US11973060B2
A TSV of a first semiconductor die may extend from a semiconductor substrate of the first semiconductor die through at least one metallization layer of the die to connect to a metallization layer to supply power to the second semiconductor die. By extending the TSV, resistance may be reduced, allowing for enhanced power delivery to the second semiconductor die. Resistance may be further reduced by allowing for the TSV to connect to a thicker metallization layer than would otherwise be possible. Also, in some embodiments, the TSV may connect to a metallization layer that is suitable for supplying power to both semiconductor dies. The first semiconductor die may be a top die or a bottom die in a face-to-face arrangement. Disclosed concepts may be extended to any number of dies included in a die stack that includes the face-to-face arrangement.
US11973059B2
An integrated circuit product includes a first chip, a second chip, a third chip, a fourth chip, a fifth chip, a sixth chip, a seventh chip, and an eighth chip. The areas and constituent components of the first chip, the second chip, the third chip, and the fourth chip are substantially the same. The areas and constituent components of the fifth chip, the sixth chip, the seventh chip, and the eighth chip are substantially the same. The first chip, the second chip, the third chip, and the fourth chip are respectively arranged on the four sides of the integrated circuit product. The fifth chip, the sixth chip, the seventh chip, and the eighth chip are arranged in a central area of the integrated circuit product.
US11973053B2
A laser bonding system which improves bonding between a semiconductor chip and a substrate is provided. A laser bonding system comprises a laser bonding apparatus; and a controller configured to control the laser bonding apparatus, wherein the laser bonding apparatus includes a stage which supports a substrate including a pad, and a semiconductor chip including a connection terminal; a pressurizer which moves up and down above the stage; a temperature measuring sensor configured to measure a temperature of the semiconductor chip and generate a temperature value; and a laser radiation apparatus configured to bond a pad of the substrate and a connection terminal of the semiconductor chip, using a laser beam passing through the pressurizer, and the controller lifts the pressurizer in response to the temperature value.
US11973046B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure and a method for preparing it. After planarization of the Cu layer, by means of wet etch process, Cu residues near an edge of a Cu post can be effectively removed, and a first height difference is configured to be between the Cu post and an insulating layer. Further, an Si substrate is then dry etched, so that a second height difference is configured to be between the Si substrate and the insulating layer, and the second height difference is arranged to be greater than the first height difference. In this way, a connection of Cu inside and outside the insulating layer may be further avoided, thereby effectively avoiding an influence on electrical properties of a device.
US11973045B2
A semiconductor structure includes: a first substrate, with a first opening being provided on a surface of first substrate; and a first bonding structure positioned in the first opening. The first bonding structure includes a first metal layer and a second metal layer with a melting point lower than that of the first metal layer. The first metal layer includes a first surface in contact with a bottom surface of the first opening and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the second surface is provided with a first groove, an area, not occupied by the first metal layer and the first groove, of the first opening constitutes a second groove, the second metal layer is formed in the first groove and the second groove, and a surface, exposed from the second groove, of the second metal layer constitutes a bonding surface of the first bonding structure.
US11973044B2
An integrated memory assembly comprises a control die bonded to a memory die. The memory die includes multiple non-volatile memory structures (e.g., planes, arrays, groups of blocks, etc.), each comprising a stack of alternating conductive and dielectric layers forming staircases at one or more edges of the non-volatile memory structures. The non-volatile memory structures are positioned with gaps between the non-volatile memory structures such that the gaps separate the staircases of adjacent non-volatile memory structures. Metal interlayer segments positioned in the gaps are connected to a top metal layer positioned above non-volatile memory structures and to one or more electrical circuits on the control die via zero, one or more other metal layers/segments.
US11973042B2
A semiconductor package includes: a frame substrate having a plurality of wiring layers and a cavity; an adhesive member disposed at the bottom of the cavity; a semiconductor chip disposed in the cavity, with a connection pad on an upper surface and the lower surface in contact with the adhesive member; a first conductive bump disposed on the connection pad; a second conductive bump disposed on the uppermost of the plurality of wiring layers; an insulating post disposed in the cavity and whose lower surface contacts the adhesive member; an encapsulant filling the cavity and covering side surfaces of the first and second conductive bumps and the insulating post' and a redistribution structure disposed on the encapsulant, including a redistribution layer electrically connected to the first and second conductive bumps, wherein the insulating post includes a material having a greater hardness than that of the first and second conductive bumps.
US11973039B2
A semiconductor device package includes a semiconductor die, a first conductive element, a second conductive element, a metal layer, and a first redistribution layer (RDL). The semiconductor die includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first conductive element is disposed on the second surface of the semiconductor die. The second conductive element is disposed next to the semiconductor die. The metal layer is disposed on the second conductive element and electrically connected to the second conductive element. The first RDL is disposed on the metal layer and electrically connected to the metal layer.
US11973038B2
A package structure including a semiconductor die, a redistribution layer, a plurality of antenna patterns, a die attach film, and an insulating encapsulant is provided. The semiconductor die have an active surface and a backside surface opposite to the active surface. The redistribution layer is located on the active surface of the semiconductor die and electrically connected to the semiconductor die. The antenna patterns are located over the backside surface of the semiconductor die. The die attach film is located in between the semiconductor die and the antenna patterns, wherein the die attach film includes a plurality of fillers, and an average height of the die attach film is substantially equal to an average diameter of the plurality of fillers. The insulating encapsulant is located in between the redistribution layer and the antenna patterns, wherein the insulating encapsulant encapsulates the semiconductor die and the die attach film.
US11973037B2
A package structure including a first die, a second die, a dielectric body, a conductive terminal, a circuit layer and a patterned insulating layer is provided. The second die is disposed on the first die. A second active surface of the second die faces a first active surface of the first die. The dielectric body covers the first die. The conductive terminal is disposed on the dielectric body and opposite to the second die. The circuit layer includes a first circuit portion and a second circuit portion. The first circuit portion penetrates the dielectric body. The first die is electrically connected to the conductive terminal through the first circuit portion. The second circuit portion is embedded in the dielectric body. The second die is electrically connected to the first die through the second circuit portion. The patterned insulating layer covers the circuit layer and is embedded in the dielectric body.
US11973033B2
A flip-chip semiconductor-on-insulator die includes a substrate layer, an active layer, an insulator layer between the substrate layer and the active layer, a first metal layer, and a first via layer between the active layer and the first metal layer. The die at least first and second contact pads and a transistor including a first terminal formed within the active layer. A first portion of the first terminal falls within a footprint of the first contact pad and a second portion of the first terminal falls within a footprint of the second contact pad.
US11973032B2
Memory bit cells having internal node jumpers are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a memory bit cell on a substrate. The memory bit cell includes first and second gate lines parallel along a second direction of the substrate. The first and second gate lines have a first pitch along a first direction of the substrate, the first direction perpendicular to the second direction. First, second and third interconnect lines are over the first and second gate lines. The first, second and third interconnect lines are parallel along the second direction of the substrate. The first, second and third interconnect lines have a second pitch along the first direction, where the second pitch is less than the first pitch. One of the first, second and third interconnect lines is an internal node jumper for the memory bit cell.
US11973028B2
A method is provided and includes forming a first conductive pattern; forming a photosensitive layer on the first conductive pattern, the photosensitive layer having a first through hole exposing a portion of the first conductive pattern; forming a first via in the first through hole; removing the photosensitive layer; forming a dielectric layer encapsulating the first conductive pattern and the first via, the dielectric layer exposing a top surface of the first via; forming a second conductive pattern on the top surface of the first via, forming a dielectric layer covering the second conductive pattern; etching the dielectric layer to form a second through hole that exposes a portion of the second conductive pattern; forming a second via filling the second through hole and an under bump pad on the second via; and mounting a semiconductor chip on the under bump pad using a connection terminal.
US11973025B2
A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device includes: a peripheral circuit structure; and a cell array structure on the peripheral circuit structure. The peripheral circuit structure includes a lower wiring on a substrate, a stopping insulating layer on the lower wiring, a contact via on the lower wiring, a floating via on the stopping insulating layer, and an upper wiring on the contact via. The floating via does not contact the lower wiring. The contact via contacts the lower wiring through a via hole in the stopping insulating layer. The upper wiring contacts the contact via.
US11973023B2
A stacked via structure including a first dielectric layer, a first conductive via, a first redistribution wiring, a second dielectric layer and a second conductive via is provided. The first dielectric layer includes a first via opening. The first conductive via is in the first via opening. A first level height offset is between a top surface of the first conductive via and a top surface of the first dielectric layer. The first redistribution wiring covers the top surface of the first conductive via and the top surface of the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer is disposed on the first dielectric layer and the first redistribution wiring. The second dielectric layer includes a second via opening. The second conductive via is in the second via opening. The second conductive via is electrically connected to the first redistribution wiring through the second via opening of the second dielectric layer.
US11973017B2
A multilayer package substrate includes a plurality of dielectric layers including a top dielectric layer on a top side and a bottom dielectric layer on a bottom side. A top patterned metal layer is on the top dielectric layer and a bottom patterned metal layer is on the bottom dielectric layer. At least one of the top dielectric layer and the bottom dielectric layer is a porous dielectric layer having a plurality of pores including an average porosity of at least 5% averaged over its thickness.
US11973014B2
Provided is a substrate structure including a substrate body, electrical contact pads and an insulating protection layer disposed on the substrate body, wherein the insulating protection layer has openings exposing the electrical contact pads, and at least one of the electrical contact pads has at least a concave portion filled with a filling material to prevent solder material from permeating along surfaces of the insulating protection layer and the electric contact pads, thereby eliminating the phenomenon of solder extrusion. Thus, bridging in the substrate structure can be eliminated even when the bump pitch between two adjacent electrical contact pads is small. As a result, short circuits can be prevented, and production yield can be increased.
US11972997B2
Semiconductor device (A10) includes conductive substrate (20) and semiconductor element (40). The conductive substrate (20) has obverse surface (20A) facing in thickness direction (z) and reverse surface (20B) facing opposite from the obverse surface (20A). The semiconductor element (40) is electrically bonded to the obverse surface (20A). The conductive substrate (20) includes first base layer (211), second base layer (212) and metal layer (22). The first base layer (211) and second base layer (212) are made of graphite composed of stacked graphenes. The metal layer (22) is between the first base layer (211) and the second base layer (212). The graphenes of the first base layer (211) are stacked in first stacking direction perpendicular to the thickness direction (z). The graphenes of the second base layer (212) are stacked in second stacking direction perpendicular to the thickness direction (z) and crossing the first stacking direction.
US11972987B2
A machine learning model for each die for imputing process control parameters at the die. The model is based on wafer sort parametric measurements at multiple test sites across the entire wafer, as well as yield results for the wafer. This allows for a better analysis of outlier spatial patterns leading to improved yield results.
US11972980B2
Implementations of a semiconductor substrate singulation process may include applying a fluid jet to a material of a die street of a plurality of die streets included in a semiconductor substrate where the semiconductor substrate may include: a plurality of die separated by the plurality of die streets; and a plurality of die support structures coupled thereto; and singulating the plurality of die and the plurality of die support structures at the plurality of die streets using the fluid jet. The fluid jet may be moved only along a length of the die street.
US11972979B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include semiconductor devices and methods of forming such devices. In an embodiment a semiconductor device comprises a first interlayer dielectric (ILD), a plurality of source/drain (S/D) contacts in the first ILD, a plurality of gate contacts in the first ILD, wherein the gate contacts and the S/D contacts are arranged in an alternating pattern, and wherein top surfaces of the gate contacts are below top surfaces of the S/D contacts so that a channel defined by sidewall surfaces of the first ILD is positioned over each of the gate contacts, mask layer partially filling a first channel over a first gate contact, and a fill metal filling a second channel over a second gate contact that is adjacent to the first gate contact.
US11972969B2
A laser alignment fixture for a reactor system may be used to align components of the reactor system to allow for a uniform deposition of a thin film onto a substrate. The laser alignment fixture may include: a lid assembly; and a plurality of laser and sensor assemblies. The laser alignment fixture may align at least: a flow control ring, a susceptor, and a side wall of the reactor system.
US11972968B2
The present invention features a system and manufacturing arrangement for multiple die chips onto a receiver substrate. The system includes a donor chuck; a receiver chuck configured for supporting the receiver substrate; a pick and place gripper mechanism configured for retrieving a die chip supported on the donor chuck; a gang carrier configured for receiving the die chip from the gripper mechanism; a flipper mechanism configured for delivering the die chip in an inverted orientation relative to the orientation of the die chip when received by the gang carrier; and computer controlled interconnected inspection cameras configured for ensuring accurate alignment of the receiver substrate relative to the die chip in the inverted orientation. The gang carrier has a thermocouple controlled heating element therein to maintain a proper computer controlled temperature therewithin.
US11972967B2
A semiconductor-machine automatic leveling apparatus includes an inclination adjusting gear, a motor, a driving gear, an inclination acquisition mechanism and a controller. The inclination adjusting gear is configured to drive one side of a tabletop of a wafer transfer machine to move up and down. The driving gear is mounted on a rotation shaft of the motor and engaged with the inclination adjusting gear. The inclination acquisition mechanism is configured to acquire inclination information of the tabletop of the wafer transfer machine and electrically connected to the controller. The controller is electrically connected to the motor and configured to control the motor to operate according to the inclination information.
US11972957B2
A gas flow accelerator may include a body portion, and a tapered body portion including a first end integrally formed with the body portion. The gas flow accelerator may include an inlet port connected to the body portion and to receive a process gas to be removed from a semiconductor processing tool by a main pumping line. The semiconductor processing tool may include a chuck and a chuck vacuum line to apply a vacuum to the chuck to retain a semiconductor device. The tapered body portion may be configured to generate a rotational flow of the process gas to prevent buildup of processing byproduct on interior walls of the main pumping line. The gas flow accelerator may include an outlet port integrally formed with a second end of the tapered body portion. An end portion of the chuck vacuum line may be provided through the outlet port.
US11972952B2
Methods and apparatuses are described that provide tungsten deposition with low roughness. In some embodiments, the methods involve co-flowing nitrogen with hydrogen during an atomic layer deposition process of depositing tungsten that uses hydrogen as a reducing agent. In some embodiments, the methods involve depositing a cap layer, such as tungsten oxide or amorphous tungsten layer, on a sidewall surface of a 3D NAND structure. The disclosed embodiments have a wide variety of applications including depositing tungsten into 3D NAND structures.
US11972944B2
A film having filling capability of a patterned recess on a surface of a substrate is deposited by forming a viscous material in a gas phase by striking a plasma in a chamber filled with a volatile precursor that can be polymerized within certain parameter ranges which include a partial pressure of the precursor during a plasma strike and substrate temperature.
US11972938B2
A voltage supply for a mass analyser is provided. The voltage supply comprises a voltage source, a first voltage output, a second voltage output, and a voltage divider network. The first voltage output is configured to provide a first voltage to a first electrode of the mass analyser, wherein the first electrode of the mass analyser has a first mass shift per volt perturbation. The second voltage output is configured to provide a second voltage to a second electrode of the mass analyser, wherein the second electrode of the mass analyser has a second mass shift per volt perturbation. The second mass shift per volt perturbation opposes the first mass shift per volt perturbation. The voltage divider network comprises a first resistor and a second resistor.
US11972935B2
The present disclosure relates to methods of processing a semiconductor substrate in a processing chamber, such as a chemical vapor deposition chamber. The chemical vapor deposition chamber includes a spindle mechanism that cooperates with one or more carrier ring forks to move the semiconductor substrate from one station to another station. The methods include monitoring one or more spindle operation parameters and carrying out one or more maintenance steps on the spindle mechanism based on the results of monitoring the one or more spindle operation parameters. The monitored spindle operation parameters provide an indication of undesirable vibration of the semiconductor substrates in the processing chamber. The vibration of the semiconductor substrates in the processing chamber is undesirable because it promotes generation of unwanted particles that deposit onto a surface of the semiconductor substrate.
US11972930B2
A plasma reactor has a cylindrical microwave cavity overlying a workpiece processing chamber, a microwave source having a pair of microwave source outputs, and a pair of respective waveguides. The cavity has first and second input ports in a sidewall and space apart by an azimuthal angle. Each of the waveguides has a microwave input end coupled to a microwave source output and a microwave output end coupled to a respective one of the first and second input ports, a coupling aperture plate at the output end with a rectangular coupling aperture in the coupling aperture plate, and an iris plate between the coupling aperture plate and the microwave input end with a rectangular iris opening in the iris plate.
US11972928B2
A method and system for plasma arc suppression includes a RF generator supplying power to a plasma chamber coupled to an impedance matching network reacting to impedance changes to match an impedance of the plasma chamber with an impedance of the radio frequency generator. An arc suppression device coupled to the RF generator and the plasma chamber detects plasma arcing causing a sharp impedance change increasing reflection of the power by the plasma chamber and switches a power dissipator reducing the power delivered to the plasma chamber extinguishing or mitigating the plasma arcing. The power dissipator is switched more quickly than the impedance matching network reacts to the sharp impedance change. For example, the impedance matching network may react to the impedance change on an order of hundredths of milliseconds or more, while the arc suppression device switches the power dissipator on an order of microseconds or less.
US11972918B1
Disclosed is a two-section conductor type ground fault circuit interrupter with a reverse wiring protection function. A patch key switch is arranged on a PCBA assembly, a conduction spring is mounted between an electric plug bush and the PCBA assembly, and an electronic relay is mounted between an output end of a load copper sheet and the conduction spring. A condition that a metal key is exposed to generate a spark or a metal press piece falls off is avoided, so a two-section conductor structure with the reverse wiring protection function is achieved.
US11972914B2
Embodiments of a disconnector and a switchgear, wherein the disconnector comprises a contact assembly operable to change a status of a circuit, the disconnector arranged in the circuit; shafts adapted to be driven to rotate to operate the contact assembly; and a transmission unit arranged between the shafts and comprising: a plurality of gears coupled to the shafts to enable the shafts to rotate with a mutual engagement of the plurality of gears; and a holding assembly adapted to hold radial positions of the plurality of gears to ensure the mutual engagement of the plurality of gears. By arranging the holding assembly to hold the radial positions of the gears to ensure the mutual engagement of the plurality of gears, only one input shaft and one transmission unit are enough to transmit large torques sufficient to operate the contact assembly.
US11972907B2
A solid electrolytic capacitor that includes a resin molding, a first external electrode, and a second external electrode. The resin molding includes a laminate of multiple capacitor elements, and a sealing resin sealing the laminate. The following are satisfied: t1
US11972906B2
A method of producing a capacitor electrode includes forming an oxide layer on a foil. The method also includes inducing defects in the oxide layer followed by reforming the oxide layer. The oxide layer is reformed so as to generate a reformed oxide layer that is an aluminum oxide with a boehmite phase and a pseudo-boehmite phase. The amount of the boehmite phase in the reformed oxide layer is greater than the amount of the pseudo-boehmite phase in the reformed oxide layer.
US11972903B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes, wherein the dielectric layers and the internal electrodes are stacked alternately; and external electrodes provided on end surfaces of the multilayer body and electrically connected to the internal electrodes, wherein the dielectric layers each include main crystal grains including calcium and/or strontium, and zirconium; and an additive component including lithium, the internal electrodes include copper, and the dielectric layers have lithium concentrations with a standard deviation of about 1.03 atomic percent or less in the thickness direction.
US11972896B2
The present invention is directed to a compact inductor having the required (predetermined) inductance and current rating, further designed to avoid substantial heat generation by avoiding saturation, winding(s) possessing a low DC resistance and copper loss, and minimizing the required volume or profile in order to conserve circuit board real-estate. The compact inductor design of the present invention includes both enclosed core as well as enclosed winding type of inductor designs.
US11972895B1
A high-voltage optical transformer may include (1) an array of light-emitting devices that are connected in parallel with one another and are electrically coupled to an electrical input, (2) a transfer medium, and (3) an array of photovoltaic cells that (A) are optically coupled to the array of light-emitting devices via the transfer medium, (B) are connected in series with one another, and (C) produce an electrical output whose voltage is higher than the electrical input. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US11972893B2
In some embodiments, a shielded coil assembly is provided that includes (1) a coil having an outer surface, an inner surface, an upper end surface and a lower end surface and a first insulating material formed over the outer surface, inner surface, upper end surface and lower end surface of the coil; and (2) a conductive shield comprising a conductive paint applied along the first insulating material so that the conductive paint extends over at least a portion of each of the outer surface, inner surface, upper end surface, and lower end surface of the coil. In one or more embodiments, a dry-type transformer may be formed using the shielded coil assembly. Numerous other embodiments are provided.
US11972891B2
An inductor component includes a lamination of an insulating layer and a conductive layer. The insulating layer includes a base made of glass and inorganic particles dispersed in the base. Some of the inorganic particles partially project through the surface of the base into the conductive layer.
US11972889B2
A reactor is provided with a coil including a pair of winding portions arranged in parallel, a magnetic core to be arranged inside and outside the winding portions, a case for accommodating an assembly including the coil and the magnetic core, a leaf spring fitting for pressing the assembly toward an inner bottom surface of the case, and a sealing resin portion to be filled into the case. Each of the winding portions is so arranged that an arrangement direction of the winding portions is along a depth direction of the case. The case includes an opening having a rectangular planar shape. The leaf spring fitting is arranged in a state curved toward the inner bottom surface by having both end parts of the leaf spring fitting directly pressed against parts of inner wall surfaces of the case facing each other in a long side direction.
US11972878B2
A support for a busbar including two parts each having two surfaces substantially planar and perpendicular to one another and arranged to form, together with the two surfaces of the other part from the two parts, a through-cavity or a passage, a base including a hole or a fastener, and, a shape complementary to a shape of the other of the two parts, the shape being arranged to form, together with the shape of the other of the two parts, an attachment between the two parts. Advantageously, it is possible to obtain a support for a busbar, the support being robust, reliable, and inexpensive and able to be mounted in an easy and rapid manner.
US11972865B1
A method for performing an automated medical diagnosis of a patient and for providing and utilizing a smart electronic medical record to assist in confirming diagnosis of a patent. The diagnosis will be based upon a patient's signs/symptoms/findings which are input by a user/heath care provider and then further analyzed to then output a listing of high probability differential diagnoses/diseases and a low probability differential diagnoses/diseases that the patient may have. This analysis assists health care providers in providing a fast and early indication of potential conditions based upon an analysis of a patient's signs/symptoms/findings.
US11972860B2
A healthcare charge capture and prioritization system for assisting healthcare providers with capturing their procedures and prioritizing code selection for claim submission is presented. The system can analyze healthcare claim-related data for ranking and ordering Current Procedural Technology (CPT) and International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) codes to reduce the utilization of additional processing resources and network utilization from repeated system denials. Additionally, the present disclosure can generate and track analytics relevant to a patient encounters and provider action. It is an object of the invention to provide a system for processing and managing patient interactions, processing and managing healthcare-related charge entry, processing and prioritizing healthcare-related procedure technology codes, and processing and prioritizing disease and related health problem codes.
US11972859B2
Automated systems and methods are presented for retrospectively analyzing clinical trial data. A plurality of image derived from biological samples of patients in a cohort population are accessed. Image features are computed based on the plurality of images. A diagnostic feature metric is derived based on the computed image features. A cut point value is determined by applying a statistical minimization method using the derived diagnostic feature metric and patient outcome data from the cohort population, in which the cut point value identifies a patient in the cohort population as positive or negative for a diagnostic test.
US11972854B2
There is provided a radiotherapy system, a data processing method and a storage medium. The radiotherapy system includes a calibration database, a training module and a data processing module. The calibration database can acquire a plurality of the sample data generated in a clinical therapy process. The training module can perform deep learning on the plurality of sample data stored in the calibration database to obtain a therapy algorithm model. The data processing module can process the detection data received in the clinical therapy process according to the therapy algorithm model to generate preliminary therapy data. As the therapy algorithm model is obtained by performing deep learning on a large amount of clinical data, the reliability of the therapy algorithm model is high. Accordingly, the accuracy of the preliminary therapy data generated by the therapy algorithm model is also high.
US11972852B2
Athletic performance sensing and/or tracking systems include components for measuring or sensing athletic performance data and/or for storing and/or displaying desired information associated with the athletic performance to the user (or others). Such systems can allow users a wide variety of options in creating workouts, selecting and presenting media content during the athletic performance, etc., e.g., to help keep users entertained and motivated. In some instances, user feedback may be used, optionally in combination with objective data relating to a workout, to control features of the workout routine, to control the music or other media content selected and/or presented, and/or to control features of future workout routines and/or the presented media content.
US11972836B2
A storage device including a nonvolatile memory device including memory blocks and a controller connected with the nonvolatile memory device through data input and output lines and a data strobe line may be provided. The nonvolatile memory device and the controller may be configured to perform training on the data input and output lines by adjusting a delay of a data strobe signal sent through the data strobe line and adjust delays of the data input and output lines based on the training result.
US11972835B2
A latch circuit device includes: a latch circuit configured to latch an input signal to a microcomputer; a detection circuit configured to detect that the input signal is input to the latch circuit during a sleep period in which the microcomputer is in a sleep state; a wake-up circuit configured to transmit a wake-up signal to the microcomputer when an input of the input signal is detected during the sleep period; a sampling circuit configured to read the input signal from the latch circuit; a transmission circuit configured to transmit the input signal read by the sampling circuit to the microcomputer returned from the sleep state based on the wake-up signal; and a release circuit configured to release a latch state of the latch circuit after the input signal is read.
US11972833B2
A semiconductor device which includes a termination circuit coupled to a first pad and suitable for providing a termination resistance according to a first control code and a second control code during a normal operation in which data are input and output through the first pad; a stress replica circuit suitable for replicating a stress applied to the termination circuit during the normal operation and for generating a detection code during a second calibration mode; a first calibration circuit suitable for adjusting the first control code to match an impedance of a resistor part coupled to a second pad to an external resistor during a first calibration mode; and a second calibration circuit suitable for generating the second control code by adjusting the first control code according to the detection code during the second calibration mode.
US11972832B2
A command decoder circuit, a memory, and an electronic device are provided. The circuit includes a first decoder unit, configured to perform decoding for a first command signal based on a dynamic clock signal; a second decoder unit, configured to perform decoding for a second command signal based on the dynamic clock signal; and the clock gate, configured to generate the dynamic clock signal after a chip select signal of the first decoder unit indicates that decoding to be started for the first command signal and before the second decoder unit has performed decoding for the second command signal, and cut off the dynamic clock signal before the chip select signal of the first decoder unit indicates that the decoding to be started for the first command signal or after the second decoder unit has performed decoding for the second command signal.
US11972831B2
A receiver that receives a multi-level signal includes a pre-amplifier circuit, a slicer circuit and a decoder circuit. The pre-amplifier circuit generates a plurality of intermediate data signals based on an input data signal and a plurality of reference voltages. The slicer circuit generates a plurality of decision signals based on the plurality of intermediate data signals and a clock signal. The decoder circuit generates output data based on the plurality of decision signals. The pre-amplifier circuit includes a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit generates one of the plurality of intermediate data signals based on the input data signal and one of the plurality of reference voltages, and has a first structure. The second circuit generates another one of the plurality of intermediate data signals based on the input data signal and another one of the plurality of reference voltages, and has a second structure different from the first structure.
US11972819B2
In a non-volatile memory system that performs programming of selected memory cells (in coordination with pre-charging and boosting of channels for unselected memory cells) and program-verify to determine whether the programming was successful, the system transitions from program-verify to the next dose of programming by concurrently lowering a voltage applied to a selected word line and voltages applied to word lines on a first side of the selected word line at the conclusion of program-verify. Subsequent to lowering the voltage applied to the selected word line, the system successively lowers voltages applied to groups of one or more word lines on a second side of the selected word line at the conclusion of program-verify beginning with a group of one or more word lines immediately adjacent the selected word line and progressing to other groups of one or more word lines disposed increasingly remote from the selected word line.
US11972809B2
A non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes non-volatile storage elements and one or more control circuits in communication with the non-volatile storage elements. The one or more control circuits are configured to determine for a program iteration of a program operation on a word line whether a condition is met and in response to determining that the condition is met, identify one or more memory cells of the word line that are in an erased state that have a threshold voltage higher than an erase threshold voltage and perform the program iteration of the program operation. The program iteration includes applying a first bitline inhibit voltage to bitlines connected to the identified one or more memory cells and a second bitline inhibit voltage to bitlines connected to one or more memory cells that are in the erased state that do not have a threshold voltage higher than the erase threshold voltage.
US11972807B2
Technology is disclosed herein for a memory system that regulates charge pump current during a ramp up of the output voltage. The memory systems operates the charge pump in a current regulation mode while the charge pump output voltage ramps up. After the output voltage crosses a threshold voltage, the charge pump is operated in a voltage regulation mode in which the output voltage is regulated to a target output voltage. In one aspect, the memory system generates a random duty cycle clock in the current regulation mode. The memory system determines a target duty cycle for the random duty cycle clock that will regulate the input current of the charge pump to a target current, given the present output voltage. A clock based on the random duty cycle clock is provided to a clock input of the charge pump to regulate the charge pump current.
US11972803B2
A memory device that uses different programming parameters base on the word line(s) to be programmed is described. The programming parameter PROGSRC_PCH provides a pre-charge voltage to physical word lines. In some instances, the PROGSRC_PCH voltage is decoupled, and a new PROGSRC_PCH represents an adjusted (e.g., increased) pre-charge voltage for a certain physical word line or word line zone (i.e., predetermined group of word lines). Using different PROGSRC_PCH voltages can limit or prevent Vt distribution window degradation, particularly for relatively low physical word lines. Additionally, the overall programming time and average current consumed can also be reduced.
US11972793B2
An integrated circuit device that has improved write margin at low operating voltages is disclosed. The integrated circuit device can include an SRAM array that has end power select circuits that can include selection circuits that provide a controllable impedance path between a power supply potential and an array power line. A power supply detection circuit may provide an assist enable signal when a power supply potential is low enough that write assist is needed. A power control circuit may provide end power control signals to end power select circuits to selectively control an impedance path between a power supply potential and an array power line to provide an I-R drop to a selected memory cell. In this way, write margins may be improved at low operating voltages.
US11972791B2
Method and device for reading data in a nonvolatile memory device based on cell counts of two states
In a method of reading data in a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory cells having a plurality of states including a first state and a second state, a first read operation for the first state is performed, and a second read operation for the second state is performed. To perform the first read operation, cell counts for a valley of the first state are obtained by performing a valley cell count operation for the first state, a first read voltage level for the first state is determined based on the cell counts and at least one first reference parameter for the first state, and a first sensing operation for the first state is performed by using the first read voltage level. To perform the second read operation, a second read voltage level for the second state is determined based on the cell counts and at least one second reference parameter for the second state, and a second sensing operation for the second state is performed by using the second read voltage level.
US11972780B2
A mechanism is described for facilitating cinematic space-time view synthesis in computing environments according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes capturing, by one or more cameras, multiple images at multiple positions or multiple points in times, where the multiple images represent multiple views of an object or a scene, where the one or more cameras are coupled to one or more processors of a computing device. The method further includes synthesizing, by a neural network, the multiple images into a single image including a middle image of the multiple images and representing an intermediary view of the multiple views.
US11972778B2
A video sound-picture matching includes: acquiring a voice sequence; acquiring a voice segment from the voice sequence; acquiring an initial position of a start-stop mark and a moving direction of the start-stop mark from an image sequence; determining an active segment according to the initial position of the start-stop mark, the moving direction of the start-stop mark, and the voice segment; and synthesizing the voice segment and the active segment to obtain a video segment. In a video synthesizing process, the present disclosure uses start-stop marks to locate positions of active segments in an image sequence, so as to match the active segments having actions with voice segments, so that the synthesized video segments are more in line with natural laws of a character during speaking, and have better authenticity.
