a vehicle electronic device comprises a transceiver configured to communicate with a mobile device; and at least one processor configured to generate first authentication information, control the transceiver to transmit the first authentication information to a registered mobile device, control the transceiver to send a request for authentication to the mobile device via a first communication connection, and perform authentication based on whether or not the processor receives second authentication information from the mobile device that corresponds to the first authentication information, wherein the first communication connection directly communicates with the mobile device.
US11704395B2
A method for performing data decryption upon data to be displayed on an augmented reality display device is provided. The method includes identifying a user of the augmented reality display device; obtaining access rights information that relates to the user; receiving a set of encrypted information; using the obtained access rights information to determine whether the user is authorized to access the encrypted information; when the user is so authorized, accessing a decryption key that is associated with the encrypted information; decrypting at least a portion of the encrypted information by using the decryption key; and displaying the decrypted portion of the encrypted information on the augmented reality display device.
US11704389B2
The apparatus disclosed herein, in various aspects, includes a digital asset, and an amulet that comprises an encrypted self-validating string. The amulet may be external to the digital asset. The apparatus may include a manager that cooperates securely with the digital asset and cooperates securely with the amulet to control access to the digital asset as specified by the amulet. In some aspects, the manager cooperates with the digital asset and with the amulet, at least in part, through shared memory in process space. In other aspects, the manager cooperates with the digital asset and with the amulet, at least in part, through a RAM drive in memory, the RAM drive at least partially hidden from an operating system of the computer. In yet other aspects, the manager cooperates with the digital asset and with the amulet, at least in part, through a virtual machine accessible only by said apparatus. The amulet, the manager, and the digital asset are either operably receivable by a computer or are operably received by the computer, in various aspects. Related methods and compositions of matter are also disclosed.
US11704371B1
A data processing system implements receiving a request for user-centric topic recommendations from a computing device of a user in response to a user input in an application indicating that the user is attempting to assign a tag to a first content item in the application; obtaining a first set of user-centric topic recommendations from a first topic datastore based on a relevance ranking assigned to each of the topic recommendations; providing the first set of user-centric topic recommendations to the computing device; causing the computing device to display the first set of user-centric topic recommendations; receiving one or more second requests for user-centric topic recommendations; obtaining one or more second sets of user-centric topic recommendations from the first topic datastore based on the query string and the relevance ranking; and causing the computing device of the user to display the one or more second sets of user-centric topic recommendations.
US11704366B2
A data processing system performs data processing of raw or preprocessed data. In some embodiments, the data processing system includes a connectivity overlay engine comprising a data ingester, a connectivity generator, an event access control system, and a feature vector generation framework.
US11704362B2
A process mining system performs process mining using visual logs generated from video streams of worker devices. Specifically, for a given worker device, the process mining system obtains a series of images capturing a screen of a worker device while the worker device processes one or more tasks related to an operation process. The process mining system determines activity labels for a plurality of images. An activity label for an image may indicate an activity performed on the worker device when the image was captured. The activity label is determined by extracting information from pixels of the image and inferring the activity of the worker device from the extracted information. The process mining system generates event logs from the visual logs of worker devices and uses the event logs for process mining.
US11704361B2
A method, apparatus and storage medium for implementing a discrete frame-based scene section are disclosed. The method comprises: obtaining at least one first tag for mapping a discrete frame to a scene section; for any second tag in the at least one first tag, performing polling query on to-be-processed first discrete frames respectively to determine whether there is a second discrete frame matched with the second tag in the first discrete frames; if there is the second discrete frame, marking the second discrete frame with the second tag corresponding to a scene section; if the polling query corresponding to the second tag ends, storing start frame timestamp information and end frame timestamp information of the scene section.
US11704351B1
In one example, a system can receive a set of text samples and generate a set of summaries based on the set of text samples. The system can then generate a training dataset by iteratively executing a training-sample generation process. Each iteration can involve selecting multiple text samples from the set of text samples, combining the multiple text samples together into a training sample, determining a text category and a summary corresponding to a selected one of the multiple text samples, and including the text category and the summary in the training sample. After generating the training dataset, the system can use it to train a model. The trained model can then receive a target textual dataset and a target category as input, identify a portion of the target textual dataset corresponding to the target category, and generate a summarization of the portion of that target textual dataset.
US11704350B2
A system and method for extracting search terms for corresponding data elements from a natural language document identifies meaningful words within the context; identifies and structures the keywords; expounds on the keywords to optimize the search results; and captures the most relevant data elements from the corresponding database. Predetermined demographic characteristics and short (one- or two-word) search phrases that capture descriptors of behavioral characteristics are structured in the process. The result of the completed process yields a parameter set naming demographic and behavioral characteristics along with a structure that is optimized for search within a database comprising a large number of data elements.
US11704345B2
A system and method are provided for inferring location attributes from data entries. The method comprises for data entries in a structured data set format, a computer system selecting a sample of rows. The computer system then identifies columns containing geospatial and temporal information based on the column headings. The computer system next identifies location information within the structured data set. The computer system determines implied location information based on the identified location information. The computer system derives location values based on the identified and implied location information using consolidation rules, resulting in a final set of location attributes for the data entries. The computer system then associates the final set of location attributes with the data entries.
US11704344B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product determine weather-related information for a respective tile associated with a geographical region. In the context of a method, at least one of weather data or radar data is received and caused to be stored in a data structure. For a respective tile, the method retrieves the at least one of the weather data or radar data from the data structure. The respective tile is one of a plurality of tiles. Each tile is associated with a respective geographical region. The method also determines weather-related information for the respective tile based upon the at least one of the weather data or radar data that was retrieved from the data structure.
US11704342B2
Computer-implemented systems and methods for efficiently searching large data volumes for one or more items with a definable degree of similarity. The systems and methods may include functionality directed to selecting at least one token from the one or more tokens in a target item, the token including an identifiable character string defining, fully or partially, at least one of a name, an address, an entity or other identifier associated with the target item; extracting a character from the identifiable character string after the character string is standardized to a known common version of the character string; responsive to a character distribution lookup, determining that the extracted character corresponds to a first shard from among a plurality of discrete shards; and grouping the item into the first shard, the character distribution lookup being adjustable overtime to provide for a balanced distribution of items across the plurality of discrete shards.
US11704341B2
Systems and methods for search result replication in a search head cluster of a data aggregation and analysis system. An example method may comprise maintaining a replication count in a data store associated with at least one of the plurality of search heads, the replication count corresponding to how many of the replicas of the search result are stored in the search head cluster, determining that the replication count is greater than a target replication count, based on determining that the replication count is greater than the target replication count, initiating a deletion of at least one replica of the replicas of the search result from a target search head of the plurality of search heads storing the replicas, receiving an indication that the deletion is complete, and based on receiving the indication that the deletion is complete, decreasing the replication count corresponding to the search result.
US11704338B1
Various embodiments provide for replicating a share across deployments of a data platform, where the share can be on a source deployment and the share can be replicated on one or more target deployments, and where the share is replicated with one or more database objects of the source deployment associated with the share. Some embodiments analyze the share to be replicated and, based on the analysis, determine one or more database objects that would be replicated to the one or more target deployments to enable a replica of the share on the one or more target deployments.
US11704332B2
Systems and methods for configuring system memory for extraction of latent information from big data
A system for extracting latent information from data includes obtaining or generating components of the data, where the data components include scores indicating how the component relates to the data. Memory is allocated for the components and the components are stored in the allocated memory. The components are then transformed into documents using a suitable transformation function, and the documents are analyzed using natural language processing, to extract latent information contained in the data.
US11704329B2
Systems and methods for receiving information associated with posts to a social network are described. Posts may be associated with a location. Symbols, portions or posts, or multiple symbols may be shown on a client device in an area of a map indicating a location associated with a post. Posts may be represented by symbols, which may include shapes, and such shapes may include emojis. An amount of symbols, posts, or portions of posts displayed on a client device may be determined at least in part by an area of a map displayed on a client device.
US11704324B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are provided for making sequential recommendations using transition regularized non-negative matrix factorization. A non-application specific collaborative filtering based personalized recommender system can recommend a next logical item from a series of related items to a user. The recommender system can recommend a next desirable or series of next desirable new items to the user based on the historical sequence of all user-item preferences and a user's most recent interaction with an item. An asymmetric item-to-item transition matrix can capture aggregate sequential user-item interactions to design a loss function for matrix factorization that incorporates the transition information during decomposition into low-rank factor matrices.
US11704322B2
Systems and methods for rapid importation of data including temporally tracked object recognition. One of the methods includes receiving datasets each indicating information associated with one or more objects. Information indicating unique identifying information associated with the objects is accessed, and an updated dataset joining information from datasets that is associated with each object is generated. The updated dataset is maintained to include most recent versions of each of the datasets, with one or more datasets being replaced with more recent versions, and with one or more other datasets being propagated to be the most recent versions. Queries received from clients are responded to, with the queries indicating requests for specific information related to objects.
US11704316B2
The present invention is generally directed to systems and methods of determining and provisioning peak memory requirements in Structured Query Language Processing engines. More specifically, methods may include determining or obtaining a query execution plan; gathering statistics associated with each database table; breaking the query execution plan into one or more subtasks: calculating an estimated memory usage for each subtask using the statistics; determining or obtaining a dependency graph of the one or more subtasks; based at least in part on the dependency graph, determining which subtasks can execute concurrently on a single worker node; and totaling the amount of estimated memory for each subtask that can execute concurrently on a single worker node and setting this amount of estimated memory as the estimated peak memory requirement for the specefic database query.
US11704310B2
The present invention discloses numerous implementations of system and method which receives a user request and, using methods of natural language processing including part of speech tagging, analyses the user request to generate a query to a database of information. Based on the machine understanding, the system presents an interactive representation of the uttered request back to the user. This provides context to the user, which explains the machine understanding of the request and acts as an interface to iteratively refine or adjust the machine understanding by altering specific elements of the uttered language. The methods of altering specific elements of the uttered language may vary depending on the element and a variety of user selectable interfaces may be used to display one or more queried elements along with alternative elements pertaining to the queried element. The user could select an alternative element and change the database query.
US11704309B2
The disclosed technologies are capable of selectively using data structure operations for path query evaluation. One technique involves reading a query that traverses at least two nodes and at least one edge of a graph in a graph database; compiling the query into a set of variables and a set of constraints, where the set of variables and the set of constraints correspond to the two nodes and the one edge of the graph; creating an in-memory data structure that comprises a table; using the set of variables and the set of constraints to determine an operation that is performable using the in-memory data structure; checking for an existence of a condition relating to the in-memory data structure or the operation; skipping the operation if the condition exists or executing the operation if the condition does not exist; and storing a set of intermediate query results in the table.
US11704306B2
A restricted view definition is received by a database system. The restricted view definition defines a view over a database table with one or more restrictions on use of the view. The view over the database table is generated based on the restricted view definition. A query directed at the view is received by the database system. The database system determines whether the query directed at the view is permitted based on the one or more restrictions on the use of the view.
US11704303B2
Transaction executions/commits in a blockchain network need to be fast, robust and secure and thus calls for minimal latency in transaction commits. In an execute-order-commit blockchain network, latency is high due to smart contracts been executed at every endorsing node of the blockchain network. A method and system for processing transactions in the blockchain network is disclosed. The system discloses a veriblock architecture, which enables processing a transaction request by executing an associated smart contract along with a proof of correctness of execution of smart contract using only one endorser. Further, enables verifying the smart contract by multiple endorsers. The smart contract associated with the proof, referred herein as a vericontract, is executed to generate an output and the proof using one of a) Verifiable Computing (VC) approach, b) a TEE approach and c) a hybrid approach (combination of VC and TEE).
US11704287B2
An interface server (e.g., Web Application Open Platform Interface (WOPI) server) is communicatively connected to an information management (IM) server and to an online application server which acts as a client of the interface server. When a user wishes to open, create, or edit a document in an online application hosted by the online application server, the interface server is called, instead of the IM server which manages the document at the backend of an enterprise computing network. The interface server is configured for obtaining a working copy of the document from the IM server and providing the working copy to the client. The client provides the working copy to the online application for display on the user device. When the work is done, the working copy is sync'd back through the interface server to the IM server as a new draft and deleted by the interface server.
US11704286B2
Certain implementations of the disclosed technology may include methods and computing systems for performing high-density data compression, particularly on numerical data that demonstrates various patterns, and patterns of patters. According to an example implementation, a method is provided. The method may include extracting a data sample from a data set, compressing the data sample using a first compression filter configuration, and calculating a compression ratio associated with the first compression filter configuration. The method may also include compressing the data sample using a second compression filter configuration and calculating a compression ratio associated with the second compression filter configuration. A particular compression filter configuration to utilize in compressing the entire data set may be selected based on a comparison of the compression ratio associated with the first compression filter configuration and a compression ratio associated with the second compression filter configuration.
US11704282B2
A method at an electronic device having a display, the method including displaying a user interface on the display, wherein the user interface includes at least one folder icon for a folder, the folder including at least two applications; determining that at least two applications in the folder have at least one notification and at least one application in the folder has more than one notification; and appending, to the folder icon, a badge having a number, wherein the number represents a number of applications in the folder having notifications.
US11704278B2
Intelligent management of stub files in hierarchical storage is provided by: in response to identifying a file to migrate from a file system to offline storage, providing metadata for the file to a machine learning engine; receiving a stub profile for the file from the machine learning engine that indicates an offset from a beginning of the file and a length from the offset for previewing the file; and migrating the portion of the file from the file system to an offline storage based on the stub profile. In some embodiments this further comprises: monitoring file system operations; in response to detecting a read operation of the portion of the file: determining a file type; providing file data to the machine learning engine; and performing a supervised learning operation based on the file type and the file data to update the machine learning engine.
US11704277B2
Systems and methods for efficiently routing qubits in a quantum computing system include selecting bubble nodes and routing qubits to the bubble nodes. The systems and methods further include dividing a system of nodes into regions and selecting a bubble node for each region. The systems and methods further include using super bubble nodes with reliable links connected to other super bubble nodes and bubble nodes to improve cross-region operations.
US11704272B2
A method for operating a transfer device for a differential bus system, including a first bus connection and a second bus connection for connecting to a transfer medium of the differential bus system. The method includes: ascertaining a first variable that characterizes a voltage associated with a first bus line of the bus system, ascertaining a second variable that characterizes a voltage associated with a second bus line of the bus system, ascertaining a third variable that characterizes a sum of the first variable and the second variable for a first bus state, ascertaining a fourth variable that characterizes a sum of the first variable and the second variable for a second bus state, the second bus state being different from the first bus state.
US11704270B2
A network comprising interconnected first and second processors, each processor comprising one or more of: multiple processing units arranged on a chip configured to execute program code; an on-chip interconnect comprising groups of exchange paths connected to receive data from corresponding groups of the processing units; external interfaces configured to communicate data off-chip as packets, each having a destination address, external interfaces of the first and second processors being connected by an external link; multiple exchange blocks, each connected to groups of the exchange paths; a routing bus configured to route packets between the exchange blocks and the external interfaces. Processing units of the first processor generate off-chip packets such that the group of processing units serviced by the first exchange block on the first processor address off-chip packets to the group of processing units on the second processor serviced by the corresponding first exchange block of the second processor.
US11704259B2
A method for transferring packets of a communication protocol via a memory-based interface between two processing units. The method includes providing, in each of the processing units, a send area including a read index section, a write index section, and a send buffer, and a receive area including a read index section, a write index section and a receive buffer. Each processing unit repeats as sending steps: reading a read index from the receive area; writing at least one send packet into the send buffer (from a starting write address to an ending write address, the ending write address maximally corresponding to a buffer address assigned to the read read index, and writing a changed write index into the send area.
US11704243B2
A method of labeling logic number units in a storage system results in the use of the same label for related LUNs in different storage arrays. A first storage array includes a first source logical unit number LUN, the second storage array includes a first target LUN, and the first source LUN and the first target LUN are a pair of active-active LUNs. The first storage array sends an assignable-address set of selectable labels for the first source LUN to the address assignment apparatus. The second storage array sends an assignable-address set of selectable labels for the first target LUN to the address assignment apparatus. The address assignment apparatus selects a label that is in both assignable-address sets of the first source LUN and first target LUN, and assign that selected label to both LUNs. Thereafter, the address assignment apparatus sends the selected label to the first storage array and the second storage array for identifying both the first source LUN and the first target LUN.
US11704240B2
A garbage data scrubbing method includes obtaining an input/output (IO) busy/idle status of a terminal at a current moment, where the IO busy/idle status includes a busy state and an idle state. When the IO busy/idle status of the terminal at the current moment is the idle state, a discard message is delivered to a storage device, where the discard message includes an initial address and a size of to-be-scrubbed physical space in the storage device, and where the discard message is used to unbind a mapping relationship between a physical address of the to-be-scrubbed physical space and a corresponding logical address.
