US12008591B2
Apparatuses, methods, program products, and systems are disclosed for machine learning based user targeting. An apparatus includes one or more memory devices in communication with one or more processing devices. An apparatus includes a subject module that receives subject data associated with a subject. Subject data includes data that describes a subject. An apparatus includes an affinity module that determines, using a machine learning model, an affinity level of each of one or more entities in relation to a subject. Subject data is provided as input to a machine learning model. An apparatus includes a campaign module that generates one or more promotional campaign strategies for a subject based at least in part on an affinity level of each of one or more entities in relation to a subject. One or more promotional campaign strategies target a subject to one or more entities.
US12008583B2
An embodiment of the present invention is directed to developing Autonomous Fraud Risk Management to identify emerging fraud trends in near real-time and mitigate risk by executing strategies to address fraud in a timely manner.
US12008581B1
A system and method for managing pipeline operations, information, and equipment is provided. The system generally comprises a processor, pipeline equipment operably connected to the processor, power supply, and non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the processor and having instructions stored thereon. The system may also comprise a computing device having a user interface that may allow a user to view/alter data of the system. The system may advise users whether they are qualified to work on a piece of pipeline equipment and generate scores that rate the chance that pipeline equipment may pass inspection.
US12008568B1
An example method includes receiving an encrypted biometric enrollment data and user identifier data. The encrypted biometric enrollment data includes at least one biometric enrollment sample from a user encrypted using an encryption key. The encryption key is generated based on a user secret and the user identifier is associated with the user. The user identifier is matched with a stored user secret. A decryption key is generated based on the stored user secret. The encrypted biometric enrollment data is decrypted using the decryption key. The at least one biometric enrollment sample is retrieved from the decrypted biometric enrollment data. The at least one biometric enrollment sample is processed using a biometric processing algorithm to generate a biometric reference template. A biometric reference template identifier uniquely identifying the biometric reference template is generated. An encryption key is generated based on the stored user secret and encrypts an enrollment confirmation message.
US12008567B2
Methods and systems are presented for analyzing transactions conducted through user accounts with an online service provider based on graph analysis. A graph is generated based on a set of seed accounts that are determined to be involved in suspicious activities. The graph includes a set of seed nodes representing the seed accounts, and a set of nodes representing user accounts that are connected to the set of seed accounts in downstream transactions. A random walk traversal based on multiple dimensions is performed on the graph to determine nodes that are closely related to the set of seed nodes. Transactions conducted through the seed accounts and accounts corresponding to nodes that are closely related to the set of seed nodes are analyzed to detect any malicious activities. The graph may also be presented according to a layered hierarchical structure for better visualization of transaction flows through the accounts.
US12008549B2
An enhanced federated custodian system is described. One embodiment is directed to a computer system executing instructions to: receive, from one or more members of a federated blockchain on a network of computing devices, an approval for a transaction associated with an authentication capsule; generate, via a first trusted execution environment, a first machine readable code in response to receiving the approval for the transaction; transmit to a cold interaction system, the first machine readable code; and the cold interaction system comprising one or more processors and one or more memories, the one or more memories comprising instructions executable by the one or more processors to: receive the first machine readable code comprising the encrypted information and the approval; decrypt the encrypted information for the transaction and the approval; and generate a private key that corresponds to a public key for the transaction.
US12008539B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for sorted parallel processing of large dataset to provide quicker search results to a user. An embodiment operates by receiving a search request containing a first attribute from a user, determining an intermediate result set of items in a database based on the search request, and sorting the items based on a second attribute of the items. The embodiment further operates by dividing the sorted items into a plurality of batches with sequential IDs, determining a result corresponding to the first attribute for each item in parallel, creating a sequentially-ordered list of determined results, identifying a subset of determined results based on a comparison between the determined results and a target result, determining a final result set of items, and returning at least a portion of the final result set of items to the user.
US12008537B2
A method of operating a distributed peer to peer analytics system of a permissioned distributed ledger is provided. The system includes a plurality of node computing devices in operable communication with each other over an electronic network. The method includes capturing, by a merchant computing device, sales data from a payment transaction, storing the captured sales data in a database of a first node, compiling within the first node the stored sales data into a transaction envelope, encrypting the transaction envelope with a private key of the first node, submitting, by the first node, the encrypted envelope to the permissioned distributed ledger, verifying, by a second node, the submitted encrypted envelope and adding the compiled sales data to a data block, committing, by the second node, the data block to the distributed ledger, and validating, by a consensus of the plurality of node computing devices, the committed data block.
US12008535B2
A method for submission of payment transaction requests from a point of sale (POS) terminal to a financial institution includes reading payment information from a payment vehicle, reading financial institution routing information from the payment vehicle, reading a payment vehicle certificate from the payment vehicle, requesting consumer authentication information from a consumer, and submitting a payment transaction request to the financial institution using the financial institution routing information, a POS terminal certificate, and the payment vehicle certificate. An authentication certificate for submission of payment transaction requests from a point of sale (POS) terminal to a financial institution may be generated by receiving a request for an authentication certificate from a requestor, the request comprising a requestor ID and one or more capabilities of the requestor, verifying the requestor ID, generating an authentication certificate for the requestor, and returning the generated authentication certificate to the requestor.
US12008531B2
A system for multistage object detection and tracking for realizing a cashierless checkout includes a mobile device. The mobile device includes a set of on-board sensors together installed to the shopping container. The on-board sensors could include multiple digital cameras viewing interior of the shopping container from different angles and positions. The on-board sensors detect and provide user activity data with respect to placement or removal of the items into or from the shopping container. The digital camera obtains a set of digital image frames associated with the unique signatures associated with various shopping items entering and leaving the interior region of the shopping container and communicates them to a mobile device comprising an on-device machine learning (ML) detection and tracking engine; and relay them to subsequent stages for improved accuracy and confidence to arrive at a go/no-go decision.
US12008530B2
The various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, and software for presence aware terminals. Some such embodiments enable a user carrying a mobile device, such as a smartphone, tablet, smartwatch, or a handheld computing device having a radio device (e.g., BLUETOOTH® or Near-Field Communication (NFC)) to be automatically recognized at a terminal. One such embodiment is in the form of a method that executes on a terminal. This method includes transmitting a first signal encoded with data identifying a device-type and receiving a second signal encoded with data including an account identifier. The method may then present a user interface to facilitate user interaction with an account of the account identifier.
US12008529B1
A computer-implemented method includes receiving, from a mobile device, a deposit request including a first check image for funds to be deposited into a user account, determining a risk level associated with the deposit request, requesting a second check image having a restricted endorsement based on the risk level, receiving the second check image having the restricted endorsement, determining a confidence level based on the restricted endorsement, and transferring the funds to the user account based on the confidence level.
US12008528B1
A charitable payment system is provided for use in boundary-less commerce. The system includes a computer server having a memory storing charitable organization or other organization data and user data and a user computing device coupled to the computer server. The system establishes a proximity zone around a business area. When a user computing device enters the proximity zone, a connection between the server and the user computing device is established. The computer server may be programmed to receive from the user computing device a signal activating a payment, the signal including user data and payment data, including user identifying information and a payment amount. The computer server may be programmed to process the payment and account for the payment amount.
US12008527B2
A method includes: communicating data from a browser, operating on a computing device, to an electronic shopping cart during a transaction; receiving user-authenticating data from a user interface of the computing device; decrypting secure user data stored to the computing device; authenticating a user based on the user-authenticating data and the decrypted secure user data; in response to authenticating the user, transmitting an indication of payment from the browser to the electronic shopping cart; processing the transaction after transmitting the indication of payment; and recording the transaction in a blockchain stored on the computing device.
US12008525B1
Embodiments include a method of transferring math-based currency (MBC) funds from a source account associated with a customer computing device to a recipient account associated with a merchant computing system at a merchant physical location comprising a reading device for payment instrument. The method includes receiving a request for an MBC transaction token, generating the MBC transaction token, sending the MBC transaction token to the customer computing device. The method further includes receiving, from the merchant computing system, the MBC transaction token, determining the MBC transaction token is associated with the mobile wallet account, creating a public and private key pair for the MBC transaction. The method further includes signing and broadcasting the MBC transaction to MBC verification nodes, determining the MBC transaction was verified, transmitting an approval message.
US12008520B2
Systems and associated methods for recycling and performing other processes with consumer electronic devices are described herein. In various embodiments, the present technology includes systems and methods for identifying and evaluating a used or pre-owned consumer electronic device, such as a mobile phone, laptop, etc. to facilitate purchasing the device. In some embodiments, the present technology includes a counter-top evaluation terminal that evaluates a device and facilitates purchase and recycling of the device. Various other aspects of the present technology are described herein.
US12008515B2
Generally, embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods that can identify the location of a consignee's vehicle and deliver an item to the location of the vehicle.
US12008511B2
Described herein are exemplary systems and methods for the optimization of shipping cartons relative to the contents of orders to be placed therein. An exemplary carton optimization method evaluates a sample size of orders received at a given location and then determines an optimal carton set that includes at least one feasible carton for each order, while also minimizing shipping costs based on dimensional weighing-based pricing by reducing the dimensional weight, thereby minimizing void space and increasing the carton space utilization percentage. An exemplary carton optimization method may be further customized to optimize a carton set for an order, based on the cartons already available at a given warehouse or other site. As a result, cartons are utilized and designed more efficiently at the site.
US12008502B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for a synergetic, multi-interface workflow designer: a visual tool that enables the design, building, and use of high-level processes and standard-configuration workflows among multiple users with varying technical capabilities on multiple systems. For example, it enables a line of business user to design and create a high-level process on a first designer interface. The process and its data are received by a second designer interface, which translates the process and data into a standard-configuration workflow. A workflow designer may access the second designer interface to create, refine, and finalize the standard-configuration workflow based on the data from the first designer interface.
US12008495B2
A computer system receives a definition of a group that includes an indication of a hierarchal rank of group members, a plurality of content items that correspond to the group, and identifying information indicating at least one group member that corresponds to a content item. A search input by a first user is detected and an indication of a hierarchal rank for the first user is stored. Determining a weight to assign to a search result includes comparing a hierarchal rank of at least one group member that corresponds to the first content item with the hierarchal rank of the first user.
US12008485B2
Identifying physical activities performed by a user of a computing device based on media consumption
A method includes identifying, based on sensor data received by a motion sensor, a physical activity performed by a user of the computing system during a time period and determining whether the user consumed media during the time period that the user performed the physical activity. The method also includes responsive to determining that the user consumed the media during the time period that the user performed the physical activity, determining, based on data indicative of the media consumed by the user, an updated physical activity performed by the user during the time period; and outputting data indicating the updated physical activity.
US12008482B2
Systems and methods are provided for predicting drawbridge operation based on incoming vessel information and historical drawbridge operation data, and transmitting the drawbridge operation prediction to a GPS system such as an autonomous vehicle or a mobile device application for rerouting a planned navigation route. A transceiver may receive vessel information, e.g., incoming vessel size, type, speed, position, or quantity, or estimated incoming vessel arrival time, from one or more cameras and/or a marine radio, and may receive historical drawbridge operation data based on the incoming vessel information from an online database such that the drawbridge operation prediction is based on the historical data.
US12008481B2
A computer-implemented method for grouping target entities into clusters. A base association in which a cluster is associated with each of the target entities is determined in a computation step for the target entities as a function of an association for entities. Inference rules are determined as a function of the association for entities and as a function of the base association, each of the inference rules defining an association of entities with one of the clusters. An altered association is determined as a function of the association for entities and the inference rules. A check is made as to whether a difference between the base association and the altered association falls below a threshold value. When it does, an association of the target entities with the clusters is output or stored. Otherwise, a feedback value is determined as a function of the difference.
US12008480B2
The invention relates to a QoX adaptive management-based context information uncertainty elimination system and a working method thereof. The system includes a sensor module, a context information acquisition and modeling module, a context threshold information preset module, an original context information detection module, an adaptive management module, an uncertainty elimination module, a context information correlation analysis module, an original context information flow reconstruction module, a composite context information flow module, a fusion and reasoning module, a context application layer adjustment module and a knowledge base.
US12008462B2
Systems and methods are disclosed which allow mobile devices, and other resource constrained applications, to more efficiently and effectively utilize deep learning neural networks using only (or primarily) local resources. These systems and methods take the dynamics of runtime resources into account to enable resource-aware, multi-tenant on-device deep learning for artificial intelligence functions for use in tasks like mobile vision systems. The multi-capacity framework enables deep learning models to offer flexible resource-accuracy trade-offs and other similar balancing of performance and resources consumed. At runtime, various systems disclosed herein may dynamically select the optimal resource-accuracy trade-off for each deep learning model to fit the model's resource demand to the system's available runtime resources and the needs of the task being performed by the model. In doing so, systems and methods disclosed herein can efficiently utilize the limited resources in mobile systems to maximize performance of multiple concurrently running neural network-based applications.
US12008457B1
Audio processing may be performed with a convolutional neural network that includes positional embeddings. Audio data may be received at an audio processing system. A convolutional neural network that concatenates frequency-positional embeddings at an input layer may be used to process the audio data. A result of processing the audio data through the convolutional neural network may be used to perform an audio processing task.
US12008454B2
Systems and methods for generating motion forecast data for actors with respect to an autonomous vehicle and training a machine learned model for the same are disclosed. The computing system can include an object detection model and a graph neural network including a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges. The computing system can be configured to input sensor data into the object detection model; receive object detection data describing the location of the plurality of the actors relative to the autonomous vehicle as an output of the object detection model; input the object detection data into the graph neural network; iteratively update a plurality of node states respectively associated with the plurality of nodes; and receive, as an output of the graph neural network, the motion forecast data with respect to the plurality of actors.
US12008446B2
Techniques for synthetic data generation in computer-based reasoning systems are discussed and include receiving a request for generation of synthetic data based on a set of training data cases. One or more focal training data cases are determined. For undetermined features (either all of them or those that are not subject to conditions), a value for the feature is determined based on the focal cases. In some embodiments, the generation of synthetic data may be conditioned on values of features, preserved features, such as unique identifiers, previous-in-time features, and using the other techniques discussed herein.
US12008439B2
An embodiment of the present invention relates to computer implemented methods and systems for receiving, by a model training device, a request for utilizing an adjustable management system by a user at a client device; wherein the client device is connected to the model training device over a network; sharing, by the model training device, an adjustable model management system comprising machine learning models and corresponding datasets in response to the received request to the client device; receiving an action from the client device, the action selected from a plurality of machine learning model services selected from the adjustable model management system; and executing an action by the model training device, to effect a change to a machine learning model saved into memory on the model training device, based on the received action.
US12008436B2
Some embodiments include a process, including obtaining, with a classical computer system, a mathematical problem to be solved by a quantum computing system, wherein: the quantum computing system comprises one or more quantum computers, the mathematical problem involves more variables than any of the one or more quantum computers have logical qubits, and solving the mathematical problem entails determining values of the variables; decomposing, with the classical computer system, the mathematical problem into a plurality of sub-problems, wherein decomposing the mathematical problem into the plurality of sub-problems comprises decomposing the mathematical problem with machine learning into quantum circuits; causing, with the classical computer system, the quantum computing system to solve each of the sub-problems and aggregate solutions to the sub-problems to determine a solution to the mathematical problem; and storing, with the classical computer system, the solution to the mathematical problem in memory.
US12008435B2
A quantum computing system configured for removal of leakage states can include quantum hardware including a first qubit and a second qubit, wherein the first qubit is configured to have a first transition frequency and wherein the second qubit is configured to have a second transition frequency, the first transition frequency being greater than the second transition frequency. The quantum computing system can include one or more quantum control devices configured to control operation of at least the first qubit and the second qubit, wherein the one or more quantum control devices are configured to implement a quantum gate operation on the first qubit and the second qubit based at least in part on the first transition frequency and the second transition frequency, and wherein the one or more quantum control devices are configured to periodically reset a quantum state of the first qubit.
US12008430B2
Some embodiments disclosed in this document include methods and systems for multi frequency RF readers for cattle identification and tracking. Some embodiments include a controller; a first RFID transponder operating in a low frequency range; a first transceiver in communication with the first RFID transponder and in communication with the controller, wherein the first transceiver communicates first cattle data to the controller in a first format; a second RFID transponder operating in an ultra-high frequency range; a second transceiver in communication with the second RFID transponder and in communication with the controller, wherein the second transceiver communicates second cattle data to the controller in a second format, the second format being different than the first format; and a database in communication with the controller.
US12008426B2
Disclosed herein is a system for a double-sided credit card and a method of manufacturing the same. In some embodiments, the double-sided credit card comprises a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The first side comprises a first antenna configured to transmit electronic signals to execute transactions linked to a first financial account, while the second side comprises a second antenna configured to transmit electronic signals to execute transactions linked to a second financial account. An electronic blocker layer is positioned between the first side and the second side such that the electronic signals executing transactions linked to the first financial account is blocked from interfering with the electronic signals executing transactions linked to the second financial account.
US12008416B2
A system including: one or more processors; a memory storing computer program code that controls the one or more processors to: receive usage metrics associated with a first application; determine whether the first application comprises a cyclic usage pattern, a batch usage pattern, or a non-cyclic usage pattern; select a scaling technique based on the determination; and automatically scale the first application with the selected scaling technique. The system may determine that at least one virtual machine should be added to a first plurality of virtual machines in response to a resource usage of an application exceeding a maximum usage allocation and determine that at least one virtual machine should be removed to the first plurality of virtual machines in response to a minimum usage allocation exceeding the resource usage of the first plurality of virtual machine instances.
US12008390B1
Methods and apparatus for providing persistent execution environments for computation systems including but not limited to interactive computation systems. A service is provided that extends the notion of static containers to dynamically changing execution environments into which users can install code, add files, etc. The execution environments are monitored, and changes to an execution environment are automatically persisted to environment versions(s) so that code run in the execution environment can be run later or elsewhere simply by referring to the environment. There is no explicit build step for the user. Instead, incremental changes are added to environment versions which are stored and are ready to be used to instantiate respective execution environments on other compute instances.
US12008386B2
A computer implemented method, a computer program product and a data processing system for executing an application written in a dynamic language are provided. An execution point of the application is loaded. A list of classes associated with the execution point is generated. The loading of each class in the list of classes is simulated. New execution points and new classes accessible from each execution point within each class in the list of classes are identified by recursively parsing instructions associated with each execution point. The list is modified to include the identified new execution points and new classes. Responsive to a determination that new execution points and new classes have been identified, the steps of identifying new execution points and new classes and modifying the list is repeated. The list is saved.
US12008378B2
A parallel processing (PP) level coherence directory, also referred to as a Processing In-Memory Probe Filter (PimPF), is added to a coherence directory controller. When the coherence directory controller receives a broadcast PIM command from a host, or a PIM command that is directed to multiple memory banks in parallel, the PimPF accelerates processing of the PIM command by maintaining a directory for cache coherence that is separate from existing system level directories in the coherence directory controller. The PimPF maintains a directory according to address signatures that define the memory addresses affected by a broadcast PIM command. Two implementations are described: a lightweight implementation that accelerates PIM loads into registers, and a heavyweight implementation that accelerates both PIM loads into registers and PIM stores into memory.
US12008375B2
A microprocessor includes a branch target buffer (BTB). Each BTB entry holds a tag based on at least a portion of a virtual address of a block of instructions previously fetched from a physically-indexed physically-tagged set associative instruction cache using a physical address that is a translation of the virtual address, a translated address bit portion of a set index of an instruction cache entry from which the instruction block was previously fetched, and a way number of the instruction cache entry from which the instruction block was previously fetched. In response to a BTB hit based on a fetch virtual address, the BTB provides a translated address bit portion of a predicted set index that is the translated address bit portion of the set index from the hit on BTB entry and a predicted way number that is the way number from the hit on BTB entry.
US12008372B2
In one set of embodiments, an operating system (OS) kernel of a computer system can receive an invocation of a system call by a user program running on the computer system. The OS kernel can further fetch a plurality of subsequent instructions that will be executed by the user program after the invocation of the system call and decode the plurality of subsequent instructions into a plurality of decoded instructions. The OS kernel can then analyze whether the plurality of decoded instructions include an additional system call invocation and whether other decoded instructions that appear between the invocation of the system call and the additional system call invocation are viable for emulation by the OS kernel.
US12008363B1
Various embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system, and program product that perform the following operations: organizing a project having source code into a stacked-layer framework, the stacked-layer framework having: (i) a code layer including the source code of the project, (ii) a label layer including one or more label pages labelling the source code according to respective features of the source code, and (iii) a mask layer including one or more mask pages concealing portions of the source code according to labels of the label layer; receiving a request from a user to utilize a portion of the project, wherein the request includes a user requirement identifying one or more desired features; identifying a mask page of the one or more mask pages corresponding to the one or more desired features identified by the user requirement; and communicating the identified mask page to the user.
US12008348B2
A compiler method for a smart contract. The compiler method is deployed on a blockchain; hence, the compiler method is an on-chain compiler. The compiler method comprises receiving a byte sequence program for an object structure. The object structure includes at least one agreement condition. The compiler method further, maps the byte sequence program into at least one executable smart contract representation of the object structure executable by the blockchain.
US12008347B2
Techniques are described herein for training a machine learning model and using the trained machine learning model to more accurately determine alignments between matching/corresponding nodes of predecessor and successor graphs representing predecessor and successor source code snippets. A method includes: obtaining a first abstract syntax tree that represents a predecessor source code snippet and a second abstract syntax tree that represents a successor source code snippet; determining a mapping across the first and second abstract syntax trees; obtaining a first control-flow graph that represents the predecessor source code snippet and a second control-flow graph that represents the successor source code snippet; aligning blocks in the first control-flow graph with blocks in the second control-flow graph; and applying the aligned blocks as inputs across a trained machine learning model to generate an alignment of nodes in the first abstract syntax tree with nodes in the second abstract syntax tree.
US12008336B2
A method for providing multimodal translation of a content in a source language is provided. The method includes receiving a user input with respect to a translation request of text included in the content, in response to receiving the user input, acquiring a multimodal input from the content, the multimodal input including location information related to the content other multimodal inputs, generating scene information representing the multimodal input related to the content by using a fusion layer based on the location information and the other multimodal inputs, identifying a candidate word set in a target language, determining at least one candidate word from the candidate word set based on the scene information, and translating the text included in the content into the target language using a translation model based on the determined at least one candidate word.
US12008334B2
Methods and systems for secure translation of sensitive content are described herein. In the method, content of a file may be segmented into a plurality of sections of text. At least one section of text includes an item of sensitive content and items of nonsensitive content. The item of sensitive content may be replaced with replacement content, which enables translation of the at least one section of text without use of the sensitive content. The plurality of sections of text may be sent to remote computing devices for translation. After translation, the translation of the at least one section of text received from the remote computing device may be modified to include the item of sensitive content instead of the replacement content. A translation of the content of the file may be generated based on translations of the plurality of sections of text received from the remote computing devices.
US12008333B2
Methods are provided, such as a method of interacting with a large language model (LLM), including the step of a processing system using a structured, machine-readable representation of data that conforms to a machine-readable language, such as a universal language, to provide new context data for the LLM, in order to improve the output, such as continuation text output, generated by the LLM in response to a prompt; and such as a method of interacting with a LLM, including the step of providing continuation data generated by the LLM to a processing system that uses a structured, machine-readable representation of data that conforms to a machine-readable language, such as a universal language, in which the processing system is configured to analyse the continuation output generated by the LLM in response to a prompt to enable an improved version of that continuation output to be provided to a user. Related computer systems are provided.
US12008325B2
A method for context-based natural language processing is disclosed herein. The method comprises maintaining a plurality of dialog system rules, receiving a user request from a Dialog System Interface, receiving one or more attributes associated with the user request from the Dialog System Interface or a user device, and identifying a type of context associated with the user request based on the user request and the one or more attributes. A context label is assigned to the user request associated with the type of context. Based on the context label and the user request, a particular dialog system rule is selected from the plurality of dialog system rules. A response to the user request is generated by applying the dialog system rule to at least a part of the user request.
US12008322B2
Various embodiments of the present invention provide methods, apparatuses, systems, computing devices, and/or the like that are configured to accurately and concisely generate one or more action item logs of one or more document data objects. For example, certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods, apparatuses, systems, computing devices, and/or the like that are configured to generate an action item log of a document data object comprising one or more semantically complete or incomplete units of text data, by generating content segmentation units, determining action item presence predictions, generating action item sets from each content segmentation unit within a candidate action item subset, aggregating the action item sets to create an action item log, and storing the action item log.
US12008321B2
There is a need for more effective and efficient predictive natural language topic detection. This need can be addressed by, for example, solutions for performing sequential topic detection. In one example, a method includes determining a sequential topic distribution data object for the current document sequence, determining a current term-context correlation data object for the current document sequence, determining a current context-topic correlation data object for the current document sequence, determining an updated term-topic correlation data object based at least in part on the current context-topic correlation data object, determining topic modeling predictions based at least in part on the sequential topic distribution data object and the updated term-topic correlation data object, and performing prediction-based actions based at least in part on the topic modeling predictions.
US12008316B2
A document analysis system (100) for use by legal or business users is described. The system (100) includes a number of user devices 102 that communicate with a processing platform (104) to upload documents and receive reports concerning the documents. The illustrated platform (104) includes a processor (112), a document database (114), a preprocessing module (115), a machine learning module (116), a repository for analytics (118), and a report generator (120). A user can upload contracts or other documents to the platform (104) and receive scoring and ratings information for the contract.
US12008312B2
Embodiments as disclosed provide a What-You-See-Is-What-You Get (WYSIWYG) editor for web content, allowing the conversion of previously generated web content to reusable templates or components. Embodiments thus allow, among other advantages, users such as web content developers to easily repurpose or reuse previously developed pages or content by giving these users the ability to review and edit previously developed pages or content in a WYSIWYG editor.
US12008309B1
Unique copies of an original document can be generated and provided to individual recipients. The unique copies can be used to identify the source of a document leak. The unique copies are generated by replacing terms within the original document with alternative terms. The alternative terms are determined using a first machine learning model that receives a term from the document and outputs the alternative terms. The output alternative terms are provided to a second machine learning model that indicates a tone for each alternative term. The tone of the alternative terms is compared to the tone of the term from the original document, and one or more of the alternative terms are selected based on the tone of the alternative terms relative to the tone of the document term. The alternative terms used to generate the unique copies have a same or similar tone as the document term.
US12008298B2
A system for evaluating fault criticality using machine learning includes a first machine learning module that is trained on a subset of a circuit and used for evaluating whether a node in a netlist of the entire circuit is a critical node, and a second machine learning module specialized to minimize classification errors in nodes predicted as benign. A generative adversarial network can be used to generate synthetic test escape data to supplement data used to train the second machine learning module.
US12008297B1
Disclosed is a method of performing double clustering to evaluate placement of semiconductor devices performed by a computing device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. The method includes receiving connection relationship information representing a connection relationship between semiconductor devices, perform clustering on the semiconductor devices by utilizing first reference information based on the connection relationship information, and perform sub-clustering in a cluster generated by the clustering, by utilizing second reference information based on the connection relationship information.
US12008293B2
An urban design pipeline automatically generates design options for an urban design project. The urban design pipeline includes a geometry engine and an evaluation engine. The geometry engine analyzes design criteria, design objectives, and design heuristics associated with the urban design project and then generates numerous candidate designs. The design criteria specify a property boundary associated with a region of land to be developed. The design objectives indicate a specific type of topology that is derived from an existing urban layout. The design heuristics include different sets of construction rules for generating designs with specific types of topologies. The geometry engine generates candidate designs that conform to the property boundary and have topological characteristics in common with the existing urban layout.
US12008290B2
The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces and techniques for managing and visualizing sound reduction using a computer system. In accordance with some embodiments, the computer system displays an indication that a second noise level is less than a first sound level when the computer system is using a sound reduction device. In accordance with some embodiments, the computer system displays a representation of a noise level at a plurality of different times that indicates a first noise level when a sound reduction effect was in effect, and that indicates a second noise level when the sound reduction effect was not in effect. In accordance with some embodiments, the computer system displays a representation of a sound reduction level for a first time period and receives an input selling a second time period different from the first time period, and in response to the input, the computer system displays a representation of the sound reduction level for the second time period.
US12008289B2
Methods and systems are provided for assisting operation of a vehicle using speech recognition and transcription using text-to-speech for transcription playback with variable emphasis. One method involves analyzing a transcription of an audio communication with respect to the vehicle to identify an operational term pertaining to a current operational context of the vehicle within the transcription, creating an indicator identifying the operational term within the transcription for emphasis when the operational term pertains to the current operational context of the vehicle, identifying a user-configured playback rate; and generating an audio reproduction of the transcription of the audio communication in accordance with the user-configured playback rate, wherein the operational term is selectively emphasized within the audio reproduction based on the indicator.
US12008286B2
Locating a lost stylus, or other peripheral input device can be made possible by acoustic resonators integrated within housing structures of the stylus. Acoustic resonators can be formed at an end of the stylus opposite its tip, and can include portions of the stylus outer housing that are thinned down to an engineered thickness that has a particular resonant behavior or frequency. In some examples, acoustic resonators can be formed at a cap portion of the stylus, and can include a resonant diaphragm attached to at least a portion of a cap boundary. Cap coverings for the cap portion can optionally have openings to allow ventilation for changes in air pressure generated beneath the covering. In some examples, an electronic device can communicate a location request to the stylus and can cause the stylus to generate an acoustic signal for a specified target detector using the acoustic resonators.
US12008285B2
An image processing method includes: using image data of a first image as image data of a base region, wherein the first image has a first resolution; and generating, based on the image data of the first image, image data of an extended region according to extension policies, so as to obtain image data of a second image including the image data of the base region and the image data of the extended region, wherein the second image has a second resolution, and the first resolution is less than the second resolution.
US12008282B1
Provided is an information processing system that can combine and automate cloud and local tasks through an image forming workflow. The information processing system has a cloud server and a local server to execute the image forming workflow for a document. The cloud control unit allocates each of tasks of the workflow to the cloud server or the local server. The cloud task execution unit executes the task allocated to the cloud server by the cloud control unit. The client control unit sends and receives a task allocated to the local server and an execution result of the task from the cloud server to and from the cloud server. The local task execution unit executes the task allocated to the local server, which is acquired by the client control unit.
US12008278B2
System, method, and software of providing a printing service. In one embodiment, a printing system comprises a cloud printing service that stores device capability information for different types of printers supervised by a print server. The cloud printing service receives a print job, identifies a plurality of the printers that are capable of printing the print job based on the device capability information, and transforms printable content and control data of the print job into a plurality of printer-specific print streams. Each of the printer-specific print streams is in a printable output format for one of the plurality of the printers. The cloud printing service provides one or more of the printer-specific print streams to the print server.
US12008272B2
A printing apparatus stores a setting value group including a plurality of setting values corresponding to a plurality of setting items including a security setting item specific to the printing apparatus in association with a first use environment and a setting value group including a plurality of setting values corresponding to a plurality of setting items not including the security setting item specific to the printing apparatus in association with a second use environment. The printing apparatus accepts information indicating a selection result specifying a use environment of the printing apparatus. A setting value of the printing apparatus is changed based on the setting value group corresponding to the first use environment or the second use environment specified by the information indicating the selection result.
US12008270B2
A method of communicating with a memory device through a plurality of sub-channels and a control sub-channel includes; setting a first mode or a second mode. In the first mode, writing or reading first data corresponding to a command synchronized to the control sub-channel through the plurality of sub-channels, and in the second mode, independently writing or reading second data and third data respectively corresponding to different commands synchronized to the control sub-channel through the plurality of sub-channels.
US12008264B2
An information handling system may include a host system including at least one processor, a host physical storage resource, a network interface, and a control circuit. The network interface may be configured to, in response to the host system being powered down: transmit one or more signals to the control circuit, wherein the one or more signals are configured to cause the control circuit to supply power and data connectivity from the network interface to the host physical storage resource; and provide access to the host physical storage resource from a remote network information handling system while the host system is powered down.
US12008262B2
An exemplary embodiment of the invention provides a read voltage control method for a rewritable non-volatile memory module. The method includes: sending a first read command sequence which instructs a reading of a plurality of first memory cells by using a first voltage level to obtain first data; obtaining first adjustment information of a read voltage according to the first data and a channel parameter of the first memory cells, and the channel parameter reflects a channel status of the first memory cells; and adjusting a voltage level of the read voltage from the first voltage level to a second voltage level according to the first adjustment information.
