US11972597B2
A vehicular occupant monitoring system includes a camera disposed at an interior rearview mirror of a vehicle. The camera includes an imaging array sensor and a lens. The lens is disposed at the imaging array sensor with a center axis of the lens vertically offset from a center region of the imaging array sensor. A center region of the lens is disposed at and images at a lower region of the imaging array sensor when the camera is disposed at the interior rearview mirror and an upper peripheral region of the lens images at the center region and a lower region of the imaging array sensor when the camera is disposed at the interior rearview mirror. The vehicular occupant monitoring system, responsive to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the camera, determines presence of an occupant of the vehicle.
US11972596B2
An intelligent smog-penetrating optical imaging detection device and a method of thereof, and belongs to the technical field of photoelectric imaging. The intensity information, the spectrum information, and the polarization information of light are organically combined, the three functions of intensity imaging, spectrum imaging and polarization imaging can be achieved, traditional imaging detection is beneficially supplemented, smog can be penetrated, the image contrast of imaging is improved, and therefore the working distance is increased. The intensity information reflects the detection distance, the target shape, the target size and the like; the spectrum information reflects material components, surface morphology and the like of a space target; the polarization information reflects the material and roughness of the target and the contrast with the background; and the intensity, spectrum and polarization three-dimensional information is jointly applied, the image contrast can be increased by 2-3 times.
US11972594B2
A multifunction peripheral includes a color number conversion determiner. The color number conversion determiner determines whether it is appropriate to perform either an index color process or a full-color process based on a color distribution degree, which is a distribution degree of pixel values of the respective sets of pixel data included in input image data, a photograph area ratio, which is a ratio of photograph area pixel data forming a photograph area to the pixel data, and a color uniformity area ratio, which is a ratio of white base area pixel data forming a white base area to the pixel data.
US11972593B2
Systems and methods are provided for quantifying uncertainty of segmentation mask predictions made by machine learning models, where the uncertainty may be used to streamline an anatomical measurement workflow by automatically identifying less certain caliper placements. In one example, the current disclosure teaches receiving an image including a region of interest, determining a segmentation mask for the region of interest using a trained machine learning model, placing a caliper at a position within the image based on the segmentation mask, determining an uncertainty of the position of the caliper, and responding to the uncertainty of the position of the caliper being greater than a pre-determined threshold by displaying a visual indication of the position of the caliper via a display device and prompting a user to confirm or edit the position of the caliper.
US11972588B2
A system for assembling a group composite image from individual subject images is described. Often subjects of a group vary in height. Additionally, as each subject is photographed individually, different zoom factors can be applied by a camera that affects a pixel density of the image captured. The system includes a fiducial marking device that emits collimated light to form one or more fiducial markers on a subject while an image is captured by the camera. Based on a location of the fiducial markers in the image, a pixel density of the image and a reference height of the subject can be determined. The individual subject image can be scaled based on the pixel density and reference height to account for the varying subject heights and zoom factors to generate a group composite image that accurately represents the subjects of the group relative to one another.
US11972578B2
A method and system for tracking an object in an input video using online training includes a step for training a classifier model by using global pattern matching, and a step for classifying and tracking each target through online training including the classifier model.
US11972570B2
There is provided an image processing apparatus comprising: a processor that is configured to: acquire a segmentation image obtained by segmenting a target image into a plurality of regions; accept position information indicating a position specified by a user on the segmentation image; acquire on the basis of image information, preference levels of the plurality of regions from which a region to be assigned to the position on the segmentation image indicated by the position information is selected; and perform control to display on a display, candidates for the region to be assigned so as to allow selection of the region to be assigned, on the basis of the acquired preference levels.
US11972567B2
A system for analyzing medical images to detect and classify a medical condition, the system includes an input for receiving a medical image, a convolutional neural network coupled to the input and configured to analyze the medical image to generate a prediction including a probability of the presence of the medical condition in the medical image and an atlas creation module coupled to the convolutional neural network and configured to generate an atlas comprising a set of image features and a set of training images. Each image feature is assigned with at least one training image associated with the medical condition. The system further includes a prediction basis selection module coupled to the convolutional neural network and the atlas and configured to create a prediction basis for the prediction generated by the convolutional neural network.
US11972550B2
According to an aspect of the invention, among the individual images, a detection result for the check target image for which it is determined that a user is encouraged to check the detection result or a detection result for the partial image acquired by cutting a partial region from the check target image is displayed on the display device to encourage the user to check the detection result, and the detection result is revised on the basis of an instruction input by the user. Therefore, the image for which the detection result is to be checked is distinctively displayed, and the detection result for the image is revised on the basis of an instruction input by the user, which results in reduction in the time taken for checking and revision.
US11972549B2
Techniques for evaluating multiple images, which originate from multiple different sources, and for selecting specific images to generate an overlaid image are disclosed. A first set of system camera images (e.g., based on a first FPS rate) and a second set of external camera images (e.g., based on a second FPS rate) are obtained. A set of rules are accessed in order to govern a selection process for selecting a specific system camera image and a specific external camera image. The selected images are designated for use in generating an overlaid image. The selection process is performed using the accessed set of rules. The overlaid image is generated by overlaying and aligning content obtained from the selected images.
US11972545B2
The present disclosure provides an apparatus and method of guided neural network model for image processing. An apparatus may comprise a guidance map generator, a synthesis network and an accelerator. The guidance map generator may receive a first image as a content image and a second image as a style image, and generate a first plurality of guidance maps and a second plurality of guidance maps, respectively from the first image and the second image. The synthesis network may synthesize the first plurality of guidance maps and the second plurality of guidance maps to determine guidance information. The accelerator may generate an output image by applying the style of the second image to the first image based on the guidance information.
US11972543B2
A method includes receiving and processing a first image by an encoder-decoder network. The first image includes a first portion and a second portion located at different locations. The encoder-decoder network includes an encoder and a decoder. The encoder is configured to output at least one feature map including global information and local information such that whether a color consistency relationship between the first portion and the second portion of the first image exists is encoded into the global information and the local information. The decoder is configured to output a second image generated from the at least one feature map, wherein a first portion of the second image corresponding to the first portion of the first image and a second portion of the second image corresponding to the second portion of the first image are restored considering whether the color consistency relationship exists.
US11972538B2
Embodiments relate to a multi-mode demosaicing circuit able to receive and demosaic image data in a different raw image formats, such as Bayer raw image format and Quad Bayer raw image format. The multi-mode demosaicing circuit demosaics Quad Bayer image data by interpolating a green channel of the image data along each of a plurality of directions, generating a gradient of the image data along each of the plurality of directions, modifying the interpolated green channels based on respective gradients to generate full-resolution green channel image data, which is combined with red and blue image data to generate the demosaiced image data. Interpolation is performed for non-green pixels based on neighboring green pixels along a specified direction, modified by a residual value based upon values of one or more nearby same-color pixels and a correlation between values of the same-color pixels and neighboring green pixels.
US11972534B2
Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media are disclosed for utilizing a visual neural network to replace materials in a three-dimensional scene with visually similar materials from a source dataset. Specifically, the disclosed system utilizes the visual neural network to generate source deep visual features representing source texture maps from materials in a plurality of source materials. Additionally, the disclosed system utilizes the visual neural network to generate deep visual features representing texture maps from materials in a digital scene. The disclosed system then determines source texture maps that are visually similar to the texture maps of the digital scene based on visual similarity metrics that compare the source deep visual features and the deep visual features. Additionally, the disclosed system modifies the digital scene by replacing one or more of the texture maps in the digital scene with the visually similar source texture maps.
US11972531B2
Technology described herein can be embodied in a method of providing visual feedback during surgery. The method includes obtaining a set of vectors representing a model of an anatomical organ, the set produced from a representation of the organ as imaged under one or more imaging modalities. The method includes obtaining a set of pixel positions of a display device, wherein the pixel positions correspond to a view of the organ. The method further includes generating, using at least a portion of the set of vectors, multiple fragment-vectors for each pixel position in the set of pixel positions, the multiple fragment-vectors each representing a corresponding portion of the organ along a line-of-sight through the organ, and generating a pixel value for each pixel position in the set of pixel positions, and presenting, on the display device, an augmented image of the view of the organ using the generated pixel values.
US11972530B2
Systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for placing and rendering virtual objects in three-dimensional environments. The techniques include providing, by a device, a view of an environment of a first user. A first computing system associated with the first user receives an instruction to display, within the view of the environment of the first user, a virtual marker at a specified position of the environment of the first user, the specified position derived from a second user's interaction with a three-dimensional (3D) model of at least a portion of the environment of the first user. The device displays, within the view of the environment of the first user, the virtual marker at the specified position of the environment of the first user.
US11972529B2
The disclosure concerns an augmented reality method in which visual information concerning a real-world object, structure or environment is gathered and a deformation operation is performed on that visual information to generate virtual content that may be displayed in place of, or additionally to, real-time captured image content of the real-world object, structure or environment. Some particular embodiments concern the sharing of visual environment data and/or information characterizing the deformation operation between client devices.
US11972528B2
A method for processing model data of a set of garments includes storing first and second model data of a first and a second garment of the set, each of the model data including two-dimensional or three-dimensional geometry data defining a mesh associated with the respective garment. A limiting object of the respective garment is defined by at least a portion of the geometry data and constitutes a separation between an interior and an exterior of the respective garment. The first and the second garment constitute an inner garment and an outer garment that is worn over the inner garment. At least one opening object for the outer garment is stored, defined as a portion of the limiting object and constituting a transition for an item between the interior and the exterior of the outer garment. Intersection objects are determined for each of the garments, defining one or more intersections between the limiting objects of the garments. For each garment, portions of the limiting objects are determined as overlap section objects bounded by one or more of the intersection objects. The geometry data of the first and/or the second garment are adjusted with respect to the overlap section objects based on whether the respective overlap section object of the outer garment at least partially comprises one or more of the at least one opening objects of the outer garment.
US11972526B1
Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that present a view of a device user's face portion, that would otherwise be blocked by an electronic device positioned in front of the face, on an outward-facing display of the user's device. The view of the user's face portion may be configured to enable observers to see the user's eyes and facial expressions as if they were seeing through a clear device at the user's actual eyes and facial expressions. Various techniques are used to provide views of the user's face that are realistic, that show the user's current facial appearance, and/or that present the face portion with 3D spatial accuracy, e.g., each eye appearing to be in its actual 3D position. Some implementations combine live data with previously-obtained data, e.g., combining live data with enrollment data.
US11972517B2
Provided are an method for generating an animation and apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method for generating an animation comprises: determining a background image and a first foreground image of an original image (S110); respectively rotating, scaling and translating the first foreground image and a first 2D sticker image to obtain a second foreground image and a second 2D sticker image, wherein the first 2D sticker image is generated in advance on the basis of a predetermined coverage manner and according to the original image (S120); mixing the second foreground image with the background image to obtain a first mixed image (S130); and mixing the first mixed image with the second 2D sticker image to generate an animation of the original image (S140).
US11972506B2
Methods and systems for generating new product images are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes identifying, via hardware processing circuitry, a template for a category of products, the template defining locations of attributes of products belonging to the category, identifying, via the hardware processing circuitry, common attributes of products of the category based on the template, averaging, via the hardware processing circuitry, corresponding pixel values across images representing the products having the common attributes, generating, via the hardware processing circuitry, a new product image representing a new product based on the averaged pixel values; and generating, via the hardware processing circuitry, a modified new product image by varying attributes of the new product based on the locations of the attributes defined by the template.
US11972499B2
A home cost analysis server is configured to train an image processing program to identify features of homes, receive user input including a prospective home, and access a first database storing metadata and images associated with homes, including the prospective home, available for purchase. The server is also configured to input images of the prospective home to the machine-learned image processing program, which outputs a feature of the prospective home, access a second database storing historical ancillary costs, and perform a lookup in the second database to retrieve comparable historical ancillary costs associated homes having a comparable feature to the outputted feature. The server is further configured to analyze the metadata associated with the prospective home, the outputted feature, and the comparable historical ancillary costs to determine ancillary home costs associated with the prospective home, and display the ancillary home costs and an overall monthly cost for the prospective home.
US11972495B2
Systems, methods, and computer systems for intelligent power supply are provided herein. The system enables a private utility at a building. The system includes a plurality of power sources. Each of the power sources is configured to provide power to the building when enabled. The system also includes at least one external data source, at least one onsite data source, and a computer system. The computer system is communicatively connected to the power sources, the external data source, and the onsite data source. The computer system receives external data from the external data source and building data from the onsite data source. The computer system determines a preferred power source based on the external data and the building data.
US11972493B2
A system and method in accordance with example embodiments for comprehensive sales and service data reporting. Sales and service events that take place at a front end branch of an enterprise may be input into a front end system and transmitted to a backend system where various modules then use the front end system data to generate various data and reports to display various data, such as, for example, sales incentive metrics and key performance indicators.
US11972486B2
An electronic trading method is provided. The method includes receiving a trading strategy order having a parent trading strategy including multiple quoting legs; splitting the trading strategy order into multiple child orders; and submitting each of the multiple child orders to exchange systems adapted to fill the quoting legs in the child orders. Each child order includes a child trading strategy having a single quoting leg or a reduced number of quoting legs relative to the parent trading strategy. The child trading strategies are the same as the parent trading strategy except for the number of legs marked as quoting legs. The method may be performed by a trading strategy device disposed between a client device and multiple server side devices.
US11972485B2
The invention provides a computer implemented method for automatically compiling a portfolio of assets. The method comprises steps including generating a plurality of first generation portfolios of assets from a plurality of available assets, wherein each of said plurality of first generation portfolios is generated by random selection of one or more of said plurality of available assets. The method involves applying a random percentage weighting to each of said randomly selected assets, but where the sum of the random percentage weightings is arranged to equal 100%. It also involves calculating a score for each of the plurality of first generation portfolios of assets, the score for each of said plurality of first generation portfolios of assets comprising an aggregate of a plurality of different evaluation factors and ranking the plurality of first generation portfolios of assets by their respective scores. Then, one or more of said plurality of first generation portfolios of assets are selected based on their respective scores. The process is repeated through a plurality of iterations until a marginal improvement in a score for a highest ranked portfolio falls below a pre-set amount.
US11972482B2
The disclosure provides an intra-day/hourly balancing of a fund index. The disclosure includes retrieving the value of an underlying index at a first balancing point at a point in time that is close, in time, to the balancing point and determining the value of the underlying index at a second balancing point. If the value of the underlying index increased, then the method increases an exposure to the underlying index. If the value of the underlying index decreased, then the method decreases the exposure. The method may then compare the current trading volatility of the underlying index to a historic trading volatility. If the current volatility is greater than the historic volatility, then the method decreases the leverage of the intra-day index with respect to the underlying index. If the current volatility is less than the historic volatility, then the method increases the leverage.
US11972481B2
An example operation may include one or more of changing a status of a current blockchain to a closed and retired status based on expiration of a limited time window, creating a genesis block associated with a new blockchain, storing a world state of the current blockchain in the genesis block, creating one or more smart contracts, storing the one or more smart contracts on the new blockchain, and initiating an open stage on the new blockchain, and the open stage permits one or more potential blockchain transactions to be written to the new blockchain.
US11972478B2
A system comprising: at least one hardware processor; and one or more software modules that are configured to, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, access product information for a plurality of products from a plurality of external systems; extract product data from the accessed product information; process text and table information to extract further product data from the accessed product information; standardized the extracted product data; store the standardized product data; store the standardized product data in a database; and present a user interface to user systems that presents standardized information related to the plurality of products that enables searching, filtering and comparing of the standardized information.
US11972475B2
Systems, methods, and media for picking-up and delivering products are disclosed. Some embodiments route shoppers to acquire products for multiple customers orders from multiple suppliers using a variety of transportation modes. The transportation modes may differing maximum weight carrying and volume carrying capacities, maximum vehicle speeds. Moreover, some embodiments may account for a different number vehicles for each transportation mode and may further account for the availability of shoppers and vehicles.
US11972464B2
An online concierge system uses a cumulative incrementality score to evaluate the performance of incrementality models used by the online concierge system to identify users for treatment. The online concierge system applies an incrementality model to a set of examples to generate predicted incrementality scores for the examples. The online concierge system ranks the examples based on the predicted incrementality scores for the examples and groups the examples based on their rankings. The online concierge system iteratively computes cumulative incrementality scores for each grouping based on the examples of each grouping, and computes a final cumulative incrementality score for the incrementality model based on each of the cumulative incrementality scores.
US11972455B2
Systems, methods and media for adaptive real time modeling and scoring are provided. In one example, a system for automatically generating predictive scoring models comprises a trigger component to determine, based on a threshold or trigger, such as a detection of new significant relationships, whether a predictive scoring model is ready for a refresh or regeneration. An automated modeling sufficiency checker receives and transforms user-selectable system input data. The user-selectable system input data may comprise at least one of email, display or social media traffic. An adaptive modeling engine operably connected to the trigger component and modeling sufficiency checker is configured to monitor and identify a change in the input data and, based on an identified change in the input data, automatically refresh or regenerate the scoring model for calculating new lead scores. A refreshed or regenerated predictive scoring model is output.
US11972454B1
Various implementations for multitouch attribution are described. One example method includes receiving a plurality of channel data associated with a first channel and second channel, determining conversion data for the first channel and the second channel using the plurality of channel data, receiving a first touch event and a second touch event associated with a first channel and a second channel, determining a first attribution for the first channel using a first touch event and the first channel data, determining a second attribution for the second channel using a second touch event and the second channel data, and determine an item conversion strategy using the first attribution and the second attribution.
US11972448B1
The present invention supports the entry of customer experience feedback into the system, which then conducts real-time automated filtering and evaluation of feedback entered by the customer and supports the transmission of real-time notifications to selected personnel based on feedback evaluation in a flexible messaging and workflow system. The present invention supports that ability to obtain constructive feedback, either good or bad, regarding a customer's experience while the customer is still at the service provider or retail sales location. And, if the experience is negative, the invention provides automated evaluation and filtering of the feedback information with real-time notifications to selected personnel so the customer's concerns can be addressed immediately so as to rectify the negative experience with personal attention to the consumer, and preserve the client relationship for the future before the customer departs from the service provider or retail sales location. Identity information relating to the customer can also be preserved so that the customer and its location can be identified as being present at the service provider or retail sales location upon a subsequent visit, and real-time notifications can be sent to selected personnel so that the customer experience during the subsequent visit to that location can be enhanced in some manner or more personal attention can be provided to reduce the risk of a negative experience.
US11972441B2
In one aspect, an example methodology implementing the disclosed techniques includes, by a computing device, retrieving touchpoint data of a product and creating a data element based on the retrieved touchpoint data, the data element includes information about a touchpoint of the product by a stakeholder. The method also includes, by the computing device, adding the created data element to a product pedigree list, wherein the product pedigree list is a pedigree list which contains data elements of the product. The method may further include, by the computing device, storing the product pedigree list in a graph database. The method may further include, by the computing device, predicting, using a machine learning (ML) model (e.g., an autoencoder), whether a state of the product pedigree list is normal or anomalous.
US11972436B2
A system comprises at least one computer device in communication with one or more server computers. The system converts unstructured text into usable order details, and uses instant messaging to notify recipients of the order details. The notices include electronic web links that launch a web interface that generates an editable, pre-populated electronic order ticket based on the order details. Submission of the electronic order ticket launches an auction during which the recipients may respond with offers to fulfill to the electronic order ticket. If after the auction more than one response is needed to fill the electronic order ticket, the system automatically allocates how and in which order the responses will be used to fill the electronic order ticket. If the electronic order ticket is not completely filled after the auction, the electronic order ticket is submitted to one or more additional exchanges for further filling.
US11972431B2
Systems and methods include registering use of a virtual certification number (VCN) at a secure entity by receiving, at an external gateway, a registration request comprising an external request code and a primary account number (PAN), wherein the external request code is unique to the secure entity, determining that the external request code is an unregistered external request code, receiving a tokenized PAN based on the PAN, receiving an account identifier by applying the tokenized PAN to a certification mechanism tool application programing interface (API), generating a certification mechanism reference identifier by encrypting a certification mechanism associated with the account identifier and the tokenized PAN, updating a database to associate the certification mechanism reference identifier with the external request code, and transmitting, via the external gateway, a registration authentication to an external entity, the registration authentication comprising the external request code.
US11972417B2
An encrypted payment message is received from a buyer relating to a transaction with a merchant. The payment message is parsed using a first parsing algorithm to obtain merchant identifying information. The merchant identifying information is associated with at least a second parsing algorithm or at least one settlement algorithm. The payment message is parsed using the second parsing algorithm to obtain payment information for the transaction. A first settlement algorithm is applied to the payment information to determine an adjusted interchange rate. The payment information including the adjusted interchange rate is submitted to a third party settlement processor on behalf of the merchant, using a payment algorithm. A second settlement algorithm applied to the payment information determines a buyer rebate which can be submitted to the settlement processor. A transaction result is reported to at least one of the merchant or the buyer.
US11972405B2
The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods for executing a point of sale deposit. In one embodiment, a system may include one or more memory devices storing software instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the software instructions to receive deposit information related to a point of sale deposit from a mobile device, and generate a deposit token retaining at least the deposit information and deposit authorization information. The one or more processors may also be configured to transmit the deposit token to the mobile device for displaying a readable code generated based on the deposit token, receive a point of sale deposit authorization notification from the merchant device indicating at least receipt by the merchant device of the deposit token from the mobile device, and transfer funds to a financial service account based on the received deposit information and authorization notification.
US11972392B2
Systems, devices, and methods for locating an item within an enclosure is described. The method includes affixing a first-tier label to a fixture within the enclosure, identifying a first location of the first-tier label based on at least three distance measurements between the first-tier label and a respective plane of the three orthogonal planar surfaces, identifying a second-tier label in proximity to the first-tier label, wherein the second-tier label is associated with an item, determining a first relative position of the second-tier label with respect to the first location of the first-tier label, and determining a second location of the second-tier label based on the first relative position with respect to the first location and the first location.
US11972387B2
A method for controlling a transport robot is provided. The method includes the steps of: acquiring, when a user makes a request for transport of a target object, information on the user and information on the transport of the target object including a delivery place of the target object; identifying the user on the basis of the information on the user, and determining a place associated with the user as a destination where a transport robot is to transport the target object from the delivery place, with reference to a result of the identification; and causing the target object to be transported to the destination by the transport robot.
US11972385B2
A drone delivery system for receiving a package on a roof of a structure includes a panel coupled to the roof that selectively provides access to an opening in the roof upon identification and authorization of an incoming package. Once the package is identified and authorized, the panel opens and the package is received from an aerial vehicle on a platform in the opening. The platform is lowered by a drive assembly and the panel is closed over the opening. The drive assembly then lowers the platform and package to an intended destination inside the structure.
US11972381B2
In some embodiments, a computer implemented method for determining and generating an electronic recommendation and/or other outputs, such as observations and tasks, in which the method may include the steps of: receiving input from the user through a client device in which the input may include data for populating a key member or key player data record; identifying, via a computing device processor, a first rule corresponding to the key player data record; retrieving, via a computing device processor, a first observation in which the first observation is associated with the first rule; and displaying to the user, via a display screen of the client device, the first observation. In further embodiments of the method, an observation may be associated with a recommendation and the recommendation may include a pre-recorded video multimedia file specific for the observation.
US11972379B2
A component manufacturing system includes a main base, a first production base and a second production base. The main base designs a common wire harness and optional wire harnesses. The main base has a first order function of determining the number of common wire harnesses to be produced based on temporary order information and placing an order with the first production base, and a second order function of acquiring order confirmation information from the customer at a timing closer to a delivery date than the temporary order information and placing an order with the second production base for the completed wire harness based on the confirmation information.
US11972371B2
The present invention can provide a hotel reservation system that searches for vacant rooms at lower prices even after making a reservation. A method of hotel reservation that is performed by a server, comprises steps of: obtaining identification information corresponding to vacant rooms of hotels from external servers; obtaining reservation information of a vacant room from a user terminal; transmitting to the user terminal whether a reservation is confirmed; searching for a first vacant room available within a predetermined period from a check-in date until before the check-in date; and providing a reservation change notification through the user terminal if determining the vacant room with the lower price than that of the reserved vacant room by comparing a price of the reserved vacant room and a price of the first vacant room that is available within the predetermined period.
US11972361B2
Provided is a method including receiving object IOs for a target device, grouping the object IOs using a first plurality of input parameters, associating a tracking parameter with the first plurality of input parameters and a performance parameter corresponding to the first plurality of input parameters, storing a first data entry including the tracking parameter, the first plurality of input parameters, and the performance parameter in a database, extracting a plurality of data entries from the database, the plurality of data entries including the first data entry, training a training model using one or more of the plurality of data entries, cross-validating the training model to determine a degree of error reduction of the training model, performing a model check to compare the training model to an inferencing model, and updating the inferencing model based on the model check.
US11972357B2
A method is provided for an application program interface (API) to interface with an ontology store storing a plurality of modifiable ontology models having associated dynamic definitions associated that define classes of the associated ontology model and relationships between the respective classes and that is modifiable over time. The method includes receiving from a requesting entity a request that specifies an ontology model and one or more parameters defining attributes of an instantiated ontology object, accessing the ontology store, identifying an ontology model in the ontology store that corresponds to the ontology model specified, and manipulating the identified ontology model based on its one or more parameters. The method further includes generating a semantics query for accessing the identified ontology model based on the one or more parameters specified in the request, submitting the semantics query to and receiving query results from the ontology store, and returning the query results to the requesting entity.
US11972333B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for managing a generative artificial intelligence (AI) model to improve performance. Managing the generative AI model includes using a second generative AI model to generate outputs from similar inputs and comparing the outputs of the generative AI models to determine their similarity. The second generative AI model is trained using fresher training data but may not be manually supervised and adjusted to the level of the generative AI model being managed. As such, an output of the second generative AI model is compared to an output of the managed generative AI model by a classification model to determine a relevance of the output from the managed generative AI model. An output of the classification model is used to perform various suitable policies to optimize the performance of the managed generative AI model, such as providing alternate outputs, preventing providing the output, or retraining the model.
US11972329B2
A system is provided for facilitating multi-label classification. During operation, the system maintains a set of training vectors. A respective vector represents an object and is associated with one or more labels that belong to a label set. After receiving an input vector, the system determines a similarity value between the input vector and one or more training vectors. The system further determines one or more labels associated with the input vector based on the similarity values between the input vector and the training vectors and their corresponding associated labels.
US11972327B2
A method for action automation includes determining, using an electronic device, an action based on domain information. Activity patterns associated with the action are retrieved. For each activity pattern, a candidate action rule is determined. Each candidate action rule specifies one or more pre-conditions when the action occurs. One or more preferred candidate action rules are determined from multiple candidate action rules for automation of the action.
US11972325B2
A determination method includes causing the state in each of the plurality of pixels to correspond to a plurality of states of a plurality of bits of an Ising model, and setting an evaluation function for evaluating a degree of coincidence between the target image and the formed image as a function of the plurality of bits, and determining which one of the plurality of states is to be set for each of the plurality of pixels on the basis of states of the plurality of bits included in a result obtained by evaluating the evaluation function by an Ising machine.
US11972318B2
Described herein are systems and methods for coupling Nitrogen Vacancy (NV)-defects in a quantum computing architecture. A diamond wafer comprises separated implantation sites, at least a portion of which comprise a single NV-defect. An optical cavity system comprises cavity sites aligned to the implantation sites. An integrated optics system includes a first chip module comprising optical waveguides and associated switchable elements, photon sources, photon detectors, and fiber optic connections. A first switchable element couples a first pair of NV-defects by splitting a beam emitted by a photon source, via a first optical waveguide, to the cavity sites aligned to the implantation sites of the first pair of NV-defects. A second switchable element couples a second pair of NV-defects by splitting a beam emitted by a photon source, via a second optical waveguide, to the cavity sites aligned to the implantation sites of the second pair of NV-defects.
US11972313B2
Provided is an information processing apparatus that enables an objective determination of an estimation of work related to printing. A data acquiring unit acquires a job for estimation. A unit estimating unit calculates an estimation of the work for each specific unit of the job acquired by the data acquiring unit. An entire estimating unit estimates and updates the estimation of the work for the entire job in real time based on the estimation of the work for the specific unit at the time calculated by the unit estimating unit. An estimation presenting unit presents the estimation of the work calculated by the entire estimating unit in real time.
US11972309B2
A central server receives API calls requesting services. The central server identifies whether the API calls are associated with a merchant. A distribution is constructed based on the API calls. The central server further executes a pre-defined rule to identify a set of the API calls belonging to a maximum percentile in the distribution and a set of the API calls belonging to a minimum percentile in the distribution before estimating a set of the anomalous data points with one or more goodness of fit functions against the maximum percentile and the minimum percentile. A GUI receives a critical value from a user. In response to receiving the critical value, the central server generates probabilities of the set of the anomalous data points before displaying a set of the anomalous data points in response to the probabilities being less than the critical value.
US11972280B2
A method includes obtaining a help file including steps for a task and generating a knowledge graph including instructions corresponding to the steps. The method further includes extracting, from a user input of a user, an intent to complete the task. Responsive to extracting the intent to complete the task, obtaining the knowledge graph is obtained. Using the knowledge graph, an instruction of the knowledge graph is presented to perform an action in a workflow to complete the task.
US11972276B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a distributed analytics development platform (DADP) capable of automatically maintaining a multiple user development environment in real-time. In an illustrative example, a DADP includes a user interface (UI) layer, an application programming interface (API) layer, and an orchestration layer. The orchestration layer, for example, includes tool instances deployed for each of the multiple users. The orchestration layer may further include a multi-instance common orchestration service (COS) having an orchestration service instance (OSI) deployed in each of the tool instances. The COS, for example, may access a current state of each tool instance associated with the user in the orchestration layer and update a dynamic system state profile based on a current state of each of the tool instances. Various embodiments may advantageously provide an autonomously updated analytic development environment for deployment and maintenance of the tool instances in real-time.
US11972272B2
An application server provides an application to client devices. Users of the client devices interact with the application to perform a business process. Data regarding user interactions with the application is transmitted from the client devices to the application server. Based on an analysis of the received data, a bot generation server generates a bot to automate a process step. The bot generation server provides a heatmap user interface (UI) that provides information regarding the process steps. Using the heatmap UI, the administrator selects a process step for automation. In response to the selection, the hot generation server identifies, based on the observed behavior, relationships between input fields, typical values for input fields, typical order of data entry into input fields, or any suitable combination thereof. Based on the identified patterns, the hot generation server generates a bot to automate some or all of the process step.
US11972269B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to provide device enhancements for software defined silicon implementations are disclosed. Example non-transitory computer readable medium includes instructions to cause one or more processors to at least generate a first stock keeping unit, associate the first stock keeping unit with a semiconductor device, the first stock keeping unit associated with a first set of features to be provided by the semiconductor device, command the semiconductor device to activate a feature not included in the first set of features to cause the semiconductor device to provide a second set of features, generate a second stock keeping unit for the semiconductor device, and associate the second stock keeping unit with the semiconductor device and the second set of features to be provided by the semiconductor device.
US11972267B2
Tasks are selected for hibernation by recording user preferences for tasks having no penalty for hibernation and sleep; and assigning thresholds for battery power at which tasks are selected for a least one of hibernation and sleep. The assigning of the thresholds for battery power include considering current usage of hardware resources by a user and battery health per battery segment. A penalty score is determined for tasks based upon the user preferences for tasks having no penalty, and task performance including at least one of frequency of utilization, memory utilization, task dependency characteristics and task memory hierarchy. The penalty performance is a value including both the user preference and the task performance. Tasks can then be put into at least one of hibernation mode and sleep mode dictated by their penalty performance during the thresholds for battery power.
US11972263B2
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to methods, systems, and apparatuses using an instruction prefetch pipeline architecture that provides good performance without the complexity of a full cache coherent solution deployed in conventional CPUs. The architecture can include components which can be used to construct an instruction prefetch pipeline, including instruction memory (TiMem), instruction buffer (iBuf), a prefetch unit, and an instruction router.
US11972256B2
A system for determining code ancestry. The system includes: a memory; and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to perform a method comprising: receiving a source code file; parsing a plurality of functions out of the source code file; generating fuzzy fingerprints from the plurality of functions; and storing the fuzzy fingerprints in a graph database.
