US11705196B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for calibrating crossbar-based apparatuses. The method includes obtaining output data of a crossbar-based apparatus may include a plurality of cross-point devices with tunable conductance, where the output data of the crossbar-based apparatus represents computing results of at least one operation performed by the crossbar-based apparatus, and where the output data corresponding to a plurality of settings of a plurality of analog components of the crossbar-based apparatus. The method also includes obtaining, by a processing device, one or more calibration parameters based on the output data of the crossbar-based apparatus, where the one or more calibration parameters correspond to one or more errors associated with one or more of the analog components of the crossbar-based apparatus. The method further includes calibrating the crossbar-based apparatus using the one or more calibration parameters.
US11705190B2
A memory device includes memory cells in rows, word lines respectively coupled to the rows, and a control circuitry coupled to the memory cells via the word lines. The control circuitry is configured to apply a first program voltage to a first word line of the word lines. The first word line is coupled to a first row of the memory cells. The control circuitry is also configured to, after applying the first program voltage to the first word line, apply a second program voltage to a second word line of the word lines. The second word line is coupled to a second row of the memory cells. The control circuitry is also configured to, after applying the second program voltage to the second word line, apply a first pre-charge voltage to the first word line and a second pre-charge voltage to the second word line. The second pre-charge voltage is greater than the first pre-charge voltage.
US11705188B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes: first and second wiring patterns extending in a first direction, first and second transistors arranged adjacent to each other, and third to sixth wiring patterns extending in a second direction. The third wiring pattern is connected between the first wiring pattern and one of source/drain regions of the first transistor, the fourth wiring pattern is connected between the second wiring pattern and other of source/drain regions of the first transistor, the fifth wiring pattern is connected to one of source/drain regions of the second transistor, the fifth wiring pattern overlapping with the first wiring pattern, the sixth wiring pattern is connected to other of source/drain regions of the second transistor, the sixth wiring pattern overlapping with the second wiring pattern. The third and fourth wiring patterns are greater in width in the first direction than the fifth and sixth wiring patterns.
US11705183B2
A memory circuit includes a plurality of word lines, a word line driver coupled to the plurality of word lines, and a booster circuit coupled to the plurality of word lines. The word line driver is configured to output a first word line signal on a first word line of the plurality of word lines, and the booster circuit includes a first node configured to carry a first power supply voltage and is configured to couple the first word line of the plurality of word lines to the first node responsive to a pulse signal and the first word line signal.
US11705177B2
A semiconductor device comprises a first conductive structure extending along a vertical direction and a second conductive structure extending along the vertical direction. The second conductive structure is spaced apart from the first conductive structure along a lateral direction. The semiconductor device further comprises a plurality of third conductive structures each extending along the lateral direction. The plurality of third conductive structures are disposed across the first and second conductive structures. The first and second conductive structures each have a varying width along the lateral direction. The plurality of third conductive structures are configured to be applied with respective different voltages in accordance with the varying width of the first and second conductive structures.
US11705174B2
An integrated circuit includes a plurality of memory cells, a first pair of complementary data lines, and a second pair of complementary data lines. The plurality of memory cells include a first array of memory cells and a second array of memory cells. The first pair of complementary data lines are coupled to the first array of memory cells. The second pair of complementary data lines are different from the first pair of complementary data lines and are coupled to the second array of memory cells. A number of memory cells in the first array of memory cells is different from a number of memory cells in the second array of memory cells.
US11705172B2
A method of operating a memory device includes receiving a duty training request, performing first training for a write path in a first period, storing a result value of the first training, performing second training for a write path in a second period, storing a result value of the second training, transmitting the result value of the first training to an external device, and receiving a duty cycle adjuster (DCA) code value corresponding to the first training result value from the external device.
US11705168B2
According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to receive a first command and execute, based on the first command, a first operation and a second operation. The second operation is executed after the first operation. The control circuit is further configured to output a first signal from a start of the first operation to a start of the second operation. The first signal indicates that the semiconductor device is in a busy state in which the semiconductor device refrains from accepting, from an external controller, a second command for execution of the first operation and a third command for execution of the second operation.
US11705167B2
A memory circuit includes a pre-charging circuit and a control circuit. The pre-charging circuit includes a first pre-charging unit, a second pre-charging unit, a first power supply terminal, a second power supply terminal, a first control terminal, a second control terminal and a data terminal; the first pre-charging unit is connected with the first power supply terminal, the first control terminal and the data terminal; the second pre-charging unit is connected with the second power supply terminal, the second control terminal and the data terminal. The control circuit is configured to in response to a memory being in a row active state and not performing a reading-writing operation, control, through the second pre-charging unit, the data terminal and the second power supply terminal to be disconnected, and control, through the first pre-charging unit, the data terminal and the first power supply terminal to be disconnected.
US11705166B2
A memory device includes; a first memory chip including a first on-die Termination (ODT) circuit comprising a first ODT resistor, a second memory chip including a second ODT circuit comprising a second ODT resistor, at least one chip enable signal pin that receives at least one chip enable signal, wherein the at least one chip enable signal selectively enables at least one of the first memory chip and the second memory chip, and an ODT pin commonly connected to the first memory chip and the second memory chip that receives an ODT signal, wherein the ODT signal defines an enable period for at least one of the first ODT circuit and the second ODT circuit, and in response to the ODT signal and the at least one chip enable signal, one of the first ODT resistor and the second ODT resistor is enabled to terminate a signal received by at least one of the first memory chip and the second memory chip.
US11705158B2
A method for manufacturing the ring-shaped glass spacer to be arranged in contact with a magnetic disk in a hard disk drive apparatus, including: preparing a ring-shaped glass blank; and grinding main surfaces of the ring-shaped glass blank by using grinding pads that include diamond particles as fixed abrasive particles.
US11705152B2
A magnetic head includes a first magnetic pole, a second magnetic pole, and a stacked body provided between the first and second magnetic poles. The stacked body includes a first magnetic member, a second magnetic member provided between the first magnetic member and the second magnetic pole, a first layer provided between the first and second magnetic members, and a second layer provided between the second magnetic member and the second magnetic pole. The first magnetic member includes first magnetic regions and a first nonmagnetic region. The first nonmagnetic region is between the one of the first magnetic regions and the other one of the first magnetic regions.
US11705150B2
Systems and methods for generating real-time synthetic crowd responses for events, to augment the experience of event participants, remote viewers, and the like. Various sensors monitor the event in question, and various event properties are derived from their output using an event state model. These event properties, along with various event parameters such as score, time remaining, etc., are then input to a machine learning model that determines a real-time synthetic audience reaction tailored to the immediate state of the event. Reaction parameters are used to generate a corresponding crowd or audience audio signal, which may be broadcast to event participants, viewers, spectators, or anyone who may be interested. This instantaneous, realistic crowd reaction more closely simulates the experience of events with full on-site audiences, enhancing the viewing experience of both event participants and those watching.
US11705148B2
Technologies are disclosed for improving the efficiency of real-time audio processing, and specifically for improving the efficiency of continuously modifying a real-time audio signal. Efficiency is improved by reducing memory bandwidth requirements and by reducing the amount of processing used to modify the real-time audio signal. In some configurations, memory bandwidth requirements are reduced by selectively transferring active samples in the frequency domain—e.g. avoiding the transfer samples with amplitudes of zero or near-zero. This has particular importance when the specialized hardware retrieves samples from main memory in real-time. In some configurations, the amount of processing needed to modify the audio signal is reduced by omitting operations that do not meaningfully affect the output audio signal. For example, a multiplication of samples may be avoided when at least one of the samples has an amplitude of zero or near-zero.
US11705144B2
An illustrative frequency-domain encoder system transforms time-domain data representative of a content instance into frequency-domain data representative of the content instance. The frequency-domain data includes a plurality of complex coefficients each representing different frequency components of a plurality of frequency components incorporated by the content instance. The frequency-domain encoder system generates a frequency-domain data container that includes the complex coefficients of the frequency-domain data and metadata descriptive of the frequency-domain data. Additionally, within the frequency-domain data container, the frequency-domain encoder system integrates the complex coefficients of the frequency-domain data with timing data representative of a time-dependent feature of the content instance. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.
US11705139B2
There is provided encoding and decoding methods for encoding and decoding of object based audio. An exemplary encoding method includes inter alia calculating M downmix signals by forming combinations of N audio objects, wherein M≤N, and calculating parameters which allow reconstruction of a set of audio objects formed on basis of the N audio objects from the M downmix signals. The calculation of the M downmix signals is made according to a criterion which is independent of any loudspeaker configuration.
US11705131B2
A system for identifying spoken language in a telecommunications relay service, which includes a call serving entity; and a plurality of automatic speech recognition groups where each of the automatic speech recognition groups includes an associated automatic speech recognition engine that recognizes and transcribes speech to a predefined language. One of the plurality of automatic speech recognition groups is set as a default automatic speech recognition group and automatic speech recognition engines transcribe and convert peer voices into text packets. The text packets are scored by the automatic speech recognition engine and transmitted to the call serving entity to determine whether the text packets meet a predetermined threshold based on their respective scores with the text packet having the highest score that meets or exceeds the predetermine threshold transmitted to a user.
US11705129B2
A voice control method that includes: a terminal device receiving voice information; the terminal device querying a control instruction corresponding to the voice information from a local voice library; when no control instruction corresponding to the voice information is found in the local voice library, the terminal device uploading the voice information onto a cloud server; the cloud server querying the control instruction corresponding to the voice information from a cloud voice library; when the control instruction corresponding to the voice information is found in the cloud voice library, the cloud server sending the control instruction to the terminal device; the terminal device receiving the control instruction, and executing a corresponding operation on the basis of the control instruction. The present disclosure improves the response speed of a terminal device, and improves user experience.
US11705127B2
Coordinating signal processing among computing devices in a voice-driven computing environment is provided. A first and second digital assistant can detect an input audio signal, perform a signal quality check, and provide indications that the first and second digital assistants are operational to process the input audio signal. A system can select the first digital assistant for further processing. The system can receive, from the first digital assistant, data packets including a command. The system can generate, for a network connected device selected from a plurality of network connected devices, an action data structure based on the data packets, and transmit the action data structure to the selected network connected device.
US11705123B1
A wireless or remote thermometer connected with an artificial intelligence (AI) system. The thermometer may be in communication with a voice-activated AI system to implement operation thereof, such as a cloud-based AI system implemented on a smart audio interface. User-accessible controls for the thermometer may be activated using the voice-activated AI system on the audio interface. The thermometer may include a wireless transceiver for communication with a user. The thermometer collects temperature measurement data to remotely monitor the temperature of food or other materials. The thermometer connects and communicates wirelessly with a receiver unit, such as user smartphone, tablet, or other computerized device. The thermometer unit sends data, alerts or notifications to the delegated receiver, smart device, and/or audio interface, to the user. Communication between the thermometer and receiver unit may be through one or more communication pathways, which may be selected to provide delivery to the user device.
US11705122B2
According to one embodiment, the interface-providing apparatus comprises an identifying unit and a generating unit. The identifying unit identifies a keyword from dialogue data including a question text to request information, and a response text in reply thereto. The generating unit generates display information to display a user interface for receiving feedback input relating to a degree of usefulness of a keyword when searching for the requested information.
US11705108B1
Techniques for generating a visual response to a user input are described. A system may receive input data corresponding to a user input, determining a first skill component is to determine a response to the user input, and determine a second skill component is to determine supplemental content related to the user input. The system may also determine a template for presenting a visual response to the user input, where the template is configured for presenting the response and the supplemental content. The system may receive, from the first skill component, first image data corresponding to the first response. The system may also receive, from the second skill component, second image data corresponding to the first supplemental content. The system may send, to a device including a display, a command to present the first image data and the second image data using the template.
US11705093B1
A flip tuning levers device that does not put added stress on a plurality of guitar strings to get them out of tune. The flip tuning levers device includes a plurality of levers, a plurality of vertical shafts, a plurality of shims, a horizontal shaft, and a base plate. The levers each include a handle, a rotating pin joint, and an upside-down cylindrical-shaped indentation. The base plate includes a plurality of apertures that include a first set of apertures that accommodate receiving a plurality of fasteners and a second set of apertures that accommodate receiving the distal ends of each of the vertical shafts, the first set of apertures correspond with a plurality of preexisting holes disposed on a headstock of the guitar. The flip tuning levers device is made from a three-dimensional printer for accuracy and cost-reduction or is made of titanium for strength and ease of fabrication.
US11705082B1
A wearable computing device includes an outer covering, a housing, an electronic display configured to display an image, and a display drive integrated circuit (DDIC) comprising a processor and a memory device. The memory device(s) includes a blanking time programmed therein based on one or more parameters of the image and/or the DDIC, which generally refers to the time period in which the DDIC receives pixel data of the image from an external controller. The memory device stores instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform operations, including receiving an indication to rotate the image by a certain angle, upon receipt of the indication, starting to receive a transmission of the pixel data of the image from the external controller, and completing the transmission of the pixel data of the image during the blanking time and before the DDIC displays the image on the electronic display so as to avoid a tearing effect of the image on the electronic display.
US11705079B2
The present application discloses a color image processing method, a color image processing device, an electronic ink screen, and a storage medium. The color image processing method includes: obtaining an original image, and transforming original color data of a pixel in the original image into corresponding set color data in a set color space; determining a target color corresponding to the pixel in a plurality of set colors according to the set color data corresponding to the pixel and a color ratio allocation table; and generating a target image according to the target color.
US11705078B1
Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented to identify viewable areas of a display panel (such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel) of a display panel assembly that are currently not utilized by a user, and then to selectively and dynamically turn off backlights or blocks of backlights (e.g., such as light emitting diode “LED” backlight elements) that illuminate viewable areas of the display panel that correspond to these non-utilized viewable areas. The systems and methods may be so implemented in one example to reduce power consumption of a display panel assembly.
US11705072B2
[Object] It is possible to further improve reliability. [Solution] There is provided a display device including: a pixel unit which is configured with a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in a matrix, each of the pixel circuits including a light emitting element and a driving circuit for driving the light emitting element; scanning lines which are interconnections connected to the respective pixel circuits and are provided to extend in a first direction and correspond to respective rows of a plurality of the pixel circuits; and signal lines which are interconnections connected to the respective pixel circuits and are provided to extend in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and correspond to respective columns of a plurality of the pixel circuits. One of the scanning lines and the signal lines, provided for the one pixel circuit, which is larger in number is positioned in a lower-level interconnection layer. An electrode of a capacitance element included in the driving circuit is positioned in the interconnection layer in which either the scanning lines or the signal lines are provided.
US11705068B2
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a lower substrate including a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, wherein a plurality of pixels are formed in the display area. The OLED display also includes an embedded circuit formed in the configured to apply a plurality of signals to the pixels, and an initialization wiring formed in the non-display area and configured to apply an initialization voltage to each of the pixels. The initialization circuit is formed in a layer so as to at least partially overlap with the area of the embedded circuit.
US11705064B2
An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes an organic light-emitting diode, a switching transistor, a first light emission control transistor, and a driving transistor. The organic light-emitting diode includes an anode and a cathode for receiving a reference voltage. The switching transistor includes a gate electrode for receiving an nth scan signal and a source electrode for receiving a data signal, and is an NMOS transistor. The first light emission control transistor includes a gate electrode for receiving a light emission control signal, and is configured to turn on upon receiving the light emission control signal to determine a timing of flow of a driving current to the organic light-emitting diode, and is a PMOS transistor. The driving transistor is connected to the switching transistor and the first light emission control transistor and provides the driving current to the organic light-emitting diode.
US11705051B2
A display device includes a first pixel driver connected to a sweep line, the first pixel driver generating a control current based on a first data voltage, a second pixel driver connected to a scan control line, the second pixel driver generating a driving current based on a second data voltage and controlling a period for which the driving current flows, based on the control current, and a light-emitting element connected to the second pixel driver to receive the driving current. The first pixel driver includes a first transistor generating the control current based on the first data voltage, a second transistor providing the first data voltage to a first electrode of the first transistor based on a scan write signal, and a first capacitor including a first capacitor electrode connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor, and a second capacitor electrode connected to the sweep line.
US11705047B2
A shift-register unit includes a first circuit including a first input circuit coupled via a first node to a first output circuit, and a second circuit including a second input circuit coupled via a second node to a second output circuit. The first input circuit is configured to control a voltage level of the first node in response to a first input signal. The first output circuit is configured to output a shift-register signal and a first output signal in response to the voltage level of the first node. The second input circuit is configured to control a voltage level of the second node in response to the first input signal. The second output circuit is configured to output a second output signal in response to the voltage level of the second node. The first input circuit and the second input circuit have a same circuit structure.
US11705046B2
A data driver includes a multi-channel sample/hold circuit electrically connected between a digital-to-analog converter and a data buffer. The multi-channel sample/hold circuit includes a first sample/hold circuit connected to a first channel and a second sample/hold circuit connected to a second channel. The first sample/hold circuit performs a first drive operation and a second drive operation. The first drive operation includes sampling a data voltage as a buffer input voltage and maintaining the buffer input voltage during an nth horizontal time. The second drive operation includes outputting the buffer input voltage to an output terminal of the buffer during an (n+1)th horizontal time. The second sample/hold circuit performs the second drive operation during the nth horizontal time and performs the first drive operation during the (n+1)th horizontal time.
US11705044B2
A display device includes: a pixel part to display an image and including pixels receiving a reference voltage; a controller to determine a value of the reference voltage based on a load of the entire pixel part, and to control a grayscale range of image data according to a location in the pixel part based on the reference voltage; a data driver to supply data voltages to the pixel part through data lines based on grayscale ranges adjusted for each location in the pixel part; and a scan driver to supply a scan signal to the pixels through scan lines.
US11705040B2
A display device includes a data line, a pixel electrically connected to the data line, a data driver for outputting a data voltage, and a transmitter electrically connected between an output terminal of the data driver and the data line. The transmitter may transmit an instance of the data voltage to the data line in a first period. The transmitter may amplify a second instance of the data voltage to generate a reference voltage and then transmit the reference voltage to the data line in a second period different from the first period. The pixel includes a light emitting element for emitting light in response to the first instance of the data voltage. A voltage level of the reference voltage may be higher than a voltage level of the data voltage.
US11705038B2
A display driving module, a display driving method, and a display device are provided. The display driving module includes a clock signal line, a clock signal generating circuit and a gate driving circuit, where the gate driving circuit includes multiple stages of gate driving units; the clock signal generating circuit is electrically connected to the clock signal line and is configured to generate at least two clock signals and provide different clock signals to the clock signal line in a time-sharing manner; the gate driving unit is electrically connected to the clock signal line and configured to generate a gate driving signal according to the clock signals on the clock signal line; when potentials of the clock signals are valid voltages, the potentials of different clock signals are different.
US11705028B2
A fixture that is configured to hold a mobile device for calibrating an electronic display screen includes an adjustable arm, a controller including a processor, one or more motors, one or more suction cups configured to attach the fixture to the electronic display screen, one or more brackets, attached to the arm, to hold the mobile device such that the camera of the mobile device points towards the electronic display screen. The processor of the controller is configured to receive one or more signals from the mobile device to move the adjustable arm to point the camera of the mobile device towards a point on the electronic display screen, and in response to receiving the signals from the mobile device, send one or more signals to the motors to move the adjustable arm to point the camera of the mobile device towards the point on the electronic display screen.
US11705026B2
A display method of an electronic device includes following steps. Providing a first image by a display, and a first vergence plane of two eyes of a user is located at a first position when the user views the first image. Providing a second image by the display, and the first image, the second image and an environmental scene are located within a field of view of the user, and a second vergence plane of the two eyes of the user is located at a second position when the user views the second image. A first distance exists between the first position of the first vergence plane and the user, a second distance exists between the second position of the second vergence plane and the user, and the first distance is different from the second distance.
US11705023B2
A rollable payment card is shiftable between a flat configuration and a rolled configuration via a manual rolling process. The payment card comprises a verification element, a processor, an electronic display unit in communication with the processor, and a power element providing electrical power to the display unit. The electronic display unit includes an electronic display region configured to display an image. The electronic display region is manually rollable. The payment card in the flat configuration presents horizontally spaced apart first and second ends and vertically spaced apart top and bottom edges. The first end overlaps the second end during the course of the rolling process, with the first end being disposed arcuately past the second end when the payment card is in the rolled configuration.
US11705004B2
Systems for automatically warning at least one nearby vehicle of a potential safety hazard in or near a roadway, including one or more sensors configured to detect a potential safety hazard in or near a roadway; a memory containing computer-readable instructions for generating a message including at least one of a location of the one or more sensors and a location of the potential safety hazard; a processor configured to read the computer-readable instructions from the memory and generate the message; and a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit the message to at least one nearby vehicle. Systems for coordinating actions of a first vehicle and a second vehicle upon detection of a potential safety hazard in or near a roadway, including in part evaluating whether the actions conflict and, if so, requesting that the first vehicle execute alternative actions for avoiding or mitigating risk of collision. Corresponding methods are disclosed.
US11705002B2
The technology includes communicating the current status of a self-driving vehicle to users, such as passengers within the vehicle and other users awaiting pickup. Certain information about the trip and vehicle status is communicated depending on where the passenger is sitting within the vehicle or where the person awaiting pickup is located outside the vehicle. This includes disseminating the “monologue” of a vehicle operating in an autonomous driving mode to a user via an app on the user's device (e.g., mobile phone, tablet or laptop PC, wearable, or other computing device) and/or an in-vehicle user interface. The monologue includes current status information regarding driving decisions and related operations or actions. This alerts the user as to why the vehicle is taking (or not taking) a certain action, which reduces confusion and allows the user to focus on other matters.
US11705000B2
To provide an information generation device and the like that, when generating transmission data of inter-mobile body communication having a limited data amount, generate information that can be effectively used by a mobile body on a reception side. An information generation device 1 mountable on a mobile body (5), the information generation device 1 estimating a control attribute concerning driving control for another mobile body existing in a communicable range from a position of the mobile body (5), the control attribute being a control attribute of mobile bodies relatively large in number, (S4) and generating information for transmission transmitted to the other mobile body, the information for transmission including mobile body information of an item prioritized according to the estimated control attribute among a plurality of items of mobile body information including information concerning the driving control for the mobile body (5) (S7).
US11704999B2
A method for determining space allocation and signal timing of an isolated signalized intersection consists of at least one remote server and a processing module that is communicably coupled with the at least one remote server. A plurality of traffic-related data, wherein the plurality of traffic-related data reflects activity at the isolated signalized intersection, is received through the processing module. A space determination process is performed on the plurality of traffic-related data through the processing module. Next, a timing determination process is performed on the plurality of traffic-related data through the processing module in order to minimise the average intersection delay at the isolated signalized intersection. Based upon the results from the space determination process and the timing determination process a cycle length is determined for the isolated signalized intersection.
US11704995B2
An emergency event system may allow for the capture of emergency event data in real time. Users may be able to initiate capture when they believe they are in an emergency event, such as an assault, a robbery, a shooting, an automobile accident, or other threatening situation. In some aspects, when an emergency event is initiated, notifications may be sent out to third parties, such as emergency contact list or emergency response teams. Captured emergency event data may be transmitted and stored in an emergency event database, which may be accessible to third parties and third-party systems, such as for law enforcement. An emergency event capture device may comprise multiple cameras that may concurrently capture media.
US11704983B2
Disclosed are methods to manipulate a given parametrized haptic curve in order to yield a smooth phase function for each acoustic transducer which minimizes unwanted parametric audio. Further, the impulse response of a haptic system describes the behavior of the system over time and can be convolved with a given input to simulate a response to that input. To produce a specific response, a deconvolution with the impulse response is necessary to generate an input.
US11704982B2
In some implementations, an automated teller machine (ATM) may accept a card. The ATM may eject the card at a first time. The ATM may retract the card based on a determination that a threshold amount of time has elapsed from the first time and that the card has not been removed. The ATM may eject the card at a second time after retracting the card. The ATM may retract the card based on a determination that the threshold amount of time has elapsed from the second time and that the card has not been removed. The ATM may provide the card to a card storage compartment of the ATM after retracting the card and based on a determination that the card has been ejected or retracted a threshold number of times.
US11704976B1
A system and method for pseudorandomly assigning a side to a gambler in event betting, such as sports betting. The system and method allow for a gambler to bet on past, present, future, electronic, or simulated events. When the gambler indicates the intention to accept a random assignment of a side, a wagering server pseudorandomly selects a side for the gambler. The system and method can be extended to contingent bets and batched betting.
US11704973B2
Systems and methods which modify one or more triggering conditions of an event based on a quantity of occurrences of one or more tracked elements.
US11704965B2
A gaming machine includes at least one image sensor for capturing an image including a player area associated with the gaming machine and logic circuitry in communication with the image sensor. The logic circuitry establishes a facial image mask defining an area of interest within the player area, receives the captured image from the image sensor, applies the facial image mask to the captured image to extract player image data from the captured image data, detects any faces within the player image data, compares, in response to detecting a face of a player within the player image data, the detected face with a player database to identify a player account associated with the player, and links, in response to identifying a matching player account based on the comparison, the matching player account to activities of the player at the gaming machine.
US11704954B2
Methods and systems are described that use multiple node-enabled autonomous transport vehicles on a single logistics operation having multiple legs performed by different transport vehicles with enhanced transfer of the item being shipped between such vehicles. A first or primary master node on a first node-enabled autonomous transport vehicle detects a signal from the second master node on a second transport vehicle, navigates to the second transport vehicle based on the detected signal and its direction, and may dock in a transfer configuration. At least one item (or a container with an item) is transferred as payload from the first to the second vehicle using one or more object manipulation systems on respective ones of the first and second transport vehicles. The second vehicle then detects a signal from another node, and navigates to that node as another leg in the multi-leg operation.
US11704947B2
An in-vehicle sensing module for monitoring a vehicle is disclosed, which is advantageous for use in the context of a shared vehicle service, such as a car rental service, an autonomous taxi service, or a ride sharing service. The in-vehicle sensing module at least includes a controller, a cellular transceiver, and one or more integrated sensors configured to monitor a status of the vehicle. The in-vehicle sensing module utilizes appropriate algorithms, models, or thresholds to interpret sensor data and enrich the data with metadata and event detection. The in-vehicle sensing module uploads relevant sensor data, event data, or other metadata to a cloud storage backend, which is made accessible by authorized third-parties.
US11704938B2
An action recognition method and apparatus related to artificial intelligence and include extracting a spatial feature of a to-be-processed picture, determining a virtual optical flow feature of the to-be-processed picture based on the spatial feature and X spatial features and X optical flow features in a preset feature library, where the X spatial features and the X optical flow features include a one-to-one correspondence, determining a first type of confidence of the to-be-processed picture in different action categories based on similarities between the virtual optical flow feature and Y optical flow features, where each of the Y optical flow features in the preset feature library corresponds to one action category, X and Y are both integers greater than 1, and determining an action category of the to-be-processed picture based on the first type of confidence.
US11704930B2
A vehicle monitoring system includes at least one camera, and a server that is communicably connected to the camera and a client terminal. The camera captures an occupant's face of a vehicle entering an angle of view of the camera, and transmits a captured video to the server. The server acquires an analysis results of an attribute of the vehicle, an analysis result of the occupant's face, and an analysis result of the number of occupants based on the captured video, and accumulates the acquired analysis results as analysis results of the captured video, and sends the analysis result to the client terminal in correlation with a snapshot of the captured video.
US11704927B2
An ultrasonic fingerprint sensor apparatus is provided. The ultrasonic fingerprint sensor apparatus includes a base substrate; a first electrode layer on the base substrate, and including an array of a plurality of first electrodes spaced apart from each other by an inter-electrode region; a piezoelectric layer on a side of the first electrode layer away from the base substrate; a second electrode layer on a side of the piezoelectric layer away from the base substrate, and including one or more second electrodes; and a first reference electrode layer configured to provide a first reference voltage. An orthographic projection of the first electrode layer on the base substrate is substantially non-overlapping with an orthographic projection of the second electrode layer on the base substrate. The first electrode layer and the first reference electrode layer are between the base substrate and the piezoelectric layer.
US11704922B2
A method of extracting information from a flowchart image comprising a plurality of closed-shaped data nodes having text enclosed within, connecting lines connecting the plurality of closed-shaped data nodes and free text adjacent to the connecting lines includes receiving the flowchart image, detecting the closed-shaped data nodes, localizing the text enclosed within the closed-shaped data nodes, and masking the localized text.to generate an annotated image. Lines in the annotated image are the detected to reconstruct them as closed-shaped data nodes and connecting lines. A tree frame with the plurality of closed-shaped data nodes and the connecting lines is extracted. The free text is then localized. Chunks of the free text oriented and positioned proximally together are assembled into text blocks using an orientation-based two-dimensional clustering.
US11704916B2
A three-dimensional environment analysis method is disclosed. The method includes (i) receiving original point cloud data of a working environment, (ii) processing a map constructed on the basis of the original point cloud data in order to separate out a ground surface, a wall surface and an obstacle in the working environment, (iii) pairing the ground surface with the wall surface according to the degree of proximity between the ground surface and wall surface that are separated out to form one or more adjacent ground-wall pair sets, and (iv) subjecting the one or more adjacent ground-wall pair sets to ray tracing analysis in order to obtain a line-of-sight zone and a non-line-of-sight zone in the working environment. A three-dimensional environment analysis device, a computer storage medium and a wireless sensor system is also disclosed.
US11704911B2
In an apparatus for identifying an obstacle around a vehicle, an acquirer is configured to acquire an image captured by a camera mounted to the vehicle. An extractor is configured to extract feature points of the image. A generator is configured to generate an optical flow that is a movement vector from each of the feature points of the image acquired before the current time to a corresponding feature point of the image acquired at the current time. A classifier configured to classify the optical flows into groups each corresponding to an object in the image based on pixel positions of the feature points. An identifier is configured to, for each of the groups that the optical flows are classified by the classifier into, identify whether an object corresponding to the group in the image is a stationary object or a moving object based on a degree of variability in lengths of the optical flows of the group.
US11704907B2
An object re-identifier. For each of a plurality of frames of a video, a quality of the frame is assessed and a confidence that a previously-recognized object is present in the frame is determined. The determined confidence for the frame is weighted based on the assessed quality of the frame such that frames with higher relative quality are weighted more heavily than frames with lower relative quality. An overall confidence that the previously-recognized object is present in the video is assessed based on the weighted determined confidences.
US11704894B2
An example apparatus for semantic image segmentation includes a receiver to receive an image to be segmented. The apparatus also includes a gated dense pyramid network including a plurality of gated dense pyramid (GDP) blocks to be trained to generate semantic labels for respective pixels in the received image. The apparatus further includes a generator to generate a segmented image based on the generated semantic labels.
US11704891B1
A method of preprocessing incoming video data of at least one region of interest from a camera collecting video data having a first field of view is disclosed herein that includes receiving the incoming video data from the camera; preprocessing the incoming video data, by a computer processor, according to preprocessing parameters defined within a runtime configuration file, with the preprocessing including formatting the incoming video data to create first video data of a first region of interest with a second field of view that is less than the first field of view; and publishing the first video data of the first region of interest to an endpoint to allow access by a first subscriber.
US11704888B2
A method for generating training examples for a product recognition model is disclosed. The method includes capturing images of a product using an array of cameras. A product identifier for the product is associated with each of the images. A bounding box for the product is identified in each of the images. The bounding boxes are smoothed temporally. A segmentation mask for the product is identified in each bounding box. The segmentation masks are optimized to generate an optimized set of segmentation masks. A machine learning model is trained using the optimized set of segmentation masks to recognize an outline of the product. The machine learning model is run to generate a set of further-optimized segmentation masks. The bounding box and further-optimized segmentation masks from each image are stored in a master training set with its product identifier as a training example to be used to train a product recognition model.
US11704883B2
Methods and systems are provided for a reprojection engine for augmented-reality devices. The augmented-reality device projects virtual content within a real-world environment. The augmented-reality device tracks a six degrees of freedom headpose of the augmented-reality device, depth information of the virtual content, motion vectors that correspond to movement of the virtual content, and a color buffer for a reprojection engine. The reprojection engine generates a reprojection of the virtual content defined by an extrapolation of a first frame using the headpose, the depth information, motion vectors, and the color surface data structure. The reprojected virtual content continues to appear as if positioned with the real-world environment regardless of changes in the headpose of the augmented-reality device or motion of the virtual content.
US11704881B2
An example computing device is configured to determine an initial position and orientation of the computing device within a virtual 3D model of a real-world environment, (ii) capture sensor data that is representative of the real-world environment surrounding the computing device, (iii) based on an analysis of the sensor data, detect an object in the real-world environment, (iv) compare the detected object to data defining physical elements that are represented within the virtual 3D model, (v) based on the comparison, identify a given physical element represented within the virtual 3D model that matches the detected object, (vi) update one or more of a position, an orientation, or a presentation of the virtual 3D model in order to align the given physical element with the detected object, and (vii) cause a display screen to present the aligned virtual 3D model as overlaid virtual content on a view of the real-world environment surrounding the computing device.