US12008261B2
A memory access method and device are provided. A memory access method may include: identifying, when an access to a page of a remote memory occurs, a type of the access; allocating a sparse buffer when the access is a sparse write; storing data for the sparse write in the sparse buffer; storing an address for the sparse write as a key and the sparse buffer as a value in a buffer table; and updating an instruction pointer to point to a next instruction.
US12008260B2
A storage device includes a controller and a memory. A method of storage space management for the storage device is executed to perform steps as below. The controller calculates an expectedly used capacity and an effective capacity of the memory. The controller determines whether blocks of the memory include one or more blocks that are non-bad blocks and are prohibited from reading/writing. When the one or more blocks are determined to be non-bad blocks and to be prohibited from reading/writing, the controller marks each of the one or more blocks as a restricted block other than a bad block, thereby maintaining the effective capacity to be unchanged. The controller compares difference of the effective capacity and a total capacity of the one or more blocks that are marked as the restricted block to the expectedly used capacity to determine whether to prohibit programming to the memory.
US12008252B2
Various illustrative aspects are directed to a data storage device, comprising one or more disks; an actuator mechanism configured to position heads proximate to a recording medium of the disks; and one or more processing devices. The processing devices are configured to detect a criterion for inserting padding on the recording medium proximate to data containers to be written to the recording medium, the containers configured for assigning logic blocks to the containers, the logic blocks configured to store data to be written in an interleaved pattern across sectors based on a distributed sector encoding scheme, wherein detecting the criterion comprises detecting a mismatch in size between at least a portion of a zone and an integer number of containers in which to write the at least a portion of the zone; and insert mapping indicators to a mapping to indicate padding blocks proximate to the containers.
US12008247B2
A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory and a controller that includes an encoder configured to encode a first group of data including a plurality of first data, each first data having a plurality of bits. The encoder is configured to perform a first encoding process of generating a second group of data including a plurality of second data from the plurality of first data in the first group, and a second encoding process of generating a third group of data including a plurality of third data from the plurality of second data in the second group. A logical value of “1” is less likely to be the value in an n-th bit position of the plurality of third data in the third group than the value in any of the bit positions of the plurality of second data in the second group.
US12008244B2
The present description concerns a method comprising: the loading, from a non-volatile memory of a circuit to a computation circuit, of a first security parameter of the circuit and of a first error-correcting code stored in association with the first security parameter; the verification, by the computation circuit, of the first security parameter and of the first error-correcting code to determine whether one or a plurality of the bits of the security parameter are erroneous; and if it is determined that two bits of the security parameter are erroneous, the loading of a default value of the first parameter into a register.
US12008241B2
In a multi-tiered system, read temperature and write temperature per virtual block (VLB) can be determined based on the content referenced by each VLB. The read temperature can describe VLB read activity relative to the recency and frequency of read misses of content referenced by the VLB. The write temperature can describe VLB write activity relative to the recency and frequency of overwrites with respect to content referenced by the VLB. Read misses and overwrites can be recorded per processing core in an active tablet used for recording by only a single core. Active and analytic tablet sets across cores can be switched based on criteria. Analytic tablets can be processed and used to update metrics, including read and write temperatures, stored for VLBs. The metrics can be used to determine temperature classifications of VLBs. Content referenced by VLBs can be promoted and/or demoted using VLB temperature classifications.
US12008238B2
An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to determine, based on monitoring input/output (IO) operations, an IO activity level and a given IO pattern of a given storage object for a designated period of time, the given storage object being stored on a first storage tier of a storage system. The processing device is also configured to determine a write penalty associated with writing storage objects having the given IO pattern to a second storage tier of the storage system. The processing device is further configured to determine, based on the IO activity level of the given storage object and the determined write penalty, whether to move the given storage object from the first to the second storage tier and to move, responsive to an affirmative movement determination, the given storage object to the second storage tier.
US12008232B2
In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of items of content available for playback on the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents selectable options for playing an item of content in accordance with the manners in which the item of content is available to be played on the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of episodes in a series of episodic content. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents an enhanced preview of content. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a control panel. In some embodiments, an electronic device switches the active user profile of a device. In some embodiments, an electronic device enters into a picture-in-picture mode.
US12008218B2
The present disclosure example discloses a method for displaying an interactive interface of a recommended behavior. The method may include determining a prompt mode according to at least one of recommended content associated with a first user, one or more user characteristics associated with the first user, one or more environmental characteristics of a user terminal associated with the first user, or one or more first presentation data characteristics associated with the user terminal, the prompt mode including at least one of a plurality of system prompt modes of the user terminal, a plurality of user interface prompt modes of the user terminal, a vibration prompt mode of the user terminal, or a voice prompt mode of the user terminal; and prompting the first user for the recommended content based on the prompt mode.
US12008212B2
An icon arranging method and apparatus, and an electronic device and belongs to the field of communication technologies. The method includes: receiving a first input on a plurality of icons (101); and arranging the plurality of icons in an arrangement manner corresponding to an input parameter of the first input in response to the first input (102), where the input parameter includes at least one of an input direction and an input track.
US12008205B1
A circuit carrier includes a substrate, a capacitive electrode layer, a plurality of metal pads and a plurality of bridges, and a plurality of conductive pillars. The capacitive electrode layer formed on a surface of the substrate and includes a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes. At least two of the first electrodes are connected to each other and be arranged across a die-bonding region of the substrate for separating at least two of the second electrodes that partially protrude from the die-bonding region to respectively form extensions. The metal pads and the bridges are formed on another surface of the substrate and are located outside of the die-bonding region. Each of the bridges connects two of the metal pads, and each of the conductive pillars is embedded in the substrate and connects one of the extensions and a corresponding one of metal pads.
US12008197B2
A touch detection module includes driving electrodes extending parallel to each other, sensing electrodes crossing the driving electrodes, and a touch driver circuit for supplying touch driving signals to the driving electrodes and for detecting touch sensing signals through the sensing electrodes to determine touch position coordinates. The touch driver circuit selects between a group driving scheme and a sequential driving scheme for at least one frame. According to the group driving scheme, the touch driver circuit sorts the driving electrodes into groups, simultaneously drives driving electrodes in a same group among the groups, and drives the groups at different times. According to the sequential driving scheme, the touch driving circuit sequentially drives the driving electrodes.
US12008189B2
A sensor module comprises a non-contact sensor array having a plurality of sensors, a control unit configured to receive a detection signal output from the non-contact sensor array and to generate coordinate information based on the detection signal, a drive unit configured to receive the coordinate information from the control unit and to output a drive signal based on the coordinate information, and a light shielding panel overlapping the non-contact sensor array, the light shielding panel configured to be driven based on the drive signal, wherein the light shielding panel is switchable between blocking and transmitting light traveling in a direction parallel to a main surface of the non-contact sensor array.
US12008184B2
A display device includes a plurality of emission areas that emit light, a plurality of touch electrodes disposed in a light blocking area surrounding the plurality of emission areas, in which the touch electrodes sense a touch, a first insulating layer disposed on the plurality of touch electrodes, and a plurality of light blocking parts disposed on the first insulating layer and overlapping the plurality of touch electrodes. A part of the plurality of light blocking parts includes a code pattern formed by an insertion portion inserted into the first insulating layer and overlapping the plurality of touch electrodes, and another part of the plurality of light blocking parts includes a non-code pattern formed by not having the insertion portion.
US12008182B2
The disclosure provides a flexible device. The flexible display device includes a flexible substrate and a planarized layer. A thickness of the planarized layer is in a range from 0.5 μm to 200 μm. A thickness ratio of the thickness of the planarized layer to a thickness of the flexible substrate is in a range from 0.025 to 20.
US12008175B2
The embodiments disclose an electronic pen system, including an electronic pen having a digital writing nib to allow a user to create digital nib writing strokes and a microphone to record voice dictation data, an electronic pad wirelessly coupled to the electronic pen to receive the digital nib writing strokes, a scanning device coupled to the electronic pad to scan handwritten data and convert into editable text, a beacon coupled to the electronic pad and a computer with a plurality of writing styles and genre proofreading templates stored, a handwriting converter to covert nib writing strokes into editable text, a voice to text converter for converting dictation into editable text, and editing software installed on the electronic pen and coupled to the beacon to receive the plurality of writing styles and genre proofreading templates selectable by the user to allow editable text to be proofread.
US12008174B2
In accordance with some embodiments, systems, apparatus, interfaces, methods, and articles of manufacture are provided for creating shared experiences using peripheral devices. In various embodiments, data is captured about a first user's peripheral usage and environment. A determination is made based on the data as to the first user's current experience. Aspects of the first user's experience are then recreated for a second user. In various embodiments, the experience is shared with the second user via peripherals and output devices.
US12008167B2
An action recognition method and device for a target object, and an electronic apparatus is disclosed. The action recognition method for a target object comprises: obtaining an original image from an image source, the original image comprising a target object, recognizing the target object from the original image; detecting a plurality of key points of the target object; determining, on the basis of the detected key points, visibility attributes of the plurality of key points, wherein the visibility attributes are used to indicate whether or not the key points are occluded; and recognizing an action of the target object according to a combined values of the visibility attributes of the plurality of key points. The method uses visibility of key points to determine actions of a target object, thereby resolving the technical issue in the prior art in which complex actions cannot be accurately recognized.
US12008166B1
A vehicle having a touch device configured to receive user inputs is disclosed. The touch device may include a haptic component configured to provide haptic feedback to a user and a force touch component configured to detect force applied by the user on the touch device and actuate the touch device. The vehicle may further include a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver may be configured to receive road information on which the vehicle may be traversing. The processor may be configured to obtain the road information from the transceiver, determine road condition based on the road information, and adjust parameters associated with the haptic component or the force touch component based on the road condition.
US12008164B2
An assistive device and method for non-visually discerning a three-dimensional (3D) real-world area surrounding a user, comprises a haptic feedback interface that includes a plurality of haptic elements. The assistive device receives sensor data of the 3D real-world area within a first proximity range of the assistive device from a plurality of different types of sensors that are communicatively coupled to the assistive device. The assistive device establishes a mapping of a plurality of objects within the first proximity range to the plurality of haptic elements in a defined region of the haptic feedback interface, based on the received sensor data. A haptic feedback generator generates a touch-discernible feedback on the haptic feedback interface based on the established mapping. The touch-discernible feedback comprises a plurality of differential touch-discernible cues to enable the user to non-visually discern the 3D real-world area surrounding the user.
US12008163B1
Systems and methods for controlling devices through gestures sensed via an earbud. The earbud can include a set of electrodes configured to contact particular anatomic locations on an individual's ear. Based on electrophysiologic signals sensed via the electrode assembly, the system can identify gestures being performed by the user and control the external device accordingly.
US12008155B2
A method for improving the startup time of a six-degrees of freedom tracking system is described. An augmented reality system receives a device initialization request and activates a first set of sensors in response to the device initialization request. The augmented reality system receives first tracking data from the first set of sensors. The augmented reality system receives an augmented reality experience request and in response to the augmented reality request, causes display of a set of augmented reality content items based on the first tracking data and simultaneously activates a second set of sensors. The augmented reality system receives second tracking data from the activated second set of sensors. The augmented reality system updates the display of the set of augmented reality content items based on the second tracking data.
US12008151B2
Some implementations provide improved user interfaces for interacting with a virtual environment. The virtual environment is presented by a display of a first device having an image sensor. The first device uses the image sensor to determine a relative position and orientation of a second device based on a marker displayed on a display of the second device. The first device uses the determined relative position of the second device to display a representation of the second device including virtual content in place of the marker.
US12008149B2
A computer system, processor, computer program product, and method for executing instructions in a software application that includes a processor that can be dynamically controlled, in response to a value set in a control register, to operate in either a secure mode or a performance mode. In the secure mode, the processor: upon encountering a secure mode entry instruction, computes an entry hash value using a hash function and stores the entry hash value; and upon encountering a secure mode exit instruction, computes an exit hash value, loads the entry hash value, and determines whether the entry hash value is the same as the exit hash value, and depending upon verification of the hash values can execute the return function or transfer control to the operating system. In the performance mode, the processor: executes both the secure mode entry instruction and the secure mode exit instruction as no-operations.
US12008142B2
Methods and apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions and search terms
Methods and apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions and search terms are disclosed. An example method includes accessing, from a media device, a first identifier and a search term at a first server, the first identifier corresponding to at least one of the media device or a user of the media device, the search term associated with a search request, generating a second identifier based on the first identifier, sending the second identifier and the search term from the first server to a data collection server to facilitate the data collection server to logging the search request, and receiving user information associated with the search request from a database proprietor based on the second identifier.
US12008130B1
Systems and methods are provided for management of access to data by maintaining the lineage of access metadata as data is queried, processed, and stored in a computing environment. Data stored within a computing environment may be tagged or otherwise associated with metadata representing an access categorization of the data. When the data is used to create new data sets, the access categorizations of the base data are retained, and metadata representing an access categorization of the created data sets is generated based on the access categorizations of the base data. The created data may be stored in a location according to the access categorization.
US12008123B2
A method for sharing verification information is disclosed. The method is performed at one or more electronic devices. Verification information corroborating the identity information of a first user is obtained. A first device facilitates storing the verification information in one or more encrypted containers. A request for at least a part of the verification information corroborating the identity information of the first user is received from a second device that is distinct from the first device and a client device of the user. The request for authorization to release the requested part of the verification information is sent to the client device. In response to receiving authorization from the client device to release the requested part of the verification information, the requested part of the verification information is sent to the third party.
US12008121B2
The present technology relates to a file processing method. The file processing method can includes a first terminal device receiving an encrypted file from a second terminal device. The first terminal device stores the encrypted file. The first terminal device receives an access instruction for the encrypted file. The first terminal device obtains a current security state. When the current security state is higher than or equal to a first security state, the first terminal device decrypts the file by using a decryption key. It can be learned that according to the method, after the first terminal device receives the encrypted file, the first terminal device decrypts the file by using the decryption key only when a security state is high.
US12008120B2
Techniques are described relating to data distribution and security in a multilayer storage infrastructure. An associated computer-implemented method includes receiving file data associated with a user for storage in a managed services domain, applying an ensemble learning model to devise a data distribution technique for the file data based upon contextual information associated with the user, and encrypting the file data. The method further includes, based upon the data distribution technique, dividing the file data to store among a cloud computing layer, a fog computing layer, and a local computing layer by performing a hash transformation and applying at least one cyclic error correcting code. In an embodiment, the method further includes receiving a data access request associated with the file data, authenticating the data access request, and restoring the file data via decryption.
US12008118B2
Systems and methods for intelligent display of content are disclosed herein. According to one illustrative method, a computing device camera captures an image of a face. The control circuitry determines, based on the captured image, whether at least a portion of the face is directed toward a computing device display. The control circuitry retrieves, from a memory, a rule specifying criteria for determining whether to block or permit presentation of content based on whether one or more faces are directed toward the display. The control circuitry determines, based on the rule and whether at least a portion of the face is directed toward the display, whether to block or permit the presentation of the content, and blocks or permits the presentation of the content via the computing device based on a result of the determining.
US12008117B2
Systems, methods, and devices configured to build and utilize an intelligent cipher transfer object are provided. The intelligent cipher transfer object includes a set of participants protected by cloaking patterns. A portable dynamic rule set, which includes executable code for managing access to the protected set of participants, is included within the intelligent cipher transfer object. For a given user, the intelligent cipher transfer object may provide access to some of the participants while preventing access to other participants, based on the portable dynamic rule set therein.
US12008108B2
This application provides an extended authentication method and apparatus for a generic bootstrapping architecture and a storage medium. A first network element obtains a bootstrapping transaction identifier (B-TID) and a key lifetime; and the first network element sends the B-TID and the key lifetime to the terminal, so that the terminal performs extensible authentication protocol (EAP)-based generic bootstrapping architecture (GBA) authentication and key agreement (AKA) authentication with the first network element based on the B-TID and the key lifetime.
US12008107B2
A chip capable of authenticating an off-chip debug firmware program and a debug user account is illustrated. The chip runs the secure boot firmware and executes the secure boot process to verify whether the debug firmware program in a signed program loaded from an external storage device may be executed. After the signed program is successfully verified, the chip runs the debug firmware program to execute a debug user authentication algorithm in the signed program, thereby starting a debug user authentication process. After verifying the debug user account of the external debugging tool connected to the chip is a valid debug user account, the debugging tool is allowed to use the debugging function in the chip according to the authority of the debug user.
US12008101B2
Methods and systems for protecting a secure computing system. Aspects include connecting a pluggable security card to a motherboard of the secure computing system. Aspects also include activating a detection circuit to monitor a physical connection between the pluggable security card and the motherboard. Based on detecting that the physical connection between the pluggable security card and the motherboard has been interrupted, aspects include setting a tamper event flag, wherein the secure computing system is prevented from being operated when the tamper event flag is set.
US12008093B2
Provided is a system for face authentication which can operate separately for individual providers of face authentication service in a stable and efficient manner. The system includes: face authentication machines; an administrator terminal; a face management server for storing face image data of registered users; and face matching servers, each configured to generate face feature amount data of a person to be verified from image data acquired from a camera of a face authentication machine and to perform a matching operation by comparing the face feature amount data of the person with that of the registered users. Prior to face authentication, data of associations between face authentication machines and face matching servers entered by an administrator is transmitted from the administrator terminal to the face management server.
US12008091B2
A system and method for authenticating a user via a single voice audio input is disclosed. The method includes obtaining voice audio from a user, converting the voice audio to text, comparing at least a portion of the text to a database, determining whether a user profile exists in the database based on the comparing, the user profile including a voiceprint, in response to determining that the user profile exists in the database, analyzing the voice audio against the voiceprint of the user profile; and authenticating the user based on the voice audio substantially matching the voiceprint of the user profile.
US12008085B2
A content server system is provided that includes at least one processor configured to store a user account for a user at a content server of the content server system that is configured to serve server-side rendered content to a client computing device of the user. Audio is played out via a sound output device associated with the client computing device. The at least one processor is further configured to determine a licensing identifier associated with a device of the user or the user account of the user, send the licensing identifier to a third-party licensing server device, receive an indication that an active license is associated with the licensing identifier, determine that the user is authorized to access a digital rights managed audio rendering software, and cause audio of the server-side rendered content to be rendered using audio rendering algorithms of the digital rights managed audio rendering software.
US12008082B2
Systems and methods are provided for intelligently accessing media content based on rights. This may be accomplished by a media guidance application that generates a DRM score associated with a first copy of the media asset. The media guidance application determines that plurality of alternative copies of a media asset are available from other sources and determines DRM scores for the alternative copies. The media guidance application determines that one of the alternative copies has a lower digital rights management score as compared to the first copy of the media asset and stores the alternative copy instead of the first copy of the media asset.
US12008075B2
A computer system trains a federated learning model. A federated learning model is distributed to a plurality of computing nodes, each having a set of local training data comprising labeled data samples. Statistical data is received from each computing node that indicates the node's count of data samples for each label, and is analyzed to identify one or more computing nodes having local training data in which a label category is underrepresented beyond a threshold value with respect to data samples. Additional data samples labeled with the underrepresented labels are provided, and the computing nodes perform training. Results of training are received and are processed to generate a trained global model. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for training a federated learning model in substantially the same manner described above.
US12008074B2
A learning device is configured to acquire first training data that is training data regarding a registered category object and second training data regarding an unregistered category object, the registered category object belonging to a registered category which is registered as an identification target, the unregistered category object not belonging to the registered category. The learning device is also configured to calculate, on a basis of the first training data and the second training data, an identification score indicating a degree of certainty that an object to be identified belongs to the registered category. The learning device is also configured to calculate, on a basis of the second training data, an unregistered score indicating a degree of certainty that the object to be identified does not belong to the registered category. The learning device is also configured to learn an identification model which performs an identification regarding the registered category based on the identification score and the unregistered score.
US12008070B2
A time-series data prediction method is provided. The method includes storing a time-series model, inputting time-series data to the time-series model, and outputting a plurality of pieces of prediction data which is a preset number of pieces of prediction data or more based on the time-series model. The inputting of the time-series data to the time-series model includes substituting invalid data included in the time-series data with preset valid data, and inputting the time-series data including the valid data to the time-series model.
US12008068B2
A device for in memory vector-matrix multiplication includes a memory array and in-memory logic. The memory array has at least two sections and stores a multiplier matrix. The memory array also receives and stores an input multiplicand arranged in a vector such that the operands of the vector-matrix multiplication are located on a same column of the memory array. Each of the sections is one of: a volatile memory array, a non-volatile memory array, a destructive memory array and a non-destructive memory array. The in-memory logic computes an output of the vector-matrix multiplication using the stored input vector and the stored multiplier matrix. The memory array is one of the following type of memory array: RAM, DRAM, SRAM, Re-RAM, ZRAM, MRAM and Memristor.
US12008060B2
Provided are systems and methods for determining behaviors of a user that are associated with earning secondary income. In one example, a method may include receiving a request from a user device, identifying productivity attributes and consumption attributes of a user associated with the user device based on behavior of the user captured over time, determining a recommended value-generating behavior for the user via execution of a collaborative filtering model, where the collaborative filtering model receives the productivity and consumption attributes of the user and determines the recommended value-generating behavior based on historical value-generating behavior of other users having similar productivity attributes and consumption attributes, and transmitting the recommended value-generating behavior to the user device via a content channel between the server and the user device.
US12008058B2
Aspects of the disclosure include a natural language processing model by which topics of interest within a text are identified, such as by a predictive model that infers (e.g., based on scores associated with a text) a topic of interest associated with the text. The computer system may train or configure the prediction model, such as a machine learning model, to facilitate identification of topics of interest based on inputs, like one or more chunks of text, such as by keywords or phrases or combinations of keywords and associated metrics for nearness or frequency. The computer system may determine a measure of predicted impactfulness of the content item in relation to a topic of interest identified for the content item and determine whether to generate a notification transmitted to client devices of users having indicated the topic as of interest.
US12008050B2
Various embodiments relate generally to data science and data analysis, computer software and systems, and wired and wireless network communications to interface among repositories of disparate datasets and computing machine-based entities configured to access datasets, and, more specifically, to a computing and data storage platform to implement computerized tools to identify data classifications and similar subsets of graph-based data arrangements with which to join, according to at least some examples. For example, a method may include determining a classification type for a subset of data based on a graph data arrangement, generating presentation data as a first user input to detect selection of the first user input. The method may include predicting a classification type for data. The method may also include generating other presentation data configured to join datasets, such as a column of tabular-formatted data with one or more portions of a graph data arrangement.
US12008048B2
A system drills back to an original audio clip in lists and reminders initiated by a virtual assistant. The system may receive audio input comprising a first request. Based on the first request, the system may schedule an action to be performed by the virtual assistant platform. The system stores at least a portion of the audio input and a mapping between the action and at least the portion of the audio input. The system performs the action. Subsequent to performing the action, the system receives a second request for audio playback of the first request corresponding to the action. The system retrieves at least the portion of the audio input based on the mapping between the action and at least the portion of the audio input, and plays at least the portion of the audio input comprising the first request.
US12008044B2
Methods and systems for seeking answers are disclosed. The method includes receiving a question from a seeker device. The method includes determining responder(s) for answering the question, by identifying available responders and determining matching responders based on at least a threshold degree of similarity in a corresponding responder profile with the question. The method includes facilitating a display of responder profile(s) associated with the responder(s) to the seeker device in a predetermined order. The method includes upon receiving a first selection of a single responder profile, establishing a first communication channel between the seeker device and a responder device for providing an answer. The method includes upon receiving a second selection of multiple responder profiles, transmitting the question to responder devices. Upon receipt of interest-to-answer input from at least one responder profile, a second communication channel is established between the seeker device and at least one responder device.
US12008035B2
Methods and apparatus for facilitating video search are disclosed. An example apparatus includes one or more processors to execute instructions to process first metadata associated with video to identify the video as corresponding to an episode of a television show, the video made available by a first device. The example one or more processors are to update a database to include first information concerning the episode of the television show based on the first metadata and access second metadata associated with the video, the second metadata collected from a second device. Additionally, the example one or more processors are to process the second metadata to determine second information about the episode of the television show and augment the database with the second information about the episode of the television show.
US12008033B2
Methods, computer systems, computer-storage media, and graphical user interfaces are provided for determining user affinities by tracking historical user interactions with tagged digital content and using the user affinities in content generation applications. Accordingly, the system may track user interactions with published digital content in order to generate user interaction reports whenever a user engages with the digital content. The system may aggregate the interaction reports to generate an affinity profile for a user or audience of users. A marketer may then generate digital content for a target user or audience of users and the system may process the digital content to generate a set of tags for the digital content. Based on the set of tags, the system may then evaluate the digital content in view of the affinity profile for the target user/audience to determine similarities or differences between the digital content and the affinity profile.
US12008031B2
Systems and methods for enabling quick access to media options are provided. A display of a plurality of icons is generated, wherein each of the plurality of icons represents a different one of a plurality of applications. A user input is detected that identifies a first of the plurality of icons associated with a first of the plurality of applications. In response to determining that the user input corresponds to a quick access operation, first and second media asset identifiers and corresponding media options are retrieved from each of second and third applications. A menu that includes the retrieved first and second media asset identifiers is generated for display with the plurality of icons.
US12008030B2
A computer system including a server having a processor and a memory, the memory having a video database and a music database, the video database storing at least one video file having a plurality of video file markers, and the music database storing at least one music file having a plurality of music file markers, wherein the server receives and decodes encoded data from computer readable code, identifies and retrieves from the music database a music file based on the decoded data, synchronizes the retrieved music file with one of the video files by aligning the video file markers of the video file with the music file markers for the retrieved music file to produce a synchronized video-music file, and transmits the synchronized video-music file to a display, wherein the video file markers are generated for each video file and the music file markers are generated for each music file.
US12008028B2
A method of processing construction documentation includes receiving, as input data into a processor of a computer, a document directed to a specific construction project as input data. The processor extracts location and context information from the document. The location information defines locations relevant to the specific construction project and the context information comprises text extracted from image data of the document.
US12008003B2
A method for identifying questions with same semantics includes creating a user behavior graph based on at least two user logs; determining a first associated question node set based on the user behavior graph and a seed question; calculating, based on the first associated question node set, association scores of questions corresponding to all question nodes in the user behavior graph; using a question corresponding to each associated question node in the first associated question node set as a new seed node, to determine M second associated question node sets; updating, based on the M second associated question node sets, the association scores of the questions corresponding to all the question nodes in the user behavior graph; and determining K questions with top K association scores based on updated association scores of the questions corresponding to all the question nodes in the user behavior graph.
US12007996B2
Systems and methods are described for establishing and managing components of a distributed computing framework implemented in a data intake and query system. The distributed computing framework may include a master and a plurality of worker nodes. The master may selectively operate on a search head captain that is chosen from the search heads of the data intake and query system. The search head captain may distribute configuration information for the master and the distributed computing framework to the other search heads, which in turn, may distribute that configuration information to indexers of the data intake and query system. Worker nodes may be selectively activated for operation on the indexers based on the configuration information, and the worker nodes may additionally use the configuration information to contact the master and join the distributed computing framework. This approach may provide numerous benefits, including improved security, flexibility in the selection of worker nodes, and redundancy for failures of physical components of the data intake and query system.
US12007992B2
Methods, systems and computer program products are described herein that provide a serverless, multi-engine, multi-user data lake indexing subsystem and application programming interface. Indexes are defined as derived datasets and stored on the data lake in a universal format that enables disparate engines to create and/or discover indexes for workload optimization. Embodiment of indexes enable stateful control and management of an index via metadata included in the index and stored on the data lake.
US12007984B2
Techniques are presented for removing a connection to a peer node determined to be malicious based on transactions received from the peer node.
US12007980B2
A largely automated method of categorizing spend data is provided that does not require a prior in-depth knowledge of an organization's transactional data. Natural language processing is applied to text data from transactional data to generate a consolidated cleaned data set (CDS) containing information for categorization. Logs for transactions are clustered based on similarity, forming the minimal data set (MDS). An automated algorithm selects a subset of high-value clusters that are categorized by requesting users to manually categorize one or more representative logs from each cluster of the subset. A model is then trained using the subset of manually categorized clusters and used to predict spend categories for the remaining logs with high accuracy. The AI engine automatically analyzes the predictions based on client context and either auto-tunes the machine learning model or identifies a new subset of clusters to be manually categorized. This loop may continue until 95%-100% of the spend is categorized.
US12007977B1
Selective application of log records may be performed. A target storage node for a new replica being added to a replica group for a database may obtain a paginated result of a scan of ordered items of the database from a source. The paginated result may have a log sequence number that corresponds to a replica log consistent with the paginated result. The target storage node may obtain log records from the replication log after the log sequence number for the paginated result. The target storage node may selectively apply the log records from the replication log according to one or more application rules that determine whether to ignore a change described in a log record.
US12007971B2
A method, a system, and a computer program product for generating a pageable hash index for a document store. A hash map index for data stored on disk using a document array is generated. The hash map index includes a plurality of hash values with each hash value identifying a document stored at a predetermined location in the document array. A transaction for executing using a first document stored in the document array is received. Using the generated hash map index, a location of the first document stored in the document array is identified. At least a portion of a first hash value of the hash map index corresponding to the first document is loaded into a memory location without loading the remaining hashes of the hash map index. Based on the loaded portion of the first hash value, the received transaction is executed.
US12007970B2
Automatic rewriting of subtotal calculations including presenting, by a table manager, a spreadsheet structure on a GUI of a client computing system, wherein the spreadsheet structure presents a data set from a cloud-based data warehouse; receiving, at a first column of the spreadsheet structure by the table manager, a formula that includes a reference to a second column of the spreadsheet structure, wherein the formula is received from the client computing system; detecting, by the table manager, that the second column includes a subtotal calculation of a third column of the spreadsheet structure; and rewriting, by the table manager, the formula by replacing the reference to the second column with the subtotal calculation of the third column.
US12007968B2
A method, computer program product, and computer system for full allocation volume to deduplication volume migration in a storage system. The method includes moving a physical allocation of stored data associated with a full allocation volume into a virtual address range in a deduplication domain and setting up the deduplication metadata to be a passthrough. The method then performs a background deduplication process on the virtual address range once populated with the physical allocations using a drive query hash interface to perform hash calculations on physical drives at which the data is stored.
US12007965B2
The disclosure provides a method for deduplicating entity nodes in a graph database. The method includes: obtaining a set of entity nodes to be deduplicated from the knowledge graph, in which the set includes a plurality of entity nodes; selecting an untraversed entity node from the set as a target entity node; determining a range located by a node identifier corresponding to the target entity node; determining the target entity node that has appeared in traversed entity nodes according to a deduplicating mode corresponding to the range; and deleting the target entity node from the set.
US12007964B2
An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to monitor logs of a database system, to analyze the logs to collect ongoing transaction information for one or more applications utilizing the database system, and to maintain the ongoing transaction information for each of the one or more applications in a corresponding one of a set of one or more queues of a data store external to the database system. The processing device is also configured to detect one or more designated events affecting operation of the database system and, responsive to detecting at least one of the one or more designated events, to process one or more unsaved transactions of the database system utilizing the information stored in the set of one or more queues of the data store external to the database system.
US12007961B2
Techniques for schema mismatch detection and evolution are described. When data is being uploaded into a source table, schema of the data to be uploaded can be compared with the schema for the source table. If a schema mismatch is detected, the schema of the source table can be modified, and the upload can be continued without data loss.
US12007948B1
A method for compressing an evaluated chunk (EC), the method includes (i) selecting a compressing scheme (SC) of a set of candidate SCs to provide a selected SC; and (ii) compressing the EC using the selected SC to provide a compressed EC. A similar chunk that is similar to the EC is tied to a reference chunk (RC) by having the similar chunk compressed based on the RC. The selecting includes evaluating candidate SCs of the set. The selecting is responsive to a first relationship between (i) a similarity score indicative of a similarity between the EV chunk and the similar chunk, and (ii) a similarity score indicative of a similarity between the similar chunk and the RC. A first candidate SC of the set includes untying the similar chunk from the RC, and tying the EV to the similar chunk. A second candidate SC of the set includes self-compressing the EV without tying the EV to the similar chunk.
US12007946B2
A method for writing a file to a network attached storage (NAS) server, the method that includes receiving, by a universal connector executing in a user space, a write request from an application executing in the user space, where the write request includes a filename, and in response to receiving the write request, allocating a dynamic buffer, where a first size of the dynamic buffer is larger than a second size of the filename, sending a system limitation request to the NAS server, receiving, in response to the system limitation request, system limitations from the NAS server, where the system limitations comprise a filename size limit, validating the filename against the system limitations, and sending, based on the validating, the write request to the NAS server.
US12007936B2
Disclosed are various examples of providing provide efficient waiting for detection of memory value updates for Advanced RISC Machines (ARM) architectures. An ARM processor component instructs a memory agent to perform a processing action, and executes a waiting function. The waiting function ensures that the processing action is completed by the memory agent. The waiting function performs an exclusive load at a memory location, and a wait for event (WFE) instruction that causes the ARM processor component to wait in a low-power mode for an event register to be set. Once the event register is set, the waiting function completes and a second processing action is executed by the ARM processor component.
US12007934B1
A communication interface circuit has a deserializer configured to convert a serial stream of 3-bit symbols received from a three-wire serial bus to a parallel multi-symbol word comprising a plurality of symbols ordered in accordance with time of arrival at an input of the deserializer, detection circuits configured to determine whether a pattern of symbols in the parallel multi-symbol word indicates a corrupt data packet, and a finite state machine configured to activate one or more flags responsive to feedback received from the detection circuits. each flag can be configured to cause termination of reception of the corrupt data packet when the each flag is active.
US12007930B2
A low voltage drive circuit includes a transmit digital to analog circuit that converts transmit digital data into analog outbound data by: generating a DC component; generating a first oscillation at a first frequency; generating a second oscillation at the first frequency; and outputting the first oscillation or the second oscillation on a bit-by-bit basis in accordance with the transmit digital data to produce an oscillating component, wherein the DC component is combined with the oscillating component to produce the analog outbound data, and wherein the oscillating component and the DC component are combined to produce the analog outbound data. A drive sense circuit drives an analog transmit signal onto a bus, wherein the analog outbound data is represented within the analog transmit signal as variances in loading of the bus at the first frequency and wherein analog inbound data is represented within an analog receive signal as variances in loading of the bus at a second frequency.
US12007920B2
An interrupt delivery mechanism for a system includes and interrupt controller and a plurality of cluster interrupt controllers coupled to respective pluralities of processors in an embodiment. The interrupt controller may serially transmit an interrupt request to respective cluster interrupt controllers, which may acknowledge (Ack) or non-acknowledge (Nack) the interrupt based on attempting to deliver the interrupt to processors to which the cluster interrupt controller is coupled. In a soft iteration, the cluster interrupt controller may attempt to deliver the interrupt to processors that are powered on, without attempting to power on processors that are powered off. If the soft iteration does not result in an Ack response from one of the plurality of cluster interrupt controllers, a hard iteration may be performed in which the powered-off processors may be powered on.
US12007919B2
An in-vehicle communication device for transmitting and receiving a signal by a predetermined communication protocol related to Ethernet® (registered trademark), the in-vehicle communication device comprising: a control circuit configured to generate transmission data including interrupt data inserted into an inter-frame gap between Ethernet frames; and a PHY unit having a communication circuit configured to convert the transmission data generated by the control circuit into a signal and transmit the signal.
US12007914B2
The present description concerns a system comprising a processor and an SDMA circuit of direct transfer of a data sequence between a source memory circuit and a destination memory circuit, a sub-region of the source circuit comprising the elements of a data array, the SDMA decoding computing kernel information called BIT_PATTERN of an elementary data pattern to be transferred defined from an elementary array having a predefined size smaller than the size of said data array and intended to identify an elementary array window of said array, each element of the elementary array comprising a bit capable of taking a state “1” or “0” according to whether the element belongs or not to said pattern, the SDMA recovering the data of said array associated with elements of the BIT_PATTERN having their bit at “1”.
US12007911B2
A method of a memory device is provided. The method includes generating, by a controller of the memory device, a hashed index by hashing a source index comprising a namespace identification (NSID) and a keytag with a hash function; accessing, by the controller, a first storage address corresponding to the hashed index; comparing, by the controller, a tag portion corresponding to the first storage address with the source index to identify whether a conflict exists; and in response to identifying whether the conflict exists, obtaining, by the controller, information from the first storage address.
US12007907B2
A caching system including a first sub-cache, a second sub-cache, coupled in parallel with the first sub-cache, for storing cache data evicted from the first sub-cache and write-memory commands that are not cached in the first sub-cache, and a cache controller configured to receive two or more cache commands, determine a conflict exists between the received two or more cache commands, determine a conflict resolution between the received two or more cache commands, and sending the two or more cache commands to the first sub-cache and the second sub-cache.
US12007900B2
A data accessing method includes providing a first memory including a plurality of memory pages, acquiring a usage order value of each memory page of the plurality of memory pages, acquiring a first usage order value having a highest priority from a plurality of usage order values corresponding to the plurality of memory pages in the first memory, updating the first memory after a first memory page having the first usage order value is used, acquiring a second usage order value having a highest priority from the updated first memory after the first memory is updated, and using a second memory page having the second usage order.
US12007897B2
Methods, systems, and devices for a split cache for address mapping data are described. A memory system may include a cache (e.g., including a first and second portion) for storing data that indicates a mapping between logical addresses associated with a host system and physical addresses of the memory system. The memory system may store data (e.g., the address mapping data) within the first portion of the cache. Additionally, the memory system may store an indication of whether the data is used for any access operations during a duration that the data is stored in the first portion of the cache. The memory system may transfer subsets of the data to the second portion of the cache if they are used for access operations during the duration.
US12007893B1
Provided is a method for managing an adaptive cache pool, which is performed by one or more processors, and includes receiving monitoring information on a cache memory divided into a plurality of cache pools, and adjusting a cache region associated with at least one of the plurality of cache pools based on the monitoring information.
US12007882B2
A processing system may execute diagnostic software to test the functionality of one or more components arranged in a physical space for use during a video conference. Functionality of the diagnostic software may include determining a configuration of a component of the one or more components and comparing the configuration to a parameter associated with the component to detect that the component is in a condition that limits the functionality of the component for use during the video conference. The processing system may initiate a response, based on an output of the diagnostic software, to change the condition of the component to increase the functionality of the component.
US12007876B2
In an approach to improve implementing program code modifications within a predetermined system embodiments simulate an impact of an implemented modification to a software code against one or more predetermined constraints using a target environment. Further, embodiments comparing a first executed simulation against a second executed simulation of the software code, wherein the second executed simulation comprises the implemented modifications and a current version of the software code. Additionally, embodiments, generate guidance for a user based on the comparison of the first and second executed simulations, wherein the generated guidance comprises positive and negative impacts of the implemented software code modifications regarding compliance with the one or more predetermined constraints, and output, by a user interface, the generated guidance to the user detailing the impact of the implemented modification.
US12007857B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for non-blocking backup for tertiary initialization in a log replay only node. An embodiment operates by performing a standard log replay on a secondary server and briefly suspending the standard log replay in response to tertiary initialization. Further, the secondary server may determine backup block information and perform a page-aligned backup process from the secondary server to a tertiary server. Additionally, the secondary server may determine log replay block information, and perform a modified log replay concurrently with the backup process based on the backup block information.
US12007853B2
One or more embodiments of the invention have a cluster manager, or other related component, determine upfront which data node should perform a backup of the asset. This is achieved by running a pre-backup step, either periodically or prior to the reception of a backup request, to determine the preferred node for backup. Once the backup request is received, the cluster manager queries the preferred node, if the preferred node is still the best data node to perform the backup, then that data node performs the backup. If, however, the preferred data node no-longer is the best data node for performing the backup, the current preferred data node will signal the cluster manager with an alternative data node that is best data node to perform the backup and the cluster manager will have that alternative data node perform the backup.
US12007848B2
Information is stored that maps storage units to a pool of data protection appliances on which the storage units reside. The stored information includes a set of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses through which each data protection appliance can be reached. A connection request is received from a client. The connection request includes an identification of a particular storage unit which the client seeks to access for a data protection job. The particular storage unit is looked up in the stored information to identify a particular data protection appliance on which the particular storage unit currently resides. A list of multiple IP addresses through which the particular data protection appliance can be reached according to the stored information is returned to the client. The client, upon receipt of the list, selects an IP address from the list to attempt an initial connection to the particular data protection appliance.
US12007846B2
Scalable architectures, systems, and services are provided herein for creating manifest-based snapshots in distributed computing environments. In some embodiments, responsive to receiving a request to create a snapshot of a data object, a master node identifies multiple slave nodes on which a data object is stored in the cloud-computing platform and creates a snapshot manifest representing the snapshot of the data object. The snapshot manifest comprises a file including a listing of multiple file names in the snapshot manifest and reference information for locating the multiple files in the distributed database system. The snapshot can be created without disrupting I/O operations, e.g., in an online mode by various region servers as directed by the master node. Additionally, a log roll approach to creating the snapshot is also disclosed in which log files are marked. The replaying of log entries can reduce the probability of causal consistency in the snapshot.
US12007841B2
Methods and systems for managing the operation of data processing systems are disclosed. A data processing system may include a computing device that may enter various operating states by performing various types of startups. Performance the startups may require access to various portions of data which may become unavailable and thereby prevent startup completion. The data processing systems may host a management controller that may facilitating performing a specialized startup process through which unavailable data may be retrieved from other devices via intermediary devices, and may reduce risk in connecting to other devices through verification, validation, and/or other processes.
US12007838B2
A request to access data programmed to a memory sub-system is received. A determination is made of whether memory cells of the memory sub-system that store the programmed data satisfy one or more cell degradation criteria. In response to a determination that the memory cells satisfy the one or more cell degradation criteria, an error correction operation to access the data is performed in accordance with the request.
US12007837B2
A method may comprise detecting an error associated with accessing a set of data items. The set of data items are programmed to a respective memory page associated with a stripe of a plurality of stripes. In response to determining that the set of data items comprises one or more codewords, a first data recovery process is performed to recover the one or more codewords based at least in part on RAIN redundancy metadata. In response to determining that the set of data items comprises additional parity metadata, a second data recovery process is performed to recover the additional parity metadata based at least in part on LUN redundancy metadata. In response to determining that the set of data items comprises RAIN redundancy metadata, a first data reconstruction process is performed to regenerate the RAIN redundancy metadata based at least in part on one or more sets of codewords.
US12007836B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for sending a first parameter of a plurality of parameters to a third dedicated address of a plurality of addresses in memory, updating a parameter flag value in a first dedicated address in memory, updating a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) value for the parameter flag in a second dedicated address in memory, writing a first parameter value for the first parameter in the third dedicated address and updating the CRC value of the first parameter to a fourth dedicated address in memory, sending a second parameter to a fifth dedicated address of the plurality of addresses in memory, writing a second parameter value for the second parameter in the fifth dedicated address and updating the CRC value of the second parameter in a sixth dedicated address, and identifying a monitoring result between read values and expected values.
US12007830B2
Automated, computer-implemented methods and systems for resolving performance problems with objects executing in a data center are described. The automated methods use machine learning to train a model that comprises rules defining relationships between probabilities of event types of in log messages and values of a key performance indictor (“KPI”) of the object over a historical time period. When a KPI violates a corresponding threshold, the rules are used to evaluate run time log messages that describe the probable root cause of the performance problem. An alert identifying the KPI threshold violation, and the log messages are displayed in a graphical user interface of an electronic display device.
US12007821B2
A power management integrated circuit (PMIC) chip provides power loss protection to an application device. The PMIC chip has several storage pins that each receives a set of storage capacitors that are charged using power from a power source during normal operation. An application device receives power from the power source during normal operation and receives power from an operational set of storage capacitors during power loss. A failing set of storage capacitors is disconnected from an operational set of storage capacitors and from the PMIC chip. The operational set of storage capacitors remains connected to the PMIC chip to provide power loss protection.
US12007802B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for smart electric power grid communication are disclosed in the present invention. At least one grid element transmits at least one registration message over an Internet Protocol (IP)-based network to at least one coordinator. The at least one coordinator registers the at least one grid element upon receipt of the at least one registration message. The at least one grid element automatically and/or autonomously transforms into at least one active grid element for actively functioning in the electric power grid. The at least one coordinator tracks based on revenue grade metrology an amount of power available for the electric power grid or a curtailment power available from the at least one active grid element.
US12007795B2
An automatic inflator device includes a housing that houses various operational components of the automatic inflator device such as a power source that is electrically coupled to a pump. A coupling portion attached to the housing selectively secures the automatic inflator device to an inflatable object, such as an inflatable watercraft, where the automatic inflator device may remain secured even while the inflatable object remains fully operational, such as while the inflatable object is in use. The pump may be selectively energized to pump air into the inflatable object via a fluid conduit. For example, the pump may be energized or de-energized based on user input or automatically based on a measured pressure of the inflatable object. Optionally, the automatic inflator device may be incorporated into an inlet valve of the inflatable object as the inflatable object is originally manufactured.
US12007787B2
A vehicle control system and method receive vehicle makeup information from multiple vehicles in a multi-vehicle system. The vehicle makeup information represents one or more characteristics of the vehicles. The vehicle makeup information is received at a controlling vehicle of the vehicles in the multi-vehicle system that controls movement of the multi-vehicle system. The controlling vehicle also receives locations from location-determining devices respectively onboard the vehicles in the multi-vehicle system. The controlling vehicle controls operation of the multi-vehicle system using a combination of the vehicle makeup information received from the vehicles and the locations of the vehicles.
US12007785B2
Provided are a cleaning robot for obtaining a map of an indoor space, and an operating method thereof. The cleaning robot may: search the indoor space at a first location of the cleaning robot by using at least one sensor; obtain a grid map including a searched area, which has been searched at the first location, and at least one unsearched area, which has not been searched at the first location; determine, as a travel destination, a first unsearched area among the at least one unsearched area based at least in part on a distance from the first location; obtain area information including at least one of geometry information, structure information, or obstacle information about the first unsearched area while moving the cleaning robot to the determined first unsearched area; and update the grid map by using the obtained area information.
US12007777B2
A system for behaviour mapping and categorization of objects and users in an 3D environment for creating and learning user behaviour map is provided. The system includes a robot 102, a network 104 and a central AI system 106. The robot 102 is embedded with an array of acoustic sensors 108 and visual sensors 110 for behaviour mapping and categorization the objects and users in the 3D environment and generates an auditory behaviour map and a visual behaviour map based on sensory inputs from the acoustic sensors 108 and visual sensors 110. The robot 102 transmits the acoustic source sensory input and the visual source sensory input to the central AI system 106 over the network 104 for generating a global behaviour map. The central AI system 106 tunes the global behaviour map to a specific user by tuning the detection and classification model to data obtained from a specific 3D environment that corresponds to the specific user.
US12007776B2
A cleaner according one or more embodiments may include a reception unit that receives a teaching operation performed by an operator. A cleaner may further include a registration unit that registers, with a storage, an individual traveling route corresponding to the teaching operation, an obtaining unit that obtains, from a plurality of the individual traveling routes registered with the storage, a plurality of individual traveling routes selected by the operator, a setting unit that sets an order of the obtained plurality of individual traveling routes, and a generation unit that generates the traveling route based on the obtained plurality of individual traveling routes and the set order of the plurality of individual traveling routes.
US12007774B2
A system and method for integrity monitoring generates primary control output via a primary module. The primary control output is configured to be used to control an autonomous vehicle (AV). The system and method receive situational data comprising AV data and environmental data. The system and method generate, using a monitor module configured to monitor the AV, a set of fallback actions based on at least the situational data. The system and method generate, using the monitor module, a fallback status based on at least the set of fallback actions, where the fallback status is configured to correspond to a determination of whether to override the primary control output.
US12007769B2
An autonomous vehicle configured to perform a lane change maneuver is described herein. The autonomous vehicle includes several different types of sensor systems, such as image, lidar, radar, sonar, infrared, and GPS. The autonomous vehicle additionally includes a computing system that executes instructions on a lane change detection system and a control system. The lane change detection system includes a region of interest module and an object trajectory module for determining whether the autonomous vehicle will collide with another object if the autonomous vehicle maneuvers into an adjacent lane. An instruction module of the lane change detection system is further used to facilitate operational control of a mechanical system of the autonomous vehicle, such as an engine or a steering system.
US12007766B2
In particular embodiments, a computing system may receive, by a processor in communication with an actuator of a vehicle, an instruction associated with an environment external to the vehicle and configured for controlling the actuator of the vehicle. The system may receive, by the processor, sensor data associated with the environment and generated by one or more sensors associated with the vehicle. The system may determine, by the processor, a state associated with an operation mode of the vehicle based on the received sensor data. The system may evaluate, by the processor, whether the instruction is invalid based on the state associated with the operating mode of the vehicle. The system may, subsequent to determining that the instruction is invalid, based on the evaluation, prevent transmission of the instruction to the actuator of the vehicle.
US12007756B2
A machining assist system includes a knowledge database, a receiver, a control unit, and a display. The knowledge database stores various pieces of information indicative of know-how concerning a machining method and a machining facility. The receiver receives a question. The control unit executes a driving solver and a solution-providing solver so as to search the knowledge database using a search condition based on the question and derive a response. The display presents the response. The response includes a plurality of measures, priorities assigned to the measures, and progress information indicative of a search process and a search route. The search process includes a plurality of factors to be used to derive the measures. The search route is a link between the factors. The search process and the search route are visually presented on the display.
US12007753B2
A computer implemented method and system for predicting motor failure. The system and method employ artificial intelligence to train machine learning models to predict failure mechanisms within a machine. The system features at least one database configured to store machine performance indicator data. At least one server is configured to receive the indicator data and train machine learning models which are used by a processor to predict motor failure. The method for predicting motor failure is iterative, allowing the machine learning model to become more skilled at predicting machine performance outcomes in real-time.
US12007752B2
An information processing apparatus for controlling display on a user interface includes an acquisition unit, and a display control unit. The acquisition unit acquires information including an operated state indicating a state regarding an operation performed on each of a plurality of apparatuses, and an operating state indicating a state regarding an operating status of each of the plurality of apparatuses. The display control unit controls display of the information regarding an apparatus identified from among the plurality of apparatuses on the user interface, based on the information including the operated state and the operating state acquired by the acquisition unit.
US12007751B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an Internet of Things system, and a storage medium for smart gas data management. The method includes: obtaining at least one type of raw gas data uploaded by at least one platform in the IoT system, wherein the raw gas data includes at least one of gas transportation data, gas pipeline data, and gas equipment data; evaluating a time reliability and a data reliability of the at least one type of the raw gas data; and generating at least one storage instruction based on the time reliability and the data reliability of the at least one type of the raw gas data to store the raw gas data in a corresponding data storage area.
US12007742B2
A method, device, and computer readable medium for managing overheat behavior in a network device. The method includes determining that a first temperature exceeds a threshold by at least one temperature sensor disposed in a network device. The method includes logging a temperature sensor name of the at least one temperature sensor, the first temperature, and actions taken prior to determining that the first temperature exceeds the threshold. The method further includes disabling network device capabilities and enabling a subset of network device capabilities after powering cycling the network device.
US12007740B2
Network of safety PLCs employs multi-PLC verification of a programming application before allowing the application to reprogram any PLC on the safety network. Each PLC on the safety network is equipped with authentication capability that detects attempts to reprogram the PLC and issues an authentication challenge requiring the programming application to process a proof-of-work. The authentication challenge is also sent to other PLCs on the safety network along with the response from the programming application for verification purposes. The other PLCs process the authentication challenge and check the response from the programming application for acceptability. If a majority of the PLCs on the safety network determines the response from the programming application is correct, then the programming application is verified and may proceed with the reprogramming. Such group authentication requires a malicious application to hijack multiple PLCs concurrently on the safety network, a highly unlikely outcome, before reprogramming any PLC.
US12007732B2
A heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) system for one or more building zones includes airside HVAC equipment that provide air to the one or more building zones and a controller. The controller obtains predictive models to predict values of a first control objective and a second control objective for the one or more building zones as a function of control decision variables for the airside HVAC equipment. The controller performs a Pareto optimization for a time period using the one or more predictive models to determine multiple sets of Pareto optimal values of the control decision variables and corresponding sets of Pareto optimal values of the first control objective and the second control objective for the time period. The controller operates the airside HVAC equipment to provide the air to the one or more building zones in accordance with a selected set of the Pareto optimal values.
US12007728B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting and predicting the motion of objects within the surrounding environment of a system such as an autonomous vehicle. For example, an autonomous vehicle can obtain sensor data from a plurality of sensors comprising at least two different sensor modalities (e.g., RADAR, LIDAR, camera) and fused together to create a fused sensor sample. The fused sensor sample can then be provided as input to a machine learning model (e.g., a machine learning model for object detection and/or motion prediction). The machine learning model can have been trained by independently applying sensor dropout to the at least two different sensor modalities. Outputs received from the machine learning model in response to receipt of the fused sensor samples are characterized by improved generalization performance over multiple sensor modalities, thus yielding improved performance in detecting objects and predicting their future locations, as well as improved navigation performance.
US12007726B2
A housing includes: a housing body, having a cavity therein, with a first through hole in an outer wall thereof. The first through hole is in communication with the cavity, a first separate plate and a second separate plate are provided in the cavity, a gap between the first separate plate and an inner wall at one side of the cavity is in communication with the first through hole. A first recess for placing a water absorption device is provided between the first separate plate and the second separate plate, a bottom of a second recess between the second separate plate and the inner wall at another side of the cavity is in communication with the first through hole. A partial bottom of second recess close to first through hole is at a lower position than another partial bottom of second recess away from first through hole.
US12007722B2
The invention provides a wearable device, such as a watch, that provides a way to calculate an appropriate camera shutter speed and aperture setting for a given ISO speed setting to obtain settings that, when entered into a camera, will result in an appropriate photographic exposure. The devices of the invention provide a simple, fast, convenient way to calculate appropriate settings for the components of the photographic exposure triangle.
US12007721B2
A timepiece includes: a casing; a light transmission part; a function part; and a glue adhering the light transmission part to the casing. The casing includes: a projection projecting from an inner circumferential surface and extending along a circumferential direction; and a protrusion protruding from the inner circumferential surface and determining a position of the light transmission part. A lateral surface of the light transmission part is adhered to the inner circumferential surface. A peripheral part of a bottom surface of the light transmission part is adhered to a top surface of the projection. An outer circumferential surface of the function part extends along an inner surface of the projection. A space is present in a facing region where the projection faces the function part along the light transmission part. The space is wider in a specific section including the protrusion than in a section different from the specific section.
US12007719B2
Device for displaying phases of the moon with a fist display member (80) bearing a plurality of first images (81-86) at least partially representing the moon, a display zone, driving means (22, 23, 25, 40, 41, 43, 63, 71, 72, 61, 62) arranged to displace, by successive jumps, the first display member (80) relative to the display zone, to display a succession of representations of the moon. An original feature of the invention is that the periods of display of the first images are not all equal.
US12007707B2
In a cartridge, a developing roller is configured to rotate around a first rotational axis extending in a predetermined direction and to carry developer thereon, the developing roller having a first end and a second end apart from each other in the predetermined direction, a from-first-to-second direction being defined along the predetermined direction as being directed from the first end to the second end. A developing electrode is formed of a conductive material and is configured to be electrically connected to the developing roller, the developing electrode including a main part and a protruding portion protruding from the main part in the from-first-to-second direction. A detection body is formed of an insulating material and is rotatably supported by the protruding portion, the detection body including a first opening that exposes part of the protruding portion and a covering portion covering part of the protruding portion.
US12007704B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form a toner image on a recording material, a fixing unit configured to fix the toner image formed on the recording material by the image forming unit to the recording material, and a controller configured to cause the image forming unit to form an image on a basis of image information, the controller being configured to cause the image forming unit to form the image in which a first toner image and a second toner image is superimposed on each other on the recording material, the first toner image being a toner image corresponding to the image information, the second toner image being constituted by a pattern having anisotropy such that glossiness of the image changes depending on a direction in which the image is viewed.
US12007700B2
Described is a metrology system for determining a characteristic of interest relating to at least one structure on a substrate, and associated method. The metrology system comprises a processor being configured to computationally determine phase and amplitude information from a detected characteristic of scattered radiation having been reflected or scattered by the at least one structure as a result of illumination of said at least one structure with illumination radiation in a measurement acquisition, and use the determined phase and amplitude to determine the characteristic of interest.
US12007695B2
A method of fabricating a metasurface comprises coating a photoresist film onto a substrate and loading the coated substrate into a laser interference lithography setup, exposing the photoresist film via a laser with a first interference pattern, the first interference pattern having a first period and a first exposure energy, subsequently exposing the coated substrate with a second interference pattern, the second interference pattern having a second period and a second exposure energy, developing the exposed portions of the photoresist film to form a periodic pattern in the photoresist, and transferring the periodic pattern into the substrate, the substrate supporting an appropriate film system that embodies the final metasurface device.
US12007694B2
In an embodiment, a method includes: heating a byproduct transport ring of an extreme ultraviolet source, the byproduct transport ring disposed beneath vanes of the extreme ultraviolet source; after heating the byproduct transport ring for a first duration, heating the vanes; after heating the vanes, cooling the vanes; and after cooling the vanes for a second duration, cooling the byproduct transport ring.
US12007684B2
A light shielding film made up of a material containing one or more elements selected from silicon and tantalum and a hard mask film made up of a material containing chromium, oxygen, and carbon are laminated on a transparent substrate. The hard mask film is a single layer film having a composition gradient portion with increased oxygen content on the surface and on the neighboring region. The maximum peak for N1s in a narrow spectrum obtained via X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis is the lower limit of detection or less. The portions excluding the composition gradient portion of the hard mask film have a 50 atom % or more chromium content, and the maximum peak for Cr2p in a narrow spectrum obtained via X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis has a binding energy of 574 eV or less.
US12007683B2
A camera body with which it is possible to improve the effect of shake correction, a camera accessory, and an information transmission method. The camera body of the present invention is a camera body to which a camera accessory can be detachably mounted, and is provided with: a movable section which is movable to correct shaking of the camera body; a detection unit which detects the shake and outputs a detection signal; a calculation unit which, on the basis of the detection signal, calculates an amount of movement of the movable section; and a transmission unit which transmits, to the camera accessory, body-side information the calculation unit uses to calculate the amount of movement.
US12007677B2
An optical engine unit and a projection system are provided. The optical engine unit includes a light splitting assembly, first and second spatial light modulators, and a light combining assembly. The light splitting assembly splits an illumination beam incident on the light splitting assembly into first and second light beams. The first and second spatial light modulators respectively modulate the first and second light beams to form first and second modulated light beams. The light combining apparatus includes a light combining surface. The light combining surface is a coated surface and configured to combine the first modulated light beam and the second modulated light beam into an emergent light beam and emit the emergent light beam. An incident angle of the first modulated light beam on the light combining surface and that of the second modulated light beam being smaller than a total reflection angle of the light combining surface.
US12007676B2
A camera device comprises an assembly having a first component and a second component which are connected to each other with a hollow holding member and a threaded fastener. The first component has a first socket with a first socket opening and a threaded bore extending from a bottom surface of the first socket. The second component has a second socket with a second socket opening, wherein the first socket opening and the second socket opening are configured to face each other when the first and second component are connected to each other. The first and second sockets each have threaded bores. A threaded fastener is configured to extend from the second component to the threaded bore of the first socket of the first component for engagement with the threaded bore such that the connection between the first and second components is secured.
US12007675B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described which provide a camera mount system. A camera mount is in communication with a positioning device. The positioning device has a compass, gyroscope, and emits an infrared light beam. The camera mount has a sensor that receives reflected and/or scattered infrared light from a moving target. The camera mount changes its orientation based on information from its sensor, and gyroscope and compass information from the positioning device.
US12007669B2
A camera module includes a housing accommodating a lens module, a driving unit including a magnet disposed on the lens module and a coil disposed to face the magnet, a yoke generating attractive force with the magnet, a first ball member accommodated in a first receiving space disposed between the lens module and the housing, and pressed by the attractive force, and a second ball member accommodated in a second receiving space disposed between the lens module and the housing, and pressed by the attractive force. A length of the first receiving space in an optical axis direction is different from a length of the second receiving space in the optical axis direction.
US12007661B2
[Object] To provide a display apparatus that displays a projection image with an improved resolution. [Solving Means] A display apparatus (10) includes a light-emitting device (13), a micro-lens array (5), and a scanning mechanism (54). The light-emitting device (13) includes a plurality of first light-emitting pixels and a plurality of second light-emitting pixels. The micro-lens array (5) includes a plurality of lenses (53) that projects the diffuse light rays emitted respectively from the first light-emitting pixel and the second light-emitting pixel, which have been made incident, to a first reaching position and a second reaching position located at desired different positions of a projection target object (3), respectively, the plurality of lenses being arranged at a pitch larger than a pixel pitch of the light-emitting pixels. The scanning mechanism (54) projects the diffuse light ray emitted from the first light-emitting pixel to the first reaching position via the micro-lens array (5) and then projects the diffuse light ray emitted from the second light-emitting pixel to the second reaching position via the micro-lens array (5).
US12007659B2
An apparatus including a substrate with at least three sides and an active stack on the substrate. The active stack can include a first transparent conductive layer, a second transparent conductive layer, an anodic electrochemical layer, and a cathodic electrochemical layer. The apparatus can also include a first bus bar set comprising a plurality of bus bars, wherein each bus bar of the first bus bar set is electrically coupled to the first transparent conductive layer, a second bus bar set comprising a plurality of bus bars, wherein each bus bar of the second bus bar set is electrically coupled to the second transparent conductive layer, and a bus bar arrangement wherein the bus bar arrangement comprises a bus bar from the first bus bar set and a bus bar from the second bus bar set on at least three sides of the substrate.
US12007657B2
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a first display region and a second display region that are arranged adjacent to each other. The second display region is multiplexed as a photosensitive element disposure region. The first display region includes first sub-pixels, and the second display region includes second sub-pixels and third sub-pixels. The display panel also includes a first substrate and a second substrate that are oppositely disposed. The first substrate is provided with a plurality of signal lines, the plurality of signal lines at least include scan lines and data lines, and the scan lines and the data lines are isolated and crossed to define regions where the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel are located. A signal line of the plurality of signal lines in the second display region is made of a transparent conductive material.
US12007656B2
An object is to provide a display device that performs accurate display. A circuit is formed using a transistor that includes an oxide semiconductor and has a low off-state current. A precharge circuit or an inspection circuit is formed in addition to a pixel circuit. The off-state current is low because the oxide semiconductor is used. Thus, it is not likely that a signal or voltage is leaked in the precharge circuit or the inspection circuit to cause defective display. As a result, a display device that performs accurate display can be provided.
US12007654B2
According to an aspect, a display device includes: a first substrate having a first side and a second side opposed to the first side; a display region provided with pixels; a first partial peripheral region between the first side and the display region; a second partial peripheral region between the second side and the display region; a plurality of signal lines configured to supply signals to switching elements in the pixels; a plurality of first terminals provided in the first partial peripheral region and configured to be electrically coupled to a driver integrated circuit; a plurality of second terminals provided in the second partial peripheral region and configured to be supplied with signals for inspection; and a first coupling circuit provided between the first terminals and the display region in the first partial peripheral region and configured to switch between coupling and decoupling the signal lines and the second terminals.
US12007648B2
In a backlight module, a liquid crystal display screen, and a using method thereof provided, the liquid crystal display screen includes a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight module switchable between a transparent state and a backlight state, and an optical component. Without disrupting full screen display and increasing a possibility of cellphone damages, the backlight module may solve a problem that the liquid crystal display screen is opaque to light, such that the screen is normally displayed, and the optical component is operated on the same liquid crystal display screen.
US12007640B2
Provided is a liquid crystal display device capable of switching between a transparent state and a scattering state, reducing or preventing a decrease in transmittance in the transparent state, and reducing or preventing a decrease in luminance in the panel central portion in the scattering state. The liquid crystal display device includes, sequentially from its viewing surface side toward its back surface side: a first liquid crystal panel; a light source; and a second liquid crystal panel, the first liquid crystal panel including a polymer dispersed liquid crystal containing a polymer network and liquid crystal components, the light source being configured to irradiate a back surface side main surface of the first liquid crystal panel with light from an oblique direction.
US12007639B2
A system such as a vehicle, building, or electronic device system may have a support structure with one or more windows. The support structure and window may separate an interior region within the system from a surrounding exterior region. Control circuitry may receive input such as user input and may adjust an adjustable layer in the window based on the input. The adjustable layer may have a polymer matrix layer with embedded cells. The cells may include intermixed guest-host liquid crystal cells and liquid crystal cells. The guest-host liquid crystal cells and liquid crystal cells may have different liquid crystal materials and/or different sizes that allow the guest-host liquid crystal cells and liquid crystal cells to electrically switch states at different respective threshold voltages. Based on the user input or other input the control circuitry can adjust a drive signal across the adjustable layer to change light transmittance and haze.
US12007631B2
A polarization scrambler using a retardance element (RE) is disclosed. The polarization scrambler may include an optical fiber input to transmit an optical signal, and a beam expander to receive and expand the optical signal to create an expanded optical signal. The polarization scrambler may include a retardance element (RE) to cause a polarization scrambling effect on the expanded optical signal and to create a scrambled expanded optical signal. The polarization scrambler may include a beam reducer to receive and reduce the scrambled expanded optical signal to create a scrambled optical signal. The polarization scrambler may include an optical fiber output to receive scrambled optical signal. The optical fiber output may transmit the scrambled optical signal to one or more downstream optical components.
US12007630B2
A method of forming a color-changing fiber that can be incorporated into fabrics and other woven materials. The color changing fibers include an annular wall and a conductive wire axially extending through the annular wall, a core strand surrounded by the annular wall and extending axially through a central portion of the fiber, and an encapsulated electro-optic medium disposed on a surface of the core strand.
US12007628B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to the use of dyes that impart localized regions of reduced transmittance across specific wavelength ranges. The inclusion of transmittance-attenuating dyes into a lens provides enhanced color contrast by tuning the spectrum of visible light transmission through the lens.
US12007625B2
The present disclosure embodiment may disclose glasses. The glasses may include a glasses frame and two speakers. The glasses frame may include a glasses rim and two glasses temples. The two glasses temples may be rotatably connected to the glasses rim, respectively. The two speakers may include an earphone core, respectively. The two speakers may be connected to the two glasses temples via hinge components of the two glasses temples, respectively. The hinge components may be rotatable to change a position of each of the speakers relative to connected one of the glasses temples to make the speaker abut in front of or behind ears of a user. The glasses temple may include a control circuit or a battery to drive the earphone core to vibrate to generate a sound.
US12007619B2
An imaging lens system has an optical axis and an image surface through which the optical axis passes. The imaging lens system includes a plastic lens barrel surrounding the optical axis. The plastic lens barrel includes an image-side portion and an object-side aperture through which the optical axis passes, and the image-side portion is located between the image surface and the object-side aperture. The image-side portion includes a protrusive structure surrounding the optical axis and extending towards the image surface. The protrusive structure has an inner surface facing the optical axis, an outer surface disposed opposite to the inner surface and located farther away from the optical axis than the inner surface and a reflection-reducing surface extending towards the image surface and connected to and located between the inner surface and the outer surface. The protrusive structure includes a reflection-reducing structure disposed on the reflection-reducing surface.
US12007617B2
An imaging lens system has an optical axis. The imaging lens system includes a plurality of optical elements, a lens barrel, an optical mark structure and a curable liquid. The optical elements are arranged along the optical axis. The lens barrel surrounds the optical axis, and at least one of the optical elements is accommodated in the lens barrel. The optical mark structure is disposed on the lens barrel, and the optical mark structure includes a plurality of optical mark units arranged side by side along a circumference direction that surrounds the optical axis. The curable liquid is disposed on the optical mark structure. The curable liquid is in physical contact with at least one of the optical mark units, and one of the optical elements adjacent to the optical mark structure is fixed to the lens barrel while the curable liquid is cured.
US12007615B2
A mounting plate for removable mounting to a telecommunications frame includes a first set of mounting features for allowing a first type of telecommunications device to be mounted to the plate and a second set of mounting features for allowing a second type of telecommunications device to be mounted to the plate, the second type of telecommunications device defining a different width from a right side to a left side than the first type of telecommunications device.
US12007600B2
A polymer optical fibre (POF) (30) for transmitting light of wavelength, λi, between two separate elements of an active implantable medical device (AIMD), includes a core (31) which is cylindrical and made of a cyclic olefin polymer (COP) or copolymer (COC), having a core refractive index at the wavelength, λi, n_core, A cladding (32) which has a cladding refractive index at the wavelength, λi, n_clad
US12007597B2
Optical device for controlling light includes: a substrate with a boundary surface and with a border region contacting the boundary surface, a waveguide formed within the substrate for guiding a light beam, and an optical structure, wherein the waveguide bends towards the boundary surface of the substrate for directing the light beam at the optical structure, wherein the border region is arranged at least partially in an optical path between the waveguide and the optical structure, and wherein there is provided for a contact structure contacting the border region at the boundary surface, wherein the contact structure has a refractive index, which is lower than the refractive index of the substrate in the border region.
US12007595B2
An optical assembly includes an integral lens assembly having one or more lenses bonded to each other with spaced apart major first and second lens surfaces. First and second optical films are bonded to respective major first and second lens surfaces. The first and second optical films includes a plurality of polymeric layers. Each of the polymeric layers have an average thickness of less than about 500 nm. For a substantially normally incident light and a visible wavelength range the plurality of polymeric layers in the first optical film has an average optical transmittance and an average optical reflectance of greater than about 70% for a first polarization state and an orthogonal second polarization state, respectively. The plurality of polymeric layers in the second optical film has an average optical transmittance of greater than about 70% for at least one of the first and second polarization states.
US12007594B2
According to one embodiment, a polarization conversion element includes a first light guide including a first main surface and a side surface, a transmissive first polarization grating opposed to the side surface, and a reflective second polarization grating opposed to the first main surface. The first polarization grating is configured to diffract first circularly polarized light of unpolarized incident light and to diffract second circularly polarized light which rotates in a direction opposite to the first circularly polarized light in a direction different from the first circularly polarized light. The second polarization grating is configured to reflect the first circularly polarized light on the reflective surface.
US12007586B2
A switchable autostereoscopic display comprises: an array of pixels lined with a view altering lens stack; a switchable liquid crystal layer arranged between the array of pixels and the view altering lens stack; a main linear grid of elongate electrodes; a first sub-grid of electrodes arranged parallel to and between the array of pixels and the main linear grid of elongate electrodes, wherein the first sub-grid is spaced apart from the main linear grid; a second sub-grid of electrodes arranged parallel to and spaced apart from the first sub-grid and parallel to the main linear grid to provide a capacitive touch location sensor and wherein the elongate electrodes, each having a width g, of the main linear grid are arranged at a pitch p and wherein the ratio g/p is at least 0.75.
US12007581B2
The invention relates to a projector module. In particular, the invention relates to a projector module for the use in mobile devices, wherein a most compact, stable and reliable module structure with high module efficiency can be achieved. A projector module according to the invention comprises a beam path with a laser source, designed to emit coherent electromagnetic radiation with a divergent beam profile; a collection optics, designed to collimate or focus the divergent radiation emitted by the laser source convergently into an image plane; and a diffractive optical element, DOE, designed to generate a projection pattern from the radiation collimated or focused by the collection optics; wherein a deflector, designed to deflect the divergent radiation emitted by the laser source from a first direction into a second direction deviating from the first direction, is arranged in front of the collection optics or is designed as a collection optics.
US12007570B2
A method and an apparatus for processing a screen by using a device are provided. The method includes obtaining, at the second device, a display screen displayed on the first device and information related to the display screen according to a screen display request regarding the first device, determining, at the second device, an additional screen based on the display screen on the first device and the information related to the display screen, and displaying the additional screen near the display screen on the first device.
US12007557B2
The present disclosure provides an optical system that includes a prism having an incident surface, an exit surface, and one or more reflecting surfaces. The optical system includes a first scanning element configured to scan a light that enters and has a plurality of wavelengths in a first direction, and reflect the light in a direction of the incident surface of the prism. The optical system includes a second scanning element configured to scan in a second direction the light that exits from the exit surface of the prism, the second direction being orthogonal to the first direction. The incident surface of the prism has a concave shape with respect to the first scanning element.
US12007555B2
A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device may comprise a first layer that includes a stator comb actuator; a second layer that includes a rotor comb actuator; a mirror structure that includes a mirror; and a first set of hinges and a second set of hinges configured to tilt the mirror structure about a first axis of the MEMS device based on a driving torque caused by the stator comb actuator engaging with the rotor comb actuator. The first set of hinges may be configured to resist a lateral linear force on the mirror structure in a direction associated with the first axis caused by the stator comb actuator engaging with the rotor comb actuator. The second set of hinges may be configured to resist an in-plane torque on the mirror structure about a second axis of the MEMS device caused by the stator comb actuator engaging with the rotor comb actuator.
US12007551B2
A lens curvature variation apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a liquid lens including a common electrode and a plurality of individual electrodes; a lens driver applying a voltage to the common electrode and the plurality of individual electrodes; a plurality of switching elements connected to each of the plurality of individual electrodes; a plurality of sensor units connected to each of the plurality of switching elements, and sensing an interface of the liquid lens that changes based on the voltage; a multiplexer (MUX) connected to the plurality of sensor units, and sequentially outputs an analog signal corresponding to the interface output from each of the plurality of sensor units; an AD converter that converts the analog signal sequentially output from the MUX into a digital signal to output; and a control unit controlling the lens driver based on the signal output from the AD converter.
US12007545B2
In a light sheet microscope, a detection device images a sample volume and an illumination device illuminates the sample with a light sheet. A light sheet plane is arranged substantially perpendicularly to the optical imaging axis and an illumination width extends perpendicular to the light sheet plane. A processing device is provided to control setting of the location of the light sheet plane in the sample volume, and recording a plurality of images of the sample volume with different locations of the light sheet plane. For the plurality of images recorded, a spacing, which is measured along the optical imaging axis, between adjacent locations of the light sheet plane is greater than or equal to half the illumination width, but not greater than the illumination width. Intermediate images for the stack of images in additional locations of the light sheet plane in the sample volume are computed.
US12007536B2
A photographing optical lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, a seventh lens element and an eighth lens element. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The eighth lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the image-side surface of the eighth lens element has at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof, and both an object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof are aspheric. The photographing optical lens system has a total of eight lens elements. An air gap in a paraxial region is located between every two lens elements of the photographing optical lens system that are adjacent to each other.
US12007535B2
There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of a wide field of view, a low profile and a low F-number. An imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power in a paraxial region, a second lens, a third lens having an image-side surface being convex in the paraxial region, a fourth lens, a fifth lens with negative refractive power in the paraxial region, a sixth lens with positive refractive power in the paraxial region, and a seventh lens with negative refractive power having an image-side surface that is concave in the paraxial region and is formed as an aspheric surface having at least one pole point in a position off the optical axis.
US12007528B2
Provided are a method and system of verifying an increase in precipitation. The precipitation increase verification method includes: obtaining a first piece of observation information from an upwind area after a seeding experiment; obtaining a second piece of observation information from a downwind area; comparing the first piece of observation information with the second piece of observation information, and thus determining whether or not the first piece of observation information and the second piece of observation information fall within a linear scope; and determining that an effect resulting from the seeding experiment can be proved when the first piece of observation information and the second piece of observation information fall within the linear scope.
US12007521B2
A detection method of a user of an apparatus is provided in which the apparatus is coupled to a charge variation sensor having a control unit and an electrode to detect an electric/electrostatic charge variation of the user. The detection method includes acquiring, through the electrode, a charge variation signal indicative of the presence of the user. A filtered signal is generated by filtering the charge variation signal. A feature signal is generated as a function of the filtered signal. A movement signal indicative of a movement of the user is generated as a function of the feature signal. A presence signal indicative of the presence of the user is generated as a function of the movement signal.
US12007520B2
Provided is an electrostatic transducer capable of reducing thickness and enhancing detection precision or operation precision. An electrostatic transducer (1) includes an insulating sheet (11), a first electrode sheet (12) arranged on the front surface side of the insulating sheet (11) and having a plurality of first through holes (12a) penetrating in a thickness direction, and a second electrode sheet (13) arranged on the back surface side of the insulating sheet (11) and having no through holes in the thickness direction or having a plurality of second through holes (13a) which have a smaller aperture ratio than the plurality of first through holes (12a).
US12007517B2
The invention apparatus for and a method of creating a localized warning to prevent damage to buried pipeline and other buried infrastructure using a new type of marker tape with the trade name signal tape® [hereinafter referred to as “Signal Tape”]. The disclosed Signal Tape may incorporate tracer wire and RFID technology to aid in the remote location of the Signal Tape and, thus, the buried infrastructure. Signal Tape may also incorporate Litz wire for use as tracer wire within the Signal Tape. The Signal Tape is designed to be buried just below the surface of the ground and directly over a buried infrastructure such as a pipeline. The Signal Tape incorporates a strong core material which permits the Signal Tape to be bodily removed from the soil when it is struck by excavation equipment.
US12007516B2
A computer-implemented method includes receiving a geological feature search query identifying one or more geological features, executing, based on receiving the geological feature search query, a search of database storing a plurality of seismic data images. The seismic data images are labeled with geological features present in each of the plurality of seismic data images as part of a machine learning process. The method further includes determining, based on executing the search, search results, wherein the search results identify one more of the plurality of seismic data images having the one or more geological features identified in the geological feature search query, and outputting information regarding the search results.
US12007514B2
A dynamic X-ray detecting panel, an X-ray detector including the same, and a method of driving an X-ray detector are disclosed. The method of driving the X-ray detector is a method of driving a dynamic X-ray detector including the X-ray detecting panel. The X-ray detecting panel includes multiple pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the pixels includes a readout thin film transistor, a reset thin film transistor, and a photodiode, and line reset, window time, and readout proceed with respect to the multiple pixels in each row.
US12007511B2
A method for using an active sonar includes an acoustic antenna exhibiting a continuous bandwidth having a spectral emission width of at least two octaves and an electronic system for generating control signals for the acoustic antenna, the method comprising: dynamically selecting a plurality of distinct sonar functioning or operating modalities chosen from escort, surveillance, pursuit, dissuasion and communication, each using a different fraction of the emission bandwidth of the acoustic antenna, referred to as a channel; and using the electronic system to generate a plurality of control signals for the acoustic antenna corresponding to the selected functioning modalities, the electronic system being suitable for allowing the sonar to function according to a plurality of independent and simultaneous operating modalities. And sonar system for implementing such a method is also provided.
US12007508B2
A scanner and a method for controlling the scanner for a Lidar system are provided. The method comprises: producing a trigger signal by a positional sensor of the scanner; generating a single drive signal comprising a first component at a first frequency and a second component at a second frequency, the first component and the second component are superposed with a fixed phase relationship with aid of the trigger signal; transmitting the single drive signal to the scanner, and the scanner has resonant responses at the first frequency; and actuating the scanner to move in a first periodic motion at the first frequency about a first axis, and move in a second periodic motion at the second frequency about a second axis.
US12007501B2
An integrated circuit (IC) is provided with a plurality of diode based mm-wave peak voltage detectors (PVD)s. During a testing phase, a multi-point low frequency calibration test is performed on one or more of the PVDs to determine and store a set of alternating current (AC) coefficients. During operation of the IC, a current-voltage sweep is performed on a selected one of the PVDs to determine a process and temperature direct current (DC) coefficient. A peak voltage produced by the PVD in response to a high frequency radio frequency (RF) signal is measured to produce a first measured voltage. An approximate power of the RF signal is calculated by adjusting the first measured voltage using the DC coefficient and the AC coefficient.
US12007500B2
A self-calibrating scanning system and method provides a novel way to eliminate errors in scanning systems, such as lidar or radar detection, using an inertial measurement unit. The system includes an energy transmission source configured to transmit an energy signal through a transmittal area. A detector receives a return energy signal of at least one target object of the energy transmitter source within the transmittal area. The system calculates at least one of the range and position of an object from information relating to at least one of the time and phase of the return energy signal relative to the transmittal energy signal. The spatial or angular displacement of the detector relative to the light source is measured using data from the inertial measurement unit, and at least one of calculated range and position of the object is adjusted based on the spatial or angular displacement of the detector.
US12007489B2
A parasitically-coupled dual-band patch antenna is described. The antenna includes an inner conductor having one or more feed holes. The antenna also includes an outer conductor surrounding the inner conductor in a radial direction. The antenna further includes one or more feeds each having a vertical portion that passes through the feed holes and a horizontal portion that extends in an outward direction from the feed holes toward the outer conductor. The feeds are conductively connected to the outer conductor. The horizontal portion of each of the feeds is separated from and is conductively disconnected from a top surface of the inner conductor.
US12007488B2
A power management method for a portable device including a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver and a wireless transceiver includes: in a normal mode, sending at a first interval first location information obtained from the wireless transceiver to a central station in an emergency response system via the wireless transceiver, where the GNSS receiver is placed in a lower mode or a power-off mode; in an emergency mode, sending in a predefined sequence and priority the first location information obtained from the wireless transceiver and second location information obtained from the GNSS receiver to the central station via the wireless transceiver, wherein the GNSS receiver is placed in a full power mode; and in response to failing to obtain the first location information from the wireless transceiver at the first interval, entering the emergency mode and skipping sending the first location information to the central station.
US12007485B2
A multibeam Radio Frequency (RF) lens antenna is designed as a receiver for Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) applications, such as GPS (Global Positioning System), Galileo, GLONASS, COMPASS, and others. The RF lens and plurality of associated feed elements and receiver circuits combine to form a plurality of resulting high-gain relatively narrow beams that, taken together, allow reception of signals from GNSS satellites over the entire upper hemisphere. Any kind of RF lens can be used, where the lens can be of homogeneous or inhomogeneous, dielectric or metamaterial/metasurface construction. The benefit of this approach to build a GNSS receiver over existing alternatives is increased gain and decreased noise at each receiver, which improves the signal to noise ratio (SNR) and improves the accuracy and reliability of the position and time measurements, while also reducing the impact of, and sensitivity to, interference, jamming, and spoofing signals. The approaches described in this patent can be combined with existing signal processing and accuracy improvement methods (such as Real-Time Kinematic (RTK), Precise-Point Positioning (PPP), and Differential GPS (DEPS)) for further benefits. This system has applications within the surveying, maritime, land mobility, aerospace, and government positioning market areas.
US12007476B2
A vehicular sensing system includes a first set of first sensors disposed at a first rear portion of a vehicle. The system includes a second set of second sensors disposed at a second rear portion of the vehicle that is above the first rear portion of the vehicle. A respective first field of sensing of at least one first sensor at least partially overlaps a respective second field of sensing of at least one second sensor. The system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) for processing sensor data to detect objects that are located within the at least partially overlapping fields of sensing of the at least one first sensor and the at least one second sensor. The vehicular sensing system, responsive to detecting the objects that are located within the at least partially overlapping fields of sensing, determines three-dimensional locations of the detected objects relative to the vehicle.
US12007472B2
A digital direct line-of-sight (DLOS) intermediate frequency (IF) signal of a DLOS component of an RF carrier signal transmitted by a transmitter located above the surface of the earth and a digital reflected IF signal of a reflected component of the carrier signal that is reflected from a specular point (SP) on the surface of the earth are received. Modeled reference signal parameters are generated using the digital DLOS IF signal and known locations of one or more receiving antennas, the transmitter, and the SP. A reference signal is generated based on the modeled reference signal parameters and feedback of a previously estimated Δϕ. The reference signal is correlated with the digital reflected IF signal to produce in-phase (I) and quadrature-phase (Q) correlation results. An estimated C/N0 and an estimated Δϕ for the digital reflected IF signal are calculated from the correlation results.
US12007454B2
A magnetic field measurement system includes a light source that emits a light beam; an optical fiber to transmit the light beam; a variable optical attenuator to increase stability of an intensity of the light beam; a beam splitter to divide the light beam into an OPM light beam and a monitor light beam; a monitor detector to detect the monitor light beam and generate a monitor signal; a vapor cell with alkali metal atoms disposed therein and configured for transmission of the OPM light beam through the vapor cell; an OPM detector to detect the OPM light beam after transmission through the vapor cell and generate an OPM signal; and a group delay filter to combine the monitor signal and the OPM signal to generate a reduced noise OPM signal, where the group delay filter accounts for a phase difference between the monitor signal and the OPM signal.
US12007444B2
A spark discharge detection device includes a discharge detector, a waveform extension circuit, and determination circuit. The discharge detector includes a metal electrode that detects discharge between an electrode and a sliding body that is in contact with and sliding surface of the electrode. The waveform extension circuit configured to extend a discharge waveform output from the discharge detector in a time direction. The determination circuit configured to determine that discharge has occurred in the sliding body when a signal value exceeds a first threshold and a time during which the signal value exceeds the first threshold is held for a time longer than a first time for the output of the waveform extension circuit.
US12007440B1
This disclosure relates scan chain stitching. In one example, scan chain elements from a scan chain element space can be received for a scan chain partition. The scan chain elements can be grouped based on scan chain element grouping criteria to form scan chain groups. Scan chain data identifying a number of scan chains for the scan chain partition can be received. The scan chains can be scan chain balanced across the scan chain groups to assign each scan chain to one of the scan chain groups. The scan chain elements associated with each scan chain of the scan chains can be scan chain element balanced. Scan chain elements for each associated scan chain can be connected to form a scan chain data test path during a generation of scan chain circuitry in response to the scan chain element balancing.
US12007438B2
A method is provided and includes several operations: testing multiple scan chains in multiple shift cycles to obtain multiple values; determining at least one fail chain in the scan chains and determining at least one fail shift cycle corresponding to at least one fail value in the values; mapping the at least one fail chain and the at least one fail shift cycle to the scan chains to identify the at least one fail flip flop; and identifying at least one fault site corresponding to the at least one fail flip flop.
US12007437B2
Provided is a test method of a semiconductor device under test, the test method comprising: controlling the semiconductor device under test to an on state by inputting a control signal to the semiconductor device under test; and observing the semiconductor device under test at a time of controlling the semiconductor device under test in the on state to an off state and evaluating the semiconductor device under test, wherein the semiconductor device under test includes one semiconductor device under test or a plurality of semiconductor devices under test, and in the controlling to the on state, a length of an on-time for which the one semiconductor device under test or the plurality of semiconductor devices under test are set to the on state is adjusted based on a magnitude of a variation in a delay time of the control signal.
US12007436B2
An IC includes a device-under-test (DUT) configured to receive a first AC signal at a first node and output a second AC signal at a second node, the second AC signal being based on the first AC signal, and first and second detection circuits. Each of the first and second detection circuits includes a first gain stage coupled to a corresponding one of the first or second nodes through a first capacitive device, a second gain stage in a cascade arrangement with the first gain stage, and a low-pass filter configured to generate a DC signal based on an output signal of the second gain stage.
US12007435B2
A method of copper hillock detecting includes the following steps. A testkey structure is disposed on a substrate, wherein the testkey structure includes a lower metallization layer, an upper metallization layer, and a dielectric layer between the lower metallization layer and the upper metallization layer. A force voltage difference is applied to the lower metallization layer and the upper metallization layer under a test temperature and stress time. A changed sensing voltage difference to the lower metallization layer and the upper metallization layer is detected for detecting copper hillock.
US12007433B2
A mechanical arm includes a body and an operating arm. The operating arm includes a connector connected to the body, as well as a first adapting part and a second adapting part which are connected to the connector. The first adapting part is configured to mount a first operating mechanism for opening and closing the socket. The second adapting part is configured to mount a second operating mechanism for grabbing and releasing a semiconductor device. After the first adapting part drives the first operating mechanism to open the socket, the second adapting part is able to drive the second operating mechanism to put the semiconductor device into the socket or take the semiconductor device out from the socket.
US12007425B1
In a general aspect, a system for measuring radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic waves includes a laser system configured to generate plurality of input optical signals. The system also includes an RF measurement device having first and second mode converters and an internal cavity therebetween. The internal cavity contains a vapor that is configured to produce an output optical signal based on the plurality of input optical signals. The RF measurement device also includes an RF waveguide that extends between the first and second mode converters and is configured to carry the second RF waveguide mode through the internal cavity. The system also includes an optical detector system configured to generate a detector signal in response to receiving the output optical signal. The system additionally includes a signal processing system configured to generate data in response to receiving the detector signal.
US12007421B2
A load sensing circuit includes a load coupled to a load source having a load voltage that causes a load signal to flow through the load. A regulated sink circuit is coupled in series to a sink source and the load, and provides a sink voltage. A comparison circuit a reference signal that establishes a reference value of a second electrical characteristic at a reference input; a sense input is coupled to the load and to the regulated sink circuit. The regulated sink circuit regulates the first electrical characteristic of the load signal, based on a regulation signal, so that a sense value of the second electrical characteristic present at the sense input matches the reference value of the second electrical characteristic. A comparison signal is generated at an output of the comparison circuit, and indicates a difference between the sense value of the second electrical characteristic and the reference value of the second electrical characteristic. A feedback circuit coupled to the comparison output and to the regulated sink circuit, generates the regulation signal based on the comparison signal.
US12007411B2
An example test socket for a test system includes a receptacle to make electrical and mechanical connections to a device under test (DUT) and a lid to cover the DUT in the receptacle. The lid is controllable to open automatically to enable receipt of the DUT in the receptacle and, following receipt of the DUT, to close automatically to cover the DUT in the receptacle. Closing the lid applies force to the DUT to complete the electrical and mechanical connections between the test socket and the DUT.
US12007410B2
A sheet connector according to the present invention has: a first insulating layer having a first surface positioned on one side in the thickness direction, a second surface positioned on the other side, and a plurality of first through-holes passing through between the first surface and the second surface; and a plurality of first conductive layers arranged on the inner wall surfaces of the first through-holes. First ends of the first conductive layers on the first surface side project from the first surface.
US12007408B2
A method is provided for electrically examining electronic components of an integrated circuit including a target region to be examined in which electronic components with contact points are located and further including a remaining, non-target region. The method includes performing an examination with a combined SEM/AFM nanoprobe. The examination includes imaging at least a portion of the non-target region with the scanning electron microscope part of the SEM/AFM nanoprobe in a first step, imaging at least a portion of the target region only with the atomic force microscope part of the SEM/AFM nanoprobe in a subsequent step, and recording, in a further subsequent step, current/voltage curves as characteristic electrical curves at the contact points with the nanoprobe, or performing a conductive AFM technique.
US12007407B2
A sensor module includes: an inertial sensor; and a processing circuit processing an output signal from the inertial sensor. The processing circuit varies processing of the output signal according to a sampling period for acquiring the output signal. The processing circuit may change the sampling period for acquiring the output signal according to a content of processing of the output signal.
US12007400B2
A milking system with a milking device, a milking control, a milk line in fluid connection with the milking device, and a sampling and analysis device to take a sample of the milk from the milk line and to analyse milk from the sample are disclosed. The milking control is arranged to control the milking device on the basis of the analysis. The sampling and analysis device includes a control unit, a tape reel provided with a tape that is lengthwise provided with a series of consecutive reagent pads that provide a detectable response in the presence of a substance in the sample, a tape mover to move the tape, a dosing device to supply a part of the sample onto a reagent pad on the tape, and a camera to obtain an image of the reagent pad supplied with the droplet, and an analysis device to analyse the obtained images to provide to the milking control device an indication of a presence or concentration of said substance. The camera has a field of view that contains a plurality of reagent pads of the series of consecutive reagent pads. This allows to observe the reaction in the reagent pad for a much longer time. In turn, this allows to use much less reagent material, such as expensive enzymes, in the pads. It is particularly useful when observing double layer reagent types.
US12007399B2
Methods for identifying premature infants at risk for developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia and/or most likely to benefit from administration of inhaled nitric oxide for prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Methods for treating premature infants identified as at risk and/or likely to benefit are provided. also provided are methods for identifying premature infants that are not at risk for developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia and/or unlikely to benefit from administration of inhaled nitric oxide for prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and methods for avoiding risks of toxicity and undesirable side effects associated with inhaled nitric oxide therapy comprising administering only non-iNO treatment modalities to these infants.
US12007392B2
The present invention provides a semi-quantitative phage-based assay for Mycobacterial infection, in which the phage assay plaque count correlates to the number of viable Mycobacterial organisms in the subject sample, and methods of use thereof for diagnosing, treating or monitoring Mycobacterial infection.
US12007382B2
Described herein are methods, systems, and apparatus for separating components of a sample; as well as methods of using compositions prepared by same. In one aspect, the apparatus can comprise a tubular body for receiving sample, a thixotropic material, and a float. The system comprising the apparatus can be configured to separate the component of the sample using centrifugation. The float can have a specific gravity less than or equal to the specific gravity of the thixotropic material. The thixotropic material can be positioned along a bottom inner surface of the tubular body, and a portion of the float can be embedded in the thixotropic material. The float can be made of a single, integral piece or a plurality of pieces that are configured to be fixed and immobile relative to each other during centrifugation. The float can be solid, nonporous and without any aperture.
US12007381B2
A test device for determining the prickle property of the fabrics objectively includes nails on a measuring head fixed in an upper region of the test device, wherein the nails come in the contact with stiff fibers. The test device also includes an operation panel, a light source, a camera, a sample holder. The measurement uses a circular movement of the fabric instead of a linear movement unlike the previous studies. The measuring head does not apply any pressure on the fabric, only by lowering the measurement head, the nails squeezed in the head penetrate in the hairs of the fabric. In this situation, during the movement of the head, prickle force caused by the fiber ends can be detected. With the test device, it is possible to test both woven and knitted fabrics.
US12007372B2
A gas chromatograph device (100) includes a calculator (2) configured to acquire information on conduits (36) between a branch unit (33) and detectors (34) and information that identifies types of the detectors connected to the conduits, the calculator being configured to calculate at least one of gas flow rates in the conduits, gas linear velocities in the conduits, or a pressure in the branch unit based on the acquired information.
US12007371B2
A removable seal device for fluidic coupling includes a seal body extending between a first end and a second end, the seal body including an inner channel configured to receive a flow of a fluid. The first end of the seal body includes a first sealing surface configured to create a first seal with a fitting sealing surface of a receiver fitting, and the seal body includes a second sealing surface configured to create a second seal with an end of a fluidic tube. The removable seal is configured to be removably secured to at least one of the fluidic tube, a support feature fixed to the fluidic tube, and a compression screw, such that untightening of the compression screw from the receiver fitting causes the removable seal device to be removed from the receiver fitting.
US12007363B2
A measuring method in an embodiment includes detecting elastic waves generated in a structural object formed of a solid material in a non-contact manner and estimating a position of an occurrence source of the elastic waves on the basis of information regarding an intensity of a signal of the detected elastic waves.
US12007362B2
A method for reconstructing the crack profiles based on the composite-mode total focusing method (CTFM), including: selecting the parameters for phased array ultrasonic testing; acquiring the A-scan signal matrix; establishing the coordinate system and grid division of the region of interest (ROI); determining the wave modes; solving the positions of the refracted points; reconstructing the image by CTFM; and realizing the quantification, positioning, and orientation of cracks. The A-scan signal matrix including 21 views is acquired. Based on Fermat's principle, the refracted points at the interface between wedge and sample for the 21 views are calculated, to obtain the corresponding amplitude for each view in the ROI. For each reconstruction point, the strongest response is selected from the 21 views. The profiles of the cracks with different orientation angles are reconstructed by CTFM.
US12007358B2
A rail-to-rail potentiostat may require an offset current in order to support a bidirectional work electrode current at a work electrode. This offset current may improve measurements of the work electrode current made a dual-slope analog-to-digital converter, especially when the work electrode current is small, but can also lead to inaccuracies (e.g., due to a temperature coefficient) if it is not properly calibrated. Accordingly, bidirectional potentiostat is disclosed that can be configured in a normal configuration for measurement of a work electrode current or a calibration configuration for measurement (i.e., calibration) of an offset current. The reconfigurability allows calibrations to be taken as needed, on a schedule, or as specified by a user. The reconfigurability can also allow for maintaining a work electrode voltage and a work electrode current during calibration so that an electrochemical experiment using a cell coupled to the bidirectional potentiostat is unaffected by the calibration.
US12007354B2
A method and system for label-free detection of pathogenic and antibiotic resistant bacteria is disclosed. The method includes fabricating a G-FET/peptide device having a synthesized peptide probe capable of recognizing and binding to a bacterial target; performing electric-field assisted binding of at least one bacterial cell of the bacterial target to the G-FET/peptide device; and electrically detecting the binding of the at least one bacterial cell to the G-FET/peptide device.
US12007345B2
A DS sensing apparatus includes a body and electrodes provided on the body. The body defines a test volume between a first surface and an opposing second surface spaced from the first surface a distance that allows a fluid to enter the test volume from a fluid inlet, which is communicatively coupled to the test volume, via capillary action. The electrodes include a first sensing electrode on the first surface and configured to receive an input RF signal, a second sensing electrode on the first surface spaced from the first sensing electrode and configured to deliver an output RF signal and a floating electrode on the second surface.
US12007343B2
A beam shaping apparatus (10) for use in an X-ray analysis device (40). The beam shaping apparatus processes an input beam (32) from an X-ray beam source (20), and generates an output beam (34) with an output beam shape for irradiating a sample (112) held by a sample holder (22) of the X-ray analysis device. Movement of the output beam shape is controlled in dependence upon a varying tilt angle (χ) of the sample (112), this defined by a tilt position of the sample holder (22).
US12007342B2
A fixed target sample holder for serial synchrotron crystallography comprising a goniometer compatible base, a carrier, a sample holding insert which can be placed into the carrier. The sample holding insert comprising fiducials and windows, wherein each of the windows are respectively configured to accept a sample. The windows can also have holes and texture within each window. Additionally, a sample loading workstation for loading crystals into the sample holder and the removal of excess liquid from the sample, comprising a humidity-controlled chamber, a sample support within the chamber, a capture to place the goniometer-compatible base, and a channel in communication with the chamber that allows for the flow of humidified air into the chamber.
US12007340B2
The present invention provides an X-ray CT apparatus capable of obtaining a high-quality X-ray CT image by suppressing occurrence of an artifact. The X-ray CT apparatus including an X-ray imaging system including an X-ray irradiation unit and an X-ray detector, a rotating stage disposed between the X-ray irradiation unit and the X-ray detector, a rotation mechanism configured to relatively rotate the X-ray imaging system and the rotating stage about a rotation axis orthogonal to an optical axis of an X-ray that runs from the X-ray irradiation unit to the X-ray detector, and a load mechanism which is set on the stage and applies test force to a test piece includes an angle changing mechanism that tilts a bending tester to change the direction of the test force applied to the test piece by the bending tester from a direction orthogonal to the optical axis of the X-ray.
US12007332B2
The disclosed devices can ascertain attributes of sample materials. For example, a portable device can include a chamber that forms a reference environment for a camera device to capture an image of a sample material in an interior of the chamber. The portable device can include an opening to the interior of the chamber and a stage configured to position the sample material on a surface area and at a distance from the camera device. As such, the camera device can capture the image of the sample material at a resolution that enables ascertaining an attribute of the sample material based on a detectable physical characteristic of the sample material. The detectable physical characteristic of the sample material includes a color, size, shape, or texture.
US12007322B2
A sensor for use in detecting corrosion under insulation (CUI) and a method for deploying the same that does not require removal of cladding and/or insulation. The sensor includes at least a first sensor element formed of a first metal and a second sensor element formed of a second metal, the first and second metals being different. One or a plurality of sleeve members formed of an electrically-insulating material, such as plastic, maintain the first and second sensor elements at a predetermined distance from each other and define at least one sensing region that extends between the first and second sensor elements. The first and second sensor elements are configured to electrically communicate based on a conductive solution being disposed in the at least one sensing region and causing a galvanic current to be induced therebetween.
US12007321B2
A system for deforming and analyzing a plurality of particles carried in a sample volume includes a substrate defining an inlet, configured to receive the sample volume, and an outlet; and a fluidic pathway fluidly coupled to the inlet and the outlet. The fluidic pathway includes a delivery region configured to receive the plurality of particles from the inlet and focus the plurality of particles from a random distribution to a focused state, a deformation region defining an intersection located downstream of the delivery region and coupled to the outlet, and wherein the deformation region is configured to receive the plurality of particles from the delivery region and to transmit each particle in the plurality of particles into the intersection from a single direction, a first branch fluidly coupled to the deformation region and configured to transmit a first flow into the intersection, and a second branch fluidly coupled to the deformation region and configured to transmit a second flow, substantially opposing the first flow, into the intersection, wherein the first flow and the second flow are configured to induce extension of one or more particles in the plurality of particles.
US12007318B2
A device and a method for in situ penetration measurement of gas transport parameters in an unsaturated soil layer. The device mainly consists of a gas supply system, a gas concentration display recorder, a gas pressure display recorder, a sleeve, a gas concentration sensor, a gas pressure sensor, a porous gas-permeable tube and a conical penetration head. The gas diffusion coefficient and permeability coefficient of the unsaturated soil can be obtained by only measuring the gas pressure value, the gas concentration value and the corresponding gas flow value of an unsaturated soil layer at a depth required to be tested, and substituting same into calculation formulae of the gas diffusion coefficient and permeability coefficient. The testing process of the method is simple and fast, and is low in cost, simple in operation and convenient in calculation.
US12007303B2
This seal state detection device includes a plurality of part case members including a cylinder facing part and a rod facing part and are aligned in a circumferential direction of a cylinder by causing the cylinder facing part to face the cylinder and the rod facing part to face a rod so that a housing chamber for housing a part of the cylinder and a part of the rod is formed between the cylinder facing part and the rod facing part. The cylinder facing part includes a seal part which contacts with the cylinder. The seal part includes a protruding part formed at one end and a recessed part formed at the other end in the circumferential direction of the cylinder. The protruding part and the recessed part are fitted to each other when the plurality of part case members are aligned in the circumferential direction of the cylinder.
US12007296B2
Optical gratings, such as those used in waveguide displays, may have large aspect ratios. For example, a grating characteristic (e.g., period, feature size, etc.) can be much smaller than the grating area. Variations in the grating characteristic over the grating area may appear like a secondary grating having a long grating period superimposed on a primary grating for which the optical grating was designed. Because variations responsible for the secondary grating occur over a long distance relative to the primary grating period, it may be difficult to locate and characterize these variations with testing methods designed for shorter distances. The present disclosure presents systems and methods to detect and characterize the secondary gratings quickly and efficiently.
US12007293B2
Disclosed are a pressure sensor using conductive thread, the pressure sensor including a plurality of first conductive lines arranged parallel to each other in a first direction in a state of being spaced apart from each other, a plurality of second conductive lines arranged parallel to each other in a second direction intersecting the first direction in a state of being spaced apart from each other, and a spacer located between the plurality of first conductive lines and the plurality of second conductive lines, resistance of the spacer being changed when pressure is applied thereto, whereby it is possible to measure a wide range of pressure with elasticity and flexibility, and a method of manufacturing the same.
US12007289B2
A temperature measurement method includes: a temperature calibrator with a first test structure of which a resistance forms a first functional relationship with a temperature is placed on a stage in a chamber; a temperature of the chamber is made to reach a set temperature; a voltage is applied to two opposite ends of the first test structure to obtain a corresponding current and a corresponding resistance; and an actual temperature of the temperature calibrator is acquired according to the resistance and the first functional relationship.
US12007279B2
A color measurement apparatus includes an opening portion forming member that is a member in which an opening portion for causing light arriving from a measurement target to enter inside the apparatus is formed, and that is arranged on a bottom surface at a time of measurement performed by the apparatus, an incident light processing portion that processes light incident through the opening portion, and a shutter unit configured to be displaced between a closed position at which the opening portion is covered, in which the shutter unit includes a shutter member that closes the opening portion when the shutter unit is at the closed position, a shutter holding member that holds the shutter member such that the shutter member is configured to be displaced in a direction of approaching to and separating from the opening portion, and a pressing member that presses the shutter member toward the opening portion.
US12007277B2
A compact hyperspectral imager adapted to operate in harsh environments and to conduct post acquisition signal processing to provide automated and improved hyperspectral processing results is disclosed. The processing includes luminance and brightness processing of captured hyperspectral images, hyperspectral image classification and inverse rendering to produce luminance invariance image processing.
US12007273B2
A method of stabilizing data of digital signals is provided. The method includes steps of: setting a boundary coefficient; reading a piece of digital data; defining a value of the piece of digital data as a center value; outputting the value of the piece of digital data; reading a next piece of digital data; subtracting a value of the next piece of digital data from the previously outputted value to obtain a positive difference or a negative difference; and determining whether or not an absolute value of the positive or negative difference is larger than the boundary coefficient, if not, outputting the center value, if yes, updating the center value such that the updated center value is equal to the value of the next piece of digital data, and outputting the updated center value.
US12007260B2
An invention relates to a device for measuring fluid flow in a pipe, in particular a device using ultrasound transducers for measuring fluid flow in a pipe, and a method for measuring fluid flow in a pipe using said device.
US12007255B2
A position sensor system is arranged for determining a position of a sensor device movable along a predefined path relative to a magnetic source. The system includes the magnetic source and the sensor device. The magnetic source has a first plurality of magnetic pole pairs arranged along a first track and a second plurality of magnetic pole pairs arranged along a second track, centrelines of the tracks are spaced apart by a predefined track distance. The sensor device is configured for measuring at least two orthogonal magnetic field components at a first sensor location, and at least two second orthogonal magnetic field components at a second sensor location. The first and second sensor location are spaced apart by a predefined sensor distance smaller than the predefined track distance, in a direction transverse to the tracks.
US12007250B2
A variable synthetic wavelength absolute distance measuring device locked to a dynamic sideband and a method thereof are disclosed. A high-frequency electro-optic phase modulator driven by an adjustable clock source to modulate a single-frequency reference laser to generate laser sidebands with equal frequency intervals. The tunable laser is locked to the fifth-order sideband through an offset frequency locking technology. After locking, the interval frequency of the sideband is determined by the adjustable clock source, namely dynamic sideband. The frequency of the adjustable clock source is dynamically adjusted, the interval frequency of the sideband and the frequency difference between the two lasers will change accordingly. Combined with the multi-wavelength interferometry, the constructed synthetic wavelength is also determined by the adjustable clock source, that is, the variable synthetic wavelength. The variable synthetic wavelength is dynamically adjusted, and the multi-level second-level synthetic wavelength is continuously constructed from large level to small level.
US12007240B1
Systems and methods are described for generating transactions based upon rideshare data and updating a distributed ledger. The method may include (1) monitoring a distributed ledger for an indication of an accident, the indication of the accident identifying at least a user and a time period; (2) obtaining rideshare data from the distributed ledger, wherein the rideshare data: identifies one or more rideshare companies for which the user offered driving services during the time period, and identifies a phase of a rideshare trip for each rideshare company of the one or more rideshare companies during the time period; (3) obtaining accident data from one or more sensors; and (4) verifying, based upon the rideshare data and the accident data, a controlling party, wherein the controlling party is one of the user or one of the one or more rideshare companies.
US12007238B2
A method for providing map data which include position information for first landmarks of a first landmark class, collecting environment data, and determining a position of the mobile unit. Training data are generated and stored for the first landmarks based on the position of the mobile unit, the collected environment data and the position information. Based on the training data, a first detector module is generated for detecting the first landmark class. The position determination system includes a memory unit for providing map data which include position information for first landmarks of a first landmark class, a data acquisition unit for collecting environment data, a localization unit for determining a position of the mobile unit, and a processing unit for generating and storing training data based on the position of the mobile unit, the collected environment data and the position information for the first landmarks.
US12007237B2
A method is provided for controlling an electronic apparatus on the basis of a value of a lid angle between a first hardware element accommodating a first magnetometer and a second hardware element accommodating a second magnetometer. The method includes acquiring, through the magnetometers, first signals representing an orientation of the hardware elements. A calibration parameter indicative of a condition of calibration of the magnetometers is generated on the basis of the first signals. A reliability value indicative of a condition of reliability of the first signals is generated on the basis of the first signals. A first intermediate value of the lid angle is calculated on the basis of the first signals. A current value of the lid angle is calculated on the basis of the calibration parameter, of the reliability value, and of the first intermediate value, and the electronic apparatus is controlled on the basis of the current value.
US12007228B2
Perception sensors of a vehicle can be used for various operating functions of the vehicle. A computing device may receive sensor data from the perception sensors, and may calibrate the perception sensors using the sensor data, to enable effective operation of the vehicle. To calibrate the sensors, the computing device may project the sensor data into a voxel space, and determine a voxel score comprising an occupancy score and a residual value for each voxel. The computing device may then adjust an estimated position and/or orientation of the sensors, and associated sensor data, from at least one perception sensor to minimize the voxel score. The computing device may calibrate the sensor using the adjustments corresponding to the minimized voxel score. Additionally, the computing device may be configured to calculate an error in a position associated with the vehicle by calibrating data corresponding to a same point captured at different times.
US12007225B2
The disclosure relates to a system for analyzing a wear surface in a material handling system. The system including a scanner and a processor configured to generate measurement data. The disclosure further comprises a corresponding method for utilizing the system for analyzing a wear surface.
US12007221B2
A heterogeneous integration detecting method and a heterogeneous integration detecting apparatus are provided. The heterogeneous integration detecting method includes the following. Under the condition of maintaining the same relative distance between an interference objective lens and a sample, the relative posture of the interference objective lens and the sample is continuously adjusted according to the change of an image of the sample in the field of view of the interference objective lens until a first optical axis of the interference objective lens is determined to be substantially perpendicular to the surface of the sample according to the image. The interference objective lens is replaced with an imaging objective lens and the geometric profile of at least one via of the sample is detected. A second optical axis of the imaging objective lens after replacement overlaps with the first optical axis of the interference objective lens before replacement.
US12007217B2
A device including: a body having one or more walls defining an internal cavity, the wall(s) having one or more grooves extending in a longitudinal direction of the internal cavity and extending at least partially along a periphery of the wall(s); a mass movable in the longitudinal direction within the internal cavity, the mass having one or more holes extending in a direction offset from the longitudinal direction; a ball partially disposed in the groove(s) and partially disposed in each hole(s); and an elastic material for biasing the ball towards the groove(s). The groove(s) having a shape such that the acceleration greater than a predetermined acceleration profile causes the ball to first move opposite to the direction of the acceleration and then bounce to move in the direction of the acceleration until the ball(s) moves into the hole(s) to free the mass to move longitudinally opposite to the acceleration.
US12007216B2
A stabilising vane for arrows is described, which comprises: a base shaped to be connected at a tail of a shaft of an arrow, wherein the base extends along a first direction between a first and a second end; where the first direction coincides with the flight direction of the vane when the arrow is in flight; a body connected to the base and extending away from the base substantially along a second direction starting from a first point positioned at a marginal position of a first side positioned at the first end and from a second point positioned at a marginal position of a second side positioned at the second end of the base; wherein the body further extends between a third side and a fourth side of the base; the first point and the second point facing the fourth side, the body has an airfoil having a convex upper surface and a concave lower surface; the body has a variable thickness.
US12007215B2
An ammunition packaging apparatus and system is reconfigurable to package a select caliber of ammunition by changing a set of components to those associated with the selected caliber of ammunition and selecting the corresponding operating procedure. An ammunition collating and packaging apparatus can be quickly reconfigured from packaging a first caliber of ammunition to packaging a second caliber of ammunition by quickly replacing a define set of components and modifying operationally timings to correspond to the selected caliber.
US12007213B2
A dispense for dispensing an adhesive onto a remote surface, such as a case mouth and primer ammunition. The dispense includes a reservoir containing an adhesive; a positive displacement pump; and a nozzle having a tapered tip. The positive displacement pump delivers a predetermined amount of the adhesive, preferably an anaerobic adhesive, from the reservoir to the nozzle at predetermined intervals. The nozzle discharges the predetermined amount of adhesive through the air and at least 1/16-inch onto the remote surface.
US12007211B2
A lock assembly includes a housing, a lock shaft, a reset shaft, and a transfer gear. The lock shaft is disposed partially within and extends from the housing and is movable between a lock position and an unlock position. The reset shaft is disposed at least partially within the housing, is spaced apart from the lock shaft, and is movable between a first position and a second position. The transfer gear is disposed between, and engages, the lock shaft and the reset shaft, and is configured to transfer motion between the lock shaft and the reset shaft. When the lock shaft moves from the lock position to the unlock position, the reset shaft is moved from the first position to the second position, and when the reset shaft moves from the second position to the first position, the lock shaft is moved from the unlock position to the lock position.
US12007210B2
A cartridge with an expanding bullet that has advantageous terminal effects over an extended range. The expanding bullet including a bullet body including a metal jacket extending from a tail portion to a nose portion and surrounding an interior solid core and defining a forward opening and interior cavity. A tip has an exterior surface substantially flush with an exterior surface of the metal jacket. The tip has a main portion forward of the opening and a tip retention portion that at least partially fills the interior cavity. In certain embodiments the tip retention portion includes one or more fluid entry facilitation means such as a fracture regions configured to, upon impact of the bullet with a target, fracture or deform to expose one or more fluid pathways into the interior cavity and to a forward facing interior surface for initiating expansion of the expanding bullet.
US12007209B2
Target shooting systems and methods are disclosed herein for exposing shooters to simulated muzzle flashes and monitoring training using a computing device, software application, audio, video, an electrocardiogram (“EKG”), and wireless communications. The target shooting replicates the visual and audio experience of a muzzle flash thereby simulating live return fire as closely as possible while maintaining safety. The trainee has the ability to shoot live ammunition at a target that is simulating shooting back at the trainee. The EKG is able to measure heart rates over time and transfer the data to the software application on the computing device. The video camera can transfer recorded video data to the software application. Sensors on the target can transfer impact data to the software application so that hit/miss ratios can be calculated. Target systems can include metal targets or cardboard targets.
US12007206B2
An aerial vehicle barrier comprises two or more balloons selectively inflatable with a lighter-than-air gas, two or more flexible trunk lines, two or more flexible branch lines, and two or more connecting lines. Each trunk line has a ground-anchorable end and an opposite end attached or selectively attachable to a respective one of the balloons. Each branch line has opposing ends attached or selectively attachable to respective ones of two adjacent trunk lines to span between the two adjacent trunk lines. Each connecting line has opposing ends attached to respective ones of two adjacent branch lines.
US12007201B2
A rear gunsight rear gunsight connects to a rear of a gun. A front gunsight connects to a front of the gun. The rear gunsight includes a sight longitudinal axis. The rear gunsight and a straight sight line are optimally aligned relative to each other when the sight longitudinal axis is substantially coextensive with said straight sight line. Further when the rear gunsight and straight sight line are optimally aligned, the straight sight line extends through a lens of said rear gunsight and through an end face of an elongated light collector of said rear gunsight. When the straight sight line and rear gunsight are optimally aligned, the straight sight line is also optimally aligned with the front gunsight. Further the straight sight line and a longitudinal axis of the gun barrel extend in side by side parallel relation. When the rear gunsight and the straight sight line are optimally aligned relative to each other, a bright reference point appears in a hollow tube of the rear gunsight. When the straight sight line does not pass through the hollow, the brilliant reference point does not appear to the viewer.
US12007198B2
A protection device for a rocket launcher includes a cover with a triplet of openings arranged in angularly equidistant positions so as to allow a passage of the rockets housed in two alternating triplets of rocket housings. An actuation means is designed to rotate the cover between a first position in which the triplet of openings is aligned with the first triplet of openings and a second position in which the triplet of openings is aligned with the second triplet of housings.
US12007192B2
A firearm training device is disclosed that may include a body member having a grip. The barrel section may include a muzzle end and a rear or butt stock end. The barrel section may include a transverse aperture adjacent one of the rear/butt stock end. The firearm training device may include a stretchable loop exercise band disposed through the transverse aperture and connected to the body member. The body member may be in a variety of shapes, such as a hand gun or a rifle. The stretchable loop exercise band is adapted for being wrapped around a person's torso so it can be used to perform exercises to strengthen the person's ability to grip a firearm.
US12007185B1
A system and method for determining a discharge event of a firearm includes receiving, by an event detection module, acceleration input signals and rotation input signals. An acceleration vector magnitude is calculated from the acceleration signals. The acceleration vector magnitude is compared to a threshold acceleration. A sample event candidate is assigned to the acceleration vector magnitude based on the comparing. The sample event candidate comprises the acceleration input signals and the rotation input signals for a predetermined duration of time. The sample event candidate is received at a machine learning module. Characteristics of the discharge event detected are determined including ammunition type based on the acceleration and rotation input signals in the sample event candidate.
US12007182B2
A flow rate abnormality detection device includes: a number determination unit that determines a number of devices to be cooled; a threshold value setting unit that sets a threshold value based on the number of devices to be cooled; and an abnormality determination unit that determines that there is an abnormality when a total flow rate of refrigerant supplied to the devices to be cooled is less than the threshold value.
US12007177B2
The present invention relates to the field of heat exchangers, especially those having a plurality of tubular fluid channels formed as intertwined coils, with each of the centre paths of the coils forming a helix, and to a reactor for supercritical water oxidation comprising such a heat exchanger.
US12007171B1
A method for forming an annular heat pipe wick in a controlled atmosphere includes wrapping a plurality of layers of a fine mesh screen around a mandrel to form a wick. The method also includes inserting the mandrel and the wick into a sheath, and compressing the wick between the sheath and the mandrel to form an assembly. The compressing of the wick comprises applying pressure to an exterior of the mandrel and the sheath. The method further includes diffusion bonding the assembly at a temperature sufficiently high achieving self-diffusion of the plurality of layers of the fine mesh screen used to form the wick to themselves. The method also includes cooling the diffusion bonded assembly to room temperature, and etching the mandrel and sheath from the diffusion bonded assembly, leaving the wick as a porous tube.
US12007164B2
A refrigerating and freezing device (1) includes a cabinet, wherein at least one storage compartment (11) is defined therein, and a heating cavity is defined in one of the storage compartments (11); and an electromagnetic heating device, configured to supply electromagnetic waves into the heating cavity so as to heat a to-be-processed object, wherein the electromagnetic heating device is provided with an electromagnetic generation module (21) configured to produce an electromagnetic wave signal and a power supply module (24) configured to supply a power source to the electromagnetic generation module (21). A power supply box (40) is provided above a top of the cabinet (10), and heat dissipation holes configured to achieve communication between the interior of the power supply box (40) and an external environment where the power supply box (40) is located are provided in a box body of the power supply box (40). The power supply module (24) is disposed in the power supply box (40), a heat dissipation fan (31) is further provided in the power supply box (40) and is configured to drive airflow to flow between the interior of the power supply box (40) and the external environment where the power supply box (40) is located through the heat dissipation holes, so as to dissipate heat from the power supply module (24). The decrease of service life and efficiency caused by temperature rise during continuous working of the power supply module (24) and burn hazards caused by unintentional touch by users are completely eradicated, and meanwhile space is saved.
US12007163B2
A refrigerator calibration method and system, and a refrigeration device is described. According to some embodiments of the refrigerator calibration method, by means of the variation in the temperatures of a plurality of compartments after any one refrigeration system operates for a predetermined time, a correlation between the refrigeration system and a compartment can be determined, such that a connection between the refrigeration system and the compartment does not need to be pre-specified. Therefore, a refrigerator being unable to perform normal refrigeration due to a connection error during a production process can be effectively avoided, and the probability of needing to repair the refrigerator is reduced, thereby improving the production efficiency of the refrigerator and the reliability of the refrigerator.
US12007161B2
A refrigerator includes: a cabinet forming a storage space; a door for opening and closing the storage space and provided with a receiving space; a see-through portion extending through the door and communicating with the receiving space; a door light for illuminating a rear space of the door; a transparent panel assembly for shielding the see-through portion and becoming transparent or opaque so as to selectively visualize the see-through portion according to On/Off states of the door light; and a heat insulating member, formed along a perimeter of the transparent panel assembly, for insulating a perimeter portion of the transparent panel assembly.
US12007154B2
A system includes a pressure exchanger (PX) configured to receive a first fluid at a first pressure, receive a second fluid at a second pressure, and exchange pressure between the first fluid and the second fluid. The first fluid is to exit the PX at a third pressure and the second fluid is to exit the PX at a fourth pressure. The system further includes a first heat exchanger configured to provide the first fluid to the PX and provide corresponding thermal energy from the first fluid to a third fluid. The system further includes a turbine configured to receive the third fluid output from the first heat exchanger. The turbine is further configured to convert corresponding thermal energy of the third fluid into kinetic energy.
US12007148B2
A novel portable solar energy system includes a solar concentrator, a thermal storage device, an azimuth adjustment system, an elevation system, and a heat exchanger, all mounted on a rotatable support frame. In a particular embodiment, the thermal storage device remains at a fixed vertical height and fixed tilt orientation when adjustments are made to the azimuth adjustment system and/or the elevation adjustment system.
US12007140B2
An air intake and exhaust assembly includes an air exhaust pipe, a connection pipe, and an air intake pipe arranged adjacent to the air exhaust pipe. The air exhaust pipe includes an air exhaust channel formed in the air exhaust pipe. One end of the connection pipe is connected to a lower end of the air exhaust pipe and another end of the connection pipe is configured to be connected to an air exhaust volute of a packaged air conditioner, such that the air exhaust channel is communicated with an air outlet of the air exhaust volute. An air intake channel is formed between an inner wall of the air intake pipe and an outer wall of the air exhaust pipe, and the air intake channel is communicated with an air inlet of the packaged air conditioner.
US12007138B2
A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes an enclosure that is divided by a partition extending between a first panel and a second panel of the enclosure such that the partition defines an outdoor air flow path and a return air flow path through the enclosure. The partition includes an opening extending between the outdoor airflow path and the return airflow path. The HVAC system also includes an energy recovery wheel that translatably extends through the opening and is positioned within the outdoor air flow path and the return air flow path. The energy recovery wheel is disposed within the enclosure at an oblique angle relative to the outdoor air flow path and the return air flow path.
US12007134B2
An HVAC system includes an evaporator. The evaporator includes a sensor configured to measure a property value (i.e., a saturated suction temperature or a saturated suction pressure) associated with saturated refrigerant flowing through the evaporator. The system includes a variable-speed compressor configured to receive the refrigerant and compress the received refrigerant. The system includes a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor and the variable-speed compressor. The controller monitors the property value measured by the sensor and detects a system fault, based on the monitored property value. In response to detecting the system fault, the controller operates the compressor in a freeze-prevention mode, which is configured to maintain the property value above a setpoint value by adjusting a speed of the variable-speed compressor.
US12007131B2
A damper system is configured for installation in ductwork including a duct supplying conditioned air through a register boot to a register vent. A damper is movable between a closed position and an open position. A control module includes a control module housing, a controller, a power supply and a transceiver. The controller monitors a remaining energy level of the power supply and transmits a first low battery message via the transceiver when the remaining energy level drops to a first energy threshold. The controller instructs the damper assembly to move to a predetermined position and to transmit a second low battery message via the transceiver when the remaining energy level drops to a second energy threshold.
US12007129B2
Systems and methods for integrating a building management system communicatively coupled to a security subsystem via a communication network, in which the building management system determines occupancy data, with a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning subsystem that includes a scrubber unit communicatively coupled to the building management system via the communication network. The scrubber unit includes a contaminant filter that sorbs air contaminants from a surrounding environment when an elevated pressure differential is introduced across the contaminant filter; an inlet sensor that determines sensor data indicative of contaminant level present in return air received by the scrubber unit from an internal portion of the building; and scrubber control circuitry that selectively instructs the scrubber unit to operate in one of multiple regeneration modes based at least in part on the occupancy data and the sensor data to facilitate improving filtering efficiency provided by the contaminant filter during subsequent operation.
US12007125B2
The present disclosure provides a dehumidifier. The dehumidifier includes a shell, a dehumidifying device and a driving device. The shell is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet. The dehumidifying device is configured to dry and dehumidify introduced air. The driving device is configured to drive air to pass through the air inlet, the dehumidifying device and the air outlet in sequence, so that the driving device can drive the air with high moisture content to enter the shell through the air inlet and condense the water vapor in air into water drops under the action of the dehumidifying device, thereby achieving the dehumidification effect.
US12007121B2
A method for allowing opening of a first door pane with respect to a second door pane of a multi-pane door assembly of an oven appliance includes receiving, via a controller, one or more safety conditions relating to the oven appliance. The method also includes determining, via the controller, whether the one or more safety conditions correspond to one or more predetermined safety conditions. Further, the method includes allowing, via the controller, opening of the first door pane with respect to the second door pane of the multi-pane door assembly to provide access to a space between the first and second door panes only upon satisfaction of the one or more safety conditions corresponding to the one or more predetermined safety conditions.
US12007116B2
A fuel supply system for a gas turbine engine comprises a housing having a housing interior chamber and a fuel swirler disposed inside the housing interior chamber. The fuel swirler has an upstream end and downstream end relative to a fuel flow direction along a fuel nozzle longitudinal axis. The fuel swirler has a first axial fuel passage along the longitudinal axis in fluid communication with a first fuel supply and terminating at a first fuel outlet at the downstream end, a second axial fuel passage along the longitudinal axis in fluid communication with a second fuel supply and terminating at a second fuel outlet at the downstream end, and a plurality of compressed air outlets at the downstream end. The first fuel outlet is positioned on an outermost surface of the fuel swirler and leads directly to a mixing site downstream of the fuel swirler.
US12007115B1
A fuel injector assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a swirler and a fuel nozzle. The swirler has an outer wall having a SOW inner wall surface, an inner wall having a SIW inner wall surface and a SIW outer wall surface, an outer passage, and an inner passage. The SIW inner wall surface includes first and second sections. The first section extends between a first airflow inlet and the second section, and the second section extends between the first section and an inner wall distal end. The first section tapers radially inward, and the second section extends parallel the center axis. The outer wall circumscribes the inner wall and extends axially along the center axis to a distal outer wall end, and the distal end wall is axially recessed within the swirler from the distal outer wall end. The fuel nozzle projects into the inner passage.
US12007109B2
An aerosol generation device has a partially opaque portion for rendering an illumination unit non-visible when the illumination unit is not emitting light. An illumination unit for an aerosol generation device includes a plurality of light sources, wherein each of the light sources is configured to operate in a first power operation mode illuminating the light source at a first brightness level, and a second power operation mode for illuminating the light source at a second brightness level different from the first brightness level, wherein one or more light sources of the plurality of light sources form a contiguous illumination region when the one or more of the plurality of light source are emitting light, and wherein the illumination region is configured to provide to a user visual feedback that indicates a state of the aerosol generation device or a consumable used with the aerosol generation device.
US12007108B2
A lighting module with an efficient heatsink. The heatsink may include a base conducting portion, side fins, and a center structure. The side fins may extend away from the base portion in such a way that the distance between the fins and the center structure may vary as they may extend away from the base portion. Warm air near the base conducting portion may rise due to natural convection buoyancy, in which vertical narrowing passages may result in the passive air flow increasing in velocity as it may travel near the narrowing surface area of the heatsink improving heat transfer, and as the side fins and center structure air passages widen, the air velocity may reduce as the warm air may be distributed above heatsink.
US12007106B2
Disclosed are a flexible wire support structure and a lamp conductor-cable using the same, which is formed of a first flexible wire and a second flexible wire that are arranged adjacent to and in juxtaposition with each other. An enclosure binding layer encloses an outside of the first and second flexible wires. At least one supporting body is arranged between the adjacent first and second flexible wires. The supporting body has two surfaces that are respectively formed with a first receiving groove and a second receiving groove extending along an axis line of the first and second flexible wires. The first and second receiving grooves receive the adjacent first and second flexible wires to dispose therein so as to have the supporting body filled between the adjacent first and second flexible wires, to realize supporting and constraining of the adjacent flexible wires.
US12007104B2
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.
US12007101B2
A luminaire with a tool-less assembly feature that enhances ease of installation and serviceability in the field. The luminaire's housing defines a compartment accessible via a window adjacent a pair of opposed shoulders. The luminaire further includes a lighting module dimensioned to be received and retained in the window in an interference fit with the shoulders. The lighting module may include an LED module/light guide plate and/or an LED refractor assembly/LED gear tray. A resilient member is supported on the housing in position to abut the lighting module and deflect during insertion of the lighting module through the window, and to at least partially resile to maintain the lighting module against the shoulders in an operative position on the housing. Further, the resilient member is positioned to deflect during removal and to resile to tilt or otherwise assist in ejecting the lighting module from the housing during tool-less disassembly.
US12007100B2
An illumination device comprising an optical plate extending over a plurality of LEDs arranged on a PCB main surface of a PCB. In a mounted configuration said PCB and optical plate are mutually connected by fasteners. Each fastener extends with play in a plane parallel to said PCB main surface through a through hole in the optical plate in a direction transverse to said PCB main surface. The through hole has a wide portion extending over a depth D from a first main surface of the optical plate facing away from the PCB towards a second main surface of the optical plate facing towards the PCB, and said through hole is narrowed to a neck portion at said depth D. Furthermore, each fastener rests on a resilient washer seated in the wide portion of said through hole.
US12007099B2
A multi-function lighting apparatus comprising a support structure, a light engine mounted on the structure, and a control unit controlling the light engine; the light engine comprising a first group of warm LEDs having color temperature ranging between 2000 and 2500 K and color rendering index ranging between 85 and 95; and a second group of cold LEDs having color temperature of at least 5000 K and color rendering index ranging between 65 and 75; the control unit being a two-channel driver control unit which controls independently the warm LEDs and the cold LEDs and is configured to control the light engine to emit white light with variable color temperature and luminous flux according to at least three different modes performing a lighting function, a plant maintenance function, and a sanification function respectively, as the color temperature and the luminous flux emitted by the light engine vary.
US12007095B1
Illumination systems or strips which include one or more lights, such as LED lights, connected with a rechargeable battery, such as through copper or aluminum wiring, and a solar panel for recharging a rechargeable battery during sufficiently high-light ambient conditions, thus enabling the rechargeable battery to provide power for the illumination system during low-light ambient conditions.
US12007091B2
A road surface drawing apparatus includes: a plurality of light sources that is capable of individually emitting a light; a mask having a plurality of light-transmitting windows, each light-transmitting window arranged to receive the light from a corresponding light source of the plurality of light sources; a partition that partitions a space between the plurality of light sources and the mask into a plurality of subspaces, each subspace allocated for each light-transmitting window and the corresponding light source; and a common projection lens arranged to project the light transmitted through each light-transmitting window from the corresponding light source onto a road surface.
US12007090B2
A light source unit includes: a light source part that emits excitation light; a light emitting part that emits generated light by being irradiated with the excitation light; a support part that guides the excitation light to the light emitting part while supporting the light emitting part; and a reflective part provided on a back surface of the support part, the back surface being on a side opposite to an emission direction of the generated light.
US12007084B2
The present invention discloses a natural light homogenization lighting device and method based on free-form surface and sawtooth grating, and the device can be used as lighting curtains, indoor shutters, window glasses and the like. The device includes a front surface and a rear surface in an array form, the first surface is a free-form surface array, the second surface is a sawtooth surface array, and the free-form surface array is used for collecting outdoor natural light, and transmitting to the sawtooth surface array through the intermediate medium made of the same material between the two surfaces; and the sawtooth surface array is used for deflecting the incident natural light to the indoor space after being refracted by an inclined surface. The present invention can efficiently collect the natural light incident into the window, disperse the light evenly to all directions indoors, homogenize the indoor lighting, and effectively protect the indoor privacy. The device is thin and easy to mass produce, environmentally friendly and pollution-free.
US12007083B2
Disclosed in the present disclosure is a simulated candle, including a simulated candle end, wherein the simulated candle end includes a flame simulating member, a light-emitting element, a simulating member for a cotton sewing thread on a candle wick, a circuit board, and a candle end bottom support. The flame simulating member includes a light transmissive profiled cover shell, and a bottom of the profiled cover shell is provided with an embedding groove. The candle end bottom support is positioned below the flame simulating member, and a bottom support receiving cavity for receiving the circuit board is formed in the candle end bottom support. The simulated candle of the present disclosure can effectively inhibit the offset of the light-emitting element, and improve its simulation effect.
US12007068B2
This invention provides a support device that can be attached to and detached from an unmanned submarine and can be attached with a photographing camera and an illumination light. The support device (100) of the present embodiment includes a first frame (10U, 10H) to which an unmanned submarine is attached/detached, a second frame (10B, 10V) formed corresponding to the first frame, and a support material (20) arranged between the first frame and the second frame so as to connect the first frame and the second frame and formed of a buoyancy material having a specific density of less than 1. Further, the support device includes a lighting mount (30) for an illumination light attached to the support material and a shooting mount (40) for a photographing camera attached to the support material or the second frame.
US12007067B2
Disclosed is a console bed mechanism to provide access to controls on console bed transported in a transport case. The console bed mechanism may include a base plate positioned in the transport case and comprising a bearing, an upper plate secured to the console bed and connected via the bearing to the base plate, a rotation arm having a lower end mounted to the base plate and an upper end mounted to the upper plate, the rotation arm configured to rotate the console bed between: a transport position in which the console bed is at least partially in the transport case, and an operation position in which the console bed is at least partially above the transport case and is positioned to be operated, and also including an elevation arm that raises the console bed and having a lower end mounted to the transport case and an upper end secured to the base plate.
US12007065B2
A movable base for a shade structure such as an umbrella that is operable between a movable configuration and a braked configuration. The movable base includes a first frame, including a plurality of wheels, such as caster wheels, and a second, e.g., movable, frame that is actuatable relative to the first frame and wheels. In the movable position, a plurality of feed are raised and the wheels are in contact with a ground surface. In the fixed position, the feet of the second frame are in contact with the ground and/or the wheels are raised.
US12007057B2
Disclosed is a pulsation dampening system for high-pressure (e.g., 10K psi and higher) fluid lines. At high fluid flow pressures, the dampening system is a dual stage dampening system, responsive to low (e.g., when first charging the fluid line) and to very high-pressure pulsations. An external containment shell handles the full fluid flow pressures. One or more internal shells contain and handle the internal gas dampening system. The in-flow relationship of the gas dampening component assures that pressure differences between the internal gas handling system and the high-pressure fluid flow is always relatively small. This enables the gas handling components to be constructed of less robust material than the external shell (even though the gas system's internal pressure can equal that of the fluid flow), and be less susceptible to pressure failure.
US12007054B2
A hydraulic coupling device includes a female coupling unit comprising a female coupling body, a holding block, a guiding ring, and an expanding ring for fixedly arranging the female coupling unit to the holding block 50 in an opening of the holding block, wherein the guiding ring comprises an outer surface for fixedly arranging the guiding ring to the holding block, wherein a seat is provided in the opening for supporting the expanding ring, wherein the female coupling unit is adapted to be fixedly arranged to the holding block by being suspended between the guiding ring and the seat, wherein the expanding ring is arranged as a support between the female coupling unit and the seat.
US12007037B2
A multi-way refrigerant valve includes an outer housing having an open surface, and in which a first inlet, a second inlet, and a third inlet, and a first outlet, a second outlet, a third outlet, a fourth outlet, a fifth outlet, and a sixth outlet are formed, an inner housing rotatable inside the outer housing to connect the inlets and the outlets, and including at least one connection flow path formed therein, and a cover member mounted to the open surface of the outer housing. As the inner housing is rotated at a predetermined interval by the driving unit, the first inlet is connected to one or both of the first outlet or the second outlet, the second inlet is connected to one of the third outlet or the fourth outlet, and the third inlet is connected to one or both of the fifth outlet and or the sixth outlet.
US12007033B2
A pressure control valve for open-loop or closed-loop control of a pressure of a compressed fluid in a pilot pressure chamber includes a valve housing with at least one inlet and at least one outlet, a wall section fixedly connected with the valve housing and having a first passage channel and a first throughbore, through which the compressed fluid can flow, and forms a first valve seat. The pressure control valve also includes a tappet and first and second sealing elements. The tappet is mounted in the valve housing and movable along a longitudinal axis by an energizable actuation device. The first sealing element is mounted so as to be movable along the longitudinal axis in the valve housing and is biased by means of a first spring into a closure position in which the first sealing element bears against the first valve seat and closes the first through-bore.
US12007030B2
A two-position handpiece coupling seal is provided. The two-position handpiece coupling seal includes a neck disposed at a first end that is configured to receive an implement. The two-position handpiece coupling seal has a first seal disposed about the neck of the two-position handpiece coupling seal. The first seal is configured to engage with a surface of a housing of a handpiece that uses the two-position coupling seal in a first position. The two-position handpiece coupling seal has a second seal disposed about a bore of the two-position handpiece coupling seal at a second end of the two-position handpiece coupling seal opposite the first end. The bore is configured to receive a driveshaft and the second seal is configured to sealingly engage with the driveshaft when the bore receives the driveshaft.
US12007024B2
A lubricating mechanism of a pin connection pair of an internal combustion engine having a piston, a pin, and a connecting rod. The pin may be mounted in two pin seat portions of the piston such that the pin and one of the two pin seat portions form the pin connection pair. The lubricating mechanism may include a lubricating passage through which a lubricating medium is flowable and an oil outlet orifice communicating with the lubricating passage. The lubricating passage and the oil outlet orifice may be disposed in a piston top portion of the piston. An opening of the oil outlet orifice may face in an axial direction and may be disposed directly below a corresponding portion of the lubricating passage such that the lubricating medium is flowable via the opening directly to a gap defined between the connecting rod and a pin seat portion.
US12007020B1
Predictive transmission shift request and engine torque control techniques include transmitting, from an engine control module (ECM) to a transmission control module (TCM), engine torque information and receiving back a predictive shift request for a transmission generated based on a set of known time delays and the engine torque information, controlling, by the ECM, engine torque actuators in response to and based on the predictive torque request to prepare the engine for the transmission shift operation, receiving, from the TCM, an actual shift request indicative the TCM and the transmission beginning to execute transmission shift operation, and controlling, by the ECM, the engine torque actuators in response to and based on the actual shift request to adjust a torque output of the engine during the transmission shift operation to provide a faster and smoother transmission shift.
US12007009B2
A novel way of mounting a harmonic drive gearhead to a cylindrically shaped motor reduces the overall size of the actuator assembly. Specifically, the motor is mounted within the harmonic drive and its bearings, a space that is typically occupied by a harmonic drive component. This is made possible by redesigning the harmonic drive such that it is able to surround the motor and provide for a compact footprint for the actuator assembly.
US12007005B2
A multi-speed transmission including a plurality of planetary gearsets and a plurality of selective couplers to achieve at least eighteen forward speed ratios and at least two reverse speed ratios is disclosed. The plurality of planetary gearsets may include a first planetary gearset, a second planetary gearset, a third planetary gearset, a fourth planetary gearset, and a fifth planetary gearset. The plurality of selective couplers may include a number of clutches and a number of brakes. The multi-speed transmission may have five planetary gearsets and eight selective couplers. The eight selective couplers may include three clutches and five brakes.
US12007001B2
A gear is provided that has excellent continuous moldability for practical use, and both high slidability and high durability. The provided gear is a molded resin constructed of a resin composition comprising a thermoplastic resin (A) and cellulose nanofibers (B) with an average fiber diameter of 1000 nm or smaller, and having a number average molecular weight of the thermoplastic resin (A) in the range of 10,000 to 150,000, wherein a sliding surface of the gear with another gear teeth has an arithmetic mean surface roughness Sa of 3.0 μm or lower.
US12007000B2
A hand-held rope tie is operable to releasably hold one or more portions of a rope. Pivotally connected arm members accommodate and hold the rope portions with a selected clamping pressure. The rope tie is adjustable to tightly grip and clamp onto the rope without slippage of the rope through the arms when desired.
US12006998B2
The invention relates to a new type of tuned mass damper which is suitable in particular for damping oscillations of a low frequency, and can thus be used preferably as a construction damper when building or siting high, narrow structures, such as wind-turbine towers. The invention relates in particular to a pendulum oscillation damper having a first pendulum, to which the mass is attached, and a second pendulum, which is formed by a spring-like support device of a different design and is operated using a gas-air volume such that, with the aid thereof, the frequency of the oscillation system can be adapted and adjusted.
US12006992B2
A braking member of a vehicle is joined to a unit for detecting wear and temperature of the braking member; the unit comprising a sensing assembly, an electrical connector adapted to enable connection of the unit to an electrical circuit of the vehicle, and an electrical wiring for connection of the sensing assembly to the electrical connector; the sensing assembly comprising an attachment body having an axis and configured to be stably connected to the braking member; the attachment body housing wear detection means and temperature sensor means arranged along the axis and embedded in the attachment body, while the electrical connector houses an electronic unit for receiving and processing signals and for sending an output signal through the electrical connector.
US12006987B2
A locking clutch having an inner race that is rotatable with respect to an outer race. One of the races is cylindrically shaped and rotates adjacent to a race having valleys. Each valley is connected to an inclined surface. Rollers are located adjacent to the valleys. A cage having fingers may be restrained with respect to the valleys to set the starting position of the rollers. The cage may be selectively restrained to determine the direction in which the rollers are wedged to determine a direction that drives the rollers into contact with both races to lock the races with respect to each other. Rotation of the inner race with respect to the outer race in a direction opposite direction is a free rotating direction. The locking clutch is designed to simultaneously engage all of its rollers to evenly distribute the forces amongst them.
US12006979B2
A bearing seat assembly for a roller assembly includes a bearing seat; a bearing, arranged inside the bearing seat; a first seal, including at least two sealing lips. The first seal is installed on the bearing seat and is arranged on a first axial outer side of the bearing. At least one sealing lip of the at least two sealing lips of the first seal is arranged around the inner or outer circumference of the first seal. The bearing seat assembly according to the present disclosure realizes enhanced sealing, avoids re-lubrication, improves thermal performance, and prolongs service life.
US12006978B2
A wheel bearing unit includes a first inner ring having an axial end side, a second inner ring having an axial end side contacting the axial end side of the first inner ring at a joint, and a seal unit that seals the joint between the first inner ring and the second inner ring. The seal unit includes at least one seal element and at least one further component that exerts pressure on the at least one seal element, and the at least one further component is at least partially comprised of sheet metal.
US12006977B2
A thrust bearing seal for radially sealing a gap between a first component and a second component. The seal includes an external sealing cap that extends circumferentially around an outer circumferential surface of at least a section of said first component and a projection that extends radially inwardly from said external sealing cap and into said gap.
US12006955B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provides an anti-loosening device and a plunger pump. The anti-loosening device includes a first bracket, a second bracket and an elastic member. The first bracket includes a first clamping part defining a first accommodating space; a first connecting part extending in a first direction and fixedly connected to the first clamping part; and a limiting part fixedly connected to the first clamping part via the first connecting part, wherein the limiting part protrudes from the first connecting part in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The second bracket includes a second clamping part defining a second accommodation space, wherein the second clamping part is opposite to the first clamping part in the first direction; and a second connecting part extending in the first direction and fixedly connected to the second clamping part.
US12006953B2
An axial fan that includes a casing having an inner space that penetrates in one direction, and a rotor blade disposed in the inner space of the casing, and a silencer that is disposed at a position connected to the inner space of the axial fan are provided, in which the axial fan has a sound pressure distribution having a position at which a sound pressure is high and a position at which the sound pressure is low in a circumferential direction in the inner space during driving, and the silencer is disposed at the position of the axial fan in the circumferential direction at which the sound pressure is high and is not disposed at the position at which the sound pressure is low.
US12006947B2
A diagonal fan has an electric motor, housing, and diagonal impeller, which is accommodated within the housing, can be driven via the electric motor, and generates a diagonal flow during operation that is deflected in an axial flow direction by an inner wall of the housing. Outlet guide vane device with a plurality of guide vanes distributed in the circumferential direction is arranged adjacently to the diagonal impeller when viewed in the axial flow direction, and homogenizes airflow generated by the diagonal impeller. Guide vanes have a radial extension from a hub region of the outlet guide vane device to the housing. An imaginary extension in the outflow angle of the diagonal impeller strikes the inner wall of the housing at an axial distance K from the diagonal impeller. Outlet guide vane device is arranged at axial distance H to diagonal impeller where 0.75≤K/H≤1.25.
US12006945B2
A fan includes a hub, several fan blades, and a motor that is operable to drive the hub. A motor controller is in communication with the motor, and is configured to select the rate of rotation at which the motor drives the hub. The fan is installed in a place having a floor and a ceiling. An upper temperature sensor is positioned near the ceiling. A lower temperature sensor is positioned near the floor. The temperature sensors communicate with the motor controller, which includes a processor configured to compare substantially contemporaneous temperature readings from the upper and lower temperature sensors. The motor controller is thus configured to automatically control the fan motor to minimize the differences between substantially contemporaneous temperature readings from the upper and lower temperature sensors. The fan system may thus substantially destratify air in an environment, to provide a substantially uniform temperature distribution within the environment.
US12006943B2
A waterproof fan includes: a rotor including a rotating blade capable of rotating about a rotation axis; a stator including a plurality of stator cores extending in a radial direction relative to the rotation axis, and a winding wound around each of the stator cores; a frame including a housing space opening toward one side of the rotation axis; a circuit board electrically connected to the winding and housed in the housing space; a waterproofing resin portion covering the stator and the circuit board to block the opening of the housing space; and a positioning member provided in the housing space and configured to position the circuit board at a position away from an inner wall of the housing space.
US12006934B2
A scroll compressor includes: a shell; a compression mechanism unit accommodated in the shell and defining a compression chamber, the compression mechanism unit having a discharge port through which a discharge chamber and the compression chamber communicate with one another; a discharge valve mechanism that opens and closes the discharge port. The discharge valve mechanism includes a valve seat provided on an outlet portion of the discharge port and a valve and closes the valve seat when sitting on the valve seat. The valve seat includes an annular portion serving as an edge of an opening of the outlet portion and a valve supporting portion that is provided in a region surrounded by the inner circumference of the annular portion and divides the opening of the outlet portion into plural valve seat holes. The valve is in contact with at least a portion of the valve supporting portion and with the annular portion, when sitting on the valve seat.
US12006933B2
A scroll compressor comprising: a fixed scroll and a moving scroll, the moving scroll being configured to be capable of orbiting relative to the fixed scroll in order to compress fluid; a main bearing base supporting the moving scroll; and an axial flexible mounting mechanism, the fixed scroll being connected to the main bearing base by means of the axial flexible mounting mechanism, such that the fixed scroll can move a predetermined distance along the axial direction, the axial flexible mounting mechanism comprising a bolt and a sleeve arranged on the outer circumference of the bolt, the sleeve comprising in the axial direction a first section in contact with the main bearing base and a second section in contact with the fixed scroll, and the first section being configured such that the bending rigidity in the radial direction is different to the bending rigidity in the tangential direction.
US12006932B2
Pump assemblies, pumping systems including said pump assemblies, and related methods are disclosed. In an embodiment, the pump assembly includes a frame, a fluid end, and a power end coupled to the frame and the fluid end. In addition, the pump assembly includes a plurality of connectors coupled between the fluid end and the frame. Each of the connectors include an axis, a first connector member, and a second connector member. The first connector member is configured to actuate relative to the second connector member to adjust a total axial length of the connector along the axis.
US12006931B2
A reciprocating pump includes a fluid section that includes fluid-displacing members and a power section that includes crossheads coupled to a respective fluid-displacing member. The power section actuates the fluid section by actuating the crossheads through respective crosshead bores formed through the power section. The power section also includes structural members, pairs of support plates, and pairs of arcuate crosshead sections secured in place between the structural members against a respective pair of support plates. Each pair of the arcuate guide sections comprises a top section and a bottom section that form a portion of a respective crosshead bore. Each pair of the arcuate crosshead guide sections are also secured in place using clamping segments secured to edges of windows of the structural members by bolts extending through interior passages of the clamping segments and having threads that mate with threaded holes extending into the edges of the windows.
US12006923B2
An intake system for an atmosphere-breathing electric thruster is disclosed, comprising an inlet for inflow of atmosphere particles, an outlet for coupling to the thruster for fueling collected atmosphere particles to the thruster, a collector arranged between the inlet and the outlet comprising multiple channels for allowing inflowing atmosphere particles to pass through the channels towards the outlet, the channels defining an inlet area and a length, wherein a position of at least part of the channels is adjustable to alter at least one of the inlet area and the length.
US12006915B2
The invention described herein relates to a process for improving reporting of operational data of a wind turbine during operation thereof and a system for carrying out the process which may include a computer program for carrying out the process.
US12006907B2
This disclosure is directed to hydrodynamic electric generators, including their structural design, methods of deployment, anchoring systems, drive systems and control systems. The system can be scaled from ones that can be hand carried to large, stationary devices that can generate up to and greater than 20 kw in a current of 3 knots. In a stationary system, the device can be anchored to an underwater floor by an anchoring device supported by four adjustable legs. These legs can eliminate the need for extensive mooring lines, providing the device with a small footprint that is non-hazardous to marine animals or vegetation. Individual components, such as rotors, generators and other mechanical components can be modularly installed for easy removal and servicing without having to disturb the entire system.
US12006904B2
A spark-ignited reciprocating piston internal combustion engine may include a pre-chamber ignition system which is arranged in the cylinder head of the reciprocating piston internal combustion engine and in which an ignition device is arranged, comprising an ignition electrode in a housing, said ignition electrode protruding into a cavity of the pre-chamber ignition system. The cavity is covered from the combustion chamber of the reciprocating piston internal combustion engine by a cover, and the cover has at least one first opening which connects the cavity and the combustion chamber together so as to conduct gas. A metal transverse brace with at least one second opening, which connects opposite sides of the housing together, is arranged in the cavity in the region of the ignition electrode, wherein the metal transverse brace is made of a first metal material in a central region and a second metal material in a region contacting the housing.
US12006898B2
An apparatus and a method are provided for an aircharger air intake system for filtering and conducting an airstream to an air intake of an engine. The aircharger air intake system includes an air filter comprising a filter medium configured to entrap particulates flowing within the airstream. An air box comprising one or more sidewalls and a mount wall is configured to support the air filter within an engine bay. The air box is configured to be mounted, or fastened, onto the engine. An intake tube is coupled with the air filter and configured to conduct the airstream to the air intake of the engine. The intake tube is configured to be coupled with an air temperature sensor or a mass air sensor of the engine. An adapter is configured to couple the intake tube with the air intake.
US12006891B2
A propulsor system comprising a propulsor and an exhaust area control mechanism are described. The exhaust area control mechanism is connected to an outlet of the propulsor and is configured to vary the area through which air exits the propulsor system.
US12006890B1
Upon receiving a request to stop an internal combustion engine, processing circuitry of a fuel supply device opens a relief valve by increasing a fuel pressure in a delivery pipe to a specified pressure or greater before stopping the internal combustion engine. The processing circuitry determines whether a fuel pressure sensor is normal based on a result of comparison between a fuel pressure in the delivery pipe detected by the fuel pressure sensor and a fuel pressure determination value after the fuel pressure in the delivery pipe starts to decrease as a result of opening the relief valve.
US12006881B2
A method of controlling a combustor of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The method comprising the steps supplying a total fuel quantity to the combustor dependent on a load of the gas turbine engine, the total fuel quantity is split into a pilot fuel quantity and a main fuel quantity via a pilot fuel split, monitoring at least one signal of at least one condition of the gas turbine engine, generating a steady state value of the at least one signal indicative of a steady state of the gas turbine engine, detecting a change in the at least one signal from the steady-state value. When the change in the at least one signal from the steady state value exceeds a predetermined limit, the method applies the steps generating a transient split offset for the pilot fuel split from a look-up table and applying the transient split offset to the pilot fuel split while maintaining the total fuel quantity being supplied at any point in time.
US12006879B1
A bleed arrangement for a turbomachine that results in uniform flow to the combustor. A turbomachine includes a compressor, a combustor disposed to receive the compressed air from the compressor through a flow path, and a diffuser disposed in the flow path between the compressor and the combustor. A number of bleed holes are disposed downstream in the flow path from the diffuser and are configured to direct bleed air compressed by the compressor away from the combustor. The number of bleed holes have a plural number of sizes configured to provide uniform compressor exit flow distribution around a circumference of the diffuser.
US12006872B1
A method of operating a gas turbine engine having an engine core having a turbine, a compressor, a combustor arranged to combust a fuel, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor; a fan located upstream of the engine core; a fan shaft; a gearbox that receives an input from the core shaft and outputs drive to the fan via the fan shaft; a heat exchange system having at least one fuel-oil heat exchanger arranged to transfer heat to the fuel; and a fuel pump arranged to deliver the fuel to the combustor, wherein the fuel pump is located downstream of the at least one fuel-oil heat exchanger. The method includes operating the gas turbine engine using a fuel having a lubricity of between 0.71 mm and 0.90 mm wear scar diameter (WSD) at 25° C.
US12006869B2
A heat exchanger includes an inlet plenum chamber, an outlet plenum chamber fluidly coupled to the inlet plenum chamber, and a plurality of intermediate plenum chambers disposed downstream from the inlet plenum chamber and upstream from the outlet plenum chamber. The plurality of intermediate plenum chambers includes a first intermediate plenum chamber, at least one tube bundle, and a first bypass valve fluidly coupled to the first intermediate plenum chamber. The first bypass valve is configured to control fluid flow rate from the first intermediate plenum chamber to the outlet plenum chamber.
US12006867B2
A system for determining the temperature of a supercritical fluid that involves determining the speed of sound in the supercritical fluid.
US12006864B2
An energy transfer machine includes a piston and cylinder. The piston can have a rocking motion as it enters and exits the cylinder, for example due to one being on a rotor and the other on a stator. The piston and cylinder form a primary chamber, and as they move relative to each other can form a seal separating the primary chamber into first and second sub-chambers which then unseals before the piston exits the cylinder. The first sub-chamber may reach a maximum geometric compression ratio, for example for the purpose of compression ignition, before the unsealing of the sub-chambers.
US12006863B1
A rotary internal combustion engine having a cover plate, and stator plate having a bore with teeth and a primary cog that is larger than the teeth. A main rotor having a partially-circular cut-out. A gear rotor is disposed within the cut-out, having teeth that engage the teeth of the stator ring. A base plate has inlet ports for receiving fuel, air, and spark, where an ignition of the fuel and air by the spark creates a high pressure zone that drives the main rotor and the gear rotor rotationally within the stator ring, and an outlet port for exhausting spent fuel and air.
US12006860B2
A turbocharger and method of controlling the same includes a turbine housing comprising an inlet and an outlet, turbine wheel coupled to a shaft. The turbine housing comprising a first scroll and a second scroll for fluidically coupling the inlet and the turbine wheel. The first scroll has a first end adjacent the inlet and a second end adjacent the turbine wheel. The second scroll has a third end adjacent the inlet and a fourth end adjacent the turbine wheel. An exhaust gas diverter valve is coupled to the turbine housing restricting flow into the first scroll or the second scroll.
US12006845B2
A vane arc segment includes an airfoil fairing that has first and second fairing platforms and an airfoil section therebetween. The airfoil section has a pressure side, a suction side, and an internal cavity. The first fairing platform defines suction and pressure side circumferential mate faces, forward and aft faces, a gaspath side, a non-gaspath side, and a flange that projects from the non-gaspath side. The flange extends along one of the suction or pressure side circumferential mate faces. There is a rib that has a rib section in the internal cavity that spans the pressure and suction sides and a rib extension section that extends from the rib section in the internal cavity and along the non-gaspath side of the first fairing platform. The rib extension intersects the flange to form a gusset for reinforcing the flange.
US12006829B1
A turbomachine includes a rotor shaft having an outer surface, a seal carrier forming an annulus about the rotor shaft, and a seal member. The seal carrier at least partially defines a pressure chamber. The turbomachine further includes a seal member support system including a flex body having a contact portion in contact with the seal carrier, and a flex portion extending from the contact portion towards the outer surface of the rotor shaft. The flex portion is coupled to the seal member and is configured to hold the seal member at a radial distance away from the outer surface of the rotor shaft when a pressure inside the pressure chamber is equal to or below a minimum pressure threshold value, and to flex and move the seal member towards the outer surface of the rotor when the pressure inside the pressure chamber exceeds the minimum pressure threshold value.
US12006828B2
A displacement pump is configured to allow for assembly while properly maintaining side clearances. The displacement pump (100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105) for sucking and discharging a fluid such as gasoline vapor by changing pressure in a space constituted by an outer peripheral surface of a rotor (1) and an inner wall surface of a casing (2), includes a side clearance adjusting member (4), rotating with respect to the pump main body (6), for moving a shaft (3) integrally formed with the rotor (1) in an axial direction of the shaft (3).
US12006824B2
A cutting assembly for a mining machine includes a mount configured to move about a first axis relative to a chassis of the mining machine and a ranging arm coupled to the mount. The ranging arm is moveable relative to the mount. The cutting assembly includes a cutting head having a housing coupled to the ranging arm. The housing is moveable relative to the ranging arm. The cutting head includes a drum supported for rotation relative to the housing about a rotational axis, a plurality of cutting bits coupled to the drum, and at least one motor supported by the housing to drive the drum about the rotational axis.
US12006814B2
A wellbore is plugged with a downhole completion assembly configured to permit logging and/or imaging in the wellbore past the completion assembly. The completion assembly includes an annular receptacle with an upper end that is open and a lower end that is closed. The receptacle is mounted inside of a plug that blocks flow around the receptacle while flow through the receptacle is prevented by the closed lower end. The lower end projects deeper into the wellbore past the plug. A space is formed inside the receptacle by its closed lower end and sidewalls, which is accessible by an imaging/logging tool deployed from above and inserted through the open upper end. Imaging or logging from within the receptacle increases how much of the formation around the wellbore that can be imaged/logged. Examples of imaging/logging include nuclear, electro-magnetic, acoustic and for sensing characteristics such as resistivity, density, and porosity.
US12006811B2
Systems and methods of documenting a geosteering process include obtaining measured subterranean formation information while drilling and generating a proposed modification to a well plan based on the obtained information. Information relating to the proposed modification to the well plan may be stored in a drilling control system, and the drilling control system may generate and output a data log including information relating to the proposed modification to the well plan and performance indicators on a stand by stand basis.
US12006810B2
There is provided a system for producing hydrocarbon material from a subterranean formation. The system includes a gas separator for separating gaseous material from reservoir fluid obtained from the subterranean formation. The system is configured to mitigate interference to the separation.
US12006809B2
Methods and compositions for enhancing the flow rate and heat transfer efficiency of wellbores and/or propped fractures for use in geothermal operations are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise: injecting an etching agent into an injection inlet of a first wellbore penetrating a first portion of a subterranean formation, wherein the injection inlet is disposed at a first location at or near a surface of the subterranean formation; injecting a working fluid having a first temperature into the injection inlet; allowing at least a portion of the working fluid to flow from the injection inlet to a production outlet of a second wellbore penetrating a second portion of the subterranean formation; and producing the portion of the working fluid out of the production outlet at a first rate and at a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature.
US12006806B2
A fracturing apparatus and a fracturing system are provided. The fracturing apparatus includes: a plunger pump configured to pressurize a fracturing fluid to form a high-pressure fracturing fluid; a turbine engine coupled to the plunger pump and configured to provide a driving force to the plunger pump; an auxiliary unit including a driving electric motor, the auxiliary unit being configured to provide the fracturing apparatus with at least one selected from the group consisting of start-up assist function, lubrication function, cooling function, and air supply function; and a power supply electrically coupled to the driving electric motor of the auxiliary unit to provide driving power.
US12006804B2
A method for mitigating gas override in an hydrocarbon reservoir by increasing sweep efficiency and consequently improving incremental oil recovery is provided with at least one injection well, at least one production well, and an hydrocarbon reservoir. The injection well and the production well are in fluid communication with the hydrocarbon reservoir. An injection blend produced by mixing a displacement fluid with an organic solvent is transferred into the hydrocarbon reservoir through the injection well. Preferably, the displacement fluid is supercritical carbon dioxide and the organic solvent is triethyl citrate. The higher density and the viscosity of the injection blend are vital in reducing gravity override and improving sweep efficiency. A resulting injection blend is extracted from the production well and the organic solvent is separated. Since the organic solvent can be reused, the method of mitigating gas override can be financially and operationally beneficial.
US12006792B2
A method for snubbing a wellhead hanger into a wellhead is provided. In one embodiment, a snubbing method includes snubbing a tubing hanger into a wellhead housing from a snubbing unit. Snubbing the tubing hanger into the wellhead housing can include lowering the tubing hanger into a bore of the wellhead housing under pressure and allowing fluid in the bore to pass along an exterior of the tubing hanger to balance fluid pressure above and below the tubing hanger as the tubing hanger is lowered. The tubing hanger can be positioned at a location in the bore of the wellhead housing, which can be elastically deformed to grip and secure the tubing hanger at the location in the bore. Additional methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.
US12006789B2
A float valve assembly is configured to be positioned within in a central bore of a tubular string disposed in a wellbore drilled into a subterranean zone. The float valve assembly includes a valve main body and a plunger, and the plunger is biased by a spring towards a closed position and is configured to open in response to a fluid pressure in a downhole direction. The surface of the plunger main body includes a plurality of substantially flat lateral faces forming a pyramid. A hydrophilic nano-coating comprising particles with sizes of between 1 and 100 nanometers is disposed on at least a portion of the surface of the plunger main body.
US12006785B2
The invention relates to a self-propelled valve actuator on a rail transport system for manifolds and Christmas trees. The valve actuator is moveable along a transport rail and may operate several valves. The valve actuator is driven by a gearwheel motor. The invention also relates to a rotatable valve head having diametrical slots with which the valve actuator may interact.
US12006783B2
A method of locating bore-lining tubing, such as a liner (120), in a drilled bore (106) comprises selecting a buoyant material, such as air (138), having a density lower than the density of an ambient fluid, such as well fluid (180, 182). The buoyant material (138) and an inner tubing (140) are located within the bore-lining tubing (120) with the inner tubing (140) extending from a distal end of the bore-lining tubing to a proximal end of the bore-lining tubing. The inner tubing (140) is sealed to the distal end of the bore-lining tubing (120) and to a portion of the bore-lining tubing (120) spaced from the distal end to define an inner annulus (152) between the inner tubing (140) and the bore-lining tubing (120). A volume of the buoyant material (138) is retained within the inner annulus (152). An assembly (168) comprising the inner tubing (140) and the bore-lining tubing (120) and containing the volume of buoyant material (138) is run into a drilled bore (106). Fluid (126a) may be flowed through the inner tubing (140) and into an outer annulus (124) surrounding the bore-lining tubing (120).
US12006782B2
A contingency adaptor for a wellhead side-outlet with a damaged valve removal plug profile. The adaptor includes a neck on one end which may be extended into the wellhead side-outlet for creating a fluid seal between the neck and an inner surface of the wellhead side-outlet. A flange at the one end is configured to receive a gasket for creating a separate fluid seal between the adaptor and an outer surface of the wellhead side-outlet. The adaptor includes a valve removal plug profile at an opposite end to accommodate installation of a valve removal plug. The adaptor also includes a test port for pressure testing the connection between the adaptor and the wellhead side-outlet in order to confirm the integrity of the fluid seal(s) formed there between.
US12006778B2
A non-rotating drill pipe protector comprising a collar for attachment to a drill pipe and a sleeve positioned around the collar wherein drilling fluid passing between flexible bearing surfaces between the collar and the sleeve generate hydrodynamic bearings in both an axial and thrust direction of the drill pipe.
US12006774B2
An earth boring tool includes a tool body and a cutting element secured to the tool body. The tool body has at least one surface defining a cutting element recess where the cutting element is secured within the cutting element recess by a braze material. The cutting element includes a generally cylindrical substrate having at least one outer surface defining a braze recess. The braze material is disposed at an interface between the cutting element and the cutting element recess, including within the braze recess of the generally cylindrical substrate. The tool body does not include a surface defining a feature on the tool body complementary to the braze recess in the generally cylindrical substrate.
US12006766B2
A battery-powered window treatment, such as a roller shade, may include a battery compartment that provides access to batteries while the window treatment is assembled and mounted to a structure. The battery compartment may be pivotally supported by a housing of the window treatment, and operable between opened and closed positions. The batteries may be concealed when the battery compartment is closed, and may be accessible when the battery compartment is open. The battery compartment may be operated opened and closed while a shade of the window treatment is at any position, such that removal of the batteries does not result in the loss of tracking information for the shade. The window treatment may include a fascia that is operably connected to the battery compartment, such that when the battery compartment is opened, the fascia does not obstruct access to the batteries, and does not interfere with the shade.
US12006762B2
A vacuum insulated glazing includes first and second spaced apart glass panes having perimeter portions defining a vacuum space between the glass panes. A vacuum valve is positioned at the perimeter portions of the glass panes and includes a valve body extending between the perimeter portions of the glass panes, and having first and second ends and a fluid conduit extending from the first end to the second end of the valve body and in fluid communication with the vacuum space. A one-way valve in the fluid conduit permits fluid flow from the vacuum space, and prevents fluid flow into the vacuum space. A suction fitting is provided for connecting the valve body to a suction device. An end seal between the perimeter portions of the glass panes is provided for hermetically sealing the vacuum space. A valve for a VIG and a method of making a VIG are also disclosed.
US12006756B2
An accessory includes: a façade plate presenting an opening; an accessory support mounted to tilt through the opening between a lowered position in which it extends below the façade plate, and a raised position in which a major portion thereof extends above the façade plate; and a locking system including a locking arm movable between a locking position in which a blocking portion of the locking arm bears against a blocking surface of the accessory support, and a release position in which the blocking portion is spaced apart from the blocking surface, and an actuator button, causing each locking arm to move, which actuator button is tiltable about a tilt axis extending parallel to the mean plane of the façade plate. Each locking arm pivots about a pivot axis perpendicular to the actuator button tilt axis, and a return mechanism continuously urges each locking arm into its locking position.
US12006751B2
A vehicle port door includes a housing and an interlocking linkage assembly. The interlocking linkage assembly is pivotably connected to the housing.
US12006750B2
A hinge device includes a first hinge body 10, a second hinge body 20 and a link mechanism 6. The link mechanism includes a moving link 30 having a rear end rotatably connected to the first hinge body and a front end rotatably connected to the second hinge body, a front connecting link 50 having a proximal end portion rotatably connected to a front end portion of the first hinge body and an intermediate portion rotatably connected to an intermediate portion of the moving link, and a supporting link having one end rotatably connected to a distal end of the front connecting link and the other end rotatably connected to the second hinge body. The front connecting link has a pair of resin spacers 57 interposed between the pair of side walls 11 of the first hinge body 10 and the pair of side walls 31 of the moving link.
US12006746B2
A gate latch assembly includes a first door mountable portion including a first body and carrying a pivotable latch bar that extends outward from a side of the first body, and a first handle part operatively connected to effect pivot of the latch bar when the first handle is rotated, a second door mountable portion including a second body and carrying a pivot bar, and a second handle part operatively connected to effect pivot of the pivot bar when the second handle is rotated. The gate latch assembly can be assembled in either a first configuration to permit rotation of the pivot bar away from its neutral position in only a first direction, or a second configuration to permit rotation of the pivot bar away from its neutral position in only a second direction that is opposite the first direction.
US12006744B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems for providing a locking apparatus for resisting movement of an openable element are described. The locking apparatus includes a body, an actuator, a lifting member, at least a portion of the lifting member being configured to be raised or lowered relative to the body according to an output of the actuator, the lifting member comprising a contact surface configured to restrict movement of the openable element, and a strap coupled to the body and to the lifting member, the strap configured to permit the lifting member to flex based at least in part upon contact between the lifting member and the openable element and to transfer energy received at the lifting member into the body of the locking apparatus into a surface to which the locking apparatus is mounted.
US12006741B2
A vehicle hood lever assembly has a latch mechanism, a latch lever and a striker structure. The latch mechanism has a latching member movable between a hood locking orientation and a hood unlocking orientation. The latch lever attaches to the latch mechanism at a location spaced apart from the latching member movable between a hood catching orientation and a hood release orientation. The striker structure has a main striker member and a secondary striker member. With the striker structure moving toward the latch mechanism, a surface of the secondary striker member contacts a portion of the latch lever moving the latch lever from the hood release orientation to the hood catching orientation. In response to continued movement of the striker structure toward the latch mechanism, the main striker member engages the latching member and is restrained against further movement with the latching member being moved into the hood locking orientation.
US12006723B2
An above-ground pool includes a pool bottom and a pool wall, together defining a water storage space. The pool bottom includes a lower bottom sheet connected to the pool wall and an upper bottom sheet, the upper and lower bottom sheets connected in a ring region and defining a sandwich region. A porous elastic material is disposed between the upper bottom sheet and the lower bottom sheet in the sandwich region. A water drainage device includes a water drainage valve and a water drainage pipe, and the water drainage valve penetrates through the pool bottom and connects to the water drainage pipe beneath the pool bottom. A vent hole through the lower bottom sheet, and located in a region where the pool bottom is lifted by the water drainage pipe, provides communication between the porous elastic material and an exterior of the pool.
US12006718B2
A portable shelter includes a frame structure with a plurality of pole structures. In some embodiments, a pole structure includes telescopically movable pole portions and a spring-biasing mechanism configured to bias one pole portion away from the other. In some embodiments, a center hub structure of the portable shelter includes a locking mechanism for engaging one of the pole portions to interfere with telescopic movement of the pole structure. In some embodiments, a pole structure includes a flexible portion attached to a first rigid portion, and a second rigid portion that is movable relative to the first rigid portion. The second rigid portion is pivotable or telescopically movable between a first position in which the second rigid portion overlaps the first rigid portion such that the flexible portion is free to flex, and a second position in which the second rigid portion overlaps and restrains the flexible portion.
US12006717B2
A portable canopy shelter assembly is provided. The portable canopy shelter assembly includes a canopy that is dimensioned and adapted to engage a center pole and a plurality of outer poles. Adjustable tension members are provided for structural support through engaging the outer poles and peripheral edges of the canopy in an open condition. Attachment points connect the peripheral edges and the outer poles through a sandwiched pin configuration. The poles are collapsible, and so the canopy can be folded and rolled up in a storage condition enveloping the poles and the adjustable tension members into a kit dimensioned and adapted to fit in a backpack.
US12006714B2
A support for installing a porch post comprises a body. The body includes a ground end and a post end opposite of the ground end. A base is disposed on the ground end of the body. Two or more sidewalls extend from the base toward the post end. One or more open cross-members extend between the two or more sidewalls. The ground end may include a ground surface comprising grippers or stanchions extending away from the ground surface for securing the support with the ground.
US12006713B2
Laminated wood tower including a plurality of curved modules attached to each other, where each curved module includes a plurality of layers, where each layer includes a plurality of laminated plies, and where a layer includes a first set of plies, where the first set of plies includes a plurality of plies arranged adjacent each other and where the wood grain is directed in a first direction, and a second set of plies, where the second set of plies includes one or more plies arranged adjacent each other and where the wood grain is directed in a second direction, where the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction. The advantage is that a self-supporting laminated wood tower can be obtained in an easy and cost-effective way.
US12006709B2
A binding machine includes a body part, a feeding unit configured to feed a wire, a first guide extending in a first direction from an end portion on one side of the body part, configured to guide the wire fed by the feeding unit, and having a first induction part provided on a tip end-side in the first direction, a second guide spaced from the first guide with an interval, in which a binding object is inserted, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and configured to guide the wire fed by the feeding unit, and a twisting unit configured to twist the wire. The first induction part is constituted by a surface inclined in a direction in which the interval between the first guide and the second guide decreases from a tip end-side toward a base end-side of the first induction part in the first direction.
US12006708B1
A concrete container has a barrel having an open top, a closed bottom, and a discharge conduit near the closed bottom extending away from the barrel, a hose connected to the discharge conduit, and a valve attached to the discharge conduit.
US12006705B2
A tile spacing device and accompanying system and method are disclosed for spacing multiple tiles. In one embodiment, a central body has four arms extending therefrom with a releasably frangible connection. Each of the four arms has a cellular sheet structure defined by multiple cells, including at least one hexagonal cell. The central body and the four arms provide a four-tile engagement configuration. By selectively breaking and removing an arm, a three-tile engagement configuration may also be provided.
US12006701B2
Building panels including a locking system for locking of a first edge portion to an adjacent second edge portion. The locking system includes a tongue and a tongue groove configured to cooperate for vertical locking. The tongue groove includes an upper and a lower lip protruding horizontally beyond the upper lip. In a locked state of the building panels an outer end portion of a lower vertical locking surface of the tongue is provided horizontally closer than an outer end portion of an upper vertical locking surface of the upper lip to a locking element provided on a strip extending beyond an upper portion of the first edge portion. Alternatively, or additionally, an inner end portion of a lower vertical locking surface of the lower lip is provided horizontally closer than an inner end portion of an upper vertical locking surface of the tongue to the locking element.
US12006696B2
A reinforcing restraint channel that is inserted in and clipped to a terracotta/ceramic panel, improves mechanical safety of the terracotta/ceramic facade in case of catastrophic failure such as severe breaking, cracking, or penetration that would normally result in large chunks of terracotta/ceramic falling off the façade, and posing a severe safety risk. Disengagement and falling of terracotta/ceramic chunks from the façade is minimized when the reinforcing restraint channel is inserted into core holes in the terracotta/ceramic panels forming the façade. A clip is also provided to secure the reinforcing restraint channel in place with the terracotta/ceramic panel.
US12006689B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for efficient control of a heating element. A sensor is configured to detect a state of water in proximity to a heating element. A switch device is configured to control a supply of power to the heating element. A hardware controller device is in communication with the sensor and the switch. The hardware controller device is configured to adjust the supply of power to the heating element using the switch device based on the state of water in proximity to the heating element.
US12006687B2
A device may include an anchor point operationally connected to a rebar, an E-clamp coupled to the anchor point, and a forcing handle configured to tighten the E-clamp to the rebar.
US12006683B2
The present disclosure relates generally to fiberglass panels, for example, suitable for acoustic ceiling surfaces. The present disclosure relates more particularly to an acoustic panel having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a perimeter edge. The acoustic panel includes a layered fiberglass panel body including a core fiberglass layer and a high density fiberglass layer secured to a lower face of the core fiberglass layer. The high density fiberglass layer has a higher density than the core fiberglass layer. The layered fiberglass panel body includes an outward projection at the perimeter edge of the acoustic panel that is formed by the high density fiberglass layer and a portion of the core fiberglass layer. A supporting perimeter frame extends around the outer edge of the core fiberglass layer, and the outward projection of the layered fiberglass panel body extends outward beneath the supporting perimeter frame.
US12006682B2
A bullet resistant wall system including ballistic paver blocks constructed, configured, and arranged to form a wall having at least two adjacent individual layers. The at least two adjacent individual layers include multiple adjacent rows of the ballistic paver blocks. The ballistic paver blocks are formed from wet ballistic concrete prepared without an addition of a preformed foam or wet ballistic concrete prepared without an addition of a stabilizing agent.
US12006680B2
An anchor channel of C-shaped cross-section for embedding in concrete, wherein a lip which adjoins the slot-like opening has been reinforced. In order to achieve high holding forces against withdrawal of a hammerhead element, a setting angle assumes a maximum value in a region that is located closer to the side wall than to the opening.
US12006678B2
A drain assembly is installed into the floor of a shower stall or in the floor of a room to allow water or fluids to be drained. The drain assembly is attached to a drain pipe to allow water to drain from the drain assembly. The drain assembly includes a base that receives a tray, wherein the tray is spaced apart from the base by way of at least one venting clip. The venting clip includes a venting channel configured to provide a fluid pathway that extends from a position adjacent to a central opening that is in fluid communication with the drain pipe to the ambient air about the drain assembly. The venting channel is configured to allow air to escape from the drain pipe to normalize the pressure between the drain pipe and the ambient air therewithin to prevent the backup of water within the drain.
US12006676B2
The invention relates to a drainage-body unit having at least one drainage-body element (10), at least one first shaft element (11) and at least one second shaft element (12), wherein a treatment element (13) is located in the first shaft element (1) between a fluid inlet (14), and a fluid outlet (15), a throttle element (16) is located in the second shaft element (12) between a fluid inlet (17) and a fluid outlet (18), and the shaft elements (11, 12) are or can be fluidically connected to one or more drainage-body elements (10).
US12006674B2
An exemplary method relates to retrofitting a toilet comprising a base portion having a recessed rear portion and a front portion including a first side surface and a second side surface opposite the first side surface. The method generally includes adhering a first end of a skirt to the first side surface, wrapping the skirt around the recessed rear portion such that the recessed rear portion is covered by the skirt, and adhering a second end of the skirt to the second side surface.
US12006673B2
An inverted plunger for unclogging pipes or toilets is described. The proposed inverted plunger does not have any openings filled with air, at the stretchable elastic bottom part, unlike all plungers described in the prior art. The proposed inverted plunger is equipped with the internal piston, that allows the pressure application to the narrower part of the stretchable bottom, leading to direct pressure from the stretched material to the liquid inside the pipe, avoiding the air-to-liquid pressure utilized in regular plungers. Using the electric motor in the proposed inverted plunger leads to the increased efficiency and to the easy use by the operator.
US12006653B2
An attachment of a work machine includes first and second attachment bodies connectable to each other quickly and easily. The first attachment body includes first side plates including first projecting portions formed with notches, and the second attachment body includes second side plates including second projecting portions and a fitting pin inserted through the second projecting portions. The interval between the first side plates is larger than the interval between the second side plates. The first and second attachment bodies are interconnected while the first projecting portions are disposed outside the second projecting portions, and the parts of the fitting pin protruding outward beyond the second projecting portions are fitted with the notches.
US12006650B2
A pile pouring structure includes a steel reinforcement cage, a limiting ring arranged on the outer side of the steel reinforcement cage, a plurality of PVC pipes arranged in the steel reinforcement cage, a cut-off layer arranged on the limiting ring, a two-dimensional code display board arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the steel reinforcement cage, the cut-off layer is annular. The two-dimensional code display board is provided with a two-dimensional code which is scanned to enter an information input interface. Information management is achieved in the pile construction process by scanning the two-dimensional code for inputting pile body strength information, thereby improving the work efficiency. The cut-off layer is used as an interface between a pile body and a pile head so that a part needing to be broken is rapidly positioned. The pile head at a part above the cut-off layer is broken so that the cut-off layer is capable of protecting a lower structure.
US12006649B1
The present invention provides a compacting shoe manufacture for attachment to the vibration system and assembly of a vibratory compacting machine, the compacting shoe including a contact plate with an arched contact surface sized and shaped to fit reasonably snugly around a portion of a pipe intended for underground installation, the compacting shoe also including at least two foot portions with a flat central section and first and second end sections provided at an angle relative thereto, the foot portions further including a durability sleeve preferably composed of an ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene material.
US12006637B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory, machine-readable media for extracting railway fasteners and adjusting railway anchors are disclosed. A tie plate manipulator may be slidably coupled with a frame assembly and may include tie plate tools in an opposing arrangement and slidably coupled with a support framework. A fastener extractor may include fastener-extracting arms and pivot joints pivotably coupling the fastener-extracting arms with a subassembly. The fastener extractor may be slidably coupled with the frame assembly so that at least part of the fastener extractor is disposed over the tie plate manipulator. The fastener extractor may be coupled with the tie plate manipulator at least in part with a cylinder system. Each fastener-extracting arm may be adjustable to selectively engage and extract a railway fastener. The tie plate manipulator may be operable to engage and adjust a tie plate on the railway tie with the pair of tie plate tools.
US12006631B2
A device and a method for producing a pulp web in which the first clothing and the second clothing are wrapped partly round the forming roll and another roll. The pulp web formed is guided between the forming roll and the other roll on the first clothing and the second clothing is guided separately from the first clothing, at least in one section. This enables the pulp web to be produced with low energy consumption and operating costs.
US12006621B2
A washing appliance having a removable service tray. The tray may include a cartridge removably received within a door of the appliance. A spring assembly may be positioned within the cartridge for assisting in opening the door. The cartridge and its components may be concealed from the view of a user at the front of the appliance.
US12006610B2
A laundry appliance includes a drum rotatably mounted within a cabinet and defining a chamber configured for receiving a load of clothes, a door pivotally mounted to the cabinet for providing selective access to the chamber, and a user interface for controlling operation of the laundry appliance. A controller is configured to initiate a self-clean cycle and to automatically commence a drying cycle at the conclusion of the self-clean cycle. The drying cycle is based on operation data associated with the drying cycle, such as a predetermined period of time to complete drying or based on a predetermined final humidity of air exhausted from the chamber during the drying cycle.
US12006604B2
Methods and apparatuses for producing a substrate are described. A method and apparatus for introducing a component into a fluid supply is also presented. A method can include providing a first fluid supply. The fluid supply can be configured as a foam in some embodiments. The method can also include providing a component feed system and a supply of the component. The method can include introducing the component to a fluid supply in an eductor in some aspects. A resultant slurry including a fluid supply and the component can be transferred through a headbox. The resultant slurry can be dewatered to provide a substrate including the component.
US12006600B2
A yarn made from a mixture of a grain and a first polymer by spinning is provides. The yarn includes a plurality of fibers. Each fiber has a surface layer and a core layer surrounded by the surface layer. The surface layer is made from the grain and the first polymer. The core layer is made from the first polymer. The grain includes a nano-powder mixture and a second polymer. A weight percentage of the nano-powder mixture in the grain is from 60% to 70%. The nano-powder mixture includes silicon dioxide, magnesium oxide and aluminum oxide. A weight ratio of silicon dioxide to magnesium oxide in the nano-powder mixture is from 2:1 to 1:2. A weight ratio of silicon dioxide to aluminum oxide in the nano-powder mixture is from 2:1 to 1:2.
US12006599B2
A woven fabric material including an array of machine direction yarns and cross-machine direction yarns. The array includes larger denier yarns arranged in an alternating pattern with smaller denier yarns in both the machine direction and the cross-machine direction. The array of machine direction yarns and cross-machine direction yarns is arranged to allow water to pass freely through the woven fabric material.
US12006598B2
Sheath-run artificial muscles (or SRAMs) are described in which the dimensional changes and/or modulus changes of a sheath on the surface of a twisted or coiled host yarn or fiber drives torsional and tensile actuation. The sheath-core artificial muscle includes a sheath on a coiled core yarn or fiber that has inserted twist, in which the sheath does not include a yarn, the coiled core yarn or fiber includes a core yarn or fiber, the sheath can change volume, modulus, or a combination thereof when actuated by an influence source to drive actuation, and the influence source is selected from a group consisting of absorption processes, desorption processes, changes in temperature, changes in external pressure, changes in a magnetic field, changes in an electric field, exposures to actinic radiation, electrochemical charge and discharge, chemical reactions, and combinations thereof. These sheath-run muscles can be used for diverse applications, such as robots, robotic devices, energy harvesters, muscles that enable electrical energy harvesting, comfort-adjusting textiles, comfort-adjusting clothing, bio-powered intelligent muscles that control the release of drugs, muscles for appropriate drug delivery, intelligent muscles that sense their environment and actuate in response, muscles for artificial limbs and orthotic gloves, muscles for haptic applications, muscles that can perform in extreme environments, and muscles for intelligent solar panel positioning.
US12006594B2
A quad-polymer composition includes monomers of (a) acrylonitrile, (a) vinylimidazole, (c) methyl acrylate and (d) either acrylic acid or itaconic acid. Such quad-polymer compositions may be used to form fibers (such as by melt spinning) that may then be annealed, stabilized, and/or carbonized to produce carbon fibers. The quad-polymer composition may be used for supercapacitors, lithium battery electrodes once carbonized, and as synthesized, it may be used for wound healing fibers, fabrics, coatings, and films, and anti-bacterial/anti-microbial fibers, fabrics, coatings and films. The carbon fibers formed from the quad-polymer composition may be used for the fiber composites for automobile, aerospace structures, marine structures, military equipment/parts, sporting goods, robotics, furniture, and electronic parts.
US12006593B2
A process comprising forming fibers having at least a first region and a second region wherein the first region comprises an ethylene/alpha olefin interpolymer composition characterized by: density in the range of 0.930 to 0.965 g/cm3; melt index (I2) in the range of from 10 to 60 g/10 minutes; molecular weight distribution in the range of from 1.5 to 2.6; tan delta at 1 radian/second of at least 45; a low temperature peak and a high temperature peak on an elution profile via improved comonomer composition distribution (ICCD) procedure; and full width at half maximum of the high temperature peak is less than 6.0° C. and stretching the fibers to an elongation of at least 20% thereby increasing curl of the fiber. The process may further include forming a non-woven from the fibers and the stretching of the fibers may occur before or after forming of the non-woven.
US12006591B2
The present disclosure generally relates to silicon carbide crystals which may be used in optical applications, and to methods for producing the same. In one form, a composition includes an aluminum doped silicon carbide crystal having residual nitrogen and boron impurities. The concentration of aluminum in the silicon carbide crystal is greater than the combined concentrations of nitrogen and boron in the silicon carbide crystal, and the silicon carbide crystal includes an optical absorption coefficient of less than about 0.4 cm−1 at a wavelength in a range between about 400 nm to about 800 nm.
US12006590B2
Provided is a device for manufacturing monocrystalline silicon and a cooling method thereof. The device includes a crystal puller and a cooling apparatus. A heating apparatus and a first thermal insulation structure are arranged in the crystal puller. The first thermal insulation structure is located above the heating apparatus. The cooling apparatus includes a jacking mechanism and a cooling pipe. The cooling pipe is capable of moving into or out of the crystal puller. When the cooling pipe enters the crystal puller, the cooling pipe is connected to the first thermal insulation structure, and the cooling pipe lifts the first thermal insulation structure through the jacking mechanism to increase a distance between the first thermal insulation structure and the heating apparatus, and a cooling medium is output to the cooling pipe to cool the crystal puller. The cooling medium may be liquid or gas.
US12006585B2
A method for depositing a chromium or chromium alloy layer on at least one substrate, the method comprising the steps (a) providing an aqueous deposition bath with a pH in the range from 4.1 to 6.9, the bath comprising trivalent chromium ions, formate ions, and optionally sulfate ions, (b) providing the at least one substrate and at least one anode, (c) immersing the at least one substrate in the aqueous deposition bath and applying an electrical current such that the chromium or chromium alloy layer is deposited on the substrate, the substrate being the cathode, wherein, if during or after step (c) the trivalent chromium ions have a concentration below a target concentration of trivalent chromium ions, then (d) adding dissolved trivalent chromium formate to the aqueous deposition bath such that trivalent chromium ions are present in a higher concentration than before step (d), with the proviso that solid trivalent chromium formate is dissolved in a separated partial volume taken from the aqueous deposition bath to obtain said dissolved trivalent chromium formate for step (d).
US12006574B2
Crystallization of perovskite films was performed in supercritical carbon dioxide with and without organic co-solvents. Post deposition crystallization of the films was performed in a binary, single phase supercritical fluid at constant conditions (45° C., 1200 psi) but with varying organic co-solvent volume fractions up to 2%. The co-solvents can provide selective interactions with one or both of the perovskite precursor compounds resulting in different film morphologies ranging from uniform films containing large grains to films exhibiting large cubic or hexagonal crystals or preferential crystallographic orientations. The use of supercritical fluids to enhance or tune crystallization in solid-state thin films could have broad applications toward the realization of high efficiency photovoltaic devices.
US12006573B2
A film layer curing apparatus includes: a support platform, configured to carry a substrate having a film layer on the substrate surface; and a light source component located above the support platform, the light source component including a light source array being arranged toward the support platform and covering the light outgoing surface of the entire film layer by projection of the light source array, the light source array including multiple point light sources evenly distributed on the light outgoing surface, light emitted by the light source array being able to uniformly irradiate the entire film layer so as to improve the thickness distribution uniformity of the film layer after curing.
US12006569B2
A method of forming a transition metal dichalcogenide layer on a substrate is provided. The method may include providing a transition metal oxide, a chalcogen source, a non-gaseous chalcogen scavenger, and a substrate, wherein the substrate is disposed downstream of the transition metal oxide and the chalcogen source, and wherein the non-gaseous chalcogen scavenger is disposed in proximity to the transition metal oxide; generating vapors of the transition metal oxide and vapors of the chalcogen source, wherein the non-gaseous chalcogen scavenger reacts preferentially with the vapors of the chalcogen source; disposing the vapors generated from the transition metal oxide and the chalcogen source on the substrate; and reacting the vapors of the transition metal oxide and the chalcogen source on the substrate to obtain the transition metal dichalcogenide layer on the substrate. In one embodiment, the transition metal oxide is molybdenum trioxide (MoO3), the chalcogen source is sulfur, the non-gaseous chalcogen scavenger is nickel and the transition metal dichalcogenide is molybdenum disulfide (MoS2). An arrangement for forming a transition metal dichalcogenide layer on a substrate is also provided.
US12006564B2
The present invention discloses a non-reactive PVD coating process for producing an aluminium-rich AlxTi1−xN-based thin film having an aluminium content of >75 at-% based on the total amount of aluminium and titanium in the thin film, a cubic crystal structure, and a columnar microstructure, wherein ceramic targets are used as a material source for the aluminium-rich AlxTi1−xN-based thin film.
US12006557B2
There is provided a steel material that is excellent in machinability, and that provides a high roller-pitting fatigue strength, a high high-cycle bending fatigue strength, and a high low-cycle bending fatigue strength when being subjected to induction hardening to be produced into an induction-hardened component. The steel material according to the present disclosure includes a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.40 to 0.70%, Si: 0.15 to 2.10%, Mn: 0.30 to 1.15%, Cr: 0.01 to less than 0.50%, S: 0.005 to 0.070%, N: 0.0020 to 0.0200%, Ti: 0.0080 to 0.2000%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0050%, Al: 0.005 to 0.100%, and P: less than 0.050%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1) to Formula (5) described herein, and has a ferrite area fraction of 40% or less and a martensite area fraction of 10% or less.
US12006554B2
Methods and compositions are provided for determining a subtype of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) of an individual by detecting the expression level of at least one classifier biomarker selected from a group of gene signatures for HNSCC. Also provided herein are methods and compositions for determining the response of an individual with a HNSCC subtype to a therapy such as immunotherapy.
US12006552B2
There is described herein a method of predicting recurrence free survival in a patient with meningioma comprising: (a) determining a tumor DNA methylation profile from a tumor sample from the patient, the tumor DNA methylation profile comprising the methylation status of at least 200 loci represented by the probes set forth in Table 9; and (b) calculating a risk of meningioma recurrence based on comparing the tumor DNA methylation profile and a reference methylation profile comprising the extent to which the methylation status of the at least 200 loci is associated with a risk of recurrence.
US12006548B2
Disclosed is a method for treating or inhibiting the development of severe sepsis in a subject based on measuring the level of a defensin alpha 4 (DEFA4) polynucleotide expression product.
US12006538B2
The invention relates to methods for determining the sequence of a genomic region of interest comprising a target nucleotide sequence comprising, fragmenting a crosslinked DNA, ligating the fragmented cross linked DNA, reversing the crosslinking and determining at least part of the sequences of ligated DNA fragments which comprise a target nucleotide sequence.
US12006531B2
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for rapid detection of microorganisms in a sample, without culturing for enrichment of the microorganism. A modified bacteriophage is also disclosed which comprises a non-native indicator gene in the late gene region. The indicator product is not a fusion protein. The specificity of infectious agents allows a specific microorganism to be targeted, and an indicator signal may be amplified to optimize assay sensitivity.
US12006512B2
A method efficiently produces cytotoxic T lymphocytes having intrinsic properties of lymphocytes of the acquired immune system suitable for cellular immunotherapy. The method includes culturing CD4/CD8 double-positive T cells in a medium containing IL-7 and a T-cell receptor activator, to induce CD8α+β+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes.
US12006507B2
An apparatus for electroporating cells with a cargo includes electrodes defining a path for a fluid including the cells and the cargo to flow, a power source coupled across the electrodes, and a control circuit. In some examples, the control circuit is configured to detect a decrease in an induced current due to an increase in a resistance between the electrodes, and control the power source to increase the induced current to maintain an electric field between the electrodes. A future value of the resistance between the electrodes may be predicted based on previous values of the resistance. In other examples, the control circuit is configured to detect parameters of the fluid flowing between the electrodes, and control the power source to generate or stop generating electrical pulses in response to detecting the parameters. Other example apparatuses, and methods of electroporating cells with a cargo is also disclosed.
US12006500B2
Compositions and methods for development of potent siRNA therapeutics for prevention and treatment of Corona Virus (2019-nCoV; COVID-19) infections are provided. The compositions include a pharmaceutical composition comprising siRNA cocktails that target critical viral genes and pharmaceutically acceptable polymeric nanoparticle carriers and liposomal nanoparticle carriers. Administration methods for prevention and treatment are provided, including airway instillation, subcutaneous injections and nebulizer aerosolization.
US12006496B2
The present disclosure relates to fluidic systems and devices for processing, extracting, or purifying one or more analytes. These systems and devices can be used for processing samples and extracting nucleic acids, for example by isotachophoresis. In particular, the systems and related methods can allow for extraction of nucleic acids, including non-crosslinked nucleic acids, from samples such as tissue or cells. The systems and devices can also be used for multiplex parallel sample processing.
US12006494B2
The invention relates to bar composition comprising minimum floor levels of C10 soap while minimizing ratio of unsaturated C18 soap to caprate. Such bars provide enhanced rapid, antibacterial activity. Disclosed is a soap bar composition comprising: a) 25 to 85%, preferably 35 to 75% by weight of C8 to C24 fatty acid soap comprising: (i) C10 soap at 8% or 15% or greater, more preferably 16 to 32% by weight of total bar composition; and, (ii) unsaturated C18 soap, wherein weight ratio of said unsaturated C18 soap to C10 (caprate) soap is 1.2 to 0.1. b) 1 to 45% organic and inorganic adjuvant materials by weight of the composition; and, c) 5 to 30%, preferably 13 to 28% water by weight of the composition, wherein excess of C10 soap to unsaturated C18 soap is at least 6%.
US12006493B2
A method of removing from a surface a solid sulfur-containing impurity composition comprising a sulfur-containing compound, the method comprising the step of dissolving sulfur-containing compound in the sulfur-containing impurity composition with a nitrile compound to form a treated sulfur-containing impurity composition comprising less than 99.5 wt % sulfur-containing compound, based on the total weight of the treated sulfur-containing impurity composition.
US12006492B2
A laundry scent additive having polyethylene glycol and perfume. The laundry scent additive enables consumers to control the amount of scent imparted to their laundry.
US12006486B2
A method of limiting the chemical degradation of hydrocarbonaceous liquids due to nitrogen dioxide contamination at elevated temperature comprises the addition thereto of an ionic liquid composed of a cation and a boron- and halogen-free, multi-functional aromatic anion, the ionic liquid serving to inhibit the nitration of hydrocarbonaceous liquid components that initiates degradation.
US12006485B2
The present invention provides a lubricating oil additive, including: a molybdenum compound (A) represented by the following general formula (1); and a sulfur-based composition (B) containing a sulfur-based compound (b-1) represented by the following general formula (2) and at least one kind of sulfur-based compound (b-2) represented by the following general formula (3) or (4), and a lubricating oil composition containing the additive. In the formula (1), R1 to R4 each represent alkyl groups having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, the groups being identical to or different from each other, and X1 to X4 each independently represent an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom. In the formula (2), R5 and R6 each represent alkyl groups having 3 to 24 carbon atoms, the groups being identical to or different from each other, and “a” and “b” each represent a number from 1 to 5. In the formulae (3) and (4), R7 to R10 each represent alkylene groups having 1 to 28 carbon atoms, the groups being identical to or different from each other, R11 and R12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and “c” and “d” each independently represent a number from 1 to 8, provided that at least one of R11 or R12 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms.
US12006482B2
A system for upgrading heavy hydrocarbon feeds, such as crude oil, include a hydrotreating unit, a hydrotreated effluent separation system, a solvent-assisted adsorption system, and a hydrocracking unit. Processes for upgrading heavy hydrocarbon feeds include hydrotreating the hydrocarbon feed to produce a hydrotreated effluent that includes asphaltenes, separating the hydrotreated effluent into a lesser boiling hydrotreated effluent and a greater boiling hydrotreated effluent comprising the asphaltenes, combining the greater boiling hydrotreated effluent with a light paraffin solvent to produce a combined stream, adsorbing the asphaltenes from the combined stream to produce an adsorption effluent, and hydrocracking the lesser boiling hydrotreated effluent and at least a portion of the adsorption effluent to produce a hydrocracked effluent with hydrocarbons boiling less than 180° C. The systems and processes increase the hydrocarbon conversion and yield of hydrocarbons boiling less than 180° C.
US12006481B1
A method may include producing a crude oil from a reservoir and contacting the crude oil with a demulsifying agent before the crude oil passes through a production choke valve to form a mixture of crude oil and demulsifying agent. The mixture of crude oil and demulsifying agent may be separated in one or more separators into a gas stream, an oil stream, and a water stream. The gas stream and oil stream may be combined to form an oil and gas mixture.
US12006480B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for processing liquefied waste polymers (LWP) containing diolefins. The LWP feed is supplied to steam stripper A to provide a distillate containing diolefins and naphtha, and a distillate bottom. The distillate is subjected to hydrotreatment B to produce a diolefin depleted distillate which is separated by distillation C to give rise to one or more fractions comprising at least a naphtha fraction, an optional middle fraction and a bottom fraction. Hydroprocessing D of the naphtha fraction gives rise to hydrogenated naphtha which is suitable as a feed for a steam cracker E. Since the distillation bottom, bottom fraction and the middle distillate are predominantly free from diolefins, they can be mixed with crude oil and processed further in oil refinery.
US12006471B2
The present invention discloses a novel process for the mineralization of CO2 in mafic and ultramafic rocks or storage of CO2 in geological formations through the generation and use of nano-sized CO2 bubbles injected into a fluid-mixture.
US12006470B2
The present invention relates to compositions for enhanced oil recovery, comprising: (A) internal ketones sulfonated alpha to the ketone group; and (B) unsulfonated internal ketones, with a molar ratio B/(A+B) greater than or equal to the limiting molar concentration of unsulfonated ketones from which a stabilization is observed in the reduction in mobility when the mixture of said ketones is injected into a porous medium.
US12006465B2
The present invention relates to a water-based subterranean treatment fluid, comprising: a) a continuous aqueous phase; b) an internal oil phase; c) from 0.1 to 15 g/100 ml, based on the total fluid volume, of an emulsifying composition comprising a first surfactant having a HLB from 10 to 20 and a second surfactant obtained by reacting a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic monocarboxylic acid, ethylene oxide and a hydroxyalkylamine. The invention further relates to a method for treating a subterranean formation comprising providing said water-based subterranean treatment fluid.
US12006464B2
A shaped abrasive agglomerate particle includes a shaped abrasive particle bonded in a siliceous matrix. The siliceous matrix comprises a reaction product of an alkali silicate and a hardener. The abrasive agglomerate particles are useful in abrasive articles. Methods of making the shaped abrasive agglomerate particle and abrading a workpiece are also described.
US12006463B2
The invention relates to novel anisotropic compounds of formula (I) as well as liquid crystalline mixtures, films and electro-optical devices comprising the compound.
US12006453B2
A user positioning apparatus is provided including a malleable pad including a first gel elastomer. The first gel elastomer is releasably connectable to the second gel elastomer, and an adhesive layer is connected to the second gel elastomer. Further provided is a user positioning method. The user positioning method includes providing a malleable pad including a first gel elastomer, providing a platform, connecting the malleable pad to the platform via the first gel elastomer, providing a user, and positioning a body part of the user on the malleable pad. Further provided are a releasable fastening system, a releasable band, and a method for connecting a user to a platform. Further provided is a user positioning device including a malleable pad including a gel elastomer, the gel elastomer including a reaction product of a composition including an isocyanate prepolymer and a polyether polyol.
US12006447B2
An epoxy conductive paste is disclosed, based on 100 parts by total mass, comprising the following raw material components: 30˜81 parts of conductive particles, 16˜30 parts of epoxy, 0.2˜3 parts of acrylic, 1˜15 parts of reactive diluent, 1˜15 parts of toughening agent, 0.4˜5 parts of silane coupling agent, and 0.4˜5 parts of cationic curing agent; wherein, the conductive particles include conductive particles with a three-dimensional dendritic microstructure. The conductive paste of the disclosure has the characteristics of good conductivity, short curing time, strong adhesion, and capability for long-term operation at room temperature.
US12006444B2
A resin formulation that may be used for additive manufacturing, for example, to provide a water-breakable object is generally described.
US12006437B2
A reactive dye of formula wherein M is hydrogen, an alkali metal or one equivalent of an alkaline earth metal, Z1 is vinyl, β-sulfatoethyl or the radical —NHCO—(CH2)3—SO2—CH2CH2Cl; R1 denotes H or sulfo; and R2 is H, methyl, methoxy or sulfo, n is the number 3; Y is vinyl or a radical —CH2—CH2-U and U is —Cl or —OSO3H, is suitable for dyeing and printing cellulosic or amide-group-containing fibre materials.
US12006436B2
The present invention is directed to a sulfur vulcanizable rubber formulation comprising 10 phr to 100 phr of at least one partially saturated elastomer comprising repeat units, wherein at most 10% of all repeat units of the elastomer comprise a double bond; 0 phr to 90 phr of at least one diene based elastomer; 40 phr to 200 phr of at least one filler; and 5 phr to 70 phr of at least one hydrogenated plasticizer. This sulfur vulcanizable rubber formulation has been found to be useful in manufacturing tires.
US12006423B2
Provided herein are methods of making blended polymer compositions having enhanced elasticity. The present methods comprise the steps of producing a first polymer composition using a VTP catalyst system, producing a second polymer composition using a HMP catalyst system and combining the first polymer composition and the second polymer composition to make the blended polymer composition. The present methods include blending/combining the polymer compositions produced by different catalyst systems. One such catalyst system includes (i) a vinyl-terminated polymer (VTP) catalyst system comprising a VTP catalyst compound (referred to herein also as a “VTP catalyst”) and one or more activators. Another catalyst system includes a high molecular-weight polymer (HMP) catalyst system comprising a HMP catalyst compound (referred to herein also as a “HMP catalyst”) and one or more activators. The activators of these different catalyst systems can be the same or different in whole or in part.
US12006408B2
A metal-carbon fiber reinforced plastic composite comprising a metal member of a ferrous material or ferrous alloy, a resin layer provided on at least one surface of the metal member and including a thermoplastic resin, and carbon fiber reinforced plastic provided on a surface of the resin layer and including a carbon fiber material and a matrix resin having thermoplasticity, a glass transition point Tg1 or melting point Tm1 of the resin layer being higher than a glass transition point Tg2 or melting point Tm2 of the carbon fiber reinforced plastic, in which metal-carbon fiber reinforced plastic composite, an AC impedance at a frequency 1 Hz when immersing the metal-carbon fiber reinforced plastic composite in an aqueous solution containing sodium chloride in 5 mass % is 1×107Ω or more.
US12006390B2
The present invention relates to a latex composition for dip molding, and such latex composition includes: a carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer latex; and a reactive compound having three or more branched chains and a reactive group at a terminal of each of the branched chains, wherein the reactive group is one or more selected from the group consisting of an amine group, a hydroxy group, an epoxy group, a glycidyl group, and an isocyanate group.
US12006377B2
A starch separation system for an ethanol plant includes a dry fractionization system, a fiber blender, a refiner, a fiber liquefaction tank and a fiber wash system. A starch separation method includes the steps of providing a dry fractionization system receiving corn from the ethanol plant and fractionating the corn into corn oil, corn fiber, corn grits, corn, endosperm flour and germ cake. The corn components are converted to sugar and the sugar is converted to ethanol. A converted fiber stream is input to the fiber wash system for producing fiber wash water for input to the ethanol plant.
US12006360B2
The invention provides dual specific antibodies capable of binding interleukin 4 (IL4) and interleukin 5 (IL5) and methods of making and using such antibodies. In general, the dual specific antibodies capable of binding IL4 and IL5 are generated by identification of a monospecific antibody having light chain variable region VL residues that are electrostatic or hydrophobic and altering the nucleic acid sequence encoding one or more solvent accessible residues in the VH of the antibody either alone or in combination with alteration of the nucleic acid sequence encoding the VL of the antibody. The altered VH and the VL are expressed and dual specific antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, are selected.
US12006358B2
The present invention is directed to providing a monoclonal antibody having high selectivity and affinity for AGEs, particularly, AGEs derived from glyceraldehyde or AGEs derived from glycolaldehyde, and an analysis method utilizing the same. Another object of the present invention is to provide methods for diagnosing, treating and preventing a disease using the monoclonal antibody.
US12006353B2
An application of SCFV protein in preparation of a CAR gene expression vector is disclosed. The protein sequence of the SCFV protein is shown in SEQ ID No. 1. The 1st˜21st amino acids are the extracellular signal peptide amino acid sequences. The 22nd˜31st amino acids are Flag amino acid sequences. And the remaining sequences are CXCR4 scfv sequences. An application of the gene sequence encoding the SCFV protein in preparation of a CAR gene expression vector is disclosed, and the gene sequence is shown in SEQ ID No.2. A CAR gene expression vector and a CAR-T cell are disclosed. The expression vector is plent-EF1a-Flag-CXCR4 CAR, and CAR-T cells are used in the preparation of a drug for a targeted therapy of tumor cells with high expression of CXCR4.
US12006350B2
One aspect of the present invention is directed to triblock peptides comprising a lipid moiety, a peptide block and a zwitterion-like block. Another aspect of the invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the triblock peptides of the present in invention arranged in micelles in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In certain embodiments, the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention are vaccine compositions, which may further comprise an adjuvant. Another aspect of the invention is directed to methods of using the triblock peptides and compositions of the invention to treat a disease or condition.
US12006347B2
Novel human interleukin-2 (IL-2) muteins or variants thereof, and nucleic acid molecules and variants thereof are provided. Methods for producing these muteins as well as methods for stimulating the immune system of an animal are also disclosed. In addition, the invention provides recombinant expression vectors comprising the nucleic acid molecules of this invention and host cells into which expression vectors have been introduced. Pharmaceutical compositions are included comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a human IL-2 mutein of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The IL-2 muteins can be used in pharmaceutical compositions for use in treatment of cancer and in stimulating the immune response.
US12006322B2
Described herein are tricyclic PARP1 inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said inhibitors. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of cancer and are of Formula (Ip):
US12006316B2
The invention relates to 9H-pyrrolo-dipyridine derivatives of formula I, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as radiopharmaceuticals in particular as imaging agents for the detection of Tau aggregates.
US12006315B2
The present invention provides an intermediate for synthesizing a TGF-β inhibitor represented by Chemical Formula 1 and an improved method for preparing the TGF-β inhibitor represented by Chemical Formula 1 using the same. The preparation method according to the present invention can not only allow inexpensive and safe reagents to be used, but also simplify the synthesis steps and purification methods to improve the reaction yield, thereby maximizing the production efficiency of the TGF-β inhibitor represented by Chemical Formula 1 to be used usefully for mass production.
US12006314B2
The disclosure relates to anti-cancer compounds derived from nuclear steroid receptor binders, such as a compound of Formula I: or a tautomer, stereoisomer, mixture of stereoisomers, hydrate, solvate, isotopically enriched analog, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to products containing the same, as well as to methods of their use and preparation.
US12006312B2
Disclosed is a benzazole derivative having a heteroaryl group, wherein the benzazole derivative having the heteroaryl group is represented by Chemical Formula 1. Also disclosed is an organic electroluminescence device including an organic layer containing the benzazole derivative having the heteroaryl group: wherein, each of Z1, X1, X2, X3, Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, m1, m2 and q is the same as defined in the specification.
US12006299B2
The invention relates to a process for producing ethylene carbonate and/or ethylene glycol, which comprises the following steps: a) supplying an overhead absorber stream withdrawn from an absorber to a vapor-liquid separator to yield an aqueous bottoms stream and a recycle gas stream; b) supplying an aqueous process stream comprising one or more impurities to a distillation apparatus to yield an overhead impurities stream and a purified aqueous process stream, wherein the aqueous process stream supplied to the distillation apparatus comprises at least a portion of the aqueous bottoms stream withdrawn from the vapor-liquid separator, wherein the overhead impurities stream is supplied to a condenser and is cooled to a temperature in the range of from 5 to 95° C., wherein the cooled overhead impurities stream is split into a reflux stream which is recycled to the distillation apparatus and an overhead impurities stream; and further steps c) and d).
US12006294B2
The invention provides methods for producing analgesia in an animal comprising administering to the animal a compound of the formula Ia′, Ib′, Ic′, and Id′: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the variables A, R6, R7, R8, R9, Rx, L, X, Y, and Z have the meaning as described herein.
US12006293B1
Diselenide organo compounds, their synthesis, and their use as deubiquitination signaling pathway modulators and anti-cancer agents.
US12006286B2
The present invention relates to a method for transesterification of carboxylic acid esters by heterogeneous catalysis using a catalyst that is obtainable by calcination of surface-reacted calcium carbonate. The invention further relates to the use of said method in the production of fuel or fuel components, such as biodiesel. Further aspects of the present invention relate to the transesterified ester obtainable by the inventive method and to its use as fuel or as fuel component. Still another aspect of the present invention relates to a corresponding transesterification catalyst and to its use in transesterification reactions.
US12006282B2
The present invention relates to a continuous two-phase hydroformylation process for the production of aldehydes from olefins by means of carbon monoxide, hydrogen and a transition metal catalyst in a reaction zone, the transition metal being in the form of a water-soluble catalyst complex, wherein the process comprising the following steps once or several times: a) hydroformylating by reacting the olefins, carbon monoxide and hydrogen over a water-soluble transition metal catalyst comprising water-soluble organophosphorus ligands in the reaction zone; b) reducing the concentration of the olefins in the reaction zone by reducing the olefin feed to the reaction zone and withdrawing at least a portion of the catalyst solution from the reaction system, wherein the catalyst solution withdrawal and olefin concentration reduction substeps may occur in this or reverse order, simultaneously or sequentially; c) feeding a solvent, a transition metal source and water-soluble organophosphorus ligands to the reaction system, wherein the feeding of the components may occur simultaneously or in any order sequentially; d) increasing the concentration of the olefins in the reaction zone by increasing the olefin feed to the reaction zone and hydroformylating by reacting the olefins with carbon monoxide and hydrogen.
US12006280B2
A process for producing methanol includes the following steps (a) reacting, via a catalytic partial oxidation (CPO) reaction, a CPO reactant mixture (hydrocarbon, oxygen, and optionally steam) in a CPO reactor to produce syngas including H2, CO, CO2, H2O, and unreacted hydrocarbons; and wherein the CPO reactor includes a CPO catalyst; (b) introducing the syngas to a methanol reactor to produce a methanol reactor effluent stream (methanol, water, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and hydrocarbons); and (c) separating the methanol reactor effluent stream into a crude methanol stream, a hydrogen stream, a CO2 stream, and a purge gas stream. The crude methanol stream comprises includes methanol and water; wherein the purge gas stream includes carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons; and the CO2 stream includes at least a portion of the CO2 of the methanol reactor effluent stream; and (d) recycling at least a portion of the CO2 stream to the CPO reactor.
US12006276B2
A dibromobenzyl derivative with a structure shown as formula I, a stereoisomer or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a preparation method and an application of the dibromobenzyl derivative are provided. The dibromobenzyl derivative or the stereoisomer thereof is superior in in-vivo pharmacokinetic stability and drug efficacy, and capable of being used for preparing respiratory drugs, in particular the apophlegmatic drugs.
US12006274B2
A method hydrofluorinates an olefin of the formula: RCX=CYZ to produce a hydrofluoroalkane of formula RCXFCHYZ or RCXHCFYZ, where X, Y, and Z are independently the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of H, F, Cl, Br, and C1-C6 alkyl which is partially or fully substituted with chloro or fluoro or bromo; and R is a C1-C6 alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted with chloro or fluoro or bromo. The method includes reacting the olefin with HF in the vapor phase, in the presence of SbF5, at a temperature ranging from about −30° C. to about 65° C. and compositions formed by the process.
US12006256B2
Glass compositions suitable for fiber forming having rare earth oxides (RE2O3) and glass fibers having a high modulus are disclosed. The glass composition may include SiO2 from about 44.5 to about 64 weight percent, Al2O3 from about 12 to about 32 weight percent, CaO from about 0.1 to about 15.5 weight percent, MgO from about 5 to about 22 weight percent, Fe2O3 less than 1 weight percent, TiO2 less than 2 weight percent, Na2O less than 3 weight percent, Y2O3 up to 12 weight percent, CeO2 up to 6 weight percent, ZnO up to 4 weight percent, and B2O3 less than 4.5 weight percent. The glass compositions can be used to form glass fibers and incorporated into various composites.
US12006246B2
A method of producing soot, including: combusting a first fuel stream and a first oxidizer at a burner face; combusting a second fuel stream and a second oxidizer at the burner face, wherein the second fuel stream and the second oxidizer are premixed in advance of the burner face and a second equivalence ratio of the second fuel stream and the second oxidizer is less than about 1; and combusting a silicon-containing fuel into a plurality of soot particles, wherein the second fuel stream and the second oxidizer are combusted between the first fuel stream and the silicon-containing fuel. Applying this method of producing soot to deposit a preform suitable for the manufacture of optical fibers.
US12006245B2
A method for processing a transparent workpiece that includes directing a laser beam output by a beam source onto a phase-adjustment device such that the laser beam downstream the phase-adjustment device is an Airy beam and directing the Airy beam onto a surface of the transparent workpiece. The Airy beam forms an Airy beam focal region in the transparent workpiece, the Airy beam of the Airy beam focal region having a maximum intensity of 100 TW/cm2 or less, the Airy beam of the Airy beam focal region induces absorption in the transparent workpiece, the induced absorption producing a curved defect in the transparent workpiece.
US12006244B2
Methods for producing articles from a glass tube include securing a working end of the glass tube in a glass tube holder of a converter having a plurality of processing stations including a heating station and a forming station. An initial length of the glass tube includes a plurality of serial segments, each of the plurality of serial segments corresponding to one article and having an article number. The methods include heating the working end of the glass tube in the heating station, adjusting an amount of heating of the glass tube in the heating station based on the article number at the working end of the glass tube, and forming a feature of the article in the forming station. Adjusting the amount of heating based on the article number reduces variation in tube temperature, article dimensions, or both, from one article number to the next article number.
US12006242B2
A large sized opaque quartz glass ingot having an excellent heat ray shielding property, an outstanding light blocking property, high mechanical strength and small roughness of a baked finished smooth surface. The shape of bubbles inside the quartz glass are almost complete spheres and the average particle size of the bubbles is 1 μm or less, such that the strength of the opaque quartz glass ingot is increased as the stress concentration at the edges of the bubbles is eliminated and an increase of surface roughness caused by baking is alleviated.
US12006235B2
A monitored inline hard water processing assembly for conditioning hard water includes a cannister, which is cathodic, a disc, and a rod, which is anodic. The disc is removably couplable to a top of the cannister. The disc has a pair of channels positioned therethrough, each of which is in fluidic communication with an interior space defined by the cannister. The rod is removably couplable to the disc so that the rod is electrically insulated from the disc and extends into the interior space. A monitoring unit, which is electrically coupled to the cannister and the rod, is operationally couplable to a source of electrical current to provide a flow of direct current through the rod, the cannister, and water flowing therethrough. The monitoring unit comprises an indicator, which can indicate at least two resistance states of the rod.
US12006232B2
A water processing system is provided for processing or conditioning water to be distributed to a downstream function or system. The system includes a water processor with a conditioning element disposed inside a housing between an inlet and outlet of the housing. The conditioning element includes a series of plates having apertures with sharp edges to direct the flow of water and facilitate splitting of small gas bubbles into even smaller nano-bubbles. The plates may have different configurations of apertures. Optionally, a mixer injector introduces a gas, in the form of gas bubbles, into the water flow upstream of the water processor. The injector introduces additional gas volume in the form of relatively large bubbles, which are subsequently split into smaller bubbles (including nano-bubbles) in the water processor.
US12006222B2
A method for the manufacture of microwave-reduced graphene oxide (MW-rGO) including: the provision of graphene oxide (GO), the reduction of GO into reduced graphene oxide (rGO) using a reducing agent and the reduction of rGO into MW-rGO by microwaving under air atmosphere in presence of a catalyst.
US12006220B2
Embodiments described herein relate generally to the large scale production of functionalized graphene. In some embodiments, a method for producing functionalized graphene includes combining a crystalline graphite with a first electrolyte solution that includes at least one of a metal hydroxide salt, an oxidizer, and a surfactant. The crystalline graphite is then milled in the presence of the first electrolyte solution for a first time period to produce a thinned intermediate material. The thinned intermediate material is combined with a second electrolyte solution that includes a strong oxidizer and at least one of a metal hydroxide salt, a weak oxidizer, and a surfactant. The thinned intermediate material is then milled in the presence of the second electrolyte solution for a second time period to produce functionalized graphene.
US12006217B2
Processes for the production of microporous carbon material, for use in electrodes of supercapacitors and secondary batteries, in which particulate metal carbide material is fluidized with a halogen gas at a high temperature in a fluidized bed reactor, the halogen gas is desorbed at a lower temperature of 150° C. to at most 250° C. under vacuum, and then the material is passivated using hydrogen gas and then milled.
US12006215B2
A method of purification of carbonizate resulting from the thermal recycling process of rubber waste consists in that the carbonizate is mixed with sodium bicarbonate, then deionized water having increased temperature and strong mineral acid and/or mixture of mineral acids are introduced into the obtained mixture, and next the whole is stirred at increased temperature, and filtered at decreased pressure while washing with deionized water having increased temperature, the filtrate is discarded, the solution of a strong base is introduced into the solid residue, and the whole is stirred at increased temperature, then the obtained suspension is filtered at decreased pressure, and washed with deionized water having increased temperature, and next the filtrate is discarded, and the solid residue is dried.
US12006204B2
A hydrogen refilling station for filling tanks of fuel cell electric vehicles includes a liquid hydrogen tank that feeds liquid hydrogen to an upstream end of a filling circuit that also includes a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger exchanges heat between the liquid hydrogen and heat transfer fluid flows to thereby cool the heat transfer fluid and vaporize the liquid hydrogen to provide a supply of high pressure hydrogen gas for filling hydrogen-fueled vehicle tanks at a downstream end of the circuit. Because the liquid hydrogen is surrounded by the heat transfer fluid inside the heat exchanger, little if any fogging occurs.
US12006203B2
A system detects a fuel dispensing operation that indicates fuel is being dispensed from the fuel dispensing terminal. The system determines an identifier value associated with a volume of fuel dispensed from the fuel dispensing terminal. The system determines a measured volume per unit time parameter associated with the fuel dispensed from the fuel dispensing terminal by dividing the determined identifier value by a unit parameter. The system compares the measured volume per unit time parameter with a threshold volume per unit time parameter. In response to determining that the measured volume per unit time parameter is less than the threshold volume per unit time parameter, the system communicates an electronic signal to the fuel dispensing terminal that instructs the fuel dispensing terminal to stop dispensing fuel.
US12006202B1
Containers are provided and include a container body having an opening extending into a hollow interior, and a cap extending across the opening. The cap has an inlet port with an inlet valve configured to couple to a fluid source such that fluid can be delivered through the inlet valve to pressurized the hollow interior of the container body. The cap also has an outlet port with an outlet valve having a cracking pressure at which the outlet valve is configured to move from a closed configuration to an open configuration to dispense fluid from the hollow interior, and a closing pressure at which the outlet valve is configured to move from the open configuration to the closed configuration to prevent fluid from passing therethrough. The cracking pressure is greater than the closing pressure.
US12006196B2
A handling robot used in a field of warehouse logistics comprises a mobile chassis, and a storage shelf. The storage shelf is mounted to the mobile chassis and comprises a plurality of layered plate components distributed at different heights. The handling robot further comprises a handling device configured to transport a material to a layered plate of the plurality of layered plate components, and a lift component configured to drive the handling device to lift relative to the storage shelf.
US12006194B2
A lift device includes a chassis, a platform configured to support a user, a lift assembly coupling the platform to the chassis, an actuator configured to at least one of (a) move the platform relative to the chassis or (b) propel the chassis, a sensor assembly, and a controller. The sensor assembly includes a bar including a first end portion coupled to the platform and a second end portion opposite the first end portion and a housing defining an aperture sized to receive the second end portion of the bar. The sensor provides a signal in response to at least one of (a) the second end portion of the bar contacting the sensor or (b) the second end portion of the bar exiting the aperture. The controller is operatively coupled to the sensor and the actuator and configured to control the actuator based on the signal from the sensor.
US12006193B2
Provided is a work machine capable of effectively discharging air from a hydraulic circuit of a winch unit capable of applying braking to a winch drum by receiving a working oil. The work machine includes: a winch unit having a winch drum, a winch motor, a cylinder portion and a clutch portion; a hydraulic sources; a braking operating unit; a brake valve; a connecting portion; and a throttle portion. The throttle portion includes an opening having an opening diameter that is set so as to hold a pressure in a positive oil chamber for generating a brake force applied to the winch drum and to discharge a working oil from the positive oil chamber.
US12006180B2
An apparatus and method for splitting a high filament count carbon fiber tow into a set of tows with reduced filament counts. The apparatus is comprised of an electrolyte bath assembly and a splitting assembly comprised of at least one blade. The preferred embodiment of the blades being Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The splitting assembly being positioned within the electrolyte bath or adjacent to the exit of the electrolyte bath.
US12006176B2
To minimize the cost of a fiber web due to the web, particularly a board web, being manufactured overly thick to compensate for loss of caliper in the reel-up, the web is made thicker just for the inner layers of what will become a parent roll. The caliper of the web is measured as or after it is unwound. A caliper curve of the parent roll as a function of the diameter of the parent roll is calculated as a function of the diameter of the parent roll and/or the customer roll. The fiber web is adjusted by changing running parameters of the production line: web speed i.e. production speed, headbox-flow, head-box consistency, coating weight of the coating paste or calender nip load.
US12006171B1
A load lifting system and method allows for safely and securely maneuvering a piece of furniture or other load, regardless of the orientation of the furniture or load relative to the ground. The load lifting system generally includes one or more load lifting devices, each load lifting device including a support structure for engaging the piece of furniture and a retention strap affixed to the support structure and having a releasable buckle or other fastener for securing the support structure to the piece of furniture or load. The support structure may be preformed into a box like shape defining a pocket for receipt of the piece of furniture. A plurality of handles are provided on the support structure and may include differently-oriented handles facilitating manual maneuvering and rotating of the load during lifting and transportation.
US12006165B2
According to one embodiment, a suction gripping device includes a pad mechanism mounted to a base. The pad mechanism includes a sliding part and a first guide. The sliding part includes a suction pad and a pipe and is slidable in a first direction with respect to the base. The suction pad attaches to a workpiece and is connected to the pipe at one end of the pipe. The first guide guides a sliding direction of the pipe to be in the first direction. The first guide is fixed with respect to the base. An attachment surface of the suction pad contacts a first surface of a workpiece and is tiltable due to a weight of the sliding part when gripping the workpiece. The first surface crosses a sliding direction of the sliding part.
US12006163B2
A gripper truck assembly for moving a workpiece with respect to a machining station includes a gripper truck, a gripper arm extending from a proximal end connected to the gripper truck to an opposite distal end, a gripper including at least one jaw moveable between a closed position for gripping the workpiece and an open position for releasing the workpiece. The gripper is connected to the distal end of the gripper arm by a joint configured to permit a rotation of the gripper, a hydraulic gripper actuator accommodated in the gripper arm and operatively connected to the gripper for actuating the at least one jaw of the gripper between the open position and the closed position, a gripper rotation actuator for actuating the rotation of the gripper with respect to the gripper arm about the gripper rotation axis.
US12006148B2
A stacking storage arrangement having multiple container receiving spaces that are arranged in multiple rows and columns, wherein a loading space in which at least one loading vehicle can be moved is arranged beneath the container receiving spaces. The operation of a stacking storage arrangement of this type is configured to be economical. For this purpose, it is provided that, at least outside of the loading space, the loading vehicle can be moved in a direction which forms any desired angle with a direction that runs parallel to the rows.
US12006147B2
A block storage arrangement that includes a plurality of container stacking spaces, a loading space arranged below the container stacking spaces, and at least one loading vehicle which is movable in the loading space and has a lifting arrangement, with which containers can be loaded from below into a container stacking space and can be removed from below from the container stacking space. It would be desirable to enable a high productivity of the block storage arrangement. For this purpose, the lifting arrangement includes at least two lifting units that can be actuated independently of one another.