US11972242B2
A continuous optimizer detects a code promotion of a candidate release of an application. In response to the code promotion, the continuous optimizer instantiates a JVM and profiles the application to obtain a JVM profile. The continuous optimizer benchmarks the candidate release against the JVM and JVM profile. The continuous optimizer further compares the benchmark results with previous benchmark results. Based upon the comparison and a set of rules, the continuous optimizer causes the candidate release to be promoted.
US11972238B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for propagating reduced-precision on computation graphs are described. In one aspect, a method includes receiving data specifying a directed graph that includes operators for a program. The operators include first operators that each represent a numerical operation performed on numerical values having a first level of precision and second operators that each represent a numerical operation performed on numerical values having a second level of precision. One or more downstream operators are identified for a first operator. A determination is made whether each downstream operator represents a numerical operation that is performed on input values having the second level of precision. Whenever each downstream operator represents a numerical operation that is performed on input values having the second level of precision, a precision of numerical values output by the operation represented by the first operator is adjusted to the second level of precision.
US11972231B2
This invention provides a system and a method for online, web-based point of sale (POS) building and configuration, which can assist non-expert business operators in building, editing and testing a point of sale system to manage their businesses. The business operations range from a single branch to a large chain of stores or branches. The key advantages of the Web-based POS builder are that it is completely built on the foundation of the Web. The POS builder is accessible anywhere in the world. It can be used by a person of any skill level. The POS builder builds, edits, and tests new POS terminals in real time.
US11972229B2
Semiconductor devices and multiply-accumulate operation devices are disclosed. In one example, a semiconductor device includes synapses in which a nonvolatile variable resistance element taking a first resistance value and a second resistance value lower than the first resistance value and a fixed resistance element having a resistance value higher than the second resistance value are connected in series. An output line outputs a sum of currents flowing through the plurality of synapses.
US11972228B2
The present disclosure relates to merging database tables. Systems and methods may involve performing a comparison between the first set of records and the second set of records and identifying a plurality of record pairs based on the comparison. Each record pair may comprise a record in the first set of records and a record in the second set of records. In addition, A feature signature may be generated for each record pair by comparing field values in each record pair. The feature signature may be classified to identify at least one related record pair. A merged database table may be generated such that it comprises the at least one related record pair and comprises a set of unique records among selected from the first set of records and the second set of records.
US11972218B1
A specific target-oriented social media tweet sentiment analysis method includes: preprocessing social media tweet data to obtain a target text and a specific target; passing the target text and the specific target through an embedding layer to obtain target text word vectors and obtain a specific target word vector, respectively; passing the target text word vectors through a self-attention structure to obtain a self-attention result; combining the self-attention result with the specific target word vector and passing through a cross-attention structure to obtain cross-attention results; concatenating the cross-attention results to obtain an attention representation matrix; and passing the attention representation matrix through a pooling layer, a fully connected layer and a softmax layer to obtain a sentiment tendency of the specific target. The method, based on an attention mechanism in the transformer structure, fuses a local attention mechanism and an attention mechanism containing position information, the analysis accuracy is improved.
US11972208B2
The present disclosure determines whether or not a character string of a result obtained by a character recognition process matches a word of a word dictionary; and when a pattern that is similar to a predefined arrangement pattern of a character type is present in the character string of the result obtained by the character recognition process that is determined not to match a word of the word dictionary, changes the character recognition process for the character string based on the pattern.
US11972206B2
Some examples described herein relate to automatically configuring an insight carousel of a graphical user interface based on templates. In one example, a system can receive templates and insights associated with transactions, populate fields within each template using information associated with the insights, and generate a graphical user interface including an image carousel having slides incorporating the populated templates.
US11972198B2
An aspect provides a method, including: sending a request for a web site from a client device to a server; receiving a response to the web site request from the server, wherein the response to the web site request includes at least a portion of a first version of the web site requested and one or more links describing one or more alternate versions of the web site requested, the one or more links comprising conditional data; the conditional data comprising one or more device characteristics indicating whether the web site requested and one or more of the alternate versions of the web site requested is a version of the web site appropriate for the client device, wherein the one or more device characteristics comprise device capabilities; determining if the conditional data is met; and in response to the conditional data being met, requesting an alternate version of the web site requested. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11972192B2
Embodiments provide for interactive routing transistor devices of an integrated circuit (IC) design using an interactive routing tool. An example method includes receiving an integrated circuit (IC) design comprising a plurality of transistor devices. The example method further includes receiving a design rule check (DRC) rules set. The example method further includes, responsive to identifying, based at least in part on the DRC rules set, that a first connection input associated with a transistor device of the plurality of transistor devices creates a design rule violation, determining whether a force mode input has been received. The example method further includes, responsive to determining that the force mode input has been received, enabling routing of the first connection input.
US11972187B2
Methods for reticle enhancement technology include representing a target wafer pattern or a predicted wafer pattern as a smooth function captured as a function sample array (FSA). The FSA is an array of sampled values of the smooth function, which is a continuous differentiable function. Methods also include providing a continuous tone mask (CTM), wherein the CTM is used to produce the predicted wafer pattern, the predicted wafer pattern spanning an entire design area.
US11972179B2
Provided is a method of simulating a quantum computing system having an error correction function. The method includes generating a quantum information density matrix, generating a coded density matrix by performing quantum error correction coding on the quantum information density matrix, applying quantum computing to the coded density matrix and calculating a change in a first reliability of the coded density matrix, applying the quantum computing to the quantum information density matrix and calculating a change in a second reliability of the quantum information density matrix, and determining an operation time of the quantum computing, based on the change in the first reliability and the change in the second reliability.
US11972166B2
The present invention relates to a visual digital decoration device, in which a microLED display skin is coated on to an interior surface unit for decoration purpose, and a decorative design is selected by a user, an artificial intelligence recommendation, or an augmented reality recommendation using a portable terminal, so that the decorative design may appear on the microLED display skin.
US11972151B2
The present disclosure generally relates to efficiently relocating data within a data storage device. By implementing an error correction code (ECC) module in a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) chip for each memory die within a memory array of a memory device, the data can be relocated more efficiently. The ECC decodes the codewords at the memory die. The metadata is then extracted from the decoded codewords and transferred to a controller of the data storage device. A flash translation layer (FTL) module at the controller then checks whether the data is valid by comparing the received metadata to FTL tables. If the metadata indicates the data is valid, then the data is relocated.
US11972147B2
A memory system can include a stack of memory dies such as including a primary die and two or more secondary dies. The primary die can communicate with an external host device and with the secondary dies. In an example, the primary die can issue a command to the secondary dies using a first command message that includes an opcode field specifying a memory operation, a first chip identification field specifying a selected first die of the secondary dies, and one or more operands. In an example, each of the secondary dies receives the same first command message.
US11972137B2
A system for an artificial neural network (ANN) includes a main memory including a dynamic memory cell electrically coupled to a bit line and a word line; and a memory controller configured to selectively omit a restore operation during a read operation of the dynamic memory cell. The main memory may be configured to selectively omit the restoration operation during the read operation of the dynamic memory cell by controlling a voltage applied to the word line. The memory controller may be further configured to determine whether to perform the restoration operation by determining whether data stored in the dynamic memory cell is reused. Thus, the system optimizes an ANN operation of the processor by utilizing the ANN data locality of the ANN model, which operates at a processor-memory level.
US11972127B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a memory system and operation method thereof. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the memory system may include i) a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks, wherein each of the plurality of memory blocks include a plurality of pages; and ii) a memory controller configured to determine a first super memory block among a plurality of super memory blocks, wherein each of the plurality of super memory blocks includes one or more of the plurality of memory blocks, set a lock to prevent a background operation from being executed for the first super memory block, and transmit data stored in the first super memory block to an external device.
US11972124B1
Each node of a storage cluster determines its capabilities and advertises the set of capabilities along with respective capability weights to other nodes of the storage cluster. Nodes monitor their systems for capability changes and, as capabilities of the nodes dynamically change, the dynamic changes to the node capabilities are similarly advertised. The advertised capabilities are passed to a cluster service manager which creates capabilities groups based on the advertised capabilities of the nodes. When a service is deployed to the storage cluster or moved within the cluster, the cluster service manager determines the set of required capabilities associated with the service, and uses the capabilities groups to identify nodes of the storage cluster for implementation of the service. Where more than one node has advertised the required sets of capabilities, the weights are used in an election process to determine which node should be used to implement the service.
US11972120B2
In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more processes may receive a scaling factor and a retention time power law coefficient associated with a solid state drive (SSD); determine a first raw bit error rate (RBER) value for the SSD at a first time; extrapolate a second time at which a second RBER value for the SSD would reach a maximum RBER value if left unpowered, based at least on the first raw bit error rate value, the scaling factor, and the retention time power law coefficient; and provide the second time at which the second RBER value for the SSD would reach the maximum raw bit error rate value if left unpowered to at least one of an information handling system (IHS), IHS firmware, a baseboard management controller of the IHS, and an application executing on the IHS.
US11972119B2
A storage system that can achieve a cryptographic operation circuit that supports multiple types of cryptographic operation formats. The cryptographic operation circuit is provided that encrypts data according to the format determined by the processor based on a request by the host terminal for writing the data into the storage device, and decrypts the encrypted data on the data stored in the storage device according to the format determined by the processor based on a request by the host terminal for reading the data from the storage device.
US11972118B2
A mobile data storage device (DSD) incorporating a mobile data storage device (DSD), the mobile DSD comprising a non-volatile storage medium configured to store user data, a data path configured to transmit at least data between the mobile DSD and a host computer system, a housing having a machine readable optical code and a controller. The controller is configured to receive, from the data path, a request to restore the mobile DSD to factory settings. The controller also receives, from the data path, a unique access passcode derived from the machine readable optical code. The controller validates the unique access passcode, and, in response to determining that the unique access passcode is valid, restores the mobile DSD to factory settings.
US11972096B2
A picture selection method and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: displaying a first interface in an interaction scenario of a first application, where the first interface includes a picture selection button; and displaying a target album interface in response to a first operation performed by a user to trigger the picture selection button, where the target album interface includes thumbnails of at least two pictures that carry different identifier information or at least two picture sets that carry different identifier information; and where identifier information is generated based on interaction scenarios of at least two applications, and the identifier information includes at least one of an application name of an application, time of an interaction scenario of an application, or a quantity of times in an interaction scenario of an application.
US11972092B2
Disclosed is an improved systems and method for navigation and manipulation of browser windows in a 3D mixed reality environment. An improved approach is provided to view a user's windows, regardless of the current location for the user relative to one or more previously-opened windows. A method for displaying windows in a computing environment includes receiving an instruction to select multiple open windows. The method also includes retrieving information for the multiple open windows, where the multiple open windows are associated with different physical locations. The method further includes displaying a representation of the multiple open windows in a single user interface. Moreover, the method includes upon receiving a selection of a selected window of the multiple open windows, loading the selected window into a foreground of a field of view for a user.
US11972081B2
A capacitive pressure sensor is disclosed. The capacitive pressure sensor includes a first electrode sheet, a second electrode sheet, an elastic body layer formed by a foam sheet in which air bubbles having an average air bubble diameter of 2 to 40 μm are dispersed and sandwiched between the first electrode sheet and the second electrode sheet, and adhesive layers, one adhesive layer being formed on a surface of the elastic body layer on a side of the first electrode sheet and another adhesive layer being formed on a surface of the elastic body layer on a side of the second electrode sheet.
US11972071B2
According to one embodiment, a lateral-electric-field liquid crystal display device includes a light-emitting display layer including OLEDs and a driving circuit controlling light emission of the OLEDs, a moisture impermeable film provided to be laminated on the light-emitting display layer to prevent infiltration of moisture into the light-emitting display layer, an optical substrate provided separately from the moisture impermeable film and subjecting light from the light-emitting display region to optical processing, a first touch electrode group serving as one electrode group of touch electrodes and provided on a back surface of the optical substrate, and an extraction electrode group formed to be laminated on the moisture impermeable film, the extraction electrode group and the optical substrate have an overlapping part in plan view, and electrodes of the first touch electrode group being electrically connected to electrodes of the extraction electrode group in the overlapping part.
US11972065B2
An example electronic device may include a display module, a communication module, a physical input device, and a processor. The processor may detect a trigger related to external device control from the electronic device and identify a capability to be controlled by the external device, based on the detection of the trigger. The processor may change a first function configured to cause a designated physical input device of the electronic device to operate, to a second function related to control of the identified capability of the external device and control the capability of the external device on the basis of detection of a user input through the physical input device.
US11972056B2
A method is provided. The method comprises obtaining, by a processing system and using a piezoelectric device, piezoelectric signals associated with user input on a sensing region of an input device; obtaining, by the processing system and using a corrective device, corrective signals associated with the user input on the sensing region of the input device; determining, by the processing system and based on the piezoelectric signals and the corrective signals, one or more events to be performed in response to the user input; and performing, by the processing system, the one or more events.
US11972052B2
Human interactive texture generation and search systems and methods are described. A deep convolutional generative adversarial network is used for mapping information in a latent space into texture models. An interactive evolutionary computation algorithm for searching a texture through an evolving latent space driven by human preference is also described. Advantages of a generative model and an evolutionary computation are combined to realize a controllable and bounded texture tuning process under the guidance of human preferences. Additionally, a fully haptic user interface is described, which can be used to evaluate the systems and methods in terms of their efficiency and accuracy of searching and generating new virtual textures that are closely representative of given real textures.
US11972039B1
An Augmented Reality (AR) wearable display device is described. The device may be a skydiving helmet. The device may include a transceiver configured to receive a real-world environment view and a point of interest (POI) geolocation and POI altitude information. The device may further include a detection unit configured to detect AR wearable display device trajectory information. The device may further include a processor configured to determine a POI location in the real-world environment view based on the POI geolocation and the POI altitude information and the AR wearable display device trajectory information. The processor may further generate an AR image by overlaying a virtual object associated with the POI on the real-world environment view based on the POI location. The processor may further render the AR image on a display screen associated with the AR wearable display device. The display screen may be a helmet visor.
US11972037B2
In a head mounted information processing apparatus, a control unit includes a virtual object generation processing unit configured to generate a virtual object to be displayed by the display unit. The virtual object generation processing unit is configured to generate a first virtual object that is arranged so as to be associated with a first real space where a user exists and a second virtual object that is arranged so as to be associated with a second real space different from the first real space. The control unit is configured to cause the display to display the first virtual object and the second virtual object in accordance with virtual object display instruction information for instructing display of the first virtual object and the second virtual object, which is inputted through an operational input interface.
US11972033B2
An IC chip can provide silicon root of trust (RoT) functionality. In described implementations, the IC chip includes a processor, an alert handler, and multiple peripheral devices, which generate alert indications. The alert handler processes the alert indications, which have security implications. The alert handler includes multiple alert receiver modules to communicate with the multiple peripheral devices. The alert handler also includes a controller, multiple accumulation units, multiple escalation timers, and multiple escalation sender modules. These components can be organized into a hierarchy of increasing escalation severity. In operation, the controller classifies an alert and flexibly implements an adaptable alert handler path that is established through the escalation components responsive to the classification and based on a source of the alert. A path can conclude with an escalation sender module commanding an escalation handler to implement a security countermeasure. The flexible paths can therefore handle different types of alerts.
US11972032B2
There is provided mechanisms for authenticating an OEM entity as manufacturer of a communication device comprising an identification module. A method is performed by a network entity. The method comprises providing, towards tire identification module, a challenge of a challenge-response authentication procedure. The method comprises obtaining, from the identification module, a first response of the challenge-response authentication procedure. The method comprises providing, towards the OEM entity and upon having obtained the response, the challenge. The method comprises obtaining, from the OEM entity, a second response of the challenge-response authentication procedure. The method comprises authenticating the OEM entity as the manufacturer of the communication device only when the second response matches the first response.
US11972027B1
Preserving web page functionality through dynamic analysis of host web pages. Web pages accessed by a user device may be monitored. The web browser may apply a blocking policy that blocks an external domain from loading functional content into the web page, which results in a breakage in the web page. The breakage in the web page may be identified through a dynamic analysis of the web page and correlated with the functional content from the blocked external domain. Once identified and correlated, the blocking policy may be modified to allow the external domain to load the functional content and reloading the web page.
US11972026B2
Program products, methods, and systems for simulating and/or preventing the dissemination of sensitive information over the internet are disclosed. Preventing dissemination of user-specific sensitive information over the internet may include analyzing content included in media posts, calculating a danger score for the media post, and determining if the calculated danger score exceeds a danger score threshold. Where the calculated danger score does not exceed the threshold, the media post has no or a low risk of disseminating sensitive information over the internet. However, if the calculated danger score does exceed the threshold, the user is alerted that the media post may undesirably disseminate sensitive information. The danger score may represent a sensitive information exposure risk for the media post is based on a variety of factors and/or characteristics of the media post and/or the user creating and attempting to disseminate the media post.
US11972024B2
In an embodiment of the present invention, users with the appropriate permission can launch a function inside a system in order to anonymize and export the currently loaded study or studies, or one or more studies identified by a search criteria. The data from the studies that were identified is then anonymized on the system. In an embodiment of the present invention, the data from selected studies is anonymized on a server, and only then transmitted to another network device. In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the data from selected studies is anonymized on a server, and only then stored to a hard disk or other media.
US11972004B2
An example operation may include one or more of splitting, by a document server, a document provided by a document owner node into a plurality of segments to be stored on a ledger of a blockchain, detecting, by the document server, a change to the document made by an authorized participant node, updating, by the document server, a segment of the plurality of segments stored on the ledger based on the change to the document, collecting, by the document server, votes on the change to the document from a plurality of participant nodes, and committing the updated segment to the blockchain based on the votes.
US11971998B2
A data comparison device holds first and second encrypted data of first and second plaintext, respectively. The first plaintext is divided into a plurality of blocks and the first encrypted data is generated by executing encryption of each of the plurality of blocks and shuffling of the plurality of blocks. The second plaintext is divided into a plurality of blocks and the second encrypted data is generated by executing encryption of each of the plurality of blocks. In at least one of the first encrypted data and the second encrypted data, a plaintext value is embedded as a value indicating a magnitude comparison result, and the data comparison device compares blocks at the same position before shuffling of the first encrypted data and the second encrypted data based on the embedded value and determines a magnitude relationship between the first plaintext and the second plaintext.
US11971996B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for increasing the cybersecurity of a control subject of an industrial technological system. In an exemplary aspect, the method comprises installing a protected Operating System (OS) on a control subject of the industrial technological system, receiving, by the protected OS, a plurality of log files from the control subject, analyzing, by the protected OS, the plurality of log files to determine if a suspicious action has been applied to the control subject, wherein the control subject is configured to apply a controlling action to the object of control, intercepting, by the protected OS, network packets transmitted by an application launched in a guest OS to the control subject, and preventing, by the protected OS, an interaction between the application and the control subject, in response to determining that the suspicious action has been applied to the control subject.
US11971979B2
Described systems and techniques store, at a first time, first system service verification data that includes a first capture of a system services table having at least one system service entry, and a first portion of a system service identified in the at least one system service entry. At a second time, second system service verification data may be stored that includes a second capture of the system services table and a second portion of the system service identified in the at least one system service entry. At least one mismatch between the first system service verification data and the second system service verification data may be determined. At least one security notification message identifying the at least one mismatch with respect to at least one of the second capture of the system services table and the second portion may thus be generated.
US11971978B2
A vehicle network system employing a controller area network protocol includes a bus, a first electronic control unit, and a second electronic control unit. The first electronic control unit transmits, via the bus, at least one data frame including an identifier relating to data used for a calculation for obtaining a message authentication code indicating authenticity of transmission content. The second electronic control unit receives the at least one data frame transmitted vis the bus and verifies the message authentication code in accordance with the identifier included in the at least one data frame.
US11971951B2
Systems and methods which provide a motion sensor data-driven framework for sports action recognition and/or assessment using a wearable sensor are described. A motion sensor data-driven system may provide real-time kinematical analysis to athletes engaged in active competition or training sessions under typical competition or training conditions. Analysis of motion sensor data provided according to embodiments may operate to recognize instances of one or more particular sports actions performed by an athlete and/or assess the skill of the athlete from analysis of one or more sports actions. A motion sensor data processing platform of embodiments of a motion sensor data-driven system may comprise a processor-based system configured to receive and analyze data regarding the movement of an athlete's limb reported by a wearable sensor device comprising a micro inertial measurement unit configuration for capturing and reporting data regarding the movement of an athlete's limb.
US11971947B2
Restricting and logging editing operations in a co-browse session, includes establishing a co-browse session between a first participant and a second participant in which a Document Object Model (DOM) of a first browser at the first participant is transmitted to the second participant, and used at the second participant to recreate a content of the first browser at a second browser. The DOM includes a plurality of DOM elements. A list of editable elements is implemented at the first browser, the list of editable elements specifying a first subset of the DOM elements, fewer than all of the DOM elements. When restricted editing is enabled on the co-browse session, the second participant is allowed to interact with any DOM element of the first subset of DOM elements but is not allowed to interact with any DOM elements not in the first subset of DOM elements.
US11971946B1
Real time, on demand rendered image delivery may be provided using one or more local image servers, image stores corresponding to the local image servers, one or more rendering servers, and a global image store. When a request for an image of three dimensional object is provided to a local image server, that server may respond to the request by determining if is present in its corresponding local image store. If it is not, then the local image server may obtain the image, store it in its corresponding local image store, and then return it. The one or more rendering servers may respond to messages indicating that one or the local image servers are obtaining an image by generating that image based on rendering it using special purpose rendering hardware, storing it in the global image store, and sending a completion message indicating that the requested image had been generated.
US11971945B2
A system for modifying a website or interactive application, including a published database accessible via an end user data service to present the most up to date version of objects of the website, viewable and editable by at least one user, a draft database accessible via a designer data service and viewable and editable by at least one designer to store edits to the objects of the published database; a published database request handler to coordinate concurrent viewing and updating of the objects between the end user data service and the published database and a draft database request handler to coordinate concurrent viewing, editing and updating of the objects between the designer data service and the draft database and to merge edits and updates to the objects in both the published database and the draft database and to return the merged version of the objects without modifying the published database.
US11971943B1
In an example embodiment, a framework is provided to allow multiple actions related to a web page to be grouped together in a single bookmark, while still allowing a user to select a specific performed action on the web page associated with the bookmark. For example, a bookmark for an employee page may not just provide the user with the ability to navigate automatically to that employee page, but may also provide the user with the ability to edit or search that employee page, all from a single bookmark.
US11971941B2
The present invention relates to an online search method and device that accounts for relevance and difference, wherein the method comprises: determining an initial search result set according to a query request input by a user, and selecting a plurality of search results with the greatest degrees of difference from the initial search result set, as a final search result set. The specific process comprises: initially obtaining a plurality of candidate results according to the query request submitted by the user; using a semantic matrix to describe the attribute characteristics of documents corresponding to the candidate results; calculating similarities among the documents according to the attribute characteristics of the documents, and then clustering the candidate results into a plurality of cluster blocks; selecting a representative from each cluster block; and constructing the final search result set according to the selected representatives.
US11971931B2
The present disclosure relates to cloud-based techniques that may be used to manage how digital content is arranged and distributed. For example, a non-transitory, computer-readable medium may include instructions that, when executed, are configured to cause processing circuitry to provide a cloud-based application that maintains an editable draft issue comprising a plurality of draft articles, generate a published issue that has a plurality of published articles corresponding to the plurality of draft articles based on the draft issue, and provide the published issue to one or more electronic devices.
US11971923B2
The present disclosure describes a system and method of developing a search database for automated content curation. The processing arrangement is configured to store a plurality of slides related to one or more fields in the database arrangement, generate a plurality of thumbnails from the stored plurality of slides, extract a plurality of metadata from the plurality of thumbnails, wherein the plurality of metadata are extracted by processing the generated plurality of thumbnails through an optical character reader, store the extracted plurality of metadata into the search database, create an index comprising of associations between the plurality of slides, the plurality of associated metadata and the generated plurality of thumbnails, store the created index in the search database and curate content from the index of the search database based on the one or more search strings.
US11971922B2
Disclosed examples determine a unique audience exposed to media while reducing memory resources of a computing device. Example instructions program programmable circuitry to log a plurality of impressions corresponding to media accessed at client devices; generate a first value based on a count of the impressions and a count of users of a database proprietor that accessed the media; generate a second value based on the first value and a count of demographic impressions logged by the database proprietor; and determine a unique audience size based on the second value.
US11971921B2
Implementations disclose comprehensibility-based identification of educational content of multiple content types. A method includes determining respective comprehensibility ranking signals for content items corresponding to a user request, the comprehensibility ranking signals based on learning attribute scores generated for the content items from at least one machine learning model, determining a learning level of a user corresponding to the user request, ranking the content items based on a mapping between the learning level and the respective comprehensibility ranking signals of the content items, and providing a recommendation for the content items according to the ranking of the content items.
US11971916B2
A system and method for table conversion including converting a table containing text in tabular form to an image, labeling each text area of the image with a bounding box, determining for each bounding box, a position information, a semantic information, and an image information, reconstructing the image into a graph form having a plurality of nodes, wherein each node represents the bounding box of the text areas of the image, inputting at least two nodes into a trained neural network to determine a relative relationship between the at least two nodes, building a knowledge graph using the relative relationship of the at least two nodes, and translating the knowledge graph into machine readable natural language.
US11971914B1
An artificial intelligence (AI) method includes a processor receiving, from a human user, a query on an external database; performing transformations on the query to produce a refined query; generating an embedding of the refined query; and generating a system prompt and a user prompt based on the refined query. The processor then applies the embedding to a vector database by executing a similarity routine to identify discrete vectors in the vector database most similar to the embedding, and collects the most similar vectors for application to a large language model. Next, the processor applies the most similar vectors, the refined query, and the system and user prompts to a large language model to generate a comprehensive response to the query. The response includes a text document that is generated by execution of the large language model.
US11971909B2
A data processing system that receives user input specifying datasets on which operations are performed with user interfaces that enable manipulation of hierarchical groups of datasets. A user interface may enable individual datasets or a previously defined group of datasets to be aggregated into another grouping. The groupings may be scoped, including by persona of users, such that, when a user is prompted to specify one or more datasets as a target of an operation by the data processing system, the available choices are limited to datasets that have a scope encompassing that user. The interfaces may prompt a user to select a grouping within the hierarchy that contains datasets on which the operation can be performed. Upon selection of a grouping with multiple datasets as a target of an operation that is performed on datasets singly, the operation may be performed on each dataset in the selected group.
US11971904B2
Disclosed herein are devices and methods for the selective tracing of Cannabis containing vaporizer cartridge through their lifecycle. A permanently a radio frequency identifier (RFID) that is near field communication (NFC) compatible is associated with a vaporizer cartridge having an assigned a unique identifier tag (UIT) and, utilizing a blockchain platform to allow each node in the supply and distribution chain to ledger and in their block of data to the NFC RFID of their transaction.
US11971897B2
A computer-implemented method for generating results for a client-requested query involves receiving a query produced by a client communication device, generating a result for the query in response to reception of the query, determining one or more predictive follow-up requests before receiving an actual follow-up request from the client device, and initiating retrieval of information associated with the one or more predictive follow-up requests, and transmitting at least part of the result to the client device, and then transmitting to the client device at least part of the information associated with the one or more predictive follow-up requests.
US11971894B2
A continuous query identified by an archived relation of an application may be received. A physical query plan may be generated for the continuous query and/or a child operator plan may be identified. A buffer operator may be inserted between the child operator and its parent operator and/or the event information from the child operator may be stored in the buffer operator. A query operator may be identified in the physical query plan. It may be determined that the query operator identified in the physical query plan is a same type as a second query operator in a second continuous query concurrently executing. Further, a combined query plan may be generated based at least in part on the query operator identified in the physical query plan being the same type as the second query operator in the second continuous query.
US11971892B2
A method for stratified-sampling-based query execution includes: receiving a query; collecting a first data sample from the first dataset using a non-stratified sampling technique; performing statistical analysis on the first data sample; identifying a stratum classifier from the statistical analysis; generating a stratum classification by calculating strata boundaries for the stratum classifier; and calculating a result to the query based on analysis of the second data sample.
US11971883B2
Techniques for modifying queries in a set of nested queries are disclosed. A graphical user interface displays a query detail region alongside a nested query display region. The graphical user interface includes functionality to provide for modification of queries in the nested set of queries. Based on a selection by a user, a query modification tool promotes a query attribute from a child query to one or more parent queries. Based on another selection by a user associated with one query in the set of nested queries, the system deletes an attribute from each query in the set of nested queries. Responsive to a selection to create multiple conditions for a query rule, the system modifies the functionality of the user interface to enable entry of multiple condition characteristics. Based on a further selection, the system creates the multiple conditions for the query rule.
US11971880B2
A method performs efficient data searches in a distributed computing system. The method may include, receiving a first key. The method may further include determining a hash map associated with the first key from among a plurality of hash maps. In some examples, the obtained hash map maps a partition of a set of keys to particular index values. The method may further include determining an index value associated with a second key using the determined hash map. The method may further include determining transaction processing data associated with the first key using the determined index value and providing the transaction processing data. Utilization of the plurality of hash maps may enable a data search to be performed using on-board memory of an electronic device of the distributed computing system.
US11971873B2
An audio stream is detected during a communication session with a user. Natural language processing on the audio stream is performed to update a set of attributes by supplementing the set of attributes based on attributes derived from the audio stream. A set of filter values is updated based on the updated set of attributes. The updated set of filter values is used to query a set of databases to obtain datasets. A probabilistic program is executed during the communication session by determining a set of probability parameters characterizing a probability of an anomaly occurring based on the datasets and the set of attributes. A determination is made if whether the probability satisfies a threshold. In response to a determination that the probability satisfies the threshold, a record is updated to identify the communication session to indicate that the threshold is satisfied.
US11971871B1
A system that operates responsive to data bearing records is operative to extract selected data from records related to structures that are included in a property record system (PRS) (12). The extracted record data is used to resolve outline data for corresponding structures and associated parcel and other data through operation of record analysis system (RAS) circuitry (38). The RAS circuitry is operative to acquire georeferenced data records regarding parcels and structures from at least one georeferenced record system (GRS) (26, 32). The RAS circuitry is operative to determine conditions where GRS record data indicates the presence of structures that are absent from PRS records, as well as structures that have various levels of correspondence with the sketch data in data bearing records included in the PRS records. The exemplary RAS circuitry is also operative to produce georeferenced data including visual outputs including visible indicia that shows the structures that are present on parcels and the degrees of discrepancy with data regarding structures in the PRS data.
US11971870B2
Systems and methods for generating tables using data associated with records. For example, a system may store the data associated with the record in one or more databases. The system may then generate tables associated with fields of the record, where the tables indicate updates and/or changes to the fields. For instance, when changes are made to a field of the record, the system may update the table to indicate the changes, times at which the changes occurred, identifiers of users that made the changes, reasons for the changes, and/or so forth. The system may further update a version of the record when updates and/or changes are made to the fields. Furthermore, the system may update the tables to indicate versions of the record when the updates and/or changes occurred to the fields.
US11971867B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for global column indexing in a graph database are disclosed. A plurality of data elements of a graph database are stored. The triples comprise identifiers, column names, and values. The column names are globally scoped in the graph database and are associated with data types. Indices corresponding to the column names are created. A particular one of the indices comprises one or more of the values associated with the corresponding column name. A query is performed on the graph database using one or more of the indices corresponding to one of more of the column names associated with the query.
US11971866B2
An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to select first and second versions of at least a given portion of a web application, to obtain first and second document object model structures of the first and second versions of the given portion of the web application, and to generate, based at least in part on the first and second document object model structures, first and second tree structures, the first and second tree structures comprising nodes representing web elements of the given portion of the web application. The processing device is also configured to identify node differences between the first and second tree structures, to generate information characterizing differences between web elements in the given portion of the first and second versions of the web application, and to initiate automated action based at least in part on the generated information.
US11971860B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for providing an embedded web view of a folder in a content management system on a web page. For example, a user can request from a content management system code for embedding a web view of a content item or group of content items (e.g., folder) into a web page. After the code is embedded into the webpage, the web page can present a web view of the content item or group of content items that is dynamically updated when the content item or group of content items is updated. Thus, the user is relieved of the burden of updating the web page with new links to reflect changes in content items stored in the online content management system.