US11972764B2
Systems and methods for providing audio data, from an initially invoked automated assistant to a subsequently invoked automated assistant. An initially invoked automated assistant may be invoked by a user utterance, followed by audio data that includes a query. The query is provided to a secondary automated assistant for processing. Subsequently, the user can submit a query that is related to the first query. In response, the initially invoked automated assistant provides the query to the secondary automated assistant in lieu of providing the query to other secondary automated assistants based on similarity between the first query and the subsequent query.
US11972759B2
Mitigating mistranscriptions resolves errors in a transcription of the audio portion of a video based on a semantic matching with contextualized data electronically garnered from one or more sources other than the audio portion of the video. A mistranscription is identified using a pretrained word embedding model that maps words to an embedding space derived from the contextualizing data. A similarity value for each vocabulary word of a multi-word vocabulary of the pretrained word embedding model is determined in relation to the mistranscription. Candidate words are selected based on the similarity values, each indicating a closeness of a corresponding vocabulary word to the mistranscription. The textual rendering is modified by replacing the mistranscription with a candidate word that, based on average semantic similarity values, is more similar to the mistranscription than is each other candidate word.
US11972755B2
Techniques for noise data augmentation for training chatbot systems in natural language processing. In one particular aspect, a method is provided that includes receiving a training set of utterances for training an intent classifier to identify one or more intents for one or more utterances; augmenting the training set of utterances with noise text to generate an augmented training set of utterances; and training the intent classifier using the augmented training set of utterances. The augmenting includes: obtaining the noise text from a list of words, a text corpus, a publication, a dictionary, or any combination thereof irrelevant of original text within the utterances of the training set of utterances, and incorporating the noise text within the utterances relative to the original text in the utterances of the training set of utterances at a predefined augmentation ratio to generate augmented utterances.
US11972753B2
A system, method and computer-readable storage device provides an improved speech processing approach in which hyper parameters used for speech recognition are modified dynamically or in batch mode rather than fixed statically. The method includes estimating, via a model trained on audio data and/or metadata, a set of parameters useful for performing automatic speech recognition, receiving speech at an automatic speech recognition system, applying, by the automatic speech recognition system, the set of parameters to processing the speech to yield text and outputting the text from the automatic speech recognition system.
US11972744B2
A plastic ukulele has a sound board, a fretboard, a head plate and a lower half of the body integrated into a complete ukulele body. Attached to the bottom surface of the sound board are two paralleled outline reinforcing ribs which are in parallel with the outline of soundboard on the inside. The sound board has a sound hole in the upper middle part. Around the sound hole are two sets of lengthwise and widthwise paralleled reinforcing ribs. The part of sound board which is surrounded by the lower widthwise reinforcing ribs and the lower bout of outline reinforcing ribs is resonance section with a thickness of 1.0-1.4 mm only. Attached to the bottom surface of resonance section is a grid bracing structure in a one-piece molding with the sound board.
US11972738B1
System and methods for maintaining color information in on-screen images by spectrally-controlling backlighting for liquid crystal display panels in multiple viewing and night vision compatible viewing environments while maintaining the integrity of the data provided in real time.
US11972732B2
A shift register unit, configured to generate a first gate drive signal and a second gate drive signal, which includes a first control circuit, configured to control a potential of a first node; a second control circuit, configured to control a potential of a second node; a first output circuit, configured to generate the first gate drive signal based on a first voltage signal provided by a first voltage terminal under the control of the potentials of the first and second nodes, and output the first gate drive signal through a first gate drive signal output terminal, wherein the first voltage signal provided by the first voltage terminal is a high level signal; and a second output circuit, configured to generate a second gate drive signal based on a second voltage signal provided by a second voltage terminal under the control of a potential of a control node, and output the second gate drive signal through a second gate drive signal output terminal.
US11972719B2
A display device and a method of driving a display device are disclosed. The display device includes pixels respectively connected to corresponding scan lines, corresponding control lines, corresponding data lines, and corresponding sensing lines, a scan driver which supplies a scan signal to a scan line of the corresponding scan lines, and supplies a control signal to a control line of the corresponding control lines, a data driver which supplies one of an image data signal and a sensing data signal to a data line of the corresponding data lines, and a sensing driver which senses characteristics of driving transistors of different pixels of the pixels in a previous sensing period and a current sensing period, and determines a final sensing value of a target pixel of the pixels in the current sensing period, based on a difference between a previous sensing value of the target pixel, which is determined based on the sensing in the previous sensing period, and a preliminary sensing value of the target pixel, which is calculated based on the sensing in the current sensing period.
US11972718B2
A display device displays an image in which each frame is formed by at least two subframes. The display device includes a drive unit configured to drive a plurality of pixels in a pixel array so as to drive pixels in at least two rows based on pixel data of each row of each supplied subframe data. The drive unit drives the plurality of pixels so as to cause pixels in a row not matching a row in the supplied current subframe data to emit light with a first condition, and cause pixels in a row matching the row in the current subframe data to emit light with a second condition. The second condition is a condition in which a light emission amount is larger than in the first condition when causing the pixels to emit light in accordance with identical pixel values.
US11972717B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of driving display, and a display device. The method of driving display includes: scanning, progressively or rows by rows, a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in an N×M array, to turn on each row of sub-pixels scanned, so that a duration in which two adjacent rows of sub-pixels are simultaneously in an ON state is greater than or equal to two times a unit scanning time, wherein the unit scanning time is a time required for scanning a row of sub-pixels, N is an integer greater than 1, and M is an integer greater than 1; and applying data signals to at least two rows of sub-pixels simultaneously in the ON state, so that a duration of applying the data signals to each row of sub-pixels is greater than the unit scanning time.
US11972710B2
An information processing device includes: a foldable one display; a memory which stores at least a program; and a processor. By executing the program stored in the memory, the processor performs display mode switching processing to switch among a first display mode to control display in such a manner that a screen area of the display is set as one display area, a second display mode to control display in such a manner that the screen area of the display is split into two display areas of a first display area and a second display area with the first display area set as a primary screen and the second display area set as a secondary screen, and a third display mode to control display in such a manner that the second display area is set as the primary screen and the first display area is set as the secondary screen.
US11972702B2
A display module includes a display panel, a protective film, and an adhesive layer. The display panel includes a non-display area adjacent to a display area. The protective film is under the display panel, and the adhesive layer is between the display panel and the protective film. The protective film is or includes a polyethylene terephthalate film having a glass transition temperature equal to or greater than about 95° C.
US11972689B2
A transportation vehicle, a traffic control entity, a method, a computer program, and an apparatus for determining a minimum inter-vehicular distance for a platoon. The method for determining a minimum inter-vehicular distance for a platoon of transportation vehicles obtains information related to a predicted quality of service (pQoS) of communication links between the transportation vehicles of the platoon; a speed of the transportation vehicles of the platoon; and one or more maximum decelerations of the transportation vehicles of the platoon. The method also uses a functional relationship between the pQoS, the speed, the one or more maximum decelerations, and an inter-vehicular distance to determine the minimum inter-vehicular distance.
US11972688B1
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for providing roadside assistance services are described herein. The system can include network computing devices and computing devices associated with vehicles and service vehicles. Requests for roadside services can be automatically assigned to an available service provider. Service providers can be ranked based on a variety of criteria and requests can be assigned based on the ranking. The ranking of service providers can be adjusted based on the performance of the service provider. If a service provider takes too long to respond to a request, the request can be automatically declined and an alternative service provider can be selected.
US11972687B2
A parking control device performs parking control such that a vehicle is parked in a reserved parking area in an automatic valet parking lot including a plurality of parking areas. When the vehicle arrives at the automatic valet parking lot before an entrance time for the reserved parking area, the parking control device determines whether the reserved parking area is available. When it is determined that the reserved parking area is not available, the parking control device determines whether a temporary parking area which is an area other than the reserved parking area is available. When it is determined that the temporary parking area is available, the parking control device performs parking control such that the vehicle is parked in the temporary parking area.
US11972682B2
Provided is a computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for displaying information to a pedestrian using a visual indicator. A processor may detect that a vehicle is approaching a pedestrian. The processor may determine that the pedestrian is unable to see the approaching vehicle. The processor may display an indication that the vehicle is approaching the pedestrian on an object the pedestrian can currently view.
US11972679B2
A flexible haptic interface defining a tactile surface able to be contacted by a user, the interface including a plurality of rigid tactile elements connected by a flexible support forming at least one hinge extending between at least two adjacent elements, and in contact with each element, at least one actuator, the actuators being arranged to transmit a mechanical excitation to the rigid tactile elements in order to drive in vibration the hinge situated between them with a vibration amplitude detectable by touch.
US11972675B2
In an embodiment, a semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of output pins. Each of the output pins is electrically connected to an input pin of a buzzer and to a buzzer driver. The buzzer driver is configured to cause the buzzer to emit an audible sound. The semiconductor device further includes a plurality of ground switches. Each ground switch is configured to connect a corresponding output pin of the plurality of output pins to ground when closed. The semiconductor device further includes a current generator that is configured to supply a test current to a given output pin of the plurality of output pins and a clamp switch that is configured to connect the given output pin to an analog-to-digital converter.
US11972673B2
A system (102) for assisting a patient to raise an alarm is disclosed. The system (102) may include a sensor (106) configured to be positioned at a head region of the patient and to detect movement of head of the patient. The system (102) may further include a patient assisting device (104) coupled to the sensor (106). The patient assisting device (104) may be configured to receive, from the sensor (106), a signal corresponding to the movement of the head of the patient, determine a state of alarm value from the signal, and generate an alarm based on the state of alarm value.
US11972656B2
A method comprises initiating a gaming session for a grid-based game, tracking a number of consecutive losing plays of the grid-based game during the gaming session, and providing a player of the grid-based game with an option to reuse a wild symbol that appears in one play of the number of consecutive losing plays in a next play when the number of consecutive losing plays exceeds a threshold. The method further comprises receiving first input from the player to reuse the wild symbol in the next play, generating, in response to the first input, a sequence of symbols comprising the wild symbol, and causing a display to display the sequence of symbols populated in the array of cells.
US11972653B2
A lock, a vehicle parking system, and a vehicle parking method are provided. The lock includes a main body, a lock switch, a lock controller, a lock communication circuit, and a battery. The battery is connected to the lock switch, the lock controller, and the lock communication circuit, and configured to supply electrical energy to the lock switch, the lock controller, and the lock communication circuit. The lock communication circuit is connected to the lock controller, and transmits a locking instruction or an unlocking instruction to the lock controller when receiving the locking instruction or the unlocking instruction from a second device located outside the lock. The lock controller is connected to the lock switch connected to the main body, and the lock controller controls, when receiving the locking instruction or the unlocking instruction, the main body to perform a locking operation or an unlocking operation through the lock switch.
US11972651B2
An intelligent key device and a verification method therefor. The verification method comprises: determining the type of an instruction by means of an intelligent key device; determining a key area according to the type of the instruction; acquiring a biometric verification identifier corresponding to the key area; determining, according to the biometric verification identifier, a biometric verification mode corresponding to the key area; and executing a corresponding operation according to the biometric verification mode. According to the present invention, a user can realize multiple verification modes of biometric features according to a key area in the process of performing verification using the intelligent key device, such that different verification requirements of the user for the key used in different application scenarios are met.
US11972647B2
A calibration apparatus and method suitable for aligning a primary structure in a test or calibration of a subject sensor of a vehicle. The apparatus and method utilize a wheel structure configured to detachably couple to a wheel of the vehicle. The wheel structure comprises one or more measurement arms configured to extend and measure a placement of the wheel structure with respect to the vehicle. The measurements are used to generate a reference template that a user utilizes visually to position the primary structure in a suitable position and angle with respect to the vehicle for calibration or test.
US11972641B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for express voting. In some example embodiments, there is provided a method for express voting. The method may include authenticating a voter based on a token carried by a user equipment, the token mapped to at least one of an identity of the voter, a precinct of the voter, and a ballot for the voter; and providing, when the authenticating indicates the voter is authorized to vote, the ballot presented on the user equipment. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
US11972636B2
A computer-implemented method for determining an emotional state of a user based on a facial expression of the user and causing to display the emotional state of the user to the user is provided.
US11972635B2
In one example, a display includes an array of display pixels. Each display pixel includes at least one light-emitting diode. At least one of the display pixels includes an image sensor.
US11972630B2
Various examples are provided for distortion rectification and fingerprint crossmatching. In one example, a method includes selecting an electronic, perspective distorted fingerprint sample; and generating an unwarped fingerprint sample by rectifying perspective distortions from the perspective distorted fingerprint sample by application of an unwarping transformation. Parameters of the unwarping transformation can be determined by a deep convolutional neural network (DCNN) trained on a database comprising contactless fingerprint samples suffering from perspective distortions. In another example, a system comprises processing circuitry that can: identify warp parameters associated with a contactless fingerprint sample, the warp parameters estimated from the contactless fingerprint sample by a DCNN trained on a database comprising contactless fingerprint samples suffering from perspective distortions; and generate an unwarped fingerprint sample from the contactless fingerprint sample, the unwarped fingerprint sample generated using an unwarping transformation based upon the identified warp parameters.
US11972628B2
Method for image acquisition in an ultrasonic biometric imaging device, the method comprising: determining a target area of a touch surface; by a plurality of ultrasonic transducers arranged at a periphery of the touch surface, emitting a shaped ultrasonic beam towards the target area using transmit beamforming; by the ultrasonic transducers, receiving reflected ultrasonic echo signals defined by received RF-data, the reflected ultrasonic echo signals resulting from interactions with an object in contact with the touch surface at the target area; subtracting background RF-data from the received RF-data to form a clean image; performing receive side beamforming to form a reconstructed image from the clean image; and for a plurality of reconstructed images resulting from a plurality of emitted ultrasonic beams for a given target area, adding the plurality of reconstructed images to form a summed image.
US11972616B2
The technology relates to factors regarding the external environment around a vehicle that are used to trigger enhanced driving directions for use by the driver. The factors can include issues such as adverse weather conditions, low light conditions and temporary obstacles or other obstructions that may prevent or reduce the ability of the driver to see street signs or other landmarks that are part of an initial set of driving directions. Upon determination of one or more relevant factors, the system is able to modify or otherwise enhances directions in real time. This allows the driver to be able to quickly and easily identify other visible landmarks and use such information to navigate to a desired destination. This approach employs one or more on-board cameras configured to detect objects and conditions in the environment adjacent to or otherwise nearby the vehicle, such as within line of sight of the vehicle's front end.
US11972608B2
A catastrophe analysis computing system includes a processor; an electronic network; and a memory having stored thereon non-transitory computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to: cause a client device to receive a exposure map layer; cause a filter graphical user interface and wind speed layers to be displayed in a graphical user interface; receive an input; and update the map graphical user interface. In another aspect, a method includes causing a client device to receive an exposure map layer; causing a filter graphical user interface and wind speed layers to be displayed in a graphical user interface; receiving an input; and updating the map graphical user interface. A method includes receiving an exposure map; displaying a filter graphical user interface; receiving an input; and updating a map graphical user interface.
US11972603B2
Provided is a diagnostic system including: a user terminal configured to take an image; and a server configured to obtain diagnosis assistance information on the basis of the image. The user terminal is configured to obtain a first photographing parameter, determine whether a pre-stored condition is satisfied, and transmit the first photographing parameter and a captured image to the server when it is determined that the pre-stored condition is satisfied. The server is configured to obtain a first verification parameter, determine whether to use the captured image as a diagnostic image which includes comparing the first verification parameter with the first photographing parameter, and obtain the diagnosis assistance information by using the diagnostic image when it is determined to use the captured image as the diagnostic image.
US11972598B2
Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for providing an enhanced indication of an object that is located via a visual feed in accordance with a user context are disclosed. For instance, in one example, a processing system including at least one processor may detect a user context from a visual feed, locate an object via the visual feed in accordance with the user context, and provide an enhanced indication of the object via an augmented reality display.
US11972592B2
A method comprises: capturing, with an image sensor, at least one image of a head of a user, wherein the at least one image includes an image of an eye of the user; processing the at least one image to obtain position information for features of the head and eye of the user; and determining, based on the position information for the features of the head and eye of the user, at least one parameter of a daily use eyewear frame.
US11972591B2
In an image processing apparatus 100, an image acquiring portion 11 acquires image information. A position acquiring portion 12 acquires an image capturing position and an image capturing direction of the image information. An image-capturing propriety information acquiring portion 13 acquires image-capturing propriety information indicating that a position of an information terminal 200 corresponds to image-capturing propriety setting information. An image editing portion 14 performs a masking process to a range based on the information terminal 200 in the image information acquired by the image acquiring portion 11, in accordance with image-capturing propriety setting information of the image-capturing propriety information indicating that the position of the information terminal 200 in the image-capturing propriety information corresponds to the image capturing range based on the image capturing position and the image capturing direction acquired by the position acquiring portion 12.
US11972585B2
Machine learning is used to train a network to estimate a three-dimensional (3D) body surface and body regions of a patient from surface images of the patient. The estimated 3D body surface of the patient is used to determine an isocenter of the patient. The estimated body regions are used to generate heatmaps representing visible body region boundaries and unseen body region boundaries of the patient. The estimation of 3D body surfaces, the determined patient isocenter, and the estimated body region boundaries may assist in planning a medical scan, including automatic patient positioning.
US11972582B2
Provided is a method for acquiring labeled data, including acquiring a 3D-3D registration sample, wherein the 3D-3D registration sample includes a sample 3D image, a reference 3D image and 3D-3D registration data, and the 3D-3D registration data includes correspondence data between the sample 3D image and the reference 3D image; generating at least one dual-2D-image based on the sample 3D image, wherein each dual-2D-image is a combination of 2D projection images of the sample 3D image in two different directions; and generating 2D-3D registration data corresponding to each dual-2D-image based on the 3D-3D registration data, wherein each 2D-3D registration data includes correspondence data between the dual-2D-image and the reference 3D image.
US11972581B2
This disclosure presents a process to determine an alignment parameter for geosteering a wellbore undergoing drilling operations. The process can receive one or more azimuthal image log data sets, one or more geology logs, and other input parameters. The image log data sets can be transformed to better approximate the geology logs, such as transforming a 3D representation to a 2D representation and flattening out curves represented in the original image log data. The geology logs or transformed image log data can then be moved to create an approximate alignment between the other log data. The movement, which can be a sliding movement, a linear movement, a tilting movement, an angling movement, or a rotating movement, can be used to determine the determined alignment parameter or final alignment parameter. The alignment parameter can be used as input into a geosteering system for the wellbore.
US11972577B1
Present embodiments pertain to systems, apparatuses, and methods for analyzing and reporting the movements in mechanical structures, inanimate physical structures, machinery, and machine components, including automatically detecting aliased frequencies of a component on the structure which exhibits frequencies higher than the maximum frequency of the FFT spectrum calculated from the acquired data. To automatically detect the presence of aliased frequencies, a second virtually identical recording is acquired using a slightly different sampling rate and this provides the basis for detecting frequencies which are greater than the Nyquist sampling rate of the video recording and calculating the true frequency value of the aliased peaks in the frequency spectrum.
US11972574B2
Disclosed is an image segmentation device. The image segmentation device may include: a storage unit storing a segmentation model learned so as to segment at least one predetermined object; and at least one processor inputting input data into the segmentation model and segmenting at least one predetermined object in the input data, in which the segmentation model may include an encoder including at least one dimension reduction block reducing a dimension of the input data, a decoder including at least one dimension increase block increasing the dimension of output data output from the encoder by using data output from at least one dimension reduction block, and an auxiliary classification model receiving the output data and recognizing whether a specific object is included in the output data.
US11972572B2
A system includes an intraoral scanner and a computing device. The intraoral scanner generates an intraoral scan of a dental site. The computing device processes an input comprising data from the intraoral scan using a trained machine learning model that has been trained to classify regions of dental sites, wherein the trained machine learning model generates an output comprising, for each point in the intraoral scan, an indication as to whether the point belongs to a first dental class that represents excess material. The computing device determines, based on the output, one or more points in the intraoral scan that are classified as excess material. The computing device then hides or removes, from at least one of the intraoral scan or a virtual three-dimensional (3D) model generated using the intraoral scan, data for the one or more points that are classified as excess material.
US11972568B2
Systems and methods for assessing glaucoma loss using optical coherence topography. One method according to an aspect comprises receiving optical coherence image data and assessing functional glaucoma damage from retinal optical coherence image data. In an aspect, the systems and methods can map regions and layers of the eye to determine structural characteristics to compare to functional characteristics.
US11972562B2
A method for determining a plant growth curve includes obtaining color images and depth images of a plant to be detected at different time points, performing alignment processing on each color image and each depth image to obtain an alignment image, detecting the color image through a pre-trained target detection model to obtain a target bounding box, calculating an area ratio of the target bounding box in the color image, determining a depth value of all pixel points in the target boundary frame according to the aligned image, performing denoising processing on each depth value to obtain a target depth value, generating a first growth curve of the plant to be detected according to the target depth values and corresponding time points, and generating a second growth curve of the plant to be detected according to the area ratios and the corresponding time points.
US11972560B2
A machine learning device with a processor and a memory, in which the processor receives an image and calculates a feature amount of an object included in the image, the processor identifies a local part from the feature amount and calculates a local identification value, the processor calculates an overall identification value using the local identification value, and the processor generates a classifier using the local identification value and the overall identification value and stores it in the memory.
US11972559B2
A processor acquires a confirmation radiographic image including a surgical tool. In a case in which a radiographic image is input, the processor detects a region of the surgical tool from the confirmation radiographic image using a discriminator that detects the region of the surgical tool included in the radiographic image.
US11972552B2
A semiconductor image classifier. Convolution functions are applied to modify the wafer images in order to extract key information about the image. The modified images are condensed then processed through a series of pairwise classifiers, each classifier configured to determine that the image is more like one of the pair than the other. Probabilities from each classifier are collected to form a prediction for each image.
US11972535B2
A computer-implemented method and a system are provided for visualising colocalised fluorescence signals. The method accesses signal intensity data obtained from a first fluorescence channel and a second fluorescence channel in which the signal intensity data is associated with voxels in an image. A regression factor on the signal intensity data is calculated to generate a regression parameter corresponding to a degree of correlation between the signal intensity data obtained from the first and second fluorescence channels The signal intensity data is mapped to the regression parameter and colourmap values are assigned to each voxel based on the mapped signal intensity data in which colourmap values of voxels embodying poorly correlated signal intensity data are reduced. The method renders the voxels in the image in colours according to their colourmap values to visualise colocalisation in the image.
US11972533B2
Introduced here computer programs and associated computer-implemented techniques for establishing the dimensions of interior spaces. These computer programs are able to accomplish this by combining knowledge of these interior spaces with spatial information that is output by an augmented reality (AR) framework. Such an approach allows two-dimensional (2D) layouts to be seamlessly created through guided corner-to-corner measurement of interior spaces.
US11972527B2
Provided is a method for reconstructing a face mesh model. The method includes: acquiring face scanning data to be reconstructed and a three-dimensional face mesh template; obtaining a target face mesh model by hierarchically extracting key feature points in the 3D face mesh template and by sequentially deforming the 3D face mesh template based on posture matching positions of the hierarchically extracted key feature points in the face scanning data; and obtaining a reconstructed face mesh model by acquiring global feature points in the target face mesh model and by deforming the target face mesh model based on the posture matching positions of the global feature points in the face scanning data.
US11972524B2
This disclosure relates to method and system for generating tightest revolve envelope for a Boundary representation (B-rep) Computer-Aided Design (CAD) model. The method includes receiving a 2-dimensional (2D) point cloud within an XY-plane corresponding to each of a plurality of faces of the B-rep CAD model within an XYZ-space. The method further includes, for each of the plurality of faces, determining a concave hull shape for the 2D point cloud through a concave hull algorithm. The method further includes combining the concave hull shape corresponding to each of the plurality of faces of the B-rep CAD model through at least one of a Boolean operation and a stitching operation to obtain a tightest revolve profile of the B-rep CAD model. The method further includes revolving the tightest revolve profile about X-axis of the XYZ-space to obtain a tightest revolve envelope corresponding to the B-rep CAD model.
US11972521B2
Input indicative of a selection of volumetric content for presentation is received. The volumetric content comprises a volumetric representation of one or more elements of a real-world three-dimensional space. In response to the input, device state data associated with the volumetric content is accessed. The device state data describes a state of one or more network-connected devices associated with the real-world three-dimensional space. The volumetric content is presented. The presentation of the volumetric content includes presentation of the volumetric representation of the one or more elements overlaid on the real-world three-dimensional space by a display device and configuring the one or more network-connected devices using the device state data.
US11972520B2
A method of rendering, in a rendering space, a scene formed by primitives in a graphics processing system. A geometry processing phase includes the step of storing fragment shading rate data representing a first fragment shading rate value and associating data identifying a primitive with the fragment shading rate data. A rendering phase includes the steps of retrieving the stored fragment shading rate data and associated data identifying the primitive, obtaining an attachment specifying one or more attachment fragment shading rate values for the rendering space; processing the primitive to derive primitive fragments to be shaded; and for each primitive fragment, combining the first fragment shading rate value for the primitive from which the primitive fragment is derived with an attachment fragment shading rate value from the attachment to produce a resolved combined fragment shading rate value for the respective fragment.
US11972509B2
Method for acquiring local gonio-reflection characteristics of an image which is aggregation of dots. Sensory glossiness (L) of the image determined by equation (1) is 1.0 or more. The sensory glossiness (L) is determined based on a height of a peak (H), a height of a base (B) and a half width of a peak (W) of a distribution information of lightness with respect to light receiving angle, obtained by measuring reflected light of a measuring light irradiated into the image. The local gonio-reflection characteristics is acquired with a spatial resolution (A) for acquiring the local gonio-reflection characteristics and a resolution (B) which represents a distribution information of the dots within a region where the sensory glossiness (L) being 1.0 or more, satisfying formula (2). L=Log((H−B)/W) Equation (1) 0.8
US11972504B2
Disclosed a method and a system for overlapping sliding window segmentation of an image based on an FPGA. According to the method, on-chip BRAMs storage resource cost of FPGA is determined; each on-chip BRAM in FPGA is used to cache the pixel data of each segmented sub-image in parallel; when the pixel data received by the BRAMs reaches a preset threshold or the last pixel of the segmented sub-image is written into the on-chip BRAMs, the data is written from the on-chip BRAMs to an off-chip DDR memory in a burst continuous writing mode; the repeated data generated by segmentation of horizontally overlapping sliding windows are written into the on-chip BRAMs corresponding to the current segmented sub-image and adjacent segmented sub-images thereof respectively in a synchronous and parallel manner.
US11972494B2
Techniques for creating a user network based on user interest in a product are described. For example, a first search query is received from a first client device. The first client device is associated with a first user. A second search query is received from a second client device. The second client device is associated with a second user. The first search query is matched to a product. The second search query is matched to the product. A user network corresponding to the product is created. The first user is added to the user network based on the matching of the first search query to the product. The second user is added to the user network based on the matching of the second search query to the product.
US11972483B2
Systems involving a hub platform and communication network configured for processing data involving time-stamped/time-sensitive aspects, improved access/utilization and/or other features are disclosed. In one example, an illustrative system may comprise a hub computer platform and associated computing components configured to generate a plurality of portals including at least first and second portals, including aspects such as automatically updating information on a real-time basis, automatically attaching and/or processing timestamps that are attached to orders upon receipt and acceptance thereof, continuously generating and/or processing information of an order file, generating, continuously updating and/or interactively displaying various tabular and/or graphical information that are based on real-time order file updates, generating other GUI features that, for example, may graphically display and continually update level-of-involvement information, and/or displaying, to investors, information and metrics based on real-time order file updates.
US11972479B2
A method for issuing and returning an item for loan, particularly a manually movable transport cart. A blocking element allows removal and use of the item by way of a release and, after a return, once more prevents the removal. A mobile communication device identifies itself to the blocking element wirelessly, the mobile communication device is associated with the item for loan when the item is released, and the association is cancelled when the item is returned. An issuing and return system has the blocking element attached to the item for loan, in particular is integrated in the item. The blocking element has a communication module for wireless communication with the mobile communication device of a customer. The mobile communication device has an identification feature, particularly a feature that personalizes the customer and which enables the association between the mobile communication device and the item for loan.
US11972477B2
Systems and methods for customer journey optimization are described. One or more aspects of the systems and methods include displaying a workflow canvas including a representation of a customer journey corresponding to a digital content channel, wherein the customer journey comprises an ordered sequence of event definitions; displaying the digital content channel within the customer journey user interface; monitoring user interactions with digital content channel; receiving an event payload generated in response to a user interaction with the digital content channel based on the monitoring, wherein the event payload comprises event data describing the user interaction; generating an event definition based on the event data from the event payload, wherein the event definition defines a category of user interaction events on the digital content channel; adding the event definition to the customer journey; and displaying a representation of the customer journey including a visual representation of the added event definition.
US11972461B2
A system and method for providing digital audio services is described. One embodiment is a method for proving digital audio services, comprising receiving, using a communications interface, an audio stream from a content provider; determining a timestamp for a first audio stream segment; determining a timestamp for a second audio stream segment; updating playlist with a representation of the audio stream; receiving query for content information; and sending offer information, in response to receiving the query for content information.
US11972460B1
Personalized electronic content is generated for display on a user computer. The content is generated by first matching a targeted user online identifier to one of a plurality of user online identifiers associated with a master ID in a database. Using online user behavior associated with the user online identifiers of the master ID, a preliminary set of personalized electronic content is generated. A set of content usage parameters is applied to the preliminary set of personalized electronic content to define the personalized electronic content, which is then transmitted and displayed on a user computer. The personalized electronic content may comprise targeted advertisement utilized to populate a webpage or an email template defined by an online marketing campaign.
US11972459B2
A server system is provided for analyzing user interaction in an environment. The server system comprises a memory storing a set of instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations including determine a user has interacted with an item positioned in the environment based on a communication signal received from a hub physically located in the environment indicating an item tag associated with the item is linked with a user tag associated with the user. The server system may identify, based on one or more communication signals received from the hub, at least one metric associated with the user's interaction with the item and compare the at least one metric with a set of rules associated with the type of metric. The server system may provide an indication, based on the comparison, to a display device.
US11972450B2
A spectator system and method that displays different views of an event, such as a sporting event, and in particular uses a position selected by the spectator to assist in displaying a view from the selected position. The spectator, using an internet device can zoom, pan, tilt and change the view, as well as change the view to another position, such as a finish line, goal, or a participant position (e.g. Driver of car #3 or Tiger Wood's position). The starting viewing position can be specified, as well as the target position or orientation from the starting viewing position. Vital information on the sporting event or a participant can be appended to the view. In some forms, artificial reality or any geographic referenced datasets can be used and combined, such as 3D imagery or 3D renderings, to enhance the experience.
US11972446B2
In some implementations, a device may obtain historical information associated with user engagement with one or more historical communications associated with a user account. The device may train a machine learning model, using the historical information, to predict at least one of preferred communication channels, preferred communication timings, or preferred communication content associated with the user account. The device may determine that a communication associated with the user account is to be transmitted. The device may obtain, from the machine learning model and by the device, recommendation information including at least one of a recommended timing, a recommended communication channel, or a recommended content of the communication based on providing information associated with the user account to the machine learning model. The device may generate the communication according to the recommendation information.
