US11996515B2
A lithium-ion secondary battery includes a negative electrode sheet including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode film disposed on a surface of the negative electrode current collector and containing a negative active material, a positive electrode sheet including a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode film disposed on a surface of the positive electrode current collector and containing a positive active material, and an electrolytic solution including lithium iodide, a lithium salt, a solvent, and an additive. A coating weight per unit area, CW1/S0, of the positive electrode film satisfies CW1/S0=((CW2/S0)×b×C2/CB−m×X×(199 mAh/g)/S)/(C1×a).
US11996512B2
An electrode assembly includes a plurality of unit cells each equipped with a pair of electrodes having different polarities. Electrode tabs protrude from the electrodes. The electrode tabs including at least one electrode parallel connection tab and at least one electrode lead connection tab. In a first unit cell of the plurality of unit cells, a current collector of a first electrode among the pair of electrodes is made of a different material from a current collector of a second electrode among the pair of electrodes having the different polarity.
US11996511B2
Disclosed is a rechargeable battery including: an electrode assembly wound with a separator between a first electrode and a second electrode; a first exterior material including an opening receiving the electrode assembly and facing a bottom side of the electrode assembly; a second exterior material covering the opening, and combined to the first exterior material to seal an internal side of the first exterior material; and a reinforcing member having greater rigidity than the first exterior material and the second exterior material, disposed between the electrode assembly and the first exterior material, and including a side wall for surrounding a lateral side of the electrode assembly.
US11996506B2
A display panel and an electronic device are provided. The display panel includes a first power supply voltage bonding terminal and a second power supply voltage bonding terminal; a first power line and a second power line; and a plurality of light-emitting units; wherein when resistance of a first part of the first power line is greater than resistance of a second part of the first power line, resistance of a first part of the second power line is less than resistance of a second part of the second power line, alleviating non-uniform display of the panel.
US11996504B2
A light-emitting device 100 includes: a light-emitting element; a light-transmissive member covering the light-emitting element; and a light-diffusing agent contained in the light-transmissive member and comprising hollow particles. The light-transmissive member has a first surface having irregularities according to the light-diffusing agent. The first surface of the light-transmissive member has a convex shape with a height gradually increased from a peripheral portion of the first surface toward a central portion of the first surface.
US11996500B2
A lighting apparatus including at least two of first, second, and third light units, in which the first light unit includes a first LED emitting light having a peak wavelength in a range of 286 to 304 nm and a first wavelength converter, and to emit a portion of light from the first LED to the outside, the second light unit includes a second LED emitting light having a peak wavelength in a range of 400 to 420 nm and a second wavelength converter, and to emit a portion of light from the second LED to the outside, and the third light unit includes a third LED emitting light having a peak wavelength in a range of 286 to 470 nm and a third wavelength converter emitting light having a central wavelength in a range of 685 to 705 nm, 790 to 840 nm, or 875 to 935 nm.
US11996499B2
A method for manufacturing a light-emitting device includes forming the quantum dot layer. The forming the quantum dot layer includes: performing first application that involves applying a first solution on a position overlapping with the substrate; performing first light irradiation, that involves irradiating with light, from above the substrate, the position where the first solution is applied; performing second light irradiation, that involves irradiating the position with light to raise a temperature of the quantum dot; and performing third light irradiation, that involves irradiating the position with light to cause the first inorganic precursor to epitaxially grow around the first shell. In the performing third light irradiation, at least one set of the quantum dots adjacent to each other is connected to each other via the second shell.
US11996483B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device that includes a semiconductor fin disposed over a substrate, an isolation structure at least partially surrounding the fin, an epitaxial source/drain (S/D) feature disposed over the semiconductor fin, where an extended portion of the epitaxial S/D feature extends over the isolation structure, and a silicide layer disposed on the epitaxial S/D feature, where the silicide layer covers top, bottom, sidewall, front, and back surfaces of the extended portion of the S/D feature.
US11996479B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a gate electrode overlying a gate dielectric layer covering both a channel region in a second semiconductor region and a portion of a first semiconductor region. First-type dopants are implemented into the second semiconductor region masked by a hard mask to form a source precursor region. The method also includes forming a spacer which overlies the source precursor region and has a first side laterally adjacent to the gate electrode, and recessing a surface region in the source precursor region masked by the spacer to form a source region. The method still includes implanting second-type dopants through the surface region masked at least by the spacer to form a body contact region, and forming a conformal conductive layer covering an upper surface of the body contact region and a side surface of the source.
US11996474B2
The present disclosure relates to a bipolar transistor semiconductor device including: a substrate layer, a collector epitaxial layer supported by the substrate layer, a base region supported by a portion of the collector epitaxial layer, and an emitter region supported by a portion of the base region. The emitter region includes a polysilicon material.
US11996468B2
A method of fabricating a device includes providing a fin having an epitaxial layer stack with a plurality of semiconductor channel layers interposed by a plurality of dummy layers. In some embodiments, the method further includes exposing lateral surfaces of the plurality of semiconductor channel layers and the plurality of dummy layers within a source/drain region of the semiconductor device. In some examples, the method further includes etching the exposed lateral surfaces of the plurality of dummy layers to form recesses and forming an inner spacer within each of the recesses, where the inner spacer includes a sidewall profile having a convex shape. In some cases, and after forming the inner spacer, the method further includes performing a sheet trim process to tune the sidewall profile of the inner spacer such that the convex shape of the sidewall profile becomes a substantially vertical sidewall surface after the sheet trim process.
US11996466B2
A method of forming a gas spacer in a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device including the same are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment, a method includes forming a gate stack over a substrate; forming a first gate spacer on sidewalls of the gate stack; forming a second gate spacer on sidewalls of the first gate spacer; removing the second gate spacer using an etching process to form a first opening, the etching process being performed at a temperature less than 0° C., the etching process using an etching solution including hydrogen fluoride; and depositing a dielectric layer over the first gate spacer and the gate stack, the dielectric layer sealing a gas spacer in the first opening.
US11996457B2
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of semiconductor structures disposed on a substrate, a first conductive pattern, a first conductive pattern, a gate insulation pattern, a second conductive pattern and a second impurity region. Each of the semiconductor structures includes a first semiconductor pattern that has a linear shape that extends in a first direction and second semiconductor patterns that protrude from an upper surface of the first semiconductor pattern in a vertical direction. The semiconductor structures are spaced apart from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first conductive pattern is formed between the first semiconductor patterns. The first impurity region is formed in an opening in the first semiconductor pattern adjacent to a first sidewall of the second semiconductor pattern. The first impurity region includes an impurity diffusion harrier pattern and a polysilicon pattern doped with impurities.
US11996452B2
There is provided a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate that has an upper surface and a lower surface and that is provided with a drift region of a first conductivity type; a trench portion that is provided to reach the drift region from the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a mesa portion that is interposed between trench portions, in which the mesa portion has a base region of a second conductivity type that is provided between the drift region and the upper surface, and a first region that has a concentration peak of a hydrogen chemical concentration at a first depth position in the mesa portion.
US11996450B2
The present disclosure relates to a Gallium-Nitride (GaN) based module, which includes a module substrate, a thinned switch die residing over the module substrate, a first mold compound, and a second mold compound. The thinned switch die includes an electrode region, a number of switch interconnects extending from a bottom surface of the electrode region to the module substrate, an aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) barrier layer over a top surface of the electrode region, a GaN buffer layer over the AlGaN barrier layer, and a lateral two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) layer realized at a heterojunction of the AlGaN barrier layer and the GaN buffer layer. The first mold compound resides over the module substrate, surrounds the thinned switch die, and extends above a top surface of the thinned switch die to form an opening over the top surface of the thinned switch die. The second mold compound fills the opening.
US11996449B2
A semiconductor device includes a SiC semiconductor layer that has a carbon density of 1.0×1022 cm−3 or more, a SiO2 layer that is formed on the SiC semiconductor layer and that has a connection surface contiguous to the SiC semiconductor layer and a non-connection surface positioned on a side opposite to the connection surface, a carbon-density-decreasing region that is formed at a surface layer portion of the connection surface of the SiO2 layer and in which a carbon density gradually decreases toward the non-connection surface of the SiO2 layer, and a low carbon density region that is formed at a surface layer portion of the non-connection surface of the SiO2 layer and that has a carbon density of 1.0×1019 cm−3 or less.
US11996441B2
A device includes a first region disposed on a substrate, a second region disposed on the first region, a third region disposed in the second region and a first terminal region disposed in the third region. The first region comprises a discontinuous layer including at least one gap portion. The at least one gap portion comprises a portion of the substrate. The first region and the second region have a first conductivity type, and the substrate, the third region and the first terminal region have a second conductivity type. The first conductivity type is different from the second conductivity type.
US11996440B2
The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing capacitor array, including: forming, on an upper surface of the substrate, a laminated structure including sacrificial layers and support layers; forming a patterned mask layer on an upper surface of the laminated structure; etching the laminated structure based on the patterned mask layer to form a through hole, wherein after the through hole is formed, the patterned mask layer is retained on the upper surface of the laminated structure, and the through hole penetrates through the patterned mask layer and the laminated structure; forming a first electrode on a sidewall and at a bottom of the through hole; forming, in the patterned mask layer and the laminated structure, and removing the sacrificial layer based on the opening; forming a capacitor dielectric layer on a surface of the first electrode; and forming a second electrode on a surface of the capacitor dielectric layer.
US11996439B2
A method of manufacturing a capacitor including the operations of etching a plurality of primary trenches into a first region of a substrate, the primary trenches extending in a first direction, etching a plurality of secondary trenches into the first region of the substrate, the secondary trenches extending in a second direction other than the first direction, with the adjacent secondary trenches and adjacent primary trenches jointly defining an island structure having an upper surface that is recessed relative to an upper surface a surrounding substrate, and depositing a series of film pairs including a dielectric layer and a conductive layer.
US11996438B1
A device includes, in a first region, a first conductive interconnect, an electrode structure on the first conductive interconnect, where the electrode structure includes a first conductive hydrogen barrier layer and a first conductive fill material. A trench capacitor including a ferroelectric material or a paraelectric material is on the electrode structure. A second dielectric includes an amorphous, greater than 90% film density hydrogen barrier material laterally surrounds the memory device. A via electrode including a second conductive hydrogen barrier material is on at least a portion of the memory device. A second region includes a conductive interconnect structure embedded within a less than 90% film density dielectric material.
US11996432B2
A method includes performing a first lithography process using a first pattern of a first photomask to form a first photoresist pattern on a front side of a device substrate; performing a first implantation process using the first pattern as a mask to form first isolation regions in the device substrate; after performing the first implantation process, performing a second lithography process using a second pattern of a second photomask to form a second photoresist pattern on the front side of the device substrate, the second pattern being shifted from the first pattern by a distance less than the first pitch and in the first direction; performing a second implantation process using the second photoresist pattern as a mask to form second isolation regions in the device substrate and spaced apart from the first isolation regions; and forming pixels between the first and second isolation regions.
US11996430B2
Provided are a dual image sensor including an image sensor including a first area and a second area, the first area and the second area including a plurality of pixels, respectively, a band-pass filter layer provided on the first area, the band-pass filter layer configured to transmit light emitted by an object and having a specific wavelength corresponding to physical property information of the object to the image sensor, and a planarization layer provided on the second area and on the same plane as the band-pass filter layer.
US11996427B2
Spectral performance in a wide wavelength range is improved. A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment includes: a pixel array unit in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements (PD) are arranged in a two-dimensional lattice form; a plurality of diffraction gratings provided corresponding one-to-one to light-receiving surfaces of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements; and pixel circuits configured to generate pixel signals on the basis of charge accumulated in the photoelectric conversion elements, wherein a period of a first diffraction grating positioned at a first imaging height is different from a period of a second diffraction grating positioned at a second imaging height different from the first imaging height.
US11996426B2
A photodetector comprises a semiconductor substrate having an input surface for receiving illumination, control electrodes for control of photogenerated charge within the substrate and a filter on the radiation input surface of the substrate, the filter comprising a dielectric-metal band pass filter having a metal layer and one or more dielectric layers with one dielectric layer between the substrate surface and the metal layer. A connector is provided for applying a bias voltage to the metal layer with respect to the substrate. In effect, the metal layer of the band pass filter provides two functions. The first function is as part of the ITF filter selecting the wavelength desired for the device. The second function is as a conductive layer allowing a bias to be provided between the substrate and the metal layer thereby producing a field within the surface of the substrate to which the filter is applied.
US11996424B2
According to an aspect, an image sensor package includes a transparent member, a substrate, and an interposer disposed between and coupled to the transparent member and the substrate, where the interposer defines a first cavity area and a second cavity area. The image sensor package includes an image sensor die disposed within the first cavity area of the interposer, where the image sensor die has a sensor array configured to receive light through the transparent member and the second cavity area. The image sensor package includes a bonding material that couples the image sensor die to the interposer within the first cavity area.
US11996420B2
An image sensor is provided. An image sensor includes: a substrate including an active pixel sensor region, an optical black sensor region, and a boundary region provided between the active pixel sensor region and the optical black sensor region; a photoelectric conversion element provided inside the substrate on the boundary region; a passivation layer provided on the substrate; a grid trench formed on the boundary region of the substrate and extending from an upper surface of the passivation layer toward an inside of the passivation layer; grid patterns, each of the grid patterns being provided on the passivation layer on each of the active pixel sensor region and the boundary region of the substrate, at least a part of a grid pattern being provided inside the grid trench; and a color filter provided between the grid patterns.
US11996418B2
A display device includes a substrate; a semiconductor layer; a gate insulating film; a gate electrode; a first interlayer insulating film; a capacitance electrode; and a second interlayer insulating film. Each of a pixel circuits includes a drive transistor, a capacitor and a connection wiring line. The capacitance electrode is provided with a first opening and a second opening in portions of positions overlapping with the gate electrode in plan view. The first interlayer insulating film and the second interlayer insulating film include a contact hole provided at a position surrounded by the first opening and a hole provided at a position surrounded by the second opening. The connection wiring line is provided on the second interlayer insulating film and is connected to the gate electrode via the contact hole. The hole overlaps with a portion of a channel region in plan view.
US11996410B2
Semiconductor structures and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. An exemplary semiconductor structure according to the present disclosure includes a first base portion and a second base portion, an isolation feature sandwiched between the first base portion and the second base portion, a center dielectric fin over the isolation feature, a first anti-punch-through (APT) feature over the first base portion, a second APT feature over the second base portion, a first stack of channel members over the first APT feature, and a second stack of channel members over the second APT feature. The center dielectric fin is sandwiched between the first stack of channel members and the second stack of channel members as well as between the first APT feature and the second APT feature.
US11996407B2
A method for manufacturing a vertical FET device includes providing a semiconductor substrate structure including a semiconductor substrate and a first semiconductor layer coupled to the semiconductor substrate. The first semiconductor layer is characterized by a first conductivity type. The method also includes forming a plurality of semiconductor fins coupled to the first semiconductor layer. Each of the plurality of semiconductor fins is separated by one of a plurality of recess regions. The method further includes epitaxially regrowing a semiconductor gate layer including a surface region in the plurality of recess regions. The method also includes forming an isolation region within the surface region of the semiconductor gate layer. The isolation region surrounds each of the plurality of semiconductor fins. The method includes forming a source contact structure coupled to each of the plurality of semiconductor fins and forming a gate contact structure coupled to the semiconductor gate layer.
US11996400B2
A manufacturing method of a package-on-package structure includes at least the following steps. Top packages are mounted on a top side of a reconstructed wafer over a flexible tape, where conductive bumps at a bottom side of the reconstructed wafer is attached to the flexible tape, and during the mounting, a shape geometry of the respective conductive bump changes and at least a lower portion of the respective conductive bump is embraced by the flexible tape. The flexible tape is released from the conductive bumps after the mounting.
US11996388B2
The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency device that includes a transfer device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the transfer device die. The transfer device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion and a transfer substrate. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. A top surface of the device region is planarized. The transfer substrate including a porous silicon (PSi) region resides over the top surface of the device region. Herein, the PSi region has a porosity between 1% and 80%. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the transfer device die.
US11996375B2
An integrated circuit structure is provided. The integrated circuit structure includes a die that contains a substrate, an interconnection structure, active connectors and dummy connectors. The interconnection structure is disposed over the substrate. The active connectors and the dummy connectors are disposed over the interconnection structure. The active connectors are electrically connected to the interconnection structure, and the dummy connectors are electrically insulated from the interconnection structure.
US11996372B2
A semiconductor device and manufacturing process are provided wherein a first semiconductor device is electrically connected to redistribution structures. An antenna structure is located on an opposite side of the first semiconductor device from the redistribution structures, and electrical connections separate from the first semiconductor device connect the antenna structure to the redistribution structures.
US11996370B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device includes processing a first substrate including a first align mark and a first structure, processing a second substrate including a second align mark and a second structure, orientating the first substrate and the second substrate such that the first structure and the second structure face each other, and controlling alignment between the first structure and the second structure by using the first align mark and the second align mark to couple the first structure with the second structure.
US11996368B2
Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards a pad with high strength and bondability. In some embodiments, an integrated chip comprises a substrate, an interconnect structure, a pad, and a conductive structure. The interconnect structure adjoins the substrate and comprises wires and vias. The wires and the vias are stacked between the pad and the substrate. The conductive structure (e.g., a wire bond) extends through the substrate to the pad. By arranging the wires and the vias between the pad and the substrate, the pad may be inset into a passivation layer of the interconnect structure and the passivation layer may absorb stress on the pad. Further, the pad may contact the wires and the vias at a top wire level. A thickness of the top wire level may exceed a thickness of other wire levels, whereby the top wire level may be more tolerant to stress.
US11996366B2
A semiconductor package includes a base package substrate, a first semiconductor chip, and a second semiconductor chip. The base package substrate includes a redistribution region where a redistribution layer is provided, a plurality of vertical conductive vias connected to the redistribution layer, and a recess region recessed from an upper surface of the redistribution region. The base package substrate further includes an interposer in the recess region, the interposer comprising a substrate, a plurality of upper pads disposed at an upper surface of the substrate, and plurality of through electrodes respectively connected to the plurality of upper pads to pass through the substrate. The first semiconductor chip and second semiconductor chip, each include a plurality of conductive interconnection terminals respectively connected to the plurality of upper pads and the vertical conductive vias exposed at the upper surface of the redistribution region. The first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip are mounted on the extension region and the interposer and disposed horizontally apart from each other. As seen from a plan view, the interposer is disposed to overlap a portion of each of the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip.
US11996360B2
A semiconductor structure includes a channel region of a transistor in a semiconductor fin, source and drain regions of the transistor on the semiconductor fin and at opposite sides of the channel region, a gate of the transistor over the channel region, and a first metal structure. The first metal structure is disposed over a first one of the source and drain regions. The first metal structure includes a first portion lower than a top surface of the gate, a second portion higher than the top surface of the gate, and a third portion over the second portion, wherein the second portion is narrower than the first portion, and the third portion is wider than the second portion.
US11996359B2
Apparatuses may include a device substrate including a microelectronic device and bond pads proximate to an active surface of the device substrate. A package substrate may be secured to the device substrate, the package substrate configured to route signals to and from the bond pads. A ball grid array may be supported on, and electrically connected to, the package substrate. Each ball positioned and configured to carry a high-bandwidth data signal or a high-frequency clock signal may be located laterally or longitudinally adjacent to no more than one other ball of the ball grid array configured to carry a high-bandwidth data signal or a high-frequency clock signal. Each ball positioned and configured to carry a high-bandwidth data signal may be located only diagonally adjacent to any other balls configured to carry a high-bandwidth data signal or a high-frequency clock signal.
US11996356B2
Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are provided. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a redistribution layer including a first conductive feature and a second conductive feature, a first contact feature disposed over and electrically coupled to the first conductive feature, a second contact feature disposed over and electrically coupled to the second conductive feature, and a passivation feature extending from between the first conductive feature and the second conductive feature between the first contact feature and the second contact feature. The passivation feature includes a dielectric feature and a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer is disposed on a planar top surface of the dielectric feature and a composition of the dielectric feature is different from a composition of the dielectric layer.
US11996350B2
A cooler includes a top plate having a plurality of fins provided on a surface thereof, and a circumferential wall part provided so as to surround outer circumferences of the plurality of fins along outer circumferential edges of the top plate, and a bottom plate bonded to distal ends of the circumferential wall part and the plurality of fins. A flow path for a coolant is formed by a space enclosed by the top plate, the circumferential wall part and the bottom plate. The bottom plate has inlet and discharge portions for the coolant. The inlet and discharge portions are disposed so as to face each other diagonally with the plurality fins interposed therebetween. An inner surface of the circumferential wall part has a step part that tilts from the inner surface of the circumferential wall part toward the discharge portion at a position neighboring to the discharge portion.
US11996330B2
There is provided a method for manufacturing a SiC device wafer comprising the steps: a) slicing and polishing a SiC boule to thicker substrates compared to the usual thickness in the prior art, b) creating a device wafer on the substrate, c) removing the device wafer from the remaining substrate, d) adding SiC to the remaining substrate so that the original thickness of the substrate is essentially restored, and repeating steps b)-d). The removal of the device wafer can be made for instance by laser slicing. Advantages include that the SiC material loss is significantly decreased and the boule material used for device wafers is considerably increased, the substrates become more stable especially during high temperature processes, the warp and bow is reduced, the risk of breakage is decreased.
US11996327B2
An interconnect structure, along with methods of forming such, are described. In some embodiments, the method includes forming a first dielectric layer over one or more devices, forming a first conductive feature in the first dielectric layer, and forming two dielectric features over the first dielectric layer and the first conductive feature. At least one of the two dielectric features has a first width, and each dielectric feature includes a first low-k dielectric layer, an oxide layer, and a first etch stop layer. The method further includes forming a second conductive feature between the two dielectric features, and the second conductive feature has a second width substantially the same as the first width.
US11996311B2
There is provided a technique that includes: at least one process chamber in which at least one substrate is processed; a mounting stage configured to be capable of mounting the at least one substrate on the mounting stage; a transport chamber including a conveyor configured to be capable of holding the mounting stage at least two places in a vertical direction and transporting the mounting stage; and a controller configured to be capable of performing a transport control of the conveyor in the transport chamber.
US11996302B2
A substrate processing apparatus 100 includes a processing unit, a reservoir 31, a processing liquid pipe 32, a pump 34, a filter 35, a first flow rate section 36, a first return pipe 51, a first adjustment valve 52, a second return pipe 41, a branch supply pipe 16, a second flow rate section 42, and a controller. The first flow rate section 36 is placed in the processing liquid pipe 32 and measures a flow rate or pressure of the processing liquid flowing through the processing liquid pipe 32. The first adjustment valve 52 is placed in the first return pipe 51 and adjusts a flow rate of the processing liquid flowing through the first return pipe 51. The controller controls an opening degree of the first adjustment valve 52 based on the flow rate or the pressure of the processing liquid measured by the first flow rate section 36.
US11996297B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an underlying structure in a first area and a second area over a substrate. A first layer is formed over the underlying structure. The first layer is removed from the second area while protecting the first layer in the first area. A second layer is formed over the first area and the second area, wherein the second layer has a smaller light transparency than the first layer. The second layer is removed from the first area, and first resist pattern is formed over the first layer in the first area and a second resist pattern over the second layer in the second area.
US11996293B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first semiconductor fin and a second semiconductor fin protruding from the substrate, an isolation feature disposed on the substrate and on sidewalls of the first and second semiconductor fins, a gate structure disposed on the isolation feature. The semiconductor device also includes a dielectric fin disposed on the isolation feature and sandwiched between the first and second semiconductor fins. A middle portion of the dielectric fin separates the gate structure into a first gate structure segment engaging the first semiconductor fin and a second gate structure segment engaging the second semiconductor fin.
US11996289B2
Methods and systems for forming structures including one or more layers comprising silicon germanium and one or more layers comprising silicon are disclosed. Exemplary methods can include using a surfactant, using particular precursors, and/or using a transition step to improve an interface between adjacent layers comprising silicon germanium and comprising silicon.
US11996287B2
A semiconductor layer and a method and an apparatus for its manufacturing are disclosed. The semiconductor layer includes at least one compound of the formula M1aM21-aN, where M1 is selected from group 13 of the periodic table and M2 is selected from the group comprising scandium, yttrium, erbium, and europium and where the parameter a is selected between 0.01 and 0.99. The method includes supplying a first precursor into a reaction chamber, the first precursor including at least M2 and being supplied to the reaction chamber at a molar flow rate of at least 1·10−6 mol/min by providing the first precursor by means of a first bubbler from which it is evaporated and supplied to the reaction chamber, the temperature of the first bubbler being more than 90° C.
US11996284B2
Methods for depositing silicon oxycarbonitride (SiOCN) thin films on a substrate in a reaction space are provided. The methods can include at least one plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) cycle including alternately and sequentially contacting the substrate with a silicon precursor and a second reactant that does not include oxygen. In some embodiments the methods allow for the deposition of SiOCN films having improved acid-based wet etch resistance.
US11996281B1
An ion source that may be used to introduce a dopant material into the arc chamber is disclosed. A component containing the dopant material is disposed in the path of an etching gas, which also enters the arc chamber. In some embodiments, the dopant material is in liquid form, and the etching gas travels through the liquid. In other embodiments, the dopant material is a solid material. In some embodiments, the solid material is formed as a porous structure, such that the etching gas flows through the solid material. In other embodiments, one or more components of the ion source are manufactured using a material that includes the dopant material, such that the etching gas etches the component to release the dopant material.
US11996270B2
A wafer processing apparatus includes a chamber body including a cavity region and a process region; a microwave waveguide configured to introduce a microwave into the cavity region; a first microwave window between the cavity region and the process region; and a magnetic field supplying device configured to apply a magnetic field inside the chamber body, wherein a thickness of the first microwave window is constant, and the first microwave window is configured to control a beam cross-section of the microwave in the process region.
US11996267B2
Particle beam apparatus, defect repair method, lithographic exposure process and lithographic system
A particle beam apparatus includes an object table configured to hold a semiconductor substrate; a particle beam source configured to generate a particle beam; a detector configured to detect a response of the substrate caused by interaction of the particle beam with the substrate and to output a detector signal representative of the response; and a processing unit configured to: receive or determine a location of one or more defect target areas on the substrate; control the particle beam source to inspect the one or more defect target areas; identify one or more defects within the one or more defect target areas, based on the detector signal obtained during the inspection of the one or more defect target areas; control the particle beam source to repair the one or more defects.
US11996260B2
The x-ray windows herein can have low gas permeability, low outgassing, high strength, low visible and infrared light transmission, high x-ray flux, low atomic number materials, corrosion resistance, high reliability, and low-cost. The x-ray window can include a film 11 with a polymer layer 22 and a graphite layer 21. The film 11 can consist essentially of graphite and polymer. Most of the film 11 can be the graphite layer 21. The polymer layer 22 can be a small portion of the film 11.
US11996253B2
There is disclosed a high voltage fuse having a ring separation prevention structure comprising a housing comprising a first housing body and a second housing body which are coupled to each other and formed in a cylindrical shape; a fuse element disposed in the housing; a pair of connectors which are project from both ends of the housing and connected to the fuse element; and a pair of rings which are insertedly coupled to end circumferences of the housing and heat-sealed at multiple locations.
US11996241B2
A ceramic electronic component includes an element body, two external electrodes, and an oxide layer. The element body includes a dielectric and internal electrodes. The external electrodes are respectively formed to cover, at least partially, two end faces of the element body. Each external electrode includes a base layer and a plating layer. The base layer has a lower part formed on a bottom face of the element body and an end part formed on a corresponding one of the end faces of the element body. The plating layer is formed on at least the lower part of the corresponding base layer. The oxide layer is formed on a predetermined area of a top face of the element body. The oxide layer has a thinner portion in an area on the top face of the element body that is spaced from the end faces of the element body.
US11996235B2
A periodic arrangement of magnets are used to form structures that channel the potential energy that a magnet possesses into kinetic energy in a controlled fashion to perform some useful work or function. One function is to create a magnetic chute that converts the potential energy of a magnetic projectile into kinetic energy that is used to channel the projectile to follow a path achieving high velocities along a path. The path is formed by assembling magnets periodically along the path in a certain fashion to create a magnetic chute that allows the magnetic projectile to slide easily along the path since the projectile is confined by the shape of the magnetic chute.
US11996231B2
A laminated core includes a plurality of electrical steel sheets stacked on each other, and an adhesion part which is provided between the electrical steel sheets adjacent to each other in a stacking direction and adheres the electrical steel sheets to each other, in which the electrical steel sheet include an annular core back part, and a plurality of tooth parts which extend from the core back part in a radial direction of the core back part and are disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction of the core back part, an adhesion region in which the adhesion part is provided is formed in the core back part of the electrical steel sheet, and the adhesion region extends in a direction along a magnetic flux passing through a region of the electrical steel sheet in contact with the adhesion region.
US11996220B2
A soft magnetic alloy powder contains soft magnetic alloy particles. The soft magnetic alloy particles contain Fe and Si. The soft magnetic alloy particles each include crystal grains and crystal grain boundary between the crystal grains. At least one of the crystal grains has a Si segregation part.
US11996218B2
The invention relates to a surge arrester comprising two opposing end fittings 3, one or more varistors 5 arranged between the end fittings 3, a winding layer 9 provided at least on the at least one varistor 5, wherein the winding layer 9 is a closed layer 9, and a reinforcement element 7 which extends between the end fittings 3 and keeps the end fittings 3 under tension, wherein the reinforcement element 7 is an open cross winding 13. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for producing this surge arrester.
US11996217B2
A shielded cable includes at least one electric wire or cable, a shield being provided around the at least one electric wire or cable and including a plurality of wires comprising a metal material, an insulating coating being provided around the shield in direct- and plane-contact with the plurality of wires. The insulating coating includes a base resin composed of acid-modified fluoropolymer, and a heat-dissipating filler included in the base resin. The heat-dissipating filler is electrically insulating and has at least one functional group of NH2 group and OH group on its surface.
US11996213B2
A wire harness, including: a wire; an outer sheath that covers a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the wire in a circumferential direction; and a fastener that fixes the outer sheath to an outer circumference of the wire, wherein: the outer sheath includes a first section and a second section that each include an opening that opens in a direction orthogonal to an axis line direction of the wire, and the fastener fixes the outer sheath to the outer circumference of the wire with at least one end surface of the first section in the circumferential direction and at least one end surface of the second section in the circumferential direction facing one another and separated from one another.
US11996206B2
A nuclear fuel cladding with improved thermomechanical properties is provided. The nuclear fuel cladding includes a double-walled construction having inner and outer hexagonal sidewalls. The inner sidewall and the outer sidewall are spaced apart from each other to form a cooling channel therebetween, and the inner sidewall surrounds a nuclear fuel and is spaced apart from the nuclear fuel by a small gap. Helical fins extend into the cooling channel to interconnect the inner sidewall and the outer sidewall. Resilient fingers extend toward the nuclear fuel through the small gap to comply with variations in the size of the nuclear fuel due to fabrication tolerances as well as thermal expansion and swelling of the nuclear fuel, for example UO2, when undergoing fission. The nuclear fuel cladding is formed according to an additive manufacturing process, for example laser powder bed fusion printing.
US11996195B2
A training data processing method and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: obtaining medical history data including at least one first disease suffered by a user; setting a plurality of disease types according to a target disease; setting a time interval; obtaining at least one second disease in the time interval from the medical history data; performing a pre-processing operation on the second disease according to the disease types to obtain processed data; and inputting the processed data to a neural network to train the neural network.