US11704237B1
This disclosure provides for improvements in managing multi-drive, multi-die or multi-plane NAND flash memory. In one embodiment, the host directly assigns physical addresses and performs logical-to-physical address translation in a manner that reduces or eliminates the need for a memory controller to handle these functions, and initiates functions such as wear leveling in a manner that avoids competition with host data accesses. A memory controller optionally educates the host on array composition, capabilities and addressing restrictions. Host software can therefore interleave write and read requests across dies in a manner unencumbered by memory controller address translation. For multi-plane designs, the host writes related data in a manner consistent with multi-plane device addressing limitations. The host is therefore able to “plan ahead” in a manner supporting host issuance of true multi-plane read commands.
US11704235B2
A memory system of an embodiment includes a nonvolatile memory, a primary cache memory, a secondary cache memory, and a processor. The processor performs address conversion by using logical-to-physical address conversion information relating to data to be addressed in the nonvolatile memory. Based on whether first processing is performed on the nonvolatile memory or second processing is performed on the nonvolatile memory, the processor controls to store whether the logical-to-physical address conversion information relating to the first processing to be in the primary cache memory as cache data or logical-to-physical address conversion information relating to the second processing to be in the secondary cache memory as cache data.
US11704234B2
The present invention provides a method for accessing a flash memory module is disclosed, wherein the flash memory module includes at least one flash memory chip, each flash memory chip includes a plurality of block, each block is implemented by a plurality of word lines, each word line corresponds to K pages, and each word line includes a plurality of memory cells supporting a plurality of states, and the method includes the steps of: receiving data from a host device; generating dummy data; and writing the data with the dummy data to a plurality of specific blocks, wherein for each of a portion of the word lines of the specific blocks, the dummy data is written into at least one of the K pages, and the data from the host device is written into the other page(s) of the K pages.
US11704220B2
An overall performance metric of a computer system may be determined for each bin of the set of analysis bins. In case one or more bins of the set of analysis bins do not have at least a predefined minimum number of records, a new set of analysis bins may be redefined by joining analysis bins of the set of analysis bins. For each bin of the redefined set of bins a machine learning (ML) performance metric of the ML model may be computed. The ML performance metric may be estimated for the set of analysis bins using the ML performance metrics of the redefined bins. The computer system may be configured based on a correlation over the set of analysis bins between the computed overall performance metric and the ML performance metric.
US11704219B1
Systems and methods for performance monitoring of distributed ledger nodes by data intake and query systems. An example method includes: receiving, by an application performance monitoring engine, from a distributed ledger node, values of a plurality of metrics reflecting operational parameters of one or more tasks performed by the distributed ledger node; determining, by analyzing a data set comprising the values of the plurality of metrics, a value of a performance parameter of the distributed ledger node; and generating an alert responsive to determining that the value of the performance parameter satisfies an alert triggering condition.
US11704210B2
A memory sub-system having non-volatile media on which multiple namespaces are allocated. A command from a host system has an identification of a namespace and at least one error recovery parameter. A controller of the memory sub-system configures the namespace on the non-volatile media according to the at least one error recovery parameter, stores the at least one error recovery parameter in association with the namespace, and controls error recovery operations for data access in the namespace in accordance with the at least one error recovery parameter stored in association with the namespace.
US11704209B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for using a track format code in a cache control block for a track in a cache to process read and write requests to the track in the cache. A track format table associates track format codes with track format metadata. A determination is made as to whether the track format table has track format metadata matching track format metadata of a track staged into the cache. A determination is made as to whether a track format code from the track format table for the track format metadata in the track format table matches the track format metadata of the track staged. A cache control block for the track being added to the cache is generated including the determined track format code when the track format table has the matching track format metadata.
US11704199B1
This disclosure provides methods and techniques of data replication involving cross replication group (RG) references. The present disclosure avoids automatic replication failing when an entity in an RG refers to another entity external to the RG. The entity to be replicated within the RG is referred to as the “referring entity,” and the entity as the dangling reference is referred to as the “referred entity.” Although the referring and referred entities are not replicated together in a replication operation, the referred entity may have already been replicated to the target account in another replication operation on a different replication group. In such cases, the data replication procedure may, according to aspects of the present disclosure, check if the referred entity has already been replicated, and if so, proceed to replicate the referring entity without fail, and link the referring and referred entities to enable normal functioning of the referring entity.
US11704196B2
A method includes receiving, by a memory sub-system, host data to be written to a plurality of blocks of a memory device associated with a memory sub-system, where each of the plurality of blocks are coupled to one of a plurality of word lines of the memory device. The method can further include generating parity data for each word line of the block; dividing the parity data into one of either a first word line parity set or a second word line parity set; generating a reduced parity data set with exclusive or parity values for the first word line parity set and for the second word line parity set; and writing the reduced parity data set in the memory sub-system.
US11704192B2
A storage system has zones in solid-state storage memory, with power loss protection. The system identifies portions of data for processes that utilize power loss protection. The system determines to activate or deactivate power loss protection for the portions of data for the processes. The system tracks activation and deactivation of power loss protection in zones in the solid-state storage memory, in accordance with the portions of data having power loss protection activated or deactivated.
US11704191B2
A computer system is provided. The computer system includes a memory, a network interface, and at least one processor configured to monitor a user interface comprising a plurality of user interface elements; detect at least one changed element within the plurality of user interface elements; classify, in response to detecting the at least one changed element, the at least one changed element as either indicating or not indicating an error; generate, in response to classifying the at least one changed element as indicating an error, an error signature that identifies the at least one changed element; identify, using the error signature, a remediation for the error; and provide the remediation in association with the at least one changed element.
US11704181B2
Apparatus and method for scalable error reporting. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises error detection circuitry to detect an error in a component of a first tile within a tile-based hierarchy of a processing device; error classification circuitry to classify the error and record first error data based on the classification; a first tile interface to combine the first error data with second error data received from one or more other components associated with the first tile to generate first accumulated error data; and a master tile interface to combine the first accumulated error data with second accumulated error data received from at least one other tile interface to generate second accumulated error data and to provide the second accumulated error data to a host executing an application to process the second accumulated error data.
US11704168B2
Templates for mapping data events to API calls is leveraged in a digital medium environment. For instance, to enable communication between an event-driven architecture (EDA) system and an application programming interface (API) system, the described techniques utilize templates that enable EDA events to be mapped to API communications and API communications to be mapped to EDA events.
US11704161B2
A first set of requirements of a first set of computing tasks for computing resources in a computing system is acquired respectively. Based on a determination that the requirement of a computing task in the first set of computing tasks for a computing resource satisfies a resource threshold condition, the computing task is divided into a plurality of sub-tasks. The resource threshold condition describes the threshold of a computing resource provided by a computing device in a plurality of computing devices in the computing system. A merging task for merging a plurality of sub-results of the plurality of sub-tasks into a result of the computing task is generated. Based on other computing tasks than the computing task in the set of computing tasks, the plurality of sub-tasks, and the merging task, a second set of computing tasks of the computing job is determined so as to process the computing job.
US11704137B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for validating loading of complete electronic form on a user interface of an electronic device. When the electronic form is displayed on the user interface, a server obtains current pixel data from the electronic device. The server then compares the current pixel data with prior pixel data determined from a pixel map. The pixel map is associated with the electronic form and the electronic device. When the current pixel data does not match with the prior pixel data, the server concludes that the electronic form is not fully displayed on the user interface. The server then executes a protocol for display of complete electronic form on the user interface.
US11704129B2
A computerized method includes analyzing program code, including a control flow graph, of one or more applications that are executable by an operating system of a computing device to determine event-logging functions of the program code that generate event logs; extracting, by the processing device based on the event-logging functions, log message strings from the program code that describes event-logging statements; identifying, by the processing device, via control flow analysis, possible control flow paths of the log message strings through the control flow graph; storing, in a database accessible by the processing device, the possible control flow paths; and inputting, by the processing device into a log parser, the possible control flow paths of the log message strings to facilitate interpretation of application events during runtime execution of the one or more applications.
US11704127B2
A data processing system includes processing circuitry for executing context-data-dependent program instructions which are decoded by decoder circuitry. Such context-data-dependent program instructions perform processing which is dependent upon currently existing context data. As an example, the context-data-dependent program instructions may be floating point instructions and the context data may be rounding mode information. The decoder circuitry supports a context save instruction which saves context data when it is marked as having been used and saves default context data when the current context data is marked as not having been used. The decoder circuitry further supports a context restore instruction which restores context data when the current context data is marked as having been used and permits the current context data to continue for future use when it is marked as currently unused.
US11704118B2
A method analyzes applications for modernization. Processor units analyze each application in the applications in isolation from other applications to identify issues in code for the applications and a number of common code components. The processor units create a directed graph structure using the issues identified in the applications and the number of common code components. The directed graph structure includes relationships between the applications, the number of common code components, and the issues identified. The processor units determine a common code component modernization cost for the number of common code components using the directed graph structure. The processor units determine an application modernization cost for a set of the applications using the directed graph structure. The application modernization cost for the set of the applications takes into account the common code component cost for modernizing the number of common code components a single time.
US11704116B2
A method, system, and software for adding to, extending or otherwise modifying a pre-existing computer program, written in a scripting language, with a new source code, written in a scripting language, without the need to sham underlying source code of the pre-existing computer program or the newly modified source code.
US11704115B2
In certain embodiments, a software pipeline (“pipeline”) is configured by the use of gates for progressing an application from one stage to another (e.g., from a development stage to a production stage). A configuration file having a set of attribute values that is descriptive of an application, and a gate mapping file having information associated with the gates to be invoked for different combinations of attribute values are obtained. The configuration file is processed using the gate mapping file to determine a set of gates to be invoked for progressing the application in the pipeline based on the attribute values of the application. The set of gates are invoked to cause a corresponding set of software routines to be executed for progressing the application.
US11704112B2
A method and system for reconciliation of a set of K8s resource/objects includes a Graph Dependency (GD) API enabling a Developer to define a dependency graph between K8s resource/objects of the set. Interfacing with the API Server in a K8s system, the GD API monitors events on the K8s resource/objects of the set, and upon occurrence of an event on an affected K8s resource/object, triggers reconciliation of the set as determined necessary based on the matching of versioning level of the affected K8s resource/object, with the versioning level of the parent recorded in children of the affected K8s resource/object, from immediate children to leaf children in the dependency graph.
US11704110B2
A uniform and unified firmware in-field upgrade capability for the optics modules may ensure compatibility, security and code quality, and scalability. In some examples, an intermediate representation, which includes vendor firmware upgrade operations and control logic, may be defined, received, and parsed. Read/write operations may be communicated to optical module(s) based on the control logic. In some examples, a unified optics module firmware in-field upgrade framework, which has multiple defined software layers, may ensure a uniform and unified approach to managing optics module(s) from different vendors and used by different projects. The software layers that may properly translate optics module read/write operations, abstract and make uniform the read/write operations, provide libraries of intermediate representations, package the intermediate representations into executables/scripts, monitor optics module status, determine when a new firmware is released, and gradually upgrade the optics module firmware.
US11704109B2
Techniques for updating the firmware of a second cooking apparatus under the control of a first cooking apparatus controlling recipe execution by the first and second cooking apparatuses in a joint cooking process. The first cooking apparatus queries an update server to check if the current firmware version of the second cooking apparatus corresponds to the latest available firmware version for providing a particular cooking function. If the latest firmware version differs from the current firmware version, the latest firmware version is downloaded to the first cooking apparatus. The downloaded latest firmware version is uploaded to the second cooking apparatus while preventing interruption of the joint cooking process. Completion of the firmware update is registered by the first cooking apparatus after receipt of a confirmation from the second cooking apparatus. The first cooking apparatus the sends the recipe instructions for performing the particular cooking function to the second cooking apparatus.
US11704108B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide computer-implemented methods, computer program products and computer systems. Embodiments of the present invention can, in response to receiving a request to perform an update, identify priorities of pending activities. Embodiments of the present invention can then determine a downtime duration associated with the update. Embodiments of the present invention can then determine an optimal time to perform the update based, at least in part, on the determined downtime duration and the pending activities.
US11704107B2
An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a transport, over an open wireless network an encrypted software update and receiving, by the transport, over a closed wireless network a one-time key to decrypt the encrypted software update, wherein the one-time key is received while the transport is in motion and about to perform an action related to the software update.
US11704101B2
The present disclosure provides computer-executable tools which, implemented in a programming language library, may enable source code written using the library to be compiled to object code instrumented for function-level dynamic analysis of memory allocation functions. By tracking heap reads and writes of each target function, symbols may be mapped to memory addresses allocated therefor, and values of input arguments of functions may be mapped to values of output returns. Based on this information, pure functions which embody redundant computations across multiple executions thereof may be identified, while non-pure functions may be screened out. Among pure functions, candidate functions which are executed having the same arguments and returns across multiple executions thereof may be identified, and these functions may be re-compiled to generate object code wherein redundant subsequent executions are avoided, and return values from a first execution thereof are reused across subsequent executions, reducing computational cost.
US11704100B2
Embodiments described herein provide techniques for in-line compiling of UDFs in other programming languages. These techniques enable faster programming iterations because it allows users to compile directly in the cloud processing system. Moreover, it allows the UDFs to tie into existing libraries. The compiled results are treated as sensitive and handled with appropriate security policies, as with any other user data in the system.
US11704098B2
Systems, techniques, and user interfaces are disclosed for an object-centric builder software that can utilize an ontology to design, configure, and build a workflow application that also references the ontology to perform a workflow. The ontology may serve as a data model for stored data associated with the particular workflow. The builder software may leverage the ontology to obtain advance knowledge of the availability and structure of the stored data that will be accessible to the workflow application at run-time, in order to build a workflow application that is well-tailored for that particular workflow. This approach may also result in flexible workflow applications that are easily built and maintained.
US11704096B2
A code tracking system monitors usage of application code executed by one or more computing devices. Characteristics of the usage of the application code are determined. Using the characteristics of the usage of the application code, a modification to an entry of application code executed by the one or more computing devices is detected. The detected modification to the entry of application code is communicated to a code management system. The code management system presents the modification to the entry of the application code to a user of the code management system.
US11704095B2
Techniques for implementing a dynamic API bot for robotic process automation are disclosed. In some embodiments, a computer system performs operations comprising: providing a data file having a predefined template comprising dedicated fields for an identification of an API, a type of call method, metadata identifying one or more objects, and data of the object(s); providing a low-code no-code (LCNC) development platform configured to enable a user to develop a bot by dragging and dropping application components of the bot; receiving, via the LCNC development platform, a configuration of the bot comprising a configuration of the application components of the bot and an identification of the data file; and running the bot, the bot being configured to generate a request using the data file, converting the data of the object(s) into a payload in a format required by the API based on the data file.
US11704094B2
A system for verifying data integrity in a database may include accessing a first file with a management object. The management object corresponds to a set of database tables located in a database. The system loads a data extract file including the management object, the data extract file containing fields related to content associated with the management object. The system accesses a second file with a condition, the condition being indicative of the content associated with the management object. The system generates code to evaluate the management object in the data extract file. The system evaluates the content associated with the management object in the data extract file using the generated code. The system identifies an entry in the data extract file that does not meet the condition, the entry representative of content associated with the management object, and then presents the entry to a user.
US11704092B2
An apparatus includes a processing circuit and a storage device. The processing circuit is configured to perform one or more processing operations in response to one or more instructions to generate an anchored-data element. The storage device is configured to store the anchored-data element. A format of the anchored-data element includes an identification item, an overlap item, and a data item. The data item is configured to hold a data value of the anchored-data element. The identification item indicates an anchor value for the data value or one or more special values.
US11704089B2
A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a display unit for displaying a content image; a microphone for receiving voice commands from a user; a network interface unit for communicating with a natural language processing server and a search server; and a control unit for transmitting the received voice commands to the natural language processing server, receiving intention analysis result information indicating the user's intention corresponding to the voice commands from the natural language processing server, and performing a function of the display device according to the received intention analysis result information.
US11704082B2
An image forming system includes: an image forming apparatus having a priority paper feed source setting function and a print server that executes predetermined image processing, transmits image data after the image processing to the image forming apparatus, and causes the image forming apparatus to print an image based on the image data after the image processing. The print server (a) acquires a setting value of a priority paper feed source setting from the image forming apparatus, (b) specifies a print sheet orientation of a paper feed source designated as a priority paper feed source based on the acquired setting value, and (c) generates the image data after the image processing by matching an orientation of the image based on the image data after the image processing with an orientation corresponding to the specified print sheet orientation.