US11972443B2
The present disclosure pertains to a system configured to prepare and use prediction models for socioeconomic data and missing value prediction. Some embodiments may: extract, from received population segment data, a training set of socioeconomic parameter values for each population segment; provide, to a prediction model as input, first parameter values of the respective training set for the prediction of additional parameter values of the training set such that the prediction of the additional parameter values is performed without reliance on the additional parameter values; provide, for each of the training sets, the additional parameter values to the prediction model as reference feedback for the prediction model's prediction of the additional parameter values to train the prediction model; and predict, based on a working set of parameter values for a population segment, additional values for the working set using the prediction model subsequent to its training.
US11972440B1
Systems and methods for providing a decentralized anti-counterfeit solution for supply chain tracking are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: electronically store a product identifier that identifies a physical product; generate a secret code that is packaged with the physical product in a tamper-evident manner; generate a one-way encrypted code based on the secret code and the product identifier; create an asset that includes code executable by a decentralized database; record the asset on a decentralized database; record the one-way encrypted code in the asset; receive a request for verification regarding a given physical product; generate a given one-way encrypted code based on the request; determine whether the given one-way encrypted code is a match of the one-way encrypted code as recorded in the asset; responsive to a match, return a notification to the given user and remove the one-way encrypted code from the asset.
US11972428B2
Methods and devices for conducting a payment transaction between a paying terminal and a selling terminal via a remote server. In some embodiments, the paying terminal scans an encrypted image, such as a two-dimensional code, displayed on the selling terminal. The paying terminal decrypts the encrypted image to obtain payment information and sends a payment request to the remote server for processing. Security verifications may be conducted by the paying terminal or the server, and the server may generate processing results approving or denying the payment request accordingly. When the payment amount is greater than a preset value, additional verification can be carried out using, e.g., biometric information. The paying terminal and/or the selling terminal then display the processing results and the remote server completes the payment transaction.
US11972427B2
A system and a method for deterring unauthorized access to an account. The method includes the steps of receiving a user login request from one of a plurality of account holder computers, then identifying a username associated with the received user login request, a time associated with the received user login request, and an internet protocol (IP) address associated with the received user login request. The method and system determine a number of prior login requests received from the identified IP address during a duration of time TR prior to the identified time. Each of the received login requests has a unique username that is different than the identified username. The method includes the step of disabling access to the account associated with the identified username when the determined number of received login requests is above a request threshold B.
US11972426B2
A method for authenticating a user includes receiving an authorization request for a transaction from an account. A plurality of authentication questions each having a corresponding correct answer are associated with the account. A first set of authentication questions of the plurality of authentication questions is transmitted to a communication device by way of an interactive voice response (IVR) call. A first set of user-generated answers corresponding to the first set of authentication questions is received from the communication device. The method further includes determining whether the user is an account holder of the account based on at least the first set of user-generated answers. The transaction is processed based on the determination that the user is the account holder of the account, thereby authenticating the user.
US11972419B2
A method for authenticating at least one piece of data during a payment transaction taking place between a merchant's communications terminal and a user device of the type including transmission, by the communications terminal, of at least one piece of data to be signed, to the user device by using a near field communications wireless data link. The method includes: obtaining the piece of data to be signed; obtaining an identifier of the communications terminal; signing, within a secured processing unit of the communications terminal, by using a key of the communications terminal, the piece of data to be signed and the identifier of the communications terminal, delivering signed pieces of data; transmission of the signed pieces of data to the user device; and reception, from the user device, of a piece of encrypted data establishing the authentication of the signed pieces of data.
US11972412B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to systems and methods for efficiently provisioning mobile devices with personalization data. For some embodiments, a method is disclosed comprising receiving a request for provisioning comprising device information for a mobile device and user authentication information for a user, generating a partial personalization script, an activation script, and a deletion script using the device information, sending the partial personalization script, the activation script, and the deletion script to an application provider computer, wherein the application provider computer initiates execution of the partial personalization script on the mobile device, authenticating the user authentication information, and sending an activation message to the application provider computer, wherein the application provider computer initiates execution of the activation script.
US11972402B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for performing a peer-to-peer (P2P) transfer by a third-party, where a method includes receiving transfer information and a first token including sender information of a sender and a second token including receiver information of a receiver, and validating the first token and the second token based on verifying both the sender and the receiver are registered with the real-time payment system. The method includes processing the first token and the second token based on determining a sender endpoint, a receiver endpoint, and a demand deposit account of the sender, and transmitting a request for a guarantee, the request for the guarantee including the sender endpoint and the demand deposit account of the sender. The method includes receiving an issued guarantee, transferring funds based on the transfer information, the first token, and the second token, and transmitting a transfer confirmation.
US11972397B1
An artificial-intelligence-directed social network extender for existing employees and recruiters which increases the pool of available candidates for an employer while also maximizing the effectiveness of candidate selection. In an embodiment, a recruiting manager extends the social networks of employees and recruiters to maximize the available pool of candidates for a given job opening. A first machine learning algorithm provides instructions to a crawler to gather both candidate information from the extended social network, plus corporate structure information from the Internet for privacy and conflict checking purposes. The gathered information is stored in a knowledge graph which is analyzed by a second machine learning algorithm to identify candidates and relationships most likely to produce a good fit for the job opening.
US11972395B2
This disclosure describes systems and methods for a graphical interface including a graphical representation of medical data. The graphical interface platform may receive medical data and provide medical safety reporting capabilities including reporting of history data and real-time visual monitoring data. The graphical interface platform may be configured to identify potential problems and corrections to medical devices in operation while a reporting cycle is underway through visual representation of performance metrics.
US11972388B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to providing real-time response strategies in a supply chain. A system may be configured to obtain first sensor data collected from a first tracking device associated with a first asset, determine a first set of external data associated with the first asset, determine, based at least in part on the first sensor data and the first set of external data, a probability of failure and a mode of failure, and responsive to a determination that the probability of failure exceeds a failure threshold: determine a mitigation for the mode of failure that is available based at least in part on the first sensor data and the first set of external data, determine one or more real-world actions corresponding to the mitigation that, if performed, remediate the mode of failure, and cause the one or more real-world actions to be performed.
US11972383B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for tracking and scoring robot or machine performance. The robot or machine performance may comprise a metric that can be computed based on operational data for the robot or machine.
US11972374B2
A method, an Internet of Things system, and a medium for smart gas maintenance management order dispatch warning are provided. The method comprises: assigning a gas work order to an order receiver in response to an assignment module, and determining an warning characteristic of the gas work order; wherein, determining the warning characteristic of the gas work order comprise: based on the fault location characteristic of the gas work order, determining the traffic warning value through the traffic warning value determination module; determining the fault warning value based on the gas fault characteristic of the gas work order through the fault warning value determination module; in response to the warning monitoring module monitoring that the warning characteristic meet the preset condition, providing a warning to the order receiver by the warning module.
US11972372B2
A travel booking system abstracts the user from a travel search of web and internet searches initiated by the user and the search result of those searches to present the user with a consistent interface for both entry and results. As part of the abstraction the search introduces elements of one or more traveller profiles to delineate the searches. The user may investigate the search results for a trip or alternate route options returned by a search to further direct the search or to book a search result and when a booked itinerary is returned may load this to a traveller's device together with other assistance for phases of the trip.
US11972366B2
A system for predicting injuries includes a plurality of sensors configured to generate sensor data and an apparatus having an input-output interface and a processor coupled to the input-output interface and wherein the processor is coupled to a memory, the memory having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations including receiving the sensor data, applying analytics to the sensor data, based on the applying step, predicting a likely injury, and transmitting a report based on the predicting step.
US11972359B2
A user management method according to the present disclosure includes: storing (S101) appliance use information including: appliance identification information for identifying an appliance; user information for identifying a user of the appliance; and an operating state of the appliance when the appliance was used; analyzing (S102) the appliance use information stored in the storing (S101) to identify, from among a plurality of functions of the appliance, one or more first functions each having a use frequency less than or equal to a threshold value; and providing (S103) the user with a notice which prompts use of the one or more first functions identified in the analyzing (S102).
US11972344B2
A method, system, and computer program product, including generating, using a linear probe, confidence scores through flattened intermediate representations and theoretically-justified weighting of samples during a training of the simple model using the confidence scores of the intermediate representations.
US11972331B2
This document relates to creating and/or updating a chatbot using a graphical user interface. For example, training dialogs for a chatbot can be displayed in a tree form on a graphical user interface. Based at least on interactions between a developer and the graphical user interface, the training dialogs can be modified in the tree form, and training dialogs can be updated based on the modifications provided on the tree form via the graphical user interface.
US11972328B2
A machine learning device including a general-purpose memory module interface is disclosed. The machine learning device includes a data storage circuit configured to store raw data and command data received from a host device through a memory module interface, and store machine learning data as a result of machine learning of the raw data and location data of the machine learning data, a machine learning logic circuit configured to generate the machine learning data through the machine learning of the raw data according to a pre-programmed machine learning logic, and a machine learning controller configured to read the raw data from the data storage circuit based on the command data, transmit the read raw data to the machine learning logic circuit, and write the machine learning data and the location data in the data storage circuit.
US11972320B1
A quantum device includes a cryogenic chamber and a quantum computing module positioned within the cryogenic chamber. The quantum computing module includes a silicon substrate and a quantum circuit (QC) die including a qubit integrated circuit. The QC die is attached to the silicon substrate. An electronic circuit (EC) die including an electronic integrated circuit is attached to the QC die such that the qubit integrated circuit and the electronic integrated circuit face each other. The QC die can be fusion bonded to the EC die. A circuit board (CB) includes a power converter configured to convert input power received from a cryogenic chamber feedthrough to output power that is coupled to the QC die and to the EC die.
US11972316B2
The invention relates to a marking system comprising at least one micropercussion marking machine, characterized in that it also comprises a first RFID (radiofrequency identification) means fitted to said marking machine, a second RFID means fitted to a device separate from said marking machine, said first RFID means being designed to transmit first information to said second RFID means and/or said second RFID means being designed to transmit second information to said first RFID means. The invention is particularly suitable for the micropercussion marking of industrial components or products in order to identify them and track them easily and reliably.
US11972314B2
An information processing apparatus, which communicates with an image forming apparatus and a reader, including: a display; and a controller configured to: obtain read image data output from the reader; determine an error of the read image data based on the read image data and reference data; cancel image forming operation of the image forming apparatus in a case where the error is determined in succession a predetermined number of times; cancel reading operation of the reader in the case where the error is determined in succession the predetermined number of times; notify, on the display, the cancellation of the image forming operation and the reading operation in the case where the error is determined in succession the predetermined number of times; and receive a user's instruction information about the predetermined number of times.
US11972312B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for synchronizing data in a source system to an application without relying on middleware. An embodiment operates by performing an initial load of records for an object for an application from a source system, thereby retrieving a first set of records. The embodiment first maps the first set of records to the object using a transform template. The embodiment creates the object in the application using the first set of records based on the first mapping. The embodiment performs a delta load of records for the object from the source system, thereby retrieving a second set of records. The embodiment second maps the second set of records to the object using the transform template. The embodiment then updates the object using the second set of records based on the second mapping.
US11972308B2
A parametric constant resolves to different values in different contexts, but a single value within a particular context. An anchor constant is a parametric constant that allows for a degree of parametricity for an API point. The context for the anchor constant is provided by a caller to the API point. The anchor constant resolves to an anchor value that records specialization decisions for the API point within the provided context. Specialization decisions may include type restrictions, memory layout, and/or memory size. The anchor value together with an unspecialized type of the API point result in a specialized type of the API point. A class object representing the specialized type is created. The class object may be accessible to the caller, but the full value of the anchor value is not accessible to the caller. The API point is executed based on the specialization decisions embodied in the anchor value.
US11972304B1
Implementations are disclosed to automatically evaluate, detect, or predict an event, and provide customized virtual assistance to a user based on the event. The implementations include a system capable of pulling data from a client device, detecting an event based on the pulled data, and pushing customized digital resources to the client device based on the detected event.
US11972294B2
A variety of applications can include systems and methods that control a memory size of a changelog in a storage device, where the changelog is implemented to correlate virtual page addresses to physical addresses in one or more memory devices. The memory size can be controlled by an allocation schema for a scalable memory area for the changelog in the storage device. The allocation schema can include using bitmaps, lists linked to the bitmaps, and a counter to count bits asserted in the bitmaps such that the allocation of memory space in the storage device can depend on usage rather than allocating a large memory space for all possible correlations of virtual page addresses to physical addresses.
US11972292B1
Switches and methods for utilizing the switches are described. The switch has ports, a memory and a scheduler. Packets ingress and egress the switch through the ports. Each packet is divisible into packet segments. The memory includes banks. The scheduler is coupled with the ports and the memory. The scheduler is configured to allocate memory to store the packet segments in the banks such that a beginning packet segment of a packet is stored in a selected bank and each subsequent packet segment in the packet is stored in order in a next adjacent bank.
US11972288B2
Aspects disclosed in the detailed description include multi-level instruction scheduling in a processor. Related methods and systems are also disclosed. In one exemplary aspect, an apparatus is provided that comprises a scheduler circuit comprising a scheduling group circuit, a first selection circuit, and a second selection circuit. The scheduling group circuit comprising a plurality of groups of scheduling entries, each scheduling entry among the groups of scheduling entries each comprising an instruction portion and a ready portion, each group configured to have its scheduling entries written in-order. The scheduling group circuit is further configured to maintain group age information associated with each group of the plurality of groups. The first selection circuit is configured to select a first in-order ready entry from each group. The second selection circuit is configured to select the first in-order ready entry belonging to the oldest group based on the group age information for scheduling.
US11972284B2
Various embodiments set forth techniques for taking a snapshot of virtual memory of a virtual machine. One technique includes allocating, in a persistent memory, one or more blocks associated with a virtual memory; detecting a write request associated with a first portion of the virtual memory; in response to detecting the write request associated with the first portion, prioritizing the first portion; based on the prioritizing, copying the first portion into the one or more blocks in the persistent memory ahead of a second portion of the virtual memory; and after copying the first portion: applying the write request to the first portion; and copying the second portion into the one or more blocks in the persistent memory.
US11972281B2
A first intermediate representation of a first portion of a source code implementing an application and a second intermediate representation of a second portion of the source code is received by a processing device. The first intermediate representation and the second intermediate representation is merged, at run-time, into a merged intermediate representation, wherein the first intermediate representation includes a reference to a function in the second intermediate representation. An execution flow transfer instruction within the merged intermediate representation is identified based on a run-time value of a parameter of the application. The execution flow transfer instruction references the function. A set of executable instructions implementing the function is identified within the merged intermediate representation. The execution flow transfer instruction is replaced with a copy of the set of executable instructions implementing the function.
US11972271B2
A processing device is provided which comprises memory and a processor, in communication with the memory. The processor is configured to acquire information indicating a sensory perception of a user, determine settings for one or more parameters used to control operation of the device based on the information indicating the sensory perception of the user and control the operation of the device by tuning the one or more parameters according to the determined settings.
US11972268B2
A method of activating a new device in a vehicle based on a container includes: detecting the new device mounted in the vehicle using an interface implemented in the vehicle, identifying the detected new device, transmitting, to a server, (i) a request for a container for controlling an execution of the identified new device and (ii) information obtained by one or more sensors implemented in the vehicle, receiving, from the server, a container package including at least one container that is retrieved in the server in response to the request for the container, and controlling the execution of the new device by activating the at least one container.
US11972265B2
Systems and methods providing a parallel booting operating system. In one implementation, a primary operating system is booted using a primary operating system image residing in a first disk partition. The primary operating system includes a base operating system and provides a first service. A secondary operating system is booted in parallel to the primary operating system. The secondary operating system is booted using a secondary operating system image residing in a second disk partition. The secondary operating system can include a copy of the base operating system, and can provide the first service and a second service. Responsive to a triggering event, the primary operating system is switched to the secondary operating system.
US11972260B2
A machine instruction to find a condition location within registers, such as vector registers. The machine instruction has associated therewith a register to be examined and a result location. The register includes a plurality of elements. In execution, the machine instruction counts a number of contiguous elements of the plurality of elements of the register having a particular value in a selected location within the contiguous elements. Other locations within the contiguous elements are ignored for the counting. The counting provides a count placed in the result location.
US11972255B2
A content generation method includes receiving a control document comprising one or more control clauses, identifying actionable content for the one or more control clauses, generating a programming language template for the one or more control clauses, identifying a closest existing control clause from a database for each of the one or more control clause, identifying a programming language implementation of the closest existing control clause, identifying similarities and differences between the programming language implementation and the generated programming language template, and annotating the programming language implementation for the closest existing control clause based on the identified similarities and differences. The method may additionally include determining whether a closest existing control clause exists, providing the generated programming language template to a user responsive to determining that a closest existing control clause does not exist, and receiving feedback from the user regarding the generated programming language template.
US11972254B2
A device may receive an application for transforming legacy applications into low-code/no-code applications to be managed by a low-code/no-code platform, and may execute the application for a legacy application of the legacy applications. The device may process the legacy application, with a machine learning model, to identify one or more components of the legacy application to be managed by the low-code/no-code platform, and may transform the one or more components into one or more transformed components to be managed by the low-code/no-code platform. The device may implement the one or more transformed components in the legacy application to generate a transformed legacy application, and may perform one or more actions based on the transformed legacy application.
US11972250B2
Examples of performing an out-of-band firmware update of a server computing device are described. In an example, a first disk image is mounted onto a server computing device. The first disk image comprises a bootable firmware and is mounted in response to a mount command received through an out-of-band communication service. In another example, a second disk image is also mounted onto the server computing device. The second disk image is also mounted in response to another mount command received through the out-of-band communication service and is to provide a read-writable container, when mounted. Thereafter, a booting process of the server computing device may be initiated based on mounted first image to update the firmware of the server computing device. Information related to the update of the firmware is store in the read-writable container.
US11972246B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor that: receives, from a user terminal, a request for first update regarding a first vehicle, notifies the user terminal that the first update is to be performed at a shop, when the first update is update of hardware, and notifies the user terminal that the first update is to be performed through wireless communication, when the first update is update of software.
US11972243B2
Examples include updating firmware for a persistent memory module in a computing system during runtime. Examples include copying a new version of persistent memory module firmware into an available area of random-access memory (RAM) in the persistent memory module, and transferring processing of a current version of persistent memory module firmware to the new version of persistent memory module firmware during runtime of the computing system, without a reset of the computing system and without quiesce of access to persistent memory media in the persistent memory module, while continuing to perform critical event handling by the current version of persistent memory module firmware. Examples further include initializing the new version of persistent memory module firmware; and transferring processing of critical event handling from the current version of persistent memory module firmware to the new version of persistent memory module firmware when initializing the new version of persistent memory module firmware is completed.
US11972241B2
A payload is generated by a build computing system. The payload includes payload identifying metadata and deployment target identifier metadata, as well as an application container that includes a set of signed binaries. The payload can be approved for deployment, and a token can be generated for the payload. The token may include a set of claims that include payload identifying information. A payload validation system validates the payload for deployment to a target environment using the payload identifying information.
US11972240B2
Systems and methods for mapping a location in a source code to a location in a machine code are disclosed. An identifier of the source code and an identifier of a first location of the source code are received. A marker is inserted in association with the source code based on the identifier of the first location. The source code is compiled into machine code. A second location associated with the marker is identified in the machine code. A third location is returned based on identifying the second location.
US11972227B2
A speech translation system and methods for cross-lingual communication that enable users to improve and customize content and usage of the system and easily. The methods include, in response to receiving an utterance including a first term associated with a field, translating the utterance into a second language. In response to receiving an indication to add the first term associated with the field to a first recognition lexicon, adding the first term associated with the field and the determined translation to a first machine translation module and to a shared database for a community associated with the field of the first term associated with the field, wherein the first term associated with the field added to the shared database is accessible by the community.
US11972224B2
Disclosed herein are various embodiments for training and enriching a natural language processing system. An embodiment operates by determining that a first prediction from a first machine model has been generated based on a dataset comprising a plurality of attributes. A technical map identifying a first subset of attributes of the plurality of attributes used to generate the first prediction by the first machine model is generated. Natural language translations corresponding to at least a portion of the first subset of attributes used to generate the first prediction by the first machine model are identified. A natural language map of the first subset of attributes is generated based on the natural language translations. The natural language map is provided with the first prediction.
US11972217B2
System and method for displaying a user interface of an evaluation system configured to evaluate predicted answers generated by a machine learning system. For example, the method includes receiving textual data and a predicted answer to a question associated with a text object. The text object includes a structured data field of the textual data. The predicted answer includes a confidence level. The confidence level is determined by a machine learning system. In response to determining the confidence level being larger than or equal to a predetermined confidence threshold, the predicted answer and a reference is stored in a storage for retrieval and display. The reference indicates a location of the text object in the textual data. In response to determining the confidence level being smaller than the predetermined confidence threshold, the question and the text object associated with the question is displayed.
US11972212B2
A natural language processing combination classifier is disclosed, leveraging an entailment classifier and optionally at least one of a pattern matching classifier and a trained machine learning (ML) classifier. Each of the different types of classifiers can be used to identify different categories of matches. For example, a pattern matching (e.g., regular expression) classifier may identify exact matches, an entailment classifier can obtain context-specific classifications based on likelihood of entailment to comparison data, and the SML classifier can obtain potential matches based on large-scale supervised training. The comparison data for the entailment classifier can be generated from small datasets, and can be readily updated without the need for retraining any machine learning models. Different types of classifiers can be processed using different logic to provide a user with the most appropriate response given a circumstance and given the user's open input.
US11972211B1
Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine readable mediums which provide summaries of topics determined within a corpus of documents. These summaries may be used by customer service associates, analysts, or other users to quickly determine both topics discussed and contexts of those topics over a large corpus of text. For example, a corpus of documents may be related to customer complaints and the topics may be summarized to produce summaries such as “credit report update due to stolen identity.” These summarizations may be used to efficiently spot trends and issues.
US11972201B2
In some embodiments, a computing system computes a hierarchical entity data model to facilitate autocompleting forms by generating an electronic schema extraction from an electronic form lacking data for one or more fields. The computing system generates an electronic schema including an input category and input field elements. The computing system accesses a hierarchical entity-data model including and entity category and entity-data elements. The computing system identifies associations between the entity category and input category based on semantic matching including text of an entity category label and an input field category label or matching a number of fields within an entity category to an input category. The computing system verifies the association by applying a natural language processing engine to the input field elements and the entity-data elements. The computing system autocompletes one or more input field elements with entity data from one or more of the entity-data elements.
US11972194B2
A method for determining a patterning device pattern. The method includes obtaining (i) an initial patterning device pattern having at least one feature, and (ii) a desired feature size of the at least one feature, obtaining, based on a patterning process model, the initial patterning device pattern and a target pattern for a substrate, a difference value between a predicted pattern of the substrate image by the initial patterning device and the target pattern for the substrate, determining a penalty value related the manufacturability of the at least one feature, wherein the penalty value varies as a function of the size of the at least one feature, and determining the patterning device pattern based on the initial patterning device pattern and the desired feature size such that a sum of the difference value and the penalty value is reduced.
US11972193B1
Disclosed herein are a method, a system, and a computer-readable storage-medium embodiments of automatic elastic CPU for a physical verification job. An embodiment includes generating multiple commands for a physical verification job of a design. The multiple commands are related by a dependency graph. The embodiment further includes allocating an initial amount of computing resources to execute the multiple commands, queuing a subset of the multiple commands for execution based on the dependency graph, adding an estimated amount of computing resources to the initial amount based on the number of the queued subset of commands and an estimated time to complete the queued subset of commands, and releasing a portion of the estimated amount of computing resources in response to the portion of the estimated amount of computing resources being idle for an amount of time greater than a target time.
US11972191B2
A method of pruning nets in a circuit design includes, in part, receiving data representative of net layers associated with the circuit design, and accessing a connect database associated with the circuit design. The connect database includes data representative of electrical connections associated with the circuit design. The method further includes, in part, determining whether a marker layer exists in the net layers, and pruning nets that are not connected to the marker layer if the marker layer is determined to exist. The marker layer, which is not stored in the connect database, designates a connection between at least a pair of nets in the circuit design.
US11972182B2
Provided is a method for a dynamic state estimation of a natural gas network considering dynamic characteristics of natural gas pipelines. The method can obtain a result of the dynamic state estimation of the natural gas network by establishing an objective function of the dynamic state estimation of the natural gas network, a state quantity constraint of a compressor, a state quantity constraint of the natural gas pipeline and a topological constraint of the natural gas network, and using a Lagrange method or an interior point method to solve a state estimation model of the natural gas network. The method takes the topological constraint of the natural gas network into consideration, and employs a pipeline pressure constraint in a frequency domain to implement linearization of the pipeline pressure constraint, thereby obtain a real-time, reliable, consistent and complete dynamic operating state of the natural gas network.
US11972180B2
A method and computing system operable for displaying a first routing diagram on a display. The first routing diagram is a member of a first set of routing diagrams that includes multiple different routing diagrams. Displaying the first routing diagram includes displaying a user-selectable control and a first portion of a particular routable component within the first routing diagram. The user-selectable control corresponds to a location of the display where a first terminal connected to the particular routable component or a second terminal connected or connectable to the first terminal is displayed. An additional function include determining, by a processor, a selection of the user-selectable control occurs while the first routing diagram is displayed on the display. A further function includes displaying, on the display in response to determining the selection of the user-selectable control occurs, the second routing diagram with a second portion of the particular routable component highlighted.
US11972178B2
A system and methods to identify which signals are significant to an assessment of a complex machine system state in the presence of non-linearities and disjoint groupings of condition types. The system enables sub-grouping of signals corresponding to system sub-components or regions. Explanations of signal significance are derived to assist in causal analysis and operational feedback to the system is prescribed and implemented for the given condition and causality.
US11972170B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for using machine learning to generate automated custom media experiences. Example methods may include determining a first user identifier of a first user present in an environment, determining a first set of media preferences of the first user using media presented in association with the first user identifier, and determining a second user identifier of a second user present in the environment. Methods may include determining a second set of media preferences of the second user using media presented in association with the second user identifier, generating, using a first machine learning model, a first playlist of media using the first set of media preferences and the second set of media preferences for presentation to the first user and the second user, the first playlist comprising first media and second media, and causing audible presentation of the first media.
US11972167B2
A device for video shooting in virtual production is provided. The device is a control device for video shooting in virtual production, in which a person or object located in front of a light-emitting diode (LED) wall is shot by a camera in a state in which at least one medium of media such as an image, a video, and a camera tracking linked video is displayed in front of the LED wall. The device includes: a display; and at least one processor configured to execute a program for controlling video shooting in virtual production and display a user interface of the program on the display.
US11972161B2
A print setting extension application is provided to a client terminal as an application used for extending a function of a printer driver that issues a print job used for performing printing at a printer registered in a cloud print server via the cloud print server that registers a printer in accordance with an instruction transmitted when a user performs an operation on the printer side. The print setting extension application issues, as a print job for a cloud print, a print job that requires entry of a password on the printer side when printing is performed.
US11972160B2
Convenience and security of an information processing apparatus including a USB host interface in a case where network connection is established via a USB-LAN adapter are improved. The information processing apparatus includes a plurality of external USB ports to which USB compatible network adapters are connected. The information processing apparatus performs a predetermined notification in response to a number of the network adapters connected to the information processing apparatus via the external USB ports having reached a predetermined upper limit.
US11972155B2
Implementations of the present disclosure provide a system includes a memory device for storing memory data. The memory device includes an array of memory cells and a plurality of word lines arranged in a plurality of rows and coupled to the array of memory cells. The system also includes a memory controller, having a processor and a memory, operatively coupled to the array of memory cells. The system further includes a host, having another processor and another memory, operatively coupled to the memory controller. The other processor of the host is configured to perform a first RAID encode operation on memory data to form first parity data. The processor of the memory controller is configured to receive the first parity data and the memory data, and perform a second RAID encode operation on the first parity data and the memory data to form second parity data.
US11972150B2
The invention relates to a method, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and an apparatus for programming data into flash memory. The method includes: generating a front-end parameter set, a mid-end parameter set and a back-end parameter set for each data-programming transaction; transmitting the front-end parameter set of each data-programming transaction to a routing engine, thereby enabling the routing engine to drive a host interface (I/F) to obtain from the host side; transmitting the mid-end parameter set of each data-programming transaction to an accelerator, thereby enabling the accelerator to drive the RAID engine to encrypt raw data or generate parity-page data according to multiple pages of the raw data; and transmitting the back-end parameter set of each data-programming transaction to the accelerator, thereby enabling the accelerator to drive a data access engine to program source data into a designated physical address of a flash module.
US11972142B2
Circuitry comprises packet reception circuitry to receive a data communication packet with a storage classification from sending circuitry, the data communication packet including at least payload data and a target address for storage of the payload data; and storage control circuitry to control writing of the payload data of a given data communication packet by one or more storage devices selected from a set of two or more candidate storage devices each addressable by the target address, the storage control circuitry being responsive to the storage classification received with the given data communication packet and to respective persistence properties associated with the set of two or more candidate storage devices.
US11972139B2
A read voltage level correction method, a memory storage device, and a memory control circuit unit are provided. The method includes: using a first read voltage level as an initial read voltage level to perform a first data read operation on a first physical unit among multiple physical units to obtain a second read voltage level used to successfully read the first physical unit; recording association information between the first read voltage level and the second read voltage level in a transient look-up table; and performing a second data read operation according to a read level tracking table and the association information recorded in the transient look-up table.
US11972121B2
Power consumption in a three-dimensional stack of integrated-circuit memory dies is reduced through selective enabling/disabling of physical signaling interfaces in those dies in response to early transmission of chip identifier information relative to command execution.
US11972117B2
A method may select a surviving storage node based on environmental conditions. A request for exclusive access to a volume is received. A score based on data associated with an environment of the node is determined for each node in a cluster. Based on the scores, a node to grant exclusive access to the volume is identified, and such exclusive access is granted to the identified node.
US11972107B2
One or more computing devices may comprise congestion management circuitry, one or more client file system request buffers, and DESS interface circuitry. The congestion management circuitry is operable to determine an amount of congestion in the DESS. The one or more client file system request buffers is/are operable to queue first client file system requests of a first priority level and second client file system requests of a second priority level, wherein the first priority level is higher priority than the second priority level. The DESS interface circuitry is operable to control a rate at which the first file system requests and second file system requests are fetched from the one or more client file system request buffers based on the amount of congestion in the DESS, on the first priority level, and on the second priority level.
US11972105B2
A force sensing system for determining if a user input has occurred, the system comprising: an input channel, to receive an input from at least one force sensor; an activity detection stage, to monitor an activity level of the input from the at least one force sensor and, responsive to an activity level which may be indicative of a user input being reached, to generate an indication that an activity has occurred at the force sensor; and an event detection stage to receive said indication, and to determine if a user input has occurred based on the received input from the at least one force sensor.
US11972099B2
Described herein are systems and methods that search videos and other media content to identify items, objects, faces, or other entities within the media content. Detectors identify objects within media content by, for instance, detecting a predetermined set of visual features corresponding to the objects. Detectors configured to identify an object can be trained using a machine learned model (e.g., a convolutional neural network) as applied to a set of example media content items that include the object. The systems provide user interfaces that allow users to review search results, pinpoint relevant portions of media content items where the identified objects are determined to be present, review detector performance and retrain detectors, providing search result feedback, and/or reviewing video monitoring results and analytics.