US11704880B2
The technical problem of adding content that originates from a third party application to an augmented reality component maintained by a messaging server system is addressed by configuring the augmented reality component to modify content captured by a camera according to values of one or more attributes and by permitting delivery of said values, from the third party application to the messaging server system, in the payload of a deep link that references the identification of the augmented reality component.
US11704877B2
A method includes rendering, on displays of an extended reality (XR) display device, a first sequence of image frames based on image data received from an external electronic device associated with the XR display device. The method further includes detecting an interruption to the image data received from the external electronic device, and accessing a plurality of feature points from a depth map corresponding to the first sequence of image frames. The plurality of feature points includes movement and position information of one or more objects within the first sequence of image frames. The method further includes performing a re-warping to at least partially re-render the one or more objects based at least in part on the plurality of feature points and spatiotemporal data, and rendering a second sequence of image frames corresponding to the partial re-rendering of the one or more objects.
US11704876B2
A mobile computing device comprises an AR display, an image capture device that generates image data of a face of a viewer of the AR display, and a processing device. The processing device receives the image data; processes the image data to identify a position of a dental arch in the image data; determines a treatment outcome for the dental arch; generates a post-treatment image of the dental arch that shows the treatment outcome; generates updated image data comprising a superimposition of the post-treatment image of the dental arch over the received image data depicting the face of the viewer; and outputs the updated image data to the AR display, wherein the post-treatment image of the dental arch is superimposed over the dental arch in the received image data such that the post-treatment image is visible in the AR display rather than a true depiction of the dental arch.
US11704872B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a software program that displays both a volume as images and segmentation results as surface models in 3D. Multiple 2D slices are extracted from the 3D volume. The 2D slices may be interactively rotated by the user to best follow an oblique structure. The 2D slices can “cut” the surface models from the segmentation so that only half of the models are displayed. The border curves resulting from the cuts are displayed in the 2D slices. The user may click a point on the surface model to designate a landmark point. The corresponding location of the point is highlighted in the 2D slices. A 2D slice can be reoriented such that the line lies in the slice. The user can then further evaluate or refine the landmark points based on both surface and image information.
US11704866B2
Methods and systems for real-time visualization of building structures are disclosed. A computing system may calculate physical illumination characteristics for each of a plurality of predefined virtual external building-surface elements layered in simulation at specified surface locations of a virtual three-dimensional (3D) model of a building structure, wherein the virtual 3D model is constructed based on data descriptive of the building structure. Each of the plurality of predefined virtual external building-surface elements may be associated with its calculated illumination characteristics in a database. A spatially-manipulable rendered image of the building structure may displayed on an interactive display in real-time based on the virtual 3D model. On the interactive display device, one or more of the plurality of the predefined virtual external building-surface elements may be rendered in real-time at respectively specified locations on the rendered image. On the interactive display device, illumination of each of the one or more of the plurality of the predefined virtual external building-surface elements may be simulated in real-time based on its associated calculated illumination characteristics, its respectively specified location on the rendered image, and a specification of environmental illumination conditions.
US11704863B2
A hardware-based traversal coprocessor provides acceleration of tree traversal operations searching for intersections between primitives represented in a tree data structure and a ray. The primitives may include triangles used in generating a virtual scene. The hardware-based traversal coprocessor is configured to properly handle numerically challenging computations at or near edges and/or vertices of primitives and/or ensure that a single intersection is reported when a ray intersects a surface formed by primitives at or near edges and/or vertices of the primitives.
US11704861B2
Adaptive sampling of pixels is disclosed. In some embodiments, convergence of pixels of a rendering is evaluated by removing texture from the rendering to eliminate non-convergence due to texture complexity and determining whether pixels values satisfy convergence criteria associated with pixel sampling. Those pixels of the rendering that have not converged are sampled with one or more additional samples. The completed rendering is output. Pixels of the completed rendering satisfy the convergence criteria and are not uniformly sampled.
US11704860B2
One embodiment of a computer-implemented method for processing ray tracing operations in parallel includes receiving a plurality of rays and a corresponding set of importance sampling instructions for each ray included in the plurality of rays for processing, wherein each ray represents a path from a light source to at least one point within a three-dimensional (3D) environment, and each corresponding set of importance sampling instruction is based at least in part on one or more material properties associated with at least one surface of at least one object included in the 3D environment; assigning each ray included in the plurality of rays to a different processing core included in a plurality of processing cores; and for each ray included in the plurality of rays, causing the processing core assigned to the ray to execute the corresponding set of importance sampling instructions on the ray to generate a direction for a secondary ray that is produced when the ray intersects a surface of an object within the 3D environment.
US11704859B2
A graphics processing unit (GPU) includes one or more processor cores adapted to execute a software-implemented shader program, and one or more hardware-implemented ray tracing units (RTU) adapted to traverse an acceleration structure to calculate intersections of rays with bounding volumes and graphics primitives. The RTU implements traversal logic to traverse the acceleration structure, stack management, and other tasks to relieve burden on the shader, communicating intersections to the shader which then calculates whether the intersection hit a transparent or opaque portion of the object intersected. Thus, one or more processing cores within the GPU perform accelerated ray tracing by offloading aspects of processing to the RTU, which traverses the acceleration structure within which the 3D environment is represented.
US11704849B2
A computing device generates a first set of glyphs from a first data set. Each glyph in the first set of glyphs represents the same set of user-selected columns in a first row of the plurality of rows in the data set. For each glyph in the first set of glyphs, the computing device defines a set of marks to be displayed. Each mark is defined by one or more visual features, with a respective visual feature assigned to each column of the user-selected columns. Each visual feature is displayed with a visual property determined based on a data value in the first row for the respective column. A user specifies a specific visual feature for a first mark from the first set of glyphs. The computing device generates a second set of glyphs. Each glyph in the second set of glyphs includes a mark with the specific visual feature.
US11704843B2
Embodiments are disclosed for text-aware application of a color gradient to text characters. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods comprise receiving an input including a set of text characters in a first layout, determining a first text path of the set of text characters in the first layout, mapping the set of text characters from the first layout to a second layout, wherein the set of text characters in the second text path are aligned along a coordinate axis, applying a linear color gradient across the mapped set of text characters in the second layout, reverse mapping the set of text characters with the applied linear color gradient from the second layout to the first layout, and outputting the set of text characters in the first layout with the applied linear color gradient from the second layout based on the reverse mapping.
US11704837B2
A point cloud coding method includes obtaining description information of a bounding box size of a to-be-encoded point cloud and a normal axis of a to-be-encoded patch in the to-be-encoded point cloud, where the description information of the bounding box size of the to-be-encoded point cloud and the normal axis of the to-be-encoded patch are used to determine a tangent axis of the to-be-encoded patch and a bitangent axis of the to-be-encoded patch. The point cloud encoding method further includes encoding a syntax element into a bitstream, where the syntax element includes an index of the normal axis of the to-be-encoded patch and information for indicating the description information of the bounding box size of the to-be-encoded point cloud, and the syntax element is used to indicate the tangent axis of the to-be-encoded patch and the bitangent axis of the to-be-encoded patch.
US11704833B2
A monocular vision tracking method, apparatus, and a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring a first camera pose by using a wireless tracker; capturing calibration board images by using a camera, and selecting a set of images from the captured calibration board images according to image sharpness and camera pose difference; calculating a second camera pose in the camera calibration algorithm according to the selected set of images; obtaining a conversion parameter between the first camera pose and the second camera pose; and converting a first capturing pose into a second capturing pose by means of the conversion parameter when a scenario is captured, wherein the first capturing pose is acquired by the wireless tracker and the second capturing pose corresponds to a pose of the camera.
US11704812B2
A computer-implemented method for tracking multiple targets includes identifying a plurality of targets based on a plurality of images obtained from an imaging device carried by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) via a carrier, determining a target group comprising one or more targets from the plurality of targets, and controlling at least one of the UAV or the carrier to track the target group.
US11704810B2
System and techniques for detecting a crop related row from an image are described herein. An image that includes several rows—where the several rows including crop rows and furrows—can be obtained. The image can be segmented to produce a set of image segments. A filter can be shifted across respective segments of the set of image segments to get a set of positions. A line can be fit members of the set of positions, the line representing a crop row or furrow.
US11704808B1
A segmentation method for tumor regions in a pathological image of clear cell renal cell carcinoma based on deep learning includes data acquisition and pre-processing, building and training of a classification network SENet and prediction of tumor regions. The present invention studies clear cell renal cell carcinoma based on pathological images, yielding results with higher reliability than judgments made based on CT or MRI images. The present invention overcomes the drawback that the previous research on clear cell renal cell carcinoma is only limited to judgment on presence by being able to visually provide the position and size of tumor regions, which is convenient for the medical profession to better study the pathogenesis and directions to the treatment of clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
US11704807B2
An image processing apparatus includes an input unit that inputs an image, and a processor configured to read out a program stored in a memory, and executes the program. The processor is configured to detect an intended subject from the input image by a first detection method, set an intended subject region for the detected intended subject, detect the intended subject from the input image by a second detection method different from the first detection method, and update the set intended subject region by using a detection result of the second detection method.
US11704791B2
Machine learning technologies are used to identify and separating abnormal and normal subjects and identifying possible disease types with images (e.g., optical coherence tomography (OCT) images of the eye), where the machine learning technologies are trained with only normative data. In one example, a feature or a physiological structure of an image is extracted, and the image is classified based on the extracted feature. In another example, a region of the image is masked and then reconstructed, and a similarity is determined between the reconstructed region and the original region of the image. A label (indicating an abnormality) and a score (indicating a severity) can be determined based on the classification and/or the similarity.
US11704790B2
A target location for a therapeutic intervention is determined in a subject with a neurological disorder. The target location is selected within at least one resting state network (RSN) map according to a predetermined criterion for the neurological disorder. The at least one RSN map includes a plurality of functional voxels within a brain of the subject, and each functional voxel of the plurality of functional voxels is associated with a probability of membership in an RSN. Instructions are transmitted to a treatment system that cause operation to be performed on the selected target location.
US11704788B2
A secondary detection system for integrating automated optical inspection and neural network and a method thereof are disclosed. In the secondary detection system, an automated optical inspection apparatus performs automated optical inspection for pin solder joints on circuit board, and when a detection result indicates abnormal condition, the secondary detection device calculates a detection image probability value based on the component image feature and the template image feature, and calculate pin solder joint image probability values based on the component pin solder joint image feature and the template pin solder joint image feature through siamese neural network, to obtain a minimum probability value among the detection image probability value and pin solder joint image probability values. The minimum probability value is used to determine whether to change the detection result, thereby providing accurate detection result of automated optical inspection and increasing a first pass yield.
US11704783B2
A method for processing a plurality of radiation protective garments includes receiving a plurality of radiation protective garments from a customer, scanning an identification tag of each received radiation protective garment to identify electronic identification data of each radiation protective garment, and automatically identifying a subset of the radiation protective garments that require performance testing by using the identification data to access a file history of each scanned radiation protective garment, the file history including a performance testing schedule. The method further includes using an x-ray scanning system to scan the subset of the radiation protective garments and to generate x-ray image data, automatically updating the file histories of the subset of the radiation protective garments to include the corresponding x-ray image data, and identifying defects in the corresponding radiation protective garment based on the x-ray image data.
US11704769B1
Disclosed are systems and associated methods for generating a regularized image from non-uniformly distributed image data based on a curve derived from the image data. The curve is used to reduce the non-uniformity in the image data without losing detail or changing the overall image. Regularizing the image includes obtaining a tree-based representation of the non-uniformly distributed image data, generating a regularization curve that models a particular distribution of the image data, and applying the regularization curve to the tree-based representation in order to select the nodes of the tree-based representation for the decimated image data to render in place of the original image data and the original image data to preserve and render as part of the regularized image. Specifically, the system render the original image data associated with leaf nodes and the decimated image data associated with parent nodes that intersect or are within the regularization curve.
US11704750B2
A device and method are disclosed for optimizing self-power consumption. The device may sense one or more operating conditions of the device. The device may further select one or more operating parameters associated with at least one of the one or more operating conditions. The device may also estimate a power consumption associated with executing an algorithm to generate at least one updated value for at least one of the one or more operating parameters as well as estimate a power savings associated with operating using the updated value. The device may compare the estimated power consumption to the estimated power savings and determine whether to execute the algorithm based on the comparing.
US11704742B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments describing the creation and funding of tax-advantaged accounts at a point-of-sale. By immediately funding the tax-advantaged account at the point-of-sale using a funding and payment mechanism, the disclosed embodiments may effectively and instantly fund a tax-advantaged account at a point-of-sale. The funding and payment mechanism overcomes the lapse in availability of funds inherent in legacy systems. Thus, an account holder may then immediately pay a provider from the tax-advantaged account for qualified expenses. The disclosure also presents a credit feature allowing prospective account holders to initially fund the tax-advantaged account. At the point-of-sale, the prospective account holder may link their newly created tax-advantaged account to other accounts, allowing the system to detect potential over-contributions. The disclosure also presents a retroactive analysis feature that analyzes linked accounts to create tax-advantaged transactions in transactions completed earlier in a plan year.
US11704741B1
A system (100) includes one or more processors (113), one or more memory devices (114) operable with the one or more processors, and a communication device (1105) in communication with at least one terminal device (102,103,104,105) having a user interface (112). The one or more processors causing display of a visual simulation (123) in the user interface of one or more loss graphical objects (501) interacting with one or both of an entity type graphical object (601) or one or more loss mitigator graphical objects (602,603,604) as a function of a confidence level defined by a loss probability and a loss magnitude.
US11704740B2
A vehicle repair estimate platform for collecting vehicle repair data from a depth and dimension measuring camera and generating a manipulatable three-dimensional model of the vehicle damage. An estimate is generated based on insured claim attributes and predefined vehicle damage parameters, and the estimate tagged for periodic selection for inclusion in a wide area repair estimate matrix.
US11704735B2
Verifiable order message handling for electronic auctions. Electronic order messages are received, with at least one message including an order of a predetermined type having sell order information associated with an entity having securities not previously registered for transactions. Requests for participation in an electronic auction are identified from among the messages. The requests include auction-only order information, with at least one request including the order of the predetermined type. It is determined whether the sell order information in the order of the predetermined type meets a predetermined auction condition based on an auction price. When the sell order information meets the predetermined auction condition, the order is permitted to participate in the electronic auction, such that the order is executed in full in the electronic auction. When the sell order information does not meet the predetermined auction condition, the electronic auction is canceled.
US11704731B2
According to some embodiments, an automated scoring analysis computer may access information in a historical data store, including sets of attribute values and prior results for a plurality of prior associations, to create a scoring model. An indication of a selected potential association from a potential association data store may be received, including a set of attribute values. The scoring analysis computer may then calculate a risk score for the selected potential association based on the scoring model. A front-end application computer server may automatically select a workflow path from a plurality of potential workflow paths.
US11704722B2
A product release system, method and device that enables product controllers to generate product listings for one or more products as well as one or more customized prepurchase events for each of the products. The product release system, method and device then executes the prepurchase events according to one or more pricing, timing and permission conditions specified for each of the prepurchase events, facilitates the purchasing of the products during the prepurchase events and notifies the product controllers of the results of the prepurchase events.
US11704718B2
Methods, systems, and computer storage media provide a concurrent browsing session. A user interface is provided for display on a first computing device of a first user to facilitate the concurrent browsing session. The user interface simultaneously displays a first browsing screen showing interaction of the first user with a site and a real-time feed of a second browsing screen presented on a second computing device of a second user showing interaction of the second user with the site. A request is received to split payment of a first item in a first digital cart. In response to the request, a first payment interface for a first portion of the payment is provided for display on the first computing device, and a second payment interface for a second portion of the payment is provided for display on the second computing device.
US11704717B2
Item codes for items are mapped to multidimensional space as item vectors based on transaction contexts. Similarities between item codes are based on distances between the item codes within the multidimensional space. Substitute items for out-of-stock items are automatically identified based on the item similarities and based on collected feedback from transactions. The substitute items are provided in real time to customers during transactions, item picking services during item fulfillment, and shelf management services for item shelf stocking. In an embodiment, the substitute items are further determined based on a specific transaction history for a given customer and specific feedback collected for the given customer from the specific transaction history.
US11704703B2
The disclosed systems and methods integrate gaming functionality with viewing a video program. Systems and methods for generating an interactive multimedia game for a user during the viewing of a video program by the user includes a host computer that generates the game in a context of the video program viewed on a first graphical user interface and recommends the video game to the user. The user may opt to engage with the video game on a second graphical user interface, which may be overlaid on the first graphical user interface.
US11704694B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for associating a plurality of Internet-enabled devices with a common user profile for targeting Internet content or advertising. One method includes: receiving, from a plurality of Internet-enabled devices, a plurality of requests for electronic content or advertising; extracting, from each of the plurality of requests, a source IP address and a unique identifier associated with the respective Internet-enabled device; identifying each possible pair of devices from which requests were received; calculating for each possible pair of devices a probability that the pair of devices are owned or operated by a common user; and prompting a user to either confirm a characteristic of a prior browsing session or to log-in to an account associated with the common user based on a comparison of the calculated probability to one or more thresholds.
US11704693B2
One embodiment of an existing customer lead generation system comprises a vendor customer information database, a vendor criteria database, a web server, a matching engine, and a transmission component. The vendor customer information database identifies vendor's existing customers. The vendor criteria database determines which leads each vendor wants to receive. Separate criteria may be specified for consumers that are existing customers and consumers that are not existing customers. The web server receives characteristics of a consumer and a product or service. The matching engine compares the consumer characteristics with the vendor customer information database to identify vendors for which the consumer is an existing customer. The matching engine applies existing customer criteria to match the consumer with existing vendors. The matching engine applies non-existing customer criteria to match the consumer with other vendors. The transmission component transmits a lead identifying the consumer to the matched vendors.
US11704687B1
A method implemented on an electronic computing device includes receiving a request for an automated teller machine (ATM) transaction from an ATM. Authentication credentials are received of a customer of the ATM. The authentication credentials are associated with the request for the ATM transaction. A notification is received of a failure to execute the ATM transaction at the ATM. In response to the receiving a notification of the failure, a fee modification is issued to the customer of the ATM. The fee modification permits modification of a transaction fee associated with a subsequent ATM transaction at an alternative ATM.
US11704674B2
The present solution is generally directed to managing remote procedure calls in centralized processing. In particular, the present solution can reduce the number of remote procedure calls by selecting and applying multiple processing scripts for a single electronic transaction based on a real-time condition.
US11704670B2
A banknote deposit machine is able to receive banknotes, preferably so as to make a payment, wherein the banknote machine is permanently connected via a data link to a (cloud) storage system, or is designed to establish a temporary data link with the (cloud) storage system. Banknote data, such as image data or serial number data, etc., specifically of banknotes which are considered stolen or which were handed over as a result of a crime, for example as a ransom, are stored in the (cloud) storage system. Whenever the banknote deposit machine receives a banknote whose identification appears suspicious, for example because the banknote has a serial number that is stored in the (cloud) storage system, feedback is sent to the operator of the banknote machine and/or the payment transaction is terminated and/or an appropriate institution or authority, for example the police or a security service, is automatically informed.
US11704668B1
The innovation disclosed and claimed herein, in me aspect thereof, comprises systems and methods of funds transfer authentication. The authentication can include receiving a transfer request to transfer funds from a payer to a payee, the transfer request identifies the payer, the payee, and an amount to transfer. Customer information associated respectively with the payer and the payee is identified. The payer and the payee are authenticated. A communication session is opened between the payer and payee. A time-limited payee OTP is generated and sent to the payee. The payee OTP is received within a first time limit. The funds are transferred from the payer to the payee based on receiving a matching payee OTP.
US11704664B2
A method for managing secure processing of electronic payment transactions includes receiving a request submitted by a merchant computing system for a security verifier. The security verifier is to be displayed on an electronic display associated with the merchant computing system. A set of security credentials received from a security service provider is measured against a security threshold. When the set of security credentials meets the security threshold, a uniform resource locator (“URL”) is transmitted to the merchant computing system. The URL identifies the security verifier to be retrieved and displayed at the electronic display associated with the merchant computing system.
US11704657B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for verifying physical presence of a mobile device as part of an electronic transaction. Tags may be generated and displayed on one or more display devices. Those tags, which may be time-limited, may be read by a mobile device to verify physical presence of the mobile device as a prerequisite to initiating, continuing with, or completing an electronic transaction, and/or as a decision point in how the electronic transaction is to be conducted.
US11704643B2
A module for detecting presence of an electronic payment terminal on a receiving dock having a connector intended to co-operate with a complementary connector of the electronic payment terminal. The connector of the receiving dock includes at least one series transmission pin intended for transmitting signals from the electronic payment terminal to the receiving dock. The module is configured to drive at least one module for signaling a presence of the electronic payment terminal on the receiving dock as a function of the voltage on the series transmission pin.
US11704639B1
Identification information is received at a transaction machine. The identification information is associated with a user associated with an account. Using an activity profile of the user, a determination is made to enable chained transactions during the user's use of the transaction machine. A sequence of user interfaces to display to the user is generated enabling the user to chain transactions based on the activity profile.
US11704638B1
A method performed by a processor of a provider computing system includes allowing an account holder at the provider to initiate a transaction with the provider remotely (e.g., via smartphone, online banking, etc.), by submitting a request for a specified transaction to be picked up in a lockbox at a provider's lockbox location. The pickup and completion of the account holder's requested transaction occurs at a lockbox location that has a plurality of lockboxes. The lockbox allows the account holder to access the facility at the account holder's leisure, both in time and location. The lockbox pickup service alleviates the uncertainty, fluctuating time cost, and inconvenient operating hours by allowing the account holder to request transactions with an easy to use interface resulting in a lockbox to be accordingly prepped so that the account holder can provide the proper authentication information and access the lockbox.
US11704632B2
A method for authenticating e-commerce transactions involves receiving, from a payment network computer, a first authentication request message to authenticate a transaction associated with a payment account, the first authentication request message being initiated by an issuer domain computer not implementing a 3-D Secure authorization protocol, determining that the issuer domain computer has configured, at the access control server computer, a decision function of a second portion of the 3-D Secure authorization protocol and in response thereto, transmitting, to the issuer domain computer, a decision request message and information associated with the transaction, the decision request message requesting the issuer domain computer to determine an action for authenticating the transaction based on the information associated with the transaction and one or more programmatic rules of the issuer domain computer, the transmitting occurring in lieu of the access control server computer executing the decision function at the access control server computer.
US11704625B2
A knowledge management device stores a first object and a second object. A type of each of the first object and the second object is a software-project package, source code, or a description document. The knowledge management device receives an association command and establishes an association relation between the first object and the second object in response to the association command. The knowledge management device further presents the association relation in a graphical user interface so that a user performs at least one management operation according to the association relation presented.
US11704624B2
The disclosed principles provide for a unique and inventive iterative and interactive project management process implemented for organizations, typically large ones, to manage an overall project being originally implemented or newly created by the organization. Processes in accordance with the disclosed principles are interactive in that they employ the end-user employees of the organization by having those employees both input and update, on periodic cycles, information or data of the same type their positions in the organization allow them to be familiar with, and furthermore employ team-management level review and processing of such information/data, along with one or more supervisors of the overall project, which is/are not required to be part of the organization, to implement and supervise the disclosed process. The disclosed principles are also unique in that they provide for a process that employs the functional and advantageous features of both project management software and spreadsheet software products.
US11704616B2
Systems and methods for distributed business process management are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for configuration-driven distributed orchestration using different software components to execute a complex business process may include: (1) receiving a request for a runtime flow from a flow management adapter; (2) reading a flow configuration from the request; (3) creating an instance of the runtime flow; (4) initiating a service call to each component in the runtime flow; (5) creating a runtime instance in a database along with a state of each dependency in the runtime flow; and in response to external dependencies being met: (6) building and sending message to the components using a message builder; (7) initiating flow actions via an event-driven scheduler; and (8) making a service call to at least one of the components using the message builders.
US11704610B2
A device may detect a trigger to perform a benchmarking task. The benchmarking task may include a first benchmarking of a first resource utilization associated with one or more tasks completed via an automated procedure. The benchmarking task may include a second benchmarking of a second resource utilization associated with the one or more tasks completed via a manual procedure. The device may determine project data relating to a project platform based on detecting the trigger to perform the benchmarking task. The device may process the project data relating to the project platform to benchmark the project. The device may generate a recommendation relating to completion of the one or more tasks using the automated procedure or the manual procedure. The device may communicate with one or more other devices to perform a response action based on the recommendation.
US11704609B2
A system includes a controller device and an infrastructure management subsystem. The controller device receives a selection of an anticipated future change to one or more characteristics of a baseline demand. The infrastructure management subsystem receives the baseline demand and the anticipated future change to the one or more characteristics of the baseline demand. The infrastructure management subsystem determines an anticipated turbulence. The anticipated turbulence includes a quantitative indication of anticipated fluctuations in future infrastructure demand as a function of time. The infrastructure management subsystem determines a counter-balancing turbulence for the anticipated turbulence. The counter-balancing turbulence comprises counter-balancing fluctuations that destructively interfere with the anticipated fluctuations of the anticipated turbulence. The infrastructure management subsystem determines one or more infrastructure configurations indicating a distribution of computing resources amongst users in order to achieve the counter-balancing turbulence. One of the determined infrastructure configurations is automatically implemented.
US11704607B2
A computer-implemented position-centric personnel modeling apparatus, system, and method may be provided. A nodal hierarchy may be created to correlate with the personnel structure of a business enterprise, wherein each node may be a cyberspace representation of an individual within the personnel structure of the business enterprise. Attributes correlating to individual personnel in the business enterprise may be mapped to a respective node. Objectives may subsequently be tasked within the model and the nodal hierarchy may be rearranged based on the results. Results from the model may optionally be reflected by a business enterprise.
US11704598B2
Machine-learning techniques for evaluating suitability of candidate datasets for target applications
Techniques disclosed herein relate generally to evaluating and selecting candidate datasets for use by software applications, such as selecting candidate datasets for training machine-learning models used in software applications. Various machine-learning and other data science techniques are used to identify unique entities in a candidate dataset that are likely to be part of target entities for a software application. A merit attribute is then determined for the candidate dataset based on the number of unique entities that are likely to be part of the target entities, and weights associated with these unique entities. The merit attribute is used to identify the most efficient or most cost-effective candidate dataset for the software application.
US11704596B2
A Thing Machine is provided having a processor, non-transitory memory, non-transitory computer readable media, and performable machine code P(TM). The P(TM) is comprised of a first set of performable machine code actions, having one or more performable machine code P(TM(i)) action, wherein each performable machine code P(TM(i)) action is configured as an implementation of an algorithmic procedure of a model, wherein a first P(TM(i)) provides an action of self-configuring a first vocabulary of Things in said non-transitory memory of the Thing Machine, said Things representative of Things that said processor can perform as actions, and the set of Things an action can act upon, and wherein at least one P(TM(i)) machine code action is performed to configure a second vocabulary of Things in the non-transitory memory of the Thing Machine representative of a core vocabulary through which an application can be provided.
US11704583B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for determining if an account identifier is computer-generated. One method includes receiving the account identifier, dividing the account identifier into a plurality of fragments, and determining one or more features of at least one of the fragments. The method further includes determining the commonness of at least one of the fragments, and determining if the account identifier is computer-generated based on the features of at least one of the fragments, and the commonness of at least one of the fragments.
US11704577B1
Techniques for high-performance machine learning (ML) inference in heterogenous edge devices are described. A ML model trained using a variety of different frameworks is translated into a common format that is runnable by inferences engines of edge devices. The translated model is optimized in hardware-agnostic and/or hardware-specific ways to improve inference performance, and the optimized model is sent to the edge devices. The inference engine for any edge device can be accessed by a customer application using a same defined API, regardless of the hardware characteristics of the edge device or the original format of the ML model.
US11704573B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to incentivize crowd sourcing of data by identifying and compensating content contributors based on a value of the content to training a neural network. Methods may include: receiving a request; processing the request using a machine learning model to generate a response to the request; based on the processing of the request using the machine learning model, identifying training data contributing to the response to the request; identifying one or more data contributors as providing the identified training data contributing to the response to the request; and providing a response to the request and an indication of the one or more data contributors.
US11704566B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system for processing data. During operation, the system obtains a training dataset containing a first set of records associated with a first set of identifier (ID) values and an evaluation dataset containing a second set of records associated with a second set of ID values. Next, the system selects a random subset of ID values from the second set of ID values. The system then generates a sampled evaluation dataset comprising a first subset of records associated with the random subset of ID values in the second set of records. The system also generates a sampled training dataset comprising a second subset of records associated with the random subset of ID values in the first set of records. Finally, the system outputs the sampled training dataset and the sampled evaluation dataset for use in training and evaluating a machine learning model.
US11704553B2
A method of operating a neural network system includes merging, by a processor, a first operation group in a first neural network and a second operation group in a second neural network, including identical operations, as a shared operation group; selecting, by the processor, a first hardware to execute the shared operation group, from among a plurality of hardware; and executing the shared operation group by using the first hardware.
US11704551B2
Techniques for iterative query-based analysis of text are described. According to various implementations, a neural network architecture is implemented receives a query for information about text content, and iteratively analyzes the content using the query. During the analysis a state of the query evolves until it reaches a termination state, at which point the state of the query is output as an answer to the initial query.
US11704549B2
Embodiments of the present invention provides a system and method of learning and classifying features to identify objects in images using a temporally coded deep spiking neural network, a classifying method by using a reconfigurable spiking neural network device or software comprising configuration logic, a plurality of reconfigurable spiking neurons and a second plurality of synapses. The spiking neural network device or software further comprises a plurality of user-selectable convolution and pooling engines. Each fully connected and convolution engine is capable of learning features, thus producing a plurality of feature map layers corresponding to a plurality of regions respectively, each of the convolution engines being used for obtaining a response of a neuron in the corresponding region. The neurons are modeled as Integrate and Fire neurons with a non-linear time constant, forming individual integrating threshold units with a spike output, eliminating the need for multiplication and addition of floating-point numbers.
US11704544B2
The present disclosure provides an integrated circuit chip device and a related product. The integrated circuit chip device includes: a primary processing circuit and a plurality of basic processing circuits. The primary processing circuit or at least one of the plurality of basic processing circuits includes the compression mapping circuits configured to perform compression on each data of a neural network operation. The technical solution provided by the present disclosure has the advantages of a small amount of computations and low power consumption.
US11704543B2
A digital circuit for accelerating computations of an artificial neural network model includes a pairs selection unit that selects different subsets of pairs of input vector values and corresponding weight vector values to be processed simultaneously at each time step; a sorting unit that simultaneously processes a vector of input-weight pairs wherein pair values whose estimated product is small are routed with a high probability to small multipliers, and pair values whose estimated product is greater are routed with a high probability to large multipliers that support larger input and output values; and a core unit that includes a plurality of multiplier units and a plurality of adder units that accumulate output results of the plurality of multiplier units into one or more output values that are stored back into the memory, where the plurality of multiplier units include the small multipliers and the large multipliers.
US11704539B2
Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) for forecasting future data are provided. In one embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable medium is configured to store computer logic having instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processing devices to receive, at each of a plurality of Deep Neural Network (DNN) forecasters, an input corresponding to a time-series dataset of a plurality of input time-series datasets. The instructions further cause the one or more processing devices to produce, from each of the plurality of DNN forecasters, a forecast output and provide the forecast output from each of the plurality of DNN forecasters to a DNN mixer for combining the forecast outputs to produce one or more output time-series datasets.
US11704532B2
Techniques are disclosed for a hybrid undo/redo for text editing, where non-linear undo and redo operations are performed across dynamic regions in a document and linear undo and redo operations are performed within the dynamic regions in the document. In an example, the hybrid undo/redo may be achieved by maintaining respective region offset values for the dynamic regions created in a document by the edits made to the document. In operation, the respective region offset values associated with the dynamic regions can be used to negate or otherwise counteract the effect of edits made in the dynamic regions.
US11704527B2
A sheet processing apparatus for processing sheets each with a wireless tag, includes a roller, a wireless tag reader/writer, and a controller configured to control the roller to convey a first sheet with a first tag along a path, control the reader/writer to acquire first strengths of radio signals received from the first tag during the conveyance and second strengths of radio signals received from wireless tags of sheets not being conveyed, determine a threshold value of signal strength for distinguishing a wireless tag being conveyed from wireless tags not being conveyed based on the first and second strengths, and control the roller to convey a second sheet with a second tag and control the reader/writer to write to the second tag when a strength of a radio signal from the second tag is greater than or equal to the threshold value.
