US11984329B2
A ceramic heater includes a ceramic plate. The ceramic plate has a wafer placement surface and has an inner-peripheral-side zone that has a circular shape and an outer-peripheral-side zone that has an annular shape. An inner-peripheral-side resistance heating element that has a two-dimensional shape is disposed in the inner-peripheral-side zone. An outer-peripheral-side is resistance heating element that has a coil shape is disposed in the outer-peripheral-side zone. A terminal of inner-peripheral-side resistance heating element and a terminal of the outer-peripheral-side resistance heating element are disposed in the inner-peripheral-side.
US11984324B2
In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a sacrificial gate structure is formed over a substrate. The sacrificial gate structure includes a sacrificial gate electrode. A first dielectric layer is formed over the sacrificial gate structure. A second dielectric layer is formed over the first dielectric layer. The second and first dielectric layers are planarized and recessed, and an upper portion of the sacrificial gate structure is exposed while a lower portion of the sacrificial gate structure is embedded in the first dielectric layer. A third dielectric layer is formed over the exposed sacrificial gate structure and over the first dielectric layer. A fourth dielectric layer is formed over the third dielectric layer. The fourth and third dielectric layers are planarized, and the sacrificial gate electrode is exposed and part of the third dielectric layer remains on the recessed first dielectric layer. The sacrificial gate electrode is removed.
US11984307B2
A mass spectrometer support apparatus includes a peak shape logic to determine one or more peak shapes using a calibration mass spectrum and known peak locations; and a tuning logic to adjust instrument parameters to achieve a selected peak width. A method for tuning a quadrupole-based mass spectrometer includes determining one or more peak shapes using a calibration mass spectrum and known peak locations; and adjusting instrument parameters to achieve a selected peak width.
US11984304B2
An apparatus for plasma etching having an electrostatic chuck including a base layer, a bonding layer, an adsorption layer including a plurality of protrusions on the bonding layer and contacting a lower surface of a substrate, and an edge ring spaced apart from and surrounding a lateral surface of the substrate; a plurality of coolant suppliers injecting a coolant between the plurality of protrusions; a plurality of pipes supplying the coolant to the plurality of coolant suppliers to circulate the coolant in a predetermined direction; a cooling device in which the plasma etching process includes first and second operations, wherein the coolant is injected to cause the electrostatic chuck to reach a first temperature during the first operation, and reach a second temperature during the second operation; and a controller controlling a valve connected to the plurality of pipes to determine a circulation direction of the coolant.
US11984285B2
A fuse device may include a PPTC body; a first electrode, disposed on a first side of the PPTC body; and a second electrode, disposed on a second side of the PPTC body. The PPTC body may comprise a polymer matrix and a conductive filler, wherein the fuse device has a trip temperature of less than 120° C.
US11984279B2
A lifter with damping is disclosed. It comprises: an outer casing, having an opening on a top end thereof, a gear rack formed on an inside of one side thereof, a guiding groove formed on an opposite side of the gear rack, and two accommodating bins extend downwards on the bottom of the outer casing; a moving body, movably installed inside the outer casing, wherein a round hole is formed in a middle portion of the moving body, a limiting hook is formed corresponding to the guiding groove so as to slide along the guiding groove, bottoms of the moving body corresponding to the two accommodating bins form a hollow slider, respectively, a grab bar is formed horizontally between the hollow sliders, and each hollow slider houses a spring; a damping gear, inserted into the round hole and rotatably connected to the gear rack; and a circulating hooking assembly.
US11984278B2
For suppressing wobbling of a button while suppressing reactive force generated when the button is pressed, a hinge structure of a button includes a contact portion contacting a substrate on which the button is arranged, a button main body varying in a relative positional relationship with the substrate, a first hinge having flexibility, and being coupled to the button main body at one end and coupled to the contact portion at another end, and a second hinge having flexibility, and being coupled at one end to a position in the button main body on an opposite side on which the first hinge is coupled to the button main body, and coupled at another end to the first hinge at a position in the button main body on a side on which the first hinge is coupled.
US11984276B2
A key structure with display panel, including a display panel, a transparent keycap, and a scissors assembly, is provided. The transparent keycap is disposed above the display panel. An image generated by the display panel is projected out of the key structure through the transparent keycap. The scissors assembly is disposed between the display panel and the transparent keycap and exposes a display surface of the display panel.
US11984274B2
A three-tandem (3T) perovskite/silicon (PVT)-based tandem solar cell (TSC) includes an antireflection coating (ARC), a first transparent conductive oxide layer (TCO), a hole transport layer (HTL), a perovskite (PVT) layer, a second transparent conductive oxide layer (TCO), an electron transport layer (ETL), a plurality of buried contacts, a p-type Si layer, a p-type wafer-based homo-junction silicon solar cell, a n+ silicon layer, a back contact layer. The solar cell further includes a top sub-cell, a bottom sub-cell and a middle contact-based tandem. The top sub-cell includes the PVT layer. The bottom sub-cell includes the silicon solar cell. The middle contact-based tandem includes the second TCO layer to be used as the middle contact-based tandem, as well as a recombination layer for current collection. Further, a conduction and a valence band edge are employed at a front surface of the ETL.
US11984264B2
A multilayer electronic component includes: a body including a capacitance forming portion in which dielectric layers and internal electrodes are alternately disposed in a first direction, and cover portions disposed on an upper surface and a lower surface of the capacitance forming portion, respectively, in the first direction; and external electrodes disposed on the body, wherein the cover portion includes a plurality of dielectric grains and a plurality of pores, and Gn/Pn is more than 10 and less than 30, in which Gn is the number of dielectric grains included in the cover portion and Pn is the number of pores included in the cover portion.
US11984263B2
A pressure protector for a high-voltage self-healing capacitor. is composed of a box shell, a cover plate, a core, filled resin, a pressure protector and wiring terminals. The pressure protector is arranged in the capacitor, and the pressure protector is mainly composed of fixed studs, a protector shell, a movable bolt assembly, a fixed electrode assembly, a movable electrode assembly, first fixed bolts and a limiting bolt. The pressure protector for a high-voltage self-healing capacitor is simple in structure and convenient to install and use, the technical problem of relay protection of internal faults of the self-healing capacitor can be solved. Accidents can be effectively avoided, and the requirement for safe operation of the capacitor can be met.
US11984258B2
The present invention discloses a rare earth permanent magnet material and a preparation method thereof. The method includes a sintering treatment step performed by laying a composite powder for diffusion on the surface of a neodymium iron boron magnetic powder layer and carrying out spark plasma sintering treatment to obtain a neodymium iron boron magnet with a diffusion layer solidified on the surface thereof, and diffusion heat treatment and tempering steps. The method of the present invention has high efficiency, good diffusion effects, and reduced quantities of heavy rare earth elements.
US11984257B2
A field magnet manufacturing method where a bonded magnet's inner surface press-fitted in a yoke has a certain accuracy irrespective of the accuracy of the yoke's outer circumferential surface. A cylindrical bonded magnet from binding magnet particles with a thermosetting resin is fixed in a tubular yoke of magnetic material. The method includes reheating and softening the bonded magnet after thermal curing; and press-fitting in the bonded magnet after the softening step from a tapered portion on one end side of the yoke to press the bonded magnet's outer circumferential surface against the yoke's inner surface. The press-fitting includes feeding the bonded magnet relatively into the yoke while allowing a relative posture variation between the bonded magnet and the yoke so the bonded magnet's inner surface to be remolded into a shape along the inner surface of the yoke exhibits almost the same accuracy as the yoke's inner surface.
US11984256B2
A wound component having a ferromagnetic support, at least one electrically conductive winding wound around the ferromagnetic support and adapted to conduct at least one induction current, and a temperature sensor interposed between the ferromagnetic support and the winding.
US11984252B2
A winding-type coil component includes a first wire and a second wire having a twisted wire portion where the first wire and the second wire are twisted together. Switching positions of the first wire and the second wire in the twisted wire portion are shifted in a circumferential direction of a winding core portion every turn.
US11984251B2
A coil component and a method for manufacturing the coil component. A coil component includes a body having a plurality of stacked magnetic layers, and a coil inside the body and having a plurality of stacked coil wirings. The magnetic layers and the coil wirings are alternately stacked in one direction, a first surface of the coil wiring on one side in the one direction and one magnetic layer located on one side in the one direction of the coil wiring are in contact with each other, a gap portion exists between a second surface of the coil wiring on the other side in the one direction and the other magnetic layer located on the other side in the one direction of the coil wiring, and a magnetic film is present in at least a part of the second surface of the coil wiring.
US11984241B2
A flexible cable may include a base member including a terminal portion, a conductor layer including a plurality of conductive lines disposed on the base member, and a protection layer disposed on the base member to cover at least prat of the conductor layer and to expose a portion of each of the plurality of conductive lines at the terminal portion. A length of each of the plurality of conductive lines may be longer than a length of the base member. A vibration device may include a vibration structure including a vibration layer, a first electrode layer disposed on a first surface of the vibration layer, and a second electrode layer disposed on a second surface of the vibration layer and a flexible cable electrically connected to the first electrode layer and to the second electrode layer of the vibration structure.
US11984238B2
An optoelectrical guide/conductor system is provided that includes an optoelectrical guide/conductor arrangement and an at least regionally electrically conductive adapter sleeve. The arrangement has an optical waveguide with an outer, organic sheath layer and a conductive layer. The conductive layer is a single layer or a sequence of layers, which is directly or indirectly on the outer sheath layer. The sleeve mechanically embraces the arrangement and electrically contacts the conductive layer such that the adapter sleeve is insertable into a connection mount, arranged e.g. on a handpiece, for transmitting optical and/or electrical signals through the conductive layer.
US11984237B1
The invention relates to obtaining flow of electrically charged particles of a substance (such as dust). The invention is directed to attaining a technical effect of simplifying design and providing possibility of obtaining flow of charged particles with no use of high voltage sources. The technical effect is attained by a source of charged particles implemented as an inner hollow cylinder and an outer hollow cylinder with a gap between them, with a means for providing airflow with substance particles along surfaces of the cylinders that form the gap. The airflow is directed from first butt ends of the cylinders to second butt ends of the cylinders. Materials of the cylinder surfaces forming the gap are selected so that the substance particles and the surfaces obtain opposite electrical charges upon friction of the substance particles against the surfaces.
US11984231B2
An in-core instrumentation system for a reactor module includes a plurality of in-core instruments connected to a containment vessel and a reactor pressure vessel at least partially located within the containment vessel. A reactor core is housed within a lower head that is removably attached to the reactor pressure vessel, and lower ends of the in-core instruments are located within the reactor core. The in-core instruments are configured such that the lower ends are concurrently removed from the reactor core as a result of removing the lower head from the reactor pressure vessel.
US11984230B2
Piping loops can carry either forced or natural circulation coolant flow from and back to a nuclear reactor depending on reactor and coolant state, and can transition between the two. The loop flows into a heat exchanger that cools the coolant and may even condense the coolant. The heat exchanger can drive natural circulation coolant flow, and a pump on the loop can drive forced circulation. Coolant direction may be reversed through the heat exchanger in different modes. Loops may be installed directly on existing isolation condenser systems or come off of a primary loop generating electricity commercially. Actuation valves may isolate and actuate the system merely by disallowing or allowing coolant flow. Different flow modes and coolant direction may be similarly achieved by pump actuation and/or valve opening/closing. Beyond the pump and simple valve actuation, loops may be entirely passive.
US11984226B2
System for selecting an intervention based on effective age, system including at least a server designed and configured to obtain user data from a user database. The server further configured to project an actuarial life expectancy using a user chronological age. The server further configured to calculate a variance between the actuarial life expectancy and a projected actual mortality date, including receiving training data correlating an aspect of the user data to the variance, generating a machine learning model that receives one or more aspects of the user data as inputs and produces an output of the variance, and determining the variance using the machine learning model. The server further configured to generate a plurality of interventions including an intervention vector, wherein each intervention vector entry indicates a degree of impact. The server further configured to select an intervention as a function of the degrees of impact and the variance.
US11984218B2
The present disclosure relates to a spatially-variant model of a point spread function and its role in enhancing medical image resolution. For instance, a method of the present disclosure comprises receiving a first medical image having a first resolution, applying a neural network to the first medical image, the neural network including a first subset of layers and, subsequently, a second subset of layers, the first subset of layers of the neural network generating, from the first medical image, a second medical image having a second resolution and the second subset of layers of the neural network generating, from the second medical image, a third medical image having a third resolution, and outputting the third medical image, wherein the first resolution is lower than the second resolution and the second resolution is lower than the third resolution.
US11984216B2
A medical image display control device includes a reception unit that receives an input instruction, a creation unit that creates a display image having a tab and a viewer region in which at least a medical image is displayed, the creation unit creating a new display image having a tab and a viewer region different from a viewer region of a display image displayed on a display unit based on the input instruction received by the reception unit, a display controller that performs control such that the tab of the new display image created by the creation unit and the already displayed tab are displayed so as to be selectable on the display unit, and a switching display controller that performs control such that in a case where any tab of the tabs displayed on the display unit is selected, the viewer region corresponding to the selected tab is switched with the already displayed viewer region and is displayed on the display unit.
US11984215B2
A system for informing product decisions, the system including a computing device configured to receive a conditional complaint relating to a user; select an article of interest intended to correct the conditional complaint; retrieve a biological extraction relating to the user; generate, a classifier, wherein the classifier comprises a machine-learning model trained by training data including a plurality of biological extractions and a plurality of correlated articles of interest, and wherein the classifier is configured to receive the user biological extraction as an input and output a tolerability score as a function of the training data; and display the tolerability score.
US11984213B2
A method, system, and computer program product for peer exchange of data between injection systems. A first injection system may store a plurality of injection control data sets, determine a first subset of the plurality of injection control data sets according to which the first injection system is configured to control delivery of fluid to a patient, provide the first subset of the plurality of injection control data sets for selection of an injection control data set for use in delivering fluid to the patient with the first injection system, and transmit the plurality of injection control data sets to at least one second injection system.
US11984210B2
A pharmaceutical order filling system receives pharmaceutical orders and uses a packing device to package pharmaceutical orders. The packing device is configured with at least one cutter that generates tailings and dust. A tailing collection device is provided that collects the tailings and dust generated by the packing device into and through an intake tube and into a collection assembly. The collection assembly includes a hood with at least one air filter, a frame, and a bin removably received within the frame. The frame supports the hood and aligns the bin to be in fluid communication with the hood. A gas motive device is positioned intermediate the ends of an intake tub before the hood and is configured to suction the tailings and/or dust.
US11984206B2
A method is provided for processing medical text and associated medical images. A natural language processor configured as a deep conventional neural network is trained on a first corpus of curated free-text, medical reports each of which having one or more structured labels assigned by an medical expert. The network is trained to learn to read additional free-text medical reports and produce predicted structured labels. The natural language processor is applied to a second corpus of free-text medical reports that are associated with medical images. The natural language processor generates structured labels for the associated medical images. A computer vision model is trained using the medical images and the structured labels generated. The computer vision model can thereafter assign a structured label to a further input medical image. In one example, the medical images are chest X-rays.
US11984203B1
Anonymous DNA/RNA biospecimen tracking process is disclosed for human families to use an anonymous DNA/RNA biospecimen extraction kit that utilizes public key infrastructure, asymmetric encryption, and Non-Fungible-Tokens from a public Blockchain or Distributed Ledger Technology distributed ledger/blockchain to create a Self-Sovereign DNA Fingerprint for each DNA donor, relate, claim ownership, consent to use, establish biological relationship between donors, and keep track of corresponding multi-omics data sets. The process allows entire families to create a Self-Sovereign DNA Fingerprint for each member/donor (using at least 50 SNPs) and explore the genomic revolution without risking their identities, losing track of their biosamples, corresponding datasets and customize data governance by using individual or multi signature wallets in which all data is encrypted using a unique master family encryption key.
US11984202B2
The present disclosure allows remote monitoring of measurements in clinical trials. Clinical trial participant data units received from a client device are accessed. The clinical trial participant data units are set to include a clinical trial diary entry from a clinical trial diary application in the client device and clinical trial measurement samples corresponding to the clinical trial diary entry from a measurement device connected to the client device via a short-range wireless connection. If it is determined that such a data unit lacks any collected clinical trial measurement samples, a wireless connection log is searched for a corresponding connectivity issue entry. If such an entry is found, it is determined that a potential connectivity issue exists and a connectivity correction action is triggered. Otherwise, it is determined that a potential compliance issue exists and a compliance correction action is triggered.
US11984195B2
The contributions of different tissues to a DNA mixture are determined using methylation levels at particular genomic sites. Tissue-specific methylation levels of M tissue types can be used to deconvolve mixture methylation levels measured in the DNA mixture, to determine fraction contributions of each of the M tissue types. Various types of genomic sites can be chosen to have particular properties across tissue types and across individuals, so as to provide increased accuracy in determining contributions of the various tissue types. The fractional contributions can be used to detect abnormal contributions of a particular tissue, indicating a disease state for the tissue. A differential in fractional contributions for different sizes of DNA fragments can also be used to identify a diseased state of a particular tissue. A sequence imbalance for a particular chromosomal region can be detected in a particular tissue, e.g., identifying a location of a tumor.
US11984192B2
Various devices, such as storage devices or systems are configured to transmit data between various components over one or more interfaces. The operation of these interfaces is based on the mechanical limits of the components doing the communication, often latches. Latches often require a setup and hold time limit on the signal being transmitted to be held a desired value. Because the physical effects of the environment, such as voltage being provided, temperature of the component, for example, can affect the operation of the latch, there is often a large margin used to operate them. These large margins avoid errors but decrease overall speed of the interface. By utilizing a test latch within an interface bus group with a drop in operating voltage, changes in output detected can be indicative of upcoming errors. Once detected, the error can be remedied by increasing voltage, lowering operating speeds, or cooling the components.
US11984190B2
Embodiments of the disclosure, there is provided a method, a system for adjusting the memory, and a semiconductor device. The method for adjusting the memory includes: acquiring a mapping relationship between a temperature of a transistor, an equivalent width-length ratio of a sense amplifier transistor in a sense amplifier and an actual time at which the data is written into the memory; acquiring a current temperature of the transistor; and adjusting the equivalent width-length ratio, based on the current temperature and the mapping relationship, so that the actual time at which the data is written into the memory corresponding to the adjusted equivalent width-length ratio is within a preset writing time.
US11984185B2
Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to apparatuses and methods for soft post-package repair (SPPR). After packaging, it may be necessary to perform post-package repair operations on rows of the memory. During a scan mode of an SPPR operation, addresses provided by a fuse bank may be examined to determine if they are open addresses or if the bad row of memory is a redundant row of memory. The open addresses and the bad redundant addresses may be stored in volatile storage elements, such as in latch circuits. During a soft send mode of a SPPR operation, the address previously associated with the bad row of memory may be associated with the open address instead, and the address of the bad redundant row may be disabled.
US11984183B2
A method may include, during a PEI phase BIOS, responsive to a flag being set in a previous boot session of an information handling system to test a first designated region of a memory of the information handling system: testing the first designated region for a memory fault; in response to detecting the memory fault, mapping out the first designated region and designating an additional region of the memory as a designated region for SMRAM and repeating testing of additional designated regions, mapping out of failed additional designated regions, and designating new additional regions of the memory until a designated region passes testing without memory fault; and in response to detecting passage of testing without memory fault of a designated region comprising either of the first designated region or an additional region of the memory, configuring the designated region for use as the SMRAM for the information handling system.
US11984178B2
A flexible RAM loader including a shift register that includes a first data section coupled with a serial data input, and a second data section selectively coupled with a first parallel data input. The shift register is configured to load data serially from the serial data input to the first data section and the second data section when the second data section is uncoupled from the first parallel data input, and, when the second data section is coupled with the first parallel data input, configured to load data in parallel from the serial data input into the first data section and from the first parallel data input into the second data section. The flexible RAM loader also including a test register comprising a selection bit to couple the second data section with the first parallel data input.
US11984174B2
A configuration setting manager of a memory device receives a request to perform an adjustment operation on a set of configuration setting values for the memory device, where each configuration setting value of the set of configuration setting values is stored in a corresponding configuration register of a set of configuration registers; determines a configuration adjustment definition associated with one or more configuration setting values of the set of configuration setting values; calculates an updated set of configuration setting values by applying a multiplier value to the configuration adjustment definition, wherein the multiplier value is associated with a number of programming operations performed on the memory device; and stores the updated set of configuration setting values in the corresponding configuration registers.
US11984169B2
An integrated circuit includes a memory and peripheral circuits with a temperature sensor used to automatically adjust operating voltages. The temperature sensor includes a first circuit to generate a temperature-dependent voltage (TDV) that is dependent on an operating temperature of the integrated circuit, and a second circuit to generate a plurality of temperature reference voltages, based on or more codes. One or more comparator circuits compare individual ones of the plurality of reference voltages with the TDV, to generate one or more comparison signals that are indicative of the operating temperature of the integrated circuit.
US11984164B2
Disclosed herein is an integrated circuit including multiple magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) cells coupled to a static random access memory (SRAM). In one aspect, the integrated circuit includes a SRAM having a first port and a second port, and a set of pass transistors coupled to the first port of the SRAM. In one aspect, the integrated circuit includes a set of MTJ cells, where each of the set of MTJ cells is coupled between a select line and a corresponding one of the set of pass transistors.
US11984160B2
Circuits that include resistive memory elements and methods of using such circuits to generate a physical unclonable function. The circuit includes a first resistive memory element, a second resistive memory element, a first transistor having a source/drain region connected to the first resistive memory element, and a second transistor having a source/drain region connected to the second resistive memory element. The circuit further includes a first inverter having an input connected to a first node between the first transistor and the first resistive memory element, and a second inverter having an input connected to a second node between the second transistor and the second resistive memory element.
US11984147B2
A semiconductor device storing data as a multilevel potential is provided. The semiconductor device includes a memory cell, first and second reference cells, first and second sense amplifiers, and first to third circuits. The first circuit has a function of outputting, to a first wiring and a third wiring, a first potential corresponding to a first signal output from the memory cell. The second circuit has a function of outputting, to a second wiring, a first reference potential corresponding to a second signal output from the first reference cell. The third circuit has a function of outputting, to the fourth wiring, a second reference potential corresponding to a third signal output from the second reference cell when a second switch is in an off state. The first sense amplifier refers to the first potential and the first reference potential and changes potentials of the first wiring and the second wiring. The second sense amplifier refers to the first potential and the second reference potential and changes potentials of the third wiring and the fourth wiring.
US11984141B2
A system and a method for automatic video redaction are provided herein. The method may include: receiving, an input video comprising a sequence of frames captured by a camera, wherein the input video includes live video obtained directly from the camera, wherein recordation of the video directly from the camera is disabled; performing visual analysis of the input video, to detect portions of the frames of the input video in which one of a plurality of predefined objects or a descriptor thereof is detected; generating a redacted input video by replacing the portions of the frames with new portions of another visual content; and recording the redacted input video on a data storage device, wherein the generating of the redacted input video, is carried out by a computer processor, after the input video is captured by the camera and before the recording of the redacted input video on the data storage device.
US11984140B2
A matching method, a terminal and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. The matching method includes extracting audio clips from an integrated video clip, the integrated video clip being obtained by integrating a plurality of original video clips. The matching method further includes acquiring recognition data of the audio clips, the recognition data including subtitle data, a start time of the subtitle data and an end time of the subtitle data. The matching method further includes matching the subtitle data to the integrated video clip based on the start time and the start time of the recognition data, to obtain a recommend video.
US11984132B2
A noise suppression device transforms observation signals to spectral components of multiple channels, calculates an arrival time difference, calculates weight coefficients based on the arrival time difference, estimates whether each of the spectral components of the plurality of frames is a spectral component of target sound or not, estimates a weighted S/N ratio of each of the spectral components of the plurality of frames based on the result of the estimation and the weight coefficients, calculates gains of the spectral components of the plurality of frames by using the weighted S/N ratios, outputs spectral components of an output signal by suppressing spectral components of observation signals of sounds other than the target sound in the spectral components of the plurality of frames by using the gains, and transforms the spectral components of the output signal to an output signal in a time domain.
US11984131B2
Audio encoder for encoding audio input data to obtain audio output data includes an input interface for receiving a plurality of audio channels, a plurality of audio objects and metadata related to one or more of the plurality of audio objects; a mixer for mixing the plurality of objects and the plurality of channels to obtain a plurality of pre-mixed channels, each pre-mixed channel including audio data of a channel and audio data of at least one object; a core encoder for core encoding core encoder input data; and a metadata compressor for compressing the metadata related to the one or more of the plurality of audio objects, wherein the audio encoder is configured to operate in at least one mode of the group of two modes.
US11984128B2
Implementations relate to automatic generation of speaker features for each of one or more particular text-dependent speaker verifications (TD-SVs) for a user. Implementations can generate speaker features for a particular TD-SV using instances of audio data that each capture a corresponding spoken utterance of the user during normal non-enrollment interactions with an automated assistant via one or more respective assistant devices. For example, a portion of an instance of audio data can be used in response to: (a) determining that recognized term(s) for the spoken utterance captured by that the portion correspond to the particular TD-SV; and (b) determining that an authentication measure, for the user and for the spoken utterance, satisfies a threshold. Implementations additionally or alternatively relate to utilization of speaker features, for each of one or more particular TD-SVs for a user, in determining whether to authenticate a spoken utterance for the user.
US11984120B2
The present application discloses a voice control method for applets and a device, and a storage medium, relating to a voice technology in computer technologies, specific implementations being: a voice control instruction for a target applet in an intelligent voice device from a user is acquired through a voice collecting device; voice recognition and intention analysis are performed by a voice interaction system on the voice control instruction to acquire intention information, and the intention information is transmitted to a target applet; the intention information is received and converted into a control instruction executable by a thread of the target applet by the target applet, and the control instruction is executed by the thread of the target applet.
US11984112B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing voice interactions based on user context. Data is received that causes a voice interaction to be generated for output at a user device. In response, current user contextual data of the user device is retrieved. A user availability level for consuming the voice interaction is determined based on the current user contextual data. The voice interaction is altered based on the user availability level. Content of the voice interaction may be altered to be suitable for consumption. The altered voice interaction is outputted at the user device.
US11984106B2
An acoustic booth can comprise a frame comprising an upper portion and a plurality of vertical column members extending downwardly from the upper portion. A roof can be coupled to the upper portion of the frame. At least one sidewall extending downwardly from the roof. The roof and at least one sidewall can cooperate to define an interior. The at least one sidewall can define an interior surface. The interior surface of the at least one sidewall can have a cycloidal shape in cross section in horizontal planes. The at least one sidewall, in cross section in horizontal planes spaced relative to a vertical axis, can have a shape of a square with rounded corners. The acoustic booth can further comprise a floor comprising a sound attenuating material. The acoustic booth can further comprise a microphone divider panel extending downwardly from the roof and partitioning a first zone from a second zone.
US11984102B2
This sound effect generation method includes: generating a sound effect with respect to a sound by using an all-pole filter having a coefficient generated on the basis of an actual measurement value of impulse response; and outputting the sound effect.
US11984096B2
An address to perform a memory operation on a memory location in a rectangular frame buffer is received. A determination is made whether the received address identifies a memory location in a non-rectangular frame buffer corresponding to a memory location in the rectangular frame buffer. Based on the determination that the received address identifies the memory location in the non-rectangular buffer, the memory operation on the memory location in the non-rectangular buffer is performed based on the translated address. Based on the determination that the received address does not identify the memory location in the non-rectangular buffer, the memory operation in the non-rectangular frame buffer is not performed.
US11984094B2
An array substrate has a display area and a bonding region. The display area includes a distal region, a proximal region, and a middle region therebetween. The array substrate includes a base, a common electrode located in the display area, a connecting lead disposed outside the distal region, a conductive frame at least partially surrounding the display area, and at least one first common signal line, at least one second common signal line and at least one third common signal line. The first common signal line, the second common signal line and the third common signal line are respectively coupled to portions of the common electrode located in the distal region, the proximal region and the middle region. The first common signal line is coupled to the connecting lead. The connecting lead and the portion of the common electrode located in the distal region are coupled to the conductive frame.
US11984092B2
The present application discloses a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a non-display region and a gate driver on array (GOA) unit region in the non-display region. The GOA unit region includes multi-level GOA units arranged in multiple columns, thereby improving a space limitation problem associated with arranging a plurality of GOA units in a display panel while the display panel achieves high resolution.
US11984065B2
A display panel includes a pixel circuit and a light-emitting element. The pixel circuit includes a data-writing module, a driving module, and a compensation module. The driving module is configured to provide a driving current for the light-emitting element, wherein the driving module includes a driving transistor, and the driving transistor is an NMOS transistor. The data-writing module is configured to selectively provide a data signal for the driving module. The compensation module is configured to compensate a threshold voltage of the driving transistor. An operational process of the pixel circuit includes a bias stage. In the bias stage, the compensation module is turned off, the driving transistor receives a bias signal, and the bias signal is configured to adjust a bias state of the driving transistor.
US11984061B2
Systems and methods for varying an intensity of pixels of displays are provided. A display subsystem may include a display driver for receiving image frame data and commands from an image or data source, including pixel intensity values for bit planes of an image frame; a parser for receiving the image frame data and the commands, and configured to determine a drive waveform having an pixel drive value and a pixel drive time interval for each bit plane of the image frame data; a display backplane for receiving the drive waveform, the display backplane including a pixel array comprising an array of pixels, each pixel driven by a pixel circuit; and display driver circuitry for driving the pixels in accordance with the drive waveform; and wherein an intensity of the pixel varies for each bit plane according to the pixel drive value and the pixel drive time interval.
US11984057B2
A display device includes a display panel, controller configured to generate a second data enable signal and second image data based on a first data enable signal and first image data, and generate an output data enable signal and output image data by performing a black data insertion operation, and data driver configured to provide data signals based on the output data enable signal and the output image data, where the controller obtains a delay time between the first data enable signal and the second data enable signal or the first image data and the second image data, determines a number of subsequent pulses of the output data enable signal during a period from one time point within a frame period to an end time point of the frame period, and adjusts a cycle of the subsequent pulses based on the delay time and the number of the subsequent pulses.
US11984056B2
A driving method, a device, and a display terminal of a display panel are proposed. A charging order is sorted for each row of sub-pixels among the plurality of sub-pixels, so that total numbers of different color sub-pixels arranged at a target position are the same, wherein the target position comprises a first bit and a last bit in the charging order corresponding to each row of sub-pixels. When the sub-pixels in each row are scanned, each sub-pixel in a row is charged to drive the display panel according to the charging order corresponding to the row, thereby the display panel is driven.
US11984052B2
A display device of embodiments of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of display panels each having a display side and a back side opposite to each other; a positioning substrate facing the back side of the display panel; and a plurality of connection structures, each of the plurality of display panels corresponding to at least one connection structure and being fixed on the positioning substrate by bonding through its corresponding connection structure(s); wherein each connection structure includes: a fixing member connected to the back side of the display panel; a first connection member detachably connected to the fixing member; and a second connection member detachably connected to the positioning substrate, and configured to be bonded to the first connection member through a first bonding structure, so that the display panel is fixed on the positioning substrate by bonding.
US11984050B2
The present invention provides a product with incorporated operation display panel that further improves visibility at the time of light emission. The product with incorporated operation display panel includes a transparent conductive sheet, a display panel with a touch sensor furnished at least with light emitting elements consisting of light emitting elements arranged in two dimensions and being the product with incorporated operation display panel furnished with a thin layer that covers the total or a part of the front surface of a display panel, and a transparent substrate that forms a light guiding path is disposed at an opening between a transparent conductive sheet and a thin layer, or at an opening between a transparent conductive sheet and a light emitting device array substrate. The transparent base has micropores provided in a resin base material made of a transparent resin, and the micropores are formed by a lattice-like louver.
US11984047B2
The present invention relates generally to a system and method for reviewing and evaluating performance. In particular, the present invention relates to a system, method, and computer program produce for reviewing and evaluating performances of an official or group of officials at an event or events. Even more specifically, according to embodiments of the present invention, the system and method can involve reviewing and evaluating an official or group of official's performance during a sporting event or events, such as a football game or games or a basketball game or games.