US11971847B2
Processors, systems and methods are provided for thread level parallel processing. A processor may comprise a plurality of processing elements (PEs) that each may comprise a configuration buffer, a sequencer coupled to the configuration buffer of each of the plurality of PEs and configured to distribute one or more PE configurations to the plurality of PEs, and a gasket memory coupled to the plurality of PEs and being configured to store at least one PE execution result to be used by at least one of the plurality of PEs during a next PE configuration.
US11971844B2
A chiplet system and a positioning method thereof are provided. The positioning method of the chiplet system includes the following steps. Two end chiplets and a plurality of middle chiplets are classified. A quantity calculation packet is transmitted and accumulated from each of the end chiplets towards another end to analyze a quantity of middle chiplets. A serial number comparison packet is transmitted and accumulated from each of the middle chiplets connected to one of the end chiplets towards another end to set a starting point. An identify number setting packet is transmitted and accumulated from the middle chiplet set as the starting point towards another end to set a positioning number of each of the middle chiplets.
US11971839B2
Disclosed are various approaches for exposing peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) configuration space implementations as Enhanced Configuration Access Mechanism (ECAM)-compatible. In some examples, a bridge device is identified on a segment corresponding to a root complex of a computing device. An endpoint device is connected to a bus downstream from the bridge device. A synthetic segment identifier is assigned to the bus once the endpoint device is identified as connected to the bus. Synthetic address data is generated for the endpoint device. The synthetic address data includes the synthetic segment identifier for the bus and sets a bus identifier of the bus to zero regardless of a hierarchical position of the bus in a standard peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) bus hierarchy.
US11971836B2
The present application relates to a network-on-chip data processing method. The method is applied to a network-on-chip processing system, the network-on-chip processing system is used for executing machine learning calculation, and the network-on-chip processing system comprises a storage device and a calculation device. The method comprises: accessing the storage device in the network-on-chip processing system by means of a first calculation device in the network-on-chip processing system and obtaining first operation data; performing an operation on the first operation data by means of the first calculation device to obtain a first operation result; and sending the first operation result to a second calculation device in the network-on-chip processing system. According to the method, operation overhead can be reduced and data read/write efficiency can be improved.
US11971832B2
A method can include: receiving a plurality of consecutive commands on a unidirectional command-address (CA) bus input of a discrete nonvolatile memory (NVM) device, the commands being synchronous with a timing clock; for each received command, determining if the command is an express read (NVR) command, if a command is determined to be an NVR command, determining if a next consecutive command is an NVR command, wherein consecutive NVR commands form an NVR command sequence; in response to the no more than the NVR command sequence, accessing read data stored in NVM cells of the NVM device; and driving the read data on parallel data input/outputs (I/Os) of the NVM device in a burst of data values, the data values of the burst being output in synchronism with rising and falling edges of the timing clock; wherein the CA bus input includes a plurality of parallel CA signal inputs. Related memory devices and systems are also disclosed.
US11971830B2
An example method may include determining whether a preemption flag associated with a first input/output (I/O) handling thread is equal to a first value indicating that preemption of the first I/O queue handling thread is forthcoming, wherein the first I/O queue handling thread is executing on a first processor, the first I/O queue handling thread is associated with a first set of one or more queue identifiers, and each queue identifier identifies a queue being handled by the first I/O queue handling thread, and, responsive to determining that the preemption flag is equal to the first value, transferring the first set of one or more queue identifiers to a second I/O queue handling thread executing on a second processor. Transferring the first set of queue identifiers may include removing the one or more queue identifiers from the first set.
US11971829B2
For a non-volatile memory that uses hard bit and a soft bit data in error correction operations, an on-the-fly compression scheme is used for the soft bit data. As soft bit data is transferred to a memory's input-output interface, the soft bit data is compressed prior to transmission to the an ECC engine memory controller, while hard bit data is transferred in un-compressed form.
US11971816B2
Various embodiments enable sending a notification to a host system based on an address mapping entry miss (or mismatch) on a memory sub-system, which can facilitate an update of one or more address mapping entries stored on the host system.
US11971812B2
A system and methods to emulate an application executing in real time in a mobile device. The mobile device is emulated in real time using a model running on a processor extrinsic to the mobile device. The model is based on characteristics indicative of performance of the mobile device and/or performance of the operator network. The application is executed in real time within the model and the application executing in the model is monitored to determine resource utilization information by the application and/or by the operator network for the mobile device. The resource utilization information for the mobile device and/or the operator network is displayed.
US11971810B2
This application relates to systems and methods for automatically generating experiments based on experiment requests routed to micro-services (model sub-components) using a prefix-based routing mechanism. In some examples, experiment requests may parsed to determine lower layer services (e.g., components) whose properties need to be changed for a model iteration. Prefixes in requests may be used to route the experiment requests and portions thereof to appropriate services or layers for configuration at the micro-service level. Routing tables at each higher layer may be utilized to determine the correct sub-layers to redirect a request and/or portion thereof. At micro-service level, each micro-service may store and use a configuration table to match a received parameter in a request with a property and its corresponding value for the experiment.
US11971806B2
Various systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for dynamically monitoring of changes in coding data. The method includes receiving an execution plan of a data model. The execution plan includes code including one or more processing steps of how data is transformed by the data model. The method also includes retrieving at least one stored code for the data model. The method further includes determining a code change determination value indicating the differences between the code of the data model received in the execution plan and the at least one stored code for the data model. The method further includes generating a code action based upon the code change determination value. The method also includes replacing the stored code for the data model with the code of the data model received in the execution plan in an instance the code change determination value is below a predetermined threshold.
US11971801B1
Implementations determine log-in information indicating whether a user of a first application is logged into a target application and/or a website of the target application. In response to the log-in information indicating that the user is logged into the target application but not logged into the website of the target application, a first selectable element can be displayed at a user interface of the first application to receive user input that causes the target application to be opened. In response to the log-in information indicating that the user is not logged into the target application but is logged into the website of the target application, a second selectable element can be displayed at the first application to receive user input that leads to the website of the target application, or the first selectable element can be assigned a deeplink that leads to the website of the target application.
US11971798B2
An operation management apparatus (1) includes: a storage unit (11) that stores a plurality of pieces of communication definition information (111), and a plurality of pieces of service definition information (112); a reception unit (12) that receives at least one designation of the service definition information (112) from among the plurality of pieces of service definition information (112); a first specification unit (13) that specifies the communication definition information (111) included in the designated service definition information (112) from among the plurality of pieces of service definition information (112) as specific communication definition information; a second specification unit (14) that specifies the system element of the communication destination defined in the specific communication definition information as a specific system element; and a generation unit (15) that generates output information including the specific system element.
US11971792B2
A device management system (1) includes a common certification information acquirer, a certifier, an identification information generator, and a setter. The common certification information acquirer acquires common certification information from a device (10) including a storage for storing the common certification information. The common certification information stored in the storage is shared with another device. The certifier certifies the device (10) based on the common certification information. The identification information generator generates identification information for identification of the device (10) certified by the certifier. The setter sets the identification information to the device (10).
US11971783B1
A method includes decoding, by at least one hardware processor, a notification of a changed database code of a database. A query is executed responsive to the notification. The query indicates a data processing command and a data object in the database. A regression in the changed database code is detected based on multiple regression testing operations applied to the data processing command and the data object. Analysis of the regression is performed to detect a rollout parameter of a plurality of rollout parameters as a root cause of the regression. The plurality of rollout parameters are associated with the changed database code. A determination is made on whether to perform a mitigation action for the regression based on the rollout parameter.
US11971777B1
A method in an illustrative embodiment of the present disclosure includes determining, utilizing a first diagnosis model deployed in a storage system, whether a cause of a fault belongs to environmental factors. The method further includes determining, responsive to determining that the cause of the fault belongs to the environmental factors, whether the fault can be solved locally in the storage system. The method further includes sending, responsive to determining that the fault cannot be solved locally in the storage system, the fault to a second diagnosis model, wherein the first diagnosis model is obtained by distilling the second diagnosis model. According to the method for fault diagnosis of the present disclosure, particular faults can be diagnosed and solved locally in a storage system, so that the workload of a customer support team of the storage system in a cloud can be reduced.
US11971776B2
In various embodiments, techniques can be provided to address debug efficiency for failures found on an operational system. The techniques can utilize a real-time trigger to notify a memory device to dump an error log to timely capture all needed information. In response to detecting one or more error conditions associated with the memory device, a system that interfaces with the memory device can generate a trigger signal to the memory device. In response to identifying the trigger signal, the memory device can dump an error log of the memory device to a memory component in the memory device. The error log can later be retrieved from the memory component for failure analysis.
US11971765B2
Systems and methods described herein allow a configurable policy for managing Power over Ethernet (PoE) to be implemented by Power Sourcing Equipments (PSEs) across a network. The policy specifies a set of rules for prioritizing power distribution over Ethernet for the computer network. When Powered Devices (PDs) are connected via Ethernet cables to the PSEs, the PDs send identification information about themselves (e.g., device type and location) to the PSEs. The PSEs assign priority levels to the PDs by electronically comparing the identification information to the set of rules. When a present level of available power is insufficient to power all the PDs via PoE, the PSEs use the priority levels to determine which PDs to power down.
US11971763B2
The present disclosure provides a connector for coupling a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The first electronic device is able to supply power to the second electronic device and implement data transmission between the first electronic device and the second electronic device. The connector includes: a power source; a first connector component configured to be coupled with the first electronic device; a power-supplying connector component configured to be coupled with the power source; a power line configured to couple the second electronic device and the first connector component with the power-supplying connector component; a power-supplying state detection circuit configured to be coupled with the power-supplying connector component; and a message transmission line having a first end coupled with the power-supplying state detection circuit and a second end configured in one of a first configuration and a second configuration.
US11971759B2
An electronic device can include a housing that defines an internal volume. The electronic device can also include a component within the internal volume that divides the internal volume into a first volume and a second volume. The first volume and second volume can be fluidically isolated except at an aperture defined by the component. An air-moving system can produce a positive air pressure in the first volume and a negative air pressure in the second volume.
US11971758B2
A communication device insertable into an external electronic device is provided. The communication device includes a converter circuit, a power line, a first conductor connected to the power line, and at least one second conductor electrically disconnected from the first conductor and connected to a ground, the first conductor being electrically connected to the at least one second conductor by fastening between the communication device and the external electronic device, a signal line, and a control circuit connected to the power line, the first conductor, and the signal line, wherein the control circuit is configured to receive a first signal from a processor of the external electronic device through the signal line, receive a second signal generated based on a discharging of a power flowing along the power line to the ground through the at least one second conductor when the first conductor is electrically connected to the at least one second conductor, and output, based on the first signal and the second signal, a control signal to the converter circuit for controlling the converter circuit.
US11971756B2
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes: a first housing, a second housing, a flexible display disposed on the first housing and the second housing, a support plate disposed on a rear surface of the flexible display, and a connection structure disposed beneath the support plate and connecting the first housing and the second housing to each other, the connection structure includes a pin member comprising at least one pin coupled to the support plate through the support plate, and an elastic member comprising an elastic material configured to be compressed or tensioned based on the first housing and the second housing being folded or unfolded to provide an elastic force to the pin member, and the pin member is configured to provide a force in a first direction toward the connection structure to the flexible display.
US11971755B2
An electronic apparatus includes a chassis, a keyboard device which is installed on the upper surface side of the chassis and has a plurality of keycaps and a frame which is installed on the upper surface side of the chassis and isolates the respective keycaps of the keyboard device from one another, in which each of at least some of the plurality of keycaps has an upper plate which forms an operation surface, and side walls on four sides which are provided so as to hang down from a peripheral edge part of the upper plate and face the frame respectively, and in at least the side wall on one side of the side walls on the four sides, a flow path formation part which widens a clearance between that side wall and the frame and thereby forms an air flow path is provided.
US11971738B2
Disclosed herein a user interface device includes a rail extending in a first direction; a hinge configured to slide along the rail; a knob coupled to the hinge to slide and configured to detect a rotation input; and a magnet holder disposed to face the hinge in a second direction of the hinge and extending in the first direction; wherein the hinge is provided with a first magnet, the magnet holder is provided with a second magnet and a third magnet, the second and third magnets have different magnetic poles from that of the first magnet on facing surface thereagainst, the first magnet reacts by an magnetic force of the second or third magnets so that the knob is held to a first position or a second position repectively, a strength of the magnetic force between the first magnet and the second or third magnets is adjustable.
US11971731B2
A method and system for coordination of a plurality of munitions in a Global Positioning System (GPS) denied attack of a plurality of ground targets. A relative position of each munition is determined relative to the other munitions in the salvo and a distance range is determined of each munition relative to the other munitions in the salvo. A constellation formation is determined for the plurality of munitions in the salvo relative to a target seeker basket such that each munition in the constellation formation is navigated to its respective target seeker basket, whereby a change in navigation for each munition is caused when necessary such that each munition arrives at its determined seeker basket at an approximate same time.
US11971728B1
A hierarchical modular arbitration architecture for a mobile platform guidance system is disclosed. In embodiments, the architecture comprises a hierarchy of arbitration layers, each arbitration layer narrower in scope than the layer above (e.g., mission objective arbitrators, route arbitrators, path arbitrators). Each arbitration layer includes one or more objective-based arbitrators in communication with one or more applications or modes. Each arbitrator receives control input (e.g., from the pilot, from aircraft sensors) and control signals from the level above, selecting a mode to make active based on decision agents within the arbitrator layer which control mode priorities and sequencing (e.g., some flight objectives may involve multiple arbitrators and their subject applications coordinating in sequence). Each arbitrator passes control signals associated with fulfilling the commands of the active mode to the level below and reports application and error information to the arbitrator level above and/or human/artificial pilot machine interfaces.
US11971727B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus to determine the position of an image sensor relative to a predetermined continuous pattern of colors and/or objects based on the images said patterns of colors and/or objects produces within the image sensor.
US11971718B2
A control system, a control method, and a program capable of lowering difficulty of a user's work on an autonomous mobile robot having a placement part are provided. A control system for controlling an autonomous mobile robot including a placement part on which a load is placed includes a user recognition unit configured to recognize a user of the placement part, a feature information acquisition unit configured to acquire feature information of the recognized user, and an operation control unit configured to control a height of the placement part based on the feature information.
US11971712B2
An agent for navigating a mobile automated system is disclosed herein. The navigation agent receives a navigation instruction and visual information for one or more observed images. The navigation agent is provided or equipped with self-awareness, which provides or supports the following abilities: identifying which direction to go or proceed by determining the part of the instruction that corresponds to the observed images (visual grounding), and identifying which part of the instruction has been completed or ongoing and which part is potentially needed for the next action selection (textual grounding). In some embodiments, the navigation agent applies regularization to ensures that the grounded instruction can correctly be used to estimate the progress made towards the navigation goal (progress monitoring).
US11971704B2
An automated system includes transducers, at least one computing device, and at least one automated apparatus. The transducer(s) is/are driven and sensed using drive-sense circuit(s). A drives and senses drive and sense a transducer via a single line, generates a digital signal representative of a sensed analog feature to which the transducer is exposed, and transmits the digital signal to the computing device. The computing device receives digital signals from at least some of drive-sense circuits and process them in accordance with the automation process to produce an automated process command. The automated apparatus executes a portion of an automated process based on the automated process command.
US11971698B2
Methods and systems for ascertaining factors contributing to the temperature of a device. A method includes monitoring a plurality of parameters that are contributing to a temperature of the device. The method also includes estimating a degree of contribution of internal factors to the temperature of the device based on the monitored plurality of parameters and a battery temperature of a battery of the device. The method further includes estimating a degree of contribution of external factors to the temperature of the device, based on the monitored plurality of parameters and a battery temperature of a battery of the device. A neural network can be used for estimating the temperature of the ambience of the device and the impacts of internal and external factors on temperature of the device.
US11971691B2
A processor may receive instructional information. The instructional information may be associated with an instructional media. A processor may analyze the instructional information for one or more instructions. A processor may identify a target device from the one or more smart devices in the smart environment that are associated with the one or more instructions. A processor may perform the one or more instructions with the target device.
US11971683B2
Provided an electrophotographic electro-conductive member that can stably suppress an occurrence of fogging in an electrophotographic image. The member comprises a support having an electro-conductive outer surface, and an electro-conductive layer on the outer surface of the support, the electro-conductive layer having a matrix including a cross-linked product of a first rubber, and domains dispersed in the matrix, the domains each includes a cross-linked product of a second rubber and an electro-conductive particle, at least some of the domains is exposed to the outer surface of the electro-conductive member to constitute protrusions on an outer surface of the member, the outer surface of the electro-conductive member is constituted by the matrix and the domains exposed to the outer surface of the electrophotographic electro-conductive member, the electrophotographic electro-conductive member has an impedance of 1.0×103Ω or more and 1.0×108Ω or less, and some of the domains satisfy two specific requirements.
US11971682B2
A cartridge includes a first unit including a photosensitive member, and a second unit including a developer bearing member and a force receiving portion, the second unit being configured to be rotatable about a first axis to move with respect to the first unit between a first position and a second position. In a state where the first unit is in a same posture as when an image forming operation is performed, the second unit is disposed at the second position by its own weight. The developer bearing member is configured to be rotatable about a second axis. When seen in the direction of the first axis, a first distance between the force receiving portion and the second axis is smaller than a second distance between the first axis and the second axis and a third distance between the first axis and the force receiving portion.
US11971675B2
An image forming apparatus includes image bearers, motors, a reference position detector, and processing circuitry. The circuitry senses a density of a toner image on each bearer; forms an image pattern and senses, based on a detection result of the detector and a sensing result of the density, density unevenness in a rotation cycle and a phase of the density unevenness with respect to a rotational position reference of each bearer; calculates a target phase based on the phase sensed; calculates a relative phase difference based on a rotational position and the target phase of each bearer; selects, as a reference image bearer, an image bearer having a minimum phase correction value, based on a calculation result of the difference; and controls the rotational position of each of the other image bearers with respect to the reference image bearer to the phase correction value, with the motors being driven.
US11971672B2
Provided is a sheet conveying device including: a conveying portion; and a first conveying guide, the first conveying guide forming a conveying path above a heating portion and having a curved portion for forming a curved path in the conveying path and a plurality of ribs provided on a surface of the curved portion, the plurality of ribs extending along a conveying direction and including a first rib and a second rib adjacent to the first rib, wherein the second rib is arranged to be deviated from the first rib in a width direction and the conveying direction, and wherein in the conveying direction, a second upstream end of the second rib being positioned between a first upstream end and a first downstream end of the first rib, the first downstream end being positioned between the second upstream end and a second downstream end of the second rib.
US11971671B2
A fusing apparatus includes: a pressing roller to be axially rotated; a fusing belt to rotate by receiving a rotational force from the pressing roller; a pressing member to press toward the pressing roller from the inside of the fusing belt to form a nip in which the printing paper is nipped between the fusing belt and the pressing roller; on the fusing belt or the pressing member, a sliding layer to reduce friction between the fusing belt and the pressing member; and an adhesive layer to adhere the sliding layer to the fusing belt or the pressing member.
US11971670B2
An image forming apparatus includes an intermediate transfer belt, an outer roller, a power source, and a regulation member. The outer roller transfers a toner image onto a recording material. The power source applies a voltage to the outer roller. The regulation member regulates orientation of the recording material. Information is acquired regarding a timing at which orientation of a recording material first portion, passing through the transfer portion that is located between the outer roller and the regulation member, can change to move closer to the intermediate transfer belt. Based on the acquired information, a transfer voltage target value for transfer onto the recording material is changed between a first target value of a period anterior to the timing and a second target value of a period posterior to the timing that is larger in absolute value than the first target value.
US11971663B2
Provided are light sources and methods of controlling them, and devices and methods for use in measurement applications, particularly in metrology, for example in a lithographic apparatus. The methods and devices provide mechanisms for detection and/or correction of variations in the light source, in particular stochastic variations. Feedback or feedforward approaches can be used for the correction of the source and/or the metrology outputs. An exemplary method of controlling the spectral output of a light source which emits a time-varying spectrum of light includes the steps of: determining at least one characteristic of the spectrum of light emitted from the light source; and using said determined characteristic to control the spectral output.
US11971660B2
A cross-linked polymer including a structure wherein at least a portion of phenolic hydroxyl groups in the polymer is protected by a group represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbons and n represents an integer from 1 to 5; and * represents a bond part of the phenolic hydroxyl group to a residue other than a hydrogen atom, and a structure wherein at least a portion of phenolic hydroxyl groups in the polymer is protected by a group represented by the following formula (2): wherein R2 represents a divalent saturated hydrocarbon group having 2 to 17 carbons, containing an aromatic ring; and * represents a bond part of the phenolic hydroxyl group to a residue other than a hydrogen atom, and the polymers are cross-linked to each other.
US11971656B2
A method for manufacturing a membrane assembly for EUV lithography, the method including: providing a stack having a planar substrate and at least one membrane layer, wherein the planar substrate includes an inner region and a border region around the inner region; and selectively removing the inner region of the planar substrate. The membrane assembly includes: a membrane formed from the at least one membrane layer; and a border holding the membrane, the border formed from the border region of the planar substrate. The stack is provided with a mechanical protection material configured to mechanically protect the border region during the selectively removing the inner region of the planar substrate.
US11971655B2
The present invention is to provide a pellicle frame in a frame shape, having an upper end face to arrange a pellicle film thereon and a lower end face to face a photomask, and which is characterized by being provided with a notched part from an outer side face toward an inner side face of the upper end face, and to provide a pellicle characterized by including the pellicle frame as a component.
US11971653B2
The present invention provides a photomask blank which exhibits high adhesion of a resist film to a film containing chromium, and which is capable of achieving good resolution limit and good CD linearity during the formation of an assist pattern of a line pattern, said assist pattern supplementing the resolution of the main pattern of a photomask. A photomask blank (511) according to the present invention is provided, on a substrate, with: a film (21) to be processed; and, sequentially from the far side from the substrate, a first layer (311) which contains oxygen and nitrogen, while having a chromium content of 40% by atom or less, an oxygen content of 50% by atom or more, a nitrogen content of 10% by atom or less and a thickness of 6 nm or less, a second layer (312) which contains oxygen, nitrogen and carbon, while having a chromium content of 40% by atom or less, an oxygen content of 30% by atom or more, a nitrogen content of 17% by atom or more, a carbon content of 13% by atom or less and a thickness of 46 nm or more, and a third layer (313) which contains oxygen and nitrogen, while having a chromium content of 50% by atom or more, an oxygen content of 20% by atom or less and a nitrogen content of 30% by atom or more.
US11971652B2
An embodiment relates to a camera actuator and a camera module including same. The camera actuator according to the embodiment can includes a base; a lens assembly arranged on the base; a guide pin coupled to the base and guiding the lens assembly; a body coupled to the base; a cover coupled to the body; a base pin coupling part arranged on the base and coupled to one side of the guide pin; a cover pin coupling part arranged on the cover and coupled to the other side of the guide pin; and a pin guide part which is arranged on the lens assembly and which guides the guide pin. In the embodiment, the base pin coupling part can include a first coupling groove, the cover pin coupling part can include a first groove, and the pin guide part can include a first hole and a second hole having a size different from that of the first hole.
US11971649B2
Provided is a light source device, including: a laser generation unit configured to output laser light; a light modification element disposed in a light guide unit or between the light guide unit and a homogenizing unit and configured to cause an angular distribution of the laser light uniform and continuous; the light guide unit, configured to receive the laser light output by the laser generation unit and guide the laser light to the homogenizing unit; and the homogenizing unit, configured to receive the laser light from the light guide unit, and homogenize and output the laser light.
US11971648B2
A tripod includes: a hub defining a set of leg mounts; a set of legs configured to telescopically extend from the hub and couple to the set of leg mounts; a center column including a spherical end; and a head pivotably coupled to the spherical end. The head further includes: a base section; a camera platform arranged over the base section; a set of flanges extending below the base section and extending around the spherical end; a hat arranged over the spherical end; a pivot control ring arranged about the base section, configured to drive the hat into the spherical end to fix the head on the spherical end responsive to rotation in a first direction about the base section, and configured to retract the hat from the spherical end to unlock the head from the spherical end responsive to rotation in a second direction about the base section.
US11971640B2
The present disclosure provides a display substrate and a display device, and belongs to the field of display technology. The display substrate includes: a base substrate having a peripheral region, and thin film transistors disposed in the peripheral region of the base substrate. A gate electrode of the thin film transistor includes a plurality of sub-electrodes arranged at intervals.
US11971616B1
Presented herein are methods for creating nanoparticles, which exhibit desirable electro-luminescent and photo-luminescent capabilities, while retaining the robust inorganic nature. And incorporating the nanoparticles in micron and sub-micron scale structures, via a range of patterning techniques, to create highly functional meta-material apparatus. Example embodiments include applications in emissive color elements within displays, Micro-LED devices, and thin-film apparatus; integrating optical, photonic and plasmonic properties, from the combination of patternable nano-scale features, with photo/electro-luminescing material capabilities; performing multiple light processing functions, within the apparatus. The method of construction, materials, electrical drive, color and pixel manipulation as well as system integration are described, such that one of ordinary skill in the art could construct implementations including lighting, displays, panels and other applications.
US11971613B2
Apparatus for connecting first and second eyewear ends. The apparatus may include a strap including a first strap end and a second strap end. The apparatus may also include a first connector at the first strap end. The apparatus may also include a second connector at the second strap end. The first and second connectors may include a first and second base, respectively, a first and second head, respectively, and a first shaft extending between the first base and the first head and a second shaft extending between the second base and the second head, respectively. The apparatus may also include a first fastener and a second fastener that may include a first attachment end and a second attachment end, respectively, and a first connection end and a second connection end, respectively.
US11971610B2
An optical imaging system includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group includes a first lens and a second lens. The second lens group includes a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. The first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side toward an imaging plane. The optical imaging system satisfies TTL/2Y<1.3, where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, and 2Y is a diagonal length of the imaging plane.
US11971608B2
The present disclosure discloses an optical lens assembly. The optical lens assembly may include, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The first lens may have negative refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The fourth lens may have positive refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface. The fifth lens may have positive refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface. The sixth lens may have negative refractive power, a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The seventh lens may have positive refractive power and a convex object-side surface.
US11971601B2
An imaging lens assembly includes a plurality of optical elements and an accommodating assembly, wherein the accommodating assembly is for containing the optical elements. The accommodating assembly includes a conical-shaped light blocking sheet and a lens barrel. The conical-shaped light blocking sheet includes an out-side portion and a conical portion, and the conical portion is connected to the out-side portion. The conical portion includes a conical structure tapered from the out-side portion toward one of an object-side and an image-side along the optical axis. The lens barrel is disposed on one side of the conical portion. The optical elements include a most object-side optical element, a most image-side optical element and at least one optical element. The conical structure of the conical-shaped light blocking sheet is physically contacted with only one of the lens barrel, the most object-side optical element and the most image-side optical element.
US11971592B2
The present disclosure provides a method for stacking a plurality of optical fibre ribbons in an optical fibre cable. The method includes a step of arranging a plurality of optical fibre ribbon stacks in a hexagonal arrangement in the optical fibre cable. The method may further include stacking the plurality of optical fibre ribbons to form an optical fibre ribbon stack such that the optical fibre ribbon stack may have a parallelogram shape. Each optical fibre ribbon is placed at an offset from adjacent optical fibre ribbon. The optical fibre ribbon stack may have a stack height. In addition, each optical fibre ribbon of the plurality of optical fibre ribbons may have a ribbon height. The hexagonal arrangement may have the packaging density greater than 80%.
US11971591B2
A photonic assembly comprises: a photonic device comprising an output guide and an input guide cooperating with, respectively, a first output and a first input; a photonic element having a second output and a second input optically coupled to the first input and the first output; an optical isolator interposed in a first path between the first output and the second input, and imposing a first size on radiation propagating along the first path; and adjustment means interposed in a second path between the first input and the second output, the adjustment means being configured to impose on radiation propagating along the second path a second size equal to the first size.
US11971589B2
The technology described in this document can be used to implement beam steering in optical systems and photonic devices, to provide a nonmechanical beam steering system for projecting optical energy and controlling the direction of the optical energy using a collection of devices and components that are fixed in position to selectively direct light from an array of different optical emitters at different locations.
US11971584B2
A two-piece fiber optic connector and a corresponding two-piece adapter allow for the tripling of the optical fibers that can be used with a standard fiber-optic cassette. The two-piece fiber optic connector has a fold-over latch to engage the adapter. The two-piece adapter has at least one latch to engage the standard fiber-optic cassette to retain the two-piece adapter and the fiber optic connectors in the adapter within the cassette. This allows for the retrofitting and/or continued use of the standard fiber-optic cassette.
US11971581B2
The present disclosure provides a protected cable connector assembly. The protected cable connector assembly includes a cable gland body, a gland nut, a grommet, an optical fibre cable, a protected connector and a protective grip. The cable gland body includes a first threaded portion, a second threaded portion and an unthreaded portion. The gland nut includes internal threads. In addition, the internal threads of the gland nut engage with threads of the first threaded portion of the cable gland body. Further, a total length of the gland nut is about 17.87 millimeters. The grommet is positioned partially inside the cable gland body. The protected cable connector enables the optical fibre cable to terminate into an optical fibre distribution box.
US11971565B2
An absorption type near-infrared filter comprising a first multilayer film, a second multilayer film, and an absorption film, wherein in the ultraviolet band, the difference of between the wavelength with the transmittance at 80% of the absorbing film and the wavelength with the reflectivity at 80% of the first multilayer film falls in the range between 25 nm and 37 nm, the difference of between the wavelength with the transmittance at 50% of the absorbing film and the wavelength with the reflectivity at 50% of the first multilayer film falls in the range between 6 nm and 14 nm, and the difference of between the wavelength with the transmittance at 20% of the absorbing film and the wavelength with the reflectivity at 20% of the first multilayer film falls in the range between −6 nm and 2.5 nm.
US11971554B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for the see through computer display systems. In embodiments, the systems and methods use curved display panels to generate image light.
US11971547B2
Motion sickness of a user occurring when viewing media content by use of data glasses during a journey in a motor vehicle is reduced. Vehicle dynamics data and glasses dynamics data are registered and a displayed perspective is controlled by a control device based on the vehicle dynamics data and the glasses dynamics data. In the displayed perspective, the media content is displayed in a media field which is shown so it is visible through a frame element and an artificial environment is shown adjacent to the frame element. A velocity component of the vehicle dynamics data is represented as movement of the artificial environment and an acceleration component of the vehicle dynamics data is represented by an inclination of the frame element with respect to the media field and a movement component of the glasses dynamics data is represented as a shift of the entire perspective.
US11971546B2
An image encoder performs a first partitioning including using a first partition mode, without writing first splitting information indicative of the first partition mode into a bitstream, to split a first block into a plurality of second blocks in response to that the first block is located adjacent to an edge of a picture and that the dimensions of the first block satisfy a first condition; and performs a second partitioning on the second block by writing second splitting information indicative of a second partition mode into the bitstream, wherein the second partition mode allows at least one of a quad tree splitting and a binary splitting, and using the second partition mode to split the second block into a plurality of coding units (CUs), wherein the second partition mode prohibits the quad tree splitting of the second block in certain conditions.
US11971543B2
There is provided a display control apparatus capable of displaying a high-quality image while inhibiting a load at the time of displaying the image in front of a user. There is provided a display control apparatus including a signal processing unit that performs signal processing in which a first mode and a second mode are switchable at a first region in a screen and a region other than the first region in the screen, display being performed at a first resolution in the first mode, display being performed at a second resolution in the second mode, in which the signal processing unit performs display while reducing a resolution in the second mode toward an outer periphery of the screen.
US11971541B2
Embodiments are disclosed for display configurations for providing an augmented reality heads up display. In one example, a mirrorless heads up display device includes a display, at least one micro lens array, an optical element comprising a lenticular lens or parallax barrier positioned between the display and the at least one micro lens array, and a display controller comprising a processor and memory storing instructions executable by the processor to control the display to output image light that passes through the lenticular lens or parallax barrier and the at least one micro lens array and impinges on a transparent plane to form a three-dimensional image.