US11704514B1
A system controlled responsive at least in part to data read from data bearing records is operative to cause vehicle parts usable to repair or upgrade vehicles to be determined and furnished. Data from the vehicle such as data read by a reader from a tag associated with a vehicle is used to determine vehicle identifying data. A repair estimate calculation circuit (RECC) operates responsive to the read data to produce a needed parts record (NPR). The records produced by the RECC are operative to cause a vehicle repair entity (VRE) to be furnished the vehicle repair or upgrade parts.
US11704513B2
A handcart includes a cart frame, a caster, and a code reader. The cart frame includes a receiving portion on which a shopping basket is placeable and a lateral portion extending in a width direction of the cart frame. The caster is disposed at a bottom region of the cart frame. The code reader is attached to the lateral portion of the cart frame so as to be rotatable around the lateral portion. The code reader may be rotated around the lateral portion of the cart frame to a first position at which a reading window of the code reader faces an inner space of the shopping basket on the receiving portion of the cart frame, and to a second position at which the reading window of the code reader faces a front of the cart frame.
US11704506B2
Systems and methods for automatic evaluation of the quality of NLG outputs. In some aspects of the technology, a learned evaluation model may be pretrained first using NLG model pretraining tasks, and then with further pretraining tasks using automatically generated synthetic sentence pairs. In some cases, following pretraining, the evaluation model may be further fine-tuned using a set of human-graded sentence pairs, so that it learns to approximate the grades allocated by the human evaluators. In some cases, following fine-tuning, the learned evaluation model may be distilled into a student model.
US11704501B2
The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for providing a response to a user in a session. At least one message associated with a first object may be received in the session, the session being between the user and an electronic conversational agent. An image representation of the first object may be obtained. Emotion information of the first object may be determined based at least on the image representation. A response may be generated based at least on the at least one message and the emotion information. The response may be provided to the user.
US11704499B2
Technology is described herein for generating questions using a neural network. The technology generates the questions in a three-step process. In the first step, the technology selects, using a first neural network, a subset of textual passages from an identified electronic document. In the second step, the technology generates, using a second neural network, one or more candidate answers for each textual passage selected by the first neural network, to produce a plurality of candidate passage-answer pairs. In the third step, the technology selects, using a third neural network, a subset of the plurality of candidate passage-answer pairs. The technology then generates an output result that includes one or more output questions chosen from the candidate passage-answer pairs produced by the third neural network. The use of the first neural network reduces the processing burden placed on the second and third neural networks. It also reduces latency.
US11704494B2
A data processing system for discovering a semantic meaning of a field included in one or more data sets is configured to identify a field included in one or more data sets, with the field having an identifier. For that field, the system profiles data values of the field to generate a data profile, accesses a plurality of label proposal tests, and generates a set of label proposals by applying the plurality of label proposal tests to the data profile. The system determines a similarity among the label proposals and selects a classification. The system identifies one of the label proposals as identifying the semantic meaning. The system stores the identifier of the field with the identified one of the label proposals that identifies the semantic meaning.
US11704492B2
A method, apparatus, device, and storage medium for entity linking is disclosed. The method includes: acquiring a target text; determining at least one entity mention included in the target text; determining a candidate entity corresponding to each of the entity mention based on a preset knowledge base; determining a reference text of each of the candidate entity and determining additional feature information of each of the candidate entity; and determining an entity linking result based on the target text, each of the reference text, and each piece of the additional feature information, wherein determining the entity linking result includes determining a probability of linking each of the candidate entity to the entity mention based on a splicing of a first embedding vector and a second embedding vector of the target text and a splicing of a first embedding vector and a second embedding vector of each respective reference text.
US11704485B2
An appropriate vector of any phrase can be generated. A lattice construction unit 212 constructs a lattice structure formed by links binding adjacent word or phrase candidates based on a morphological analysis result and a dependency analysis result of input text. A first learning unit 213 performs learning of a neural network A for estimating nearby word or phrase candidates from word or phrase candidates based on the lattice structure. A vector generation unit 214 acquires a vector of each of the word or phrase candidates from the neural network A and sets the vector as learning data. A second learning unit performs learning of a neural network B for vectorizing the word or phrase candidates based on the learning data.
US11704482B2
An automated content annotation workflow is disclosed. An example embodiment is configured for: registering a plurality of labelers to which annotation tasks are assigned; populating a labeling queue with content data to be annotated; assigning annotation tasks from the labeling queue to the plurality of labelers; enabling the plurality of labelers in an annotation review queue to modify or delete annotations applied by prior labelers; and evaluating a level of performance of the plurality of labelers in applying the annotations.
US11704480B2
Implementations generally relate to extended schemas. In some implementations, a method includes displaying a first extensible markup language schema definition (XSD) schema, where the first XSD schema includes a plurality of XSD elements arranged in a tree structure. The method further includes receiving a selection of at least one XSD element of the plurality of XSD elements. The method further includes displaying one or more XSD extension selections associated with the at least one XSD element. The method further includes receiving at least one XSD extension selection of the one or more XSD extension selections. The method further includes appending in the tree structure at least one XSD extension element based on the at least one XSD extension selection.
US11704472B2
Standard cell libraries include one or more standard cells and one or more corresponding standard cell variations. The one or more standard cell variations are different from their one or more standard cells in terms of geometric shapes, locations of the geometric shapes, and/or interconnections between the geometric shapes. The exemplary systems and methods described herein selectively choose from among the one or more standard cells and/or the one or more standard cell variations to form an electronic architectural design for an electronic device. In some situations, some of the one or more standard cells are unable to satisfy one or more electronic design constraints imposed by a semiconductor foundry and/or semiconductor technology node when placed onto the electronic device design real estate. In these situations, the one or more standard cell variations corresponding to these standard cells are placed onto the electronic device design real estate.
US11704468B2
Methods and apparatus for pattern matching and classification are disclosed. In one example of the disclosed technology, a method of performing pattern matching according to a puzzle-matching the methodology includes analyzing an original source layout pattern and determining a signature for the original source layout pattern. A target layout is scanned to search for one or more portions of the target layout that have a signature that matches or is similar to the signature of the original source pattern. Similar patterns are searched based on a signature comparison of the source pattern and the target layout. In some examples of the disclosed technology, it is possible to match partial context to the original source pattern. In some examples, matches can be made in the target layout for different orientations of layout.
US11704462B2
A system and method for simulating an electronic circuit is disclosed. The method includes creating a finite set of circuit or device parameter points selected from within an n-dimensional parameter space. The method includes determining, for each circuit or device parameter point of the set, a corresponding response value of the performance metric and a corresponding probability of occurrence. The method includes determining, for a predetermined value of the performance metric, the total probability of occurrence.
US11704460B2
Embodiments herein provide for reverse engineering of integrated circuits (ICs) for design verification. In example embodiments, an apparatus receives a gate-level netlist for an integrated circuit (IC), generates a list of equivalence classes related to signals included in the gate-level netlist, determines control signals of the gate-level netlist based at least in part on the list of equivalence classes, determines a logic flow of a finite state transducer (FST) based at least in part on the control signals, and generates register transfer level (RTL) source code for the IC based on the FST.
US11704458B2
A computer-implemented method and system for determining placement of a sensor component on a utility pipe. Data relating to the utility pipe is inputted which is processed to generate one or more variables. One or more models are trained, via the one or more variables, to produce an output indicative of a likelihood of failure variable associated with the utility pipe from each model. The outputs from all models are preferably combined into an ensemble output indicative of a likelihood of failure associated with the utility pipe. A consequence of failure variable associated with the utility pipe is determined preferably utilizing a plurality of weighted variables. A sensor placement determinative variable is then determined contingent upon the ensemble output and the consequence of failure variable associated with the utility pipe. Feedback data is then provided indicative of physical placement of one or more sensor components associated with the utility pipe based at least in part on the sensor placement determinative variable.
US11704456B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for designing three dimensional lattice structures include, in one aspect, a method including: obtaining a mechanical problem definition including a 3D model of an object; generating a numerical simulation model for the 3D model of the object using one or more loading cases and one or more isotropic solid materials identified as a baseline material model for a design space; predicting performance of different lattice settings in different orientations in the design space using a lattice structural behavior model in place of the baseline material model in the numerical simulation model; and presenting a set of lattice proposals for the design space based on the predicted performance of the different lattice settings in the different orientations; wherein the lattice structural behavior model has been precomputed for the different lattice settings, which are generable by the 3D modeling program.
US11704450B2
Disclosed systems and methods relate to generating and optimizing an architectural design. According to embodiments, a method can include receiving metadata of digital communications and collaboration between members of an organization. The method can also include generating a target network model indicating a work style of the members of the organization; a level of interaction between the members of the organization; a spatial clustering of the members; or a number, a size, and an allocation of rooms with a specialized purpose. The method can further include selecting at least one criterion for the architectural design, where the criterion can include: cost, wellness, community, work style, choice, privacy, or vibrancy. The method can further include determining criteria scores for one or more architectural design prototypes. Moreover, the method can include selecting the architectural design based on the criterion scores.
US11704449B1
A construction method of mine intelligent management and control platform based on a geological survey guarantee system includes: constructing a unified data center and a multi-dimensional (x, y), (x, y, t), (x, y, z) and (x, y, z, t) geological survey guarantee system platform, and realizing dynamic processing and multi-dimensional visual exhibition of geological survey data, to complete construction of the basic mine intelligent management and control platform and a visual operation interface; by using the multi-dimensional geological survey guarantee system as a base, constructing and accessing scenes and data of different types of safe-production systems, to realize visualized patrolling inspection, digital twinning and remote industrial control; and realizing deep fusion, decision-making analysis and visual cooperative management and control of multi-source geological survey data and data of safe production and operation, to form the mine intelligent management and control platform.
US11704448B2
A computer implemented method of translation of verification commands of an electronic design file of an electronic circuit defined by the electronic design file, comprising receiving, at a processor, the electronic design file defining a functional level electronic design of the electronic circuit, wherein said electronic circuit comprises at least two subsystems and said electronic circuit includes at least two configuration options for the at least two subsystems, receiving along with the electronic design file, at least one analog test harness model having at least one indirect branch contribution statement, translating said at least one indirect branch contribution statement into a plurality of direct branch contribution operators based at least in part upon said at least one analog test harness model and said electronic design file and generating a netlist for the electronic circuit based at least in part upon said translation of said at least one indirect branch contribution statement.
US11704445B2
An industrial control system module and methods are described for self-destruction or the destruction and/or erasure of sensitive data within the industrial control system module upon an indication of an unauthorized module access event. In an implementation, a secure industrial control system module includes a circuit board including electrical circuitry; a sealed encasement that houses the circuit board, where the sealed encasement includes a housing having a first housing side and a second housing side, where the housing is configured to house the circuit board when the first housing side and the second housing side are coupled together; and a first sensor component integrated with the sealed encasement, where the first sensor component is communicably coupled to the circuit board and electrical circuitry and is configured to provide an indication of an unauthorized access event.
US11704443B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for side-channel attack mitigation for secure devices including cryptographic circuits using block ciphers that are not based upon feedback. For disclosed embodiments, an integrated circuit includes a cryptographic circuit and a controller. The cryptographic circuit performs cryptographic operations in a block cipher AES mode without feedback. The controller outputs control signals to the cryptographic circuit that cause the cryptographic circuit to perform the cryptographic operations on sequential data blocks with an internally permuted order to mitigate block cipher side-channel attacks. The internally permuted order can be generated using one or more random number generators, one or more pre-configured permutated orders, or other techniques. Further, sequential data blocks can be grouped into sequential subsets of data blocks, and the cryptographic operations can be performed in sequence for the subsets with data blocks within each subset being processed with an internally permuted order.
US11704442B2
There is provided mechanisms for handling instances of a trusted execution environment on an execution platform. The trusted execution environment is associated with a secure cryptoprocessor. The secure cryptoprocessor holds a register. The trusted execution environment is configured to read from and write to the register at a given index i. A method is performed by the trusted execution environment. The method comprises checking, upon start of a new instance of the trusted execution environment, status of the register at the given index i, and wherein, when the register at the given index i has its status set to “undefined”, an internal status value is set to a first value, and else, when a value is read from the register at the given index i, the internal status value is set to a second value based on the read value. The method comprises writing the internal status value to the register at the given index i. The method comprises running the new instance. The method comprises, whilst running the new instance, reading a current value from the register at the given index i. The method comprises enabling the new instance to keep running only when the current value equals the internal status value.
US11704440B2
Various aspects involve forgoing updates to consent data for at least one consent rejection generated by an automated consent rejection tool. For instance, a consent management system can be communicatively coupled to a user device. The user device can detect invocations of a consent rejection function, such as when browser states of a browser application indicate requests for web pages or other online content. The consent management system can document a consent rejection for one or more of the invocations. The consent management system can also prevent documentation of consent being rejected for at least one invocation initiated by an automated consent rejection tool.
US11704432B2
An apparatus and method of protecting information by using a system on a chip (SoC) are discussed. The apparatus includes a SoC memory which is disposed in a predetermined SoC and includes a first region accessible only by a unit having an access right, and a hardware (HW) filter configured to monitor at least one unit attempting to access the SoC memory. When a unit without an access right attempts to access the first region, the HW filter can block access of the unit without the access right.
US11704431B2
Cybersecurity and data categorization efficiency are enhanced by providing reliable statistics about the number and location of sensitive data of different categories in a specified environment. These data sensitivity statistics are computed while iteratively sampling a collection of blobs, files, or other stored items that hold data. The items may be divided into groups, e.g., containers or directories. Efficient sampling algorithms are described. Data sensitivity statistic gathering or updating based on the sampling activity ends when a specified threshold has been reached, e.g., a certain number of items have been sampled, a certain amount of data has been sampled, sampling has used a certain amount of computational resources, or the sensitivity statistics have stabilized to a certain extent. The resulting statistics about data sensitivity can be utilized for regulatory compliance, policy formulation or enforcement, data protection, forensic investigation, risk management, evidence production, or another classification-dependent or classification-enhanced activity.
US11704428B2
Embodiments of systems and methods for implementing data sovereignty safeguards in a distributed services network architecture are disclosed. Embodiments of a distributed services system may have a number of distributed nodes that each implements a set of services. When a user requests a service at a particular node of a distributed services system, the node is configured to determine if that node is not (or is) data sovereign for a region associated with the user. If the node is not data sovereign for the user's region, the user may be directed to a corresponding service at a node of the distributed service system that is data sovereign for the user's region.
US11704424B2
An embodiment of a semiconductor apparatus may include technology to receive data with a unique identifier, and bypass encryption logic of a media controller based on the unique identifier. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US11704422B2
Simplified and/or user friendly interfaces can be employed to facilitate administration of a routing platform that couples devices of a local area network (LAN) to an external communication network (e.g., the Internet). In one aspect, the routing platform comprises a firewall that can be employed to perform access control and/or an Internet of Things (IoT) hub that can be employed to control operations of IoT devices of the LAN, for example, based on domain information, user-defined tags and peer-defined criteria to make correlations that are leveraged to implement access control policies. A search and command interface is employable to issue textual (e.g., natural language) commands to configure access control policies, tags for devices and/or websites, and/or search for data.
US11704421B2
Systems and methods are described for the generation of domain names that may be associated with a particular user device and may be encrypted to obfuscate the domain names of content requested by the user device.
US11704417B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for implementing real-time redaction in a workflow configurable environment. The present invention is configured to electronically receive, from a user input device, a request to load at least one user interface associated with an application; initiate a real-time content redaction engine on contents of the one or more fields associated with the at least one user interface in response to receiving the request, wherein initiating further comprises: parsing one or more embedded structures associated with the one or more fields; identifying private information in the one or more fields based on at least parsing the one or more embedded structures; and masking the private information in the one or more fields; and load the at least one user interface associated with the application in response to masking the private information in the one or more fields.
US11704416B2
Methods and systems for performing a computational operation on a server host are provided. Exemplary methods include: receiving an encrypted service request from a client host, the client host encrypting a service request to produce the encrypted service request using a shared secret, the service request specifying the computational operation; decrypting, in a secure enclave, the encrypted service request using the shared secret to produce a decrypted service request, the secure enclave preventing other software running on the server host from accessing the shared secret and other data stored in a memory space; performing the computational operation, in the secure enclave, using the decrypted service request to generate a service result; encrypting, in the secure enclave, the service result using the shared secret to create an encrypted service result; and providing the encrypted service result to the client host, the client host decrypting the encrypted service result.
US11704408B1
Techniques for threat scanning transplanted containers are described. A method of threat scanning transplanted containers may include generating a container map of running containers on a block storage volume mounted to a scanning instance of a threat scanning service, scanning the block storage volume by a scanning engine of the scanning instance, identifying at least one threat on the block storage volume, and identifying at least one container associated with the at least one threat using the container map.
US11704407B2
A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for operating an endpoint court at an endpoint device. Certain embodiments include a computer-implemented method for operating an endpoint core at an endpoint device, the method including: receiving an event subscription request from an endpoint agent over a message bus; and managing communication of events for processing by the endpoint agent based on the event subscription request so that events to which the endpoint agent has subscribed are selectively processed at the endpoint agent. Certain embodiments may include corresponding stand-alone and/or network computer systems, apparatus, and computer programs recorded on one or more computer storage devices, each configured to perform one or more of these actions.
US11704406B2
Deriving and surfacing insights regarding security threats is disclosed. A plurality of features associated with a message is determined. A plurality of facet models is used to analyze the determined features. Based at least in part on the analysis, it is determined that the message poses a security threat. A prioritized set of information is determined to be provided as output that is representative of why the message was determined to pose a security threat. At least a portion of the prioritized set of information is provided as output.
US11704392B2
Relevance information obtaining means of a fraud estimation system is configured to obtain relevance information about relevance between one service and another service. Comparison result obtaining means is configured to obtain a comparison result of a comparison between user information of a target user in the one service and user information of a fraudulent user or an authentic user in the another service. Estimation means is configured to estimate fraudulence of the target user based on the relevance information and the comparison result.
US11704388B2
A computing device determines a disaggregated solution vector of a plurality of variables. A first value is computed for a known variable using a predefined density distribution function, and a second value is computed for an unknown variable using the computed first value, a predefined correlation value, and a predefined aggregate value. The predefined correlation value indicates a correlation between the known variable and the unknown variable. A predefined number of solution vectors is computed by repeating the first value and the second value computations. A solution vector is the computed first value and the computed second value. A centroid vector is computed from solution vectors computed by repeating the computations. A predefined number of closest solution vectors to the computed centroid vector are determined from the solution vectors. The determined closest solution vectors are output.
US11704376B2
Described herein are techniques and systems for retrieval of content using link-based searches. Embodiments herein include receiving, by a server, a request including a hyperlink directed to a source content. The server may determine whether a database associated with the server comprises the hyperlink. The database stores information of multiple entities each corresponding to one or more hyperlinks. In response to a determination that the database includes the hyperlink, the server may identify an entity corresponding to the hyperlink and provide information of the entity to the computing device. In some embodiments, in response to a determination that the database does not include the hyperlink, the server may identify related web content and return results to user.
US11704372B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for online distribution of content. One method includes: receiving, from a first content publisher, a request to publish, on a web page of a second content publisher in a network of publishers, a link to or preview of content of the first content publisher, wherein the request includes at least one parameter associated with at least one attribute of a desired viewer of the link to or preview of content; receiving, from the second content publisher in the network, a request for a link to or preview of content of a publisher in the network, the request including at least one identifier associated with a prospective viewer of a web page of the second content publisher; and determining whether to display a link to or preview of content of the first content publisher on the web page of the second content publisher.
US11704369B2
This disclosure relates to method and system for generating and rendering a customized dashboard. The method includes initiating a schema-less dashboard canvas through a frontend application that invokes a server-less library. The method further includes integrating a set of widgets selected by a user, from the plurality of native widgets and from the plurality of third-party widgets, with the schema-less dashboard canvas using the server-less library. The method further includes generating metadata for each of the set of widgets based on a corresponding configuration performed by the user. The method further includes associating the metadata with a user account of the user for subsequent rendering of the customized dashboard for the user.
US11704368B2
Provided is a technique for effectively searching for a book for an articulation disordered-child to use in practice. A search condition setting unit 120 sets a search condition for a speech sound in accordance with a selection state of kana symbol buttons disposed in a book search screen, the kana symbol buttons corresponding one-to-one to kana symbols indicating respective speech sounds. A search unit 130 searches for a book in which a desired speech sound appears, in accordance with the search condition. A book search screen includes at least one of a Japanese syllabary button group in which the kana symbol buttons are classified as vowels or consonants, and an articulation button group in which the kana symbol buttons are classified by articulatory organ and articulation manner.
US11704364B2
A method for policy-based analytics includes retrieving, from a graph database, first data representing a first entity in a computing environment, a second entity in the computing environment, and an event associated with the first entity and the second entity; predicting, according to a risk indicator model, a risk associated with the first entity based at least in part on the event; and updating the graph database to include second data representing the risk and a risk indicator. The first and second entities are stored as properties of a first vertex and a second vertex, respectively, and the event is stored as a property of an edge between the first vertex and the second vertex. The risk indicator is stored as a property of a third vertex. The risk is stored as a property of an edge between the first vertex and the third vertex.
US11704357B2
Approaches are described for shape-based graphics search. Each graphics object of a set of graphics objects is analyzed. The analyzing includes determining an outline of the graphics object from graphics data that forms the graphics object. The outline of the graphics object is sampled resulting in sampled points that capture the outline of the graphics object. A shape descriptor of the graphics object is determined which captures local and global geometric properties of the sampled points. Search results of a search query are determined based on a comparison between a shape descriptor of a user identified graphics object and the shape descriptor of at least one graphics object of the set of graphics objects. At least one of the search results can be presented on a user device associated with the search query.
US11704347B2
A method executes at a computer system to retrieve data from a database. Upon receiving a database query, the computer system translates the query into an intermediate representation, and estimates a compilation time to compile the intermediate representation into machine executable code. The query execution time to retrieve a result set is also estimated. In accordance with a determination that the query execution time and compilation time satisfy an interpretation criterion, the computer system invokes a byte code interpreter to interpret the intermediate representation and retrieve the result set from the database. In accordance with a determination that the query execution and compilation times satisfy one of a plurality of compilation criteria, the computer system compiles the intermediate representation to form machine code and executes the machine code to retrieve the result set from the database. In some cases, the query intermediate representation is optimized prior to compilation.
US11704346B2
A system of highly detailed mapping data for correcting the data format and detail level of the map data adaptively to a specification of a distribution destination. The system includes a data supplementing unit for supplementing medium-/low-detail map data to make the map data highly detailed, an authoring unit for editing the map data adapted to the multiple specifications which differ at least in one of the data format and the detail level, and a database for accumulating the edited map data to allow distribution of the map data as versatile data. The system includes a reliability evaluation unit communicating with the distribution destination via information, and allowing evaluation of reliability indicating a degree to which the versatile data are adapted to the specification, and a reliability registration unit for registering the reliability in the database by associating the evaluation of the reliability evaluation unit with the versatile data.
US11704335B2
A computer implemented method comprises receiving at least one log record. A type of operation performed in a source database system may be determined based on the log record. Based on the type of operation, an update strategy may be selected from a set of pre-defined update strategies, wherein the update strategy specifies a sequence of replication operations to be performed in order to apply changes described in the at least one log record to a target database system.
US11704331B2
Dynamic generation of data catalogs may be implemented for accessing data sets in different storage locations. Data sets may be accessed in order to extract portions of data. Structure recognition techniques may be applied to the extracted data in order to determine structural information for the data sets. The structural information may then be stored as part of a data catalog for the data sets. Requests to access the data catalog from different clients may be received and the requested structural data supplied so that the clients may access different data sets utilizing the supplied structural data. Data catalogs may be updated as changes to data sets are made.
US11704328B2
A columnar storage method and a query method and system for time series data. The storage method includes: dividing a column of time series data into a plurality of pages, wherein each page stores a part of data points of the column of time series data and the sum of the data points stored in all the pages is all the data points in the column of time series data (S1); and setting two parts, i.e., a page header and a page body, for each page, storing summary index information of all the data points in the page in the page header of the page and storing data value information of all the data points in the page in the page body of the page (S2).
US11704327B2
Embodiments are disclosed for a method. The method includes parsing a distributed database query into component queries corresponding to distributed nodes. The method also includes matching component queries to central cache to determine whether the component queries can be satisfied. This matching generates matched and unmatched component queries. The method further includes transforming the matched component query to a cache query and local delta query for a first node. Additionally, the method includes executing the cache query to generate a cache result. Also, the method includes providing the local delta query for the first node to generate a local delta. Further, the method includes providing the unmatched component query for a second node to generate a remote result. The method also includes generating a global delta based on the local delta. The method additionally includes generating a result by combining the cache result, local delta, and remote result.
US11704314B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method, system, and computer program product for multiplexing data operation. In some embodiments, a method is disclosed. A query for at least one table comprising a plurality of data records is received. The query indicating a plurality of data operations to be performed on the plurality of data records. The plurality of data operations are combined into a target data operation. An intermediate result of the query is generated by performing the target data operation on the plurality of data records. A final result of the query is determined based on the intermediate result. In other embodiments, a system and a computer program product are disclosed.
US11704308B1
Systems and methods for generating a data aggregator interactive graphical user interface. An interactive graphical user interface (GUI) includes a selectable symbol region, a query region and a data results region. The selectable symbol region displays predefined symbols. The query region displays user input fields for generating queries. The system receives user input associated with the user input fields of the query region to form a filter set. The data results region is automatically updated responsive to the user input, to display one or more data values from among one or more databases associated with the filter set. The system receives a subscription request to save the filter set as a user-customized query. A custom symbol is created responsive to the subscription request that is associated with the filter set. The the selectable symbol region is updated to display the custom symbol together with the predefined symbols.
US11704307B2
Techniques are described herein for generating, editing, and optimizing queries using neural networks. In some embodiments, the techniques include training a neural network using a set of performant database queries to automatically learn patterns between different sequences of tokens in performant queries. Once trained, the neural network may receive an incomplete query as input, where the incomplete query includes one or more query tokens. The trained neural network may then perform next token prediction to project a set of one or more additional query tokens that may follow the one or more query tokens in the incomplete query to form a completed, performant query.
US11704304B2
A spreadsheet supports formulas in cells that trigger queries of a data source. The parameters for queries can include or depend on values in other cells in the spreadsheet. Thus, the precise query submitted to the data source is dynamic, being dependent on the data and formulas in the spreadsheet. Furthermore, on receiving the query results, they are added to cells in the spreadsheet, which can be parameters for other queries defined in other cells. Changing the value of a single cell can automatically trigger an update of an arbitrarily deep hierarchy of calculations that can include an arbitrary number of data source queries.
US11704302B2
A method in job processing server of processing database updates includes: storing, at a job processing server, a job queue including a plurality of job records, each job record having corresponding job parameters; detecting job initiation data at a data source; responsive to detecting the job initiation data, retrieving new job parameters from the data source based on the job initiation data; creating a new job record including the new job parameters in the job queue; and responsive to a predefined trigger, for each job in the job queue, processing the job based on corresponding job parameters, wherein processing the job includes sending instructions for execution by a second server, the instructions for performing an update at the second server.
US11704298B2
Embodiments described herein are directed to measuring and improving an index quality of a distributed data system. For example, various quality metrics are determined on a per partition basis of the distributed data system. Each of the quality metrics are indicative of a quality of a particular property of a partition. The quality metrics are aggregated to generate an overall index quality score, which provides a measure of the performance of the index. The index quality score is utilized to automatically detect an inefficiency of the index and automatically determine that certain index maintenance actions should be automatically performed to improve the performance of the index. Each quality metric may also be individually analyzed to determine which database property is affecting the performance of the index the most.
US11704295B2
One example method includes creating a source FS Merkle tree having a structure that matches a topology of a source FS, and a target FS Merkle tree having a structure that matches a topology of a target FS, receiving a change to the source FS, implementing the change in the source FS, updating the source FS Merkle tree to reflect the change, replicating the change to the target FS so that, with respect to the change, the target FS is synchronized with the source FS, updating the target FS Merkle tree to reflect the change to the target FS, and comparing the source FS Merkle tree to the target FS Merkle tree.
US11704294B2
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein are systems and methods for supporting slowly changing dimensions and metadata versioning in a multidimensional database, comprising. A system can comprise a computer that includes one or more microprocessors, and a multidimensional database server executing on the computer, wherein the multidimensional database server supports at least one hierarchical structure of data dimensions. A data dimension can slowly change over time. When such changes occur, metadata associated with the data dimension can be updated. Advantageously, a current snapshot of the data structure can allow searching of previous changes to the slowly changing dimension based upon the metadata.
US11704292B2
A system and method for enriching a concept database. The method includes determining, based on at least one signature of a first multimedia data element (MMDE) and signatures of a plurality of existing concepts in the concept database, at least one first concept among the plurality of existing concepts, wherein each of the at least one first concept matches a portion of the at least one signature of the first MMDE; generating a reduced representation of the first MMDE, wherein generating the reduced representation further comprises removing the portion of the first MMDE matching the at least one first concept; comparing the reduced representation of the first MMDE to signatures representing a plurality of second MMDEs to determine a plurality of matching second MMDEs; generating, based on the reduced representation of the first MMDE and the plurality of matching second MMDEs, at least one second concept; and adding the generated at least one second concept to the concept database.
US11704290B2
A computer-implemented method may comprise providing a first executed agreement cache in a first data center and a second executed agreement cache in a second data center; receiving agreements on proposals to create or make changes to files stored in the first and second data centers; storing metadata of the files referred to by the received agreements the first and/or second executed agreement caches; maintaining the first and second executed agreement caches synchronous with one another before the files referred to by the received agreements are created or changed; creating or making changes to the file referred to by the received agreements only after the first and second executed agreement caches have been synchronized; and searching the first and/or second executed agreement caches for updated metadata whenever requests for data of files stored in the first or second data centers are received in the first or the second data centers and, responsive to the received requests, providing data corresponding to the updated metadata when updated metadata is found.
US11704284B2
Solutions for supporting storage using a multi-writer log-structured file system (LFS) are disclosed that include receiving incoming data from an object of a plurality of objects that are configured to simultaneously write to the LFS from different nodes; based at least on receiving the incoming data, determining whether sufficient free segments are available in a local segment usage table (SUT) for writing the incoming data; based at least on determining that insufficient free segments are available, requesting allocation of new free segments; writing the incoming data to a log; acknowledging the writing to the object; determining whether the log has accumulated a full segment of data; based at least on determining that the log has accumulated a full segment of data, writing the full segment of data to a first segment of the free segments; and updating the local SUT to mark the first segment as no longer free.
US11704280B2
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and device that replicates data and provides instantaneous access to data includes receiving in a destination volume one or more named data extents and one or more references to the one or more named data extents associated with a file in parallel from a source volume. A determination is made to check whether the one or more references arrive before the one or more named data extents arrive. Each of the received one or more references which are determined to have arrived prior to the one or more data extents is allocated as absent by the storage management computing device. An instantaneous access to the file is provided during the allocation.
US11704276B2
A method includes receiving a chip select signal at an SPI client device. The method also includes, responsive to receiving the chip select signal, transmitting a first bit of an SPI transmission to an SPI host device, where the first bit of the SPI transmission is transmitted with a delay based at least in part on a loop propagation delay of an SPI channel. The method includes receiving a clock signal at the SPI client device. The method also includes, responsive to receiving the clock signal, transmitting a second bit of the SPI transmission to the SPI host device.
US11704254B2
Various examples are directed to systems and methods for managing a memory system. The memory system may generate a first encrypted physical address using a first clear physical address. The memory system may generate a first encrypted logical-to-physical (L2P) pointer indicating the first logical address and a first encrypted physical address. The memory system may send the first encrypted L2P pointer to a host device for storage at a host memory.
US11704252B2
Methods, systems, and devices for dual address encoding for logical-to-physical mapping are described. A memory device may identify a first physical address corresponding to a first logical block address generated by a host device and a second physical address corresponding to a second (consecutive) logical block address generated by a host device. The memory device may store the first physical address and second physical address in a single entry of a logical-to-physical mapping table that corresponds to the first logical block address. The memory device may transmit the logical-to-physical table to the host device for storage at the host device. The host device may subsequently transmit a single read command to the memory device that includes the first physical address and the second physical address based on the logical-to-physical table.