US11972085B2
A touchscreen display includes one or more conductive layers that is implemented for a touch sensor and a common portion. The touch screen display may include as few as one conductive layer that is partitioned for both the touch sensor and the common portion in some examples. A first conductor of the touch sensor is composed of first segments(s) that are electrically connected, and a second conductor of the touch sensor is composed of a second segments(s) that are electrically connected. Also, the common portion includes a third conductor. Drive-sense circuits (DSCs) are respectively implemented to service the conductors and to generate digital signals representative of electrical characteristics of signals provided to those conductors. Processing module(s) is/are configured to execute operational instructions to process the digital signals to facilitate operation of the touchscreen display including to detect presence, interaction, and/or gestures, etc. of a user with the touchscreen display.
US11972082B2
The present disclosure relates to a technology for sensing a touch input by differently adjusting a ratio of a threshold for each touch location, and can provide a technology for incorporating a difference between touch sensing sensitivity at the center of a touch area and touch sensing sensitivity in the periphery of the touch area by setting a threshold by incorporating a ratio of touch intensity at an offset location and touch intensity at an adjacent location.
US11972078B2
A capacitance sensing device includes a transmit (TX) generator for generating a sequence of receive (RX) signals by applying each TX signal pattern in a sequence of TX signal patterns to a set of sensor electrodes. For each TX signal pattern in the sequence of TX signal patterns, and for each subset of three or more contiguous sensor electrodes of the set of sensor electrodes, the TX generator applies to the subset one of a first excitation signal and a second excitation signal. The plurality of subsets includes at least half of the sensor electrodes in the set of sensor electrodes. The capacitance sensing device also includes a sequencer circuit coupled with the TX generator. For each TX signal pattern in the sequence of TX signal patterns, the sequencer circuit determines a next subsequent TX signal pattern in the sequence based on a circular rotation of the TX signal pattern. The capacitance sensing device also includes a processing block coupled with the TX generator. The processing block detects a presence of an object proximate to the set of sensor electrodes based on a measure of correlation between the sequence of RX signals and a predetermined function.
US11972075B2
An electronic pen includes a primary conductor, a secondary conductor, and shielding between the primary and secondary conductor. The electronic pen further includes two or more orientation capacitors and a raw data circuit. The raw data circuit includes two or more drive-sense circuits coupled to the two or more orientation capacitors, where a first drive-sense circuit is operable to produce a first error signal corresponding to an electrical characteristic of a first orientation capacitor, where a second drive-sense circuit of the two or more drive-sense circuits is operable to produce a second error signal corresponding to an electrical characteristic of the second orientation capacitor, and one or more subtraction modules. A first subtraction module is operable to subtract the first and second error signal to produce a first difference error signal. The first different error signal is representative of tilt orientation data of the electronic pen.
US11972067B2
A system for promoting user manipulation of pointing device while operating keyboard is provided. The system comprises a computer, a USB device coupled to the computer, and a handheld wireless pointing device with a first surface positioned against a palm of a user's hand. The device receives tactile contact from a thumb of the hand on a touchpad on a second surface, the second surface opposite the first surface and facing away from the palm. The device also measures movement of the thumb on the second surface and transmits messaging to the USB regarding the measured movement. The USB, based on the received messaging, directs movement of a cursor on a display of the computer. The movement of the cursor is aligned with the movement of the thumb. The device receives attachment to the hand via loops attached to user index and middle fingers.
US11972066B2
An information handling system mouse has a variable speed scroll wheel with magnetic tactile response. A ferromagnetic wheel coupled to the scroll wheel and having spikes and valleys interacts with a magnetic field of magnet as the scroll wheel rotates to resist rotation in variable amounts. The magnetic field is selectively removed to reduce the tactile response, such as by disengaging a magnet from a magnetic focus lens that directs the magnetic field, moving an opposing magnet into contact with the magnetic focus lens that cancels the magnetic field and moving the magnet away from the ferromagnetic wheel.
US11972062B2
A keyboard may be provided that has keys overlapped by a touch sensor. The keyboard may have key sensor circuitry for monitoring switching in the keys for key press input. The keyboard may also have touch sensor circuitry such as capacitive touch sensor circuitry that monitors capacitive electrodes in the touch sensor for touch sensor input such as multitouch gesture input. The keyboard may include an outer layer of fabric that overlaps the keys. The fabric may have openings that are arranged to form alphanumeric characters. Light sources may emit light that passes through the openings and illuminates the alphanumeric characters. The touch sensor may have signal lines that are not visible through the openings. The signal lines may be transparent, may be covered by a diffuser, or may circumvent the openings so that they do not overlap.
US11972055B2
The disclosure provides an electronic device with a vibration function and a vibration driving method. The electronic device includes a processor and an audio player. The processor outputs an audio signal according to an application program, and executes an audio analysis module to analyze the audio signal. The audio player is coupled to the processor, and receives the audio signal. When the audio analysis module determines that the audio signal has a loudness with an audio frequency lower than a default frequency threshold according to an audio frequency distribution of the audio signal, the audio analysis module outputs a vibration drive signal according to the loudness of the audio signal.
US11972047B1
A method for controlling a near eye display system, includes obtaining an eye movement of a user wearing the near eye display system using an eye tracking sensor of the near eye display system, determining a target area of a display of the near eye display system based on the eye movement of the user, the target area of the display being an area that the user is looking at, and controlling a brightness of the target area of the display of the near eye display system to cause a size of a pupil of the user to be in a predetermined range.
US11972044B2
The present disclosure is directed to controlling outcomes in a game that includes multiple different users playing respective roles of specific virtual characters. The multiple different users may be present at a same physical location, or the different users may be located at different physical locations when movement of their eyes is tracked. Here, a user may choose one of a set of provided selections by simply looking at the chosen selection for a period of time or by looking at the chosen selection and performing an action or gesture. This functionality allows multiple different users to control actions performed by different specific characters via an online multiplayer system. Depending on what a first user looks at, that first user or a second user may be provided with a corresponding set of selections or audio/visual content via respective gaming devices operated by the first and the second user.
US11972028B2
Techniques described herein relate to a method for managing data protection feature compatibility. The method may include identifying a host data protection feature update event associated with a host; in response to identifying the host data protection feature update event, obtaining host data protection feature information from the host; updating a host data protection feature information repository using the host data protection feature information; updating data protection feature compatibility information using the host data protection feature information and data protection manager data protection feature information; and sending data protection feature compatibility information associated with the host to the host.
US11972025B2
Methods and systems for detecting a privacy violation in an image file. A policy to be used by a master imaging application is obtained and a file system is monitored for a digital image modified by a monitored imaging application. It is then determined that the digital image file includes at least some content in violation of a defined setting for the master imaging application and, based on the determination that the digital image file includes at least some content in violation of the defined setting for the master imaging application, taking an action.
US11972022B2
Systems and methods are provided for collecting anonymized drive information. A processing device may be configured to receive outputs from one or more sensors; determine at least one motion representation for the host vehicle based on the outputs; receive at least one image representative of an environment of the host vehicle; analyze the at least one image to determine at least one road characteristic associated with a road section; assemble first road segment information relative to a first portion of the road section, wherein the first portion of the road section is separated from a starting point associated with a route traveled by the host vehicle; assemble second road segment information relative to a second portion of the road section; and cause transmission of the first road segment information and the second road segment information to a server for assembly of an autonomous vehicle road navigation model.
US11972017B2
The present invention allows a CEC system to automatedly track the use, storage, access, and modification of sensitive information/data in the system through desktop monitoring. Further, through desktop, video, and audio monitoring of CSRs the system can automatedly determine the improper use, access, storage, and modification of sensitive information by implementing sensitive data use rules that allow a system to be specialized for the user. Finally, the system can automatedly determine and implement violation actions for the improper use, storage, access, and manipulation of sensitive information. This provides an intelligent system capable of locating all sensitive data in the system and regulating the use, access, and storage of sensitive data in the system.
US11972013B2
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for using information in conjunction with a data repository includes encrypting data associated with the information with an encryption key, sending at least the encrypted data to the data repository, and possibly deleting the information. The method also includes receiving a request for the information from a remote device, and sending a request for the encrypted data to the data repository. The method further includes receiving the encrypted data from the data repository, decrypting the encrypted data using the encryption key, and sending the information to the remote device.
US11972007B2
Techniques for maintaining geographic-based data privacy rules in networked environments. An example method includes receiving a request from a user device; generating, based on the request, a query for data associated with fulfilling the request; transmitting, to a data controller, the query; transmitting, to the data controller, an indication of a geographic region in which at least one device implementing the entity is located; and receiving, from the data controller, a portion of the data associated with fulfilling the request.
US11971995B2
Hardware and software on a computing device is analyzed based on a regulatory profile for the computing device and regulatory compliance for an entity associated with the computing device. A determination is made whether at least one of the hardware and software on the computing device includes at least one regulatory non-compliance issue. In response to determining that at least one of the hardware and software on the computing device includes at least one regulatory non-compliance issue, one or more scripts are executed on the hardware and software on the computing device to cause the hardware and software to resolve the at least one regulatory non-compliance issue based on the regulatory profile for the computing device.
US11971992B2
Systems and methods for failure characterization of secure programmable logic devices (PLDs) are disclosed. An example system includes a secure PLD including programmable logic blocks (PLBs) arranged in PLD fabric of the secure PLD, and a configuration engine configured to program the PLD fabric according to a configuration image stored in non-volatile memory (NVM) of the secure PLD and/or coupled through a configuration input/output (I/O) of the secure PLD. The secure PLD is configured to receive a failure characterization (FC) command from the PLD fabric or an external system coupled to the secure PLD through the configuration I/O, and to execute the FC command to, at least in part, erase and/or nullify portions of the NVM. The secure PLD may also be configured to boot a debug configuration for the PLD fabric that identifies and/or characterizes operational failures of the secure PLD.
US11971990B2
Methods and systems for managing the performance of workloads in a distributed system are disclosed. The distributed system may include any number of clients and deployments where workloads may be performed. The workloads may be performed by deploying container instances to the deployments. The container instances may perform the workload when deployed. It may be challenging to ascertain whether a container instance, container image on which the instance is based, and/or corresponding build file used to obtain the container image should be trusted. Metadata block chains may be used to ascertain whether container instances should be deployed to service the workload requests.
US11971989B2
A computer-implemented method can be used for restoring a computer system following an infection event. The computer system can have a plurality of machines, in which a plurality of back-up copies are associated with each one of the plurality of machines, and in which each of the plurality of back-up copies associated with a particular machine is a different version back-up. The method can include searching the plurality of back-up copies to identify one or more clean-back-up copies that do not comprise a signature of the infection event and restoring one or more of the plurality of machines using a respective clean-back-up copy.
US11971985B2
Adapting detection of security threats, including by retraining computer-implemented models is disclosed. An indication is received that a natural language processing model should be retrained. A list of training samples is generated that includes at least one synthetic training sample. The natural language processing model is retrained at least in part by using the set of generated training samples. The retrained natural language processing model is used to determine a likelihood that a message poses a risk.
US11971967B2
A data security system, and a method of operation thereof, includes a data security transceiver or receiver; an authentication subsystem operatively connected to the data security transceiver or receiver; and a storage subsystem connected to the authentication subsystem.
US11971966B2
An information processing method includes: activating a linkage function from a service of a linkage source to a service of a linkage destination, in response to determining that both of the service of the linkage source and the service of the linkage destination are usable by the contract user; and deactivating use of the linkage function for a login user managed by the contract user, in response to determining that the login user does not have use-permission for using the service of the linkage destination.
US11971963B2
Methods and apparatus for predicting an association between input data in a first modality and data in a second modality using a statistical model trained to represent interactions between data having a plurality of modalities including the first modality and the second modality, the statistical model comprising a plurality of encoders and decoders, each of which is trained to process data for one of the plurality of modalities, and a joint-modality representation coupling the plurality of encoders and decoders. The method comprises selecting, based on the first modality and the second modality, an encoder/decoder pair or a pair of encoders, from among the plurality of encoders and decoders, and processing the input data with the joint-modality representation and the selected encoder/decoder pair or pair of encoders to predict the association between the input data and the data in the second modality.
US11971960B2
A device may receive a coherent energy illuminated image, of a particular object, that includes laser speckle. The device may process, using a laser speckle reduction model, the coherent energy illuminated image to generate a laser speckle-reduced image. The device may provide the laser speckle-reduced image as output to permit diagnostics based on the laser speckle-reduced image.
US11971954B2
One example method includes identifying dissimilar items in a data set. A data set may be walked one or more times and the nodes or vertices of the data set may be scored based on the number of times the nodes are touched during the walks. Scores below a threshold score are determined to be dissimilar nodes in the data set. This allows a diverse set of nodes to be identified. A dissimilar data set may be used to prevent unintentional bias in algorithmic training.
US11971953B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for image processing that involves annotating landmarks on real two-dimensional images. In one aspect, the methods include generating a training set of images of an object for landmark detection. This includes receiving a collection of real images of an object, estimating a pose of the object in each real image in a proper subset of the collection of real images, creating a collection of surrogate images of the object for the training set using the estimated poses and a three-dimensional model of the object.
US11971952B2
An information processing apparatus (100) includes a collation unit (102) that collates first feature information extracted from a person included in a first image (10) with first feature information indicating a feature of a retrieval target person, an extraction unit (104) that extracts second feature information from the person included in the first image in a case where a collation result in the collation unit (102) indicates a match, and a registration unit (106) that stores, in a second feature information storage unit (110), the second feature information extracted from the person included in the first image.
US11971948B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for communicating between applications. In one exemplary embodiment, there is provided a system for communicating between applications where the system includes a Rich Internet Application and a control room within a server system The Rich Internet Application broadcasts information to the control room and the control room broadcasts the information to applications connected to the system. Moreover the Rich Internet Application also transmits low priority information to a web application for delayed logging and processing.
US11971944B1
Techniques for using suppression filters for presenting content of a network documents are described. In an example, a computer system receives, from a device associated with an account identifier, a request for an online network document. The computer system determines that a first category identifier of a first item category is associated with a suppression filter. The computer system determines that the account identifier is associated with an online item interaction having an interaction time associated with an item that belongs to the first item category. The computer system determines, based on a comparison of the interaction time and the suppression time, that a presentation of the first content in the online network document is prohibited. The computer system sends, to the device in response to the request, network document data that indicates second content about a third item that belongs to a second item category.
US11971932B2
A computer system identifies a platform that corresponds to a first resource, wherein the first resource includes one or more resource pages. The computer system determines one or more x-paths that corresponds to the identified platform. The computer system utilizes at least a first x-path of the one or more x-paths to add a product to a digital shopping cart associated with the first resource. In response to adding the product to the digital shopping cart associated with the first resource, the computer system utilizes at least a second x-path of the one or more x-paths to access a first resource page of the one or more resource pages, wherein the first resource page is a checkout page. The computer system determines whether one or more elements located within the first resource page are valid.
US11971925B2
Implementations are described herein for leveraging digital media files retrieved and/or created by users to predict/determine topics of potential relevance to the users. In various implementations, digital media file(s) created and/or retrieved by a user with a client device may be applied as input across trained machine learning model(s), which in some cases are local to the client device, to generate output that indicates object(s) detected in the digital media file(s). Data indicative of the indicated object(s) may be provided to a remote computing system without providing the digital media file(s) themselves. In some implementations, information associated with the indicated object(s) may be retrieved and proactively output to the user. In some implementations, a frequency at which objects occur across a corpus of digital media files may be considered when determining a likelihood that a detected object is potentially relevant to a user.
US11971917B2
Presented herein are techniques for a non-intruding auto quoting feature on-the-fly for chat applications based on previous conversations and effectively forking/quoting such conversations to ease the burden of the user going through all the chat history. The techniques may involve monitoring an ongoing first text communication session between a first user and at least one second user; detecting one or more salient words or phrases in the first text communication session based on the monitoring; based on the one or more salient words or phrases, identifying a second text communication session that is topically related to the first text communication session; and displaying in a user interface presented to the first user a prompt to quote relevant content from the second text communication session into the first text communication session or to fork the first user to be a participant in the second text communication session.
US11971913B2
Programs, systems, and methods for generating a support tree for automated resolution of user issues. In some embodiments, historical data may be obtained from a history of support interactions including historical issues and solutions to the historical issues. Most used solutions may be determined and stored with associated historical issues. Clusters of issues and solutions may be generated and labeled for generation of support tree nodes. Furthermore, solutions may be correlate such that a plurality of solutions may be provided for the resolving user issues. In some embodiments, issue data indicative of user issues may be provided by users. As the user provides issue data, deflections between nodes on the support tree may narrow a field of potential solutions to one or more solutions to be provided to the user.
US11971911B2
Systems and methods for generating customized annotations of a medical record are provided. The system receives a medical record and processes it using a predictive model to identify evidence of a finding. The system then determines whether to have a recall enhancement or validation of a specific finding. Recall enhancement is used to tune or develop the predictive model, while validation is used to rapidly validate the evidence. The source document is provided to the user and feedback is requested. When asking for validation, the system also highlights the evidence already identified and requests the user to indicate if the evidence is valid for a particular finding. If recall enhancement is utilized, the source document is provided and the user is asked to find evidence in the document for a particular finding. The user may then highlight the evidence that supports the finding. The user may also annotate the evidence using free form text.
US11971905B2
A synchronization system node may comprise one or more processors and a synchronization database. The synchronization database may comprise a subscriber list of a plurality of subscribers, a first buffer including a plurality of attributes in a first state, and a second buffer including the plurality of attributes in a second state. The node may be configured to receive updates for one or more of the plurality of attributes and store, to the first buffer, the updates for the one or more of the plurality of attributes to update the plurality of attributes of the first buffer to an updated first state. While receiving the updates from the publisher, the nod may publish, from the second buffer to a first subscriber of the plurality of subscribers, one or more of the plurality of attributes in the second state.
US11971903B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for bridging transactions across blockchains. The method generally includes receiving a request to invoke an atomic transaction including operations performed on a first blockchain and operations performed on a second blockchain. Generally, the atomic transaction is completed when an enumerated set of operations are completed. A first operation in the enumerated set of operations is initiated on the first blockchain. Initiating the first operation on the first blockchain triggers initiation of one or more second operations on the second blockchain. Completion of the one or more second operations for the atomic transaction is detected on the second blockchain, indicating that the operations of the atomic transaction relevant to the second blockchain have been completed on the second blockchain. Based on detecting completion of the one or more second operations on the second blockchain, the atomic transaction is finalized on the first blockchain.
US11971900B2
A system for data processing using machine learning processing and distributed architecture is described. Specifically, proprietary data transformation rules to be applied for the data processing may be stored at edge computing devices, while the bulk of data processing may be performed at a central computing node that houses the databases. A subset of a data set, in the database, may be sent from the central computing node to the edge computing node. The edge computing node may generate a second data set based on applying data transformation rules to the subset of the data set. The central computing node may determine, using a machine learning (ML) algorithm and based on the subset of the data set and the second data set, the data transformation rules, which may then be applied to the rest of the data set.
US11971898B2
Disclosed is a system, method, and computer program product for implementing a log analytics method and system that can configure, collect, and analyze log records in an efficient manner. Machine learning-based classification can be performed to classify logs. This approach is used to group logs automatically using a machine learning infrastructure.
US11971896B2
A computing system for querying multiple data sources and a method therefor is provided. The computing system may comprise one or more nodes in communication with at least one data source of the multiple data sources to access data therefrom. The computing system may further comprise a second node in communication with the one or more nodes. The second node may be configured to receive a query instance and process the query instance to generate one or more relational query instances. The one or more relational query instances may be distributed among the one or more nodes to extract data from the at least one data source in communication therewith corresponding to the respective one or more relational query instances. The second node may be further configured to receive extracted data from each of the one or more nodes queried. The second node may be further configured to aggregate the extracted data.
US11971893B1
Systems and methods are disclosed to implement a bounded group by query system that computes approximate time-sliced statistics for groups of records in a dataset according to a group by query. In embodiments, a single pass scan of the dataset is performed to accumulate exact results for a maximum number of groups in a result grouping structure (RGS) and approximate results for additional groups in an approximate result grouping structure (ARGS). RGSs and ARGSs are accumulated by a set of accumulator nodes and provided to an aggregator node, which combines the received structures to generate exact or approximate statistical results for at least a subset of the groups in the dataset. Advantageously, the disclosed query system is able to produce approximate results for at least some of the groups in a single pass of the dataset using size-bounded data structures, without predetermining the actual number of groups in the dataset.
US11971886B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for active learning for natural language question answering are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes generating a semantic signature of a natural language query; generating a SQL signature for a SQL query corresponding to the natural language query; determining whether a set of mappings includes a semantic signature matching the generated semantic signature, wherein each mapping in the set is between (i) a given semantic signature and (ii) a SQL signature representing a class of SQL queries corresponding to the given semantic signature; and in response to determining that the set of mappings does not include the generated semantic signature, adding a mapping between the generated semantic signature and the generated SQL signature to the set of mappings.
US11971884B2
An interactive search session is implemented using an artificial intelligence model. For example, when the artificial intelligence model receives a search query from a user, the model selects an action from a plurality of actions based on the search query. The selected action queries the user for more contextual cues about the search query (e.g., may enquire about use of the search results, may request to refine the search query, or otherwise engage the user in conversation to better understand the intent of the search). The interactive search session may be in the form, for example, of a chat session between the user and the system, and the chat session may be displayed along with the search results (e.g., in a separate section of display). The interactive search session may enable the system to better understand the user's search needs, and accordingly may help provide more focused search results.
US11971881B1
Systems and methods for novel uses and/or improvements to blockchains and blockchain technology. As one example, systems and methods are described herein for self-validating digital records that may be transferred in real-time through a cross-network registry. For example, in a conventional system, minting a token (e.g., a digital record) involves writing a self-executing program that defines the transfer rules of the digital record. Once the self-executing program is written, it is deployed on a blockchain, and the digital record is minted by publishing it to a blockchain.
US11971872B2
This disclosure describes one or more implementations of a data verification system that provides accurate validations of user trait data for data providers. For example, in various implementations, the data verification system generates and utilizes data verification models and approaches to determine the probability that user trait data obtained by data providers is accurate and correct. In this manner, the data verification system can independently evaluate the accuracy of both individual user records as well as collective segments of user records for data providers.
US11971864B2
Client data corresponding to a single client can be stored. A decision to proceed with a defragmentation of two or more particular core groups can be determined. A destination core group to receive client data can be identified. At least one additional core group can be initiated to manage interim data write requests from the single client. Each of the two or more particular core groups can be closed to data write requests. A defragmentation of the two or more particular core groups can be performed by merging into the destination core group. The destination core group can be availed to data read and delete requests. The two or more fragmented core groups can be reallocated for other uses. The additional core groups continue to receive read and write requests. The destination core groups further can be merged and defragmented further.
US11971863B2
A manager file system (MFS), implemented using an OS process, exposes a path in the native file system as the root of its file system (e.g., mount point). The MFS informs the OS kernel that any file system operation whose path contains the mount point as its prefix, should be handed over to the process by invoking an appropriate interface method that the process implements as part of its file system implementation. The MFS manages one or more applications and leverages the authentication mechanism of the OS to provide fined-grained access control of MFS managed applications.
US11971849B2
According to some embodiments, methods and systems may manage a fleet of multi-tenant logical databases in Relational Database Management System (“RDBMS”) servers for a cloud computing environment. The system may include a pool of physical RDBMS servers (e.g., Postgre-Structured Query Language (“SQL”) servers) and a tenant-aware Application Programming Interface (“API”) that is accessed by tenants. A computer processor of a database allocation engine may receive, from the tenant-aware API, a request to provision a logical database including a tenant identifier associated with a requesting tenant. The database allocation may then select an eligible physical RDBMS server in the pool of physical RDBMS servers and allocate a logical database for the requesting tenant via the selected physical RDBMS server (e.g., using the tenant identifier).
US11971846B2
A logic unit in an array of processing units is configurable to consume source tokens and a status signal and to produce barrier tokens and an enable signal based on the source tokens and the status signal.
US11971840B2
A one-to-many communication circuit includes a recommended standard 232 signal transceiver, a main controller area network transceiver, and a plurality of subordinate controller area network transceivers. The recommended standard 232 signal transceiver is used to receive a control signal from a main controller and convert the control signal into a first signal conforming to the recommended standard 232 communication protocol. The main controller area network transceiver is used to convert the first signal into a second signal conforming to the controller area network communication protocol. And each of the plurality of subordinate controller area network transceivers is used to convert the second signal into a third signal conforming to the recommended standard 232 communication protocol. The one-to-many communication circuit of the present disclosure can realize one-to-many communication of the recommended standard 232, and the present disclosure is based on hardware connection, thus cutting down the programming workload.
US11971831B1
An apparatus has first-in, first-out buffer circuitry to transfer data from a source domain to a sink domain across a clock domain boundary. The FIFO buffer circuitry has data transfer circuitry; source domain and sink domain data transfer control circuitry to maintain state vectors indicative of a state of the FIFO buffer circuitry in the respective domain; and synchronisation circuitry in each of the source domain and the sink domain to stabilise a signal received from the other of the source domain and the sink domain and to store the received state vector. The synchronisation circuitry is clock-gated by an enable signal and the synchronisation circuitry is responsive to a change in the state of the FIFO buffer circuitry in the respective domain to advance the respective state vector by controlling the enable signal to enable output of elements of the received state vector.
US11971828B2
A method for hardware assisted data lookup in a storage unit is provided. The method includes formatting data in at least one of a plurality of data formats for storage in the storage unit. The method includes configuring a logic unit with one or more parameters associated with the plurality of data formats and identifying incoming data with the one or more parameters as an instruction for execution.
US11971822B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to filtering messages. A computer system may detect an occurrence of an event of a particular type. The computer system may determine whether to enqueue, in a message queue, a message that identifies a set of tasks to be performed in relation to the event. The determination may be based on a response received from a cache that stores a subset of filter rules of a filter rules table. Based on the response indicating a cache miss, the computer system may enqueue the message in the message queue. A process that processes the message may be operable to resolve the cache miss by 1) accessing a filter rule from the filter rules table that indicates whether messages for events of the particular type should be enqueued in the message queue and 2) updating the cache to store the filter rule.
US11971820B2
Methods, systems, and devices that support variable modulation schemes for memory are described. A device may switch between different modulation schemes for communication based on one or more operating parameters associated with the device or a component of the device. The modulation schemes may involve amplitude modulation in which different levels of a signal represent different data values. For instance, the device may use a first modulation scheme that represents data using two levels and a second modulation scheme that represents data using four levels. In one example, the device may switch from the first modulation scheme to the second modulation scheme when bandwidth demand is high, and the device may switch from the second modulation scheme to the first modulation scheme when power conservation is in demand. The device may also, based on the operating parameter, change the frequency of the signal pulses communicated using the modulation schemes.
US11971815B2
A technique to control write operations in a logical partition. For example, a device can receive a user specified write threshold for the logical partition that is hosted on a pool of memory cells shared by a plurality of logical partitions in wear leveling. An accumulated amount of data written into the memory cells according to write requests addressing the logical partition is tracked. In response to the accumulated amount reaches the write threshold, further write requests addressing the logical partition can be blocked, rejected, and/or ignored. For example, the logical partition can be used to buffer data for time shift in playing back content streaming from a server. Write operations for time shift can be limited via the user specified threshold to prevent overuse of the total program erasure budget of the pool of memory cells shared with other logical partitions.
US11971814B2
Provided are techniques for digital twin functional and non-functional simulation testing. An indication is received that digital twin functional and non-functional simulation testing is to start for an application being developed, where a first portion of code for the application has been developed and a second portion of the code for the application has not been developed. Application data and an application landscape are retrieved. The digital twin functional and non-functional simulation testing is performed to identify which functional and non-functional requirements are not being met by the first portion of the code. For the functional and non-functional requirements that are not being met, suggestions are provided for at least one of the first portion and the second portion to meet one or more of the functional and non-functional requirements. One or more of the suggestions are implemented.
US11971811B2
A testing platform for an auto-decision engine is disclosed. An auto-test database for a decision engine may be accessed and modified by, for example, executing an application programming interface protocol of a third-party computing system. The decision engine may be bypassed, and a simulated auto-decision may be requested based on a unique key corresponding to a scenario in the auto-test database. A graphical user interface displays information regarding the auto-test database on a user computing device, and one or more output data fields in the auto-test database may be modified.
US11971804B1
Methods and systems for an intelligent technical debt helper may include receiving, via a processor, a level of technical debt associated with a technical debt of a computer program code and determining, via the processor, whether the level of technical debt is greater than a technical debt threshold. The method may also include generating, using an artificial intelligence neural network model communicatively coupled to the processor and based on the computer program code, an automated code recommendation to address the technical debt of the computer program code when the level of technical debt is greater than the technical debt threshold.
US11971800B2
In one embodiment, an illustrative method herein may comprise: listening, by an agent process, to a discovery-based execution of an application; determining, by the agent process, a plurality of transition locations during the discovery-based execution of the application; recording, by the agent process, the plurality of transition locations into a recorded file; and providing, by the agent process, the recorded file to cause injection of instrumentation into the plurality of transition locations during runtime of the application based on the recorded file.
US11971797B2
A digital mirroring method includes creating a digital model for each physical device of a plurality of physical devices located in a physical space. Once a related data of each physical device is obtained, the related data of each physical device is mapped to corresponding digital model.
US11971790B2
The disclosure describes a method of monitoring the dynamic power consumption of ReRAM crossbars and determines the occurrence of faults when a changepoint is detected in the monitored power-consumption time series. Statistical features are computed before and after the changepoint and train a predictive model using machine-learning techniques. In this way, the computationally expensive fault localization and error-recovery steps are carried out only when a high fault rate is estimated. With the proposed fault-detection method and the predictive model, the test time is significantly reduced while high classification accuracy for well-known AI/ML datasets using a ReRAM-based computing system (RCS) can still be ensured.
US11971789B2
A method of operating a storage device may include establishing a connection between a host and the storage device, detecting a crash of the storage device, suspending, based on detecting the crash, processing commands from the host through the connection, recovering from the crash of the storage device, and resuming, based on recovering from the crash, processing commands from the host through the connection. The method may further include notifying the host of the crash based on detecting the crash of the storage device. Notifying the host may include sending an asynchronous event notification to the host through the connection. Notifying the host may include asserting a controller status indicator. The method may further include receiving a reset from the host, and resetting a storage interface based on receiving the reset from the host. The method may further include maintaining the connection through a communication interlace.
US11971788B2
One example method includes receiving, at an IO journal, a new entry that identifies a respective disk location L, and data X written at that disk location L, and determining whether a location specified in an oldest entry of the IO journal is specified in any other entries in the IO journal. When the location specified in the oldest entry is not specified in any other entries in the IO journal, adding the new entry to the IO journal, and augmenting the new entry with undo data. Or, when the location specified in the oldest entry is specified in at least one other entry in the IO journal, setting data specified in the oldest entry as undo data for the next entry that identifies that location, and adding the new entry to the IO journal, and deleting the oldest entry from the IO journal.
US11971786B2
A backup processing method and a server are provided. The method is applied to a backup system, and the backup system includes a plurality of backup servers. The method includes: dividing, by a master backup server in the plurality of backup servers, a backup task into a plurality of child backup tasks; allocating, by the master backup server, each child backup task to each of the plurality of backup servers; and sending, by the master backup server, the plurality of child backup tasks to respective corresponding backup servers. According to this method, a data backup rate can be improved.
US11971785B2
One example method includes identifying a cloud object as a potential candidate for defragmentation, evaluating the cloud object to determine what portion of segments of the cloud object are expired, when the portion of expired segments meets or exceeds a threshold, segregating the expired segments and unexpired segments of the cloud object, creating a first new cloud object that includes only unexpired segments, creating a second new cloud object that includes only expired segments, and deleting the cloud object from storage.