US11971540B2
An optical system (LS) includes lenses (L22,L23) satisfying the following conditional expressions, ndLZ+(0.01425×νdLZ)<2.12, and νdLZ<35.0, where ndLZ: a refractive index of the lens with reference to d-line, and νdLZ: Abbe number of the lens with reference to d-line.
US11971533B2
The technology generally relates to a binocular having two tubes, which are connected to one another by means of a hinged bridge pivotable about a hinge axis for adjusting the interpupillary distance. Within each of the two tubes an axially displaceable focusing means is arranged and a common focusing device for displacing the focusing means is formed. The focusing device includes a housing and a focusing knob rotatable about a rotational axis and the rotational axis is arranged coaxially to the hinge axis. The focusing knob is rotationally coupled to a focusing gear and the focusing gear, in each case, comprises a push rod, by means of which the focusing gear is, in each case, coupled to one of the two focusing means. A longitudinal axis of the push rod encloses an acute angle with the hinge axis.
US11971532B2
A microlens array-based ultrathin microscope is provided. The microlens array-based ultrathin microscope includes a filter unit configured to selectively transmit fluorescence manifested in a measurement sample, and an image unit configured to acquire an image from light transmitted by the filter unit. The filter unit is formed to be in contact with or spaced apart from one surface of a transparent substrate, and the image unit includes a microlens array formed on an opposite surface to the transparent substrate in which the filter unit is formed, and an image sensor configured to collect image information of the microlens array.
US11971527B2
A photographing optical lens system includes seven lens elements, the seven lens elements being, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, and a seventh lens element. Each of the seven lens elements has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. At least one lens surface of the seven lens elements has at least one inflection point thereon.
US11971524B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of optical lens and discloses a camera optical lens satisfying following conditions: 65.00≤v1≤95.00; −6.00≤f2/f≤−1.80; and −30.00≤(R5+R6)/(R5−R6)≤−1.50; where v1 denotes an abbe number of the first lens L1; f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens; f2 denotes a focal length of the second lens; R5 denotes a central curvature radius of an object-side surface of the third lens; and R6 denotes a central curvature radius of an image-side surface of the third lens. The camera optical lens provided in the present disclosure satisfies design requirements of large aperture, wide angle and ultra-thinness while having good optical functions.
US11971522B2
The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging lens assembly which includes sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens and a sixth lens. The first lens has a positive refractive power with a convex object-side surface; the second lens has a refractive power with a concave image-side surface; the third lens has a refractive power with a convex object-side surface; the fourth lens has a refractive power with a concave object-side surface; the fifth lens has a refractive power; and the sixth lens has a refractive power with a concave object-side surface. A maximum effective radius DT11 of the object-side surface of the first lens and a maximum effective radius DT61 of the object-side surface of the sixth lens satisfy 0.6
US11971521B2
The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging system including, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens and a fourth lens. The first lens has negative refractive power, an object-side surface thereof is a convex surface, and an image-side surface thereof is a concave surface; the second lens has refractive power; the third lens has refractive power; and the fourth lens has positive refractive power, an object-side surface thereof is a convex surface, and an image-side surface thereof is a concave surface. A wavelength λ of a chief ray of the optical imaging system and a tangent tan θ of a half field-of-view of the optical imaging system satisfy 0.5 μm<λ*tan θ<1.0 μm.
US11971520B2
An optical device includes, in sequence, a surface formed of a metal oxide, a samarium oxide-containing layer in contact with the surface formed of a metal oxide, and a magnesium fluoride-containing layer in contact with the samarium oxide-containing layer so as to suppress optical absorption resulting from high-rate sputter deposition of a magnesium fluoride-containing layer on a surface formed of a metal oxide.
US11971509B1
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for correcting out-of-band interference for sensors monitoring cumulative exposure to radiation. In one embodiment, a device includes a processor and a memory electrically coupled with the processor. The device further includes first optical-to-electrical conversion circuitry electrically coupled with the processor and configured to detect radiation associated with a first wavelength, and second optical-to-electrical conversion circuitry electrically coupled with the processor and configured to detect radiation associated with a second wavelength. For example, the first wavelength may be associated with a first wavelength of a first wavelength detection range associated with the first optical-to-electrical conversion circuitry and the second wavelength may be associated with a second wavelength of a second wavelength detection range associated with the second optical-to-electrical conversion circuitry.
US11971508B2
This document describes techniques and systems to vary waveforms across frames in lidar systems. The described lidar system transmits signals with different waveforms for the same pixel of consecutive frames to avoid a return signal overlapping with a noise spike or a frequency component of another return signal. The different waveforms can be formed using different frequency modulations, different amplitude modulations, or a combination thereof for the same pixel of consecutive frames. The lidar system can change the waveform of the transmit signal for the same pixel of a subsequent frame automatically or in response to determining that a signal-to-noise ratio of the return signal of an initial frame is below a threshold value. In this way, the lidar system can increase the signal-to-noise ratios in return signals. These improvements allow the lidar system to increase its accuracy in determining the characteristics of objects that reflected the return signals.
US11971500B2
In an aspect, a radar controller determines a radar slot format that configures transmission of a reference radar signal on a first symbol over a first link from a first base station to a second base station followed by at least one target radar signal on at least one second symbol over at least one second link from the first base station to the second base station, and transmits an indication of the radar slot format to the first base station and the second base station. The first base station transmits, and the second base station receives, the reference radar signal and the at least one target radar signal in accordance with the radar slot format.
US11971491B2
A location system is disclosed for commercial wireless telecommunication infrastructures. The system is an end-to-end solution having one or more location centers for outputting requested locations of commercially available handsets or mobile stations (MS) based on, e.g., CDMA, AMPS, NAMPS or TDMA communication standards, for processing both local MS location requests and more global MS location requests via, e.g., Internet communication between a distributed network of location centers. The system uses a plurality of MS locating technologies including those based on: (1) two-way TOA and TDOA; (2) pattern recognition; (3) distributed antenna provisioning; (5) GPS signals, (6) angle of arrival, (7) super resolution enhancements, and (8) supplemental information from various types of very low cost non-infrastructure base stations for communicating via a typical commercial wireless base station infrastructure or a public telephone switching network. Accordingly, the traditional MS location difficulties, such as multipath, poor location accuracy and poor coverage are alleviated via such technologies in combination with strategies for: (a) automatically adapting and calibrating system performance according to environmental and geographical changes; (b) automatically capturing location signal data for continual enhancement of a self-maintaining historical data base retaining predictive location signal data; (c) evaluating MS locations according to both heuristics and constraints related to, e.g., terrain, MS velocity and MS path extrapolation from tracking and (d) adjusting likely MS locations adaptively and statistically so that the system becomes progressively more comprehensive and accurate. Further, the system can be modularly configured for use in location signaling environments ranging from urban, dense urban, suburban, rural, mountain to low traffic or isolated roadways. Accordingly, the system is useful for 911 emergency calls, tracking, routing, people and animal location including applications for confinement to and exclusion from certain areas.
US11971475B2
A vehicular radar sensing system includes at least one radar sensor having a plurality of transmitting antennas and a plurality of receiving antennas. Individual transmitting antennas are arranged in multiple rows, and individual receiving antennas are arranged in multiple columns. The multiple rows of transmitting antennas include first and second rows of transmitting antennas, each row having at least four transmitting antennas. Each column of the multiple columns of receiving antennas comprises at least four receiving antennas. The multiple columns of receiving antennas are disposed between the first row of transmitting antennas and the second row of transmitting antennas. The vehicular radar sensing system applies two dimensional multiple input multiple output processing to outputs of the receiving antennas. The vehicular radar sensing system, responsive to processing of outputs of the receiving antennas, detects objects present in a field of sensing of the at least one radar sensor.
US11971472B2
A method for determining an ego-velocity estimated value and an angle estimated value of targets using a synthetic aperture radar sensor. A distance is measured between the synthetic aperture radar sensor and each respective target. A relative velocity of the respective target is measured using the Doppler effect. An angle estimation of an angle estimated value takes place, which characterizes the angle between the direction of the ego-velocity of the synthetic aperture radar and the respective target. An individual ego-velocity estimated value of the synthetic aperture radar sensor is ascertained using the relative velocity and the angle estimated value for each target. A classification and distribution of the individual ego-velocity estimated values relating to stationary targets takes place, whose individual ego-velocity estimated values are situated within a predefinable range relative to one another, and relating to moving targets, whose individual ego-velocity estimated values are situated outside the range.
US11971468B2
A method for detecting a target object implemented by a detection apparatus, where the detection apparatus transmits a radio signal on a frequency band on which mutual interference can be avoided to avoid or reduce interference caused by a transmit signal or a related signal of any detection apparatus when another detection apparatus determines a target. The detection apparatus divides a frequency band or a frequency domain raster based on a determined threshold to allow partial overlapping between frequency bands or rasters.
US11971467B2
A method for free-breathing abdominal magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) includes applying a pilot tone (PT) RF signal in an MRI system environment using a PT RF signal source, acquiring MRF data from a region of interest in subject using free-breathing MRF pulse sequence and acquiring PT navigator signals based on the applied PT RF signal. The PT navigator signals are associated with a plurality of respiratory states and are encoded with acquired MRF data. The method further includes generating images for each of the plurality of respiratory states based on MRF data and the PT navigator signals. For each respiratory state, the generated images for the respiratory state are compared to a respiratory state MRF dictionary associated with the respiratory state to determine tissue property of the MRF data associated with the respiratory state. A quantitative parameter map may be generated for the determined tissue properties for each respiratory state.
US11971458B2
In first coupling capacitor, a first terminal is connected to a first connection point on a current path of power storage in a state of being insulated from a ground. Second coupling capacitor has a second terminal connected to a second connection point that is on a current path of power storage and is lower in potential than the first connection point, and second coupling capacitor has a first terminal connected to a second terminal of first coupling capacitor. AC output unit applies a predetermined AC voltage via impedance element to third connection point between the second terminal of first coupling capacitor and the first terminal of second coupling capacitor. Voltage measurement unit measures a voltage at third connection point. Determination unit determines the presence or absence of an electrical fault on the basis of the voltage measured by voltage measurement unit.
US11971457B2
The present invention relates to a method for measuring the AC impedance of a battery in a composite power supply power system, comprising the following steps: determining the AC disturbance signal amplitude, operating the DC/DC voltage converter to generate the AC disturbance signal, collecting the output signals of the fuel cell and the lithium battery, calculating the output power of the fuel cell and the lithium battery; calculating the demand power of the load, and when the demand power is stable, calculating the impedance of the lithium battery and the fuel cell separately, otherwise, only the impedance of the fuel cell is calculated.
US11971451B2
A method includes: constructing an on-wafer calibration piece model set that includes one or more on-wafer calibration piece models, where each of the one or more on-wafer calibration piece models has a corresponding on-wafer calibration piece; selecting an on-wafer calibration piece model from the on-wafer calibration piece model set; measuring the on-wafer calibration piece utilizing an on-wafer S parameter measurement system that is calibrated using a multi-thread TRL calibration method in a Terahertz frequency band, to obtain an S parameter of the on-wafer calibration piece; and calculating a plurality of different parameters that represent crosstalk of calibration pieces in the on-wafer calibration piece model, according to an admittance calculated according to the S parameter and an admittance formula corresponding to the on-wafer calibration piece model.
US11971446B2
The invention discloses an interface system for an interconnected die and an MPU and a communication method thereof. The system comprises a data interface, an interrupt interface, and a debugging interface; the data interface comprises an SPI interface, a DDR data interface, and a DMA control interface; the interrupt interface is used for receiving an interrupt data packet from the network and parsing the interrupt data packet to obtain a pulse interrupt input required by the MPU; the debugging interface comprises a JTAG-Core debugging interface, which is used for receiving a debugging data packet from the network and translating the debugging data packet into a JTAG protocol for MPU debugging. The invention realizes the expansion of the master device MPU in the high-performance information processing microsystem and the high-speed communication between the master device and the interconnected dies.
US11971438B2
Described herein is a lightning detection sensor. The lightning detection sensor comprises a sensing element that detects radio-frequency (RF) signals relating to lightning activity, a circuit that receives the detected RF signals from the sensing element and amplifies the RF signals for output to a digital signal processing device, and a reference element coupled to the circuit. The reference element is connected to an antenna ground that is isolated from a power ground, and the reference element and the antenna ground are not connected to an external ground plane.
US11971436B2
A method and a system for determining a phase shift between a phase current and a phase voltage in an AC phase line of a converter. A method and a system for determining a phase shift between a phase current and a phase voltage in an AC phase line of a converter, in particular a converter of a system for inductive power transfer, wherein a phase current change dependent quantity is determined, wherein a voltage-specific reference time point is determined depending on the phase current change dependent quantity, wherein the phase current is determined, wherein a current-specific reference time point is determined depending on the phase current, wherein the phase shift is determined depending on the time difference between the voltage-specific reference time point and the current-specific reference time point.
US11971433B2
A current measuring device for switched-mode electronic power converters includes two independent sensors connected in series for the current to be measured, one of said sensors providing an admittance and the other providing a conductance. The current measuring device further includes a parallel current measuring resistor and an average value capacitor which are connected in parallel contribute to the provided admittance. The conductance is provided by a serial current measuring resistor as one of the sensors. The current to be measured has both DC and AC current components. The current measuring device further includes a filter is transferred back into the power path or merged with the current measuring sensors.
US11971432B2
A current sensor is configured such that at least one magnetoelectric conversion element, a conductor, a signal processing IC, an IC supporting portion, and an element supporting portion are encapsulated with an encapsulating portion. The current sensor is comprised of a pair of first lead terminals that is partially exposed outside the encapsulating portion, is electrically connected to the conductor, inputs a measurement current to the conductor, and outputs the measurement current from the conductor; and a metal member that is partially exposed outside the encapsulating portion and is spaced apart from the conductor. The element supporting portion further supports the metal member on a surface on the same side as a first surface on which the IC supporting portion supports the signal processing IC.
US11971429B2
A posture estimation method includes calculating a posture change amount of an object based on an output of an angular velocity sensor, predicting posture information of the object by using the posture change amount, limiting a bias error in a manner of limiting a bias error component of an angular velocity around a reference vector in error information, and correcting the predicted posture information of the object based on the error information, the reference vector, and an output of a reference observation sensor.
US11971422B2
The invention discloses a digital slide scanner sample identification device, and relates to the digital slide scanner for solving the problem that a bar code scanner can normally read a bar code label through the light contact, and the samples cannot be read due to the shielding of the bar code since the samples are stored in the digital slide scanner or scanning samples are stacked. The device comprises a digital slide scanner, and scanning samples; a near-field communication NFC read-write module is arranged in the digital slide scanner, and a NFC label is arranged on each scanning sample. By using the NFC technology, the NFC label data in a large amount of scanning samples can be read within short time, a feedback indication can be provided, and the working efficiency is greatly improved. The invention further discloses a digital slide scanner sample identification method.
US11971420B2
A method of operating a laboratory sample distribution system is presented. The system comprises container carriers, a transport plane, and drive elements. The container carriers carry sample containers. The transport plane supports the container carriers. The drive elements move the container carriers on the transport plane. The method comprises planning a movement path for a container carrier from a start to a goal on the transport plane modelled by nodes. The nodes are free for one time-window or reserved for one-time window. The planning comprises analyzing the reachability out of a free time-window of one node to free time-windows of a next node and an over-next node such that planned movement of the container carrier is nonstop. The method comprises reserving the planned movement path comprising a sequence of time-windows of nodes and moving the container carrier along the reserved movement path on the transport plane by a drive element.
US11971414B2
Described herein is cancer biomarker, e.g., a vesicle, capture surface that includes a substrate, a first plurality of nanoparticles attached to the substrate; a plurality of bifunctional tethers, wherein a first functionality of the bifunctional tethers is attached to at least a portion of the first plurality of nanoparticles; a second plurality of nanoparticles attached to a second functionality of at least a portion of the plurality of bifunctional tethers; a capture agent attached to at least a portion of the second plurality of nanoparticles; and a plurality of polymer brush molecules attached to the surface, wherein the polymer brush molecules have a lower molecular weight than the bifunctional tethers, and wherein the polymer brush molecules reduce nonspecific binding to the surface. Also described are method of capturing cancer biomarkers such as vesicles from a liquid biopsy sample.
US11971396B2
A system and method for sampling air at multiple locations in a controlled environment. The system and method includes automatic adjustment of mass flow rates and duration of vacuum connections (either via time elapsed or indirectly by volume) based on rates set by an operator. Additionally, the system and method enables users to monitor and control aspects of the system via network-connected devices. Additionally, the system enable a vacuum pump to be disconnected from power in response to a physical emergency button, a software-based emergency stop button available on network connected devices, and an automatic power disconnection in response to an abnormal mass flow reading that could potentially impact the vacuum pump.
US11971381B2
Provided is a gas detection device used in a humid environment such as a kitchen or a cooking room, which is excellent in moisture resistance and also excellent in sensitivity. In a gas detection device which includes a thin film type gas sensor including a heater portion, a gas detection portion, and a catalyst portion on a substrate, energizes the heater portion to heat the gas detection portion and the catalyst portion, and detects the detection target gas, the gas sensor configured by supporting a catalyst metal containing platinum as a main component on a support containing a transition metal oxide as a main component is adopted.
US11971380B2
A pump device has at least one chamber (22) or conduit containing or provided for containing a liquid, a concentration sensor (24) arranged in the chamber (22) or conduit for detecting a concentration of a substance in the liquid and an evaluation unit (28) connected to the sensor (24). The sensor (24) and the evaluation unit (28) are configured for an electrical impedance measurement. The evaluation unit (28) is configured such that a measurement for detecting the concentration is carried out by use of an electrical signal applied to the sensor (24) having at least one frequency corresponding to or above an upper cut-off frequency (f2) of a frequency range showing a constant electrical impedance (Rm). A method is provided for determining the concentration of a substance inside a liquid.
US11971379B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a fiber-plastic composite reference body for simulating delamination for the nondestructive testing of FPC components, in particular aircraft components, comprising the following steps: i. producing a first insert by a. arranging a first FPC layer; b. forming a recess in the first FPC layer; c. procuring the first FPC layer, in order to obtain the first insert; ii. producing a second insert by a. arranging a second FPC layer; b. pre-curing the second FPC layer, in order to obtain the second insert; iii. providing at least one first FPC layer and at least one second FPC layer with a first clearance and a second clearance; iv. inserting the first insert and the second insert into the respective clearance of the corresponding FPC layer; v. curing the arrangement, a delamination being simulated at the recess of the first insert.
US11971373B2
This disclosure relates to monitoring and assessing the mechanical stability and fluid accumulation in natural or man-made slopes comprising primarily of unconsolidated material, such as embankments, dams, roads, waste dumps, as well as man-made heaps of bulk materials that may occur in the stockpiling of grains, gravel, stones, sand, coal, cement, fly ash, salts, chemicals, clays, crushed limestone as well as heaps of mining ores, including crushed, milled and/or agglomerated ore, and run-of-mine materials.
US11971371B2
A sample inspection system contains a source of electromagnetic radiation and an apparatus that includes a beam former, a collimator and an energy resolving detector. The beam former is adapted to receive electromagnetic radiation from the source to provide a polygonal shell beam formed of at least three walls of electromagnetic radiation. The collimator has a plurality of channels adapted to receive diffracted or scattered radiation at an angle. The energy resolving detector is arranged to detect radiation diffracted or scattered by a sample upon incidence of the polygonal shell beam onto the sample and transmitted by the collimator.
US11971366B2
An inspection system (1) includes: a probe (12) that is hollow, extends in a rod shape along a center axis (11), and rotates around the center axis; an optical system (30) that, through the probe, supplies laser light for inspection purposes along the center axis and receives reflected light from a surface of an inspection target that has returned along the center axis; an optical element (50) that, through an opening at a front end of the probe, emits the laser light for inspection purposes toward the inspection target with respect to the center axis and guides the reflected light in the direction of the center axis; and a gas supplying system (80) that discharges gas (89) from the opening through the probe.
US11971365B2
A wafer processing system and a rework method thereof are provided. An image capture device captures an image of a wafer to generate a captured image. A control device detects a defect pattern in the captured image, calculates a target removal thickness according to distribution of contrast values of the defect pattern, and controls a processing device to perform processing on the wafer according to the target removal thickness.
US11971356B2
Apparatus and methods are described for use with feces of a subject that are disposed within a toilet bowl. One or more light sensors receive light from the toilet bowl, while the feces are disposed within the toilet bowl. A computer processor detects a set of three or more spectral components that have a characteristic relationship with each other in a light spectrum of bile, by analyzing the received light, and detects a presence of bile within the feces, in response to detecting the set of three or more spectral components. The computer processor generates an output in response thereto. Other applications are also described.
US11971344B2
Provided is a method of evaluating electrode quality, which includes: providing a plurality of electrodes which include a current collector and an active material layer formed on the current collector and have not been roll-pressed; measuring a color coordinate value of the active material layer of each of the plurality of electrodes using an optical instrument and calculating an average value; and evaluating the electrodes as good products when a difference between the color coordinate value measured from the individual electrodes and the average value is no more than a predetermined value and as defective when the difference exceeds the predetermined value.
US11971343B2
Aspects of the disclosure include methods for generating angularly deflected laser beams for irradiating a sample in a flow stream. Methods according to certain embodiments include generating a first set of angularly deflected laser beams and a second set of angularly deflected laser beams, propagating the first set of angularly deflected laser beams along a different optical path from the second set of angularly deflected laser beams, combining the first set of angularly deflected laser beams with the second set of angularly deflected laser beams and directing the combined sets of laser beams onto a sample in a flow stream and detecting light from the sample. Systems having a laser, an acousto-optic device and an optical adjustment component configured to generate a first set of angularly deflected laser beams and a second set of angularly deflected laser beams are also described.
US11971341B2
The present invention relates to a method for analyzing samples comprising spermatozoa, said method comprising the use of a flow-through counting compartment, wherein the time period between the end of loading and closing is carried out in a controlled and specified time period. The present invention further relates to a counting compartment or chamber suitable for said method and to a counting device comprising said counting compartment.
US11971339B2
A particle size distribution measurement device includes a cell holding body 31 that holds a measurement cell 2 containing a measurement sample and a dispersion medium and a reference cell 6 containing a reference sample and is rotated by a motor 322, and a cell discrimination mechanism 7 that discriminates the cells 2, 6 passing through a predetermined rotation position by using a magnetic force or electrostatic capacitance.
US11971335B2
The present disclosure provides a method for collecting liquid comprising: collecting the liquid, by a pump body mechanism, into a cavity of a suction tube assembly; monitoring, by a liquid-level sensing mechanism, an amount of the liquid collected in the cavity; controlling, by the liquid-level sensing mechanism, a start and a stop of collecting the liquid in response to the amount of the liquid collected in the cavity; and cleaning the cavity by delivering, by the pump body mechanism, water into the cavity in response to the stop of collecting the liquid.
US11971332B2
By appropriately registering a sound with an arbitrary length to be registered, erroneous determination is suppressed. A normal sound registration apparatus 1 extracts a feature amount with a fixed-length from a time-series acoustic signal with a variable arbitrary length. A frequency conversion unit 12 acquires a time-series frequency signal obtained by frequency-converting the time-series acoustic signal. A feature extraction unit 14 extracts a feature amount from the time-series acoustic signal. The feature extraction unit 14 is optimized to extract, from the time-series acoustic signal including at least a known normal sound and an unknown normal sound, a feature amount which reflects a feature of the unknown normal sound, and to extract, from the time-series acoustic signal including at least an anomalous sound and a normal sound, a feature amount which reflects a feature of the anomalous sound.
US11971331B2
Provided are a three-dimensional display device, a three-dimensional display method, and a program capable of notifying a user of an event having a causal relationship with a damage. The three-dimensional display device (10) includes a memory (16) that stores a three-dimensional model of a structure, a damage displayed in the three-dimensional model, and an event that has a causal relationship with the damage; a display unit (26); and a processor (20). In the three-dimensional display device (10), the processor (20) causes the display unit (26) to display the three-dimensional model, superimpose the damage on the three-dimensional model and display the damage, and display the event having the causal relationship with the damage.
US11971329B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to autonomously detect thermal anomalies. Disclosed examples include an example apparatus to detect engine anomalies comprising: at least one memory; instructions in the apparatus; and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to: control a plurality of infrared cameras to capture a baseline image set, the baseline image set including at least two thermal images; generate emissivity data based on the baseline image set; provide the baseline image set and the emissivity data to an artificial intelligence model, the artificial intelligence model to generate a reconstructed image set; determine a difference between the baseline image set and the reconstructed image set; and in response to the difference exceeding a threshold, generate an alert indicating detection of an engine anomaly.
US11971322B2
The disclosure describes various aspects of different for automated testing of optical assemblies. A system is described that includes an arm (e.g., a motorized arm) configured to be positioned over an optical assembly having a base plate with multiple optical elements that form one or more optical beam paths. The system also includes at least one optical tool that is configured to be removably attached to the arm and has a measurement instrument to perform a specified test on at least one of the optical beam paths. The arm is configured to adjust its position over the optical assembly to move the optical tool to the correct place to perform the specified test. The system may also include an optical tool changer configured to hold the optical tool in a tool holder when not attached to the arm and to hold additional optical tools in respective tool holders.
US11971318B2
The outer housing for a pressure monitoring system includes a sidewall shell comprising an annular inner sidewall projection extending from a top end thereof; a cap mounted to the sidewall shell, the cap defining an inner cap surface, an outer cap surface, a cap bottom end, and an annular cap recess extending into the cap bottom end between the outer cap surface and the inner cap surface, wherein the annular inner sidewall projection is configured to engage the annular cap recess; and an antenna assembly directly mounted to the inner cap surface, the antenna assembly comprising an antenna.
US11971312B2
A measurement core for measuring nuclear heating, the core extending in a longitudinal direction and having a main plane, includes at least: a first layer of material, forming a first sample; a first thin layer of electrical insulation on the first sample; a thin conductive layer forming a heating electrical resistor on the first layer of electrical insulation; and a second thin layer of electrical insulation on the heating electrical resistor. A calorimetric sensor includes: an outer jacket; a gas contained in the jacket; a measurement core disposed in the jacket; a link for holding the core in the jacket and transferring the heat between the core and the jacket; and temperature measurement capable of measuring the temperature at a hot point, and the temperature at a cold point.
US11971308B2
A temperature sensor assembly can include a first temperature sensor that can be configured to obtain a first temperature measurement of a user. The temperature sensor assembly can further include a second temperature sensor that can be configured to obtain a second temperature measurement of the user. The temperature sensor assembly can further include one or more processors that can be configured to determine a third temperature measurement indicative of a temperature of the user based at least in part on the first temperature measurement and the second temperature measurement. The temperature sensor assembly can further include a base station communication antenna system that can include a modal antenna that can be configured to communicate the third temperature measurement with a base station based at least in part on a beam steering operation.
US11971307B2
According to the present disclosure, there is provided a device (2) and a method for measuring a wavelength for a laser device. The device (2) for measuring a wavelength for a laser device includes: a first optical path assembly and a second optical path assembly. The first optical path assembly and the second optical path assembly constitute a laser wavelength measurement optical path. The second optical path assembly includes: an FP etalon assembly (11) and an optical classifier (13). The homogenized laser beam passes through the FP etalon assembly (11) to generate an interference fringe. The optical classifier (13) is arranged after the FP etalon assembly (11) in the laser wavelength measurement optical path, and configured to deflect the laser beam passing through the FP etalon assembly (11).
US11971303B2
The present invention belongs to the field of optical technology, disclosing a quadrilateral common-path time-modulated interferometric spectral imaging device and method. The present invention sets up a moving mirror scanning mechanism in a quadrilateral common path interferometer for generating optical path differences that vary with time, so that the quadrilateral common-path time-modulated interferometric spectral imaging device operates in the staring observation mode. The invention can make the quadrilateral common-path time-modulated interferometric spectral imaging device not only retain the advantages of common optical path spectroscopic technology, but also obtain high spectral resolution.
US11971302B2
A system for measurement of monochromatic attenuation for each wavelength of the spectrum, understood as such the attenuation at a wavelength of the spectrum with the spectral width provided by the measurement equipment, of the spectral attenuation in the spectral range of measurement, understood as such the set of monochromatic attenuations at all the wavelengths throughout the spectral range of measurement, and the total attenuation, understood as such the attenuation calculated by the integration of the spectral attenuation in the spectral range of measurement weighted with the solar spectrum. A method for measurement, providing measurement of attenuation in the entire spectral range for the best energy system efficiency evaluation and for achieving a differential measurement of meteorological phenomena causing the attenuation, providing relevant information for the meteorological forecast in this specific field, which can be used for evaluating the attenuation phenomenon for solar plants site selection and for operating plants.
US11971296B2
A measurement method of receiving an emission light output from an optical semiconductor element on an incident end surface of an optical probe, shifts a relative position between the optical semiconductor element and the optical probe on a plane surface intersecting with an optical axis of the emission light, measures an incident intensity of the emission light at several positions, and obtains an incident intensity pattern showing a relationship between a change in the relative position and the respective incident intensities.
US11971282B2
An imaging system for measuring flow rates of the individual phases of a multiphase flow and for providing images of the multiphase flow, wherein the imaging system is adapted to also measure the thickness of deposits on the internal wall of a pipe, and to a method for analyzing a multiphase flow flowing through a pipe using the imaging system.
US11971274B2
There is provided a method for producing a high-definition (HD) map. The method includes detecting an object of a road area from the aerial image, extracting a two-dimensional (2D) coordinate value of the detected object, calculating a three-dimensional (3D) coordinate value corresponding to the 2D coordinate value by projecting the extracted 2D coordinate value onto point cloud data that configures the MMS data, and generating an HD map showing a road area of the aerial image in three dimensions based on the calculated 3D coordinate value.
US11971271B2
Utilizing existing information of community transportation offerings, the present invention builds customized travel routes to enable independent mobility for individuals with cognitive disabilities. Visual, aural, and sensory prompts are provided based on the location of, and through, a mobile device. Concurrently with providing direction and reassurance to the traveler, the system monitors the location and progress of the traveler along the route. Upon recognition that the mobile device (traveler) is no longer on the initiated route, a caregiver, or the like, is notified to render assistance.
US11971269B2
Methods, systems, devices, and tangible non-transitory computer readable media for route planning are provided. The disclosed technology can include accessing travel data that includes information associated with a starting location and a destination. Routes from the starting location to the destination can be determined and each of the routes can be associated regions. Travel costs associated with travelling from the starting location to the destination via each of the routes can be determined. Convenience costs associated with an availability of facilities within the regions associated with each of routes can also be determined. A travel route can be selected from the routes. The travel route can be selected based in part on the travel costs, the convenience costs, and travel criteria. The travel criteria can be associated with travel preferences. Furthermore, route data that can include information associated indications based in part on the travel route can be generated.
US11971267B2
In some examples, user journey carbon footprint reduction may include generating, for a vehicle associated with a user, a carbon emission quota for user journey carbon footprint reduction. A predicted journey carbon emissions may be generated for the vehicle for a specified journey. Based on collaborative filtering, at least one goal-based and conditions-based recommendation may be generated for the user of the vehicle for the specified journey for the user journey carbon footprint reduction. Based on a user behavior model, a user-interface display may be generated for the specified journey for the user journey carbon footprint reduction. Further, based on the user behavior model, and real-time monitoring of the user and the vehicle, a real-time update of the user-interface display may be generated for the specified journey for the user journey carbon footprint reduction.
US11971258B2
A generation system and method for a high-precision three-dimensional navigation map of a fully mechanized mining surface, applicable to use in the technical field of unmanned mining. The generation system comprises a channel wave seismometer, a laser radar, a combined navigation device, a ground penetrating radar, and a data processing unit; the data processing unit acquires data collected by sensors; perform coordinate conversion, feature fusion and consistency processing on the collected data to generate a Delaunay triangle network of a coal seam, a fault/fold, and a roadway; draw a high-precision profile map of the triangle map, calculate a topological relation of the profile map, generate a topological data structure of the profile map, establish a navigation information automatic query database platform based on the high-precision profile map, and construct the high-precision three-dimensional navigation map of the fully mechanized mining surface. The high-precision three-dimensional navigation map generated by the present invention can provide accurate thickness information of the coal seam, a varied dip angle of the coal seam and a position of a dangerous geological structure space to fully mechanized mining equipment, and has functions such as high-precision positioning, information sensing, and path planning.