US11704250B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for maintaining insertion policies of a lower-level cache. Techniques are described for selecting, based on metadata of an evicted data block received from an upper-level cache, an insertion policy out of the insertion policies. Then, determining, based on the selected insertion policy, whether to insert the data block into the lower-level cache. If it is determined to insert, the data block is inserted into the lower-level cache according to the selected insertion policy. Techniques for dynamically updating the insertion policies of the lower-level cache are also disclosed.
US11704233B2
Disclosed herein a system, method, and computer program product for providing proactive guidance to users in order to execute a shift left model in software delivery. As disclosed, a processor may receive an issue resolution request. The processor may further access an issue resolution request repository where the issue resolution request repository may include details related to prior issue resolution requests. The processor may subsequently classify the issue resolution request based on the details related to the prior issue resolution requests. Accordingly, the processor may identify a root cause for the issue resolution request.
US11704232B2
Provided herein are systems and methods for creating, testing and providing digital guidance for use in an underlying computer application. In one exemplary implementation, a method includes using a browser extension to record steps of digital guidance content as the steps are created by a content author, automatically testing the content with the same browser and making the tested content available for playback. The testing may include receiving an execute testing command, fetching test case data from a server, executing a test case in the browser using the test case data, running tests on the test case in a background tab of the browser, recording passes and or failures of the tests, sending reports of the passes and failures to the server, sending a notification to the content author that the testing results are ready to view, and displaying the testing results in the dashboard.
US11704227B2
A test environment apparatus having processing circuitry is provided for testing an embedded system-under-test. The processing circuitry may be configured to implement the system-under-test for interaction with external test participants via messaging and control operation of an inner agent and an outer agent. The inner agent may be implemented within a virtual machine that is also implementing the system-under-test and the outer agent may be implemented external to the virtual machine implementing the system-under-test. The inner agent and the outer agent may be controlled to operate collaboratively to trigger captures of snapshots that store current states of the system-under-test at respective times and trigger a rollback of the system-under-test based on a timestamp of a delayed message using a snapshot for a selected time that provides a state of the system-under-test prior to the timestamp to permit subsequent delivery of the delayed message with the system-under-test in a rollback state.
US11704223B2
A method and system for communicating with IoT devices connected to a vehicle to gather information related to device operation or performance is disclosed. The system makes a copy of at least a portion of the device's non-volatile memory and/or receives IoT device data (e.g., sensor data and/or log files etc.) from an IoT device that recently failed. The system determines which log files and/or sensor data, for example, the IoT device created before and/or after a failure. After gathering this information, the system stores the information, sends it to a storage destination for further analysis and diagnostics to troubleshoot the failure and send a fix or software update to the IoT device. The information can also be placed into secondary storage to comply with regulatory, insurance, or legal purposes.
US11704216B2
Each of one or more commit cycles may be associated with a predicted number of updates. A statistics collection time for a database table can be determined by estimating a sum of predicted updates included in one or more commit cycles. Whether the estimated sum of predicted updates is greater than a first threshold may be determined. In addition, a progress point for a first one of the commit cycles can be determined. A time to collect statistics may be selected based on the progress point of the first commit cycle.
US11704215B2
A central processing unit includes a core, a state memory, a plurality of bus contacts, a data generation unit, and a bus interface unit. The state memory stores a state, the bus interface unit is coupled to the core and the state memory, and the bus interface unit selectively couples the core to the plurality of bus contacts or the data generation unit according to the state.
US11704212B2
A method for execution by an analysis unit includes obtaining a collection of data for a particular evaluation of a system aspect. The method further includes acquiring data analysis parameters regarding the particular evaluation of the system aspect. The method further includes determining one or more evaluation perspectives based on the data analysis parameters. The method further includes determining one or more evaluation modalities based on the data analysis parameters. The method further includes determining one or more evaluation metrics based on the data analysis parameters. The method further includes evaluating the collection of data in accordance with the one or more evaluation metrics, the one or more evaluation perspectives, and the one or more evaluation modalities to produce one or more evaluation outputs.
US11704211B1
Techniques for avoiding uncorrectable errors in a memory device can include detecting a correctable error pattern of a memory page of a memory device, and determining that the correctable error pattern of the memory page satisfies a page migration condition. Upon satisfying the page migration condition, write accesses to the memory page are prevented from reaching a memory controller of the memory device. The contents of the memory page are then migrated to a reserved page, and a mapping table is updated to replace accesses to the memory page with accesses to the reserved page.
US11704208B2
A storage system includes a plurality of controllers and a relay device and is configured to perform mirror transfer between the plurality of controllers, the relay device detects an abnormality in each device located between the plurality of controller and aggregates error information in a register, and a first controller module that is a source of performing the mirror transfer among the plurality of controllers reads content of the register and determines whether the mirror transfer is completed normally, after the mirror transfer is performed.
US11704205B2
A method may include receiving a communication from a user device, determining whether to forward the communication to a first computer system or a second computer system and forwarding the communication to the first computer system based on the determining. The method may also include generating, by the first computer system, a first response to the communication, determining whether an error occurred when processing the communication at the first computer system and forwarding the communication to the second computer system, in response to determining that an error occurred. The method may further include generating, by the second computer system, a second response to the communication and comparing the first response from the first computer system to the second response from the second computer system.
US11704204B2
A memory system includes a processing device (e.g., a controller implemented using a CPU, FPGA, and/or logic circuitry) and memory regions (e.g., in a flash memory or other non-volatile memory) storing data. The processing device receives an access request from a host system that is requesting to read the stored data. In one approach, the memory system is configured to: receive, from the host system over a bus, a read command to access data associated with an address in a non-volatile memory; in response to receiving the read command, access, by the processing device, multiple copies of data stored in at least one memory region of the non-volatile memory; match, by the processing device, data from the copies with each other; select, based on matching data from the copies with each other, first data from a first copy of the copies; and provide, to the host system over the bus, the first data as output data.
US11704202B2
Recovering from system faults for replicated datasets, including: receiving, by the cloud-based storage system, a request to modify a dataset that is stored by the cloud-based storage system, wherein the dataset is synchronously replicated among a plurality of storage systems that includes the cloud-based storage system, wherein a request to modify the dataset is acknowledged as being complete when each of the plurality of storage systems has modified its copy of the dataset; generating recovery information indicating whether the request to modify the dataset has been applied on all storage systems in the plurality of storage systems synchronously replicating the dataset; and after a system fault, applying a recovery action in dependence upon the recovery information indicating whether the request to modify the dataset has been applied on all storage systems in the plurality of storage systems synchronously replicating the dataset.
US11704198B2
A method and apparatus provide recovery from a computing device boot up error by detecting a current boot up error in the computing device, loading a plurality of recovery pre-EFI initialization modules (PEIMs), of a recovery unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI) BIOS for execution, wherein the recovery PEIMS include executable code to pre-initialize at least a processing unit and memory of the computing device in a pre-EFI initialization (PEI) phase of a multi-phase platform initialization operation, and recovering from the boot up error by booting up the computing device using the loaded plurality of recovery pre-EFI initialization modules.
US11704195B1
A method for execution in a storage network, the method begins by determining a user device group content preference, wherein the user group content includes target content for a user device group and the determining includes predicting future target content for the user group. The method continues by selecting a plurality of network edge units for staging encoded data slices, identifying target content for partial download to the plurality of network edge units and dispersed error encoding the target content to generate a set of encoded data slices. The method then continues by identifying encoded data slices from the set of encoded data slices corresponding to the target content for partial download and determining a partial downloading schedule for sending the encoded data slices for partial download to each network edge unit of the plurality of network edge units. The method continues by facilitating partial downloading of the target content by sending the encoded data slices for partial download to each network edge unit of the plurality of network edge units.
US11704188B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide improved identification and handling of root causes for data event(s). Some embodiments improve the accuracy of determinations of a root cause or likely order of root causes of a data event affecting any number of system(s), and cause transmission of data associated with such root cause(s) for use in triaging such data event(s) and/or facilitating efficient servicing to resolve the data event. Some embodiments utilize modified centrality algorithm(s) to efficiently and accurately identify a likely root cause of a data event in a computing environment. Some embodiments generate and/or output notifications that indicate the particular computing system(s) identified as a root cause of a data event, and/or the particular computing system(s) identified not as a root cause but affected by a data event of the root cause computing system.
US11704185B2
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable storage mediums are described for machine learning-based techniques for reducing the visual complexity of a dependency graph that is representative of an application or service. For example, the dependency graph is generated that comprises a plurality of nodes and edges. Each node represents a compute resource (e.g., a microservice) of the application or service. Each edge represents a dependency between nodes coupled thereto. A machine learning-based classification model analyzes each of the nodes to determine a likelihood that each of the nodes is a problematic compute resource. For instance, the classification model may output a score indicative of the likelihood that a particular compute resource is problematic. The nodes and/or edges having a score that exceed a predetermined threshold are provided focus via the dependency graph.
US11704183B2
A data processor includes provides memory commands to a memory channel according to predetermined criteria. The data processor includes a first error code generation circuit, a second error code generation circuit, and a queue. The first error code generation circuit generates a first type of error code in response to data of a write request. The second error code generation circuit generates a second type of error code for the write request, the second type of error code different from the first type of error code. The queue is coupled to the first error code generation circuit and to the second error code generation circuit, for provides write commands to an interface, the write commands including the data, the first type of error code, and the second type of error code.
US11704179B2
Read operations can be performed to read data stored at a data block. Parameters reflective of a separation between a pair of programming distributions associated with the data block can be determined based on the plurality of read operations. A read request to read the data stored at the data block can be received. In response to receiving the read request, a read operation can be performed to read the data stored at the data block based on the parameters that are reflective of the separation between the pair of programming distributions associated with the data block.
US11704176B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for receiving a remote procedure call from a stored procedure executing within a sandbox process. A database system converts the remote procedure call into a database query, and a sandbox process separates the stored procedure from the other services and processes the database query on a database.
US11704170B1
In one implementation, systems and methods are provided for processing digital experience information. A computer-implemented system for processing digital experience information may comprise a central data location. The central data location may comprise a connector that may be configured to receive information belonging category from an information source; an event backbone that may be configured to route the information received by the connector based on the category; a translator that may be configured to transform the received information into a common data model; and a base that may be configured to store the received information. The event backbone may be further configured to send information to the connector from the event backbone and the database based on one or more criteria.
US11704159B2
An information handling system for instantiating a composed information handling includes hardware computing resources. The hardware computing resources includes a compute resource set that includes computing resources including a processor and a memory, and a hardware resource set including resources distinct from the compute resource set. The information also includes a hardware system control processor adapted to present a portion of the hardware resource set to a compute resource set of the composed information handling system as bare metal resources.
US11704149B1
A method and a system to perform the method are disclosed, the method includes receiving, by a virtualization server communicatively coupled with a client device, a request to provide a virtual machine (VM) to a client device, accessing a profile associated with the client device, instantiating a VM on the virtualization server, wherein the VM is a linked clone VM of a base VM, wherein the linked clone VM has (1) a read-only access to a shared range of a persistent memory associated with the base VM, wherein the shared range of the persistent memory is determined in view of the profile associated with the client device and stores at least one application installed on the virtualization server, (2) a write access to a private range of the persistent memory, wherein the private range is associated with the VM, and providing the VM to the client device.
US11704148B2
To provide a low latency near RT RIC, some embodiments separate the RIC's functions into several different components that operate on different machines (e.g., execute on VMs or Pods) operating on the same host computer or different host computers. Some embodiments also provide high speed interfaces between these machines. Some or all of these interfaces operate in non-blocking, lockless manner in order to ensure that critical near RT RIC operations (e.g., datapath processes) are not delayed due to multiple requests causing one or more components to stall. In addition, each of these RIC components also has an internal architecture that is designed to operate in a non-blocking manner so that no one process of a component can block the operation of another process of the component. All of these low latency features allow the near RT RIC to serve as a high speed IO between the E2 nodes and the xApps.
US11704142B2
Systems and methods for providing a built-in training capability for a computer application associated with multiple operations. A control icon may be presented along with an image associated with the particular computer application. The control icon may list training tasks that are associated with the particular computer application or the particular image and train a user in performing a particular operation. Based upon a user interaction with the control icon, a training task may be implemented. The training task may comprise multiple steps or actions required to complete the task. The training task may cause a written description of each action and a training icon to be presented to the user. The training task may therefore assist the user in performing the operation associated with the training task.
US11704132B2
Systems and methods directed to managing computer resource allocation by monitoring signals indicating demand for services utilizing computer resources are described. A method includes maintaining, for each first event of first events, historical registration data and respective parameter values of the first event and identifying, for a second event having an open registration status, respective parameter values of the second event, and registration data for the second event. The method includes computing a similarity score between the second event and each first event of the plurality of first events, based on the respective parameter values of the first event and the second event and the registration data of the second event and the historical registration data of the first event, generating, for the second event, a projected number of entities based on determined information and determining a ranking of the second event.
US11704131B2
An instruction processing device and an instruction processing method are provided. The instruction processing device includes: a first-level branch target buffer, configured to store entries of a first plurality of branch instructions; a second-level branch target buffer, configured to store entries of a second plurality of branch instructions, wherein the entries in the first-level branch target buffer are accessed faster than the entries in the second-level branch target buffer; an instruction fetch unit coupled to the first-level branch target buffer and the second-level branch target buffer, the instruction fetch unit including circuitry configured to add, for a first branch instruction, one or more entries corresponding to the first branch instruction into the first-level branch target buffer when the one or more entries corresponding to the first branch instruction are identified in the second-level branch target buffer; and an execution unit including circuitry configured to execute the first branch instruction.
US11704125B2
The present disclosure provides a computation device. The computation device is configured to perform a machine learning computation, and includes an operation unit, a controller unit, and a conversion unit. The storage unit is configured to obtain input data and a computation instruction. The controller unit is configured to extract and parse the computation instruction from the storage unit to obtain one or more operation instructions, and to send the one or more operation instructions and the input data to the operation unit. The operation unit is configured to perform operations on the input data according to one or more operation instructions to obtain a computation result of the computation instruction. In the examples of the present disclosure, the input data involved in machine learning computations is represented by fixed-point data, thereby improving the processing speed and efficiency of training operations.
US11704121B2
Methods and systems for monitoring contributor performance for source code programming projects in order to increase the velocity of workflow and the efficiency of project teams. In particular, the methods and systems record the particular type of issue that is tagged for a given contribution, if any, and monitor the amount of programming time of the contributor that is required to resolve the issue. The programming time required to resolve the issue, the type of issue, and/or other characteristics of contributors are then used to generate real-time recommendations related to the performance of the contributor relative to the project team.
US11704103B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for enhanced cloud computing deployment. In some implementations, a computer system provides a repository comprising (i) deployment tools configured to provide a deployment application programming interface (API), (ii) a set of container files configured to operate together to provide a server environment, and (iii) configuration data for the container images. The computer system can provide a deployment workflow package that, when invoked for a cloud computing account of the customer, is configured to retrieve the container files, configuration data, and deployment tools from the repository over a communication network and store the retrieved items in the cloud computing account. The deployment workflow package is also configured to run the deployment tools and create deployment infrastructure in the cloud computing account.
US11704099B1
Code search is used to support various features. Code segments may be indexed using a code structure representation of the code segment. Code segments may be compared for similarity to identify a match with an input code segment using a comparison of logic trees generated for the input code segment and a stored code segment in an entry with a matching index value.
US11704091B2
Disclosed herein is a mixed reality application to use a multi-channel audio input to identify a character and origin of a given sound, then present a visual representation of the given sound on a near eye display. The visual representation including a vector to the source of the sound. The visual representation further including graphical elements that describe various attributes of the given sound including the magnitude, directionality, source, and threat level. Where the source of the given sound is moving, the visual representation shifts to illustrate the movement.
US11704090B2
A display system and method of interacting with the display system are provided. The method of interacting with the display system comprises following steps: receiving an audio signal through an audio input device; converting the audio signal to corresponding text data through a voice-to-text converting module; generating a corresponding display image according to a document file; acquiring multiple identification data corresponding to the display image from the document file; comparing the text data with the identification data; and if the text data corresponds to one of the identification data, moving or displaying a marker on the display image through the display system according to a coordinate of one of the identification data.
US11704086B2
Systems and methods for fast activation of slaves during wake up in an audio system allow a master device in an audio system such as a SOUNDWIRE audio system to send system and/or topology information to capable slave devices during a wake up window so that the slaves may start in an active mode rather than a safe mode. In the most recent proposed versions of SOUNDWIRE, there is a check PHY_Num phase. The systems for fast activation of slaves cause a negative differential line to be driven with an encoded signal by the master during a check PHY_Num phase where the encoded signal indicates a fast mode speed. Capable slaves may then begin in a fast mode rather than a safe (and slow) mode. Latency may be reduced by starting in a fast mode, which may improve the user's audio experience.
US11704054B1
A method for performing access management of a memory device with aid of buffer usage reduction control and associated apparatus are provided. The method includes: determining whether any host command among a plurality of host commands from a host device is a trim-related read command, wherein the trim-related read command represents a read command indicating that reading from at least one trimmed location is required; in response to the any host command being the trim-related read command, determining an estimated trim-related read operation count regarding a data buffer according to a trimmed range of the at least one trimmed location and a predetermined unit size of accessing the data buffer; writing predetermined trimmed data having the predetermined unit size into the data buffer; and controlling a transmission interface circuit to read the predetermined trimmed data from the data buffer multiple times, for being returned to the host device.
US11704041B2
An integrated circuit for allowing a band of an external memory to be effectively used in processing a layer algorithm is disclosed. One aspect of the present disclosure relates to an integrated circuit including a first arithmetic part including a first arithmetic unit and a first memory, wherein the first arithmetic unit performs an operation and the first memory stores data for use in the first arithmetic unit and a first data transfer control unit that controls transfer of data between the first memory and a second memory of a second arithmetic part including a second arithmetic unit, wherein the second arithmetic part communicates with an external memory via the first arithmetic part.
US11704032B2
Methods, systems, and devices supporting switchable lane directions between a host system and a memory system are described. A host system may communicate with a memory system using a set of lanes, where each lane may send information (e.g., commands, operations, data) in a specific direction. In some cases, the host system and memory system may support one or more switchable lanes, where both systems include transmit and receive modules for the lane. According to a bandwidth condition associated with a specific direction satisfying a threshold for reconfiguring a lane, the host system and the memory system may switch a direction configured for a lane. Switching the lane direction may increase the supported bandwidth in a specific direction, for example, from the host system to the memory system (e.g., in a “write optimized” configuration) or from the memory system to the host system (e.g., in a “read optimized” configuration).
US11704022B2
In some examples, a system aggregates operational metric data of a plurality of storage volumes into aggregated operational metric data groups that correspond to different workload types of workloads for accessing data of a storage system. The system computes an operational metric for a first workload type of the different workload types, the operational metric relating to a resource of the storage system, where the computing of the operational metric for the first workload type comprises inputting aggregated operational metric data of a first aggregated operational metric data group of the aggregated operational metric data groups into a model trained at a system level of the storage system.
US11704020B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for precisely tracking memory usage in a multi-process computing environment. One of the methods includes implementing an instance of a memory usage tracker (MUT) in each process running in a node of a computer system. A MUT can maintain an account of memory usage for each of multiple logical owners running on a process on which the MUT is running. The MUT can determine an actual memory quota for each owner, and enforce the actual memory quota of the owner. Enforcing the actual memory quota of the owner can include receiving each memory allocation request, checking each allocation request and a current state of the account against the actual quota, approving or rejecting each allocation request, communicating the approval or rejection to an underlying memory manager, and updating the owner account for each approved allocation request.
US11704005B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to a collaborative achievement system for: detecting, at a client device associated with a first user, a collaborative achievement between at least the first user and a second user; selecting an achievement designator based on attributes of the collaborative achievement, wherein the achievement designator comprises personalization instructions for the achievement designator; retrieving, at the client device, user profile information from a first user account and a second user account associated with the first user and the second user; personalizing the achievement designator based on the user profile information and the personalization instructions; and causing display of a presentation of the personalized achievement designator at the client device.
US11703999B2
This disclosure describes a system that enables a user to efficiently view messages of a conversation that are more relevant to the user. The system is configured to display content of a first application within an application user interface (UI) and to determine that a message of a second application being monitored includes a trigger feature that comprises a piece of information or an interaction from another user that is worthy of the user's attention. The system can then generate a visual notification for the trigger feature. The visual notification can be displayed in association with a graphical element of the application UI. Upon receiving an indication of a selection of the visual notification, the system can switch from displaying the content of the first application to displaying the message of the second application and trigger feature and/or change visual characteristics associated with the message to bring focus to the message.
US11703998B2
A system and method including a mobile phone device and a mobile app, in which said mobile app comprises an unlocking module, an ad menu module, and point processing module stored in said computer readable storage medium, wherein said mobile app includes instructions which when executed by said mobile phone device, cause the mobile phone device to: process a waking up or powering up of said mobile device by said unlocking module; keep track of a user's point total by said point processing module; and process a graphic user interface to present a set of menu items in a lock screen by said ad menu module.
US11703990B2
A system that generates animated visual cues for providing previews that indicate the availability of associated content is provided. The system can display a landing page in response to a command to display selected content, such as messages of a chat session. The landing page generates a visual cue that displays an animated preview of associated content, such as files related to the chat session, concurrently with the selected content before transitioning to view that shows the selected content, such as a chat session UI. The disclosed techniques also enable systems to generate a visual bounce cue providing awareness of salient content. For example, a device displaying selected content, e.g., messages in a chat session UI, may create a controlled animated movement of the chat session UI to let a user know of an update to associated content that may be displayed in a UI layer under the selected content.
US11703987B2
Computer systems and methods, according to various embodiments, allow users with shared access to a shared file or folder to communicate with one another via online chat. In particular embodiments, the system is configured to facilitate a chat session among all users that have shared access to a particular file or folder in response to a particular user selecting a “chat” button (or other suitable chat initiation element) associated with the shared file or folder. After a chat session is complete, the system may archive the chat session for later viewing and use.
US11703983B2
The application relates to a capacitance sensing circuit, which samples and holds a reference signal to generate an input reference signal, hereby, an input signal is generated to a sensing circuit. Thereby, the sensing circuit generates an output signal according to the input signal and a sensing signal, for the capacitance sensing.
US11703982B2
Discussed is a display device including an active area and a non-active area, a light emitting element including an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and a light emitting layer, gate lines disposed in the active area and arranged in a first direction, data lines disposed in the active area and arranged in a second direction, data link lines connected to the data lines, an encapsulation layer on the cathode electrode, and including an organic layer and an inorganic layer, a touch sensor on the encapsulation layer, and including driving touch electrodes arranged in the first direction as the data lines, and sensing touch electrodes arranged in the second direction as the gate lines, driving touch lines connected to the driving touch electrodes, and overlapping with a first portion of the cathode electrode in the non-active area and sensing touch lines connected to the sensing touch electrodes.
US11703980B2
The present invention provides a touch display device, touch display device includes an organic light emitting diodes display panel and a touch layer. The organic light emitting diodes display panel includes common cathode and an encapsulation layer. The encapsulation layer is located between the common cathode and the touch layer. The touch layer includes touch units arranged in an array, each of the touch units is constituted by metal meshes. In each of the touch units, a percentage of a metal area of the metal meshes to an area of each of the touch units is greater than 0% and is less than or equal to 25%.
US11703976B2
A touch sensor device includes a first panel, a second panel, and a drive-sense circuit (DSC). The first panel that includes first electrodes arranged in a first direction and second electrodes arranged in a second direction. The second panel includes third electrodes arranged in a third direction and fourth electrodes arranged in a fourth direction. The DSC is operably coupled via a single line to a coupling of a first electrode of the first electrodes and a first electrode of the third electrodes. The DSC is configured to provide the signal, which is generated based on a reference signal, via the single line to the coupling and simultaneously to sense the signal via the single line. The DSC generates a digital signal representative of the at least one electrical characteristic associated with the first electrode of the first electrodes and/or the first electrode of the third electrodes.
US11703973B2
An input apparatus and an electronic device applying the input apparatus. The input apparatus includes: at least one sensor, configured to detect an inputting operation, and output a first signal based on the inputting operation; at least one amplifying circuit, configured to amplify a difference between the first signal and a referential signal, to output a second signal, where each of the at least one amplifying circuit comprises a plurality of stages, each of the plurality stages comprises an amplifier, and a high-pass filter is connected between last two stages of the plurality of stages; and an analog-digital converter, configured to convert the second signal into a digital signal characterizing a state of the inputting operation, where the ADC comprises at least one comparator. Users can give instructions through novel inputting operations, and performances of the electronic device are greatly improved.
US11703967B2
A display panel includes a common electrode formed in an upper layer above a data line, a first insulating layer covering the common electrode, a touch sensor line formed in an upper layer of the first insulating layer and in a first opening provided in the first insulating layer, and connected to the common electrode via the first opening, a second insulating layer covering the touch sensor line, and a pixel electrode formed in an upper layer of the second insulating layer. The first insulating layer is formed with a second opening between the common electrode and the pixel electrode. The second insulating layer is disposed in an interior of the second opening and formed with a recessed portion recessed downward into a portion above the second opening. At least a portion of the pixel electrode is disposed in the recessed portion of the second insulating layer.
US11703966B2
A touch display module includes a touch device and a polarizing element. The polarizing element includes a polarizer and a retardation film assembly. The retardation film assembly has a polarization ellipticity value (e-value), and the absolute value of the e-value is greater than 0.8. A reflection rate of the polarizing element is less than 6%, and a total reflection rate of the touch device and the polarizing element is less than 7%.
US11703960B2
An air mouse mode implementation method includes establishing, by an electronic device, a communication connection to a stylus through BLUETOOTH, sending, by the electronic device, notification information to the stylus through the communication connection when detecting a screen casting event of the electronic device, where the notification information instructs to enter an air mouse mode, receiving, by the electronic device, a determining instruction from the stylus through the communication connection, entering, by the electronic device, the air mouse mode based on the determining instruction, and modifying, from an arrow icon to a dot icon and by the electronic device, an indication icon corresponding to the stylus.
US11703958B2
Systems and method herein describe an electronic display apparatus that is amendable to display different types of visualizations. In an embodiment, the electronic display apparatus has a circular display unit. The electronic display apparatus may display content but with some of the portions cut off from visibility to a user. The electronic display apparatus may include motion sensor units and data obtained from these motion sensor units may be used to cause a video controller to send a portion of the content from a frame buffer to the display device to enable the display of different areas of content. The content displayed to the user may change in accordance with movement initiated by the user.
US11703943B2
A wearable computing system that includes a head-mounted display implements a gaze timer feature for enabling the user to temporarily extend the functionality of a handheld controller or other user input device. In one embodiment, when the user gazes at, or in the vicinity of, a handheld controller for a predetermined period of time, the functionality of one or more input elements (e.g., buttons) of the handheld controller is temporarily modified. For example, the function associated with a particular controller button may be modified to enable the user to open a particular menu using the button. The gaze timer feature may, for example, be used to augment the functionality of a handheld controller or other user input device during mixed reality and/or augmented reality sessions.
US11703933B2
Examples described herein provide for a first core to map a measurement of packet processing activity and operating parameters so that a second core can access the measurement of packet processing activity and potentially modify an operating parameter of the first core. The second core can modify operating parameters of the first core based on the measurement of packet processing activity. The first and second cores can be provisioned on start-up with a common key. The first and second cores can use the common key to encrypt or decrypt measurement of packet processing activity and operating parameters that are shared between the first and second cores. Accordingly, operating parameters of the first core can be modified by a different core while providing for secure modification of operating parameters.
US11703929B2
An apparatus includes a shelf having a front edge, a solar cell circuit disposed at the front edge, a display screen, and a controller operatively coupled to the solar cell circuit and the display screen. The controller monitors the period of a waveform of a charging voltage of a storage capacitor of the solar cell circuit, displays an image on the display screen in response to a change in the waveform timing. A system includes a plurality of shelves each having a front edge, a solar cell circuit disposed at the front edge of each of the plurality of shelves, and a controller operatively coupled to the solar cell circuits. The controller monitors the frequency at which a power transfer of each solar cell circuit occurs, and signals a device in response to a change in the frequency at which the power transfer occurs.
US11703928B2
Provided is an apparatus and method for a digital power supply that can provide independent power control for two or more electrical loads. Some disclosed embodiments provide continuous, variable power and other disclosed embodiments provide discrete power levels. Disclosed embodiments may reduce the magnitude of harmonic currents and/or flicker introduced into a power system. Embodiments include a microprocessor that delivers power to electric loads using phase-controlled AC current. In some embodiments, the microprocessor may calculate a power array corresponding to a requested power for each electric load. Logic is provided for populating the power array in a pattern that reduces the magnitude of harmonic currents and flicker. Portions of the disclosure include a band controller for delivering power to achieve and maintain a desired target temperature, and a wireless controller for controlling temperature from a remote device.
US11703924B2
An information handling system includes a chassis having multiples sleds and an embedded controller. The embedded controller retrieves relative impedances for all of the sleds, and calculates a maximum available airflow for the first sled based the relative impedances of all other sleds. A baseboard management controller (BMC) of a first sled requests a boot operation for the first sled. The BMC collects configuration information for the first sled, and determines an airflow impedance of the first sled based on the configuration information. The BMC provides the airflow impedance and a power allocation request to the embedded controller. The BMC compares the maximum available airflow to a minimum airflow requirement for the first sled. If the maximum available airflow is less than the minimum airflow requirement, the BMC implements power limits for processors in the first sled to prevent overheating of components within the first sled.
US11703923B2
A wearable display device is disclosed and includes a main body and a driving module. The main body includes a frame, two temple arms and at least one monitor. The two temple arms are respectively connected with two ends of the frame, and the monitor is disposed on the frame. The driving module is disposed within the frame and includes a microprocessor, an optical display module and a heat dissipation component. The optical display module is electrically coupled with the microprocessor and configured for displaying an optical image on the at least one monitor. The heat dissipation component includes a heat dissipation base and two heat pipes. The two heat pipes are disposed on the heat dissipation base adjacent to the microprocessor. When the heat generated by the microprocessor is conducted to the heat dissipation base, the two heat pipes perform heat exchange with the heat dissipation base.
US11703921B2
Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to cool computer processors. In at least one embodiment, a system comprises one or more processors and a heatsink connected by a flexible heat conduit to the one or more processors, and a position of the heatsink is adjustable.
US11703915B2
An elastic stretch and retraction mechanism for an electronic device is provided. The elastic stretch and retraction mechanism includes a fixed bracket, a guide member, a sliding member, and an elastic member. The fixed bracket is fixed to a housing assembly of the electronic device. The guide member is connected to the fixed bracket. The sliding member is slidably connected to the guide member. The sliding member is configured to connect with a stretch and retraction end of a flexible screen of the electronic device. The elastic member is arranged between the fixed bracket and the sliding member. The elastic member is configured to reset the sliding member. The flexible screen can easily and stably stretch and retract through the elastic stretch and retraction mechanism, which provides high operability and ensures the reliability of the use of the electronic device.
US11703912B2
A display module including non-folding portions and a folding portion disposed between the non-folding portions; a first supporting member disposed under the display module; and a second supporting member disposed between the display module and the first supporting member, wherein the first supporting member includes: a first supporter and a second supporter overlapping with the non-folding portions; and a plurality of supporting units overlapping with the folding portion.
US11703903B2
Systems and methods for managing power supplied over an electric power grid by an electric utility and/or other market participants to multiple power consuming devices, each of which having a Power Supply Value (PSV) associated with its energy consumption and/or reduction in consumption. Power flow to the power consuming devices is selectively enabled and disabled, or power-reduced thereto, by one or more controllable devices controlled by the client device. Power control messages from a controlling server indicate amounts of electric power to be reduced and an identification of at least one controllable device to be instructed to disable or reduce a flow of electric power to one or more associated power consuming devices.
US11703889B2
A flow regulator for regulating a flow rate of water within at least a section of a water system, such as an irrigation system, includes a base member and piston member. The piston member is movable relative to the base member and includes at least one notch through which water can flow when passing through the flow regulator. Movement of the piston member towards and away from the base member, respectively, decreases and increases an area of the notch through which water can flow. An orifice member detachably coupled to the piston member and having an orifice member aperture through which all water flowing through the flow regulator must pass limits the cross-sectional area of an interior water passage within the piston member.
US11703887B2
A system includes a tracker configured to collect solar irradiance and attached to a rotational mechanism for changing a plane of the tracker and a controller. The controller is programmed to store a plurality of positional and solar tracking information and detect a first amount of DHI and a first amount of DNI at a first specific point in time. If the first amount of SHI exceeds the first amount of DNI, the controller is programmed to calculate a first angle for the tracker to maximize an amount of irradiance received by the tracker. Otherwise, the controller is programmed to calculate the first angle for the tracker based on a position of the sun associated with the first specific point in time and the plurality of positional and solar tracking information.