US11704071B1
A computer program product and a data storage device including first and second storage controllers operating in active-passive mode with a shared disk. Each storage controller includes a storage device storing program instructions and a processor to process the program instructions and perform various operations. The operations include receiving a task to be performed by the storage device containing the first and second storage controllers, wherein the first storage controller is currently operating as an active storage controller and the second storage controller is currently operating as a passive storage controller. The operations further include determining whether the received task has a high priority or a low priority, performing the received task in response to determining that the received task has a high priority, and delegating the received task to the second storage controller for performance in response to determining that the received task has a low priority.
US11704070B2
Apparatus and methods are disclosed, including providing available data operations for the storage system processor to a host processor, identifying data operations to be performed by the storage system processor, and assigning identified data operations to the storage system processor to reduce bus traffic between the host processor and the storage system processor, to improve host processor performance, and to reduce energy use by the host processor.
US11704069B2
According to one embodiment, a controller of a memory system reorders a plurality of first write commands in an order in which writing within a first zone is executed sequentially from a next write location within the first zone. The controller transfers a plurality of write data associated with the plurality of first write commands reordered from a write buffer of a host to an internal buffer in a same order as the order of the plurality of first write commands reordered, and writes the plurality of write data transferred to the internal buffer to a first storage region managed as the first zone.
US11704062B2
A method, apparatus, and system for processing Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) Input/Output (I/O) requests for a plurality of nodes in a cluster is disclosed. A file system request including a byte offset is received. Then, a Physical Extent (PE) row that matches the file system request and a RAID stripe within the identified PE row based on the byte offset is identified. Next, a plurality of RAID I/O requests to be routed to a physical disk is generated. Each of the plurality of the RAID I/O requests includes information associated with the PE and a type of operation. Thereafter, each of the RAID I/O requests is processed based on the information associated with the PE and the type of operation.
US11704060B2
A host command is received to configure a system to have a configuration designating a first interface standard at a first port for exposing a storage element and a second interface standard at a second port for exposing a persistent memory region (PMR). The storage element is implemented on a first memory device of the system and the PMR is implemented on a second memory device of the system. The second interface standard implements one or more alternate protocols supported by the first interface standard. The system is configured in accordance with the configuration.
US11704059B2
A multiple function storage device is disclosed. The multiple function storage device may include an enclosure, a storage device associated with the enclosure, and an bridging device associated with the enclosure. The storage device may include a connector to receive a first message using a first protocol originating at a host, a physical function (PF) and a virtual function (VF) exposed by the storage device via the connector, storage for data relating to the first message, and a controller to manage writing a write data to the storage and reading a read data from the storage. The bridging device may include an embedded network interface controller (eNIC) to receive a second message using a second protocol from the host, a write buffer to store the write data to be written to the storage device by the host, a read buffer to store the read data to be read from the storage device for the host, a bridge circuit to translate the second message using the second protocol into the first message using the first protocol, and a root port to identify the storage device and to transmit the first message to the VF. The bridging device may be configured to map the host to the VF.
US11704044B2
Modifying a clone image of a dataset, including: generating, based on metadata describing one or more updates to a dataset, a tracking copy of replica data on a target data repository; generating, after receiving an indication to begin accepting modifications to the tracking copy of the replica data, a cloned image of the dataset that is modifiable without modifying the tracking copy of the replica data; and responsive to a storage operation directed to the target data repository, modifying the cloned image of the dataset without modifying the tracking copy of the replica data.
US11704042B2
A reference snapshot selection technique is configured to select a reference snapshot resolution algorithm used to determine an appropriate reference snapshot that may be employed to perform incremental snapshot replication of workload data between primary and secondary sites in a data replication environment. A reference resolution procedure is configured to process a set of constraints from the data replication environment to dynamically select the reference snapshot resolution algorithm based on a figure of merit that satisfies administrative constraints to reduce or optimize resource utilization in the data replication environment.
US11704038B2
Improving performance of garbage collection (GC) processes in a deduplicated file system having a layered processing architecture that maintains a log structured file system storing data and metadata in an append-only log arranged as a monotonically increasing log data structure of a plurality of data blocks wherein a head of the log increases in chronological order and no allocated data block is overwritten. The storage layer reserves a set of data block IDs within the log specifically for the garbage collection process, and assigns data blocks from the reserved set to GC I/O processes requiring acknowledgment in a possible out-of-order manner relative to an order of data blocks in the log. It strictly imposes using in-order I/O acknowledgement for other non-GC processes using the storage layer, where these processes may be deduplication backup processes using a segment store layer at the same protocol level as the GC layer.
US11704034B2
Techniques are used for balancing load on a storage system according to multiple variables. The techniques may be used to provide, among other things, defining, across at least two variables, a balance constraint for a load on a storage system. Among a set of transfers of volumes from one node to another node in the storage system, a transfer of a volume that minimizes the distance between the load and an ideal balanced state of the storage system is identified. The identified transfer of a volume is added to a combination of transfers of volumes. Whether the combination of transfers of volumes meets the balance constraint is determined. If the combination meets the balance constraint, the combination is selected as a solution to balance the load.
US11704031B2
A system-on-chip is connected to a first memory device and a second memory device. The system-on-chip comprises a memory controller configured to control an interleaving access operation on the first and second memory devices. A modem processor is configured to provide an address for accessing the first or second memory devices. A linear address remapping logic is configured to remap an address received from the modem processor and to provide the remapped address to the memory controller. The memory controller performs a linear access operation on the first or second memory device in response to receiving the remapped address.
US11704026B2
Disclosed is a data reconstruction method and apparatus, and an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method comprises: obtaining attribute information for a plurality of to-be-reconstructed data items; wherein the attribute information of any of the to-be-reconstructed data items is information recorded before the to-be-reconstructed data item is lost; determining, according to the attribute information for the plurality of to-be-reconstructed data items, a reconstruction order for the plurality of to-be-reconstructed data items in a preset target sorting manner; wherein, the target sorting manner relates to the attribute information, and in the target sorting manner, a data item of greater importance has a higher priority in reconstruction. Recovery rate of important data is increased.
US11704025B2
Several embodiments of memory devices and systems having a variable logical memory capacity are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a memory device can include a plurality of memory regions that collectively define a physical memory capacity and a controller operably coupled to the plurality of memory regions. The controller is configured to advertise a first logical memory capacity to a host device, determine that at least one of the memory regions is at or near end of life, and in response to the determination—send a notification to the host device that a logical memory capacity of the memory device will be reduced and then retire the at least one of the memory regions.
US11704019B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory and a controller which controls the nonvolatile memory. The controller notifies to an outside an extensive signal which indicates a predetermined state of the nonvolatile memory or the controller.
US11704017B2
The present invention relates to systems and methods for providing customized keyboards for receiving user inputs, and view regions for displaying information for users in useful arrangements. Such keyboards include keys that are pre-programmed to reflect the issues present in each trading pane of the view regions. Using such keys, a user may direct the trading application to quickly and efficiently switch between multiple issues, and place, manipulate or cancel orders on them. The keyboard may also be designed such that multiple keys may be disabled, replaced or mapped to perform different functions.
US11704016B2
In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for multiple device interaction includes detecting an orientation of a first device relative to a second device. The method also includes detecting a first gesture performed with either the first device or the second device, wherein the first gesture causes a first action that is based at least in part on the orientation of the first device relative to the second device.
US11704009B2
A computing system and method that can be used for a video conferencing system including a graphical user interface having a virtual whiteboard user interface that is responsive to inputs from multiple attendees of a video conference. In particular, the state of an application tool such as a camera, visual note indicator, web link, pen/pencil tool, highlighter tool, or other application tool executing or otherwise represented within the multi-user interaction whiteboard can respond and change in real-time as multiple attendees of the video conference interact with the virtual whiteboard user interface. The systems and methods of the present disclosure allow for a multi-user interaction whiteboard to offer various tools for the video conferencing system to facilitate interactions by multiple attendees within the graphical user interface.
US11704006B1
A method for rendering context based information on a user interface includes receiving a user request to extract the context based information from a database. The database includes a plurality of documents and the request includes at least one search criteria required to determine a context of the user request. The method includes generating a list of documents corresponding to the context of the user request and rendering on a viewing portion of the user interface the list of documents corresponding to the context of the user request.
US11704001B2
A method for displaying a web page content includes: acquiring a selection signal corresponding to a first web page address among at least one web page address displayed on a first user interface; obtaining summary information of a first web page corresponding to the first web page address, according to the first web page address; and displaying the summary information of the first web page.
US11703993B2
A viewing angle switching method is provided. The viewing angle switching method includes: displaying a first user interface, the first user interface including an environment picture and a viewing angle switching region, the environment picture including a three-dimensional virtual environment observed from a first viewing angle direction by a virtual object, and the viewing angle switching region including a viewing angle jumping element used for viewing angle jumping; receiving a viewing angle jumping signal triggered on a target viewing angle jumping element, the at least one viewing angle jumping element including the target viewing angle jumping element; determining a second viewing angle direction corresponding to the target viewing angle jumping element; and displaying a second user interface, the second user interface including the environment picture of the three-dimensional virtual environment observed from the second viewing angle direction by the virtual object.
US11703989B1
Systems and methods for providing a cropped application window of an application window. The systems include a window cropping application that performs a method that allows a user to crop just the portion of an application window the user is interested in (e.g., play controls for a music app, chat window in a gaming app) and place it in an area of the display with enduring visibility or accessibility (e.g., widget dashboard, desktop). The present technology may also be used for web pages (e.g., tutorial articles, reference images), document pages (e.g., reference pages), applications (e.g., calculators), and other scenarios. For example, the present technology described herein improves multi-window scenarios, particularly on small screen devices where screen space is further limited. The present technology makes it easier for users to work across different windows and applications and improve the ease of composing each window.
US11703988B1
A server and method for social interaction-based display control is provided. The server acquires information associated with a first user of an electronic device. The server determines social connections of the first user based on the acquired information. The server analyzes an interaction of the first user with second users based on a communication between the second users and the first user. The second users may be associated with the social connections. The server determines, based on the analyzed interaction a connection score indicating a degree of interaction between the second users and the first user. The server transmits display information indicating the determined connection score to the electronic device. The electronic device may adjust display characteristics of a user interface (UI) element associated with the second users based on the display information.
US11703977B2
A control device comprising a control unit configured to control regular operation based on operation on a first switch detecting operation in two opposing directions and operation on a second switch detecting touch on an object, wherein the control unit performs control such that the regular operation based on operation on the second switch is not performed until a regular time set between first and second times passes after operation on the first switch is detected, wherein the first time is a time in which a cumulative occurrence rate at which unintended touch on the second switch by a user after operation on the first switch occurs becomes 100% in an experiment carried out in advance, and wherein the second time is a time in which an intended touch on the second switch by the user after operation on the first switch is first detected.
US11703956B2
A joystick control system for a refuse vehicle includes multiple joystick input devices, and a single controller. The single controller is configured to receive a user input from one or more of the multiple joystick input devices. The controller is also configured to identify which of the joystick input devices provide the user input. The controller is also configured to generate control signals, in response to receiving the user input, for one or more controllable elements of the refuse vehicle based on which of the joystick input devices provides the user input and the user input. The controller is also configured to provide the control signals to the one or more controllable elements of the refuse vehicle to operate the one or more controllable elements of the refuse vehicle according to the user input.
US11703952B2
Systems and methods of assisting operator engagement with input devices include an input device configured to be operated by a hand of an operator, a repositionable structure coupled to the input device, a hand detection system, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to detect a position and an orientation of the hand using the hand detection system, determine, based on the position of the hand, a target position for the input device, wherein moving the input device from a current position of the input device to the target position moves the input device closer to a grasping position for the hand, and in response to determining that an orientation difference between the orientation of the hand and a current orientation of the input device is not greater than a threshold orientation difference, cause one or more actuators to move the input device toward the target position.
US11703951B1
A method and apparatus for performing gesture recognition. In one embodiment of the invention, the method includes the steps of receiving one or more raw frames from one or more cameras, each of the one or more raw frames representing a time sequence of images, determining one or more regions of the one or more received raw frames that comprise highly textured regions, segmenting the one or more determined highly textured regions in accordance textured features thereof to determine one or more segments thereof, determining one or more regions of the one or more received raw frames that comprise other than highly textured regions, and segmenting the one or more determined other than highly textured regions in accordance with color thereof to determine one or more segments thereof. One or more of the segments are then tracked through the one or more raw frames representing he time sequence of images.
US11703949B2
Methods and systems are provided for providing directional assistance to guide a user to position a camera for centering a person's face within the camera's field of view. A neural network system is trained to determine the position of the user's face relative to the center of the field of view as captured by an input image. The neural network system is trained using training input images that are generated by cropping different regions of initial training images. Each initial image is used to create a plurality of different training input images, and directional assistance labels used to train the network may be assigned to each training input image based on how the image is cropped. Once trained, the neural network system determines a position of the user's face, and automatically provides a non-visual prompt indicating how to center the face within the field of view.
US11703944B2
In one implementation, a method includes: while presenting reference CGR content, obtaining a request from a user to invoke a target state for the user; generating, based on a user model and the reference CGR content, modified CGR content to invoke the target state for the user; presenting the modified CGR content; after presenting the modified CGR content, determining a resultant state of the user; in accordance with a determination that the resultant state of the user corresponds to the target state for the user, updating the user model to indicate that the modified CGR content successfully invoked the target state for the user; and in accordance with a determination that the resultant state of the user does not correspond to the target state for the user, updating the user model to indicate that the modified CGR content did not successfully invoke the target state for the user.
US11703937B2
Devices and methods for linear addressing are provided. A device is provided which comprises a plurality of components having assigned registers used to store data to execute a program and a power management controller, in communication with the components. The power management controller is configured to send one of a request to remove power to the components and a request to reduce power to the components when it is determined that the components are idle, execute a first process of one of removing power and reducing power to the components and entering a reduced power state when an acknowledgement of the request is received and execute a second process of restoring power to the components when one or more of the components are indicated to be active.
US11703936B2
A master-slave interchangeable power supply device, a power supply method, a host with the master-slave interchangeable power supply device, and a computer-readable storage medium for use in execution of the power supply method are provided. Upon receipt of a start command, a power control module and a power supply unit of the power supply device operate in a master mode and a slave mode respectively, and then the power supply device provides a working power to a master device to effect related configuration of the power supply device, so as to allow the power control module to switch to the slave mode and allow the working power to be provided to the master device. Therefore, given compliance with a specification of a communication bus, the power control module and the power supply unit, which function as peripheral devices, can perform a communicative function.
US11703931B2
A processing apparatus is provided which includes memory configured to store hardware parameter settings for each of a plurality of applications. The processing apparatus also includes a processor in communication with the memory configured to store, in the memory, the hardware parameter settings, identify one of the plurality of applications as a currently executing application and control an operation of hardware by tuning a plurality of hardware parameters according to the stored hardware parameter settings for the identified application.
US11703919B1
Provided is an expansion card installation module including an expansion-card bracket, an operating element, a stopper, and a driving component. The operating element is pivoted on the expansion-card bracket. The stopper is slidably disposed on the expansion-card bracket and is located at a stop position or a non-stop position. The stopper at the stop position is adapted to stop an expansion card in the expansion-card bracket, and the stopper at the non-stop position releases the expansion card, such that the expansion card is allowed to be removed from the expansion-card bracket. The driving component is movably disposed on the expansion-card bracket. The operating element is adapted to push against the stopper to move the stopper from the stop position to the non-stop position, and the driving component is adapted to position the stopper at the non-stop position. A server is also provided.
US11703918B2
An electronic modulating device is provided. The electronic modulating device includes a substrate, a plurality of first modulating electrodes disposed on the substrate, and a plurality of second modulating electrodes disposed on the substrate. The area of one of the first modulating electrodes is greater than the area of one of the second modulating electrodes. The ratio of the number of first modulating electrodes to the number of second modulating electrodes is in a range from 0.5 to 2.0.
US11703910B2
A docking station includes a network interface controller (NIC), a dock-side controller and a dock-side connector interface. The NIC is configured to transmit one or more management component transport protocol (MCTP) packets via a system management bus (SMbus). The dock-side controller is electrically coupled to the SMbus, and configured to encode the one or more MCTP packets to one or more vendor specific protocol (VSP) packets. The dock-side connector interface is electrically coupled to the dock-side controller, and configured to transmit the one or more VSP packets to an electrical device to control a basic input output system (BIOS) of the electrical device on the condition that the electrical device is connected to the docking station via the dock-side connector interface.
US11703900B2
A transmitter is provided. the transmitter includes a hybrid feedback circuit and a hybrid driving circuit. The hybrid feedback circuit compares a reference voltage with a feedback voltage in closed-loop, determines whether to perform polarity reversal according to a mode control signal, controls power output according to a comparison result and the mode control signal, and generates a first output signal. The hybrid driving circuit, coupled to the hybrid feedback circuit, receives the first output signal of the hybrid feedback circuit, generates a transmitter output signal according to an input data, and generates a second output signal according to the transmitter output signal. The first output signal and the second output signal are transmitted back to the hybrid feedback circuit.