US11971253B2
The present invention provides a magnet unit and a position detection device that are excellent in thermal shock resistance without the risk of being damaged due to a temperature change and that are capable of detecting a position with high accuracy. A magnet unit comprises: a magnet that moves in a linear or rotating manner relative to a magnetic detection element (magnetic detection section) for detecting a change in a magnetic field; and a magnet holding member that moves in a linear or rotating manner while being fixed to an object L to be detected and that holds the magnet attached thereto. The magnet holding member has a fixed part that is fixed to the object L to be detected and a magnet housing part to which the magnet is attached. The magnet housing part has openings where opposite end surface portions of the magnet are exposed.
US11971252B2
An inductive position measuring sensor comprises a fixed ruler and a sliding ruler which can move relatively along the direction of the measuring axis. A series of coupling coils are made on the fixed ruler in the measuring direction,-two sets of driving coils are disposed on the sliding ruler, and induction coils in a staggered manner are also disposed on the sliding ruler. The two sets of driving coils generate excitation signals, by interaction with the coupling coils on the fixed ruler, and being received by the induction coils of the sliding ruler, they are used for measuring the relative movement of the fixed ruler and the sliding ruler. By controlling the positions and winding directions of the driving coils and the induction coils, the sensor can effectively inhibit the direct space signal interference of the driving coils to the induction coils, and the signal-to-noise ratio is improved.
US11971249B1
An optical system including an enclosure including a front end and a rear end, a first pair of apertures configured to be disposed on a front plane on the front end of the enclosure and a single optical lens system disposed between the front end and the rear end of the enclosure, wherein the first pair of apertures are configured to allow sets of light rays into the enclosure through the single optical lens system to be cast on an image plane as first and second spots, the image plane being parallel to the front plane, if the first and second spots are concentrically disposed, the sets of light rays are determined to be parallelly disposed with respect to one another, otherwise the sets of light rays are determined to not be parallelly disposed with one another.
US11971244B1
A container and systems to safely store cans of ammunition or other military gear that may be mounted on a military vehicle. Ammo containers may include one or more of a variety of compression devices to secure loaded materials (e.g., cans). The compression device may be operated manually or through an electric motor, or other means. A roof rack may include telescoping overlapping plates for variable sizes of rack. A clasp may include automatic spring-guided engagement. A harness system may be used to hold down a container, and a latch mechanism may be used to secure the harness(es).
US11971241B2
An optic device turret for adjusting the optical element of the optic device. A spiral cam mechanism is engaged with the turret to define a maximum and minimum adjustment of the optical element. A rotation indicator displays the amount a knob has been rotated.
US11971240B2
An archery bow sight/aiming mounting system is disclosed comprising a sight mount block wherein the sight mount block is secured to a bow riser, and a sight mount configured to engage the sight mount block, wherein the sight mount is further configured to engage an archery bow sight or aiming system, wherein the sight mount is reversible, and wherein the sight mount is further configured to adjust in a direction proximate from an archer and adjust in a direction distal from the archer.
US11971238B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for detecting and displaying a number of rounds in a firearm magazine comprising a maximum number of N rounds. The magazine may comprise a follower, magnets on the follower, and
US11971212B2
A variable fluid dispenser for a refrigerator utilizes a variable control suitable for varying the rate of fluid dispensing by the dispenser. In some instances, the variable control may include a rotary control actuator that varies the fluid dispensing rate of the variable dispenser, and in some instances, the variable control may include a variable control actuator movable between a range of positions that includes a home position at which the variable dispenser is deactivated. In such instances, movement of the variable control actuator away from the home position both activates the variable dispenser to dispense fluid and increases the fluid dispensing rate of the variable dispenser.
US11971208B2
An insulation system for an appliance includes a first vacuum insulated structure having a first set of sidewalls that define a first refrigerating compartment, a second vacuum insulated structure having a second set of sidewalls that define a second refrigerating compartment and a medial insulation structure having a rigid perimeter wall. The rigid perimeter wall includes a front portion that defines at least one hinge support adapted to support an appliance door. The rigid perimeter wall defines an insulating cavity that is filled with an insulating material. The first vacuum insulated structure engages a first edge of the perimeter wall and the second vacuum insulated structure engages a second edge of the perimeter wall.
US11971203B2
A refrigerant amount determining device includes: an operation data acquiring unit configured to acquire operation data of an air conditioning system; a calculating unit configured to calculate a refrigerant amount index value from the operation data acquired; an inferring unit configured to infer information regarding correction of the refrigerant amount index value using a correction model and at least one of the acquired operation data or the calculated refrigerant amount index value; and a determining unit configured to determine a refrigerant amount of the air conditioning system based on the information regarding correction of the refrigerant amount index value.
US11971201B2
A compressor of an embodiment includes three suction pipes. A first center of a first suction pipe, a second center of a second suction pipe, and a third center of a third suction pipe are positioned at vertices of a triangle. A first distance between the first center and a center of a compressor main body is smaller than a second distance between the second center and the center of the compressor main body and a third distance between the third center and the center of the compressor main body. The first suction pipe is connected to a first suction port on an uppermost side. A second virtual plane on which a central axis of a main curved pipe part of the second suction pipe is disposed and a third virtual plane on which a central axis of a main curved pipe part of the third suction pipe is disposed are inclined to opposite sides from each other with respect to a first virtual plane on which a central axis of a main curved pipe part of the first suction pipe is disposed.
US11971197B2
There is disclosed a receiver panel. In an embodiment, the panel is configured to receive a curtain of particles in a solar central receiver system. A porous structure of the panel has a top end and a bottom end. The porous structure is disposed between the top end and the bottom end. The porous structure has a size to impede movement of the particles during downward travel from the top end to the bottom end. There is disclosed a solar central receiver system. In an embodiment, the receiver system includes a plurality of receiver panels, a tower supporting the plurality of receiver panels in a configuration to receive solar irradiation, and a hopper forming a slot configured to dispose the particles at a given location on to the porous structure. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US11971189B2
An air conditioner may include an outdoor unit including a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger configured to heat exchange compressed refrigerant; an indoor unit having an air inlet and an air outlet and connected with the outdoor unit through a first pipe through which refrigerant discharged from the compressor flows and a second pipe through which refrigerant discharged from the outdoor heat exchanger flows; a blowing fan disposed in the indoor unit; a main heat exchanger configured to heat exchange air, which flows inside through the air inlet, and connected with the second pipe; a reheat exchanger disposed downstream of the main heat exchanger and connected with the first pipe; and a waste heat exchanger disposed upstream of the main heat exchanger and configured to heat-exchange air, which flows inside through the air inlet, and condensate water, which is produced at the main heat exchanger, with each other. Accordingly, air flowing inside through the air inlet is primarily cooled before exchanging heat through the main heat exchanger, whereby the cooling and dehumidifying performance is improved.
US11971188B2
A problem to be solved by the present disclosure is to realize a fan unit capable of determining occurrence or non-occurrence of a backflow during operation. In a second unit, a second controller calculates front-rear differential pressure by substituting a rotation speed and a volume of air or a wind speed that can be acquired in real time into a relational expression. The relational expression derives, from two values of the rotation speed, the volume of air or the wind speed, and the front-rear differential pressure, the remaining one value. Then, the second controller determines that a backflow occurs if the calculated front-rear differential pressure is within a range that cannot occur under a normal condition. Therefore, the occurrence of a backflow can be detected without using an expensive pressure sensor or a directional wind speed sensor.
US11971173B2
A combustor for a gas turbine engine comprises an inner annular liner wall and an outer annular liner wall cooperating to form a combustion chamber of the combustor. A first dome wall has a circumferential array of first fuel injection bores. A second dome has a circumferential array of second fuel injection bores. An intermediate wall extends between the first dome wall and the second dome wall. A first combustion stage is defined by the inner liner wall forward end, the first dome wall and the intermediate wall. A second combustion stage is defined at least by the outer liner wall forward end, the second dome wall and the intermediate wall, the first combustion stage communicating with the first fuel injection bores, the second combustion stage communicating with the second fuel injection bores.
US11971172B2
A premixer assembly for a combustor includes: at least one ring of premixers, each premixer having a central axis, an annular peripheral wall surrounding a centerbody, and at least one swirler disposed between the centerbody and the peripheral wall, wherein the peripheral wall defines an inlet area of the premixer; and a lip extending forward along the central axis from the peripheral wall, the lip extending at an oblique angle to the axis of symmetry.
US11971164B1
A steering device includes a rotary part rotatably attached to a mobile body, and a grip part connected to the rotary part, wherein the rotary part includes a light irradiation part configured to emit light toward at least a portion of the grip part, the light irradiation part includes a light emitting element configured to emit light at an angle range that is determined in advance, and a lens configured to narrow the angle range of the light emitted by the light emitting element, and when an extension direction of the at least the portion of the grip part to which the light is emitted is assumed as a first direction, a direction perpendicular to a direction of an optical axis of the light emitted by the light irradiation part and to the first direction is assumed as a second direction, a plane including the optical axis and the first direction is assumed as a first plane, and a plane including the optical axis and the second direction is assumed as a second plane, the lens narrows the angle range of the light emitted by the light emitting element such that a first angle range is larger than a second angle range, the first angle range being an angle range in the first plane, the second angle range being an angle range in the second plane.
US11971148B1
A solid state headlight comprises: a light-emitting diode light source; an illumination micro-lens; a projection micro-lens; a collimating optic positioned between the light-emitting diode light source and the illumination micro-lens; a metal layer positioned between the illumination micro-lens and the projection micro-lens, the metal layer having an aperture; a high-reflectivity coating positioned between the metal layer and the illumination micro-lens, the high-reflectivity coating having a reflectivity of at least about 80%; and a low-reflectivity coating positioned between the metal layer and the projection micro-lens, the low-reflectivity coating having a reflectivity of at most about 20%.
US11971141B2
Techniques facilitating low thermal conductivity support systems within cryogenic environments are provided. In one example, a cryostat can comprise a support rod and a washer. The support rod can couple first and second thermal stages of the cryostat. The washer can intervene between the support rod and the first thermal stage. The washer can thermally isolate the support rod and the first thermal stage.
US11971138B2
The present invention is a pressure tank comprising a tubular part and two bottoms (5) with the bottoms (5) positioned at the ends of the tubular part. The tubular part comprises a cylindrical wall (1) and a ply of circumferential reinforcing elements (2) wound around cylindrical wall (1). The elastic modulus of the material of cylindrical wall (1) is less than the elastic modulus of the material of the first ply of circumferential reinforcing elements (2). The invention also relates to an energy storage and recovery system comprising a compressor, an expansion device, a heat storage and a compressed air tank according to the aforementioned characteristics.
US11971136B2
A corner mounting system for self-aligning and self-leveling mounting of a mounting object in a corner between a left adjoining wall and a right adjoining wall includes: a left corner mounting device with left front and rear mounting surface; a right corner mounting device with right front and rear mounting surfaces; and optionally left and right lower support members; such that the left and right corner mounting devices can be connected between respectively the left and right adjoining walls, and left and right rear sides of the mounting object, using double-sided tape or screws, which can slide into notches of the left and right left corner mounting devices.
US11971132B2
A floor supported free standing dispenser assembly including a fluid dispenser coupled to an upper end of the dispenser assembly and a fall arrest bumper member which will engage with a floor to reduce damage from any impact with the floor should the stand or dispenser assembly be tipped over.
US11971127B2
A flow splitter may include an inlet, at least two outlets, and an internal vane comprising a first end corresponding to the inlet and a second end corresponding to the at least two outlets, wherein the internal vane is configured to turn, between the first end and the second end, an internal flowing fluid from 0 degrees to a degree between about 60 degrees and 150 degrees. Methods of dividing fluid flow are also provided.
US11971126B2
An inflatable air nozzle connector comprises a clamping component, an airtight ring and a shell sleeve, the airtight ring is disposed in the clamping component; the shell sleeve is capable of slidably sleeving on an outer periphery of the clamping component and displacing between a pressing position and a releasing position. When the shell sleeve displaces downward to the pressing position, the clamping component is pressed, so that clamping jaws of the clamping component compress the airtight ring; when the shell sleeve displaces upward to the releasing position, the clamping jaws are not pressed, and the clamping jaws do not compress the airtight ring. When a user pushes or pulls the shell sleeve single-handedly, the inflatable air nozzle connector is capable of airtightly sleeving on an air nozzle of a tire, or separating from the air nozzle of the tire, making operation of inflating tire more convenient.
US11971121B1
One embodiment provides a method and apparatus for suspending air conditioning duct works from a support structure comprising unistrut type support beams which apparatus includes a plurality of support brackets arranged and configured for being slidably interlockable with the interior of the unistrut beam members. The support brackets can be slid inside the interior of the support beam until adjacent a support beam which support beam can be connected to the support bracket. In like manner additional support brackets can be inserted into the interior of the support beam members to be adjustably located next to their respective support rod. In such manner multiple support rods can be used to support a frame member even where the support rods are not symmetrically located along the length of the support beam as the support bracket can be slid/moved inside the support beam until lining up with its respective support rod. Additionally, the entire support framework can be moved relative to the plurality of support rods by sliding the framework relative to the support brackets. In such manner the location of the supporting frame member can be changed without moving the support rods.
US11971120B2
A method for using a pre-assembled coupling assembly, the method including providing a pipe fitting defining an inner end and an outer end, the pipe fitting defining an axis; axially inserting the inner end of the pipe fitting into a gasket, a portion of the pipe fitting within the gasket positioned radially outward from a portion of the gasket; and assembling a housing around the gasket, the housing and the gasket forming a coupling, the coupling retained on the inner end of the pipe fitting when the coupling is in a relaxed position.
US11971118B2
A vacuum valve or door having a closure plate for closing an opening in a wall. The opening has opposing first and second longitudinal edges and shorter opposing first and second transverse edges. A sealing unit seals the closure plate against the wall in the closed position. The sealing unit includes a supporting frame having opposing first and second longitudinal legs and shorter opposing first and second transverse legs, on which supporting frame there is mounted on one side a circumferential closure plate seal and on the other side a circumferential wall seal. The supporting frame is secured to fastening points on the wall, with central portions of the first and second longitudinal legs being free with respect to the wall, or the supporting frame is secured to fastening points on the closure plate, with the central being free with respect to the closure plate.
US11971116B2
A rotary-type valve device is provided, and includes: a tubular valve having an inner passage Ip and opening parts opened in an outer circumferential wall and rotating about a predetermined axial line a shaft rotating integrally with the valve, a housing accommodating the valve, supporting the shaft to be able to turn, and defining a communication port causing the inner passage to communicate with outside; a passage member assembled in the housing such that that the passage member abuts on an outer circumferential wall of the valve and defining a radial-direction passage. The valve includes a recessed part in the axial line direction and surrounding one end part of the shaft. The housing includes a tube part inserted into the recessed part and supporting the one end part and a support hole supporting the other end part of the shaft.
US11971110B2
A method for assembling a valve is disclosed. The valve includes a first fluid port, a second fluid port, a fluid path providing fluid communication therebetween, a moveable member, a biasing member and a pressure compensation membrane. The method includes the steps of providing a base member comprising an abutment for receiving a first of the biasing member and the pressure compensation membrane; assembling the biasing member and the pressure compensation membrane with the base member; and affixing a fixing member to the base member to retain the biasing member and the pressure compensation membrane between the fixing member and the abutment.
US11971105B2
Disclosed is a swivel including inner and outer mutually rotatable swivel members having respective inner fluid paths communicating with each other through an annular space at an interface between the swivel members and being provided with a sealing arrangement on a side of the annular space at the interface including a peripheral groove provided in the inner and/or outer swivel member, and a sealing element received therein and arranged for static sealing against a first one of the swivel members, inside the groove and for dynamic sealing against a second one of the swivel members, a surface inside the groove in the first one of the swivel members abutting the sealing element being a textured surface extending along at least a part of one or more inner surfaces of the groove and having three-dimensional textural elements for making frictional contact with the sealing element.
US11971096B2
A selector mechanism includes a selector interface having a detent member. An artificial feel positioner defines a plurality of artificial feel positions that correspond to selectable positions of the selector interface. The plurality of artificial feel positions are connected via a screw channel that helically extends along the artificial feel positioner. A motor rotationally operates the artificial feel positioner to automatically operate the detent member through the screw channel to move the detent member and the selector interface to a desired position of the detent member and the selector interface.
US11971087B2
A multi-actuator rotator assembly includes a base, a rotary link coupled to the base and able to pivot relative to the base, a rotating body coupled to the base and able to pivot relative to the base, a first linear actuator connected to the base and to a first side of the rotary link, and a second linear actuator connected to a second side of the rotary link and to the rotating body.
US11971082B2
A rope connector connects prepared ends of two rope segments, wherein said prepared ends each include a rope eye. The rope connector includes at least two complementary parts, each being configured with a shaped recess for receiving at least part of said prepared end of a respective rope segment. The complementary parts are detachably mountable to each other to establish a firm connection there between. A rope extension system is disclosed to include such rope connector, and a hoisting system employs such rope extension system.
US11971069B2
A flexible pivot includes a first stage including a first cylinder and interface structure and a second stage including a second cylinder and interface structure in axial alignment with those of the first stage. Flexible connecting members are arranged for connecting the first and the second stages. Each flexible connecting member includes a pair of legs and a cross member joining the legs, each leg extending in a direction transverse to the axis of the cylinders, the legs being attached to the first and the second cylinders respectively. The first cylinder and the first interface structure are concentric. Flexible spokes are attached to the first cylinder by one end and to the first interface structure by the other. Each spoke extends in a direction transverse to the axis of the cylinders. Finally, the second stage includes flexible connection unit arranged to connect the second cylinder to the second interface structure.
US11971056B2
A head unit device for controlling motion of an object includes a chamber filled with a shear thickening fluid (STF) and a piston. The piston is housed within the chamber and exerts pressure against the STF from a force applied to the piston from the object. The STF is configured to have a decreasing viscosity in response to a first range of shear rates and an increasing viscosity in response to a second range of shear rates. The piston includes at least one piston bypass between opposite sides of the piston that controls flow of the STF between the opposite sides of the piston to selectively react with a shear threshold effect of the first range of shear rates or the second range of shear rates.
US11971048B2
The present invention relates to an impeller comprising: a shroud having a plurality of spiral upper slot units formed therein; a hub located to face the shroud; and a plurality of blades connected to the hub and inserted into the upper slot units to be coupled to the shroud, wherein the blade includes a body portion formed to be inclined to one side and an upper end portion, which is bent upward from the body portion and has a second concave surface formed in one side and a second convex surface formed on the other side thereof, and the upper slot unit includes an upper slot bottom for forming a space in which the upper end portion is inserted; an upper slot wall divided into a first upper slot wall located at the second concave surface side and a second upper slot wall located at the second convex surface side; and a second inclined surface formed to be inclined from the first upper slot wall so as to face the second concave surface. Thus, the impeller secures the assembling of the blades and has the effect of reducing the possibility of separation of the blades during the high-speed rotation of the impeller, which improves the structural rigidity of the impeller.
US11971040B2
A fuel system is disclosed for a gas turbine engine, which includes an augmentor pump having an inlet communicating with a fuel supply source and a discharge communicating with an augmentation stage of the engine, wherein the augmentor pump is connected to an accessory drive gearbox mounted to the engine, and a high speed clutch for selectively engaging and disengaging the augmentor pump and the accessory drive gearbox.
US11971035B2
The present disclosure relates to a compressor having a first rotor and a second rotor disposed within a housing, where the first rotor is configured to rotate about a first axis of the housing and the second rotor is configured to rotate about a second axis of the housing. The first rotor and the second rotor engage with one another such that rotation of the first rotor and the second rotor pressurizes a vapor within the housing. The compressor includes an end plate coupled to a discharge end of the housing, where the end plate includes a variable opening configured to discharge a flow of the vapor from the housing. The end plate also includes a first movable member and a second movable member that are configured to increase or decrease a cross-sectional area of the variable opening to adjust the flow of the vapor.
US11971033B2
An internal gear fluid machine has a first gearwheel having external toothing mounted rotatably about a first axis of rotation and a second gearwheel having internal toothing meshing in regions with the external toothing in an engagement region and mounted rotatably about a second axis of rotation different from the first axis of rotation. A filler piece is arranged between the first gearwheel and the second gearwheel away from the meshing region which bears on the one side against the external toothing and on the other side against the internal toothing, in order to divide a fluid space present between the first gearwheel and the second gearwheel into a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber, and housing walls of a machine housing of the internal gear fluid machine being arranged in the axial direction with respect to the first axis of rotation on both sides of the first gearwheel and of the second gearwheel. The second gearwheel is surrounded in the circumferential direction to form a hydrostatic bearing by a bearing recess formed in the machine housing, which bearing recess at least partially overlaps the second gearwheel in the axial direction and is fluidically connected to a fluid connection of the internal gear fluid machine via a fluid line having a flow resistance.
US11971029B2
A system (100) for testing an agricultural implement includes a frame (106) configured to receive a device (104) to be tested. The frame carries a filter (108), a pump (112), a pressure relief valve (116) in fluid communication with the pump outlet, a frame output tube (122) to deliver the flow of fluid from the pump outlet to the device to be tested, a frame return tube (124) to receive the flow of fluid from the device to be tested, and a recycle flow outlet (128). A method of testing includes connecting a device to the frame output tube and the frame return tube, pumping a fluid from the frame output tube to the frame return tube through the device, and measuring a flow rate of the fluid through the device.
US11971027B2
An air compressor is received in an accommodation box and contains a body, a cylinder, a motor, and a transmission mechanism. The body includes a first positioning orifice and a second positioning orifice. The cylinder is connected on the body and communicates with an air storage holder. The motor is fixed on the body, a small gear is received in the first positioning orifice, and a connection seat is accommodated in the first orifice. The transmission mechanism actuates a piston to move in the cylinder reciprocately so as to produce compressed airs. The motor includes at least one locking extension for engaging the motor with the body, hence the motor is fixed on the body securely without using any screws.
US11971024B2
A hydraulic pressure supply unit has a storage chamber which stores hydraulic fluid, a hydraulic pump which is arranged within the storage chamber and dips at least partially into the stored hydraulic fluid, and an electric motor which drives the hydraulic pump. The electric motor is arranged below the hydraulic pump in a separate motor chamber which is situated below the storage chamber, is dry, and is not connected fluidically to the storage chamber. The electric motor is coupled in a thermally transmitting manner to a separating floor, the upper side of which delimits the storage chamber and is wetted continuously with stored hydraulic fluid.
US11971023B2
The present utility model relates to the technical field of water pumps, and more particularly, to a miniature electromagnetic water pump, which includes a pump body, a magnetic core plunger device installed in the pump body, an electromagnetic device sleeved outside the pump body, and a throttle valve device connected with the magnetic core plunger device, the magnetic core plunger device is used to pump the liquid outside the pump body to the throttle valve device, the electromagnetic device generates a pulsed electromagnetic field to push the magnetic core plunger device to reciprocate in the pump body, the miniature electromagnetic water pump of the present utility model has the advantages of stable liquid output and good liquid flow continuity.
US11971013B2
Provided is a tool arrangement for unloading a tower or a tower segment from a transportation vehicle and/or for storing the tower or the tower segment, including a bottom tool device with an attachment to removably attach the bottom tool device to a bottom mounting section of the tower or the tower segment, wherein the tool arrangement further includes a top tool device with an attachment to removably attach the top tool device to a top mounting section of the tower or the tower segment, wherein the bottom tool device and the top tool device each include a lift to lift the tower or the tower segment, when the tower or the tower segment is in a non-erected position and attached to the respective tool device.
US11970998B2
Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing a heating element coupled to a canister of an evaporative emissions control (EVAP) system. In one example, a method (or system) may include evacuating the canister at different temperature conditions, and diagnosing the heating element based on the different times taken to evacuate the canister at the different temperature conditions.
US11970997B1
A system and methods are disclosed for an upper stage space launch vehicle that uses gases from the propellant tanks to power an internal combustion engine that produces mechanical power for driving other components including a generator for generation of electrical current for operating compressors and fluid pumps and for charging batteries. These components and others comprise a thermodynamic system from which system enthalpy may be leveraged by extracting and moving heat to increase the efficient use of propellant and the longevity and performance of the launch vehicle.
US11970996B2
Devices and methods of rocket propulsion are disclosed. In one aspect, a staged combustion liquid rocket engine with preburner and turbopump unit (TPU) integrated into the structure of the combustion chamber is described. An initial propellant mixture is combusted in a preburner combustion chamber formed as an annulus around a main combustion chamber, the combustion products from the preburner driving the turbine of the TPU and subsequently injected into the main combustion chamber for secondary combustion along with additional propellants, generating thrust through a supersonic nozzle. The preburner inner cylindrical wall is shared with the outer cylindrical wall of the engine's main combustion chamber and the turbine is axially aligned with the main combustion chamber. Liquid propellants supplied to the engine are utilized for regenerative cooling of the combustion chamber and preburner, where the liquid propellants are gasified in cooling manifolds before injection into the preburner and main combustion chamber.
US11970994B2
A Brayton cycle engine including a longitudinal wall extended along a lengthwise direction. The longitudinal wall defines a gas flowpath of the engine. An inner wall assembly is extended from the longitudinal wall into the gas flowpath. The inner wall assembly defines a detonation combustion region in the gas flowpath upstream of the inner wall assembly.
US11970991B2
A method includes: initiating a low engine-out NOx (LEON) mode by controlling a component of a vehicle having an aftertreatment system to decrease an instantaneous engine-out NOx (EONOx) amount; comparing a temperature of the aftertreatment system during the LEON mode to a warm-operation threshold temperature; responsive to determining that the temperature of the aftertreatment system exceeds the warm-operation threshold temperature, disengaging the LEON mode; responsive to determining that the temperature of the aftertreatment system is below the warm-up operation threshold temperature, comparing information indicative of an operating status of the vehicle to a LEON exit threshold; and disengaging the LEON mode responsive to determining that the information indicative of the operating status of the vehicle during the LEON mode exceeds the LEON exit threshold.
US11970988B2
Systems for efficiently starting an engine of a hybrid electric vehicle are provided. An example of a system comprises a first processor and a second processor. The second processor is configured to determine when to start an internal combustion engine, cause energy to be supplied from an energy storage device to a generator/motor to cause the generator/motor and crankshaft to rotate to at least a hold speed, transmit a first instruction to a first processor when determining that the internal combination engine should be started. The first processor does not supply fuel to at least one cylinder of the internal combustion engine in response to the first instruction. The second processor is configured to transmit a second instruction to the first processor after a variable period of time has elapse after the generator/motor or crankshaft has reached at least the hold speed.
US11970977B2
A fuel injector for a turbine engine includes a fuel scheduling valve configured for regulation of fuel flow from a fuel inlet, in response to fuel pressure received at the fuel inlet. Primary, secondary and auxiliary fuel circuits receive fuel from the scheduling valve, and an electrically-controlled valve is provided in fluid communication with the auxiliary circuit, which electrically-controlled valve is adapted and configured to actively control fuel through the auxiliary circuit in response to a control signal. The auxiliary fuel circuit joins with the secondary fuel circuit for delivery to a fuel nozzle.
US11970967B1
A rotary engine comprised of a pair of counterrotating rotors within a non-rotating outer housing. Each of the rotors is coupled to a common power shaft, one directly and the other through a reversing gear arrangement. Both are driven by the hyper-expansion of combustion gases in a repeating combustion cycle. Each has a generally circular, nearly frictionless working surface perpendicular to the power shaft axis. Each rotor surface defines chambers which rotate past each other. Within such chambers, compressed air and fuel are introduced, mixed, ignited, allowed to hyper-expand (and thus cause the rotation) and exhausted. The power shaft may be connected to a conventional clutch, torque converter, gearbox, differential, alternator or a similar system.
US11970966B2
A split cycle internal combustion engine comprises a combustion cylinder and a compression cylinder arranged to receive air and compress the air to provide a compressed working fluid to the combustion cylinder for combustion. The compression cylinder is coupled to a water reservoir. The engine further comprises a controller arranged to receive an indication of at least one parameter associated with the engine and/or a fluid associated therewith, and control delivery of the mass of water delivered to the compression cylinder based on the indication of the at least one parameter such that the total mass of water in the compressed working fluid at the end of the compression stroke results in a level of water concentration in the compressed working fluid that is less than a threshold water concentration level.
US11970962B2
A method for adapting a urea deposit build up model used for estimating an amount of urea deposits in an aftertreatment system of a vehicle including a catalytic reduction device is provided.
US11970958B1
Reducing engagement noise in a chain drive or belt drive for an internal combustion engine having a crankshaft having a driving sprocket and at least one shaft having a first driven sprocket and a second driven sprocket, where the driving sprocket and at least one of the first driven sprocket and the second driven sprocket contain a pattern of pitch radii such that the radial variation of the pitch radii excite tensions at non-prevalent orders in a drive system of the internal combustion engine. The non-prevalent engine cycle orders excited by each of the driving sprocket, the first driven sprocket and the second driven sprocket are different.
US11970947B2
A power generation system includes a shroud that defines a fluid flow path. A gas turbine engine is in the fluid flow path, and the gas turbine engine includes a compressor, a combustor downstream from the compressor, and a turbine downstream from the combustor. An electric generator is in the fluid flow path upstream from the turbine, and the electric generator includes a rotor coaxially aligned with the turbine. A plurality of non-lubricated bearings rotatably support the gas turbine engine.
US11970942B2
A rotary steerable system including a steering section having at least one piston, at least one distribution flow passage extending from a valve to one of the pistons, and two main flow passages bypassing the pistons. At least a portion of each main flow passage is closer to a central point of the steering section than an outer boundary of the distribution flow passage. At least a portion of each main flow passage may also be closer to the central point of the steering section than an inner boundary of the pistons in a retracted position. The distribution flow passages are contained within a central area, with a ratio of a central area diameter to steering section diameter being 0.5 or less, preferably 0.4 or less. The steering section may include two piston sets and two distribution flow passages each extending from the valve to a piston.
US11970931B2
A method and system for identifying bonding between a material and tubing. The method may include disposing an acoustic logging tool in a wellbore, wherein the acoustic logging tool comprises a transmitter, a receiver, or a transceiver, broadcasting a shaped signal with the transmitter such that the shaped signal interacts with a boundary of a casing and a material and recording a result signal from the boundary with the receiver. The method may further comprise identifying a cut-off time to be applied to the result signal, transforming the result signal from a time domain to a frequency domain, selecting one or more modes sensitive to a bonding at the boundary between the casing and the material, computing a decay rate of the one or more modes that were selected based at least one or more decay curves, and converting the decay rate to a bonding log.
US11970928B1
A fracturing device, including a power unit, wherein the power unit comprises a muffling compartment, a turbine engine, an air intake unit, and a starter; the air intake unit is communicated with the turbine engine through an intake pipe, and configured to provide a combustion-supporting gas to the turbine engine; the air intake unit is located at the top of the muffling compartment, the muffling compartment comprises an accommodation space, the turbine engine and the starter are located in the accommodation space, and the starter is configured to start the turbine engine, the starter comprises a first electric motor.
US11970926B2
A system includes an upper section, having a first lateral end. The upper section has upper production tubing configured to be a conduit for production fluids, an upper electrical cable configured to transmit electricity, and a sub-surface safety valve fixed to the upper production tubing. The system further includes a lower section having a second lateral end, lower production tubing configured to be a conduit for the production fluids, a lower electrical cable configured to transmit electricity, an electric submersible pump assembly, and an anchor configured to hold the lower section within the casing string. A stinger assembly is fixed to the first lateral end of the upper section, and a stinger receptacle is fixed to the second lateral end of the lower section. The stinger receptacle is configured to receive the stinger assembly and create an electrical connection between the upper section and the lower section.
US11970925B2
A method, related device and system for lifting a reservoir fluid in an oil and gas well involves allowing the reservoir fluid to flow in an axial uphole direction through an internal flow path of a production tubing disposed in the well. The internal flow path includes a Venturi profile configured to flash out a free gas phase from the reservoir fluid as the reservoir fluid flows in the axial uphole direction through the Venturi profile, such that the reservoir fluid comprises the free gas phase and a liquid phase. The internal flow path also includes a diffusion profile disposed above the Venturi profile and configured to condense the free gas phase into the liquid phase as the reservoir fluid flows in axial uphole direction through the diffusion profile.