US11703886B2
A control method includes obtaining one or more attitude parameters of a gimbal of a UAV and adjusting one or more attitude parameters of the UAV according to the one or more attitude parameters of the gimbal. The UAV includes a vehicle body, and a power system and the gimbal that are provided at the vehicle body. The power system includes a motor and a propeller and is configured to provide flight power for the UAV. The gimbal is configured to connect a photographing device to the vehicle body. Adjusting the one or more attitude parameters of the UAV includes adjusting a yaw parameter of the UAV according to the yaw parameter of the gimbal. Adjusting the yaw parameter of the UAV includes controlling the UAV to rotate in a yaw direction according to the yaw parameter of the gimbal, to cause the UAV to rotate along with the gimbal.
US11703879B2
Autonomously driven vehicles operate in rain, snow and other adverse weather conditions. An on-board vehicle sensor has a beam with a diameter that is only intermittently blocked by rain, snow, dust or other obscurant particles. This allows an obstacle detection processor is to tell the difference between obstacles, terrain variations and obscurant particles, thereby enabling the vehicle driving control unit to disregard the presence of obscurant particles along the route taken by the vehicle. The sensor may form part of a LADAR or RADAR system or a video camera. The obstacle detection processor may receive time-spaced frames divided into cells or pixels, whereby groups of connected cells or pixels and/or cells or pixels that persist over longer periods of time are interpreted to be obstacles or terrain variations. The system may further including an input for receiving weather-specific configuration parameters to adjust the operation of the obstacle detection processor.
US11703874B2
Systems and methods to systematically identify and collect operational vehicle data for selective transmission to a non-local storage location for further analysis and use in training autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles are provided. The systems and methods provided overcome limitations in storage and transmission of collected data by selectively archiving only that collected driving data warranting further analysis.
US11703868B2
A control device capable of improving the position accuracy of map data is disclosed. The control device is configured to acquire information which is output from a working machine which includes a working part and works along a boundary between a working area and a non-working area. The control device includes an operating state acquisition part configured to acquire information indicating an operating state of a machine body of the working machine; a judgment part configured to determine the operating state of the machine body, based on information acquired by the operating state acquisition part; a position information acquisition part configured to acquire position information indicating a position of the machine body; and a storage control part configured to store the position information acquired by the position information acquisition part in the storage, based on a determination result of the judgment part.
US11703858B2
An autonomous driving control device is capable of starting an autonomous driving control without an operation of a driver and reducing a possibility that the driver can not start manual driving. An autonomous driving control is switched to manual driving when a determination section determines that the amount of operation by the driver is equal to or greater than a first threshold, before a predetermined time elapses since the autonomous driving control is automatically started. An autonomous driving control is switched to a manual driving when the determination section determines that the amount of operation by the driver is equal to or greater than a second threshold that is greater than the first threshold, after the predetermined time elapses.
US11703847B2
An input device including an input circuit with an input connection point for applying an input signal and with an input signal path which leads from the input connection point to an evaluation input and on which a conversion of the input signal into an evaluation signal is effected, an evaluation device which includes the evaluation input and which is designed to recognise an input signal level of the input signal on the basis of the evaluation signal, wherein the evaluation device is further designed to carry out a functionality test of the input device and within the framework of the functionality test by way of providing a test signal to effect a first change of the evaluation signal and to test the functionality of the input device on the basis of the effected first change of the evaluation signal, wherein the input circuit includes a transistor which is connected into the input signal path, and the input circuit is designed to control a control terminal of the transistor on the basis of the test signal, in order to effect the first change of the evaluation signal.
US11703846B2
A method is described herein, comprising registering an event at a first processing unit of a processing facility comprising a plurality of processing units, using a coincidence probability array and an event probability to identify a second processing unit of the plurality of processing units based on the event, determining whether the second processing unit experienced a coincident event, if the second processing unit experienced a coincident event, remediating a condition of the second processing unit that caused the coincident event, and updating the coincidence probability array based on the event.
US11703845B2
An abnormality predicting system includes a processor and a memory having instructions. The instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to execute operations including: inputting processing target data acquired from a target device; storing information related to an abnormality prediction of the processing target data; calculating an abnormality degree of the processing target data; executing processing related to the abnormality prediction including a failure occurrence prediction using a latest abnormality degree transition and a past abnormality degree transition of the processing target data; and generating a display screen for displaying a processing result including an abnormality degree transition and a result of the failure occurrence prediction.
US11703836B2
A line configuration planning device determine a task sequence during production of the to-be-produced product and the task time by the worker or the automatic machine for each task on the basis of the task information and the task time information. The line configuration planning device determine a required cycle time for producing the to-be-produced product on the basis of the production plan information. The line configuration planning device generate, on the basis of the determined task sequence, task time, and required cycle time, an allocation proposal for the worker and the automatic machine such that an estimated cycle time for producing the to-be-produced product is less than or equal to the required cycle time. The line configuration planning device determine a production line configuration for the to-be-produced product on the basis of the allocation proposal and the equipment configuration information.
US11703835B2
The invention relates to the field of industrial automation and process control systems. More specifically, the invention provides methods, systems and computer program products that optimize scheduling of parameter data retrieval from devices that are coupled with and controlled by a control system. In a particular embodiment, the invention provides methods, systems and computer programs for scheduled parameter data retrieval from one or more field devices implemented within a process control environment. In other embodiments, the invention additionally provides methods, systems and computer programs for retrievably storing a scheduling map for enabling scheduled parameter data retrieval from one or more field devices implemented within a process control environment.
US11703834B2
In a production system, a control unit controls a first apparatus configured to start to operate after a waiting time and a second apparatus configured to starting to operation after a waiting time. A first sensor outputs a value that changes in response to operation of the first apparatus. A second sensor outputs a value that changes in response to operation of the second apparatus. The control unit compares a first time period from a starting of the operation of the first apparatus to an occurrence of a change in the value of the first sensor with a predetermined first threshold value, and compares a second time period from a starting of the operation of the second apparatus to an occurrence of a change in the value of the second sensor with a predetermined second threshold value.
US11703832B2
Provided is a production system including: a first industrial machine; and a second industrial machine configured to periodically communicate to and from the first industrial machine. The second industrial machine is configured to transmit its data to the first industrial machine through use of each of a plurality of periodic regions included in one period.
US11703830B2
Provided is a production system including: an industrial machine configured to execute each of a plurality of processes; and a circuitry, the circuitry being configured to: detect an abnormality that has occurred in the industrial machine; receive, when the abnormality is detected, a specification of one or more processes to be executed in order to perform recovery, based on process information associating, for each of the plurality of processes, at least a name of the each of the plurality of processes with a variable representing an operation of the industrial machine and indicating that at least one of refer or change is to be performed by a process program to be executed in the each of the plurality of processes; and record recovery process information indicating the received one or more processes.
US11703828B2
A system, method, and device for automated precision control of a computer numerical control (CNC) machine to a workpiece. The system receives via at least one visual input device at least one detectable marking on a workpiece. The system decodes the at least one detectable marking and determines a stored and pre-defined movement routine of a cutting element attached to the CNC machine relative to the workpiece based on the at least one marking. The system then determines, using the at least one visual input device and/or another visual input device, a current position of a working end of the cutting element relative to the at least one marking. Finally, the system performs the pre-defined movement routine including cutting into the workpiece with the cutting element.
US11703827B2
An industrial development hub (IDH) supports industrial development and testing capabilities that are offered as a cloud-based service. The IDH comprises an enhanced storage platform and associated design tools that serve as a repository on which customers can store control project code, device configurations, and other digital aspects of an industrial automation project. The IDH system can facilitate discovery and management of digital content associated with control systems, and can be used for system backup and restore, code conversion, and version management.
US11703824B2
Aspects of the disclosed technology provide a computational model that utilizes machine learning for detecting errors during a manual assembly process and determining a sequence of steps to complete the manual assembly process in order to mitigate the detected errors. In some implementations, the disclosed technology evaluates a target object at a step of an assembly process where an error is detected to a nominal object to obtain a comparison. Based on this comparison, a sequence of steps for completion of the assembly process of the target object is obtained. The assembly instructions for creating the target object are adjusted based on this sequence of steps.
US11703820B2
The present disclosure discloses a monitoring management and control system based on panoramic big data comprising an imaging device, a credential of the imaging device, a memory, a networking device, and a processing unit. The imaging device is configured to detect a first object and determine an approximate location of the first object and a reliability value of the approximate location of the first object based on the credential of the imaging device, the memory, the networking device, and the processing unit.
US11703819B2
A unit space update device, which generates a unit space, includes: a detection value acquisition unit which acquires a bundle of detection values detected at a constant cycle; and a deletion processing unit which deletes one bundle from the bundles of the detection values constituting the unit space, when adding the bundle of the detection values to the unit space. The deletion processing unit includes at least one among: a first processing unit which randomly deletes one bundle from the bundles of the detection values forming the unit space; and a second processing unit which, with respect to the detection value of the predetermined evaluation item among the plurality of evaluation items, deletes any one bundle of the bundles including the detection value with the highest appearance frequency in the unit space, or one of two bundles having the smallest difference between the detected values in the unit space.
US11703810B2
An electronic watch having a timekeeper logic unit set to control a display of the time. A controller is in communication with an external device or with internet through a wireless interface of the watch. A mechanical energy harvester system is set to transform mechanical energy deriving from the movements of a wearer to electrical energy. A power manager circuit stores the electrical energy in a battery and/or in a capacitor, and to supply the logic unit, the controller and the wireless interface with energy stored in the battery and/or in the capacitor.
US11703807B2
A dead-beat escapement break away assembly which consists of, a pallet engagement collet with at least one magnet attached thereto and a pallet alignment feature attached thereto; a pendulum crutch attachment mechanically coupled to the pallet engagement collet; a pallet which is adapted to be magnetically coupled to the pallet engagement collet so as to mechanically engage the pendulum crutch attachment to the pallet, thereby enabling the pallet to break away from the pallet engagement collet when sufficient force is applied to the pallet to overcome the magnetic force of the magnet.
US11703794B2
A cartridge includes a photosensitive drum, the movable member movable relative to the photosensitive drum to control an inclination angle of a drive transmission member. The movable member is movable between a first position for reducing an inclination angle of the drive transmission member relative to the photosensitive drum and a second position retracted from the first position. By this, driving connection can be smoothly carried out.
US11703793B2
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toner cartridge detachably mountable to a receiving device, the toner cartridge comprising a container including a accommodating portion for accommodating the toner and a discharge opening for discharging the toner from the accommodating portion into the receiving device; and an open/close member including a closing portion for closing the discharge opening and an engaging portion movable relative to the closing portion, the open/close member being rotatable relative to the container between (a) an opening position for causing the closing portion to open the discharge opening and (b) a closing position for causing the closing portion to close the discharge opening, wherein the engaging portion is movable relative to the closing portion between (c) a engaging position for engagement with the receiving device to receive a force for moving the open/close member from the opening position to the closing position when the toner cartridge is dismounted from the receiving device and (d) a retracted position retracted from the engaging position, and wherein the engaging portion is movable from the retracted position to the engaging position with rotation of the open/close member from the closing position to the opening position.
US11703782B2
A fixing device includes a movable belt; and a planar heat-generating section that is in contact with the belt and in which, among plural heat-generating portions provided in a movement direction of the belt, a heat-generating portion on an upstream side in the movement direction of the belt has a larger heat generation amount than a heat-generating portion on a downstream side.
US11703781B2
A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a nip formation pad, a support, an opposing rotator, a heat source, a housing, an inlet guide, an airflow generator, and an airflow guide. The fixing belt fixes an unfixed image on a recording medium. The nip formation pad is disposed inside a loop of the fixing belt. The support supports the nip formation pad. The opposing rotator abuts on the nip formation pad via the fixing belt. The heat source heats the fixing belt. The housing has an inlet opening to receive the recording medium. The inlet guide is disposed at the inlet opening and guides the recording medium to the fixing nip. The airflow generator generates an airflow in the housing. The airflow guide guides the airflow toward the inlet opening to generate a flow of air in the inlet opening in a direction different from a conveyance direction.
US11703780B2
A heating device includes a first temperature sensor and a second temperature sensor that detect a temperature of at least one of a first rotator, a second rotator, and a heater that heats at least one of the first rotator and the second rotator. The first temperature sensor is disposed outboard from an increased conveyance span where an increased size sheet having an increased width in a longitudinal direction of the heater is conveyed. The second temperature sensor is disposed outboard from a decreased conveyance span where a decreased size sheet having a decreased width in the longitudinal direction of the heater is conveyed. The decreased conveyance span is smaller than the increased conveyance span. The second temperature sensor is disposed within the increased conveyance span and disposed opposite the first temperature sensor via a center of the increased conveyance span in the longitudinal direction of the heater.
US11703779B2
A fixing device includes: a heating unit configured to heat a medium to be conveyed along a conveyance path by radiation; and a shielding unit made of non-metallic material, the shielding unit being configured to form a shielding state in which radiation from the heating unit is shielded and a non-shielding state in which radiation from the heating unit is not shielded, in which the shielding unit being expanded in a direction intersecting the radiation in the shielding state and is stored in the non-shielding state.
US11703769B2
A light source for EUV radiation is provided. The light source includes a target droplet generator, a laser generator, and a controller. The target droplet generator is configured to provide target droplets to a source vessel. The laser generator is configured to provide a plurality of first laser pulses according to a control signal to irradiate the target droplets in the source vessel to generate plasma as the EUV radiation. The controller is configured to provide the control signal according to the temperature of the source vessel and droplet positions of the target droplets. When the temperature of the source vessel exceeds a temperature threshold value and a standard deviation of the droplet positions of the target droplets exceeds a first standard deviation threshold value, the controller is configured to provide the control signal to the laser generator, so as to stop providing the first laser pulses.
US11703764B2
In this work is presented a method for fabrication of high-aspect ratio structures through spalling effect. The spalling is achieved through lithography, etching and sputtering processes, thus providing the flexibility to position the spalled structures according to the application requirements. This method has been successfully demonstrated for metal-oxides and metals. The width of the fabricated structures is dependent on the thickness of the film deposited by sputtering, where structures as small as 20 nm in width have been obtained.
US11703762B2
A method of generating a layout pattern includes disposing a photoresist layer of a resist material on a substrate and disposing a top layer over of the photoresist layer. The top layer is transparent for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation and the top layer is opaque for deep ultraviolet (DUV) radiation. The method further includes irradiating the photoresist layer with radiation generated from an EUV radiation source. The radiation passes through the top layer to expose the photoresist layer.
US11703761B2
A temperature controlling apparatus includes a platen, a first and a second conduits, and a first and a second outlet thermal sensors. The first conduit includes a first inlet, a first outlet, and a first heater. A first fluid enters the first inlet and exits the first outlet, the first heater heats the first fluid to a first heating temperature, and the first fluid is dispensed on the platen. The second conduit includes a second inlet, a second outlet, and a second heater. A second fluid enters the second inlet and exits the second outlet, the second heater heats the second fluid to a second heating temperature, and the second fluid is dispensed on the platen. The first and the second outlet thermal sensors are respectively disposed at the first and the second outlets to sense temperatures of the first and the second fluid.
US11703755B2
Methods and apparatuses related to fiducial designs for fiducial markers on glass substrates, or other transparent or translucent substrates, are disclosed. Example fiducial designs can facilitate visual recognition by enhancing edge detection in visual perception. In example fiducial designs, optical features on glass substrates can re-direct light so as to present a bright image region. Such optical features can include surface relief patterns formed in a coating on the surface of glass substrates. An exemplary method for manufacturing the fiducial markers can involve transfers of a fiducial design across a master mold or plate, a submaster mold or plate, and a target glass substrate. A fiducial marker can facilitate the use of the substrate in a variety of applications, including machine vision systems that facilitate automated performance of manufacturing processes on input working material.
US11703752B2
A method of testing a photomask assembly includes placing the photomask assembly into a chamber, wherein the photomask assembly includes a pellicle attached to a first side of a photomask. The method further includes exposing the photomask assembly to a radiation source having a wavelength ranging from about 160 nm to 180 nm in the chamber to accelerate haze development, wherein the exposing of the photomask assembly includes illuminating an entirety of an area of the photomask covered by the pellicle throughout an entire illumination time and illuminating a frame adhesive attaching the pellicle to the photomask. The method further includes detecting haze of the photomask following exposing the photomask assembly to the radiation source. The method further includes predicting performance of the photomask assembly during a manufacturing process based on the detected haze of the photomask following exposing the photomask assembly to the radiation source.
US11703738B2
An electronic apparatus includes a flexible display device and a roller. The flexible display device includes a driving substrate, a display layer on the driving substrate, and a front protective layer covering the display layer. The flexible display device has an end portion fixed to the roller. The roller includes a holding groove, a receiving slot, and a retraction assembly. The holding groove is recessed from an external surface of the roller. The end portion is in the holding groove. The flexible display device further includes a main body portion outside the holding groove. A thickness of the end portion is less than a thickness of the main body portion. The receiving slot is recessed from the external surface. The retraction assembly is disposed in the receiving slot. When the retraction assembly abuts against the flexible display device, the retraction assembly is pressed into the receiving slot.
US11703737B2
The present disclosure describes various processes of forming an electrochromic stack using at most one metallic lithium deposition station. In some aspects, a process may include depositing metallic lithium only within an electrochromic counter-electrode of an electrochromic stack. In some aspects, a process may include using a lithium-containing ceramic counter-electrode target to form an electrochromic counter-electrode and depositing metallic lithium only within or above an electrochromic electrode of the electrochromic stack. In some embodiments, a process may include using a lithium-containing ceramic electrode target, and optionally additionally depositing metallic lithium to add mobile lithium to the electrochromic stack. In some embodiments, a process may include using a single metallic lithium deposition station to deposit metallic lithium between an ion-conducting layer and an electrochromic electrode of the electrochromic stack.
US11703725B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a driver, a pixel circuit disposed to be apart from the driver in a plan view and to be electrically connected to the driver, a first pixel electrode disposed to overlap the pixel circuit in a plan view and to be electrically connected to the pixel circuit, a second pixel electrode disposed to overlap the driver in a plan view and to be closer to an outer edge of a display area than the first pixel electrode, and a relay line disposed between the pixel circuit and the first pixel electrode and between the driver and the second pixel electrode, the relay line electrically connecting the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode.
US11703722B2
According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first camera, a first polarizer, a second polarizer, and a liquid crystal panel disposed between the first polarizer and the second polarizer. The liquid crystal panel includes a first scanning line, a first signal line intersecting the first scanning line, a first switching element electrically connected to the first scanning line and the first signal line, and a first control electrode electrically connected to the first switching element. The first control electrode overlaps the first camera, and is disposed in an annular first region.
US11703713B2
A light-emitting device is provided, which includes a circuit board, a plurality of light-emitting elements, a first reflective element, and a second reflective element. The light-emitting elements are arranged on the circuit board. The first reflective element is disposed on the circuit board. The second reflective element is disposed on the circuit board. The first reflective element has a first reflectivity R1. The second reflective element has a second reflectivity R2. The first reflectivity R1 is different from the second reflectivity R2. The first reflectivity R1 and the second reflectivity R2 satisfy the following formula: 0<|(R1−R2)|/Max (R1, R2)<20%.
US11703710B2
The purpose of the present invention is to realize a lighting device of thin, low power consumption and high emitting efficiency. A concrete structure of the inventions is as follows. A lighting device including a first light guide and a second light guide stacked on the first light guide, a reflecting sheet disposed under the first light guide, and a prism sheet disposed on the first light guide, in which a concentric first prism array is formed on the prism sheet, a plurality of first LEDs are disposed along a circumferential direction of a side wall of a first hole of the first light guide, a plurality of second LEDs are disposed along a circumferential direction of a side wall of a second hole of the second light guide, and the plurality of the first LEDs and the plurality of the second LEDs are displaced in azimuth direction.
US11703709B1
An optical element includes a linear polarizer layer and a transparent optical layer. The linear polarizer layer includes surfaces waviness and the transparent optical layer smooths the surfaces waves of the linear polarizer layer.
US11703707B2
The present disclosure provides a color filter substrate, including: a base substrate, and a light-shielding pattern on the base substrate and having a plurality of openings to define a plurality of pixel regions, wherein each of the plurality of pixel regions at least includes a color filtering region, and a color filtering layer is filled in each color filtering region, and at least one of the plurality of pixel regions further includes at least one transparent region, each of which is filled with a transparent non-filtering layer. The present disclosure further provides a reflective display panel and a manufacturing method for a color filter substrate.
US11703699B2
This specification discusses a device which modulates, simultaneously or independently, the amplitude, polarization and phase of the electromagnetic radiation. This device has multiple metasurfaces, a spacer region between the metasurfaces, and an actuator for applying a force to at least one of the metasurfaces. The application of the force changes distance between at least two of the metasurfaces creating the of the electromagnetic radiation.
US11703689B2
Provided is a device configured to enlarge an exit pupil area of a visual optical apparatus, the device including a diffraction grating configured to output a plurality of diffracted light beams of a plurality of diffraction orders by diffracting an incident light beam, and a waveguide provided on the diffraction grating and configured to form an exit pupil based on a first diffracted light beam among the plurality of diffracted light beams output from the diffraction grating and to form exit pupil orders based on a second diffracted light beam among the plurality of diffracted light beams output from the diffraction grating.
US11703682B2
An apparatus connected to a first display apparatus of head mounted type including two or more displays and to a second display apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine an image to be displayed on a display that corresponds to a dominant eye of a wearer wearing the first display apparatus among the two or more displays of the first display apparatus based on information about the dominant eye of the wearer of the first display apparatus and a control unit configured to perform control to display the determined image on the second display apparatus.
US11703679B2
An optical device includes an elastic support portion which includes a torsion bar which extends along a second direction perpendicular to a first direction and a nonlinearity relaxation spring which is connected between the torsion bar and a movable portion. The nonlinearity relaxation spring is configured so that a deformation amount of the nonlinearity relaxation spring around the second direction is smaller than a deformation amount of the torsion bar around the second direction and a deformation amount of the nonlinearity relaxation spring in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction is larger than a deformation amount of the torsion bar in the third direction while the movable portion moves in the first direction. A comb electrode is disposed along an outer edge of the movable portion.
US11703675B2
The present application provides a display panel and a manufacturing method of the display panel. When an electrochromic layer is completely closed, a metasurface structure and an electrowetting structure reflect a light with corresponding wavelength to form a reflection state. When the electrochromic layer is partially closed, the metasurface structure and the electrowetting structure corresponding to a part of the closed electrochromic layer reflect the light with corresponding wavelength to form the reflection state, and the light penetrates through the wetted metasurface structure and a part of the unclosed electrochromic layer to form a transparent state.
US11703674B2
An immersion objective includes a correction group or correcting a spherical aberration. The displacement of the correction group along the optical axis leads to a substantially negligible defocus aberration.
US11703672B2
A microscopic transmitted light contrasting method includes illuminating a sample through asymmetrical first and second illumination pupils and imaging the sample through asymmetrical first and second detection pupil in order to generate, respectively, first and second partial images. The first illumination pupil and the first detection pupil, as well as the second illumination pupil and the second detection pupil, are arranged pivoted in relation to one another and partially overlapping in projection on a plane perpendicular to an optical axis in such a way that first and third regions of an angular space are in a bright field and second and fourth regions of the angular space are in a dark field, and the first and second partial images each have a bright and a dark field component. An image of the sample is generated from the first and second partial images.
US11703671B2
A light source unit includes: a housing; a semiconductor laser that is disposed in the housing and that radiates excitation light; a first condenser optical system that condenses the excitation light; a dichroic mirror that selectively reflects the excitation light; a second condenser optical system that condenses the excitation light; a wavelength conversion member that performs wavelength conversion of the excitation light and emits wavelength-converted light; an emission section that outputs the wavelength-converted light transmitted through the second condenser optical system and the dichroic mirror; and a light blocking section that is disposed between an inner surface of the housing, the inner surface being in a traveling direction of the excitation light toward a reflection surface of the dichroic mirror, and a back surface, the back surface being an opposite side of the reflection surface, or is disposed on the inner surface of the housing.
US11703667B2
Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises five lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces and/or the refracting power of the lens elements, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened.
US11703665B2
An image capturing lens assembly includes six lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical path: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. At least one of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of at least one lens element has at least one inflection in an off-axis region thereof.
US11703661B2
An optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a positive first lens unit (L1), a negative second lens unit (L2), a positive third lens unit (L3), and a negative fourth lens unit (L4), wherein distances between adjacent lens units change during focusing, at least the L2 and the L4 move during focusing, the L4 consists of negative and positive partial units, an air distance between the negative and positive partial units is the largest among those between adjacent lenses in the L4, and 0.45
US11703658B2
A camera module includes a base, a lens module, a reflection module, a longitudinal guiding bar, a transverse guiding bar and a shaft guiding bar. The lens module has an optical axis and is disposed on the base. The reflection module includes a reflective element disposed on the base and located on an object side of the lens module. The longitudinal and transverse guiding bars are disposed between the base and the lens module and respectively extend in a first direction parallel to the optical axis and a second direction perpendicular to the optical axis. The shaft guiding bar is disposed between the base and the reflection module and extends in the second direction. The lens module is movable along the longitudinal and transverse guiding bars, respectively, and the reflective element is rotatable by taking the shaft guiding bar as a rotation axis.
US11703656B2
An optical element is ring-shaped and has an inner peripheral face. The inner peripheral face is formed with a bumpy section. The bumpy section is formed with a plurality of grooves. The grooves are disposed around an axial direction of the optical element. A rib is formed between any adjacent two of the grooves. Each of the grooves has a fifth end and a sixth end along the axial direction. A width of each of the grooves along a circumferential direction is increasing from the sixth end toward the fifth end so that a third angle between two lateral walls of each of the grooves is larger than 0 degree but smaller than 90 degrees.
US11703655B2
A lens assembly includes a lens including an optical portion to refract light and a flange portion extended along a periphery of at least a portion of the optical portion, and a lens barrel to accommodate the lens. The flange portion has a non-circular shape and includes a first di-cut portion on a first side surface of the flange portion, a second di-cut portion on a second side surface of the flange portion, and arc portions connecting the first di-cut portion and the second di-cut portion. A first distance between the first di-cut portion and an optical axis of the lens and a second distance between the second di-cut portion and the optical axis of the lens are smaller than a distance between respective opposite ends of the arc portions and the optical axis.
US11703654B2
Provided is a lens assembly, which comprises: a first optical lens module, comprising a first carrier and at least one first optical lens received in the first carrier; and a second optical lens module, comprising a second carrier, at least one second optical lens received in the second carrier, and a bearing portion connected to the second carrier. A lower end portion of the first carrier extends to the bearing portion, so as to constrain the relative positions of the first optical lens module and the second optical lens module.
US11703649B2
A modular hardware platform utilizes a combination of different types of units that are pluggable into cassette endpoints. The present disclosure enables the construction of an extremely large system, e.g., 500 Tb/s+, as well as small, standalone systems using the same hardware units. This provides flexibility to build different systems with different slot pitches. The hardware platform includes various numbers of stackable units that mate with a cost-effective, hybrid Printed Circuit Board (PCB)/Twinax backplane, that is orthogonally oriented relative to the stackable units. In an embodiment, the hardware platform supports a range of 14.4 Tb/s-800 Tb/s+ in one or more 19″ racks, providing full features Layer 3 to Layer 0 support, i.e., protocol support for both a transit core router and full feature edge router including Layer 2/Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Dense Wave Division Multiplexed (DWDM) optics, and the like.
US11703648B2
Various embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a Network system including: a connector comprising a housing comprising a groove running widthwise on a surface of the housing; and a push-pull tab comprising a complementary groove, wherein the push-pull tab is detachably connected to the housing; and a receiver device comprising one or more ports for receiving the connector, the one or more ports having an interchangeable anchor device including a first portion and a second portion; wherein the groove is configured to receive the first portion of the interchangeable anchor device when the connector is inserted into the receiving element, and wherein the complimentary groove is configured to receive the second portion of the interchangeable anchor device when the connector is inserted into the receiving element, the push-pull tab being configured to disengage the second portion of the interchangeable anchor device from the complementary groove when the push-pull tab is moved in a direction away from the connector, thereby disengaging the first portion of the interchangeable anchor device from the grove of the connector. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11703645B2
An optical waveguide comprises at least two TIR surface and contains a grating. Input TIR light with a first angular range along a first propagation direction undergoes at least two diffractions at the grating. Each diffraction directs light into a unique TIR angular range along a second propagation direction.
US11703622B2
Polarization-based optical angle-filters disclosed herein can be engineered to transmit a prescribed amount of light as a function of incidence angle and azimuth. Such filters can transmit light without introducing artifacts, making them suitable for the image-path of an optical system. One example may include an angle-filter having an input circular polarizer, an analyzing circular polarizer, and a retarder positioned between the circular polarizers, the retarder having a thickness-direction retardation. The thickness-direction retardation of the retarder (Rth) is selected to produce a prescribed angle-of-incidence dependent transmission function, and the circular polarizers reduce the amount of azimuth-dependence in the transmission function.
US11703620B2
A lens for protective gear has first and second polymer layers with a glass layer therebetween. The glass layer is fused to the first and second polymer layers and encapsulated by the first and second polymer layers with the glass layer in compression. The lens may have a coating that provides the lens with (i) less than about 5 percent transmittance for light having wavelengths of less than 400 nm and greater than about 700 nm for an entire horizontal field of view of the lens, (ii) greater than 75 percent transmittance of light having wavelengths of between about 400 nm and about 700 nm for the entire horizontal field of view of the lens with less than about 5 percent transmittance of light having wavelength between about 530 nm and about 580 nm for a horizontal field of view of the lens of not greater than 60 degrees.
US11703619B2
[Object] To make it possible to improve viewing angle characteristics more. [Solution] Provided is a display device including: a plurality of light emitting sections formed on a substrate; and a color filter provided on the light emitting section to correspond to each of the plurality of light emitting sections. The light emitting sections and the color filters are arranged such that, in at least a partial region in a display surface, a relative misalignment between a center of a luminescence surface of the light emitting section and a center of the color filter corresponding to the light emitting section is created in a plane perpendicular to a stacking direction.
US11703618B1
The disclosed liquid lens array may include a plurality of independently operable array sections, each of which may include (1) a base layer, (2) an aperture plate overlapping the base layer, the aperture plate defining a plurality of apertures extending through the aperture plate between an inner surface of the aperture plate facing the base layer and an outer surface of the aperture plate, (3) a liquid reservoir disposed between the base layer and the aperture plate, and (4) a side wall at least partially surrounding the liquid reservoir, the side wall extending between the base layer and the aperture plate. At least a portion of at least one of the base layer or the side wall may be deformable in the presence of an electrostatic field to change liquid volumes extending from the liquid reservoir at least partially through the apertures defined in the aperture plate. Various other methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.
US11703611B2
A computer-implemented method that uses a preprogrammed neural network and a trained neural network computer program product to predict and then compared borehole and formation sigmas, when using a pulse neutron source and at least three dual-function radiation detectors. These dual-function radiation detectors are used for detecting both neutrons and gamma rays and further pre-programmed to distinguish between neutrons and gamma rays by using pulse shape discrimination techniques. The trained neural network computer program product can be used on above-surface systems, as well as below surface systems like borehole assemblies in logging-while-drilling systems. Once thermal neutron time-decay signals and capture gamma ray time-decay signals are measured by the at least three-dual function radiation detectors, a non-transitory computer readable memory device with the trained neural network computer program product is used to obtain a true borehole sigma and true formation sigma as the measurements are not affected by near-wellbore environments.
US11703609B2
A seabed object detection system is provided. The system can include a receiver array including streamers. The system can include a plurality of receivers coupled with the streamers. The system can include a receiver array cross-cable to couple with the first streamer and to couple with the second streamer. The receiver array cross-cable can be disposed at a first depth of a body of water. The system can include a first diverter and a second diverter coupled with the receiver array cross-cable. The system can include a source array including a first source and a second source. The source array can be coplanar to the receiver array. The system can include a source array cross-cable to couple with the first source and to couple with the second source, the source array cross-cable disposed at a second depth of the body of water.
US11703608B2
A system can determine a location for future wells using machine-learning techniques. The system can receive seismic data about a subterranean formation and may determine a set of seismic attributes from the seismic data. The system can block the set of seismic attributes into a set of blocked seismic attributes by distributing the set of seismic attributes onto a geo-cellular grid representative of the subterranean formation. The system can apply a trained machine-learning model to the set of blocked seismic attributes to generate a composite seismic parameter. The system can distribute the composite seismic parameter in the subterranean formation to characterize formation locations based on a predicted presence of hydrocarbons.