US11703893B2
A device for regulating the pressure of a compressed gas, comprising a body with a gas inlet, a gas outlet and a gas passage fluidly interconnecting the inlet and outlet; a mobile element carrying a shutter cooperating with a seat in the gas passage, the shutter and the seat forming a regulating valve; a hand-wheel operatively linked to a spindle rotatably mounted on the body; wherein the spindle is hollow and houses a spigot with a cam, the spigot being linked in rotation with the spindle and cooperating with a counter-cam spigot movable in translation but not in rotation relative to the body, and acting on the mobile element or on a shut-off valve for selectively shutting-off and opening the gas passage.
US11703890B2
A method of determining and controlling a weight flow in an environmental control system includes sensing, using a turbine inlet temperature sensor, a turbine inlet temperature. A turbine inlet pressure is sensed using a turbine inlet pressure sensor. A turbine outlet pressure is sensed using a turbine outlet pressure sensor. A rotational shaft speed of a shaft is sensed using a rotational shaft speed sensor. The sensed turbine inlet temperature, the sensed turbine inlet pressure, the sensed turbine outlet pressure, and the sensed rotational shaft speed are received by a controller. A flow coefficient is determined by the controller using the turbine inlet pressure, the turbine outlet pressure, the shaft speed, and a Turbine Flow Coefficient Map. A weight flow through the turbine is determined by the controller using the flow coefficient, the turbine inlet temperature, a nozzle area, and the turbine inlet pressure.
US11703884B2
A system for regulating the speed of a vehicle includes defining a first border for a first geographic region. The border has a first speed within the border and a second speed outside of the border. The system includes determining a first velocity of the vehicle including a vehicle speed and direction of the vehicle approaching the border. The difference between the vehicle speed and the second speed is the calculated, as is a distance between the vehicle and the border. If the difference between the vehicle speed and the second speed divided by the distance is greater than a predetermined value, the vehicle is decelerated at a rate so that the vehicle will have a second speed when the vehicle reaches the border.
US11703878B2
A mobile object configured for movement in an area equipped with VLC illumination sources comprises a light sensor arranged to detect illumination from at least one of the illumination sources within the view of the light sensor; a computer arranged to determine from the detected illumination (i) a position of the mobile object relative to the at least one illumination source and (ii) the identifier of the at least one illumination source; and a transceiver. The transceiver can receive from another mobile object a message comprising the position of the other mobile object relative to a source of illumination, and the identifier of that source of illumination. From this, the computer determines from its position and the message a distance from the other mobile object. A mobile object which transmits such a message is also envisaged.
US11703876B2
An autonomous driving system acquires information concerning a vehicle density in an adjacent lane that is adjacent to a lane on which an own vehicle is traveling, when the own vehicle travels on a road having a plurality of lanes. The autonomous driving system selects the adjacent lane as an own vehicle travel lane, when the vehicle density in the adjacent lane that is calculated from the acquired information is lower than a threshold density that is determined in accordance with relations between the own vehicle and surrounding vehicles. The autonomous driving system performs lane change to the adjacent lane autonomously, or propose lane change to the adjacent lane to a driver, when the adjacent lane is selected as the own vehicle travel lane.
US11703875B2
A method and system are provided for controlling braking a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode. For instance, the vehicle is controlled in the autonomous driving mode according to a first braking control mode using a first model to adjust the position of a vehicle relative to an expected position of a current trajectory of the vehicle. Using a second model how close to a maximum deviation threshold the vehicle would come if a maximum braking strength for the vehicle was applied is predicted. The maximum deviation threshold provides an allowed forward deviation from the current trajectory. Based on the prediction, the vehicle is controlled in the autonomous driving mode according to a second braking control mode by automatically applying the maximum braking strength.
US11703871B2
A method of controlling a vehicle or robot. The method includes the following steps: determining a first control sequence, determining a second control sequence for controlling the vehicle or robot depending on the first control sequence, a current state of the vehicle or robot, and on a model characterizing a dynamic behavior of the vehicle or robot, controlling the vehicle or robot depending on the second control sequence, wherein the determining of the first control sequence is performed depending on a first candidate control sequence and a second candidate control sequence.
US11703865B2
A method for supporting aerial operation over a surface includes obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) representation of the surface; converting the 3D representation of the surface to a two-dimensional (2D) representation of the surface; obtaining a 2D flight path of the aircraft based on the 2D representation of the surface; converting the 2D flight path to a 3D flight path including location coordinates; and controlling the aircraft to conduct a flight mission following the 3D flight path.
US11703859B2
The present application provides a method for autonomously controlling a vehicle performed by a control system of the vehicle on the basis of a mission received from a mission controller, the method comprising: receiving a mission comprising a set of instructions from the mission controller; validating the mission by checking whether the mission meets a first set of requirements; executing the mission if the mission meets the first set of requirements and rejecting the mission if the mission does not meet the first set of requirements.
US11703853B2
According to a technical aspect of the invention, there is provided a multiple unmanned aerial vehicles navigation optimization method is performed at a ground base station which operates in conjunction with unmanned aerial vehicles-base stations which are driven by a battery to move and cover a given trajectory point set, the multiple unmanned aerial vehicles navigation optimization method including: calculating an age-of-information metric by receiving an information update from the unmanned aerial vehicles-base stations through communication, when the ground base station is present within a transmission range of the unmanned aerial vehicles-base stations; setting conditions of a trajectory, energy efficiency, and age of information of each of the unmanned aerial vehicles-base stations; and executing Q-learning for finding a trajectory path policy of each of the unmanned aerial vehicles-base stations, so as to maximize total energy efficiency of an unmanned aerial vehicles-base station relay network to which the energy efficiency and the age of information are applied. According to the invention, the following effects are obtained. Age of information (AoI) that is a new matrix used to measure up-do-dateness of data is set, an edge computing environment for a remote cloud environment is provided by using the AoI, and a computing-oriented communications application can be executed by using the edge computing environment.
US11703843B2
A control apparatus for controlling an industrial machine includes a deterioration diagnostic unit that has a diagnostic function, which is repeatedly executed at predetermined timing, for diagnosing deterioration of each component of the industrial machine and outputs an alarm signal in response to deterioration equal to or more than a predetermined level in each component, an alarm control unit that outputs a stop command to the industrial machine based on the alarm signal and informs that the industrial machine is in an alarm stop state, and a cancellation operation receiving unit that receives the cancellation operation for cancelling the alarm stop state regardless of deterioration of each component. The deterioration diagnostic unit cancels the alarm stop state brought on by the diagnostic function based on the cancellation operation, and allows the industrial machine to operate until the diagnostic function is executed next.
US11703838B2
A substrate manufacturing machine (component mounter) includes a substrate type setting section configured to set next and subsequent substrate types to be manufactured subsequently to a current substrate type currently being manufactured, a substrate type checking section configured to check whether the set next and subsequent substrate types are correct, a manufacturing condition investigation section configured to examine whether a manufacturing condition for manufacturing substrates of the next and subsequent substrate types is satisfied, and a manufacturing authorization section configured to authorize manufacturing of the substrates of the next and subsequent substrate types in a case where the next and subsequent substrate types are correct and the manufacturing condition is satisfied.
US11703812B2
A timepiece includes a clock circuit, a signal receiver configured to receive signals including time information, a processor configured to control a changing operation of changing a current time measured by the clock circuit based on the time information obtained from the signal receiver and controls a presenting operation of whether or not the changing operation is successful. The processor controls the changing operation based on a first flag indicating whether or not the signal receiver successfully receives the time information. The processor controls the presenting operation based on a second flag indicating whether or not the changing operation is successful within a predetermined period of time.
US11703811B2
An electronic timepiece prevents the internal time from shifting because time information for correcting the internal time cannot be received. The electronic timepiece includes: a timekeeper; a receiver; an operating device; an automatic reception controller; a time adjuster; and a reception setter configured to selectively set a first automatic reception prohibition mode that prohibits operation of the automatic reception controller and is cancelled by a single operation of the operating device, and a second automatic reception prohibition mode that prohibits operation of the automatic reception controller and is cancelled by a specific operation of the operating device that is different from the operation that cancels the first automatic reception prohibition mode.
US11703803B2
A braking device (100), separate and remote from its guide members, having resilient strips (3; 31; 32) borne by a braking mobile component (10) trapped between a structure (1) and a bolt (6) and movable perpendicularly to the axis of a horological mobile component arbor (30), on which the strips bear, and either all of the bearing forces on the arbor (30) of the strips (3) are exerted within a single angular sector having a centre angle (a) of less than 180°, or, opposite a first straight or convex strip (31) tangentially braking this arbor (30), a second strip (32) allows for relative mobility between the braking mobile component (10) and this arbor (30) in a direction of mobility (DM), the latter being: either parallel to the first resilient strip (31), or wavy and deformable perpendicularly to the direction of mobility (DM).
US11703800B2
Methods for selectively stimulating a plurality of light-responsive neurons in a sample are provided. Methods according to certain embodiments include irradiating a sample comprising a plurality of light-responsive neurons with a plurality of holographic images that are each configured to stimulate one or more light-responsive neurons in the sample, wherein the holographic images are created by light projection system that includes a plurality of light sources; a plurality of optical adjustment components; a plurality of spatial light modulators; a controller; a processor; and a computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the controller to operate the light sources, optical adjustment components and spatial light modulators to generate and display a plurality of holographic images; direct each of the holographic images to a projection location; and project the holographic images onto the sample at a rate greater than 1 kHz. Light projection systems for irradiating a sample having light-responsive neurons with holographic images are also described.
US11703798B2
An optical member utilizing light from a point light source is enabled to visually perceive a reproduced optical image with a desired color. An optical modulation device includes an optical member having a light control part to reflect or absorb light in a predetermined wavelength and to pass through light in other than the predetermined wavelength in light in at least a visible light band, in accordance with a reproduction reference image for reproducing an original image, and a light transmissive part to pass through light in at least the visible light range including the predetermined wavelength.
US11703797B2
A first guide member guides a sheet from a sending roller pair to a discharge port. A second guide member is disposed above the first guide member such that an upstream end of the second guide member in a sheet discharge direction overlaps the first guide member, and forms an upper partition of a discharge path in an area extending from a position above an end of the first guide member to a position of a discharge roller pair. The second guide member guides the sheet to the discharge roller pair. A cooling fan blows air from below the discharge path toward a lower surface of the second guide member. The lower surface of the second guide member is formed convexly curved upward when viewed in a width direction intersecting the sheet discharge direction. The lower surface of the second guide member guides air toward the first guide member.
US11703775B2
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a charging member, an electrostatic image forming portion, a developing member, a transfer member, a transfer voltage source, a brush member, a brush voltage source, and a controller capable of executing a cleaning operation. The controller carries out control so that the cleaning operation includes a first operation in which a potential difference is formed between the transfer member and the photosensitive member so that toner charged to a normal charge polarity is moved from the transfer member toward the photosensitive member, and a second operation in which a potential difference is formed between the brush member and the photosensitive member so that the toner charged to the normal charge polarity is moved from the photosensitive member toward the brush member.
US11703772B2
A method including: determining recipe consistencies between one substrate measurement recipe of a plurality of substrate measurement recipes and each other substrate measurement recipe of the plurality of substrate measurement recipes; calculating a function of the recipe consistencies; eliminating the one substrate measurement recipe from the plurality of substrate measurement recipes if the function meets a criterion; and reiterating the determining, calculating and eliminating until a termination condition is met. Also disclosed herein is a substrate measurement apparatus, including a storage configured to store a plurality of substrate measurement recipes, and a processor configured to select one or more substrate measurement recipes from the plurality of substrate measurement recipes based on recipe consistencies among the plurality of substrate measurement recipes.
US11703767B2
Electron beam overlay targets and method of performing overlay measurements on a target using a semiconductor metrology tool are provided. One target includes a plurality of electron beam overlay elements and a plurality of two-dimensional elements that provide at least one two-dimensional imaging. The plurality of two dimensional elements are an array of evenly-spaced polygonal gratings across at least three rows and at least three columns. Another target includes a plurality of electron beam overlay elements and a plurality of AIMid elements. Each of the electron beam overlay elements includes at least two gratings that are overlaid at a perpendicular orientation to each other. The plurality of AIMid elements includes at least two gratings that are overlaid at a perpendicular orientation to each other.
US11703766B2
A method includes forming a bottom layer over a semiconductor substrate, where the bottom layer includes a polymer bonded to a first cross-linker and a second cross-linker, the first cross-linker being configured to be activated by ultraviolet (UV) radiation and the second cross-linker being configured to be activated by heat at a first temperature. The method then proceeds to exposing the bottom layer to a UV source to activate the first cross-linker, resulting in an exposed bottom layer, where the exposing activates the first cross-linker. The method further includes baking the exposed bottom layer, where the baking activates the second cross-linker.
US11703759B2
A transfer film includes a temporary support; and a photosensitive layer, in which the photosensitive layer includes a polymer A containing a constitutional unit represented by Formula A1, a constitutional unit derived from a monomer having an alicyclic structure, and a constitutional unit having a radically polymerizable group, a radically polymerizable compound, and a photopolymerization initiator, a content of the constitutional unit represented by Formula A1 is 10% by mass or more with respect to a total mass of the polymer A, a content of the constitutional unit derived from the monomer having the alicyclic structure is 15% by mass or more with respect to a total mass of the polymer A, and a glass transition temperature of a homopolymer of the monomer having the alicyclic structure is 120° C. or higher.
US11703757B2
A resist composition including: a base material component (A), a compound (B1) represented by Formula (b1-1), and a fluorine additive component (F) which contains a fluororesin component (F1) having a constitutional unit (f1) represented by Formula (f-1) and a constitutional unit (f2) represented by Formula (f-2); in Formula (b1-1), Vb01 represents a fluorinated alkylene group, Rb02 represents a fluorine atom or a hydrogen atom, a total number of fluorine atoms as Vb01 and Rb02 is 2 or 3; in Formula (f-1), Rf1 represents a monovalent organic group having a fluorine atom; in Formula (f-2), Rf2 represents a group represented by Formula (f2-r-1), which is a group containing a polycyclic aliphatic cyclic group.
US11703756B2
A resist composition including a compound represented by formula (bd1), a total amount of the acid-generator component and the basic component being 20 to 70 parts by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of the base material component. In the formula, Rx1 to Rx4 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, or two or more of Rx1 to Rx4 may be mutually bonded to form a ring structure; Ry1 and Ry2 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, or Ry1 and Ry2 may be mutually bonded to form a ring structure; Rz1 to Rz4 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, or two or more of Rz1 to Rz4 may be mutually bonded to form a ring structure; provided that at least one of Rx1 to Rx4, Ry1, Ry2 and Rz1 to Rz4 has an anionic group; and Mm+ represents an m-valent organic cation).
US11703749B2
A light source apparatus includes a first light source that includes a plurality of first light emitters arranged in a row along a first direction and emits a first luminous flux, a second light source that includes a plurality of second light emitters arranged in a row along a second direction and emits a second luminous flux in a direction in which the first luminous flux is emitted, and a combiner that combines the first and second luminous fluxes with each other to produce combined light and outputs the combined light to an irradiated region. The combined light has a combined light intensity distribution in which a first region where a light intensity of the first luminous flux is maximized and a second region where a light intensity of the second luminous flux is maximized do not overlap with each other.
US11703747B2
A system includes: a phosphor configured to receive first light having a first color, to produce second light having a second color responsive to the first light, and to transmit at least a first portion of the first light; a color wheel comprising a first colored segment configured to transmit light having a third color and a second colored segment configured to transmit light having a fourth color; a light tunnel optically coupled between the phosphor and the color wheel configured to transmit combined light including least a portion of the first light and the second light; wherein the first segment is configured to transmit the third color as first transmitted light and the second segment to transmit light of the fourth color as second transmitted light; and a spatial light modulator configured to modulate the first transmitted light and the second transmitted light.
US11703746B2
A projection optical apparatus includes a projection system projecting light and including a resin lens, a degradation suppressor configured to suppress degradation of the resin lens, and a projection controller configured to control the degradation suppressor.
US11703735B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a light-emitting element, a first substrate including a first transparent substrate, a first pixel electrode, and a second pixel electrode, a second substrate including a second transparent substrate including a side surface opposing the light-emitting element and a common electrode overlapping the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate and containing a polymer and liquid crystal molecules, and the first pixel electrode is provided between the light-emitting element and the second pixel electrode, and an electrode area of the first pixel electrode is smaller than that of the second pixel electrode.