US11996186B2
Systems and methods for providing user-controlled access to prescribed medications are provided. A cloud-based prescription database includes prescriptions, each associated with a unique patient identifier, locations of pharmacies, and available stock for the pharmacies. A unique patient identifier is received from a user device and the related prescriptions are retrieved from the database and displayed for user selection. Pharmacies which are geographically proximate to a location of the given user device which report availability of the medication associated with the user selected prescription are displayed at a map at the given user device.
US11996184B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a pneumothorax detection method performed by a computing device. The method may comprise obtaining predicted pneumothorax information, predicted tube information, and a predicted spinal baseline with respect to an input image from a trained pneumothorax prediction model; determining at least one pneumothorax representative position for the predicted pneumothorax information and at least one tube representative position for the predicted tube information, in a prediction image in which the predicted pneumothorax information and the predicted tube information are displayed; dividing the prediction image into a first region and a second region by the predicted spinal baseline; and determining a region in which the at least one pneumothorax representative position and the at least one tube representative position exist among the first region and the second region.
US11996178B2
Techniques for generating a radiotherapy treatment plan are provided. The techniques include receiving a radiotherapy optimization problem, the radiotherapy problem comprising a plurality of parameters; processing the radiotherapy optimization problem to instantiate a first set of candidate parameters; converting the first set of candidate parameters into an adapted representation; defining an adapted radiotherapy optimization problem as a function of the adapted representation such that a given solution to the adapted optimization problem estimates a solution to the radiotherapy optimization problem; processing the adapted radiotherapy optimization problem to estimate a function of the solution to the adapted radiotherapy optimization problem; and processing the estimated function of the solution to the adapted optimization problem to generate a deliverable radiotherapy treatment plan.
US11996176B2
A method, computer program product, and computing system for obtaining encounter information during a patient encounter; processing the encounter information to detect the execution of a physical event during the patient encounter, thus defining a detected physical event; and deriving information for the detected physical event.
US11996164B2
Within a memory control component, command/address circuitry transmits a first command/address value to a memory component during a first interval and a second command/address value to the memory component during a second interval, and timing circuitry transmits a data strobe to the memory component during the first interval and a data clock to the memory component during the second interval. The timing circuitry transitions the data strobe from a parked state to a toggling state during the first interval at a predetermined time relative to transmission of the first command/address value and toggles the data clock throughout the second interval regardless of time of transmission of the second command/address value. Data signaling circuitry transmits first write data to the memory component during the first interval synchronously with the write-data strobe signal and transmits second write data to the memory component during the second interval synchronously with the write-data clock signal.
US11996161B2
Multilevel command and address (CA) signals are used to provide commands and memory addresses from a controller to a memory system. Using multilevel signals CA signals may allow for using fewer signals compared to binary signals to represent a same number of commands and/or address space, or using a same number of multilevel CA signals to represent a larger number of commands and/or address space. A number of external command/address terminals may be reduced without reducing a set of commands and/or address space. Alternatively, a number of external terminals may be maintained, but provide for an expanded set of commands and/or address space.
US11996157B2
A processing-in-memory (PIM) device includes an ECC logic circuit configured to generate first write data, first write parity, second write data, and second write parity from first write input data and second write input data when a write operation in an operation mode is performed, and generate first converted data and second converted data from first read data, first read parity, second read data, and second read parity when a read operation in the operation mode is performed; and a MAC operator configured to perform a MAC arithmetic operation for the first converted data and the second converted data to generate MAC operation result data.
US11996156B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a write test circuit and a read test circuit. The write test circuit generates test data and transmits the generated test data to an external memory device without storing the test data in a local memory device. The read test circuit receives from the external memory device, read data that the external memory device has obtained by reading the test data, and compares the received read data with an expected value without storing either the read data or the expected value in the local memory device.
US11996152B2
In certain aspects, a three-dimensional (3D) memory device includes a first semiconductor structure, a second semiconductor structure, a third semiconductor structure, a first bonding interface between the first semiconductor structure and the second semiconductor structure, and a second bonding interface between the first semiconductor structure and the third semiconductor structure. The first semiconductor structure includes an array of NAND memory strings and a first semiconductor layer in contact with sources of the array of NAND memory strings. The second semiconductor structure includes a first peripheral circuit of the array of NAND memory strings including a first transistor, and a second semiconductor layer in contact with the first transistor. A third semiconductor structure includes a second peripheral circuit of the array of NAND memory strings including a second transistor, and a third semiconductor layer in contact with the second transistor. The second semiconductor layer is between the first bonding interface and the first peripheral circuit. The second peripheral circuit is between the second bonding interface and the third semiconductor layer.
US11996151B2
A memory array comprising laterally-spaced memory blocks individually comprises a vertical stack comprising alternating insulative tiers and conductive tiers. Channel-material strings of memory cells extend through the insulative tiers and the conductive tiers. The laterally-spaced memory blocks in a lower one of the conductive tiers comprises elemental-form metal that extends longitudinally-along the laterally-spaced memory blocks proximate laterally-outer sides of the laterally-spaced memory blocks. A metal silicide or a metal-germanium compound is directly against laterally-inner sides of the elemental-form metal in the lower conductive tier and that extends longitudinally-along the laterally-spaced memory blocks in the lower conductive tier. The metal of the metal silicide or of the metal-germanium compound is the same as that of the elemental-form metal. Other embodiments, including method, are disclosed.
US11996144B2
A non-volatile memory (NVM) is formed of memory cells each having multiple ferroelectric memory elements (FMEs). Each FME stores data in relation to an electrical polarity of a recording layer formed of ferroelectric or anti-ferroelectric material. Each multi-FME memory cell is coupled to a set of external control lines activated by a control circuit in a selected order to perform program and/or read operations upon the FMEs. The FMEs may share a nominally identical construction or may have different constructions. Data are programmed and written responsive to the respective program/read responses of the FMEs. Constructions can include ferroelectric tunneling junctions (FTJs), ferroelectric random access memory (FeRAM), and ferroelectric field effect transistors (FeFETs). The NVM may form a portion of a data storage device, such as a solid-state drive (SSD).
US11996141B2
Methods, systems, and devices for reading a multi-level memory cell are described. The memory cell may be configured to store three or more logic states. The memory device may apply a first read voltage to a memory cell to determine a logic state stored by the memory cell. The memory device may determine whether a first snapback event occurred and apply a second read voltage based on determining that the first snapback event failed to occur based on applying the first read voltage. The memory device may determine whether a second snapback event occurred and determine the logic state based on whether the first snapback event or the second snapback event occurred.
US11996137B2
A memory device for CIM has a memory array including a plurality of memory cells arranged in an array of rows and columns. The memory cells have a first group of memory cells and a second group of memory cells. Each row of the array has a corresponding word line, with each memory cell of a row of the array coupled to the corresponding word line. Each column of the array has a corresponding bit line, with each memory cell of a column of the array coupled to the corresponding bit line. A control circuit is configured to select the first group of memory cells or the second group of memory cells in response to a group enable signal.
US11996136B2
A memory device includes pages arranged in columns and each constituted by a plurality of memory cells on a substrate, voltages applied to a first gate conductor layer, a second gate conductor layer, a first impurity region, and a second impurity region in each memory cell included in each of the pages are controlled to perform a page write operation of retaining, inside a channel semiconductor layer, a group of positive holes generated by an impact ionization phenomenon or by a gate-induced drain leakage current, and the voltages applied to the first gate conductor layer, the second gate conductor layer, the third gate conductor layer, the fourth gate conductor layer, the first impurity region, and the second impurity region are controlled to perform a page erase operation of discharging the group of positive holes from inside the channel semiconductor layer. The first impurity layer of the memory cell is connected to a source line, the second impurity layer thereof is connected to a bit line, one of the first gate conductor layer or the second gate conductor layer thereof is connected to a word line, and the other of the first gate conductor layer or the second gate conductor layer thereof is connected to a first driving control line. In a page read operation, page data in a group of memory cells selected by the word line is read to sense amplifier circuits, and in at least one operation among the page write operation, the page erase operation, and the page read operation, a voltage applied to at least one of the source line, the bit line, the word line, or the first driving control line is controlled by a reference voltage generating circuit combined with a temperature-compensating circuit.
US11996133B2
Since power source voltages are different depending on circuits used for devices, a circuit for outputting at least two or more power sources is additionally prepared. An object is to unify outputs of the power source voltages. A transistor using an oxide semiconductor is provided in such a manner that electrical charge is retained in a node where the transistor and a capacitor are electrically connected to each other, a reset signal is applied to a gate of the transistor to switch the states of the transistor from off to on, and the node is reset when the transistor is on. A circuit configuration that generates and utilizes a potential higher than or equal to a potential of a single power source can be achieved.
US11996125B2
A detection device includes a processor. The processor compares a servo band signal, which is a result of reading a servo band in which a servo pattern is recorded from a magnetic tape including the servo band by a servo reading element, with a threshold value to detect a servo pattern signal indicating the servo pattern. The threshold value is determined in accordance with an angle formed by the servo pattern and the servo reading element.
US11996110B2
Apparatus and method for synthesizing an audio signal, decoder, encoder, system and computer program
A method and an apparatus for synthesizing an audio signal are described. A spectral tilt is applied to the code of a codebook used for synthesizing a current frame of the audio signal. The spectral tilt is based on the spectral tilt of the current frame of the audio signal. Further, an audio decoder operating in accordance with the inventive approach is described.
US11996091B2
A mixed speech recognition method, a mixed speech recognition apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The mixed speech recognition method includes: monitoring an input of speech input and detecting an enrollment speech and a mixed speech; acquiring speech features of a target speaker based on the enrollment speech; and determining speech belonging to the target speaker in the mixed speech based on the speech features of the target speaker. The enrollment speech includes preset speech information, and the mixed speech is non-enrollment speech inputted after the enrollment speech.
US11996090B2
The disclosure relates to system and method for Artificial Intelligence (AI) assisted activity training. The method includes presenting a plurality of activity categories to a user and receiving a voice-based input from the user. The method uses a Natural Language Processing (NLP) model to process the received voice-based input to extract the selection of at least one activity and at least one activity attribute. Contemporaneous to receiving voice-based input, the method presents a multimedia content in conformance with one activity and one activity attribute. In response to initiation of the multimedia content, the method further detects initiation of a user activity performance. The method captures a video of the user activity and process the video using an AI model to extract a set of user performance parameters. Further, a feedback may be generated based on differential between the set of user performance parameters and a target set of performance parameters.
US11996087B2
Methods and systems are described for recognizing, based on a voice input, a user and/or a voice command. An algorithm is described herein that processes data associated with a voice input. The data may indicate characteristics of the voice such as a gender, an age, or accent associated with the voice and other metadata. For example, the system may process the data and determine the gender of a voice. The determined characteristics may be used as an input into a voice recognition engine to improve the accuracy of identifying the user who spoke the voice input and identifying a voice command associated with the voice input. For example, the determined gender may be used as a parameter to improve the accuracy of an identified user (e.g., the speaker) or command. The algorithm may adjust, based on gender, parameters such as confidence thresholds used to match voices and voice commands.
US11996086B2
An estimation apparatus clusters a group of voice signals including a voice signal having a speaker attribute to be estimated into a plurality of clusters. Subsequently, the estimation apparatus identifies, from the plurality of clusters, a cluster to which the voice signal to be estimated belongs. Next, the estimation apparatus uses a speaker attribute estimation model to estimate speaker attributes of respective voice signals in the identified cluster. After that, the estimation apparatus estimates an attribute of the entire cluster, by using an estimation result of the speaker attributes of the voice signals in the identified cluster, and outputs an estimation result of the speaker attribute of the entire cluster, as an estimation result of the speaker attribute of the voice signal to be estimated.
US11996081B2
Techniques for generating a visual response to a user input are described. A system may receive a natural language input and use a machine learning model to determine a first component is to determine a response to the natural language input while a second component is to determine supplemental content related to the natural language input. The system may receive, from the first component, first image data corresponding to the response. The system may also receive, from the second component, second image data corresponding to the supplemental content. The system may send, to a display, a command to present the first image data and the second image data.
US11996079B2
An active noise reduction device reduces noise in a space in an automobile. The active noise reduction device includes: a reference signal input terminal that receives a reference signal outputted by a reference signal source and having a correlation with the noise, the reference signal source being attached to the automobile; a compressor that compresses and outputs the reference signal received by the reference signal input terminal and having an amplitude greater than or equal to a threshold; an adaptive filter unit that applies an adaptive filter to the reference signal outputted from the compressor to generate a canceling signal to be used to output a canceling sound for reducing the noise; and a filter coefficient updater that updates a coefficient of the adaptive filter.
US11996075B2
A method for controlling a sound control device in a vehicle includes obtaining at least one of a reference signal obtained from a sensor or an error signal obtained from a sound signal of a microphone, estimating a road surface environment corresponding to a road surface on which the vehicle is traveling based on the reference signal, and adjusting a gain for generating a noise control signal having a magnitude within a preset range based on at least one of the road surface environment or the error signal.
US11996065B2
Provided is a display driving circuit. The display driving circuit includes a clock data recovery circuit configured to receive a data signal and generate a clock signal and a first output data signal, an eye margin test circuit configured to sample the data signal by using the clock signal, based on a vertical measurement voltage and generate a second output data signal, and a bit error check circuit configured to measure a bit error rate of the data signal, based on the first output data signal and the second output data signal, wherein the clock data recovery circuit includes a jitter generator configured to generate jitter of the clock signal such that a jitter amplitude varies according to a horizontal control signal.
US11996045B2
A pixel includes: a first driving transistor and a second driving transistor; a first select transistor connected between a gate of the first driving transistor and a gate node; and a second select transistor connected between a gate of the second driving transistor and the gate node.
US11996040B2
A display device may include first pixels configured to emit light in a first color, second pixels configured to emit light in a second color different from the first color, a data driver configured to supply first reference voltages to data lines coupled to the first pixels, and a sensing circuit configured to receive first sensing voltages from sensing lines coupled to the first pixels, wherein the data driver supplies second reference voltages different from the first reference voltages to data lines coupled to the second pixels, and the sensing circuit receives second sensing voltages from sensing lines coupled to the second pixels.
US11996030B2
A display device, a gate drive circuit, a shift register and a control method are disclosed. The shift register includes a first shift register unit and a second shift register unit, the first shift register unit is configured to write a first control signal to the first node, and write a first clock signal to the first signal output terminal under control of a voltage of the first node; the second shift register unit is configured to write a second clock signal to the second signal output terminal under control of the voltage of the first node; during time of a frame, the first clock signal and a first input signal provided by a first signal input terminal are pulse signals, and the second clock signal is a DC signal.
US11996009B1
A method for impact test on a lower abdomen of a vehicle crash test dummy includes: controlling an arc-shaped hammer head to impact a lower abdomen of a preset dummy at a preset speed; obtaining displacements from a displacement sensor, wherein the displacements are generated by the lower abdomen of the preset dummy and the arc-shaped hammer head during the impact; obtaining a pressure from a pressure sensor, wherein the pressure is borne by the lower abdomen of the preset dummy during the impact; and determining, based on the displacements and the pressure, whether the preset dummy satisfies a biological simulation standard. The method is capable of testing whether the current dummy satisfies the biological simulation standard, so as to ensure the accuracy of test data in subsequent vehicle crash tests using the dummy.
US11995999B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for receiving a request to deploy an aerial drone to assist an emergency vehicle from a first location to a second location; determining a route to be traversed by the emergency vehicle from the first location to the second location based on the request; and deploying the aerial drone to traverse the route in advance of the emergency vehicle.
US11995996B1
A drone for delivering plural repeaters in a hostile environment and method of delivering plural repeaters from the drone. The drone is controllable from a remote base station and carries a payload of repeaters on a round tray. The tray has a dispensing hole, complementary to the geometry of the repeater for dispensing the repeaters as needed. Repeaters are consecutively dispensed at stations as determined by an operator. A central radial arm sweeps each repeater around the tray, in turn, until the hole is encountered and the repeater gravity drops to a surface below. The drone may have two or more vertically stacked trays to increase payload without increasing footprint.
US11995995B2
It is intended to allow an orientation of a mobile device observed in imaging data to be more appropriately specified. There is provided an information processing device (100) including an acquisition unit (111c) that acquires the imaging data and a direction specification unit (111c) that analyzes the imaging data to specify the orientation of the mobile device observed in the imaging data.
US11995993B2
A crew alerting system for a mobile platform includes a display device defining a display area, a processor operatively coupled to the display device, and a memory storing instructions that cause the processor to: upon receiving notification of an occurrence of a manual system configuration associated with the mobile platform, generate a first output for causing the display device to display a first indication in the display area, the first indication comprising a first textual message. The processor is further configured to, upon receiving notification of an occurrence of an automated system configuration associated with the mobile platform, generate a second output for causing the display device to display a second indication in the display area, the second indication comprising a second textual message accompanied by a supplemental indication such as a graphical indication.
US11995988B2
Disclosed is a vehicular environment estimation device capable of accurately estimating a travel environment around own vehicle on the basis of a predicted route of a mobile object or the like, which is moving in a blind area. A vehicular environment estimation device that is mounted in the own vehicle detects a behavior of another vehicle in the vicinity of the own vehicle, and estimates a travel environment, which affects the traveling of another vehicle, on the basis of the behavior of another vehicle. For example, the presence of another vehicle, which is traveling in a blind area, is estimated on the basis of the behavior of another vehicle. Therefore, it is possible to estimate a vehicle travel environment that cannot be recognized by the own vehicle but can be recognized by another vehicle in the vicinity of the own vehicle.
US11995987B2
An information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to: receive vehicle data from a plurality of vehicles, specify a first vehicle, among the plurality of vehicles, that is predicted to be parked to pick up or drop off a person in a predetermined period of time, based on the vehicle data, make a determination, based on the vehicle data, whether the first vehicle is in a first state in which parking for pick-up of the person is predicted to be performed or a second state in which parking for drop-off of the person is predicted to be performed, and perform assignment of a parking position to the first vehicle based on a result of the determination.
US11995980B2
A communication device in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a storage, a first wireless communication circuit, an information obtaining circuit, and a storing processing circuit. The first wireless communication circuit receives first information through an antenna. The first information is wirelessly transmitted from a first transmission device. The first information corresponds to the first transmission device. The first transmission device is configured to be connected to an electric work machine or is connected to the electric work machine. The information obtaining circuit obtains the first information through the first wireless communication circuit in response to a first event being occurred or having occurred. The storing processing circuit stores the first information from the information obtaining circuit into a storage.
US11995972B2
The present disclosure provides details of a system for monitoring an offender during a correctional supervisory program. The system includes an offender communication device that transmit and receive communications via a communication and monitoring center. The offender communication device include a smart phone or tablet that obtains identity information including biometric information from an offender before a communication is transmitted or received. The offender communication device also stores data including metadata, metrics, or content of a communication and transmits the stored data to the communication and monitoring center. The communication and monitoring center transmits and receives communications from the offender communication device and another communication device. Further, the communication and monitoring center provides monitoring functionality to record a communication and determine that a location of an offender is in an authorized location based on rules and requirements of the correctional supervisory program.
US11995970B2
The invention provides an apparatus and a method for generating an alert associated with an earthing system. The method includes receiving, by a processor, a resistivity value of an earthing system captured by one or more sensors during operational and fault time. The method may further include comparing, by a processor, the resistivity value with a predetermined threshold value. The method may further include generating the alert associated with the earthing system, based on the comparison of the resistivity value with the predetermined threshold value.
US11995969B2
It is provided a sensor device comprising: a proximity sensor; a processor; a wireless communication module; and a memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the sensor device to: receive a user input signal; determine when the received user input signal matches a signal template being associated with an event; store in the memory a record indicating an occurrence of the event associated with the user input signal; and transmit, once the wireless communication module is active, any stored records.
US11995963B2
Provided are a logistics device that is carried together with freight to detect a state, a logistics control system, and a theft prevention method of the same, wherein thee logistics device which is carried together with freight to detect a state includes a body carried together with freight and a controller configured to measure a speed of the body and vibrations applied to the body and determine whether the freight is stolen using the speed and the vibrations.
US11995957B2
A gaming machine provides a spinning reel game having a base game, from which a hold-and-spin game is triggered when a determined quantity of configurable symbols are displayed in a base game outcome. For each spin of the feature game, spin tags of configurable symbols are updated. When the spin tags have a predetermined relationship to a threshold value, the associated configurable symbol is split into a group of symbols. A feature game award is presented based on values associated with each configurable symbol in the feature game outcome.
US11995956B2
Systems and methods that account for a current balance of funds of a target device, such as a gaming establishment device, when determining whether or not to transfer an amount of funds between the target device and an account associated with the amount of funds.
US11995950B1
Described herein are systems and methods for providing graphical user interfaces for participation in wagers relating to live events. A data processing system can identify a list of wager parameters for a wager. The data processing system can generate a graphical user interface including a first interactive element including a subset of the list of wager parameters, and a second and third interactive element corresponding outcomes of the wager. The data processing system can receive a first interaction with the first interactive element to select a spread. The data processing system can update the second and third interactive elements to include updated respective odds, the updated odds generated based on the selected wager parameter. The data processing system can update a second graphical user interface to indicate the wager identifying an outcome in response to a second interaction with the second or third interactive element.
US11995949B2
A system for wagering and viewing the event on the same device while receiving the wagering data on a separate data feed from the video feed. Separate feeds would allow the wagering markets to close in more real-time while not relying on the video latency.
US11995947B2
An apparatus and method are provided for creating a plurality of different video presentations that simulate a broadcasted game of chance. The game of chance has a plurality of successive stages, including a betting stage during which players enter bets for the game of chance, and a game play stage. The game play stage begins at the end of the betting stage and ends with a game outcome. A memory stores a plurality of video fragments associated with a game of chance. The video fragments include a first set of video fragments that are associated with the betting stage, and a second set of video fragments that are associated with the game play stage. At least some of the video fragments have a plurality of different video takes that represent the same video fragment. The second set of video fragments include a game outcome video fragment. The game outcome video fragment includes a plurality of different video takes that represent different game outcomes. A controller creates a first seamless, ordered string of stitched video fragments using the first set of video fragments for presentation to players during the betting stage. The first set of video fragments are selected using a Random Number Generator (RNG), the RNG being used to select one of the video takes for each of the first set of video fragments that have a plurality of different video takes that represent the same video fragment. Upon conclusion of the betting stage, the RNG is used to select the outcome of the game. The outcome of the game is thereby not known during the betting stage. The controller creates a second seamless, ordered string of stitched video fragments using the second set of video fragments for presentation to players during the game play stage. The second set of video fragments are also selected using the Random Number Generator (RNG), the RNG being used to select one of the video takes for each of the second set of video fragments that have a plurality of different video takes that represent the same video fragment. The video take that is selected for the video fragment associated with the game outcome is determined by the RNG which selected the outcome of the game. The controller combines the first and second seamless, ordered string of stitched video fragments to provide the video presentation that simulates the broadcasted game of chance.
US11995945B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide an improved display system for a gaming system comprising a bank of gaming machines. In particular embodiments, the display system comprises display elements that are spatially arranged relative to one another in a manner such that when an animation is displayed on the display elements, the spatial arrangement of the display elements relative to each other interacts with the animation to provide a greater apparent depth in the animation. In some embodiments, the display system further comprises a display element positioned between each pair of adjacent gaming machines and controlled to display a graphical representation indicative of a level of a jackpot, which representation is updated as players place wagers on the gaming machines. Methods for operating the gaming system comprising elements of the improved display system are also provided.
US11995940B2
A banknote handling apparatus includes a plurality of storage mechanisms that are provided for each type of paper sheet and store a corresponding paper sheet, a distinguishing unit that distinguishes a first paper sheet input, a detection unit that detects that the first paper sheet is conveyed to a corresponding storage mechanism specified according to a result of distinguishing, and a drive control unit that controls driving of a gate portion that switches a conveyance pathway to the corresponding storage mechanism according to a positional relationship between the first paper sheet and a forward paper sheet conveyed earlier than the first paper sheet when conveyance of the first paper sheet is detected.
US11995933B2
A system and method for locking a charging port to charge an electric vehicle that includes determining that the electric vehicle is located within a predetermined distance of a charging station and determining when the charging port of an electric vehicle supply equipment of the charging station is attached to the electric vehicle to actively charge the electric vehicle. The system and method also include determining if the charging station accesses a parking citation associated with parking of the electric vehicle if the electric vehicle is not attached to the charging port. The system and method additionally include locking the charging port to the electric vehicle to disallow decoupling of the charging port from the electric vehicle by an unauthorized individual to avoid the parking citation.
US11995931B2
A method for leveraging a universal credential in an access control system according to one embodiment includes generating, by a cloud system, a CBOR web token for user access to at least one electronic lock, wherein the CBOR web token includes a group tag associated with a set of access rights for a group of users and a cryptographic signature, transmitting the CBOR web token to a user mobile device, receiving, by a first electronic lock, the CBOR web token from the user mobile device for access to a passageway secured by the first electronic lock, verifying an authenticity of the cryptographic signature of the CBOR web token and that the group tag of the CBOR web token is associated with a group authorized to access the passageway secured by the first electronic lock, and unlocking a lock mechanism in response to the verifications.
US11995923B2
A vehicle includes an engine, a clutch, and a controller. The clutch is configured to crank the engine during an engine start. The controller is programmed to, in response to a command to start the engine, adjust a clutch actuator pressure to drive a disconnect clutch torque toward a desired value. The controller is further programmed to, in response to variances of the disconnect clutch torque relative to the clutch actuator pressure exceeding a threshold, issue a disconnect clutch fault.
US11995922B2
A system and a method for identifying errors within a modular framework of a system comprising of a flight management system and an error reporting system. The modular components and correlating code modulars of the modular framework can be executed collectively or independently. Each modular component can be designed to incorporate independent modular updates or modifications.
US11995917B2
Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for detecting a slip, trip or fall event in an environment and sending an alert of the event. An implementation may comprise detecting, in image frames captured by a camera, when an object enters a region of interest, tracking movements of the object, and determining that the object is in a fall-zone. The fall-zone may be specified by a set of line segments, each line segment being defined by points that lie in the region of interest. The implementation may further comprise, when the object is in the fall-zone, recording the position of the object, detecting a slip, trip or fall event when the object transitions from a first position above a predetermined height threshold to a second position below the predetermined height threshold, a pose of the object indicates that the object is lying down, or the object transitions from a vertical to horizontal pose, and sending the alert.
US11995916B2
An electronic device for face recognition is provided. The electronic device is used to exclude an ineligible object to be identified according to the relative relationship between object distances and image sizes, the image variation with time and/or the feature difference between images captured by different cameras to prevent the possibility of cracking the face recognition by using a photo or a video.
US11995911B2
An optical biometric imaging device includes an image sensor having a plurality of photodetector pixels; a lens assembly having at least one lens configured to focus light reflected by a biometric object onto the image sensor; at least one light source arranged adjacent to the lens assembly and which emits light towards a sensing surface of the biometric imaging device. The at least one light source comprises a waveguide which vertical decouples light; a first linear polarizer arranged between the light source and the image sensor; and a ring-shaped second linear polarizer arranged over the light source to polarize light emitted by the light source in a direction away from the image sensor and having an opening which allows light reflected by a biometric object to reach the lens without being filtered by the second linear polarizer. At least one of the polarizers are rotatable.
US11995909B2
In a method for multipath reflection correction of acoustic signals received at an ultrasonic sensor, characteristics of multipath reflection signals of the ultrasonic sensor are accessed, wherein the characteristics of the multipath reflection signals include a relationship of primary signal contributions to multipath reflection signal contributions for acoustic signals received at the ultrasonic sensor at a plurality of times of flight for a plurality of locations of the ultrasonic sensor. Acoustic signals are received at the ultrasonic sensor over a time of flight range while a target is interacting with the ultrasonic sensor, wherein the acoustic signals include a primary signal contribution and a multipath reflection signal contribution. The characteristics of the multipath reflection signals are compared to received acoustic signals. The primary signal contribution of the received acoustic signals is determined at a plurality of times of flight of the time of flight range based on the characteristics of the multipath reflection signals.
US11995903B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for receiving one or more electronic slide images associated with a tissue specimen, the tissue specimen being associated with a patient and/or medical case, partitioning a first slide image of the one or more electronic slide images into a plurality of tiles, detecting a plurality of tissue regions of the first slide image and/or plurality of tiles to generate a tissue mask, determining whether any of the plurality of tiles corresponds to non-tissue, removing any of the plurality of tiles that are determined to be non-tissue, determining a prediction, using a machine learning prediction model, for at least one label for the one or more electronic slide images, the machine learning prediction model having been generated by processing a plurality of training images, and outputting the prediction of the trained machine learning prediction model.
US11995902B2
Methods, systems and computer program products (“software”) enable a virtual three-dimensional visual experience (referred to herein as “V3D”) in videoconferencing and other applications; the capturing, processing and displaying of images and image streams; and generation of a facial signature based on images of a given human user's or subject's face, or face and head, for accurate, reliable identification or authentication of a human user or subject, in a secure, difficult to forge manner.
US11995899B2
A head-mounted device (HMD) can be configured to determine a request for recognizing at least one content item included within content framed within a display of the HMD. The HMD can be configured to initiate a head-tracking process that maintains a coordinate system with respect to the content, and a pointer-tracking process that tracks a pointer that is visible together with the content within the display. The HMD can be configured to capture a first image of the content and a second image of the content, the second image including the pointer. The HMD can be configured to map a location of the pointer within the second image to a corresponding image location within the first image, using the coordinate system, and provide the at least one content item from the corresponding image location.
US11995895B2
In various examples, image areas may be extracted from a batch of one or more images and may be scaled, in batch, to one or more template sizes. Where the image areas include search regions used for localization of objects, the scaled search regions may be loaded into Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) memory and processed in parallel for localization. Similarly, where image areas are used for filter updates, the scaled image areas may be loaded into GPU memory and processed in parallel for filter updates. The image areas may be batched from any number of images and/or from any number of single- and/or multi-object trackers. Further aspects of the disclosure provide approaches for associating locations using correlation response values, for learning correlation filters in object tracking based at least on focused windowing, and for learning correlation filters in object tracking based at least on occlusion maps.
US11995888B2
In a method for performing adaptive content classification of a video content item, frames of a video content item are analyzed at a sampling rate for a type of content, wherein the sampling rate dictates a frequency at which frames of the video content item are analyzed. Responsive to identifying content within at least one frame indicative of the type of content, the sampling rate of the frames is increased. Responsive to not identifying content within at least one frame indicative of the type of content, the sampling rate of the frames is decreased. It is determined whether the video content item includes the type of content based on the analyzing the frames.
US11995876B2
PROBLEM To provide a determining system, terminal device, and determining method that can automatically determine various types of indicators. RESOLUTION A determining system determines a status of an indicator where optical properties change under a specific environment, and is provided with: an image acquiring part that acquires an image containing the indicator; a type information acquiring part that acquires information indicating a type of the indicator; a color information acquiring part that acquires color information before change and after change of the indicator corresponding to the type; an extracting part that extracts a first region configured from a color after change of the indicator in the image based on the color information; and the status determining part that determines a shape of the first region extracted by the extracting part and status of the indicator based on a determination status corresponding to the type.
US11995875B2
In an agricultural machine vision system for the selective treatment of a field employing a boom deployed sensor and treatment device, the system utilizes at least one image sensor mounted on the boom to produce base image data. A boom angle detector detects boom height which is used to correct the base image data into remapped image data including a region of interest to produce corrected image data producing a regularized image of the region of interests for treatment, independent of boom tilt.