US11703597B2
A laser scanner and a system with a laser scanner for measuring an environment. The laser scanner includes an optical distance measuring device, a support, a beam steering unit rotatably fixed to the support which rotates around a beam axis of rotation. The beam steering unit includes a mirrored surface which deflects radiation used in the optical distance measurement and an angle encoder for recording angle data. The optical distance measurement is performed by a progressive rotation of the beam steering unit about the beam axis of rotation and the continuous emission of a distance measurement radiation, the emission being made through an outlet area arranged in the direction of the mirrored surface on the support, the receiving optics for receiving radiation are arranged on the support, and wherein the outlet area has a lateral offset with respect to the optical axis of the receiving optics.
US11703595B2
An image noise compensating system, comprising: a distance determining device, configured to determine whether a distance is larger than a distance threshold or not; an image sensor, comprising at least one image sensing unit, wherein the image sensor forms a combined image sensing unit when the distance is smaller than the distance threshold and senses images without forming the combined image sensing unit when the distance is larger than the distance threshold, wherein a width of an area that the combined image sensing unit can sense is larger than a width of an area that the image sensing unit can sense; a noise compensating circuit, configured to compensate image noises; and a control circuit, configured to calculate a location of the image noise compensating system.
US11703585B2
A method and apparatus of a first network entity in a wireless communication system supporting ranging capability is provided. The method comprises: identifying, in a ranging block, one or more ranging rounds to transmit a ranging control message (RCM) and ranging ancillary data; generating the RCM including an advanced ranging control information element (ARC IE) that includes a ranging method field, wherein the ranging method field includes a value that indicates whether a ranging round following the RCM is used for ranging ancillary information exchange; transmitting, to a second network entity, the ranging ancillary data in the ranging round following the RCM when the value included in the ranging method field corresponds to ranging ancillary information exchange; and receiving, from the second network entity, an acknowledgement (ACK) corresponding to the ranging ancillary data.
US11703581B2
The object of this invention is to provide an ultrasonic transducer for a measuring device capable of widening a frequency band suitable for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves while reducing the manufacturing cost. The ultrasonic transducer for a measuring device includes a substantially disc-shaped base material that serves too as an acoustic-matching layer and substantially disc-shaped piezoelectric element that is joined to the base material. The piezoelectric element is formed with grooves extending in the planar direction so that they do not cross one another, and the plurality of strip-shaped vibration units are arranged through the grooves. The length of the vibration unit becomes shorter as the distance from the center of the piezoelectric element increases. Then, the piezoelectric element vibrates in the thickness direction in the first-frequency band and vibrates in the radial direction in the second-frequency band, which is lower than the first-frequency band.
US11703574B2
A method for scanning a scan angle, in which at least one electromagnetic beam is generated, the at least one electromagnetic beam is deflected along the scan angle, and the at least one electromagnetic beam, reflected at an object, is received and detected, wherein after at least one first electromagnetic beam, at least one second electromagnetic beam is generated and the second electromagnetic beam is generated with a lower energy than the first electromagnetic beam. A LIDAR device is also disclosed.
US11703569B2
Methods and systems for performing three dimensional LIDAR measurements with an integrated LIDAR measurement device are described herein. In one aspect, a return signal receiver generates a pulse trigger signal that triggers the generation of a pulse of illumination light and data acquisition of a return signal, and also triggers the time of flight calculation by time to digital conversion. In addition, the return signal receiver also estimates the width and peak amplitude of each return pulse, and samples each return pulse waveform individually over a sampling window that includes the peak amplitude of each return pulse waveform. In a further aspect, the time of flight associated with each return pulse is estimated based on a coarse timing estimate and a fine timing estimate. In another aspect, the time of flight is measured from the measured pulse due to internal optical crosstalk and a valid return pulse.
US11703567B2
A measuring device can have a scanning functionality for optical surveying of an environment, wherein the measuring device has a sensor comprising an assembly of microcells as a receiving surface and direction-dependent active sections of the receiver are defined depending on the transmission direction of the transmitted radiation, in order to adapt the active receiver surface to a varying imaging position of the received radiation.
US11703559B2
The present disclosure is directed to MRI techniques. The techniques include occupying a central region of a first k-space with full sampling along a Cartesian trajectory, occupying a peripheral region of the first k-space with undersampling along a non-Cartesian trajectory; acquiring sensitivity distribution information of receiving coils; based on a sensitivity distribution chart, merging the Cartesian data of the central region according to multiple channels to obtain a third k-space; based on the sensitivity distribution chart, applying parallel imaging and compressed sensing to the undersampled non-Cartesian trajectory to reconstruct an image, obtaining a second k-space by transformation, and when the second k-space and third k-space are synthesized, using a central region of the second k-space to replace the third k-space of a corresponding region to obtain a k-space suitable for image reconstruction.
US11703557B2
The present disclosure provides a system for MRI. The system may obtain MRI scan data of a subject by directing an MRI scanner to perform an MRI scan on the subject according to a first gradient waveform. The system may also determine a second gradient waveform based on the first gradient waveform and a gradient waveform determination model. The gradient waveform determination model may have been trained according to a machine learning algorithm. The system may further generate a target reconstruction image of the subject based on the second gradient waveform and the MRI scan data.
US11703548B2
Systems and methods for determining state of health (SOH) of a battery. For example, a method includes conditioning the battery by determining an initial state of charge of the battery; charging the battery from the initial state of charge to a first target state of charge via a predetermined multi-stage charging sequence; and determining SOH of the battery by charging the battery from the first target state of charge to a second target state of charge at an ICA charging rate; acquiring a voltage vs. capacity (QV) data of the battery during charging of the battery from the first target state of charge to the second target state of charge; obtaining an incremental capacity (IC) data based on at least the acquired QV data; pre-processing the IC data; extracting an incremental capacity analysis (ICA) peak from the IC data; and determining the SOH of the battery based upon the ICA peak.
US11703543B2
A power conversion device includes a power converter, a relay, and a welding detector. The welding detector includes a first resistor connected to a terminal of the relay on a first side, a capacitor and a second resistor, both of which are connected to a terminal of the relay on a second side, an application unit to apply an inspection signal to the relay via the capacitor and the second resistor, and a determiner connected between the capacitor and the second resistor, the determiner detecting a signal based on application of the inspection signal by the application unit to determine whether or not the relay is welded.
US11703530B2
According to one embodiment, a sensor includes an element part, and a control circuit part. The element part includes first and second elements. Each of the first and second elements includes a first magnetic element and a first conductive member. The control circuit part includes a first current circuit, a differential circuit, and a phase detection circuit. The first current circuit is configured to supply a first current to the first conductive member. The differential circuit is configured to output a differential signal corresponding to a difference of a first signal and a second signal. The first signal corresponds to a change in a first electrical resistance of the first magnetic element of the first element. The second signal corresponds to a change in a second electrical resistance of the first magnetic element of the second element. The phase detection circuit is configured to perform a phase detection of the differential signal.
US11703529B2
A voltage measurement device includes a probe module movably arranged around an alternating-current transmission line, and a measurement unit. A metal electrode is arranged on a surface of the probe module facing toward the alternating-current transmission line, electrically coupled with the alternating-current transmission line to form a coupling capacitor, and then forms an electrical circuit with an inductor element, a resistor element, and a reference signal source in the measurement unit. A processor controls the reference signal source to input reference voltage signals at different frequencies to the electrical circuit, determines a resonant frequency of the electrical circuit according to currents of the electrical circuit under the reference voltage signals at different frequencies, and determines a voltage of the alternating-current transmission line according to a first current component amplitude and the resonant frequency of the electrical circuit. A voltage measurement method and a storage medium are also disclosed.
US11703515B2
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.
US11703512B2
A stool resuspension solution comprising a hemoglobin stabilization reagent is provided. In some embodiments, the hemoglobin stabilization reagent may be an osmolyte, a polyvalent cation, a sugar or polysaccharide and, optionally, a polyvalent cation, a protoporphyrin, or an HRP stabilization component and, optionally, a polyvalent cation. A method of stabilizing hemoglobin in a stool sample in the solution is also provided, as well as a sample collection device containing the solution.
US11703510B2
The present invention relates to methods and products associated with in vivo enzyme profiling. In particular, the invention relates to methods of in vivo processing of exogenous molecules followed by detection of signature molecules as representative of the presence of active enzymes associated with diseases or conditions. The invention also relates to products, kits, and databases for use in the methods of the invention.
US11703505B2
The present invention relates to a nano-dynamic biosensor and a fabrication method therefor. A biosensor according to the present invention comprises a substrate having a hollow structure and a graphene layer formed thereon wherein a probe material is bound to the surface of the graphene layer and the resonance vibration of the hollow structure formed in the substrate is modulated as the probe material increases in weight when a target material to be detected is coupled to the probe material without being labeled, whereby the biosensor is expected to take advantage of the modulation to measure the coupling of the target material including vaccinia virus with high sensitivity on a femtogram (10−15 g) level.
US11703504B2
An electrochemiluminescence method of detecting an analyte in a liquid sample and a corresponding analysis system. An analyte in a liquid sample is detected by first providing a receptacle containing a fluid comprising protein coated magnetic microparticles to a stirring unit. Stirring of the fluid is necessary since the density of the microparticles is usually higher than the density of the buffer fluid. Thus the microparticles tend to deposit on the bottom of the receptacle leading to an aggregation of the microparticles because of weak interactions. To obtain representative measurements a homogeneous distribution of the microparticles in the buffer fluid is necessary to ensure a constant concentration of microparticles for each analysis cycle. It is further necessary to provide disaggregation of the microparticles, which is also realized by stirring the fluid. Stirring is conducted with a rotational frequency that is adapted to the amount of fluid to be stirred.
US11703502B2
A glycemic management related analyte detecting assay device (10) and method are provided for detecting and quantifying analyte concentrations in a fluid sample. The assay device includes an absorbent body containing an assay forming a detection zone for receiving a fluid test sample. The absorbent body is provided in a chamber of the device. The assay can detect one or more of a glycemic analyte selected from the group consisting of fasting plasma blood glucose, oral glucose, % glycated hemoglobin, and fasting insulin concentrations. In one embodiment, a container includes an absorbent body having a plurality of superimposed membranes (30, 32, 34, 36) where each membrane contains a reactant and a color indicator for detecting the presence of a selected analyte above a predetermined concentration in the fluid sample. The absorbent body and/or the assay include a color indicator that is able to provide a visual indication of the presence of one or more glycemic analytes present in the test sample.
US11703499B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for generating a recipe for a concrete mixture, comprising: obtaining an optical characterization of a set of particles; determining, based on the optical characterization, physical characteristics of the set of particles; generating a multispherical approximation of the set of particles; selecting, based on the physical characteristics of the set of particles and from a database of performance rules, performance rules applicable to the set of particles; predicting performance of a proposed recipe for a concrete mixture formed from the set of particles by: determining a wet flowability rating of the proposed recipe based on the selected performance rules; and determining a dry packing rating of the proposed recipe based on the multispherical approximation; iteratively altering the proposed recipe and predicting performance of the altered proposed recipe until the predicted performance satisfies performance criteria to obtain a final recipe; and outputting the final recipe.
US11703485B2
A structural reinforcement and biocompatible pump head for a pump includes a reinforcement structure having a plurality of ports and fluid pathways therein. The fluid pathways in the reinforcement may be coated or lined with a biocompatible material to form a biocompatible pump head useful for liquid chromatography and other analytical instrument systems. The biocompatible material may be injection molded into the fluid pathways of the reinforcement structure and may be machined after core pins are removed to obtain a desired surface finish and/or size of the biocompatible fluid pathways of the pump head.
US11703484B2
A sensor module includes a sensor configured to detect a specific substance in a sample, a first channel, and a second channel The first channel supplies a first fluid as the sample to the sensor. The second channel supplies a second fluid different from the first fluid to the sensor. The second channel includes a second fluid buffer tank for holding the second fluid for a fixed time interval.
US11703479B2
According to an embodiment, an inspection device includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a processor. The transmitter transmits a first ultrasonic wave including burst waves of a first period. The first ultrasonic wave is incident on an inspection object between the transmitter and the receiver. The first ultrasonic wave passed through the inspection object is incident on the receiver. The receiver outputs a signal corresponding to the first ultrasonic wave. The processor obtains the signal and performs a first operation. The first operation includes deriving first and second signal values from the signal, and inspecting the inspection object based on at least one of the first signal values and at least one of the second signal values. The first signal values correspond to maximum values of the signal in each of first periods The second signal values correspond to maximum values of the signal in each of second periods.
US11703471B1
Methods and apparatuses for highly sensitive detection of analytes using redox reactions. A library of heat reactions of analytes of interest with a variety of catalysts at a variety of temperatures is prepared. An array of sensors with low thermal mass heating elements is prepared, depositing the same or different catalysts, such as metal oxide catalysts that have multiple oxidation states, on each heating element. The low thermal mass heating elements are preferably not in thermal contact with a substrate, or a low mass substrate is used. The array is exposed to a sample at various temperatures. The sign and magnitude of the heat effect of the redox reaction of compounds in the sample or their decomposition products with each catalyst is measured and compared with the library. The catalysts and temperatures are chosen so that the desired analytes have a unique pattern of heat effect signs and magnitudes when reacted with those catalysts at those temperatures. The resulting detector is highly selective and sensitive to the analytes of interest.
US11703470B2
A sensor device for determining at least one heat transfer parameter of a gas comprises a sensor unit (10) comprising at least one heater element and at least one temperature sensor. A first (inner) housing (20) receives the sensor unit. The first housing comprises a first membrane (22) allowing a diffusive gas exchange between the exterior and the interior of the first housing. The first housing is received in a second (outer) housing (30). The second housing comprises a second membrane (32) allowing a diffusive gas exchange between the exterior of the second housing and the exterior of the first housing. Thereby temperature gradients inside the first housing are reduced. The second housing can be made of metal and can be disposed on a support plate (40), taking the form of a cap. An auxiliary sensor (50) can be arranged in the space between the first and second housings.
US11703469B2
The present invention discloses a rapid evaluation method for quality of lignin-pyrolyzed bio-oil and an application thereof, and particularly relates to a rapid evaluation method for quality of lignin-pyrolyzed bio-oil based on radical detection and an application thereof. The method can be used to evaluate the quality of lignin-pyrolyzed bio-oil by detecting the spin concentration of radicals in lignin char obtained by lignin pyrolysis, thus avoiding the complex processes involved in the evaluation for the quality of conventional pyrolyzed bio-oils such as, extraction, separation and detection and reducing the detection costs substantially. The detection method of the present invention is simple and easy to operate, thus achieving the rapid evaluation for the quality of lignin-pyrolyzed bio-oil. Moreover, the detection method of the present invention is non-contact detection without destructive samples, which is applicable to the rapid detection on the quality of lignin-pyrolyzed bio-oil in the field of industry and scientific research. The present invention further broadens the application fields of radical detection and contributes to the development of radical detection technology in the field of pyrolysis, and provides a reliable method for the detection of lignin-pyrolyzed bio-oil, which has good application prospect.
US11703465B2
An apparatus for inspecting a semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes an X-ray irradiation unit configured to make monochromatic X-rays obliquely incident on the semiconductor device, which is an object at a predetermined angle of incidence, a detection unit configured to detect observed X-rays observed from the object using a plurality of two-dimensionally disposed photodetection elements, an analysis apparatus configured to generate X-ray diffraction images obtained by photoelectrically converting the observed X-rays, and a control unit configured to change an angle of incidence and a detection angle of the X-rays, in which the analysis apparatus acquires an X-ray diffraction image every time the angle of incidence is changed, extracts a peak X-ray diffraction image, X-ray intensity of which becomes maximum for each of pixels and compares the peak X-ray diffraction image among the pixels to thereby estimate a stress distribution of the object.
US11703463B2
The present embodiments generally relate to methods of non-destructively imaging plant root damage by insect root herbivores and evaluating the efficacy of insecticidal materials associated with the roots of plants against the insect root herbivores, useful for automated high throughput bioassays.
US11703459B2
Various embodiments of systems and methods for calibrating wafer inspection system modules are disclosed herein. More specifically, the present disclosure provides various embodiments of systems and methods to calibrate the multiple spectral band values obtained from a substrate by a camera system included within a WIS module. In one embodiment, multiple spectral band values are red, green, and blue (RGB) values. As described in more detail below, the calibration methods disclosed herein may use a test wafer having a predetermined pattern of thickness changes or color changes to generate multiple spectral band offset values. The multiple spectral band offset values can be applied to the multiple spectral band values obtained from the substrate to generate calibrated RGB values, which compensate for spectral responsivity differences between camera systems included within a plurality of WIS modules.
US11703456B2
A component measurement device for measuring a component of interest in blood on a basis of optical characteristics of a mixture containing a color component produced by a color reaction between the component of interest in the blood and a reagent includes: a first light source configured to emit first irradiation light of a first predetermined wavelength to the mixture; and a second light source configured to emit second irradiation light of a second predetermined wavelength to the mixture, the second irradiation light to be used for estimation of a noise amount contained in a measured value of absorbance of the mixture measured by using the first irradiation light of the first light source, the noise amount being derived other than from the color component.
US11703448B2
A sample signal amplification method using a terahertz band graphene absorber is provided. The method comprises: fabricating a graphene absorber through steps of metal evaporation, graphene transfer and the like; preparing sample solutions having different concentrations; dropwise adding a sample solution to the surface of the graphene absorber, and then drying in the air at room temperature; collecting terahertz time-domain signals of all sample points to be detected and reference sample points on the surface of the graphene absorber; and calculating absorption rates of all the sample points to be detected and the reference sample points according to the terahertz time-domain signals, and calculating the intensity change of an absorption peak according to the intensity value corresponding to the highest point of the absorption peak.
US11703445B2
A biosensor is provided. The biosensor includes a plurality of sensor units. Each of the sensor units includes one or more photodiodes, a first aperture feature disposed above the photodiodes, an interlayer disposed on the first aperture feature, a second aperture feature disposed on the interlayer, and a waveguide disposed above the second aperture feature. The second aperture feature includes an upper grating element and the first aperture feature includes one or more lower grating elements, and a grating period of the upper grating element is less than or equal to a grating period of the one or more lower grating elements. A difference of the absolute values between a first polarizing angle of the upper and lower grating elements in one of the sensor units and a second polarizing angle of the upper and lower grating elements in adjacent one of the sensor units is 90°.
US11703441B2
Disclosed is a method for assisting prediction of onset of cerebral infarction, based on the number of red blood cells contained in a blood sample collected from a subject, comprising the steps of: calculating an exponent value for the prediction from a first measured value indicating red blood cell count measured by electrical resistance measurement method and a second measured value indicating red blood cell count measured by optical measurement method, comparing the exponent value with a reference range, and suggesting that the subject develops cerebral infarction when the exponent value is outside the reference range.
US11703438B2
The present technology generally relates to a porous medium parameter measurement device. The porous medium parameter measurement device comprises: a liquid permeable portion comprising a fluid permeable component and a polymer swellable solution; and comprises a gas permeable portion comprising a gas permeable component. The liquid permeable portion is in operative communication with the gas permeable portion through the gas permeable component; and the gas permeable component acts to purge gases from the liquid permeable component and the polymer swellable solution.
US11703431B2
A device and a method for testing tensile resistance of multiple-row grouped pillars in an inclined goaf are provided. The bottoms of stands of the device are connected with a testing machine base, and the tops of the stands of the device are connected with a transverse frame; an upper slideable clamping seat and a lower slideable clamping seat are semi-cylindrical blocks, multiple lower loading jaws that are positioned to have a same central line are arranged on the lower slideable clamping seat, each of the lower loading jaws is opposite to a corresponding one of the upper loading jaws, the lower loading jaws are welded to the lower slideable clamping sea to test the tensile resistance of samples together; the upper part of the upper slideable clamping seat is connected with an upper pressure disk, and the lower slideable clamping seat is connected with a lower pressure disk.
US11703429B2
A method includes introducing a fluidic sample into the void volume and onto the surface of a porous material, bringing the porous material into contact with a hydrophilic substrate compatible with a cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscope, separating the porous material from the substrate, and transferring a portion of the sample from the porous material to the substrate between their contact and separation.
US11703423B2
A method for testing the wear of tires running on a rolling road comprises the following steps: using the construction data of the vehicle and a dynamic equilibrium model, determining the relationship between the speed and the accelerations at the centre of gravity of the vehicle, and the angles and directional forces applied on a given axle; continuously recording the speed and the accelerations of a vehicle travelling on a predetermined route; and disposing the two tires belonging to a same axle on the rolling road and, depending on the recorded speed and acceleration values, the values of the angle of camber, load and longitudinal forces are applied, at all times, on each of the wheels of the axle. The values of the transverse forces undergone by each of the wheels are measured and the drift angle is varied so that the sum of the transverse forces resulting from the drifting of the tires is equal, at all times, to the transverse force applied to the centre of the axle and so that the difference in drift between the two wheels respects the variation in alignment imposed on the axle.
US11703422B2
A fastening system for fastening an electronic device (2) in a measurement housing (1), comprising: an electronic-device holder (10) designed to accommodate an electronic measurement device (2); and a prestressing ring (20) that is able to cooperate with said holder (10) for assembly and comprises a plurality of prestressing beams (22, 25) designed to bear on said electronic device (2) when said ring is assembled together with the holder, said electronic device (2) being inserted into said holder (10).
US11703421B2
Methods and systems for validating component integrity in an engine are described. First usage data associated with a period of operation of the engine is obtained at an engine controller. An indication of the first usage data is transmitted from the engine controller to a first presentation device. Second usage data associated with the period of operation of the engine is received at the engine controller from an input device. The first usage data is compared to the second usage data at the engine controller. Based on the comparing, an alert is issued to a second presentation device independent from the first presentation device.
US11703420B2
A method of determining the acceleration of a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine including one or more cylinders, with respect to each combustion event, n, among a plurality of combustion events, includes a) providing a signal indicative of crankshaft speed, with the signal including a series of minima and maxima speeds with respect to each successive combustion event and b) determining the acceleration of the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine with respect to each combustion event, n, among the plurality of combustion events, based on an initial speed value of a minima, Min (n) just before the combustion event, n, and a subsequent speed value of a maximum, Max (n) immediately subsequent to the combustion event, n, in addition to a speed of a minima for a subsequent combustion event, Min (n+1).
US11703413B2
A method that consists of the following steps: depressuring and isolating the annular space; recording a first pressure and temperature prevailing in the annular space; injecting a given amount of a measuring gas into the annular space and isolating the annular space, the annular space remaining under negative pressure after the injection and isolation; measuring the given amount of measuring gas; recording a second pressure in the annular space after the isolation of the annular space; and determining the free volume of the annular space on the basis of the first pressure, the second pressure, the temperature, and the measurement of the given amount of measuring gas.
US11703412B1
Sewer line and lateral inspections are made in order to detect leaks and improper connections, using steam injected into a section of sewer line. Thermal imaging of the vicinity indicates leaks and illegal connections.
US11703405B2
A damage identification method based on cable force tests of a cable system and test error self-adaptive analysis is proposed to measure cable forces in prestressed steel structures and find out possible damage positions of the cable system. The method includes placing a laser velocimeter; measuring the vibration speed history data of the measuring point P on the cable by the laser velocimeter; calculating the cable force; calculating all the cable forces of the cable system through the same procedure; analyzing error between cables and finding out the possible damage of the cable or of the tie rod connected to the cable. The dynamic response characteristics of both in-plane and out-of-plane of a cable can be obtained through the method of the present invention. The self-verified more accurate results can be obtained, and the damage in a cable system can be determined according to error self-adaptive analysis.
US11703403B2
A torque measurement device includes a case that does not rotate even during use; a rotating shaft rotatably supported to the case and having a magnetostrictive effect part whose magnetic permeability changes according to a transmitted torque; and a magnetostrictive sensor having a detection part arranged closely adjacent to the magnetostrictive effect part so that a voltage changes according to change of the magnetic permeability of the magnetostrictive effect part, and being supported to the case; and the torque measurement device has a rotation-preventing construction configured to prevent the magnetostrictive sensor from rotating with respect to the case.
US11703402B2
A torque sensor for detecting torque around a predetermined rotation axis, including: a first support body, a second support body, a detection part which connects the first support body and the second support body and which undergoes elastic deformation by exertion of torque to be detected, a detection element which detects elastic deformation occurring at the detection part, and a detection circuit which outputs an electric signal indicating torque around the rotation axis exerted on one of (i) the first support body in a state that a load is applied to the second support body, and (ii) the second support body in a state that a load is applied to the first support body. The detection element includes a capacitive element which includes a displacement electrode fixed to a displacement part and a fixing electrode opposing the displacement electrode. The detection circuit outputs the electric signal indicating the exerted torque based on fluctuation in capacitance value of the capacitive element.
US11703401B2
Provided are a device and a measuring method for measuring an unbalanced moment on a bottom surface of a circular valve core. The device includes a diverging shaped tube, a water tank, a transparent tube, spring dynamometers, laser sources, a circular valve core, and a high-speed camera with a camera stand. Inner shackles and the laser sources are evenly distributed on an outer side of the circular valve core of the device, the spring dynamometers are connected with the inner shackles and with the outer shackles evenly distributed on an inner wall of the transparent tube. The method records an unbalanced state of the circular valve core under an impact of water flow from different orientations with the high-speed camera on the camera stand, the location of the laser point on the outer wall and a tension force of the spring dynamometer are read to calculate a torque of the circular valve core.
US11703400B2
A system is disclosed, including an interface to a DUT and a testing apparatus. The DUT includes a first plurality of temperature sensing circuits. The testing apparatus may store a plurality of control values. Each control value may depend on at least two calibration values of corresponding temperature sensing circuits of a second plurality of temperature sensing circuits. The testing apparatus may generate a plurality of calibration values for the DUT. Each calibration value corresponds to one of the first plurality of temperature sensing circuits. The testing apparatus may determine a plurality of test values for the DUT. The testing apparatus may calculate a probability value, and repeat generation of the plurality of calibration values upon determining that the probability value is less than a predetermined threshold value. The probability value corresponds to a likelihood that the plurality of calibration values is accurate.
US11703380B2
A receiving device includes a magnetic element having a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a spacer layer sandwiched between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer, wherein the first ferromagnetic layer is configured to be irradiated with light containing an optical signal with a change of intensity of the light, and wherein the receiving device is configured to receive the optical signal on a basis of an output voltage from the magnetic element.
US11703376B2
A failure diagnosis system includes a sensor that is provided in a diagnosis target device and detects diagnosis target information of the diagnosis target device, an abnormality determination unit that determines whether or not an abnormality occurs in the diagnosis target device based on the diagnosis target information detected by the sensor, a storage unit that stores a site of the diagnosis target device where the abnormality determination is possible and a sensor installation location where a sensor needs to be installed for the abnormality determination of the site, a designation reception unit that receives designation of a site where the abnormality determination is performed, and a presentation unit that executes predetermined presentation processing. The presentation processing by the presentation unit includes processing of presenting the sensor installation location where the sensor needs to be installed to perform the abnormality determination of the designated site.
US11703374B2
A charging system includes load meters mounted in a vehicle, the load meters each measuring a load exerted on an axle or a wheel and deciding a measurement result and an onboard unit that acquires the measurement results of the load meters and is capable of communicating weight information on the weight of the vehicle based on the measurement results to a roadside machine.
US11703371B1
A bin volume predictor can receive data characterizing measurements of a temperature at a plurality of temperature sensors of a temperature sensor cable that is positioned to extend along a height of the storage bin in an interior of the storage bin and data characterizing measurements of an ambient temperature of an exterior of the storage bin. The bin volume predictor identifies, based on the measured temperature for temperature sensors in the interior of the storage bin, a topmost covered temperature sensor of the temperature sensor cable. Moreover, the bin volume predictor determines, based on the identified topmost covered temperature sensor, an amount of material stored in the storage bin.
US11703369B2
A lid for a beverage container having a reservoir chamber for holding drink additive, a measurement chamber in fluid communication with the measurement chamber, and an upper chamber with a lower end in fluid communication with an upper end portion of the reservoir chamber. A plunger has an upper chamber seal, an upper seal and a lower seal, and an actuator moves the plunger between first, second and third plunger positions to dispense a measured drink additive in the measurement chamber into the container. The plunger has a central filler port to receive drink additive and an aperture in fluid communication with the reservoir chamber. The actuator includes a closure member closing the filler port and manually movable to move the plunger. A lock member is movable between locked and unlocked positions, and in the locked position prevents movement of the plunger from the first to the second plunger position.
US11703359B2
An inductive position sensor may be configured to detect relative position between a first member and a second member. The inductive position sensor may include an inductive sensor element configured to be coupled to the first member and a screening layer formed over a screened portion of a member surface of the second member such that an exposed portion of the member surface is free of the screening layer. The screening layer may be configured to reduce an effect on induced signals in the inductive sensor element caused by the screened portion of the second member.
US11703356B1
An online trimming device and method for a micro-shell resonator gyroscope is provided. A micro-shell resonator gyroscope fixing fixture and a mode test circuit in the device are placed in a vacuum test cavity provided with a circuit interface. The mode test circuit and a host computer are connected through a circuit interface on the vacuum test cavity. The gyroscope fixing fixture is provided with a signal interface, and the electrodes on the gyroscope substrate are connected to the signal interface. The signal interface on the fixture is connected to the mode test circuit. The laser etching module is located at the top of the device. An opening is formed in the gyroscope fixing fixture. The vacuum test cavity is provided with a transparent trimming window. The laser acts on the edge of the resonant structure of the gyroscope through the trimming window and the through hole of the fixture.
US11703350B2
A system for automatically annotating a map includes: a robot; a server operably connected to the robot; file storage configured to store files, the file storage operably connected to the server; an annotations database operably connected to the server, the annotations database comprising map annotations; an automatic map annotation service operably connected to the server, the automatic map annotation service configured to automatically do one or more of create a map of an item of interest and annotate a map of an item of interest; a queue of annotation requests operably connected to the automatic annotation service; and a computer operably connected to the server, the computer comprising a graphic user interface (GUI) usable by a human user.
US11703346B2
A vehicle and control method thereof are intended to promote safe driving of a driver by securing a map of surroundings around the vehicle and displaying a guide line for safe driving when the driver needs to display a guide line for safe driving while the vehicle is driving. The control method of the vehicle includes: checking whether a preset condition for generating a map and displaying a guide line is satisfied while the vehicle is driving; and generating a new map of the surroundings around a place where the vehicle is located and displaying the guide line for safe driving on the map when the preset condition for generating the map and displaying the guide line is satisfied.
US11703340B2
A method includes: determining, based, at least in part, on a predicted driver characteristic, a first energy-versus-distance measure for a planned driving route of a vehicle, the first energy-versus-distance measure determined using an energy model; presenting the first energy-versus-distance measure on a user interface associated with the vehicle; identifying an already-driven part of the planned driving route; determining, based on information associated with the already-driven part of the planned driving route, a model error associated with the energy model; determining a second energy-versus-distance measure by modifying the first energy-versus-distance measure to account for the model error; and presenting the second energy-versus-distance measure on the user interface associated with the vehicle.
US11703338B2
A system includes a processor configured to receive requirement values, from a vehicle-providing entity, for a plurality of predefined tunable routing parameters. The processor is also configured to select and assign entity-associated, routing parameter consideration-levels, based on the values correlated to a predefined schema of consideration-levels for each parameter. The processor is further configured to receive a plurality of pick-up requests and determine, using the entity-associated routing parameter consideration-levels, a routing-plan for a plurality of vehicles to service the requests such that the received values are met.
US11703326B2
A stereo camera apparatus includes a first imaging unit including a first imaging optical system provided with a plurality of lens groups, and a first actuator configured to change a focal length by driving at least one of the plurality of lens groups of the first imaging optical system; a second imaging unit including a second imaging optical system provided with a plurality of lens groups, and a second actuator configured to change a focal length by driving at least one of the plurality of lens groups of the second imaging optical system; a focal length controller configured to output synchronized driving signals to the first and second actuators; and an image processing unit configured to calculate a distance to a subject by using images captured by the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit.
US11703323B2
A depth estimation system is described capable of determining depth information using two images from two cameras. A first camera captures a first image and a second camera captures a second image, both images including a plurality of light channels. A scan direction is selected from a plurality of scan directions. For the selected scan direction, along each of a plurality of scanlines, the system compares pixels from the first image to pixels from the second image. The comparison is based on calculating a census transform for each pixel in the first image and a census transform for each pixel in the second image. This comparison is used to determine a stereo correspondence between the pixels in the first image and the pixels in the second image. The system generates a depth map based on the stereo correspondence.