US11703734B2
A display panel includes an array substrate, a color filter substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The array substrate includes a scan line and a data line; a pixel electrode disposed corresponding to a pixel area; a first thin film transistor configured to electrically connect the pixel electrode to the scan line and the data line; an auxiliary electrode disposed on a same layer as the pixel electrode and arranged around the pixel electrode; and a second thin film transistor configured to electrically connect the auxiliary electrode to the first thin film transistor. Potential received by the pixel electrode and potential received by the auxiliary electrode have a difference.
US11703731B2
A first substrate of an electro-optical device includes: a substrate body provided with a groove; an insulating film layered on the substrate body in a region including the groove; and a layered film layered on the insulating film. The layered film is provided along a side surface and a bottom surface of the groove with the insulating film disposed therebetween.
US11703728B2
A black matrix composition and a display device including the same are provided. The black matrix composition includes solids including a pigment including a carbon black and an array of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, a binder, a monomer, a photoinitiator and an additive, and a solvent.
US11703712B2
A display module is provided. In the display module, a liquid crystal display panel has a plurality of display subareas. A color backlight module has a plurality of backlight subareas in a one-to-one correspondence to the plurality of display subareas. A driving apparatus may sequentially drive liquid crystal molecules in the display subareas to turn over, and after driving the liquid crystal molecules in each display subarea to turn over, drive a light-emitting element of one color included in each backlight source in one corresponding backlight subarea to emit light.
US11703708B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a polarizing element which has an excellent antireflection function in a case of being applied to an image display device; and a circularly polarizing plate and an image display device, each of which has the polarizing element. The polarizing element of an embodiment of the present invention is a polarizing element having an alignment film and an anisotropic light-absorbing film formed using a dichroic substance, in which the alignment film is a photoalignment film formed using a composition for forming a photoalignment film, including a photoactive compound having a polymerizable group and a photoreactive group, a degree S of alignment of the anisotropic light-absorbing film is 0.92 or more, and an average refractive index nave at a wavelength of 400 to 700 nm of the alignment film is 1.55 to 2.0.
US11703701B2
A display device is provided. The display device includes a display panel and a visible angle adjustment panel. The visible angle adjustment panel has a liquid-crystal layer. The liquid-crystal layer has a plurality of cell gaps, wherein the thicknesses of the cell gaps are different from each other, and the thicknesses of the cell gaps gradually increase along a direction.
US11703700B2
A laser irradiation apparatus includes a stage on which a substrate is provided, a laser irradiation unit which irradiates a laser to the substrate on the stage, an image acquiring unit which acquires an image of a predetermined region of the substrate, and a control unit electrically connected to the laser irradiation unit and the image acquiring unit, where the control unit calculates a brightness value corresponding to an average value of grayscale values of the image provided from the image acquiring unit, compares a calculated brightness value with a reference brightness value, and outputs data on performance of the laser based on a result of comparing the calculated brightness value with the reference brightness value.
US11703697B2
A contact lens includes a posterior element, an anterior element, and a first fluid. The posterior element is adapted to conform to a surface of an eye when the contact lens is mounted on the eye. The anterior element is coupled to the posterior element to form a cavity within the contact lens. A flexibility of the posterior element is greater than a flexibility of the anterior element. The first fluid is disposed within the cavity and a distribution of the first fluid within the cavity changes in response to the posterior element conforming to the eye when the contact lens is mounted on the eye.
US11703692B2
A laser light source depolarizer includes a laser light source, a light angle adjusting element, a birefringent crystal, and an integration rod. The laser light source is configured to emit a laser light. The light angle adjusting element is configured to change the diffusion angle of the laser light. The light angle adjusting element is disposed between the laser light source and the birefringent crystal. The birefringent crystal is disposed between the light angle adjusting element and the integration rod, and the birefringent crystal is configured to break the polarity of the laser light.
US11703690B2
A display assembly includes: a display module including a plurality of pixel islands; and a plurality of lens arrays laminated at a light-exiting side of the display module. Each lens array includes a substrate, a cover plate, a first transparent electrode, a second transparent electrode, and a liquid crystal layer and a diffraction lens grating arranged between the first and second transparent electrodes. The diffraction lens grating includes a plurality of diffraction lens grating units corresponding to the plurality of pixel islands. A voltage is applied to each of the first and the second transparent electrodes in such a manner that a refractive index of a liquid crystal molecule in the liquid crystal layer is equal to or not equal to a refractive index of the diffraction lens grating.
US11703683B2
A head-up display includes a display device and a projection optical system; the projection optical system includes first and second optical elements arranged in order of an optical path from the image; and when optical paths corresponding to an upper end and a lower end of the virtual image are defined as an upper ray and a lower ray, respectively, and a diverging effect and a converging effect are defined as being negative and positive, respectively, the first and the second optical elements satisfy conditional expressions P_u1−P_l1<0 and P_u2−P_l2>0 (where P_u1 denotes a local power of the first optical element acting on the upper ray, P_l1 denotes a local power of the first optical element acting on the lower ray, P_u2 denotes a local power of the second optical element acting on the upper ray, P_l2 denotes a local power of the second optical element acting on the lower ray).
US11703677B2
An aperture structure for a substrate for an optical device includes an optical cavity layer, a light absorbing layer, and a blocking layer. The optical cavity layer includes a dielectric material and is characterized by a refractive index of about 1.4 or greater, as measured at a wavelength of 550 nm. The light absorbing layer includes a metal or a metal alloy and is characterized by an extinction coefficient k of at least 1, as measured at a wavelength of 550 nm. The blocking layer includes a metal or a metal alloy and is characterized by an optical density of at least 3 at each wavelength of light in the range from 400 nm to 700 nm. The aperture structure includes a reflectance of less than 5% at each wavelength of light in the range from 400 nm to 700 nm, as measured through the substrate.
US11703638B2
Provided are a single-photon source device and a single-photon source system including same. The single-photon source device includes a substrate, a straight waveguide extending in a first direction on the substrate, a first coupling layer which is provided on the straight waveguide and has a first point defect, at least one first electrode which is adjacent to the first point defect and provided on the first coupling layer, a ring waveguide which is adjacent to the straight waveguide and provided on the substrate, and at least one second electrode provided on the ring waveguide.
US11703633B2
The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices comprising a power unit and a cartridge that is configured for engagement with the power unit. In particular, the cartridge can be configured for rotation about a longitudinal axis thereof so as to be insertable into a chamber of the power unit in a plurality of different orientations. Further, the aerosol delivery device can include processing circuitry that can be configured for detection of the cartridge orientation and execution of a control function assigned to the respective orientation.
US11703630B2
A mini-LED backlight structure and a backlight module are provided. The mini-LED backlight structure includes a backplate, a glass substrate, and reflective sheets. The glass substrate includes a line surface and a lineless surface close to a side of the backplate. Light emitting diodes and a connector are disposed on the lineless surface. Furthermore, a gap is between the backplate and the glass substrate for disposing the light emitting diodes and the connector. The connector is electrically connected to an external circuit through a conducting wire. Disposing a plurality of elements, the connector, and the light emitting diodes on a same surface of the lineless surface is unlikely affecting backlight effect and saves materials at a same time.
US11703627B1
An integrated optically functional multilayer structure includes a flexible, substrate film arranged with a circuit design including at least a number of electrical conductors on the substrate film; and a plurality of top-emitting, bottom-installed light sources provided upon a first side of the substrate film to internally illuminate at least portion of the structure for external perception via associated outcoupling areas, wherein for each light source of the plurality of light sources there is optically transmissive plastic layer, produced upon the first side of the substrate film, said plastic layer at least laterally surrounding the light source; the substrate film at least having a similar or lower refractive index therewith; and reflector design including at least one material layer, provided at least upon the light source and configured to reflect the light emitted by the light source and incident upon the reflective layer towards the plastic layer.
US11703626B2
A light emitting device comprises a lightguide formed from a film having an array of coupling lightguides in the form of strips extending from a lightguide region of the film, the coupling lightguides are folded and stacked, and a light source is positioned to emit light into edges of the stacked coupling lightguides to propagate into a light mixing region and then into a light emitting region. The light mixing region comprises a plurality of reflecting surfaces that reflect a portion of the light from the coupling lightguides toward one or more of the lateral edges of the film prior to exiting the film in the light emitting region. The plurality of reflecting surfaces may a light transmitting material printed in the form of lines on the surface of the film and may improve the uniformity of light emitted from the light emitting region.
US11703616B2
An example device includes a fluid lens, where the fluid lens includes a membrane, a substrate, and a fluid located within an enclosure formed at least in part by the membrane and the substrate. The membrane may be an elastic membrane. The fluid may include an amount of an additive that is effective to appreciably reduce bubble formation within the fluid, such as when a negative pressure is applied to the fluid. In some examples, the additive may include particles, such as nanoparticles. The additive may include a thixotropic agent that helps to impart an appreciable thixotropic property to the fluid. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11703607B2
A method or system is configured for determining a seismic attenuation quality factor Q for intervals of subsurface formations by performing actions including receiving vertical seismic profile traces. The actions include filtering the vertical seismic profile traces with an inverse impulse response of a downhole receiver. The actions include transforming the vertical seismic profile data from the particle motion measured by the downhole receiver to the far-field particle motions represented by the source wavelet. The actions include determining a ratio of the spectral amplitudes of the direct arrival event of the transformed vertical seismic profile data and the source Klauder wavelet. A quality factor Q is generated representing an attenuation of the seismic signal between the source at ground level surface and the downhole receiver.
US11703596B2
A method and system for automatically processing point cloud based on reinforcement learning are provided. The method for automatically processing point cloud based on reinforcement learning according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes scanning to collect a point cloud (PCL) and an image through a lidar and a camera; calibrating, by a controller, to match locations of the image and the point cloud through reinforcement learning that maximizes a reward including geometric and luminous intensity consistency of the image and the point cloud; and meshing, by the controller, the point cloud into a 3D image through reinforcement learning that minimizes a reward including a difference between a shape of the image and a shape of the point cloud.
US11703594B2
A time-resolving sensor includes a single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD), a logic circuit and differential time-to-charge converter (DTCC) circuit. The SPAD is responsive to a shutter signal to generate an output signal based on detecting an incident photon. The logic circuit generates first and second enable signals. The DTCC includes a capacitor device, first and second switching devices, and an output circuit. The first switching device is responsive to the first enable signal to transfer a charge on the capacitor device to the first floating diffusion. The second switching device is responsive to the second enable signal to transfer a remaining charge on the capacitor device to the second floating diffusion. The output circuit outputs a first voltage that is based on the first charge on the first floating diffusion and a second voltage that is based on the second charge on the second floating diffusion.
US11703591B2
An optical measuring device having a base for placing the measuring device and a targeting unit that is rotatable with respect to the base and defines a target axis for targeting a target object that is to be measured. The targeting unit has a first beam path for emitting optical measurement radiation in the direction of the target object that is to be measured. The targeting unit furthermore has a diffractive optical element (DOE), which is arranged or arrangeable in the beam path such that the optical measurement radiation is homogenized.
US11703586B2
Techniques are provided for determining a location of a mobile device based on visual positioning solution (VPS). An example method for determining a position estimate of a mobile device includes obtaining sensor information, detecting one or more identifiable features in the sensor information, determining a range to at least one of the one or more identifiable features, obtaining coarse map information, determining a location of the at least one of the one or more identifiable features based on the coarse map information, and determining the position estimate for the mobile device based at least in part on the range to the at least one of the one or more identifiable features.
US11703568B2
A method for providing a detection-signal for objects to be detected—at least a first and second light-beam including different frequencies being generated with a first optical non-linear 3-wave-process from a light-beam of a light-source including an output-frequency, and the first light-beam including a reference-frequency being detected, and the second light-beam including an object-frequency being emitted and received after reflection on an object, and the light-beam including the output-frequency and the second light-beam including the object-frequency being superposed, and a reference-beam including a reference-frequency being generated with a second optical non-linear 3-wave-process from the two superposed light-beams including the output-frequency and including the object-frequency, and a detection-signal being generated so that the object-distance is determinable due to the aforementioned superposition based on the time-difference between the detection of the first light-beam including the reference-frequency and a detection of a change of the reference-beam including the reference-frequency.
US11703562B2
Systems, methods, tangible non-transitory computer-readable media, and devices associated with sensor output segmentation are provided. For example, sensor data can be accessed. The sensor data can include sensor data returns representative of an environment detected by a sensor across the sensor's field of view. Each sensor data return can be associated with a respective bin of a plurality of bins corresponding to the field of view of the sensor. Each bin can correspond to a different portion of the sensor's field of view. Channels can be generated for each of the plurality of bins and can include data indicative of a range and an azimuth associated with a sensor data return associated with each bin. Furthermore, a semantic segment of a portion of the sensor data can be generated by inputting the channels for each bin into a machine-learned segmentation model trained to generate an output including the semantic segment.
US11703556B2
A self-supporting flexible shield for location between a warm surface and a cold mass so as to substantially enclose the cold mass, wherein the self-supporting flexible shield comprises a shaped plastic sheet with a low emissivity coating on both of its sides.
US11703550B2
A resonance voltage attenuation detection circuit detects attenuation of a resonance voltage of a winding of a transformer. The resonance voltage attenuation detection circuit includes a first voltage comparator circuit and a time-out circuit. The first voltage comparator circuit compares a voltage of the winding with a predetermined first voltage. The time-out circuit performs clocking operation in accordance with an output of the first voltage comparator circuit. The time-out circuit outputs an attenuation detection signal when the time-out circuit has clocked a preset period which is shorter than a time required for a peak voltage of the winding to be attenuated from the first voltage to a predetermined second voltage lower than the first voltage.
US11703549B2
A ground fault detection circuit can include a band-pass filter that can have a first node and a second node that can be coupled to an earth ground. The first node can be coupled to a local ground of an automatic test equipment (ATE) system for an electrical device that can be coupled via at least one wire to the ATE. The band-pass filter can be configured to pass and amplify a test current signal established at the first node in response to a coupling of one of a conductor of the at least one wire carrying the test current signal to the local ground, and a conductive element of the electrical device carrying the test current signal to the local ground. A fault alert signal can be provided to provide an indication of ground fault based on a comparison of the amplified test current signal.
US11703540B2
A test card and a test display adapter are disclosed. The test card includes an assembling plate and an electrical heat source. The electrical heat source is provided on the assembling plate. The electrical heat source includes a first heat transfer plate, a second heat transfer plate and at least one heat source element. The first heat transfer plate is stacked on the assembling plate, and the second heat transfer plate is laminated over the first heat transfer plate, with the heat source element being sandwiched between the first and second heat transfer plates. The test card and the test display adapter have a wide variety of advantages including very low cost, easy material availability, a short wait time, easy manufacturability, a long service life, easy modifiability and good interoperability.
US11703539B2
A manufacturing method of an electronic device and an electronic device are provided. The manufacturing method includes the following steps: providing a substrate; forming a plurality of signal lines and a testing circuit on the substrate, wherein the testing circuit includes a plurality of output channels electrically connected to at least a portion of the plurality of signal lines; performing a testing process; and optionally isolating the testing circuit from the at least a portion of the plurality of signal lines. The testing process includes: providing a signal; processing a plurality of testing signals by processing the signal via the testing circuit; and transmitting the plurality of testing signals to the at least a portion of the plurality of signal lines via the plurality of output channels. The plurality of output channels are less than the plurality of signal lines in quantity.
US11703536B2
A fault monitoring device may monitor and detect for faults corresponding to a high-side voltage rail, to low-side voltage rail, or internally within a voltage source connected to the high-side voltage rail and the low-side voltage rail. The fault monitoring device may determine sample voltage levels and/or sample resistance values to detect the faults. Also, in various embodiments, the fault monitoring device may perform one or more fault monitoring processes over multiple stages. The fault monitoring device may determine the sample voltage levels and/or the sample resistance values while switching a secondary resistance circuit in different states over the multiple stages.
US11703519B2
Provided is a temperature control system applied to an apparatus for analyzing a sample using a pipette nozzle and a reaction container, including a pipette tip temperature controller that heats a pipette tip which is fitted on the pipette nozzle and aspirates or discharges liquid and a reaction container temperature controller that heats the reaction container. The pipette tip temperature controller heats, in a concentrated manner, at least a distal end portion of the pipette tip of the pipette nozzle located at a predetermined heating position with hot air emitted from a heat source and is configured such that a distal end is capable of arriving at the reaction container by lowering the pipette nozzle from the heating position.
US11703516B2
Methods and devices for sampling, processing and identifying use of a substance or substances of abuse are provided. Systems and kits for sampling, processing and identifying acute use of a substance of abuse is also provided.