US11984045B2
A surgical simulator comprising a haptic arm capable of simulating forces generated during surgery from interactions between a surgical tool and tissue operated upon. The simulator further comprises a visual display capable of depicting a three-dimensional image of the simulated surgical tool and a physics-based computer model of the tissue. The haptic arm controls the movement and orientation of the simulated tool in the three-dimensional image, and provides haptic feedback forces to simulate forces experienced during surgery. Methods for simulating surgery and training users of the simulator are also described.
US11984044B2
A trainer for practicing an intraosseous infusion is presented. The trainer includes a mannequin and an injection-site simulant. The mannequin is in the form of a body, human or animal, in part or whole. The injection-site simulant further includes a pocket, an insert, and an outer cover. The pocket extends into the mannequin. The insert simulates a hard exterior of a bone. The insert is disposed within the pocket. The outer cover with a plug simulates a skin, human or animal. The outer cover conceals the insert, the pocket, and the plug. The pocket and the insert cooperate to form a cavity. The cavity is disposed where marrow resides within the bone. The cavity is capable of receiving a fluid injected through a hole formed during use through the outer cover, the plug, and the insert. The plug sealingly contacts and cooperates with at least one of the insert or the wall within the pocket to confine the fluid within the cavity.
US11984040B2
Methods and systems for automatically creating a digital playbook. A processor receives image data. The processor stores the image data in memory. The processor detects a first play illustration in the image data. The processor analyzes the first play illustration. Based on the analysis of the first play illustration, the processor detects features of the play. The processor generates a data file for the first play. The processor stores the data file for the first play in memory.
US11984033B2
The disclosed embodiments are directed to improving the persistence of pre-accident data in vehicles. In one embodiment a method is disclosed comprising receiving events broadcast over a vehicle bus; classifying the events using a machine learning model, the classifying comprising indicating that a collision is imminent; and copying data from a cyclic buffer of a black box device into a long-term storage device in response to the classifying.
US11984027B2
A vehicle with an emergency reporting function includes a vehicle communicator, an emergency reporting switch, a user interface, and a processor. The vehicle communicator transmits an emergency report about an emergency involving the vehicle to a server to make a request for an emergency response. The processor generates an emergency report and causes the vehicle communicator to transmit the emergency report if the vehicle is involved in an emergency. If the emergency reporting switch is manually operated by an occupant of the vehicle upon occurrence of the emergency, the processor presents emergency category items to allow the occupant to select a category item among the emergency category items on the user interface, generates the emergency report based on a manual operation about the category item selected by the occupant, and causes the vehicle communicator to transmit the emergency report based on the manual operation.
US11984015B2
A community safety system with inter-organizational communication, allowing for members of a first organization to provide alerts when located within a security zone associated with a second organization. A notification management entity, responsible for managing the different safety systems associated with each organization, determines where a user is located and whether the user is associated with any of the organizations responsible for the security zone in which the user is located.
US11984014B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for determining a notification based on device properties. A device identification database may associate device identifications with device properties. A device identification associated with a device may be received, and corresponding device properties may be determined. Based on the device properties, a notification may be determined and sent.
US11984005B2
A method passively detects intrusion in an indoor environment. The method includes: establishing at least one communication channel between two millimeter (mm)-wave devices of a plurality of mm-wave devices deployed within the indoor environment, continuously monitoring communication channel parameters of the at least one communication channel, and triggering an intrusion detection process based on variations of the communication channel parameters.
US11983999B2
A valuable media sanitizing/cleansing cassette is provided for sanitizing/cleansing surfaces of valuable media dispensed to a consumer during a dispense transaction at a transaction terminal. Dispensed media is urged from one or more media cassettes within the terminal along a transport path. The transport path is altered to pass the media through the sanitizing/cleansing cassette where the top and bottom surfaces of the media are illuminated with Ultraviolet (UV) radiation to eradicate any bacteria or virus that may be adhered to the top or the bottom surfaces of the media. Once the media passes through the sanitizing/cleansing cassette, the now sanitized/cleansed media is urged along a remainder of the transport path and dispensed from a media interface of the terminal to the consumer. In an embodiment, media deposited at the terminal is also sanitized/cleansed by passing through the sanitizing/cleansing cassette before being stored in the appropriate media cassettes.
US11983998B2
Various embodiments of the gaming systems and methods provide plays of a multi-hand poker game where extra hands can be added and/or where extra card duplications can be made.
US11983995B2
Electronic gaming machines and systems are disclosed that provide for a symbol-based main game that features an array of symbol positions that may, if an array growth condition is met, increase in size. Determining whether the array growth condition is met may involve determining how many array growth symbols are shown in association with a game play. A further determination may be made as to whether a feature game trigger condition is met and, if so, a feature game may be presented that utilizes the same array of symbol positions that were present in the main game when the feature game was triggered. Additional array growth may occur in the feature game if the array growth condition is met again.
US11983992B2
The present disclosure relates generally to a system that provides zero, one or more benefits to a user in association with maintaining an amount of funds in one or more gaming establishment accounts associated with one or more system components.
US11983990B2
A gaming system includes at least one processor configured to: receive, from a mobile computing device of a player, a digital image of the player captured during a gaming session of an electronic game; analyze the digital image using facial expression analysis techniques to determine a current emotional state of the player; categorize the current emotional state of the player, the categorizing includes a first state representing a desired emotional level; and transmit instructions to the mobile gaming device causing the mobile computing device to initiate a game session action during the gaming session when the current emotional state is not the desired emotional level, the game session action is configured to cause the player to transition to the desired emotional level.
US11983975B2
A system and method for sensing or tracking users at a geographic location or destination and collecting data based upon such users and/or the tracking of such users for enhancing the experience of the users, providing increased operational functionality of venues or attractions associated with the destination, and/or managing or influencing behavior associated with users or employees at the geographic location or destination. The system may be accessible via software applications executed upon mobile devices and/or permanent hardware kiosks and/or via a web-based interface. Trackable hardware is carried and/or worn or otherwise associated with the users so that the users' movement and activities may be tracked at the geographic location or destination.
US11983972B1
An autonomous vehicle is tested using virtual objects. The autonomous vehicle is maneuvered, by one or more computing devices, the autonomous vehicle in an autonomous driving mode. Sensor data is received corresponding to objects in the autonomous vehicle's environment, and virtual object data is received corresponding to a virtual object in the autonomous vehicle's environment. The virtual object represents a real object that is not in the vehicle's environment. The autonomous vehicle is maneuvered based on both the sensor data and the virtual object data. Information about the maneuvering of the vehicle based on both the sensor data and the virtual object data may be logged and analyzed.
US11983968B2
There are provided methods and devices for use with industrial control systems. For example, there is provided a method that can include acquiring data from a sensor associated with an industrial machine. The method can include determining, while acquiring the data, whether at least one condition is satisfied in the data. Furthermore, the method can include logging the data as a function of time and logging information associated with the at least one condition as a function of time, in response to the at least one condition being satisfied. The method can also querying the logged information, subsequent to logging the data, to identify subsets of the data for which the at least one condition is satisfied.
US11983962B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor and a memory with instructions thereon. The instructions upon execution by the processor, causes the processor to: sequentially sense a movement of a body of a user; present, to the user, an avatar corresponding to the user, rather than a photographed image of an appearance of the user, based on a result of the sensing so that the user perceives a shape of a surface of the body of the user; determine a position of a figure object to be drawn that serves as a guide for movement of the body of the user in association with the avatar based on the result of the sensing; and display the figure object at the determined position.
US11983955B1
Image fingerprints (embeddings) are generated by an image fingerprinting model and indexed with an approximate nearest neighbors (ANN) model trained to identify the most similar fingerprint based on a subject embedding. For image matching, a score is provided that indicates a similarity between the input embedding and the most similar identified embedding, which allows for matching even when an image has been distorted, rotated, cropped, or otherwise modified. For image classification, the embeddings in the index are clustered and the clusters are labeled. Users can provide just a few images to add to the index as a labeled cluster. The ANN model returns a score and label of the most similar identified embedding for labeling the subject image if the score exceeds a threshold. As improvements are made to the image fingerprinting model, a converter model is trained to convert the original embeddings to be compatible with the new embeddings.
US11983937B2
An intersecting road estimation device includes an object detection unit that detects an object existing around an own vehicle and a position of the object, an object extraction unit that extracts a stationary object and a position of the stationary object from an object detection result, a first estimation unit that estimates a road edge of a traveling road on which the own vehicle is traveling based on the position of the stationary object, a candidate extraction unit that extracts a stationary object existing outside the road edge of the traveling road estimated by the first estimation unit as a candidate for an outside stationary object representing a road edge of an intersecting road intersecting the traveling road, and a second estimation unit that estimates the road edge of the intersecting road based on a position of the outside stationary object extracted by the candidate extraction unit.
US11983935B2
Systems and methods are provided for operating a vehicle, is provided. The method includes, by a vehicle control system of the vehicle, identifying map data for a present location of the vehicle using a location of the vehicle and pose and trajectory data for the vehicle, identifying a field of view of a camera of the vehicle, and analyzing the map data to identify an object that is expected to be in the field of view of the camera. The method further includes, based on (a) a class of the object, (b) characteristics of a region of interest in the field of view of the vehicle, or (c) both, selecting an automatic exposure (AE) setting for the camera. The method additionally includes causing the camera to use the AE setting when capturing images of the object, and using the camera, capturing the images of the object.
US11983933B1
Techniques for determining a classification score indicative of an object exiting an environment are discussed herein. Techniques may include analyzing sensor data associated with an area of an environment from a perspective, such as a top-down perspective. From this perspective, a machine-learned (ML) model may utilize techniques to determine output data including a classification score indicative of the object exiting the area and/or being occluded from a point of view of a vehicle within a threshold period of time. The classification score may be leveraged to determine whether a first prediction component or a second, less computationally expensive, prediction component may be employed to determine a predicted trajectory of the object.
US11983932B1
A vision acquisition system equipped in an intelligent terminal of a smart logistics vehicle is disclosed. The vision acquisition system includes an image information acquisition unit, an angle information acquisition unit, a vehicle information acquisition unit, an image information analysis unit and a calculation unit. The image information acquisition unit includes a ground image acquisition module and a feature point identification module; the ground image acquisition module acquires a ground image in front of a vehicle through a camera; and the feature point identification module is used for identifying contour information of the image and mark a near point and a far point of the image. In implementation of the present invention, a road surface in front of the driving vehicle can be acquired.
US11983931B2
Fabrication processing is executed in a chip of an image sensor. An image capturing device includes an image capturing unit (11) mounted on a vehicle and configured to generate image data by performing image capturing of a peripheral region of the vehicle, a scene recognition unit (214) configured to recognize a scene of the peripheral region based on the image data, and a drive control unit (12) configured to control drive of the image capturing unit based on the scene recognized by the scene recognition unit.
US11983912B2
A method for training a pattern recognizer to identify regions of interest in unstained images of tissue samples is provided. Pairs of images of tissue samples are obtained, each pair including an unstained image of a given tissue sample and a stained image of the given tissue sample. An annotation (e.g., drawing operation) is then performed on the stained image to indicate a region of interest. The annotation information, in the form of a mask surrounding the region of interest, is then applied to the corresponding unstained image. The unstained image and mask are then supplied to train a pattern recognizer. The trained pattern recognizer can then be used to identify regions of interest within novel unstained images.
US11983908B2
The disclosure describes systems and methods for controlling a heating element of a window of a vehicle. The systems and methods include capturing an image of the window with a camera of the vehicle. The image is analyzed to determine a state of the window and the heating element is controlled based on the state of the window.
US11983906B2
Systems and methods for predicting a target set of pixels are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method may include obtaining target content. The target content may include a target set of pixels to be predicted. The method may also include convolving the target set of pixels to generate an estimated set of pixels. The method may include matching a second set of pixels in the target content to the target set of pixels. The second set of pixels may be within a distance from the target set of pixels. The method may include refining the estimated set of pixels to generate a refined set of pixels using a second set of pixels in the target content.
US11983904B2
The present invention refers to removal of redundant information from plenoptic point cloud data, reducing the number of bits needed to represent them and thus making the plenoptic point cloud data more suitable to be transferred through a medium of limited bandwidth. The proposed solution is based on predictive differential coding, using the standard color channel of a point clouds as a reference for plenoptic data, and on the application of transforms for greater data compression.
US11983901B2
An image processing apparatus comprises: an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording medium using a plurality of color materials on the basis of first image data showing an image; and an estimating unit configured to estimate a characteristic of each one of the plurality of color materials in a target region on the formed image on the basis of second image data obtained by reading the formed image. The estimating unit selects an estimation processing unit to use from among a plurality of estimation processing units used for different estimation methods on the basis of a combination of the color materials in the target region.
US11983900B2
A method includes obtaining a first image to be rendered, obtaining a target mask image corresponding to the first image where a g component of the target mask image stores first light change data and a b component of the target mask image stores second light change data, the first light change data being change data of light on a left side of the first image used when the first image is rendered and the second light change data being change data of light on a right side of the first image used when the first image is rendered, and rendering the first image by using the target mask image to obtain a second image.
US11983897B2
A method for adjusting camera intrinsic parameters of a single camera visual tracking device is described. In one aspect, a method includes accessing a temperature of a camera of the visual tracking system, detecting that the temperature of the camera exceeds a threshold, in response identifying one or more feature points that are located in a central region of an initial image, generating a graphical user interface element that instructs a user of the visual tracking system to move the visual tracking system towards a border region of the initial image, and determining intrinsic parameters of the camera based on matching pairs of the one or more detected feature points in the border region and one or more projected feature points in the border region.
US11983894B2
Systems and methods are provided for navigating a host vehicle. In an embodiment, a processing device may be configured to receive images captured over a time period; analyze images to identify a target vehicle; receive map information associated including a plurality of target trajectories; determine, based on analysis of the images, first and second estimated positions of the target vehicle within the time period; determine, based on the first and second estimated positions, a trajectory of the target vehicle over the time period; compare the determined trajectory to the plurality of target trajectories to identify a target trajectory traversed by the target vehicle; determine, based on the identified target trajectory, a position of the target vehicle; and determine a navigational action for the host vehicle based on the determined position.
US11983891B2
A moving target tracking device includes a position information creation unit that creates camera position information indicating adjacency relationships of a plurality of reference cameras and a plurality of pivoting cameras, a tracking target analysis unit that detects traveling information indicating a speed and a traveling direction of a moving target, a tracking score calculation unit that calculates a tracking score indicating a proportion at which the moving target has been able to be captured in the entire tracking section, a machine learning unit that creates, as record information, a control result obtained by a learning device that has learned a control value of each pivoting device corresponding to the traveling information such that the tracking score becomes higher, and a control information creation unit that creates control information by using the control value acquired with reference to the record information.
US11983888B2
This image change detection device includes a subspace updating unit that, when a determination unit determines that there has been no change, updates a first subspace by rotating the first subspace so that the first subspace approaches a second subspace. When the determination unit determines that there has been no change, a degree-of-change calculating unit calculates the degree of change between the first subspace updated by the subspace updating unit and a second subspace whose bases are left singular vectors of an image in a change detection period next to a change detection period.
US11983887B2
A method comprising the steps of: receiving an image from a dynamic vision sensor and an image from an image sensor, wherein the dynamic vision sensor and the image sensor capture at least an overlapping field of view; determining, from the image received from the dynamic vision sensor, an area of movement in the field of view of the image from the image sensor; applying a higher level of image compression to the areas of no movement compared with the area of movement in the image from the image sensor to produce a processed image; and outputting the processed image to a neural network.
US11983884B2
A system for detecting tumoral masses in an unknown tissue is described, that can be coupled to an MRI system for receiving a number of unknown tissue scans, each scan comprising a corresponding plurality of MRI images relating to a group of voxels, each voxel being associated with a corresponding portion of unknown tissue, the MRI images of each scan being indicative of values of at least a corresponding initial parameter. The detection system determines for each voxel a corresponding probability value, indicative of the probability of the corresponding portion of unknown tissue including a corresponding tumoral portion. Furthermore, the detection system determines, for a plurality of voxel groups, a corresponding group aggressiveness value, indicative of the aggressiveness of the tumoral mass formed by the tumoral portions present in the corresponding portions of unknown tissue.
US11983881B2
A computer device obtains a to-be-segmented image that includes a plurality of extreme points corresponding to a target object in the to-be-segmented image. The device generates first image feature information according to the to-be-segmented image. The first image feature information includes N image matrices and a first heatmap that is generated according to the extreme points. The device obtains a first image segmentation region corresponding to the first image feature information using a first image segmentation model. The device also obtains a second heatmap according to an annotation point corresponding to the first image segmentation region and the first image segmentation region. The device obtains a second image segmentation region corresponding to the to-be-segmented image using a second image segmentation model. The device generates an image recognition result according to the second image segmentation region.
US11983868B2
Embodiments predict response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in breast cancer (BCa) from pre-treatment dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI). Embodiments compute, using a machine learning (ML) classifier, a first probability of response based on a set of radiomic features extracted from a tumoral region represented in a pre-treatment DCE-MRI image of a region of tissue (ROT) demonstrating BCa; extract patches from the tumoral region; provide the patches to a convolutional neural network (CNN); receive, from the CNN, a pixel-level localized patch probability of response; compute a second probability of response based on the pixel-level localized patch probability; compute a combined ML probability from the first and second probabilities; compute a final probability of response based on the combined ML probability and clinical information associated with the ROT; classify the ROT as a responder or non-responder based on the final probability of response; and display the classification.
US11983860B2
A method and instruction memory for processing acoustic images of a tubular to determine the surface of the tubular. The images may be acquired by an acoustic logging tool deployed into a pipe or well. A Machine Learning model is trained to recognize regions of the acoustic images that are internal to the tubular or not, in order to determine surface pixels. The surface pixels may be rendered to create visualizations of the tubular where noise and non-surface features are filtered out automatically.
US11983857B2
An appliance and method for automated visual inspection of at least two items from different categories, on a production line, include automatically switching between an item profile of a first of the at least two items for inspection; and an item profile of a second of the at least two items for inspection, based on detection of the first item in an image of the production line.
US11983847B2
A method is for noise reduction in image recordings. In an embodiment, the method includes providing an input image; de-noising the input image and producing a de-noised input image; and adapting noise texture of pixels of the de-noised input image via an adaptation method, noise amplitude of the de-noised input image being largely retained and the noise texture of the pixels of the de-noised input image being adapted to correspond largely to a defined noise texture. A corresponding device, a production method for an adaptation device, such an adaptation device, and a control facility and a computed tomography system are also disclosed.
US11983846B2
An imaging system can obtain image data, for instance from an image sensor. The imaging system can supply the image data as input data to a machine learning system, which can generate one or more maps based on the image data. Each map can identify strengths at which a certain image processing function is to be applied to each pixel of the image data. Different maps can be generated for different image processing functions, such as noise reduction, sharpening, or color saturation. The imaging system can generate a modified image based on the image data and the one or more maps, for instance by applying each of one or more image processing functions in accordance with each of the one or more maps. The imaging system can supply the image data and the one or more maps to a second machine learning system to generate the modified image.
US11983842B2
Ultrasound images are adjusted according to the size of the display area available to display them, so that image detail is displayed with a large enough physical size to discern comfortably. A translation ratio is determined for translating the physical distance traversed by the ultrasound signals of an ultrasound images to a corresponding physical distance on a screen of the display device. If the ratio is not below a threshold, the image is displayed in full. If the ratio is below the threshold, the image is cropped, optionally scaled, and displayed in the available area. Scaling and cropping may be based on window size and threshold window size. The parameters of the ultrasound scan may be controlled based on the scaling, cropping, or available screen size. User interface features may be displayed on the screen depending on how much area is available when the image is displayed.
US11983835B2
Techniques for placing and manipulating multiple three-dimensional (3D) models using mobile augmented reality (AR) are described. One technique includes receiving a first request to initialize an AR simulation of a first product for sale within a physical environment. In response to the first request, a first 3D model of the first product for sale is rendered onto the screen. After rendering the first 3D model, a second request to visualize a second product for sale within the physical environment is received during the AR simulation of the first product for sale. In response to the second request, a second 3D model of the second product for sale is rendered onto the screen with the first 3D model.
US11983830B2
Systems and methods for generating and facilitating access to a personalized augmented rendering of a user to be presented in an augmented reality environment are discussed herein. The augmented rendering of a user may be personalized by the user to comprise a desired representation of the user in an augmented reality environment. When a second user is detected within the field of view of a first user, the second user may be identified and virtual content (e.g., an augmented rendering) for the second user may be obtained. The virtual content obtained may differ based on one or more subscriptions of the first user and/or permissions associated with the virtual content of the second user. The virtual content obtained may be rendered and appear superimposed over or in conjunction with a view of the second in the augmented reality environment.
US11983829B2
A non-transitory computer readable medium including an augmented reality processing program causing a server to implement a controllable object display data output function of outputting display data for displaying, in a superimposed manner on a real space, a controllable object that is a virtual object controllable by a user, and a controllable object control function of controlling at least one of an operation, movement, and a state change of the controllable object in accordance with an operation input provided by the user.
US11983821B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling a movable platform. The method may include obtaining a target object selection operation input by a user on an interaction interface, the interaction interface displaying a three-dimensional model of an operation area, the target object selection operation configured to determine a position of a target object in the operation area; determining a target orientation of the movable platform when the target object is operated based on an orientation of the three-dimensional model displayed on the interaction interface when the target object selection operation is obtained; and determining a target position of the movable platform when the movable platform performs operation on the target object based on the position of the target object, the target orientation, and an operation distance of the movable platform.
US11983820B2
An information processing method includes: three-dimensional (3D) point information of a 3D point cloud is obtained; a two-dimensional (2D) point cloud image from projection of the 3D point cloud on a horizontal plane is generated based on the 3D point information; and projection coordinates of 3D points comprised in the 3D point cloud in a reference coordinate system of a reference plane graph are determined based on a consistency degree that the 2D point cloud image has with the reference plane graph, where the reference plane graph is used for representing a projection graph with reference coordinates that is obtained through the projection of a target object on the horizontal plane, and the 3D point cloud is used for representing 3D space information of the target object.
US11983818B2
A measurement system includes a processor. Based on information measured by a camera that takes an image of a measurement target and an auxiliary object arranged on the measurement target, the processor acquires first point cloud data representing a three-dimensional geometry of the measurement target including the auxiliary object. Based on the first point cloud data and second point cloud data that is known and that represents a three-dimensional geometry of the measurement target, the processor eliminates point cloud data of the auxiliary object from the first point cloud data. The processor compares the first point cloud data, from which the point cloud data of the auxiliary object has been eliminated, with the second point cloud data. The processor displays information relating to a result of comparison on a display device.
US11983816B1
The present disclosure relates to a system for controlling an interactive virtual environment. The system includes a computing device that accesses a stored library of interactive virtual environment components, each component including a three-dimensional mesh, an associated texture, an integral logic for all functions of the component, and an interface for passing instructions and variables between the component and any connected component; and generates and transmits an environment defining document from the construction data set, the, environment defining document defining the three-dimensional, interactive, virtual environment as composed of the set of environment components connected using each component's interface to enable interconnected environment components to interact one with another to thereby define an interconnected logic for each component combination defining a subset of the three-dimensional, interactive, virtual environment and for the entirety of the three-dimensional, interactive, virtual environment.
US11983814B2
An image processing apparatus includes a detection unit that detects an area of a target object from an image captured by an image capturing apparatus, a first model generation unit that generates a front surface model representing a front surface of the target object based on the area of the target object, and a second model generation unit that generates a back surface model representing a back surface of the target object based on points provided by movement of a plurality of points on the front surface model by a distance corresponding to a thickness of the target object in respective normal directions.
US11983799B2
A method for processing breast tissue image data includes processing image data of a patient's breast tissue to generate a high-dimensional grid depicting one or more high-dimensional objects in the patient's breast tissue; determining a probability or confidence of each of the one or more high-dimensional objects depicted in the high-dimensional grid; and modifying one or more aspects of at least one of the one or more high-dimensional objects based at least in part on its respective determined probability or confidence to thereby generate a lower-dimensional format version of the one or more high-dimensional objects. The method may further include displaying the lower-dimensional format version of the one or more high-dimensional objects in a synthesized image of the patient's breast tissue.
US11983782B2
The present disclosure provides a method, a device, a storage medium and a program product for carbon trading. The method for carbon trading includes acquiring identification data and carbon behavior data of a transport device, the carbon behavior data indicating at least one of carbon consumption behavior and carbon emission reduction behavior of the transport device and the identification data including at least an identity corresponding to the transport device; in response to determining that the identity is in a predetermined identity set, acquiring an attribute corresponding to the transport device based on the identity; and determining, based on the carbon behavior data and a first smart contract matching with the attribute, a carbon emission reduction equivalent corresponding to the carbon behavior data, the first smart contract being provided for converting the carbon behavior data to the carbon emission reduction equivalent; transmitting the carbon emission reduction equivalent to a blockchain platform to store in a first account associated with a first object, the first object being associated with a plurality of transport devices; and publishing carbon trading associated with the carbon emission reduction equivalent in the first account as a blockchain transaction.
US11983774B1
A system may include a vehicle system configured to monitor one or more monitor variables related to a vehicle. The system may also include a processor that may receive a selection of the one or more monitor variables to monitor and receive data from the vehicle system. The data may be limited based on the selection of the one or more monitor variables. The processor may then determine a fixed rate premium for at least two years based on the data and display a visualization that may include the fixed rate premium on a display.
US11983768B1
Automated loan production systems, methods, and media are provided. For example, the disclosed subject matter can provide a point-of-sale platform that sources the borrower, captures the borrower's information in the form of a consumer loan application at a point-of-sale, underwrites the borrower based on criteria provided by lending partners, underwrites one or more merchants for inclusion on the point-of-sale platform, matches multiple loan offers from multiple lending partners based on borrower and lender requirements, presents loan documents of a selected loan for electronic signature between the merchant and the borrower, disburses funds from the lender to the merchant, and provides reporting to merchants, partners, lenders, and other entities through respective portals.
US11983761B2
In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for automatically choosing an ordering interface to be presented is provided. A computing system stores a first ordering rule definition and a second ordering rule definition. The first ordering rule definition includes at least one condition for disabling the first ordering rule definition. The computing system receives a request to present an ordering interface for a first order. In response to determining that the at least one condition for disabling the first ordering rule definition has not been met, an ordering interface is presented based on the first ordering rule definition. In response to determining that the at least one condition for disabling the first ordering rule definition has been met, an ordering interface is presented based on the second ordering rule definition.
US11983754B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a processor configured to: acquire a position of a terminal that includes a sound collector and that is connected online to the own apparatus; acquire first information related to the acquired position; and present the acquired first information to a user who operates the own apparatus, as second information for supporting a conversation with a person who exists in front of the terminal.
US11983748B2
A predicted size of a specific subject and a predicted size of a specific item are determined using one or more machine learning models. The machine learning models are trained using at least a specified size of the specific subject, feedback of the specific subject regarding sizing of a plurality of items, and feedback of other subjects regarding sizing of the plurality of items. The determined predicted size of the specific subject and the predicted size of the specific item are used to determine a predicted size fit between the specific item and the specific subject.
US11983728B2
Described is an opinion aggregation system. The system includes a server having a memory storing user information, a first user computing device and other user computing devices coupled to the server. The server is programmed to receive and store an opinion request from the first user computing device and automatically process the opinion request and generate an opinion request to send to the other user computing devices for display and for entering an opinion. The server may be programmed to deliver the opinion request to the other user computing devices and then receive and store the opinions entered by the other user computing devices. These responses may be delivered to the first user computing device for viewing. The user may either filter the opinions received or filter the opinion request by selection of one or more filters, wherein the server only sends the opinion request to users matching the one or more filters.
US11983727B2
In various examples, a system identify a first issue object associated with the alert by making a first set of determinations, based on an alert of an active issue of a system resource. Additionally, the system can determine whether the active issue associated with the first issue object can be automatically corrected by one or more self-healing processes, based on the first issue object. Moreover, the system can implement the one or more self-healing processes, based on determining that the active issue associated with the first issue object can be automatically corrected by one or more self-healing processes.
US11983725B2
The present invention is a collation/retrieval system collating a product manufactured by or delivered from a producer or a distributor with a product to be collated comprising: a storage unit that stores an image feature of a predetermined collation area of the product determined in advance at a position relative to a reference section common in every product; a to-be-collated product feature extraction unit that receives an image of the product to be collated and detecting the reference section of the product from the received image to extract an image feature of the collation area determined by reference to the reference section; and a collation unit that collates the stored image feature with the image feature of the collation area of the product to be collated.
US11983718B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for performing secure commercial transactions. The commercial transactions may be, for example, pre-pay pickup transactions, direct pay transactions, and transfer transactions. An identity of a user that initiates a commercial transaction may be verified based on biometric data. The biometric data may, for example, be representative of an image of at least a portion of a face of an individual, an image of an iris of an individual, at least a portion of a fingerprint of an individual, a temperature signature of an individual, a heartbeat signature of an individual, an odor characteristic of an individual, or a voice characteristic of an individual. The application can be utilized in commercial environments, getting rid of the traditional way to do transactions providing direct interaction between the merchant and the issuer of funds as well as allow an individual to engage as a buyer or seller position within a single profile, representative of an individual or business profile within a marketplace social community.
US11983713B2
A blockchain transaction privacy protection method includes receiving a transaction request sent by a receiving node device, the request including a plurality of receiving accounts and a total amount receivable, and sending a plurality of transaction sequence numbers and a virtual wallet address corresponding to each of the plurality of transaction sequence numbers to the receiving node device, thereby making the receiving node device send a total amount receivable, the plurality of transaction sequence numbers, and the virtual wallet address corresponding to the plurality of transaction sequence numbers to a granting node device. A total amount receivable and the plurality of transaction sequence numbers sent by the granting node device are received. A transaction amount to each receiving account of the receiving node device according to the total amount receivable and the plurality of transaction sequence numbers are transferred, protecting the amount of the transaction and the parties.
US11983707B2
A method for managing secure processing of electronic payment transactions includes receiving a request submitted by a merchant computing system for a security verifier. The security verifier is to be displayed on an electronic display associated with the merchant computing system. A set of security credentials received from a security service provider is measured against a security threshold. When the set of security credentials meets the security threshold, a uniform resource locator (“URL”) is transmitted to the merchant computing system. The URL identifies the security verifier to be retrieved and displayed at the electronic display associated with the merchant computing system.
US11983706B2
A system and method are provided for modeling and interpreting a modeled digital asset and its evolution with respect to the rights of a plurality of parties, the method comprising: executing an await function instance no more than once using one of at least one choice defined therein for disposition of the digital asset with respect to the rights of at least one of the plurality of parties, said await function instance incorporated upon the consent of the affected parties to fulfil a configured function instance associated with the at least one choice; executing an agree function instance that requires the consent of at least one of the plurality of parties to execute; and storing the results of the executed function instances in an append-only ledger.
US11983702B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a computer system displaying a user interface that includes a representation of a card, where the representation of the card includes a plurality of layers that are concurrently displayed. The plurality of layers include a first layer with a first visual asset and a second layer with a second visual asset. A first set of visual effects is applied to the first visual asset without applying the first set of visual effects to the second visual asset. A second set of visual effects, different from the first set of visual effects, is applied to the second visual asset.
US11983701B2
Temporarily provisioning card on file payment functionality to proximate merchants is described herein. A point-of-sale (POS) application executable by a POS device associated with a merchant can store an identifier associated with payment data corresponding to a payment instrument of a customer for use in future transactions with the customer. A payment processing service can determine other merchant(s) that subscribe to services of the payment processing service are participating in an event with the merchant and can receive a request to provision the payment data to the other merchant(s) to enable the other merchant(s) to use the identifier to complete transaction(s) with the customer without requiring the customer to present the payment instrument in association with the transaction(s). The payment processing service can provision the identifier to other POS device(s) of the other merchant(s) for temporarily storing the identifier on individual POS devices of the other POS device(s).
US11983695B1
The embodiments disclosed herein use WiFi signals detected from nearby WiFi networks to confirm the identity of a bank's customer logging in to his or her account at the bank. Specifically, the customer's computing device may detect signals from neighboring WiFi networks. The bank may then verify that the customer's accounts are being accessed from the customer's home or office by comparing the list of neighboring WiFi networks to a previously stored list of the neighboring networks. If the lists match, it is probable that the customer's accounts are being accessed from the customer's home or office, thus reducing the possibility that a fraudulent actor is trying to access the customer's accounts.