US11703319B2
A method for determining properties of a coating on a transparent film, a method for manufacturing a capacitor film and a device configured to determine properties of a coating on a transparent film are disclosed. In an embodiment a method includes moving the transparent film with the coating on a path which passes between a light source and a sensor, illuminating, by the light source, the coating on the transparent film, detecting, by the sensor, an intensity of transmitted light from the light source and calculating, by a processor, the properties of the coating on the transparent film based on the detected intensity of transmitted light.
US11703311B1
A system for assembling a fixture to hold a workpiece for measurement by a CMM includes a plurality of fixture components. The fixture components are used to assemble the fixture. The system also includes a fixture plate having a plurality of fixture component securing portions that are configured to couple with the fixture components to define the fixture. The fixture is configured to couple with the workpiece to hold the workpiece in a predefined orientation. A fixture identifier is configured to identify the fixture components, and a securing portion identifier is configured to identify the securing portions that couple with the fixture components. A visual emphasizing unit is configured to visually emphasize one or more of the fixture components and/or one or more of the securing portions to provide an indication of a fixture component that is to be coupled with a corresponding securing portion.
US11703310B2
A penetrator for a projectile with a tail assembly, wherein the penetrator includes at least one outer body that acts in a terminal ballistic manner for attacking an armored target, in particular a battle tank with reactive armor. The cross-section of the outer body perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the outer body is a hollow cross-section. The hollow cross-section of the outer body has an area, and an area moment of inertia of the hollow cross-section is increased in comparison with a solid cross-section of at least equal area, so that the outer body has an increased bending stiffness on account of the increased area moment of inertia.
US11703307B2
A human transported weapons system is comprised of a barrel, a targeting subsystem, a computational subsystem, positioning means, and, a firing subsystem. The barrel is movably mounted within a stock for propelling a projectile towards an area of sighting. The targeting subsystem identifies a chosen target in the area of sighting and locking onto the chosen target at a first time. The computational subsystem, responsive to the targeting subsystem, determines where the chosen target is, and determines where the projectile needs to be aimed to strike the chosen target at a firing time. The positioning means, adjusts the position of the barrel within the stock, responsive to the computational subsystem. The firing subsystem, activates firing at the firing time to propel the projectile through the barrel at the chosen target at the firing time. The locking onto the target can be either: responsive to target selection by the person; or, responsive to determining which of the targets in the area of sighting is a best shot of the available targets.
US11703302B2
A dynamic sealing chamber magazine for an air gun carries multiple projectiles for the air gun and sequentially places each projectile in line with the bore of the gun while serving as a chamber for the projectile and gun. Each chamber of the magazine is configured to temporarily seal to an air orifice and barrel bore of the air gun upon firing. Each chamber includes a hole and two tubular sleeves therein. A pressurized gas released into a chamber when the chamber is aligned with the air orifice and barrel bore and the gun is fired pushes the sleeves apart from inside the chamber and compresses the sleeves into sealing engagement with opposing breech surfaces of the gun surrounding the air orifice and barrel bore. The sleeves decompress, unseal, and retract to a static position when the gas pressure decreases below the elastic potential energy of the sleeves.
US11703301B2
An archery release that includes, in one embodiment, a tension activated wrist strap index finger trigger release is provided. The trigger release includes a housing, a tension release assembly, and a trigger assembly. The tension release assembly is configured to alternate between a first state when the pulling force is below a predetermined threshold and a second state when the pulling force is above a predetermined threshold. The trigger assembly is configured to selectively activate the tension release assembly.
US11703297B2
When a semi-automatic rifle is live fired, it is ready to be fired again. The shooter's hands remain in the firing position, and just the trigger finger and trigger are employed. But with dry fire practice, the shooter must cycle the rifle's bolt to reset the firing pin. The shooter must move one hand from the shooting position on the rifle, the rifle's long bolt is pulled back to reset the firing pin, the rifle repositioned, a new sight picture acquired, and then the next trigger press can be accomplished. This invention replaces the rifle's bolt carrier group and provides realistic muscle memory training by duplicating the action of the trigger, the feel and the sound of the release of the firing pin, and the resetting of the trigger for additional trigger activations. The invention does not interact with the rifle's firing pin.
US11703295B2
A handgun, including a safety lever for disengaging a sear, the safety lever located under a slide of the handgun and extending along a longitudinal axis within a body of the handgun, wherein the safety lever includes a) a sear switch located external to the body of the handgun, and is configured to be positioned by a user in one of at least two positions along the longitudinal axis of the handgun and configured to move the safety lever with the sear switch to an elected position; (b) a sear tab at a rear end of the safety lever near a sear of the handgun, wherein when the sear switch is in a first position the sear tab does not interfere with the action of the sear and when in a second position the sear tab causes the sear to tilt so that the sear is disengaged and cannot come in contact with a striker of the handgun to fire a bullet.
US11703286B2
Heat exchangers include at least one looped tube having at least one section that is laterally offset from another section of the looped tube. Fluid cooling systems and seal systems may include such heat exchangers.
US11703275B2
A remote system for monitoring and controlling one or more devices for use in the cryogenic processing of a sample is provided. A remote server capable of transmitting freezing profile data to one or more freezers, transmitting transportation profile data to one or more transportation devices, and transmitting thawing profile data to one or more thawing devices. The remote server is also capable of receiving detected data from the one or more freezers relating to the freezing of a sample in accordance with the freezing profile data, receiving detected data from the one or more transportation devices relating to the transportation of a sample in accordance with the transportation profile data, and receiving detected data from the one or more thawing machines relating to the thawing of a sample in accordance with the thawing profile data.
US11703265B2
A disposable cooler can include: (1) a body having a base and a plurality of support walls coupled to the base, the plurality of support walls and the base defining an interior cavity of the body, and the plurality of support walls extending upwardly from the base to form an opening at an upper terminus of the body in fluid communication with the interior cavity; (2) a lid configured to reversibly couple with the body, the lid shaped to cover the opening of the body; and (3) a handle for carrying the cooler which is extends along a first support wall, the base, an opposite support wall, and above and beyond the lid so that a user can carry and/or transport the cooler with one hand while keeping the other hand free. The body, lid, and handle can be made entirely of a compostable, recyclable, and/or biodegradable.
US11703258B2
An electronic expansion valve includes a valve component and a stator component; the valve component includes a valve body assembly, a valve core, a threaded transmission assembly and a rotor; the valve body assembly is provided with a valve port, and the valve core is driven by the threaded transmission assembly to control an opening of the valve port; a wear-resistant coating is arranged on a contact surface of at least one of components having relative movement of the electronic expansion valve, the wear-resistant coating is applied by spraying, and the wear-resistant coating has a thickness of 5 to 8 microns; and the material of the wear-resistant coating includes a molybdenum disulfide material and a polytetrafluoroethylene material.
US11703253B2
A water heating apparatus includes a sensor to detect an inflow water amount flowing into the water heating apparatus, and a controller to determine connection or disconnection between the water heating apparatus and a water storage tank, based on the inflow water amount flowing into the water heating apparatus for a preset time duration. Thus, the water heating apparatus determines whether or not the water storage tank is connected thereto based on the amount of inflow water introduced into the water heating apparatus. Then, the water heating apparatus determines the operation mode of the water heating apparatus based on the determination result. Thus, even when the user incorrectly sets the operation mode of the water heating apparatus, the water heating apparatus may actively and correctly operate.
US11703245B2
A ventilation system includes a first ventilation device, a second ventilation device, a sensor, and an electronic controller. The first ventilation device includes a first fan. The second ventilation device includes a second fan. The sensor is attached to the first ventilation device. The sensor is configured to detect a state of air and to transmit a detection signal indicative of the detected state of air. The electronic controller is configured to receive the detection signal of the sensor and to control the first ventilation device and the second ventilation device based on the detection signal.
US11703238B2
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to receive an input indicative of a user location, perform a verification that the user location is within a determined distance from the HVAC system, and control access to system settings of the HVAC system based on the verification.
US11703232B2
A heating panel includes a lower panel mounted on the floor and an upper panel serving as a cover of the lower panel. The lower panel includes: a plurality of first guides protruding upward from the bottom surface to guide installation of a heating hose; and a first air passage formed as a groove on the bottom surface and the surface of the first guide, and further includes a plurality of second guides protruding upward from the bottom surface, having the first air passage on the surface thereof, and disposed between the plurality of first guides to guide installation of the heating hose. The upper panel is coupled to the lower panel and includes: a second air passage formed on the bottom surface in a groove form; and a second fastening member coupled with the first fastening member.
US11703227B2
The present fire pit system includes a fire pit stand including a body including a plurality of openings, wherein the walls of a fire pit body can rest upon the fire pit stand. The fire pit stand protects below surfaces (e.g., floor, ground, etc.) from high heat. The openings in the fire pit stand increase airflow. The fire pit stand fits inside the fire pit body creating a portable unit. When the fire pit is being assembled, the fire pit stand can be removed from inside the fire pit body, placed on the ground, and the fire pit body can be placed on top of the fire pit stand.
US11703221B2
A flue damper may include a flue pipe with a first side leading to an outlet of the flue damper and a second side leading to an inlet of the flue damper. A damper gate may be included and have an open state and a closed state, where in the open state, the first side of the flue pipe is in fluid communication with the second side, and where in the closed state, the damper gate interrupts fluid communication between the first side and the second side. A float may be secured to an upper surface of the damper gate. The upper surface of the damper gate may face the first side of the flue pipe when the damper gate is in the closed state such that the damper gate at least partially opens when condensate collects within the first side of the flue pipe.
US11703206B2
The present invention pertains to devices and applications for lighting device assemblies to provide a user versatile lighting options. More specifically, the invention pertains to a device or devices that utilize a removable sleeve mounted around a versatile lighting device base housing, and a housing with a 90 degree pivoting electrical cord attachment, which provide the user multiple design and mounting options. The sleeve may be comprised of one or more cutouts to allow access to different functionality. The sleeve may be cylindrical or any other geometric or abstract structure. In another embodiment of the invention, the lighting device assembly comprises a versatile base which may be placed on a flat surface, mounted to a wall, mounted to a ceiling, or hung by an electrical cord. An electrical cord attachment with a 90 degree pivot provides the user the ability to hang vertically.
US11703200B2
A daylight redirecting window film having a layered structure with a total thickness of less than one millimeter and having a first optically transmissive film, a second optically transmissive film approximately coextensive with the first optically transmissive film, an intermediate layer of a relatively soft optically transmissive material disposed between the first and second optically transmissive films, a parallel array of linear three-dimensional structures formed in a space between the first and second optically transmissive films, a layer of an optically transmissive adhesive coating a surface of the first optically transmissive film, and a two-dimensional pattern of light scattering surface microstructures formed in an outer surface of the second optically transmissive film. The parallel array of linear three-dimensional structures defines a parallel array of linear channels, and each of the linear three-dimensional structures has a total internal reflection wall extending transversely through a portion of the layered structure.
US11703196B2
A light fixture is disclosed. The light fixture includes: a mounting base, with a surface for interfacing with a wall; a fixture face plate; a decorative fixture element with a light socket; and a catch mechanism for securing the fixture face plate to the mounting base. The catch mechanism includes; at least one catch receiver, at least one catch aperture, and at least one catch insert. The mounting base is secured to a wall. The fixture face plate is secured to the mounting base when the at least one catch insert is inserted into the catch aperture and then rotated into the at least one catch receiver.
US11703186B2
Multiply redundant safety system(s) that protects humans and assets while fueling vehicles, and/or transferring/fueling/tank exchanging of on road/off road, marine, aircraft, spacecraft, rockets, and all other vehicles/vessels utilizing Compressed and/or Liquefied Gas Fuels/compound(s), utilizing Hydrogen and/or Natural Gas Chemical Family of Natural Gas/Propane/Butane/ethane/ammonia/and/or any/all compound(s)/mixtures along with and/or without, oxidizer(s), such as Liquefied Oxygen, Oxygen Triplet (O3)/ozone/hydrogen peroxide/peroxide/solid oxidizer(s). One or more processors in combination with one or more system(s)/one or more sensor(s); in combination with one or more micro switches/one or more outputs/actuator(s) which combine to detect any leaks/fire(s)/explosion/voltage(s)/hazards/vehicle position/motion/vessel motion(s)/reusable tank/exchange tank/position(s)/arc's, spark(s)/and/or other hazards for rapid mitigation by locking out/stopping fueling/gas transfers/vehicle releasing/transfer line releasing. For different levels of safety, multiple combination(s) of various sensor(s)/detector(s)/input(s)/output(s)/device(s)/system(s)/action(s)/actuators, all may be standing alone and/or in any combination can be utilized.
US11703185B2
Composite tank apparatus and methods of making and using same. An array of flat-sided co-dependent cells with relatively thin skins made of metallic or non-metallic materials. Each cell has at least two flat wall panel portions connected by radiused sections arranged such that all of the flat wall panel portions are either in flush contact with each other or in flush contact with flat supporting panels of an enclosing structure or thermal insulating material lining an interior thereof. The cells are sealed with each other around a perimeter of at least one pair of matching lightening through-wall holes provided in adjacent pairs of the wall panel portions of the cells to resist relative movement and prevent leakage of fluid therefrom. The composite tank apparatus may include an enclosing structure, and optionally, one or more layers of thermally insulating material lining the interior surface or the exterior surface of the enclosing structure.
US11703174B2
A clamp for repair of a pipe coupling, includes a clamp unit including a side wall with an inner surface, the inner surface having a curvature dimensioned to match an outer curvature of a pipe coupling to be repaired. A coupling on the clamp unit is constructed and arranged to couple a first portion of the clamp unit with a second portion of the clamp unit. The coupling, when secured, operates to induce a radially inward force on the inner surface of the clamp unit. A window is formed as an opening in the side wall of the clamp unit. The window is dimensioned to expose a flange of a pipe coupling to be repaired.
US11703165B2
A ferrule subassembly for a conduit fitting includes first and second ferrules. The first ferrule includes a front body portion defining a forward tapered surface, a rear body portion defining an interior camming surface, and a retaining extension joined with the rear body portion radially outward of the camming surface and extending axially rearward and radially inward from the inner axial portion. The second ferrule includes a front portion having a tapered forward contact surface adjacent the first ferrule camming surface, an outer radial portion extending axially rearward of the forward contact surface, and a recessed portion axially rearward of the outer radial portion. An end portion of the retaining extension is received in the recessed portion of the second ferrule to retain the second ferrule with the first ferrule as a discontinuous subassembly.
US11703161B2
A bearing capacity reinforcing device. The bearing capacity reinforcing device comprises: a reinforcing mechanism having a reinforcing body and a reinforcing disc connected to a lower portion of the reinforcing body, a plurality of reinforcing rib plates being spaced apart in a circumferential direction of the reinforcing body and connected to the reinforcing disc; wherein the reinforcing disc is provided with a plurality of accommodating spaces which are spaced apart in a circumferential direction thereof and provided therein with a movable sector plate, respectively, and the reinforcing disc at each of the accommodating spaces is provided with a perforated portion which can be blocked by the sector plate; and a connecting portion having a male buckle end connected to a lower end of the reinforcing body, and a female buckle end connected to an upper end of the reinforcing body. The present disclosure can increase the area of action between the riser or the surface conduit and the seabed soil, thereby increasing the bearing capacity of the conduit to ensure the safety and high efficiency of on-site exploration and development operations.
US11703155B2
Products and methods for providing structural strength and form support to ventilation pipes.
US11703151B2
A riser support assembly includes a riser support pipe comprising a sidewall defining a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and an intermediate portion extending therebetween, the intermediate portion configured to extend through an elevated support structure; and a mount extending from the sidewall, the mount configured to engage a mounting surface of the elevated support structure to support the riser support assembly on the mounting surface.
US11703150B2
A fitting for engaging a brace member can include a fitting body defining a body opening extending laterally therethrough, the fitting body further defining a top contact surface and a bottom contact surface; a first jaw connected to the fitting body at a proximal first jaw end, the first jaw oriented perpendicular to the body opening; a second jaw connected to the fitting body at a proximal second jaw end, a the second jaw perpendicular to the body opening and disposed between the top contact surface and the bottom contact surface, wherein the top contact surface extends between the proximal first jaw end and the proximal second jaw end; and a slot defined between the first jaw and the second jaw.
US11703146B2
Control valves and cages that are adapted to reduce flashing and cavitation. A cage for use with a control valve having an inlet, an outlet, and defining a flow passage between the inlet and the outlet. The cage includes a generally cylindrical body and having a central bore, an upper portion, and a lower portion and an inner wall, an outer wall, and an intermediate wall disposed between the inner wall and the outer wall. The inner wall includes an inlet opening and the outer wall including an outlet opening. The inner wall, the outer wall, and the intermediate wall cooperate to define a portion of the flow passage that extends from the inlet opening, through the cage along the inner wall, along the intermediate wall, past a terminal portion of the intermediate wall, along the outer wall, to the outlet opening.
US11703143B2
Example aspects of a valve key, a meter valve, and a method for securing a valve key of a meter valve are disclosed. The valve key for a meter valve can comprise a key body defining an upper key body end and a lower key body end, a key head extending from the upper key body end, and a key stem extending from the lower key body end, wherein the key stem, key head, and key body define a monolithic structure, the key stem defining an extension portion and a securing portion, the securing portion defining a securing portion engagement surface.
US11703141B2
According to one aspect, a master control module controlling multiple valve assemblies on a marine vessel may include a receiver, an input component, a processor, and a transmitter. The receiver may receive positional status signals from corresponding individual control modules. Each positional status signal may be indicative of a positional status of a valve assembly corresponding to a respective individual control module. The input component may receive a command pertaining to one or more of the valve assemblies, including a desired flow characteristic and/or a desired time. The processor may generate control signals for the valve assemblies in accordance with the desired flow characteristics. The transmitter may transmit the control signals to the respective individual control modules to effectuate the desired flow characteristic accordingly.
US11703136B2
A control valve 8 according to the present disclosure includes a casing 21 in which an outlet for a liquid is formed and the liquid is accommodated, a rotor 22 rotatably accommodated in the casing 21 and having a communication port communicating with the outlet, and a sliding ring 131 having a sliding surface 141a sliding on an outer surface of the rotor in a state of being disposed inside the outlet and causing the outlet and the communication port to communicate with each other according to a rotation position of the rotor 22, in which a liquid holding portion for holding the liquid between the sliding surface 141a and the liquid holding portion is provided on the outer surface of the rotor 22, and the liquid holding portion has a recessed portion for accommodating the liquid.
US11703135B2
A multi-port valve assembly, which includes a housing, a plurality of ports formed as part of the housing, a rotor disposed in the housing, and is selectively in fluid communication with the plurality of ports. Also included is a plurality of channels integrally formed as part of the rotor, a central plane extending through the rotor, a first level on one side of the central plane where a portion of the channels is located on the first level, and a second level on the opposite side of the central plane in relation to the first level, where a portion of the channels are located on the second level. At least two flow paths are formed by the orientation of the rotor relative to the housing and the ports, and the rotor is placed in one of a plurality of configurations to achieve the at least two flow paths.
US11703131B2
A pipe stopper assembly includes a stopper fitting defining a fitting channel, the stopper fitting configured to be mounted to a pipeline; and a pipe stopper positioned in the fitting channel and comprising an expandable stopper body and a pressure assembly, the expandable stopper body configurable in an expanded configuration and a contracted configuration, the pressure assembly configurable in an open configuration and a closed configuration; wherein, in the open configuration, the expandable stopper body is biased to the expanded configuration, and in the closed configuration, the expandable stopper body is biased to the contracted configuration; and wherein, in the expanded configuration, fluid is prohibited from flowing through the fitting channel, and in the contracted configuration, fluid is permitted to flow through the fitting channel.
US11703122B2
A motor sticking diagnosis and repair method includes the steps of, when an operation of a shift lever is detected, determining whether a current position matches a target position, when the current position does not match the target position, rotating the motor toward the target position, determining once again whether the current position matches the target position after rotation of the motor, when the current position does not match the target position, diagnosing whether the motor sticking has occurred, when the motor is diagnosed as being stuck, allowing the motor to switch to a free-rotation mode by temporarily blocking the current being applied to the motor upon sticking diagnosis, and selecting either a first repair strategy or a second repair strategy depending on whether the position of the motor changes after switching to the free-rotation mode.
US11703117B2
A hover-capable aircraft is described that comprises a drive unit, a rotor and a transmission interposed between the drive unit and the rotor; the transmission comprises a gear; the gear, in turn, comprises a main body rotatable about a first axis and a plurality of first teeth projecting in a cantilever fashion from the main body; the gear comprises a first pair of first rings axially opposite to each other and cooperating with the gear so as to exert a radial force on the gear.
US11703115B2
A flexible transmission element is disclosed which can be used, in particular in a harmonic drive and which includes a sleeve-shaped, outer toothed section and a flange connected to this section, the outer toothing of the sleeve-shaped section is sheet metal toothing formed in a die.
US11703114B2
The invention relates to a differential or transfer gearbox (10) in a motor vehicle, a method of production and the use of the differential or transfer gearbox (10). The differential or transfer gearbox (10) comprises a differential case (12) in which differential side gears (18, 20) and differential gears (22, 24) are accommodated. Each differential side gear (18) drives a first axle shaft (14) or a second axle shaft (16). A ring gear (32, 60) is driven by an input shaft (34) and mounted for conjoint rotation with the differential case (12). The ring gear (32, 60) is interlockingly connected to the differential case (12) of the differential or transfer gearbox (10).
US11703112B1
A torque converter assembly is disclosed that includes a front cover, a clutch plate assembly, a pump cover, and a plate including a base body extending in an axial direction with a first flange on a first end and a second flange on a second end. The first flange can define a friction face configured to engage with a corresponding surface of the clutch plate assembly, and the second flange can define at least one opening configured to receive a fastening element. In one aspect, the plate functions or serves as a reaction plate for the clutch assembly, and also serves as a connection or lug for a flex plate or other component.
US11703098B2
The present application relates to a piston assembly for engaging two selectively engageable parts. The piston assembly has a housing defining a piston cylinder and a piston. The assembly also has a piston stroke limiter. The piston stroke limiter is configured to limit the length of a return stroke of the piston from an extended stroke position and a retracted stroke position. A crushable body acts between the piston and the piston stroke limiter and is arranged to reduce in axial length when a length of an extended stroke exceeds a length of a retraction stroke to maintain the length of the return stroke.
US11703095B2
A method for determining an output torque in a drive system capable of being power shifted in a vehicle includes providing the drive system having a drive unit for transmitting the drive torque, a dual clutch having a first clutch and a second clutch, and a power shift transmission. The power shift transmission has a first gear with a first gear ratio and a second gear with a second gear ratio. The method also includes measuring a first torque transmitted by the first clutch, calculating a distribution of the drive torque to the first clutch and the second clutch using the first torque, and determining the output torque from the distribution of the drive torque.
US11703094B2
A method actuates a hydraulic system for an actuation device of a motor vehicle. The hydraulic system has a pump and multiple valves which are each arranged between a system rail connected to a pump outlet and a hydraulic consumer. The pump is switched between a normal operation and an enhanced operation according to an existing total energy demand of the hydraulic consumers. In normal operation, the pump is driven when the system pressure is below a lower pressure threshold and switched off when the system pressure is above an upper pressure threshold. In the enhanced operation, the pump is permanently driven and each of the valves is operated according to an individual energy demand of the respective hydraulic consumer as soon as the system pressure achieves or exceeds a threshold value.
US11703092B2
An outer contact surface element of a one-way clutch is configured to contact at least one clamping body of the one-way clutch when an inner ring of the one-way clutch rotates in a first direction. The outer contact surface element includes a hollow-cylindrical section, and at least one radially outwardly projecting lug. The outer contact surface element may also include features for connecting the outer contact surface element to a support bearing.
US11703085B2
An electric motor system includes a drive shaft, first and second magnetic bearing portions facing each other and supporting the drive shaft, an electric motor to rotate the drive shaft, and a gap detection unit to detect a position of the drive shaft During rotation of the drive shaft, greater external force acts, on average, on the drive shaft in a first direction than in a second direction. The first and second direction extend from the second and first magnetic bearing portions to the first and second magnetic bearing portion. The first and second magnetic bearing portions produce first and second magnetic forces on the drive shaft in the first and second directions. A magnitude of the second magnetic force is greater than a magnitude of the first magnetic force. The gap detection unit is arranged closer to the second magnetic bearing portion than to the first magnetic bearing portion.
US11703077B1
A carabiner includes a retaining frame, wherein each of two opposite sides of the retaining frame has a pivotally connecting portion and an inserting tube, respectively. The inserting tube has an inserted hole inside and is fitted around by a socket portion of a hook-shaped tube of the hook member. A wire rope passes through the hook-shaped tube. A bottom end of the wire rope is inserted into the inserted hole. A nose is engaged with a free end of the hook-shaped tube and a free end of the wire rope. A portion, where the socket portion, the inserting tube, and the wire rope are overlapped, is compressed to fix. The pivotally connecting portion is pivotally connected to a gate member. A top end of the gate member is detachably hooked to the nose. With such design, the weight of the carabiner could be reduced without worsening the safety.
US11703074B2
The invention relates to a screw (1), having a shank (3) which is provided with a thread (2) with at least one asymmetrical thread turn (4) with a plurality of windings, wherein the thread has an external diameter (Da), a core diameter (Dk) and a thread pitch (P), wherein the thread turn (4) has thread flanks (7, 8) with a flank angle (phi), wherein the thread flanks (7, 8) have a load-bearing flank (7) and a counter-flank (8) which abut one another directly or indirectly in a thread bottom (9) and at a thread tip (10), and wherein a flank angle (phiL) of the load-bearing flank (7) is smaller than a flank angle (phiG) of the counter-flank (8). The flank angle (phiL) of the load-bearing flank is at least 25°, preferably from 25° to 35°, in particular 30°, and the flank angle (phiG) of the counter-flank is at least 40°, preferably from 40° to 60°, in particular 50°, wherein the flank angle (phi) is from at least 65° to at most 95°. Screws of said type are used, in particular, for direct screw connection in light metal cast components.
US11703071B2
An assembly-ready joint for an aircraft assembly is disclosed. The joint includes a first joint part having a spigot. The joint also has a second joint part with a housing. A floating socket is in an interior of the housing. The second joint part receives the spigot in the floating socket. The joint is arranged to receive a curable medium, such as curable resin, in the interior to contract between the housing and the floating socket.
US11703070B2
A spring clamp for removably attaching a camera, decoy or other device to a structural support. The clamp includes two opposing arms, each including a handle component and a jaw component. The clamp can be attached to an apparatus when the two jaw components including Inward facing arcuate jaws with gripping teeth and notches are closed around the apparatus. The clamp is provided with a plurality of threaded inserts at selected positions for supporting a device such as a camera. An adjustable and positionable extension may be removably fastened to the camera mount and the camera is detachably coupled to the extension. This allows an article such as a camera to be situated at any desired angle for taking photographs.
US11703066B2
This invention is a portable pneumatically driven pressure intensifying positive displacement hydraulic power unit that can be transported in a bag or backpack and carried or worn by the user. The device can be powered by any suitable high pressure gas that is preferably contained in a small pressure vessel for portability. The device can be used to supply high pressure hydraulic fluid to tools with a wide range of uses in many fields including construction, industrial, breaching, and emergency service situations. This novel device does not require an electric or fuel powered hydraulic fluid pumping system, which allows it to be very portable and used in almost any environment (e.g., hazardous atmosphere or under water) without being tethered to an electric or fuel powered power source.
US11703051B2
Disclosed herein is an integrated pump system in which a motor is directly coupled to a pump, preferably using a modular connection. The integrated pump system may operate in a uni-directional or bi-directional mode. The integrated pump system incorporates an internal cooling channel which directs the returning low pressure hydraulic fluid past the controller and the motor for cooling purposes. The low pressure hydraulic fluid is also directly fed into the coupling between the motor and the pump to provide both cooling and lubrication.
US11703047B2
A valve for a reciprocating pump includes a housing, a first chamber, a second chamber, a first valve element, and a second valve element. The housing includes an inlet and an outlet. The first and second chambers are within the housing. The first chamber includes a first valve seat and is fluidly connected to the inlet. The second chamber includes a second valve seat and is fluidly connected to the outlet. The first valve element is disposed in the first chamber and includes a spring-loaded check valve element. The second valve element is disposed in the second chamber and includes a buoyant material.
US11703044B2
A multi-chamber wobble plate pump that includes a housing with an inlet port, an outlet port and a plurality of pump chambers. The pump further includes a plurality of inlet valves each located within one of the pump chambers to control fluid flow from the inlet port to the pump chambers. The pump also includes a plurality of outlet valves that control fluid flow from the pump chambers to the outlet port. A wobble plate is coupled to a diaphragm and a plurality of pistons. The diaphragm has at least one flex area with a leading edge and a trailing edge. The diaphragm has a plurality of diaphragm piston openings each with a diaphragm piston opening centerline. The wobble plate has a plurality of wobble plate piston openings, each wobble plate piston opening having a wobble plate piston open centerline that is offset from one of diaphragm piston opening centerlines.
US11703043B2
An oil separator for a compressor comprising a tank and a lid for the tank, which comprises, in an integral manner, a valve body defining an outlet duct of the separator, a head of a coalescence filter, a body of an anti-condensate valve, a body of a minimum pressure valve and the relative connection ducts.
US11703042B2
A suction muffler for a reciprocating compressor comprises a first housing portion and a second hosing portion. The first housing portion comprising a first inlet opening, and a second inlet opening. The second housing portion comprises a blocking member configured to block one of a first refrigerant flow path from the first inlet opening to a suction muffler outlet and a second refrigerant flow path from the second inlet opening to the suction muffler outlet. The blocking member can be provided in different configurations by a selection of the second housing portion or by configuring the relative arrangement of the first housing portion and the second housing portion.
US11703040B2
A pump includes a pump flow path and electrodes and dielectric members in the pump flow path to allow a fluid to pass through the electrodes and the dielectric members in a flowing direction. The electrodes and the dielectric members are alternately stacked in the flowing direction so that a dielectric member is located between adjacent electrodes. Among the electrodes, an inter-electrode polarity of each pair of electrodes is different from that of an adjacent pair of electrodes. The dielectric members include a first dielectric member at a position of an odd-numbered dielectric member counted from the most upstream side of the flowing direction and a second dielectric member at a position of an even-numbered dielectric member counted from the most upstream side of the flowing direction. Material of the first and second dielectric members provide signs of a zeta potential opposite to each other.
US11703036B2
Thermal energy is extracted from geological formations using a heat harvester. In some embodiments, the heat harvester is a once-through, closed loop, underground heat harvester created by directionally drilling through hot rock. The extracted thermal energy can be converted or transformed to other forms of energy.
US11703027B1
Systems and methods for a WEC controller that uses a self-tuning proportional-integral control law prescribing motor torques to maximize electrical power generation and automatically tune the controller to maximize power absorption. In an embodiment, the controller may be part of any resonant WEC system. The control law relies upon an identified model of device intrinsic impedance to generate a frequency-domain estimate of the wave-induced excitation force and measurements of device velocities. The control law was tested in irregular sea-states that evolved over hours (a rapid, but realistic time-scale) and that changed instantly (an unrealistic scenario to evaluate controller response).
US11703023B2
A fuel injector testing machine is provided. The machine includes a head unit having a flow meter, and a fuel injector holding assembly. The head unit and/or the fuel injector holding assembly can be moved relative to each other, allowing the head unit to test a subset of fuel injectors held on the fuel injector holding assembly, and subsequently can test another subset of the fuel injectors via movement of the head unit and/or fuel injector holding assembly.
US11703021B2
In a fuel injection device, a driving unit structure has a magnetic aperture, in which an inner diameter is gradually enlarged toward the mover side, provided in an inner peripheral surface of the magnetic core. It is possible to reduce magnetic delay time upon valve opening from the supply of the electric current to the coil to the rise of magnetic flux and magnetic delay time upon valve closing from the stoppage of the electric current to the coil to reduction of magnetic flux, by providing a magnetic aperture in the inner peripheral surface of the magnetic core. Thus it is possible to improve the dynamic responsiveness upon valve opening and valve closing.
US11703005B2
An internal combustion engine has one or more combustion chambers defined by one of more cylinders, corresponding pistons, and a cylinder head. A crankshaft is operatively connected to the pistons and to an electric turning machine. To start the engine, the electric turning machine rotates the crankshaft in a first direction toward a reversal point corresponding to a local maximum drag torque of the internal combustion engine, this rotation being made without rotating the crankshaft beyond the reversal point. The electric turning machine then rotates the crankshaft in a second direction opposite from the first direction, a momentum impressed on the crankshaft by compression obtained when rotating in the first direction increasing a speed of the crankshaft in the second direction. Thereafter, fuel is injected in one of the combustion chambers in which the corresponding piston first reaches a top dead center position and the fuel is ignited.