US11703511B2
The present invention can be included in the field of medicine. Specifically, the present invention provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof which can bind isoAsp7 amyloid β (Aβ) and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof. IsoAsp7 Aβ can be found in plaques of Alzheimer's patients and is thus a suitable target for the treatment and/or prevention of Aβ-related diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. Thus, the antibodies, antigen-binding fragments thereof and the pharmaceutical composition comprising either can be used to treat and/or prevent neurodegenerative diseases. Further, the present invention provides hybridoma cell lines, the use of the antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof for the diagnosis and/or prognosis of a neurodegenerative disease and a method for detecting isoAsp7 Aβ in an isolated sample.
US11703498B2
Disclosed is a three-parameter strength reduction method for slope stability evaluation. The present disclosure reflects the difference in the attenuation and contribution of the cohesion, internal friction angle and tensile strength in the process of slope instability by reducing the three parameters by different reduction factors. Based on the sudden change of the characteristic point displacement of the slope as a criterion of slope instability, the present disclosure derives the fitting relationship between the characteristic point displacement and the cohesion reduction factor. The present disclosure assumes that the comprehensive safety factor satisfies a linear relationship with the cohesion reduction factor, the internal friction angle reduction factor and the tensile strength reduction factor and derives the relationship between the comprehensive safety factor and the cohesion reduction factor. Finally, the present disclosure summarizes and proposes a three-parameter strength reduction method and provides the steps for analyzing the slope stability through this method.
US11703497B1
The present invention discloses a quantitative evaluation method for sensitivity of welding transverse cold cracks in a typical joint of a jacket, including following steps: S1, performing macroscopic analysis, metallographic analysis, fracture analysis and hardness analysis on cracks of a failed component to obtain main causes of cold crack failure; and S2, designing and processing a dedicated sample, and performing rigid restraint crack tests on the dedicated sample at different preheating temperatures to obtain a cracking/non-cracking critical restraint stress σ1cr of the sample. According to the method, a rigid restraint crack test is applied to evaluation of sensitivity of welding transverse cracks, so that external restraint conditions borne by a welding joint can be accurately simulated, a stress state of the welding joint in an actual working condition can be truly reflected, the overall evaluation precision is greatly improved, and a foundation is laid for accurately evaluating sensitivity of welding cold cracks in a tube joint. Furthermore, a welding technology (base material, welding material, welding process and restraint level) is designed to restrain cold cracks from cracking, and the method has important theoretical significance and engineering value.
US11703491B2
Disclosed herein is a sensor module that includes a substrate having a top surface and a back surface, a sensor element mounted on the top surface of the substrate, an external terminal formed on the back surface of the substrate, and a case fixed to the substrate so as to cover the sensor element. The case has a top plate part having a plurality of through holes. The top plate part has a center area having no through holes and a through hole formation area having the plurality of through holes, the through hole formation area being positioned so as to surround the center area.
US11703489B2
The monitoring breathalyzer has an alcohol sensor, a processing unit or processor, and a screen. The processing unit determines the accuracy of the breathalyzer using the user's body as a simulator. In monitoring mode, the processing unit receives a BAC measurement from the alcohol sensor based on the breath sample provided by the user at a sample time and determines a reference point from the BAC measurement. The sample time is determined based on a time to a predetermined calibration point from a drink start time.
US11703486B2
A column oven includes a substantially sealed space surrounded by wall surfaces made of a heat conductive material to accommodate an analytical column, a heater for heating the wall surfaces made of the heat conductive material, and a heat insulating material surrounding an outside of the wall surfaces made of the heat conductive material. That is, a space inside the column oven in which the analytical column is accommodated is formed as a substantially sealed structure surrounded by the heat conductive wall surfaces, and the wall surfaces surrounding the substantially sealed space are heated by the heater, thereby heating the substantially sealed space uniformly from circumferential directions.
US11703482B2
An inventive approach is disclosed to integrate Digital Image Correlation (DIC) with the Acoustic Emission method that may be used for structural health monitoring and assessment of critical structural components in civil, mechanical, and aerospace industries. The inventive approach relies on passively recording acoustic emission across the specimen being tested and activating the DIC cameras automatically to measure deformation on the specimen's surface. The resulting acousto-optic system can be used to determine damage initiation, progressive damage development, identify critical regions and make lifetime predictions of the tested specimen.
US11703481B2
A method for checking a component to be produced in an additive manner, having the steps of mechanically exciting at least one additively constructed layer of the component during the additive production of the component, measuring a mechanical response signal of the component, and displaying a warning and/or interrupting the additive production of the component if the mechanical response signal lies outside of a specified tolerance range. A device for the additive production of a component, includes a device for mechanically exciting the at least one additively constructed layer of the component, a measuring unit for measuring the mechanical response signal of the component, and a control unit. The control unit is designed to display the warning and/or interrupt the additive production if the mechanical response signal lies outside of a specified tolerance range.
US11703473B2
A method of operating a sensing element including a heating element in operative connection with electronic circuitry, wherein the sensing element forms a resistive element in a circuit of the electronic circuitry, includes, in at least a first phase, activating the electronic circuitry to heat the sensing element to a temperature at which the sensing element is responsive to an analyte gas via energy input to the heating element in a pulsed manner. A constant resistance setpoint is set for the sensing element and energy through the circuit is variably controlled via the pulsed energy input toward achieving the constant resistance setpoint. The method further includes measuring a response of the sensing element over time to the pulsed energy input.
US11703468B2
Method and system are disclosed for determining sample composition from spectral data acquired by a charged particle microscopy system. Chemical elements in a sample are identified by processing the spectral data with a trained neural network (NN). If the identified chemical elements not matching with a known elemental composition of the sample, the trained NN is retrained with the spectral data and the known elemental composition of the sample. The retrained NN can then be used to identify chemical elements within other samples.
US11703467B2
An electron beam detection apparatus for a semiconductor device and an electron beam detection assembly are disclosed, the electron beam detection apparatus including a stage, which is configured to carry and hold the semiconductor device at a top surface of the stage, and is translatable in two directions orthogonal to each other, an aiming device, configured to determine a position of the semiconductor device in a coordinate system of the electron beam detection apparatus by capturing an image of the semiconductor device, the aiming device provided with a first field of view and a first optical axis, and an electron beam detection device, configured to detect an emergent electron beam exiting the semiconductor device by projecting an electron beam to the semiconductor device, the electron beam detection device provided with a second field of view and a second optical axis which is not consistent with the first optical axis.
US11703466B2
A sample inspection system and a corresponding method for inspecting a sample is provided. The sample inspection system includes a beam former, a beam modulator an energy resolving detector and a collimator. The beam former is adapted to receive an electromagnetic radiation from an electromagnetic source to generate a primary beam of electromagnetic radiation. The beam modulator is provided at a distance from the beam former to define a sample chamber. The collimator is provided between the beam modulator and the energy resolving detector. The collimator has a plurality of channels adapted to receive diffracted or scattered radiation. Upon incidence of the primary beam onto the beam modulator, the beam modulator provides a reference beam of diffracted or scattered radiation. The energy resolving detector is arranged to detect the reference beam.
US11703455B2
The use of Raman spectroscopy for the monitoring and assessment of viral titre is disclosed. A method of quantifying viral titre in a sample using Raman spectroscopy, comprises the steps of: (a) providing a sample and irradiating the sample with a light source; (b) measuring the total intensity of Raman scattered light within each one of a plurality of wavenumber ranges to obtain a wavenumber intensity data set for the sample, wherein the plurality of wavenumber ranges are pre-selected and are characteristic of the vims in the sample; (c) performing mathematical data processing steps on the wavenumber intensity data; and (d) quantifying the viral titre based upon the output of the mathematical data processing steps.
US11703454B2
Multiplexed fluorescent imaging which is essential for finding out how various biomolecules are spatially distributed in cells or tissues is disclosed. The present disclosure may obtain 10 or more different biomolecule images with one labeling and imaging by newly designing selection of fluorophores, detection spectral ranges, and signal unmixing algorithm. The present disclosure is a blind unmixing technology for unmixing an image without an emission spectrum of fluorophore, and in this technology, 4 pairs of fluorophores are used, and each pair consists of two fluorophores in which emission spectra are overlapped. Each pair of fluorophores is strongly excited by only one excitation laser. Two images with different detection spectral ranges are obtained for each pair, and two images are unmixed via mutual information minimization without fluorophore emission spectrum information. Two images also may be unmixed via Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization and fluorescence measurement based unmixing. This signal unmixing is repeated for each pair of fluorophores. Furthermore, a total of 10 or more fluorophores may be simultaneously used by adding two large stoke's shift fluorophores emitting light in wavelength ranges that does not overlap with the emission spectra of the above 8 fluorophores.
US11703450B2
An optical beam controller includes: an optical multiple-beam generator generating a plurality of wavelength-swept optical beams; and an optical frequency difference setter setting an optical frequency difference in any combination of the plurality of optical beams in such a way as to be larger than a band of a photodetector that receives an optical beam.
US11703436B2
A method of assessing a bodily fluid sample on a test strip may involve applying a periodic signal with a first electrode located at a first location in a microfluidic channel of the test strip, monitoring the applied periodic signal with a second electrode located at a second location in the microfluidic channel, and using a third electrode located at a third location in the microfluidic channel as a reference electrode. The method may also include: collecting the bodily fluid sample in the microfluidic channel; continuing to apply the periodic signal, monitor the periodic signal and use the third electrode as a reference electrode while collecting the bodily fluid sample; and determining that the bodily fluid sample is sufficient for analyzing, based at least in part on the applied and monitored periodic signal.
US11703430B1
An in-situ tensile device for X-ray tests is provided, including: a frame including a connecting structure, where the connecting structure is configured to fixedly connect to a testing bench of a testing device; a stretching mechanism, disposed on the frame; a clamping mechanism, including two clamping assemblies arranged opposite to each other in a length direction; where the two clamping assemblies are configured to clamp two ends of a testing piece, the testing piece is provided with a testing surface, and the testing surface is disposed on surfaces of the two clamping assemblies; the stretching mechanism is drivingly connected to the two clamping assemblies to enable the two clamping assemblies to move synchronously in one of a direction approaching each other and a direction far away from each other; and the two clamping assemblies are detachably connected to the stretching mechanism. The device can improve the accuracy of test results.
US11703424B2
A method for detecting anomalies during operation of an asset to improve performance of the asset includes collecting, via a server, data relating to operation of the asset or a group of assets containing the asset. The data includes normal and abnormal asset behavior of the asset or the group of assets containing the asset. Further, the method includes automatically removing, via an iterative algorithm programmed in the server that utilizes one or more inputs or outputs of an anomaly detection analytic, portions of the data containing the abnormal asset behavior to form a dataset containing only the normal asset behavior. The method also includes training, via a computer-based model programmed in the server, the anomaly detection analytic using, at least, the dataset containing only the normal asset behavior. Moreover, the method includes applying, via the server, the anomaly detection analytic to the asset so as to monitor for anomalies during operation thereof.
US11703414B2
A method for detecting a leak in a line system having a distribution line where the first end can be closed by a first valve and at the second end of which at least one consumer is arranged, a pressure sensor by means of which the pressure in the distribution line can be ascertained, and at least one second valve wherein at least one second valve is arranged between the pressure sensor and at least one of the consumers is disclosed. The method contains the steps of a) closing the first valve, b) ascertaining a first pressure reduction rate (PR1); c) closing the at least one second valve; d) ascertaining a second pressure reduction rate (PR2); and e) determining the region of the leak on the basis of the ascertained pressure reduction rates (PR1, PR2).
US11703406B2
A device for measuring pressure includes a curved microbeam having opposing ends, a length extending between the pair of opposing ends, and a plurality of resonant frequencies, an actuating electrode extending along the length of the curved microbeam and spaced from the curved microbeam, an AC power source in communication with one of the opposing ends and the actuating electrode to deliver an AC signal at a first symmetric resonant frequency and a second symmetric resonant frequency selected from the plurality of resonant frequencies to the curved microbeam, a DC power source in communication with the opposing ends to pass an electrothermal voltage along a length of the curved microbeam, and a frequency monitoring device to monitor changes in the first symmetric resonant frequency and the second symmetric resonant frequency caused by an ambient pressure surrounding the curved microbeam.
US11703399B2
A temperature sensor assembly for measuring a gas temperature in a gas flow stream includes a first substrate having a first surface configured to be connected to a thermally conductive structure in a gas path, a first temperature sensor mounted to the first substrate a first distance from the first surface, and a second temperature sensor mounted to the first substrate a second distance from the first surface. The second distance is less than the first distance. The first and second temperature sensors are arranged along a temperature gradient.
US11703388B2
A method of optical analysis comprises receiving light at an optical spectrometer module from a light source, distributing the received light into two or more light beams with a light distribution component of the optical spectrometer module, concurrently exposing each of a reference and one or more test samples to one of the two or more light beams, and concurrently measuring a property of the light associated with each of the reference sample and one or more test samples with a corresponding detector.
US11703386B2
Disclosed is an instrument including a multipath, monolithic optical component, made up of a portion of a transparent material between two opposite faces of the component. One of the two faces of the component is formed by a first refracting surface, and the other face includes several second refracting surfaces which are juxtaposed. Each optical path of the component is formed by one of the second refracting surfaces in combination with a corresponding portion of the first refracting surface. One such component is suited for being part, within the instrument, of a detection module with multiple optical paths arranged in parallel, with a matrix photodetector shared by the optical paths. Such a detection module may be compact enough in order to be integrated into a cryostat cold screen, improving cooling thereof, and may be combined with an objective in order to form an instrument with multiple optical paths.
US11703378B2
A metal stem includes a cylindrical portion in which an FPC inserting portion is formed, and a base standing upright from one plane of the cylindrical portion. A tubular lens cap with one open end is fixed to a peripheral portion of the one plane of the cylindrical portion, and has a lens mounted on a bottomed portion. A substrate mounted on one plane of the base includes a signal wiring layer and a ground wiring layer. An optical semiconductor element is mounted on the substrate and has a signal terminal connected to the signal wiring layer of the substrate, and a ground terminal connected to the ground wiring layer of the substrate. An FPC substrate is disposed so as to pass through the FPC inserting portion and to face the one plane of the base. The FPC substrate includes a signal wiring layer connected to the signal wiring layer of the substrate with a metal wire.
US11703368B2
A sensor support portion supports a physical quantity sensor. A flow path housing portion forms a measurement flow path, which accommodates a support tip end portion of the sensor support portion. The sensor support portion includes a support front surface, which includes a front fixed portion away from the support tip end portion and fixed to an inner surface of the flow path housing portion. The physical quantity sensor includes a sensor exposure surface exposed from the support front surface. A separation distance between an end portion of the front fixed portion and an end portion of the sensor exposure surface is smaller than a separation distance between the end portion of the sensor exposure surface and the support tip end portion.
US11703367B2
A modular ultrasonic flow meter including a substantially watertight meter housing connected to a flow tube; a measurement printed circuit board including a measurement circuit communicating with one or more ultrasonic transducers, arranged in the meter housing for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic signals; and a self-contained power supply. The ultrasonic flow meter further includes a control module comprising a module housing connected with a main printed circuit board including a central processing unit, a memory circuit and a communication circuit, and a power- and communication connection is provided between the main printed circuit board of the control module and the measurement printed circuit board whereby the self-contained power supply may power the main printed circuit board and the measurement printed circuit board.
US11703365B2
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to apparatus and methods for automatic fluid flow system connectors. The system generally includes a load cell interface coupled to a console and a ring connector coupled to a fluid collection system. The ring connector can be releasably engaged with the load cell using a push-button actuated locking mechanism. Embodiments of the locking mechanism can include a latch and aperture engagement, a shelf and ledge engagement, or a track and channel engagement, or combinations thereof. The ring connector and load cell can include electrical contacts configured to engage along an axis that extends perpendicular to a surface on which the electrical contacts are disposed. This is believed to reduce wear on the electrical contacts, thereby extending the usable life of the system.
US11703364B2
A fluid discharge event detection apparatus measures a change in capacitance to detect the presence of a fluid in a sensing conduit where the presence of fluid indicates a discharge event. The apparatus includes a first conduit, the sensing conduit and a control valve, coupled between the first conduit and the sensing conduit. The control valve is configured to activate and fluidly couple the first conduit and the sensing conduit to one another when the control valve detects at least one predetermined condition of a fluid within the first conduit. A sensor, configured to measure a capacitance value, is disposed about the sensing conduit. A controller, coupled to the sensor, is configured to detect a change in the sensing conduit capacitance value and assert an alarm condition upon detection of the change in the sensing conduit capacitance value.
US11703362B2
A method of fabricating a paddlewheel for a flow meter is provided. The method can include providing an inner part of the paddlewheel. The method can also include inserting a plurality of magnets in the inner part of the paddlewheel. The method can also include overmolding an outer part of the paddlewheel over the inner part of the paddlewheel.