US11971778B1
A continuous anomaly detection service receives data stream and performs continuous anomaly detection on the incoming data streams. This continuous anomaly detection is performed based on anomaly detection definitions, which define a signal used for anomaly detection and an anomaly detection configuration. These anomaly detection definitions can be modified, such that continuous anomaly detection continues to be performed for the data stream and the signal, based on the new anomaly detection definition.
US11971775B2
Various processes for efficiently and effectively determining or predicting whether data stored in a non-volatile storage device is unreadable and/or unrecoverable during a read-retry process. To make the determination, different dynamic read threshold (DRT) entries of a dynamic read threshold (DRT) table are applied, in parallel, across different planes of the non-volatile storage device to determine whether the data is unreadable and/or unrecoverable.
US11971773B2
Systems and methods for discrete power control of components within a computer system are described herein. Some illustrative embodiments include a system that includes a subsystem with a plurality of components (configurable to operate at one or more power levels), a control register (coupled to the plurality of components) including a plurality of bits (each uniquely associated with a one of the plurality of components), and a power controller coupled to, and configurable to cause, the plurality of components to operate at the one or more power levels. The power controller asserts a signal transmitted to the subsystem, commanding the subsystem to transition to a first power level. A first of the plurality of components, associated with an asserted bit of the control register, operates at a second power level corresponding to a level of power consumption different from that of the first power level indicated by the power controller.
US11971772B2
An input/output (I/O) command referencing a memory device is identified. A power limit of the memory device is determined. A power level associated with executing the I/O command is estimated. Responsive to determining that the power level satisfies the power limit, the I/O command is executed.
US11971762B2
A power supply signal conditioning system includes a power supply, one or more loads, and a drive-sense circuit (DSC). The power supply is operably coupled to one or more loads. When enabled, the power supply configured to output a power supply signal having a DC (direct current) voltage component and a ripple voltage component that is based on conversion of an AC (alternating current) signal in accordance with generating the power supply signal. The DSC is operably coupled to the power supply. When enabled, the DSC is configured simultaneously to sense the power supply signal and, based on sensing of the power supply signal, adaptively to process the power supply signal in accordance with reducing or eliminating the ripple voltage component of the power supply signal to generate a conditioned power supply signal to service the one or more loads.
US11971757B2
In embodiments, an electronic device may include a housing, a display panel, and an optical sensor module. The display panel is disposed in an inner space of the housing and is at least partially visible from an outside through the housing, the display including a display area, a first non-display area disposed adjacent to at least a peripheral portion of the display area, and a second non-display area disposed adjacent to at least a peripheral portion of the first non-display area. The optical sensor module is disposed in the inner space at least partially overlapping the display panel, and includes a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB), a light emitting structure disposed on the FPCB at least partially overlapping the first non-display area when the display panel is viewed from above, and a light receiving structure disposed on the FPCB at least partially overlapping the display area when the display panel is viewed from above. The display area has a first transmittance, and the first non-display area has a second transmittance greater than the first transmittance.
US11971749B2
The disclosure concerns a communication device comprising a housing with a front body and a main body. The front body comprises a display unit having a plurality of layers attached to one another. The plurality of layers comprises a suspension layer and a second layer, wherein one of the layers is a display. At two opposing edges of the suspension layer, the suspension layer extends laterally beyond at least the second layer. The suspension layer is suspended by attachment of the two opposing edges to the main body. By extending the suspension layer laterally beyond at least the second layer of the plurality of layers and by attaching the suspension layer to the main body, the entire display unit is efficiently suspended and is movable up and down in a manner efficient for the emission of sound.
US11971742B2
A display assembly including a stand, a mounting assembly and a display. The mounting assembly includes a fixed base, a first pivot, a pivotable base, a second pivot, a handle, a plurality of first engagement structures and a second engagement structure. The handle includes a handheld part and a mounting part. The mounting part is connected to the handheld part and pivotally connected to the pivotable base via the second pivot. The first engagement structures are disposed at one of the fixed base and the mounting part of the handle. The second engagement structure is disposed at another one of the fixed base and the mounting part of the handle. The display is fixed on the pivotable base. The first pivot is not coaxial with the second pivot so that the second engagement structure is configured to be engaged with any one of the first engagement structures.
US11971741B2
Aspects of the present disclosure control aging of a signal path in an idle mode to mitigate aging. In one example, an input of the signal path is alternately parked low and high over multiple idle periods to balance the aging of devices (e.g., transistors) in the signal path. In another example, a clock signal (e.g., a clock signal with a low frequency) is input to the signal path during idle periods to balance the aging of devices (e.g., transistors) in the signal path. In another example, the input of the signal path is parked high or low during each idle period based on an aging pattern.
US11971740B2
An integrated circuit and method of designing an integrated circuit including an error detection and correction circuit is described. The integrated circuit includes a data-path being arranged between an output of a first register and second register clocked by a system clock. The integrated circuit includes a timing error detection and correction circuit (EDAC) which has a clock unit configured to receive a reference clock and to provide a delayed reference clock. The EDAC includes a plurality of transition detectors coupled to a respective node on the data-path and an error detection circuit coupled to each transition detector. The error detection circuit flags an error if a transition occurs during a time period between a transition of the reference clock and a corresponding transition of the delayed reference clock. A timing correction circuit coupled to the error detection circuit outputs the system clock derived from the delayed reference clock.
US11971739B2
A joystick for controlling a machine in multi-axes includes a control portion having a body in which at least one circuit board having at least one sensor is provided; a top portion having a flexible boot forming at least partly an outer periphery of the top portion provided on the control portion; a control arm mounted on a pivotal member for pivotal movement relative to the body; wherein said control arm is made of plastic in an injection-molding operation and has an overmolded magnetic member suitable to interact with the sensor, said magnetic member provided in the proximity of the circuit board wherein said control arm has a connection portion such that said flexible boot is attached to the control arm from said connection portion. Thereby usage of the overmolded control arm which made of plastic provides sensitivity, production quality and additionally, thriving resistance to vibration.
US11971730B2
A method for automated assignment of a staging pad to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes: launching the UAV from a launch location; tracking a drift of the UAV from the launch location; determining a subsequent position of the UAV after the launching based upon geofiducial navigation; calculating an estimated position of the launch location by offsetting the subsequent position by the drift; attempting to match the estimated position to an available staging pad of a plurality of staging pads; and assigning the UAV to the available staging pad when the estimated position successfully matches to the available staging pad.
US11971729B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control method and a terminal. The method includes: determining, by a terminal before the terminal is connected to any UAV, location information of at least one waypoint according to a first setting operation of a user, and determining a flight path according to the location information of the at least one waypoint; storing, by the terminal, the flight path into a path record of a path database; and invoking, by the terminal after the terminal establishes a connection to a UAV, a first path record associated with the UAV from the path database, and sending the first path record to the UAV, to control the UAV to fly according to information in the first path record. The embodiments of the present invention can improve efficiency of a UAV in obtaining a flight path, and reduce power consumption of the UAV when no flight course task is executed.
US11971724B2
An unmanned vehicle control system includes: a determination unit that determines whether or not to output a heating request for a hydraulic oil based on hydraulic oil data supplied to a hydraulic actuator disposed in an unmanned vehicle and operated by the hydraulic oil; a vehicle receiver that receives a heating command for the hydraulic oil generated based on the heating request; and a heating processor that executes a heating process of the hydraulic oil based on the heating command.
US11971721B2
To effectively enhance the operation efficiency of an autonomous mobile robot, an autonomous mobile robot control system includes a processor and a plurality of environmental cameras. The processor estimates a moving route of each of a plurality of moving bodies on the basis of characteristics of each of the plurality of moving bodies and sets a subset of the plurality of moving bodies whose moving routes overlap among the detected moving bodies as avoidance processing target moving bodies. The processor generates an avoidance procedure for the avoidance processing target moving bodies so the motion of the avoidance processing target moving bodies does not interfere with the motion of other avoidance target moving bodies.
US11971719B2
Low profile object detection can be performed on mowers or other vehicles that may be autonomous. An autonomy controller can be employed on a mower to receive and process sensor data for a detection area to determine whether an object may be present in a region of interest within the detection area. When the autonomy controller determines that an object may be present, it can cause the ground speed of the mower to be slowed and can commence buffering region of interest sensor data over a period of time. The autonomy controller can process the buffered region of interest sensor data to determine whether an object is present in the region of interest, and if so, can alter the path of the mower appropriately.
US11971692B2
A system for virtual commissioning of a building management system includes one or more memory devices configured to store instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: receive, at a virtual server, product installation data from a building management system controller installed at a building site via a first connection, the product installation data corresponding to a product installation at the building site; receive, commissioning data from the remote commissioning system via a second connection; configure one or more products installed at the building site to be controlled by the virtual building management system on the virtual server; and selectively transfer control of the one or more products installed at the building site from the virtual building management system hosted at on the virtual server to the building management system controller installed at the building site.
US11971674B2
A heating device includes a rotator, a heater, a heater holder, and a first high thermal conduction member. The heater includes a base and a plurality of heat generators being arranged on the base and including neighboring heat generators. The heater has a gap area between the neighboring heat generators. The first high thermal conduction member has a higher thermal conductivity than the base and faces the gap area.
US11971661B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes a first unit block including a first substrate transfer region, a first and a second processing modules provided to face a first and a second sides of the first substrate transfer region in a left-right direction, and a first and a second transfer mechanisms provided at the first and the second sides and configured to deliver a substrate to the first and the second processing modules; a second unit block, stacked on the first unit block, including a second substrate transfer region and a third transfer mechanism; a substrate carry-in/out block provided at a first side of a stack of the unit blocks and configured to deliver the substrate to the first and the third transfer mechanisms; a relay block provided at a second side of the stack and configured to deliver the substrate to the second and the third transfer mechanisms.
US11971657B2
A photoresist developer includes a solvent having Hansen solubility parameters of 15<δd<25, 10<δp<25, and 6<δp<30; an acid having an acid dissociation constant, pKa, of −15
US11971654B2
A pellicle for a lithographic apparatus, the pellicle including nitridated metal silicide or nitridated silicon as well as a method of manufacturing the same. Also disclosed is the use of a nitridated metal silicide or nitridated silicon pellicle in a lithographic apparatus. Also disclosed is a pellicle for a lithographic apparatus including at least one compensating layer selected and configured to counteract changes in transmissivity of the pellicle upon exposure to EUV radiation as well as a method of controlling the transmissivity of a pellicle and a method of designing a pellicle.
US11971647B2
To provide an opening and closing structure for an insertion port in an electronic apparatus and an electronic apparatus that allow a user to easily recognize high quality. An opening and closing structure for an insertion port in an electronic apparatus includes: an opening and closing lid that opens and closes an insertion port; a shaft member that functions as a rotation axis of the opening and closing lid; a support member that rotatably supports the shaft member; and a biasing member that biases the opening and closing lid in an opening direction, in which the shaft member is press-fitted into the opening and closing lid with a first press-fitting margin, and is press-fitted into the support member with a second press-fitting margin different from the first press-fitting margin.
US11971643B2
A reflective dynamic metasurface of an embodiment comprises a structure enabling phase modulation in each of pixels constituting at least a one-dimensional array. The metasurface includes: a laminated structure body having a transparent conductive layer and a dielectric layer; a first metal film on one surface of the laminated structure body; a second metal film on the other surface of the laminated structure body; and a drive circuit controlling voltage applied between the first and second metal films. The first and second metal films are arranged to sandwich the pixels. The first metal film is arranged to expose a pair of window regions in one pixel, and the second metal film includes partial metal films defining the shape of each pixel and separated from each other. The drive circuit individually controls the potential of each partial metal film, thereby modulating the phase of the input light for each pixel.
US11971641B2
An active matrix substrate includes a first TFT disposed in each of pixel regions, a first flattened layer covering the first TFT, and a pixel electrode provided on the first flattened layer. The first TFT includes a lower gate electrode, a lower gate insulating layer, an oxide semiconductor layer, an upper gate insulating layer, and an upper gate electrode. The active matrix substrate further includes a first connection electrode for electrically connecting a drain contact region of the oxide semiconductor layer and the pixel electrode. The first flattened layer includes a pixel contact hole formed so as to expose a part of the first connection electrode. The bottom face of the pixel contact hole at least partially overlaps, of a lower gate metal layer including a lower gate electrode and an upper gate metal layer including an upper gate electrode, at least the lower gate metal layer when viewed from the normal direction of the substrate. The first connection electrode is formed from a transparent conductive material.
US11971634B2
Disclosed is a device for the regulation of light transmission. In particular, switchable windows and methods for their preparation are disclosed. The switchable windows include electrically switchable devices which in one optical switching state are capable of portraying closed patterns or images without the need for providing complex electrical contacting.
US11971630B1
The present disclosure provide methods of manufacturing a liquid crystal display panel and the liquid crystal display panels. In a process of forming a motherboard of the display panel, a second sealant portion and a third sealant portion with a lower height than that of a first sealant portion are temporarily formed outside the first sealant portion, so that a smooth transitional support surface is formed between the first sealant portion, the second sealant portion, the third sealant portion and a support column inside the panel.
US11971624B2
A display device includes a first display unit emitting a green light having a first output spectrum corresponding to a highest gray level of the display device and a second display unit emitting a blue light having a second output spectrum corresponding to the highest gray level of the display device. The first output spectrum has a main wave with a first peak. The second output spectrum has a main wave with a second peak and a sub wave with a sub peak. The second peak corresponds to a main wavelength, the sub peak corresponds to a sub wavelength, and the main wavelength is less than the sub wavelength. An intensity of the second peak is greater than an intensity of the sub peak and an intensity of the first peak.
US11971602B2
There are provided a lens barrel and an imaging device that can fix a movable member to a stationary frame without providing a member for fixing the movable member. The lens barrel includes a first motor (56) that drives a third front lens group-holding frame (24B) by first magnets (56A) provided on the third front lens group-holding frame (24B) and a first coil (56C), and a second motor (58) that drives a fourth lens group-movable holding frame (26B) by second coils (58A) provided on the fourth lens group-movable holding frame (26B) and second magnets (58B) provided on a fourth lens group base-holding frame (26A) fixed to the stationary barrel (12) and the cam barrel (14). The third front lens group-holding frame (24B) is fixed by a magnetic force between the first magnets (56A) and inner and outer yokes (58C, 58D) provided on the fourth lens group base-holding frame (26A) in a case where the application of current to the first coil (56C) is stopped.
US11971599B2
A sealed terminal has a housing, a cover, a splice tray, an adapter plate, and a splice chip. The cover is connected to the housing to close an interior compartment and has input ports for receiving one or more cables and an output adapter module having a plurality of distribution ports. The splice tray is positioned in the interior compartment and has one or more cable retainers configured to route the one or more cables within the interior compartment. The adapter plate is connected to the splice tray and has a plurality of adapters for connecting the one or more cables to the distribution ports. The splice chip is connected to the splice tray and has a plurality of slots for receiving and routing the one or more cables. The housing includes a radiused wall for routing the cables within the interior compartment without bending the cables.
US11971596B2
Hybrid enclosures for power and optical fiber are provided herein. A hybrid enclosure includes a power conductor terminal and an optical fiber splice area that are in separate first and second trays, respectively. In some embodiments, the power conductor terminal is a terminal of a circuit that is configured to supply power exceeding 150 Watts. Enclosures including multiple protective lids over power conductor terminal blocks are also provided.
US11971593B2
The present disclosure provides an optical fibre ribbon. The optical fibre ribbon includes a plurality of optical fibres. The plurality of optical fibres is in range of about 4 to 12. In addition, each of the plurality of optical fibres is characterized by diameter. Further, the optical fibre ribbon has a pitch dpitch. Furthermore, the optical fibre ribbon is compatible with standard 250 micron optical fibre for fusion splicing. Also, the optical fibre ribbon is characterized by planarity. Also, the optical fibre ribbon is characterized by a cured coating. Also, the cured coating has characteristic of a glass transition temperature. Also, the glass transition temperature facilitates change in state of the optical fibre ribbon from hard brittle state to soft rubbery state.
US11971590B2
In the adjustment method of optical coupling for an optical integrated circuit according to the present disclosure, the optimal adjustment position of optical coupling is determined on the basis of, for example, a sum of a plurality of photocurrents at electrodes on arm waveguides respectively formed on the plurality of MZIs in the polarization-multiplexing IQ modulator. According to the maximum value of the sum of the plurality of photocurrents, the light condensing spot position is adjusted to the center position of the end face core of the optical waveguide of the integrated chip. Typically, the light condensing spot position is adjusted to the center of the end face core by displacing the two input lenses.
US11971588B2
A new fiber optic connector provides a smaller form factor by including two ferrule assemblies in a housing. The housing accepts a push-pull mechanism that allows for insertion and removal from a carrier as well as an adapter. The push-pull mechanism may also include a flexure member to return the push-pull mechanism. Polarity of the fiber optic connector may also be selected by use of the push-pull mechanism.
US11971587B2
A fiber optic connector includes a housing and push-pull boot with a latch body disposed between a front extension of the push-pull boot and a top side of the housing. The latch body has an anti-buckle feature, which may be a projection. The anti-buckle feature movable between a relaxed position and a stressed position, wherein the anti-buckle feature is in contact with the housing in the stressed position to prevent the latch body from buckling.
US11971586B2
Disclosed herein are devices and methods for cleaning, verifying cleaning, and coating a ferrule end face in a single housing thereby preventing contamination of the ferrule end face and associated optical fiber end face. Also disclosed herein is a fiber optic assembly including a ferrule; an optical fiber extending through the ferrule to an end face of the ferrule; and a coating on the end face of the ferrule protecting the optical fiber. The coating is prepared by curing a vinyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane with a crosslinker in the presence of a catalyst.
US11971579B2
A multi-mode interferometric optical waveguide device includes: a multi-mode interferometric optical waveguide which includes a first reflective surface; a first single-mode waveguide connected to the multi-mode interferometric optical waveguide; and a second single-mode waveguide connected to the multi-mode interferometric optical waveguide and oppose the first reflective surface. Consequently, the multi-mode interferometric optical waveguide device can propagate light from the first single-mode waveguide to the second single-mode waveguide, with further reduced optical losses.
US11971575B2
Absolute temperature measurements of integrated photonic devices can be accomplished with integrated bandgap temperature sensors located adjacent the photonic devices. In various embodiments, the temperature of the active region within a diode structure of a photonic device is measured with an integrated bandgap temperature sensor that includes one or more diode junctions either in the semiconductor device layer beneath the active region or laterally adjacent to the photonic device, or in a diode structure formed above the semiconductor device layer and adjacent the diode structure of the photonic device.
US11971572B2
Disclosed is an optical waveguide including a waveguide core and waveguide cladding surrounding the waveguide core. The waveguide cladding includes at least one stack of cladding material layers positioned laterally adjacent to a sidewall of the waveguide core such that each cladding material layer in the stack abuts the sidewall of the waveguide core. Each of the cladding material layers in the stack has a smaller refractive index than the waveguide core and at least two of the cladding material layers in the stack have different refractive indices, thereby tailoring field confinement and reshaping the optical mode. Different embodiments include different numbers of cladding material layers in the stack, different stacking orders of the cladding material layers, different waveguide core types, symmetric or asymmetric cladding structures on opposite sides of the waveguide core, etc. Also disclosed is a method of forming the optical waveguide.
US11971569B2
There is provided a light emitting device that can be used as a light guide plate and has an excellent antireflection function to extraneous light, and an optical body includes: a base material; a macro concave-convex structure that is formed on one surface of the base material and emits internally propagating light that is injected in an inside of the base material from a side surface of the base material, from another surface of the base material; and a micro concave-convex structure formed periodically to follow each of both surfaces of the base material and a surface of the macro concave-convex structure, and having an average period of concavity and convexity of less than or equal to a wavelength of visible light. The surface of the macro concave-convex structure has an inclined surface, and an arrangement of the micro concave-convex structure is a zigzag arrangement.
US11971568B2
A polarizing plate may have high transmittance characteristics and suppressed reflected light. An optical device may be provided with the polarizing plate. The polarizing plate may have a wire grid structure that includes a transparent substrate and grid-like projection portions arranged on the transparent substrate at a pitch shorter than the wavelength of light in a used bandwidth and extending in a predetermined direction. The grid-like projection portions may each have a reflective layer and a dielectric layer in order from the transparent substrate side. When viewed from the predetermined direction, the reflective layer has may have a step on the side thereof and may have the largest bottom width on the transparent substrate side.
US11971551B2
An optical device includes variable optical material that alters at least one of: incident ambient light, spectral content of incident ambient light or direction of incident ambient light through the optical device in response to a stimulus provided by the device. The device can sense intensity and/or spectral characteristics of ambient light and provide appropriate stimulus to various portions of the optical device to activate the variable optical material and alter at least one of: incident ambient light, spectral content of incident ambient light or direction of incident ambient light.
US11971536B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include systems, methods, and devices use a controllable matrix filter to selectively obscure regions of an image sensor's field of view. The controllable matrix filter is a physical component that may be placed in front of an image sensor and, in certain situations, one or more regions of the otherwise transparent matrix filter may be selectively configured to have an increased optical density such that the one or more regions become opaque thereby blocking out certain regions of the image sensor's field of view. In this way, the controllable matrix filter may be used to mask out certain regions in an image sensor's field of view that may present processing difficulties for downstream systems that utilize information from the image sensor.
US11971535B2
The present disclosure relates optical imaging devices and methods useful in biological and medical imaging applications. In one embodiment, an optical imaging device includes a flexible lightguide having a first end and a second end, the output of the source of pulsed infrared radiation being optically coupled to the first end of the flexible lightguide; a lens assembly attached to and optically coupled to the second end of the flexible lightguide, the lens assembly comprising a variable-focus lens element, the a variable-focus lens element having a tunable focal length; and a photodetector coupled to the flexible lightguide to detect radiation propagating from the second end toward the first end of the flexible lightguide. The optical imaging devices and methods can be used in both confocal and multi-photon techniques.
US11971530B2
An observation apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires positional information indicating a position of a bottom surface of a support for supporting an observation target, an imaging optical system that forms an optical image showing the observation target supported by the support on an image plane, a focus adjustment unit that adjusts a focal position of the imaging optical system based on the positional information acquired by the acquisition unit, and a control unit that performs control for matching an inclination of the image plane on which the optical image is formed to an inclination of an imaging surface of an imaging element based on the positional information acquired by the acquisition unit.
US11971523B2
The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging lens assembly including, 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, a seventh lens and an eighth lens, wherein each of the first through the eighth lenses has refractive power. The first lens has positive refractive power. The third lens has positive refractive power, and each of an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof is a convex surface. An object-side surface of the sixth lens is a convex surface. The eighth lens has negative refractive power, and an object-side surface thereof is a concave surface. A total effective focal length f of the optical imaging lens assembly and an entrance pupil diameter EPD of the optical imaging lens assembly may satisfy f/EPD≤2.0.
US11971514B2
In order to monitor the subsoil of the earth under a target zone, seismic waves coming from an identified mobile noise source are recorded by means of at least one pair of sensors disposed on either side of the target zone, time periods are selected corresponding to the alignments of the pairs of sensors with the noise source, a seismogram of the target zone is reconstructed by interferometry based on the recorded seismic waves and on the selected time periods and an image of the subsoil of the target zone is generated using the seismogram.
US11971511B2
A panel radiation detector is provided for detecting radiation event(s) of ionizing radiation, comprising a plurality of adjoining plastic scintillator slabs, a plurality of silicon photomultiplier sensors arranged at an edge of at least one of the plastic scintillator slabs) and configured to detect scintillation light generated in the scintillator slabs responsive to the radiation events, and a plurality of signal processing units each connected to one of the silicon photomultiplier sensors, wherein the signal processing units each comprise a digitization circuit configured to generate a digitized signal for signal analysis by executing 1-bit digitization of a detection signal generated by at least one of the silicon photomultiplier sensors responsive to the detected scintillation light for determining the energy of the detected radiation event(s).
US11971502B2
Disclosed is a high frequency module for producing or processing radar signals for use in radar-based fill-level measuring devices. The high frequency module includes: a semiconductor component to produce or to process electrical, high frequency signals; a dielectric coupling element contacted with the semiconductor component to couple the high frequency signals as radar signals into a dielectric waveguide or in order to couple radar signals from the waveguide as electrical, high frequency signals into the semiconductor component. The coupling element and the waveguide form a plug contact. In the case of appropriate design of the plug contact there results upon plug-in a self-centering, so that need for a complex adjustment during manufacturing is absent. Since radar frequencies of above 100 GHz can be produced by the semiconductor component, corresponding fill level measuring devices are characterized by a high measuring resolution and compact structures.
US11971499B2
A positioning method includes: establishing a positioning session between a plurality of positioning devices including a first positioning device and a second positioning device; obtaining line-of-sight/non-line-of-sight status (LOS/NLOS status) for a plurality of positioning device pairs, each being a pair of the plurality of positioning devices; and transmitting a disable message to the first positioning device based on the LOS/NLOS status of at least one of the first positioning device or the second positioning device being non-line-of-sight relative to at least a subset of the plurality of positioning devices, the disable message indicating to disable at least one of transmission of one or more first positioning reference signals from the first positioning device or measurement of one or more second positioning reference signals from the second positioning device by the first positioning device.
US11971487B2
An advanced map DB 43 stored on a server device 4 includes pulse type information that is configuration information for detecting a landmark using a LIDAR 2. By sending request information D1 including own vehicle position information, the vehicle mounted device 1 receives response information D2 including pulse type information corresponding to a landmark around the own vehicle position and controls the LIDAR 2 on the basis of the received pulse type information.
US11971482B1
A system for providing six-dimensional position data of an object in a three-dimensional (3D) space, the system including a light source configured to emit a light beam in an x-direction, a mirror including a mirror plane disposed in an x-y plane and a beam splitter configured for reflecting the light beam from the light source onto the mirror before being directed to the object, the light beam reflected by the object onto the beam splitter before being directed through a lens to an image plane to form an image.
US11971477B2
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, an imaging device is described. The imaging device includes an array of transducers. Each transducer includes an array of piezoelectric elements. Each piezoelectric element transmits pressure waves towards an object to be imaged and receives reflections of the pressure waves off the object to be imaged. The imaging device also includes a transmit channel per one or more piezoelectric elements to generate the pressure waves and a receive channel per one or more piezoelectric elements to process the reflections of the pressure waves. The number of channels are selectively altered to control parameters such as power consumption and temperature.
US11971474B2
Various embodiments of the present technology generally relate to detecting and manipulating radar image data. More specifically, some embodiments relate to systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for detecting, processing, viewing, and manipulating radar images in an image viewer application. Radar image data captured by a radar imaging system, such as a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) or other satellite-based equipment, comprises data unreadable by image viewers. In an implementation, an open-source plug-in for an image viewer application obtains SAR data, performs one or more algorithms on the SAR data to detect an image, and provides the detected image to an image viewer for display on a graphical user interface. Further, requests for manipulation of the detected image made by the image viewer application may be performed by the plug-in and exported in complex data formats for use downstream.
US11971473B2
A product locating system is provided. The system includes at least one Radio Frequency (RF) backscatter transmitter configured to emit a main carrier RF signal that forms an excitation signal. The system further includes a passive RF backscatter tag associated with a product and configured to generate an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) signal from the excitation signal. The system also includes at least one RF backscatter receiver configured to simultaneously receive both the excitation signal from the at least one RF backscatter transmitter and the UWB signal from the passive RF backscatter tag, and compute the time-difference-of-arrival (TDoA) therebetween. TDoA information from multiple RF backscatter receivers, including the at least one RF backscatter receiver, is aggregated to compute the location of the product to which the passive RF backscatter tag is attached.
US11971471B2
Disclosed is a method for detecting the approach of an object on a lateral side of a moving motor vehicle with door handles on lateral sides, each including an ultra-high-frequency antenna detecting a portable user apparatus near the vehicle and identifying it to validate hands-free access to the vehicle for the user, the method including: each antenna emitting an electromagnetic field, a first radiated power per steradian of which, in a first zone directed outside of the vehicle and defined by a first aperture angle, is greater than a second radiated power per steradian in a second, lateral zone directed toward the other antenna and defined by a second aperture angle; and, when the vehicle is moving, validating approach detection by antenna reception of an electromagnetic field emitted by the other antenna and reflected by the object, whose received power is higher than a predetermined minimum received power.
US11971464B1
Magnon excitation and detection systems, apparatus, and methods are provided. The systems and apparatus may include magnon exciters and magnon detectors. The systems and apparatus are used in accordance with methods for exciting and detecting magnons.
US11971455B2
A mixed chemistry battery is provided. The mixed chemistry battery includes a reference module having a first chemistry and a battery module having a second chemistry that is different that the first chemistry, the battery module is connected to the reference module in series. The mixed chemistry battery also includes a battery monitoring system configured to monitor an open circuit voltage of the reference module, an open circuit voltage of the battery module, and a current flow through the reference module and the battery module. The battery monitoring system is further configured to calculate a state-of-charge (SOC) and state-of-health (SOH) of the battery module based at least in part on a SOC of the reference module.
US11971450B2
The present disclosure provides an electronic tester comprising at least one test fixture that couples to a device under test, at least one test instrument coupled to at least one of the test fixtures that measures signals in the device under test, a test controller that controls the device under test while the test is performed, and an adapter module comprising a general control interface that is coupled to the test controller, and a DUT-specific communication interface that couples to the device under test to communicate with the device under test, wherein the test controller controls the device under test with generic control signals sent to the general control interface, and wherein the adapter module translates the general control signals into DUT-specific control signals and transmit the DUT-specific control signals to the device under test. Further, the present disclosure provides a respective method.
US11971444B2
Micro light emitting diode inspection and repairing equipment including a carrying stage, an optical inspection module and an injection device is provided. The optical inspection module is arranged corresponding to the carrying stage to capture image information and obtain a position coordinate from the image information. The injection device is adapted to move to a target position of the carrying stage according to the position coordinate. The injection device includes a tube and a nozzle. The tube includes a first portion and a second portion connected to the first portion. The extending direction of the first portion is different from the extending direction of the second portion. A fluid blows to the target position after passing through the tube and the nozzle. An inspection and repairing method adopting the micro light emitting diode inspection and repairing equipment is also provided.
US11971439B2
A fault detection device executes a test signal supply process for changing a frequency of a carrier wave within a frequency range predetermined as a range of a resonance frequency of an antenna, modulating the carrier wave with a test signal as an input signal, amplifying the carrier wave that is modulated, and supplying the carrier wave that is amplified as an output target signal to the antenna. While executing the test signal supply process, the fault detection device measures an antenna current corresponding to the frequency each time the frequency of the carrier wave is changed The fault detection device detects a fault caused by a difference or a change in a characteristic of the antenna by using a value of the antenna current on a larger side among the antenna currents measured during the test signal supply process.
US11971431B2
An optical probe includes a first region and a second region connected to have a continuous optical waveguide in which a transmission mode is a single mode. The first region connected to a tip-end surface opposed to an optical device includes a region in which a mode field diameter that is maximum at the tip-end surface is gradually decreased toward a boundary between the first region and the second region. The tip-end surface is a curved surface and has a radius of curvature set so that an advancing direction of an optical signal entering through the tip-end surface approximates in parallel to a central-axis direction of the optical waveguide.