US11702997B2
A valve assembly for an exhaust system of a vehicle comprises a housing defining an inlet, an outlet, and a longitudinally extending exhaust gas passageway in fluid communication with the inlet and the outlet. The valve assembly further comprises a valve flap disposed in the housing and rotatable between a first position restricting exhaust gas flow through the exhaust gas passageway, and a second position whereat exhaust gas flow through the exhaust gas passageway is less restricted. A mass damper is disposed within the exhaust gas passageway and attached to the valve flap. The mass damper includes end portions and an intermediate portion disposed between the end portions with the intermediate portion having a thickness that is greater than a thickness of the end portions. The mass damper is positioned proximate an inner surface of the housing and positioned between the valve flap and the housing when the valve flap is at the second position.
US11702993B2
A gas turbine engine for an aircraft that includes a nacelle, a fan, an engine core, a bypass duct extending between the engine core and the nacelle and guiding a bypass airflow through the bypass duct, and at least one non-structural strut extending in the radial direction within the bypass duct, wherein the non-structural strut includes an outside wall acting as a heat exchanger, and wherein the outside wall includes first transport means configured to transport in the outside wall at least one fluid to be cooled. It is provided that the non-structural strut further includes second transport means configured to transport a fluid to be heated, wherein the first transport means and the second transport means are configured such that the fluid to be heated is heated by the at least one fluid to be cooled and the at least one fluid to be cooled is cooled both by the bypass airflow and the fluid to be heated.
US11702988B2
An ammonia decomposition facility includes a heating medium line configured to flow a heating medium heated by heat generated by a gas turbine, an ammonia supply line configured to flow ammonia, an ammonia decomposition device, and an ammonia removal device. The ammonia decomposition device is configured to use heat of the heating medium from the heating medium line, thermally decompose ammonia from the ammonia supply line, and generate a decomposition gas containing hydrogen, nitrogen, and residual ammonia. The ammonia removal device is configured to remove the residual ammonia contained in the decomposition gas from the ammonia decomposition device.
US11702979B1
An electricity generating system is disclosed. The system includes one or more rotary arms extending from a central hub, a tube or blade with an air passage therein extending from each of the one or more rotary arms, a set of rotary blades operably connected to the tube or blade, an axle or shaft joined or fixed to the central hub, and a generator operably connected to the axle or shaft. The air passage has one or more air inlets at or near an end of the tube or blade connected or joined to a corresponding rotary arm. The set of rotary blades is configured to provide a force that rotates the tube or blade. The axle or shaft is configured to rotate with the central hub. The generator is configured to convert a torque from the axle or shaft to electricity.
US11702972B2
An exhaust gas/reactant mixing assembly for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine includes a mixing channel defining a longitudinal axis and extending in the direction thereof. A reactant delivery unit delivers reactant (R) into the mixing channel and an exhaust gas supply channel is arranged upstream of the mixing channel. The exhaust gas supply channel opens into the mixing channel at an opening channel region, wherein the opening channel region has at least two opening channel portions opening into the mixing channel.
US11702968B2
A component for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine includes a component housing (22) elongated in the direction of a housing axis with an exhaust gas inlet (21) and with an exhaust gas outlet (24) and a carrier assembly unit (28) for connecting the component (16) to a carrier structure. The carrier assembly unit (28) includes a carrier rod (46), the carrier rod (46) being fixed to the component housing (22) in at least two fastening areas (60, 62) located at spaced locations from one another along the carrier rod (46). The carrier assembly unit (28) has at least one carrier rod connection area (52, 54) for connection to the carrier structure.
US11702966B2
A fluid pan for a motor vehicle has a main pan and a secondary pan that is separate from the main pan, wherein the main pan has a main space for fluid and a passage is provided on a side wall of the main pan. The secondary pan has a secondary space and an opening, wherein the secondary pan is attached to the side wall of the main pan in such a manner that the opening of the secondary pan connects to the passage of the main pan and thus the main space and the secondary space are fluidically connected.
US11702963B2
An energy storage system converts variable renewable electricity (VRE) to continuous heat at over 1000° C. Intermittent electrical energy heats a solid medium. Heat from the solid medium is delivered continuously on demand. An array of bricks incorporating internal radiation cavities is directly heated by thermal radiation. The cavities facilitate rapid, uniform heating via reradiation. Heat delivery via flowing gas establishes a thermocline which maintains high outlet temperature throughout discharge. Gas flows through structured pathways within the array, delivering heat which may be used for processes including calcination, hydrogen electrolysis, steam generation, and thermal power generation and cogeneration. Groups of thermal storage arrays may be controlled and operated at high temperatures without thermal runaway via deep-discharge sequencing. Forecast-based control enables continuous, year-round heat supply using current and advance information of weather and VRE availability. High-voltage DC power conversion and distribution circuitry improves the efficiency of VRE power transfer into the system.
US11702961B2
A gas turbine fan casing made of composite material with a fibrous reinforcement includes a plurality of superimposed turns of a strip-shaped fibrous texture having a three-dimensional weaving between a plurality of layers of warp yarns and a plurality of layers of weft yarns, the fibrous reinforcement being densified by a matrix. The fibrous texture includes at least one lateral section of variable thickness in which the weft yarns have a size or a count different from the size or the count of the weft yarns of the plurality of layers of weft yarns present in the remainder of the fibrous texture.
US11702957B2
A foundation temperature control system for use with a rotary machine is positioned between the rotary machine and a foundation. The foundation temperature control system includes a heat shield, an insulation pack positioned below the heat shield, and an air gap at least partially defined by the heat shield and the insulation pack. The heat shield, the insulation pack, and the air gap are oriented to facilitate maintaining a temperature of the foundation supporting the rotary machine below a maximum rated operating temperature of the foundation.
US11702951B1
A turbine assembly in a turbine section of an aircraft engine includes a rotor with blades having blade tips, and a turbine housing radially surrounding the blades. A distance between an inner surface of the housing and the blade tips defines a tip clearance gap. A passive cooling system for optimizing the tip clearance gap includes a cooling airflow passage located radially outward from, and in heat-transfer with, the turbine housing. The cooling airflow passage has an inlet opening located upstream of the rotor and an exit opening located downstream of the rotor. The inlet opening provides air flow into the cooling airflow passage. The exit opening provides air flow communication between the cooling airflow passage and a main gaspath of the turbine section. A flow of cooling air through the cooling airflow passage is induced, to cool the housing.
US11702943B2
Methods and systems for validating a propeller control unit associated with a propeller having blades are provided. Actuation of a control valve of the propeller control unit is commanded to alter a pitch angle of the blades. One of an actual pitch angle of the blades and an actual rotational speed of the propeller is determined after a predetermined time delay has elapsed. The one of the actual pitch angle of the blades and the actual rotational speed of the propeller is compared to a corresponding one of a pitch angle threshold and a rotational speed threshold, the pitch angle threshold and the rotational speed threshold based on a commanded pitch angle. A warning signal is issued in response to determining one of the actual pitch angle failing to meet the pitch angle threshold and the actual rotational speed failing to meet the rotational speed threshold.
US11702941B2
An airfoil includes an airfoil section that has an airfoil wall that defines leading and trailing ends and first and second sides that join the leading and trailing ends. The first and second sides span in a longitudinal direction between first and second ends. The airfoil wall circumscribes an internal core cavity. A platform is attached with the first end of the airfoil wall. The platform includes an opening that opens into the internal core cavity and a land region that circumscribes the opening. A baffle is formed of a tube and an attachment portion. The tube extends in the internal core cavity and the attachment portion has a flange ring that is affixed to the platform at the land region.
US11702940B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture corresponding to a fan blade with intrinsic damping characteristics are disclosed. An example fan blade comprises an exterior body including a first side and a second side; a first hairpin structure in contact with (a) the first side of the exterior body and (b) the second side of the exterior body; and a second hairpin structure in contact with (a) the first side and (b) the second side, wherein the first hairpin structure and the second hairpin structure are made from different materials.
US11702936B2
A grouting device for high-coagulability grouting materialsincludes a grouting pipe, a connector and a self-sealing pipe head, wherein one end of the connector is connected with a grouting pump through the grouting pipe, the other end of the connector is connected with the self-sealing pipe head through the grouting pipe, and the grouting pipe is connected with the connector and the self-sealing pipe head in a fixed and sealed mode. The grouting device is easy to install, features reliable connection between the grouting pipe and the connector and the self-sealing pipe head, and can be reused. Because the inner diameter of the connector is consistent with the inner diameter of the grouting pipe, and a slurry outlet on an end cap of the self-sealing pipe head is a circular slurry outlet, pressure loss in the grouting process is effectively reduced, and the grouting effect is good.
US11702931B2
A system includes a processor(s), and a memory coupled to the processor(s) having instructions stored therein. When executed by the processor(s), the instructions cause the processor(s) to perform functions to: apply a treatment for stimulating production to at least a first well in a subterranean formation; determine a flow distribution based on at least one of a first-well measurement or a second-well measurement, the first-well measurement taken at the first well, and the second-well measurement taken at a second well; determine a length of a fracture between the first and second wells, based on the determined flow distribution; determine if the applied treatment at the first well interferes with the second well, based on the determined length of the fracture; and apply a diverting material at the first well if it is determined that the applied treatment interferes with the second well, in order to control well bashing.
US11702926B2
A technique facilitates use of sensor data, e.g. pressure data, associated with hydraulic control lines. According to an embodiment, a well string is deployed in a borehole and comprises a tool coupled with a hydraulic control line and operated via hydraulic inputs delivered through the hydraulic control line. Additionally, a sensor is coupled to the hydraulic control line to monitor pressure in the hydraulic control line. The sensor may be located permanently downhole proximate the tool. A control module is configured to collect data from the sensor and to compare the data to a baseline pressure profile associated with the tool. The sensor data may be used to determine characteristics related to operation of the tool.
US11702919B2
This disclosure generally relates to power generation methods and systems based on gas turbine engines, and particularly to mobile and adaptive power generation systems and methods based on gas turbine engine for supplying mechanical and/or electrical power for fracturing operations at an oil wellsite. Various systems, platforms, components, devices, and methods are provided for flexibly and adaptively configure one of more gas turbines, hydraulic pumps, and electric generators to support both fracturing and electric demands at a well site. The disclosed implementations enable and facilitate a mobile, adaptive, and reconfigurable power system to provide both mechanical and electric power for hydraulic fracturing operation.
US11702917B2
A turbine fracturing system and a controlling method thereof, a controlling apparatus and a storage medium are provided. The turbine fracturing system includes: N turbine fracturing apparatuses, wherein each of the N turbine fracturing apparatuses comprises a turbine engine, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 2; a fuel gas supply apparatus connected to the N turbine engines, wherein the fuel gas supply apparatus is configured to supply fuel gas and distribute the fuel gas to the N turbine engines as gaseous fuel; and a fuel liquid supply apparatus connected to at least one of the N turbine engines and configured to supply liquid fuel to at least one of the N turbine engines in a case that at least one of a flow rate and a pressure of the fuel gas decreases.
US11702913B2
An annulus safety valve assembly for controlling gas flow in a wellbore annulus that includes a passage, a check valve in the passage, and an actuator that is selectively changed between first and second states. The actuator is bi-stable, and requires no energy to remain in either state. When the actuator is put into one of the states, the check valve configuration is changed from one way flow to two way flow. Reconfiguring the check valve into the two way flow configuration vents lift gas from inside the annulus that is below the check valve.
US11702910B2
The invention provides a jumper termination apparatus for a subsea jumper flowline, a flow system incorporating a jumper termination apparatus, and a method of use. The jumper termination apparatus comprises a body, a jumper coupling means configured to couple the body to a jumper flowline, a connector coupling means configured to couple the body to a subsea manifold connector, and an access interface disposed on the body, arranged above the connector coupling means and vertically oriented to enable access from above. The body defines a first flow path from a coupled jumper flowline to a coupled subsea manifold connector, and a second flow path from the access interface to the first flow path or the subsea manifold connector. The access interface is configured to be connected to a termination apparatus of a second jumper flowline in a vertically stacked arrangement.
US11702904B1
Toe valves comprising a bore, a first sub, a second sub, and a housing. The bore extends through the valve. The first sub has separable elements. The separable elements comprise a first sub element and a sleeve element. The first sub element and sleeve element are joined by a relatively weak bridging portion adapted to break in a controlled manner in response to fluid pressure between the first sub element and the sleeve element. They thereby form an integral component comprised of the separable elements. The housing has a port and couples the first sub element and second sub.
US11702902B2
A locking assembly includes a first motor gear configured to be rotated in a first direction. The locking assembly also includes a second motor gear configured to be rotated in a second direction. The locking assembly also includes a first lock gear configured to be rotated in the first direction in response to the first motor gear rotating in the first direction. The locking assembly also includes a second lock gear configured to be rotated in the second direction in response to the second motor gear rotating in the second direction. The locking assembly also includes a locking mechanism configured to be rotated in the first direction in response to the first lock gear rotating in the first direction, and to be rotated in the second direction in response to the second lock gear rotating in the second direction.
US11702901B1
An improved top pot assembly utilizes an attachment body for attaching the rubber to a bearing assembly for rotation with the inner barrel. The attachment body simplifies the replacement of the rubber on the drilling assembly. The attachment body provides a guide that slopes downward into the central aperture and the bore to guide the mandrel and drilling string towards the bore. The attachment body also provides a stripper receiver for attachment of the rubber to the attachment body. The attachment body attaches to the housing which attaches to the bearing assembly for rotation of the rubber and the inner barrel.
US11702893B2
A drill string connect tool comprises a housing having first and second sections. The first section has a first recess, and the second section has a second recess. The tool and the first and sections may be in a connected configuration or a disconnected configuration. The connect tool comprises at least one tension member placeable within, and suitable to transfer tensile forces between, the first and second sections when in the connected configuration. A retaining member can retain the tension member within the first and second recesses. The retaining member is selectively dissolvable by a dissolving fluid, while the remaining components of the tool can withstand the dissolving fluid. When exposed to a dissolving fluid, the retaining member dissolves, allowing the tension member to exit the first and second recesses, thereby actuating the tool to the disconnected configuration.
US11702883B2
A process for manufacturing a bent laminated glazing, includes manufacturing a first bent laminated glazing including at least two glass substrates locally comprising, in each of the at least two glass substrates and facing each other in all the at least two glass substrates, a zone including compressive stresses, and cutting the first bent laminated glazing through its entire thickness along a line included in the zone in order to form local cut edges and, after cutting, a second bent laminated glazing with the local cut edges having compressive edge stresses.
US11702882B2
A compressible pillar for the preparation of a vacuum insulated glazing (VIG) unit, having a longitudinal extent in the pre-compressed state and including a deformable part having an open structure, which open structure will at least partially collapse when the pillar is subject to a compression force acting in the longitudinal direction of the pillar, the compression force being of at least one value selected within the range of 60 N to 320 N, the pillar will exhibit a partly irreversible deformation causing a reduction in the longitudinal extent of the pillar when the pillar is subjected to the compression force, so that when the compression force is fully released the pillar will exhibit an expansion in the longitudinal direction of the pillar which is less that the reduction in the longitudinal extent of the pillar. Further is shown a process for manufacturing of a compressible pillar, a method of producing a VIG unit as well as a VIG unit.
US11702879B2
A method for controlling door motions of a controllable door of a motor vehicle, wherein a control device and a sensor arrangement are assigned to the door, and the door includes a controllable motion influencing device. A motion of a door wing of the door can be controlled and influenced by the motion influencing device to alternate between a closed position and an open position. The sensor arrangement includes a surround sensor and monitors the surroundings of the door. The control device captures the signals from the sensor arrangement and evaluates the movement of an object in the surroundings of the door relative to the door and actively moves the door wing of the door, to prevent a collision with the object or to reduce its effects.
US11702874B2
A hinge having a hinge cup, an articulation mechanism and a hinge arm, wherein the hinge cup is connected to the hinge arm in a pivotable manner via the articulation mechanism. The articulation mechanism includes first and second articulated levers attached to the hinge cup and to the hinge arm. The first articulated lever has a first end connected to the hinge cup in a pivotable manner via a first bearing element and has a second end connected to the hinge arm in a pivotable manner via a second bearing element. The second articulated lever has a first end connected to the hinge cup in a pivotable manner via a fourth bearing element and has a second element connected to the hinge arm in a pivotable manner via a third bearing element.
US11702873B2
A hinge assembly includes a first hinged body, a pivot pin assembly, and a second hinged body. The first hinged body includes a channel. The pivot pin assembly includes a pin body configured to slideably engage the channel. The pivot pin assembly may be translated within the channel and adjustably secured along the channel. The pin body includes a downwardly extending pin. The second hinged body comprises a pin aperture configured to cooperatively receive the pin. The first hinged body and the second hinged body are configured to hingedly pivot along a hinge axis defined by the pin when the pin is received in the pin aperture. The pin body may include a pin body aperture configured to receive an alignment fastener such that the pin body may be tilt adjusted relative to the first hinged body.
US11702864B2
A lock assembly for a door includes a lock body having a housing with at least one deadbolt supported in the housing for movement between a retracted position and an extended position and biased toward the extended position by a spring, and a trigger mechanism mounted on the door separate from the lock body for engagement with a door jamb upon closure of the door, said trigger mechanism being adapted to hold the at least one deadbolt in the retracted position when the door is open in opposition to a spring bias, and to permit movement of the at least one deadbolt to the extended position upon engagement of the trigger mechanism with the door jamb.
US11702863B2
A method for detecting a handed configuration of a door includes providing an electronic lock, which includes a latch assembly that includes a bolt movable between an extended position and a retracted position and a motor that is configured to drive the bolt between the extended position and the retracted position. The latch assembly includes a control circuit for controlling the motor to selectively move the bolt, at least one sensor in electrical communication with the control circuit, and at least one orientation indicator. The method includes detecting the presence of the at least one the orientation indicator and identifying a handed configuration based on the detection by the at least one sensor. The method includes driving, by the control circuit, the motor based on the identified handed configuration. The control circuit identifies the handed configuration without moving the bolt between the extended position and the retracted position.
US11702862B2
A plug assembly including a plug, a sidebar movably mounted on the plug, and a plurality of rack pins seated in the plug. The sidebar is biased to an outer position in which the sidebar extends beyond an outer surface of the plug. Each rack pin includes a key-following leg and a sidebar-engaging leg. The sidebar-engaging leg includes at least one true gate. When a true gate of each rack pin is aligned with the sidebar, the sidebar is free to move radially inward to an inner position.
US11702861B2
A barrier assembly including a bracket member (10) with a base (14) and an inclined upper part (16). An alignment adaptor (36) may be provided which mounts the bracket (10) at an inclination to a mounting surface for instance for use in corners. The bracket member 10 may be mounted on an extension member (68) which enables the bracket member to extend higher than would otherwise be the case.
US11702854B2
A spa having a rotomolded unibody shell defining a basin, an upper edge surrounding the basin, a peripheral wall, a cavity between the basin and the peripheral wall. The peripheral wall having at least one opening leading to the cavity. The spa including a frame, decoupled from the spa shell, in the form of a plurality of individual components introducible into the cavity within the shell via the opening in the shell, and assemblable to one another inside the shell. The frame including side beams and couplers in continuous abutment with the upper edge of the shell, offering a superior structure and support.
US11702851B2
A leveling clip and tile leveling device for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the leveling clip includes a body defining an opening that is configured to accept a wedge device thereat. Tapered legs extend from the body and join a base at a base to body coupling. The base extends to a front and a rear of the body. The base to body coupling includes a frangible breakaway section that is integral prior to frangible separation and the frangible breakaway section, upon breaking, frangibly separates the body from the base. The leveling clip may be used with the wedge device to install two, three, or four tiles.
US11702844B2
Building panels including a first and a second panel and including a locking device. The locking device includes a tongue and an edge groove provided in the second panel and the first panel, respectively, wherein the tongue and the edge groove are configured to cooperate with each other for locking a first edge portion of the first panel to a second edge portion of the second panel in a first direction. The locking device further includes a separate tongue provided in an insertion groove and a tongue groove configured to cooperate with each other for locking the first edge portion to the second edge portion in a second direction. A length of the tongue groove along an edge portion may be smaller than a length of the edge portion. A length of the insertion groove along an edge portion may be smaller than the length of the edge portion.
US11702841B2
An arrangement for fastening first and second components with automatic compensation in spacing between the components has a base element with first and second axial ends and a holding structure for holding the base element in an opening of the first component. An adjusting unit screwable into the base element has a driver unit. A fastening screw is connectable to the adjusting unit via the driver unit, such that, when the fastening screw is rotated, the adjusting unit can be rotated conjointly and moved into contact with the second component. The holding structure has a holding segment arranged such that, by the holding segment, an angle between the first and second component can be compensated such that, when the adjusting unit makes contact with the second component, a longitudinal axis of the fastening arrangement runs perpendicular to a plane of the second component.
US11702837B2
A shear wall assembly is provided. The assembly includes a first anchor, a second anchor, a third anchor, a first bolt, a second bolt, a seismic fuse, and a rod. Each anchor includes a hollow tubular body including a first open end, a second open end, an interior including female threads, and an exterior including male threads. Each bolt includes a head and a shank. The shank includes male threads. The shank extends through an open end of an anchor. The male threads of the bolt engage with the female threads of the anchor. The seismic fuse is configured to receive the heads of the bolts and includes a hole. The rod includes an end with male threads. The rod extends through the hole of the seismic fuse into the open end of an anchor. The male threads of the rod engage with the female threads an anchor.
US11702835B1
A modular connector is disclosed that comprises of a middle-plate, a plurality of sectioned-base-plates, and a plurality of locking-plates. The middle-plate and the plurality of sectioned-base-plates have a plurality of slotted holes to enable faster construction and deal with construction tolerances efficiently. Also, a plurality of grooved surfaces on the sectioned-base-plate and the locking-plate provide a system so that bolted-connected modules do not slide and remain at initially its aligned position. Disclosed is also a method for assembling a modular building.
US11702831B2
A sink includes a basin body having a generally concave shape that forms at least one sink basin, a top flange integrally formed with the basin body, the top flange extending around the at least one sink basin, an apron connected to a front edge of the top flange, a replaceable panel removably connected to the apron, and a fastening system disposed between the apron and the replaceable panel, the fastening system releasably connecting the replaceable panel to the apron.
US11702828B2
Systems, methods, and techniques for cleaning sinks and dishes are provided. In some embodiments, a cleaning system comprises at least one fluid supply, at least one opening in a side wall of a sink basin, and at least one nozzle positioned along an exterior of the sink basin. The nozzle is configured to receive fluid from the fluid supply, and dispense fluid through an opening in a side wall of the sink basin to an interior surface of the sink basin. In some embodiments, the nozzle is configured to dispense fluid to the interior of a sink basin, such that substantially all surfaces of the interior of the sink basin are covered with a thin layer of fluid. In some embodiments, nozzle dispensing angle, duration of a cleaning cycle, flow rate or amount of dispensing fluid, or activation of a cleaning cycle may be manually or automatically controlled.
US11702823B2
A method and apparatus used to secure a faucet to a countertop includes a brace with legs joined together at a nut, thereby allowing the legs to pivot about a horizontal axis of the nut. The nut is joined to a threaded rod that extends from a base of a faucet. The legs of the brace pivot such that the legs are both parallel to the threaded rod with one part of the brace above the horizontal axis of the nut and one part of the brace below the horizontal axis of the nut. The threaded rod and brace may then be inserted into a countertop mounting hole. The threaded rod is rotated from above the countertop, thereby drawing the brace towards the countertop and securing the faucet.
US11702819B2
A work machine includes a mainframe, a boom moveable relative to the mainframe, a work implement coupled to and moveable relative to the boom. The work machine further includes a work-implement operator control configured to transmit a signal indicative of a work-implement movement command, a boom operator control configured to transmit a signal indicative of a boom movement command, and a boom sensor configured to detect a movement of the boom and transmit a signal indicative of the detected movement of the boom. The work implement further includes a controller configured to receive signals from the work-implement operator control, the boom operator control, and the boom sensor. The controller is further configured transmit a signal to cause movement the work implement relative to the boom based on the detected movement of the boom and the work-implement movement command.
US11702816B2
A coupler for securing an attachment to an earth working machine. The coupler comprises a coupler body that presents a receptacle having a capture region. A pin of an attachment can move into and out of the capture region. A retainer can capture the pin in the capture region but the retainer can be moved by a hydraulically driven driver to a position to allow release of the pin from the capture region. A trigger that the pin will strike when the pin moves into or out of the capture region, decouples the driver from the retainer and the retainer is then allowed to be biased back to its retaining position by a spring.
US11702811B1
The present invention provides an apparatus for removing oil or other pollutants from the surface of water and an improved method of removing oil or other pollutants from the surface of a body of water, comprising a platform having a left side wall, a right side wall, a rear wall, a front opening, a floor, and a bottom, one or more ballasts which adjust the platform floor relative to a level of oil on the water surface, wherein the oil flows from the front opening across the floor to the rear wall, a rear location near the rear wall to collect the oil from the platform floor; and a pump connected to the rear location that removes the oil from the rear location to a storage area which does not affect the ballast of the platform. The skimmer vessel can work stationary in the water, and does not require a propellor means, as the oil will continue to flow into the skimmer as the oil is pumped out of the rear by the gravity flow to the rear of the vessel.
US11702809B2
This invention is a device for creating tidal action in a terminal lake. A first aspect involves staggering of input and output from the terminal lake, such that the level of the lake rises and falls on a daily basis to simulate tidal action. A second aspect involves the creation of a berm and islands, with a system of pumps and drains filling and emptying a series of holding ponds, creating an even greater “reach” of the tidal action. This tidal action allows for the growth of mangrove forests, which prevent land-based predators such as coyotes from accessing bird nests on the islands, as well as keeping the “playa” wet enough so that local wind does not pick up playa sediment and create toxic dust storms. The toxic upper 3″ of the “playa” is bulldozed to create the berm, islands, and access roads which bisect the newly-created intertidal zone.
US11702806B2
A fan with airfoil blades is provided for a regenerative air vacuum street sweeper. The blades are formed using cut and pressed upper and lower panels which are welded at a forward edge to a rod to form the airfoil leading edge and welded at the rear edges to form the airfoil trailing edge. Pins extend laterally outwardly from the rod for mounting each blade in corresponding holes in the front and rear plates of the fan housing. The side edges of the blade are welded to the plates at a 9-11° angle of attack. The airfoil blades allow for reduced size, horse power, noise, and manufacturing and shipping costs.
US11702804B2
A pelletized road marking composition includes a binder mixture, a filler mixture and bentonite clay. The binder mixture includes at least one alkyd ester, at least one wax, at least one ethylene copolymer, and at least one plasticizer. The filler mixture includes at least one coloring additive, reflective elements, and at least one inert inorganic filler. The components of the road marking composition are mixed and melted and processed into pellets. The bentonite clay added to the composition prevents the pellets from clumping when stored at elevated temperatures.
US11702799B2
A base plate, which is made of plastic and is intended for supporting a rail for a rail vehicle on a substrate, may include a lower face, and an upper face on which a supporting surface for the rail is formed, a recess, from which a passage leads to the upper face of the base plate, being formed in the lower face of the base plate, the diameter of the recess in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the passage being greater at least in part than the diameter of the passage, so that a stop for an insert piece fitted into the recess is formed on the top surface, assigned to the upper face of the base plate of the recess.
US11702791B2
A laundry treating apparatus may include a drum in which laundry is stored, an air flow passage through which air is circulated, and a heating duct configured to supply hot air to the drum. The air flow passage and heating duct may be configured to prevent or reduce or cooling or condensing of moisture in the circulated air. A steam compressor may be provided to compress some of the air flowing through the air flow passage.
US11702788B2
Provided is a dispenser assembly. The dispenser assembly includes a handle; a waterproof box, where a gap is disposed between the waterproof box and a dispenser; and a first block rib that is disposed inside the waterproof box and at one end of the waterproof box adjacent to the handle of the dispenser, where the first block rib is configured to prevent liquid from overflowing from the gap.
US11702783B2
Indigo-dyed garments are treated with an anti-ozone agent to prevent ozone-related degradation of the garments before laser finishing. Without treatment, the garments can exhibit color loss (e.g., color change or fading) from exposure to ozone in the atmosphere. The indigo-dyed garments with anti-ozone treatment can serve as base templates in a laser finishing process flow. The anti-ozone treatment of the base templates can include a rinse including an ascorbic acid or vitamin C constituent during a base preparation process. Then quantities of these base templates can manufactured and stored for periods of time without exhibiting ozone-related degradation effects.
US11702781B2
A sewing machine able to gather one or more materials through a variable speed transfer disc or transfer cup. The gathering operation can assist in joining materials of different lengths without causing a warp or other unintended variation in the sewn article. The gathering operation may be used in connection with sewing of an article of footwear upper with an insole portion to form a foot-receiving cavity. During a sewing operation, a tension on the thread may be adjusted and confirmed with a display output. Similarly, an indication of pressure applied to decrease a rotational speed of the transfer disc or the transfer cup may be presented on a display output to achieve repeatability across operators and articles.
US11702779B2
A spunbonded non-woven fabric includes a fiber including a propylene homopolymer having a melting point of 140° C. or more, a polyethylene having a density of from 0.941 g/cm3 to 0.970 g/cm3, and at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of a polymer represented in (I) and a polymer represented in (II). In the spunbonded non-woven fabric, the fiber includes a sea-island structure, and the percentage of an island phase having a diameter of from 0.12 μm to less than 0.63 μm with respect to an island phase in a cross section orthogonal to the axis direction of the fiber on a number basis is 30% or more. (I) represents a random copolymer of propylene and at least one selected from ethylene or an α-olefin having a carbon number of from 4 to 20. (II) represents a propylene homopolymer with a melting point of less than 120° C.
US11702777B1
A composite structural component including a braided material embedded in a resin matrix, the braided material with multiple braided components formed of continuous tows and connected by one or more intersections are described. Each of the multiple braided components is formed by sets of tows. Each set of tows includes a respective plurality of tows, which are substantially adjacent and parallel to each other at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the braided material. Each set of tows is further composed of multiple subsets of tows. The subsets of tows separate at the intersections and combine with different subsets of tows in adjacent components of the multiple braided components.
US11702775B2
A method for forming an anti-counterfeiting feature during knitting of a fabric and a fabric thereof, the fabric is knitted with at least one first yarn, a part of the fabric includes a plurality of featured yarn loops formed by a second yarn, the featured yarn loops constitute an anti-counterfeiting feature, the anti-counterfeiting feature can be directly observed from one side surface of the fabric, the second yarn is formed by twisting at least two sub-yarns with different shades, and shades of the at least two sub-yarns and the first yarn are different from each other, and a shade of the featured yarn loops displayed on the side surface is random. Accordingly, the randomness of yarn twisting makes the anti-counterfeiting feature difficult to be replicated, thereby preventing unscrupulous manufacturers from counterfeiting the fabric.
US11702774B2
A terry article includes a ground component including a plurality of ground warp yarns and a plurality of ground weft yarns interwoven with the plurality of ground warp yarns. The ground component includes a second side and a first side opposed to the second side along a vertical direction, as well as a pile component extending away from the ground component along the vertical direction. The pile component includes a plurality of plied yarns, where each of the plied yarns includes 1) a first yarn that has a first yarn count, and 2) a second yarn that has a second yarn count that is greater than the first yarn count. The second yarn includes regenerated cellulose fibers.
US11702771B2
This shedding mechanism includes a housing and a movable hook which can be retained by a selection device including at least one electromagnet (100) immobilized in the housing and which includes a ferromagnetic core (102) comprising first and second pole faces (S122, S124). The electromagnet (100) also includes a non-magnetic portion (104, 108) and a retaining lever configured to retain the movable hook. The retaining lever is pivotally mounted about an oscillation axis (A144) and includes a ferromagnetic armature (202) that interacts magnetically with the first and second pole faces. The non-magnetic portion of the electromagnet includes a surface (S144) for guiding the pivoting of the retaining lever. This guide surface cooperates with the retaining lever in a direction radial to the oscillation axis (A144) between a remote position and a contact position. The guide surface (S144) is cylindrical with a circular base, centered on the oscillation axis.
US11702767B2
The present invention is a novel gas assisted nozzle and a method for micro and nanofiber production. In this composite nozzle, a high velocity gas stream is introduced through a core protruding orifice, while a liquid is introduced via at least one satellite orifice, external to the core orifice. The liquid flow is picked-up and accelerated (blown) by the gas stream from the tip of the protruding gas nozzle. This avoids passing the high velocity gas over the surface of the slow flowing liquid and achieves the acceleration of the liquid flow on its approach to being picked-up by the gas stream. Proper control of the gas and the polymer liquid flow results in fine liquid blowing and formation of micro and nanofibers.