US11703352B2
Aspects described herein provide a computer-implemented method and system for generating topographic map data at different scales. More specifically, the topographic map data is reduced from large scale to small scale, wherein the scale of the vector features is reduced according to their geometry, feature type and attributes. In order to quickly and easily output digital maps at different scales so that a user may quickly zoom in and out of a map, different zoom levels are produced for different scales, each zoom level containing a variable amount of detail according to its scale, with larger scale zoom levels generally containing more detail than small scale zoom levels. Each zoom level is made up of one or more vector tiles representative of a geographic area, wherein the vector tiles may contain one or more vector features that are representative of objects within that geographic area, and other information related to that geographical area.
US11703351B2
Implementations are directed to assigning corresponding semantic identifiers to a plurality of rows of an agricultural field, generating a local mapping of the agricultural field that includes the plurality of rows of the agricultural field, and subsequently utilizing the local mapping in performance of one or more agricultural operations. In some implementations, the local mapping can be generated based on overhead vision data that captures at least a portion of the agricultural field. In these implementations, the local mapping can be generated based on GPS data associated with the portion of the agricultural field captured in the overhead vision data. In other implementations, the local mapping can be generated based on driving data generated during an episode of locomotion of a vehicle through the agricultural field. In these implementations, the local mapping can be generated based on GPS data associated with the vehicle traversing through the agricultural field.
US11703349B2
A navigation apparatus and a method for providing an individualization map service of the navigation apparatus are provided. The navigation apparatus includes a detector configured to sense a vehicle state and a travelling environment during travelling, and a processor configured to recognize a drive context based on the vehicle state and the travelling environment, and to make an individualization map to be serviced based on the recognized drive context.
US11703345B2
A system is provided for hands-free handling of at least one asset by a user. The system includes a user device configured to be worn by a user and a control system remotely located relative to the user device and configured to exchange asset-related data with the user device, the asset-related data including at least one or more notifications related to the handling of the at least one asset by the user at the asset location. The user device contains a processor configured to determine location data associated with the at least one asset and including a location for the at least one asset, the determination being based, in part, upon the obtained asset identifier data; dynamically generate and display, at the user device, one or more navigational projections configured to guide the user to the asset location; and detect handling of the at least one asset by the user.
US11703330B2
A dual-shell architecture and methods of fabrication of fused quartz resonators is disclosed. The architecture may include two encapsulated and concentric cavities using plasma-activated wafer bonding followed by the high-temperature glassblowing. The dual-shell architecture can provide a protective shield as well as a “fixed-fixed” anchor for the sensing element of the resonators. Structures can be instrumented to operate as a resonator, a gyroscope, or other vibratory sensor and for precision operation in a harsh environment. Methods for fabricating a dual-shell resonator structure can include pre-etching cavities on a cap wafer, pre-etching cavities on a device wafer, bonding the device wafer to a substrate wafer to form a substrate pair and aligning and bonding the cap wafer to the substrate pair to form a wafer stack with aligned cavities including a cap cavity and a device cavity. The wafer stack may be glassblown to form a dual-shell structure.
US11703329B2
Provided is a surveying instrument configured so that the optical axis of a guide light irradiation unit that irradiates guide light for guiding a survey operator and the optical axis of a lens barrel portion of a distance-measuring optical system become parallel to each other on a horizontal plane. The guide light irradiation unit is not disposed above the lens barrel portion that substantially matches a collimation direction is horizontally shifted with respect to the lens barrel portion. The horizontal shift distance D is configured so that a horizontal distance D between the optical axis of guide light and the optical axis of the lens barrel portion satisfies tan(α/2)×Cmin>D provided that α is an irradiation angle of the guide light in the horizontal direction, and Cmin is a shortest use distance of the surveying instrument.
US11703324B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods for the inspection of holes in transparent materials, the apparatus including a processor, an illumination probe, and a detection probe. The illumination probe includes a laser light source and a reflective surface and is configured to be inserted into a first hole in the transparent material. The detection probe includes a second reflective surface and a photodetector and is configured to be inserted in a second hole in the transparent material. Laser light is directed onto the first reflective surface within the first hole and is reflected through a wall of the first hole, into the transparent material, and reflected by the second reflective surface to the photodetector. The photodetector transmits a measured light intensity value to the processor, which compares the light intensity value to a standard intensity value to determine whether or not a crazing condition exists in the second hole.
US11703308B2
An accessory mount for removably attaching an accessory to a firearm rail includes a base having a mounting rail, a lock block moveable in a recess of the base and a throw lever, which when activated, allows springs to move the lock block in the recess so the lock block disengages the firearm rail in an open mode. The thumb lever also can engage the lock block to a closed mode in which it clamps the mount to the firearm rail in a fixed position relative to the firearm. An accessory thus can be firmly, consistently and securely mounted relative to the firearm with the mount. The thumb lever can be joined with a threaded shaft that engages a threaded element, for example, a keps nut, associated with the lock block. A toggle lock can selectively engage notches in the threaded element to set the overall clamping force of the lock block and mount on the firearm rail.
US11703306B2
A boresighting system may include a laser boresight device and a parallax mitigation device. The laser boresight device may include a casing for loading into a chamber of a firearm in place of a bolt carrier group, where the casing accepts a laser device for generating a laser beam within an interior cavity of the casing. The parallax mitigation device may include a housing for securing to an optical sight and a central position indicator providing a visual indication of a central position of the optical sight. Boresighting may be provided by adjusting an eye position to view a laser spot on a target associated with the laser beam at the central position of the optical sight based on the central position indicator and adjusting the optical sight to overlap an alignment reference provided by the optical sight with the laser spot at the central position of the optical sight.
US11703285B1
An energy exchanger for exchanging energy between a hot flow and a cold flow may comprise a hot flow section and a cold flow section, each of the sections comprising the same quantity of channels having variable cross sections. The inlets of the hot flow channels may be juxtaposed to the outlets of the cold flow channels and the outlets of the hot flow channels may be juxtaposed to the inlets of the cold flow channels such that the hot and cold flows move in opposing directions. The energy exchanger may further comprise a liquid distribution system and a common interface between each hot flow channel and a corresponding cold flow channel with an exponentially varying surface area adapted for exchanging latent energy released through condensation in the hot flow section and absorbed through evaporation in the cold flow section.
US11703283B2
A heat exchanger includes a first set of fins, a second set of fins, and an exterior wall. The first set of fins extend radially and are coaxial with each other. The first set of fins forms a first set of channels. The second set of fins extend radially and are coaxial with each other. The second set of fins forms a second set of channels. Channels of the first and second sets of channels are disposed in an alternating pattern in a circumferential direction of the heat exchanger. The first and second sets of fins are integrally formed together. A cross-sectional width of a channel of at least one of the first set of channels and the second set of channels increases as a radial distance from a centerline axis of the heat exchanger increases.
US11703251B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe fabric covers, such as those used for air conditioning units, having a first air permeable panel for covering a horizontal top panel of an air conditioner unit; a second air permeable panel extending downward from the first air permeable panel for covering vertical side panels of the air conditioner unit; and an adjustable fastener provided in a bottom portion of the second air permeable panel for securing the cover to a base of the air conditioner unit.
US11703247B2
A ventilation system with automatic flow balancing derived from a neural network to consistently achieve a desired flow rate for inlet flow and/or outlet flow in various operating environments to optimize system performance. The system includes a ventilation device that includes an exhaust blower assembly with a blower motor and a control circuit having a mathematical equation that determines an estimated exhaust blower flow based upon select inputs. The ventilation device also includes a supply blower assembly with a blower motor and control circuit having a mathematical equation that determines an estimated supply blower flow based upon select inputs. When the estimated exhaust blower flow is different than an exhaust flow set point, the exhaust control circuit selectively alters power supplied to the exhaust motor. When the estimated supply blower flow is different than a supply flow set point, the supply control circuit selectively alters power supplied to the supply motor.
US11703237B2
An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner includes a heat exchange module, at least one humidity sensor, and a controller. The heat exchange module includes a compressor, a first heat exchanger, an expansion valve, a second heat exchanger, and an absorbent disposed on an outer surface of the first and second heat exchangers. The controller is configured to control to stop a normal operation and perform a drying operation for supplying air to any one of the first and second heat exchangers serving as an evaporator when it is determined that a predetermined drying operation condition is satisfied based on humidity information of air passed through the any one of the first and second heat exchangers serving as the evaporator, during the normal operation in which the any one of the first and second heat exchangers serves as an evaporator and the other serves as a condenser.
US11703233B2
An equipment determination method of a cogeneration system includes the steps of: calculating a total hot water supply load for each day over a predetermined period longer than a specific period based on each unit hot water supply load for hour according to hot water supply use by consumers; setting as a representative period a specific period on which the total hot water supply load becomes at least a low load among the calculated total hot water supply load for each day; determining a capacity of the cogeneration equipment based on the total hot water supply load on the set representative period; and determining a capacity of the plurality of hot water storage tanks based on an amount of hot water supply load exceeding the capacity of the determined cogeneration equipment among each unit hot water supply load for two or more divided periods including the set representative period.
US11703229B2
A temperature adjustment apparatus for a high temperature oven, comprising: an oven comprising an oven cavity, at least one intake manifold, at least one exhaust manifold, an inner casing cover, at least one heating element, and a chamber door; wherein a processing chamber is formed inside the oven cavity; the inner casing cover is disposed around an inner wall of the oven cavity; the inner casing cover is heated by at least one of the heating elements, and the processing chamber is heated by the inner casing cover in the form of thermal radiation; and a gas reprocessing device comprising a gas recovery device, wherein a gas in the processing chamber is sucked into the gas reprocessing device by using the gas recovery device, and the sucked gas can be directly discharged from the gas reprocessing device or reprocessed and flows back to the processing chamber.
US11703226B2
A gas turbine combustor includes a burner composed of a fuel nozzle group having a plurality of fuel nozzles for fuel supply, a fuel nozzle plate structurally supporting the fuel nozzles and serving to distribute the fuel flowing from an upstream side to the fuel nozzles, and a perforated plate located downstream of the fuel nozzles and having nozzle holes corresponding to the fuel nozzles. The fuel nozzle group includes outer circumferential fuel nozzles and inner circumferential fuel nozzles. Each outer diameter of at least a proximal end of the outer circumferential fuel nozzles is larger than that of the inner circumferential fuel nozzles.
US11703220B2
A portable vaporizer for heating a liquid-phase fuel. The vaporizer comprising a reservoir having a least one wall for containing a heat-conducting fluid within the reservoir. A heating tube extending into the reservoir such that the heating tube is in fluid contact with the heat-conducting fluid. The heating core has and inlet through which the liquid-phase fuel will flow and an outlet through which the vaporized liquid-phase fuel will flow. A heating core comprising an electric heating element placed within the reservoir to heat the heat-conducting fluid and vaporize the liquid-phase fuel passing through the heating tube.
US11703218B2
A burner arrangement has a plurality of mixing channels which extend parallel to the main axis of the burner arrangement and are arranged in at least two concentric circles, in which mixing channels fuel and discharge air from the compressor are mixed during the operation of the burner arrangement. The mixing channels are grouped together into fuel stages so as to produce an irregular staging in the peripheral direction of the burner arrangement.
US11703215B2
A waterproof light-emitting diode (LED) lamp bulb, including a lamp base and a shell connected with the lamp base, and further including a stem assembly; the stem assembly is connected to an opening portion of the shell; the stem assembly includes a rubber seat, and a first metal wire, a printed circuit board (PCB) light source panel and a second metal wire which are electrically connected with each other in sequence; the rubber seat is matched with the opening portion of the shell; a filling recess is formed by the rubber seat and the opening portion of the shell; the rubber seat is further provided with at least two accommodating holes that the metal wires pass through; and a sealant layer for sealing and waterproofing is arranged at the filling recess.
US11703213B2
A luminaire is provided that includes a head, a movement system, and a control system. The movement system rotates the luminaire head around an axis of rotation. The movement system includes a motor and a braking system. The motor moves a luminaire mechanism. The luminaire mechanism may be a gobo wheel, a lens, or other optical device of the luminaire, or it may be the luminaire head or the luminaire yoke. The control system determines whether the motor is rotating and engages the braking system when the motor is not rotating. When the motor is stopped, the control system may store in non-volatile memory a current absolute position of the luminaire mechanism.
US11703211B2
An LED panel light includes a flexible base film, a plurality of circuits arranged on the flexible base film and a plurality of LED lamp beads arranged on the flexible base film, each circuit is connected with at least one LED lamp bead and is provided with at least two mutually parallel conductive wires. The conductive wire consists of a plurality of secondary conductive wires, and a plurality of the secondary conductive wires form a mesh. A method of making a LED panel light includes the following specific steps: S1: providing a flexible base film; S2: manufacturing a plurality of mesh-type conductive wires on the flexible base film by using a mould with circuit patterns of LED panel light; conductive wires forming a circuit, and a plurality of the circuits forming an LED panel light circuit; S3: connecting LED lamp beads with the conductive wires in the circuits.
US11703209B2
A spotlight system for illuminating a film or stage environment comprises a spotlight for generating light; and at least one optical component couplable to the spotlight for producing at least one spatial light distribution, wherein the optical component and/or the spotlight has/have a memory in which information on the spatial light distribution producible by the optical component is stored.
US11703204B2
An air guide is provided for cooling an illumination device of a vehicle. A single, essentially rigid air channel with an air inlet opening and at least one air outlet opening is provided. The air inlet opening is allocated to a blower and the at least one air outlet opening is allocated to at least one chamber or at least one chamber area of the illumination device. In order to improve the cooling of an illumination device of a vehicle, air channel is a free-form air channel, where the flow resistance of the free-form channel between the air inlet opening and each of the at least one air outlet opening is designed to be so low as to make it possible to deploy a blower in the form of an axial fan.
US11703201B2
A vehicular lighting tool of the present invention includes light source and light guide lens, the light guide lens has introduction section into which light is introduced, light distribution section that emits introduced light as illumination light, decoration section that emits introduced light as decoration light, and slit section that separates introduction section and decoration section, and introduction section has light incidence surface into which light from light source enters, lens cut that emits portion of light from light source and that causes portion of light to enter decoration section via slit section, first inclined surface located closer to light distribution section than lens cut, second inclined surface that connects first inclined surface and decoration section, and reflection cut surface provided on surface opposite to slit section and that reflects portion of light entering from light incidence surface so as to advance along second inclined surface.
US11703197B2
A lighting assembly includes a light transmissive substrate extending along a length and including a light emission portion including opposed first and second major surfaces spaced apart from one another in a thickness direction, an inner edge surface extending between the first and second major surfaces in the thickness direction, and an outer edge surface opposed the inner edge surface and extending in the thickness direction. An extension portion extends from the light emission portion proximate the second major surface in the thickness direction. A light source is attached to the extension portion. A light head includes a housing, a primary light source attached to the housing, and the lighting assembly as an auxiliary lighting assembly. The housing includes a channel in which the auxiliary lighting assembly is retained.
US11703183B2
A method for lubricating a sealed bearing providing a first ring and a second ring capable of rotating concentrically relative to one another, and seals delimiting together with the first and second rings a sealed chamber. The method includes a removing a first predetermined quantity of lubricant from the sealed chamber until the pressure in the sealed chamber reaches a first pressure value, and then injecting a second predetermined quantity of lubricant in the sealed chamber until the pressure in the sealed chamber reaches a second pressure value, the first pressure value and the second pressure value being determined so that the pressure inside the sealed chamber remains within a predetermined interval, the boundaries of the interval being determined according to characteristics of the seals so that the sealed chamber remains waterproof to the lubricant when lubricant is removed from or injected in the sealed chamber.
US11703179B2
A compressor and aligning device assembly for aligning a compressor in a vehicle includes a bracket. The bracket is coupled to a body of the compressor. The bracket includes a hole formed therein. The hole is configured to receive a locating pin. The locating pin fixes the position of the compressor.
US11703178B2
An apparatus for holding a breast compression paddle, includes a base, a lip connected to and extending substantially orthogonal from the base, an arm connected to and extending substantially orthogonal from the base and disposed substantially parallel to the lip, and a tine connected to and extending at an angle to the arm. The lip defines a lip plane, and the tine is oriented towards the lip plane. The apparatus is configured to hold and support a compression paddle.
US11703177B2
An accessory mounting apparatus and system are provided. The system includes a structural framing, an accessory mounting apparatus, and an accessory. The accessory mounting apparatus includes a first component, a second component, and a connector arm. The first component includes a first base, a first rail connector that extends from the first base, and one or more first connectors. The second component includes a second base and a second rail connector that extends from the second base. The connector arm includes a second connector and a mounting arm, and the second connector is coupled to the one or more first connectors. Further, the first rail connector and the second rail connector are configured to engage a first rail slot and a second rail slot of the structural framing, accordingly. Additionally, the accessory is coupled to the mounting arm.