US11995868B2
Disclosed herein is an image processing device including an input information acquiring part that receives a user operation relating to an image displayed on a displaying device, and an image displaying part that, when the input information acquiring part receives an operation for specifying a place by a user, causes the displaying device to display thereon an image of the place. The image displaying part further causes an icon for floor number selection for selecting a floor number of a building currently displayed to be displayed and, when the input information acquiring part receives an operation, which is performed on the icon for floor number selection, for selecting another floor, changes display such that an image of the selected floor appears from a direction same as a direction corresponding to the selected floor in a vertical positional relation between the selected floor and a floor currently displayed.
US11995866B2
An optically readable marker comprises a dash and two dots arranged in a pattern to allow detection of the marker, wherein the dash and dots are collinear, and wherein the dots are of the same size and shape and adjacent to each other. Multiple such optically readable markers may be combined into a composite marker, optionally with one element (i.e. a dash or a dot of the marker) being at least partially shared between two or more markers.
US11995860B2
A bubble measurement system includes a bubble detector including a vessel having a flow path configured to receive a flow of fluid including air bubbles from a bubble generator and an imaging system. The imaging system includes an imaging device for imaging the fluid and air bubbles in the flow path of the vessel of the bubble detector. The imaging system has an imaging controller coupled to the imaging device and receiving images from the imaging device. The imaging controller processes the images to measure bubble size of each air bubble passing through the bubble detector. The imaging controller includes a pairing module comparing successive images and the air bubbles in successive images to measure all bubbles flowing through the vessel.
US11995858B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of machine vision technologies, and specifically disclose a method, apparatus and electronic device for stereo matching. By means of the foregoing technical solutions, the embodiments of the present invention can achieve an improvement in both a speed and an accuracy of stereo matching.
US11995857B2
A method for determining a depth map of at least one object, the method including: a) illuminating a scene including the object by using at least one flood light source; and imaging at least one pixelated flood image of the scene by using at least one camera; b) projecting at least one illumination pattern on the scene by using at least one projector and imaging at least one pixelated reflection image using the at least one camera; c) evaluating the flood image by using at least one evaluation device thereby determining reflectance R(x) for each pixel position x of the flood image; d) evaluating the reflection image by using the evaluation device; e) assigning and extrapolating with the evaluation device; and f) determining the depth map with the evaluation device.
US11995856B2
A method of depth detection based on a plurality of video frames includes receiving a plurality of input frames including a first input frame, a second input frame, and a third input frame respectively corresponding to different capture times, convolving the first to third input frames to generate a first feature map, a second feature map, and a third feature map corresponding to the different capture times, calculating a temporal attention map based on the first to third feature maps, the temporal attention map including a plurality of weights corresponding to different pairs of feature maps from among the first to third feature maps, each weight of the plurality of weights indicating a similarity level of a corresponding pair of feature maps, and applying the temporal attention map to the first to third feature maps to generate a feature map with temporal attention.
US11995854B2
One embodiment of a method includes predicting one or more three-dimensional (3D) mesh representations based on a plurality of digital images, wherein the one or more 3D mesh representations are refined by minimizing at least one difference between the one or more 3D mesh representations and the plurality of digital images.
US11995833B2
Techniques for processing images to be used for more accurate measurement of biological processes such as cell migration, as well as techniques for measuring cell migration. A method for processing microscopic images includes generating a smoothed image for a raw image by applying a smoothing filter to the raw image, wherein the raw image shows a plurality of cells and a background; generating a high pass filter image by dividing the raw image by the smoothed image; and transforming the high pass filter image into a transformed image by augmenting the spatial frequency of the plurality of cells shown in the high pass filter image with respect to the background.
US11995815B2
A method uses a flexible endoscope to inspect one or more hard-to-reach components of a gas turbine. The flexible endoscope has at least one image capture unit, which is configured to capture visual image information and associated 3D data, and which is located at a free end of the flexible endoscope. The method includes: introducing the flexible endoscope through an inspection opening; capturing the visual image information and the associated 3D data by the at least one image capture unit; comparing the captured 3D data to a 3D model of a component to be examined, and based on the comparison, ascertaining a relative pose of the at least one image capture unit in relation to the component; and texturing the 3D model with the visual image information captured by the at least one image capture unit, in accordance with the ascertained relative pose of the image capture unit.
US11995814B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a detection method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. In one form, the detection method includes: providing a layout graphic and a scan graphic; superimposing and comparing the layout graphic and the scan graphic, and extracting a sample non-overlapping pattern; encoding the sample non-overlapping pattern, to form sample coded data; using the sample coded data as input data of machine learning, to obtain a detection model library; and detecting a defect point of a to-be-detected device by using the detection model library. The present disclosure can improve the accuracy of defect point analysis, thereby accelerating the development of technology and improving the production efficiency.
US11995808B2
Various examples are directed to apparatus and methods for enhancing an X-ray medical image. In one example, a method for X-ray dental images enhancement is provided. The method includes receiving an input image and applying the noise reduction trough Recursive Locally-Adaptive Wiener Filtration (RLA-WF) based on the sliding window, which is calculated following a recursive two-dimensional scheme; contrast enhancement to the filtered image, including using recursive Sliding Window Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization (SW-CLAHE) utilizing a Truncation Threshold Surface (TTS) for calculation of the truncation threshold for the local histogram in each sliding window. The method also includes applying sharpness enhancement to the input image, including using Fast Recursive Adaptive Unsharp Masking (FRA-UM) utilizing a sliding window with two or one-dimensional recursion, to obtain a sharpened image. The contrast enhanced image is linearly mixed with the sharpened image using a control coefficient to obtain an output image, and the output image is provided to a display of a user.
US11995806B2
A method for geometrically correcting a distorted input frame and generating an undistorted output frame includes capturing and storing an input frame in an external memory, allocating an output frame with an output frame size and dividing the output frame into output blocks, computing a size of the input blocks in the input image corresponding to each output blocks, checking if the size of the input blocks is less than the size of the internal memory and if not dividing until the required input block size of divided sub blocks is less than the size of the internal memory, programming an apparatus with input parameters, fetching the input blocks into an internal memory, processing each of the divided sub blocks sequentially and processing the next output block in step until all the output blocks are processed; and composing the output frame for each of the blocks in the output frame.
US11995795B2
An image processing apparatus includes a memory storing one or more instructions, and a processor executing the one or more instructions stored in the memory, wherein the processor uses one or more deep neural networks to generate first feature maps from a first image, generate second feature maps for each of subpixels based on the first feature maps and position information of each of the subpixels arranged in a display, and determine result values for each of the subpixels based on the second feature maps.
US11995792B2
Computer-implemented system and method that allows for the rehabilitation of individuals with strabismus by leveraging commercially available VR headset technology. Eye tracking capabilities and external cameras of existing VR headsets, enables the system and method to first gather the image that the dominant, unaffected eye is focused on (FIG. 1). Then, given where the strabismus unaffected eye's gaze falls on its screen, the system and method will take the image and identify where that point lies on the strabismus affected eye's screen. This point is the ideal gaze point of the strabismus affected eye. The software solution disclosed herein will then warp the strabismus affected eye's screen so that this new gaze will line up with the unaffected eye's gaze.
US11995785B2
The invention relates to a computer-implemented method for providing a standardized position for anatomic structural data (ASD) of a patient scan, in particular as a basis for individually fitting an orthosis or prosthesis to a first patient. The method comprises the steps of receiving anatomic structural data (ASD) of a body part of the first patient, receiving and/or selecting template structural data (TSD) corresponding to the body part and adapting the orientation and/or the pose of the anatomic structural data (ASD) using the armature of the template structural data (TSD). Further, the invention refers to a computer-implemented method for providing standardized measurement on anatomic structural data (ASD) of a patient scan, a data processing system and a computer-readable medium.
US11995783B2
A first electronic device with one or more processors, memory, one or more cameras, and a display generation component captures, with the one or more cameras, an image of a second electronic device that includes position information displayed via a display generation component of the second electronic device. The position information indicates a location of the second electronic device within an augmented reality environment that includes a physical environment in which the first electronic device and the second electronic device are located. The first electronic device, after capturing the image of the second electronic device that includes the position information, displays, via the display generation component of the first electronic device, one or more virtual objects within the augmented reality (AR) environment using the position information captured from the second electronic device.
US11995775B2
Techniques for delivering virtualized content are disclosed. In some embodiments, elements in source content are mapped to a set of corresponding database objects, and the set of database objects is modified to generate a virtualized version of the source content. A specification of the virtualized version of the source content is provided to an output device in response to a request from the output device for the source content.
US11995772B2
A computer system enhances guidance information on a display, allowing a user position and orientation in 3D space to be achieved. In some embodiments, the guidance is visual, for example the blurring of display objects not at the desired position. In some embodiments, the guidance is aural, for example placing a sound moving to the desired position. In some embodiments, the guidance is tactile, for example using haptic pads attached to a head-mounted display to push the user in a specified direction. The system may be used to guide the user spatially for the performing of a task, to help the user avoid sensitive components, or to guide the user to position a sensor, such as a camera, in an optimal direction for taking measurements. The system includes head positioning, hand positioning and gaze positioning techniques.
US11995766B2
A sensor system comprising multiple sensor units non-collocated at a site; processing circuitry operatively coupled to memory is configured to perform operations comprising: producing sensor unit tracks, each sensor unit track comprising one or more object attributes including relative object location attributes and non-location attributes; for each sensor unit track, translating the one or more relative object location attributes of the sensor unit track, to one or more universal object location attributes; fusing sets of sensor unit tracks, based at least in part upon corresponding object attributes of the sets of sensor unit tracks, to produce unified site tracks that include the corresponding object attributes; and saving the unified site tracks in a non-transitory storage device.
US11995756B2
An electronic device displays a first icon comprising a shape. While displaying the first icon, the device receives a voice command corresponding to a request for media content from the application. In response to, and while receiving, the voice command, the device dynamically animates the first icon, including distorting a radius of a portion of the shape in accordance with a direction of the voice command. The dynamic animation indicates that the electronic device is in a first state. After the voice command is completed, the device displays an indication that the device is in a second state that is distinct from the first state.
US11995737B2
Thread dispatch circuitry is configured to dispatch threads of a two-dimensional (2D) thread group based on data access locality associated with the threads. The thread dispatch circuitry can dispatch a first 2D sub-group of the 2D thread group to a compute block of the multiple compute blocks, the first 2D sub-group associated with a first 2D tile of memory and dispatch a second 2D sub-group of the 2D thread group to the compute block of the multiple compute blocks, the second 2D sub-group associated with a second 2D tile of memory.
US11995727B2
A claim adjudication system including an automatic adjudication pipeline that uses pipeline rules to automatically adjudicate a claim associated with a benefit plan at one or more stages. The automatic adjudication pipeline can redirect the claim to a user interface for manual review when a pipeline rule associated with a manual review condition is triggered. The user interface can present information about the claim relevant to the manual review condition in an integrated format, including highlighting the reasons for the manual review. A user can evaluate the claim in the user interface and provide user input that addresses the manual review condition, and the claim can be routed back to the automatic adjudication pipeline. The user input can also be used as training data for machine learning to adjust pipeline rules that are used to automatically process claims and to redirect future claims for manual review.
US11995724B2
Among other things, instructions stored in a tangible storage medium are executable by a processor to receive data representing an attitude of a vehicle being driven relative to a frame of reference and process the received attitude data to determine a risk factor in the driving of the vehicle.
US11995717B1
A system and computer-implemented method for approving a dynamic mortgage application. In one aspect, the method may include determining a customer is approved for a mortgage and determining a real estate property is mortgage ready, including calculating an appraisal value for the real estate property based upon the information about the real property retrieved from a computer file or memory location/address (such as by using a machine learning or artificial intelligence algorithm). The method may still further include comparing the calculated amount the customer is approved for a mortgage loan with the calculated appraisal value of the real estate property; and approving the mortgage application of the customer for the real estate property when the calculated amount the customer is approved for the mortgage loan meets, or exceeds, the calculated appraisal value of the real estate property.
US11995701B2
According to certain aspects of the disclosure, a computer-implemented method may be used for determining one or more vehicle recommendations. The method may include receiving data pertaining to a user's internet browsing activity. The received data may be indicative of the user's automotive vehicle preferences. The method may include comparing the received data to a collection of stored vehicle qualities. The method also may include identifying, based on the received data and the comparison of the received data to the collection of stored vehicle qualities, a vehicle characteristic of interest to the user. Using the vehicle characteristic of interest, one or more vehicle recommendations may be determined. One or more vehicle recommendations may be communicated to the user.
US11995698B2
A system for executing actions based on user input is provided. The system comprises a virtual agent for a software application, wherein the virtual agent is configured to store a correlation between actions available in the software application. Further, the system associates one or more of the actions with one or more tags. The system receives at least an audio input from a user of the software application and uses the input to identify an action desired by the user to be performed among the actions. Further, the system executes one or more actions based on the desired action and the correlation between the actions available in the software application.
US11995690B2
Content management systems, methods, and media using an application level firewall are provided. In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, the system for managing advertisement adjacencies comprises: a firewall component in an application layer comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the firewall component is configured to operate in an advertisement call stack of the application layer and wherein the processor is programmed to: receive an advertisement call for publishing an advertisement in an advertisement server on a web page, wherein a verification tag is inserted in the advertisement call that redirects the advertisement call to the firewall component prior to transmission to the advertisement server; determine whether the web page associated with the advertisement call contains objectionable content; and, in response to determining that the web page does not contain objectionable content, transmit the advertisement call to the advertisement server for publishing the advertisement on the web page.
US11995689B2
A transfer time, at which control of automatically inserting advertisements into a broadcast is to be passed from a first advertisement management system to a second advertisement management system, is scheduled to occur within a spot break. During a first portion of the spot break controlled by the first advertisement management system, a determination is made that playout of a final advertisement scheduled for broadcast during the first portion of the spot break cannot be completed prior to the transfer time. A run-last-spot parameter indicating whether the first advertisement management system is permitted to pass control of automatically inserting advertisements into the broadcast prior to the transfer time is obtained. Control of automatically inserting advertisements into the broadcast is conditionally passed from the first advertisement management system to the second advertisement management system based on the run-last-spot parameter.
US11995681B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for generating unique identifiers. Identifiers may be organized or grouped by different topics. Identifiers may be requested, generated, stored as groups, and may be allocated from those groups based on requests for identifiers to improve the efficiency of one or more computing devices or systems. The size of each group of identifiers may be adjusted.
US11995674B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing social media referrals based rewards to a customer. The systems and methods may provide incentives to customers of financial-service providers (“FSP”) based on their referrals to the FSP. Customer referrals may be determined for the customer by gathering data regarding referrals received from messages distributed by the customer via social media. Based on the referrals, an amount of rewards may be provided for business transactions initiated by the customer.
US11995673B1
A method may include receiving, by a monitoring system from a software application configured to execute on a mobile device, a performance rating associated with an activity performed by an individual with respect to usage of a vehicle operated by the individual, determining, by the monitoring system, one or more rewards to allocate to the individual for use in a gaming platform, and updating, by the monitoring system, a user profile associated with the individual in the gaming platform, wherein the updated user profile is configured to access to the rewards.
US11995670B2
A user experience management system obtains survey results providing insight on the user's experience with provided products and services. Periodically, the user experience management system uses these results in conjunction with the help desk data and the user experience management system monitoring data to identify the set of problems with specific products and services on a granular level. The product management system generates a resolution to address a problem definition generated by the user experience management system. The user experience management system monitors the resolution and updates the database with data pertaining to the resolution. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
US11995667B2
The present invention relates to systems and methods for model scoring and selection. Six or more metrics that are relevant to the model are initially selected, and weights are assigned to each metric. A first subset of the metrics are selected, including metrics for model fit and model error for primary regression. A second subset of metrics including at least two penalty functions are then selected for percentage of incidence. The scores from the primary regression and penalty calculations are aggregated into a final score. Multiple models can be scored and utilized to select a “best” model via an iterative culling of low scoring models and “breeding” of the high scoring models.
US11995664B2
Provided is a method and computer program product for ranking and selecting triggers. The method includes displaying a user interface to a marketer user, determining a predicted effectiveness for each trigger of a set of triggers associated with at least one offer based at least partially on a likelihood of a plurality of users performing transactions satisfying conditions associated with each trigger of the set of triggers, generating a ranked set of triggers by ranking each trigger of the set of triggers according to the predicted effectiveness of each respective trigger of the set of triggers, displaying the ranked set of triggers for the selection of at least one trigger, and in response to the selection of the at least one trigger by the marketer user from the user interface, generating at least one trigger record from the at least one trigger.
US11995661B2
The invention notably relates to a computer-implemented method of water management for an industrial site, the method comprising collecting, via user-interaction, data related to one or more exploitation scenarios of the industrial site, for each respective exploitation scenario, computing, automatically by a computer system and based on the collected data, for each indicator of a plurality of indicators, a respective indicator value, the plurality of indicators comprising a first group of one or more water risk assessment indicators and a second group of one or more environmental footprint indicators, and displaying, simultaneously on a display of the computer system, a plurality of graphical representations including for the indicator value of each indicator of the first group and the second group, a respective graphical representation. The invention improves water management for an industrial site.
US11995660B2
Data associated a plurality of user interface elements may be retrieved from at least one database associated with a service business, such as a casino. At a first time, a first indication to turn on a first subset of the plurality of user interface elements may be received. The user interface elements may include content management, task management, property management, action management, player profiling, comp management, player development, asset tagging and flagging, profitability and comparative analysis, etc. Each of the first subset of user interface elements may be populated with the respective data associated that user interface element.
US11995656B2
Systems and methods to activate the processing of an allocated resource in operations with a processing system by the use of a round trip communication of the identifier of the resource, in which the resource identifier is communicated from a portal of the processing system to a first website, which passes the resource identifier to a second website during forwarding or redirecting a web browser from the first website to the second website, where the second website provides the resource identifier back to the processing system in communications with the processing system for operations required for the activation of the resource. Upon activation, the resource is processed during a communication session between the first website and the portal (or the processing system).
US11995643B2
A system and method for providing a temporary virtual payment card are provided. The system includes a user device, an administrator processing system, an account processing system, and a database. The system is configured to receive a request for a temporary virtual payment card, verify the user, and provide a temporary virtual payment card.
US11995638B2
A machine-readable code is generated in response to a request from a first user. The request specifies a number of times or a time period during which the machine-readable code can be validly scanned electronically. The machine-readable code is displayed on a device of the first user. The machine-readable code is electronically scanned by a device of a second user. A determination is made as to whether a scan of the machine-readable code by the device of the second user occurred within the specified number of times or within the specified time period. An electronic interaction between the first user and the second user is performed response to the determination, while an identity of the first user or an identity of the second user is concealed from each other and from social media contacts of the first user and the second user.
US11995632B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for a point of sale terminal for a mobile device. In some embodiments, a system comprises a computing device that is configured to receive a transmission for a mobile device from a merchant and establish a first network connection with a virtual terminal system for the merchant. The virtual terminal system is activated and a first identifier for the mobile device is received through the first network connection. The first identifier is matched with a second identifier from an information database. A second network connection is established with the POS terminal for the second identifier. A payment token for a transaction is received from the POS terminal through the second network connection. A transaction acceptance is communicated through the first network connection to the virtual terminal system for the merchant.
US11995623B2
Systems and methods for transferring value. A method includes posting, by a user device to a blockchain, a deposit transaction comprising a deposit value and conditions and updating, by the user device, a state according to a transaction amount. The method also includes transmitting, by the user device, a state update of the state to a server computer and responsive to transmitting the state update, and receiving, by the user device, a payment complete message comprising a tuple from the server computer. The method also includes verifying, by the user device, the conditions and processing, by the user device, a server deposit transaction on the blockchain in response to verifying.
US11995621B1
A computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a provider computing system, a transfer tag associated with a recipient from a user device associated with a sender. The computer-implemented method further includes performing, by the provider computing system, a tag conversion process on the transfer tag to create a tag-based identifier corresponding to the transfer tag. The computer-implemented method further includes generating, by the provider computing system, a transfer request including the tag-based identifier. The computer-implemented method further includes sending, by the provider computing system, the transfer request to a transfer service computing system, the transfer request initiating a transfer of a resource to a recipient account of the recipient based on the tag-based identifier.
US11995618B2
Described herein are systems and methods for virtualizing policy enforcement amongst participants of an overlay network. In some embodiments, each of the participants may maintain a separate blockchain network. The overlay network may receive smart contracts or other policy documents that include information on interactions with a particular participant or between participants. A controller, which may be implemented on any node of the overlay network, may then extract an interaction algorithm from that smart contract that may be stored in policy data to be used in completing transactions between two participants of the overlay network. In some embodiments, the policy data may include cost data which may be used to determine how two entities may interact.
US11995612B2
A system may receive, identify, and/or extract one or more pieces of information (e.g., categories of knowledge) from an input (e.g., a knowledge source, as described herein). The categories of knowledge may include one or more phrase and/or multi-word phrase, which may be referred to as individual pieces of knowledge (e.g., knowledge entities). The system may identify one or more relationships between the categories of knowledge and/or the individual pieces of knowledge. For example, the relationships may be inter and/or intra-categorical relationships. The relationships may be organized to form a hierarchical relationship driven knowledge engine. The knowledge engine may organize the knowledge entities by entity (e.g., operator, company, job posting) and/or contextualize the knowledge entities by domain (e.g., profession, employer, etc.) by, for example, creating one or more knowledge profiles. The knowledge engine may then use these knowledge profile to dynamically respond to informational requests.
US11995607B2
Images capture locations of items on store shelves or on store display areas. An item inventory is automatically maintained from the images. Re-stocking rules for each item type are processed and a specific item type is automatically ordered from a vendor when dictated by a corresponding rule. A delivery of the specific items ordered is tracked within the store from the images for re-stocking the specific items within the store during the delivery by a vendor representative. The specific item delivery and restocking are verified, and an automatic acceptance of the specific items is sent to the vendor associated with the delivery when verified. In an embodiment, store personnel (admin, manager, owner) are automatically notified with a successful restocking. In an embodiment, payment is automatically made to the supplier when store personnel confirms the delivery.
US11995597B1
Embodiments are disclosed to detect whether an interaction has occurred between a customer and one or more store employees. By analyzing a how long a communication device used by the customer was within a threshold range of one or more devices worn by store employees, an interaction between the customer and one or more store employees may be identified. Employees whom the customer interacted with may be identified by processing transmission parameters broadcasted by the devices worn by the store employees. Thus, all employees in which a customer interacted with while visiting a store may be identified. The customer may be asked for feedback via the communication device upon detection that a customer has completed a transaction and/or left the store. Using the solicited feedback provided by the customer, various types of reports may be generated.
US11995595B2
Embodiments maintain historical activity information for a plurality of entity records. Each historical activity record includes a sequence-number that reflects a temporal position of the represented activity instance relative to other activity instances that targeted the corresponding entity. Based on this historical activity information, embodiments generate marginal value matrices (MVMs) that show the historical effectiveness of activities. Specifically, each entity is assigned to a bucket based on an associated entity score. An MVM charts a marginal value for each combination of bucket index and sequence-number, where the marginal value at each combination of bucket index and sequence-number is the average of the activity result values of the historical activity records, for entities assigned to the bucket index, having the sequence-number. Embodiments use MVMs to predict marginal values for activities targeted to each current entity of the salesperson. The estimated marginal values for each entity are displayed in a GUI.
US11995585B2
A method for identifying machine modifications to improve machine productivity can include receiving telematics data from a plurality of sensors on a machine performing an activity. An activity type can be determined based on the telematics data. The method can also include calculating a current estimated machine productivity for the activity type and calculating a predicted machine productivity for the activity type for each of a plurality of machine modifications. The predicted machine productivity for each of the plurality of machine modifications can be compared with the current estimated productivity. The method can include calculating an investment metric for each of the machine modifications having a predicted machine productivity greater than the current estimated productivity. Each investment metric and its corresponding machine modification can be output for review by a user.
US11995581B2
The invention relates to a system for providing access information to a service provider for a property comprising of an apartment or condo association and for a specific apartment within the apartment or condo association. The system utilizes a software system to schedule the access for the service provider and automated lock management access control to control the access to the property and the specific apartment.
US11995580B2
A data processing device includes a command generation unit configured to generate an instruction command for giving an instruction of one or more operations to be executed during a process by a robot provided with at least one arm, wherein the instruction command is generated on a basis of instruction data including image data obtained by capturing one or more images of situations during or after the process, and text data indicating at least one of an object to be utilized in the process or an operation to be executed during the process.
US11995575B2
Real-time calculation of expected values to provide machine-generated outputs proportional to inputs
A computer-implemented method may involve obtaining, for an iteration of a computation that includes a first and a second calculation, a first input signal and a second input signal. In response to obtaining the first and second input signals and based thereon, parameters of the computation may be modified within a predetermined period of time that simulates real-time operation of an apparatus. Modifying the parameters may involve generating a first output signal that is statistically proportional to the combination of the first and second input signals, generating a second output signal that represents an expected value percentage of the first calculation, and adjusting a likelihood of a particular result being generated by the second calculation based on the first output signal and the expected value percentage of the first calculation based on the second output signal. The iteration of the computation may be executed using the modified parameters.
US11995570B1
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for providing personalized digital advice. A digital advisor service applies cross-entity historical interaction (e.g., behavior attributes) to one or more predictive models to identify one or more personalized goals for a user. The digital advisor service provides, via an application programming interface, the identified one or more personalized goals to an entity service, enabling the entity service to present the one or more personalized goals.
US11995563B2
A unique implementation of a machine learning application for suggesting actions for a user to undertake is described herein. The application transforms a history of user behavior into a set of models that represent user actions given a set of parameters. These models are then used to suggest that users in a payments or banking environment take certain actions based on their history. The models are created using the DensiCube, random forest or k-means algorithms.
US11995558B2
A parallelized chain-synthesizing technique includes capillary tubes, where each tube provides multiple locations or addresses where a specific arbitrary sequence for polymeric chains can be synthesized. An optical addressing system selectively delivers light to the locations to mediate or control reactions in the tubes.
US11995551B2
A neural network includes at least a first network layer that includes a first set of filters and a second network layer that includes a second set of filters. Notably, a filter was removed from the first network layer. A bias associated with a different filter included in the second set of filters compensates for a different bias associated with the filter that was removed from the first network layer.
US11995545B2
A device receives information indicating first names and last names of individuals and applies different cursive fonts to each of the first names and the last names to generate images of different cursive first names and different cursive last names. The device applies different transformations to the images of the different cursive first names and the different cursive last names to generate a set of first name images and a set of last name images. The device combines each first name image with each last name image to form a set of signature images and trains a neural network model, with the set of signature images, to generate a trained neural network model. The device receives an image of a signature and processes the image of the signature, with the trained neural network model, to recognize a first name and a last name in the signature.
US11995538B2
Systems and methods for selecting a neural network for a machine learning problem are disclosed. A method includes accessing an input matrix. The method includes accessing a machine learning problem space associated with a machine learning problem and multiple untrained candidate neural networks for solving the machine learning problem. The method includes computing, for each untrained candidate neural network, at least one expressivity measure capturing an expressivity of the candidate neural network with respect to the machine learning problem. The method includes computing, for each untrained candidate neural network, at least one trainability measure capturing a trainability of the candidate neural network with respect to the machine learning problem. The method includes selecting, based on the at least one expressivity measure and the at least one trainability measure, at least one candidate neural network for solving the machine learning problem. The method includes providing an output representing the selected at least one candidate neural network.
US11995524B2
A system and method of offering task-specific guidance to users of software. The system and method can intelligently determine which task the user is likely performing and what sequence of steps (data journey) will offer the user the most efficient route in completing the task. In some embodiments, the proposed system collects data representing in-app behavior for a large group of users in order to train a model that will predict what the user's next actions are likely to be. Furthermore, in some cases, current data for a user may include screen captures or other image data that can be compared with stored image data in order to help identify the user's current task.
US11995519B2
There is disclosed a method of and a system for training and using a Machine Learning Algorithm (MLA), the MLA using a decision tree model having a decision tree. During training a training object being associated with a categorical feature and is processed at a node of the decision tree. The method comprises calculating a numeric representation of the categorical feature and the value of the splits for the node “in-line” with generating a given iteration of the decision tree.
US11995513B2
A second problem Hamiltonian may replace a first problem Hamiltonian during evolution of an analog processor (e.g., quantum processor) during a first iteration in solving a first problem. This may be repeated during a second, or further successive iterations on the first problem, following re-initialization of the analog processor. An analog processor may evolve under a first non-monotonic evolution schedule during a first iteration, and second non-monotonic evolution schedule under second, or additional non-monotonic evolution schedule under even further iterations. A first graph and second graph may each be processed to extract final states versus a plurality of evolution schedules, and a determination made as to whether the first graph is isomorphic with respect to the second graph. An analog processor may evolve by decreasing a temperature of, and a set of quantum fluctuations, within the analog processor until the analog processor reaches a state preferred by a problem Hamiltonian.
US11995511B2
The present technology relates to image signal processing. One aspect of the present technology involves analyzing reference imagery gathered by a camera system to determine which parts of an image frame offer high probabilities of—relative to other image parts—containing decodable watermark data. Another aspect of the present technology whittles-down such determined image frame parts based on detected content (e.g., a cereal box) vs expected background within such determined image frame parts.
US11995510B2
Machine-executable instructions arranged to be executed by a processor of an authenticating apparatus, and the instructions configured to read a machine-readable security feature provided on or which is part of the optical authentication structure, and to thereby cause a display of the apparatus to show at least part of the optical authentication structure and augmented reality imagery, which augmented reality imagery at least in part allows the optical authentication structure to be authenticated.
US11995508B2
A functional component and having a partial plastic housing element with a plastic housing wall, the plastic housing wall having a device identification region integrated into the plastic housing wall and thus realizing a constituent part of the plastic housing wall. The device identification region comprising identification elements integrated into the plastic housing wall, those identification elements that realize part of a surface of the plastic housing wall realizing device identification elements, the device identification region being realized individually for the device by the device identification elements, such that the device can be unambiguously identified by means of the device identification region.
US11995505B1
2D machine readable symbologies are stylized and made aesthetically-appealing, facilitating their use to convey plural-symbol data within woven fabrics. Such stylized fabrics can be decoded by code readers analyzing imagery of the woven fabrics. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
US11995499B2
An IC card communicates with a reader/writer, which is inductive read/write communication equipment, in a non-contact manner. The IC card includes a proximity detection circuit that detects a proximity state to the reader/writer, a near-field communication circuit, an electronic function circuit, an electricity storage device, and a power supply control circuit. The power supply control circuit controls, based on a detection result of the proximity detection circuit, power supply from the electricity storage device to the electronic function circuit. The IC card manages and controls presence/absence and timing of power supply from the electricity storage device to the electronic function circuit and effectively controls discharging of the electricity storage device and charging of the electricity storage device.
US11995496B1
An identity reader device includes a short-range transceiver for outputting an advertisement signal to a smart device, and for receiving an ephemeral ID from the smart device, wherein the ephemeral ID is not permanently associated with a user of the smart device, a network interface for providing the first ephemeral ID to a remote authentication service, and for receiving responsive data from the remote authentication service, a visual display for display one or more graphical user interfaces, and a processor for directing the visual display to display a first GUI to the user, in response to the responsive data, for determining whether the user is authorized, and for directing output of a physical action, in response to determining that the user is authorized.