US11971430B2
An engaging device in a Mass-Interconnect, which provides an apparatus and method to change test adapters for testing applications. An engaging device of a Mass-Interconnect includes an interchangeable test adapter (ITA) and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism includes a plunger having a plunger head at a first end thereof, a leaflet insert disposed over the plunger, a sleeve disposed over the leaflet insert, an over-dead-center (ODC) link connected to the plunger at a second end thereof opposite to the first end, and a rotatable handle connected to the ODC link. The plunger, the leaflet insert, and the sleeve of the locking mechanism engage or disengage the ITA when a user rotates the rotatable handle.
US11971427B2
Provided is an automated analysis device capable of a more accurate determination of the sizes of bubbles included in a liquid. The automated analysis device includes a detection unit which detects bubbles included in a liquid, an internal standard solution syringe which executes a first liquid supply operation in which a liquid is supplied via the detection unit, a diluent syringe, a sipper syringe, solenoid valves, and a control device which determines whether the size of the bubbles detected during the first liquid supply operation is normal or not based on the operation speed of the liquid supply unit, and controls the operation of the liquid supply unit according to the determination.
US11971399B2
A resonant sensor probe assembly includes a substrate formed from one or more dielectric materials and free-standing electrodes coupled with the substrate. The free-standing electrodes are configured to be placed into the fluid and to generate an electric field between the free-standing electrodes. A controller measures an impedance response of the sensor to the fluid between the electrodes to determine an aging effect of the sensor.
US11971392B2
The present disclosure describes a field flow fractionator (FFF). In an embodiment, the FFF includes a spacer including a core, and a coating covering the core. In an embodiment, the FFF includes a spacer including a core, and a coating covering the core, a bottom block including pins, and a top block including mating holes to receive the pins, where the spacer is configured to be positioned between the top block and the bottom block. In an embodiment, the FFF includes a spacer including a core including an opening, a top side, and a bottom side, a first coating covering the top side, and a second coating covering the bottom side, a top block configured to press on the first coating along a first periphery of the opening, and a bottom block configured to press on the second coating along a second periphery of the opening.
US11971391B1
An in-situ bollard tester. The in-situ bollard tester may comprise: a frame, cable, and tensioner. The frame is preferably adapted to mount onto a pier or wharf and around a bollard to provide structural support for the cable and tensioner. The frame may comprise a rectangular frame, pair of hanging columns, pair of jacks and pair of legs. The pair of jacks are coupled near proximal corners of the rectangular frame and are vertically disposed. The hanging columns are coupled near distal corners of the rectangular frame. The pair of legs are coupled at the lower ends of the hanging columns and are disposed in a horizontal manner. The tensioner may be coupled above the rectangular frame. The cable may fasten to the bollard, and the tensioner may apply tension to the cable at various load angles in order to test the integrity of the bollard.
US11971390B2
A method includes two or more reference strain gradient information being a relationship between the strain at the hole edge and a strain gradient along a radial direction. Hole expansion forming is performed on the evaluation metal sheet under the same forming conditions as respective forming conditions corresponding to at least two pieces of the reference strain gradient information to obtain at least two limit hole expansion ratios at a hole expansion limit of the evaluation metal sheet. A formable region of the evaluation metal sheet is obtained from the at least two pieces of the reference strain gradient information and the obtained at least two limit hole expansion ratios at the hole expansion limit. Stretch flange cracking at the sheared end face of the evaluation metal sheet is evaluated by the obtained formable region.
US11971386B2
A monitoring system detects and measures a quantity of radical particles within a gas. A test chamber is coupled to a flow channel that transmits a gas. The test chamber defines an aperture connecting the test chamber and the flow channel, and the aperture permits a subset of the gas to enter the test chamber from the flow channel. An ionizer is positioned within the test chamber and generates radical ions from radical particles of the subset of the gas. A mass spectrometer measures a quantity of the radical ions, thereby providing a measurement of the radical particles in the gas.
US11971384B2
Electrophoresis is used to identify presence of a target compound in a patient sample based on a charge state of the compound and a label. The charge state of the compound correlates to a total net charge of a binder conjugated to the compound. The bound complex or “bound complex” with the label is then applied to the electrophoresis substrate. An electric potential is applied to the substrate for a time period and causes the labeled bound complex to migrate toward the electrode with opposite charge of the labeled bound complex at a migration velocity to form a migration pattern over the time period. At some time during or at the end of the time period, the labeled bound complex produces a bound complex band as a result of its migration across the substrate. The presence of the compound is identified based on the labeled bound complex band and one or both of the migration pattern and the migration velocity.
US11971377B2
The present invention describes a versatile, robust and environmentally controlled platform with a linear temperature gradient for massively parallel chemical or biochemical processing. This apparatus is capable of probing the phase transition behavior of macromolecules in solution, both thermodynamically and kinetically. This includes—but is not limited to—liquid/liquid phase transition behavior of antibody solutions and in situ gelation of thermo-responsive polymers. The device can be operated in a multiplex fashion using a controlled temperature gradient architecture and visualized by dark field microscopy or by other optical intensity measurements.
US11971372B2
The invention relates to a method of examining a sample using a charged particle microscope, comprising the steps of providing a charged particle beam, as well as a sample; scanning said charged particle beam over said sample at a plurality of sample locations; and detecting, using a first detector, emissions of a first type from the sample in response to the beam scanned over the plurality of sample locations. Spectral information of detected emissions of the first type is used to assign a plurality of mutually different phases to said sample at said plurality of sample locations. Information relating to at least one previously assigned phase and its respective sample location is used for establishing an estimated phase for at least one other of the plurality of sample locations. Said estimated phase is assigned to said other sample location. A control unit is used to provide a data representation of said sample containing at least information on said plurality of sample locations and said phases.
US11971369B2
The disclosed embodiments include a rock sample inspection method. The method may include preparing a sample of formation rock by encapsulating the sample, inserting the sample into a vessel body as part of a test assembly, enclosing the sample within an low compressibility fluid, applying pressure to an interior of the vessel body by tightening a compression screw employing a piston acting on said low compressibility fluid, monitoring the pressure, conducting a test on the sample, and recording results of the test for further analysis.
US11971367B2
An inspection device includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire images obtained by imaging, under at least two illumination conditions with different brightness, solder normally printed on a substrate, and an image processing unit configured to specify a shape of the solder based on a difference in brightness between the images acquired by the image acquisition unit, and generate, based on the shape of the solder, inspection data used for inspecting a state of the solder printed on the substrate.
US11971363B2
A foreign matter inspection system that is less likely to misidentify a crack as a foreign matter during an image inspection in which a vibration is applied to a powder contained in a bag-like container. The foreign matter inspection system includes a vibration device configured to apply a vibration to a container, a photography device configured to optically photograph the inside of the container through a transparent area, and a determination device configured to determine whether a foreign matter is present inside the container based on an image of the container photographed by the photography device. The vibration device alternately applies weak vibrations W and strong vibrations S to the container. The determination device determines whether the foreign matter is present inside the container based on the image of the container photographed by the photography device when the vibration device applies the weak vibrations W.
US11971352B2
A measurement system configured to examine a sample. The system comprises an internally reflective element, a contact member, an actuator, an optical assembly, a sensor, and a controller. The contact member and the reflective element are configured to apply a force to the sample. The optical assembly is configured to scan the sample. Whereby prior to the scan, an initial force is applied to the sample, and after the scan, a resulting force is applied to the sample. The sensor is configured to detect the resulting force applied to the sample, and the controller is configured to receive a signal from the sensor indicative of the detected resulting force. The controller is further configured to control the actuator to adjust the force applied to the sample by the contact member and the internally reflective element from the resulting force to the initial force.
US11971345B2
A smoke detector includes: a casing; a first light emitting unit; a second light emitting unit; and a light receiving unit. A second scattering angle that is an angle between the reception axis of the light receiving unit and a second extension extending from an intersection of the second emission axis and the reception axis in a direction away from the second light emitting unit is larger than a first scattering angle that is an angle between the reception axis of the light receiving unit and a first extension extending from an intersection of the first emission axis and the reception axis in a direction away from the first light emitting unit.
US11971337B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods for inactivating one or more enzymes in a biological sample.
US11971330B2
A leak detector is provided that is incorporated into the wheels of a moveable medical device and/or cart or cabinet therefor. By incorporating a leak detector into the wheels themselves of the movable medical device, the leak detector, despite movement of the medical device, is suitably located to locate leaks with respect to the medical device at all times and requires no additional setup. The leak detector can further be tested by and interface with the moveable medical device to ensure the leak detector is in working condition and provide a convenient interface for a user. Additionally, by using this technology on each of the multiple wheels of a moveable medical device, the detectable area may be bigger than a leak detector at only one location.
US11971315B2
Disclosed is a force sensor. More particularly, the force sensor includes a first permanent magnet layer; a magnetic tunnel junction disposed on the first permanent magnet layer and configured to have a preset resistance value; and a second permanent magnet layer disposed to be spaced apart from the magnetic tunnel junction, wherein the second permanent magnet layer moves in a direction of the first permanent magnet layer when pressure is applied from outside, the preset resistance value of the magnetic tunnel junction is changed when a magnetic field strength formed between the first permanent magnet layer and the second permanent magnet layer becomes a preset strength or more according to movement of the second permanent magnet layer, and the force sensor senses the pressure based on a change in the preset resistance value.
US11971306B2
A diode (11) is provided on a substrate (1) and thermally insulated from the substrate (1). A positive feedback circuit (18) provides a positive feedback loop so that when a current of the diode (11) decreases due to a change in temperature of the diode (11), the positive feedback circuit (18) further decreases the current of the diode (11), and when the current of the diode (11) increases, the positive feedback circuit (18) further increases the current of the diode (11).
US11971301B2
A spectroscopic unit includes a housing, a light incident portion provided in the housing, a Fabry-Perot interference filter arranged in the housing and having a first mirror and a second mirror, a distance between the first mirror and the second mirror being variable. The light incident portion includes an aperture portion in which an aperture is formed and a band pass filter arranged between the aperture and the Fabry-Perot interference filter. The aperture portion is configured so that a value obtained by dividing a length of the aperture in a facing direction of the first mirror and the second mirror by a width of the aperture in a direction perpendicular to the facing direction is equal to or more than 0.5 and the entirety of light passing through the aperture is incident on the band pass filter.
US11971300B1
The present invention relates to a compact, lightweight, cost-efficient ultraviolet-visible-far infrared (UV-VIS-IR) telescope system, covering the 300 nm to 2500 nm (0.3 μm to 2.5 μm) spectral range, based on a fast focal-ratio, reflective optics design, and an optical coupling interface appropriate for COTS spectrometers, commensurate with about 1U-2U CubeSat payload volume.
US11971294B2
Aspects of the present disclosure describe distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) systems, methods, and structures that employ a distributed fiber optic sensor placement procedure that advantageously provides a desirable sensor coverage over a network at minimal cost.
US11971288B2
A level meter includes light emission segments forming an emission region, a register portion to register a default emission condition and an emission-condition specified value, and a control portion. The control portion controls the light emission so that the emission region spreads in an emission proceeding direction according to an increase in numerical quantity to be expressed. An emission-condition specified value indicates a command to apply a predetermined specified emission condition concerning a subsequent segment positioned on a more upstream side than a foremost segment positioned on a most downstream side in the emission proceeding direction. The control portion allows all the light emission segments forming the emission region to emit light based on the default emission condition, and the control portion allows the foremost segment to emit light based on the default emission condition whereas allowing the subsequent segment to emit light based on the specified emission condition.
US11971266B2
There is provided a route guidance apparatus including a route search unit which searches for at least one route, to a predetermined destination, which is to be traveled by an electric vehicle propelled by electric power stored in a secondary battery provided within the vehicle, and a power consumption calculation unit which calculates power consumption of the electric vehicle when a route to a destination, which was searched for by the route search unit, is traveled by the electric vehicle, based on information on electric power to be consumed when the electric vehicle travels and geographical information relating to the route.
US11971265B2
A monitoring device includes: an instruction unit configured to instruct a vehicle to acquire appearance data of a monitoring object designated by a user; a detection unit configured to receive the appearance data from the vehicle and to detect whether a state of the monitoring object has changed based on the appearance data; and a monitoring result notifying unit configured to notify the user of a monitoring result of the monitoring object when the detection unit detects that the state of the monitoring object has changed.
US11971254B2
A mechanical system includes a sensor bearing unit and a fixed support part. The sensor bearing unit includes a bearing including a first ring and a second ring centered on an axis, an impulse ring secured to the first ring of the bearing, and a sensor device for detecting rotational parameters of the impulse ring. The sensor device has a sensor housing secured to the second ring of the bearing and a cable output that extends radially and is located circumferentially two spaced protrusions of the fixed support part.
US11971250B2
A vehicle service system incorporating a pair of gimbal-mounted optical projection systems enables an operator to selectively orient each optical emitter of the optical projection system to illuminate a location on a vehicle surface in proximity to the system. Signals indicative of an orientation of each optical emitter about three-axes of rotation are received at a controller programmed with software instructions to utilize the received signals, together with known locations for the systems, to calculate a three-dimensional coordinate for the illuminated location within an established frame of reference. The controller is further programmed to utilize the calculated three-dimensional coordinate of the illuminated location as an origin point for determining one or more placement locations within the established frame of reference for ADAS sensor calibration or alignment targets.
US11971246B2
A system and method are provided for sizing and fitting a head mounted wearable computing device for a user based on image data of the head of the user, including a known reference device having a known scale. The system and method may include capturing image data including a face of the user to be fitted for the head mounted wearable computing device. The known reference device having the known scale is compared to features detected in the image data to determine a scaling factor. The scaling factor is used to size, or assign measures to facial features detected in the image data. A three-dimensional model of the head of the user may be generated from the captured image data.
US11971242B1
A scope ring for attaching a rifle scope to the rail of a mounting rail of an armament includes at least a pair of bases, the bases being configured to directly attach the scope ring to the rail at different scope ring heights. A kit for attaching a scope ring to the rail of a mounting rail of an armament includes a pair of scope rings, each scope ring including at least a pair of bases the bases being configured to directly attach the scope ring to the rail at different scope ring heights. The two scope rings can mount the scope at four different scope ring heights. An auxiliary rail can also provided that can attach directly to the rail of the mounting rail. The scope ring attaches directly onto the auxiliary rail to mount the scope ring at a greater scope ring height.
US11971237B2
A wheel arm (114) for a chassis (140) of a towed howitzer system (100). The wheel arm (114) comprises a chassis coupling feature (116) centred on a wheel arm pivoting axis (160), and a wheel coupling feature (118) centred on a wheel rotation axis (162). The chassis coupling feature (116) is spaced apart from the wheel coupling feature (118). The wheel arm (114) comprises a lever engagement feature (122). The lever engagement feature (122), the wheel coupling feature (118) and the chassis coupling feature (116) are provided in series along the length of the wheel arm (114).
US11971235B2
Methods and systems are provided for firearm sound suppressors including a gas deflector. In one example, a suppressor comprises a housing, a projectile entrance, a projectile exit, one or more baffles, and a deflector chamber. The deflector extending outward from the housing and the deflector curving around a central axis of the suppressor.
US11971231B2
Pistols have a frame, a firing facility operable to discharge the pistol, a safety device connected to the frame and having a safe condition in which discharge is disabled and an operable condition in which discharge is enabled, an actuator responsive to the presence of a safety-indicating element and operative to control the condition of the safety device such that the safety device is in the safe condition when the safety-indicating element is absent and in the operable condition when the safety-indicating element is present, a selector connected to the frame and operably connected to the safety device, and the selector being movable between an enabled position in which the safety device is operably responsive to the presence and absence of the safety-indicating element, and a disabled position in which the safety device remains in the operable condition irrespective of the presence and absence of the safety-indicating element.
US11971221B2
A thermal battery includes a heat sink material that remains solid across an operating temperature range (i.e., for all operating modes) of the battery, and a heat conductive material in direct heat transfer relationship with the solid heat sink material. The heat conductive material has a melting point below that of the heat sink material so that in use the heat conductive material is a fluid, for example molten when the heat conductive material is a metal, in the operating temperature range of the battery.
US11971220B2
A transducer system comprising a housing, an electromechanical transducer within the housing, a wicking material adjacent to a portion of the electromechanical transducer, and a multi-phase coolant solution within the housing. The multi-phase coolant solution transitions from a first phase to a second phase in response to a temperature of the electromechanical transducer exceeding a threshold temperature. In some example cases, the multi-phase coolant solution has a boiling point of less than about 60° C., which effectively defines the threshold temperature. The multi-phase coolant solution may be chosen such that it remains a liquid during a first phase (cooling via conduction), and then evaporates during a second phase (cooling via conduction and convection) as the electromechanical transducer heats up.
US11971215B2
A system for drying plant material comprising an enclosed space having a ceiling, a wall, an enclosed space first portion, and an enclosed space second portion. An air supply provides tempered air into the enclosed space proximate to enclosed space first portion. The system includes at least one air mover, positioned proximate to the ceiling at the enclosed space first portion, having an air mover inlet and an air mover outlet. The system further includes a duct horizontally arranged and having an elongated body, a duct open first end portion, and a duct closed second end portion. A plurality of openings is spaced apart in a predefined pattern on the elongated body. A dehumidifier is positioned proximate to the enclosed space first portion.
US11971206B2
A home appliance includes a refrigerator including a panel assembly. The panel assembly includes: a first panel formed of a glass material; a second panel spaced apart from the first panel and formed of a glass material; a plurality of spacers provided between the first panel and the second panel so as to maintain a gap between the first panel and the second panel, and arranged to be spaced apart from each other; a sealing member disposed between the first panel and the second panel for sealing a space between the first panel and the second panel; an exhaust hole provided in at least one of the first panel and the second panel so as to discharge air such that the space between the first panel and the second panel becomes a vacuum insulation space; and a cover member covering the exhaust hole.
US11971205B2
The present invention provides an ice shaver with a 360° splash guard and shield. The guard circumscribes a gap between a top deck and a shave deck. In one aspect, a front arcuate portion of the guard can be a door that slides open and closed around an annular track. In another aspect, another rear arcuate portion of the guard can magnetically mount to the top deck. In another aspect, a channel can be positioned under the guard as an embedded water drainage channel positioned concentrically and underneath the rear floating magnetic splash guard to capture the water droplets spun off from the ice block and direct the water to a drainage opening in the channel.
US11971200B2
A heat pump apparatus includes: a compressor including a motor; an inverter that applies a desired voltage to the motor; a current detector that detects current flowing to the motor; a drive-signal generation unit that generates a drive signal for the inverter; a magnetic-pole position estimation unit that changes a voltage phase of a voltage command value for a high-frequency voltage, and estimates a maximum-heat-amount acquisition magnetic-pole position when the generation unit applies the high-frequency voltage to the motor to heat the compressor; a steady heating control unit that determines an amplitude and voltage phase of the voltage command value from the maximum-heat-amount acquisition magnetic-pole position and a defined necessary amount of heat when the generation unit applies the high-frequency voltage to the motor to heat the compressor; and a control switching determination unit that causes one of the estimation unit and the heating control unit to operate.
US11971199B2
A heat generating device includes a container, a heat generating element, and a heater. A hydrogen-based gas contributing to heat generation is introduced into the container. The heat generating element is provided inside the container. The heater is configured to heat the heat generating element. The heat generating element includes a base made of a hydrogen storage metal, a hydrogen storage alloy, or a proton conductor, and a multilayer film provided on a surface of the base. The multilayer film having a stacking configuration of: a first layer that is made of a hydrogen storage metal or a hydrogen storage alloy, and a second layer that is made of a hydrogen storage metal, a hydrogen storage alloy, or ceramics different from that of the first layer. The first layer and the second layer have a layer shape with a thickness of less than 1000 nm.
US11971195B2
The disclosed technology includes a liquid storage tank having a heating element, an inlet for receiving unheated liquid, an outlet for outputting heated liquid, and a partition configured to divide the tank into a first portion and a second portion. The partition can have an aperture such that the first portion and the second portion are in fluid communication. The liquid storage tank can include an actuator in mechanical communication with the partition and configured to linearly move at least a portion of the partition based at least in part on the temperature of liquid within the tank.
US11971192B2
An environmental control unit, such as an HVAC or heat pump unit, includes a housing, and a blower disposed in the housing, the blower configured to draw air into the housing via an air inlet and exhaust air from the housing via an air outlet. The unit includes a heat exchanger disposed in the housing between the air inlet and the blower, and a compressor disposed within housing. The unit include features that reduce noise emitted from the compressor. The noise reduction features include a noise-reducing enclosure that encapsulates the compressor. The enclosure includes a rigid metal shell, an outer insulating structure fixed to an outside surface of the shell, and an inner insulating structure fixed to an inside surface of the shell.
US11971183B2
Refrigerant leak detection systems as well as related climate control systems and methods are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, the refrigerant leak detection system includes a transmitter configured to emit an acoustic wave, and a receiver configured to detect the acoustic wave. The transmitter and the receiver are mounted within a space outside a conduit configured to carry a refrigerant of a climate control system. In addition, the refrigerant leak detection system includes a controller coupled to the transmitter and the receiver. The controller is configured to: determine a time of flight for the acoustic wave between the transmitter and the receiver, and determine whether a refrigerant is present in the space based on the time of flight.
US11971175B1
A thin faux fireplace that can be installed in a wall, such as a 2″×4″ wall, having a faux flame viewable from both sides of the faux fireplace. A transparent material, such as glass, is coated with a thin film having nano sized particles, and an ultra short-throw projector displays the faux flame on the thin film. A user can see object on the other side of the faux fireplace, and also view the faux flame on the thin film rooms on both sides of the transparent material.
US11971174B2
A turbomachine has the upstream portion of the annular combustion chamber is fixed to the outer housing via individual pins with a swivel connection. The swivel connection is established between the pin and a part of the outer housing. The pin is slidable radially, or with a radial component, by a slide established between the pin and a tubular part of the outer annular shroud and/or the annular wall of the chamber bottom.
US11971168B2
An igniter device includes a holder for a piezo electric ignition source. A first end of the inner holder is coupled to a piezo electric ignition source including an actuator. A second end of the inner holder has a surface configured to receive a tip of an oxy fuel torch. An attachment structure releasably attaches the igniter device to a support member. The actuator is moveable from a relaxed state to a compressed state to activate the piezo electric ignition source to produce a spark for igniting the oxy fuel torch to produce a flame when the igniter device is attached to the support member.
US11971156B1
A combination light socket and cable clip removably attaches to a variety of surfaces on a structure and removably attaches a variety of light sources to the clip. The clip has a stabilizing plate which has a guiding flap formed at one end and a post formed at an opposite end. A flexible multi-clip structure extends from the post toward the stabilizing plate. The flexible multi-clip structure includes means for clamping the clip to a structure, means for removably attaching electrical wire to the clip, and means for removably attaching a lightbulb socket to the clip. The clip may be injection molded using biodegradable materials and is useful for hanging lights from roof gutters and shingles.
US11971151B2
A signal lighting device or lighting device, for a motor vehicle headlight, including light sources for emitting light rays and a light guiding body (LGB) with two light-emitting surfaces (LESs). The LGB includes a beam splitting device with a total internal reflection surface (TIRS), which totally reflects part of the incident light rays and deflects them from the light guide main propagation direction to one of the LESs. The TIRS has individual optical structures (OS), which allow incident light rays to pass through to the other LES. Each OS is designed as a recess in the TIRS, the recess, starting from an opening in the LGB, being delimited by lateral surfaces extending into the LGB. One lateral surface (the base surface) is oriented such that light rays pass through it toward the first LES. Each opening occupies an area on the TIRS, which has an opening surface area AB,i, the TIRS has a total surface area Ages, wherein Ages is the sum of all opening surface areas, and the first LES has a first surface area A1 and the second LES has a second surface area A2, and wherein ΣiAB,i/(Ages−ΣiAB,i)=A1/A2.
US11971150B2
A mobile lighting device includes a housing unit inserted into a vehicle body, a light source unit mounted in the housing unit and configured to generate light, a lens unit mounted in the housing unit and configured to transmit the light generated in the light source unit, and a drive unit configured to move the housing unit in such a manner that the lens unit is selectively inserted into y or protrudes out of the vehicle body.
US11971140B2
An insulating wall fixing device for liquefied natural gas storage tanks includes: a base socket; and a securing stud inserted into the base socket. The base socket is formed on an upper surface thereof with an insertion hole through which the securing stud is inserted into the base socket and has an interior space in which one end of the securing stud is settled. The securing stud includes an insertion portion inserted into the interior space of the base socket through the insertion hole and a fastening portion protruding from the insertion portion outwardly of the base socket. The insertion portion includes a spherical shape and multiple leg members divided by a groove formed from one end of the insertion portion to the other end of the insertion portion. The multiple leg members of the insertion portion are retracted toward the groove.
US11971139B2
This high-pressure tank includes a resin liner constituting a hollow fluid filling part, a ferrule including a supply/discharge port which communicates with an internal space of the liner and a flange part which protrudes outward in a radial direction from a circumferential region of the supply/discharge port and abuts on the liner, and a reinforcing layer made of a fiber reinforced resin attached to cover across the liner and an outer circumferential surface of the flange part, in which a discharge hole allowing a gap between abutting surfaces of the flange part and the liner to communicate with an inside of the supply/discharge port and discharging a fluid accumulated between the liner and the reinforcing layer to the supply/discharge port is provided in the ferrule, and a trap groove surrounding a circumferential region of the discharge hole is provided on at least any one of the abutting surface on the flange part side and the abutting surface on the liner side.
US11971125B2
An inflation pump connector includes a housing a sliding groove extending along a longitudinal axis and a pressing device slidably received in the sliding groove. The pressing device includes an airtight ring and a clamping member. The clamping member includes a base and a first claw. The first claw includes a first clamping arm, a first pressing portion, a second clamping arm, and a first hollow portion. The first clamping arm is connected to the base. The first pressing portion is connected to an end of the first clamping arm opposite to the base. The second clamping aim is connected to the first pressing portion. The first hollow portion is disposed between the first clamping arm and the second clamping arm. The first pressing portion is movable towards the longitudinal axis and to squeeze and deform the airtight ring.
US11971117B2
A valve assembly includes a housing, a segmented stem, a ball segment, a biasing element, and an adjustment bolt. The housing includes a flow duct connecting a first flow opening to a second flow opening and a neck defining an elongated chamber. The segmented stem includes an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the upper portion is positioned within the elongated chamber and the lower portion is coupled to the housing. The ball segment includes a first attachment portion, a second attachment portion, and a curved portion extending between the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion. The biasing element is positioned between the first attachment portion and the upper portion. The adjustment bolt is coupled to the lower portion, wherein the biasing element and the adjustment bolt adjusts the ball segment toward a seated position when the ball segment is rotated to a closed position.
US11971115B2
A tilting armature for a vehicle solenoid valve, including: a ferromagnetic tilting armature for the vehicle solenoid valve which, by establishment of a magnetic field, is configured to move the tilting armature into one of two positions such that a magnetic flux, associated with the magnetic field, through the tilting armature is in the position conducted through at least one surface of the tilting armature across a gap to form a closed flux loop, wherein the tilting armature is tiltable between the two positions about an axis of rotation that is fixed with respect to the vehicle solenoid valve; in which an enlargement of the at least one surface of the tilting armature by an edge upset of the tilting armature is configured to reduce a magnetic resistance through the gap. Also described are a related vehicle solenoid valve and a related method.
US11971114B1
A solenoid adapter for a solenoid valve that permits use of different solenoids with different solenoid bowls is provided. Specifically, a reverse flow solenoid adapter enables use of a reverse flow solenoid with a forward flow solenoid bowl, while a forward flow solenoid adapter enables use of a forward flow solenoid with a reverse flow solenoid bowl. The adapters include a lower section to mount into a valve solenoid bowl, an upper portion including an adapter solenoid chamber to receive a solenoid, and flow-reversing passages that duct a vent passage flow path from the valve solenoid bowl to the adapter solenoid chamber such that the flow path transitions from a flow configuration of the valve solenoid bowl to a flow configuration required for the solenoid to function and returns to the flow configuration of the valve solenoid bowl as the path circulates back to the valve solenoid bowl.
US11971113B2
An equalization valve includes a valve body defining an inlet body, an outlet body, and a gate slot, the inlet body defining an inlet passage and the outlet body defining an outlet passage; a gate defining an equalization chamber, a first equalization channel, and a second equalization channel, the equalization chamber and the first and second equalization channels defining an equalization pathway across the gate; and an actuation stem slidable within the equalization chamber between a first chamber position, wherein the actuation stem blocks the equalization pathway, and a second chamber position, wherein the actuation stem unblocks the equalization pathway; wherein the actuation stem is further slidable within the gate slot of the valve body between a first valve position, wherein the gate is seated with the valve body, and a second valve position, wherein the gate is unseated from the valve body.
US11971112B1
An electromagnetic valve manifold includes an electromagnetic valve including a discharge port, a manifold base including a discharge passage that is connected to the discharge port, and a check valve. The check valve includes a valve member, a valve housing including a valve seat, and an urging member. The valve housing includes a valve chamber that accommodates the valve member, a peripheral wall that defines the valve chamber, a valve hole that connects the valve chamber to the discharge port, and a discharge opening that connects the valve chamber to the discharge passage. The check valve is disposed in the discharge passage. The discharge opening is formed in the peripheral wall, at least a part of the discharge opening overlapping with the valve seat in a direction orthogonal to a moving direction of the valve member.
US11971106B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure present a valve assembly that includes a valve body having a gas passage bore, a valving bore extending along a longitudinal axis and intersecting the gas passage bore, a first bearing surface concentric with the longitudinal axis and a radially spaced apart second bearing surface concentric with the longitudinal axis, wherein an interface of the gas passage bore and the valving bore defines a flow port radially intermediate the first bearing surface and the second bearing surface. The valve assembly further includes a shaft valve extending along the longitudinal axis and rotatably mounted in the valving bore.
US11971103B2
A seal device (3) for a rotating shaft (1). The seal device has a shaft seal (4), a shaft grounding connection (6) and a holding feature (9) for holding the shaft seal (4) and the shaft grounding connection (6). The holding feature (9) has at least one opening (10), between the shaft seal (4) and the shaft grounding connection (6), for clearing particles away from the shaft seal (4) and the shaft grounding connection (6). An electric machine with a rotor shaft (1) that can be driven in rotation and with a seal device (3) of the above type for sealing the rotor shaft (1) and, therefore, also sealing an inside space of the electric machine. Furthermore, a drive unit for electrically driving a motor vehicle, including an electric machine of the above type for providing drive power of the drive unit.
US11971101B2
Methods and systems are provided for an actuation system for a parking mechanism in a transmission system of a vehicle. In one example, a system may include an actuator coupled to a lever arm via one or more parallel axis gears, and a shaft connecting the lever arm to a pawl of the parking mechanism, the lever arm non-back drivable at each of a first state and a second state of the actuation system.
US11971099B2
A soil processing machine includes a hydraulic drive system including an electrohydraulic pressurized fluid source with at least one electric motor and at least one hydraulic drive pump, a hydraulic drive circuit fed with pressurized fluid by the at least one hydraulic drive pump, at least one hydraulic drive motor fed with pressurized fluid from the hydraulic drive circuit, and a discharge valve assembly for discharging fluid from the hydraulic drive circuit to a fluid reservoir. The hydraulic drive system is designed to operate the discharge valve assembly as a function of at least one of the following parameters: a temperature of the fluid in the hydraulic drive circuit, an ambient temperature, a viscosity of the fluid in the hydraulic drive circuit, a degree of contamination of the fluid in the hydraulic drive circuit, a period of time since the last start-up of the hydraulic drive system, a period of time since the last fluid was discharged from the hydraulic drive circuit.