US11703173B2
Pipe replacement devices, and systems are shown. Devices and systems may include jointed cutters and floating cutters to navigate difficult pipe replacement conditions. Devices and systems may also include replacement pipe with pre-installed supply hoses, such as lubricant supply and/or pneumatic supply hoses. Methods of pipe replacement are also described, including splitting old pipe and pulling in new pipe behind the equipment as splitting progresses.
US11703172B2
Method and system are provided for a quick connector for coupling conduits. The quick connector comprises a first piece including a first slot group, a second piece including a second slot group and a first protrusion group counterpart to the first slot group, and a third piece including a second protrusion group counterpart to the second slot group, where each slot of the first slot group angles in a first direction, and each slot of the second slot group angles in an opposing, second direction. In one example, the quick connector may include a locking mechanism and a feedback system.
US11703169B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for a coupling nozzle for cryogenic fluid. An example nozzle includes a flow body defining a conduit. The flow body is configured to permit cryogenic fluid to flow through the conduit. The nozzle includes a mounting ring through which the flow body slidably extends and a bushing fixedly positioned adjacent the mounting ring. The bushing slidably receives the flow body in a keyed manner to prevent rotation of the flow body. The nozzle includes a flow control assembly at least partially disposed in the conduit of the flow body. The flow control assembly is configured to permit the cryogenic fluid to flow through the flow body in an open position and prevent the cryogenic fluid from flowing through the flow body in a closed position.
US11703168B2
A press fitting for a pipe connection is provided. The press fitting includes a fitting body for connecting the press fitting to a pipe, a press sleeve fixed to the fitting body and having a substantially cylindrical pressing portion and at least one projecting element which delimits the substantially cylindrical pressing portion in the axial direction, and a tubular banderole which surrounds the substantially cylindrical pressing region of the pressing sleeve, wherein the tubular banderole is arranged rotatably relative to a surface of the pressing sleeve, is held in the cylindrical pressing region by the at least one projecting element and is at least partially destroyed when the pressing sleeve is pressed with a pressing tool.
US11703159B2
Provided herein is a fluid duct 2 comprising a tubular base wall 11 surrounding a duct channel and at least one bellows 10 formed along a section of the tubular base wall 11. The bellows 10 comprises a plurality of convolutes 12 having a profile 14 projecting radially from the base wall 11. At least one convolute 12 wraps around the duct channel at a wrap-around angle Ω of between 180° and 720° from a first end 22a to a second end 22b of the convolute 12, said second end 22b being offset in a flow direction F parallel to a centerline C of the duct channel by a non-zero offset distance D from the first end 22a.
US11703158B2
A single layer/ply multi-use hose is contemplated. A thermoplastic polymer, such as polyurethane, is extruded through a woven tubular mesh of aramid fibers so as to encourage pillaring through gaps in the mesh of a sufficient amount to improve the overall durability and strength of the resultant hose. This wide diameter (at least 4 inches) and long continuous length (at least 300 feet) hose exhibits excellent durability (e.g., resistance to abrasion and/or punctures) and tensile ratios in excess of 2:1 so as to withstand tensile loads in excess of 100,000 pounds without delamination or bubbling within the hose wall.
US11703154B2
Conduit through which at least one pipe or cable extends, wherein the conduit has an inner wall and is provided with a system for sealing in the conduit that is unoccupied by the at least one pipe or cable, wherein the system comprises: at least one rubber element for providing in the conduit a support-structure which is clamped-in between the inner wall and the at least one pipe or cable; and a sealant layer against the support-structure and for sealing off at least one end of the conduit between the inner wall and the at least one pipe or cable, wherein each rubber element is made of a fire-resistant vulcanized rubber of a thermally substantially non-expandable type, and wherein the sealant is made of a fire-resistant polymer which is vulcanizable at room temperature under exposure to humidity and which is also of the thermally substantially non-expandable type.
US11703149B2
An adapter for mounting cable hangers to a mounting structure includes: a plurality of mounting panels, each mounting panel including a mounting hole, the mounting panels attached to each other at edges thereof, each mounting panel being disposed at an angle relative to its adjacent mounting panels; a base attached to the edge of endmost ones of the mounting panels; wherein the mounting panels and the base define an interior of the adapter; the adapter further comprising at least one pair of fingers extending into the interior of the adapter, each pair of fingers being configured to cooperate to grasp a cable.
US11703148B2
An aerial cable management device includes a trunk; and a plurality of arms, each arm including a body defining a central pivot point and having a cable support element disposed at both opposite ends of the body, wherein each of the plurality of arms is rotatably coupled with the trunk in a shared direction of rotation.
US11703139B2
A pressure relief valve is disclosed with a first stage valve that is in series with a second stage valve, with an enclosed cavity between the first stage valve and the second stage valve. The first stage valve relieves pressure from an enclosure into the enclosed cavity between the stages, when the pressure is above a cracking pressure of the first stage valve. The second stage relieves pressure from the enclosed cavity when the pressure is above the cracking pressure of the second stage valve.
US11703134B2
A metering valve has a shutoff position at which it blocks flow from the metering valve outlet line from reaching an outlet to a use. A spool has a first end and a second end. The housing has a first shoulder associated with the first end and a second shoulder associated with the second end. In the shutoff position, the spool has the first end spaced from the first shoulder, and the second end spaced from the second shoulder. A fuel system for a gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
US11703124B2
An actuator system for a vehicle transmission includes an actuating unit and an electric motor drivingly connected to the actuating unit. The actuating unit is configured for displacement by the electric motor between an engagement mode where the transmission is connected to a propulsion unit and a disengagement mode where the transmission is disconnected from the propulsion unit. A clutch unit between the actuating unit and the electric motor is connected to a drive shaft of the electric motor. The clutch unit is configured for connecting the actuating unit to the electric motor when displacing the actuating unit between the engagement disengagement modes. The clutch unit disconnects the actuating unit from the electric motor in the engagement mode. The system further includes an oil pump unit driven by the electric motor at least in the engagement mode.
US11703120B2
A method for carrying out a shifting operation in a sequential manual transmission, in particular a shifting claw transmission, is provided. During the shifting operation, a maximum clutch torque that can be transmitted by a clutch arranged between an engine and a transmission input shaft is automatically reduced without completely disengaging the clutch, and a rider-required drive torque is maintained in a manner which reduces undesired jerking movement of the vehicle due to sudden full clutch actuation.
US11703108B2
The present invention provides a transmission mechanism which is suited to miniaturization and can reduce motion transmission errors. This transmission mechanism includes: a cam; a plurality of pins arrayed along a side surface of the cam; guide plates provided with a plurality of guide holes; and a pair of gears disposed so as to sandwich the cam. Each pin contacts only one of the pair of gears, and is guided to the corresponding guide hole in conjunction with the rotation of the cam and moves along the cam and the corresponding gear, thereby causing the guide plates or the pair of gears to rotate with respect to the cam.
US11703107B2
A gear drive, such as for an actuator, is a right-angle drive where toothed outer ridge of a face gear is coupled to teeth of a motor output shaft, and a set of planetary gears are engaged with a central sun gear of the face gear. The sun gear and planetary gears are aligned with the motor output shaft. For instance the motor output shaft may be substantially in the same plane with the sun gear and the planetary gears. From another standpoint the axis of the motor output shaft may intersect the sun gear, as well as intersecting a volume that the planetary gears sweep through as the planetary gears engage the sun gear.
US11703104B2
A clutch device for a drive train of a motor vehicle includes a torsional vibration damper with an output side, a disconnect clutch with a clutch component, and a fastening unit releasably connecting the disconnect clutch to the torsional vibration damper. The fastening unit includes a first toothing region fixed on the clutch component, a second toothing region fixed on the output side and positively rotationally connected with the first toothing region, and a clamping element. The clamping element is arranged to preload the first toothing region relative to the second toothing region in a circumferential direction with a preloading force, and preload the output side relative to the clutch component with an axial contact pressure.
US11703101B2
An electrically controlled valve for a shock absorber. The valve comprises a piston providing a primary fluid channel for damping fluid and a housing in which a piston holder is provided with an internal secondary fluid channel for damping fluid. Fluid flow (23) through the secondary fluid channel for damping fluid. Fluid flow through the secondary fluid channel is controlled by a spool movable within the piston holder wherein the movement of the spool is enabled by an electrically controlled actuator. Fluid flow through the secondary fluid channel is controlled by restriction at the inlet of the secondary fluid channel the inlet comprising one or more radial holes through the piston holder.
US11703100B2
A shock absorber is provided that includes a shock body and a shaft assembly. The shock body has an inner chamber. The inner chamber is defined by a cylindrical interior surface. At least one groove is formed in the interior surface within at least one select length of the shock body. A piston of the shaft assembly is received within the inner chamber of the shock body. The piston includes valving to allow dampening matter that is received within the inner chamber to pass through the piston to allow the piston to move within the inner chamber. The at least one groove that is formed within the interior surface is configured to allow at least some of the dampening matter to bypass the valving of the piston to allow the piston to move through the at least one select length with less resistance.
US11703099B2
A wet friction material includes a base including a matrix of fibers and filler particles embedded in the matrix of fibers; a binder embedded in an interior of the base; and a quaternary ammonium salt containing coating on an outer surface of the base. The quaternary ammonium salt containing coating can include a quaternary ammonium salt and a solution binder.
US11703096B2
A motor-vehicle fixed-caliper partially lined disk brake with pin mounting for backing plates of disk brake linings, comprising a one-piece clearance spring with two spring legs which are elastically clamped in between the backing plates on a bearing portion which is free of friction material.
US11703087B2
Disclosed herein is a sliding member having an alloy overlay layer that comes into sliding contact with a counterpart member thereof and has improved fatigue resistance. The sliding member comprises a base material layer and an alloy overlay layer formed on the base material layer, in which the alloy overlay layer has a soft metal phase made of tin and precipitated in a metallic matrix phase made of aluminum, and when an average aspect ratio of the soft metal phase is defined as A, and its standard deviation is defined as Aσ, A+Aσ is 3.0 or less. In this case, the soft metal phase has a shape close to a sphere without elongating in a certain direction.
US11703083B2
Bearing assemblies and methods of using bearings are provided in the present disclosure. In one embodiment, a bearing ring is provided having a plurality of carrier components removably coupled therewith. Each carrier component may carry one or more bearing elements. Upon wearing of the bearing elements beyond a desired amount, the carrier components may be removed from the bearing ring and installed in a different bearing ring to place the mearing elements at their original bearing surface radius. In another embodiment, individual bearing elements may be radially adjustable relative to the bearing ring to define and redefine the radius of a radial bearing surface.
US11703081B2
A rolling bearing includes an outer ring as a fixed ring, an inner ring as a rotary ring, and rolling elements disposed between the outer ring and the inner ring. The outer ring includes, on the radially opposite side of its raceway surface, a fitting surface fitted to a mating member, two annular grooves in which elastic members are fitted, and a recess adjacent to the annular grooves, and the recess has a bottom surface having an outer diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the fitting surface.
US11703079B2
A bearing element includes an inner surface (54) configured to receive a cylindrical shaft (18). The inner surface (54) includes a smooth profile having a plurality of sections (502). Each section (502) having a taper portion (506) between a first arc-span point (512) and a second arc-span point (514), a constant-radius portion (508) between the second arc-span point (514) and a third arc-span point (516), and a transition portion (510) between the third arc-span point (516) and a fourth arc-span point (518). An inner-surface radius dimension (520) changes from an inner-diameter major dimension to an inner-diameter minor dimension at the taper portion (506) and back at the transition portion.
US11703072B2
A set including a first panel, a second panel and a mechanical locking device for locking the first panel to the second panel, the first panel includes a first edge surface and a first panel surface, the second panel includes a second panel surface, the first edge surface facing the second panel surface in a locked position of the first and the second panel, the mechanical locking device includes a panel groove at a surface of the second panel, a flexible tongue positioned in the panel groove, a rod-shaped element at the first edge surface and an insertion groove at the second panel surface extending from the second panel surface to the panel groove, the rod-shaped element having a first part at a first end, a second part at a second end and a recess in the second part, and a third part located between the first and second part.
US11703038B2
According to one embodiment, a power control circuit includes a converter, a signal generating circuit, an estimation unit, and a controller. The converter includes a switching circuit and is configured to transform an output voltage from a power generator. The signal generating circuit is configured to transmit a signal to the switching circuit. The estimation unit is configured to determine a switching operation condition based on vibration information indicative of a vibration applied to the power generator. The controller is configured to control an operation of the switching circuit based on the determined switching operation condition.
US11703037B2
A linear displacement device includes at least one artificial muscle actuator, an arm attached to the at least one artificial muscle, a body that is restricted to move along a line, and a stationary channel that restricts the motion of the body to linear motion. The at least one artificial muscle actuator causes the body to move along the line. The body is further restricted to move along a surface of the arm and the at least one artificial muscle actuator is a rotational muscle actuator. Additionally, the arm rotates in concert with the at least one artificial muscle actuator.
US11703033B2
A method and associated system are provided for determining a yaw heading (θheading) of a wind turbine, the wind turbine having a tower and a nacelle that includes a machine head and rotor at a top thereof. The method includes configuring a single rover receiver of a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) at a fixed position relative to the nacelle. A GNSS geographic location of a tower top pivot point (TPP) of the wind turbine is determined, as well as an angular offset of the rover receiver (βrover) relative to a centerline axis of the nacelle. Based on the GNSS geo-location of the TPP and a GNSS geo-location of the rover receiver, an angular vector () relative to North of a line between the TPP and the rover receiver is determined. The yaw heading (θheading) is computed from a difference between the angle () and the angular offset (βrover) of the rover receiver.
US11703030B2
A yaw control device includes a bottom horizontal plate, a top horizontal plate, a first vertical plate, and a second vertical plate. An aperture is positioned between first and second edges of the bottom horizontal plate, and is closer to a third edge of the bottom horizontal plate than to a fourth edge of that plate. A bottom edge of the first vertical plate is attached to a first edge of the bottom horizontal plate. An upper edge of the first vertical plate is attached to a first edge of the top horizontal plate. A bottom edge of the second vertical plate is attached to a second edge of the bottom horizontal plate. An upper edge of the second vertical plate is attached to a second edge of the top horizontal plate. The third edges of the horizontal plates are adapted to rotate about a shaft inserted through the aperture.
US11703024B2
Provided is a control device of a vehicle including an alternator that generates power using a driving force of an internal combustion engine, wherein when the alternator is cold and a request power of an accessory is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the control device increases the number of revolutions of the internal combustion engine compared with the number of revolutions when the alternator is not cold.
US11703022B2
A fuel injector is configured such that a non-magnetic member constituting a magnetic circuit is deformed by an axial force generated when the non-magnetic member is combined with a cover and a housing, thereby providing airtight contact. The fuel injector is a device that injects fuel into an engine by raising a needle. A magnetic field generated from a coil forms a magnetic circuit when the coil is magnetized, and the magnetic circuit raises the needle. The fuel injector includes a block ring disposed inside the coil, a cover disposed at an upper end of the block ring, and a housing disposed at a lower end of the block ring. The block ring is made of a non-magnetic material and configured to extend the magnetic circuit. When the cover and the housing are combined by being screwed together, the upper end and the lower end of the block ring are deformed to provide airtight contact with respect to the cover and the housing, respectively.
US11703020B2
A priming pump may include a housing; an inlet passageway inside of the housing; an outlet passageway inside of the housing; a divider, inside of the housing, separating the inlet passageway and the outlet passageway; a connecting passageway through the divider in fluid communication with the inlet passageway and the outlet passageway; a valve, disposed in the connecting passageway, configured for one-way fluid flow from the inlet passageway to the outlet passageway; a rotary pump, inside of the housing, having an inlet in fluid communication with the inlet passageway and an outlet in fluid communication with the outlet passageway; and a shaft connected to the rotary pump and extending through the housing, the shaft configured for rotation by an external driving mechanism.
US11703019B2
There is provided an intake device, in which an air cleaner is disposed behind an engine and which is configured such that air is introduced from the air cleaner to the engine through an intake passage. The intake device includes: a pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure in the intake passage; a throttle body that forms an upstream side of the intake passage; and an intake pipe that forms a downstream side of the intake passage. An attachment portion to which the pressure sensor is attached is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the intake pipe.
US11703010B2
An electronic control unit for a vehicle with a combustion engine and a method of fuel analysis are provided. At least one dynamic torque sensor value from a high pressure pump of the vehicle and at least one additional sensor value including at least one pressure sensor value and/or at least one timing value are used to determine whether a combustible fuel type currently in use is known, unknown, or similar to a known fuel type. In each case, the operation of the combustion engine is optimized using specific parameter configurations for the fuel injectors of the vehicle. The specific parameter configurations are either retrieved from a database, or are generated using artificial intelligence methods.