US11983684B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for verification of proximity to a kiosk, such as an ATM. The mobile application installed on a mobile device may be used to setup a prestaged transaction. When the mobile device is in the proximity to the kiosk to complete the prestaged transaction, a location of the mobile device may be verified using ambient sound recorded by a microphone of the mobile device. The ambient sound may be songs, tones, or ultrasonic sound played by a sound system near the kiosk. The recorded ambient sound may then be compared to expected audio from the sound system to determine whether the mobile device is in proximity to the kiosk.
US11983677B2
In order to facilitate automated electronic calendar task management with automatic task scheduling, systems and methods are described including receiving and electronic meeting request to schedule a meeting. Work task data items identifying work tasks associated with the attendees are determined. A task estimation machine learning model predicts work parameters of meeting task objects based on the work task data items, and a work history data identifying work history of each attendee. A meeting scheduling machine learning model predicts parameters of unavailability period objects representing unavailability periods required to complete the work tasks based on the meeting task object, schedule information and location information. An indication of the at least one unavailability period is displayed on a screen of a computing device associated with each attendee. Selections of the unavailability period is received from the attendees, and the unavailability period is dynamically secured prior to the meeting.
US11983674B2
Computerized systems are provided for automatically determining action items of an event, such as a meeting. The determined action items may be personalized to a particular user, such as a meeting attendee, and may include contextual information enabling the user to understand the action item. In particular, a personalized action item may be determined based in part from determining and utilizing particular factors in combination with an event dialog, such as an event speaker's language style; user role in an organization; historical patterns in communication; event purpose, name, or location; event participants, or other contextual information. Particular statements are evaluated to determine whether the statement likely is or is not an action item. Contextual information may be determined for action items, which then may be provided to the particular user during or following the event.
US11983671B2
A system and method are disclosed for an inventory planner that generates an inventory policy using any form of demand distributions, non-linear cost functions and/or multiple target measures of service levels, while taking into account a supply order lead time, such as, for example, a static or stochastic supply order lead time. The inventory policy generated by the inventory planner comprises an optimal and reproducible solution to one or more supply chain planning problems.
US11983669B2
Radio frequency identification (RFID) enabled readers and systems and methods for filtering cross reads of RFID tags and use thereof. The systems and methods may be configured to operate with mobile and/or fixed RFID readers. The systems and methods may provide for claim based filtering of cross reads based upon adjusting operating powers of RFID readers and/or antenna. The systems and methods may also be configured to apply weights to claims thereby providing efficient and/or accurate filtering of cross reads. The systems and methods may also provide for a database that may also be presented to a user to illustrate locations of inventory at any point in time or over a period of time, or to facilitate the ability of a user to physically locate inventory to be acted upon.
US11983668B2
An information handling system may include a processor and a management controller configured to provide out-of-band management facilities for management of the information handling system, the management controller further configured to, in response to a triggering event for collecting a hardware inventory, collect identifying information for information handling resources of the information handling system and a location for each of the information handling resources, order the identifying information in accordance with a schema for ordering the identifying information, concatenate the identifying information into a string in accordance with the schema, generate a signature from the string, compare the signature to an existing inventory signature for the information handling system, and generate a notification in response to the signature mismatching the existing inventory signature.
US11983646B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, system and apparatus that enable operations that may include receiving, by a processing system, project data defining a proposed machine learning (ML) project of an entity and storing the project data in a project database with other project data for other projects. The operations may further include extracting extracted features of the proposed project and, based on the extracted features, determining a clustering assignment for the proposed project. Determining the clustering assignment may comprise comparing information about the proposed project including the extracted features with information about the other projects and assigning the proposed project to a cluster including one or more projects having similar bias characteristics as the proposed project. The operations may further include determining a risk of potential bias for the proposed project and, based on the risk of bias, recommending a corrective action to reduce the risk of bias. Machine learning models may be used for project clustering and bias score determination and may be readily updated as new ML projects are evaluated. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11983640B2
Techniques for generating a natural language question template for an artificial intelligence question and answer (QA) system are disclosed. A graph database query relating to a QA system is parsed using a predefined schema. The parsing includes extracting a first plurality of values from the graph database query relating to a where clause in the graph database query, extracting a second plurality of values from the graph database query relating to a return clause in the graph database query, identifying a QA template rule relating to the graph database query, based on a match clause in the graph database query. A natural language question template is generated based on the first plurality of values, the second plurality of values, and the identified QA template rule. The natural language question template is suitable for use by the QA system as part of generating a response to a natural language question.
US11983635B1
A method for training a neural network model having layers and parameters, comprises providing an input corresponding to each of samples comprised in a batch of a training dataset to an input layer, obtaining outputs from the neural network model, calculating a loss function for each of the samples based on the outputs and corresponding desired values, and determining values for minimizing a mismatch between the outputs and the corresponding desired values across the samples for the parameters based on the loss function. The determining of the values comprises running a forward model through the layers, determining a Sifrian functional for the layers based on the forward model, backpropgation, and gradient definition, determining equations from the Sifrian functional, performing transformation and optionally reduction to get a pivotal Sifr equation and solving the equation to estimate a second-order update for the purpose of the neural network model training.
US11983628B2
Systems and methods dynamically adjust an available range for editing an attribute in an image. An image editing system computes a metric for an attribute in an input image as a function of a latent space representation of the input image and a filtering vector for editing the input image. The image editing system compares the metric to a threshold. If the metric exceeds the threshold, then the image editing system selects a first range for editing the attribute in the input image. If the metric does not exceed the threshold, a second range is selected. The image editing system causes display of a user interface for editing the input image comprising an interface element for editing the attribute within the selected range.
US11983602B1
In a general aspect, signals are converted between regimes in a quantum computing system. In some cases, a quantum computing system includes: a quantum processing unit, a control system, a transmission medium, and circuitry. The quantum processing unit includes a superconducting circuit, which includes a plurality of qubit devices. The control system includes a signal generator configured to generate a first control signal and encode qubit control information in the first control signal. The transmission medium is configured to couple the signal generator with a signal conversion system. The signal conversion system is configured to: receive the first control signal generated by the signal generator; and generate a second control signal based on the qubit control information encoded in the first control signal. The circuitry is configured to deliver the second control signal to the plurality of qubit devices.
US11983601B2
A hybrid Bacon-Shor surface code is implemented using a fault tolerant quantum computer comprising hybrid acoustic-electric qubits. A control circuit includes an asymmetrically threaded superconducting quantum interference devices (ATS) that excites phonons in a mechanical resonator by driving a storage mode of the mechanical resonator and dissipates phonons from the mechanical resonator via an open transmission line coupled to the control circuit. The hybrid Bacon-Shor surface code only couples four phononic modes per given ATS, reducing cross-talk as compared to other systems that couple more phononic modes per ATS. Also, measurements are performed such that three parity measurements are taken between a phononic readout mode and a transmon qubit in a given syndrome measurement cycle.
US11983599B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to document processing, and more particularly to systems and methods that can utilize relative positions between the content of the document and a decodable indicia affixed to the document. In one embodiment, indicia reading terminals are provided that include an imaging module for capturing a frame of image data of a document. The document can include one or more decodable indicia such as a form barcode and various content fields, which delineate particular content of the document. The form barcode can include information respecting the form design and form design data. This information can be used to process the content of the document such as by providing coordinates or similar location and positioning metrics for use in processing the content of the document. In one example, the frame of image data is analyzed to identify the form barcode, from which the relative location of the content fields can be discerned without extensive processing of the frame of image data.
US11983596B2
A wearable device includes a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag having a memory that stores identification information. The wearable device also has a power harvesting circuit configured to harness power from electromagnetic radiation. Further, the wearable device has a sensor coupled to the power harvesting circuit and configured to utilize the power to monitor a condition of the wearable device. Even further, the wearable device has a microcontroller coupled to the sensor and configured to write data indicative of the condition to the memory of the RFID tag, wherein the RFID tag is configured to transmit the identification information and the data in response to receipt of the electromagnetic radiation from an RFID reader.
US11983584B2
An image processing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set a target region, a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of texture data for applying a metal representation on an image, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire an output condition when outputting the target region, a selection unit configured to select texture data based on the output condition, and an application unit configured to apply, to the target region, the texture data selected by the selection unit.
US11983581B2
In one implementation, systems and methods are provided for processing digital experience information. A computer-implemented system for processing digital experience information may comprise a central data location. The central data location may comprise a connector that may be configured to receive information belonging to a category from an information source; an event backbone that may be configured to route the information received by the connector based on the category; a translator that may be configured to transform the received information into a common data model; and a database that may be configured to store the received information. The event backbone may be further configured to send information to the connector from the event backbone and the database based on one or more criteria.
US11983576B2
A method, computer program product, and system include a processor(s) issues an instruction that includes processing core information that includes locations of processing cores of the computing system (logical cores and/or physical cores), and an operator selection. The processor(s) sets security parameters for information returned by the instruction which is topological information for mapping of the logical cores to the physical cores. The processor(s) obtains the topological information and utilizes an operating system to map the logical cores to the physical cores.
US11983571B2
A method and system for hardware-based predictive fault detection and analysis are described herein. Logic components of a computing cluster can baseline a plurality of telemetries associated with at least one processing node of the computing cluster. The logic components can monitor the plurality of telemetries while the at least one processing node is in operation. The logic components of the computing cluster can compare the monitored plurality of telemetries with the baselined plurality of telemetries. The logic components can predict one or more impending faults associated with the at least one processing node based on the comparisons.
US11983570B2
Conditionally deploying a reusable group of containers for a job based on available system resources
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes identifying a job creation request within a system; determining a current amount of available resources within the system; and conditionally deploying a reusable group of containers for the job, based on the current amount of available resources for the system.
US11983563B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to accurate resource interaction opportunity decisioning. Contextual information is extracted, in real-time or otherwise, which takes into account the circumstances surrounding the presentation of resource interaction opportunities to the potential user. A decisioning model from amongst a plurality of models is determined based on implementation of an explainability calculator that assesses the accuracy, peril and complexity of the models in relation to the resource interaction opportunity decisions rendered by the models. A relationship builder is implemented that is configured to build a relationship network amongst potential users and resource interaction opportunity providers and subsequently use the indirect relationships provided by the network as a basis for determining which resource interaction opportunity providers should provide resource interaction opportunities to the potential users.
US11983559B2
A streaming engine employed in a digital data processor specifies a fixed read only data stream recalled memory. Streams are started by one of two types of stream start instructions. A stream start ordinary instruction specifies a register storing a stream start address and a register of storing a stream definition template which specifies stream parameters. A stream start short-cut instruction specifies a register storing a stream start address and an implied stream definition template. A functional unit is responsive to a stream operand instruction to receive at least one operand from a stream head register. The stream template supports plural nested loops with short-cut start instructions limited to a single loop. The stream template supports data element promotion to larger data element size with sign extension or zero extension. A set of allowed stream short-cut start instructions includes various data sizes and promotion factors.
US11983551B2
Examples of multi-user configuration are disclosed. An example method includes, at an electronic device: receiving a request; and in response to the request: if the voice input does not match a voice profile associated with an account associated with the electronic device: causing output of first information based on the request using a first account associated with the electronic device; if a setting of the electronic device has a first state, causing update of account data of the first account based on the request; and if the setting has a second state, forgoing causing update of the account data; and if the voice input matches a voice profile associated with an account associated with the electronic device: causing output of the first information using the account associated with the matching voice profile; and causing update of account data of the account based on the request.
US11983549B2
Multi-tiered graphical user interface (GUI) systems and methods are described for interoperating between multiple mobile application modes during a real-time caregiving event. An expert GUI and a novice GUI are rendered having a an expert mode and an novice mode, respectively, that share a control state for passing operation between the expert mode and the novice mode. A triggering of a caregiving event is detected that causes the passing of the control state from the expert mode to the novice mode, and the rendering of a novice GUI in an interoperated sequence following rendering of the expert GUI. Caregiving data of a novice user is generated during the novice mode, wherein the novice GUI, as rendered during the novice mode, comprises a different interface compared with the expert GUI, and the novice GUI configured for manipulation by the novice user.
US11983547B2
System and methods discussed for automatically optimizing application and notification delivery based on user preferences and historical application usage. Applications that a user is likely to want to use at the present time or in the near future are displayed in an organizationally distinct way in an application catalog so they are easy to find and are pre-loaded on an application delivery server so they are available with minimal system lag caused by application loading processes. Application notifications are also optimized such that notifications that are likely to be relevant to users at the current time are identified and presented to them in an organizationally distinct way.
US11983545B2
There is provided a method for changing the functionality of an executing software product in runtime through the use of dynamic procedures. There is further provided a corresponding computerized system, computer program and non-volatile data carrier containing the computer program.
US11983542B2
A system and method for facilitating management of edge computing nodes of an edge computing network is disclosed is disclosed. The method includes registering one or more second edge nodes with an edge computing network, reading a MAC address of a network card associated with the one or more second edge nodes, and obtaining installation topic and the MAC address. Also, the method includes publishing a message on the installation topic associated with one or more parameters, performing one or more operations on the set of first edge nodes based on the installation topic, and executing the set of install instructions on the one or more second edge nodes. Further, the method includes publishing a result of the execution of the set of install instructions on the installation topic and the MAC address and updating a state of the edge computing network.
US11983540B1
A computer program product includes a non-volatile computer readable medium and non-transitory program instructions embodied therein, the program instructions being configured to be executable by a processor of a baseboard management controller in a multi-processor system to cause the processor to perform various operations. The operations include initiating disabling of a processor interconnect between first and second central processing units in the multi-processor system and initiating boot of the first central processing unit, wherein the first central processing unit operates in a first partitioned node independent of the second central processing unit.
US11983537B1
A multi-stage processor has a pre-fetch stage, and a sequence of pipelined processor stages. A thread map register contains thread identifiers, and a thread map valid register has locations corresponding to the thread map register and indicating whether a value in the thread map register is to be fetched or not, and a thread map length register indicates the number of thread map register locations forming a canonical sequence of thread identifiers to the pre-fetch stage. The pre-fetch stage does not act on a thread identifier with a not valid thread map valid value, thereby saving power in low demand conditions.
US11983529B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for detection and recordation of functional code logic components on a distributed development platform. The present invention is configured to retrieve, from a source code repository, a source code script, wherein the source code script is associated with a first user; initiate a machine learning model on the source code script; determine, using the machine learning model, at least one functional code logic component from the source code script; initiate an NFT source code mapping engine on the at least one functional code logic component; generate, using the NFT source code mapping engine, a NFT for the at least one functional code logic component, wherein the NFT comprises the at least one functional code logic component and information associated with the first user; and record the NFT in a distributed ledger.
US11983514B2
Systems and methods for transforming data for a batch-based legacy software program into data suitable for processing by a streaming-based new software program. In some aspects, the system generates an information stream for multiple threads from batch information received from the legacy software program. The system processes the information stream for the multiple threads using the new software program. If there is a mismatch between outputs of the legacy and new software programs for at least one thread, the system adjusts a data model of the new software program to address the mismatch and generates an updated information stream for processing by the new software program.
US11983505B2
A method for translating a source text of a first language to a second language. The method includes receiving a translation request including the source text in the first language; selecting, from the source text, at least a first segment, associating at least one first metadata parameter with the first segment; providing the first segment to a first translation memory for determining a first set of translation proposals; determining a first quality score for each translation proposal; and comparing the first quality score of each translation proposal with a first predetermined acceptance threshold, and wherein based on the comparison, when a first quality score of at least one translation proposal is greater than the first predetermined acceptance threshold, the method comprises selecting a given translation proposal and providing the given translation proposal as an accepted translation of the first segment and as at least a part of an accepted translation of the source text.
US11983503B2
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology can be used in combination with composable communication goal statements to facilitate a user's ability to quickly structure story outlines in a manner usable by an NLG narrative generation system without any need for the user to directly author computer code. Narrative analytics that are linked to communication goal statements can employ a conditional outcome framework that allows the content and structure of resulting narratives to intelligently adapt as a function of the nature of the data under consideration. This AI technology permits NLG systems to determine the appropriate content for inclusion in a narrative story about a data set in a manner that will satisfy a desired communication goal.
US11983489B1
A method and computer system are provided for generating a text summary. An input text is processed by a model that comprises a set of attention heads. The model is trained to generate abstractive summaries of text documents. A subset of the attention heads are identified. For each attention head in the subset, a portion is identified from the input text that is used to generate the abstractive summary. For each sentence of the input text, a fractional size is calculated for an intersection of the portion and the respective sentence relative to the respective sentence. A subset of the sentences is then determined, where the respective fractional size of each sentence in the subset meets a first threshold. An extractive summary of the input text is then generated from the subset of sentences.
US11983488B1
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and computer-readable media for automatically generating and editing text. In an embodiment, a method may include receiving an input text prompt and receiving one or more user instructions. The method may also include accessing a language model based on the input text prompt and the one or more user instructions. The method may also include outputting, using the accessed language model, language model output text. The method may also include editing the input text prompt based on the language model and the one or more user instructions by replacing at least a portion of the input text prompt with the language model output text.
US11983482B2
A system and method for converting a document is described. The system accesses a document comprising one or more section breaks. The system detects sections of the text document demarked by the one or more section breaks and generates a section title metadata and a section summary metadata for each section of the plurality of sections. The system inserts the section title metadata and the section summary metadata at the corresponding section breaks in the text document. The system modifies the text document into slides. Each slide being formed for each section based on the corresponding section title metadata and the section summary metadata. The system generates a presentation document based on the slides.
US11983475B2
A semiconductor device includes: M*1st conductors in a first layer of metallization (M*1st layer) and being aligned correspondingly along different corresponding ones of alpha tracks and representing corresponding inputs of a cell region in the semiconductor device; and M*2nd conductors in a second layer of metallization (M*2nd layer) aligned correspondingly along beta tracks, and the M*2nd conductors including at least one power grid (PG) segment and one or more of an output pin or a routing segment; and each of first and second ones of the input pins having a length sufficient to accommodate at most two access points; each of the access points of the first and second input pins being aligned to a corresponding different one of first to fourth beta tracks; and the PG segment being aligned with one of the first to fourth beta tracks.
US11983468B2
A system and a method for determining a sealant profile to be applied by a sealant applicator, the applicator being arranged to apply sealant to the surface of a component. The system includes an imager configured to generate measurement data representing the surface of the component and a data receiver. The data receiver is arranged to receive the generated measurement data and predetermined component-related data. The system also includes a processor arranged to analyse the received data and to generate, based on the analysis, a sealant profile for application to the component, and a data output arranged to output data representing the generated sealant profile to the sealant applicator.
US11983466B2
Techniques for providing a unique UI and backend service designed to improve item placement within a defined environment are described. The placement of an item within the UI is governed by rules. Measurement data detailing dimensions of an area is received. An item selection menu within the UI is populated with items in a database. A design layout area, which represents the measured area, is displayed. In response to an item being selected from the item selection menu and being placed at a location within the design layout area, a set of rules is triggered. The placement of the item either does not violate the rules or, alternatively, that placement does violate the set rules. If the rules are violated, then alternative suggestions are provided. If the rules are not violated, then the item is placed at the location.
US11983463B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for establishing a metadata exchange channel between a media playback system and a networked microphone system, wherein the networked microphone system comprises a networked microphone device and a networked microphone server. After establishing the metadata exchange channel, the media playback system experiences a metadata exchange triggering event. In response to experiencing the metadata exchange triggering event, the media playback system provides metadata to the networked microphone system via the metadata exchange channel.
US11983456B2
A method is provided. The method includes: creating at least two projected-screen receiving sources according to a local IP address and at least two idle port numbers, and generating respective stream pushing addresses of the at least two projected-screen receiving sources, so that at least two screen projecting terminals obtain the respective stream pushing addresses in a one-to-one correspondence; establishing, for each of the at least two projected-screen receiving sources, a screen-projection connection between the projected-screen receiving source and a screen projecting terminal obtaining a stream pushing address of the projected-screen receiving source; and receiving, by each of the at least two projected-screen receiving sources, projected-screen data pushed by the corresponding screen projecting terminals in screen-projection connection with the projected-screen receiving source.
US11983450B2
An example server to process onboarding includes a communication interface unit, a memory to store instructions, and a processor. The processor is to execute instructions stored in the memory to receive information on a user interface screen for onboarding from a client device through the communication interface unit, and transmit information for generating a next user interface screen to be displayed on the client device to the client device through the communication interface unit based on the received information on the current user interface screen and information on a process of the onboarding.
US11983443B2
An apparatus includes a plurality of data buffer and multiplexer devices that communicate data signals with the host memory controller at twice the clock rate that the data buffer and multiplexer devices communicate first and second data signals with first and second memory modules. The apparatus further includes a registered clock driver that communicates host command and address signals at twice the clock rate that the registered clock driver communicates first and second command and address signals with the first and second memory modules. The second data signals and second command and address signals may be directed to a data conversion module that converts the signals to be communicated over a serial computer expansion bus with the second memory module.
US11983442B2
Data storage device and method for multi-level conditional prediction of future random read commands
A data storage device and method for multi-level conditional prediction of future random read commands are provided. In one embodiment, a data storage device is provided comprising a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to receive a random read command from a host, wherein the received random read command is associated with a stream; predict a next stream to be received from the host; and predict a next random read command to be received from the host based on the received random read command and the predicted next stream. Other embodiments are possible, and each of the embodiments can be used alone or together in combination.
US11983429B2
A method comprises maintaining a mapping data structure comprising a plurality of mapping entries, each such mapping entry associating an assigned name of a corresponding logical storage device of a storage system with a unique identifier of that logical storage device, a given such mapping entry further comprising a timestamp associated with the logical storage device. The method further comprises identifying a source logical storage device for a migration process, accessing the mapping data structure to determine a timestamp of the source logical storage device and one or more additional timestamps of one or more respective candidate target logical storage devices for the migration process, selecting based at least in part on the determined timestamps a particular one of the one or more candidate target logical storage devices, and initiating the migration process to migrate the source logical storage device to the selected target logical storage device.
US11983428B2
Systems and methods for data migration via a peer communication channel between data storage devices are disclosed. The data storage devices include a host interface configured to connect to at least one host system and a peer interface to connect to the peer communication channel, where the host interface and the peer interface and separate physical interfaces. A source data storage device establishes peer communication with a destination data storage device over the peer communication channel, determines a set of host data, and sends the set of host data to the destination data storage device, while continuing to receive and process host storage operations through the host interface.
US11983419B2
A method including determining, by a device, a sharing decryption key based at least in part on an assigned private key associated with the device and a folder access public key associated with a folder; decrypting, by the device, a folder access private key associated with the folder by utilizing the sharing decryption key; and decrypting, by the device, encrypted content associated with the folder by utilizing the folder access private key associated with the folder. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US11983413B2
Disclosed herein is a semiconductor memory device for reducing data read time difference between memory banks. In the semiconductor memory device of the disclosure, each of the memory banks has the delay control time controlled based on the distance from data control block or receives the signal according to the read command. Accordingly, the data read time difference is reduced in the semiconductor memory device, and the operation time margin of the data control block is improved.
US11983411B2
A method can include, in a default mode of a memory device, decoding command data received on a unidirectional command address (CA) bus of a memory interface according to a first standard. In response to decoding a mode enter command, placing the memory device into an alternate management mode. In the alternate management mode, receiving alternate command data on the CA bus, and in response to receiving a command execute indication on the CA bus, decoding alternate command data according to a second standard to execute an alternate command. In response to decoding a mode exit command received on the CA bus according to the first standard, returning the memory device to the default mode. The memory interface comprises the CA bus and a data bus, and the CA bus and data bus comprise a plurality of parallel input connections. Corresponding devices and systems are also disclosed.
US11983398B2
A foldable screen of an electronic device includes a first display region, a second display region, and a third display region. When the electronic device is in a folded form, an included angle between the first display region and the second display region is less than or equal to a first preset angle. The third display region is disposed between the first display region and the second display region. A touch control method for the electronic device includes detecting a first operation in the third display region and controlling the first display region and/or the second display region. When the electronic device is in the folded form, a primary screen and/or a secondary screen may be controlled by using an operation detected on a side screen.
US11983395B2
Methods and systems are presented for dynamically modifying electronic content presented on a user device by third-party content providers based on goals associated with one or more entities. A content modification system may receive inputs related to goals for a user. The content modification system may synthesize the goals associated with the user. When the user uses a user device to request content from a third-party server, the content modification system may obtain the content and extract items included within the content. The content modification system may modify the content based on the synthesized goals, such as re-arranging the items, highlighting some of the items, or adding and/or removing items. The content modification system may cause the user device to present the modified content.
US11983379B2
Multiple anchors may be utilized for robotic process automation (RPA) of a user interface (UI). The multiple anchors may be utilized to determine relationships between elements in the captured image of the UI for RPA. The results of the anchoring may be utilized for training or retraining of a machine learning (ML) component.
US11983378B2
The invention relates to a method for tracking an end of a utensil equipped with a magnetic object, wherein a parameter K(tn) representative of a contact between the end and a reference surface of a touch sensor is determined, and when contact is detected: an actual value D1(k+1) of the distance D1 between the end and the magnetic object is determined, on the basis of a value D1I(k+1) of a distance, referred to as the projected distance D1I between the position PA(tn) of the magnetic object and a position PI(tn) of a point of intersection between the reference surface and a straight line collinear with the magnetic moment m(tn), then the recorded value of the distance D1 is updated on the basis of the actual determined value D1(k+1) of the distance D1.
US11983368B2
A display panel and a touch display device are disclosed. The display panel includes a first touch electrode positioned in the first area, a second touch electrode positioned in the second area, a third touch electrode positioned in the third area, a fourth touch electrode positioned in the fourth area, and a first connection pattern electrically connecting the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode. A connection portion between the third touch electrode and the fourth touch electrode may pass through an intermediate area between the first area and the second area. The first connection pattern may pass through the intermediate area between the first area and the second area and may cross the connection portion between the third and fourth touch electrodes. Each of the first, second, third and fourth touch electrodes may include a first metal layer and a second metal layer, the first metal layer and the second metal layer may be separated by a touch-interlayer insulating layer. The first connection pattern may be disposed on one of the first metal layer and the second metal layer. The first connection pattern may be located in one of the first metal layer and the second metal layer.
US11983365B1
An electronic device includes a capacitive sense array and is coupled to a stylus including a conductive tip and a conductive wire module. The conductive tip and wire module of the stylus are driven by a tip drive signal and a wire drive signal simultaneously. The tip and wire drive signals have a single stylus drive frequency. While the conductive tip and wire module are driven by the tip and wire drive signals, the electronic device scans the capacitive sense array to obtain a plurality of capacitive sense signals from a plurality of sense electrodes of the capacitive sense array. The electronic device generates a composite image of the capacitive sense array based on the plurality of capacitive sense signals and processes the composite image to determine one or more orientation parameters (e.g., a tilt angle) of the stylus with respect to a surface of the capacitive sense array.
US11983364B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a display device including: a loop coil; a display unit configured to include a plurality of pixels; a display driver configured to apply a data signal and a scan signal to the pixels depending on a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal; a plurality of touch electrodes positioned on the display unit; a driving receiver configured to apply a driving signal to the loop coil during a first period and to receive a sensing signal from at least one of the touch electrodes during a second period after the first period; and a controller configured to generate touch information by using the sensing signal, wherein the driving signal is synchronized to at least one pulse of the vertical synchronization signal and the horizontal synchronization signal.
US11983360B2
A touch sensor including: a touch sensing area including driving electrodes and sensing electrodes; a driving signal generator which determines phases of driving signals based on a reference code and supplies the driving signals to the sensing electrodes, wherein the driving signals are sine waves; and a touch processor which receives sensing signals according to the driving signals from the sensing electrodes and determines a touch position based on the sensing signals and the reference code, wherein the driving signal generator controls the phases of the driving signals by updating the reference code at a predetermined time point.
US11983357B2
An electronic device according to an embodiment includes: a display panel; a touch electrode layer disposed on the display panel and comprising at least one touch electrode; and a conductive wire disposed on the display panel, disposed on the same layer as the touch electrode layer, and generating a magnetic field signal for driving a stylus pen.
US11983356B2
A control device configured for use in a load control system to control one or more electrical loads may comprise an actuation member having a front surface defining a touch sensitive surface configured to detect a point actuation along at least a portion of the front surface, a touch sensitive circuit, and a control circuit. The touch sensitive device may comprise one or more receiving capacitive touch pads located behind the actuation member and arranged in a linear array adjacent to the touch sensitive surface. The control circuit may be configured to operate using different filtering techniques based on the state/mode of the control device and/or based on whether the positions of point actuations by a user along the touch sensitive surface indicate a fine tune or gross adjustment by the user. For example, the control circuit may generate an output signal using light/no filtering or using heavy filtering.
US11983355B2
An electronic device may include a first structure, a second structure, a flexible display, at least one sensor, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to: obtain information on a state of the first structure with respect to the second structure via the at least one sensor; detect a touch input via the at least one sensor; based on the information on the state of the first structure with respect to the second structure, identify a portion of the flexible display where the touch input is detected between a first portion visually exposed to an outside and a second portion accommodated in an inside of the second structure in the flexible display; and based on the identified portion being the second portion, perform a function associated with a screen displayed via the first portion, based on the touch input.
US11983352B2
An MFR sensor array having a first supporting layer. The array has a second supporting layer. The array has a force sensing component disposed between the first and second supporting layers. The array has protrusions combined with the force supporting component, where there are only two supporting layers. When a force is applied to the second supporting layer, the force causes the second supporting layer to contact protrusions so the force is transmitted through the protrusions to the force supporting component and through the force supporting component. An MFR sensor array. A system for sensing. A method for sensing.
US11983328B2
An apparatus is configured to efficiently recognize a gesture by interworking with an infotainment system. The apparatus obtains information about the gesture of a user, is connected with the infotainment system of a vehicle to identify a state of the infotainment system, branches a gesture allowed in recognition, based on the state of the infotainment system, and performs gesture recognition, based on the information about the sensed gesture and a result of branching the gesture allowed in recognition. The apparatus addresses overload and reliability degradation problems according to continuous image recognition.
US11983326B2
Techniques are disclosed for allowing a user's hands to interact with virtual objects. An image of at least one hand may be received from an image capture devices. A plurality of keypoints associated with at least one hand may be detected. In response to determining that a hand is making or is transitioning into making a particular gesture, a subset of the plurality of keypoints may be selected. An interaction point may be registered to a particular location relative to the subset of the plurality of keypoints based on the particular gesture. A proximal point may be registered to a location along the user's body. A ray may be cast from the proximal point through the interaction point. A multi-DOF controller for interacting with the virtual object may be formed based on the ray.
US11983323B2
There is provided a control device that includes: a control section configured to control tactile presentation and auditory presentation when it is decided that an input section has been operated, the tactile presentation presenting a stimulation via a sense of touch, the auditory presentation presenting a stimulation via a sense of hearing, and the input section having a contact area that an object contacts, and in which the control section controls a feature amount of a waveform related to the tactile presentation and a feature amount of a waveform related to the auditory presentation such that at least one of the tactile presentation and the auditory presentation falls within an appropriate range that is a range where at least one of the tactile presentation and the auditory presentation is perceivable for a user of the input section and is not uncomfortable for the user.
US11983316B2
In one implementation, a method is performed for selecting a UI element with eye tracking-based attention accumulators. The method includes: while a first UI element is currently selected, detecting a gaze direction directed to a second UI element; in response to detecting the gaze direction directed to the second UI element, decreasing a first attention accumulator value associated with the first UI element and increasing a second attention accumulator value associated with the second UI element; in accordance with a determination that the second attention accumulator value exceeds the first attention accumulator value, deselecting the first UI element and selecting the second UI element; and in accordance with a determination that the second attention accumulator value does not exceed the first attention accumulator value, maintaining selection of the first UI element.
US11983315B2
A method, performed by an augmented reality (AR) device including a vision correction lens, of detecting a gaze of a user is provided. The method includes obtaining lens characteristic information about the vision correction lens arranged to overlap a light guide plate in a gaze direction of the user, emitting light for gaze tracking toward a light reflector through a light emitter, wherein the emitted light is reflected by the light reflector and then directed to an eye of the user, receiving a light reflected by the eye of the user through a light receiver, obtaining an eye image of the user based on the light received, adjusting the eye image of the user based on the lens characteristic information about the vision correction lens, and obtaining gaze information based on the adjusted eye image.
US11983314B2
One embodiment provides a method, the method including: capturing, at an interface reconfiguration system and using an image capture device, video of a user, wherein the video is transmitted to an information handling device of at least one other user; determining, using the interface reconfiguration system, eyes of the user are directed away from the image capture device and a portion of a user interface associated with a direction of the eyes of the user; and rearranging, responsive to the determining, at least the portion of the user interface displayed on a display device operatively coupled to the image capture device. Other aspects are claimed and described.
US11983294B2
A traffic sensor includes an imaging unit that generates a recognition record by image recognition processing a captured image of a vehicle. The recognition record includes personal-identification data useable to identify the vehicle owner, and additional data not useable to identify the vehicle owner. The traffic sensor also includes an obfuscation unit that generates an obfuscated record from the recognition record by converting the personal-identification data into a unique-identifier. The obfuscated record includes the unique-identifier and the additional data. The traffic sensor further includes a transceiver configured to transmit the obfuscated record to a first off-site server without transmitting the recognition record to the first off-site server.
US11983293B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for predicting, detecting, and preventing unauthorized access events associated with electronic systems. The systems, computer program products, and methods may be configured to receive, from a first automated teller machine, an alert message including information associated with a first unauthorized access event occurring at the first automated teller machine and determine, based on the information in the alert message, a location of the first automated teller machine. The systems, computer program products, and methods may be configured to identify a second automated teller machine proximate the location of the first automated teller machine and provide, to the second automated teller machine, one or more commands to be executed by the second automated teller machine to prevent a second unauthorized access event from occurring at the second automated teller machine.
US11983291B2
Systems and techniques that facilitate policy-driven views of datasets are provided. In various embodiments, a system can comprise a data component that can access a dataset. In various instances, the system can further comprise a view policy component that can respectively correlate a set of security credentials to a set of view instructions associated with the dataset. In various embodiments, the system can further comprise an input component that can receive as input a first security credential that is listed in the set of security credentials. In various aspects, the system can further comprise an output component that can identify a first view instruction that is listed in the set of view instructions associated with the dataset, wherein the first view instruction is respectively correlated to the first security credential. In various cases, the output component can generate as output a view of the dataset based on the first view instruction.
US11983278B2
This disclosure relates generally to data anonymization using clustering techniques. In Typically, data anonymization using global recoding can overgeneralize the data. However, preservation of information while anonymization the data is of equal importance as obscuring the relevant information that can be used by the attackers. The disclosed method and system utilized attribute taxonomy tree for generalization to optimize the generalization of the records. The disclosed method uses clustering-based approach and after clustering, each cluster is solved independently using ILP model for K-Anonymization. The ILP model is solved by generalizing the value of the attributes. Sometimes, even after clustering the number of possible patterns is large, thus the disclosed method generates patterns on the fly during multiple iterations.
US11983277B2
Some examples relate to identifying a security vulnerability in a computer system. In an example, via a NAND flash memory, a computer system may be scanned to obtain information related to a software program, based on a rule set defined in a management controller (e.g., baseboard management controller (BMC)) on the computer system. The NAND flash memory may obtain metrics related to the software program via the BMC. The NAND flash memory may analyze the information related to the software program along with the metrics related to the software program to identify a security vulnerability in the computer system. The NAND flash memory may provide the information related to the security vulnerability in the computer system to the BMC.
US11983273B2
A trusted orchestrator function subsystem inventory and verification system includes an OS, a BIOS, a management device, and a trusted orchestrator device. In response to presentation of a function subsystem to the OS during runtime, the OS generates a function subsystem detection alert that identifies the function subsystem. In response to the function subsystem detection alert, the BIOS generates and provides a BIOS inventory update that identifies the function subsystem. The management device receives the BIOS inventory update and, in response, forwards the BIOS inventory update. The trusted orchestrator device receives the BIOS inventory update and, in response, determine whether the function subsystem identified in the BIOS inventory update is included in a trusted function subsystem inventory. If so, the trusted orchestrator device allows the operating system to utilize the function subsystem while, if not, the trusted orchestrator device prevents the operating system from utilizing the function subsystem.
US11983271B2
A processor may generate an enforcement point. The enforcement point may include one or more adversarial detection models. The processor may receive user input data. The processor may analyze, at the enforcement point, the user input data. The processor may determine, from the analyzing, whether there is an adversarial attack in the user input data. The processor may generate an alert based on the determining.
US11983252B2
Techniques for securing computer executable software for tracking usage of at least one software application are presented. The computer executable software for tracking usage of at least one software application can include tracking software installed on a client and monitoring software installed on the client, where the monitoring software is hidden from users of the tracking software. The techniques can include tracking, by the tracking software, a usage of the at least one software application by the client; obtaining, by the tracking software, a status of the monitoring software; and restarting the monitoring software, by the tracking software, in response to obtaining a status of the monitoring software indicating that the monitoring software is not executing.
US11983251B2
A secure communication system is disclosed for communication between first and second party devices. An input interface is provided for receiving from an external host a unique host factor in addition to a user input interface for receiving from a user a unique PIN for a user and a selection input for selecting one of the plurality of stored entropy stores as a user selected entropy store A first private key generator is operable for generating a private key using a key generation algorithm requiring the selected entropy store, the host factor and the unique user PIN. The second party device includes a second storage device for storing a plurality of entropy stores. An input interface is provided for receiving the same unique host factor as received by the first party device. A communication interface facilitates communication with the first party device to receive from the first party device a user PIN and an indication of the user selected entropy store. A second private key generator is operable for generating a private key using the predetermined key generation algorithm with the received user PIN, the received host factor, and an extracted entropy store corresponding to user selected entropy store, wherein the private key generated by both the first and second private key generators are identical. The session is initiated to cause the generation of the identical private keys at both of the first and second private key generators and allow secure communication between the first and second devices. The private key at least one of the first and second devices is deleted at the end of the session.
US11983246B2
The present invention provides a data analysis system capable of performing analysis appropriately using a CNN model while reducing communication traffic. A data analysis system 90 includes: an instrument 10 that performs a conversion process of outputting compression data obtained as a result of processing observation data received via an input layer of a learned neural network 18A using portions ranging from the input layer to a predetermined intermediate layer; and a device 20 that performs an analysis process of inputting the compression data to a subsequent intermediate layer in a learned neural network 18B, inputting data obtained by decoding the compression data, which is an output of the subsequent intermediate layer, to an output layer configured using a CNN model, and obtaining an analysis result of the observation data as an output of the output layer. The learned neural networks 18A and 18B are learned in advance so as to minimize an error between the output of the output layer when observation data of which the true analysis result obtained by analysis is known is input and the true analysis result and an error between the observation data and the decoded data.
US11983245B2
Various embodiments a method and apparatus for unmanned driving behavior decision-making and model training, and an electronic device. The method includes: acquiring sample data, wherein the sample data includes a sample image; extracting a sample feature vector corresponding to the sample data, wherein a feature vector of the sample image is extracted by manifold dimension reduction; and based on the sample feature vector, training by semi-supervised learning to obtain a target decision-making model, wherein the target decision-making model is used for decision-making classification.
US11983237B2
A vector dot product multiplier receives a row vector and a column vector as floating point numbers in a format of sign plus exponent bits plus mantissa bits. The dot product multiplier generates a single dot product value by separately processing the sign bits, exponent bits, and mantissa bits in a few pipelined stages. A first pipeline stage generates a sign bit, a normalized mantissa formed by multiplying pairs multiplicand elements, and exponent information. A second pipeline stage receives the multiplied pairs of normalized mantissas, performs an adjustment, performs a padding, complement, and shift, and sums the results in an adder stage. The resulting integer is normalized to generate a sign bit, exponent, and mantissa of the floating point result.
US11983223B2
Techniques are described herein that are capable of constructing a finite automaton using regular expression derivatives to simulate behavior of a backtracking engine. The behavior indicates an order in which paths in an input regular expression are to be evaluated by the backtracking engine. The finite automaton is constructed to include a graph that includes a root node that represents the input regular expression. Regular expressions are derived such that each derived regular expression is a regular expression derivative of the input regular expression or of another derived regular expression. Priorities are assigned to alternations in the derived regular expressions to correspond to priorities indicated by the behavior. Nodes that represent the respective derived regular expressions and transitions between respective pairs of nodes are caused to be included in the graph. Priorities, which correspond to the order, are assigned to respective branches of the graph.
US11983213B2
A system and method including receiving sets of sensor data associated with sensors configured to monitor one or more systems. Sensor fingerprints are generated for each set of sensor data based on the sensor data. At least one proximity value is computed for each sensor by comparing the fingerprint of that sensor with another fingerprint. Clusters of similar sensors are identified based at least upon the proximity values of the sensors.
US11983210B2
Described herein are systems and methods to enable generation of high-quality summaries of documents that have questions and answers. To help summarize such documents, parsing methods are disclosed that account for different document formats. Question-answer groups are transformed into declarative sentences. Sentence correction can be applied to the declarative sentences. Candidate summary sentences are identified from the declarative sentences, and a subset of the candidate summary sentences are selected for inclusion in a summary. Aspects, segmentation, and augmentation can help with generation and tailoring of summaries.
US11983207B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for information processing. In an information processing method, based on multiple weights corresponding to multiple words in text, a computing device determines a target object associated with the text among predetermined multiple objects, and also determines, among the multiple words, a set of key words with respect to the determination of the target object. Next, the computing device determines, among the set of key words, a set of target words related to a text topic of the text. Then, the computing device outputs the set of target words and an identifier of the target object in an associated manner. In this way, the credibility of the target object associated with the text that is determined by the information processing method is improved, thereby improving the user experience of the information processing method.
US11983206B1
A search assistant method, the method of searching for patent documents material to elements of a target patent document including: receiving the target patent document including the elements, the target patent document being machine-readable; selecting keywords from the elements; identifying synonyms corresponding to the keywords in a synonym database; forming the keywords and the identified synonyms into a search string; identifying patent documents in a patent database based on the search string; highlighting the keywords and the identified synonyms in the identified patent documents; ranking the identified patent documents based on relevance of the highlighted keywords and the highlighted identified synonyms in each of the identified patent documents to the search string; determining citations in at least one of the ranked identified patent documents for each of the highlighted keywords and the highlighted identified synonyms; and mapping the elements of the target patent document to the determined citations.
US11983193B2
A data processing method, platform, and an electronic device are disclosed. The method includes: extracting original data into a message engine based on a preset standardized data interface, the original data including terminal data and system data generated by an application system. The method further includes: reading the original data from the message engine; storing the original data in a distributed file system to form a fact table; storing the fact table in a columnar database; obtaining target column data required for generating a target chart from the columnar database; and generating the target chart according to the target column data.
US11983190B2
Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for implementing an automated data extraction, formatting, and distribution module are disclosed. A receiver receives input data to create a feed from a user via a user interface (UI). A processor operatively coupled to the receiver defines reusable data sets to be utilized for creating the feed; and selects desired number of a plurality of first selectable icons for selecting exact data from the reusable data sets required for creating the feed. Each of the selected first selectable icon is associated with a corresponding data source having columns to supply the exact data from the reusable data sets. The processor selects desired number of a plurality of second selectable icons for selecting a desired transformation or formatting process needed for the columns of each data source; creates the feed and defines a custom distribution process of the created feed from the UI.
US11983187B2
A dataset is received for ingestion into a data platform, and a correlation identifier is generated responsive to receiving the dataset. Multiple choreographed services emit multiple event messages. The plurality of choreographed services operate independently of each other based on a plurality of events triggered in a data platform. The plurality of events relate to contents of the dataset and comprising the correlation identifier. A message storage is populated with multiple status updates related to the correlation identifier. A status message associated with the correlation identifier is published in response to a status update of the plurality of status updates.
US11983181B1
Systems and methods are described for providing previews of deployment of data stream processing instructions sets, sometimes called pipelines, to a stream data processing system. Rather than deploying such an instruction set, which may cause detrimental side effects, previews can be facilitated by conversion of a data stream processing instructions set to a batch query that is applied to an existing data set. An output of the batch query can then be provided to an end user as a preview of output of the data stream processing instructions set, when implemented.
US11983173B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods that generate query templates that are expressed in a generic schema-agnostic language. The query templates can be generated “from scratch” or can be automatically generated from existing queries, a process which may be referred to as “templatizing” the existing queries. As one example, generation of query templates can be performed through an iterative process that iteratively generates candidate templates over time to optimize a coverage over a set of existing queries. After generation of the schema-agnostic query templates, the systems and methods described herein can automatically translate/map the templatized queries into “concrete,” schema-specific queries that can be evaluated over specific customer schemas/datasets. In this manner, a query template for a given semantic query (e.g., “return the names of all employees”), is required to be written only once.
US11983172B2
A method includes generating a predictive model mapping batch size to estimated memory utilization based on a plurality of prior batch sizes applied for performing a corresponding plurality of prior data format conversions, and further based on a plurality of prior actual memory utilization occurring in performing the corresponding plurality of prior data format conversions. A next batch size is automatically selected for performance of a subsequent data format conversion based on the predictive model and a current memory availability. A batch of data for performance of the subsequent data format conversion is identified based on the batch of data having the next batch size. The subsequent data format conversion is performed the batch of data, and an actual amount of memory utilized in performing the subsequent data format conversion is determined. The predictive model is updated based on the next batch size and the actual amount of memory utilized.
US11983168B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a block verification method, apparatus and device. The method includes: acquiring a block to be detected, where a plurality of transactions are stored in the block to be detected; obtaining a plurality of state operation queues according to a state item of each state operation in each transaction, where each state operation queue includes state operations belonging to the same state item; and performing parallel verification on each state operation queue and obtaining a verification result of the block. Each state operation of each transaction in the block to be detected is divided into the state operation queue corresponding to each state item according to the state item, and parallel verification is performed on each state operation queue.
US11983162B2
A system for determining whether an entity is potentially violating regulator)/requirements using a machine learning model. The system includes a repository having a plurality of databases that store data and information in a format accessible to users, and a back-end server operatively coupled to the repository and being responsive to the data and information from all of the databases. The back-end server includes a processor for processing the data and information, a communications interface communicatively coupled to the processor, and a memory device storing data and executable code. The code causes the processor to collect data and information from the databases, store the collected data and information in the memory device, process the stored data and information through the machine learning model to determine whether the entity is potentially violating regulatory requirements, and transmit a communication on the interface identifying that the entity is potentially violating regulatory requirements.
US11983161B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for mitigating data loss in an edge computing environment using machine learning and distributed ledger techniques. The present invention is configured to receive an indication that one or more edge computing nodes is processing one or more portions of a transaction; retrieve dark data associated with each of the one or more edge computing nodes; initiate a machine learning algorithm on the dark data retrieved from each of the one or more edge computing nodes; capture, using the machine learning algorithm, representation information for each of the one or more edge computing nodes from their respective dark data; generate a ledger record for the representation information for each of the one or more edge computing nodes; and register the ledger record for the representation information for each of the one or more edge computing nodes on a first distributed ledger.
US11983159B2
An apparatus manages a data storage device storing data entries. The apparatus includes the data storage device configured to store a log-structure comprising segments each storing data entries, each data entry including a data field storing data and a time parameter indicative of an age of the data stored in the data field, and a processor configured to modify data stored in the data field of a certain data entry of a certain segment of the log-structure, and update the time parameter of the certain data entry according to the modified data. Modifying the data stored in the data field of the segment of the log-structure improves computational performance in comparison to, for example, other methods that append new and/or modified data to the single log head of the log-structure, which causes contention for the concurrent write operations.
US11983154B2
A recipe management system includes a versioning system that tracks the revision history of templates and their child instances. Modifications to templates and instances create new records with new primary key identifiers and version identifiers. However, each new version of a template or instance has the same root identifier as the prior versions. When a template is modified, a flag is set in its child instances, but they are not modified automatically. When an instance is modified, it has no effect on the parent template. At runtime, a recipe model is loaded to an equipment model to execute a recipe on a piece of equipment. Only approved versions of equipment models are used during execution, even if newer versions exist. During execution, new equipment models can be created. The recipe management system includes an execution engine that can be hosted as a standalone executable or in a system platform.
US11983152B1
Systems, methods, and computer program products described herein for building a prediction model with varying availability. Embodiments described herein build a prediction model that is initially trained with a selected subset of data characteristics (e.g., data characteristics that are commonly available in training data), and then augmented via Bayesian estimation with additional data characteristics when such data characteristics are available.
US11983151B2
Herein are resource-constrained techniques that plan ahead for resiliently moving pluggable databases between container databases after a failure in a high-availability database cluster. In an embodiment, a computer identifies many alternative placements that respectively assign each pluggable database to a respective container database. For each alternative placement, a respective resilience score is calculated for each pluggable database that is based on the container database of the pluggable database. Based on the resilience scores of the pluggable databases for the alternative placements, a particular placement is selected as an optimal placement that would maximize utilization of computer resources, minimize database latencies, maximize system throughput, and maximize the ability of the database cluster to avoid a service outage.
US11983149B2
A scenario execution system includes a scenario execution terminal, a log management device, and a storage device. The scenario execution terminal includes a scenario execution unit and an event notification unit. The scenario execution unit executes a scenario file having a scenario indicating a procedure of operations in the scenario execution terminal described therein. The event notification unit notifies the log management device of information on an event generated by the scenario execution unit executing the scenario file. The log management device includes a log recording unit that receives the information on the event from the scenario execution terminal and records log data having the received information on the event set therein on the storage device. The storage device adds, to the log data, information uniquely generated on the basis of log data recorded before such log data and stores resultant log data.
US11983143B2
A method includes receiving a plurality of files where each file represents an object. The method further combines selected files of the plurality of files into an aggregation file and stores the aggregation file on low-latency storage media, such as disk storage media. The method represents the aggregation file with a single inode that is stored on the low-latency storage media. The method migrates the aggregate file to high-latency storage media, such as tape storage media, while leaving the single inode representing the aggregation file on the low-latency storage media. By collecting files into larger aggregation files, the number of files archived is significantly reduced and the files archived are of larger size. The reduced number of files and increased size of the files improves archival and retrieval performance due to reduced metadata operation overhead. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.
US11983139B2
A multi-chip module (MCM includes a substrate and first and second integrated circuit chips disposed on the substrate. The second IC chip includes transceiver circuitry configured to communicate with the first IC chip. The transceiver circuitry includes transmit circuitry having an inverter circuit to generate a first signal for transmission to the first IC chip along a signaling link. The signaling link includes a line termination impedance. Receiver circuitry includes a receiver circuit to receive a second signal from the first IC chip along the signaling link concurrently with transmission of the first signal along the signaling link. Hybrid circuitry is coupled to the transmit circuitry and to the receiver circuitry. The hybrid circuitry is configured to cancel a received component of the first signal. The hybrid circuitry includes a replica termination impedance that is configured in an open state.
US11983135B2
Embodiments herein relate to systems, apparatuses, or processes for improving off-package edge bandwidth by overlapping electrical and optical serialization/deserialization (SERDES) interfaces on an edge of the package. In other implementations, off-package bandwidth for a particular edge of a package may use both an optical fanout and an electrical fanout on the same edge of the package. In embodiments, the optical fanout may use a top surface or side edge of a die and the electrical fanout may use the bottom side edge of the die. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11983133B2
An integrated circuit device includes multiple heterogeneous functional circuit blocks and interface circuitry that permits the heterogeneous functional circuit blocks to exchange data with one another using communication protocols of the respective heterogeneous functional circuit blocks. The IC device includes fixed-function circuitry, user-configurable circuitry (e.g., programmable logic), and/or embedded processors/cores. A functional circuit block may be configured in fixed-function circuitry or in the user-configurable circuitry (i.e., as a plug-in). The interface circuitry includes a network-on-a-chip (NoC), an adaptor configured in the user-configurable circuitry, and/or memory. The memory may be accessible to the functional circuit blocks through an adaptor configured the user-configurable circuitry and/or through the NoC. The IC device may be configured as a SmartNIC, DPU, or other type of system-on-a-chip (SoC).
US11983127B2
The present technology relates to an information processing system, information processing method, and information processing device capable of reducing load on an information processing unit in a case where data is shared among a plurality of information processing devices. There are included a first information processing device that controls DMA on the basis of a transfer parameter used for controlling transfer of data, and a second information processing device that communicates with the first information processing device, and controls DMA on the basis of the transfer parameter, in which the first information processing device generates the transfer parameter used for controlling reception of transfer data, and transmits the transfer parameter to the second information processing device, and the second information processing device controls reception of the transfer data from the first information processing device on the basis of the transfer parameter received from the first information processing device. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an apparatus including a multiprocessor system.
US11983117B2
The embodiments herein describe a multi-tenant cache that implements fine-grained allocation of the entries within the cache. Each entry in the cache can be allocated to a particular tenant—i.e., fine-grained allocation—rather than having to assign all the entries in a way to a particular tenant. If the tenant does not currently need those entries (which can be tracked using counters), the entries can be invalidated (i.e., deallocated) and assigned to another tenant. Thus, fine-grained allocation provides a flexible allocation of entries in a hardware cache that permits an administrator to reserve any number of entries for a particular tenant, but also permit other tenants to use this bandwidth when the reserved entries are not currently needed by the tenant.
US11983105B2
A device may receive a selection of a software product and test input data identifying inputs of a test case for the software product. The device may receive the software product based on the selection of the software product and may generate test data for the test case based on the test input data and the software product. The device may process the test data and the software product, with a machine learning model, to generate a test case plan that includes the test data and test steps and may generate test scripts for the test case plan based on the software product. The device may automatically cause the software product to execute the test scripts to generate test results and may perform one or more actions based on the test results.
US11983103B2
A method for performing reducing noise and false positive event detection in testing is disclosed. The method includes performing scanning of a source file including multiple strings; determining, an entropy value of each string included in the multiple strings; acquiring, from a central repository, a first threshold value; identifying one or more strings having an entropy value higher than the first threshold value; removing the one or more strings having the entropy value higher than the first threshold value from the source file; deriving a second threshold value based on the determined entropy values and the first threshold value; identifying one or more strings having an entropy value lower than the second threshold value; removing the one or more strings having the entropy value lower than the second threshold value from the source file; and executing one or more tests on strings remaining in the source file.
US11983101B2
A program testing method is provided. The method includes receiving a test account adding instruction the test account adding instruction identifying a second test account, acquiring a first target code corresponding to a target program in response to the test account adding instruction, the first target code corresponding to a first page, a first test account being logged in on the first page, and the first page being generated according to the first target code, generating a second page corresponding to the second test account according to the first target code, and interacting through the first page and the second page to test the target program. Apparatus and computer-readable medium counterpart embodiments are also provided.
US11983085B1
Systems and methods are provided for dynamic segmentation of users during an experiment based on changes to application data collected during the experiment. Data regarding application interactions and associated application metadata may be collected from users during application experiments that involve testing different variants of a feature or otherwise different user experiences. The data regarding application interactions and associated application metadata may be evaluated to discover segments of users and/or usage patterns (e.g., “cohorts”). During the experiment, the users may be dynamically re-segmented into new/different cohorts based on new application data being collected.
US11983076B2
Techniques are described for backup and restore of a thin-cloned data file. The process iterates through a plurality of memory portions of the thin-cloned data file and determines whether a memory portion of the thin-cloned data file is a memory portion with common data shared with the source data file. Without storing the common data of the shared memory portion into the thin-backup data file, the process stores placeholder metadata and corresponding reference to the shared memory portion for the thin-backup data file, in an embodiment. At restore, the process may replicate the derivative data, different from the common data, from the thin-backup data file into the thin-restored data file. For the common data, the process restores a reference for the thin-restored data file to the share memory portion, in an embodiment.
US11983069B2
A data rebuilding method, a memory storage apparatus, and a memory control circuit unit are disclosed. The method includes: establishing a connection between the memory storage apparatus and a host system; storing a first data to a memory of the host system via the connection; detecting an error in the first data in the memory; and rebuilding a part of data in the first data in the memory according to the error.
US11983064B2
An abnormality detection apparatus (2000) detects a start of a predetermined operation in a terminal (10). The abnormality detection apparatus (2000) acquires reference information (30) representing a reference of abnormality detection of the terminal (10) after the predetermined operation is started. After it is detected that the predetermined operation is started, the abnormality detection apparatus (2000) detects abnormality of the terminal (10) by using the acquired reference information (30).
US11983063B2
A power delivery system included in a computer system using multiple power converter circuits to generate respective voltage levels on multiple power supply nodes. The power delivery system includes a step-down power converter circuit that generates a voltage level for use by host and follower power converter circuits. The host power converter circuit generates an external demand current that is shared by multiple follower power converter circuits to regulate the voltage level on the multiple power supply nodes. The power delivery system can be scaled to different platforms of the computer system by adjusting the number of follower power converter circuits.
US11983058B2
An image forming apparatus is provided that can promptly make a transition to a sleep state without acquiring data of a part counter from an engine controller, power supply to which is stopped. The image forming apparatus includes a printer unit, and a controller unit that acquires, from the printer unit, data of a parts counter of at least one of a plurality of parts of the printer unit. The controller unit determines whether communication with the printer unit is performable when a sleep transition factor is received that transitions the image forming apparatus to the sleep state. Further, when the controller unit determines that communication with the printer unit is performable, the controller unit acquires the data of the part counter of the at least one of the parts of the printer unit.
US11983056B2
A DJ media player is provided. The DJ media player includes a display to show audio playback information; a platter used to control audio playback; one or more energy-storing devices; and a processor for responding to DJ media-player electrical-power loss. Responding to DJ media-player electrical-power loss includes storing electrical charge on energy-storing devices; sensing a disruption in electrical current supplied by a power source to the DJ media player; powering the DJ media player using the electrical charge on the energy-storing devices; and displaying a notification on a DJ media-player display that there was a disruption of power. Responding to electrical-power loss comprises performing a safe shutdown procedure for avoiding file and system corruption.
US11983055B2
A power distribution system includes a plurality of power distribution modules connected to at least one power supply and configured to receive power therefrom. A power distribution bus connects the power distribution modules of the plurality of power distribution modules in parallel. The plurality of power distribution modules executes a distributed system policy management protocol over the power distribution bus to control a supply of available power from the at least one power supply to loads connected to USB charging ports of the power distribution modules.
US11983042B2
A display apparatus includes an antenna and a first bending portion. The antenna includes an antenna feed point. An end of the first bending portion is connected to a side edge of a touch film proximate to the antenna feed point, and another end of the first bending portion is provided with a first bonding pin group and a first redundant pin group. The first redundant pin group is located on a side of the first bonding pin group proximate to a first plane, such that a wiring blank area of the first bending portion is formed on a side of a connection lead group proximate to the first plane.
US11983039B2
A display device includes a curved plastic substrate, a display element layer over a first surface of the plastic substrate, a thin film encapsulation layer over the display element layer, a light absorption layer curved in conformity with the plastic substrate, the light absorption layer being over a second surface of the plastic substrate, the second surface being opposite to the first surface, a cushion layer over a fourth surface of the light absorption layer, a third surface of the light absorption layer facing the plastic substrate, and the fourth surface of the light absorption layer being opposite the third surface, and an electrostatic shielding layer over the cushion layer, at least one of the cushion layer and the electrostatic shielding layer has a cut pattern in a thickness direction thereof.
US11983031B2
A memory system in which a timing drift that would occur in distribution of a first timing signal for data transport in a memory device is determined by measuring the actual phase delays occurring in a second timing signal that has a frequency lower than that of the first timing signal and is distributed in one or more circuits mimicking the drift characteristics of at least a portion of distribution of the first timing signal. The actual phase delays are determined in the memory device and provided to a memory controller so that the phases of the timing signals used for data transport may be adjusted based on the determined timing drift.
US11983029B2
A cooktop includes a knob assembly coupled to a control panel and controlling a heating part. The knob assembly includes: a knob body disposed at a front surface of the control panel and rotating around a rotation shaft, a knob ring disposed at a rear side of the knob body and having a diameter greater than a diameter of the knob body, a light diffusing part disposed between the knob body and the knob ring, and a light source part comprising one or more light sources irradiating light. A diameter of the light diffusing part is greater than the diameter of the knob body and less than the diameter of the knob ring, a front surface of the light diffusing part is exposed between the knob body and the knob ring, and one of the light sources irradiates light between the knob body and the knob ring.
US11983013B2
An optimization system includes an optimization server and a management server, and the management server controls an AGV. The AGV transports a cargo and notifies the management server of a traveling state during traveling. The management server stores the traveling state of the AGV in a database. The optimization server estimates the traveling parameter to be used for the subsequent experimental traveling and repeats an experiment based on an experiment design for experimental traveling and the number of times of back-and-forth sway and the right-and-left sway width of the AGV when the AGV travels by using the traveling parameter estimated from the default value of the traveling parameter and an experiment result of the experimental traveling of the AGV. After the experiment ends, the optimization server optimizes the traveling parameter for each traveling state of the AGV based on the experiment result.
US11983009B2
One or more information maps are obtained by an agricultural work machine. The one or more information maps map one or more agricultural characteristic values at different geographic locations of a field. An in-situ sensor on the agricultural work machine senses an agricultural characteristic as the agricultural work machine moves through the field. A predictive map generator generates a predictive map that predicts a predictive agricultural characteristic at different locations in the field based on a relationship between the values in the one or more information maps and the agricultural characteristic sensed by the in-situ sensor. The predictive map can be output and used in automated machine control.
US11983003B2
A production efficiency improvement support system calculates an operational availability and a cycle time, based on results of detection of an operating status of production equipment, and displays a chart. An axis of the cycle time is set to be shorter rightward. The results of detection are displayed in such a mode that variations are recognizable, like points pp1 and points pp2. The points pp1 and the points pp2 have different countermeasures applied for improvement of the production efficiency and are accordingly displayed in different display modes. A point p1 and a point p2 indicating values of an actual cycle time and an actual operational availability are also displayed as representative values of the results of detection. Displaying these indexes in the form of a chart facilitates visual recognition of how to improve the operational availability and the cycle time and effectively supports improvement of the production efficiency.
US11982993B2
A method for selecting an AI solution for an automated robotic process including receiving at least one functional media including information indicative of brain activity by a human engaged in a task of interest, analyzing the functional media, identifying an activity level in at least one brain region, identifying a brain region parameter and an activity parameter; identifying an action parameter based in part on the brain region parameter or the activity parameter; and selecting a component of the AI solution in part on the brain region parameter, the activity parameter, or the action parameter.
US11982986B2
Over the past several decades, rapid advances in semiconductors, automation, and control systems have resulted in the adoption of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in an immense variety of environments. A synchronization system coordinates storage, retrieval, and activation of engineering object models among local and remote nodes. The synchronization system facilitates local and remote design and development access to the PLCs, as well as continued correct operation of the PLCs.
US11982980B2
According to an aspect of the present inventive concept, a simulation method for a semiconductor fabrication process includes obtaining, as input data, process parameters for controlling a semiconductor process of manufacturing semiconductor devices, or design parameters representing a structure of the semiconductor devices, or both the process parameters and the design parameters; generating predictive data for electrical characteristics of the semiconductor devices using a machine learning model based on the input data; generating reference data for the electrical characteristics of the semiconductor devices using a simulation tool based on the input data; and training the machine learning model using the predictive data and the reference data.
US11982979B2
Techniques for ripple-type control of networked physical systems such as power systems, water systems, and others are provided. As one example, a device includes at least one processor configured to determine, for a first controllable device in a system, based on a measurement of an output parameter and a minimum output parameter value, an output violation value for the first device. The processor is further configured to determine, based on a present input value for the first device, the output violation value, and an assistance requisition value corresponding to a second device, a target input value for the first device. The processor is further configured to cause the first controllable device to modify operation based on the target input value and a maximum input value for the first controllable device.
US11982978B2
A system for fastening a horological movement of generally circular shape in a watch case, this fastening system including a casing ring wherein the horological movement is disposed, the casing ring extending between an upper portion and a lower portion, the horological movement being fastened in the lower portion of the casing ring using a first and a second fastening device disposed at two opposite ends of a diameter of the horological movement, at least a third fastening device, angularly offset relative to the first and second fastening device and fastened in the upper portion of the casing ring, allowing the horological movement to be blocked in the casing ring.
US11982974B2
A method of forming a flexible printed material is described. The method comprises applying a layer of primer onto a flexible substrate; electrostatically printing onto the layer of primer a liquid electrostatic ink composition; applying a curable overprint varnish composition onto the printed electrostatic ink composition and curing the overprint varnish composition using electron beam irradiation. The curable overprint varnish composition comprises an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, an ethylenically unsaturated oligomer, or mixtures thereof, and less than 10 wt. % of a cross-linking additive based on the total weight of the curable overprint varnish composition. A flexible package comprising the flexible printed material is also described.
US11982970B2
A toner cartridge according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a reservoir for holding toner. A first latch-receiving shelf is positioned on a first longitudinal end of the housing and a second latch-receiving shelf is positioned on a second longitudinal end of the housing. Contact surfaces on top portions of the first and second latch-receiving shelves are positioned to contact corresponding first and second latches in an image forming device. The contact surface of the first latch-receiving shelf is positioned lower than a first rotational axis of a first drive coupler of the toner cartridge and higher than a second drive coupler of the toner cartridge. The contact surface of the second latch-receiving shelf is positioned lower than at least a portion of a first electrical contact of the toner cartridge and higher than at least a portion of a second electrical contact of the toner cartridge.
US11982963B2
An image processing apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet, a heating device including a belt that contacts the sheet and a plurality of heating elements for heating the belt, a pressure roller configured to press the sheet against the belt, a voltage detection circuit configured to measure a voltage applied to the heating elements, and a controller configured to determine whether at least one of the heating elements is abnormal according to a voltage drop value that is based on voltages measured by the voltage detection unit before and after the plurality of heating elements is energized.
US11982962B2
An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member, a transfer member, a cleaning blade, a driving portion, and a controller. The controller is capable of executing, at a time of an end of a job, a plurality of operations including a first reverse rotating operation, a first normal rotating operation executed subsequently to the first reverse rotating operation, a second reverse rotating operation executed after the first normal rotating operation, and a second normal rotating operation executed subsequently to the second reverse rotating operation. The controller controls the driving portion so that a movement amount of the image bearing member in the second normal rotating operation is smaller than a movement amount of the image bearing member in the second reverse rotating operation.
US11982960B2
A heating device includes a rotator, a conductor, a heater, a first facing member, and a second facing member. The conductor is in contact with an inner surface of the rotator. The first facing member has a first facing surface facing a first surface of the conductor. The second facing member has a second facing surface facing a second surface opposite the first surface of the conductor. The first facing member and the second facing member regulate inclination of the conductor.
US11982959B2
A heating device includes a substrate, one or more heating elements arranged along the substrate, a heat conductor contacting the substrate, a plurality of thermometers each configured to measure a temperature of the heat conductor, and a plurality of thermostats each configured to measure a temperature of the heat conductor and interrupt electrical power supplied to the heating elements. The thermometers and the thermostats are alternately arranged in a longitudinal direction of the substrate.
US11982952B2
A toner cartridge includes a casing, a feeding member, and a pump. The casing includes a toner accommodation chamber accommodating toner, a toner discharging chamber having a discharge opening for discharging the toner, and a communication passage for fluid communication between the toner accommodation chamber and the toner discharging chamber such that the toner can move from the toner accommodation chamber to the toner discharging chamber. A part of the feeding member is positioned inside the communication passage. In a first cross-sectional plane perpendicular to a toner feeding direction of the feeding member, a minimum cross-sectional area of the communication passage is Asmin, in a second cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the toner feeding direction, the toner discharging chamber has a cross-sectional area Bs that is larger than Asmin, and in a third cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the toner feeding direction, the toner accommodation chamber has a cross-sectional area Cs that is larger than Asmin.
US11982951B2
A printing head and a method for applying a correction for mounting deviation of light-emitting chips are provided. The printing head includes a plurality of light-emitting chips. Each light-emitting chip includes a plurality of primary light-emitting elements that are continuously arranged. At least one of two adjacent light-emitting chips further includes at least one spare light-emitting element continuously and linearly arranged after the primary light-emitting elements. If the two adjacent light-emitting chips are both at a target mounting position, first N light-emitting units of one of the two light-emitting chips respectively face to first N light-emitting units of the other one of the two light-emitting chips, where N≥1. Each two of the light-emitting units facing to each other form a group. One of the two light-emitting units in each of the groups is set to a light emission disabled state.
US11982945B2
A two-photon-polymerization laser direct writing system based on an acousto-optic deflector is provided, which includes an ultrafast laser device, a beam expander, a scanning field center angular dispersion compensator, a two-dimensional acousto-optic deflector, a scanning field edge angular dispersion compensator, an astigmatism compensator and a focusing objective lens, the ultrafast laser device is configured to emit an ultrafast laser; the scanning field center angular dispersion compensator is configured to conduct precompensation on an angular dispersion at a center of a scanning field; the two-dimensional acousto-optic deflector is configured to deflect the ultrafast laser on the angular dispersion at the center of the scanning field; the scanning field edge angular dispersion compensator is configured to compensate for an angular dispersion at an edge of the scanning field; the astigmatism compensator is configured to compensate for astigmatism; the focusing objective lens is configured to conduct tight-focusing on the ultrafast laser.
US11982930B2
A light source apparatus includes a plurality of light emitting apparatuses. Each of the light emitting apparatuses includes a plurality of light emitting devices each of which has a light emitting area and a non-light emitting area on an emission surface thereof that emits light. At least two light emitting apparatuses of the light emitting apparatuses constitute a light emitting apparatus group disposed such that the emission surfaces of the respective light emitting apparatuses are parallel to each other with a predetermined distance, and that a distance between light emitting areas of the respective light emitting apparatuses when viewed along a direction perpendicular to the emission surfaces of the at least two of the light emitting apparatuses is shorter than a distance between the light emitting areas of the respective light emitting apparatuses when the emission surfaces of the respective light emitting apparatuses are on the same plane.
US11982925B2
Systems comprising a folded camera that includes a lens module with a native aperture, the lens module having a height HM, an adaptive aperture located between the native aperture and an optical path folding element, and an adaptive aperture forming mechanism for forming the adaptive aperture, wherein the adaptive aperture forming mechanism has a height HAA not larger than HM, and methods of using same. In various embodiments, the adaptive aperture forming mechanism includes an actuator and at least one pair of blades operative to be moved by the actuator to a plurality of positions to form the adaptive aperture.
US11982920B2
An optical transmission device includes: an IQ optical modulator to modulate incident light with a modulation signal, and adjust a phase of the modulated light with a phase bias, or adjust a phase of the incident light with the phase bias, and modulate the phase adjusted light with the modulation signal, a light intensity detector to detect light intensity of modulated light, a synchronous detection circuit to synchronously detect a light intensity signal and a dither signal, and a bias signal generating unit to monitor a change in amplitude of the modulation signal, generate the bias signal according to the synchronous detection signal when a range of the change is equal to or less than a first threshold, and generate a bias signal maintaining a phase bias before the range of the change becomes larger than the first threshold as the bias signal.
US11982913B2
Embodiments of the present application provides a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device, wherein by setting a shape of sub-pixels to a square and the shape of a pixel electrode to a circle, and by dividing the pixel electrode into a plurality of sub-pixel electrodes through a first slit, a second slit, and the plurality of third slits, a number of the direction of liquid crystal is increased when there are more than four domains in the sub-pixels. When viewing at different viewing angles, the number of liquid crystals in the same direction decrease, so that a brightness of the liquid crystal display panel is reduced, thereby alleviating the color-shift problem.
US11982907B2
A liquid crystal panel is provided and includes first and second substrates with liquid crystal layer therebetween; and first electrode in display region; second electrode disposed between first electrode and first substrate; and alignment film having alignment direction, wherein first electrode has: pair of electrode branches; slit between pair of electrode branches; first and second connections connecting pair of electrode branches; wherein first electrode has areas including first and second bent portions, main portion disposed between first and second bent portions, wherein first bent portion is adjacent to contact hole of first electrode, wherein first and second bent portions are bent relative to main portion, and wherein direction of first bent portion is substantially parallel to direction of second bent portion.
US11982905B2
A pixel array may be illuminated with backlight illumination from a backlight. The backlight may include a two-dimensional array of light-emitting diodes, with each light-emitting diode being placed in a respective cell. Different light-emitting diodes may have unique brightness magnitudes based on the content of the given display frame. Driver integrated circuits may control one or more associated light-emitting diodes to have a desired brightness level. The driver integrated circuits may be formed in an active area of the backlight. The driver integrated circuits may be arranged in groups that are daisy chained together. A digital signal (that includes information such as addressing information) may be propagated through the group of driver integrated circuits. To manage thermal performance of the backlight, the backlight may include a thermally conductive layer and/or a heat sink structure. To increase the efficiency of the backlight, the backlight may include one or more reflective layers.
US11982894B2
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes: a display region and a non-display region at least partially surrounding the display region; a first base plate and a second base plate opposite to each other; and first reflection structures in the non-display region. The first base plate includes a first substrate. The second base plate includes a light-blocking layer. In the non-display region, the light-blocking layer includes at least one first opening. Along a first direction, the at least one first opening penetrates through the light-blocking layer. The first direction is a thickness direction of the display panel. Along the first direction, a projection of a first reflection structure overlaps a projection of a corresponding first opening of the at least one first opening.
US11982891B2
A curved display module and a curved display device. The curved display module can be bent along a long-side direction, and comprises a display panel (1), a backlight module (2), a front frame (3), a back plate (4), an XPCB (6), and an FPC (5); the FPC (5) is provided at a first long-side edge of the display panel (1) and is configured to connect the binding region of the first long-side edge of the display panel (1) to the XPCB (6); the first long-side edge of the back plate (4) is in the shape of staircase, and comprises a back surface (41), a slope surface (42), and a step surface (43) that are sequentially connected from the direction distant from the first long-side edge to the direction close to the first long-side edge.
US11982885B2
There are disclosed an electrically tunable metasurface and a method for modulating propagation characteristics of an incident plane wave. The electrically tunable metasurface comprising: i) a plurality of scatterer rings, each one of the plurality of scatterer rings including bow-tie radiator elements, the bow-tie radiator elements in a corresponding scatterer ring having a same geometric configuration; and ii) a plurality of electrodes, each electrode being configured to provide a biasing voltage to the corresponding scatterer ring. The method comprising: i) receiving, by an electrically tunable metasurface, the incident plane wave; and ii) modulating the propagation characteristics of the incident plane wave by providing specific biasing voltage to the corresponding scatterer rings.
US11982872B2
There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of a low profile and a low F-number. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens with positive refractive power formed in a biconvex shape having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region; a second lens with negative refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region; a third lens with positive refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region; a fourth lens with positive refractive power in a paraxial region; and a fifth lens with negative refractive power having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region; and predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.
US11982866B2
An optical element driving mechanism is provided and includes a fixed assembly, a movable assembly, a driving assembly and a stopping assembly. The fixed assembly has a main axis. The movable assembly is configured to connect an optical element, and the movable assembly is movable relative to the fixed assembly. The driving assembly is configured to drive the movable assembly to move relative to the fixed assembly. The stopping assembly is configured to limit the movement of the movable assembly relative to the fixed assembly within a range of motion.
US11982863B2
A camera actuator comprises: a fixed-side member; a movable-side member provided so as to be displaced in relation to the fixed-side member, the movable-side member holding a lens unit; and a drive unit that generates drive force to displace the movable-side member within a plane including a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the drive unit generating as drive force a combined force obtained by combining a propulsion force that displaces the movable-side member in a specified direction that is either the first direction or the second direction, and a resistance force that resists an external force acting so as to cause the movable-side member to deviate from the specified direction.
US11982858B2
A stripping tool configured to sequentially strip the layers of a cable, such as a fiber optic cable. The stripping tool includes multiple channels, each with a distinct role in stripping a layer of the fiber optic tool. The user sequentially moves the cable from channel-to-channel while operating the tool. At the conclusion of these operations the cable is appropriately stripped and ready for a subsequent operation.
US11982857B2
A device for applying a distribution cabling tape system includes a distribution cabling tape having an adhesive capable of adhering to a concrete or asphalt substrate and a distribution cable. The device includes an endoscope camera, wherein movement of the device in one direction simultaneously applies both the distribution cable and the distribution cabling tape at a location on the substrate viewable by the endoscope camera. A method for registering a cable and a cabling tape into a channel in a concrete or asphalt substrate includes using an endoscope to view the location at which the cable and cabling tape are applied.
US11982854B2
An interposer apparatus for co-packaging an electronic integrated circuit and a photonic integrated circuit may include a dielectric substrate; an optical waveguide disposed on the dielectric substrate to optically couple the photonic integrated circuit disposed on one side of the dielectric substrate with at least one of another photonic integrated circuit disposed on the dielectric substrate or an optical device disposed on the dielectric substrate; and a metal interconnect disposed through the dielectric substrate to electrically couple the photonic integrated circuit disposed on the one side of the dielectric substrate with an electronic integrated circuit disposed on the other side of the dielectric substrate.
US11982853B2
An optoelectronic package and a method of manufacturing an optoelectronic package are provided. The optoelectronic package includes a carrier. The carrier includes a first region and a second region. The first region is configured to supply power to a processing unit disposed on the carrier. The second region is for accommodating at least one optoelectronic device electrically coupled to the processing unit.
US11982833B2
In some embodiments, an optical fiber transmission link, includes a length of dispersion compensating fiber (DCF), the dispersion compensating fiber coupled to a length of single-mode fiber (SMF) having a zero dispersion wavelength of 1300 nm to 1324 nm; wherein the optical fiber transmission link comprising the dispersion compensating fiber coupled to the single-mode fiber and operating at wavelengths between 1265 nm and 1375 nm increases maximum link lengths of the optical fiber transmission link by more than 60% as compared to the link length of the optical fiber transmission link with the single-mode fiber only; and wherein the maximum link length is calculated from the maximum allowed positive and negative accumulated dispersion at wavelengths between 1265 nm and 1375 nm.
US11982827B2
The present disclosure provides a diffraction light guide plate, including a light guide unit, an input diffraction optical device configured to receive light from a light source and diffract the received light, an intermediate diffraction optical device configured to receive the diffracted light from the input diffraction optical device and extend the received light one-dimensionally by diffraction, and an output diffraction optical device configured to receive the extended light from the intermediate diffraction optical device and output the received light from the light guide unit by diffraction. The intermediate diffraction optical device and the output diffraction optical device are separately disposed in regions divided horizontally on the light guide unit, and the intermediate diffraction optical device includes a main intermediate diffraction optical device and an auxiliary intermediate diffraction optical device, which are disposed separate apart from each other vertically on the light guide unit.
US11982824B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to optical devices. Specifically, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to optical devices with one or more optical component circuits. The optical devices including one or more optical component circuits prevent the user from exposure to light when a conductive pathway is interrupted via aperture breakage, for example, from the user dropping the substrate, or from the user dropping the optical device. The conductive pathway allows for current to flow from a power source through the apertures and to one or more light sources and, in some embodiments, one or more light detectors. Aperture breakage resulting in the interruption of the conductive pathway prevents current from being provided to the one or more light sources and/or one or more light detectors to prevent (e.g., automatically prevent) light exposure to the user.
US11982817B2
A display system is for controlling a display of display content. The display system includes: a processor; and a memory having stored thereon instructions executable by the processor. The instructions include: performing image correction involving a change in a display position of the display content based on image correction data stored in advance; detecting an attitude change amount of a movable body; calculating, after the image correction is performed, a vibration correction amount of the display position of the display content based on the attitude change amount of the movable body and an image correction error of the image correction caused by vibration correction processing of correcting a display deviation caused by an attitude variation of the movable body; and controlling the display position of the display content based on the vibration correction amount.
US11982810B2
An adjustable fluid-filled lens or minor assembly 100 comprising a fluid-filled envelope and a supporting structure therefor; the fluid-filled envelope being constituted by a first wall that is formed of a distensible elastic membrane 15 having an exterior optical surface of variable focusing power, a second wall 18 that is spaced from the first wall on a z-axis, and a collapsible peripheral side wall 17 that extends between the first and second walls, and being filled with a substantially incompressible fluid 16; a membrane holding structure 14 that is attached to a peripheral edge of membrane 15 for holding the membrane under tension; and one or more selectively operable actuator assemblies r1, r2, r3 for moving one or more corresponding regions of the peripheral edge of the membrane on the z-axis towards and away from the second wall 18 for controlling the profile of the peripheral edge of the membrane; wherein the or each actuator assembly comprises a connecting member 91, 92, 93 that is attached to the membrane or membrane holding structure at a respective actuation point, a linear actuator 531, 532, 533 that is mounted to the supporting structure and a linkage 81, 82, 83 that is connected between the connecting member and an actuation point a1, a2, a3 on the linear actuator; wherein the linear actuator is a linear SMA actuator comprising an array of SMA wires 53 that are coupled together to work in parallel and which extend transversely of the z-axis, and the linkage is configured for converting linear motion of the actuation point of the SMA actuator in a direction transverse the z-axis to linear motion of the connecting member on the z-axis, thereby to move the corresponding region of the peripheral edge of the membrane 5 towards or away from the second wall 18.
US11982794B2
An optical photographing system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens element with positive refractive power has two surfaces being both aspheric. The sixth lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the surfaces of the sixth lens element are both aspheric, and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element includes at least one convex shape in an off-axial region thereof.
US11982793B2
A lens module includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens comprising a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface. The lens module also includes a fourth lens including a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, a fifth lens including a concave object-side surface, and a sixth lens including an inflection point formed on an image-side surface thereof. The first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side to an image side.
US11982772B2
Improved calibration of a vehicle sensor based on static objects detected within an environment being traversed by the vehicle is disclosed. A first sensor such as a LiDAR can be calibrated to a global coordinate system via a second pre-calibrated sensor such as a GPS IMU. A static object present in the environment is detected such as signage. A type of the detected object is determined from static map data. Point cloud data representative of the static object is captured by the first sensor and a first transformation matrix for performing a transformation from a local coordinate system of the first sensor to a local coordinate system of the second sensor is iteratively redetermined until a desired calibration accuracy is achieved. Transformation to the global coordinate system is then achieved via application of the first transformation matrix followed by a second known transformation matrix.
US11982767B2
Various technologies described herein pertain to a vertically stacked lidar assembly of an autonomous vehicle. The vertically stacked lidar assembly includes a first lidar sensor system configured to spin about an axis and a second lidar sensor system configured to spin about the axis. The first lidar sensor system is vertically stacked above the second lidar sensor system in the vertically stacked lidar assembly. Moreover, the first lidar sensor system and the second lidar sensor system are coaxially aligned. Redundancy is provided by the vertically stacked lidar assembly including the first lidar sensor system and the second lidar sensor system.
US11982756B2
A method, implemented by a computer, for determining a position of a personal mobility device (PMD) comprises: estimating a position of a PMD based on a first wireless signal; determining whether the PMD is within an intermediate area between a first area and a second area, based on an estimated position of the PMD; determining whether the PMD moves to the second area, by using both the first wireless signal and a second wireless signal; and determining position of the PMD by using any one of the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal based on a movement of the PMD to the second area.
US11982751B2
Systems and methods for GNSS anti-jamming using interference cancellation are described herein. In certain embodiments, a system includes an antenna that receives signals, wherein the signals comprise a weak portion associated with one or more GNSS satellites and a strong interference portion from an interfering signal source. The system also includes a GNSS anti-jammer. The GNSS anti-jammer includes an interference isolator that receives the received signals and provides an estimated strong interference portion as an output. The GNSS anti-jammer also includes a summer that subtracts the estimated strong interference portion from the received signals to create a summed signal. Further, the GNSS anti-jammer includes a local noise remover that removes noise generated by the interference isolator from the summed signal, wherein the local noise remover is a processor that digitally removes the noise. Further, the system includes a GNSS receiver coupled to receive the summed signal from the processor.
US11982719B2
Apparatus and method for determining degradation state of battery, battery pack and electric vehicle
An apparatus for determining a degradation state of a battery includes a sensing unit configured to output sensing information indicating a voltage and a current of the battery and a control unit. The control unit determines a degradation ratio of the battery and a measured Q-dV/dQ curve based on the sensing information. The measured Q-dV/dQ curve shows a relationship between a remaining capacity of the battery and a ratio of a change in voltage of the battery to a change in remaining capacity of the battery. The control unit detects a plurality of feature points from the measured Q-dV/dQ curve. The control unit determines a positive electrode degradation ratio, a negative electrode degradation ratio and a lithium ion loss ratio of the battery based on the degradation ratio, the plurality of feature points, a predetermined positive electrode Q-dV/dQ curve and a predetermined negative electrode Q-dV/dQ curve.
US11982712B2
A configuration is adopted in which a terminal module includes a voltage detection terminal having a terminal connection part connected to an electrode terminal and a wire connection part connected to a wire, and a protector housing at least part of the voltage detection terminal, with two liquid draining parts each including a first extension part extending downward in the direction of gravity being provided between the terminal connection part and the wire connection part in the voltage detection terminal, and the protector having a housing part housing the liquid draining parts and accumulating liquid that travels along the first extension part.
US11982709B2
A structure for performing analysis includes a first opening formed on a back side of a substrate and passing through the substrate, a second opening connected with a bottom of the first opening and penetrating into a first dielectric layer formed on a front side of the substrate, a first conductive layer formed on a sidewall of the second opening and a contact element in the first dielectric layer, and a second conductive layer formed on a second dielectric layer. The first conductive layer contacts the second conductive layer electrically.
US11982704B2
An electronic device includes a first substrate having a first bonding region, a first circuit, a second circuit, a third circuit, and a plurality of first conductive contacts. The first and second circuit are located at a first edge and a second edge of the first bonding region, the third circuit is located between the first and the second circuits. A second substrate having a second bonding region corresponding to the first bonding region in position and a fourth circuit, a fifth circuit, a sixth circuit, and a plurality of second conductive contacts. When the first substrate is bonded with the second substrate, the first circuit, the second circuit, the third circuit, the fourth circuit, the fifth circuit, and the sixth circuit form a loop, and the first and second conductive contacts are electrically connected to a plurality of signal circuits.
US11982698B2
Joint denoising and delay estimation for the extraction of pulse-width of signals in RF interference
A feature detection system, the system comprising: at least one processor in operative communication with a signal source, said processor further comprising at least one non-transitory storage medium, wherein at least one non-transitory storage medium contains instructions configured to cause the processor to: apply a joint group sparse denoising and delay estimation approach to a signal received from said signal source; and output statistics regarding the signal, wherein the joint group sparse denoising and delay estimation approach comprises; using the following equation: { x * , τ * } = argmin x , τ { 1 2 ∑ j = 1 M y j - x 2 2 + ∑ i = 0 N λ i φ i ( D i l i x ) } where: ϕi are regularization functions; ∥y−x∥22 is a data-fidelity term and, in embodiments, is chosen as the least-square term; li are real numbers; Di are operators, which may be linear filters that can be written in matrix form; λi are regularization parameters; and x*,τ* represent estimates of at least one transmitted pulse and associated delay, and solving the equation for multiple values of ϵ; choosing a vector, x, such that a cost function comprising the data fidelity term and regularization function is minimized; determining the ϵ that corresponds to the x that minimizes the cost function; and calculating the pulse width of the received signal, which corresponds to the desired estimate of the vector, x.
US11982697B2
The application discloses a RF vector measurement system including: a first port for generating a RF pulse, a pulse splitter for splitting the pulse into a first pulse send to a device-under-test DUT, and a second pulse send as a reference to a first quantum sensor of the system. The system is arranged to supply a third pulse, which is produced by reflecting or transmitting the first by the DUT, to at least one second quantum sensor phase-correlated with said first quantum sensor by entanglement. A computing unit is arranged to perform a measurement of the DUT by: reading out the state of the population of the first and the second quantum sensor, wherein the state of the second quantum sensor is based on the relative phase and relative amplitude of the second pulse and the third pulse, and determining the relative phase and relative amplitude of the second pulse and the third pulse as the closest match when applying a quantum sensor model for the second quantum sensor, the model being designed to model the dependencies between the relative phase and amplitude and the resulting population state.
US11982695B2
A transformer area identification method determines a corresponding electric meter mounting relationship by identifying a power jump characteristic based on a power statistic of each node in a power supply network of a transformer area, thereby eliminating the influence of line loss power and increasing identification accuracy. In addition, the identification is performed based on change characteristics of unidentified total power and power of an electric meter in a to-be-identified domain, to reduce interference of a power fluctuation of an identified electric meter to the identification and increase the identification accuracy. Moreover, iterative identification is used, so that the to-be-identified domain is smaller and a convergence speed is faster. The transformer area identification method uses a power jump algorithm to identify the transformer area, thereby eliminating the influence of the line loss power and increasing the identification accuracy.
US11982694B2
An electronic device and method for operating the same are provided. The electronic device includes a connector, a first measuring unit, a power source, and a switching unit. The switching unit is configured to switch the electronic device between a first operation mode and a second operation mode. When the first operation mode is selected, the first measuring unit is configured to be electrically coupled between the power source and the connector so as to measure a first electrical signal communicated between the power source and the connector.
US11982692B2
An apparatus for identifying a fault in the windings of a distribution transformer, a transformer, and an associated method, said device comprising: a first Rogowski current sensor at a high-voltage incoming current terminal, and a second Rogowski current sensor in tandem at a low-voltage outgoing current terminal and at a low-voltage incoming current terminal; a first conductor of the low-voltage outgoing current terminal, passed through in one direction through the second sensor, and a second conductor of the low-voltage incoming current terminal, passed through in the opposite direction through the second sensor; the first and second sensors generate output signals indicating the primary current and the secondary current; both signals are integrated, generating output signals proportional to the primary current and the secondary current, obtaining a transformation ratio, which is compared with a threshold, and sending a fault signal if said threshold is exceeded.
US11982691B2
A measuring apparatus for measuring an electrical voltage for a metal-encapsulated switchgear. The measuring apparatus has an electrical conductor, an electrically conductive measuring electrode, which surrounds a first conductor portion of the electrical conductor and is electrically insulated from the electrical conductor, and an electrically conductive field control electrode, which is electrically insulated from the electrical conductor and from the measuring electrode and which has a first field control electrode portion that surrounds the measuring electrode.
US11982689B2
Embodiments are directed to microscale and millimeter scale multi-layer structures (e.g., probe structures for making contact between two electronic components for example in semiconductor wafer, chip, and electronic component test applications). One or more layers of the structures include shell and core regions formed of different materials wherein the core regions are offset from a symmetric, longitudinally extending position.
US11982684B1
Systems, methods and programs are provided for automated science experiments which use a model with learnt model parameters to define points for physical-characteristic measurements once the model is trained. The systems, methods and programs use active learning which enables describing a relationship between local features of sample-surface structure shown in image patches and determined representations of physical-characteristic measurements.
US11982682B2
A hand-portable test apparatus includes an in-the-field test processing assembly, and a lab-on-a-chip test cartridge having a neutralising zone, a specific reagent mixing zone, and a testing chamber. It has a convective heating loop for thermal cycling. There are two passive self-actuating valves that allow the test chamber volume to fill with solution, but then close to meter and trap the solution. The apparatus has external illumination ports, and an optical sensing port. Each cartridge is uniquely identified. It has smooth surfaces that allow adhesive membranes to be used to permit the pre-loading of reagents, prevent evaporation, and permit preservation of results. The test apparatus includes a holder for the cartridge with a heater, illumination, and optical sensor units closely positioned relative to the holder. There is a wiring circuit board, a processor, and a power supply. All of the items are contained within a unitary housing.
US11982672B2
The present invention relates to a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) which comprises an antigen-binding domain which selectively binds TCR beta constant region 1 (TRBC1) or TRBC2; cells; such a T cells comprising such a CAR; and the use of such cells for the treatment of a T-cell lymphoma or leukaemia in a subject.
US11982668B2
Disclosed are methods of assessing the ability of a candidate therapeutic agent to reverse, reduce or prevent renal injury by a potential toxic agent using a three-dimensional, engineered, bioprinted, biological renal tubule model. Also disclosed are methods of assessing the effect of an agent on renal function, the method comprising contacting the agent with a three-dimensional, engineered, bioprinted, biological renal tubule model. Also disclosed are models of renal disorder. In one embodiment, disclosed are models of renal fibrosis, comprising a three-dimensional, engineered, bioprinted, biological renal tubule model. Also disclosed are methods of making the model of renal disorder. In one embodiment disclosed are methods of making the model of renal fibrosis comprising contacting a three-dimensional, engineered, bioprinted, biological renal tubule model with an agent that is capable of inducing interstitial fibrotic tissue formation.
US11982663B2
The method can include analyzing the composition of the particulate polymer debris, including ascertaining a presence of at least one main polymer element and a presence or absence of at least one signature polymer element in the particulate debris; establishing a correlation between the particulate polymer debris and a set of components, including matching the ascertained presence of the at least one main polymer element to a family of polymers from which the components of the set, including the source component, are made; and determining the source component amongst the components of the set, including matching the ascertained presence or absence of the at least one signature polymer element to a polymer composition of the source component.
US11982661B1
Techniques to suggest one or more sets of ingredients that can be used to recreate or mimic a target sensory description using artificial intelligence are disclosed. An artificial intelligence model includes a transformer inspired neural network architecture that learns from ingredients, recipes, and sensory profiles. The artificial intelligence model includes a sensory transformer model that generates a probability distribution of source ingredients based on an embedding associated with first digital data representing ingredients and the second digital data representing sensory description, and a selector that selects at least one candidate ingredient from the probability distribution of source ingredients for the embedding. A complete set of ingredients generated based on the at least one candidate ingredient when combined become a food product that has or achieves the sensory description.
US11982657B2
A method for calibrating at least one analytic device with repeated hardware components is disclosed and comprises providing at least one calibrator sample i having a known target value of a concentration of at least one analyte; at least one measuring step, wherein the measuring step comprises conducting at least one measurement on the calibrator sample using the analytic device, wherein at least one detector signal sijk is acquired; at least one calibration step, wherein a relationship between the detector signal and the concentration of the analyte and/or between the detector signal and a theoretical signal value is determined, wherein the calibration step comprises providing at least one parametrized function; determining calibration values by conducting a calibration based on the parametrized function; and determining an analysis function on basis of an inverse of the parametrized function and the determined calibration values.
US11982646B2
An optical ultrasonic wave measuring apparatus includes an ultrasonic pulse output section, a light pulse output section, a reflected wave measuring section, an optoacoustic wave measuring section, an exceeding time point acquiring section, and a measurement result shifting section. The reflected wave measuring section measures, in correspondence to time, a reflected wave as a result of reflection of the ultrasonic pulse at a measuring target, which may be a skin surface. The optoacoustic wave measuring section measures, in correspondence to time, an optoacoustic wave generated by the light pulse at the measuring target. The exceeding time point acquiring section acquires an exceeding time point at which a measurement result of the reflected wave exceeds a predetermined threshold value. The measurement result shifting section shifts a measurement result of the optoacoustic wave by a first shift time toward the time point of output of the light pulse.
US11982629B2
A device to detect and analyze defects in a finished surface includes a supporting mechanism, a transmitting mechanism, a detecting mechanism, and a processor. The transmitting mechanism carries and transmits the product. The detecting mechanism includes a detecting frame, a light source assembly. The processor is used to connect to a first camera module and a second camera module, and preprocess the first image and the second image to obtain a detection and analysis of any defects of the front of the product.
US11982627B2
Semi-automated quantitative phenotype analysis of organisms, such as plant organisms, bacterial organisms, and the like. An imaging system, image capture specifications, a semi-automated quantitative image analysis process, and automated batch processing of acquired images that enables completely quantitative experimental readouts that produces data rapidly and objectively.
US11982625B2
A system for measurement is provided. The system includes a first optical path configured to supply first light pulses with a first range of wavelengths; a second optical path configured to supply second light pulses with a second range of wavelengths shorter than the first range of wavelengths; an optical I/O unit configured to emit the first light pulses and the second light pulses to a target and acquire a light from the target to detect CARS light pluses from the target by a detector; and a first phase modulating unit configured to vary phase differences between the first light pulses and the second light pulses as the first light pulses and the second light pulses are emitted via the optical I/O unit.
US11982616B2
A method for determining a quality condition of an agricultural product comprises: receiving a received light at a light detector, the received light comprising reflected, scattered, refracted, and/or deflected light from the agricultural product; transmitting the received light to a spectrometer; producing agricultural product (AP) spectral data of the received light using the spectrometer; with a computer in electrical communication with the spectrometer, comparing the AP spectral data to reference spectral data to determine whether the agricultural product has the quality condition, the reference spectral data corresponding to known quality conditions of the agricultural product; and with the computer, generating an output signal corresponding to the quality condition of the agricultural product.
US11982606B2
Paraffin-embedded tissue, which may be disposed on a solid substrate, is prepared by a dry technique that removes paraffin from tissue without adding any liquid to the tissue, thereby rendering the tissue substantially free of paraffin. The dry technique may entail applying heat energy to the tissue effective to melt the paraffin and thereby render it flowable, and applying an electric field. The electric field is effective to impart electrical charge to the paraffin and to move the paraffin out from the tissue due to electrical charge repulsion or attraction, which may be assisted by moving an electrode utilized to generate the electric field relative to the paraffin. The electric field, or both the electric field and the heat energy, may be applied until the tissue is substantially free of paraffin.
US11982605B2
A filtering device is provided to an analyzing instrument to block the passage of oversized particles that may otherwise clog the aperture of a sample analyzing device. The filtering device can be arranged to be proximate to the mixing chamber. In certain examples, the filtering device is placed at or adjacent an output port of the mixing chamber.
US11982604B2
Methods and systems of analyzing and quantifying a surface acidity on a low surface area sample are disclosed. The methods include analyzing a quantity of an effluent molecular probe desorption from a temperature programmed desorption (TPD) process and system, by employing a mass spectroscopy (MS) system. The molecular probe is chemically adsorbed on a clean surface of the sample before the TPD process. The sample has a surface area to mass ratio of less than 5 m2/g. In some embodiments, the total surface area analyzed in the method can be as low as 3 m2.
US11982598B2
A travelling device may travel along a heavy machinery rail. The traveling device may collect positioning data to assess rail condition and/or installation. The positioning data may be collected using self-contained positioning sensors. Positional deviations indicating an elevated portion, a skewed portion, and/or a twisted portion of the heavy machinery rail may indicate issues with rail condition and/or installation.
US11982595B2
A measurement method includes: performing low-pass filter processing and high-pass filter processing on target data; estimating correction data; generating vibration component data, and the estimating the correction data includes: specifying a first interval, a second interval, and a third interval; generating first interval correction data, generating second interval correction data in the second interval by setting data in an interval before a first intersection point of first line data and second line data as the first line data, setting data in an interval from the first intersection point to a second intersection point of second line data and third line data as the second line data, and setting data in an interval after the second intersection point as the third line data; and generating third interval correction data.
US11982586B2
Method for measuring imbalance forces of a tire/hub assembly of vehicle during motion of the vehicle
A method is provided for collecting measurement parameters related to imbalance forces of a tire/hub assembly of a vehicle during motion of the vehicle. An apparatus is removably attached to the tire/hub assembly of the vehicle via lug nuts of the tire/hub assembly. The apparatus includes a disk, a plurality of cup-shaped objects, and one or more inertial measurement units (IMU's) mounted to the disk. Each of the cup-shaped objects are rigidly fixed at one end to the disk and extend perpendicularly outward from the disk. The plurality of cup-shaped objects are arranged a fixed radial distance from a radial center of the disk in a pattern that matches the lug nuts of the tire/hub assembly. The one or more inertial measurement units (IMU's) are mounted to the disk and configured to measure parameters that are used for calculating the imbalance forces during motion of the vehicle.
US11982583B2
A detection device 12 according to the present invention is provided with a calibration means 14 that specifies a relational expression between an output value from a force sensor 11 when an external force is applied and the magnitude of the external force. The relational expression contains a formula that includes a predetermined parameter and with which it is possible to calculate, according to an offset value obtained as the output value when the sensor is free of contact and not acted upon by the external force, the magnitude of the external force from the actual output value. The calibration means 14 is provided with a function derivation unit 17 that derives a function for calculating the parameter value from the offset value, and a parameter value determination unit 18 that uses the function to determine the parameter value. The function derivation unit 17 generates the function from the output value when a known external force is applied and an offset value from a preceding step, and the parameter value determination unit 18 calculates the parameter value from the offset value acquired in a state in which the force sensor 11 is disposed on a predetermined site where the external force is to be measured.
US11982581B2
The invention relates to a surface element (1), intended for use as a floor, wall and/or ceiling surface element for a floor, wall and/or ceiling covering, having at least one carrier plate (2) and at least one functional layer (3), wherein the carrier plate (2) comprises a top side (5) facing a usable side (4) and an underside (7) opposite the top side (5) and facing the underground (6). According to the invention, it is provided that the functional layer (3) is provided underneath the carrier plate (2), and that the functional layer (3) is designed in such a way that, in the installed state, it projects beyond the side edge (10) of the side (8), in particular of the long side (9), on at least one side (8), especially on at least one long side (9).
US11982579B2
Measurement apparatus, for generating a first output signal indicative of a measurand, comprises: a first oscillator circuit and a second oscillator circuit, each oscillator circuit being arranged to generate a respective oscillating output signal and comprising at least a respective first component having a property determining a respective output frequency of the respective oscillating output signal; a sensor for sensing said measurand, the sensor comprising said first component of the first oscillator circuit, said property of said first component of the first oscillator circuit being dependent upon said measurand; and circuitry arranged to receive said oscillating output signals and generate said first output signal, said first output signal being indicative of a number of cycles of one of the first and second oscillating output signals in a time period determined by a period of the other of said first and second oscillating output signals.
US11982577B2
A structure and a method for mounting thermocouple on an intermetallic compounds such as TiAl by suppressing occurrence of cracks are provided. A thermocouple mounting structure is provided with a substrate, a coating formed on the substrate and a foil joined on the coating, and sandwiches a thermocouple between the substrate and the foil. A thermocouple mounting method includes forming a coating on a substrate and welding a foil on the coating, and the welding includes arranging a thermocouple so that the substrate and the foil sandwiches the thermocouple. Occurrence of cracks in the substrate formed with intermetallic compounds can be suppressed by providing a thermal spray coating between the substrate and the foil.
US11982576B2
The present invention provides a combine system in the present invention can be used as dual propose temperature monitoring indicator. The system comprises of scanning devise, QR barcode and temperature indicator providing visual characteristic, which changed depending on time and temperature after triggering, had occurred. The device is not susceptible to environmental conditions and can be stored in room temperature.
US11982569B2
A spectrographic system includes a space-borne spectrometer in communication with a ground-based processor. The space-borne spectrometer may include an interferometer, a detector array downstream from the interferometer, and a spectrometer controller configured to cooperate with the detector array to collect Fourier Transform Spectral (FTS) data, generate Principle Component Analysis (PCA) scores from the collected FTS data, generate an approximate interferogram based upon the PCA scores and the collected FTS data, generate residuals based upon the approximate interferogram, and generate compressed FTS data based upon the PCA scores and residuals to be sent to the ground-based processor.
US11982558B2
An apparatus, system and method for providing a consumable level monitor for association with a content-filled consumable. The embodiments may include a sensing module suitable to sense the consumable level; and a communications module suitable for receiving the consumable level from the sensing module, and for communicating the consumable level to a user.
US11982557B2
An apparatus, system and method for providing a consumable level monitor for association with a solid content-filled consumable. The embodiments may include a sensing module embedded in a label associated with the consumable suitable to sense the consumable level; and a visual indicator suitable to receive the consumable level from the sensing module, and for communicating the consumable level to a user.
US11982553B2
An apparatus for monitoring a fluid flow in a pipe using electromagnetic velocity tomography (EVT) which can incorporate capacitively-coupled electrodes which avoid any direct physical and electrical contact between the process fluid to be monitored and the electronics for processing the flow induced voltages, yet which can provide highly accurate output data for processing using electromagnetic velocity tomography (EVT) to produce images of the fluid flow.
US11982550B2
Provided is an encoder capable of achieving high position resolution without being finely divided, and capable of detecting a rotation angle or the like with high sensitivity. The encoder includes: rotary plate having a plurality of reflection structures repeatedly formed and code including light reflector; irradiator that irradiates the plurality of reflection structures with light; and light receiver that receives light reflected by the plurality of reflection structures. Each of the plurality of reflection structures has a surface in a convex shape, and each of the plurality of reflection structures has a width that is an integral multiple of a width of light reflector.
US11982546B2
Provided is a position detecting device with which it is possible to suppress a concentration of stress. A position detecting device is provided with a lever member which rotates about a central axis of rotation O, a magnet unit, which is one example of a detected portion, that rotates about the central axis of rotation O as the lever member rotates and a magnetic detecting element, which is one example of a rotation detecting unit, that detects the rotation of the magnet unit. The lever member is provided with a thick plate portion, positioned in a location close to the central axis of rotation O, and a thin plate portion which is positioned farther from the central axis of rotation O than the thick plate portion, and which is formed thinner than the thick plate portion.
US11982543B2
A level with a removable end cap is provided. The level includes a hollow level body. The end cap includes an outer member and locking member received within the outer member. The locking member is inserted into the outer member pushing a moveable portion of the outer member into a frictional engagement that holds the end cap assembly in place relative to the level body.
US11982523B2
A system includes a top scanner head configured over a coated substrate. An x-ray sensor and a second x-ray sensor scan the coated substrate. At least one of the x-ray sensor and second x-ray sensor is tuned to an energy level below an absorption peak and at least one of the x-ray sensor and second x-ray sensor is tuned to an energy level above the absorption peak. The x-ray sensor and second x-ray sensor scan a same sheet spot on the coated substrate. A bottom scanner head is configured underneath the coated substrate to provide a location for a detection of x-rays for the x-ray sensor and the second x-ray sensor.
US11982496B2
A plate kind heat exchanger (1) has a plurality of stacked plates (2) forming flow paths for heat exchanging fluids there between, a first inlet channel being fluidly connected to inlets of a first set of flow paths, a second inlet channel being fluidly connected to inlets of a second set of flow paths, a first outlet channel being fluidly connected to outlets of the first set of flow paths, and a second outlet channel being fluidly connected to outlets of the second set of flow paths. The first inlet channel is provided with a stack (15) of rings (5) forming fluid passages towards the inlets of the first set of flow paths. Each ring (5) has a first rigid shell member (6) and a second rigid shell member (7), the first rigid shell member (6) and/or the second rigid shell member (7) defining a groove (9) providing fluid passage from the first inlet channel to one of the flow paths of the first set of flow paths, and a sealing member (8) formed from a compressible material, the sealing member (8) being positioned between the first rigid shell member (6) and the second rigid shell member (7). The stack of rings (15) is subjected to a force which presses the rings (5) towards each other and compresses the sealing members (8) of the rings (5), thereby providing sealing towards the flow paths of the second set of flow paths.
US11982485B1
An automated three-dimensional refrigerated warehouse for a meat industry is provided. A refrigerated warehouse body is provided with two groups of chain wheels, a chain is sleeved on each group of chain wheels, and a plurality of mounting blocks are uniformly mounted on the chain. The mounting blocks are connected to suspension rods, a supporting table is connected between bottom ends of the suspension rods, an opening is provided in a middle of the supporting table, and a loading cart is placed on the supporting table. The refrigerated warehouse body is connected to two supporting plates, a first electric push rod is arranged above each of the two supporting plates, and top ends of the two first electric push rods are provided with mounting plates. Top ends of the two mounting plates are provided with a horizontal second electric push rod and a horizontal third electric push rod respectively.
US11982482B2
A device for processing ice for ice beer comprising a body, a pair of installation tables, an ice-making unit having a cylindrical shape, and rotatable shafts being formed on the ice-making unit. The outer surface of the ice-making unit is maintained at a sub-freezing temperature. There is a driving unit configured to rotate the shafts, a storage unit positioned below the ice-making unit, and a storage space concavely formed in an upper surface of the storage unit. A supply unit installed on the body to store and drop beer. A pulverizing unit is plate shaped and an end thereof is adjacent to the ice-making unit. Beer is supplied from the supply unit to the storage space. The ice-making unit is rotated to contact the beer and form a beer ice layer thereon. The pulverizing unit separates the beer ice layer from the ice-making unit.
US11982477B2
An electronic expansion valve includes a valve needle screw assembly which includes a valve needle, a valve needle sleeve, a washer part, a spring, and a screw assembly. The valve needle sleeve includes a circumferential wall part and a fitting part. The inner diameter of the fitting part is smaller than the inner diameter of the circumferential wall part. The screw assembly includes a lower stopper part, a valve needle support part, and an upper stopper part. The lower stopper part abuts against the washer part. The valve needle support part abuts against the fitting part of the valve needle sleeve. The upper stopper part abuts against the spring. The distance between the valve needle support part and the washer part is D1; the distance between the valve needle support part and the upper end of the fitting part is D2; and D1≥D2.
US11982467B2
A raised floor system includes a plurality of base units and at least one sanitizer unit. The plurality of base units are configured to define a portion of a floor. The sanitizer unit is configured to provide sanitized air to an environment above the floor. The sanitizer unit includes a housing; an ultraviolet light source disposed in the housing; a fan configured to facilitate air to flow into the housing, across the ultraviolet light source, and out of the housing into the environment; and a cover plate disposed on the housing, the cover plate configured to define a portion of the floor and to allow air to exit the housing into the environment.
US11982462B2
An air conditioner includes a cabinet including an inlet port and a frame including an outlet port and coupled to the cabinet. A heat exchanger is disposed between the cabinet and the frame to exchange heat with air introduced into the inlet port and discharged to the outlet port. A blocking member is configured to connect the frame and the heat exchanger to prevent air heat-exchanged with the heat exchanger from leaking into the cabinet. This structure inhibits dew from being generated on the cabinet.
US11982461B2
A protective housing structure for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system comprises a first end and a second end with a centerline extending there between. The protecting housing structure includes a cover section that is located between the first end and second end. The cover section comprises a dome-shaped top panel that is rigidly attached to a first sidewall and a second sidewall.
US11982454B2
A refrigerant leakage notifying device includes a refrigerant sensor, a determination unit, a notification unit, and an output unit. The refrigerant sensor detects a refrigerant and outputs a detection signal according to a detection result. The determination unit receives the detection signal outputted from the refrigerant sensor and determines leakage of the refrigerant in accordance with the detection signal received. The notification unit notifies leakage of the refrigerant with at least one of sound and light in a case in which the determination unit has determined that the refrigerant is leaking. The output unit is provided separately from the refrigerant sensor. The output unit outputs a test signal to the determination unit. The test signal is a signal that the determination unit has determined that the refrigerant is leaking in a case in which the determination unit receives the signal.
US11982445B2
A method of fabricating a burner element for an abatement apparatus is disclosed. The method comprises: injection moulding a charge comprising metal particles and a flow compound into a mould defining the burner element to produce a moulded burner element; and sintering the moulded burner element. In this way, injection moulding is used to produce the burner element, which provides far more flexibility regarding the design and properties of the burner element and avoids the necessity of incorporating a perforated support into the burner element. This allows burner elements of more intricate design to be produced, as well as burner elements which are thinner than those produced using existing techniques, which increases the volume of a combustion chamber defined by that burner element for any external burner element size, which in turn increases the amount of effluent gas that can be treated for any burner size.
US11982431B2
A LED lighting module is described that is realized as a printed circuit assembly. The LED lighting module has a carrier with a strip of dielectric material and conductive circuit tracks printed on the dielectric material. Bare LED dies are mounted in a linear formation on the carrier. The width of the LED die formation does not exceed 0.75 mm and the area of the emission face of an LED die does not exceed 0.0625 mm2. Drivers are mounted on the carrier and are connected to drive the LED dies.
US11982429B2
A luminaire system has a support rail comprising an elongated support profile and a current conducting profile arranged therein, as well as a component (electrical or electronic) with a coupling element for electrically and mechanically coupling the component to the support rail via an opening in the support profile. The luminaire system has a component with a coupling member that electrically couples and mechanically couples various components, said coupling member also having a blocking element.
US11982422B2
A corner lamp includes a lamp base, a light source module set on the lamp base, a first optical element set above the light source module, and an interconnection interface, the lamp base includes at least one corner section, the light source module is set on the outer wall of the corner section and extends along the corner direction; the present invention also discloses an interconnection lighting system; the corner lamp and interconnection lighting system of the present invention, the corner lamp itself can emit light, solving the problem of dark areas in the corner interconnection in the prior art.
US11982421B2
A retractable spotlight comprises a cylindrical outer casing and a lamp body movably supported inside the outer casing. A pressing assembly and a connecting assembly are disposed inside the outer casing. The pressing assembly biases the lamp body towards an extended position via the connecting assembly and is configured to be switched between a first position, in which the lamp body is in a retracted state, and a second position, in which the lamp body is in the extended state. The lamp body is rotatably connected to the connecting rod via a radial articulated shaft. The state of the lamp can be adjusted by pressing an automatic locking feature and manually pushing and pulling the lamp body, thereby increasing the versatility of single lamp adjustment while preventing excessive loads on the wire.
US11982416B2
An illuminant (1) for a motor vehicle headlight includes an SMD component (2) and a circuit carrier (4). The SMD component (2) is connected to the circuit carrier (4) by means of a solder connection, wherein the circuit carrier has a plurality of contact elements (5a), wherein in order to dissipate waste heat from the SMD component (2), the circuit carrier (4) has a plurality of micro-vias (7) designed for heat conduction, wherein a number of contact elements (5a) have a substantially hexagonal base (5b), wherein the micro-vias (7) are arranged in a two-dimensional hexagonal packing arrangement with respect to one another in such a way that the substantially hexagonal bases (5b) of the contact elements (5a) are interspersed by a plurality of micro-vias (7) substantially completely, according to the highest area packing density.
US11982404B2
A pressure vessel includes an outer shell and pressurized elements disposed within the outer shell that contains a pressurized gas. The pressure vessel includes a bearing system disposed between the pressurized elements and the outer shell, and the bearing system allows controlled movement of the pressurized elements in respect to the outer shell.
US11982402B2
A vacuum dehydrator for removing water from lube oil including a vacuum chamber having a contaminated lube oil contact zone, a lube oil inlet for introducing a water contaminated lube oil into the contact zone, a hot air inlet for introducing a heated air stream into the contact zone, a decontaminated oil outlet fluidly connected to the decontaminated oil collection zone, and a wet air outlet fluidly connected to the disengagement zone. The lube oil inlet and the hot air inlet are configured to introduce and contact the water contaminated lube oil and the hot air in the contact zone, producing a dehydrated oil received into the decontaminated oil collection zone and a wet air stream containing entrained oil droplets received into the disengagement zone. The disengagement zone includes a tortuous divergent flow path traversing from a disengagement zone inlet to the wet air outlet.
US11982382B2
A quick connector is disclosed comprising a receptacle having first and second channels formed on opposite sides of the exterior of the receptacle. A flange includes a retainer mounting part fixed on a first end of the flange. A first pair of clamping jaws extends from a second end of the flange with each clamping jaw of the first pair of clamping jaws accepted into a respective receptacle first and second channel, clasping the receptacle to the flange. The clamped bracket retainer and receptacle are then guided to have a tube inserted into an interior passage of the receptacle and the bracket retainer is attached to a rigid structure using a fastening arrangement that retains the quick connector receptacle and endform in a connected state.
US11982372B2
A valve assembly includes an inlet to receive a fluid into the valve assembly, an outlet to discharge the fluid from the valve assembly and a service stop coupled to the inlet or the outlet. The service stop can rotate relative to the inlet or the outlet to control a flow of the fluid through the inlet or the outlet. The service stop can include a first tool interface to receive a first hand tool and transfer a first torque from the first hand tool to the service stop to facilitate rotating the service stop using the first hand tool. The service stop can include a second tool interface to receive a second hand tool different from the first hand tool and configured to transfer a second torque from the second hand tool to the service stop to facilitate rotating the service stop using the second hand tool.
US11982371B2
The present invention is intended to improve the responsiveness while increasing a flow rate, and is an orifice having a valve seat surface, the orifice includes: a vertical channel that opens to valve seat surface and a facing surface that faces the valve seat surface; and a horizontal channel that opens to an outer circumferential surface between the valve seat surface and the facing surface, and that intersects with the vertical channel. The vertical channel is split into a plurality of channel branches from an intersection with the horizontal channel, with a space therebetween, on a side of the facing surface.
US11982369B2
An air valve structure arranged on a base comprises an air plug and a state-switching component. The air plug is arranged in an air chamber in an axial direction. The air plug includes a closing state to close the air hole, and an opening state to open the air hole. The state-switching component comprises a driving member that links the air plug, a shape-memory alloy (SMA) wire connected with the driving member, and at least one conductive member connected with the SMA wire. The driving member exerts an acting force to the air plug based on a condition of electricity provided by the conductive member for the SMA wire. The direction of the acting force is non-parallel with the axial direction and the air plug is moved and changed between the closing state and the opening state by the acting force.
US11982366B2
A device for controlling the flow of fluid through a conduit from an upstream side of the device to a downstream side of the device. The device includes a valve seat mounted on a casing that defines a valve aperture, a mounting member arranged on the downstream side of the valve aperture; a valve member mounted on the mounting member. The valve member is arranged to selectively open and close the valve aperture thereby controlling the flow of the fluid through the valve aperture. A seal retaining member is arranged adjacent the valve seat and, with the valve seat, defines a seal retaining groove. A compliant seal within the seal retaining groove seals the valve aperture when the valve member is moved to close the valve aperture.
US11982365B2
A valve includes a valve housing and a piston. The housing has an end face with a first opening, a second opening with a closing edge, and a valve seat. The piston has a first surface pointing towards the end face, a first lateral surface, a control edge, and a second lateral surface. In a first switching mode, the first surface covers the first opening, the piston seals with the valve seat, the second opening is closed by the second lateral surface, and the control edge is between the closing edge and the valve seat. In a second switching mode, the second opening is closed by the second lateral surface and the control edge is between the closing edge and the valve seat. In the third switching mode, a section of the second opening is released to form a flow chamber permeably connecting the first opening and the second opening.
US11982364B2
A valve for a fluid system of a vehicle having a valve housing having a plurality of valve housing openings, a valve body arranged in the valve housing so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation and having at least one flow-conducting connecting channel for the flow-conducting connection of at least two valve housing openings of the plurality of valve housing openings, a valve seal, arranged between the valve housing and the valve body and having valve seal openings corresponding to the valve housing openings, a valve drive for the automatic rotation of the valve body about the axis of rotation, and a plurality of connecting pieces, corresponding to the valve housing openings, for the flow-conducting connection of the valve to the rest of fluid system.
US11982362B2
A cartridge valve includes a housing, a stem adapter, and a stem assembly. The stem adapter includes a body defining a first hole, which extends in a longitudinal direction. The stem assembly includes a first stem component and a second stem component. The first stem component includes an arm and a spherical portion that is configured to be at least partially positioned within the first hole and defines an opening. The second stem component has a body that is configured to be at least partially received within the opening of the first stem component. The spherical portion is configured to expand in size in response to the first end inserting a portion of the body of the second stem component into the opening in the first stem component, which increases a frictional resistance induced by relative rotation between the stem assembly and the stem adapter.
US11982360B2
An eccentric butterfly valve, suitable for high-pressure fluids, in which: even if a dimensional error among components is large, the seat ring is aligned with the disk while sealability between the seat ring and the body is ensured; for either pressure, positive pressure or counter pressure, the seal surface pressure between the disk and the seat ring is ensured to achieve sealability; and a continuous seal portion is ensured between the body and the seat ring, thereby reliably inhibiting fluid leakage, and a method of manufacturing the eccentric butterfly valve. A tapered surface 31 formed on a seat ring 20 and a step portion 30 formed on a body 2 are opposed to each other. With a corner portion 35 of the step portion 30 on a tapered surface 31 side digging into the tapered surface 31, an annular seal portion 33 is formed on an opposed plane between the body 2 and a seat ring 6.
US11982358B2
An inline valve includes a sliding piston having a radially outer stop portion with a forward end. A radially inner sliding portion is connected to the radially outer stop portion by an arm. A housing includes an outer housing body surrounding the piston. The housing has a stop surface selectively in contact with the forward end of the radially outer stop portion of the piston to block flow for a housing inlet to a housing outlet. The radially inner sliding portion slides on a support tube. At least a portion of the radially inner sliding portion is formed of a first material having better wear resistance than a second material forming the outer stop portion of the piston. The second material has a greater resistance to high temperature and pressure than the first material. A vent valve for a compressor is also disclosed.
US11982354B2
The gasket includes a gasket body which is made of a monolithic piece of an elastomeric material. The gasket body has an oil opening for allowing oil to pass between the timing chain tensioner and a cylinder head. The gasket body includes at least one outer engagement feature for directly engaging with an outer wall of the timing chain tensioner to hold the gasket body on the timing chain tensioner. The gasket body also includes at least one inner engagement feature for directly engaging with an inner wall of the timing chain tensioner to further hold the gasket body on the timing chain tensioner.
US11982346B2
The present disclosure discloses a terrain based dynamic gear shift control method and system for a vehicle. The method includes: during running of a vehicle, obtaining a current terrain; according to the current terrain, the economic gear shift strategy, and the dynamic gear shift strategy, generating a current gear shift strategy curve; and according to the current gear shift strategy curve, controlling a transmission to perform gear shift. The present disclosure can make the vehicle have wider adaptability, and achieve a better dynamic balance between economy and dynamic performance.
US11982344B2
An electric drive power transmission system box assembly is provided having stepped pin positioning and a mounting method of the electric drive power transmission system box assembly. The box assembly includes a housing shaft string assembly, stepped pins, a first housing, and a first bearing. The housing shaft string assembly includes a housing and a shaft string supported on the housing. Each stepped pin includes a matching section and a guide section, the diameter of the matching section is greater than the diameter of the guide section, a tail end portion of the matching section is fixed in a fixing pin hole of the housing, the first housing is mounted and fixed to the housing shaft string assembly under the guide of the guide section, and a rear end of the shaft string is supported on the first housing by means of the first bearing.
US11982340B2
A two-speed transmission includes: an input member; an output member; a rotating member; a first engaging device switching engagement between first and second friction plates to switch the input member and the rotating member to an integrally rotating state or a relatively rotating state; a second engaging device switching the rotating member to a rotatable or non-rotatable state; an elastic biasing means applying a force pressing the first and second friction plates; a pressing device releasing the pressing force; a first bearing between the elastic biasing means and the pressing device; a second bearing between the rotating member and the pressing device or the fixed portion; and a planetary speed reduction mechanism having a sun element connected to the input member or the rotating member, a carrier connected to one of the input member or the rotating member and the output member, and a ring element connected to the other.
US11982336B2
A frictional power transmission belt includes a compression rubber layer that includes a frictional power transmission surface at least a part of which can come into contact with a pulley and that is formed of a cured product of a rubber composition. On a surface of the frictional power transmission surface, a surface layer comprising a cured product of a rubber composition containing a polyvinyl pyrrolidone-based resin and an elastomer component is laminated.
US11982326B2
A non-return device for coaxial rotation transmission includes coaxial input and output shafts, a frame for guiding the rotation of the shafts. A locking element is urged in radial translation through a channel of the output shaft between a radial locking position, in which the locking element projects from the channel so as to prevent a rotation of the output shaft by abutting against the frame, and a radial unlocking position, in which the locking element is retracted so as to allow axial rotation of the output shaft. The input shaft includes means for radially switching the locking element between the locking and unlocking positions thereof.
US11982323B2
The disclosure relates to an electromagnetic brake or clutch having an electromagnet, a permanent magnet and an armature plate interacting with the electromagnet and the permanent magnet, which armature plate is arranged on a hub body so as to be non-rotatable but nevertheless axially displaceable, the electromagnet having a magnet housing and a coil received therein, wherein the magnet housing has, on the armature plate side, an outer ring body providing an external pole and an inner ring body providing an internal pole, characterized in that the inner ring body carries the permanent magnet on the armature plate side and that a web which serves as magnetic flux bridge and connects the inner ring body to the outer ring body is disposed between the inner ring body and the outer ring body.
US11982321B2
A multiple-disc friction clutch includes clutch centers, which are first and second clutch centers. The first clutch center is axially supported by an output rotation shaft in a relatively non-rotatable manner. The second clutch center is supported by the first clutch center in a relatively rotatable manner. Elastic members are interposed between the first and the second clutch centers and are compressed and deformed by relative rotation of the first and the second clutch centers so as to transmit power. The second clutch center has a side wall that faces a pressure plate and has an opening part that penetrates in an axial direction, at a position facing the elastic member of the side wall. A push rod is inserted and fitted in the opening part and is moved in the axial direction by compression deformation of the elastic member so as to press the pressure plate.
US11982318B2
A tie-rod with a swivel tie-rod end includes a tie-rod central rod and a first tie-rod end including a swivel joint. The first tie-rod end is connected to the tie-rod central rod by the swivel joint. The swivel joint is operable to enable rotation of the first tie-rod end with respect to the tie-rod central rod while maintaining a common longitudinal axis between the first tie-rod end and the tie-rod central rod. The tie-rod further includes a second tie-rod end connected to the tie-rod central rod.
US11982312B2
A segment bearing device for supporting a first bearing partner relative to a second bearing partner about a pivot axis (S) includes a plurality of rolling elements, a segment cage for receiving the rolling elements, and a partial shell, the partial shell providing a race for the rolling elements. At least one of the plurality of rolling elements is arranged as a mounting rolling element in a first partial circle (TK1) in an operating state of the segment bearing device, and is held in a second partial circle (TK2) in a mounted state of the segment bearing device. The common center point of the partial circles (TK1, TK2) is defined by a center of curvature of the segment cage, and the first partial circle (TK1) has a smaller diameter than the second partial circle (TK2).
US11982311B2
A rolling bearing 1 includes an outer ring 1A, an inner ring 1B, a plurality of rolling elements 1C, and a seal member 1D. The outer ring 1A includes a first outer ring 10 and a second outer ring 20. The inner ring 1B includes a first inner ring 30 and a second inner ring 40. The seal member 1D includes an annular base portion 61, 71 fixed to one bearing ring which is one of the outer ring 1A and the inner ring 1B, and an annular protruding portion 62, 72 protruding from the base portion 61, 71 and extending toward a first region which is a region opposing the one hearing ring in another bearing ring which is the other of the outer ring 1A and the inner ring 1B.
US11982310B2
A ball joint for a chassis of a vehicle. The ball joint has an inner joint portion (2) and a slide bearing (7). The inner joint portion (2) is movably fitted in the slide bearing (7). The ball joint further has a closure element (5) for closing a joint housing. The slide bearing (7) and the closure element (5) are connected to one another. To reduce the number of components and/or the number of assembly steps, the ball joint (1) is characterized in that the slide bearing (7), for the inner joint portion (2), is made as a single, one-piece plastic component (6).
US11982305B1
A track is provided with a geometry that automatically aligns a T-bolt with the opening at the terminal end of the track to make the use of the T-bolt and track combination faster and easier, and allow single-handed installation of T-bolts and accessories using T-bolts with slotted accessory mounting tracks.
US11982295B2
A pumping device for pumping liquids includes a centrifugal pump with a radially pumping pump wheel having a hollow center, and is configured to remove accumulations of gas from the interior of the pump. The pumping device includes a detecting device for detecting a first operating parameter, a sensor for measuring a second operating parameter, and a control unit for controlling the pump. The control unit is configured to control the operation of the pump so as to remove accumulations of gas from the hollow center of the pump during liquid pumping operation.
US11982291B2
A blower unit for a vehicle and an air conditioning device including the same, the blower unit including: a scroll casing having an inlet port; a fan rotatably disposed in the scroll casing; a motor having a shaft coupled to the fan; and a bell mouth disposed in the inlet port, in which an inner end of the scroll casing, which defines the inlet port, is disposed to be spaced apart from the fan in a radial direction to define a separation space, and the bell mouth prevents air, which flows by a rotation of the fan, from flowing reversely through the separation space. The blower unit and the air conditioning device including the same prevent air from flowing reversely to the outside of the scroll casing by means of the arrangement of the bell mouth and the scroll casing and the structural shape of the bell mouth.
US11982276B2
A scroll compressor for refrigerant-oil mixtures with oil return, including a housing element and a fixed scroll, wherein the housing element is connected to the fixed scroll by means of a seal in such a way that an outlet chamber is formed between the housing element and the fixed scroll, wherein, for oil separation and oil return purposes, an oil separation chamber, which has a high-pressure refrigerant outlet and an oil collection area, and an oil return channel towards a suction pressure chamber are arranged downstream of the outlet chamber, the scroll compressor being characterized in that an outlet chamber drain for draining oil into the oil return channel of the oil separation chamber is formed in the geodetic lower region of the outlet chamber.
US11982274B2
An electrical coolant drive including a motor housing, which accommodates an electric motor and has a fluid-tight housing intermediate wall forming an electronics housing accommodating a motor electronics system, at least one through-opening is introduced into the housing intermediate wall, via which a phase connection of a stator winding of the electric motor is guided into the electronics housing in a fluid-tight and pressure-tight manner to contact the motor electronics, and a step surrounding the through-opening is introduced into the housing intermediate wall, and a first sealing ring sits in the through-opening, directly in contact with the phase connection.
US11982270B2
The pump device includes a housing defining insertion holes for a rotation shaft, inlets and outlets, and an internal passage; a first pump element; and a second pump element. The internal passage includes first suction passages communicating from the inlet to a first suction port facing the first end surface of the first pump element directed to one end side; first discharge passages communicating from a first discharge port facing the first end surface to the outlet; second suction passages passing around the first pump element to communicate from the inlet to a second suction port facing the second end surface of the second pump element; and second discharge passages passing around the first pump element to communicate from a second discharge port facing the second end surface to the outlet.
US11982269B2
Methods and systems are provided to adaptively control a hydraulic fluid supply to supply a driving fluid for applying a driving force on a piston in a gas compressor, the driving force being cyclically reversed between a first direction and a second direction to cause the piston to reciprocate in strokes. During a first stroke of the piston, a speed of the piston, a temperature of the driving fluid, and a load pressure applied to the piston is monitored. Reversal of the driving force after the first stroke is controlled based on the speed, load pressure, and temperature.
US11982267B2
An air compressor includes a compressor assembly with a motor and a pump driven by the motor, a battery receptacle, and a battery pack electrically connected to the motor via the battery receptacle for providing electrical power to the motor. The battery receptacle and the battery pack are positioned adjacent the compressor assembly. The compressor also includes a storage tank that receives compressed air from the pump, a case enshrouding the compressor assembly, an outlet port in fluid communication with the storage tank, and an adjustable pressure regulator at least partially positioned within the case. The outlet port configured to discharge compressed air from the storage tank at a regulated pressure determined by the pressure regulator. The compressor further includes an adjustment knob to adjust the regulated pressure of compressed air provided by the outlet port. The case attenuates noise emitted by the compressor assembly to less than 68 decibels.
US11982266B2
A compressor includes: a case, a compression unit that is provided inside the case and that includes a cylinder and a piston configured to reciprocate inside the cylinder to compress refrigerant, a driving unit that includes a stator disposed inside the case and a plurality of permanent magnets configured to reciprocate with respect to the stator and that is configured to provide a driving force to the compression unit, and a resonator that is configured to reduce noises generated while the compression unit is operated, that is disposed between the compression unit and an inner surface of the case facing the compression unit in an axial direction, and that is spaced apart from the compression unit.
US11982263B1
The present embodiments relate to a shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator with a joint between an SMA wire the SMA actuator being disposed at a bottom surface of the SMA actuator. The SMA actuator can include at least one fixed end configured to be fixed to a carriage, at least one free end, at least one beam connecting the fixed end and the free end, and at least one SMA wire. The at least one SMA wire can be electrically connected to the at least one fixed end and the at least one free end via electrical contact portions. The position of the at least one SMA wire being affixed to the bottom surface can allow for reduced stress and a wire exit angle at the weld joint between each SMA wire and the actuator, improving resiliency of the SMA actuator.
US11982262B2
Systems, methods, and devices for energy storage are provided. A system for energy storage includes a thermomechanical-electrical conversion subsystem for converting energy formats and a mechanical and thermal storage unit for storing energy formats. The thermomechanical-electrical conversion subsystem includes a storage subsystem including a compressor and a first thermal energy exchanger and a generation subsystem including a power generator and a second thermal energy exchanger. The storage subsystem compresses a fluid to generate compressed fluid and thermal energy. The generation subsystem generates power from the compressed fluid and the thermal energy. The mechanical and thermal storage unit includes a pressure vessel for storing the compressed fluid and a thermal energy storage for storing the thermal energy generated by the fluid compression and for providing the thermal energy to the generation subsystem for generating power.
US11982257B2
A vertical wind turbine with a plurality of vertical blades, which are each fastened to a respective vertical blade axis, such that they are pivotable around a respective blade rotation axis (C7) independently of one another, and are supported rotatable on a common circular path (K) around a vertical rotor rotation axis (C2), and a method for operating the vertical wind turbine, wherein pitch angles (β) of vertical blades of the vertical wind turbine, which are driven around a respective vertical blade axis, are predetermined. The pitch angle (β), at least in a partial load mode of the vertical wind turbine (1), is controlled such that the blades (7) rotate with an essentially constant tip speed ratio (λ).
US11982248B2
Systems and methods are provided for diagnosing cylinders in an engine. In one example, the method may include while receiving first feedback from a vibration sensor coupled to a first cylinder of the engine, perturbing the first cylinder during engine operation. Responsive to the first feedback indicating a first vibration level difference greater than or equal to a first threshold difference, a first indication of a first degradation condition of the first cylinder may be set, and thereafter the engine may be operated based on whether or not the first indication was set.
US11982239B2
A bleed air control system is configured to vary the air pressure at the inlet of a gas turbine engine. The bleed air control system includes a first gas turbine engine configured to provide bleed air, a second gas turbine engine acting as an auxiliary power unit, and a bleed air control system configured to selectively provide bleed air from the first gas turbine engine to the second gas turbine engine.
US11982236B2
A titanium-based component having a high heat capacity surface. The high heat capacity surface prevents or inhibits titanium fires. The component is titanium-based, forming the substrate, and includes a high heat capacity surface overlying the titanium substrate. A diffusion barrier is intermediate the titanium-based substrate and the high heat capacity surface. The diffusion barrier is non-reactive with both the titanium-based substrate and the high heat capacity surface. The system eliminates the formation of detrimental phases due to diffusion between the applied high heat capacity surface and the titanium substrate. The high heat capacity material has a coefficient of thermal expansion compatible with the coefficient of thermal expansion of the titanium-based substrate. The stresses introduced into the component as a result of differential thermal expansion between the high heat capacity material and the titanium-based substrate do not result in spalling of the substrate at the operational temperatures of the component.
US11982235B2
Disclosed is a fuel system for a gas turbine engine having a core exhaust and a combustion section. The system comprises a fuel pump for fluid communication with a fuel reservoir; a driving turbine for driving the fuel pump; and an air feed to drive the driving turbine, the air feed being fluidly connectable to the core exhaust of the gas turbine engine. Also disclosed is a fuel system comprising: a fuel pump for fluid communication with a fuel reservoir; a fuel line from the fuel pump for fluid communication with the combustion section of the gas turbine engine; and an air feed to a heat exchanger, the air feed being fluidly connectable to the core exhaust of the gas turbine engine, wherein the fuel line is in thermal communication with the air feed within a heat exchanger.
US11982234B1
A heat exchanger, has: a heat exchanger core having an inlet, an outlet, at least one first conduit connecting the inlet to the outlet, and at least one second conduit in heat exchange relationship with the at least one first conduit; a bypass conduit connecting the inlet to the outlet while bypassing the at least one first conduit; and a valve in communication with the bypass conduit and having: a valve member movable between a closed position in which fluid communication through the valve and via the bypass conduit is blocked and an open position in which fluid communication through the bypass conduit and through the valve is permitted, the valve member defining an auxiliary passage, and a thermal fuse overlapping the auxiliary passage and blocking fluid communication through the valve member via the auxiliary passage, the thermal fuse having a melting temperature above a predetermined temperature of the fluid.
US11982232B2
A turbine engine heat exchanger has: a manifold having a first face and a second face opposite the first face; a plurality of first plates along the first face, each first plate having an interior passageway; and a plurality of second plates along the second face, each second plate having an interior passageway. A first flowpath passing through the interior passageways of the first plates, the manifold, and the interior passageways of the second plates.
US11982231B2
A core structure for a providing a cooling passage in a gas turbine engine includes a core body that has a first cooling passage core. The first cooling passage core has a first width in a chord-wise direction near a first wall. A second width in the chord-wise direction near a second wall. A third width in the chord-wise direction between the first and second walls. The third width being smaller than the first and second widths to form an hourglass shape.
US11982225B2
A hybrid drive system has two sources of driving power: a non-combustion drive system to provide mechanical torque and rotation to a driveshaft, and an opposed-piston, internal combustion engine configured to provide energy for the non-combustion drive system.
US11982219B2
A multi-stage mixer includes a multi-stage mixer inlet, a multi-stage mixer outlet, a first flow device, and a second flow device. The multi-stage mixer inlet is configured to receive exhaust gas. The multi-stage mixer outlet is configured to provide the exhaust gas to a catalyst. The first flow device is configured to receive the exhaust gas from the multi-stage mixer inlet and to receive reductant such that the reductant is partially mixed with the exhaust gas within the first flow device. The first flow device includes a plurality of main vanes and a plurality of main vane apertures. The plurality of main vane apertures is interspaced between the plurality of main vanes. The plurality of main vane apertures is configured to receive the exhaust gas and to cooperate with the plurality of main vanes to provide the exhaust gas from the first flow device with a swirl flow.
US11982218B2
An oxidation catalyst composite for abatement of exhaust gas emissions from a lean burn engine is provided, the catalyst composite including a carrier substrate having a length, an inlet end and an outlet end, and an oxidation catalyst material coated on the carrier substrate. The oxidation catalyst material can include a first layer and a second layer. The first layer can include a first oxygen storage component that includes ceria and is impregnated with a palladium (Pd) component and a second component including one or more of magnesium (Mg), rhodium (Rh), and platinum (Pt). The second layer can include a refractory metal oxide component impregnated with platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd), wherein the ratio of Pt to Pd is in the range of about 0:10 to about 10:0.
US11982216B2
An internal combustion engine emissions reduction system in which a emissions passing through a second catalyst element having a second catalyst function are mixed with emissions passing through a first catalyst element having a first catalyst function.
US11982215B2
An exhaust device for an internal combustion engine includes an exhaust manifold including branch pipe portions respectively connected to cylinders of the internal combustion engine in which exhaust strokes are executed at different timings, and a collecting pipe portion to which the branch pipe portions are collected and connected at a downstream side of the branch pipe portions, a catalyst provided at a downstream side of the collecting pipe portion in the exhaust manifold, an exhaust pipe provided at a downstream side of the catalyst, a sensor detecting a state of exhaust gas and provided in the exhaust pipe, and a connecting wall portion connecting the catalyst and the exhaust pipe and extending in a different direction with respect to a first central axis of the catalyst along a flow direction of the exhaust gas.
US11982204B2
A turbomachine part or assembly of parts includes a first blade and a second blade, and platform from which the first blade and the second blade extend, The platform has, between a pressure side of the first blade and a suction side of the second blade a non-axisymmetric surface defining at least one fin, and a transverse section of the fin is asymmetric. The transverse section includes a first and a second oblique faces joining at a dorsal edge, the first oblique face is oriented toward the pressure side of the first blade, the second oblique face is oriented toward the suction side of the second blade, and the first oblique face has a steeper slope than the second oblique face.
US11982198B2
A component (1, 2) for supporting at least one bearing (3) for a turbine engine (10) comprising: two coaxial walls, internal (4) and external (5) walls respectively, defining a gas flow vein (6) between them and interconnected by a row of arms (7); an external ferrule (50) comprising an internal peripheral edge (51) connected to the external wall (5) and an external peripheral edge (52) connected to an external mounting flange (53); an internal ferrule (40) comprising an external peripheral edge (41) connected to the internal wall (4) and an internal peripheral edge (42) comprising an internal mounting flange (43); at least one of the ferrules (4, 5), which at the peripheral edge (41, 51) thereof is connected to the corresponding wall (4, 5), having a general shape which is corrugated about an axis (X-X) of the component (1, 2).
US11982197B2
Device for distributing oil from a rolling bearing (8) for an aircraft turbine engine, comprising: —a rolling bearing (8), —an oil distributor ring (5) and —an annular track (26) of a dynamic seal (22), characterised in that it further comprises a nut (16) screwed on to a thread (5d) of the distributor ring and bearing axially against an axial end of the inner ring so as to clamp it axially, and in that the annular track is configured to bear axially against the distributor ring and comprises rotating locking elements (27) engaging with the additional elements (28) of the nut.
US11982196B2
A method for producing a diffusion cooling hole extending between a wall having a first wall surface and a second wall surface includes forming a cooling hole inlet at the first wall surface, forming a cooling hole outlet at the second wall surface, forming a metering section downstream from the inlet and forming a multi-lobed diffusing section between the metering section and the outlet. The inlet, outlet, metering section and multi-lobed diffusing section are formed by laser drilling, particle beam machining, fluid jet guided laser machining, mechanical machining, masking and combinations thereof.
US11982191B2
Subsonic turbofan engines with variable outer guide vanes (OGVs) and associated methods. A subsonic turbofan engine includes an engine core configured to generate a torque, a fan configured to accelerate an air flow, an engine nacelle, and a plurality of OGVs positioned downstream of the fan. Each OGV is configured to transition among a plurality of OGV configurations defined between and including a nominal configuration and a reduced-drag configuration. The subsonic turbofan engine is configured to operate only at subsonic speeds. In examples, methods of operating a subsonic turbofan engine include transitioning each of a plurality of OGVs from a nominal configuration to a reduced-drag configuration. Transitioning each OGV from the nominal configuration to the reduced-drag configuration is performed while the subsonic engine operates at subsonic speeds.
US11982189B2
According to an aspect, a gas turbine engine includes a turbine section with a turbine case and a plurality of turbine blades within the turbine case. The gas turbine engine also includes an active clearance control system with an active clearance control cooling air supply, a valve pneumatically coupled to the active clearance control cooling air supply, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine an active cooling control schedule adjustment based on a condition of the gas turbine engine, operate the active clearance control system according to an active cooling control schedule as modified by the active cooling control schedule adjustment, apply a decay function to the active cooling control schedule adjustment to reduce an effect on the active cooling control schedule adjustment, and resume operating the active clearance control system according to the active cooling control schedule based on an active cooling control condition being met.
US11982188B2
A rotary assembly for a turbomachine including a rotor including at least two consecutive rotor stages provided with a plurality of blades and an annular rotor shroud connecting the two consecutive rotor stages, a stator including: at least one stator stage provided between the two consecutive rotor stages including a plurality of vanes, a turbomachine stator vane root, an annular clamping part and an annular support of abradable material, the root extending radially and being clamped axially between the annular support of abradable material and the annular clamping part, A space separates a radially internal end of the root and the annular support of abradable material. A turbojet engine including a rotary assembly as previously.
US11982186B1
A vapor powered electro-mechanical generator comprises a cylinder, which is sealed at both ends in which two pistons slidingly move in opposite directions simultaneously. A tube on which the pistons also slide lies at the center of the longitudinal axis of the cylinder. The tube transfers vapor from the inlet to the pressurized side of the pistons to actuate pistons, while one or more exhaust valves are simultaneously opened on the opposite end of the piston stroke allowing the expanded vapor to flow to a condensing system. The pistons consist of magnets at their peripheral circumference. As the vapor expands, the pistons magnets move through coils of conductive wire producing electric current. Further, repulsion magnets repel corresponding piston magnets to provide a cushioned rebound effect while conserving momentum of the generator.
US11982185B2
A barrier assembly used in the protection of personnel at worksites and/or residential areas from escapes of gas. Such a barrier assembly controls the lateral and vertical spread of gas in the event of an escape of the gas, even more particularly toxic gas. The barrier assembly can be used at operating sites where gases are produced, and in particular where high concentrations of toxic gases (e.g. CO2, H2S, SO2, mercaptans etc.) are present. The barrier assembly can, optionally act as a safety system in the event of an accidental uncontrolled release of these toxic gases into the atmosphere.
US11982183B2
A downhole fluid sampling tool comprising one or more probes configured to take at least one fluid sample from the wellbore and perform a Saturates, Aromatics, Resins, Asphaltenes (SARA) analysis on the at least one fluid sample. Additionally, the downhole fluid sampling tool comprises an information handling system for developing a first remediation operation based at least in part on the first SARA analysis and performing the first remediation operation on the first fluid sample to form a first remediated fluid sample.
US11982171B2
Systems and methods for automated drilling control and optimization are disclosed. Training data, including values of drilling parameters, for a current stage of a drilling operation are acquired. A reinforcement learning model is trained to estimate values of the drilling parameters for a subsequent stage of the drilling operation to be performed, based on the acquired training data and a reward policy mapping inputs and outputs of the model. The subsequent stage of the drilling operation is performed based on the values of the drilling parameters estimated using the trained model. A difference between the estimated and actual values of the drilling parameters is calculated, based on real-time data acquired during the subsequent stage of the drilling operation. The reinforcement learning model is retrained to refine the reward policy, based on the calculated difference. At least one additional stage of the drilling operation is performed using the retrained model.
US11982167B1
A method for enhanced oil recovery in a tilted reservoir includes the steps of: providing an injection well and at least one production well, the at least one production well provided at a greater depth in the tilted reservoir than the injection well; injecting carbon dioxide or nitrogen gas into the injection well; injecting enriched air into the injection well so as to cause ignition in the tilted reservoir; reducing production by the at least one production well; draining fluid from an area in the tilted reservoir up-dip of the injection well; and recovering the drained fluid by the at least one production well.
US11982161B2
The invention provides a subsea in-line tee arrangement for a subsea production system comprising at least one removable module. The removable module is configured to be assembled with a jumper flowline and provide flow access between a jumper flowline and the subsea in-line tee. At least one retrievable process apparatus can be connected to the retrievable module. The at least one retrievable process apparatus is configured to perform a function selected from the group comprising: fluid control, fluid sampling, fluid diversion, fluid recovery, fluid injection, fluid circulation, fluid measurement and/or fluid metering.
US11982159B2
A wellbore protector ram device includes a plurality of blocks that move in a plane orthogonal to an extension direction of a drill string and block junk from passing through a body of the wellbore protector ram device. The wellbore protector ram further includes a plurality of pistons that actuate, thereby locking and preventing movement of the plurality of blocks, and a plurality of springs that press the plurality of blocks against the drill string when the plurality of blocks are unlocked. The body includes an opening and encases the plurality of pistons and a plurality of springs. The drill string passes through the opening of the body.
US11982153B2
Systems and methods are provided for determining the end of a reverse cementing operation based on one or more pressure measurements. In some aspects, a cement composition can be delivered to an annulus formed between a casing and a wellbore for reverse cementing the casing. In some cases, a determination that the cement composition has reached a shoe joint at a bottom portion of the casing can be based on a threshold change in a pressure measurement obtained while delivering the cement composition. In some instances, a trigger can be initiated for closing the shoe joint after determining that the cement composition has reached the shoe joint.
US11982143B2
Systems and methods for communicating with a blowout preventer (BOP) control system. An example system includes a pressure control system for controlling a pressure control manifold fluidly connected with the wellbore and a BOP control system for controlling BOP equipment. The pressure control system may include a sensor operable to output pressure data indicative of wellbore pressure. The BOP control system may include a sensor operable to output BOP data indicative of operational status of the BOP equipment and a BOP human-machine interface (HMI) usable by a human user to monitor and control the BOP equipment. The BOP control system may be communicatively connected with the pressure control system, receive the pressure data, and display, on the BOP HMI, information based on the pressure data.
US11982142B2
A system for well control during tripping phases in drilling operations in a wellbore, the system comprising: a drill string extending from an entry of the wellbore to a drill bit at a distal end of the drill string within the wellbore; a near bit sub mounted along the drill string adjacent to the drill bit; a first smart multi-directional two-way check valve mounted along the drill string adjacent to the near bit sub; and a controller configured to operate the valve. The controller controls the valve to apply suction or discharge flow to the near bit sub to counter inertial effects of drilling mud viscosity within the wellbore.
US11982141B2
A reel system allows for storage, paying out, and retrieval of conductors, such as high pressure hydraulic hose, electrical conductors, or any other length of reeled conductor. For well operations, hydraulic control hose may be filled or dry for storage. Pigtail ends of the hose pass through an aperture of a core of a reel into an umbilical space. The hose may be payed out as needed at the job or well site, and the pigtail ends then removed from the umbilical space for connection to a source of pressurized fluid. The reel may be immobilized from rotation during this stage. Once the onsite operations are complete, a drive system may be powered to cause rotation of the reel to retrieve and restore the hose. Multiple hoses may be stored on the reel, and multiple reels may be mounted and independently driven on a common support of the system.
US11982134B2
A riser fluid handling system for managed pressure drilling includes a tubular portion having a lower end configured to be connected to a riser and an upper end, a spool connected to the upper end of the tubular portion, the spool having a base and a fluid conduit extending radially outward from the base and defining an axially-facing orifice. The fluid conduit is configured to provide fluid communication between the orifice and an interior of the spool. The system includes a valve connected to the fluid conduit and extending parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the tubular portion, the valve being configured to connect to a drape hose such that the drape hose extends axially therefrom and is able to swivel with respect to the spool.
US11982133B2
A force transferring connector (400) having a box part (401). A pin section (408) enters the box part with a lug (411). The box part has a locking shoulder (415). When the pin section (408) is inside the cavity, the lug (411) rotates between a non-engaged and an engaged state. The connector (400) has an electric connection arrangement (470) guiding electric power and/or electric signals. The electric connection arrangement (470) is in a connected state when the pin section (408) is inserted into the receiving cavity (405) and in a non-connected state when the pin section (408) is not inserted into the receiving cavity (405).
US11982128B2
A shelf and ladder combination includes two support rod units, partition plates connected between the support rod units, a cross bar, two main connecting brackets connecting the cross bar to the support rod units, and a ladder unit. The ladder unit includes two ladder legs, at least one fixing unit, and a plurality of rungs connected between the ladder legs. Each ladder leg has a first end portion adjacent to the crossbar, and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion. The at least one fixing unit is sleeved on the crossbar, is slidable along the crossbar, and is connected to the first end portion of one of the ladder legs.
US11982127B2
A ladder safety device (2) for removably securing a ladder (40) to a parapet wall (36) of a rooftop (38), including: a pair of support clamps (4) securable to the parapet wall (36), each said support clamp (4) including a first support member (10), a second support member (12), and an extended arm (14) joining said first support member (10) to said second support member (12), wherein a distance between said support members (10, 12) defines a width adjustable to the width of the parapet wall (36); an elongate plate (6) connecting said pair of support clamps (4) to each other; and at least one ladder hook (8) extending from said elongate plate (6) for securely receiving a rung of the ladder (40).
US11982125B2
A magnetic track assembly including an elongate channel having an open side, an end wall, and two parallel side walls; a first magnet disposed within the elongate channel near an interior side of the end wall; a compartment defined within the elongate channel spaced from the first magnet; and a screen receiver disposed within the compartment and including a second magnet arranged facing the first magnet. In the magnetic track assembly, the first and second magnets are of opposite polarity and the screen receiver is loosely disposed within the compartment such that a magnetic bond is intact between the first and second magnets when the first and second magnets are close together and the magnetic bond is broken when the first and second magnets are pulled apart.
US11982115B2
A door panels-frame assembly includes a first revolving door panel, a second door panel that slides relative to the first door panel, and a supporting frame fixed to the door panels in order to movably support the door panels. The supporting frame has first sliding mechanism fixed to the second door panel to make the second door panel slide relative to the first door panel, the sliding mechanism including a fixed slide where a slider slides. The slide has an inclined end relative to the sliding direction of the second door panel when moved by the first sliding mechanism, in such a way to push the second door panel outwards when it is opened.
US11982112B1
A door restraint includes a base pad mounted on a wall adjacent to a designated door at a position where the doorknob would impact the wall if the door were fully opened. Attachable to the base pad is a housing having a deployable, spring-biased strap received therein. A loop at a distal end of the strap is secured to the doorknob to restrain the door in a fully opened position.
US11982107B2
A system and method for controlling a locking device used in logistic management, the method including the step of receiving a command associated with an operation of a mechanical locking device; validating the received command and a protocol associated with the command; and manipulating the mechanical locking device operable in at least a locking state and an unlocking state; wherein the mechanical locking device is arranged to operate in response to a successful validation of the command associated with one of at least two protocols.
US11982105B2
An exemplary latchbolt assembly includes a latchbolt, a locking sleeve, and a roller engaged between the latchbolt and the locking sleeve. The latchbolt is configured to drive the roller from a first position to a second position as the latchbolt moves from a projected position to a depressed position. The locking sleeve includes a blocking surface and a recessed portion. When the blocking surface is aligned with the roller, the locking sleeve retains the roller in the first position, thereby retaining the latchbolt in the projected position. When the recessed portion is aligned with the roller, the locking sleeve permits movement of the roller from the first position to the second position, thereby enabling depression of the latchbolt.
US11982100B1
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device for attaching to a door or window, comprising: a flat surface configured to attach to a door or window; an adhesive applied to the flat surface; a diagonal surface; a concave surface connecting the diagonal surface and the flat surface; and a solid body positioned between the flat surface, the diagonal surface, and the concave surface. The device may alternatively have one or more screw holes spanning the thickness of the device.
US11982099B2
A bottom corner damper with a displacement amplification function and a fabricated type shear wall with rocking energy dissipation are provided. The fabricated type shear wall with rocking energy dissipation is composed of a precast shear wall, upper connecting plates, middle connecting plates, lower connecting plates, bent steel plates, bolts, upper support arms, lower support arms, connectors, lead screws, cylinder barrels, viscous fluids, and propellers. A fabricated type shear wall structure, where novel dampers with displacement amplification and steering functions are installed at weak parts of the bottom of the shear wall, the novel dampers are composed of bending energy dissipation dampers, displacement amplification and steering devices and viscous energy dissipation dampers, and the novel dampers have the functions of amplifying the displacement and converting force in a vertical direction of the structure into force in a horizontal direction for transmission.
US11982085B2
A set of building panels including a first mechanical locking system at respective first and second opposite edges. The first mechanical locking system including at one of the first or second opposite edges a tongue groove configured to receive a locking tongue of the other of the first or second edges, for vertical locking of adjacent essentially identical panels in an assembled position. The locking tongue includes an essentially horizontal and/or upwards-facing upper surface. A second mechanical locking system is formed on respective third and fourth opposite edges. The second mechanical locking system includes at one of the third or fourth edges a wedge groove configured to receive a displaceable locking tongue, for vertical locking of essentially identical adjacent panels in an assembled position. The displaceable locking tongue is configured to displace in a displacement groove provided in the said other of the third or fourth edge.
US11982080B2
A one-piece joint including a first member, a second member, and a third member is disclosed. Each member has a length and includes its own internal region. The second member is unitary with the first member and is disposed transverse to it. The third member, unitary with each of the first and second members, is disposed transverse to the other two members. Each member has an opening communicating with its interior region.
US11982079B1
An exemplary axial joint includes a planar member having a first plurality of joined sections and a second plurality of joined sections perpendicular to the first plurality of joined sections. Each section of the first plurality of joined sections and the second plurality of joined sections has a pattern of apertures therein, and each section is foldable approximately perpendicular to an adjacent section. The pattern of apertures in a first section after folding is congruent with the pattern of apertures in a second section after folding, wherein the second section is parallel to the first section, after folding. An elongate member is arranged through the apertures of one or more sections of the planar member, after folding the sections of the planar member.
US11982078B2
Various decoupler tools are described for disengaging drain cleaning equipment couplings. Such couplings typically include a component secured at an end of a drain cleaning cable and a cutter or other accessory used in a drain cleaning operation. The decoupler tools include one or more pins which are used to retract a spring-actuated plunger in one of the coupling components.
US11982074B2
A faucet assembly that includes a base from which a spout is coupled to and protrudes from, wherein the spout is operably configured to emit a stream of liquid therefrom an offset length, b, from a spout support axis spanning through the base of the spout. The faucet assembly includes a lever handle member operably configured to rotate about a fulcrum that is offset a length, a, from the spout support axis. The lever handle member defines a length, c, separating the end of the lever handle member and the fulcrum in which the handle rotates, wherein the lever handle member is of a sufficient length, c, and operable configured to rotate a sufficient angle underneath the stream of liquid to wash and clean the handle when being utilized by the user. In one embodiment, the faucet assembly includes a relative geometric spacing configuration of √{square root over (a2+b2)}≤c.
US11982058B2
The present invention relates to a self-propelled ground milling machine and a method for operating a ground milling machine in an emergency mode of operation.
US11982044B2
An integrated device for drying, flattening, and folding textile cloth includes a workbench. Two groups of two symmetrically arranged first fixed rods are fixedly connected with a lower wall of the workbench. Connecting blocks are fixedly arranged on top ends of opposite sides of each two symmetrically arranged first fixed rods. Two groups of two oppositely arranged rotating rollers are provided. One end of each of the connecting blocks is rotatably connected with a corresponding rotating roller. A fixed shaft is fixedly connected between each two oppositely arranged rotating rollers. The rotating rollers are connected by rotating belts. Rotating rods are arranged between the two groups of rotating rollers. A drying device is arranged on the rotating rods. A flattening device is arranged on an upper wall of the workbench. A folding device is arranged on one side of the rotating belts.
US11982042B2
A laundry treating appliance includes a chassis defining an interior and having a front panel defining a front panel opening. A rotatable treating chamber is located within the interior and accessible through the front panel opening. A door assembly is mounted to the chassis for movement between opened and closed positions to selectively open or close the front panel opening. The door assembly includes a window or panel slidable between first and second positions.
US11982038B2
A lifter for a laundry treating apparatus includes a first member mounted at an inner side of a drum; and a second member mounted on the first member and protruded toward an inside of the drum, wherein the first member includes a hook protruded and formed along a circumference of the first member, at least part of which is disposed to cover an inner circumferential surface of the drum when inserted into a fastening hole of the drum and then slid in one direction; and a shield protruded and formed at an inner side of the first member and configured to completely cover the fastening hole when the hook is inserted into the fastening hole and then slid in one direction.
US11982033B2
A method for controlling a laundry washing machine. The method includes: performing a tub loading process comprising operating supply valve(s) to provide a first volume of water through a detergent supply system and into a tub to fill the tub with wash liquid; performing a washing process comprising rotating a drum to agitate laundry in in the presence of the wash liquid; performing a static rinsing process comprising operating a pump to remove a free volume of wash liquid from the tub without rotating the drum; and performing one or more rinsing processes comprising: operating the supply valve(s) to provide a volume of clean rinse water to the tub, operating the pump to remove the rinse water from the drum, and operating the motor to spin the drum at high speed to extract rinse water from the laundry, while continuing to operate the pump.
US11982024B2
A charcoal-infused towel product is woven from a combination of charcoal-infused yarn fibers and cotton yarn fibers. The charcoal-infused yarn fibers are made by combining a liquefied activated charcoal paste with a liquefied cellulose paste to produce filaments of textile fiber embedded with activated charcoal.
US11982020B2
A filament fibre production method having process steps of: filtration of and/or applying an evaporation process to wastewater containing a polyvinyl alcohol polymer from a sizing process and/or a painting process in a manner to contain polyvinyl alcohol polymer at rate of 20-30% by mass, adding carbonyl di-imidazole and ethylenediamine or 3-chloro-propionyl chloride and ethylendiamine into wastewater comprising polyvinyl alcohol polymer in 20-30% rate as a result of filtration and/or evaporation process and obtaining PVA-ethylendiamine hydrogel solvent, adding dimethyl sulfoxide, boric acid, acetic acid and a surface active agent into a solvent bath containing PVA-ethylendiamine hydrogel solvent at 20-30% rate, applying coagulation process to obtained PVA-ethylendiamine hydrogel solvent with acetone of critic fluid phase, stretching polyvinyl alcohol polymer passing through coagulation bath at 200 C.°-250 C.° temperature range when wet, and subjecting to fixing process.
US11982016B2
As one embodiment, the present invention provides a method for growing a β-Ga2O3-based single crystal film by using HYPE method. The method includes a step of exposing a Ga2O3-based substrate to a gallium chloride-based gas and an oxygen-including gas, and growing a β-Ga2O3-based single crystal film on a principal surface of the Ga2O3-based substrate at a growth temperature of not lower than 900° C.
US11982015B2
Variations in wafer thickness due to non-uniform CVD depositions at angular positions corresponding to crystallographic orientation of the wafer are reduced by providing a ring below the susceptor having inward projections at azimuthal positions which reduce radiant heat impinging upon the wafer at positions of increased deposition.
US11982012B2
A method of electropolishing an internal passageway of a component, wherein the passageway has an inlet and an outlet; including: providing an electrode assembly including a flexible electrode, a shuttle and a guide cable extending between the flexible electrode and the shuttle; inserting the shuttle into the inlet; causing fluid to flow through the passageway to transport the shuttle through the passageway from the inlet towards the outlet; pulling the guide cable through the passageway to position the electrode in the passageway adjacent to a region of the passageway to be polished; and electropolishing the passageway using the electrode while moving the electrode within the passageway. Also, an electrode assembly for electropolishing an internal passageway of a component, including: a flexible electrode, a shuttle, and a guide cable extending between the flexible electrode and the shuttle.
US11982011B2
A method and system is provided for reducing surface roughness of a diesel engine component. The method and system may apply a voltage to a plasma electrolyte polishing cell. The plasma electrolyte polishing cell may include a diesel engine component and an aqueous electrolyte solution. The method and system may cause a plasma layer to form around a surface of the diesel engine component as a result of applying the voltage to the plasma electrolyte polishing cell. The method and system may terminate the voltage to the plasma electrolyte polishing cell. The method and system may apply a coating process to the diesel engine component.
US11982007B2
There are provided an electrolyzer gasket, which can accommodate and hold a separator inside an electrolyzer by a simple handling, can more surely prevent leakage of an electrolyte and an electrolytically generated gas from the inside of the electrolyzer, can keep the separator in such a state that the separator is held at a position that is in contact with one of electrodes and is located along the electrode and therefore can suppress damage of the separator and makes it possible to use the separator stably for a long period of time, and an electrolyzer. An electrolyzer gasket including a picture-frame-shaped thin-plate-like frame having a first surface being in contact with an anode metal frame and a second surface being in contact with a cathode metal frame, wherein the gasket has a structure in which a notch having a difference in level of approximately the same thickness as the thickness of the separator, the notch obtained by thinly scraping off, in a uniform thickness, a region including the edge on the anode chamber side or the cathode chamber side, is formed on any one of the first surface and the second surface, and the edge part of the separator is accommodated and held in the notch, and an electrolyzer using the electrolyzer gasket.
US11982002B2
An anticorrosion treatment method for a copper-containing material comprises: carrying out a sealed and pressurized reaction on a copper-containing material and a stabilizer in presence of a polar solvent and any assistant, the stabilizer being a compound capable of providing formates, so that the formates are adsorbed on the surface of the copper-containing material. In the method, formates are modified on the surface of the copper-containing material, accordingly, the oxidation resistance capability and the stability of the copper-containing material can be significantly improved while the electrical conductivity of the copper-containing material is not reduced, and the corrosion resistance of the copper-containing material and especially, the salt and alkali corrosion resistance of the copper-containing material are significantly improved.
US11981996B2
A method of making an atomic layer nanoribbon that includes forming a double atomic layer ribbon having a first monolayer and a second monolayer on a surface of the first monolayer, wherein the first monolayer and the second monolayer each contains a transition metal dichalcogenide material, oxidizing at least a portion of the first monolayer to provide an oxidized portion, and removing the oxidized portion to provide an atomic layer nanoribbon of the transition metal dichalcogenide material. Also provided are double atomic layer ribbons, double atomic layer nanoribbons, and single atomic layer nanoribbons prepared according to the method.
US11981994B2
The invention includes apparatus and methods for instantiating and quantum printing materials, such as elemental metals, in a nanoporous carbon powder.
US11981987B2
A deposition nozzle is provided that includes offset deposition apertures disposed between exhaust apertures on either side of the deposition apertures. The provided nozzle arrangements allow for deposition of material with a deposition profile suitable for use in devices such as OLEDs.
US11981978B2
A method for preparing high-purity nickel-based superalloy includes the steps of: performing electron beam smelting on small cylinders in a first water-cooled copper crucible after preheating an electron gun, and converging the beam to the edge of one side of the ingot; turning on the electron gun again after completely solidifying the ingot, the electron beam spot uniformly and slowly scanning a surface of the ingot from a side opposite to a final beam converging area of the ingot to the final beam converging area of the ingot to ensure that the alloy at a position scanned by the electron beam spot is completely melted, and stopping scanning once scanning to the final converging area of the ingot; casting the molten alloy in the first water-cooled copper crucible to the second water-cooled copper crucible; taking out the refined nickel-base superalloy after cooling down the electron beam melting furnace.
US11981976B2
Disclosed is a method for purifying a nickel-cobalt-manganese leaching solution. The method may include: heating a nickel-cobalt-manganese leaching solution, adding a manganese powder thereto, adjusting the pH, reacting same, and filtering same to obtain iron-aluminum slag and a liquid with iron and aluminum removed therefrom; heating the liquid with iron and aluminum removed therefrom, adding a manganese powder thereto, adjusting the pH, reacting same, and filtering same to obtain copper slag and a solution with copper removed therefrom; heating the solution with copper removed therefrom, adding an alkaline solution thereto, adjusting the pH, reacting same, and filtering same to obtain a nickel-cobalt-precipitated solution and nickel-cobalt-manganese hydroxide; and adding water into nickel-cobalt-manganese hydroxide for slurrying, heating same, adding an acidic solution for dissolution, adjusting the pH, reacting same, heating same, adding a manganese powder thereto, adjusting the pH, and filtering same to obtain iron-aluminum slag and a nickel-cobalt-manganese sulfate solution.
US11981964B2
The present application relates to substituted coumarin derivatives and their uses as fluorescent labels. These compounds may be used as fluorescent labels for nucleotides in nucleic acid sequencing applications.
US11981960B1
Provided are methods of capturing an analyte from a biological sample using a hydrogel that includes capture probes to capture the analyte, identifying a region of interest of the biological sample, and isolating the region of interest from the biological sample by removing a portion of the hydrogel that corresponds to the region of interest. Compositions and kits for performing the methods are also provided.
US11981942B2
The present invention relates to a method for solubilising arabinoxylan-containing material (particularly insoluble arabinoxylan-containing material), comprising admixing a xylan-containing material with a xylanase comprising a polypeptide sequence shown herein as SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10. SEQ ID No. 11 or SEQ ID No. 15, or a variant, homologue, fragment or derivative thereof having at least 75% identity with SEQ ID No. 3 or SEQ ID No. 2 or SEQ ID No. 1 or SEQ ID No. 9 or SEQ ID No. 10 or SEQ ID No. 11 or SEQ ID No. 15; or a polypeptide sequence which comprises SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10. SEQ ID No. 11 or SEQ ID No. 15 with a conservative substitution of at least one of the amino acids; or a xylanase which is encoded by a nucleotide sequence shown herein as SEQ ID No. 6, SEQ ID No. 5, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 12. SEQ ID No. 13. SEQ ID No. 14. SEQ ID No. 16. SEQ ID No. 17 or SEQ ID No. 18, or a nucleotide sequence which can hybridize to SEQ ID No. 6, SEQ ID No. 5, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 12, SEQ ID No. 13, SEQ ID No. 14. SEQ ID No. 16. SEQ ID No. 17 or SEQ ID No. 18 under high stringency conditions, or a nucleotide sequence which has at least 75% identity with SEQ ID No. 6, SEQ ID No. 5, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 12, SEQ ID No. 13, SEQ ID No. 14, SEQ ID No. 16. SEQ ID No. 17 or SEQ ID No. 18, or a nucleotide sequence which differs from SEQ ID No. 6 or SEQ ID No. 5 or SEQ ID No. 4 or SEQ ID No. 12 or SEQ ID No. 13 or SEQ ID No. 14 or SEQ ID No. 16 or SEQ ID No. 17 or SEQ ID No. 18 due to the degeneracy of the genetic code, or a xylanase obtainable (or obtained) from Fusarium verticilloides. The present invention also relates to a novel xylanase comprising (or consisting of) a polypeptide sequence shown herein as SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 2 or SEQ ID No. 1, or a variant, homologue, fragment or derivative thereof having at least 99% identity with SEQ ID No. 3 or SEQ ID No. 2 or SEQ ID No. 1; or a xylanase which is encoded by a nucleotide sequence shown herein as SEQ ID No. 6, SEQ ID No. 5 or SEQ ID No. 4, or a nucleotide sequence which can hybridize to SEQ ID No. 4 or SEQ ID No. 5 under high stringency conditions, or a nucleotide sequence which has at least 97.7% identity (preferably 98% identity) with SEQ ID No. 6, SEQ ID No. 5 or SEQ ID No. 4. The present invention yet further relates to methods relating to feedstuffs, malting and brewing, processing of grain-based materials such as during the production of bioethanol or biochemical (e.g. bio-based isopropanol), or wheat gluten-starch separation processes and the like.
US11981940B2
Compositions and methods comprising novel deaminase polypeptides for targeted editing of nucleic acids are provided. Compositions comprise deaminase polypeptides. Also provided are fusion proteins comprising a DNA-binding polypeptide and a deaminase of the invention. The fusion proteins include RNA-guided nucleases fused to deaminases, optionally in complex with guide RNAs. Compositions also include nucleic acid molecules encoding the deaminases or the fusion proteins. Vectors and host cells comprising the nucleic acid molecules encoding the deaminases or the fusion proteins are also provided.
US11981936B1
The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to telomere resolvases (e.g., TelA variants) having a turnover number over 1.
US11981930B2
Provided herein are cells and methods for reprogramming iPS cells from a supercentenarian and their differentiated derivatives having differences from non-supercentenarian iPS derived cells that contribute to disease resistance and longevity. Additionally, provided herein are methods for treatment and prevention of age related diseases by administration of therapeutic sciPS derived cells or cell derived reagents. Also provided herein, are methods for identifying reagents for treatment of age related diseases using sciPS cell-based assays.
US11981929B2
The present invention provides methods, cell cultures and differentiation media to promote differentiation of pluripotent stem cells to pancreatic endocrine cells of a mature phenotype. The resulting pancreatic endocrine cells express single hormonal insulin, PDX1, NKX6.1, and MAFA. In one or more differentiation stages, culturing may be carried out in a culture vessel at the air-liquid interface.
US11981928B2
Described herein are human transgenic beta cells expressing fugetactic levels of CXCL12 to a subject in need thereof. Also described herein are beta cells comprising a transgene comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding CXCL12.
US11981926B2
There is described an isolated 3-dimensional liver spheroid wherein said spheroid has: increased ATP content as compared to a 3-dimensional liver spheroid cultured in Complete William's E medium alone; the same or increased activity of cytochrome P450 1A1 and cytochrome P450 1B1 as compared to a 3-dimensional liver spheroid cultured in Complete William's E medium alone; and increased albumin secretion as compared to a 3-dimensional liver spheroid cultured in William's E medium alone.
US11981924B2
Provided are a composition for culturing NK cells, and a method of culturing NK cells using the same. According to an aspect, in culturing NK cells from peripheral blood mononuclear cells, when NK cells are cultured in a medium including the composition for culturing NK cells, the composition including IL-15, IL-18, and IL-27, the NK cells may proliferate in large quantities and activation of NK cells may be promoted. Therefore, when the NK cells are used, cancer cell apoptosis or cancer cell-killing ability may be promoted. Accordingly, the NK cells may be used as an effective adoptive immune cell therapy product in cancer prevention or treatment.
US11981914B2
AAV capsid proteins comprising a modification in the amino acid sequence and virus vectors comprising the modified AAV capsid protein are described. Also described are methods of administering the virus vectors and virus capsids to a cell or to a subject in vivo.
US11981908B2
A pesticidal protein class exhibiting toxic activity against Coleopteran and Lepidopteran pest species is disclosed, and includes, but is not limited to, TIC7040, TIC7042, TIC7381, TIC7382, TIC7383, TIC7386, TIC7388, and TIC7389. DNA constructs are provided which contain a recombinant nucleic acid sequence encoding the TIC7040, TIC7042, TIC7381, TIC7382, TIC7383, TIC7386, TIC7388, and TIC7389 pesticidal proteins. Transgenic plants, plant cells, seed, and plant parts resistant to Coleopteran and Lepidopteran infestation are provided which contain recombinant nucleic acid sequences encoding the TIC7040, TIC7042, TIC7381, TIC7382, TIC7383, TIC7386, TIC7388, and TIC7389 pesticidal proteins of the present invention. Methods for detecting the presence of the recombinant nucleic acid sequences or the proteins of the present invention in a biological sample, and methods of controlling Coleopteran and Lepidopteran species pests using the TIC7040, TIC7042, TIC7381, TIC7382, TIC7383, TIC7386, TIC7388, and TIC7389 pesticidal proteins are also provided.
US11981904B2
The invention is directed to BAHD acyltransferase enzymes, nucleic acids encoding BAHD acyltransferase enzymes, and inhibitory nucleic acids adapted to inhibit the expression and/or translation of BAHD acyltransferase RNA; expression cassettes, plant cells, and plants that have or encode such nucleic acids and enzymes; and methods of making and using such nucleic acids, enzymes, expression cassettes, cells, and plants.
US11981902B2
The invention provides DNA molecules and constructs, and their nucleotide sequences, useful for modulating gene expression in plants, and for specifying intracellular or extracellular localization of a gene product of interest. Transgenic plants, plant cells, plant parts, and seeds, comprising the DNA molecules operably linked to heterologous transcribable polynucleotides are also provided.
US11981900B2
This disclosure provides methods and compositions for increasing genome editing and site-directed integration events utilizing guided endonucleases and meiotic cell-preferred, egg cell-preferred or embryo tissue-preferred promoters.
US11981897B2
Provided herein are methods, compounds, and compositions for reducing expression of a DMPK mRNA and protein in an animal. Also provided herein are methods, compounds, and compositions for preferentially reducing CUGexp DMPK RNA, reducing myotonia or reducing spliceopathy in an animal. Such methods, compounds, and compositions are useful to treat, prevent, delay, or ameliorate type 1 myotonic dystrophy, or a symptom thereof.
US11981893B2
RNA from a biological fluid is stabilized during isolation and/or storage using DNA. In especially preferred aspects, the RNA is cfRNA and/or ctRNA, and the biological fluid is blood.
US11981885B2
A cell cultivation apparatus for cultivating microorganisms and growing cells at high density is provided. The apparatus includes a membrane comprising multiple surface features on a first side of the membrane for cell placement. The surface features comprising one or more compartments within which a cell can be located. The membrane includes a material that is at least partially permeable to gas. A second side of the membrane defines a gas region. The second side of the membrane is separated from the first side of the membrane by the membrane. The apparatus further includes a media region for receiving media. The compartments are configured to at least partially reduce media flow shear forces on one or more cells in the compartments. The surface features may be ridges, protrusions, fins, wells, and/or posts.
US11981884B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for preparing cell-based meat products (i.e., comestible meat products). In particular, a pipe-based bioreactor is disclosed having one or more substrates disposed therein. In one or more embodiments, the one or more substrates comprise a plurality of nominally spaced substrates conforming to an interior profile of an elongated enclosure of the pipe-based bioreactor. In some embodiments, multiple pipe-based bioreactors are interconnected a fluid source for preparing cell-based meat products. In addition, various methods and procedures for utilizing embodiments of pipe-based bioreactors are disclosed.
US11981879B2
Dilutable concentrates useful for hard surface cleaners with improved film/streak performance on high-energy surfaces are disclosed. The concentrates comprise a nonionic alkoxylated surfactant and a polyetheramine. A relatively minor proportion of a polyetheramine can resolve film/streak issues that characterize hard surface cleaners formulated with nonionic surfactants. The efficacy of polyetheramines for improving film/streak performance of hard surface cleaners formulated with nonionic alkoxylated surfactants far exceeds the benefits available from known improvements, such as the use of hydrotropes. Other inventive dilutable concentrates and hard surface cleaners comprise an amine-functional hydrophobe and an auxiliary surfactant. Still other dilutable concentrates or hard surface cleaners comprise a nonionic alkoxylated surfactant and lactic acid. An improved method for measuring film/streak properties of hard surface cleaners is also disclosed.
US11981872B2
This application relates to production of renewable fuels, including a method of producing renewable fuels. The method comprises hydrotreating a biofeedstock by contacting reactants comprising a combined feedstock and hydrogen with a hydrotreating catalyst to produce normal paraffins. The combined feedstock comprises a biofeedstock and an additional feedstock. The biofeedstock has about 10% or more of each of metals, phosphorous, and chlorophyll than the additional feedstock. The biofeedstock comprises the metals in an amount of about 300 parts per million (“ppm”) or less, the phosphorous in an amount of about 300 ppm or less, and the chlorophyll in an amount of about 50 ppm or less. The method further comprises isomerizing at least a portion of the normal paraffins to produce branched paraffins in an isomerization effluent.
US11981871B1
Green demulsifiers useful for demulsifying emulsions of water and crude oil are made by reacting together an alcohol, a multifunctional acid and/or anhydride, and a fatty acid, and optionally a polyol that is polyethylene glycol and/or polypropylene glycol. The green demulsifier has ester bonds between the reactant moieties. These ester bonds can hydrolyze which results in relatively high biodegradation.
US11981870B2
Systems and methods are provided for processing a bio-derived feedstock in a commercial scale reactor to form renewable distillate boiling range fractions while managing the heat release. The management of the heat release is achieved in part by introducing 1.0 vol % or more of CO into at least a portion of the reaction environment for hydroprocessing of the bio-derived feedstock. The 1.0 vol % or more of CO can selectively reduce the activity of hydrotreating catalyst for olefin saturation.
US11981866B2
A system for the pyrolysis of a pyrolysis feedstock utilizes a pyrolysis reactor for producing pyrolysis products from the pyrolysis feedstock to be pyrolyzed. An eductor condenser unit in fluid communication with the pyrolysis reactor is used to condense pyrolysis gases. The eductor condenser unit has an eductor assembly having an eductor body that defines a first flow path with a venturi restriction disposed therein for receiving a pressurized coolant fluid and a second flow path for receiving pyrolysis gases from the pyrolysis reactor. The second flow path intersects the first flow path so that the received pyrolysis gases are combined with the coolant fluid. The eductor body has a discharge to allow the combined coolant fluid and pyrolysis gases to be discharged together from the eductor. A mixing chamber in fluid communication with the discharge of the eductor to facilitates mixing of the combined coolant fluid and pyrolysis gases, wherein at least a portion of the pyrolysis gases are condensed within the mixing chamber.
US11981855B2
A composition of matter comprises a liquid and functionalized nanoparticles suspended in the liquid. At least some of the functionalized nanoparticles comprise nanoparticles of aluminosilica and have a chemical structure of: wherein at least one of the X's represents —O— bonded to a silicon (Si) atom or an aluminum (Al) atom of the aluminosilica of at least one of the nanoparticles; each other of the X's represents an additional —O— bonded to another silicon (Si) atom or another aluminum (Al) atom of the aluminosilica of at least one of the nanoparticles, an alkoxy group, an alkyl group, a hydroxyl group (OH), a hydrogen atom, or a halide; Z represents an oxygen (O) atom or an NH group; and Q represents an epoxide group, an aziridine group, a —CH(OH)CH2OH group, a —CH(OH)CH2NH2 group, a —CH(NH)2CH2OH group, or a —CH(NH2)CH2NH2 group. Methods of formation and of use are also disclosed.
US11981852B2
A quantum dot including: a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal material including zinc, tellurium, and selenium; and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core, the semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc, selenium, and sulfur, wherein the quantum dot does not include cadmium, and in the quantum dot, a mole ratio of the sulfur with respect to the selenium is less than or equal to about 2.4:1. A production method of the quantum dot and an electronic device including the same are also disclosed.
US11981850B2
A quantum dot including a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including a Group III-V compound, and a shell disposed on the core and including a semiconductor nanocrystal including a Group II-VI compound, wherein the quantum dots do not include cadmium, the shell includes a first layer disposed directly on the core and including a second semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc and selenium, a second layer, the second layer being an outermost layer of the shell and including a third semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc and sulfur, and a third layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer and including a fourth semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, selenium, and optionally sulfur, and a difference between a peak emission wavelength of a colloidal solution of the quantum dot and a peak emission wavelength of a film prepared from the colloidal solution is less than or equal to about 5 nanometers (nm).
US11981847B2
An infrared radiation-emitting resin composition includes an infrared radiation-emitting material and a resin. The infrared radiation-emitting material includes a titanium dioxide, a calcined hydrotalcite-like compound, and a nano-sized diamond. In the infrared radiation-emitting material, the mass ratio between the titanium dioxide and the calcined hydrotalcite-like compound is 60:40 to 90:10, while the content of the nano-sized diamond is 0.01 parts by mass or more and 0.5 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the sum of the titanium dioxide and the calcined hydrotalcite-like compound.
US11981837B2
A roofing system includes a roofing membrane. The roofing membrane has a surface energy of 40 mN/m or less. The roofing system includes a roofing substrate. The roofing system includes an adhesive disposed between the roofing membrane and the roofing substrate. The adhesive includes a styrenic block copolymer. The styrenic block copolymer is present in an amount of 0.5 wt. % to 30 wt. % based on a total weight of the adhesive. The adhesive includes asphalt. The asphalt is present in an amount of 70 wt. % to 99.5 wt. % based on the total weight of the adhesive. A ratio of the styrenic block copolymer to the asphalt in the adhesive is 1:11 to 1:3.
US11981835B2
An interlayer filling material for a touch panel which is used for filling an interlayer space between a touch panel and another component or an interlayer space between transparent conductive films included in the touch panel in production of a personal digital assistant, which is excellent in followability to steps of a decorative printing portion or wiring upon filling of an interlayer space (lamination) and also excellent in defoaming properties to release air bubbles entrapped during filling of an interlayer space (lamination) or air bubbles left near the steps, which is less likely to be whitened and less likely to deteriorate an ITO film even under a high-temperature and high-humidity environment. The present invention also aims to provide a laminate produced using the interlayer filling material for a touch panel. The interlayer filling material includes: a polyvinyl acetal; a plasticizer; and an organic acid.
US11981826B2
Described are sealing primer compositions that can be used to reduce paint defects such as pops or vapor boil on painted plastic substrates, as well as related methods for sealing plastic substrates, and sealed plastic substrates. Sealing primer compositions of the invention include a functionalized polydiene polymer such as a hydroxylated or other functional-group-containing polybutadiene polymer.
US11981810B2
An article is described comprising a first film layer comprising polylactic acid polymer (semicrystalline polylactic acid polymer; amorphous polylactic acid polymer; or a mixture thereof); a second (e.g. polyvinyl acetate) polymer having a Tg of at least 25° C.; plasticizer. In some embodiment, the film layer further comprises inorganic pigment and/or hydrolysis stabilizer. In other embodiments, the film has a net melting endotherm, ΔHnm1, of less than 10 J/g. Also described are methods of making a graphic film.
US11981798B2
A moisture-curable polyethylene formulation comprising a (hydrolyzable silyl group)-functional polyethylene copolymer and a condensation cure catalyst. The formulation is designed to be rapidly moisture curable under ambient conditions. Also methods of making and using same; cured polymer products made therefrom; and articles containing or made from same.
US11981793B2
An ultraviolet radiation absorbing composition can be used as a light stabilizer for a shaped artificial polymer article, wherein the polymer is a synthetic polymer and/or a natural elastomer and wherein the ultraviolet radiation absorbing composition includes the compound of formula (I) wherein n and m are independently 0 to 20, and at least one of m and n being ≥1; and X1, X2, X3, X4 and X5 are the same or different and are independently selected from H, C(O)R1 with R1 being C8-C24-alkyl, or a group of the general formula (II) wherein R2 is H or halogen.
US11981791B2
A method of manufacturing a rubber product by bonding thin pieces on a manufacturing table includes an adhesion prevention treatment step of treating uncrosslinked rubber powder to prevent mutual adhesion, a first raw rubber powder supply step of supplying raw rubber powder, treated for adhesion prevention, onto the surface of the manufacturing table, a first crosslinking step of irradiating with an electron beam to crosslink the irradiated portion, a post-treatment step of aligning the surface of the crosslinked portion with the surface of the manufacturing table, a second raw rubber powder supply step of supplying the raw rubber powder onto the surface of the manufacturing table, including the surface of the crosslinked portion, and a second crosslinking step of irradiating with an electron beam to crosslink the irradiated portion. The post-treatment, second raw rubber powder supply, and second crosslinking steps are sequentially repeated to bond the thin pieces.
US11981784B2
A preparation method and a product of thermoplastic carbon fiber fabric prepreg are provided. The preparation method includes: covering a thermoplastic polyimide non-woven fabric on a carbon fiber fabric to obtain a laminated structure, pressing the laminated structure, then spraying polyphenylene sulfide nanoparticles onto the thermoplastic polyimide non-woven fabric, and performing a two-stage hot melting preparation process which includes: in a first stage, heating up to make the polyphenylene sulfide nanoparticles be melted and infiltrate and keeping a hot melting time of 5-10 min; and in a second stage, heating up to make the thermoplastic polyimide non-woven fabric be melted and infiltrate into the carbon fiber fabric and cooling down after a duration of heat preservation to prepare the thermoplastic carbon fiber fabric prepreg. The thermoplastic carbon fiber fabric prepreg prepared by the two-stage hot melting has high strength and may be stored for a long period.
US11981783B2
A method for preparing a transparent flexible polyurethane film includes the following steps: (1) mixing a hydroxyl-terminated polyalkylene carbonate diol, a diisocyanate compound, 2,2′-dithiodiethanol, dibutyltin dilaurate and a chloroalkane solvent, and then reacting at 40 to 60° C. for 0.5 to 3 h to obtain an isocyanate-terminated oligomer solution; and (2) adding a polyol cross-linking agent, a bistrifluoromethanesulfonimide lithium salt and a 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazole bistrifluoromethanesulfonimide salt to the isocyanate-terminated oligomer solution, reacting at 40 to 60° C. for 0.5 to 1.5 h, removing the chloroalkane solvent to obtain the transparent flexible polyurethane film.
US11981780B2
The present invention relates to a polymeric gel comprising crosslink points, which are dissociated in response to nitrogen monoxide, and to a method for preparing a hydrogel, the method comprising the steps of: a) polymerizing a mixture of monomers comprising a monofunctional hydrophilic monomer and a monomer comprising a plurality of functional groups comprising an o-phenylenediamine residue; and b) separating a hydrogel formed by the polymerization.
US11981772B2
Polyoxymethylene, where a ratio of a low molecular weight component having a molecular weight of 10,000 or less in a molecular weight distribution is 7.0% or less of the total, and the molecular weight distribution is obtained by measurement by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) using polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) as a standard substance.
US11981769B2
A polyurethane foam is obtained by foaming a blend containing a polyol and a polyisocyanate. The polyol contains a polycarbonate diol that has a polyester structure and a polycarbonate diol obtained by developing a polymerization reaction using 1,5-pentanediol and 1,6-hexanediol. The polyurethane foam has a density from 0.1 to 0.4 g/cm3.
US11981759B2
A photocurable composition can comprise a polymerizable material and at least one photoinitiator, wherein the polymerizable material comprises a multi-functional vinylbenzene monomer in an amount of at least 30 wt % based on the total weight of the polymerizable material and the at least one photoinitiator includes an oxime ester compound. The photocurable composition can be adapted that a UV shrinkage after forming a photo-cured layer at 23° C. is not greater than 4.0%; and that a thermal shrinkage after conducting a baking treatment of the photo-cured layer at 350° C. is not greater than 3.5%.
US11981758B2
A process to form a polymer composition comprising an ethylene-based polymer and a functionalized ethylene-based polymer, said process comprising the steps described herein, which include passing a polymer melt through at least one static mixer, and wherein the functionalized ethylene-based polymer, in melt form, is introduced into the polymer melt, before the polymer melt enters the static mixer.
US11981757B2
A high molecular weight polyethylene polymer is formulated so that the polymer is capable of being injection molded. The polyethylene polymer has a Viscosity Number of greater than about 400 ml/g and has a melt flow rate of greater than about 0.9 g/10 min. The polyethylene polymer is of high purity and is particularly well suited for producing medical products.
US11981754B2
Mimetic peptides having anti-angiogenic and anti-tumorigenic properties and methods of their use for treating cancer, ocular diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration, and other-angiogenesis-dependent diseases are disclosed, More particularly, an isolated peptide comprising the amino acid sequence LRRFSTAPFAFIDINDVINF, which exhibits anti-angiogenic activity in endothelial cell proliferation, migration, adhesion, and tube formation assays, anti-migratory activity in human breast cancer cells in vitro, anti-angiogenic and anti-tumorigenic activity in vivo in breast cancer xenograft models, and age-related macular degeneration models is disclosed. The isolate peptide also exhibits anti-lymphangiogenic and directly anti-tumorigenic properties.
US11981746B2
Provided herein are chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) for cancer therapy, and more particularly, CARs containing a scFv from an anti-MUC16 monoclonal antibody. Provided are immune effector cells containing such CARs, and methods of treating proliferative disorders.
US11981741B2
Provided are humanized anti-human CD45 antibodies and pharmaceutical compositions including the antibodies.
US11981738B2
The disclosure provides ALK7-binding proteins such as anti-ALK7 antibodies, and compositions and methods for making the ALK7-binding proteins. In certain embodiments, the ALK7-binding proteins inhibit, or antagonize ALK7 activity. In addition, the disclosure provides compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating overweight, obesity, diabetes, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and their associated conditions, metabolic disorders, and other diseases or conditions that can be treated by targeting ALK7.
US11981729B2
We describe a Cnx/ERp57 inhibitor for use in the treatment or prevention of cancer.
US11981715B2
Methods and compounds for conferring site-specific or local immune privilege, such as to the skin.
US11981708B2
The present embodiments provide for an immunogenic multiple antigen presenting system comprising a polymer to which antigens are associated by complementary affinity molecules. For example, the polymer can be a polysaccharide, or antigenic polysaccharide, to which protein or peptide antigens from the same or different pathogens are indirectly linked. The present immunogenic compositions can elicit both humoral and cellular immune responses to one or multiple antigens at the same time.
US11981706B2
The present invention relates to a mutated parvovirus structural protein, comprising at least one insertion comprising a sequence of at least six consecutive amino acids comprised within amino acids 320 to 641 of human HSP70i. Furthermore, the invention relates to multimeric structures comprising the protein, VLPs, a method of producing the mutated parvovirus structural protein and to medicaments or vaccines comprising the mutated parvovirus structural protein that may be used for treating vitiligo or other autoimmune diseases.
US11981701B2
The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are PRMT5 inhibitors.
US11981700B2
The present disclosure provides pyrrolopyrimidine nucleoside analogs of the Formula I, Formula IA, Formula IB, or Formula II and phospholipid conjugates and pharmaceutical compositions thereof wherein Rc and A are defined herein. Also presented are methods of treating and/or preventing viral infection and/or viral infection-associated disease or disorder with one or more compounds of Formula I, Formula IA, Formula IB, or Formula II.
US11981697B2
Disclosed is a method for separating and preparing delphinidin-3-O-(6″-O-p-coumaroyl) glucoside. By means of extraction, macroporous resin purification, extraction, preparative liquid chromatography and high-speed countercurrent chromatography and the like, a high-purity delphinidin-3-O-(6″-O-p-coumaroyl) glucoside monomer can be obtained from grapes by separation and purification. By means of this method, at least 80 mg of delphinidin-3-O-(6″-O-p-coumaroyl) glucoside can be obtained from 10 kg of grape skins, with the purity can be no less than 98%. The method has the advantages of simple operation, large handling capacity, good repeatability, etc., which provides a new idea for the development and utilization of grape resources.
US11981692B2
An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: wherein, in Formula 1, groups and variables are the same as described in the specification.