US11995492B1
An electronic tag device with electrophoretic display includes: a front frame, a display screen disposed on a side of the front frame, a middle frame disposed on a side of the display screen facing away from the front frame, a circuit board disposed on a side of the middle frame facing away from the display screen, and a rear frame disposed on a side of the circuit board facing away from the middle frame. The display screen is configured to display target information under a control of the circuit board. The circuit board is provided with a processor, a memory and a RFID tag circuit connected to the processor; the memory stores multiple sets of tag data, and the processor is configured to select a target set of tag data from the multiple sets of tag data, and transmit the target set of tag data to the RFID tag circuit.
US11995463B2
A system to support a machine learning (ML) operation comprises an array-based inference engine comprising a plurality of processing tiles each comprising at least one or more of an on-chip memory (OCM) configured to maintain data for local access by components in the processing tile and one or more processing units configured to perform one or more computation tasks on the data in the OCM by executing a set of task instructions. The system also comprises a data streaming engine configured to stream data between a memory and the OCMs and an instruction streaming engine configured to distribute said set of task instructions to the corresponding processing tiles to control their operations and to synchronize said set of task instructions to be executed by each processing tile, respectively, to wait current certain task at each processing tile to finish before starting a new one.
US11995461B2
An example method includes: executing, by application analysis software executing in the virtualized computing system, process discovery agents on the VMs; receiving, at the application analysis software from the process discovery agents, process metadata describing processes executing on the VMs; generating signatures for the processes based on the process metadata; determining components of an application based on the signatures; determining components of an application based on the signatures; identifying, for a first component of the components, a component-specific metadata collector; executing, by the application analysis software, the component-specific metadata collector on a first VM of the VMs; and receiving, at the application analysis software from the component-specific metadata collector, custom metadata further describing a first process of the processes associated with the first component.
US11995449B2
A layered composite boot device, and a corresponding layered composite file system, can be implemented by a boot manager. Requests directed to the layered composite boot device and file system, can be serviced from a primary device and file system that are encapsulated by the layered composite boot device and file system. The primary device and file system can correspond to a virtualized file system within a container environment, thereby enabling changes within the container environment to affect early stages of operating system booting in the container environment. Should such requests not be serviceable from the primary layers, the composite device and file system can comprise secondary layers that can correspond to a container host connection and the host file system, providing fallback to existing data if changes within the container environment were not made, thereby enabling booting to proceed in a traditional manner.
US11995442B2
A processor includes a register file having a plurality of register file addresses, a processing unit, configured to perform processing in accordance with a configuration defined by information stored in the register file, and an instruction sequencer. The instruction sequencer is configured to control the processing unit by retrieving a sequence of instructions from a memory, in which each instruction includes an opcode, and a subset of the instructions includes a data portion. For each instruction in the sequence of instructions, the instruction sequencer performs an action defined by the opcode. The action for the subset of the opcodes includes writing the data portion to a register file address defined by the opcode. The sequence of instructions includes variable length instructions.
US11995441B1
Systems and methods for instruction decoding using hash tables. An example method of constructing a decoding tree comprises: generating an aggregated vector of differentiating bit scores representing at least a subset of a set of processor instructions; identifying, based on the aggregated vector of differentiating bit scores, one or more opcode bit positions; and constructing a hash table implementing a current level of a decoding tree representing the subset of the set of processor instructions, wherein the hash table is indexed by one or more opcode bits identified by the one or more opcode bit positions.
US11995437B2
A center configured to communicate with a vehicle includes one or more processors. The processors are configured to store an update record of software of an electronic control unit mounted on the vehicle. The processors are configured to receive a current version of the software of the electronic control unit from the vehicle. The processors are configured to determine whether the received current version agrees with a version of a last update recorded in the update record. The processors are configured to transmit an error notification to the vehicle when the processors determine that the received current version does not agree with the version of the last update.
US11995431B2
Systems and methods for monitoring an electrosurgical unit (ESU), analyzing ESU system data, predicting future ESU maintenance, and updating the ESU using firmware over-the-air (FOTA).
US11995412B1
Disclosed are systems and methods that convert digital video data, such as two-dimensional digital video data, into a natural language text description describing the subject matter represented in the video. For example, the disclosed implementations may process video data in real-time, near real-time, or after the video data is created and generate a text-based video narrative describing the subject matter of the video. In addition, the disclosed implementations may also support a question and answer session in which a user may submit queries about the subject matter of one or more videos and the disclosed implementations will present natural language responses based on the subject matter of the video and any corresponding context.
US11995411B1
Relevance scores may be determined based on text included in a document. The text may be divided into a text portions, with the relevance scores being determined based on a comparison of a text portion of the plurality of text portions with a criterion specified in natural language. A subset of the plurality of text portions may be selected based on the plurality of relevance scores, with each of the subset of the plurality of text portions having a relevance score surpassing a threshold. A criteria evaluation prompt may be sent to a remote text generation modeling system via a communication interface. The criteria evaluation prompts may include an instruction to evaluate one or more of the subset of text portions against the criterion.
US11995404B2
Techniques for training a natural language understanding (NLU) engine may include generating a first annotation of free-form text documenting a healthcare patient encounter and a link between the first annotation and a corresponding portion of the text, using the NLU engine. A second annotation of the text and a link between the second annotation and a corresponding portion of the text may be received from a human user. The first annotation and its corresponding link may be merged with the second annotation and its corresponding link. Training data may be provided to the engine in the form of the text and the merged annotations and links.
US11995403B2
Embodiments of the technology described herein describe a machine classifier capable of continually learning new classes through a continual few-shot learning approach. A natural language processing (NLP) machine classifier may initially be trained to identify a plurality of other classes through a conventional training process. In order to learn a new class, natural-language training data for a new class is generated. The training data for the new class may be few-shot training data. The training also uses synthetic training data that represents each of the plurality of other classes. The synthetic training data may be generated through a model inversion of the original classifier. The synthetic training data and the natural-language training data are used to retrain the NLP classifier to identify text in the plurality of other classes and the new class using.
US11995396B2
Methods and systems for transcript-based bot creation are provided. Information may be stored in memory regarding different automation templates associated with different statement types. A transcript may be imported that includes statements, which may be analyzed and classified as one or more of the different statement types. The imported transcript may be displayed in a graphic user interface with its statements displayed in accordance with the automation templates associated with the respective statement type. User input may be received, including modification input that modifies at least one automation template associated with at least one statement of the displayed transcript designated as an integration point. A custom bot may thereafter be generated based on the modification input and configured to conduct a conversation based on the imported template and to initiate a workflow at the integration point in accordance with the modified automation template.
US11995393B2
In a general aspect, a computer-implemented method can include executing, on a computing device, a non-browser application; displaying, by the non-browser application on a display of the computing device, a link to web content; and receiving an indication that the link has been selected. In response to the indication that the link has been selected, the method can include, allocating a tab of a browser application to the non-browser application; displaying the allocated browser tab within a user interface of the non-browser application; and displaying, by the allocated browser tab, the web content within the user interface.
US11995386B2
A hardware design for a main data transformation component is verified. The main data transformation component is representable as a hierarchical set of data transformation components which includes (i) leaf data transformation components which do not have children, and (ii) parent data transformation components which comprise one or more child data transformation components. For each of the leaf data transformation components, it is verified that an instantiation of the hardware design for the leaf data transformation component generates an expected output transaction. For each of the parent data transformation components, it is formally verified that an instantiation of an abstracted hardware design generates an expected output transaction in response to each of test input transactions. The abstracted hardware design for the parent data transformation component represents each of the child data transformation components of the parent data transformation component with a corresponding abstracted component that for a specific input transaction to the child data transformation component produces a specific output transaction with a causal deterministic relationship to the specific input transaction.
US11995377B2
Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for saving media content to a context for later playback are provided. An example media-playback device for identifying and playing media content for a user traveling in a vehicle includes a context detecting device, a context-driven playback engine, and a media playback engine. Contexts are established by parameters that can be detected by a media-playback device. Contexts are situations that are defined by one or more locations, times, events, activities, people, and devices. Media content is saved to the contexts for later playback. The contexts are detected by the context detecting device, the associated media content is identified by the context-driven playback engine, and the media content is automatically played through the media playback engine, without additional input required by the user.
US11995375B2
This application discloses an audio stream switching method and apparatus. After a switching device receives a switching instruction, the switching device determines a synchronization relationship between a switch-in stream and a switch-out stream, determines a parameter value of a switching point of the switch-in stream based on the synchronization relationship and a timestamp of a packet in the switch-in stream, and determines a timestamp of a switching point of the switch-out stream based on the synchronization relationship and a timestamp of a packet in the switch-out stream, and/or the switching device switches a packet that is in the switch-out stream and whose parameter value is greater than the parameter value of the switching point of the switch-out stream to a packet that is in the switch-in stream and whose parameter value is greater than the parameter value of the switching point of the switch-in stream.
US11995373B2
A method in an electronic device comprises detecting, with one or more sensors, a geometry or geometric form factor of the electronic device. One or more processors then enable, in response to detecting the geometric form factor, a dual content presentation mode of operation allowing presentation of first content on a first display of the electronic device and second content on a second display where the first content and the second content are different.
US11995368B2
An image display method, an electronic device, and a storage medium are disclosed. The image display method includes: receiving a second input from a user in a case that a first input for a first image is received; and displaying a first display interface in response to the second input, where the first display interface includes the first image displayed in a first manner and a second image displayed in a second manner, and the first image and the second image are different images in a target gallery.
US11995363B2
An image forming apparatus includes a control unit configured to control the image forming apparatus not to execute orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) complying with an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standard, in wireless communication in a direct communication mode, based on a setting made on a setting screen, and a print processing unit configured to execute print processing onto a sheet based on a print job received via wireless communication in the direct communication mode.
US11995360B2
A control method for an image processing apparatus having a remote control mode in which a control instruction is received from a terminal device, includes: causing the image processing apparatus to transition to the remote control mode; receiving, by the terminal device, an operation by RPA and giving a control instruction to the image processing apparatus, wherein the image processing apparatus cancels the remote control mode when a period during which there is no communication with the terminal device reaches a certain period of time, and in the receiving, the terminal device repeats communication with the image processing apparatus at a cycle shorter than the certain period of time after giving the control instruction to the image processing apparatus.
US11995352B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a memory controller and operating method thereof. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the memory controller may include a memory configured to store an activation candidate list including one or more nodes each indicating a logical address range that satisfies a preset activation candidate condition, and a processor configured to determine a target node based on activation parameters of logical address ranges indicated by respective nodes included in the activation candidate list, determine, as activation logical address ranges, one or more logical address ranges from the activation candidate list based on the target node, and transmit information indicating the activation logical address range to a host.
US11995348B2
A storage device includes a non-volatile memory including a plurality of non-volatile memory cells, a buffer memory configured to temporarily store write data to be written to the non-volatile memory or read data read from the non-volatile memory, and a controller configured to receive a sleep mode signal from an external host. When the sleep mode signal is received by the controller, the controller is configured to block a first power supplied to the non-volatile memory and set the buffer memory to one of a first mode in which a second power is blocked from being supplied to the buffer memory and a second mode in which the buffer memory operates with low power. The write data stored in the buffer memory is written to the non-volatile memory when the buffer memory is set to the first mode.
US11995344B2
Memory with efficient storage of event log data is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a memory device includes a non-volatile memory subsystem storing a persistent event log file, and a volatile memory subsystem including a working buffer. The memory device is configured to write newly generated event log data of the memory device to the working buffer. The memory device is further configured to write the newly generated first event log data to a first subregion of the persistent event log file. The first subregion can be one of a plurality of subregions of the persistent event log file, and can correspond to an end of event log data stored to the persistent event log file. The volatile memory subsystem can be positioned inside or outside a controller operably connected to the non-volatile memory subsystem.
US11995336B2
A method of operating an object-based storage system, practiced by the storage system, is provided. The method includes establishing a plurality of buckets for objects, in the storage system and establishing a plurality of bucket views in the storage system, each bucket view supporting access to objects of one of the plurality of buckets. The method includes accessing an object of a bucket through one of the plurality of bucket views.
US11995334B2
A memory system includes a memory controller, a first memory module including first and second groups of first memory chips, a second memory module including first and second groups of second memory chips, and a channel including a first group of signal lines suitable for coupling the memory controller with the first memory module, and a second group of signal lines suitable for coupling the memory controller with the second memory module.
US11995329B1
A data storage system can use non-volatile solid state drives (SSDs) to provide backend storage. The data storage system and SSDs can implement log structured systems (LSSs) experiencing write amplification (WA). The SSDs can be partitioned into zones. To reduce WA of the SSD-internal LSS, multiple nodes can write to a single active zone. The active zone can be partitioned into portions each assigned for exclusive use by one of the nodes. Each node can allocate storage from its corresponding portion of the active zone. When a node consumes a threshold amount of its portion, the active zone can be repartitioned in accordance with storage consumption, write or allocation rates of the nodes. When the active zone does not have a minimum amount of free space, the active zone can be finally repartitioned. A node can switch its active zone to a next zone once it consumes its final partition.
US11995328B2
Implementations described herein relate to memory devices including a single-level cell (SLC) block storing data for migration to multiple multi-level cell (MLC) blocks. In some implementations, a memory device includes multiple MLC blocks that include MLCs, with each MLC being capable of storing at least four bits of data, and multiple SLC blocks that can store data prior to the data being written to one of the MLC blocks. Each SLC block may be capable of storing different data sets that are destined for storage in different MLC blocks. The memory device may include a mapping component that can store a mapping table that includes multiple entries, in which an entry indicates a mapping between a memory location in the SLC blocks and a corresponding MLC block for which data stored in the memory location is destined. Numerous other implementations are described.
US11995324B2
Disclosed are devices, methods, systems, media, and other implementations that include a method comprising accessing during execution of a process a memory element, determining whether data stored in the accessed memory element includes security data representative of locations that, if accessed, indicate a potential system violation condition, determining, in response to a determination that the accessed memory element includes the security data, whether execution of the process involves access of one or more memory locations in the accessed memory element containing the security data, and performing one or more remedial actions in response to a determination that the one or more memory locations in the memory element containing the security data are being accessed.
US11995323B2
A memory controller includes a data detection circuit configured to detect, when power is supplied after a sudden power-off (SPO), a lost write sequence index “M” among the plural write sequence indexes, and detect first data corresponding to a write sequence index “M−1” and second data corresponding to a write sequence index “M+1”; a barrier decision circuit configured to determine, based on whether first barrier information of the first data and second barrier information of the second data are identical with each other, whether a barrier request for the first data has been received from a host; and a data recovery operation determination circuit configured to determine whether to perform a recovery operation on target data corresponding to the write sequence index “M+1” and thereafter based on whether the barrier request for the first data has been received.
US11995322B2
A technique manages a computing system based on a client/server architecture. In particular, an address mapping of a storage system is managed. The address mapping includes an association between storage spaces in a plurality of storage devices in the storage system and a user of the storage system. A data access service is provided to a client associated with the user based on the address mapping. The client includes at least any one of a user data client for accessing user data associated with the user in the storage system and a control data client for accessing control data associated with the user. Based on a client/server architecture, a uniform management mode is provided for user data and control data, so that the storage system is managed more simply and effectively.
US11995314B2
Managed units (MUs) of data can be stored on a memory device according to a slice-based layout. A slice of the slice-based layout can include a plurality of stripes, each of the stripes including respective partitions and respective MUs of data. A subset of the stripes each include a quantity of partitions and a first quantity of MUs of data. Another subset of the stripes each include a lesser quantity of partitions and a lesser quantity of MUs of data.
US11995313B2
A data storage device includes a volatile memory device including a first table area storing a first table having a plurality of first unit information, and a nonvolatile memory device including a subtree area and a second table area. The second table area stores sorted string tables (SSTables) of level 0 each including a respective plurality of first unit information. Each first unit information includes a key corresponding to a key-value (KV) command and a namespace identifying a tenant providing that KV command. The second table area and the subtree area form a data structure which can be queried with a key included in a KV command. The subtree area includes a plurality of subtrees respectively corresponding to a plurality of namespaces, each subtree storing an SSTable of level 1 having a plurality of second unit information each having a key related to the corresponding namespace of that subtree.
US11995311B2
An adaptive display method and apparatus for a virtual scene, an electronic device, a computer-readable storage medium, and a computer program product are provided, and the method includes: displaying a virtual scene and a plurality of buttons with different sizes; obtaining, in response to touch operations on the plurality of buttons with different sizes, touch areas corresponding to the touch operations; and updating and displaying the virtual scene, sizes of buttons included in the updated virtual scene being adapted to the touch areas corresponding to the touch operations.
US11995309B2
An information processing method includes receiving a user input, the user input representing a trajectory, performing recognition on the trajectory to obtain a matching result based on matching in a database, recording the trajectory to generate an image including the trajectory, and outputting a candidate option. The candidate option includes the matching result and an identifier of an image.
US11995297B2
An electronic device includes a display and at least one processor operatively connected to the display. The at least one processor is configured to receive a request to modify how to select an interactive element that is displayed at a first location on the display. The interactive element is configured to launch an operation when selected. The at least one processor is also configured to associate an input mechanism with the interactive element for launching the operation based on the request. The at least one processor is further configured to perform the operation associated with the interactive element in response to receiving the input mechanism.
US11995296B2
A graphical user interface is configured to guide a user through a method of creating an OData-compliant URL, without requiring that the user be familiar with syntax of OData-compliant URLs. The graphical user interface includes a set of graphical input devices to solicit and receive from the user input specifying a set of query options, which user input is used to define the OData-compliant URL. The graphical user interface is automatically customized to solicit and receive from the user input only for options available from a specific OData service.
US11995293B2
Systems and methods for automatically generating a graphical interface include determining a counter value associated with a counter object and automatically determining one or more corresponding objects using the counter value. A subset of the one or more corresponding objects is determined and a graphical interface including the subset is generated. An updated counter value associated with the counter object is determined according to a modification and one or more updated corresponding objects are automatically determined using the updated counter value. An updated subset of the one or more updated corresponding objects is determined an updated graphical interface including the updated subset is generated and is transmitted, wherein when the updated graphical interface is received, the updated graphical interface facilitates a selection of an updated corresponding object from the updated subset.
US11995290B2
A search engine determines a number of pages to present to a user based on one or more of a variety of factors. The search engine may send the search results to a client machine, which may present a subset of the results along with a pagination control in a scrollable interface. The pagination control may present the number of pages determined by the search engine. The search engine may also determine a number of search results to present prior to the presentation of non-scrollable user interface (UI) elements based on the same or different factors. After the amount of scrolling exceeds a threshold, a non-scrollable UI element may be displayed. Additional thresholds may exist, such that additional non-scrollable UI elements are added as the user continues to scroll.
US11995289B2
In some embodiments, a subscription to a collection of content services and/or applications enables a user to access content through a plurality of content services. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates a process to subscribe to a collection of content services and/or applications. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates a process to unsubscribe from a collection of content services and/or applications.
US11995284B2
A touch sensor has a base layer and an electrode layer. The electrode layer includes a first transparent oxide layer formed on the base layer, a conductive metal layer formed on the first transparent oxide layer, and a second transparent oxide layer formed on the conductive metal layer and has a plurality of through-holes with the same shape and spacing.
US11995268B2
A display device can include a display panel including pixels and touch electrodes; a timing controller to output a touch enable signal based on a display driving section for displaying image and a second level in a touch driving section for providing a touch driving signal to the touch electrodes; and a touch driver configured to provide a common voltage or the touch driving signal to the touch electrodes based on the touch-enable signal, in which a frame section comprises a plurality of long horizontal blank (LHB) sections, each including the display driving section and the touch driving section. Also, the touch enable signal includes a first level during the display driving section and second level during the touch driving section, the timing controller adjusts the touch enable signal by varying a period of the first level and a period of the second level.
US11995266B2
The present invention relates to a method of configuring a sensor pattern that linearly detects touch signals based on changes in the active area when a pen touches the ODA that constitutes the object detection device of the present invention installed on the conductive surface. It also pertains to a method of constructing a sensor pattern that minimizes moiré interference with the display device. As a result, the readability of pen-written characters is enhanced, and visibility is improved due to moiré avoidance.
US11995263B1
A touch screen may be formed from a display and perimeter touch electrodes. Touches detected at one or more of the perimeter touch electrodes can be imputed to touch on a region of the display of the touch screen adjacent to the perimeter touch electrodes. In some examples, the perimeter touch electrodes comprise segmented frit metal arranged around the perimeter of the display (e.g., frit metal used to encapsulate the display). In some examples, the perimeter touch electrodes can be coupled to one or more touch sensing circuits via switching circuitry. In some examples, the switching circuitry can be operated based on control signals shared with the display circuitry.
US11995260B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display area for displaying an image, a plurality of detection electrodes and a movable electrode. The plurality of detection electrodes are disposed in a peripheral area surrounding the display area. The movable electrode is disposed in such a way as to surround the detection electrodes and is movable around the detection electrodes. The movable electrode has a length corresponding to a length of each of the detection electrodes in a peripheral direction.
US11995257B2
The present disclosure relates to a transparent touch display device including: a substrate including a pixel area, a first transmission area located on a first side of the pixel area, and a second transmission area located on a second side of the pixel area; a display cathode electrode to which a base voltage for display driving is applied; a first touch cathode electrode located on a first side of the display cathode electrode and including a same material as the display cathode electrode; a second touch cathode electrode located on a second side of the display cathode electrode and including the same material as the display cathode electrode; a first touch bridge that runs across the pixel area and electrically connects the first touch cathode electrode and the second touch cathode electrode; a first touch line intersecting the first touch bridge and electrically connected to at least one of the first touch cathode electrode and the second touch cathode electrode; and a first upper touch shield disposed over the first touch line and overlapped with at least a portion of the first touch line, wherein the first upper touch shield has an equipotential with the first touch line.
US11995253B1
A controller may have an input device and a sensor adjacent to the input device. The input device may be a touch sensor, a touch screen display, a button, a rotatable knob, or other device that gathers user input. The input device may be reachable by different users occupying different respective seats. The sensor may be an infrared optical sensor that emits infrared light and measures the emitted infrared light after the emitted infrared light has reflected from the hand of a user. The sensor may determine from these hand measurements which of the different users is supplying user input to the input device. Hand distance information and other information on the current user of the input device may also be gathered. The input device may be deployed by an actuator based on hand speed information.
US11995251B2
Embodiments of this application provide a wireless charging system, a chip, and a wireless charging circuit. The wireless charging system includes an electronic device and a stylus, where the electronic device is configured to wirelessly charge the stylus; and the stylus includes a wireless charging circuit. The wireless charging circuit includes a first coil, a chip, and a first battery, the chip includes a rectifier, a charger unit, a micro-control unit, and a protocol encoding/decoding unit. The charger unit includes a voltage-stabilizing charging circuit, a boost charging circuit, or a switched capacitor charging circuit; and the charger unit is configured to charge the first battery by using the direct current signal from the rectifier. For the stylus, energy is coupled from the coil, passes through the chip, and then is directly output to a battery of the stylus.
US11995247B1
A method of activating an asset tracker from an ultra-low power shipping mode to a motion detection mode. The method includes detecting an activation trigger activity including double-tapping on the housing of the asset tracker, mid-air gestures comprising orientation changes, touch sensing, optical sensing, and loss of proximity with a proximity object in the packaging of the asset container.
US11995239B2
A display unit comprising a touch surface touchable by a user, a drive unit for moving the touch surface when the touch surface is touched, in particular for haptic feedback to the user, and at least one damping element, which damps mechanical oscillations of the movement of the touch surface. Each damping element comprises an elastic element and a pressure setting element (for example, a valve). This pressure setting element is designed to fill the elastic element in a variable or settable manner with gas for the damping. The damping properties of the display unit can thus be set arbitrarily via the gas pressure inside the elastic element.
US11995236B2
A system and method relating to a brain-computer interface in which a visual stimulus overlaying one or more objects is provided, the visual stimulus having a characteristic modulation. The brain computer interface measures neural response to objects viewed by a user. The neural response to the visual stimulus is correlated to the modulation. The method allows the interface to discriminate between merely viewing of a display object and deliberate selection of that display object (for example, as a trigger to a further action).
US11995230B2
In some embodiments, an electronic device selectively de-emphasizes a three-dimensional environment in which content is presented. In some embodiments, an electronic device modifies the boundaries of content in a user interface. In some embodiments, an electronic device shares content with users in a three-dimensional environment.
US11995222B2
In one embodiment, the invention is a method and apparatus for designing combinational logics with resistance to hardware Trojan induced data leakage. The invention solves the untrustworthy fabrication risk problem by introducing a design method such that even when the design is entirely known to an attacker and a data leakage Trojan is injected subsequently, no useful information can be obtained. This invention contains several methods as shown in several embodiments. The methods include randomized encoding of binary logic, converting any combinational binary logic into one with randomized encoding, and partitioning a randomized encoded logic for split manufacturing.
US11995213B2
Methods, computer-readable media, and processing systems are disclosed for establishing a data sharing community for an event of an event type. For example, a processing system including at least one processor may detect, via at least one data source device, a trigger condition for an event of an event type, and establish a data sharing community for the event, the data sharing community including a plurality of data sources, the plurality of data sources including the at least one data source device, and a plurality of data consumers, where the establishing includes setting respective permission levels for the data consumers. The processing system may further collect data from the plurality of data sources in accordance with the event type, and provide at least a first portion of the data to at least a first data consumer in accordance with a respective permission level of at least the first data consumer.
US11995209B2
Systems, methods, and machine-readable media are disclosed for detecting sensitive personal information in a file. An entity extractor may extract a set of terms and a set of person candidates from a sentence in a file. Each term of the set of terms belongs to a set of sensitive categories. For a verb in the sentence, a relationship builder may determine a relationship between the respective verb, a subject, and an object in the sentence, where the respective verb, the subject, or the object includes a term. An event detector may determine, based on the relationship, that the term relates to a person from the set of set of person candidates and to a sensitive category. The event detector may create an event specifying the term, the sensitive category, and the person in response to determining that the term relates to the person and to the sensitive category.
US11995204B2
Systems and methods are provided herein for enabling a user to access a blocked media asset. These systems and methods allow a user to request that a parent, or another user, who can approve access to the blocked media asset approve access to the blocked media asset for viewing. The request may be transmitted as a notification to a mobile phone or another suitable device, such that the parent the other user can approve the request, even though they may be remote from the requesting user. Both the requesting user and the user whose approval is required to unblock the media asset (i.e., the approver), are identified by the system based on an identifier associated with each user. This informs the approver which user submitted the request. Additionally, this also adds a layer of security, since the approver must enter an identifier to authenticate their identity to the system before being able to unblock the program for the requesting user.
US11995202B2
A computer system including a plurality of systems, in which the plurality of systems include a plurality of provision systems that provide data and a platform system that controls access to the data, the platform system receives, from a user, an acquisition request including a data acquisition condition, a quality condition, and a provider condition related to providers of data provided by the provision systems, and in a case where data satisfying the data acquisition condition satisfies the quality condition and a provider of the data satisfying the data acquisition condition satisfies the provider condition, the platform system performs control such that the user is allowed to access the data satisfying the data acquisition condition.
US11995193B1
An architecture of a multi-cloud inspector for any computing device type is provided. According to an embodiment, a method for implementing multi-cloud inspection includes accessing an object list, determining which objects to inspect, determining which inspectors to use, creating object copies, providing and running inspectors for each object copy, receiving inspection report summaries, generating an enriched dataset, and adding the enriched dataset to a security graph database.
US11995192B2
A computer-implemented static analysis system for binary executables and source code configured to detect vulnerabilities, undocumented features and other input program errors. The system uses a fuzzy logic engine to reduce a number of false positives and false negatives results. The system has a decompiler configured to receive a source code of an input program and represent the input program in a target low-level language code (LLC) intermediate representation (IR) and a frontend configured to receive a binary code representation of the input program and represent the input program in the target LLC IR. The system further has an analyzer configured to receive the target LLC IR and analyze the target LLC IR to detect vulnerabilities, undocumented features and input program errors using predetermined rules stored in a rule module and provided to the analyzer. The analyzer uses the fuzzy logic engine to receive substantially more accurate results.
US11995168B2
A system translates a first biometric template of a first type to enable comparison with a second biometric template of a second type. In one example, a canonical template structure to which the first and second biometric templates adhere may be identified and used to compare corresponding portions of the first and second biometric templates. In another example, types and associated formats of the first and second biometric templates may be identified to enable both to be translated to a general format that can then be compared. In still other examples, an identification system may use the first biometric template to determine an identity associated with first biometric data to either retrieve second stored biometric data associated with the identity of a same type as the second biometric template or verify that an account in an external system having a record storing the second biometric template is associated with the identity.
US11995163B2
A biometric information authentication device includes a control unit to, during biometric authentication by comparing biometric information of a user read by a biometric information sensor to preliminarily registered biometric information of a registered person, issue a notification to encourage the user to register different biometric information when a predetermined condition for determining that a biometric authentication after a current biometric authentication is highly likely to fail is met.
US11995160B2
One or more graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and/or a console management, modeling, and analysis system is described. In some embodiments, the GUI and/or management system can be used to analyze investment purchases and/or sales. In some embodiments, users may be allowed to enter data used to produce dynamic models. In some embodiments, data may be aggregated from various users and/or sources to provide adaptive, dynamic models and/or projections.
US11995153B2
The information processing apparatus obtains a distribution characteristic representing an attribute of a color included in an acquired first image group and determines the number of times of learning based on the distribution characteristic. The information processing apparatus generates a data set consisting of a set of the first image group and a second image group corresponding to the first image group and by using the generated data set, generates a learning model by performing learning using a network based on the determined number of times of learning.
US11995151B2
A computer-implemented method of training an image generation model. The image generation model comprises an argmax transformation configured to compute a discrete index feature indicating an index of a feature of the continuous feature vector with an extreme value. The image generation model is trained using a log-likelihood optimization. This involves obtaining a value of the index feature for the training image, sampling values of the continuous feature vector given the value of the index feature according to a stochastic inverse transformation of the argmax transformation, and determining a likelihood contribution of the argmax transformation for the log-likelihood based on a probability that the stochastic inverse transformation generates the values of the continuous feature vector given the value of the index feature.
US11995148B2
Disclosed is an electronic apparatus including a processor configured to obtain calculation information based on input data of a deconvolution calculation being input, obtain a size of output data based on the obtained calculation information, obtain a plurality of memory address values corresponding to a size of the output data using an address generation module, perform convolution calculation based on the calculation information using a convolution calculation module to obtain an intermediate value in the convolution calculation process, obtain a memory address value corresponding to the obtained intermediate value of the plurality of obtained memory addresses using the address generation module, store the obtained intermediate value in the memory address value corresponding to the intermediate value, accumulate at least one intermediate value based on the memory address value corresponding to the intermediate value using a cumulative calculation module, and obtain a deconvolution calculation value with respect to the input data based on the accumulated at least one intermediate value.
US11995144B2
The processing method comprises: acquiring a first image set corresponding to a product category; labelling at least one region of interest for each image in the first image set, wherein each region of interest is used for representing an object; acquiring a scanning window; using the scanning window to scan the regions of interest, acquiring scanning results, and placing the scanning results into a sample training set; establishing an illustration frame acquisition model by taking the first image set as input and taking the sample training set as output; acquiring an image to be processed, and using the illustration frame acquisition model to acquire a target webpage illustration frame corresponding to the image to be processed; and cutting, according to the target webpage illustration frame, the image to be processed so as to obtain a target webpage illustration.