US11971097B2
A hydraulic arrangement for a vehicle transmission includes a hydraulic pump for providing a system pressure for a first hydraulic system circuit and a lubrication pressure for a second hydraulic lubrication circuit. The arrangement also includes a control valve connected between a pump outlet of the pump and the two hydraulic circuits and has two different switching positions. The control valve, depending on the switching position, acts as a hydraulic connection between the pump and the system circuit or between the pump and the lubrication circuit.
US11971094B2
A drive apparatus for a vehicle having an electric machine whose rotor shaft is constructed as a hollow shaft having an internal tooth arrangement. A gear mechanism drive shaft, which has an external tooth arrangement, is inserted coaxially relative to the hollow shaft into the hollow shaft, to form a torque-transmitting spline. The rotor shaft with a rotor shaft rotary bearing being interposed is guided outward through a bearing opening of an electric machine housing, and the gear mechanism drive shaft has a centering seat which is in abutment with the internal circumference of the rotor shaft with a tight clearance fit. The gear mechanism drive shaft is subjected to bending (D) during travel operation as a result of radially active operating forces (FR). To reduce the bending stress (D), the centering seat of the gear mechanism drive shaft is arranged without an axial offset with respect to the rotor shaft rotary bearing, in axial alignment relative to the rotor shaft rotary bearing.
US11971091B2
A transmission includes a drive element, a first output element, a primary transmission unit, a reversing unit, and an intermediate gearbox. At least two of the at least five shifting elements of the primary transmission unit, at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the reversing unit, and at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the intermediate gearbox are activatable in combinations of at least four shifting elements so as to establish at least twelve forward gears between the drive element and the first output element.
US11971088B2
A linear actuator includes a planetary gear system includes a sun gear, a ring gear, and a planet carrier. A linear output mechanism is coupled to the planetary gear system. A first motor is configured to drive a first input shaft, and the first input shaft is coupled to the planet carrier. A second motor is configured to drive a second input shaft, and the second input shaft is coupled to the ring gear. A first brake is coupled to the first motor and is configured to be engaged into a braked position that holds the planet carrier fixed. In the braked position, rotation of the ring gear results in rotation of the sun gear for linear displacement of the linear output mechanism.
US11971085B2
A gearbox assembly includes a plurality of planet gears. At least one planet gear of the plurality of planet gears includes a layshaft that supports a first stage planet gear and a second stage planet gear. The at least one planet gear is characterized by a Radial Stage Distance greater than or equal to 30 millimeters and less than or equal to 100 millimeters. The Radial Stage Distance is Rrm1−Rrt2. Rrm1 is a first stage rim inner radius of the first stage planet gear and Rrt2 is a second stage root radius of the second stage planet gear.
US11971084B2
A support apparatus includes: a protective frame connected body to hold a plurality of protection targets flexibly, each protection target being a flexible cable or pipe having one end connected to a fixed-side member and the other end connected to a movable-side member that moves relative to the fixed-side member, the protective frame connected body having a bending portion bent in a middle, an upper side and a lower side of the protective frame connected body overlapped vertically; a lower supporter to support the lower side of the protective frame connected body; and a plurality of upper supporters, each of the plurality of upper supporters supporting the upper side of the protective frame connected body at a predetermined position of the protective frame connected body and being moved by movement of the movable-side member to pass the bending portion without being in contact with the bending portion.
US11971083B2
A chain for a chain drive includes alternating inner chain links and outer chain links, which are connected together in an articulated manner by means of a respective chain joint. Each outer chain link includes two outer plates, each of which comprises two openings and two pins, and the pins and openings are connected together by means of a respective compression connection such that the pins hold the outer plates at a distance from each other. The chain for a chain drive prevents the disadvantages known from the prior art and leading in particular to a higher fatigue strength. This is achieved in that a beveled joint is formed in the region of the compression connection between the pins and the openings in the outer plates.
US11971080B2
An internal combustion engine includes a crankcase in which a crankshaft is rotatably mounted in bearings including bearing covers, to which at least one connecting rod carrying a piston is linked. The piston is movable in a cylinder covered by a cylinder head forming a combustion chamber and gas exchange valves are arranged in the cylinder head, which are actuated by at least one camshaft, which is connected to a gear train gear wheel situated on the crankshaft via a differential gear. A mass differential gear including two balance shafts is present. The mass differential gear is situated in a gear frame and attached to the crankcase below the crankshaft and driven by a mass shaft drive gear situated on the crankshaft, which is arranged axially essentially next to the gear train gear wheel/idler gear. The gear train gear wheel/idler gear is arranged on the main bearing cover.
US11971079B2
A dual deflection ring system includes a pair of components that rotate relative to one another about an axis of rotation. One or more deflection rings are disposed between the components. The deflection ring(s) include two sets of pockets configured to provide two levels of compressibility in-series between the components. The two sets of pockets project radially relative to the axis of rotation and are compressible between the components.
US11971076B2
A wheel brake arrangement (100) for a wheel of a vehicle, the wheel brake arrangement comprising a brake pad (102) arranged to be controllable between a first stage in which the brake pad is connected to a brake disc for reducing the speed of the vehicle, and a second stage in which the brake pad is disconnected from the brake disc; and a carrier (104) connected to the brake pad for supporting the brake pad, wherein the wheel brake arrangement further comprising a resilient member (106) connected between the carrier (104) and the brake pad (102), the resilient member (106) comprising a first portion (108) connected to a surface (110) extending in a radial and tangential direction of the brake pad (102) and arranged to force the brake pad (102) away from the brake disc when the brake pad assumes the second stage, and a second portion (112) connected between a radially inner surface (114) of the brake pad (102) and a portion (116) of the carrier.
US11971075B1
The following embodiments relate to a single air disc brake tappet with features that mimic multiple tappets. In one embodiment, an air disc brake tappet is provided comprising: a support member; and a plate coupled with support member, wherein the plate comprises a plurality of raised features that mimic a plurality of air disc brake tappets. In another embodiment, an air disc brake pad assembly is provided comprising: a friction material; and a backing plate coupled with the friction material, wherein the backing plate comprises at least one recess shaped and positioned to receive a plurality of raised features of an air disc brake tappet, wherein the plurality of raised features mimics a plurality of air disc brake tappets. Other embodiments are provided.
US11971071B2
A sensor bearing unit includes a bearing having an inner ring and an outer ring centered on an axis, an impulse ring secured to the inner ring of the bearing, and a sensor device for detecting rotational parameters of the impulse ring including a sensor housing secured to the outer ring of the bearing and at least one sensor element supported by the sensor housing and cooperating with the impulse ring. The impulse ring is provided with an orientation lug extending axially on the side opposite to the inner ring of the bearing and intended to be located into a groove formed on the shaft of an associated apparatus.
US11971070B2
An indoor unit for an air conditioner enables a water tank to be tilted forward by means of a tilting assembly, and thus enables a user to conveniently separate or mount the water tank to the indoor unit.
US11971064B2
A plunger lift lubricator having an internal bypass configuration which enables a plunger to be reliably captured and while still allowing the flow of fluid up through the lubricator before the fluid is directed radially outward and down the internal bypass passageways. The lubricator can comprise both an upper flow path and a lower flow path and can be configured such that a plunger can travel all the way up to shift a valve in the plunger if needed.
US11971063B2
The invention relates to a fastener comprising a substantially right circular cylindrical surface arranged along an axis, said surface comprising a grooved shape selected from a thread, a tapping and a plurality of traction grooves, said fastener being made of a beta-metastable titanium alloy. The alloy has a microstructure (40) made up of a matrix (42) and alpha phase nodules (44) distributed in said matrix, the matrix being made up of beta phase and groups (46) of alpha phase lamellae (48) oriented in the same direction.
US11971062B2
A mounting system is disclosed that includes a bracket configured to mount an object on a structure. The bracket includes a front panel, two side panels extending from the front panel, and a plurality of slots. Each slot is configured to accept a projection connected to the object and retain the projection within the slot. The bracket further includes a plurality of apertures. The mounting system further includes a retainer configured to extend into the bracket through the plurality of apertures and prevent, at least in part, the plurality of projections, retained by the bracket in the plurality of slots, from being withdrawn from the plurality of slots.
US11971058B2
A fastener arrangement with a fastener designed for fastening to a substrate by means of an adhesive agent, and with an object having an object mount, whereby the object mount can be fixed to the fastener fastened to the substrate. The fastener has a reinforcement part composed of a metallic material, the side wall elements of which are mounted between a retaining ring and edge segments of a holder. The side wall elements of the reinforcement part are designed for fixing the object mount. The fastener has a press-on element bounding an adhesive reservoir, wherein adhesive agent can be guided out of the adhesive reservoir through openings in the reinforcement part and in the holder by a displacement of the press-on element in the axial direction, such that the adhesive agent fixes the fastener to the substrate.
US11971050B2
A shrouded impeller includes an impeller having a plurality of blades and configured to rotate about an axis, and a shroud disposed adjacent to the impeller and configured to corotate about the axis with the impeller and translate axially relative to the impeller. A method of varying a geometry of a flow area of the shrouded impeller includes rotating the shroud and the impeller about the axis and axially translating the shroud relative to the impeller to increase or decrease a rate of flow between the shroud and the impeller.
US11971045B2
A drive support unit of a turbo compressor includes at least one bearingless motor. The at least one bearingless motor includes a rotor-stator pair constituted by a rotor and a stator, and is configured to rotationally drive a drive shaft and to support a radial load of the drive shaft in a contactless manner. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a turbo compressor to which a bearingless motor is applied.
US11971042B2
A vacuum pump and a control device are capable of accurately determining timing of rotor blade replacement by creating an index which allows a degree of fatigue of a rotor blade to be determined quantitatively and easily. A motor current value output from a motor drive control portion is input to a time count processing portion, and time in which a current value of a rotating body remains in a range of a stage is totalized for each stage of the current value in the time count processing portion. A rotor blade temperature value output from a rotor blade temperature measurement portion is also input to the time count processing portion. A one-minute average value of the rotor blade temperature value acquired by sampling is calculated. For each stage of the rotor blade temperature value, time in which the average value remains in a range of the stage is totalized.
US11971041B2
A drag pump for pumping fluid from an inlet to an outlet includes a stator and a rotor. One of the stator or rotor includes a disc having a plurality of channels each of the channels extending from an inlet portion of the disc at or close to an inlet edge towards an outlet portion at or close to an outlet edge. The plurality of channels each has walls for guiding fluid flow from the inlet edge to the outlet edge in response to relative motion between the stator and the rotor. The disc further includes a plurality of protrusions extending from the channels, each of the protrusions being arranged to divide a channel at the inlet or the outlet end of the channel, into sub-channels that extend for a portion of a length of the channel and do not extend for a whole length of the channel.
US11971038B2
A single-stage enthalpy enhancing rotary compressor and an air conditioner having same. The single-stage enthalpy enhancing rotary compressor includes: at least one single-stage cylinder, a rotator, an upper flange, and a lower flange. The rotator is arranged inside the cylinder and is rotatable, a compression chamber is formed between the rotator and an inner peripheral wall of the cylinder, a vapor injection opening is defined in at least one of the upper flange the lower flange, and the vapor injection opening is configured to supply gas outside the compressor to the compression chamber directly. According to the present disclosure, two-stage compression is realized without adding an extra cylinder, thereby effectively enhancing a circulation of refrigerant, improving cooling performance of the air conditioner under high environmental temperatures.
US11971036B2
A compressor and a refrigeration device are provided. The compressor has a shell, a compression assembly, a motor, an oil sump and an oil return channel. The shell defines a cavity. A part of the compression assembly is connected to the shell and located in the cavity. The cavity is divided into a first cavity and a second cavity by the compression assembly. A part of the motor is arranged in the first cavity. A part of the shell located below the central axis of the motor is a first shell. The oil sump is arranged in the second cavity. The oil return channel is arranged in the compression assembly, and is provided with an oil inlet facing the first cavity.
US11971020B2
An actuator comprises a virtual actuator main axis, two endpieces, a compression spring, and a wire that is made of a shape-memory alloy and can be controlled to implement a change in length. The compression spring elastically supports the two endpieces against one another in the direction of the actuator main axis. The wire comprises at least six contiguous length portions. Each of the contiguous length portions extends and is tensioned between the two endpieces along the actuator main axis. The length portions are arranged with regard to one another in at least one of an axially symmetric way and an rotationally symmetric way with respect to the actuator main axis; and the length portions are oriented at equally sized angles with respect to a virtual reference plane to which the actuator main axis is a surface normal.
US11971015B2
A wind power generator set, an electromagnetic device and a heat exchange or drying device for an iron core. The heat exchange or drying device for an iron core includes a sprayer capable of feeding an airflow, wherein the sprayer is provided with a spraying hole, and the airflow can be sprayed to an end of the iron core through the spraying hole. The sprayer sprays a cold airflow or a hot airflow at the end of the iron core, creating a cooling and drying environment at the end of the iron core. This facilitates the heat dissipation of the iron core and also the maintenance of the insulation performance of an end of a winding, including the insulation of the winding itself and the insulation between the winding and the iron core, and also the protection of a magnetic pole and a protective covering layer thereof.
US11971004B2
A downhole turbine includes a plurality of fins. The plurality of fins have an exit angle that exerts a tangential force on the fin, which imparts a torque on a hub. The fins have an adjustable exit angle that changes in response to changes in the properties of a drilling fluid. The changing exit angle changes the tangential force, which changes the torque on the hub.
US11971002B2
A vehicular apparatus receiving power from a battery mounted on a vehicle includes a main controller unit, a defect detection unit, and an operation controller unit. The operation controller unit is configured to turn off an operation of a target device among a plurality of devices controlled by the main controller unit in response to an occurrence of a voltage drop in which the voltage from the battery is equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold value. In response to turning off the operation of the target device due to the voltage drop, the operation controller unit is configured to transmit a notification indicating turning off of the operation of the target device to the defect detection unit. Upon receiving the notification, the defect detection unit is configured to cancel a determination of a defect relative to the target device.
US11970999B2
The invention relates to an engine air filter unit for a vehicle (1) that is designed to supply filtered air to an internal combustion engine of the vehicle (1). The engine air filter unit (10) comprises a main filter (14), a mounting base (15) to secure the engine air filter unit (10) on at least one body panel (7, 71, 72) of the vehicle, a pre-separator fluidically connected to the main filter. The main filter (14) is arranged on a side of the mounting base (15) and the pre-separator (18) is arranged on the opposite side of the mounting base (15). The pre-separator housing is at least partly formed by the mounting base (15) and an air duct (19) extends through the mounting base (15) to fluidically connect the pre-separator to the filtration chamber.
US11970992B2
An acoustic core may include an array of resonant cells configured as a plurality of resonant cell groups. The resonant cell groups may include a plurality of resonant cells configured as a partitioned resonant cell that include a converging resonant cell and a diverging resonant cell. The converging resonant cell and the diverging resonant cell may be defined by a plurality of cell walls integrally formed with one another and a partition integrally formed with the plurality of cell walls. The partition may at least partially delimit the converging resonant cell from the diverging resonant cell. The converging resonant cell may define an upper resonant space delimited by the partition and a top face of the array of resonant cells. The diverging resonant cell may define a lower resonant space delimited by the partition and a bottom face of the array of resonant cells.
US11970990B1
A control apparatus for a vehicle that includes a drive wheel, an engine and an automatic transmission configured to transmit power from the engine toward the drive wheel. When the automatic transmission is shifted, the control apparatus is configured to execute a shifting-time torque-down control by using an ignition retard method of retarding an ignition timing of the engine or a fuel cut method of restricting fuel supply to the engine. The control apparatus is configured to estimate a temperature of a predetermined portion of an exhaust pipe of the engine in a case in which the shifting-time torque-down control is executed by using the ignition retard method, and to execute the shifting-time torque-down control by using the fuel cut method when an estimated value of the temperature of the predetermined portion of the exhaust pipe is not lower than a predetermined upper-limit temperature value.
US11970987B2
A phasing system for varying a rotational relationship between a first rotary component and a second rotary component includes a gear hub and a cradle rotor. A spider rotor is arranged between the gear hub and the cradle rotor to selectively lock and unlock relative rotation between the gear hub and the cradle rotor. A torsion spring is coupled between the gear hub and the cradle rotor to apply a torque load between the gear hub and the cradle rotor. A planetary actuator is coupled to the gear hub and the spider rotor. The planetary actuator is operable between a steady-state mode, in which relative rotation between the gear hub and the cradle rotor is inhibited, and a phasing mode, in which the planetary actuator receives a rotary input at a predetermined magnitude to selectively provide a relative rotation between the gear hub and the cradle rotor.
US11970973B2
An example system comprises an electric machine including a stator and a rotor, a cooling system configured to supply a cooling fluid to cool the electric machine, and a stator tube configured to contain the cooling fluid within a stator portion of the electric machine and prevent the cooling fluid from contacting the rotor.
US11970971B2
A turbofan engine is provided. The turbofan engine includes a fan; a turbomachine operably coupled to the fan for driving the fan, wherein the turbomachine, the fan, or both include an engine component; a heat source; and a heat transfer system configured to reduce ice buildup or ice formation in the engine component, the heat transfer system in communication with the heat source, the heat transfer system comprising: a first heat transfer component in communication with the heat source; and a second heat transfer component that extends from the first heat transfer component to or through the engine component, wherein the first heat transfer component comprises one of a heat pipe or a graphene rod, and wherein the second heat transfer component comprises the other of the heat pipe or the graphene rod.
US11970970B2
A propulsion system for an aircraft includes a core flow path in communication with a compressor section, combustor section and a turbine section. A first bottoming cycle system includes a bottoming working fluid flow in thermal communication with a high energy exhaust gas flow that is generated by the core engine. The first bottoming cycle is configured to recover power from the high energy exhaust gas flow in a first engine operating condition and in a second engine operating condition. A second bottoming cycle system is configured to recover power from the high energy exhaust gas flow in the first engine operating condition and not to recover power in a second engine operating condition.
US11970969B2
An exhaust device for a compressor bypass bleed system of a ducted fan engine includes a housing having an inlet end and an outlet end and defining a centerline axis from the inlet end to the outlet end, an inlet flow conditioner arranged at the inlet end, the inlet flow conditioner including a plurality of inlet openings for conducting a flow of compressed air therethrough into the housing, and an exit screen arranged at the outlet end of the housing. The exit screen includes a plurality of exit openings therethrough arranged at an acute angle with respect to the centerline axis so as to provide a flow of compressed air therethrough into a bypass flow passage at least partially in a same direction as a bypass airflow through the bypass flow passage.
US11970968B1
MHMF Alternating Internal Combustion Engine consists of a double sided piston dividing the cylinder in two regions. Both regions are functional in alternative manner. This design includes more than one cylinder. The power strokes from both regions of the main cylinder also aid the processes in both regions of supplementary cylinder. The formulated Pressure-Volume (PV) relationship between the regions of a cylinder demonstrates the operation of one region supplementing the operation in the other region. This design leads to weight reduction, reduction of power losses thus enhancing efficiency.
US11970965B2
An internal combustion engine having a prechamber with first and second sub-chambers. The first sub-chamber has a prechamber gas valve and an igniter. The second sub-chamber has a plurality of first orifices to couple with a main combustion chamber. The second sub-chamber is coupled to the first sub-chamber via a direct connection or an indirection connection. The direct connection includes at least one second orifice, such as a plurality of second orifices. The indirect connection includes a third sub-chamber, wherein the third sub-chamber is coupled to the first sub-chamber by at least one third orifice (e.g., a plurality of third orifices), and the third sub-chamber is coupled to the second sub-chamber by at least one second orifice (e.g., a plurality of second orifices).
US11970964B2
A method of predicting temperature of at least one location in a fluid flow system that has a heating system for heating fluid. The method includes obtaining a mass flow rate of fluid flow of the fluid flow system, obtaining at least one of a fluid outlet temperature and a fluid inlet temperature of a heater of the heating system, obtaining power provided to the heater, and calculating temperature at the at least one location based on a model of the fluid flow system and the obtained mass flow rate, fluid outlet temperature, and fluid inlet temperature.
US11970960B2
A fluid filtration assembly (FFA) includes a housing having a thickness defined between an internal surface and an external surface, the housing receiving a filter and defining an outer annular flow passage between an outer surface of the filter and the internal surface of the housing; an inlet pipe communicates with the FFA and injects a fluid into the housing to impart a centrifugal force; an outlet pipe communicates with the FFA and discharges the fluid from the housing; and a collection area disposed towards an end of the outer annular flow passage collects particulate matter from the fluid; wherein a width of the outer annular flow passage increases towards the collection area.
US11970956B2
A gas turbine engine including: a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order; a fan defining a fan axis and comprising a plurality of fan blades rotatable about the fan axis; and a pitch change mechanism operable with the plurality of fan blades, the pitch change mechanism including a plurality of linkages, the plurality of linkages including a first linkage coupled to a first fan blade of the plurality of fan blades and a second linkage coupled to a second fan blade of the plurality of fan blades; and a non-uniform blade actuator system operable with one or more of the plurality of linkages to control a pitch of the first fan blade relative to a pitch of the second fan blade.
US11970952B2
A system and method for controlling rotor dynamics at a rotor assembly. The system includes a magnetic actuator and a controller. The magnetic actuator is positioned in magnetic communication with the rotor assembly and is configured to obtain a measurement vector corresponding to the rotor assembly and a measurement vector indicative of a rotor dynamics parameter. The magnetic actuator is further configured to selectively output an electromagnetic force at the rotor assembly. The controller is configured to store and execute instructions. The instructions include outputting, via the magnetic actuator, a baseline electromagnetic force to the rotor assembly; obtaining the measurement vector at the rotor assembly from the magnetic actuator; determining non-synchronous vibrations corresponding to the rotor assembly based at least on the measurement vector and a rotor speed of the rotor assembly; determining cross coupled stiffness corresponding to the rotor assembly based at least on the measurement vector, the rotor speed, and a predetermined rotor dynamics model of the rotor assembly; determining an adjusted electromagnetic force of the rotor assembly based at least on the cross coupled stiffness and a damping factor corresponding to the electromagnetic force output from the magnetic actuator; and generating an output signal corresponding to the adjusted electromagnetic force to the rotor assembly.
US11970946B2
A clearance control assembly for a gas turbine engine that defines an axial direction and a radial direction and includes a stage of rotor blades and a shroud hanger. The assembly includes a case configured to be positioned outward along the radial direction from the stage of rotor blades when installed in the gas turbine engine. The case is further configured to be engaged with the shroud hanger at a first location when installed in the gas turbine engine. The assembly also includes a baffle positioned outward along the radial direction from the case to define a chamber therebetween. The baffle has a forward end and an aft end. The forward end of the baffle is engaged with the case to form a first seal and the aft end of the baffle is engaged with the case to form a second seal. The baffle, the case, or both define an inlet to allow a fluid to enter the chamber and the case defines an outlet to allow the fluid to exit the chamber.
US11970943B2
A system includes a casing string, a flow control apparatus, and a stinger. The flow control apparatus includes a tubular body, a float valve, and a disk. The tubular body has a conduit and a first end. The first end is connectable to the casing string. The float valve is fixed within the conduit of the tubular body and is configured to block flow in a first direction and allow flow in the second direction. The disk is fixed above the float valve and within the conduit of the tubular body. The disk is configured to prevent flow in the second direction until the disk is broken by a pre-determined force. The stinger is deployed in the casing string and applies the pre-determined force to the disk to allow a flow of the fluid, in the second direction, from the stinger to the annulus.
US11970937B2
A unified mud-pulse (MP)-electromagnetic (EM) telemetry assembly and a downhole telemetry tool are provided including a downhole EM telemetry transmitter apparatus. The EM telemetry transmitter apparatus comprises a modulator configured to transmit at least one EM signal through transmission medium. The modulator comprises a first reactive circuit and a second reactive circuit, and a plurality of switches controlled by a controller to alternatingly switch the modulator between a first configuration and a second configuration. The EM signals are transmitted by passing one of the reactive circuits and bypassing the other reactive circuit.
US11970936B2
Methods and systems for monitoring an annulus pressure of a well. The method includes performing periodic surveys to monitor an annulus pressure of the well, determining the annulus pressure of the well over a period of time, comparing the annulus pressure to a Maximum Allowable Wellhead Operating Pressure (MAWOP), and generating a decision on whether the well is a workover candidate based on results of the comparison. The system includes a collecting tool that performs periodic surveys to monitor an annulus pressure of the well, determines the annulus pressure of the well over a period of time, and broadcasts information relating to the periodic surveys. The system further includes a processor that obtains the information relating the periodic surveys, compares the annulus pressure to a Maximum Allowable Wellhead Operating Pressure (MAWOP), and generates a decision on whether the well is a workover candidate based on the results of the comparison.
US11970934B2
Multi-phase measurements of a fluid in a wellbore can be received and stored by a memory tool for determining flow characteristics of fluid flowing in the wellbore. A system can include a flow meter device, one or more sensors, and a memory tool The flow meter device can include one or more acoustic devices that can be positioned to generate acoustic signals in a wellbore. The one or more sensors can be positioned to detect the acoustic signals from the flow meter device for making multi-phase measurements of fluid with respect to the wellbore. The memory tool can be communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors to receive and store the multi-phase measurements for a predetermined amount of time for determining flow characteristics of the fluid.
US11970920B2
A hanger system for use with a housing of a wellhead includes a hanger assembly. The hanger assembly includes a hanger having a respective radially-outer surface and a radially-extending surface, as well as a first annular wedge having a respective radially-outer surface with a first annular wedge surface texture. The radially-extending surface is configured to engage a shoulder of the housing of the wellhead while the hanger assembly is in a landed position within the housing of the wellhead, and the first annular wedge surface texture is configured to engage a respective-radially inner surface of the housing of the wellhead while the hanger assembly is in a sealed position within the housing of the wellhead.
US11970918B2
The present invention concerns a drive module (10′, 10″, 10″′, 10″″) for a wellbore tractor (1). Each drive module (10′, 10″, 10″′, 10″″) comprises a drive module housing (13) and a hydraulically actuated and pivoting drive unit (11) comprising an arm housing (11′) and two drive wheels (12′, 12″) arranged thereto. The drive wheels (12′, 12″) are driven by a motor (16) mounted inside the arm housing (11′). The drive wheels (12′, 12″) are drivingly connected to the motor (16) via a drive line comprising a worm gear drive arrangement (14). The invention teaches also a wellbore tractor (1) comprising at least one of said drive modules (10′, 10″, 10″′, 10″″).
US11970914B1
A device for transporting a tool string down a bore comprises a single unitary part mandrel comprising a connection at each end of the mandrel for in-line connection of the device in a tool string and a single unitary part annular body rotationally mounted to the mandrel to rotate relative to the mandrel about a longitudinal axis of the mandrel or tool string. A pair of wheels is rotationally mounted to the annular body to rotate relative to the mandrel on a rotational axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tool string. A collar is releasably coupled to the mandrel to allow for assembly of the annular body onto the mandrel from one end of the mandrel when the collar is disassembled from the mandrel and axially retain the annular body on the mandrel when the collar is assembled to the mandrel.
US11970893B2
A furniture fitting for moving a movable furniture part relative to a furniture carcass includes a housing to be connected to the furniture carcass, and an actuating mechanism arranged or can be arranged at least in part within the housing. The actuating mechanism can be connected to the movable furniture part, and the actuating mechanism can swivel about at least one rotation axis. The actuating mechanism and/or at least one inner side of the housing facing the actuating mechanism has a local elevation, by which, at least in a relative position of the actuating mechanism to the housing, a play between the actuating mechanism and the inner side of the housing facing the actuating mechanism is at least halved in comparison to a region surrounding the local elevation.
US11970883B2
Disclosed is a tamper proof tag and accompanying method for verifying that a watch is authentic and has not been tampered with. The tamper proof tag, when affixed to the watch, ensures that the watch is authentic and prevents a user from tampering with the watch. The tamper proof tag also allows the watch to be worn while the tamper proof tag is affixed to watch and is minimally obstructive to the aesthetics of the watch. This provides a purchasing user with confidence that the watch is authentic, while also allowing the user to try on the watch without having to remove the tamper proof tag. The tamper proof tag also protects the seller from a user that may attempt to tamper with the watch after purchase. For example, the seller may condition returns for a sold watch on the tamper proof tag remaining affixed to the watch.
US11970879B2
A mechanically reprogrammable cylinder lock includes a magnetic tool to provide reprogramming.
US11970877B2
An expandable canopy frame including a plurality of legs coupled to each other through a plurality of rib members scissor-type coupled together, with upper ends of certain of the rib members being respectively coupled to top ends of the legs, and lower ends of certain of the rib members being respectively coupled to a slider mechanism slidably mounted to each of the respective legs; a roof assembly for supporting a canopy; and a releasable locking assembly, coupled to the roof assembly, for facilitating the expansion of the expandable canopy into an expanded position and for maintaining the canopy in the expanded position; wherein the expandable canopy in its expanded position has a plurality of sides, and wherein the releasable locking assembly is closer to one of the sides than to the remaining sides of the expandable canopy in its expanded position.
US11970876B2
A system for providing shade onto a surface is described herein. The system includes a canopy configured for engagement with, and aerial suspension by, a frame. The frame includes a plurality of sections configured for end-to-end alignment from a left end to a right end of the frame. Each section is configured to engage with any adjacent sections to form the frame. The ends of the frame are secured to the surface, thereby aerially suspending the canopy and providing shade to the surface.
US11970873B2
Various implementations described herein are directed to a load bearing ledger fitting, a modular header beam, a perimeter safety deck, a multi-purpose bearing plate, and a mega-shore bearing plate of an integrated construction system.
US11970869B2
The invention relates to the technical field of pump truck control, and discloses a pump truck boom control method, a pump truck boom control system and a pump truck. The pump truck boom control method comprises: detecting a working condition of a boom, wherein the boom is divided into first-type arms close to the first arm and second-type arms close to the last arm in advance; and controlling each arm in the first-type arms to act at respective preset movement speed when the boom is in an opening placing boom working condition before the construction or in a folding placing boom working condition after the construction. The method can realize speed-up control on movement speeds of the each arm in the first-type arms under the opening placing boom working condition before the construction or under the folding placing boom working condition after the construction without a boom posture detection sensors.
US11970858B2
The present invention generally relates to substrates having a decorated surface and a method of producing a substrate having a decorated surface. In particular embodiments, the present invention relates to a roofing, cladding, and/or siding product or a coating or layer of a coating for a roofing, cladding, and/or siding product having a decorated surface and a methods of producing the same. The present invention also relates to roofing, cladding, and/or siding products and assemblies of such products, for installation onto a building surface and systems and methods of manufacture of roofing, cladding, and/or siding products.
US11970856B2
A steep slope roofing panel system includes an underlayment and a plurality of roofing panels installed atop the underlayment. The panels may be installed to provide both protection from the environment and watershedding. Alternatively, the panels and the underlayment may share the watershedding functions of the roof, with one as a primary watershedding component and the other as an auxiliary watershedding component. The roofing system may be custom manufactured off-site based upon predetermined measurements and characteristics of a roof and its protrusions. Alternatively, the roofing system may be custom manufactured at the job site based upon such measurements and characteristics. Each panel may be assigned to a location on the roof and may include imprinted instructions regarding cutting and/or bending the panel to form flashing, drip edges, or other features, as well as the panel's location and installation sequence on the roof.
US11970855B2
Described is a process for assembling a fire-, smoke-, sound- and/or water-proof system within a dynamic curtain wall façade using a tubular sealing element comprising a thermally resistant flexible foam material for insulating and sealing.