US11970921B2
A downhole sealing apparatus having a sealing assembly with one or more seal elements configured to engage a bore wall or bore-lining tubular wall to seal an annulus between the apparatus and the wall or tubular wall. A bypass arrangement is configured to provide selective bypass of the sealing assembly and the sealing apparatus is reconfigurable between a first configuration permitting bypass of the sealing assembly and a second configuration in which the bypass arrangement prevents or restricts bypass of the sealing assembly. A downhole method provides the downhole sealing apparatus within a bore hole, with the downhole sealing apparatus reconfigured from the first configuration in which the bypass arrangement permits bypass of the sealing assembly to a second configuration in which the bypass arrangement prevents or restricts bypass of the sealing assembly.
US11970911B2
A device for a steel tube designed to be secured on a portion of the tube used in a tubular hydrocarbon column includes a substantially cylindrical envelope extending along a longitudinal axis and designed to surround the box portion of the first steel tube and the envelope forming an opened ring so that a circumferential gap subsists between two free ends of the envelope; and a locking mechanism fixed to the envelope in the vicinity of the circumferential gap and configured to bring the free ends of the envelope closer to each other in a locked position.
US11970910B2
A system and apparatus for applying and removing weight from a tool string over an installed wireline, including a weight section having a longitudinal slot and a removable closure bar.
US11970906B2
The present disclosure concerns a roller blind limiter assembly comprising a support-engaging member, a limit screw and a limit nut threadedly engaged therewith, operatively connectable to a roller blind tube and travelling along the screw upon extension and retraction of a blind, wherein, in use, the limit nut abuts a winding stopper of the limit screw when the blind reaches upper and/or lower end positions. The roller blind limiter assembly is configurable in a locked configuration wherein the limit screw is fixedly mountable to the roller blind support, and an unlocked configuration wherein the support-engaging member is pivotable about the longitudinal direction with respect to the limit screw. The present disclosure also concerns a roller blind mechanism and a roller blind system comprising such a limiter assembly, and a method for adjusting an end position of a roller blind.
US11970899B2
A mechanism for opening and closing an overhead door includes a drive loop coupled to the overhead door, a motor with a drive shaft and a drive wheel for driving the drive loop. A one-way bearing couples the drive shaft to the drive wheel, which one-way bearing is configured to transmit torque from the motor to the drive wheel, as the motor rotates the drive shaft in a first rotational direction to raise the overhead door, and configured so that torque is not transmitted to the drive wheel as the motor rotates the drive shaft in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction. As a result, the motor applies torque through the one-way bearing to raise the overhead door and to support the weight of the overhead door while lowering the overhead door.
US11970898B2
A drive unit for driving an open-and-close body and a method for attaching the drive unit to the open-and-close body. The drive unit includes a cable, a drum, a pulley, a fix member, an elastic member, and a limiting member. The cable has a portion connected to the open-and-close body and another portion wound on the drum. The pulley is movable between a first position, where the pulley does not tension the cable, and a second position, where the pulley engages the cable and applies tension to the cable. The fix member is capable of fixing the pulley in the first position. The elastic member urges the pulley towards the second position. The limiting member is provided between the drum and the fix member, and the limiting member allows or limits rotation of the drum in accordance with the position of the pulley.
US11970897B2
An engine hood drive for an engine hood system of a motor vehicle includes a drive unit for delivering a torque at a predetermined adjusting angle between a passive position and an active position. A drive lever is connected in a torque-transmitting manner to the drive unit for pivoting between the passive position and the active position and which has an actuating end. A driving slot has a guide receiver for the actuating end of the drive lever. The driving slot is pivotable about a flap hinge for an engine hood at a predetermined flap angle between a closed position and an open position. The driving slot is transferrable in the direction of the open position as a result of a pivoting movement of the drive lever from the direction of the passive position in the direction of the active position.
US11970895B2
A hinge bracket assembly includes an appliance wrapper defining a first receiving space extending in a first direction, a second receiving space extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and a third receiving space extending in a third direction oriented at an acute angle relative to the first direction. An anchor plate is engaged with the appliance wrapper and includes a retention member received by the first receiving space, a first flange received by the second receiving space, and a second flange received by the third receiving space. A hinge plate is coupled with the anchor plate and includes a protrusion received by a slot defined by the retention member. The appliance wrapper is positioned between the anchor and hinge plates. A locking arm is selectively engaged with the anchor and hinge plates and is rotatable between an unlocked position and a locked position.
US11970894B2
A double-axis hinge structure including a fixing member, a first shaft, a first guiding portion, a second shaft, a second guiding portion, and a slide guiding member is provided. The first shaft and the second shaft pass through the fixing member and the slide guiding member. The first guiding portion and the second guiding portion are respectively integrally formed on the first shaft and the second shaft. The slide guiding member has a third guiding portion and a fourth guiding portion. When one or both of the first shaft and the second shaft rotates relative to the fixing member, the guidance between the first guiding portion and the third guiding portion and/or the second guiding portion and the fourth guiding portion drives the slide guiding member to slide, so that the first shaft and the second shaft synchronously rotate in opposite directions by the same amount of rotation.
US11970875B2
A system for manufacturing a tower structure of a wind turbine includes an additive printing device having a central frame structure with a platform and an arm member. The arm member is generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the tower structure. The additive printing device also includes a plurality of robotic arms secured to the arm member of the central frame structure. Each of the robotic arms includes a printer head for additively printing one or more materials. The additive printing device further includes at least one nozzle configured for dispensing a cementitious material. Moreover, the system includes one or more molds additively printed via the additive printing device of a polymer material. As such, the mold(s) define inner and outer wall limits of the tower structure. After the mold(s) are printed and solidified, at least one of the printer heads or the nozzle of the additive printing device is configured to dispense the cementitious material between the inner and outer wall limits of the tower structure.
US11970868B2
An additive printing device and a method for using the same to manufacture a tower structure of a wind turbine is provided. The additive printing device includes a vertical support structure, a support ring suspended from the vertical support structure, and a printer head movably coupled to the support ring for selectively depositing cementitious material. A drive mechanism, such as a rack and pinion, moves the printer head around the support ring while selectively depositing cementitious material. The vertical support structure may be raised and/or the relative position between the vertical support structure and the printer head may be adjusted to raise the printer head to print subsequent layers. This process may be repeated to print the tower structure layer-by-layer from the ground up.
US11970861B2
A roof gutter for the purpose of keeping small debris out of the gutter and allowing rainwater to pass into the gutter. The covering is comprised of a water permeable, weather resistant mesh having apertures of a pre-determined size for passing water, the mesh sized to substantially cover a rain gutter; corrugations formed in the mesh, a debris collection first trough disposed along a longitudinal axis of the mesh, formed by making at least two bends in the mesh, the first trough located between a longitudinal midline of the mesh and a front gutter end of the mesh.
US11970860B2
A filtration device for filtering a fluid includes a first barrier member having a plurality of openings through which the fluid can penetrate the first barrier member, the first barrier member having a plurality of edges including a first edge; and a first ion-dispersing thread in the first barrier member. A portion of the first ion-dispersing thread extends in a direction, the direction is non-parallel to the first edge of the first barrier member, and the direction is non-perpendicular to the first edge of the first barrier member.
US11970857B1
A modular stiff wall panel assembly for a building structure includes a modular wall panel having a central portion has central ribs spaced therealong, a first wall track engaged with the central portion and having first ribs spaced therealong, and a second wall track engaged with the central portion and having second ribs spaced therealong wherein the second wall track is oppositely spaced from the first wall track, and a plurality of studs engaged with the central portion, the first wall track, and the second wall track. The central ribs, the first ribs, and the second ribs are linearly aligned, respectively, and registered parallel to a longitudinal axis of the studs, respectively. The central ribs, the first ribs, and the second ribs are coplanar on a single plane and disposed at an end-to-end pattern along an entire longitudinal length of the wall panel.
US11970846B2
A fitting (1), at least comprising a housing (2) having a housing wall (3), a mixing cartridge (4), arranged in the housing (2), having a first feed connection (5), a second feed connection (6), a mixing region (7) for mixing a fluid flowing into the mixing region (7) via the feed connections (5, 6), and an outlet connection (8) via which the fluid can flow out of the mixing region (7) and out of the mixing cartridge (4); an actuation unit (9) for actuating the mixing cartridge (4) and a hose (10); the hose (10) being connected to the outlet connection (8) by means of a first end (11) and being arranged in a moveable manner on the housing (2) by means of a second end (12); the hose (10) extending through a channel (13) of the mixing cartridge (4), the mixing region (7) being arranged at least partially between the channel (13) and the housing wall (3).
US11970845B2
A water flow valve positioned within a waterline preferably just past a building's water meter. The valve compresses air bubbles into the water at the point where the water enters the meter, thus improving the accuracy of the meter reading. The internal passageway of the valve is non-linear and causing the water traveling therethrough to go through a plurality of turns. A blocking disk and spring are used to close off communication between a first portion of the internal passageway and a second portion of the passageway in a valve closed position. With enough water flow pressure the spring is compressed which causes the blocking disk to retract and allow water to travel through the passageway, while creating the backpressure in the waterline to collapse the air bubbles prior to the bubbles being read by the water meter. A laminar flow for the water can also be created which can reduce the wear and tear on the water meter possibly extending the useful life for the water meter.
US11970844B2
In one aspect, a corner shroud includes a body that may have a floor portion having a floor rear surface, a floor inner surface, a floor lower surface, and a floor upper surface having a curved portion, a side portion, extending from the floor portion, and having a side outer surface, a side rear surface, a side inner surface, and a side upper surface, a front portion extending between the floor portion and the side portion, the front portion having a front surface, a front inner surface, and a front rear surface, and a top portion extending from the front portion, the top portion having a top upper surface, a top inner surface, a top lower surface, a top rear surface, and a top outer surface. The floor upper surface, the side inner surface, the front rear surface, the top lower surface, and the top inner surface define a recess.
US11970841B2
An adaptor includes a body defining a longitudinal axis, and a transverse axis that is normal to the longitudinal axis. The body also has a leading portion defining a lock receiving recess extending transversely at least partially through the leading portion, and a wire receiving conduit that is in communication with the lock receiving recess. The lock receiving recess defines a width and a depth with a ratio of the depth to width is greater than 1.0.
US11970838B2
Provided is a construction machine in which travel operability is not impaired when a combined operation is performed in which a single-rod hydraulic cylinder is driven during a travel operation. A hydraulic excavator includes a controller that controls the delivery direction and delivery flow rate of a closed-circuit pump, opens and closes a travel switching valve and an assist switching valve, and controls the delivery flow rate of the open-circuit pump, according to a travel operation lever and a work operation lever. The controller holds the assist switching valve in a closed position irrespective of whether or not the work operation lever is operated in a case where the travel operation lever is operated.
US11970837B2
A working machine control device includes a camera that obtains a captured image by imaging a particular part that is a part of a lower travelling body, and a controller, in which the controller includes a setting unit that sets a target slewing angle of an upper slewing body with respect to the lower travelling body, and a display control unit that causes a display unit to display a display screen in which a target image indicating a target position of the particular part is displayed in a superimposed manner at a position on the captured image, the position being where the particular part is displayed when a slewing angle of the upper slewing body with respect to the lower travelling body reaches the target slewing angle.
US11970835B2
A grader and slope scraping control method and device include a grader having a front frame; a blade mounted on the front frame, an attitude of the blade is adjustable; an actuator for adjusting the attitude of the blade; a first angle detecting member for detecting a first inclination angle in a front and rear direction of the grader relative to a horizontal plane and a second inclination angle in a left and right direction relative to a horizontal plane; a blade detecting member for detecting attitude information of the blade relative to the front frame; and a controller, for obtaining an actual slope angle based on the first inclination angle, second inclination angle and attitude information, and make the actuator adjust attitude of the blade to a target slope angle when the actual slope angle is inconsistent with the preset target slope angle.
US11970834B2
The invention includes a vehicle main body, a boom, a first actuator connecting the boom and the vehicle main body and configured to rotate the boom with respect to the vehicle main body about a first central axis, a first electric motor connected to the first actuator and that operates the first actuator. The boom includes a pair of boom lateral plates disposed to face each other in a direction of the first central axis, and a boom bottom plate connecting the boom lateral plates to each other, the first electric motor being disposed in a boom internal space surrounded by the pair of boom lateral plates and the boom bottom plate.
US11970832B2
A vibrator assembly comprising a feed pipe that has a longitudinal axis as well as a first end and a second end. The vibrator assembly may further comprise a vibrator unit that is mechanically coupled to the feed pipe, and a filling assembly which extends into the feed pipe at the first end and is designed to pick up material and direct same into the feed pipe. The feed pipe may have at least two separate channels from the first end to the second end and parallel to the longitudinal axis.
US11970831B2
A hatch control system providing creation of temporary bonded zones and ISPS (International Port Plants and Vessel security) area meeting legislations in order to build a barrier from the ground used in broad areas accessible by public and particularly in cruise ports. The system includes a hatch containing concrete coating having steel construction profiles thereon and located in parallel to the ground thus raising upward from one surface on ground and opening-closing vertically, an actuator connected to inside of the cover and providing opening-closing of the cover by rotation motion, a hydraulic power unit connected to the actuator and providing power transmission to the actuators, a control center connected to hydraulic power unit and sending command to the hydraulic power unit to provide opening-closing of the hatches.
US11970819B2
The present disclosure relates to tissue products comprising crosslinked fibers. The tissue products generally have good formation, such as a Formation Index greater than about 20, strength, such as geometric mean tensile strengths greater than about 700 g/3″ and high bulk, such as sheet bulks greater than about 10 cc/g. Unlike many prior art crosslinked fibers, the crosslinked softwood pulps of the present invention, which are preferably prepared using a glyoxal based crosslinking reagent, are readily dispersible in water and have relatively low degrees of kink and curl. As such, the fibers are well suited for forming wet-laid tissue products and more particularly wet-laid tissue products having improved physical properties, such as improved bulk.
US11970817B2
A method for preparing an aqueous suspension may include providing a fibrous substrate comprising cellulose having a Canadian Standard freeness equal to or less than 450 cm3, and microfibrillating the fibrous substrate in an aqueous environment by grinding in the presence of a grinding medium consisting essentially of mullite. The grinding may be carried out in the absence of grindable inorganic particulate material. The grinding medium may be present in an amount of at least about 10% by volume of the aqueous environment. The microfibrillated cellulose may have a fibre steepness of from about 20 to about 50.
US11970814B2
A garment folding machine includes: a frame unit defining an external framework of the garment folding machine, a loading unit configured to receive a garment, a folding unit configured to convey and fold the received garment, and an unloading unit configured to collect the garment from the folding unit. The folding unit comprises a plurality of folding layers that are spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction, where each of the plurality of folding layers includes a conveyor configured to convey the garment, and a conveyor motor configured to provide driving power to the conveyor. A first conveyor motor is configured to, based on the garment being positioned over two or more adjacent conveyors of the plurality of folding layers, operate at a first rotational speed that is different from a second rotational speed of a second conveyor motor disposed above the first conveyor motor.
US11970807B2
The present disclosure relates to a drain pump driving apparatus and a laundry treatment machine including the same. A drain pump driving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure and a laundry treatment machine including the same include: an inverter converting a direct current (DC) voltage from a converter into an alternating current (AC) voltage based on a switching operation and to output the converted AC voltage to a drain motor; and a controller to control the motor to, when a drain channel in a drain pump is clogged, be temporarily stopped in a period during which a speed of the motor increases and then to repeatedly rotate and stop in a first direction the same as a start-up direction, and to repeatedly rotate and stop in a second direction opposite to the first direction when the drain channel is clogged even after the motor repeatedly rotates and stops in the first direction. Accordingly, when impurities are introduced into the drain pump, the impurities can be removed in a simple manner.
US11970805B2
The embodiments herein discloses a system for dyeing fabrics on-demand, comprising a flatbed mechanism for loading a substrate for dyeing; an ink feeder mechanism, consisting of at least Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black (C, M, Y, K) colors and a color combiner mechanism or color mixer to combine the inks and create a composite ink; at least two nozzle heads to deposit the composite ink on both sides of a substrate; an operator console; and a reset mechanism. The nozzle is configured to move across the entire width of a substrate from one side to the other, while the substrate rolls to aid dyeing. The nozzle dyes a single color at any given time.
US11970794B2
The invention relates to a yarn treatment device for intermingling multifilament yarns by means of a pulsating air stream that is generated by a rotating cup ring having openings, characterized in that the drive motor and the support of the cup ring are located in the interior of the housing with the air supply channels thereof, and to a yarn treatment device for intermingling multifilament yarns by means of a pulsating air stream that is generated by a rotating cup ring having openings, characterized in that one or more nozzle inserts, through which the pulsating blown air flows, per thread run are arranged on the housing cup.
US11970777B2
Methods for atomic layer deposition (ALD) or plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) of low-K films are described. A method of depositing a film comprises exposing a substrate to a silicon precursor having the general formulae (Ia), (Ib), (Ic), (Id), (IX), or (X); and exposing the substrate to an oxidant to react with the silicon-containing film to form one or more of a silicon oxycarbide (SiOC) film or a silicon oxycarbonitride (SiOCN) film on the substrate, the oxidant comprising one or more of a carboxylic acid, an aldehyde, a ketone, an ethenediol, an oxalic acid, a glyoxylic acid, a peroxide, an alcohol, and a glyoxal.
US11970765B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for chemical vapour deposition on a substrate, the method comprising a precursor step and a reactant step, wherein the precursor step comprises chemisorbing a layer of precursor molecules on the substrate (170), and wherein the reactant step comprises adding to at least part of the substrate (170) surface species able to reduce the precursor molecule, whereby at least a part of the reduced precursor molecule is deposited on the substrate (170) surface, characterized by applying by means of a voltage source (130) a positive bias to at least part of the substrate (170) surface during at least part of the reactant step, wherein the step of adding the reducing species comprises providing by means of an electron source (150) electrons as free particles, whereby during the reactant step a closed electrical circuit is formed as the free electrons are transmitted to the substrate (170) surface.
US11970762B2
A high purity gold alloy alloyed with at least two of the metals zirconium, titanium and magnesium for jewelry manufacture, containing 75-99.5% Gold; at least two of 0.01-1.5% Zirconium, 0.01-1.5% Magnesium, and 0.01-1.5% Titanium; 0-24.98% Copper; 0-24.98% Zinc; and 0-24.98% Silver by weight. The gold alloy has 75-260 Vickers hardness and specific gravity 14-19 g/cc. A gold alloy with zirconium, magnesium, and titanium has a rich yellow colour. A gold alloy with zirconium and magnesium has a greenish yellow colour. A gold alloy with zirconium and titanium has a whitish yellow colour. A gold alloy with magnesium and titanium has a pale yellow colour. The gold alloy shows low wear during polishing. The gold alloy includes 18-24 Caratage, suitable for jewelry manufacture due to its low specific gravity.
US11970754B2
A method and apparatus to reclaim metals from scrap material such as automobile shredder residue (ASR) that, after separating out light density components, separates out friable material such as rock and glass by crushing and screening operations to generate a high metal content product.
US11970752B2
Provided are: a steel sheet having a high strength and excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance; and a method of producing the same. The steel sheet has prescribed chemical composition and structure, in which a standard deviation σ of Mn concentration satisfies σ≥0.15 Mnave (wherein, Mnave represents an average Mn concentration) and a region with a Mn concentration of higher than (Mnave+1.3σ) has a circle-equivalent diameter of less than 10.0 μm. The method of producing the steel sheet includes: the hot rolling step that includes finish rolling a slab having a prescribed chemical composition under prescribed conditions; the step of coiling the thus obtained hot-rolled steel sheet at a coiling temperature of 450 to 700° C.; and the step of cold rolling the hot-rolled steel sheet and subsequently annealing this steel sheet at 800 to 900° C.
US11970746B2
A method of processing a fecal sample from a human subject comprising combining a first portion of a collected fecal sample with a stabilizing buffer, combining a second portion of the sample with a solution that prevents denaturation or degradation of blood proteins found in a fecal sample. Embodiments comprise testing nucleic acid extracted from the first portion of the fecal sample for an amount of a human nucleic acid, and testing the second portion of the fecal sample for the presence of human blood.
US11970741B1
A sex-determination method for a dioecious plant includes obtaining a sample of a dioecious plant and determining a presence or absence of SEQ ID NO: 2 in the sample. The presence of SEQ ID NO: 2 in the sample is indicative that the sample is from a male dioecious plant. Using the sex determination method for a dioecious plant, the sex of dioecious plants may even be determined when the dioecious plants are still young, i.e., when they are seedlings.
US11970740B2
Next Generation DNA sequencing promises to revolutionize clinical medicine and basic research. However, while this technology has the capacity to generate hundreds of billions of nucleotides of DNA sequence in a single experiment, the error rate of approximately 1% results in hundreds of millions of sequencing mistakes. These scattered errors can be tolerated in some applications but become extremely problematic when “deep sequencing” genetically heterogeneous mixtures, such as tumors or mixed microbial populations. To overcome limitations in sequencing accuracy, a method Duplex Consensus Sequencing (DCS) is provided. This approach greatly reduces errors by independently tagging and sequencing each of the two strands of a DNA duplex. As the two strands are complementary, true mutations are found at the same position in both strands. In contrast, PCR or sequencing errors will result in errors in only one strand. This method uniquely capitalizes on the redundant information stored in double-stranded DNA, thus overcoming technical limitations of prior methods utilizing data from only one of the two strands.
US11970737B2
Compositions, methods and kits are disclosed for high-sensitivity single molecule digital counting by the stochastic labeling of a collection of identical molecules by attachment of a diverse set of labels. Each copy of a molecule randomly chooses from a non-depleting reservoir of diverse labels. Detection may be by a variety of methods including hybridization based or sequencing. Molecules that would otherwise be identical in information content can be labeled to create a separately detectable product that is unique or approximately unique in a collection. This stochastic transformation relaxes the problem of counting molecules from one of locating and identifying identical molecules to a series of binary digital questions detecting whether preprogrammed labels are present. The methods may be used, for example, to estimate the number of separate molecules of a given type or types within a sample.
US11970730B2
The present disclosure describes compositions of matter comprising a ribonucleoprotein complex comprising a nucleic acid-guided nuclease and a guide RNA, and further comprising and a blocking nucleic acid molecule represented by Formula III in the 5′-to-3′ direction comprises: T-D-M-A-(B-L)J-C; wherein T is 17-135 nucleotides in length; D is 0-10 nucleotides in length; M is 1-25 nucleotides in length or is absent, wherein if M is absent then T-D and A-(B-L)J-C are separate nucleic acid strands; A is 0-15 nucleotides in length and comprises at least 50% sequence complementarity to D; B is 4-12 nucleotides in length and comprises at least 50% sequence complementarity to T; L is 3-25 nucleotides in length; J is an integer between 1 and 10; C is 4-15 nucleotides in length; and wherein the blocking nucleic acid molecule comprises a sequence complementary to a gRNA.
US11970729B2
Methods of sequencing molecules based on luminescence lifetimes and/or intensities are provided. In some aspects, methods of sequencing nucleic acids involve determining the luminescence lifetimes, and optionally luminescence intensities, of a series of luminescently labeled nucleotides incorporated during a nucleic acid sequencing reaction.
US11970728B2
The present application discloses a method for rapidly identifying the resistance of wheat to black point disease caused by Bipolaris sorokiniana, where testing takes places in an indoor, controlled environment. The test method includes surface sterilization of wheat seeds, and cultivating wheat seedlings from the sterilized wheat seeds; preparing conidial suspension of Bipolaris sorokiniana, and spraying the conidial suspension on the seedlings at one-leaf-one-shoot stage; recording the percentage of the diseased leaf area in total leaf area of the first leaf of the wheat seedling on the 10th day of inoculation; calculating the black point incidence of the wheat according to an equation, and then evaluating the resistance of wheat to black point disease caused by Bipolaris sorokiniana through the black point incidence. Compared with existing field identification methods, the method of the present disclosure shortens identification time, simplifies identification procedure, greatly improves identification efficiency, and improves the accuracy and reliability of identification results.
US11970718B2
An extracellular vesicle loaded with a nucleic acid cargo and method for preparing the loaded vesicle is disclosed.
US11970715B2
Disclosed is a pH-sensitive and bioreducible polymer-virus complex which can destroy tumor cells more effectively by increasing the efficiency of virus transduction. A pH-sensitive and bioreducible polymer contains (i) an escapable portion from immune reactions, (ii) a chargeable portion having one or more amine groups and (iii) a bioreducible portion including one or more disulfide linkages. The and to a pharmaceutical composition containing the polymer-virus complex. Also disclosed are a pharmaceutical composition containing the pH-sensitive and bioreducible polymer-virus complex and methods for treating cancer in a subject, employing the composition.
US11970714B2
Described herein are methods and compositions related to generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Improved techniques for establishing highly efficient, reproducible reprogramming using non-integrating episomal plasmid vectors. Using the described reprogramming protocol, one is able to consistently reprogram non-T cells with close to 100% success from non-T cell or non-B cell sources. Further advantages include use of a defined reprogramming media E7 and using defined clinically compatible substrate recombinant human L-521. Generation of iPSCs from these blood cell sources allows for recapitulation of the entire genomic repertoire, preservation of genomic fidelity and enhanced genomic stability.
US11970713B2
The invention relates to a method for long-term ex vivo maintenance or expansion of one or more of a human erythroblast, a human megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitor, or a human common myeloid progenitor, comprising the step of: culturing cells comprising one or more of those cells in a culture medium comprising one or more selected from a tankyrase inhibitor, a growth factor, a B-Raf kinase inhibitor and a GSK-3 inhibitor.
US11970708B2
Disclosed is a gene therapy vector in which the occurrence of recombination is minimized. In order to minimize the occurrence of recombination, which is a major problem in the production and infection of a retroviral vector virus that continuously expresses a therapeutic gene during virus replication, a cleaved MCMV promoter was prepared by cutting the MCMV promoter on the basis of a repeat sequence, and the cleaved MCMV promoter was introduced to prepare a vector. It was confirmed that the vector having the cleaved MCMV promoter incorporated therein does not cause recombinations even after being incubated multiple times, and shows a continuous expression of the therapeutic protein, and in cells transfected with the virus containing the vector, cell death effectively occurs when a prodrug is administered thereto. Accordingly, the vector with minimized recombination occurrence of the present invention can be advantageously used for the treatment of cancer.
US11970689B2
The present invention relates to recombinant cyanobacterial cells for the production of a chemical compound of interest. In particular, the present invention relates to genetic modifications that introduce one or more heterologous phosphopantetheinyl transferases (PPTases) into a cyanobacterial cell. These cells can, optionally, further comprise heterologous carrier protein and nucleic acid constructs that provide the cyanobacterial cells with the capability of producing chemicals of interest or compounds of interest, such secondary metabolites polyketides, nonribosomal peptides and their hybrids, the three major families of bioactive natural products, of cyanobacteria and other bacterial phyla, secondary metabolites analogs, and unnatural compounds.
US11970687B2
The invention concerns an installation for treating biological liquid by viral inactivation, comprising a main supply valve (4) for suppling biological liquid to treat, a first line (2) downstream of said valve and provided with a first main tank (7), a second line (3) downstream of said valve and provided with a second main tank (14), said second line being in parallel with said first line, and a third main tank (11) disposed at an outlet both from said first line and said second line and configured to be successively supplied by said first main tank and by said second main tank; said installation being configured such that in each of said first, second and third main treatment tanks, a determined volume of acid and a determined volume of base are introduced at least so as to adjust a pH of said biological liquid and to regulate a rate of drainage flow of said third main treatment tank so as to provide a continuous rate of flow of treated biological liquid at an outlet from said installation.
US11970683B2
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for membrane carbonation for cultivating microalgae and other microorganisms that utilize a gaseous substrate, as well as to upgrade the quality of mixed-gas streams.
US11970676B2
A composition that comprises encapsulates, the encapsulates having a core that includes perfume characterized by an acid value of greater than 5.0 mg KOH/g of perfume, the encapsulates also including a shell that includes a (meth)acrylate material. Methods of making and using such compositions.
US11970670B2
A penetrating oil including isoalkane solvent and oil derived from biological sources and a method for producing the same, are disclosed. Use of a composition containing isoalkane solvent and oil derived from biological sources is further disclosed.
US11970659B2
Methods for treating a formation may include introducing components of a treatment solution into a wellbore such that the treatment solution contacts the formation to be treated, where the treatment solution may include urea, urease, a calcium ion source, one or more polysaccharides, a casein protein, a protease, an ionic compound, and a sugar, where the formation may have an amount of sand production before treatment and may be in fluid contact with the wellbore, and where an amount of sand production after treatment may be less than the amount of sand production before treatment. Consolidated sand structure compositions may include previously unconsolidated sand interlinked by inter-particle cementitious bonds comprising deposited calcium carbonate crystals, where the consolidated sand has a structural strength and the consolidated sand structure is porous to permit fluid flow through the composition.
US11970655B2
A high temperature and high salinity-resistant complementarily rigid-flexible plugging agent, a method for preparing the same, and a water-based drilling fluid and a use thereof.
US11970652B1
A thermal energy storing system includes two or more volumes of a formulation of active material. The formulation of active material in each of the two or more volumes includes a solvent and one or more of a salt, a base, or an acid as the active material. The formulation of active material in each of the two or more volumes also has multiple congruent solid/liquid phase transitions at different concentrations of the solvent. A phase transition temperature of each volume of the two or more volumes of the formulation of active material can be adjusted by changing the concentration of solvent in each formulation. This tunability notably improves the performance and cost effectiveness of heat pumps, shifting electrical loads to lower-cost, off-peak/renewable-intensive periods, improving efficiency, and enabling recovery of low-grade renewable and waste heat. The system has a relatively small footprint, which is particularly attractive in urban applications.
US11970640B2
An adhesive includes an organic material, an inorganic material, a curing agent and a catalyst. The adhesive is able to bond the wood material, especially recycled wood material. The wood material is not necessary to have any pretreatment like removing color, pigment or plastic lining so as to be introduced to the film process directly. After breaking and adjusting the moisture content of the wood material, it can be mixed with the adhesive and hard pressed into wood product with good duration and quality. The adhesive and the production method of wood board is able to ameliorate the problem of the conventional water based adhesive to save energy and processing time.
US11970636B2
To provide an aqueous adhesive for an inorganic material with excellent adhesiveness to the inorganic material. An adhesive improver (J) for an aqueous adhesive for an inorganic material including a copolymer (A) containing an unsaturated (poly) carboxylic acid (anhydride) (a1) and a (meth) acrylic acid alkyl (2 to 30 alkyl carbon atoms) ester (a2) as a constituent monomer; and an aqueous adhesive for an inorganic material (X) including the adhesive improver (J), saccharide (B), a polycarboxylic acid (C) having 4 to 24 carbon atoms and water.
US11970628B2
Provided is a fluororesin coating composition for forming a topcoat having improved non-tackiness and water and oil repellency. The fluororesin is crystalline tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoro(ethyl vinyl ether) copolymer having a perfluoro(ethyl vinyl ether) content of 8 to 20 mass % based on the total mass of the copolymer.
US11970623B2
A dry erase ink for a writing instrument. The dry erase ink includes, as the main organic solvent, a solvent selected from the group consisting of n-propyl acetate, isopropyl acetate, or mixtures thereof.
US11970622B2
Provided is an active-energy-ray-curable composition including: a polymerizable monomer having static surface tension of 40 mN/m or greater at 25 degrees C., a content of the polymerizable monomer being 15% by mass or less relative to total amount of the active-energy-ray-curable composition; an organic pigment serving as a colorant, the organic pigment being contained in 2% by mass or greater relative to total amount of the active-energy-ray-curable composition; and a dispersant having amine value of 5 mgKOH/g or greater but 35 mgKOH/g or less, amine value being greater than acid value of the dispersant, the dispersant being contained in 15% by mass or greater but 70% by mass or less relative to mass of the organic pigment, wherein the active-energy-ray-curable composition is substantially free of a surfactant, and wherein a water content in the active-energy-ray-curable composition is 500 ppm by mass or greater but 3,000 ppm by mass or less.
US11970620B2
The disclosure belongs to the technical field of material science, and particularly relates to a method for preparing a high sensitivity temperature sensitive reversible color-changing microcapsule. According to the method, a series of novel fluorane dyes are designed and synthesized, the color-changing performance can be achieved without a color developing agent, the fluorane dyes are compounded with a phase change material according to a certain proportion, a series of two-component reversible temperature sensitive color-changing dyes are prepared, and then a two-component reversible thermochromic microcapsule with good color performance and color-changing response performance is prepared by adopting a solvent evaporation method. The two-component reversible thermochromic microcapsule provided by the disclosure can effectively alleviate the color lag phenomenon of a traditional three-component thermochromic capsule.
US11970617B2
An exemplary embodiment provides a method for preparing a latex composition for dip forming, the method including: (a) preparing a monomer mixture including a conjugated diene-based monomer, an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer and an ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer; (b) introducing an additive including an inorganic solvent, an emulsifier and starch into the monomer mixture; and (c) preparing a copolymer latex by polymerizing the monomer mixture, wherein a content of the starch is 0.1 to 4.9 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the monomer mixture.
US11970616B2
A modified conjugated diene-based polymer having high linearity and improved compounding properties is provided. The modified conjugated diene-based polymer includes phosphor, sulfur and chlorine in specific amount ranges, and the degree of branching is controlled, and accordingly, if applied to a rubber composition, tensile strength and viscoelasticity may be excellent, and processability may be markedly improved.
US11970615B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a polysiloxane-polycarbonate block co-condensate, wherein a siloxane component containing both aliphatic and aromatic groups is used as a mediator. The invention also relates to a polycarbonate composition and also to the use of the special siloxane component for reducing the particle size distribution of the siloxane domains in a polysiloxane-polycarbonate block co-condensate.
US11970613B2
Embodiments relate to a polymer film. The polymer film comprises a polymer resin selected from the group consisting of a polyamide-based resin and a polyimide-based resin and has a haze (HZ0) before autoclave treatment of 3% or less and a ΔHZ24 represented by Equation 1a of 500% or less.
US11970611B2
The present invention provides a member for a wearable device, the member including a resin base material, an electronic component, and a protecting layer which protects the electronic component, wherein the protecting layer is a layer formed from a curable composition including a perfluoropolyether group-containing compound.
US11970604B2
A germ-repellent plastic for use in a gas pathway of a respiratory device contains an anti-biofouling compound, and a basic plastic. The anti-biofouling compound is optionally selected from the group of a polyol, a polyether polyol, a polyol derivative, and a combination thereof; or the anti-biofouling compound is selected from the group consisting of a polyether, a poly(ethylene glycol) ether, a polysorbate, and a combination thereof; or the anti-biofouling compound is selected from the group consisting of poly(ethylene glycol) sorbitan monolaurate, poly(ethylene glycol) sorbitan monooleate, poly(ethylene glycol) sorbitol hexaoleate, ceteareth, and a combination thereof. The basic plastic is selected from the group of a blend of a low-density polyethylene polymer and an ethyl vinyl acetate copolymer, a blend of a polypropylene polymer and an ethyl vinyl acetate copolymer, a blend of polyolefin elastomer polymers and a polyvinyl chloride polymer. A method for manufacturing such a germ-repellent plastic, a gas pathway component of a respiratory device containing the germ-repellent plastic, and a respiratory device are also described.
US11970598B2
An intumescent polymer is provided for molding fire-retardant structures. Expandable graphite is mixed in a polymer matrix to form the intumescent polymer. The expandable graphite is treated with silane to improve the strength of the polymer. Other ingredients may also be included within the polymer, including an acid source, blowing agent, char forming agent, an inorganic filler and a cross-linking agent.
US11970592B2
The present invention relates to a window cover film and a flexible display panel including the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a window cover film including a base layer and a hard coating layer, and a flexible display panel including the same. Since the window cover film of the present invention has high surface hardness, flexibility, the excellent bending properties, the window cover film may be restored to the original form without permanent deformation and/or damage of the hard coating layer and the window cover film even though a predetermined deformation is repeated.
US11970586B1
A composite material may be prepared from a solid polymeric binder and a solid filler by feeding into an extruder the solid polymeric binder at a first feed rate and the solid filler at a second feed rate. The extruder extrudes an extrudate of the solid polymeric binder and solid filler to form the composite material. The composite material has a binder to filler ratio determined by the first feed rate and second feed rate. The solid polymeric binder and solid filler have different densities. Feeding the solid polymeric binder at the first feed rate and the solid filler at the second feed rate distributes the solid filler substantially homogeneously throughout the composite material.
US11970577B2
The present disclosure provides polyanilines, articles thereof, and methods of forming polyanilines. In at least one aspect, a polyaniline has a thermal stability of about 100° C. or greater, a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of from about 50,000 g/mol to about 150,000 g/mol and a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of from about 1 to about 5. In at least one aspect, a film includes a polyaniline, the film having a hydrocarbon content of about 1 wt % or less, based on the total weight of the film. In at least one aspect, a method includes introducing an emulsion of an aqueous solution of an aniline and an alkyl-substituted aryl sulfonic acid having 1 wt % or less of hydrocarbon content into a flow reactor, the flow reactor having a length of tubing having an inner diameter. The method includes polymerizing the monomer within the tube to form a polyaniline.
US11970576B2
There is provided a β-peptido sugar-copolymer having the structure of formula (I) as defined herein, or a stereoisomer, a tautomer, an N-oxide, a hydrate, a solvate, or a salt thereof, or a mixture of the same. There is provided a process to make the β-peptido sugar-copolymer as defined herein. There are further provided medical applications of the β-peptido sugar-copolymer as defined herein. In a preferred embodiment, a block-like copolymer poly(amido-D-glucose)-block-poly-β-(L)-homolysine (PDGu-b-PBLK) synthesized via anionic ring-opening polymerization (ROP) demonstrates an antimicrobial efficacy, an enhanced selectivity towards different bacteria, biocompatibility vs. mammalian cells and spontaneous assembly.
US11970572B2
Embodiments of the presently disclosed technology provide a synergistic combination of a conjugated open-shell donor-acceptor polymer with a carbon-based compound (e.g., reduced graphene oxide) to produce a composite electrode material which demonstrates state-of-the-art capacitance and potential window, with excellent kinetics and cycle life. The conjugated open-shell donor-acceptor polymer may comprise a plurality of alternating electron-rich monomers (i.e., donors) and electron-deficient monomers (i.e., acceptors) bonded together via a conjugated backbone. The conjugated backbone may comprise a connection of n-orbitals of the plurality of monomers in alternating single and double bonds that facilitates unpaired electron delocalization—thereby stabilizing charge for the polymer. The carbon-based compound of the composite electrode material may provide porous, conductive scaffolds for the composite electrode material, resulting in electrodes scalable to microns-thick films with fast kinetics.
US11970566B2
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a polyurethane filter foam having excellent air permeability, elasticity, and restoring force. In the method of manufacturing the polyurethane filter foam, the cell size of the filter foam is made regular by controlling the pressure by adjusting the diameter of the foaming head of a foaming machine, rather than adding a cell opener, cell irregularity caused by poor dispersion of the cell opener is alleviated, and air permeability, porosity, and compression set are excellent.
US11970563B2
The present invention relates to a nanoparticulate composition comprising nanoparticles formed from an amphipathic block copolymer comprising a hydrophilic block and a hydrophobic block, where the nanoparticles are provided in the form of micelles, cylindrical worm structures or vesicles and the size of the nanoparticles is from 25 to 500 nm, wherein: the composition is substantially free of heavy metals and compounds comprising sulfur. Also disclosed herein is a method of forming said nanoparticulate composition by polymerization induced self-assembly (PISA) via non-transition-metal catalysed controlled radical polymerization (NTMC-CRP).
US11970558B2
A method of recovering a solvent including: supplying polymerization reactants including one or more monomers and a solvent to a reactor to obtain a polymer solution; supplying a stream including the polymer solution to a separator to separate an upper discharge stream including the solvent, wherein the solvent is in a gaseous phase, and a lower discharge stream including the polymer solution; heating a divergence stream including a part of the lower discharge stream from the separator by a heating device and refluxing the divergence stream to the separator; supplying a residue stream including a remainder of the lower discharge stream from the separator to a steam stripping process unit; and adjusting a vapor mass fraction of the divergence stream which is refluxed to the separator with a pressure adjustment valve after being heated by the heating device.
US11970557B2
A polymer capable of securing pattern uniformity in a photoresist pattern, the polymer containing a photoacid generator by including a structure unit represented by Chemical Formula 1a; and a structure unit represented by Chemical Formula 1b as shown in the specification.
US11970556B2
The present disclosure is directed to provide a methacrylic resin and a methacrylic resin composition which enable production of a shaped article excellent in color tone in a long path length. A methacrylic resin of the present disclosure has a structural unit (X) including a cyclic structure in a main chain thereof. The methacrylic resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of higher than 120° C. and 160° C. or lower. An emission intensity at 514 nm in terms of a concentration of a solution of fluorescein in ethanol is 30×10−10 mol/L or less when a solution containing 2.0 mass % of the methacrylic resin in chloroform is spectroscopically analyzed using an excitation wavelength of 436 nm and a slit width of 2 nm.
US11970554B2
Disclosed are 13N-oxytocin molecules, methods of manufacture of 13N-oxytocin molecules and methods of use of 13N-oxytocin molecules in the determination of the distribution and kinetics of 13N-oxytocin molecules after craniofacial or other application methods.
US11970551B2
The present disclosure relates generally to the field of polypeptide synthesis, and more particularly, to the solution phase synthesis of the Wnt hexapeptide Foxy-5 and protected derivatives and peptide fragments thereof.
US11970546B2
The present disclosure provides antibodies specific for Mucin 1. Nucleic acids that encode one or both of the variable chains of an antibody of the present disclosure are also provided, as are cells that include such nucleic acids. Also provided are compositions that include the antibodies of the present disclosure, including in some instances, pharmaceutical compositions. Methods of making and using the antibodies of the present disclosure are also provided. In certain aspects, provided are methods that include administering to an individual having a cell proliferative disorder a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody of the present disclosure, where the antibody is administered to the individual to enhance an immune response, e.g., a T cell response, to abnormally proliferating cells of the cell proliferative disorder. The antibodies are also useful in various diagnostic, and monitoring applications, which are also provided.
US11970543B2
Provided herein are anti-CD39 antibodies that inhibit the enzymatic activity of human CD39 and methods of using the same.
US11970535B2
This invention relates to the use of KIR3DL2-targeting agents for the treatment of CTCL. The invention provides advantageous treatment regimens using anti-KIR3DL2 antibodies for the treatment of CTCL, notably in first-line CTCL.
US11970527B2
The present disclosure is directed to a monoclonal antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, that specifically binds to a Staphylococcus aureus clumping factor A protein (ClfA), as well as compositions comprising the monoclonal antibody. The disclosure also is directed to methods of treating a Staphylococcus aureus infection by administering the anti-ClfA monoclonal antibody alone, or in combination with a monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to S. aureus alpha toxin (AT) protein to a subject. Bispecific monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to both ClfA and AT and methods of using the same also are provided.
US11970515B1
The present disclosure provides a novel brassinosteroid (BR) analogue, a novel crystal form, and a preparation method and use thereof. The BR analogue has a chemical formula of C27H46O7, a chemical name of (20R,22R)-2β,3β,14α-14,20,22,25-hexahydroxy-5β,8α,9α-cholestan-6-one, and a structural formula of: In the present disclosure, a novel crystal form with a high bioactivity is obtained by improving a recrystallization process of a naturally extracted BR analogue. This novel crystal form can be applied in the field of agriculture to promote the growth of plants.
US11970513B2
Disclosed are processes for the production of composition comprising one or more fructose amino acids, and related. Such a process may comprise the steps of: (a) providing plant material derived from a botanical source selected from plants of the families Solanaceae, Compositae, Asteraceae, Guttiferae, Umbelliferae, Papaveraceae, Vitidaceae or Acanthaceae; (b) extracting one or more fructose amino acid(s) from said plant material; and optionally, (c) detecting the presence and/or measuring the amount of said fructose amino acid(s) in the extract of step (b).
US11970510B2
Disclosed are a catalyst component and a catalyst for olefin polymerization, and an olefin polymerization method. The catalyst component comprises magnesium, titanium, a halogen and an internal electron donor, wherein the internal electron donor comprises a monocarboxylic acid ester compound and a diether compound, and the molar ratio of the monocarboxylic acid ester compound to the diether compound is (0.0035-0.7):1. By using the catalyst, a polymer having both a high isotactic index and a high melt flow index can be prepared.
US11970504B1
An 2-benzo-[3,4-b]quinolino-[b,g]indeno[1′,2′:3,4]fluoreno-[1,2-d]oxonine-5,11,16,21-tetraone compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US11970499B1
Novel pyrazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidine compounds, a method of synthesizing said compounds, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compounds and a suitable carrier, and a method of using the compounds. The pyrazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidine compounds, identified as CK2 inhibitors, are useful as anticancer and/or antitumor agents, and as agents for treating other kinase-associated conditions including inflammation, pain, and certain immunological disorders, and other types of diseases such as diabetes, viral infection, neurodegenerative diseases.
US11970489B1
Compounds for treating preventing malaria and, particularly, to larvicidal agents that are 4-[(substituted 1H-benzimidazol-2-ylsulfanyl)methyl]-6-substituted-2H-chromen-2-ones derivatives and their use as larvicidal agents.
US11970486B2
The present invention features compounds useful in the treatment of neurological disorders. The compounds of the invention, alone or in combination with other pharmaceutically active agents, can be used for treating or preventing neurological disorders.
US11970476B1
A 6′-(4-chlorophenyl)-2′-alkoxy-3,4′-bipyridine-3′-carbonitrile compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US11970472B1
A 5-((2-isopropyl-5-methylphenoxy)methyl)-3-(naphthalen-1-yl)-1,2,4-oxadiazole compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent. The 5-((2-isopropyl-5-methylphenoxy)methyl)-3-(naphthalen-1-yl)-1,2,4-oxadiazole compound having the formula I:
US11970466B1
A 4-((5-(3-fluorophenyl)-4-phenyl-4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-ylthio)methyl)benzoic acid compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US11970465B1
Ethyl {[4-benzoyl-5-(3-fluorophenyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl]thio}acetate as an antimicrobial compound
An ethyl {[4-benzoyl-5-(3-fluorophenyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl]thio}acetate compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US11970461B1
A 1-hexyl-5-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2,4-diphenyl-1H-imidazole compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US11970457B2
The present invention relates to metabolites of [3-(4-{2-butyl-1-[4-(4-chloro-phenoxy)-phenyl]-1H-imidazol-4-yl}-phenoxy)-propyl]-diethyl-amine. These metabolites may act as RAGE antagonists. These metabolites may also be useful in assays to measure the presence or amount of one or more metabolites of the parent compound in a sample.
US11970449B2
The present invention relates to a mechanochemical based synthesis of perfluoropyridine monomers, polymers made using such monomers and methods of making and using articles comprising such polymers. Such perfluoropyridine monomers are easily chemically tuned have the strength needed for high temperature applications and the flexibility needed for low temperature applications. In addition, to the aforementioned monomers, a mechanochemical based synthesis for such perfluoropyridine monomers is provided. All of the aforementioned performance application advantages are also found in polymers comprising Applicants' perfluoropyridine monomers.
US11970444B2
Disclosed herein is an efficacious process for preparation of highly purified Glycopyrrolate tosylate in high yield. The process is being cost effective, environment friendly and easily scalable to high volume industrial production.
US11970442B2
To achieve a method for producing a carbonic ester at a high yield by a simple process while suppressing formation of by-products, for example, a method for producing an aliphatic carbonic ester. The above problem is solved by a method for producing a carbonic ester, the method including a carbonic ester formation reaction in which an alcohol and carbon dioxide are reacted in the presence of an aromatic nitrile compound and a catalyst, wherein the water content in the alcohol used in the carbonic ester formation reaction is 0.10% by mass or less.
US11970438B2
There is provided a compound having a structure represented by the following Formula (1), in Formula (1), R1 and R2 each independently represent a phenyl group having a substituent or an unsubstituted phenyl group, R3 and R4 each independently represent a C2-C12 alkyl group having a substituent or an unsubstituted C2-C12 alkyl group, a cyano group, a trifluoromethyl group, or a halogen atom, R5 and R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R7 represents a phenyl group having a substituent, an unsubstituted phenyl group, or a heteroaromatic group having a specific structure, and X− represents an anion, and in a case where at least one anionic substituent is included in a molecule, X− may not be present.
US11970425B2
Disclosed is a liquid regulator for ultra-dispersed, high-mud-resistance, high-foam-stability, low-shrinkage and enhanced autoclaved aerated concrete, which comprises the following ingredients in parts by weight: 75 parts to 85 parts of hyperdispersant; 5 parts to 10 parts of anti-mud agent; 1 part to 3 parts of shrinkage reducing ingredient; 10 parts to 20 parts of reinforcing ingredient; and 0.05 part to 0.1 part of foam stabilizing ingredient; and the invention further discloses a preparation and application thereof. By adding the liquid regulator into the autoclaved aerated concrete, the effects of ultra-dispersion, high mud resistance, high foam stability, low shrinkage and performance enhancement can be achieved.
US11970424B1
The present invention specifically relates to equipment and a method for preparing an aerogel thermal insulation mortar for a high-temperature kiln thereof. The equipment comprises a top box, a support frame platform, a processing mechanism, an agitation mechanism, a receiving mechanism and a docking mechanism, wherein the top box is provided with a partition frame capable of dividing an inner space thereof into a first material discharge cavity, a second material discharge cavity, a third material discharge cavity and a fourth material discharge cavity respectively; the receiving mechanism is mounted on an inner top of the support frame platform and docked with the top box; the docking mechanism is mounted on the receiving mechanism; an inner bottom of the support frame platform is provided with a collection box; one side of the top box is provided with a door panel.
US11970418B2
Methods for producing glass articles from glass tube includes securing a glass tube in a holder of a converter; rotating the glass tube; and passing the glass tube through processing stations, which include at least a heating station and a forming station, to form one or more features at a working end of the glass tube. An active time is an amount of time the glass tube is engaged with a heating element or a forming tool while in a processing station, and an exposure index for the processing station is the rotational speed of the glass tube multiplied by a number of heating elements or forming tools in the processing station multiplied by the active time. An absolute difference between the exposure index and a nearest integer is less than or equal to 0.30, which reduces temperature and dimensional inhomogeneity around a circumference of the glass tube.
US11970412B2
A plasma electrode module, an underwater plasma discharge device including the plasma electrode module, and a water treatment system are provided. The plasma electrode module includes a conductive substrate including a plurality of holes, a ceramic layer surrounding a portion of the outer surface of the conductive substrate, and a plasma electrode disposed in each of the plurality of holes, wherein the plasma electrode has a multilayer structure in which a cylindrical ground portion, a fixed portion, and a discharge portion are sequentially stacked, the ground portion is in contact with the conductive substrate and plasma is generated on the discharge portion, and each of the plurality of holes has a diameter in a range of 1 mm to 10 mm.
US11970409B2
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are destroyed by oxidation in supercritical conditions. PFAS in water can be concentrated and prepared for destruction in a pretreatment phase. Following annihilation of the PFAS in supercritical conditions to levels below 5 parts per trillion (ppt), the water effluent can be used to recover heat, returned to sub-critical conditions, and then released back into the environment.
US11970408B2
An embodiment of this disclosure provides a liquid treatment device, including: a housing 10 having a housing body 16 and a cover body 11, wherein the housing body 16 is open at one end in a length direction and is close at the other end, the cover body 11 is matched with the one end of the housing body 16 for sealing the one end, and the cover body 11 is provided with an inlet 13 for a liquid to flow into the cover body 11; a reverse osmosis membrane unit 20 located in an accommodation space enclosed by the housing body 16 and the cover body 11, the reverse osmosis membrane unit 20 including a reverse osmosis membrane 24 for performing reverse osmosis treatment on the liquid, a collector tube 27 collects a purified liquid obtained by the reverse osmosis treatment, and a support rod 22 supporting the reverse osmosis membrane 24, wherein the reverse osmosis membrane 24 includes a liquid inlet 21 at one end in the length direction; and a filter 30 arranged in the cover body 11 and located between the liquid inlet 21 and the inlet 13 and is used to filter the liquid entering the cover body 11 via the inlet 13, the filtered liquid entering the reverse osmosis membrane 24 via the liquid inlet. According to this disclosure, by providing the filter in the space between the cover body of the liquid treatment device and the support rod, the liquid entering the reverse osmosis membrane may be preprocessed, spaces may be saved, installation is convenient, and cost is relatively low.
US11970407B2
An ion-exchange resin module and a deionization apparatus using same are proposed. An ion-exchange resin module may have the inside filled with ion-exchange resin and may be configured to have a pressing plate such that fluid in the ion-exchange resin is discharged. Multiple ion-exchange resin modules may be installed by being stacked in an inner space defined inside a tank of the deionization apparatus. A discharge pipe which passes through the lower end of the tank and extends to the upper end thereof may be installed in the inner space, the discharge pipe being located in a through duct which passes through the centers of the ion-exchange resin modules.
US11970405B2
Provided is a method for producing lithium carbonate from lithium ion battery waste, the lithium ion battery waste including battery positive material components containing Li and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni and Mn, wherein, after subjecting the lithium ion battery waste to a wet process, thereby separating the at least one metal of the battery positive material components from the lithium ion battery waste to obtain crude lithium carbonate, the method includes: a dissolution step of dissolving the crude lithium carbonate in a liquid while feeding a carbon dioxide gas; and a decarbonization step of heating a lithium dissolved solution obtained in the dissolution step to release carbonic acid, and wherein when dissolving the crude lithium carbonate in the liquid in the dissolution step, the liquid is stirred in a reaction vessel using a stirrer, and a ratio of a diameter (d) of a stirring blade of the stirrer to an inner diameter (D) of the reaction vessel (d/D) is from 0.2 to 0.5.
US11970402B2
Disclosed herein are modified zeolites and methods for making modified zeolites. In one or more embodiments disclosed herein, a modified zeolite includes a microporous framework including a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm and organometallic moieties each bonded to bridging oxygen atoms. The microporous framework includes at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The organometallic moieties include a metal atom and a ring structure including the metal atom, a nitrogen atom, and one or more carbon atoms. The metal atom may be bonded to a bridging oxygen atom, and wherein the bridging oxygen atom bridges the metal atom of the organometallic moiety and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.
US11970401B2
The formation of amorphous silicon for use in, for example, lithium-ion batteries is disclosed. The process can include milling a plurality of silicon nanocrystals having an average particle diameter and a percent crystallinity greater than about 60%, in a unit designed to reduce the average particle diameter to the same or a larger size, thereby forming a plurality of amorphous silicon nanoparticles having about the same average particle diameter as the silicon nanocrystals and a percent crystallinity of less than about 50%.
US11970400B2
There is described a carbon material comprising sp2 and sp3 hybridised carbon. Also described is a method of making a carbon material the method comprising: exposing a substrate to a flux of at least 1011 carbon ions per cm2 of substrate per 1 ms, a majority of the carbon ions having a kinetic energy of at least 10 eV. Further, electrodes comprising the carbon material are described. The electrodes may operate as an anode in Li ion battery characterised with improved specific capacity and operation life-time.
US11970398B2
The present disclosure provides methods for the conversion of a solution or suspension of polymers, plastics, and other carbon-containing waste materials in the presence of a metal containing catalyst into carbon nanotubes. The method includes steps of mixing the polymer and metallic catalyst in a suitable solvent and injecting the mixture into a heated zone of a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reactor to produce carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Advantages of the present disclosure include ease of use, the potential use of a wide range of plastics that cannot be recycled or upcycled by traditional methods, and the ability to use waste hydrocarbon solvents to dissolve the plastic, or to use as a carbon source.
US11970396B2
A negative thermal expansion material having a negative thermal expansion coefficient according to the present invention is represented by Zr2−aMaSxP2O12+δ, where M is at least one selected from Ti, Ce, Sn, Mn, Hf, Ir, Pb, Pd, and Cr; a is 0≤a<2; x is 0.4≤x≤1; and δ is a value defined as to satisfy a charge neutral condition. The present invention makes it possible to provide a negative thermal expansion material, a composite material and a method for producing a negative thermal expansion material that can realize reduction in cost and density reduction.
US11970395B2
A rare earth phosphate particle containing a rare earth element A, where A is Sc, Y, La, Eu, Gd, Dy, Yb, or Lu, and a rare earth element B different from the element A, where B is Sc, Y, La, Eu, Gd, Dy, Yb, or Lu. The phosphate of the element A is preferably crystalline, with at least part of the element B dissolved in the phosphate of the element A in a solid state. The phosphate of the element A preferably has a xenotime or monazite crystal structure.
US11970394B2
Provided is a method of synthesizing apatite powder by emitting a laser beam to a surface of a substrate immersed in a precursor solution. The method is including immersing a substrate in an apatite-forming precursor solution, emitting a laser beam to a region on a surface of the substrate immersed in the precursor solution, and obtaining apatite powder generated in the precursor solution.
US11970383B2
Methods and devices for dispensing a cooled beverage are provided. One embodiment of methods includes the steps of mixing a diluent and a concentrate to make a diluted solution. The diluted solution is carbonated to yield a carbonated solution. The carbonated solution is cooled to below 0° C. to produce the cooled beverage, and the cooled beverage is dispensed through a nozzle. A device for dispensing a cooled beverage, where the cooled beverage comprises a diluent having a freezing point at STP includes an upstream cooler that pre-cools a supply of diluent to a temperature above the freezing point. A mixer mixes the pre-cooled diluent with a concentrate to make a diluted solution. A downstream cooler further cools the diluted solution to below the freezing point. A dispenser dispenses the downstream-cooled solution to atmosphere. The temperature of the cooled beverage is below the freezing point when dispensed.
US11970381B2
Methods of sealing a metallic container are provided. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods that reduce the amount of force applied to a metallic bottle to seal the metallic bottle with a ROPP closure. The methods include use of a capping apparatus that may include more thread rollers than known capping apparatus. Optionally, the thread rollers may use more forming passes to form threads on the ROPP closure. The capping apparatus may also rotate one or more of the ROPP closure and the metallic container in a closing direction before the metallic container is discharged. In one embodiment, the thread rollers form the closure threads before or after a pilfer roller applies a sideload to the ROPP closure.
US11970365B2
A protective device for protecting assembly personnel during assembly work on a passenger transport system configured as an escalator or moving walkway. The passenger transport system has at least one clamping device for a balustrade panel. A base region of the protective device is configured in such a way that the base region can be held in the clamping device such that it can be clamped in place in lieu of a balustrade panel.
US11970363B2
A double-deck elevator car has first and second vertically spaced cars each accessible via a different floor in a stop position, a car frame with at least one longitudinal support, a first support structure in the frame supporting the first car, a second support structure in the frame supporting the second car, and a linear guide movably coupling the first support structure to the longitudinal support. The linear guide has at least one rail element fastened to the longitudinal support, and at least one coupling element slidably mounted on the rail element and fastened to the first support structure. The coupling element has first and second mounting portions mounting on the rail element and a fastening portion fastening the coupling element to the first support structure. A drive moves the first support structure relative to the second support structure.
US11970362B2
A fastening apparatus for fastening a drive of an elevator system, wherein the elevator system includes an installation structure for installing the drive, has a beam with two feet for fastening the beam to the installation structure. The fastening apparatus includes a drive bracket for receiving the drive, wherein the drive bracket is fastened to the beam, and a support leg that is fastened at one end to the drive bracket and additionally supports the drive bracket on the installation structure.
US11970360B2
A sheet processing apparatus includes a plurality of folding devices, a control unit that controls a job involving a folding process, and an input unit that accepts settings for the job from a user. The input unit accepts, from the user, specification of a priority preference out of a plurality of predetermined preferences related to the folding process. The control unit selects, out of the plurality of folding devices, a folding device that can perform the folding process with the settings for the job made by the user as a target folding device. If a plurality of target folding devices are present, then based on the priority preference, the control unit determines, out of the plurality of target folding devices, a folding device with which to perform the folding process.
US11970346B2
A process and apparatus for handling a rigid sheet is disclosed. The process comprises engaging opposing faces of a sheet at its periphery with engagement means providing a second engagement means, movable relative to the first and engaging the sheet with the second engagement means. The sheet is then moved relative to the second engagement means whilst the sheet is engaged with the first engagement means and is then clamped. The sheet is then moved to a desired orientation or location whilst maintaining the first and second engagement means in fixed relative position. The process is useful in handling glass sheeting and in the production of multiple glazed units and on an insulating glass production line.
US11970342B2
The present invention relates to a chip tray positioning device, which mainly comprises a frame body, a tray conveying module, a pulling module, a pushing module and a controller. The tray conveying module is disposed on the frame body, electrically connected to the controller and controlled to convey a chip tray from the start area to the end area. The pulling module and the pushing module are disposed on the frame body, electrically connected to the controller and controlled to cause the chip tray to be abutted against the end wall and the lateral wall of the frame body, thereby realizing the positioning of the chip tray and eliminating an error formed in the transfer process of the chip tray. In addition, the controller also controls the pushing module to knock the chip tray at a specific frequency so that the chip tray is vibrated.
US11970341B2
In an article transfer facility, a drive portion includes a first Z-axis drive portion configured to move a holding portion in a Z direction, a first X-axis drive portion configured to move the holding portion in an X direction, a first Y-axis drive portion configured to move the holding portion in a Y direction, and a second X-axis drive portion configured to move a placement portion in the X direction. A control portion executes first control in which an article at a first position is placed on the placement portion, and second control in which the article placed on the placement portion is arranged at a second position. In the first control, the drive portion is controlled such that the holding portion picks up the article at the first position and moves to a position on an upper side of the placement portion, and thereafter releases the article to place the article on the placement portion.
US11970340B2
A significantly self-contained station for providing selective control and operation of motorized equipment (such as a conveyor) via a momentary contact switch or wireless remote, where the self-contained station is connected to and receives power from an existing service disconnect line of the equipment, where upon the service disconnect line being powered, the self-contained station receives power to provide electrical signals to a motor contactor of the self-contained station, which then selectively provides electrical signal to a motor of the equipment to selectively operate the equipment.
US11970328B2
A pump mechanism for vacuum sealing an airtight cavity formed by a container and a lid, including a bore having a first one-way seal allowing air from the airtight cavity to enter the bore and blocking air inside the bore from returning to the airtight cavity and a second one-way seal allowing air inside the bore to leave the bore without returning to the airtight cavity and blocking air outside of the bore from entering the bore, a piston disposed inside the bore, and a chamber of air enclosed by the bore, the first and second one-way seals, and the piston, wherein actuation of the piston in a first direction causes air to evacuate the airtight cavity and enter the chamber through the first one-way seal, and wherein actuation of the piston in a second direction causes air to exit the chamber through the second one-way seal.
US11970325B2
A shipping container made of two panels each made of recyclable, single face corrugated paper comprising an outer liner with corrugated medium. In one embodiment, the panels are formed from a large blank, that is folded in half and joined at their side edges. The flutes on the corrugated mediums are parallel and longitudinally aligned with the shipping container's longitudinal axis. The top edge of each panel is detached and form a top opening into an interior pocket formed between the two panels. Formed or attach to one panel is a top flap configured to be folded over and selectively attached to the opposite panel to close the top opening, Formed on each corrugated medium is at least one set of score lines of various geometric shapes and orientations. The score lines act as folding lines that enable the panels to bend along different axes so that the overall shape of the shipping container better conforms to the object placed in the interior pocket. The sizes of flutes on each panel may be the same size or vary in size. The flutes on opposite panels may be axially aligned or offset. Improved side edges attachment features are provided that reduce side edge separation and reduce thickness.
US11970310B2
One or more implementations of a multi-film thermoplastic bag with a grab zone of contact areas positioned in a high-touch area of the bag. For example, the multi-film thermoplastic bag includes one or more regions of a first film in contact with a second film at one or more contact areas. The grab zone regions of one or more contact areas are located in visible and high-touch areas to provide visual and tactile cues of strength and durability. Moreover, the grab zone regions of one or more contact areas serve to distribute pull and lift forces across a wider area in order to avoid common failures in high-touch areas such as over stretching, punctures, tears, and rips.
US11970306B2
The present application relates to a bottle comprising a reservoir, a first opening on a first end of the bottle providing access to the reservoir, a second opening on a second end of the bottle providing access to the reservoir; and a removable base covering the second opening.
US11970305B2
Methods and apparatuses for manufacturing products having custom graphic designed are disclosed. A method may comprise printing a first order identifier graphic on a substrate material, the first order identifier graphic associated with a first order for a first set of products, printing a first set of one or more graphic designs on the material, the first set of one or more graphic designs associated with the first order, and combining the material with one or more product components to form a first set of products, each of the first set of products being associated with the first customer order and at least one of the products of the first set of products comprising the first order identifier graphic. The method may further comprise packaging the first set of products in a first package wherein the first order identifier graphic is visible through the first package.
US11970300B2
Provided herein is a system for automated dispensing and packaging of articles. Systems may include: a controller configured to receive an indication of an order to be packaged, where the order includes one or more articles; a packaging station; a web of bags, where the web of bags is fed to the packaging station; a pneumatic table configurable to support a bag disposed at the packaging station; an opening mechanism including a pneumatic nozzle to open the bag disposed at the packaging station; a loading bin configured to be inserted into the open bag and deposit the one or more articles; and a closure apparatus to seal the bag disposed at the packaging station after receiving the one or more articles.
US11970293B2
A drone with extendable and rotatable wings and a multiple accessory securing panel is provided. The extendable wings help increase the lift of the drone and reduce the air drag on the drone. The multiple accessory securing panel allows various tools and objects to be temporarily and selectively secured to the drone. The multiple accessories may be secured to the drone by a ground based rotating delivery unit. The drone may have a removable front nose and legs which receive power from a power unit.
US11970289B2
A method of producing a shim for use in an aircraft, the method comprising: providing an aircraft airframe; measuring a surface of the airframe; creating a digital model of the airframe using those measurements; providing an aircraft skin; measuring a surface of the aircraft skin; creating a digital model of the aircraft skin using those measurements; digitally assembling the digital model of the airframe with the digital model of the aircraft skin; using the digitally assembled models, creating a digital model of a shim, the digital model of the shim substantially filling a gap between the digitally assembled digital models of the airframe and the skin; and producing a physical shim using the digital model of the shim.
US11970285B2
The present invention relates to an on-board emergency remote assistance and data retrievable system configured to download and retrieve image, audio and video information from the inside and outside of a manned aerial vehicle (MAV) using an on-board unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), while the MAV is either in the air or crashed. The UAV system including at least one drone in coordination with a remote station to automatically locate a distressed MAV while in operation, to track it and provide assistance when possible, wherein the drone being integrated into the MAV. The system of the present invention conclusively prevents the lost or disappearance, and crash of the manned aerial vehicle without a trace.
US11970283B2
A dual-motor system includes a first motor rotationally coupled to a first drive shaft. The first drive shaft is coupled to a common shaft couplable to a rotationally driveable member. The dual-motor system also includes a second motor rotationally coupled to a second drive shaft. The second drive shaft is coupled to the common shaft. The first motor and the second motor are coaxially aligned with the first drive shaft passing through the second drive shaft.
US11970282B2
Systems and methods of aircraft thrust management are provided. For example, a propulsion system for an aircraft comprises a fuel cell assembly comprising a fuel cell, a turbomachine, and a controller comprising memory and one or more processors. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the propulsion system to perform operations including receiving data indicative of a propulsion system thrust discrepancy and modifying an output of the fuel cell in response to receiving data indicative of the propulsion system thrust discrepancy. Modifying the fuel cell output may include modifying output products, an electrical power output, or both of the fuel cell to balance the thrust provided by the propulsion system.
US11970280B2
The invention relates to an assembly between an aircraft pylon (30) and a turbomachine (20) of longitudinal axis (X), the pylon (30) and the turbomachine (20) each comprising front and rear longitudinal regions, the assembly comprising a rear support (40) configured to connect the rear region of the turbomachine (20) to the rear region of the pylon (30), the assembly being characterized in that the rear support (40) comprises a sliding pivot connection arranged between the rear region of the turbomachine (20) and the rear region of the pylon (30), so as to allow the turbomachine (20) only translational and rotational movements along and about the longitudinal axis (X) and along and about a vertical axis (Z) and a rotational movement about a transverse axis (Y).
US11970276B2
In an aspect, a modular battery configuration with a centralized bus on an electric aircraft, including an electric aircraft which comprises a propulsor configured to generate thrust and a centralized electrical bus connected to the propulsor. A plurality of modular battery packs is configured to provide electricity to the centralized electrical bus, wherein the plurality of modular battery packs is arranged about a center of gravity of the electric aircraft.
US11970273B2
Examples provide a seat assembly, a system including the seat assembly and a method for reducing electromagnetic interference in an aircraft. A seat assembly for an aircraft includes a frame having a base and a support member operatively coupled to the base. A seat is coupled to the base and a first side of the support member. The seat includes a conductive substrate layer configured to absorb electrical charges.
US11970267B2
A control device (200) includes a ground vehicle controller (230) that causes a ground vehicle to travel at a target area, an acquirer (210) that acquires state information expressing a state of a surface of the target area while the ground vehicle travels the target area, and a determiner (240) that determines, based on the acquired state information, whether or not an aircraft is landable at the target area.
US11970266B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a flight control mechanism for controlling flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle by controlling collision between the vehicle and a boundary surface, an unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with the mechanism, and a method for using the mechanism and the vehicle. Provided is a flight control mechanism for an unmanned aerial vehicle including: a first initial collision member; a second initial collision member; and a holding member that holds the first and second initial collision members with a space therebetween above the body of the unmanned aerial vehicle, is tiltable with respect to the vehicle body by rotating about a predetermined position inside or above the vehicle body toward the side of the vehicle body, and rotates in response to collision between the first or second initial collision member and a boundary surface.
US11970264B2
An electrically-powered VTOL aircraft has a fuselage with a cabin flexibly connected to a powerplane assembly that includes a plurality of electrically-powered rotors and booms. The powerplane assembly can pitch and roll relative to and independently of the cabin, thereby generating efficient fore, aft and lateral thrust while the cabin attitude remains unchanged. This provides a stable passenger experience and enhanced performance and controllability with reduced cost and complexity. In some embodiments, the fuselage is vertically elongated and the powerplane assembly mounts above the fuselage such that a person may walk beneath the rotors completely erect without the fear of being struck by any of the rotors. Using a vertically elongated cabin in conjunction with a relatively high powerplane provides various performance benefits that improve controllability and maneuverability particularly in congested environments, reduce complexity and costs, and enhance passenger safety and experience.
US11970263B2
A braking system for an aircraft may comprise: a brake assembly; a hydraulic braking subsystem having a hydraulic brake actuator configured to operate the brake assembly; an electric braking subsystem having an electric brake actuator configured to operate the brake assembly and a load cell configured to measure a force supplied by the electric brake actuator; a hydraulic brake control unit configured to control the hydraulic braking subsystem; and an electric brake control unit configured to control the electric braking subsystem, the electric brake control unit in operable communication with the hydraulic brake control unit, the electric brake control unit configured to calibrate the load cell by a scale factor based on a measured force from the load cell, a measured hydraulic pressure used to exceed the measured force received from the hydraulic brake control unit, and a piston area of the hydraulic brake actuator.
US11970254B1
A cold weather infant survival suit includes a principal body cavity having infant/baby holding attachments to fit/hold their small bodies and a coverable cranial opening. The structure of the suit includes a layered structure of mechanically interconnected cavities within cavities. A composite of tear-proof and insulation material forms an internal suit or first envelope that is surrounded by a waterproof suit and then by a tear resistant suit.
US11970248B2
Some fishing boats include a livewell system. This document describes livewell systems that have multiple modes of operation. The modes of operation include, at least, a first mode with a lower water level and a second mode with a higher water level. While the livewell is operating in the second mode, the tank is nearly full of water. Accordingly, with a nearly full tank, the water in the livewell will resist sloshing around while the boat is navigating rough seas or travelling at high speeds or for long distances. Moreover, the health of the fish in the livewell will be protected because of the water's lessened tendency to slosh around in the livewell.
US11970246B2
A ship cabin loading capacity measurement method and apparatus thereof, comprises: acquiring point cloud measurement data of a ship cabin; optimizing the point cloud measurement data according to a predetermined point cloud data processing rule, and generating optimized ship cabin point cloud data; calculating said ship cabin point cloud data with a predetermined loading capacity calculation rule, and getting ship cabin loading capacity data. According to the ship cabin loading capacity measurement method of the present invention, the point cloud measurement data can be acquired by a lidar, and processing the point cloud measurement data of the ship cabin with a predetermined point cloud data processing law and a computation law, and as the point cloud data processing law and the computation law can be deployed in a computer device in advance, after point cloud measurement data acquisition, loading capacity of a ship cabin can be acquired quickly and precisely.
US11970228B2
A docking station may be used to provide a physical foundation and an operational base for a remote wireless cab. The docking station preferably includes a base member, a hydraulic pump and an electrical generator. The hydraulic pump is not needed for a remote wireless electric cab. The base member includes a support base and at least two upright mounting members. The at least two upright mounting members extend upward from the support base. The hydraulic pump and the electrical generator are preferably attached to a top surface of the support base. A remote wireless cab is attached to the at least two upright mounting members. The hydraulic pump is connected to the hydraulic pressure and return lines. The electrical generator is connected to the electrical bulkhead through the power cable. The remote wireless cab may be operated with the docking station.
US11970227B2
Methods, systems and a vehicle control system for a vehicle is provided. The vehicle control system includes an Electric Power Steering System (EPS), and a sensor system including a vehicle dynamics sensor configured to provide vehicle dynamics data and a temperature sensor configured to provide measured outside temperature. A processor is in operable communication with the EPS and the sensor system. The processor is configured to execute program instructions. The program instructions are configured to cause the processor to: execute an automated lateral control algorithm based on the vehicle dynamics data to generate a steering command, adapt the automated lateral control algorithm based on the measured outside temperature so that the steering command compensates for changing lateral response of the vehicle as a result of changing environmental temperature; and provide the steering command to the EPS, wherein the EPS is configured to laterally control the vehicle based on the steering command.
US11970219B2
A trim assembly having at least a first trim part fora vehicle, wherein the trim assembly is connected to an undercarriage of the vehicle via a bearing device, and wherein in order to create advantageous design conditions, the bearing device includes at least a first bearing, a second bearing and a third bearing, which are each connected to at least one component coupled to a first wheelset or a first wheelset bearing system of the undercarriage, the at least first trim part is mounted in an articulated manner with respect to a first bearing transverse axis of the undercarriage via the at least first bearing, and the at least first trim part is mounted with mechanical decoupling with respect to directions of motion parallel to an undercarriage longitudinal plane via the second bearing and the third hearing such that mechanical loads acting on the trim assembly are thereby reduced.
US11970217B2
A tailgate enclosure for use with a vehicle can include a plurality of cross-members, a first upright, a second upright, and only one additional upright. Each of the cross-members can be vertically spaced apart from an adjacent one of the cross-members and can include a first beam, a second beam, and a central beam having a first end and a second end, the central beam positioned at least partially between the first and second beams. The first upright can secure the first beam of each of the cross-members to a first sidewall of the vehicle and the second upright can secure the second beam of each of the cross-members to a second sidewall of the vehicle. The additional upright can be positioned along the central beam of each of the cross-members between the first and second ends of the central beam.
US11970214B2
A vehicle body for an electrical vehicle includes: side sills, which are coupled to side surfaces of a floor panel, rear side members, front end portions of which overlap rear end portions of the side sills and which are coupled the side surfaces of the floor panel, a battery, which is positioned at a lower portion of the floor panel and is mounted to portions of the side sills in front of the rear side members and to portions at which the side sills overlap the rear side members, and rear extension members having a strength lower than any of the side sills and the rear side members, the rear extension members being connected at front ends thereof to rear ends of the rear side members, and the rear extension members being coupled to the side surfaces of the floor panel.
US11970210B2
A vehicle suspension arrangement includes a suspension slider assembly including first and second laterally spaced longitudinal frame members configured to be slidably coupled to a first vehicle frame member, first and second gusset members fixed to the first and second longitudinal frame members and each including a relief, a first lateral frame member extending between the first and second longitudinal frame members, the first lateral frame member having ends received within the reliefs, an axle member configured to support a pair of wheel assemblies, and a suspension assembly configured to support the suspension slider assembly from the axle member, the suspension assembly including a spring member positioned between the suspension slider assembly and the axle member.
US11970209B2
Systems and methods for providing real-time feedback to a driver of a vehicle based on real-time datasets is disclosed. The systems and methods include obtaining one or more sets of real-time data associated with a vehicle. Performing one or more operations on the set of real-time data, wherein the one or more operations are based on the set of real-time data. Generating, a feedback alert based on results of the one or more operations and one or more detected real-time behaviors of the vehicle. Providing the feedback alert for presentation at a user interface on-board the vehicle. The real-time data may include contextual data, environmental data, operating data, data for a plurality of drivers, or combinations thereof.
US11970199B2
An electric vehicle is provided, including: a main body, traveling wheels, a drive assembly and a controller. The traveling wheels are arranged on the main body. The drive assembly is arranged on the main body and includes a hub motor. The hub motor is arranged on the traveling wheels. The controller is used to control the hub motor.
US11970197B2
A pivot bracket for a wheelbarrow having a bight with a ground-engaging portion positioned so as to enable a large pivoting angle of the wheelbarrow. In some preferred embodiments, the ground engaging portion is positioned forward of the wheel of the wheelbarrow and above the axis of rotation of the wheel.
US11970187B2
Embodiments may relate to a vehicle comprising: a sensor to identify, based on an audio or visual condition, the occurrence of a condition related to a passenger of the vehicle. The vehicle may further include a processor coupled with the sensor. The processor may be configured to identify, in a user profile of the first passenger of the vehicle, a pre-identified action. The processor may further be configured to perform, or facilitate the performance of, the pre-identified action by the vehicle based on the occurrence of the audio or visual condition. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.
US11970186B2
An automotive arithmetic system includes a main arithmetic unit that generates a travel route using deep learning based on an output from a vehicle external information acquisition device; an auxiliary arithmetic unit that generates a rule-based travel route in a free space without using deep learning; a safe route generation unit that generates a safe route, which is a route that the motor vehicle takes until the motor vehicle stops at a safe stop position; and an override processing unit that prioritizes one of the travel route generated by the main arithmetic unit, the rule-based travel route generated by the auxiliary arithmetic unit, or the safe route generated by the safe route generation unit, and determines a target motion of the motor vehicle so that the motor vehicle travels on the prioritized route.
US11970185B2
Methods and systems for determining information about an area that includes a polygon for controlling navigation of an autonomous vehicle are disclosed. The methods include defining a bounding box that encloses the area, and generating a KD-tree from the bounding box that partitions the polygon into a plurality of leaf nodes that each include at least some of a plurality of edges of the polygon. The methods also include assigning a reference point to each leaf node, creating a data representation of the area that comprises the KD-tree, and adding the data representation to map data comprising the area. A reference point is associated with a location within that leaf node, and information relating to whether the reference point lies outside or inside the at least one polygon.
US11970160B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to determining whether a vehicle should continue through an intersection. For example, the one or more of the vehicle's computers may identify a time when the traffic signal light will turn from yellow to red. The one or more computers may also estimate a location of a vehicle at the time when the traffic signal light will turn from yellow to red. A starting point of the intersection may be identified. Based on whether the estimated location of the vehicle is at least a threshold distance past the starting point at the time when the traffic signal light will turn from yellow to red, the computers can determine whether the vehicle should continue through the intersection.
US11970142B2
A system for dislodging debris from one or more surfaces includes an air inlet, an air outlet fluidly coupled with the air inlet, an air jet forming a trainable air stream between the air inlet and the air outlet, and a vibration device comprising a vibration controller, and one or more vibrators. The vibration device creates vibrations such that debris on the one or more surfaces is dislodged such that debris is captured in the trainable air stream, and the air stream carries the dislodged debris to the air outlet.
US11970139B2
A storage module connects to a frame forming a door opening of a vehicle. The storage module includes a housing conforming to the door opening and extending into the compartment in an installed configuration. The storage module further includes an exterior panel disposed on a first side of the housing. The exterior panel conforms to an exterior surface of the vehicle enclosing the door opening. At least one storage compartment is disposed inside the housing and the compartment in the installed configuration. The storage compartment includes an access panel forming a portion of the exterior surface and forms a first storage volume.
US11970136B2
A step is connectable to a receiver tube on a trailer hitch. The step includes a main body having a first surface and an opposing second surface. A resilient cover extends over the second surface. A mounting plate is connected to the main body. A mounting flange is connectable to the mounting plate. A hitch tube is connected to the mounting flange, with the hitch tube being configured to be connectable to the receiver tube on the trailer hitch. The main body is configured to be transitional relative to the hitch tube between a first position and a second position, with at least a portion of the main body moving away from the hitch tube as the main body transitions from the first position toward the second position.
US11970134B2
A vehicle control system includes a processing device provided in a vehicle, an application unit (app unit) implemented by execution of an application program by the processing device, a function restriction determining unit determining whether function restriction on the app unit is to be performed based on a used key code, and a function restriction applying unit instructing the app unit to apply a determination result of the determination. The function restriction determining unit determines whether the function restriction on the app unit is to be performed based on a key code of the used electronic key at a plurality of predetermined times, and the function restriction applying unit instructs the app unit to apply the determination result upon activation of the application unit and when a notification of the determination result is received from the function restriction determining unit after the activation.
US11970115B2
A vehicular lighted exterior rearview mirror system includes a lighted exterior rearview mirror assembly and a light module. With the mirror assembly attached at a side of a vehicle, the light module is at least in part disposed at a portion of the mirror head of the lighted exterior rearview mirror assembly that faces in a direction of forward travel of the vehicle. The light module includes a two dimensional array of illumination sources that has at least two rows of illumination sources, each row of illumination sources having a plurality of illumination sources. With the mirror assembly attached at the vehicle, the two dimensional array of illumination sources, when electrically powered, emits light at least in the direction of forward travel of the vehicle. The illumination sources of the two dimensional array of illumination sources are controlled responsive to a turn signal of the vehicle being actuated.
US11970106B2
A positioning device (10) for pivoting at least one relevant component (20) for a motor vehicle headlight about a first and a second axis (X, Y), comprising a holding element (100) for a relevant component (20), said holding element comprising a first sliding surface (110), which is designed as part of a spherical surface, a support frame (200), which comprises a second sliding surface (210), which is designed as part of a spherical surface, the holding element (100) being supported in the support frame (200) by means of a bearing apparatus such that the first sliding surface (110) of the holding element (100) can be displaced along the second sliding surface (210) of the support frame (200) about the first and second axis (X, Y), an adjusting apparatus (300), which has a positioning component (301) and a first moving apparatus (310) and a second moving apparatus (320), which are each arranged on the positioning component (301), which is mechanically connected to the holding element (100) by means of a connecting element (400), wherein the connecting element (400) passes through the support frame (200) via an opening (220), wherein the connecting element (400) is designed to transmit a movement of the positioning component (301) to the holding element (100), and wherein the connecting element is designed as a screw means, wherein the positioning component can be brought into a released state and a fastened state, wherein the positioning component can be displaced when in the released state, and the positioning component (301) can be clamped immovably against the support frame when in the fastened state by tightening the screw means.
US11970105B2
A universal device adapted to fit or be inserted within the cavity of a one directional ratchet gear to tighten tie-down straps utilized to secure cargo transported on car haulers, flatbed trailers or the like. The device includes but not limited to an elongated cylinder shape adaptor insert or hub with the ability to lock in place and having a standard, customized or dog ratchet mechanism fixed at one end thereof. A cylindrical bar socket and ratchet gear pulley extends from one side of the ratchet mechanism. The cylindrical bar socket is designed to encompass a standard, customized or dog ratchet drive shaft or opposite the elongated cylinder shape insert may encompass the aforementioned. The device herein permits the marrying of old or existing one-way ratchet gear assembly and shaft to new two-way directional or freewheel and drive without dismantling the old ratchet gear assembly; allowing old and new to rotate as one single unit.
US11970099B2
A sleeve device for a headrest includes a sleeve body for insertion into a vehicle seat. The sleeve body includes a tubular wall describing an inner axial passage configured to receive a rod of the headrest, and having an upper portion, a lower portion, and a central portion between the upper and lower portions; and at least one elongate rib member overmoulded to an inner surface or an outer surface of the tubular wall and extending along the tubular wall, preferably between the lower portion and the upper portion, wherein the at least one rib member is configured to contact an outer surface of the rod when extending along the inner surface, or is configured to engage an external component, for example the frame of the vehicle seat, when extending along the outer surface.
US11970078B2
A system in a vehicle includes memory to store values obtained for a battery that supplies current to one or more loads. The values include battery state of charge. A processor obtains a measured battery current from a battery current sensor and a measured total current from a current sensor at a battery center that supplies the current directly to the one or more loads, obtain a generator current or a direct current-to-direct current (DC-DC) converter current from the measured total current and the battery current, determine a maximum available current as a sum of a maximum available battery current and either the generator current or the DC-DC converter current, and stop a supply of the current to one or more of the one or more loads based on a result of a comparison of the maximum available current with current draw by the one or more loads.
US11970073B2
A system for generating energy on board a vehicle can comprise a flywheel, a bearing, an energy generation unit, and a stabilization bracket. The flywheel can rotate based on at least a kinetic energy of a driven mass selectively coupled to the flywheel via the bearing. The energy generation unit can convert a mechanical energy received from the flywheel to an electrical energy and provide at least a portion of the electrical energy to a motor of the vehicle to power the vehicle. The stabilization bracket can support the flywheel and reduce vibrations of the flywheel or energy generation unit.
US11970068B2
A base station for a power transmission system the base station including a generator for generating power having a duty ratio and frequency, a circuit having a coil, a measuring device for measuring real power and/or apparent power in the circuit, and a control device, wherein the circuit is connected to the generator and the measuring device, wherein the control device is connected to the measuring device and the generator, wherein the control device is configured to keep the duty ratio constant while varying the frequency from a starting frequency, use the measuring device to measure the real power and/or the apparent power while varying the frequency, keep the frequency constant and vary the duty ratio when a real power limit value and/or apparent power limit value is/are exceeded, and exclude a combination of values for the frequency and the duty ratio when varying the frequency and/or the duty ratio.
US11970062B2
Systems and method for an electrical system on an aircraft are provided. In example embodiments, the electrical system can be for an aircraft having a turbine engine. The turbine engine having a high pressure (HP) spool and a low pressure (LP) spool. The HP spool can be configured to drive a first generator to provide a first electrical output. The LP spool can be configured to drive a second generator to provide a second electrical output. The first generator and the second generator can be coupled to an electrical power distribution bus that provides electrical power to a load. A hybrid electric propulsion system and a secondary aircraft systems bus can both be coupled to the electrical power distribution bus. The electrical system can further include a control system configured to allocate power among the first generator, the second generator, and the hybrid electric propulsion system, and the secondary aircraft systems bus.
US11970057B2
A closing system is provided which includes a frame adapted to be mounted on a vehicle supply system, the frame being shaped as a spherical segment and extending between a first circular section and a second circular section. The frame has a plurality of first and second guides, arranged on a radially outer surface. The closing system has a plurality of curved panels, each curved panel being shaped as a spherical cap portion and constrained at a first end and a second end thereof to slide, respectively, along a first guide and a second guide between a first position, in which the curved panels jointly define an opening that allows access to the vehicle supply system, and a second position, in which the curved panels prevent access to the supply system. Control means control movement of the curved panels between the first and second positions.
US11970055B2
A blocking device for a front end air inlet of a motor vehicle, comprising at least one stop, a support frame, at least one flap arranged inside the support frame. The at least one flap comprises a first end and a second end. The second end of the at least one flap comprises a release device. The release device comprises a first part and a second part which are connected by a male/female device. The first part of the release device is configured to come into contact with said at least one stop such that the first part and the second part move apart from one another by the rotation of the second part.
US11970051B1
A retractable vehicle top system includes a frame including a pair of front looped chains rotatably positioned along a left side and a right side of the frame, respectively, a front header configured to be positioned adjacent to a front windshield of a vehicle, the front header having a first spool and a pair of first brackets operably coupled to the front looped chains, respectively, a second spool having a pair of second sprockets operably coupled to the front looped chains, respectively, and a front motor having a front drive shaft and a pair of third sprockets operably coupled to the front looped chains, respectively. The front header is configured to linearly travel along a bi-directional travel path as the third sprockets rotatably drive the second sprockets and the front looped chains.
US11970046B1
A computerized vehicle controller and routing method for a vehicle that has at least one of a gasoline powered engine and an electric powered engine.
US11970041B2
A volume adjustable air chamber for a shock assembly is disclosed herein. The adjustable air chamber assembly includes a first air chamber and a second air chamber in fluid communication via a flow path. A check valve is coupled with the flow path, the check valve that allows the second air chamber to be fluidly coupled with or fluidly isolated from the first air chamber, such that the available volume of air for said first air chamber can be modified to provide different damping characteristics.
US11970039B2
The invention relates to a method for determining a parameter indicative of a road capability of a road segment supporting a vehicle. The vehicle comprises a plurality of ground engaging members. The method comprises: for each ground engaging member in a sub-set of the plurality of ground engaging members, setting a contact force between the ground engaging member and the road segment; determining a target global load vector to be imparted to the vehicle, the target global load vector comprising at least a vertical load and an inclining moment, determining contact forces for the ground engaging members of the plurality of ground engaging members which are not in the sub-set such that the contact forces for the plurality of ground engaging members together result in a resulting global load vector, a difference measure between the resulting global load vector and the target global load vector being equal to or lower than a predetermined difference measure threshold, applying the contact force to each ground engaging member of the plurality of ground engaging members, for at least one ground engaging member in the sub-set, determining a parameter indicative of the road capability of the road segment associated with the ground engaging member.
US11970027B2
A main object is to provide a tire that suppresses snow clogging of sipes. The tire includes a tread portion. The tread portion includes a first land portion demarcated by circumferential grooves continuously extending in a tire circumferential direction, and a plurality of first lateral grooves inclined in a first direction relative to a tire axial direction and traversing the first land portion. The first land portion includes a plurality of first blocks demarcated by the first lateral grooves. Each first block has at least one sipe inclined in a second direction opposite to the first direction, relative to the tire axial direction. The sipe includes a portion deeper than a maximum depth of the first lateral groove, and a portion shallower than the maximum depth of the first lateral groove.
US11970025B2
The present invention refers to a security device for a vehicle bearing device. (1), which is manufactured in order to increase the level of safety for the prevention of removal of a rolling medium of a motor vehicle as it can be a compact, medium-sized vehicle, pick-up, among other segments of vehicles and that includes a fixing unit (100), a mechanism for closing and opening (200), which inside has a combination core (300) which in turn has a configuration with synchrony and unique combination to obtain the opening thereof.
US11970013B2
A recording device includes a main body including a recording unit configured to perform recording on a medium pulled out from a roll body including the medium wound around a core member, and a leg part configured to support the main body from an installation surface on which the main body is installed. The leg part includes contact parts configured to make contact with the installation surface at respective positions different from each other. The contact parts include three reference contact parts located on a same plane and one movable contact part. The movable contact part is coupled with the main body through an elastic member that is elastically deformable in a direction that intersects the plane.
US11970011B2
A fluid-ejection element of a fluid-ejection device includes a chamber layer having a pair of chambers fluidically disconnected from one another within the chamber layer. The fluid-ejection element includes a tophat layer over the chamber layer and fluidically connecting the chambers to define a fluid recirculation path between the chambers. The fluid-ejection element includes a nozzle common to both the chambers.
US11970010B2
An example printhead includes a circulation channel having an inlet for receiving a fluid and an outlet for expelling the fluid, a first nozzle fluidically coupled to the circulation channel, the first nozzle being operable at a first absolute pressure, and a second nozzle fluidically coupled to the circulation channel, the second nozzle being operable at a second absolute pressure, the absolute second pressure being lower than the first absolute pressure. The absolute pressure in the circulation channel decreases as the fluid flows from the inlet to the outlet, and the first nozzle is positioned closer to the inlet of the circulation channel than the second nozzle.
US11970009B2
Disclosed are high stability ink delivery system systems and methods for their use, in which a secondary reservoir is placed upstream of a printhead. The secondary reservoir can be opened to the atmosphere through a valve, such as based on the reading of a pressure sensor placed at a point before the printhead. The purpose of this valve is to open the secondary reservoir to the atmosphere when the pressure sensor indicates that the secondary reservoir can be open while avoiding air aspiration, and closing it when this condition is not satisfied.
US11970005B2
An example of a device (100) may include a valve body (108). The device may include a printing substance transfer window (122) through the valve body (108). The device (100) may include a printing substance dispensing nozzle (110) rotatable within the valve body (108) between a first orientation with an orifice of the printing substance dispensing nozzle (110) facing an internal face of the valve body (108) and a second orientation with the orifice (126) of the printing substance dispensing nozzle (110) facing the printing substance transfer window (122). The device (100) may include a dispensing-side gasket material (132) slideable against the internal face of the valve body (108) when rotating the printing substance dispensing nozzle (110) between the first orientation and the second orientation.
US11969991B2
An example device comprises a media path, a drying system, and a controller. The media path is divided into a plurality of distinct drying zones. The drying system includes a plurality of directionalities with relation to the plurality of distinct drying zones. And the controller is to select a directionality of the plurality of directionalities based on parameters of a print job.
US11969988B2
An oscillating roller system for a beverage can decorator is driven back and forth by a cam follower. A cam body having a cam is mounted to a frame of the inker system. Three oscillating cam roller assemblies are positioned about the cam body. Rotation of the cam oscillates the cam followers for each one of the oscillating rollers. Bearings of the oscillating roller assemblies includes an inlet gallery and outlet gallery for a closed loop lubrication system. The rollers are water cooled.
US11969976B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to multilayer films. Embodiments of the multilayer films may include a first layer comprising a first polyolefin, a second layer comprising a second polyolefin, a third layer comprising a third polyolefin, fourth layer comprising a fourth polyolefin, and a fifth layer comprising a fifth polyolefin. The second layer may be positioned between the first layer and the third layer; the third layer may be positioned between the second layer and the fourth layer; and the fourth layer may be positioned between the third layer and the fifth layer. Two or more of the first polyolefin, second polyolefin, third polyolefin, and fourth polyolefin may be the same or different. The third polyolefin may be a polyethylene composition having a density of 0.924 g/cm3 to 0.936 g/cm3 and a melt index (I2) of 0.25 g/10 minutes to 2.0 g/10 minutes.
US11969972B2
The invention relates to a multilayer film, especially sealing film, suitable as food packaging, especially as packaging for food containers, drinks capsules, coffee capsules or the like, wherein the film consists of at least one first layer and at least one second layer, wherein at least one of the layers of the film is a biodegradable and home-compostable plastic.
US11969969B2
What is provided is a new and improved metal-carbon fiber reinforced resin material composite in which the galvanic corrosion of dissimilar materials of a metal member is suppressed and electrodeposition coatability is excellent and a method for manufacturing the metal-carbon fiber reinforced resin material composite. A metal-carbon fiber reinforced resin material composite according to the present invention has a metal member, a resin coating layer disposed on at least a part of a surface of the metal member, and a carbon fiber reinforced resin material containing a matrix resin and a carbon fiber material present in the matrix resin, the resin coating layer contains any one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of metal particles, intermetallic compound particles, conductive oxide particles, and conductive non-oxide ceramic particles as conductive particles and further contains a binder resin, and the conductive particles have a powder resistivity at 23° C. to 27° C. of 7.0×107 Ω·cm or less and contain one or more selected from the group consisting of Zn, Si, Zr, V, Cr, Mo, Mn, and W.
US11969967B2
Systems and methods for folding and retaining upper flaps of a box are disclosed. The system includes a conveyor system configured to advance the box at least partially through the system. A flap folding assembly is configured to fold the upper flaps of the box to an open or outwardly folded configuration. The upper flaps are folded outwardly and down towards outer sidewall surfaces of the box in the folded configuration. A bander assembly is configured to apply a band or other restraint to the upper flaps of the box to retain the upper flaps in the folded configuration.