US11995141B2
The method includes: receiving a first message sent by a first application APP on a terminal device, where the first message includes a user agent UA; determining, based on the first message, a first address and a second address corresponding to the terminal device; and sending a second message to the first APP, where the second message includes the first address and the second address, and the second message is used by the first APP to first attempt to open a page corresponding to the first address after receiving the second message, and if the opening fails, open a page corresponding to the second address.
US11995140B2
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are described. A database system may store data logs tracking performance data for multiple tenants of the database system. The database system may receive, via a user interface of a user device, a user input indicating a request to perform an analysis of performance data associated with one of the multiple tenants. The request may indicate a time period and a performance metric for the analysis. The database system may execute a query based on the analysis. The query may execute on a subset of the data logs associated with the tenant and the performance metric. The system may analyze a result of the query to determine one or more entities that affected the performance metric during the time period. The system may transmit an indication of the one or more entities for display at the user interface.
US11995139B2
A computing system receives an indication that a user has selected a passage shown on a search engine results page (SERP) presented on a display. Upon receiving the indication, the computing system identifies a plurality of suggested queries related to the passage, where the plurality of suggested queries are generated based upon the passage and an entry for an entity in a knowledge graph. Upon identifying the plurality of suggested queries, the computing system presents the plurality of suggested queries in a pop-up graphical element that overlays a portion of the SERP, where the pop-up graphical element is located proximate to the passage shown on the SERP. When a query in the plurality of suggested queries is selected, a second SERP is presented on the display, where the second SERP is based upon the query.
US11995138B2
Methods and systems that evaluate currently operating online personas is automated to establish the relationships between nodes and assign attributes. A virtual network exploitation (ViNE) protocol can create a prioritized list of every account in the extended network based on its influence score, as well as filtering, to create a subset of the influencer list of accounts that meet attribute criteria. Analysis of this data can identify the key accounts for the influencer and lead lists and provide recommendations on the path and strategy the client should use to most effectively engage the accounts of interest. Automated seed list generation for SNA can be operationalized to identify all of the existing leads within an extended social network in priority order and provide an influence score for each account. The system can be scaled to combine individual accounts that focus on a specific organization, personality or region.
US11995133B1
Systems and methods are provided for automatically identifying and displaying unmet technical needs and/or technical problems, such as identifying and displaying serious technical issues in specific areas of technology. In some exemplary embodiments, the text of technical documents is automatically analyzed to determine whether the text of any document identifies or potentially identifies a technical problem. In exemplary embodiments, portions of a documents called “problem kernels” and their associated features are automatically identified, automatically scored, and automatically ranked, and a subset of the problem kernels and/or features of problem kernels are displayed to a user on a computer display.
US11995130B2
Embodiments relate to systems and processes for digital document services, having at least a processor and a non-transient data memory storage, the data memory storage containing machine-readable instructions for execution by the processor, the machine-readable instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, provide a document service. The document service can extract data from a plurality of source systems; load and store the data at a data hub implemented by a non-transient data store; receive a request to generate a document package at the data hub, the request indicating a target unit; generate and store the document package using a subset of data from the data at the data hub, the document package having at least one electronic signature request; detect a signature event at the data hub; and transmit the document package to the target unit.
US11995126B2
A system for enforcing projection constraints on data values stored in specified variables of a shared dataset of a cloud data platform. A request is received from a first account of the cloud data platform that identifies a first operation to be performed on the shared dataset. A first set of data, including data accessed from a first variable, is accessed from the shared dataset to use in performing the first operation. A projection constraint policy attached to the first variable of the shared dataset is determined, and the projection constraint policy is further determined to be enforced based on the request. Based on the first set of data and the first operation, an output to the first request is generated.
US11995125B2
An agent device that receives state information regarding a state of a vehicle from the vehicle, and receive a question from a user as question information; performs inference processing for the received question information and the received state information in order to infer an intent of the question; and acquires a response to the question based on the inferred intent.
US11995116B2
A device implementing a multi-user content queue may include a memory and at least one processor configured to receive, on the device, a content query and retrieve, from the memory, user account credentials corresponding to user accounts associated with the device. The at least one processor may be further configured to provide, to a server, the user account credentials and the content query. The at least one processor may be further configured to receive, from the server and based on the content query, a user account identifier of one of the user accounts and a content identifier corresponding to content in a content library of the one of the user accounts. The at least one processor may be further configured to utilize the user account identifier and the content identifier for output, by the device, of the content from the content library of the one of the user accounts.
US11995115B2
An information extracting device includes an acquiring unit that acquires, with regard to each information source, a data group made up of data including a content relating to an object, a location where the content was recorded, and a date and time at which the content was recorded, a generating unit that generates a word vector of which the date and time, the location, content using a weight based on the date and time, and a type of the content, are each components, for each of the data of the data group, a distance calculating unit that calculates a distance among the word vectors, a classifying unit that classifies each of data of the data group on the basis of the distance among the word vectors, and an extracting unit that calculates a reliability with regard to the classification, and extracts data from the data group on the basis of the reliability.
US11995108B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media to present content on an electronic display. In one aspect, a method includes identifying a first candidate content and a second candidate content for presentation on an electronic display, determining a first probability and a second probability that the first candidate content and the second candidate content respectively will elicit a particular type of input response, determining a first weight and a second weight based on the first probability and the second probability respectively, selecting either the first content or the second content based on the first weight and the second weight; and presenting the selected content on the electronic display.
US11995099B2
The present disclosure provides for consistent reads in a global database that is replicated to one or more global clones. A state machine is implemented, and executed independently, for each project in each region. Based on the state of a project when a read request is received, the read request will be served by the global database, served by the global clone, or ignored as an invalid request.
US11995097B2
An energy exploration system includes a plurality of computer nodes. Each of the computer nodes includes a processor and memory coupled to the processor. The computer nodes are configured to implement a data ingestion system configured to add a data set to the energy exploration system. The data ingestion system includes a parsing subsystem, a conversion subsystem, and a publication subsystem. The parsing subsystem includes a plurality of parser instances configured to encode records of the data set as intermediate geographical object records. The conversion subsystem includes a plurality of conversion instances configured to format the intermediate geographical object records according to a sink specific specification to produce formatted geographic object records. The publication subsystem includes a plurality of publication instances configured to export the formatted geographic object records to a designated tenant.
US11995096B2
Processing logic may determine that an application is to produce one or more records to an event streaming platform. Processing logic may determine a data structure to contain content to be stored to the event streaming platform. Processing logic may automatically generate a serializer in view of the data structure during development of the application. During runtime, the application may use the serializer to serialize the content contained in the data structure and store the content to the one or more records of the event streaming platform.
US11995086B2
A method for enhancing rapid data analysis includes receiving a set of data; storing the set of data in a first set of data shards sharded by a first field; and identifying anomalous data from the set of data by monitoring a range of shard indices associated with a first shard of the first set of data shards, detecting that the range of shard indices is smaller than an expected range by a threshold value, and identifying data of the first shard as anomalous data.
US11995068B1
A method including: receiving a set of data representing usage by entities of objects in a computing resource; extracting, from the initial set of data, one or more feature vectors representing the usage by one of the entities with respect to the objects; generating, from the feature vectors, a feature matrix; with respect to each entry in the feature matrix: (i) assigning a binary value to the entry, based on a predefined usage threshold, (ii) identifying, among the one or more entities, k nearest neighbor entities with respect to the one of the entities, based on a predefined distance threshold, and (iii) modifying the usage value of the entry, based on usage values associated with each of the k nearest neighbor entities with respect to the one of the objects; and updating the feature matrix with the modified usage values, to obtain a manipulated feature matrix.
US11995066B2
At a logging service, a representation of a transaction requested by a client is received. The transaction includes at least a first write operation directed to a data object at a first data store. Based at least in part on the contents of the representation and contents of a persistent log of the logging service, a determination is made that the requested transaction is to be committed. A log record corresponding to the first write operation is inserted into the persistent log. The first write is propagated to the first data store after the record has been inserted in the persistent log.
US11995048B2
Systems and methods for lifelong schema matching are described. The systems and methods include receiving data comprising a plurality of information categories, classifying each information category according to a schema comprising a plurality of classes, wherein the classification is performed by a neural network classifier trained based on a lifelong learning technique using a plurality of exemplar training sets, wherein each of the exemplar training sets includes a plurality of examples corresponding to one of the classes, and wherein the examples are selected based on a metric indicating how well each of the examples represents the corresponding class, and adding the data to a database based on the classification, wherein the database is organized according to the schema.
US11995042B1
Upon completing replicating a file set from a source to destination, a snapshot taken of the file set is maintained at the source. The file set includes a namespace file having metadata and other files having content data. Verification is started on the file set replicated to the destination. While the verification is in-progress, a next replication cycle is started. Upon detecting corruption in the namespace file, the next replication cycle is paused and any changes to the file set are rolled back. The snapshot being maintained at the source is fetched. The namespace file having the corruption is replaced with the namespace file from the snapshot being maintained at the source. Other files in the file set having the content data are not replaced.
US11995041B2
Multi-site distributed storage systems and computer-implemented methods are described for improving a resumption time of input/output (I/O) operations during a common snapshot process for storage objects. A computer-implemented method comprises performing a baseline transfer from at least one storage object of a first storage node to at least one replicated storage object of a second storage node, starting the common snapshot process including stop processing of I/O operations, performing a snapshot create operation on the primary storage site for the at least one storage object of the first storage node, resuming processing of I/O operations, and assigning a new universal unique identifier (UUID) to the at least one storage object of the second storage node after resuming processing of I/O operations with the new UUID to identify when file system contents are different than the baseline transfer.
US11995040B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a multi-node storage system and a data deduplication method thereof. The method includes determining a similarity hash value of a super block, wherein the similarity hash value indicates similarity between super blocks The method further includes comparing the similarity hash value of the super block with a feature similarity hash value of a node of the multi-node storage system to determine whether the super block matches the node and, in response to determining that the super block matches the node, allocating the super block to the node.
US11995039B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for reverse decompression. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the method for reverse decompression includes receiving encoded and compressed input data in a form of one or more data blocks and locating an end of block marker for a last block of the one or more data blocks of the input data. The method also includes traversing the input data, bit by bit, in a reverse direction starting from a last bit of the end of block marker of the last block of the one or more data blocks of the input data towards a beginning of the input data, determining if one block of the one or more blocks of the input data can be designated as a valid block, designating the one block as a valid block and decompressing the valid block in a forward direction.
US11995030B1
Processors, systems and methods are provided for thread level parallel processing. A processor may include a plurality of columns of vector processing units arranged in a two-dimensional column array with a plurality of column stacks placed side-by-side in a first direction and each column stack having two columns stacked in a second direction and a temporary storage buffer. Each column may include a processing element (PE) that has a vector Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) to perform arithmetic operations in parallel threads. At a first end of the column array in the first direction, two columns in the column stack are coupled to the temporary storage buffer for one-way data flow. At a second end of the column array in the first direction, two columns are coupled to each other for one-way data flow. The column array and the temporary storage buffer may form a one-way circular data path.
US11995027B2
A system for calculating. A scratch memory is connected to a plurality of configurable processing elements by a communication fabric including a plurality of configurable nodes. The scratch memory sends out a plurality of streams of data words. Each data word is either a configuration word used to set the configuration of a node or of a processing element, or a data word carrying an operand or a result of a calculation. Each processing element performs operations according to its current configuration and returns the results to the communication fabric, which conveys them back to the scratch memory.
US11995026B2
In providing USB communication functionality over a non-USB-compliant extension medium, increased latency and processing delays may be introduced, including during configuration of endpoints. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, an upstream facing port device (UFP device) and a downstream facing port device (DFP device) are used to extend USB communication across an extension medium. In some embodiments, the UFP device extracts information from packets sent between a host device and a USB device during configuration of an endpoint. In some embodiments, the UFP device sends a synthetic NRDY packet to the host device in response to a STATUS Transaction Packet to provide the UFP device and DFP device additional time to complete configuration for servicing the endpoint.
US11995023B2
Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to route data transfers between hardware devices. In at least one embodiment, a path over which to transfer data from a first hardware component of a computer system to a second hardware component of a computer system is determined based, at least in part, on one or more characteristics of different paths usable to transfer the data.
US11995021B2
Embodiments herein describe end-to-end bindings to create zones that extend between different components in a SoC, such as an I/O gateway, a processor subsystem, a NoC, storage and data accelerators, programmable logic, etc. Each zone can be assigned to a different domain that is controlled by a tenant such as an external host, or software executing on that host. Embodiments herein create end-to-end bindings between acceleration engines, I/O gateways, and embedded cores in SoCs. Instead of these components being treated as disparate monolithic components, the bindings divide up the hardware and memory resources across components that make up the SoC, into different zones. Those zones in turn can have unique bindings to multiple tenants. The bindings can be configured in bridges between components to divide resources into the zones to enable tenants of those zones to have dedicated available resources that are secure from the other tenants.
US11995015B2
Systems, methods, circuits, and devices for data protection are provided. In one example, a data processing device incudes a Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) source that is configured to generate PUF values, a bus, a plurality of bus access components that are configured to access the bus, and a masking information generation circuit. The masking information generation circuit is configured to generate masking information for at least one pair of bus access components using at least one PUF value and to transmit said information to the bus access components. The pair is configured in such a way that one bus access component masks the data according to the masking information generated for the pair before the data is sent over the bus and the other bus access component de-masks the data received over the bus according to the masking information generated for the pair.
US11995013B2
A direct memory access (DMA) controller comprises template storage circuitry to store at least one DMA template indicative of a DMA data access pattern. Each DMA template comprises enable indications settable to an enable state or a disable state. In response to a DMA command associated with a source address, a destination address, a source DMA template, and a destination DMA template, DMA control circuitry generates a set of DMA memory access requests to copy data from source memory system locations to destination memory system locations. The source/destination memory system locations are selected to have addresses which are offset relative to the source/destination address by offset amounts corresponding to positions of enable indications set to the enable state within the source/destination DMA template. The source/destination DMA templates allow irregular patterns of DMA accesses to be controlled in fewer DMA commands.
US11995010B2
Systems and methods relate to a bus adapter for a storage network. The bus adaptor includes a context memory comprising a first storage for uncacheable exchange resource indicators (XRI) and a second storage for cacheable XRI. The bus adapter also includes a host backing store unit configured to provide access to the different tier memories present locally or externally in the host memory extension using several caching sub-units and with the capability of an optional pinning operation for the cacheable XRI based upon at least one of input/output phase, first in line up to a limit, a region of a virtual context address associated with the cacheable XRI indicators, a protocol associated with the cacheable XRI, a size of a transaction, or work queue information.
US11995003B2
A method of data caching includes; determining a process corresponding to a read request communicated from a host, obtaining historical access information for the process according to historical process information stored in a cache, wherein the historical process information includes at least one of historical access information for the process and heat information for one or more regions historically accessed by the process, determining a first region historically accessed by the process according to the historical access information, such that heat information for the first region satisfies a first preset condition, and loading a physical address for the first region from a storage device to the cache.
US11994999B2
A method, computer program product, and computing system for generating a page buffer pool within a data journal of a storage node. A plurality of IO operations may be processed on a storage array using the storage node. A plurality of pages may be persisted in a plurality of page buffers within the page buffer pool based upon, at least in part, the processing of the plurality of IO operations. For each page buffer in the page buffer pool, a hash of the page buffer may be generated, thus defining a page buffer hash. The page buffer hash may be stored in a page descriptor associated with the page buffer.
US11994997B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for a memory controller to manage quality of service enforcement and migration between local and pooled memory. A memory controller may include logic to communicate with a local memory and with a pooled memory controller to track memory page usage on a per application basis, instruct the pooled memory controller to perform a quality of service enforcement in response to a determination that an application is latency bound or bandwidth bound, wherein the determination that the application is latency bound or bandwidth bound is based on a cycles per instruction determination, and instruct a Direct Memory Access engine to perform a migration from a remote memory to the local memory in response to a determination that the quality of service cannot be enforced.
US11994995B2
Provided is a method of adjusting prefetching operations, the method including setting a prefetching distance, accessing a prefetching-trigger key, determining a target key is outside of the prefetching distance from the prefetching-trigger key, increasing the prefetching distance, and successfully fetching a subsequent target key of a subsequent prefetching-trigger key from a prefetching read-ahead buffer.
US11994983B2
A memory card can include memory and a memory controller. The controller can receive a general command to increase the busy time of any subsequent access command Subsequently, the controller can receive an access command from a host to access the memory. The controller can then place the memory in a busy state for a time duration based on the general command, such that the memory refrains from processing read or write commands for the time duration. The timeout measure is the busy time between the time when the access command is issued and the host timeout.
US11994981B2
A method for testing an avionic computer having internal parameters of which only a subset of internal parameters is accessible to a test bench. The method includes connecting the avionic computer to the test bench, equipping the test bench with a test computer having software similar to software of the avionic computer, all of the internal parameters of which are accessible to the test bench, executing the software of the avionic computer in interaction with the test bench and executing the software of the test computer at the same time as the software of the avionic computer, and visualizing internal parameters belonging to the subset of internal parameters of the avionic computer and visualizing internal parameters of the test computer, corresponding to internal parameters of the avionic computer not belonging to the subset of internal parameters of the avionic computer, to check the conformity of operation of the software.
US11994979B2
A method of testing a change in a software code includes, searching a database of tests to identify a subset of the tests that include a function that executes the change, forming, from the subset, a multitude of groups each having a different execution path. The tests in the same group have the same execution path. The method further includes prioritizing the tests within each of the multitude of groups based on one or more testing characteristics, and selecting, from each of the groups, one or more of the prioritized tests to test the change.
US11994969B2
A system can, in response to receiving first monitoring data for a first computing system from a first collector, associate the first computing system with a first cluster of a group of clusters that corresponds to the first collector. The system can, in response to receiving second monitoring data for the first computing system from a second collector, and in response to determining that a first similarity value between the first computing system and the first collector is less than a second similarity value between the first computing system and the second collector, change an association of the first computing system from the first cluster to a second cluster of the group of clusters that corresponds to the second collector. The system can, in response to changing the association, store third monitoring data for the first computing system that is received from the second collector.
US11994964B2
There are provided systems and methods for dynamic node insertion of secondary services for high-availability during main decision failure at runtime. A service provider, such as an electronic transaction processor for digital transactions, may utilize different decision services that implement rules and/or artificial intelligence models for decision-making of data including data in production computing environment. A main decision service may normally be used for data processing and decision-making. However, at certain times, the main decision service may fail, such as if a data processing node fails to process data or times out while processing a data processing request, such as during electronic transaction processing. During this runtime, a dynamic injection processor may dynamically inject a node that performs a call to a secondary service to process the data on behalf of the node and/or main decision service so that a response is provided to the data processing request.
US11994962B2
Embodiments of this present disclosure may include a system that may include a first input/output (IO) module, which may output a first current output. The first IO module may be coupled to a first terminal and a second terminal. The system may include a second IO module that may output a second current output. The second IO module may be coupled to the first terminal and the second terminal. The system may include a load device coupled to the first terminal and the second terminal. The load device may operate based on the first current output and the second current output. The system may include one or more control systems that receive an instruction to perform a coordinated handoff to the first IO module.
US11994957B1
Improving the performance of read operations in a restore path of an inline deduplication system utilizing a DDBOOST interface by providing an adaptive compression component for use with DDBOOST applications. The system utilizes a built-in compression mode for transferring read data if there is a sufficient available CPU resources in both the server and client to respectively compress and decompress the read data without destabilizing the system. CPU usage on both the client and the server is tracked to generate predicted respective CPU usage. These respective predictions are compared to defined maximum threshold usage values. If the predicted values do not exceed the thresholds, compression is used, otherwise the data is transmitted over the network as non-compressed data.
US11994955B2
A data protection agent is installed as a guest within a virtual machine (VM) hosted by a host and a snapshot data mover is installed external to the VM on the host. Upon receiving a command to conduct a backup, a first request is issued to a copy service of the VM indicating that an application in the VM is to be backed up. A second request for a snapshot is issued to the snapshot data mover. The snapshot data mover passes the snapshot request to a virtual machine manager. Upon the snapshot data mover receiving an identifier for the snapshot, the snapshot data mover passes the snapshot identifier to the agent thereby allowing the agent to locate the snapshot and conduct the backup.
US11994952B2
Self-healing data protection system matching system attributes in alert messages to relevant scripts
Embodiments automate the timely remediation of issues by matching failed operations to a script that is configured to fix the problem or problems without causing additional side effects, thus minimizing unavailability of services/data and loss of data. A method detects a backup operation alert message sent from a data manager or storage system that encodes one or more attributes affected by the backup operation. A script library is scanned to identify scripts that match the alert message. A component generates a score for each script, where the score factors the relevance of the script to the backup operation, and executes the script with the highest score, as the script most likely to remediate the issue causing the alert message.
US11994948B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, an error correction circuit, an error log register and a control logic circuit. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory bank arrays and each of the memory bank arrays includes a plurality of pages. The control logic circuit is configured to control the error correction circuit to perform an ECC decoding sequentially on some of the pages designated at least one access address for detecting at least one bit error, in response to a first command received from a memory controller. The control logic circuit performs an error logging operation to write page error information into the error log register and the page error information includes a number of error occurrence on each of the some pages determined from the detecting.
US11994942B2
A processing device coupled to the memory device can be configured to monitor respective raw bit error rates (RBERs) corresponding to a plurality of groups of memory cells of the memory device. The processing device can also be configured to responsive to determining that an RBER corresponding to a particular group of the plurality of groups of memory cells has met a criteria, adjust a read window budget corresponding to the particular group of memory cells.
US11994941B2
A cause analysis and remediation engine (CARE) can perform an analysis of inputs characterizing aspects of the system at the time an alert is generated in order to determine causes and remediation actions for the alert. The CARE can automatically detect and analyze inputs including configuration information, compliance information, and workload and performance information to determine one or more expected causes of the alert and one or more corresponding remediations that can be taken. The CARE can include a rules engine and a remediation service. The rules engine can include one or more trained models, such as trained machine learning models, each using rules to recognize inputs denoting a particular expected cause of the alert. The models can be decision trees trained using supervised learning. The remediation service can map one or more expected causes determined by the rules engine to the one or more corresponding remediations.
US11994938B2
Systems and methods for error detection for an address channel are disclosed. The method includes generating a token, applying the token to a request at a source, and generating a first result. The request with the first result is transmitted to a destination over the address channel. A determination is made, at the destination, whether an error associated with the request has occurred. The determining whether the error has occurred includes: receiving a received request corresponding to the request over the address channel; receiving the first result with the received request; applying the token to the received request and generating a second result; comparing the first result with the second result; and transmitting a signal in response to the comparing.
US11994932B2
Methods and apparatus for platform ambient data management schemes for tiered architectures. A platform including one or more CPUs coupled to multiple tiers of memory comprising various types of DIMMs (e.g., DRAM, hybrid, DCPMM) is powered by a battery subsystem receiving input energy harvested from one or more green energy sources. Energy threshold conditions are detected, and associated memory reconfiguration is performed. The memory reconfiguration may include but is not limited to copying data between DIMMs (or memory ranks on the DIMMS in the same tier, copying data between a first type of memory to a second type of memory on a hybrid DIMM, and flushing dirty lines in a DIMM in a first memory tier being used as a cache for a second memory tier. Following data copy and flushing operations, the DIMMs and/or their memory devices are powered down and/or deactivated. In one aspect, machine learning models trained on historical data are employed to project harvested energy levels that are used in detecting energy threshold conditions.
US11994929B2
The present disclosure provides an information processing method. The method includes obtaining a first parameter of a hardware platform or obtaining a second parameter of a second parameter; and configuring the second parameter of the operating system based on the first parameter of the hardware platform, or configuring the first parameter of the hardware platform based on the second parameter of the operating system to cause a power consumption configuration of the hardware platform itself to match a power consumption configuration of the hardware platform controlled by the hardware platform. The electronic device provided in the present disclosure can enable collaboration and connection between hardware management and software parameters of the operating system, thereby achieving better power-saving effect, and making intelligent adjustment based on the user's usage scenarios and needs.
US11994923B2
A dongle coupled between a power supplying device for supplying power and a power receiving device for receiving power includes a downstream facing port (DFP), an upstream facing port (UFP) and a controller. The controller is arranged to control deliveries of the power and messages between the power supplying device and the power receiving device. In response to a first power request message received from the power receiving device, the controller is arranged to determine whether a power type request by the power receiving device is Programmable Power Supply (PPS) according to the first power request message. When determining that the power type request by the power receiving device is PPS, the controller is arranged to start first waiting timer, and when the first waiting timer expires, the controller is arranged to send a request accept message to the power receiving device through the UFP.
US11994918B2
An electronic device control method includes receiving a screen-on instruction from a user on the electronic device. When a first display screen is in a target orientation an icon of at least one first application is displayed on the first display screen. The first application can be opened when the electronic device is in a locked state. When a second display screen of the electronic device is in a target orientation, a lock screen interface is displayed on the second display screen.
US11994913B2
A display device includes a display module, a roller connected to a first end of the display module, a plurality of blocks on a rear surface of the display module and connected to a second end of the display module opposite the first end, a first gear connected to an hth block among the plurality of blocks, a second gear connected to an (h+1)th block among the plurality of blocks and engaged with the first gear, and a drive belt configured to transmit a driving force to the second gear.
US11994907B1
A head mounted device includes a housing, lenses connected to the housing, and a lens cover that is connected to the housing and is movable between a connected position and a disconnected position with respect to the housing.
US11994906B2
Flexible electronic devices may be provided. A flexible electronic device may include a flexible display, a flexible housing and one or more flexible internal components configured to allow the flexible electronic device to be deformed. Flexible displays may include flexible display layers, flexible touch-sensitive layers, and flexible display cover layers. The flexible housing may be a multi-stable flexible housing having one or more stable positions. The flexible housing may include a configurable support structure that, when engaged, provides a rigid support structure for the flexible housing. The flexible internal components may include flexible batteries, flexible printed circuits or other flexible components. A flexible battery may include flexible and rigid portions or may include a lubricious separator layer that provides flexibility for the flexible battery. A flexible printed circuit may include flexible and rigid portions or openings that allow some rigid portions to flex with respect to other rigid portions.
US11994905B2
The disclosure provides trusted user interface display methods. One example method applied to an electronic device having a foldable screen, includes: changing the foldable screen from a first display status to a second display status in response to a first operation performed by a user on the electronic device; displaying a user interface (UI) of a client application (CA) on a screen corresponding to the second display status; and triggering to display a trusted user interface (TUI) corresponding to the CA on the screen corresponding to the second display status in response to a second operation performed by the user on the UI of the CA, where the TUI is adapted to the screen corresponding to the second display status.
US11994900B2
An information handling system sets up at power-on self-test, a system management interrupt based on a trap on an input/output port used for a real-time clock and detects at runtime, an operation on the input/output port. In response to detecting the operation on the input/output port, generates the system management interrupt based on the trap on the input/output port. In addition, the information handling system handles the system management interrupt by emulating the real-time clock according to the operation on the input/output port that includes determining a register that is mapped to an index associated with the operation and accessing the register and executing a function associated with the register.
US11994899B2
A system that generates a shared random number includes a single photon detector configured to generate electrical signals in response to detected arrival times of a plurality of single photons as measured against a first clock and configured to detect polarizations of at least some of the detected plurality of single photons. A processor is configured to process the electrical signals generated by the detector to generate a first list representing a plurality of arrival times and corresponding polarizations of detected single photons; compare the plurality of arrival times in the generated first list with a second list of arrival times, as measured against a second clock that does not maintain a common clock time with the first clock, of single photons that include at least some of the other entangled single photons to identifying matching arrival times; and determine corresponding polarizations for the identified matching arrival times, thereby establishing a shared random number.
US11994894B2
A pedal assembly actuates a rigid actuator of a functional system in a motor vehicle. The assembly comprises a mounting bracket having spaced apart support members defining a pedal receiving space. A pedal arm has a pedal pad and an actuator connector. A pair of retainer brackets are normally in a retaining position secured against front-rear movement. At least one pivot pin pivotally connects the proximal end of the pedal arm to the retainer brackets. A pyrotechnic actuator has an input for receiving an actuating signal and when triggered enables deformation of the retainer bracket to a releasing position wherein the retainer brackets permit the at least one pivot pin and the proximal end of the pedal arm to move rearwardly with respect to the mounting bracket. The pyrotechnic actuator may also be arranged with respect to a releasable connector to drive it for disconnection from the retainer brackets to permit the retainer brackets, the at least one pivot pin and the proximal end of the pedal arm to move rearwardly.
US11994893B2
This application relates to a converter in a photovoltaic power generation system and a converter control method. An input end of the converter is connected to at least one photovoltaic module, and an output end is connected to an inverter. The control method includes: determining an output power-voltage (PV) curve of a converter based on an output PV curve of the photovoltaic module; and controlling a voltage output of the converter based on the output PV curve of the converter. The output PV curve includes at least a simulated voltage limiting section and a constant power section that are connected. In this application, an existing MPPT control policy of the inverter can be adapted when a voltage-limited output is implemented, to avoid a case in which a power of a photovoltaic string drops to zero.
US11994887B2
Disclosed is a low dropout linear regulator including a power transistor and an error amplifier having a first input stage, a second input stage and a control circuit. The first input stage includes a first pair of transistors receiving an output voltage and a reference voltage, the second input stage includes a second pair of transistors receiving the output voltage and the reference voltage, the first and second pairs of transistors have different conductivity types. The control circuit controls turn-on and turn-off states of the first input stage according to the reference voltage, and turns on the first input stage when the reference voltage is less than a preset threshold, so that the error amplifier operates normally and the output voltage changes smoothly. When the reference voltage is greater than the preset threshold, the control circuit turns off the first input stage so that only the second input stage operates.
US11994881B2
An identification method and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) detection apparatus are provided. The identification method, as a method for preventing a collision that may occur in a process of detecting and identifying a plurality of UAVs flying in the air, detects a plurality of UAVs in the air and determines a legitimacy of flight of each of the plurality of UAVs using an identification information request message.
US11994872B1
Provided is a method including obtaining a map of an environment of a robot; maneuvering the robot to a first location and orientation that positions the robot to sense a part of the working environment at a second location of the working environment; sensing, while the robot is at the first location, the part of the physical layout of the working environment at the second location; updating the map of the physical layout of the working environment; determining at least a part of a route plan of the robot through the working environment; and maneuvering the robot along the at least the part of the route plan.
US11994868B2
Various technologies described herein pertain to routing autonomous vehicles based upon spatiotemporal factors. A computing system receives an origin location and a destination location of an autonomous vehicle. The computing system identifies a route for the autonomous vehicle to follow from the origin location to the destination location based upon output of a spatiotemporal statistical model. The spatiotemporal statistical model is generated based upon historical data from autonomous vehicles when the autonomous vehicles undergo operation-influencing events. The spatiotemporal statistical model takes, as input, a location, a time, and a direction of travel of the autonomous vehicle. The spatiotemporal statistical model outputs a score that is indicative of a likelihood that the autonomous vehicle will undergo an operation-influencing event due to the autonomous vehicle encountering a spatiotemporal factor along a candidate route. The autonomous vehicle then follows the route from the origin location to the destination location.
US11994864B2
This region registration system is provided with a positioning antenna, a position acquisition unit, a reference-point specification unit, a direction specification unit, a candidate-point registration unit, and a region registration unit, and acquires an antenna position as a measurement point. The reference-point specification unit specifies a corner antenna reference point. The direction specification unit specifies a turning direction of a rice seedling transplanter that has passed the corner antenna reference point. The candidate-point registration unit biases the corner antenna reference point to a position forward of the rice seedling transplanter at the time of measuring said corner antenna reference point, and at the same time, registers, as a corner candidate point, a position biased toward either side in the width direction of said rice seedling transplanter in accordance with the turning direction specified by the direction specification unit. The region registration unit is capable of registering a region that encompasses a corner candidate point.
US11994857B2
A system and method for operation of an autonomous vehicle (AV) yard truck is provided. A processor facilitates autonomous movement of the AV yard truck, and connection to and disconnection from trailers. A plurality of sensors are interconnected with the processor that sense terrain/objects and assist in automatically connecting/disconnecting trailers. A server, interconnected, wirelessly with the processor, that tracks movement of the truck around and determines locations for trailer connection and disconnection. A door station unlatches/opens rear doors of the trailer when adjacent thereto, securing them in an opened position via clamps, etc. The system computes a height of the trailer, and/or if landing gear of the trailer is on the ground and interoperates with the fifth wheel to change height, and whether docking is safe, allowing a user to take manual control, and optimum charge time(s). Reversing sensors/safety, automated chocking, and intermodal container organization are also provided.
US11994848B2
A method for configuring a semiconductor manufacturing process, the method including: providing an initial prediction model including a plurality of model parameters to one or more remote locations; receiving at least one updated model parameter from the one or more remote locations, the at least one model parameter is updated by training the initial prediction model with local data at the one or more remote locations; determining aggregated model parameters based on the at least one updated model parameter received from the one or more remote locations; and adjusting the initial prediction model based on the aggregated model parameters, the adjusted prediction model being operable to configure the semiconductor manufacturing process.
US11994845B2
A method for configuring a semiconductor manufacturing process, the method including: obtaining a first value of a first parameter based on measurements associated with a first operation of a process step in the semiconductor manufacturing process and a first sampling scheme; using a recurrent neural network to determine a predicted value of the first parameter based on the first value; and using the predicted value of the first parameter in configuring a subsequent operation of the process step in the semiconductor manufacturing process.
US11994844B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an Industrial Internet of Things system for a production line when a defective product is produced, a regulation method, and a storage medium. The regulation method includes: a management platform sending quality testing information in the perception information sent by an object platform to a service platform; the service platform comparing a count of defective products with a first count threshold of defective products preset by each process and generating an instruction for retrieving process information when the count exceeds the first count threshold; the management platform receiving the instruction and sending object platform configuration information and latest-stored operation information to the service platform; the service platform performing a parameter comparison with a same parameter name and generating a parameter configuration instruction; the object platform receiving the instruction and performing configuration, performing the parameter comparison again, and feeding a comparison result back.
US11994838B1
A five-axis linkage synchronous tool path interpolation method and system, which utilizes the strict proportional coefficient relationship between points, control points and parameters on the first-order derivative curve of the spline curve, more accurate tool axis path curve interpolation points from the parameters of the tool tip path curve are calculated. There is no need to calculate the tool axis path curve interpolation points according to interval synchronization. It is not affected by the shape consistency of the tool tip path curve and the tool axis path curve.
US11994809B2
The present disclosure provides an exhaust system for discharging from semiconductor manufacturing equipment a hazardous gas. The exhaust system includes: a main exhaust pipe positioned above the semiconductor manufacturing equipment and having a top surface and a bottom surface extending parallel to the top surface; a first branch pipe including an upstream end coupled to a source of a gas mixture and a downstream end connected to the main exhaust pipe through the top surface; a second branch pipe including an upstream end and a downstream end connected to the main exhaust pipe through the bottom surface; and a detector configured to detect presence of the hazardous gas in the second branch pipe.
US11994797B2
A system and method of shaping a film with a template on a substrate. Generating a first series of parameters from tests performed on a first series of films formed with: a set of shaping conditions; a calibration measurement parameter determined for each substrate prior to shaping; and a first scaling parameter. Generating a second series of parameters from the tests performed on a second series of films produced formed with the set of shaping conditions. The second series of films produced with the calibration measurement parameter determined for each substrate; and a second scaling parameter; or without the calibration measurement parameter. Generating a scaling parameter from: the first series of the parameters; and the second series of parameters. Generating the calibration measurement parameter prior to forming the film. Forming the film using the set of shaping conditions, the calibration measurement parameter, and the scaling parameter.
US11994796B2
A mask layout containing a non-Manhattan pattern is received. The received mask layout is processed. An edge of the non-Manhattan pattern is identified. A plurality of two-dimensional kernels is generated based on processed pre-selected mask layout samples. The two-dimensional kernels each have a respective rotational symmetry. The two-dimensional kernels are applied to the edge of the non-Manhattan pattern to obtain a correction field for the non-Manhattan pattern. A thin mask model is applied to the non-Manhattan pattern. The thin mask model contains a binary modeling of the non-Manhattan pattern. A near field of the non-Manhattan pattern is determined by applying the correction field to the non-Manhattan pattern having the thin mask model applied thereon. An optical model is applied to the near field to obtain an aerial image on a wafer. A resist model is applied to the aerial image to obtain a final resist image on the wafer.
US11994786B2
The present invention is in the field of a quantum wavelength converter between a microwave signal and an optical signal and vice versa. In the converter a nanoscale cavity optomechanical circuit is used in which optomechanical cavities supporting colocalized infrared photons and microwave phonons are combined with a photonic and a phononic waveguide.
US11994771B1
A drive backplate and a display device are provided. The drive backplate includes a substrate, a wiring layer arranged on one side of the substrate, and a reflective layer. The reflective layer and the wiring layer are arranged on the same side of the substrate. The wiring layer includes at least one first type line, and the reflective layer covers the first type line. Each first type line includes at least one first recess, and the reflective layer is partially inside the first recess, so the present application increases a contact area between the reflective layer and the first type line, increases a bonding force between the reflective layer and the wiring layer, reduces a risk of detachment of the reflective layer from the wiring layer, and improves product quality of the display device having the drive backplate.
US11994770B2
A curved surface backlight module and a curved surface display device are provided. The backlight module includes a plurality of light-emitting units. The light-emitting units include reflector cups. The plurality of reflector cups include first reflector cups located in an edge partition and second reflector cups located in a central partition. The first reflector cups are asymmetric with respect to a first curved surface normal corresponding to a position at where the first reflector cups are located. A maximum brightness center of the first reflectors of the edge partition can be made to emit light parallel to a user's viewing direction, and brightness attenuation at an edge of a display device can be relieved.
US11994766B2
A backlight module, including: a first base, a mini light-emitting diode chip array, an encapsulation layer covering the mini light-emitting diode chip array and a superlens array sequentially arranged on a first substrate; and a second base, a wire grate array and a prism structure sequentially arranged on a second substrate. The superlens array, the wire grate array and the prism structure include a plurality of superlenses, a plurality of wire grates and a plurality of prism groups, respectively. The second base is a glass base, orthographic projections of the plurality of wire grates on the first base at least partially overlap with the orthographic projections of the plurality of superlenses on the first base, respectively, and orthographic projections of the plurality of prism groups on the first base are located between the orthographic projections of two adjacent wire grates on the first base, respectively.
US11994765B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for an electronic display are disclosed. More specifically, the invention and disclosure relates to an electronic display that has a diffuse, paper-like reflectance characteristic for visible light, while being retroreflective and non-diffuse for infrared light, for easy image detection and analysis with infrared cameras, while preserving viewing properties of an electronic paper display for humans.
US11994764B2
A display device is provided. The display device includes a back frame, a display module, and a polarizer. The back frame has a cavity, and the display module is disposed in the cavity. The polarizer is arranged on the display module and a body of the back frame surrounding the display module. The polarizer is extended to the back frame in the non-display area, thereby removing a front frame in the prior art, reducing a thickness of the display device, and increasing an area of the display area.
US11994763B2
A display panel includes a first base layer, a second base layer facing the first base layer, and in order between the first base layer and the second base layer, from the first base layer: an image display layer which provides light, a polarization layer which receives the light from the image display layer and transmits a polarized component of the light toward the second base layer, and a lens layer.
US11994762B2
Provided is a liquid crystal handwriting board. The liquid crystal handwriting board includes: a liquid crystal panel, and a drive assembly electrically connected to the liquid crystal panel; wherein the liquid crystal panel includes: a first substrate and a second substrate that are opposite to each other, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and the drive assembly is configured to apply, based on position information of a region to be erased, a pixel voltage to a pixel electrode in the region to be erased in the case that the liquid crystal handwriting board is in an erasing mode, such that a voltage difference is developed between the pixel electrode in the region to be erased and the common electrode.
US11994760B1
An electronic device may have a display, a display cover layer, and an image transport layer formed from a coherent fiber bundle. The coherent fiber bundle may be placed between the display and the display cover layer. A gap may separate the coherent fiber bundle from the display cover layer. Adhesive in the gap may attach the coherent fiber bundle to the display cover layer. Molded polymer may be coupled to a bent edge of the display, a portion of the display with backside contacts, or components coupled to the backside contacts or other portions of the display. The molded polymer may support the coherent fiber bundle relative to the cover layer. The molded polymer may be molded to an inner surface of the cover layer and may be used to receive fasteners or otherwise facilitate mounting of housing structures and components in the device.
US11994759B2
A liquid crystal display apparatus is provided. The liquid crystal display apparatus comprises a backplane having a second step portion and a first step portion used for supporting a liquid crystal panel, that is, the assembly of optical parts such as a light homogenizing element and an optical film to the liquid crystal panel is implemented in the present application via the backplane without a middle frame.
US11994757B2
A hybrid photonic chip comprising a plurality of semiconductor materials arranged to define a chip providing a function, wherein at least a first part of the chip is formed of materials which can be fabricated using a CMOS technique; and at least a second part of the chip which comprises non-linear crystal material and is not subjected to etching process; wherein the second part of the chip in conjunction with the first part is configured to support a propagating low loss single mode.
US11994753B1
A modular frame system for glasses includes a frame with a first eye portion on a first side and a second eye portion on a second side. Interposed between the first eye portion and the second eye portion may be a nasal bridge section that couples the first eye portion to the second eye portion. Positioned in the first eye portion may be a first lens and the second eye portion may be a second lens. On a first lateral edge of the first eye portion may be a first protrusion. On a second lateral edge of the second eye portion may be a second protrusion. A coupling system may interact with the first and second protrusions so as to allow a user to quickly change frame arms, bands, etc.
US11994751B1
Eyewear including a frame having a first side and a second side, a first temple extending from the first side of the frame, a second temple extending from the second side of the frame, electronic components, a first system on a chip (SoC) adjacent the first side of the frame coupled to a first set of the electronic components, and a second system on a chip adjacent the second side, the second SoC coupled to the first SoC and to a second set of the plurality of electronic components. Processing workloads are balanced between the first SoC and the second SoC by performing a first set of operations with the first SoC and performing a second set of operations with the second SoC.
US11994749B2
An optical imaging system includes a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a refractive power; a third lens having a refractive power; a fourth lens having a refractive power and a concave image-side surface; a fifth lens having a refractive power; a sixth lens having a refractive power; a seventh lens having a refractive power; and an eighth lens having a refractive power and a concave object-side surface, wherein the first to eighth lenses are sequentially disposed in numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system.
US11994748B2
An optical imaging lens assembly includes seven lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. Each of the seven lens elements has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. The object-side surface of the first lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof, and at least one surface among the object-side surfaces and the image-side surfaces of the seven lens elements has at least one inflection point.
US11994735B2
A camera lens assembly includes a lens holder for accommodating at least one lens, a pin protruding from the lens holder in a radial direction of the at least one lens, a ring member with which the pin is engaged, the ring member having a cam groove formed in a spiral direction to have a predetermined pitch along an optical axis and being rotatable about the optical axis according to a user's operation, and a guide device for guiding the lens holder to move only in a direction parallel to the optical axis. In particular, when the ring member rotates, the lens holder on which the pin is formed moves in the direction parallel to the optical axis within the pitch under the guide of the guide device.
US11994732B2
A fiber optic tray system includes a tray. The tray includes a tray body, the tray body extending along a longitudinal axis between a front and a rear and extending along a lateral axis between a first side and a second side. The tray further includes a plurality of alignment rails, each of the plurality of alignment rails protruding from the tray body along a transverse axis. The tray further includes a plurality of retainer features disposed at the rear of the tray body. The fiber optic tray system further includes a fiber optic module, the fiber optic module including an outer housing and at least one retainment feature. The at least one retainment feature is interfaced with at least one of the plurality of retainer features to retain the fiber optic module on the tray.
US11994723B2
An apparatus includes a body with an opening through the body, the opening corresponding to dimensions of a cable to be connected to a circuit board and a flat surface to abut the circuit board. The apparatus further includes one or more attachment mechanisms to attach the body to the circuit board.
US11994719B2
A polymer waveguide and an electrical signal transmission method are disclosed. In a specific implementation, the polymer waveguide includes at least a section of transmission waveguide and a section of dispersion compensation waveguide. The transmission waveguide is connected to the dispersion compensation waveguide. Dispersion symbols of the dispersion compensation waveguide and the transmission waveguide are opposite.
US11994712B2
In some embodiments, a data center optical communications system includes: a transmitter comprising a light source, wherein the light source is configured to provide light; an optical fiber operably connected to said transmitter and configured to receive light from the light source, wherein the optical fiber has a length L of 50 km or greater; a receiver configured to receive light from the optical fiber, wherein the receiver includes a detector for detecting the light, wherein the system has a power consumption of 15 W or less.
US11994704B2
The present disclosure relates to a hologram recording medium having one surface with a higher surface energy than a polymer resin layer containing at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of triacetyl cellulose, alicyclic olefin polymer and polyethylene terephthalate, a hologram recording medium wherein the surface energy of any one surface is 50 mN/m or more, and an optical element comprising the hologram medium.
US11994702B2
Shaped glasses have curved surface lenses with spectrally complementary filters disposed thereon. The filters curved surface lenses are configured to compensate for wavelength shifts occurring due to viewing angles and other sources. Complementary images are projected for viewing through projection filters having passbands that pre-shift to compensate for subsequent wavelength shifts. At least one filter may have more than 3 primary passbands. For example, two filters include a first filter having passbands of low blue, high blue, low green, high green, and red, and a second filter having passbands of blue, green, and red. The additional passbands may be utilized to more closely match a color space and white point of a projector in which the filters are used. The shaped glasses and projection filters together may be utilized as a system for projecting and viewing 3D images.
US11994700B2
A band-pass near-infrared (NIR) filter has a glass substrate and at least one coating. The glass substrate has a scale factor that is smaller than 1500 kPa/K. The maximum internal stress of the glass substrate at an operating temperature TOT is smaller than 300 MPa. A method of production of such a band-pass NIR filter includes depositing a band-pass NIR coating that has alternating layers of high refractive index material and low refractive index material on at least one side of the glass substrate to form a coated glass substrate. Such a band-pass NIR filter can be used in an infrared sensor for object recognition.
US11994697B2
A display device includes: a display panel including an active region, an inactive region disposed adjacent to the active region, and a first alignment mark, wherein a plurality of sub-pixels are disposed in the active region, and the first alignment mark is positioned at a first distance in a first direction from an alignment reference pixel disposed adjacent to a boundary of the active region; and an optical member including a plurality of lenses and a second alignment mark, wherein the plurality of lenses are disposed to be inclined at a first angle with respect to a direction in which the plurality of sub-pixels are arranged, and wherein the second alignment mark is positioned at the first distance in the first direction from the alignment reference pixel and is positioned at a second distance in a second direction, crossing the first direction, from the first alignment mark.
US11994695B2
The present disclosure provides a fly-eye lens module, a lighting device, and a DLP optical engine. The fly-eye lens module includes a first plastic fly-eye lens, a second plastic fly-eye lens, and a glass triangular prism structure. The first plastic fly-eye lens is provided on a surface thereof with a first circular region, and the second plastic fly-eye lens is provided on a surface thereof with a second circular region. The first and the second circular regions are both configured as a fly-eye structure having a concave-convex structure, and are respectively fixed to two sides of the cuboid glass structure by a bonding agent. The second and the first plastic fly-eye lenses are disposed such that the light spot emitted from the point light source is incident to the fly-eye lens module via the first plastic fly-eye lens, and is emitted from the second plastic fly-eye lens.
US11994694B2
An optical device includes a first array of emitters disposed on a substrate and configured to emit respective beams of optical radiation in a direction perpendicular to the substrate. A second array of microlenses is positioned on the substrate in alignment with the respective beams of the emitters, having respective sag profiles that vary over an area of the substrate. The second array includes at least first microlenses in a central region of the substrate and second microlenses in a peripheral region of the substrate, such that the first microlenses have respective first focal powers, while the second microlenses have respective second focal powers, which are less than the first focal powers.
US11994690B2
A diffractive light guide plate and a display device including the same, the diffractive light guide plate including a light guide unit; a first diffractive optical element including a linear grating repeatedly formed at a predetermined pitch; and a second diffractive optical element disposed in a region distinct from a region where the first diffractive optical element is disposed and including a two-dimensional pattern provided in a region where a virtual first linear pattern repeatedly arranged at a predetermined pitch along a first direction and a virtual second linear pattern repeatedly arranged at a predetermined pitch along a second direction intersect each other, where a horizontal section of the two-dimensional pattern has an elliptical shape and an angle between the long axis of the elliptical shape and a direction perpendicular to an extension direction of the linear grating in the first diffractive optical element is less than 20°.
US11994684B2
An image light guide for conveying a virtual image, including a waveguide, an in-coupling diffractive optic operable to direct image-bearing light beams into the waveguide, and an out-coupling diffractive optic operable to direct the image-bearing light beams from the waveguide toward an eyebox. The out-coupling diffractive optic having two or more zones each including a set of diffractive features, wherein successive zones along one dimension of the out-coupling diffractive optic have different respective sets of diffractive features, wherein the diffractive features are operable to direct image-bearing light beams of a first pixel incident upon the diffractive features at a first angle whereby the directed image-bearing light beams of the first pixel further propagate within the waveguide, and wherein the diffractive features are operable to out-couple a portion of the image-bearing light beams of the first pixel incident upon the diffractive features at a second angle.
US11994677B2
A wearable device is provided. The wearable device includes a first display member corresponding to a first eye of a user, a second display member corresponding to a second eye of the user, where the first display member and the second display member are configured to provide visual information to the user, a lens frame configured to surround at least a part of the first display member and at least a part of the second display member, a first wearing member provided on a first portion of the lens frame, a second wearing member provided on a second portion of the lens frame, a first circuit board provided in the first wearing member, a first processor provided on the first circuit board and configured to operate the first display member, and a second circuit board provided in the second wearing member.
US11994667B1
The present invention relates to an eyepiece optical assembly, system and device. The assembly includes a first optics group, a second optics group and a third optics group arranged in sequence along an optical axis from a human eye viewing side to a miniature display. The first optics group includes a first lens group, a first polarizer group and a first waveplate group, the second optics group includes a second lens group and a transflective optical surface, and the third optics group includes a third lens group, a second waveplate group and a second polarizer group. Imaging light is emitted from the miniature display and is reflected and refracted back and forth between the first optics group and the second optics group, and finally exits from the first optics group close to the human eye viewing side into a human eye for imaging.
US11994659B2
A magnifying device (100) with multiple magnifications including: an outer shell (10) forming a body of revolution with an axis of revolution (X-X) and having an inner cavity (5), a first lens (30) mounted at a first end (13) of said outer shell (10), and a second lens (20) capable of moving between a retracted position and an extended position in which said second lens (20) is superimposed on said first lens (30) so as to change the optical characteristics of the magnifying device (100).
US11994652B2
A polarizing plate and an optical display including the same are provided. The polarizing plate is composed of a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region, and includes: a polarizer; and a bonding layer and a first polarizer protective film sequentially stacked on an upper surface of the polarizer. A light shielding layer includes a UV absorbent material and is embedded in the bonding layer to constitute at least a portion of the non-display region. The light shielding layer is formed on at least one surface of the first polarizer protective film.
US11994649B2
One or more aspects of the present disclosure provide articles of manufacture and components of articles that incorporate an optical element that imparts structural color to the component or the article. The component comprises a cured or curable material, and can include or be made to have a textured surface.
US11994642B2
Apparatus, methods, and systems for determining acoustic velocity behind casing or tubing in a subterranean wellbore. A method may include obtaining a plurality of waveform data sets corresponding to a plurality of propagation path regimes and obtaining a total wavefield across the receiver array. The method may also include determining a Green's function representing each of the plurality of propagation path regimes and determining a noise wavefield by convolving the Green's functions and a known transmitted pressure signal corresponding to the plurality of waveform data sets. The method may also include generating a reduced-noise wavefield by subtracting the noise wavefield from the total wavefield and estimating the acoustic velocity of a formation behind the casing or tubing from the reduce-noise wavefield.
US11994629B2
The present disclosure is directed to light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system including a laser configured to output a beam, an amplifier, and an optical network. The amplifier may be configured to receive a plurality of optical signals that are generated based on the beam and are respectively associated with a plurality of phases. The amplifier may be configured to generate a plurality of amplified optical signals based on the plurality of optical signals. The optical network may be coupled to the amplifier. The optical network may be configured to receive the plurality of amplified optical signals. The optical network may be configured to generate an optical signal based on the plurality of amplified optical signals. An amplitude of the optical signal may correspond to a combined amplitude of the plurality of amplified optical signals.
US11994623B2
LiDAR systems and methods for detecting objects in a region of interest (ROI) comprising radiation source for emitting an output beam; optical fiber communicatively coupled to radiation source for receiving and transmitting output beam, and emitting output beam from output end with first spread; actuator coupled to the optical fiber for imparting movement to output end, the movement comprising positions of the output end defining total first spread of output beam; optical lens positioned by focal distance from output end and configured to transmit output beam towards the ROI and to cause output beam to spread by second spread which is larger than first spread, and a total second spread when output end is moving being larger than total first spread; and a processor for controlling the actuator and the movement to modulate angle of spread of the output beam in the ROI.
US11994622B2
A method and system for providing scan data for decision making in a self-driving vehicle are provided. The self-driving vehicle includes a scanning sensor that scans a space around the self-driving vehicle in consecutive scanning cycles. The method includes receiving a request for scan information associated with a requested segment of space. The method determines whether to wait for a next scan of the requested segment and use scan data from the next scan, or to extract and use scan data from a previous scan of the requested segment. The method also includes processing the scan data to generate the scan information for the requested segment, providing the scan information for the requested segment in response to the request, and operating the self-driving vehicle in accordance with a decision made about a maneuver to be performed by the self-driving vehicle based, at least in part, on the scan information.
US11994619B2
A light irradiation apparatus includes an optical window, a light source and an irradiation unit. The optical window is formed of a light-transmissive material. The light source is configured to emit irradiation light with linear polarization. The irradiation unit is configured to irradiate the irradiation light emitted from the light source toward a preset irradiation range through the optical window. Moreover, the optical window has a shape such that the reflectivity of the irradiation light within a specified range is lower than or equal to a preset upper limit; the specified range is provided within the irradiation range.
US11994616B2
A method includes receiving first measurement data acquired by a radar based on radar signals reflected by a member of a movable device. The method also includes calculating an angle based on the first measurement data. The method also includes comparing the angle with a predetermined reference angle to obtain a difference. The method also includes adjusting an obstacle detection angle of the radar based on the difference. The method further includes causing the radar to scan an environment in the adjusted obstacle detection angle.
US11994614B2
A testing device for testing a distance sensor includes a receiving element for receiving an electromagnetic free-space wave as a receive signal, and a radiating element for radiating a simulated reflection signal. The receive signal or a signal derived therefrom is routed via a time delay circuit, and is thus time-delayed to a time-delayed signal. The time-delayed signal or a signal derived therefrom is radiated as the simulated reflection signal. The time delay circuit has an analog delay path and a digital delay path. The analog delay path implements shorter time delays than the digital delay path, apart from a possible overlap region. An input switch is used to switch the receive signal or the signal derived therefrom to the input of the analog delay path or to the input of the digital delay path, and the signal becomes the time-delayed signal after passing through the connected delay path.
US11994612B2
A system for phase-modulated radar detection, preferably including one or more transmitter arrays, receiver arrays, and signal processors. A method for phase-modulated radar detection, preferably including transmitting a set of probe signals, receiving a set of reflected probe signals, and/or decoding the set of received probe signals, and optionally including evaluating effects of phase variance and/or modifying probe signal characteristics.
US11994604B2
Techniques by a wireless to estimate the position of a remote device are disclosed. A main receiver of the wireless device may determine multiple first phase values of the RF signal received through a first antenna during multiple time intervals. An auxiliary receiver may determine multiple second phase values of the RF signal received through an array of auxiliary antennas during the multiple time intervals. Each of the second phase value may correspond to the RF signal received through one antenna of the array during one of the time interval. The wireless device may determine an oscillator offset between a local oscillator of the main transceiver and a local oscillator of the auxiliary receiver. The wireless device may estimate an angle of arrival (AoA) of the RF signal or a distance based on the multiple first phase values and the multiple second values by compensating for the oscillator phase offset.
US11994601B2
A method for estimating the attitude of a vehicle by using a global navigation satellite system having a plurality of satellites, wherein the vehicle comprises at least a first antenna and a second antenna having a separation to each other, comprising the steps of: detecting an outage of said global navigation satellite system; starting a dead-reckoning algorithm in order to extrapolate a change in attitude during the outage of said global navigation satellite system obtaining a dead-reckoned attitude; detecting that said global navigation satellite system has recovered, in particular via the availability of carrier phase observables and calculating a new attitude using the recovered global navigation satellite system by incorporating the obtained dead-reckoned attitude as a starting condition.
US11994600B2
Provided are a reception apparatus and a reception method that are capable of acquiring altitude information by a method suitable for a wearable device and improving position calculation accuracy. The reception apparatus includes an altitude information acquisition unit and a positioning calculation unit. The altitude information acquisition unit acquires altitude information externally calculated via proximity wireless communication. The positioning calculation unit performs positioning computation on the basis of a received global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signal and the altitude information supplied from the altitude information acquisition unit.
US11994598B2
A receiver is provided for use with a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) comprising multiple satellites. The receiver comprises a receiver clock and at least one antenna for receiving multiple signals over multiple respective channels, each channel being defined by a transmitting satellite and a receiving antenna at opposing ends of the channel. The receiver further comprises at least one correlator for calculating cross-correlation functions between (i) the signals received over the multiple channels and (ii) reference versions of the navigation signals provided by the receiver. The receiver is configured to use the calculated cross-correlation functions to perform a joint estimate of (i) a clock bias of the receiver clock relative to the time reference maintained by the GNSS, and (ii) a composite channel comprising the combined contribution of the multiple channels as a function of time-delay.
US11994591B2
Sensors, including time-of-flight sensors, may be used to detect objects in an environment. In an example, a vehicle may include a time-of-flight sensor that images objects around the vehicle, e.g., so the vehicle can navigate relative to the objects. The sensor may generate first image data at a first configuration and second image data at a second configuration. An estimated depth of an object may be determined from the first image data, and an actual depth of the object may be determined from the second image data, based on the estimated depth. In examples, the first and second configurations have different modulation frequencies such that a nominal maximum depth in the first configuration is greater than the nominal maximum depth in the second configuration.
US11994588B2
A three-dimensional scan of an object may be performed by a three-dimensional scanning device to obtain a three-dimensional representation of the object. A coherent beam of light is emitted towards and reflected by the object with the reflected light being measured to form a set of light measurements at each of a plurality of data acquisition points. A sensor array in the device tracks and measures movement of the device and a linear displacement with respect to a fixed anchor point that is external to the device. The tracked movement of the device and the reflected light measurements are synchronized according to when they were measured with this synchronized data being used to generate a three-dimensional representation of the object.
US11994587B2
In an optoelectronic detection device (1) with at least one optical transmitting unit (3) with an electromagnetic pulse generator (4) for emitting electromagnetic emitted pulses (5), and at least one optical receiver for receiving reflected emitted pulses (7) that provides a reception signal, formed depending on the reflected emitted pulse, to an evaluation device (10), wherein the optical receiver (2) is configured to provide a trigger signal (11) for the control of the optical transmitter (3), an improved compensation of the optoelectronic detection device for errors resulting from temperature or ageing should be achieved. This is achieved in that the optical receiver (2) is configured to provide the trigger signal (11) to the evaluation device (10), the optical transmitter (3) is configured to provide a feedback signal (12) to the evaluation unit (10), wherein the feedback signal (12) corresponds to the time point of the transmission of the transmitted electromagnetic pulse (5) by the electromagnetic pulse generator (4), and the evaluation device (10) is configured to determine the time difference between the trigger signal (11) and the feedback signal (12).
US11994584B2
One example includes an ultrasonic ranging system. The system includes an ultrasonic transducer configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal and to receive reflected ultrasonic signal paths having been reflected from a plurality of target objects during a ranging operation. The system also includes a ranging processor configured to detect a location associated with the plurality of target objects based on monitoring phase information associated with the reflected ultrasonic signal paths.
US11994571B2
A waveform capture device (WCD) is a flexible measurement system capable of recording complex digital signals on trillionth-of-a-second (ps) time scales. The WCD may be implemented via modular code on an off-the-shelf field-programmable gate-array (FPGA), and incorporates both time-to-digital converter (TDC) and digital storage oscilloscope (DSO) functionality. The device captures a waveform by taking snapshots of a signal as it propagates down an ultra-fast transmission line known as a carry chain (CC). It may be calibrated via a dynamic phase-shifting (DPS) method that requires substantially less data and resources than conventional techniques.
US11994569B2
A radio frequency coil assembly for an MRI system. A support structure extends between a first end and a second end in a first direction and between an inner surface and an opposite outer surface in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The support structure has channels that extend into the support structure in the second direction. An RF coil is configured to transmit and/or receive RF signals. The RF coil is supported by the outer surface of the support structure. The channels are at least partially positioned between the support structure and the RF coil in the first direction and are configured to convey a cooling medium to cool the support structure in use.
US11994566B2
A magnetic sensor includes an MR element and a support member. A top surface of the support member includes an inclined portion. The MR element includes an MR element main body, a lower electrode, and an upper electrode. The lower electrode includes a first end closest to a lower end of the inclined portion and a second end closest to an upper end of the inclined portion. The MR element main body is located at a position closer to the second end than to the first end.
US11994565B2
A potential difference early-warning circuit, comprising: a sensing resistor (R2), (PCB GND); a first MOS (M1), a drain of the first MOS being connected to the sensing resistor (R2), and a source of the first MOS (M1) being connected to a safety ground (GND); an operational amplifier (U1A), a positive input end of the operational amplifier being connected to one end of the sensing resistor (R2), and a negative input end of the operational amplifier (U1A) being connected to the other end of the sensing resistor (R2); a second MOS (M2), a gate of the second MOS (M2) being connected to an output end of the operational amplifier (U1A), and a source of the second MOS (M2) being connected to the signal ground; and a controller, a first input end of the controller being connected to the drain of the second MOS (M2), and an output end of the controller being connected to the gate of the second MOS (M2).
US11994558B2
An electronic system test method, comprising: (a) inputting a victim test pattern to a victim signal path of a target electronic system and simultaneously inputting at least one aggressor test pattern to at least one aggressor signal path of the target electronic system, according to a major set of test patterns comprising a plurality of minor set of test patterns; (b) acquiring a output response corresponding to the step (a); and (c) after changing the victim test pattern or the aggressor test pattern, and after repeating the step (a) and the step (b) until all of the major test patterns set are used thereby acquiring a plurality of the output responses, determining a combination level according to the output responses. The victim test pattern is an X bit pattern and the aggressor test pattern is a Y bit pattern, X and Y are positive integers larger than or equal to 3.
US11994556B2
A probe position monitoring structure includes a first common line and a contact portion configured for being directly contacted with a probe. The contact portion includes a first zigzag structure, and a first end of the first zigzag structure is directly connected with the first common line. A method of monitoring a position of a probe includes the following steps. The probe position monitoring structure is provided. The first zigzag structure is directly contacted with a first probe. A resistance measurement is performed to measure a resistance of a portion of the first zigzag structure located between the first probe and the first end for monitoring a position of the first probe.
US11994550B2
The temperature test apparatus includes an OTA chamber 50 as an anechoic box, a heat insulating housing that is accommodated in the OTA chamber, a temperature control device that controls a temperature in the heat insulating housing, a ventilation block 210 that is made of metal and provided to block an opening 502 formed in the OTA chamber, and in which a plurality of through-holes 214 are formed, a first cover 220 that is provided on an outer side of the OTA chamber to cover the ventilation block, and form a first space 225 with the ventilation block, and is joined to a pipe for air from the temperature control device, and a second cover 250 that is provided on an inner side of the OTA chamber to cover the ventilation block, and form a second space 255 communicating with the heat insulating housing, together with the ventilation block.
US11994549B1
A method for determining an electromagnetic field spatial distribution of a radio frequency (RF) antenna which includes the steps of emitting with the RF antenna, a plurality of RF energy pulses into a homogeneous medium; performing a plurality of thermoacoustic signal measurements of the plurality of RF energy pulses, wherein each of the thermoacoustic signal measurements is performed in a similar manner; utilizing a variance in the plurality of thermoacoustic signal measurements to generate a reconstructed pressure distribution for a volume located within the homogeneous medium; and calculating the RF antenna electromagnetic field spatial distribution within the volume based upon the reconstructed pressure distribution for the volume located within the homogeneous medium.
US11994545B2
A test system may be used for obtaining accurate remote sense voltage and/or current values. A measurement instrument may provide a regulated stimulus signal to a device under test (DUT) and measure a DUT signal developed at least partially in response to the stimulus signal. A test circuit may superimpose a test signal over the stimulus signal to cause the DUT signal to be developed further in response to the test signal. The DUT signal may be used to derive a resistance of the path that couples the measurement instrument to the DUT. The measurement instrument may include a source measure unit, the stimulus signal may be a regulated voltage, and the DUT signal may be a sense voltage. The harmonics of the DUT signal may be analyzed to determine a correlation between an amplitude of a measured fundamental frequency of the DUT signal and the resistance of the path.
US11994534B2
A testing device for testing an integrated circuit package is provided, including a printed circuit board, a testing socket, a conductive fastener, a cover, and a conductive element assembly. The printed circuit board includes a first metal layer formed on the bottom surface thereof. The testing socket is disposed above the printed circuit board. The conductive fastener is configured to secure the testing socket to the printed circuit board, wherein the conductive fastener is electrically connected to the first metal layer and the testing socket. The cover is disposed above the testing socket to form a space for accommodating the integrated circuit package between the cover and the testing socket, wherein the cover makes electrical contact with the integrated circuit package. The conductive element assembly is disposed between and electrically connected to the cover and the testing socket.
US11994533B2
Infrared (IR) vibrational scattering scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) has advanced to become a powerful nanoimaging and spectroscopy technique with applications ranging from biological to quantum materials. However, full spatiospectral s-SNOM continues to be challenged by long measurement times and drift during the acquisition of large associated datasets. Various embodiments provide for a novel approach of computational spatiospectral s-SNOM by transforming the basis from the stationary frame into the rotating frame of the IR carrier frequency. Some embodiments see acceleration of IR s-SNOM data collection by a factor of 10 or more in combination with prior knowledge of the electronic or vibrational resonances to be probed, the IR source excitation spectrum, and other general sample characteristics.
US11994520B2
The present disclosure relates a method of fabricating a literal flow immunoassay (LFIA) for the diagnosis of diseases, including COVID-19. The present disclosure further relates to a fusion-epitopes peptide that can be used in the LFIA test to improve sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of the test.
US11994507B2
A first fluidic solution having a first ionic concentration is provided in a first fluidic reservoir in direct fluidic connection with a nanopore. A second fluidic solution, having a second ionic concentration, is provided in a second fluidic reservoir disposed in fluidic connection with the nanopore through a fluidic passage having at least one fluidic section in which the section length is greater than the section width. The electrical potential local to the fluidic passage is measured, and the resistance of both the fluidic passage the nanopore are determined based on the fluidic passage electrical potential. The fluidic passage resistance is compared with the nanopore resistance and at least one of the first and second ionic concentrations is adjusted based on the comparison. The measuring, determining, comparing, and adjusting steps are conducted until the fluidic passage resistance is between about 0.1 times and about 10 times the nanopore resistance.
US11994501B2
A method for ranking analytes includes the steps of analyzing an experimental analyte in a mass spectrometer. The method includes comparing the experimental analyte to a plurality of candidate analytes in a library hit list, and assigning a cumulative confidence score to each candidate analyte based on the steps of comparing the experimental analyte to the candidate analytes based on a library similarity score, comparing the experimental analyte to the candidate analytes based on of a presence of the most abundant isotope of a molecular ion and its mass, comparing the experimental analyte to the candidate analytes based on an abundance of fragment ions and a mass of the fragment ions, and, in some implementations, comparing the experimental analyte to the candidate analytes based on a retention index value. The method includes ranking the candidate analytes based on the cumulative confidence score of each candidate analyte.
US11994500B2
Techniques and apparatus for thermally controlled interfaces for separation devices and optical flow cell devices with minimized post-column volumes are described. In one embodiment, for example, a column-optical cell assembly may include an insulating device, a chromatography column arranged within the insulating device, and an optical flow cell in fluid communication with the chromatography column, the chromatography column arranged within a minimum distance of the optical flow cell.
US11994497B2
The present application provides a testing device. The testing device includes: a box, a pressing mechanism, a sliding mechanism, a transmission mechanism, and first clamping mechanisms. The pressing mechanism is located inside the box. A gap between the pressing mechanism and the first side of the box is used to place substrates to be tested. The pressing mechanism is slidably connected to the sliding mechanism. The transmission mechanism is connected to the pressing mechanism to drive the pressing mechanism to move. Each first clamping mechanism is used to hold one of the substrates to be tested.
US11994495B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of detecting crack propagation in a wall of a metallurgical furnace by a detection unit. The detection unit is configured to extract one or more dominant frequency parameters from the corresponding reflected stress signal, and analysing, a phase from each dominant frequency parameters. The analysing of the phase comprises determines, one or more coefficients for each dominant frequency parameters. The detection unit then identifies, a dominant phase based on the corresponding one or more coefficients and selects a frequency relevant to a thickness parameter based on the dominant phase. The crack propagation in the wall of the metallurgical furnace is then detected based on the frequency relevant to the thickness parameter at each of the one or more locations. The present disclosure provides an accurate method for determining condition of refractory lining by elimination unwanted noise signals.
US11994492B2
The present disclosure provides a gas analysis device and a method for detecting sample gas. The gas analysis device includes: an ion mobility spectrometer including an ion mobility tube, an ion gate, a plurality of electrodes, a suppression grid, and a Faraday plate sequentially disposed in the ion mobility tube, wherein the Faraday plate is configured to receive sample ions discharged from the suppression grid, and the Faraday plate is provided with a through hole; a mass spectrometer; a gate valve disposed between the Faraday plate and an ion inlet of the mass spectrometer; and a controller configured to control an opening or closing of the gate valve to allow the sample ions discharged from the suppression grid to flow into the mass spectrometer through the through hole of the Faraday plate when the gate valve is opened.
US11994491B2
An ion mobility spectrometry method comprising (i) applying a voltage difference between a first electrode of an ion gate and a second electrode of the ion gate to prevent ions from leaving a reaction region of an ion mobility spectrometer; (ii) opening the ion gate to allow the ions to travel from the reaction region into a modification region between the first electrode and the second electrode; (iii) applying a radio frequency, RF, voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode to fragment the ions in the modification region to provide daughter ions; (iv) allowing the daughter ions to travel from the modification region into a drift region of the ion mobility spectrometer towards a collector; (v) closing the ion gate; and (vi) determining the time of flight of the daughter ions from the ion gate to the collector.
US11994486B2
Methods and apparatus for measuring current are provided. In one arrangement, a first charge amplifier integrates a current to be measured. A processing circuit filters an output from the first charge amplifier using a first low pass filter module and a second low pass filter module. A second charge amplifier integrates a current derived from the filtered output from the first charge amplifier. The apparatus is configured to reset the first charge amplifier at the start of each of a plurality of sensing frames. The processing circuit obtains at least a first sample of the output from the first charge amplifier in each sensing frame. The sampling of the first sample alternates from one sensing frame to the next sensing frame between sampling via the first low pass filter module and sampling via the second low pass filter module.
US11994485B2
A method for operating a gas sensor device, which is equipped with at least one gas-sensitive electrical sensor resistor, a heating element for the controlled heating of the sensor resistor, a detection element for detecting the resistance value of the sensor resistor, and a signal processing element for processing measuring signals. In the method, measurements are carried out in time intervals, in which the resistance value of the sensor resistor is detected as a measuring signal, and the sensor resistor is heated for each measurement, the heating element being operated discontinuously in heating intervals and each measurement being assigned a heating interval. Measurements are automatically carried out in predefinable time intervals, and additional measurements are initiatable at arbitrary times. The duration of the heating intervals assigned to the individual measurements being selected as a function of the time interval to the preceding heating interval.
US11994484B2
A method includes providing a fluid to a structure including an aperture, applying a voltage signal to a circuit that includes the fluid, applying a substantially periodic pressure signal to the fluid, detecting a current signal in the circuit as an analyte passes through the aperture in response to the substantially periodic pressure signal, and processing the current signal and the substantially periodic pressure signal to determine a switch time and a release time for the analyte. An apparatus includes a structure including an aperture to receive a fluid, a voltage source to provide a voltage signal to an electronic circuit having a path that includes the aperture, a pressure signal generator to provide a substantially periodic pressure signal to the fluid, and a system to process the periodic pressure signal and a current signal induced in the electronic circuit.
US11994471B2
An apparatus for detecting an optical signal emission includes signal transmission fibers. Each fiber includes cores having the same spatial core arrangement at each end. The first ends are configured to be optically coupled to the signal emission sources. Each fiber is configured to transmit an optical signal between the first end and the second. The apparatus can also include a frame assembly securing the first ends of the fibers in a first spatial fiber arrangement corresponding to a spatial arrangement of the signal emission sources. The frame assembly can also secure the second ends of the fibers in a second spatial fiber arrangement different from the first spatial fiber arrangement. The apparatus can also include at least one signal detector configured to be optically coupled to the second ends of the fibers and configured to detect an optical signal emitted by each signal emission source.
US11994452B2
An apparatus attaches to a microscope slide to form an enclosed fluidic chamber with input and output ports, where a tissue or cell sample on the slide can be processed using techniques such as immunohistochemical staining. Flow of reagents within the chamber can be laminar and highly uniform across the sample surface to achieve staining that is free of gradients. The sample can be imaged prior to, during, or after any given processing step. Methods for staining and imaging a sample can be implemented through one or more rounds of labeling, label removal or erasure and imaging. Samples can be imaged many times to achieve very high multiplexing levels. Samples can be placed on an imaging apparatus at various times and removed from the imaging apparatus for certain steps.
US11994443B2
Embodiments included herein are directed towards sensing devices and related methods. Embodiments may include a first gauge positioned on a port of the sensing device. A first resistor of the first gauge may be positioned in a first compression region of the port. A second resistor of the first gauge may also be positioned in the first compression region of the port.
US11994439B2
A sensors unit for an air compressor system, in a mutual module housing, includes: a pressure measuring unit for measuring a pressure; at least one further measuring unit for measuring another physical and/or chemical quantity; an evaluation and control unit configured to control the pressure measuring unit for measuring the pressure and the further measuring unit for measuring the other physical and/or chemical quantity as well as to provide measurement data; and an external interface for the output of the provided measurement data.
US11994437B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a piezoelectric device having at least one piezoelectric element, which has a support plane oriented to a force introduction element, wherein in the event of a thermal loading of the piezoelectric device in the support plane, expansion differences between the piezoelectric element and the force introduction element occur. To compensate for shear loadings, at least one transition element is arranged between the piezoelectric element and the force introduction element, the E-module of which is smaller than the E-module of the piezoelectric element in the support plane.
US11994436B2
Methods of non-destructive rail analysis and evaluation for railroad tracks are provided. The methods can include capturing images of rails over time and at various temperatures. High-contrast patterns can be applied to or associated with a rail to facilitate image analysis. Rail neutral temperature (RNT), stress, strain, and curvature of the track can be determined using image correlation and regression analysis. A stereovision system may be used for rail neutral temperature measurements and for determining effects of a heating method. A non-contacting, nondestructive methodology for RNT and longitudinal rail stress measurements is based on stereo vision image acquisition and Digital Image Correlation (DIC) for acquiring the full field shape, deformation, and strain measurements taken during a thermal cycle. The thermal cycle can be natural or induced.
US11994435B2
A pressure-sensitive sensor is capable of measuring pressure distribution over a wide range, measuring pressure consistently in a state of surface contact, and enhancing pressure measurement accuracy in each area of intersection. A pressure-sensitive sensor includes a conductive cloth having a mixture of conductive carbon black and a binder resin applied thereto, a first-electrode cloth disposed on a first-surface of the conductive cloth, and a second-electrode cloth disposed on a second-surface of the conductive cloth, wherein areas of intersection between the first-electrode cloth and second-electrode cloth are formed so as to have a matrix structure, courses or wales of the first-electrode cloth are arranged so as to be parallel or orthogonal to courses or wales of the conductive cloth, and courses or wales of the second-electrode cloth are arranged so as to be parallel or orthogonal to the courses or wales of the conductive cloth.
US11994430B2
A method for determining a correcting quantity function kF(x, y) for calibrating an FTIR measurement arrangement with an IR detector. The IR detector includes a plurality of sensor elements, which are each located at a position (x, y), and the method includes: (a) recording interferograms IFGRxy of a reference sample using the sensor elements of the IR detector, (b) calculating spectra Rxy of the reference sample by Fourier transforming the interferograms of the reference sample for at least four sensor elements, (c) calculating correcting quantities kxy by comparing each spectrum Rxy of the reference sample calculated in step b) with a reference data set of the reference sample, and (d) determining the correcting quantity function kF(x, y) using the correcting quantities kxy calculated in step c). This permits frequency shifts that occur in FTIR spectrometers with extensive detectors to be effectively corrected regardless of the position of the sensor element.
US11994429B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for calibrating an optical sensor, an optical sensor and a related electronic device. The method includes: acquiring a plurality of spectral detection values of ambient light collected by the optical sensor; acquiring a plurality of first parameter detection values of the ambient light and the corresponding plurality of second parameter detection values according to the plurality of spectral detection values, a type of the first parameter detection values being different from a type of the second parameter detection values; determining at least one effective detection value from the plurality of first parameter detection values according to the plurality of second parameter detection values; and calibrating the optical sensor according to the at least one effective detection value.
US11994422B2
The present disclosure relates to wastewater management that provides a method and a system for monitoring a sewer manhole from a remote location. The sewer monitoring system configured in a sewer manhole receives measured values from a level sensor and determines an accuracy error in the measured values for different conditions. The sewer monitoring system resolves the accuracy error in the measured values to obtain accurate measured values by either measuring a level of wastewater in the sewer manhole by setting a first range limit for the measured values dynamically based on an actual depth of the sewer manhole, or iteratively measuring the level of wastewater in the sewer manhole by setting unique a second range limit for the measured values dynamically. A risk associated with the sewer manhole based on the accurate measured values of the level sensor is determined, for monitoring the sewer manhole from a remote location.
US11994419B2
A monitoring apparatus for monitoring a multiphase flow in a pipe using magnetic induction tomography, the apparatus comprising a tubular member adapted for fitting around a pipe defining a flow conduit, wherein the tubular member has outer and inner tubular surfaces surrounding a central longitudinal axis of the tubular member, the inner tubular surface defining a central bore extending along the central longitudinal axis for receiving a pipe therealong, wherein the outer tubular surface has a polygonal cross-section and is comprised of an annular array of a plurality of planar faces, each planar face extending parallel to the central longitudinal axis, wherein at least two of the planar faces each includes a respective coil mounting portion on which is mounted a respective electrical coil, wherein the coil mounting portion comprises a recess in the tubular outer surface which receives a respective electrical coil.
US11994414B2
A transformer including a primary circuit with a primary inductor, a first secondary circuit with a first secondary inductor that is galvanically isolated from the primary inductor and coupled to the primary inductor, a second secondary circuit with a second secondary inductor that is galvanically isolated from the primary inductor and coupled to the primary inductor. The second secondary inductor is implemented redundantly with respect to the first secondary inductor, in particular such that the first secondary inductor encloses the second or the second encloses the first. The first and second secondary inductors are connected to one, or each to one, DC voltage source as well as each to a test circuit with a tapping point for tapping off a test voltage.
US11994413B2
The present invention relates to providing an electrical voltage for exciting an excitation coil of a resolver (2). In this case, the electrical voltage for exciting the excitation coil of the resolver (2) can be generated by means of pulse-width-modulated driving of at least one half-bridge (H1). In this case, the switching elements of the half-bridge (H1) are fully turned on, with the result that losses such as occur during linear operation of semiconductor switches, for example, can be avoided. If appropriate, the voltage (U_e) provided by the half-bridge (H1) can be additionally increased by means of suitable resonant circuits (L1, C1, C3 . . . ).
US11994406B2
Systems and methods are provided for label placement that provide necessary information on a map when map features conflict without significantly impacting performance. Embodiments of the present disclosure can handle placement of map labels that vary in size, have prioritized label/feature groupings, apply to point, line, and area features, minimize overlap when there is no more open space, and render fast enough for interactive viewing.
US11994404B2
A computational system estimating an energy consumption of a vehicle operated by a driver, the computational system includes a job progress calculator configured to calculate a job progress that is a delay time from a scheduled time on a simulation, an operation tendency storage configured to store tendency information that is a combination of a driver ID that is an identifier of the driver, the job progress, and an operation tendency of the vehicle, an operation tendency reader configured to read the operation tendency of the driver from the tendency information, using the job progress calculated by the job progress calculator, and the driver ID of the driver who is an computation target and a simulation computer configured to calculate the energy consumption of the vehicle, based on the operation tendency read by the operation tendency reader, with respect to each driver who is the computation target.
US11994401B2
Systems and methods of using satellite signal strength to determine indoor/outdoor transition points for places are disclosed herein. In some example embodiments, a computer system accesses service data and sensor data for a plurality of requests for a transportation service associated with a place, with the service data comprising pick-up data indicating a pick-up location and drop-off data indicating a drop-off location, and the sensor data comprising satellite signals indicating a pick-up path or a drop-off path, with the satellite signals each having a corresponding signal strength. The computer system determines a transition geographic location for the place based on the signal strengths of the satellite signals.
US11994395B2
Embodiments provide a method, a machine readable medium, a device and a vehicle for determining a route connecting a plurality of destinations in a road network, and a method, a machine readable medium and a device for training a machine learning module for determining a route connecting a plurality of destinations in a road network. The method for determining a route connecting a plurality of destinations in a road network comprises receiving input information, which comprises information on distances between the plurality of destinations in the road network. The method further comprises inputting the input information on the distances into a trained machine learning module and providing output information on the route connecting the plurality of destinations based on an output of the trained machine learning module.
US11994392B2
A vision-aided inertial navigation system (VINS) implements a square-root multi-state constraint Kalman filter (SR-MSCKF) for navigation. In one example, a processor of a VINS receives image data and motion data for a plurality of poses of a frame of reference along a trajectory. The processor executes an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF)-based estimator to compute estimates for a position and orientation for each of the plurality of poses of the frame of reference along the trajectory. For features observed from multiple poses along the trajectory, the estimator computes constraints that geometrically relate the multiple poses of the respective feature. Using the motion data and the computed constraints, the estimator computes state estimates for the position and orientation of the frame of reference. Further, the estimator determines uncertainty data for the state estimates and maintains the uncertainty data as a square root factor of a covariance matrix.
US11994391B2
Augmented (virtual) reality techniques are described for assisting in determining characteristics of swimming pools and spas. Such pools and spas may, for example, be mapped at least as to their general sizes and shapes. The mapped and other information may be available for display and may be furnished to an automatic swimming pool cleaner (APC) to improve its operational efficiency in cleaning the pool.
US11994384B2
The disclosure relates to a method for radially aligning wheelsets of rail vehicles relative to a coordinate system of a wheelset diagnosis tool and/or wheelset machine tool, which method can be implemented quickly with sufficient precision and comprises the following steps: a) positioning the wheelset at a working position of the tool; b) defining a tool-side coordinate system in an assumed wheel centre point of each wheel, where an X-axis adopts a vertical extent, a Y-axis adopts a horizontal extent and a Z-axis describes the resulting depth extent of the wheel; c) measuring the distance of the wheel backs with respect to one another and defining the Z-position=0 on each wheel back; d) defining a unique Z-position for each measuring point; e) positioning each measuring sensor at the specified Z-position; f) measuring the X-position of each measuring point; g) aligning the wheelset by vertically displacing one of the wheels in order to match the X-positions of the measuring points of two wheels.
US11994382B2
A system for automatically checking seat dimension accuracy for a vehicle may include a storage unit configured to store therein seat design data at a time of designing an actually produced seat and seat scan data obtained by scanning the actually produced seat, a controller configured to determine whether the actually produced seat has been produced to match predesigned dimensions using the seat design data and the seat scan data stored in the storage unit, and an output unit configured to automatically output a result of determination by the controller in a specific form. The system and a method for checking seat dimension accuracy for a vehicle can automatically check whether an actually produced seat has been accurately produced to match designed seat dimensions through automatic comparison of scan data of the actually produced seat with seat design data, and automatically generate a checking result report.
US11994377B2
Methods and systems for capturing motion and/or determining the shapes and positions of one or more objects in 3D space utilize cross-sections thereof. In various embodiments, images of the cross-sections are captured using a camera based on reflections therefrom or shadows cast thereby.
US11994376B2
The present disclosure provides a device that accurately measures vibration at a designated position of a sensing fiber without using digital signal processing to compensate for distance fluctuation. Digital signal processing for correcting fluctuation of a measurement distance due to a frequency offset of a beat signal due to vibration, which is a measurement target, is simplified. In the present disclosure, vibration at a designated position of the sensing fiber is accurately measured without using the digital signal processing to compensate for the distance fluctuation. A spectrum analysis length of an electrical field E(τn) of backscattered light is set to be larger than a delay deviation Nd due to frequency modulation caused by dynamic strain. An index of tolerance of vibration distribution measurement to the delay deviation Nd is also clarified.
US11994370B2
In an electronic dazzling element having at least one optical emitter with at least one electronic light-emitter for emitting light pulses, the light-emitter of the at least one optical emitter is controlled in such a way that a light pulse sequence emitted by the light-emitter is adapted to the physiology of the human eye.
US11994357B2
A gas block assembly may include a gas block including a gas port to receive gas provided by a gas port of a barrel; a tapered fastener opening; and a tapered fastener insertable in the tapered fastener opening, the tapered fastener including: a length further including a tapered section to contact a sidewall that defines the tapered fastener opening; and means for rotationally driving the tapered fastener into the tapered fastener opening. In other embodiments, an adjustable gas block includes sealing ring(s) on a groove in a rotationally actuated gas metering shaft.
US11994355B1
A cam pin configured to be moveably constrained within a cam slot of a firearm bolt carrier and configured to be operatively connected to a firearm bolt, the cam pin having a cam pin shaft with a firing pin opening. The cam pin head of the cam pin is configured to contact the upper receiver via a cam pin head contact surface that has a reduced contact surface area or length.
US11994354B2
Provided is a firearm noise suppressor having a baffle chamber unit defining a plurality of separated interior chambers and having a length and a substantially imperforate outer wall surface. The interior chambers are separated by at least one interior baffle wall with a central opening configured to allow passage of a projectile. A removable identification member with identifying indicia thereon assembled on the baffle chamber unit covers at least a portion but less that the entire length of the outer wall surface of the baffle chamber unit's length and a selected area of the member is affixed to the outer surface of the baffle chamber unit so as to prevent the removal of the member without a machining process to the selected area.
US11994352B2
A heat exchanger includes: a first heat transfer tube; a second heat transfer tube; and a branching tube having a first end connected to an end of the first heat transfer tube, a second end connected to an end of the second heat transfer tube, and a third end, and connecting the first end, the second end, and the third end to each other. The first heat transfer tube is larger in heat exchange quantity than the second heat transfer tube. The branching tube has a first flow path connecting the first end with the third end, and a second flow path connecting the second end with the third end. The first flow path is shorter than the second flow path. The branching tube includes: a U portion; and an inflow portion having an end connected to the U portion.
US11994337B2
A method for manufacturing a vacuum insulated structure includes positioning an inner liner within an external wrapper and defining a gap between the inner liner and the external wrapper, drawing a vacuum to seal the gap, and injecting a first insulator into the gap. The method further includes positioning a filter proximate to the first insulator within the gap and injecting a second insulator into the gap proximate to the filter.
US11994333B2
A fan assembly including a housing, an impeller, a first damper member, a second damper member, and an actuation assembly. The housing defining a number of outlets and the impeller being configured to rotate about a rotational axis to direct air towards the number of outlets. The first damper member at least partially extending circumferentially about the impeller and the second damper member at least partially extend circumferentially about the impeller. The actuation assembly is configured to selectively rotate the first damper member and/or the second damper member to partially block, completely block or completely open the number of outlets.
US11994330B2
The refrigerator includes: a first tray forming a part of ice-making cells which are where water changes phase into ice due to cold air; a second tray forming the other part of the ice-making cells; and a temperature sensor for sensing the temperature of the water or ice in the ice-making cells, wherein the temperature sensor comes into contact with the first tray and/or the second tray.
US11994329B2
Provided is an ice-making device that can autonomously perform a series of ice-making operations that include control of a fan motor, without relying on a higher-level device. An ice-making device that is characterized by comprising an ice-making tray, a fan motor that blows air onto the ice-making tray, an ice removal mechanism that removes ice from the ice-making tray, a control part, and a frame that holds the ice-making tray, the fan motor, the ice removal mechanism, and the control part. The ice-making device is also characterized in that the control part controls the operations of the fan motor, the ice removal mechanism, and a water supply mechanism that opens/closes a water supply path that supplies water to the ice-making tray.
US11994328B2
An electric control assembly for an air conditioner is provided. The assembly has an electric control board, a fan driving circuit and a compressor driving circuit. A ground end of the fan driving circuit and a ground end of the compressor driving circuit are connected with two reference grounds of the electric control board in one-to-one correspondence. The assembly also has a switch isolation driving circuit, a first input end of which is connected with a control end of the compressor driving circuit. A first output end of the switch isolation driving circuit is connected with a controlled end of the fan driving circuit. A second input end of the switch isolation driving circuit is connected with a control end of the fan driving circuit. A second output end of the switch isolation driving circuit is connected with a feedback end of the compressor driving circuit.
US11994327B2
A system includes: a refrigerant compressor including an electric motor; a single printed circuit board (PCB); a drive that is disposed on the single PCB and that includes switches that control the application of power from a battery to the electric motor; and one or more processors disposed on the single PCB, the one or more processors configured to: determine a speed command for the refrigerant compressor based on one or more operating parameters; and actuate the switches of the drive based on the speed command.
US11994319B2
An electrochemical heat transfer device utilizes an electrochemical hydrogen compressor to pump hydrogen into and out of a reservoir having a metal hydride forming alloy therein. The absorption of hydrogen by the metal hydride forming alloy is exothermic, produces heat, and the desorption of the hydrogen from the metal hydride forming alloy is endothermic and draws heat in. An electrochemical hydrogen compressor may be configured between to reservoirs and pump hydrogen back and forth to form a heat transfer device. A heat exchange device may be coupled with the reservoir or may comprise the outer surface of the reservoir to transfer heat to an object or to the surroundings. A closed loop may be configured having two reservoirs and one or two electrochemical hydrogen compressors to pump the hydrogen in a loop around the system.
US11994317B2
An air circulation and/or purification device for recirculating air and/or removing contaminants from the air which includes a housing having a top with an opening for air intake and a bottom, a fan contained within the housing, and a plurality of air output vents contained within multiple sides of the housing near the bottom of the housing. The bottom of the housing may include a conical shaped portion extending inward from the bottom of the housing or other structures to assist in expelling air from the housing in at least two different directions. The device may also include one or more filters designed to capture and filter out different types of contaminants.
US11994316B2
An air-cooling device includes a radiator, a duct, and a fan. The radiator includes a radiator core and a frame connected to an outer peripheral portion of the radiator core. The duct is disposed forward of the radiator. The duct includes an opening disposed forward of the radiator core and an air guide that extends from the frame to an end of the opening. The fan causes air to flow from the opening to the radiator core. The frame is disposed to extend from a position on one side of a straight line to a position on an opposite side of the straight line, the straight line extending rearward from the end of the opening. A connecting portion between the frame and the air guide is located at a distance from the straight line.
US11994312B2
An air-conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit, a thermal imaging sensor acquiring thermal information on an air-conditioned room, and a wireless LAN communication unit including an interface board connector and a wireless LAN interface. The interface board connector connects to an operation information signal line, through which operation information on the refrigerant circuit is transferred, and a thermal-imaging-sensor information signal line, through which thermal-imaging-sensor information based on the thermal information on the air-conditioned room acquired by the thermal imaging sensor is transferred. The wireless LAN interface separately transmits the operation information, transferred through the operation information signal line connected to the interface board connector, and the thermal-imaging-sensor information, transferred through the thermal-imaging-sensor information signal line connected to the interface board connector, to an external electronic device.
US11994308B2
A method for adjusting an economic balance point in a dual fuel HVAC system includes a furnace, a heat pump and a control system. The method comprises providing a control device having a preprogrammed algorithm for controlling the HVAC system, providing a communication path between the control device and at least one component of the HVAC system, and accessing current fuel cost data; determining an economic balance point temperature based on the current fuel cost data; and updating the economic balance point temperature in the preprogrammed algorithm to adjust an actual balance point of the HVAC system.
US11994304B2
A solar phase-change energy storage heating ventilation partition wall and modular heating system thereof, the partition wall consists of a solid partition wall (1), a thermal insulation layer (2), a decoration layer (3), frame of steel reinforcement (4), reflecting layers (5) and phase-change heat storage modules (6), the modular heating system comprises a solar air collector (13), phase-change heat storage units (23) arranged modularly, and a partition wall, to achieve energy storage and heating. Compared with the prior art, the modular heat storage partition wall components are simple in manufacturing process and flexible in assembly, and can be freely arranged and combined according to actual conditions; the system collects solar energy by the solar air collector during the daytime and stores the heat in the phase-change heat storage modules in the partition wall; and the heat storage partition wall can provide heat for the room in a radiation manner.
US11994303B2
An adapter device and/or a thermostat device for use during installation and testing of in-floor heating systems. The adapter device allows for temporary electrical interconnection between a mat and an AC power source, and includes at least one switch configured to actuate based on a user-supplied force (e.g., a finger press) to temporarily electrically couple the mat to an AC power source. The at least one switch is further configured to automatically de-actuate in the absence of the user-supplied force to electrically decouple the mat from the AC power source. The thermostat device includes at least one integrated power measurement circuit for testing and diagnostics of an in-floor heating system.
US11994294B2
A combustor includes a skeleton mesh structure having a plurality of structural elements configured to mesh together to form the skeleton mesh structure, each of the plurality of structural elements including a frame and, a plurality of louvers connected to the frame. The combustor also includes an inner liner mounted to the skeleton mesh structure to define a combustion chamber. The inner liner includes a plurality of inner planks mounted to the skeleton mesh structure, each of the plurality of inner planks being mounted to a corresponding one of the plurality of structural elements.
US11994290B2
A heat transfer arrangement includes two or more heat transfer cells. The heat transfer cells together define a boundary between a higher temperature region and a lower temperature region. Each of the two or more heat transfer cells includes two or more walls defining a fluid tight cavity. One or more wick is fused to an inner surface of one or more of the walls to wick liquid from a lower temperature portion of the cavity to a higher temperature portion of the cavity. Combustors having heat transfer arrangements with heat transfer cells and methods of making heat transfer arrangements are also described.
US11994289B2
A method for determining the flow rate of combustible fluid injected into a combustion chamber (120) of a turbine (100) includes determining the cross section of the orifice of the at least one injector (112, 113, 114, 115) through which the combustible fluid is injected into the combustion chamber (120). The pressure of the combustible fluid upstream of the orifice of the injector (112, 113, 114, 115) is determined. The pressure downstream of the orifice of the injector (112, 113, 114, 115) is determined. The flow rate of combustible fluid flowing through the orifice of the at least one injector (112, 113, 114, 115) is determined.
US11994287B2
A method operates a furnace unit with a feed chute and a camera for capturing an image of the surface of the chute. The chute includes a slide on which material flows to a grate, and the coverage of the chute and in particular of the slide with material, the burning bed thickness and the burnout zone are determined by an image evaluation.
US11994279B1
A connector loading device may comprise a receptacle, a plurality of light sources, and a controller. The receptacle may comprise a first plurality of holes. The first plurality of holes are configured to respectively line up with a second plurality of holes in a connector when the connector is inserted in the receptacle. Each one of the first plurality of holes comprises a respective and corresponding one of a plurality of unique indexes. The plurality of light sources respectively correspond to the first plurality of holes. Each one of the plurality of light sources, when initiated, is configured to illuminate light from a bottom of its respective one of the first plurality of holes through a top of its respective one of the first plurality of holes. The controller is configured to receive an input and initiate a one of the plurality of light sources corresponding to the index.
US11994276B2
A foldable plant lamp comprises a pair of lamp holders which are hinged to each other. Each of the pair of lamp holders are provided with a pair of supporting elements. Each of the supporting elements are arranged opposite one another. First and second mounting components are LED light sources of the lamp holders. The first mounting components are connected between a first pair of the supporting elements and the second mounting components are connected between a second pair of the supporting components. Each of first and second pairs of supporting elements and the first and second mounting components are provided with wire passing grooves which communicate with each other. A surface of each of the mounting components is provided with a series of LED lights.
US11994275B2
A site light including a body, the body including a base, and a handle assembly spaced a distance from the base to at least partially define a housing volume therebetween. The site light also including an arm, the arm having a first end fixedly coupled to the body and a second end opposite the first end to define an arm length therebetween, where the second end of the arm is movable relative to the body to adjust the arm length, and the site light including a light assembly coupled to and movable together with the second end of the arm relative to the body, and where the light assembly is adjustable between a stowed position in which at least a portion of the light assembly is positioned within the housing volume, and a second position, in which the light assembly is positioned outside the housing volume.
US11994274B2
Apparatus and methods for deployment of fixtures. The apparatus may include a system for controlling deployed fixtures. The system may receive user commands different devices in different formats. The fixtures may be independently addressable. The fixtures may be magnetically supported by a fixture support. A brace may join two or more fixture supports without reducing space available to support fixtures. The brace may join a fixture support to a fixture support accessory. An accessory may include a variable-angle junction. The fixture may include articulating joints for controlling the direction of a beam. The fixture may include a lens having an electrically controllable beam spread angle. The fixture may be stowable in the fixture support. The fixture may be slidable along a cord to adjust a height of the fixture. The fixture may include an extendable ring. The system may coordinate motions of the fixtures to follow a target. The fixture may include an elongated board. The elongated board may include a non-polar power socket.
US11994273B1
A light fixture with redundancy protection includes a light head with a light source inside, a driving mechanism for driving the light head to change the projection direction, an angle detector for detecting the projection direction of the light head, and an original micro-control unit and a redundancy micro-control unit both being coupled to a controller. The original micro-control unit serves to receive an angle control signal from the controller and forward same to the driving mechanism, the redundancy micro-control unit serves to receive the angle control signal from the original micro-control unit or the controller, and both the original micro-control unit and the redundancy micro-control unit are coupled to the angle detector. A safety protection unit coupled to the controller is further included which is for conducting safety protection actions according to a feedback signal from the original micro-control unit or from the redundancy micro-control unit.
US11994268B2
An illumination apparatus comprises a plurality of LEDs aligned to an array of directional optical elements wherein the LEDs are substantially at the input aperture of respective optical elements. An electrode array is formed on the array of optical elements to provide at least a first electrical connection to the array of LED elements. Advantageously such an arrangement provides low cost and high efficiency from the directional LED array.
US11994253B2
Examples are disclosed that relate to the rotational mounting of a display device to another supporting structure, such as a stand or a wall. One example provides a system comprising a display device, a support structure configured to be mounted to another structure to thereby support the display device on the other structure, and a mechanical interface rotationally connecting the display device and the support structure. The mechanical interface comprises three or more rail segments including a cam rail segment comprising a cam, and for each rail segment, one or more corresponding rollers, a roller for the cam rail segment being a follower and being coupled with a spring configured to bias the follower toward the cam rail segment.
US11994247B2
A compression-type fitting system for quick connection of two conduits. The system includes a compression body configured to receive a first conduit and a second conduit therein. The system includes a compression lock nut to engage an outer surface of the compression body. Upon tightening, a continuous ring within the compression body facilitates forming a seal between the compression body and the first conduit.
US11994240B2
A cover that includes a deformable jacket, intended to be placed around the submerged element. The deformable jacket has an internal volume. The cover includes a plurality of insulating elements arranged in the internal volume, able to move freely relative to one another; at least one opening for selective access to the internal volume through the deformable jacket, for allowing the internal volume to be flooded by a liquid during the deployment of the cover towards the submerged element, and for allowing suction of the liquid contained in the internal volume during the application of the cover on the submerged element.
US11994238B2
An operator cabin may include a frame; a seat assembly supported by the frame; and one or more operator controls to control one or more components of a pipelayer machine, the operator controls being supported by the frame. The frame includes a front surface; a rear surface opposite the front surface; a first lateral surface; and a second lateral surface opposite the first lateral surface. The front surface may comprise a first front support structure and a second front support structure opposite the first front support structure. The rear surface may comprise a first rear support structure and a second rear support structure opposite the first rear support structure. A first distance between the first rear support structure and the second rear support structure may exceed a second distance between the first front support structure and the second front support structure.
US11994235B2
An automatic angle stop assembly for a urinal or toilet may include an angle stop adjustment device and an angle stop. The automatic angle stop assembly may automatically control flow through the angle stop to a flush valve. The automatic angle stop assembly may include a motor and an adjustment screw. A method for closing the angle stop may include sensing a flow condition, automatically rotating a motor based on the flow condition, and closing the angle stop.
US11994234B2
A gate valve opens and closes a first opening of a first chamber in a vacuum processing apparatus. The gate valve includes: a valve element configured to open and close the first opening; a drive configured to move the valve element so that the valve element takes at least a closing position, where the valve element closes the first opening, and an opening position, where the valve element opens the first opening; a first gas line and a second gas line; and a first switching valve that connects one of the first gas line and the second gas line to the drive. The drive moves the valve element from the opening position to the closing position by pressure of gas supplied from the first gas line or the second gas line, and holds the valve element at the closing position by pressure of gas supplied from the second gas line.
US11994231B2
A proportional solenoid valve includes a valve body defining an inlet and an outlet for a fluid flow through the valve body and an armature that is moveable along a longitudinal axis from a first closed position to a second open position to control the flow of fluid through the valve. The valve further includes a flux can and an encapsulated coil assembly encompassed within the flux can. The encapsulated coil assembly includes a bobbin, a wire coil wound around the bobbin, and a non-conductive encapsulation layer that encapsulates the bobbin and the wire coil so as to electrically isolate the wire coil from the flux can and other conductive components of the valve. When the solenoid coil is energized, a magnetic field is created which causes the armature to move away from the first position against the valve body toward the second position, thereby opening the valve. The proportional solenoid further includes insulated wiring that is electrically connected to the wire coil, and a non-conductive encapsulation tower that encapsulates the insulated wiring so as to electrically isolate the insulated wiring from the flux can and other conductive components of the valve.
US11994225B2
A solenoid valve manifold 10 has: a wiring block 26 including a connector; a pedestal block 27 disposed on a solenoid valve aggregate; a support pin 32 that is provided to a support wall 31 provided to the pedestal block 27; a support hole 33 rotatably supports the wiring block 26; operation parts 43 that are provided at tip parts of leg portions 42 provided to end wall portions 34 of both ends of the wiring block; an engaging convex part 44 provided on each operation part 43; an engaging concave part 45 provided to the pedestal block 27 and engaged with the engaging convex part 44 when a connector 25 is held at an upright position; and an engaging concave part 46 engaged with the engaging convex part 44 when the connector 25 is held at a lateral position.
US11994224B2
A system includes a fusible cap, an adapter, and a hydraulic valve. The fusible cap includes a fusible body having a first box end. The first box end has first box threads. The adapter includes a first pin end and a second box end. The first pin end has first pin threads, and the second box end has second box threads. The hydraulic valve includes a second pin end having second pin threads. The first box threads mate with the first pin threads to form a first connection and the second box threads mate with the second pin threads to form a second connection.
US11994219B2
A side rail forms an oil control ring together with a spacer expander, and includes: an outer peripheral surface; an inner peripheral surface having a vertically symmetrical shape in an axial cross section; a first side surface; and a second side surface. The inner peripheral surface includes an inner tip portion satisfying following Condition 1 in an axial cross section. 0.7≤R1/h0≤1.1 Condition 1: In the expression, R1 represents a curvature radius (unit: mm) of a curve forming the inner tip portion, and h0 represents a height (unit: mm) of the side rail.
US11994215B2
A radial shaft seal includes a powder coating on a shaft and a sealing lip that lands on the powder coating. The powder coating is formed of a thermosetting resin and a filler material. The filler material has a melting point above the cure temperature of the thermosetting resin. The powder coating may be porous. The powder coating may be made up of dry powder particles adhered to one-another with spaces in between. The filler may be present in an amount between 15% and 35% within the individual particles. The powder coating is adapted to wear away at locations of maximum interference with the sealing lip while continuing to provide a durable seal. This wear behavior compensates for shaft wobble.
US11994212B2
An automatic gearbox for a motor vehicle includes a lubricating or cooling device, a hydraulic pump having a first pump connection via which, in a forward operation of the hydraulic pump, the lubricating or cooling device can be supplied with a hydraulic fluid conveyed by the hydraulic pump during forward operation and thus flows through the first pump connection, and with a parking lock, which can be moved between an engaged state and a disengaged state and has a first operating space, into which the hydraulic fluid conveyed by the hydraulic pump during forward operation can be introduced so that the parking lock is hydraulically operable and an adjustment of the parking lock from one of the states into the other state can thereby be effected.
US11994210B2
A method for controlling the acceleration of a vehicle includes: receiving a demand for acceleration from an operator input device; applying an initial transmission ratio to provide a vehicle acceleration whilst maintaining a current engine speed; and applying a loading transmission ratio to increase the output from the engine, wherein the loading transmission ratio is determined using the vehicle acceleration.
US11994207B2
A method for heating a transmission (3) with a torque converter (11), is disclosed. By the selective actuation of clutches (K1, K2, K3, KR, KV) various gears (R1, R2, R3, V1, V2, V3) can be engaged, so that the transmission (3) is blocked on the drive output side, whereby a turbine shaft (12) of the torque converter (11) is immobilized while a drive power is introduced into the transmission (3) by a drive element (2) Blocking the transmission is brought about by actuating the clutches (K1, K2, K3, KR, KV) in such manner that two gears (R1, R2, R3, V1, V2, V3) different from one another in the same driving direction are engaged at the same time.
US11994206B2
The present disclosure relates to a transmission arrangement. The transmission arrangement comprises at least a first and a second planetary gear set and a first and a second brake mechanism respectively configured to optionally apply a braking torque to a respective member of the respective planetary gear set. Each one of the first and second brake mechanisms comprises a respective brake disc, a normally disengaged brake for acting on the brake disc, and a normally engaged brake for acting on the brake disc.
US11994194B2
A powertrain for a motorized vehicle includes a motor shaft connected to a motor, a first input shaft configured to be selectively connected to the motor shaft and provided with a first driving gear mounted on the first input shaft, a second input shaft configured to be selectively connected to the motor shaft and provided with a second driving gear mounted on the second input shaft, a planetary gear set connected to the first input shaft and mounted so as to allow power from the motor shaft to be supplied via a plurality of paths, a first driven gear mounted to a differential and configured to mesh with the first driving gear, and a second driven gear mounted to the differential and configured to mesh with the second driving gear.
US11994189B2
The present invention relates to a toothed belt (1) having a belt body (10) which extends substantially in a longitudinal direction (X) and which comprises a flexible material, wherein at least one tension member (13), preferably a plurality of tension members (13), is at least substantially embedded in the flexible material of the belt body (10) in the longitudinal direction (X) and is at least substantially enclosed by the flexible material of the belt body (10), wherein the belt body (10) has a toothed side (11) with teeth (14) and tooth spaces (15) which alternate in the longitudinal direction (X). The toothed belt (1) is characterized in that a minimum thickness (a) of the flexible material of the belt body (10) in the vertical direction (Z) on the tension member (13) of at least one tooth space (15), preferably of all tooth spaces (15), corresponds at least to a minimum thickness (h) of the flexible material of the belt body (10) in the vertical direction (Z) on the tension member (13), wherein the minimum thickness (h) is calculated as follows in dependence on the thickness (d) of the tension member (13) in the vertical direction (Z) and on the material hardness (ShA) of the flexible material of the belt body (10) in Shore A: h=3*d/ShA.
US11994180B1
This clutch control device includes a clutch apparatus configured to connect and disconnect power transmission between a prime mover and an output target, a clutch actuator configured to output a driving force for actuating the clutch apparatus, a control unit configured to drive the clutch actuator, and an operating force transmission mechanism configured to transmit an operating force of a driver with respect to a clutch operator to the clutch apparatus, an operating force sensor configured to detect the operating force of the driver is provided in the operating force transmission mechanism, and the control unit drives the clutch actuator according to a detection value of the operating force sensor.
US11994166B2
A sealing device used for a bearing includes an outer race, an inner race, and rotatable members. The inner race includes a flange that faces an edge face of the outer face. The sealing device includes a cylindrical portion, an extension portion, a first annular protrusion, and a second annular protrusion. The cylindrical portion is fixed to an inside of the outer race. The extension portion extends radially outward of an outer surface of the outer race from an end of the cylindrical portion. A part of the extension portion contacts the edge face of the outer face. The first protrusion extends toward the flange from an outer edge of the extension portion. The second protrusion extends toward the flange from a portion that is a part of the extension portion and is radically inward of the first protrusion.
US11994146B2
A fan device includes a hub and a plurality of fan blades. Each of the fan blades includes a driving surface, and the driving surface includes a first tooth column and a second tooth column. The first tooth column includes a plurality of first skin-tooth units. Each of the first skin-tooth units includes a first body. A first middle ridge and two first side ridges protrude from a surface of the first body, and a groove is formed between two adjacent first skin-tooth units. The second tooth column includes a plurality of second skin-tooth units. Each of the second skin-tooth units includes a second body and an extension element. A second middle ridge and two second side ridges protrude from a surface of the second body, and the extension element is located in the groove and includes an extension rib.
US11994145B2
Disclosed is an Air Handling Unit, AHU, including a fan inducing a flow in an air ventilation ducting system. The fan includes a front disc, a back plate and fan blades manufactured as separate units. The fan provides a radial or mixed flow. The fan blades have an upper edge including upper attachment protrusions attached to the front disc and a lower edge including lower attachment protrusions attached to the back plate. The fan blade includes at least two upper and lower attachment protrusions protruding through the front disc and back plate indentations, respectively, forming axial retainers. An axial locker on the protruding portion provides a retaining axial force between the front disc and the back plate. The fan further includes another other upper and lower attachment protrusion cooperating with front disc and back plate indentations, respectively, forming radial retainers preventing the blades from dislocating in the radial direction.
US11994144B2
An information handling system may include a processor, a memory, and a power source operatively coupled in a base chassis; a blower system including a shaft operatively coupled to a blower motor; a hub operatively coupled to the shaft; an outer centrifugal blower blade set forming a monolithic piece with an inner axial blower blade set and hub, the inner axial blower blade set to increase the redirection of an incoming airflow via an inlet in a blower housing to the outer centrifugal blower blade set and air outlet in the blower housing, the outlet airflow direction in a plane of rotation of the blower system.
US11994143B2
A rotational component includes a monolithic compressor component for rotation about a rotor axis defining proximal and distal directions, the monolithic compressor component including a compressor shaft defining a rotor core and a compressor wheel disposed distally from the rotor core.
US11994141B2
A rotating shaft for a rotary machine includes a first shaft portion centered on a central axis and a variable lattice structure in an interior of the rotating shaft. The variable lattice structure includes a first region of the rotating shaft having a first lattice structure and a second region of the rotating shaft having a second lattice structure. The second lattice structure of the second region is denser than the first lattice structure of the first region. The second region is a deflection region or a stress region of the rotating shaft.
US11994136B2
A refrigerant compressor includes, among other things, a first stage and a second stage downstream of the first stage, and a cooling line configured to cool power electronics. The cooling line is configured to be switched between a first mode and a second mode. The first mode is configured to dump refrigerant between the first stage and the second stage, and the second mode is configured to dump refrigerant upstream of the first stage.
US11994129B2
A screw compressor for a utility vehicle has a housing, wherein, in the operationally ready and assembled state of the screw compressor, an oil sump is provided in the housing. A magnet is arranged in the oil sump.
US11994126B2
A climate control system includes a compressor which includes a compressor housing, a compressor element provided in the compressor housing, a lubricant circuit, and an auxiliary sump. The lubricant circuit includes a lubricant sump provided in the compressor housing. The auxiliary sump is in fluid communication with the lubricant sump. A method for maintaining lubrication supply for a compressor of a climate control system includes transferring lubricant from the auxiliary sump to the lubricant sump of the compressor when a height of the lubricant in the auxiliary sump is greater than a height in the lubricant sump and returning the lubricant from the lubricant sump to the auxiliary sump when a height of the lubricant in the lubricant sump is higher than a height of a predetermined minimum level in the lubricant sump. The lubricant in the auxiliary sump and lubricant sump are equalized by gravity.
US11994117B2
A variable positive displacement pump actuator system for a variable positive displacement pump can include a supply line configured to provide a supply pressure, a main pump line configured to provide a pump pressure greater than the supply pressure from the variable positive displacement pump, and at least one electro-hydraulic servo valve (EHSV) in fluid communication with the supply line and the main pump line to receive the supply pressure and the pump pressure. The at least one electro-hydraulic servo valve can be configured to output a first regulated pressure and a second regulated pressure. The system can include a first control line in fluid communication with at least one of the at least one EHSV to receive the first controlled pressure, a second control line in fluid communication with at least one of the at least one EHSV to receive the second controlled pressure, a first hydraulic actuator configured to connect to and/or otherwise actuate a lever arm of the variable positive displacement pump, the first hydraulic actuator in fluid communication with the first control line and the supply line to receive the first control pressure and the supply pressure to control a position of the first hydraulic actuator, and a second hydraulic actuator configured to connect to and/or otherwise actuate the lever arm of the variable positive displacement pump, the second hydraulic actuator in fluid communication with the second control line and the supply line to receive the second control pressure and the supply pressure to control a position of the second hydraulic actuator.
US11994099B2
A fluid-driven power generation unit, may include two sets of airfoils disposed on opposite sides of the power generation unit with their leading edges facing a windward end of the power generation unit; a body element having a curved front face and a back disposed, wherein at least a portion of the elongate body element is disposed between the first and second set of airfoils; and a power generation unit disposed in alignment with the body element, the power generation unit including at least a housing, and a turbine and an electrical generation unit actuated by the turbine disposed within the housing. As a fluid flows across the airfoils, the lifting force of the airfoils causes a reduced pressure within the power generation unit, drawing air past the turbine, through the body element and out the back of the body element, thereby extracting power from this secondary fluid flow stream.
US11994097B2
A hydraulic pump/motor includes: a cylinder block rotating about a rotation axis; a piston in a cylinder bore; and a valve plate facing a cylinder port. The valve plate includes: a high pressure port through which oil discharged from the cylinder port flows; a low pressure port through which the oil to be sucked into the cylinder port flows; a region disposed between the high and low pressure ports in a circumferential direction of the rotation axis and including a top dead center position facing the cylinder port of the cylinder bore in which the piston moved to a top dead center is disposed; and a residual pressure release port between the top dead center position and the low pressure port in the region. The residual pressure release port includes first and second ports disposed at positions different from each other in the radial direction of the rotation axis.
US11994093B2
[Problem] To provide, in an engine provided with two cylinder rows, a technology that, while suppressing a cost increase, can suppress a difference in combustion performance between the cylinder rows. [Solution] An exemplary engine includes: a first cylinder row having plural cylinders arranged in a front and rear direction; a second cylinder row arranged parallel to the first cylinder row; plural first injectors provided for the respective cylinders of the first cylinder row, plural second injectors provided for respective cylinders of the second cylinder row; and a fuel pump having a first discharge port to discharge a fuel to the plural first injectors and a second discharge port to discharge a fuel to the plural second injectors. The fuel pump is placed between the first cylinder row and the second cylinder row in a plan view from an up and down direction.
US11994090B2
Increased efficiency and reliability is achieved in an engine with a combustion chamber structured as detonation resonator with an outlet to an exhaust nozzle. The resonator is formed as an aspherical reflector symmetrical with respect to the engine axis. The engine uses gaseous fuels and a gaseous oxidizer in a single stage combustion process. A pyrolyzing chamber for hydrocarbon fuel. Pyrolizing is achieved by contact of fuel flow with heated back side of the reflector. A mixture of fuel and oxidizer is supplied into the combustion chamber through an annular supersonic injection system. To initiate detonation, these engines may have a detonation initiator formed as a tube plugged at the distal end and open at the end inserted into the combustion chamber and located along the axis of the engine. Detonation products ejected through the exhaust nozzle create thrust that pushes the engine in the opposite direction.
US11994087B2
A variable area nozzle assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a nozzle disposed about a nozzle centerline and a fixed ring radially surrounding the nozzle. The nozzle includes a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface. The radially inner surface defines an outlet cross-sectional area of the nozzle. The nozzle is movable relative to the nozzle centerline between a first position of the radially inner surface defining a maximum area of the outlet cross-sectional area and a second position of the radially inner surface defining a minimum area of the outlet cross-sectional area. With the nozzle in the first position, the radially outer surface contacts the fixed ring. With the nozzle in the second position, the radially outer surface is spaced from the fixed ring.
US11994083B2
A fuel system for an internal combustion engine includes a fuel control system having a fueling control unit structured to determine a test point on a tip wear-sensitive region of a fuel injector delivery curve, and store measurements of pressure drops in a pressurized fuel reservoir caused by injections of fuel at the test point. The fueling control unit is further structured to produce an injector health signal based on the stored measurements of pressure drop. Related methodology and control logic for calculation of wear parameters for injection signal duration electronic trimming and prognostic health determinations are also disclosed.
US11994065B2
An air supply device, a gas turbine system and a using method thereof are disclosed. In the air supply device, an air intake compartment includes a connection end; a combustion air intake filter is located in the air intake compartment and connected with the combustion air intake filter; a combustion air intake interface is located on a tail plate and is connected with the combustion air silencer; and a sound insulation turnover mechanism includes a sound insulation flap and a turnover mechanism, the air intake compartment includes a first bottom plate and the tail plate that is located at the connection end, the sound insulation flap is located at the connection end, and the turnover mechanism is connected with the sound insulation flap, and is configured to drive the sound insulation flap to rotate relative to the tail plate.
US11994063B2
A process is provided for separating syngas fuel into a CO-rich stream for feeding to an oxyfuel combustor of a CO2 turbine and a H2-rich stream for feeding to an air-fuel gas turbine for generating power, which provides an opportunity to realize operating and equipment advantages.
US11994061B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for processing ammonia. The system may comprise one or more reactor modules configured to generate hydrogen from a source material comprising ammonia. The hydrogen generated by the one or more reactor modules may be used to provide additional heating of the reactor modules (e.g., via combustion of the hydrogen), or may be provided to one or more fuel cells for the generation of electrical energy.
US11994051B1
An engine system includes an internal combustion engine, a main exhaust aftertreatment system with a main catalytic converter, and a light-off catalyst bypass system with a bypass passage and a bypass catalytic converter. An emissions control system includes a controller in signal communication with a first temperature sensor disposed upstream of the bypass catalytic converter, and a second temperature sensor disposed downstream of the bypass catalytic converter. The emissions control system performs a diagnostic of the bypass catalytic converter, including (i) monitoring signals from the first and second temperature sensors for a predetermined time period during an engine cold start condition, (ii) determining a temperature of an inlet of the bypass catalytic converter, (iii) determining a temperature of an outlet of the bypass catalytic converter, and (iv) comparing the bypass catalytic converter outlet temperature to the bypass catalytic converter inlet temperature to determine if the bypass catalytic converter has failed.
US11994041B2
Diffuser apparatus for turbine frames and outlet guide vanes are disclosed. An example diffuser is integrated into a turbine engine. The example diffuser includes a plurality of struts extending between an inner portion and an outer portion of the turbine engine; and a plurality of flowpath surfaces supported by the plurality of struts. The example plurality of flowpath surfaces extends circumferentially within the turbine engine at a plurality of radial spans to control diffusion of air flow within the turbine engine.
US11994040B2
A method of forming a component includes mixing a powdered base material and a binder to define a mixture, forming the mixture into a desired shape without melting the base material, removing the binder from the desired shape to define a skeleton, the volume of the skeleton being between 80 percent and 95 percent base material, and infiltrating the skeleton with a melting point depressant material to define a finished component, the finished component having less than one percent porosity by volume.
US11994033B2
A modular and autonomous assembly for detecting the angular position of the blades of an impeller intended to be mounted on a turbine engine, the assembly comprises at least one electrical power source allowing the operation of the elements of the detection assembly independently of the turbine engine on which it is intended to be carried, at least one first sensor intended to be associated with the first impeller, at least one second sensor intended to be associated with the second impeller, and a main housing including a processing unit and storage means.
US11994028B2
A block cave has a draw column height of at least 450 m, a caved volume, a single extraction level and noundercut level, a plurality of drawbells extending upwardly from the extraction level to the caved volume, and a plurality of pillars separating the drawbells and supporting the rock mass above the extraction level. Each drawbell has a drawbell height of at least 25 m. Each drawbell has the following profile when viewed from a direction perpendicular to a drawbell drive in the extraction level: a throat section having opposed parallel side walls extending upwardly from the extraction level, a tapered section above the throat section, and an undercut section above the tapered section.
US11994006B2
A downhole tool for use in a downhole drill string is provided. The downhole tool includes a rotor movably coupled within a stator, and a drive shaft movably coupled within a bearing housing. The drive shaft has a first end coupled with the rotor and a second end coupled with a drill bit. Bearing assemblies interfaces engagement between the drive shaft and the bearing housing, including polycrystalline diamond elements, each with an engagement surface, and an opposing engagement surface of a non-superhard metal.
US11993991B2
A technique facilitates control over packers and/or other well tools actuated downhole. The technique utilizes a valve connectable into a well string. The valve is shiftable between a plurality of modes so as to control flow of fluid in a downhole environment. Additionally, an actuator system is connectable into the well string and operatively coupled with the valve. The actuator system is electronically controlled to cause the valve to shift to a desired mode of the plurality of modes. This approach enables electronic control over the actuation of specific downhole tools, e.g. packers, and/or other well related operations.
US11993990B2
A method for removing a flapper seat assembly that is replaceable from a safety valve positioned downhole in a wellbore is described herein. For example, the safety valve is positioned downhole in a wellbore and can include a housing. Additionally, the safety valve can include a flow tube coupled to a downhole tool. The flow tube can be removed from the safety valve in response to a first force applied by the downhole tool. A first tool profile can be coupled to a first assembly profile for coupling the downhole tool to the flapper seat assembly after removing the flow tube. A second assembly profile can be detached from a housing profile to remove the flapper seat assembly from the wellbore in response to a second force applied by the downhole tool. After removing the flapper seat assembly, a second flapper seat assembly can be attached to the safety valve.
US11993972B2
Universal rotary actuators (URAs) and door assemblies having the URAs are disclosed. In some embodiments, the URA includes a motor, a worm gear driven by the motor, a worm wheel having teeth that mesh with threads of the worm gear, a pinion gear attached to the worm wheel, drive gear rotatably connected to the pinion gear, an output shaft attached to the drive gear, and a controller assembly disposed between the drive gear and the motor, the controller selectively controlling direction and speed of the motor. In some embodiments, the URA additionally includes a quick release assembly that moves the pinion gear between an engaged position in which the pinion gear is rotatably connected to the drive gear and a disengaged position in which the pinion gear is not rotatably connected to the drive gear.
US11993968B2
A dual-guide-rail sliding door system for an automotive vehicle includes a sliding door movably connected to a body of the vehicle; a front rail connected to the body of the vehicle; a rear rail connected to the body of the vehicle rearward of the front rail; a door rail connected to the sliding door; a front arm assembly connected to the sliding door and movably connected to the front rail; and a rear arm assembly movably connected to the rear rail and movably connected to the door rail. A lateral distance travelled by the sliding door along the body of the vehicle from an open position to a closed position is greater than a length of the rear rail.
US11993952B1
A stabilization system for a building includes a stabilization assembly configured to couple to a floor structure of a building. The stabilization assembly includes a track defining a track path, a weight slidably coupled to the track, and an actuator configured to move the weight along the track path.
US11993938B2
An organic fiber toughened inorganic composite artificial stone panel and a preparation method thereof are disclosed. The panel includes a surface layer, an intermediate organic fiber toughened layer and a toughened base layer. The surface layer includes the following components: 40-70 parts of quartz sand, 20-30 parts of quartz powder, 20-45 parts of inorganic active powder, 0.5-4 parts of pigment, 0.1-3 part of water reducing agent and 3-10 parts of water. The intermediate organic fiber toughened layer includes the following components: 40-60 parts of inorganic active powder, 45-65 parts of sand, 0.8-1.5 parts of water reducing agent, 6-14 parts of water and 4-8 parts of organic fiber. The toughened base layer includes the following components: 30-50 parts of inorganic active powder, 30-55 parts of quartz sand, 15-20 parts of quartz powder, 0.5-1.2 parts of water reducing agent, 4-8 parts of water and 0.8-2.5 parts of toughener.