US11970850B2
A sewer cleaning machine includes a frame, a drum rotatably supported by the frame, and a motor supported by the frame and coupled to the drum. The drum includes a cable that is selectively extendable out of the drum. The motor is operable to rotate the drum. The drum is configured to engage a surface to facilitate moving the sewer cleaning machine along the surface.
US11970849B2
Mounting assemblies for waste disposers such as food waste disposers, waste disposers employing such mounting assemblies, and related methods are disclosed herein. Mounting assemblies include an engagement feature having a first engagement structure located on the body flange and a second engagement structure located on the upper portion of the disposer body. When the engagement feature is in the engaged position, the body flange and the disposer body are engaged, forming a combined disposer and body flange assembly. The combined disposer and body flange assembly can be lifted into alignment with the strainer flange assembly and rotated as a unit to engage the body flange with the mounting flange.
US11970848B2
A vertical rail slider and a mobile showerhead holder are provided. The vertical rail includes a body, provided with a sleeve portion configured to be sleeved on and fitted with the vertical rail; a rotation piece, rotatably connected to the body around a rotation axis perpendicular to an axial direction of the vertical rail; an abutting piece, sliding along a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis in a radial direction of the vertical rail relative to the body and abutting against the vertical rail to be fitted with the sleeve portion to be attached to the vertical rail; and an elastic piece, wherein two ends of the elastic piece abut against the abutting piece and the body to push the abutting piece to abut against the vertical rail.
US11970829B2
A sweeping blade assembly includes a sweeping blade device and is configured to be attached to a plow blade of a vehicle for sweeping a ground surface. The assembly comprises a blade support which is securable to the plow blade and a plurality of sweeping blade devices which can be mounted to the blade support. Each sweeping blade device includes a blade main section and a wear block which can be attached to a front section of the blade main section in a lower portion thereof. The wear block(s) can optionally have at least one cut-out section(s) extending upwardly from a scraping edge of the wear block and can define at least two spaced-apart teeth in the lower portion of the wear block.
US11970826B2
A crash cushion includes overlapping first and second rail sections coupled with a fastener. The first rail section is moveable relative to the second rail section from a pre-impact position to an impact position in response to an axial impact to the guardrail assembly. The first rail section includes an elongated slot aligned with the fastener and having a first length. A support post is releasably connected to the first rail section and is rotatable to a laid over position after the first rail section has moved a first travel distance, wherein the first length is greater than or equal to the first travel distance.
US11970825B1
The present invention discloses a structurally stable garden bridge comprising at least one pedestal structure, the pedestal structure comprising at least one elevated pedestal and at least one grounding base; at least one scaffold structure, the scaffold structure comprising at least one elevated side frame and at least one grounding side frame; wherein one end of the elevated pedestal is connected to one grounding base, the other end of the elevated pedestal is connected to another grounding base, forming the pedestal structure; wherein the elevated side frame is connected to one grounding side frame at one end and to another grounding side frame at the other end of the elevated side frame, forming the scaffold structure, the scaffold structure being fixedly attachable to the pedestal structure.
US11970820B2
Cellulose materials and methods of making the cellulose materials are described herein. The method can include contacting a cotton fabric with an oxidizing system to obtain an oxidized cotton material and processing the oxidized cotton material to form the cellulose material. The oxidizing system can include an aqueous mixture of a N-oxyl compound and a hypochlorite compound. During oxidation, the p11 of the aqueous mixture can be maintained at from 8.5 to 11. Cellulose products can be formed from the cellulose materials. For example, the cellulose products can be used to form a packaging material, a biomedical device or implant, a drug delivery material, a fiber, a textile material, a template for electronic components, or a separation membrane. Methods of making the cellulose product include dissolving or suspending an active ingredient in a medium comprising the cellulose material.
US11970816B2
In general, the present invention is directed to a method of cooking wood in a cooking liquor medium. The method comprises a step of providing wood to a treatment vessel and contacting the wood with a digester additive composition. The composition comprises a first surfactant comprising an anionic surfactant, a derivative thereof, a salt thereof, or any combination thereof and a second surfactant comprising a polyoxyalkylene glycol or a derivative thereof. Additionally, according to another embodiment, the present invention is directed to a digester additive composition comprising a first surfactant comprising an anionic surfactant, a derivative thereof, a salt thereof, or any combination thereof and a second surfactant comprising a polyoxyalkylene glycol or a derivative thereof.
US11970812B2
A driving system having a hollow shaft, a solid shaft arranged in the hollow shaft, a stator, a rotor connected to the hollow shaft, a clutch mechanism selectively engaged to one of the stator and the rotor, and a speed reduction mechanism having a planetary carrier assembly engaged to the clutch mechanism, and a planetary gear train connected between the solid shaft and the rotor, wherein where the clutch mechanism is engaged to the stator in a transmission manner, the planetary carrier assembly is connected with the stator, and the rotor drives the solid shaft and the hollow shaft to operate at a differential speed, and where the clutch mechanism is engaged to the rotor in the transmission manner, the planetary carrier assembly is connected with the rotor, and the rotor drives the solid shaft and the hollow shaft to operate at a same speed by the planetary gear train.
US11970800B2
A hemp-based nonwoven material manufactured by an air bonding process comprising a temperature of 150° C. for two minutes; said nonwoven material comprising between 1% and 99% hemp and between 1% and 99% of at least a second fiber; wherein the at least a second fiber is a synthetic fiber having a melt temperature of above 150° C.
US11970798B2
The present invention relates to a prosthetic fabric (5) comprising an arrangement (2) of yarns that define at least first and second opposite faces (2a, 2b) for said fabric, said fabric comprising on at least said first face, one or more barbs (3) that protrude outwards relative to said first face, said fabric being covered, at least partly, on said second face with a microporous layer made of a bioresorbable material, said barbs being covered with a coating made of a water-soluble material. The invention also relates to a process for obtaining such a fabric and to prostheses obtained from such a fabric.
US11970797B2
The object of the invention is to enable the weaver to weave the design structure of fabric without having to remember where one is on the treadling draft (a diagrammatic representation of the treadling order). This invention not only enables the weaver to weave without mistakes but also to stop weaving for any time period and resume weaving without having to examine the previously woven cloth, thus ensuring that the pattern of the weaving continues as designed. When any draft is taped onto the cylinder, the weaver is able to rotate the cylinder and thus the draft, keeping track of each treadling by the draft's alignment with the pointer. This invention is designed to assist the weaver to always know where to begin the next treadling, based upon the pointer's position on the draft, thereby enabling the weaver to continue to weave, without mistakes, the prescribed design of woven fabric.
US11970796B2
The object of the present invention is to provide a two-layer fabric for manufacturing a unwoven fabric which can reduce the sticking of the fiber generated upon the manufacturing of the unwoven fabric, while add the excellent lateral rigidity, the excellent diagonal rigidity, and the excellent sheet supportability to the two-layer fabric for manufacturing the unwoven fabric. In the two-layer fabric for manufacturing the unwoven fabric comprising a right surface side layer consisting of wefts of the right surface side and warps of the right surface side, and a back surface side layer consisting of wefts of the back surface side and warps of the back surface side, the two-layer fabric for manufacturing the unwoven fabric further comprises a first pair of wefts in which a binding warp on the right surface side serving as a binding yarn and a binding warp on the back surface side serving as a binding yarn are arranged in a substantially vertical direction, a second pair of warps in which a warp on the right surface side and a warp on the back surface side are arranged in a vertical direction to be overlapped with each other, and a third pair of warps in which two warps on the right surface side are arranged adjacent to each other.
US11970791B2
Provided are carbon fiber bundles which have high knot strength even if the single fiber fineness is large, and which have excellent handling properties and processability. The carbon fiber bundles have a single fiber fineness of 0.8-2.5 dtex, knot strength of 298 N/mm2 or greater. This method of producing carbon fibers having knot strength of 298 N/mm2 or greater involves a heat treatment step for heat treating, for 50-150 minutes, specific polyacrylonitrile-based precursor fiber bundles described in the description in an oxidizing atmosphere rising in temperature in the temperature range of 220-300° C.
US11970788B2
The present invention is directed to a method and a system for the production of at least one polymeric yarn comprising means for mixing a polymer (1) with a first solvent yielding a mixture; means for homogenizing the mixture; means for rendering the mixture inert (21, 22, 23); means for dipping the mixture into a quenching bath (30), wherein an air gap is maintained before the mixture reaches the quenching bath (30) liquid surface forming at least one polymeric yarn; means for drawing (41) the at least one polymeric yarn at least once; means for washing (5) the at least one polymeric yarn with a second solvent that is more volatile than the first solvent; means for heating the at least one polymeric yarn (6); means for drawing at room temperature (7) the at least one polymeric yarn at least once; and means for heat drawing (8) the at least one polymeric yarn at least once. The instant invention also concerns a system and method of dosing a polymer mixture with a first solvent into an extruder (26), a device (5), a system and a method of solvent extraction from at least one polymeric yarn, and a method and system of mechanical pre-recovery (4) of at least one liquid in at least one polymeric yarn.
US11970786B2
The disclosed methods and kits are useful in processing and analyzing a multiplicity of samples in molecular biology workflows where there is an increased chance for sample cross-contamination or misidentification. Some embodiments of the methods and kits utilize at least one spike in control and at least one barcode per sample.
US11970781B2
A probe for measuring a cathodic protection condition of a buried steel structure includes: a body; a reference electrode accommodated in an interior of the body; and a volume of backfill accommodated in the interior of the body and at least partially surrounding the reference electrode. The backfill includes at least one of: zinc sulfate (ZnSO4) and lithium acetate.
US11970771B2
A vaporization system includes a vaporization chamber having a first portion and a second portion. A first fluid supply part is connected to the first portion of the vaporization chamber, and configured to supply a mixed fluid in which a first carrier gas and a liquid precursor are mixed, toward the second portion. A second fluid supply part is configured to supply a second carrier gas toward the mixed fluid at the second portion.
US11970763B2
Provided are a hybrid-type mask stick and a mask frame assembly adopting the same. The mask frame assembly includes a mask frame; and a mask stick including a first mask stick extending in a first direction, a second mask stick extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a plurality of third mask sticks connected to the first mask stick and the second mask stick, the at least one first mask stick, the at least one second mask stick and the plurality of third mask sticks defining a plurality of deposition areas, wherein the first mask stick includes a first stick and a second stick arranged on the first stick, and at least one of the first stick and the second stick includes a partially-recessed portion in which the first mask stick is connected to the second mask stick.
US11970756B2
The invention relates to an aluminum alloy having 0.04-0.1 wgt.-% Si, 0.8-1.8 wgt.-% Cu, 1.5-2.3 wgt.-% Mg, 0.15-0.6 wgt.-% Ag, 7.05-9.2 wgt.-% Zn, 0.08-0.14 wgt.-% Zr, 0.02-0.08 wgt.-% Ti, max. 0.35 wgt.-% Mn, max. 0.1 wgt.-% Fe, max. 0.06 wgt.-% Cr, optional 0.0015-0.008 wgt.-% Be, the remainder aluminum in addition to unavoidable impurities. The invention furthermore relates to an aluminum alloy product which is overaged according to T74xx, produced from such an alloy.
US11970747B2
Disclosed in the present invention are a primer-probe combination and a kit for vaginal microecosystem detection, wherein the primer-probe combination comprises primers and probes for target gene detection against Lactobacillus crispatus (LC), Lactobacillus gasseri (LG), Lactobacillus jensenii (LJ), Lactobacillus iners (LI), Gardnerella vaginalis (GV), Candida albicans (CA) and Trichomonas vaginalis (TV), and the probes are used for melting curve analysis. The kit comprises the primer-probe combination. The combination of specific primers and probes enables effective amplification of specific target genes of the above different microorganisms and melting curve analysis performed on the amplified products thereof, making detection of the above seven microorganisms in a single tube possible, thus achieving the advantages of high specificity, short time consuming, high sensitivity, comprehensive coverage of detection sites, etc., which provides clinicians with auxiliary diagnosis reference, ensures early treatment, and has wide clinical application.
US11970726B2
The invention relates to the field of microbiology and detecting micro-organism. Provided is a method for the quantitative analysis of microbial cells in a liquid sample, comprising the steps of (i) contacting the sample with a nucleic acid binding fluorescent dye to stain for nucleic acids in said microbial cells; (ii) subjecting the labelled cells to a fluorescence microscopy imaging method and determining, based on the nucleic acid staining, for a plurality of single cells at least a first parameter reflecting the nucleic acid content of said cell and a second parameter reflecting the extent of stretching of said cell; (iii) classifying based on said at least first and second parameter said cell into one of the following categories: (A) Viable cultivable cells with a nucleic acid content value between >=0.1 and <1.0 and extent of stretching of the cell value between >=1.0 and 10 μιηm2, (B) Viable non-cultivable cells with a nucleic acid content value of >−0.2 and extent of stretching of the cell value of >=0.5 μιηm2 minus (A), (C) Most likely dead cells with a nucleic acid content of <1.0 and extent of stretching of the cell value of <0.50 μιηm2; and (iv) calculating the ratio of the amount of (A) viable cultivable cells, (B) viable non-cultivable cells and (C) most likely dead cells in a microbial sample.
US11970725B2
Provided herein are E. coli host strains with improved capacity for producing recombinant proteins.
US11970717B2
Provided are methods and compositions for activating oligonucleotide aptamer-deactivated DNA polymerases, comprising cleaving the aptamer by endonuclease V enzymatic activity to reduce or eliminate binding of the oligonucleotide aptamer to the DNA polymerase, thereby activating DNA synthesis activity of the DNA polymerase in a reaction mixture. Mixtures for use in methods of the invention are also provided. The oligonucleotide aptamers of the present invention are circular and comprise one or more deoxyinosine nucleotides providing for aptamer-specific recognition and cleavage of the circular aptamer by the endonuclease V enzymatic activity. Exemplary oligonucleotide aptamers, mixtures and methods employing endonuclease V enzymatic activity are provided. The methods can be practiced using kits comprising a DNA polymerase-binding oligonucleotide aptamer and at least one endonuclease V enzymatic activity having oligonucleotide aptamer-specific recognition to provide for specific cleavage of the aptamer by the endonuclease V enzymatic activity.
US11970711B2
The present disclosure provides a DNA-targeting RNA that comprises a targeting sequence and, together with a modifying polypeptide, provides for site-specific modification of a target DNA and/or a polypeptide associated with the target DNA. The present disclosure further provides site-specific modifying polypeptides. The present disclosure further provides methods of site-specific modification of a target DNA and/or a polypeptide associated with the target DNA The present disclosure provides methods of modulating transcription of a target nucleic acid in a target cell, generally involving contacting the target nucleic acid with an enzymatically inactive Cas9 polypeptide and a DNA-targeting RNA. Kits and compositions for carrying out the methods are also provided. The present disclosure provides genetically modified cells that produce Cas9; and Cas9 transgenic non-human multicellular organisms.
US11970709B2
The present invention provides recombinant adenoviral vectors, immunogenic compositions thereof and their uses in medicine. In particular, the present invention provides an adenoviral vector comprising the genome of an adenovirus other than AdHu5 and AdY25, wherein the genome of the adenovirus has been modified such that the vector lacks the native E4 locus of the adenovirus and comprises heterologous E4Orfl, E4Orf2 and E4Orf3 coding regions from AdY25.
US11970699B2
Engineered FnCas9 variants are provided that have an enhanced kinetic activity and a broader PAM recognition. The protein engineering methodology introduced specific mutations that stabilized interaction between Cas9 enzyme and target DNA. The enhanced kinetic activity increases NHEJ-mediated editing, owing to more efficient DSB generation potential than WT FnCas9, and the broadened PAM specificity increases the target range of FnCas9 variants. Thus, the scope and accessibility of CRISPR-Cas9 system targets are widened, along with generating robust and highly specific engineered FnCas9 variants.
US11970697B2
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions comprising a polymerase and a phosphorylated nucleoside, wherein the polymerase and the nucleoside are covalently linked by a cleavable linker at the terminal phosphate group. Further disclosed herein are enzymatic polynucleotide synthesis using polymerase and nucleotide conjugation strategies.
US11970696B1
An array-based system of assembled DNA for computer data storage is described. An array surface contains immobilized seed DNA initially having with blunt (or blocked) ends with a photocleavable optical linker at a forward end thereof holding the last few base pairs. A light source is light is applied to break the linker, generating a sticky end which allows for hybridization. Data-bearing DNA cassettes are introduced to the array and attach via their sticky ends to the unblock sites on the array surface. The attachment is made permanent via ligase.
US11970690B2
The present disclosure is directed to a method for cultivating a Bordetella species, comprising: cultivating a Bordetella species under aerobic conditions in a liquid culture medium; and maintaining a pH of the liquid culture medium by using a strong acid, such as nitric acid, or using a first and second acid, wherein the first acid is an inorganic acid that dissociates essentially completely in water, such as nitric acid, hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid, and wherein the second acid is an inorganic acid having an acid dissociation constant (pKa) of greater than 1, such as phosphoric acid. Methods for increasing the yield of Bordetella fimbrial agglutinogen 2 and fimbrial agglutinogen 3 (FIM2/3) in a supernatant fraction from a Bordetella culture are also provided.
US11970686B2
A beverage maker may include a fermentation tank including a space in which a beverage is made, a refrigerant cycle device to cool the fermentation tank, a temperature sensor to detect a temperature of the fermentation tank, and a controller to drive the refrigerant cycle device to decrease a temperature of the fermentation tank which accommodates a mixture including an ingredient of the beverage to a fermentation temperature while the beverage is being made, to stop driving of the refrigerant cycle device when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor reaches a first step temperature of a plurality of step temperatures set higher than the fermentation temperature, and to re-drive the refrigerant cycle device after a predetermined period of time has elapsed.
US11970675B2
Disclosed are devices, systems, and methods for producing broad spectrum disinfectants, sanitizers, cleaner and deodorizers using chlorine dioxide compositions, and more particularly, to methods for producing chlorine dioxide compositions having improved long term stability by the proper choice of pH and through the careful choice of other product formula ingredients.
US11970673B2
Water-soluble unit dose article and a method of making.
US11970658B2
Methods and compositions for use in the inhibition of the formation of gas hydrate agglomerates are provided. In some embodiments, a method is provided that includes: providing an emulsion drilling fluid including: a continuous phase including a non-oleaginous fluid; an internal phase including an oleaginous fluid; and a thermodynamic hydrate inhibitor; and drilling at least a portion of a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation.
US11970647B2
Described herein is a composition for selectively etching a layer including a silicon germanium alloy (SiGe) in the presence of a silicon-containing layer, particularly a layer comprising a-Si, SiOx, SiON, SiN, or a combination thereof, the composition including: (a) an oxidizing agent, (b) an acid selected from an inorganic acid and an organic acid, (c) an etchant including a source of fluoride ions, (d) a polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), and (e) water.
US11970646B2
Disclosed are nanostructures comprising Ag, In, Ga, and S and a shell comprising Ag, Ga and S, wherein the nanostructures have a peak wavelength emission of 480-545 nm and wherein at least about 80% of the emission is band-edge emission. Also disclosed are methods of making the nanostructures.
US11970641B2
The present disclosure generally relates to ionic compositions which may be used in or as an adhesive material for selectively adhering two items together. More particularly, but not exclusively, the present disclosure relates to ionic compositions that include a cationic imidazolium compound and an anionic compound such as a sulfonyl imide compound.
US11970629B2
An aqueous dispersion of multistage polymer particles comprising a specific oligomer prepared from polymerization of monomers comprising an alkoxylated (meth)acrylate providing aqueous coating compositions with both good flow-and-leveling property and extended open time.
US11970627B2
The invention relates to a composition containing at least the two following components: a) a silver carboxylate, and b) a terpene, an ink for ink jet printing and a paste for printing with a screen printing method, wherein the ink or the paste, respectively, each contains the composition according to the invention. The invention also relates to a method for producing a pattern on a substrate, at least comprising the following steps: A) providing a substrate and a composition containing at least one silver carboxylate and one terpene; B) applying the composition to the substrate while preserving a precursor with the pattern; C) treating the precursor with the pattern according to a treatment step that is selected from the group consisting of: a) at a temperature of more than 200° C. for at least 10 minutes, wherein the treatment is preferably carried out in an atmosphere of air; b) a photonic sintering process; c) a combination of a) and b), wherein the substrate to which the pattern is applied is preserved. The invention further relates to a printer, an item that is coated at least in part, and a use of the composition according to the invention for applying a pattern.
US11970626B2
The present disclosure provides an inkjet ink and primer fluid set containing an aqueous primer composition and aqueous inkjet inks. At least one of the inks contains a first pigment dispersion and a second pigment dispersion. The first pigment dispersion forms an aggregation with the primer composition whereas the second pigment dispersion does not form an aggregation with the primer composition.
US11970625B2
A liquid composition contains a coloring material, an organic solvent, a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 below, a resin, and water, wherein the contact angle of water against a liquid composition film formed by attaching the liquid composition to a non-permeable printing medium is 60 degrees or less, where n represents an integer of from 4 to 10.
US11970621B2
A material fabrication method comprises (a) fabricating a structure from a programmable amyloid material (PAM) ink comprising an amyloid monomer stabilized in a liquid solvent; and (b) contacting the structure with an agent which triggers polymerization of the amyloid monomer and stabilization of the structure.
US11970610B2
The present invention is directed to a tire layer (e.g., tire tread or carcass layer) having a rubber composition including a pyrazolone-based compound in combination with reinforcing filler material and optionally a processing aid, and tires using the same, that provides desirable tire performance properties, such as improvements in tear strength without negatively impacting stiffness or hysteresis. In one embodiment, the tire layer includes a rubber composition having an elastomer (e.g., natural or isoprene rubber), a pyrazolone-based compound, reinforcing filler selected from carbon black only, carbon black/silica blends only, or graphene, functionalized graphene, carbon nanotubes, functionalized carbon nanotubes or mixtures thereof further optionally with carbon black, and an optional processing aid, such as a metal glycerolate, in desirable amounts to provide enhanced tear strength without negatively impacting stiffness or hysteresis.
US11970609B2
Provided a resin sheet excellent in both flame retardancy and impact resistance. The resin sheet according to the present invention is a resin sheet including an aromatic polycarbonate resin; an inorganic filler; a phosphorus-containing compound; and a silicon-containing compound, the resin sheet having a first surface on one side in a thickness direction; and a section in a direction perpendicular to the first surface, the section having segmentation areas of the inorganic filler, and the resin sheet having a ratio of a standard deviation of the segmentation areas to an average of the segmentation areas, the ratio being 0.53 or less, the segmentation areas each calculated by a segmentation method.
US11970607B2
To provide a polyacetal resin composition and a molded article thereof, which are less likely to crack even if stressed in contact with any hydrochloric acid-containing liquid. The polyacetal resin composition contains, per 100 parts by mass of a polyacetal resin: 0.01 to 10 parts by mass of at least one fatty acid metal salt selected from 1) to 3) below; and 0.1 to 5 parts by mass of a stress relaxant having a melting point of 67.5° C. to 200° C. when measured by using a differential scanning calorimeter at a flow rate of nitrogen of 20 cm3/min and at a heating rate of 10° C./min. 1) metal salt formed of long chain fatty acid having 10 to 34 carbon atoms and calcium; 2) metal salt formed of long chain fatty acid having 10 to 34 carbon atoms and zinc; and, 3) metal salt formed of long chain fatty acid having 10 to 34 carbon atoms and magnesium.
US11970600B2
The inventions provide methods of manufacturing peroxide cross-linked and high temperature melted polymeric material, for example ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) containing vitamin E, total joint implants with high wear resistance, high oxidation resistance, and very low concentration of residual by-products, as well as products made thereby.
US11970593B2
The present invention provides a hard coat film having excellent adhesion to a hard coat layer when a cycloolefin polymer film is used as a base material. The hard coat film of the present invention comprises a hard coat layer containing an ionizing radiation curable resin laminated on at least one surface of a cycloolefin polymer base film through a primer layer. This primer layer contains a modified polyolefin resin in which a polyolefin resin is graft-modified with an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, and a (meth)acrylic acid ester. In this modified polyolefin resin, the graft weight of the α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid or derivative thereof is 0.4 to 7 wt. % when the amount of the modified polyolefin resin is taken as 100 wt. %.
US11970591B2
Provided is a resin composition, a prepreg for a printed circuit and a metal-coated laminate. The resin composition includes: a silicone aryne resin, a polyphenylene ether resin with unsaturated bonds, and a butadiene polymer. The resin composition is used such that the prepared metal-coated laminate can have at least one of the following characteristics: a low dielectric loss factor, high heat resistance, and a low coefficient of thermal expansion.
US11970583B2
Provided herein are dendrimers comprising: a core unit, five generations of building units which are lysine residues or analogues thereof, first terminal groups comprising a cabazitazel residue covalently attached to a diglycolyl linker group, and second terminal groups comprising a PEG group. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the dendrimers, and methods and uses of the dendrimers in therapy of disorders such as cancers. Processes for making the dendrimers and intermediates are also provided.
US11970578B2
The present invention relates to a polyimide precursor, a polyimide precursor solution, a polyimide film, a manufacturing method thereof, and a use thereof. The polyimide precursor according to the present invention may provide a polyimide film that has excellent heat resistance and satisfies transparency and a low coefficient of linear thermal expansion, and thus the polyimide film will be usefully applicable in the field of flexible displays requiring high dimensional stability.
US11970569B2
Disclosed herein is a polyurethane foam sponge produced by the steps of a) providing an hydrophobic polyol which has six hydroxyl groups, b) providing a hydrophilic diisocyanate obtained by reacting a diisocyanate with a hydrophilic polyether diol, c) reacting the hydrophobic polyol with the hydrophilic diisocyanate to obtain a prepolymer which includes 3 to 6 isocyanate groups, and d) mixing the prepolymer with a hydrophilic polyether polyol, a blowing agent, an end-capping agent, a reinforcing agent, and a catalyst to obtain the polyurethane foam sponge. A wound dressing including the polyurethane foam sponge is also disclosed.
US11970565B2
HCFO-containing isocyanate-reactive compositions, foam-forming compositions containing such isocyanate-reactive compositions, rigid PUR-PIR foams made using such foam-forming compositions, and methods for producing such foams, including use of such foams as insulation in discontinuous foam panel applications. The isocyanate-reactive composition includes a polyol blend, a blowing agent composition, and a tertiary amine catalyst. The polyol blend includes: (1) an aromatic polyester polyol having a functionality of 1.5 to less than 2.5 and an OH number of 150 to 360 mg KOH/g; (2) an aromatic polyester polyol having a functionality of at least 2.5 and an OH number greater than 360 mg KOH/g, which is present in an amount of at least 10% by weight, based on the total weight of the aromatic polyester polyol in the polyol blend; and (3) an amine-initiated polyether polyol having an OH number of at least 500 mg KOH/g and a functionality of 2.5 to 4. The blowing agent composition includes a hydrochlorofluoroolefin and a carbon dioxide generating chemical blowing agent.
US11970553B2
The present invention relates to a heterotandem bicyclic peptide complex which comprises a first peptide ligand, which binds to Nectin-4, conjugated via a linker to two second peptide ligands, which bind to CD137. The invention also relates to the use of said heterotandem bicyclic peptide complex in preventing, suppressing or treating cancer.
US11970552B2
The present invention relates to novel peptide antagonists that inhibit binding of acetylcholine to the active site of the muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. The peptide antagonists of the invention are useful in cosmetic compositions that prevent or improve the appearance of skin wrinkles and related skin conditions. The invention further relates to cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions comprising a peptide antagonist of the invention, and methods for their use.
US11970550B2
The invention provides anti-variant Fc-region antibodies which specifically bind to an antibody that has the mutation P329G or the mutations P329G/L234A/L235A or the mutations 1253A/H310A/H435A in the Fc-region, and methods of using the same.
US11970549B2
The invention provides an antibody that specifically binds to a 5′ to 3′ exonuclease domain of a DNA polymerase, or a fragment thereof. The antibody inhibits the 5′ to 3′ exonuclease activity of a DNA polymerase, or a fragment thereof.
US11970539B2
The present invention relates to antibodies which specifically bind to human IL1RAP and may also bind to cynomolgus monkey and/or mouse IL1RAP. The present invention also relates to the use of such antibodies to diagnose and treat human disease.
US11970538B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for inhibiting tumor evasion by reducing immune checkpoint suppression. In some embodiments, provided herein are compositions that block the interaction between PD-1 and its ligand (e.g., PD-1 and/or PD-L2) while promoting the interaction of the cells on which PD-1 and its ligand are expressed. Also provided are methods of using such compositions.
US11970514B2
Provided herein is a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R19, R5, R3a, R1a, R1b, R2a, R2b, R4a, R4b, R6a, R6b, R7a, R7b, R11a, R11b, R12a, R12b, R18, RD, and q are defined herein. L is selected from the group consisting of: wherein A indicates the point of attachment at C17 and wherein X is selected from the group consisting of —C(0)N(R55a)(R55b), —N(R55a)(R55b), —N(R55b)C(O)(R55a), and R55C wherein R55c is carbon-bound substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I) and methods of using the compounds, e.g., in the treatment of CNS-related disorders.
US11970511B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (1), which inhibit Gal-3, and include pharmaceutically acceptable salts, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods making and using such compounds and compositions.
US11970507B2
Disclosed herein is a method for preparing a 2-arylmalonic acid derivative. In this method, a cyclohexadiene compound is used as a raw material, and sequentially undergoes an isomerization reaction, a halogenation reaction in the presence of a halogenating agent and a dehydrohalogenation-aromatization reaction to obtain a 2-arylmalonic acid derivative (3). An intermediate for preparing the 2-arylmalonic acid derivative (3) and use of the intermediate are also disclosed.
US11970506B2
Provided herein are bioactive molecule conjugates, preparation methods and use thereof, particularly bioactive molecule conjugates (such as antibody-drug conjugates and small molecule drug conjugates) obtained by improved coupling of a drug and a targeting moiety, as well as their preparation method and use for the treatment of a disease associated with an abnormal cell activity.
US11970503B2
The present invention relates to compounds that are useful as radiopharmaceuticals and radioimaging agents which bear a radionuclide-chelating agent. These coordinated compounds are useful in radiotherapy and diagnostic imaging. The invention also relates to methods of diagnosis, prognosis and therapy utilising the non-coordinated and radiolabelled compounds of the invention.
US11970500B1
The present invention relates to a crystalline form of (S)-7-(1-acryloylpiperidin-4-yl)-2-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-4,5,6,7-tetr a-hydropyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimi dine-3-carboxamide for inhibiting Btk, methods of preparation thereof and pharmaceutical compositions, and use of the crystalline form above in the treatment of a disease, or in the manufacturing of a medicament for the treatment of a disease.
US11970495B2
This invention relates to indolizine derivatives and their use in medicine. In particular, the present invention discloses novel substituted indolizine derivatives of formula I, or an isotopically labeled compound thereof, or an optical isomer thereof, a geometric isomer thereof, a tautomer thereof or a mixture of various isomers, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a prodrug thereof. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in medicine.
US11970494B2
The present disclosure provides 6-heteroaryloxy benzimidazole and azabenzimidazole compounds and compositions thereof useful for inhibiting JAK2.
US11970487B1
A 7-(4-((5-(benzylideneamino)-2-thioxo-1,3,4-thiadiazol-3(2H)-yl)methyl)piperazin-1-yl)-1-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid compound, its synthesis, and its use as an anticancer and/or anti-inflammatory agent, and having the formula:
