US12040024B2
A flash memory and an erase method thereof are provided. The flash memory includes at least a memory array and a memory control circuit. The memory control circuit biases plural word lines, a common source line and a global bit line included in the memory array to erase plural memory cells in the flash memory. The method comprises grouping the plural word lines into plural word line groups according to erase depths corresponding to each word line; generating an erase voltage and plural multiple-step word line erase voltages; applying the erase voltage from at least one of the common source line and the global bit line; and during a period when the erase voltage is applied, the plural multiple-step word line erase voltages is respectively applied to the plural word line groups, wherein the plural multiple-step word line erase voltages is one-by-one corresponding to the plural word line groups.
US12040020B2
Disclosed is a memory device which includes a history table and communicates with a storage controller. A method of operating the memory device includes receiving a first request indicating a first core operation of a first memory block from the storage controller, determining whether history data of the first memory block have a first value or a second value, with reference to the history table, in response to the first request, when it is determined that the history data of the first memory block have the first value, performing the first core operation corresponding to a first type on the first memory block, and after performing the first core operation corresponding to the first type on the first memory block, updating the history data of the first memory block in the history table from the first value to the second value.
US12040012B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes: first and second memory groups including a plurality of first and second memory cells, respectively; a first buffer circuit configured to receive a plurality of first data bits from the first memory group; a second buffer circuit configured to receive a plurality of second data bits from the second memory group; a first error correction circuit configured to correct at least one of the plurality of first data bits; and a second error correction circuit configured to correct at least one of the plurality of second data bits. The first error correction circuit is arranged between the first and second buffer groups of the first buffer circuit in physical layout. The second error correction circuit is arranged between the third and fourth buffer groups of the second buffer circuit in physical layout.
US12040011B2
A memory device that includes a memory array and a pre-charge selecting circuit is introduced. The memory array includes a plurality of memory cells that are coupled to a plurality of bit lines and a plurality of word lines, wherein the plurality of word lines are configured to receive an input vector. The pre-charge selecting circuit is configured to selectively pre-charge a selected bit line according to a value of the input vector. The pre-charge selecting circuit is configured to determine whether the value of the input vector is less than a predefined threshold, and generate a gated pre-charge signal to skip pre-charging the selected bit line in response to determining that the value of the input vector is less than the predefined threshold.
US12040009B2
A sense amplifier and a semiconductor device which are less likely to be influenced by a variation in transistor characteristics and their operation methods are provided. An amplifier circuit in a sense amplifier includes a first circuit and a second circuit, each including an inverter, a first transistor, a second transistor, and a capacitor. A first terminal and a second terminal of the capacitor are electrically connected to a first bit line and an input terminal of the inverter, respectively. The first transistor and the second transistor function as a switch that switches conduction and non-conduction between the input terminal and an output terminal of the inverter, and a switch that switches conduction and non-conduction between the output terminal of the inverter and the second bit line, respectively. The first circuit and the second circuit are initialized by a potential obtained when conduction is established between the input terminal and the output terminal of the inverter.
US12040008B2
A memory device including a memory bank array which includes a first edge memory block, a second edge memory block, and a plurality of memory blocks placed between the first edge memory block and the second edge memory block; a plurality of sense amplifiers between the plurality of memory blocks, and that connect a first bit line of a memory block on one side of each of the plurality of sense amplifiers and a first complementary bit line of a memory block on an other side of each of the plurality of sense amplifiers; a first edge sense amplifier connected to a second bit line and a second complementary bit line of the first edge memory block; and a second edge sense amplifier connected to a third bit line and a third complementary bit line of the second edge memory block.
US12040004B2
A standard potential used for reading is set flexibly according to the state of a storage device. A data memory cell group stores data. A reference memory cell group stores a plurality of reference potentials. A standard potential generating section selects a prescribed number of reference potentials from among the plurality of reference potentials stored in the reference memory cell group and generates the standard potential. A reference potential selection control section controls the selection by the standard potential generating section according to prescribed conditions. A sense amplifier amplifies data read out from the data memory cell group, by using the standard potential as a standard.
US12039999B2
A method and apparatus for detecting a valid voice signal and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium are provided. A first audio signal including at least one audio frame signal is obtained. Multiple wavelet decomposition signals respectively corresponding to the at least one audio frame signal are obtained. A wavelet signal sequence is obtained by combining the multiple wavelet decomposition signals. A maximum value and a minimum value among audio intensity values of all sample points are obtained, and a first audio intensity threshold is determined according to the maximum value and the minimum value. Sample points each having an audio intensity value greater than the first audio intensity threshold in the wavelet signal sequence are obtained, and a signal of sample points in the first audio signal corresponding to the sample points each having an audio intensity value greater than the first audio intensity threshold is determined as the valid voice signal.
US12039998B1
An acoustic event detection system may employ self-supervised federated learning to update encoder and/or classifier machine learning models. In an example operation, an encoder may be pre-trained to extract audio feature data from an audio signal. A decoder may be pre-trained to predict a subsequent portion of audio data (e.g., a subsequent frame of audio data represented by log filterbank energies). The encoder and decoder may be trained using self-supervised learning to improve the decoder's predictions and, by extension, the quality of the audio feature data generated by the encoder. The system may apply federated learning to share encoder updates across user devices. The system may fine-tune the classifier to improve inferences based on the improved audio feature data. The system may distribute classifier updates to the user device(s) to update the on-device classifier.
US12039997B2
Aspects of this disclosure provide techniques for generating a viseme and corresponding intensity pair. In some embodiments, the method includes generating, by a server, a viseme and corresponding intensity pair based at least on one of a clean vocal track or corresponding transcription. The method may include generating, by the server, a compressed audio file based at least on one of the viseme, the corresponding intensity, music, or visual offset. The method may further include generating, by the server or a client end application, a buffer of raw pulse-code modulated (PCM) data based on decoding at least a part of the compressed audio file, where the viseme is scheduled to align with a corresponding phoneme.
US12039996B2
Implementations described herein relate to an automated assistant that iteratively renders various GUI elements as a user iteratively provides a spoken utterance, or sequence of spoken utterances, corresponding to a request directed to the automated assistant. These various GUI elements can be dynamically adapted as the user iteratively provides the spoken utterance to assist the user with efficiently completing the request. In some implementations, a generic container graphical element associated with candidate intent(s) can be initially rendered at a display interface of a computing device and dynamically adapted with tailored container graphical elements as a particular intent is determined while the user iteratively provides the spoken utterance. In additional or alternative implementations, the tailored container graphical elements can include a current status of one or more settings associated with the computing device or additional computing device(s) such that the user can view the current status while completing the spoken utterance.
US12039994B2
An audio processing method by which input data are obtained that includes first sound data representing first components of a first frequency band, included in a first sound corresponding to a first sound source, second sound data representing second components of the first frequency band, included in a second sound corresponding to a second sound source, and mix sound data representing mix components of an input frequency band including a second frequency band, the mix components being included in a mix sound of the first sound and the second sound. The input data are then input to a trained estimation model, to generate at least one of first output data representing first estimated components within an output frequency band including the second frequency band, included in the first sound, or second output data representing second estimated components within the output frequency band, included in the second sound.
US12039987B2
A speech data processing method is provided. In the method, first speech data is received from a sender. An initial speech enhancement parameter is obtained. Speech enhancement is performed on the first speech data based on the obtained initial speech enhancement parameter to obtain first speech enhancement data. A first speech enhancement parameter is determined based on the first speech data. The first speech enhancement data is transmitted to a recipient. Further, the obtained initial speech enhancement parameter is updated based on the first speech enhancement parameter to obtain an updated speech enhancement parameter. The first speech enhancement parameter can be used to perform speech enhancement on second speech data of the sender.
US12039985B2
An audio encoder for encoding segments of coefficients, the segments of coefficients representing different time or frequency resolutions of a sampled audio signal, the audio encoder including a processor for deriving a coding context for a currently encoded coefficient of a current segment based on a previously encoded coefficient of a previous segment, the previously encoded coefficient representing a different time or frequency resolution than the currently encoded coefficient. The audio encoder further includes an entropy encoder for entropy encoding the current coefficient based on the coding context to obtain an encoded audio stream.
US12039971B2
A method for semantic recognition includes: in response to performing semantic analysis on information acquired by a terminal, a sentence to be processed is acquired; word recognition is performed on the sentence, to obtain a plurality of words and part-of-speech information corresponding to each of the words; a target set update operation is determined with a word processing model, according to one or more words to be input, part-of-speech information of the words to be input, and a dependency relationship of a first word. The word processing model is configured to calculate first and second feature vectors according to a word feature vector of the words to be input, a part-of-speech feature vector of the part-of-speech information and a relationship feature vector of the dependency relationship of the first word, calculate confidence levels of the preset set update operations according to the first feature vector and the second feature vector.
US12039962B2
To provide a means capable of suppressing deterioration in the soundproofing performance of a soundproofing material capable of exhibiting high soundproofing performance over a wide range of a frequency range of 2000 Hz or less. A soundproofing material including a sheet having elasticity, and a support portion partitioning the sheet into a partition portion while supporting the sheet is configured so that a surface rigidity (k) of the sheet and a surface density (m) of the sheet in the partition portion satisfy a relationship of the following Expression 1. Further, the soundproofing material is disposed on a substrate so that the sheet is separated from the substrate to configure a soundproofing structure: 1 2 π k m > 900 [ Hz ] [ Expression 1 ]
US12039961B2
An electronic musical instrument includes an instrument body and a plurality of keys, each of which has an operation surface operated by a player's finger is provided on an external surface of the instrument body. Among the plurality of keys, at least two keys are disposed to be adjacent to each other, and the operation surfaces of the at least two keys are configured to be inclined to descend toward between the at least two keys when viewed from a left-right direction of the electronic musical instrument.
US12039960B2
A resonance sound signal generation method includes providing an instruction configured to generate a sound signal corresponding to a received pitch and producing a resonance sound signal. The method also includes receiving a multiple damper operation with respect to a plurality of pitches in a first pitch range. The method also includes providing an instruction configured to produce the resonance sound signal based on an additional sound relating to the multiple damper operation when the multiple damper operation is received.
US12039947B2
The present disclosure discloses a display device and a driving method thereof. The driving method includes: when an anti-peep mode is enabled, generating M-frame sub-picture information and M-frame raster picture information according to information of a current picture frame to be displayed; controlling a sub-display panel in the display device to sequentially display M sub-pictures according to the M-frame sub-picture information, controlling pixel rows of the sub-pictures to be periodically arranged and displayed as first pixel groups, and controlling the first pixel groups of the pixel rows corresponding to the sub-pictures to be mutually misaligned; and controlling a sub-raster panel in the display device to sequentially display M raster pictures according to the M-frame raster picture information, and controlling pixel rows of the raster pictures to be periodically arranged and displayed as second pixel groups.
US12039944B2
The present disclosure provides a backlight data transmission method including: receiving, in response to a first vertical synchronization signal of a current image frame sent from a logic circuit board, an entire of backlight data sent from the logic circuit board during a first preset time period, where the entire backlight data includes backlight data corresponding to backlight regions, and duration of the first preset time period is longer than duration of the first vertical synchronization signal in an active level state during one period; and sending the entire backlight data to a backlight driving module during a second preset time period after the first preset time period, where a sum of the duration of the first preset time period and duration of the second preset time period is less than a period of the first vertical synchronization signal.
US12039936B2
A display panel includes: a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area; a plurality of pixels arranged in the display area; a pad portion arranged in the peripheral area and including a first clock pad, a plurality of first scan pads, and a plurality of data pads; a first scan driving circuit including a plurality of first stages; a plurality of scan lines including a plurality of first scan lines respectively connected to the plurality of first scan pads, and a plurality of second scan lines respectively connected to the plurality of first stages; and a plurality of data lines respectively extending in a second direction and connected to corresponding data pads among the plurality of data pads and pixels.
US12039931B1
A pixel circuit of a display panel includes a light emitting device, a driving transistor, a capacitor, a first reset transistor and a second reset transistor. The driving transistor has a gate terminal. A first terminal of the capacitor is coupled to the gate terminal of the driving transistor, and a second terminal of the capacitor is coupled to a reset input terminal of the pixel circuit. A first terminal of the first reset transistor is coupled to the gate terminal of the driving transistor, and a second terminal of the first reset transistor is coupled to the reset input terminal. A first terminal of the second reset transistor is coupled to the light emitting device, and a second terminal of the second reset transistor is coupled to the reset input terminal.
US12039930B2
A display device including: a display panel; a current compensation circuit executing a current compensation operation in which a load is calculated based on input image data, and output compensation image data is generated by compensating for the input image data based on the load; a data driver converting the compensation image data into a data voltage based on a gamma reference voltage and a data driving voltage, and outputting the data voltage; a current sensing circuit sensing a driving current of the display panel and comparing the driving current with a preset reference current to output a protection signal; a voltage generator generating a driving voltage, the gamma reference voltage, and the data driving voltage; and a voltage control circuit generating a first voltage control signal to control a first target compensation value of the gamma reference voltage or the data driving voltage in response to the protection signal.
US12039924B2
An assembled LED display device includes a system motherboard, and multiple to-be-assembled daughterboards assembled on the system motherboard. The system motherboard includes a drive power circuit including multiple power lines, and a gate control circuit including multiple gate lines. Each to-be-assembled daughterboard includes a substrate, at least one transistor switch, and a plurality of LED units disposed on the substrate and each including multiple LEDs connected to a same one of the at least one transistor switch. The LEDs of the LED units of the to-be-assembled daughterboards are arranged in a matrix having multiple rows and multiple columns. With respect to each column, the LEDs in the column are connected to the power line corresponding to the column. With respect to each to-be-assembled daughterboard, gate terminal(s) of the at least one transistor switch is(are) connected to the gate line corresponding to the to-be-assembled daughterboard.
US12039923B2
An emission driver includes stages including a first group of stages. Each of the stages of the first group among the stages include a first carry signal output component that outputs a carry signal having a turn-on level based on a voltage of a first node, and outputs the carry signal having a turn-off level based on a voltage of a second node; a first emission signal output component that outputs an emission signal having a turn-on level based on the voltage of the first node, and outputs the emission signal having a turn-off level based on the voltage of the second node; a first node voltage setting component that sets the voltage of the first node; and a second node voltage setting component that sets the voltage of the second node.
US12039919B2
An electronic device includes: a circuit board; a plurality of diodes disposed on a first surface of the circuit board; a plurality of first driving circuits disposed on the first surface of the circuit board and electrically connected to the plurality of diodes; and a plurality of second driving circuits electrically connected to the plurality of first driving circuits, wherein a part of the plurality of second driving circuits are disposed on a first substrate, and another part of the second driving circuits are disposed on a second substrate.
US12039915B2
The display drive circuit includes: an interface circuit for acquiring a plurality of grayscale data and a plurality of current gain data; a command processing circuit electrically coupled with the interface circuit; a cache circuit electrically coupled with the interface circuit and configured for caching the plurality of grayscale data and the plurality of current gain data; a current source circuit electrically coupled with the command processing circuit and including a plurality of channel current sources; a channel grayscale control circuit, electrically coupled with the command processing circuit, the cache circuit and the current source circuit, and configured for respectively controlling duration of turning on of the plurality of channel current sources according to the plurality of grayscale data; and a channel current control circuit electrically coupled with the cache circuit and the current source circuit, and configured for respectively controlling output currents of the plurality of channel current sources.
US12039911B2
A display substrate includes a substrate and a gate driving circuit provided on the substrate; the gate driving circuit includes: a frame start signal line, a clock signal line, an inverted clock signal line, a first level signal line, a second level signal line, and a plurality of shift register units. The plurality of transistors at least include a first transistor, a second transistor, and a third transistor, active layers of the first, second and third transistors are formed by a continuous first semiconductor layer, the first semiconductor layer extends along a first direction; the first semiconductor layer includes at least three channel portions corresponding to the first transistor, the second transistor and the third transistor, and a conductive portion provided between adjacent channel portions, transistors corresponding to the adjacent channel portions are coupled to each other through a corresponding conductive portion.
US12039910B2
A display device includes a display panel including a pixel including a first sub-pixel displaying a first color, a second sub-pixel displaying a second color, and a third sub-pixel displaying a third color, a data driver applying a data voltage generated based on input image data to the pixel in an active period, sensing the first sub-pixel to generate first sensing data in a blank period, sensing the second sub-pixel to generate second sensing data in the blank period, and sensing the third sub-pixel to generate third sensing data in the blank period, and a driving controller compensating for the first sensing data, the second sensing data, and the third sensing data based on a grayscale value of the input image data.
US12039897B2
A display device includes a display panel having a display area and a non-display area and a polyimide substrate. The display device includes a transistor disposed above the substrate in the display area, a flexible film disposed on a side surface of the non-display area and connected to the substrate, and a conductive layer disposed below the substrate and applied with a low potential power voltage from the flexible film to improve an edge burn-in due to the polarization by offsetting positive charges in the polyimide substrate.
US12039896B2
A label including a separable article for use. The label includes a first portion adapted to be affixed to an article, and a second portion adapted to be separated from the first portion and removed from the remainder of the label. The second portion may be defined by at least one feature that facilitates removal of the second portion. And the second portion is capable of being formed into a second article following separation from the first portion, and may include an interior space capable of receiving a material therein or therethrough. The label including portion for forming a separable article may be formed in an inline process.
US12039893B2
A visual image display board according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a horizontal base and a display board. The display board includes a front surface, a back surface, a left side, a right side, an upper side and a bottom side. The bottom side of the display board is coupled to the horizontal base. An adhesive layer is disposed between the bottom side of the display board and the horizontal base. The adhesive layer couples the display board to the horizontal base. One or more photographs are conformally disposed on the front surface of the display board. A shape of the one or more photographs substantially corresponds with a shape of the display board.
US12039878B1
A smart coach computing system receives, from a process site computing device, live feed data of a first user performing a process. The smart coach computing system retrieves a template associated with the process, the template comprising instructions. The smart coach computing system presents, via the process site computing device, the instructions in a stepwise manner based on determining, from the live feed data, completion of each step of the instructions. Upon determining, based on the received live feed data, that the process is complete, the smart coach computing system determines statistics from the live feed data. The smart coach computing system updates the instructions in the template based on the determined statistics.
US12039873B2
Systems and methods for drone air traffic control method include, in an air traffic control system configured to manage Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight in a geographic region, communicating to one or more UAVs via one or more wireless networks, wherein the one or more UAVs are configured to maintain their flight in the geographic region based on coverage of or connectivity to the one or more wireless networks; obtaining input related to a plurality of flying lanes in the geographic region and weather conditions in the geographic region; determining the plurality of flying lanes based on the input and weather conditions; and routing the one or more UAVs in the determined plurality of flying lanes considering air traffic, congestion, and obstructions.
US12039870B2
An introduction necessity judgment unit judges necessity of introduction of an additional vehicle to a circuit based on a boarding demand on the circuit, and outputs an introduction request command when judging that the introduction is necessary. Upon reception of the introduction request command, an introduction timing determiner outputs an introduction command to the additional vehicle when a maximum value of actual operation intervals of operating vehicles is greater than or equal to an interval threshold determined according to a target velocity, and outputs a hold command to the additional vehicle for putting introduction to the circuit on-hold when the maximum value is less than the interval threshold Dr_th.
US12039864B2
A method of recognizing illegal parking of a vehicle, a device, and a storage medium, which relate to the field of artificial intelligence, and in particular to the fields of deep learning, cloud computing, computer vision, etc. The method includes: obtaining a video image collected by an electronic device; recognizing a parking area of the vehicle in the video image; determining a shooting angle used by the electronic device for collecting the video image; determining an illegal parking area in the video image based on the shooting angle; and recognizing whether the vehicle is illegally parked or not based on the parking area of the vehicle and the illegal parking area.
US12039863B2
A system and method are disclosed to provide train detection and alerts. Embodiments include monitoring train status data, detecting a presence of a train based on the train status data, capturing current train data and converting the current train data and mapping device location data from one or more mapping devices into train metrics. Embodiments estimate an arrival time of the train at a railroad crossing and a duration of the train at the railroad crossing, check the current train data for errors, apply rules to the current train data to validate the current train data and generate an alert in response to the rules being satisfied. Embodiments display the alert on the one or more mapping devices to notify one or more corresponding users of the one or more mapping devices of the presence of the train.
US12039862B2
A computer is provided for a system for detecting, characterizing, and mitigating road network congestion. The system includes a plurality of motor vehicles. Each motor vehicle includes a telematics control unit (TCU) for generating one or more location signals for a location of the associated motor vehicle and one or more event signals for an event related to the associated motor vehicle. The computer includes one or more processors for receiving the location signal and/or the event signal from the TCU of the associated motor vehicles. The computer further includes a non-transitory computer readable storage medium (CRM) including instructions, such that the processor is programmed to identify a location of the road network congestion at a current time step. The processor is further programmed to track the road network congestion and predict the road network congestion at a next time step.
US12039860B2
One aspect herein provides a method of analysing driving behaviour in a data processing computer system, the method comprising: receiving at the data processing computer system driving behaviour data to be analysed, wherein the driving behaviour data records vehicle movements within a monitored driving area; analysing the driving behaviour data to determine a normal driving behaviour model for the monitored driving area; using object tracking to determine driving trajectories of vehicles driving in the monitored driving area; comparing the driving trajectories with the normal driving behaviour model to identify at least one abnormal driving trajectory; and extracting a portion of the driving behaviour data corresponding to a time interval associated with the abnormal driving trajectory.
US12039859B2
A method includes receiving one or more signals that each indicate a device type for a respective remote device, identifying one or more visible devices in one or more images, matching a first device from the one or more visible devices with a first signal from the one or more signals based on a device type of the first device matching a device type for the first signal and based on a visible output of the first device, pairing the first device with a second device, and controlling a function of the first device using the second device.
US12039857B2
According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor that may determine that a first sound to be outputted responsive to an occurrence of a first event on the apparatus is to be modified, in which the first sound corresponds to a first sound data. The processor may also select, from a pool of sound data, a second sound data that is to be combined with the first sound data, in which the second sound data is associated with an occurrence of a second event on the apparatus. The processor may further combine the first sound data and the second sound data to generate a modified sound data and may use the modified sound data to output a modified sound corresponding to the modified sound data responsive to an occurrence of the first event.
US12039839B2
A system and method for purchasing lottery tickets via a client computing device. A user may access a purchase module via a client computing device and select lottery tickets and lottery numbers to purchase from available lotteries in their state. The user may be notified of the results by the purchase module or a results module. Once notified, the user may withdraw their winnings or use the winnings to purchase lottery tickets future drawings.
US12039832B2
The present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems that are capable of providing improved game functionality using locking links and a lock function that can be automatically performed in an electronic game during game play. The locking links and a lock function can increase player engagement and can lead to increased play of the gaming machine.
US12039820B2
A security system can conditionally grant or deny access to a protected area using an artificial intelligence system to analyze images. In an example, an access control method can include receiving candidate information about a face and gesture from a first individual and receiving other image information from or about a second individual. The candidate information can be analyzed using a neural network-based recognition processor that can provide a first recognition result indicating whether the first individual corresponds to a first enrollee of the security system, and can provide a second recognition result indicating whether the second individual corresponds to a second enrollee of the security system. The example method can include receiving a passcode, such as from the first individual. Access can be conditionally granted or denied based on the passcode and the recognition results.
US12039819B2
Systems and methods for dynamic identity verification are disclosed. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method is provided for verifying the identity of an entity associated with a mobile device. A location of the mobile device along a predefined travel path of the entity is determined from data identifying an interaction between the mobile device and at least one device located at a respective point along the travel path. An assurance level of the entity is determined, wherein the assurance level is adjusted based on the determined location or in the absence of receiving data identifying an interaction over a predefined time window. The identity of the entity is verified if the determined assurance level meets a defined threshold.
US12039816B2
A one-way passage system (1) comprises an entrance door arrangement (2a) and offset therefrom an exit door arrangement (2b). First and second side wall arrangements (3a, 3b) are provided therebetween, thereby defining a passage area (4). A sensor device (5) can detect persons (10): a) before the entrance door arrangement (2a); b) in the passage area (4) and/or after the exit door arrangement (2b). A control device is configured to enter a safety operating mode and to close the entrance door arrangement (2a) when an analysis of sensor data indicates that a person (10): a) in the passage area (4) goes back in the direction of the entrance door arrangement (2a); and/or b) goes back after the exit door arrangement (2b) in the direction of the passage area (4). An illumination device (20), which is arranged in the passage area (4) can illuminate the passage area in different colors. The control device can enter different operating modes, wherein the entrance door arrangement (2a) and the exit door arrangement (2b) are controlled accordingly depending on the operating mode, and wherein the illumination device (20) illuminates the passage area (4) with different colors depending on the operating mode.
US12039811B2
Systems and methods for detecting vehicle or environmental changes from data from automated vehicles
Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for managing data from vehicles. For instance, the method may include receiving vehicle data from a vehicle of a plurality of vehicles; obtaining collective vehicle data and vehicle parameters; performing an analysis on the vehicle data, the collective vehicle data, and the vehicle parameters to: detect a vehicle parameter event, or detect an environment change; and in response to detecting the vehicle parameter event or the environment change, transmitting a status message to a service associated with the vehicle.
US12039808B2
Provided is a room mirror removal monitoring device with an electronic toll collection (ETC) function. The room mirror removal monitoring device includes a room mirror holder to which a room mirror having the ETC function is fixed and in which an insertion recess is formed toward windshield glass, a removal switch inserted into the insertion recess, a mirror base inserted into a region that does not overlap with the removal switch in the insertion recess and fixed to the windshield glass, and a monitoring part configured to monitor a removal state of the room mirror having the ETC function.
US12039802B2
The invention provides a system configured to adjust a data rate of an image capturing device. The system comprises a computing device comprising a data processor, and a computer program product comprising a computer vision system for categorizing living beings having a pose that appear in a live video stream. The computer program product, when running on the data processor, receives a live video stream from the image capturing device at a first data rate, where the live video stream comprises a time slice with at least one frame comprising a living being having a pose; applies the computer vision system to the time slice for categorizing the living being, resulting in a category; and signals the image capturing device to set the live video stream at a second data rate, different from the first data rate and based upon the category.
US12039798B2
An application server may receive an input document including a set of input text fields and an input key phrase querying a value for a key-value pair that corresponds to one or more of the set of input text fields. The application server may extract, using an optical character recognition model, a set of character strings and a set of two-dimensional locations of the set of character strings on a layout of the input document. After extraction, the application server may input the extracted set of character strings and the set of two-dimensional locations into a machine learned model that is trained to compute a probability that a character string corresponds to the value for the key-value pair. The application server may then identify the value for the key-value pair corresponding to the input key phrase and may out the identified value.
US12039795B2
An imaging method for earliest microbial growth detection. The method uses images to determined colony biomass, and the colony biomass determines when the colony can be picked for analysis for identification or antibiotic susceptibility testing. If the sample source is not a pure sample source additional incubation may be required to permit an increase in biomass of the colonies prior to pick.
US12039787B2
The present invention provides a recognition device that is mounted on a moving object and recognizes a lighting situation of a traffic signal, the recognition device comprising: an imaging unit that periodically images an external environment of the moving object; at least one processor with a memory comprising instructions cause the at least one processor to at least: sequentially detect, for each image periodically obtained by the imaging unit, a lighting mode of the traffic signal included in the image; and determine, in a case where a same lighting mode of the traffic signal is continuously detected for a predetermined time, the lighting mode as a lighting situation of the traffic signal, wherein the predetermined time is twice or more as long as an imaging cycle of the imaging unit.
US12039786B2
A learning device includes: input means for inputting route information on a set of routes each constituted by one or more ways, and passing mobile object information that indicates the number of passing mobile objects on an observed way, out of the one or more ways, at each time point; and learning means for learning parameters of a model in which a travel speed of the mobile objects is taken into consideration, using the route information and the passing mobile object information.
US12039781B2
A method for monitoring protected regions of a camera view includes receiving, at a processor of a video camera system, a video stream including a series of video frames depicting at least one scene. A background model is identified based on a predefined representation of at least one region of interest associated with the scene. Each of the video frames is compared to the background model, to define an associated binary mask. A persistent change in the at least one region of interest is detected, based on the binary masks, the persistent change having an associated duration that exceeds a predefined threshold. In response to detecting the persistent change, a change notification message including a video file is generated. The method also includes causing display of the change notification message via a user interface and/or causing transmission of the change notification message to a remote compute device.
US12039780B2
A method for monitoring a surveillance area includes receiving a plurality of video streams that are captured by a plurality of video cameras in the surveillance area, each of the plurality of video streams capturing one or more objects in the surveillance area that are within a camera field of view (FOV) of the corresponding video camera and from a camera vantage point of the corresponding video camera. A vantage point transformation is applied to each of two or more objects captured in two or more of the plurality of video streams, the vantage point transformation transforming a view of each of the two or more objects from the camera vantage point of the corresponding video camera to a common vantage point. The transformed view of each of the two or more objects from the common vantage point is rendered on a display.
US12039778B1
A video analysis technique is implemented using a modification of a Wasserstein Generative Adversarial Network (WGAN), named Spatial-Temporal Diverse Augmentation in Generative Models for Rare Event Synthesis (STAGES). A sequence of video images is received and features of the video images are identified. The STAGES technique is used to identify unusual or notable features found in frames of the video sequence as identified features, using spatial and temporal generators and discriminators to capture both spatial and temporal patterns in videos and thereby accurately detect rare events in complex situations. The video is then scanned for the identified features.
US12039776B2
Systems and methods provided for presenting supplemental content in an augmented reality environment where an object within a field of view of an augmented reality device of a user is identified and processed to detect a reference related to a participant in an event. A user profile or user social network is searched to identify a message from the user about the participant. The message may be combined with the object in the augmented reality field of view.
US12039774B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for drone-assisted thermal monitoring. One of the methods includes determining a first temperature measurement at a first location of a property, navigating from the first location to a second location of the property, determining a second temperature measurement at the second location, generating a thermal model for the property based on the first temperature measurement and the second temperature measurement, and providing the thermal model for output.
US12039773B2
The present invention provides an image display system, a terminal, a method, and a program that can quickly and accurately display an image corresponding to a particular location. An image display system according to one example embodiment of the present invention includes: a current image acquisition unit configured to acquire a first image captured by a mobile terminal; an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information including a position and an orientation of the mobile terminal that has captured the first image; a past image acquisition unit configured to acquire a second image based on the position and the orientation of the mobile terminal and a position and an orientation associated with the second image stored in the past in a storage device; and a difference detection unit configured to detect a difference between the first image and the second image.
US12039768B2
A computer-implemented method for anonymizing a facial image includes detecting one or more sets of facial keypoints in the facial image. The method further includes standardizing the facial image. The method further includes preparing a masked facial image by separating one or more areas comprising skin-pixels and one or more areas comprising pixels related to non-skin information. The method further includes generating a synthetic image comprising photo-realistic skin patterns. The method further includes obtaining an anonymized facial image by concatenating the masked facial image with the generated photo-realistic skin patterns.
US12039764B2
A method, system and mobile device can be used by a subject in diagnosing a disease or virus or other illness. The system can capture and analyze olfactory information providing a diagnosis based on the olfactory information. The system can also capture and output biometric data corresponding to the subject and can further include at least one camera or video sensor that can result in a diagnosis or a microphone or other acoustic sensor that can result in another diagnosis. Other sensors providing other corresponding diagnoses can be included. A sensor fusion component can receive and combine the biometric data and the various diagnoses results and further determine a confidence score. An event record creator compiles the biometric data and the confidence scores to create an event record having a higher confidence score with respect to a final diagnosis result. A data storage device stores the event record.
US12039763B2
An image processing method includes obtaining an input image, the input image includes object regions, and each object region includes at least one object; identifying the object regions to obtain object region labeling frames; establishing a first coordinate system based on the input image, the object region labeling frames are located in the first coordinate system; mapping the object region labeling frames from the first coordinate system to a second coordinate system according to a reference value to obtain first region labeling frames corresponding to the object region labeling frames, the first region labeling frames are located in the second coordinate system; performing expansion processing on the first region labeling frames to obtain expanded second region labeling frames; and mapping the second region labeling frames from the second coordinate system to the first coordinate system according to the reference value to obtain table region labeling frames.
US12039762B2
An attribute-based point cloud strip division method. The method comprises: first, performing spatial division of a certain depth on a point cloud to obtain a plurality of local point clouds; and then, sorting the attribute values in the local point clouds, and on the basis of such, further performing point cloud strip division so as to obtain point cloud strips that have low geometric overhead and a uniform number of points. By means of comprehensively using the spatial position and attribute information of the point clouds, the points having similar attributes and related spatial positions are gathered as much as possible in one strip during strip division, which is convenient for making full use of the redundancy of the attribute information between adjacent points, and improving the performance of point cloud attribute compression. At the same time, independent coding between strips supports random access, improves coding efficiency, and prevents the accumulation and spread of coding errors, thus enhancing the fault tolerance of the system.
US12039761B2
An image processing method of converting spectral image data of a plurality of spectral wavelengths imaged by a spectral camera into a color image by using a processor, wherein the processor acquires a plurality of pieces of the spectral image data from a storage unit, calculates a correction value by multiplying a optical spectrum of each pixel of a corresponding one of the plurality of spectral image data by a correction constant set for each wavelength, calculates a color conversion value by summing the correction values of the same pixel positions, and generates a color composite image based on the color conversion value. Then, the correction constant is set such that a sum spectrum obtained by summing characteristic spectra obtained by multiplying a sensitivity characteristic with respect to each spectral wavelength of the spectral camera by the correction constant corresponding to each wavelength matches a target spectrum of any color filter.
US12039759B2
A coating analyzer is configured to receive electronic image data of a physical coating and to generate information regarding the pigments of the physical coating. The coating analyzer applies a computer vision model trained on baseline image data to the electronic image data. The coating analyzer assigns color values to the pigments forming the electronic image data and generates pigment groups based on the assigned color values. The pigment groups provide color palette data regarding the pigments forming the coating.
US12039757B2
Methods and systems for associating labels between multiple sensors. One of the methods includes generating user interface presentation data that, when presented on a user device, causes the user device to display a user interface that: displays the images in the sequence of images and data identifying the first and second object tracks, and is configured to receive user inputs that associate first object tracks with second object tracks; and providing the user interface presentation data for presentation on the user device.
US12039741B2
A method and an apparatus for determining a three-dimensional directedness-determined motion are provided, including a forward-backward directedness, characterizing the motion of a movable ultrasound probe (10) during acquisition of an ultrasound image of a volume portion (2) by the ultrasound probe. The method comprises determining, by a machine-learning module (50), a motion indicator (60) indicating a three-dimensional motion between the ultrasound image frames (22); and determining, by a directedness-determining system (56), a directedness indicator (66) of the three-dimensional motion between the ultrasound image frames (22). The method further comprises determining a directedness-determined motion indicator (96) indicating the three-dimensional directedness-determined motion, including a determined the forward-backward directedness of the motion, between the ultrasound image frames (22) from the motion indicator (60) and the directedness indicator (66).
US12039737B2
Certain aspects provide a method, including: receiving a depth image from a depth sensor; receiving a segmentation mask corresponding to the depth image and segmenting the depth image into a set of foreground pixels and a set of background pixels; determining a set of seed pixels in the depth image; for each respective seed pixel of the set of seed pixels: determining a sampling line in the depth image that starts at the respective seed pixel and passes through a portion of the depth image; for each respective sampling line pixel in the sampling line having a value in the segmentation mask indicating a foreground object in the depth image: determining one or more data attribute values based on a depth value for the respective sampling line pixel in the depth image; and adding the one or more data attribute values to a feature vector.
US12039736B2
Labels can be accurately identified even for an image with a resolution not used in training data. Based on an input image, a resolution of the input image, and a resolution of a training image used for training a trained model of assigning labels to pixels of an image, a plurality of low-resolution images are generated from the input image by using a plurality of shift amounts for a pixel correspondence between the input image and the respective low-resolution images with a resolution corresponding to the training image, the low-resolution images are input to the trained model, a plurality of low-resolution label images is output in which pixels of the respective low-resolution images are assigned labels, and a label image is output in which labels for pixels of the input image are obtained, based on the shift amounts used for generating the low-resolution images and the low-resolution label images.
US12039730B2
Plant health estimation is required to be performed so as to detect any health issues in early stages, so as to take counter measures. Existing systems for the plant health estimation perform the health estimation by considering data obtained from satellite images of the plants being monitored. However this alone may not be much effective as the satellite images fail to provide information on many parameters which have direct or indirect impact on health of the plants. Disclosed herein are a method and a system for plant health estimation, wherein the system performs health estimation at a macro level and a micro level. The macro level health estimation is done using satellite images of the plants as inputs, whereas the micro level health estimation is done by collecting and processing sensor data with respect to various parameters that affect health of a plant.
US12039726B2
Devices, systems and methods for assessing anatomical surface features are described herein. In some embodiments, a method of assessing a surface feature on a patient's skin surface includes (i) capturing one or more data sets from a patient's skin surface including the skin surface feature, and (ii) determining outline data of the skin surface feature based on at least one of the one or more data sets. The method can further include determining one or more confidence attributes associated with the determined outline data.
US12039725B2
A system and method for processing values of a subset of numeric features to provide interpretability of the results of a machine learning model, by determining an extent of the contribution of the subset of features towards a predicted class by performing: (i) receiving the thermal image, (ii) obtaining a region of interest in the thermal image of the subject, (iii) extracting a plurality of numeric features associated with the region of interest of the thermal image, (iv) predicting a class, (v) estimate an extent of contribution of the subset of numeric features towards the decision of the first machine learning prediction model (M) and (vi) generate a report that includes a generated discrete values that determines the extent of contribution of the subset of numeric features towards the predicted class.
US12039718B2
In accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure an apparatus includes: an inference section for performing inference using a learned model. The learned model is generated by multi-channel learning processing of a multi-channel image containing image information on each of three one-channel images (an original image, a histogram-equalized image, and edge-enhanced image), and ground-truth data CD The apparatus also inclides a multi-channel image producing section for producing a multi-channel image containing image information on each of three one-channel images (an original image, a histogram-equalized image, and an edge-enhanced image) of a patient. The inference section inputs the multi-channel image to the learned model, performs the inference, and outputs an output image as output data.
US12039714B2
This application discloses an inspection method and an inspection machine for a display panel. The inspection method includes the steps of: taking a picture of a to-be-inspected display panel to obtain a to-be-inspected image of the to-be-inspected display panel; removing high-frequency information in the to-be-inspected image to obtain a high-frequency-removed image; calculating a difference between the to-be-inspected image and the high-frequency-removed image to obtain a difference image; making a determination regarding the difference image by comparing the difference image with a preset threshold, determining that the display panel fails the inspection if the difference image exceeds the preset threshold, and determining that the display panel passes the inspection if the difference image does not exceed the preset threshold.
US12039711B2
Provided are a white balance abnormality determination method and apparatus, a storage medium, and an electronic device. The method includes: acquiring at least one target block in a first channel image, and acquiring at least one reference block in a second channel image for each target block, where the first channel image is adjacent to the second channel image; determining a color feature representative value of each target block and a color feature representative value of each reference block associated with a position of a respective target block; determining, a color feature difference value between the first channel image and the second channel image; determining whether a white balance abnormality image exists in the first channel image and the second channel image; and in a case where a white balance abnormality image exists in the first channel image and the second channel image, adjusting the white balance abnormality image.
US12039708B2
A computer-implemented method includes executing an initial version of computer game software, the executing step including rendering computer game video images for display; displaying the video images using a head mountable display (HMD); detecting user operation of one or more user controls to perform colour grading adjustments; applying the colour grading adjustments to the video images rendered by the rendering step; and generating colour grading data to be associated with a revised version of the computer game software; in which the executing step and the applying step are performed by different respective data processing apparatus.
US12039693B2
Disclosed are an electronic apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The electronic apparatus includes: an interface circuitry; and a processor configured to receive a low resolution image for each of a plurality of frames of content and characteristic data from an external apparatus through the interface circuitry, generate, based on the low resolution image and the characteristic data, a high resolution image that has a larger amount of data than the low resolution image and has characteristics corresponding to the characteristic data, and control to display the generated high resolution image on a display.
US12039680B2
One embodiment is directed to a system for enabling two or more users to interact within a virtual world comprising virtual world data, comprising a computer network comprising one or more computing devices, the one or more computing devices comprising memory, processing circuitry, and software stored at least in part in the memory and executable by the processing circuitry to process at least a portion of the virtual world data; wherein at least a first portion of the virtual world data originates from a first user virtual world local to a first user, and wherein the computer network is operable to transmit the first portion to a user device for presentation to a second user, such that the second user may experience the first portion from the location of the second user, such that aspects of the first user virtual world are effectively passed to the second user.
US12039678B2
Systems and methods are provided for generating an augmented reality display for users of augmented reality devices. Features provided in the AR displays may be used to update a non-augmented reality display. In addition, interactions in the AR displays may also be incorporated into the non-augmented reality display.
US12039673B2
Methods and systems are provided for generating augmented reality (AR) scenes where the AR scenes can be adjusted to modify at least part of an image of the physical features of a user to produce a virtual mesh of the physical features. The method includes generating an augmented reality (AR) scene for rendering on a display for a user wearing AR glasses, the AR scene includes a real-world space and virtual objects overlaid in the real-world space. The method includes analyzing a field of view into the AR scene from the AR glasses; the analyzing is configured to detect images of physical features of the user when the field of view is directed toward at least part of said physical features of the user. The method includes adjusting the AR scene, in substantial real-time, to modify at least part of the images of the physical features of the user when the physical features of the user are detected to be in the AR scene as viewed from the field of view of the AR glasses, wherein said modifying includes detecting depth data and original texture data from said physical features to produce a virtual mesh of said physical features; the virtual mesh is changed in size and shape and rendered using modified texture data that blends with said original texture data. In one embodiment, the modified physical features of the user appear to the user when viewed via the AR glasses as existing in the real-world space. In this way, when the physical features of a user are detected to be in the AR scene, the physical features are augment in the AR scene which can result in the self-perception of the user improving which in turn can provide the user with confidence to overcome challenging tasks or obstacles during the gameplay of the user.
US12039671B2
Systems and methods for detecting an unauthorized virtual object in a mobile device are disclosed. In an aspect, a mobile device may receive an image from a camera. The mobile device may detect a virtual object displayed on a display of a mobile device included in the image. The mobile device may receive data from an inertial measurement unit (IMU) after a movement of the mobile device. The mobile device may determine an estimated new position of the virtual object based on the data received from the IMU. The mobile device may determine an actual position of the virtual object after receiving the data from the IMU. The mobile device may determine a difference between the estimated new position and the actual position of the virtual object. The mobile device may determine whether the virtual object is the unauthorized virtual object based on the difference.
US12039662B2
A method and apparatus for recognizing a pixel point, an illumination rendering method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium, which is used to effectively detect a pixel point located in a shadow region, to improve the quality of lightmap rendering. The method includes: obtaining a lightmap of a target object in a target scene; determining, according to a distance between each adjacent pixel point of a pixel point in the lightmap and the pixel point, a coverage radius corresponding to the pixel point; and determining, by using the pixel point as a starting point, that when a ray emitted along at least one tangential direction of the pixel point intersects an unlighted surface of an object in the target scene and a length of the ray is the same as the coverage radius, the pixel point is located in the shadow region.
US12039660B1
In an example method, a computer system accesses first data representing three-dimensional content and a plurality of bounding boxes. Each of the bounding boxes encloses at least a portion of the three-dimensional content. The computer system also access second data representing a viewing frustum for rendering the three-dimensional content. Based on the first and the second data, the computer system identifies a subset of the bounding boxes that are visible according to the viewing frustum. For each of the one or more bounding boxes of the subset, the computer system identifies an image tile from among a plurality of image tiles corresponding to the bounding box, and renders one or more video frames in a frame buffer based on the identified image tile.
US12039642B2
A head-mounted display system, including an image source operable to generate image-bearing light, a near-eye display operable to convey the image-bearing light beams to an eyebox within which a virtual image can be viewed, a camera located adjacent to the near-eye display, wherein the camera has a center of focus, and a processing unit operable to output signals to the image source, wherein the processing unit is operable form a reticle within the virtual image via the image source and dynamically position the reticle at the camera center of focus.
US12039634B2
In implementations of three-dimensional vector-based brushes, a computing device implements a brush system to receive input data describing a first stamp and a second stamp of consecutive stamps of a vector-based digital brush. The first stamp is segmented into a first convex geometry and a second convex geometry, and the second stamp is segmented into a third convex geometry and a fourth convex geometry. The brush system computes a first convex hull of the first convex geometry and the third convex geometry and computes a second convex hull of the second convex geometry and the fourth convex geometry. An order for passing the first convex hull and the second convex hull to a planarizer is determined and the brush system generates a vector-based stroke of digital paint for display in a user interface based on the order.
US12039615B2
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for transaction auditing. One example method includes training at least one machine learning model to determine features that can be used to determine whether an image is an authentic image of a document or an automatically generated document image, using a training set of authentic images and a training set of automatically generated document images. A request to classify an image as either an authentic image of a document or an automatically generated document image is received. The machine learning model(s) are used to classify the image as either an authentic image of a document or an automatically generated document image, based on features included in the image that are identified by the machine learning model(s). A classification of the image is provided. The machine learning model(s) are updated based on the image and the classification of the image.
US12039608B2
Methods and systems for maintaining pharmacy provider networks are described. In one embodiment, claims adjudication data associated with a member and a prescribed drug is accessed. The prescribed drug associated with the member is classified as one of an acute medication and a maintenance medication. A pharmacy provider network is associated with the prescribed drug based on, at least in part, classifying the prescribed drug. It is determined if a pharmacy associated with the claims adjudication data is included within the pharmacy provider network associated with the prescribed drug. A pharmacy claim may be adjudicated for the prescribed drug based on the claim and the pharmacy provider network. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.
US12039607B2
A computer server receives, from a remote user device, information about a new potential risk relationship customer (including at least one new user parameter). Based on the new user parameter, the computer server accesses third-party data and utilizes a stored procedure to read data about the new potential risk relationship customer from an internal table of cloud data. The data read from the internal table is processed to dynamically evolve a schema and create an incremental view of cloud data. The computer server uses the incremental view to read and output a current batch of cloud data. A user interface workflow is then customized via a machine learning algorithm that processes the information about the new potential risk relationship customer, the third-party data, and the current batch of cloud data. A user information data store can then be updated based on information collected via user interface displays.
US12039606B2
A system includes a processing circuit is configured to detect a trigger event and in response, initiate tracking analyst interactions on a first analyst device; receive analyst tracking information from the first analyst device only in response to the trigger event being detected; receive first analyst tracking information from the first analyst device relating to a security, wherein the first analyst tracking information includes a first set of analyst interactions, quantify the first set of analyst interactions, receive first analyst feedback from the first analyst device, wherein the first analyst feedback includes a first set of analyst sub-rating scores, generate an integrated data synopsis including an integrated analyst rating score for the security, wherein the integrated analyst rating score is based on the quantified first set of analyst interactions, and provide a graphical user interface to a manager computing device depicting the integrated data synopsis.
US12039604B2
A system for creating a financial instrument selection, sharing the selection, and executing trade instructions thereof: a selector engine for creating selection parameters according to a statistical model for weighting desirability of financial instruments combined with entered user selection preferences or objectives for financial instruments, creating investment portfolios of financial instruments based on the selection parameters, and converting the investment portfolios data to output data representing trade instructions of financial instruments; a deep learning decision engine providing predicative input data and an investment sharing and democratization and portfolio monitoring module providing peer investment portfolio shared data input to the selector engine; and an execution platform for executing the trade instructions, the execution platform including electronic selection limiters to prevent execution of specific trades based on electronic flags computed from electronic checks relating to the amounts and types of the trades.
US12039597B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for evaluating data quality. An exemplary embodiment includes storing a plurality of records, the records sharing a common attribute, and reading first values for the common attribute corresponding to a first time period and second values for the common attribute corresponding to a second time period. A business rule for evaluating the common attribute is accessed, and first and second consistency data are generated. The first consistency data may reflect the extent to which the first values of the common attribute are consistent with the business rule at the first time. The second consistency data may reflect the extent to which the second values of the common attribute are consistent with the business rule at the second time. The first consistency data and the second consistency data are processed to generate a quality change rate of the common attribute from the first time period to the second time period, based on the difference between the first consistency data and the second consistency data.
US12039592B2
A system has a computing device that displays a plurality of graphical user interfaces (GUIs), the GUIs designed to capture detailed data indicative of a renter of a vehicle. The system further has a processor that receives data from one of the plurality of GUIs indicative of the renter. Further, the processor provides a plurality of vehicles available for renting and receives a selection of one of the plurality of vehicles from the renter. Also, the processor opens a gate for the renter to a rental car location and directs the renter to a key box, unlocks the key box based upon comparing the renter's image captured at the rental car location to a picture previously received from the renter. The processor further opens the key box if the comparison indicates the renter at the rental car location is the same person who uploaded the picture previously.
US12039591B2
An information processing apparatus comprises an acquisition unit configured to acquire information according to the usage circumstances of an portable electric power supply apparatus; an estimation unit configured to estimate a type of an electrical device that is connected, based on a measurement result with respect to a voltage and a current when the portable electric power supply apparatus supplied electric power that is included in the information according to the usage circumstances; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not an electrical device that is estimated by the estimation unit is a predetermined designated device; and a decision unit configured to decide on a user treatment with respect to a user that rented the portable electric power supply apparatus, in accordance with a determination result obtained by the determination unit.
US12039589B2
The present disclosure provides a computerized method item correlation including: receiving an indication of an order comprising at least one item; determining if the order is urgent based on an amount of time remaining until the items must ship to a customer; determining a location of each of a plurality of pickers; iteratively, for items in the order: identifying a picker closest to the item, the picker having a current job priority; correlating the closest picker and the item in a data structure; re-correlating, in the data structure, at least one item previously correlated with the closest picker to an alternate picker in response to the current job priority not being urgent; sending, to a user device of the closest picker, a location and item identifier associated with the item; and storing, in the data structure, a completion flag in correlation with the item upon receipt of an item-complete message.
US12039579B2
A payment interchange for use in a global shopping cart and a method for its use are provided. Also, provide is management of data relationships between a global online shopping cart and various manager components that encompass data management access. The global shopping cart includes a storage medium having thereon computer instructions for implementing one or more functions of the global shopping cart, and a processor for executing the computer instructions to provide functions including a payment function for paying for an item to be purchased. The global shopping cart has a flexible application programming interface (API) framework sufficient to support the payment interchange including the payment function for paying for an item to be purchased by one or more users of the global shopping cart and by one or more payment modes or sources.
US12039572B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for a network inventory service (NIS). An NIS may, for example, profile a private network for personalized advertising by recording a list of devices connected to the private network, recording traffic data for the private network, and generating profile associated with the private network based on the recorded list of devices and the recorded traffic data. The NIS may be notified, e.g., of a device within the private network, an advertising avail, request, from an advertising service, a targeted advertisement based on the user profile, and cause the targeted advertisement to be inserted in the advertising avail. In some embodiments, an NIS may work in conjunction with an inventory profile service (IPS) and/or an ad presentation service (APS). An IPS may deliver rules for analyzing new devices and/or network traffic and an APS may communicate with the NIS along with various advertiser networks to supply personalized ads.
US12039564B2
There is provided a method and system for generating an output analytic for a promotion. The method includes determining, using an optimization machine learning model trained or instantiated with an optimization training set, at least one determined parameter for the promotion which optimizes at least one of received input parameters, the optimization training set comprising received historical data; forecasting, using a promotion forecasting machine learning model trained or instantiated with an forecasting training set, at least one output analytic of the promotion, the prediction training set comprising the received historical data, the at least one received input parameter and the at least one determined parameter; and outputting the at least one output analytic to the user.
US12039561B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to incentivize crowd sourcing of data by identifying and compensating content contributors based on a value of the content to training a neural network. Methods may include: receiving a request for a machine learning model trained from training data received from a plurality of data contributors, where the training data identified a contributor having provided the respective training data; processing the request for the machine learning model to infer a result based on a subset of training data relevant to the request; identifying one or more data contributors that provided the subset of training data relevant to the request; and providing compensation to the one or more data contributors that provided the subset of training data.
US12039554B2
A method for forecasting part sales, including collecting sales data for a part over a series of sales time periods and collecting activity data for a plurality of activity types over a series of activity time periods for a plurality of machines including the part. A mean activity time can be calculated for each activity type for each time period in the series of activity time periods based on the collected activity data. An activity probability density function of the mean activity times for each activity type is created and a machine learning model is trained using an expectation of activity derived from the probability density functions for each activity type and the collected sales data. Machine activity data for a set of machines can be fed into the trained model to derive a part sales probability density function for the set of machines.
US12039545B2
A third-party service may be used to assist entities in responding to requests of users by determining a suggested response to a received communication. The third party service may receive a request from a first entity, such as via an application programming interface request, that includes a message in a conversation. A conversation feature vector may be computed by processing the message with a first neural network. A suggested respond to the message may be determined by processing the conversation feature vector with a second neural network. The third-party service may then return the suggested response for use in the conversation. The third-party service may similarly be used to assist other entities in responding to requests of users.
US12039540B2
Provided is dynamic and flexible authentication based on an interaction over a communications link between a user device and a financial entity. A set of interactions enabled at the user device are categorized into different levels, each level comprises a different authentication policy. At about the same time as an interaction is initiated at the device, an authentication policy assigned to the interaction is accessed and a security challenge is activated at the device. Based upon a successful response to the security challenge, an enablement of the communications link is continued. Based upon an unsuccessful response to the security challenge, the communications link is disabled.
US12039529B1
Exemplary embodiments described herein include a closed loop gateway. The closed-loop gateway comprises a block chain system for tracking exchanges between users of the closed-loop gateway. The closed-loop gateway permits the exchanges to be tracked from an original source through subsequent users to permit the original source to impose conditions, restrictions, and rules on the subsequent exchanges.
US12039525B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for validating online access to secure device functionality are provided that may use shared secrets between different subsystems and limited use validation data.
US12039523B2
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for integration of electric vehicle (EV) charging with virtual reality (VR) environments and/or augmented reality (AR) environments. In one embodiment, a programmatic method includes receiving a presence indication of an EV user within a proximity of an EV charger during a current charging session of an EV and providing a token to a user account associated with the EV user in response to receiving the presence indication.
US12039512B2
A computerized method for providing an interactive graphical user interface (GUI) to a user on a display of a mobile device. The method interacts with the user to obtain information about a first payment account and a second payment account. The method aggregates parameters of the first payment account and the second payment account on a unified GUI on the mobile device. The method further monitors transactions of the first payment account and the second payment account. When a particular transaction conducted by the first payment account includes parameters associated with the second payment, the method identifies that particular transaction and presents a confirmation GUI screen to the user to confirm using the second payment account instead.
US12039509B2
Disclosed is a method of predicting shopping events. The method includes obtaining a first set of events from a sensor and a second set of events from a camera, wherein the camera captures one or more users in front of a shelf unit; determining whether a first timestamp from the obtained first set of events and a second timestamp from the obtained second set of events are within a same time interval; determining whether a first bin number matches a second bin number based on a determination that the first timestamp and the second timestamp are within the same time interval; and generating a shopping event for a user based on a determination that the first bin number matches the second bin number, wherein the user is associated with at least one of the obtained first set of events and the second set of events.
US12039505B2
Methods for updating an application programming interface (API) field of a transaction message may include receiving, with at least one processor, a payment transaction message, wherein the payment transaction message comprises data associated with a payment transaction; determining, with at least one processor, one or more API fields of the payment transaction message based on the data associated with the payment transaction; and modifying, with at least one processor, one or more API fields of the payment transaction message. Methods may also include transmitting, with at least one processor, a modified payment transaction message based on modifying the one or more API fields of the payment transaction message. Systems and computer program products are also disclosed.
US12039503B2
A method for tracing a food package for assuring efficient recycling is provided. The method comprises establishing a first communication session between the food package and a user device, receiving a user identification associated to the user device, receiving a package identification from a package identification device provided in the food package, establishing a second communication session between the food package and a package collecting device receiving a PCD identification from the package collecting device determining package material associated with the food package by using the package identification, determining recycling material associated with the package collecting device by using the PCD identification, in case the package material and the recycling material match, in case a package disposal is detected by the package collecting device, registering a recycling confirmation to a user account associated with the user identification.
US12039499B2
The subject technology causes display, at the client device, a set of augmented reality content items generated by the first augmented reality content generator. The subject technology receives, at the client device, a second selection of the particular augmented reality content item corresponding to the destination geolocation. The subject technology causes display, at the client device, a second set of augmented reality content items generated by the first augmented reality content generator. The subject technology receives, at the client device, a second selection of the second set of augmented reality content items. The subject technology causes display, at the client device, a third set of augmented reality content items generated by the first augmented reality content generator, the third set of augmented reality content items comprising at least one activity or location associated with the destination geolocation and a selected period of time.
US12039493B2
A request is received, over a network from a requesting user to sort a plurality of comments relating to online content by a social status of a respective one of a plurality of commenters associated with each of the plurality of comments. The social status of the each of the plurality of commenters is determined using a computing device. The plurality of comments are sorted, using the computing device, by the social status of the respective one of the plurality of commenters associated with each of the plurality of comments. A representation of the sorted comments is transmitted, over the network, to the requesting user. The social status of commenters can reflect, in various embodiments, the status of commenters as favorite commenters of the requesting user, as members of the requesting user's social network, or as a top rated commenters in an online community.
US12039486B2
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to combine a sell condition under which a first dealer sells a product and a buy condition under which a second dealer buys the product on a basis of information of a first transport medium to transport the product, and generate matching information including the sell condition and the buy condition combined each other; and assign a transport of the product to the first transport medium by associating the transport with the first transport medium and perform scheduling of the transport on a basis of the matching information.
US12039484B2
An AV receives a delivery request made by a user. The AV navigates to the user's location. The AV's onboard controller determines that the AV has arrived at the location. The onboard controller then commands the AV's motor to pause motion. The onboard controller provides the user an access to a delivery assembly in the AV. The onboard controller or the delivery assembly detects, by using sensors in the delivery assembly, whether an item has been removed from or placed into the container. Subsequent to detecting that the item has been removed from or placed into the container, the onboard controller commands the AV's motor to resume motion. The onboard controller or delivery assembly may also control a movable element in the container to allow the user to load or unload the item from a safe spot or control a divider in the container to protect the user's privacy.
US12039481B2
An interactive test method, device and system are disclosed. An interactive test method, applicable to a product to be tested, including: obtaining an identification of the product to be tested; obtaining test conditions corresponding to the product to be tested according to the identification, wherein the test conditions include a test type, a test location, a test case and the attribute information of the test case; transmitting a first instruction including the test location to an actuating device; transmitting a second instruction including the test case and the attribute information of the test case to a test device; and obtaining test data transmitted by the test device and obtained by performing a test according to the first instruction and the second instruction, and comparing the test data with the test case to obtain a test result.
US12039480B2
A computer-implemented method of identifying and mitigating information security risks may be provided. The method may involve an operator receiving control implementation inputs and historical and cyber risk intelligence control effectiveness data and combining the historical and cyber risk intelligence control effectiveness data and the operator control implementation input to determine a control effectiveness measurement for each of a plurality of risk scenarios. The determined control effectiveness measurement results may be aggregated for each of a plurality of controls for the plurality of risk scenario, a control effectiveness simulation model may be generated, and a control effectiveness simulation model summary may be outputted.
US12039477B1
Automated discovery of dimensions of a data set that are relevant to continuing a plurality of business workflows may include generating guided navigation pages from data sources representing a plurality of domains organized by a set of dimensions for continuing the plurality of business workflows. The pages include actionable elements that correspond to one or more dimension of the set of dimensions. Each dimension of the set of dimensions is common across at least two domains of the plurality of domains. At least one dynamic dimension may be discovered based on an aspect of use of the dimensions for generating the guided navigation pages. In response to interaction by a user with an actionable element that represents the dynamic domain, a semantic request response play may be used to generate a set of page data for a new guided navigation page representing the dynamic dimension.
US12039474B2
A method for selecting storage locations for storage of data. According to a placement policy, a file is stored in a database comprising a plurality of storage locations. The method includes determining a query for a copy comprising policy constraints in the placement policy and storage location constraints. The method includes extracting one or more data attributes of the file. The method includes determining an attribute set for each storage location including the data attributes and the storage location attributes for each storage location. The method includes identifying a set of one or more candidate storage locations for storage of the copy of the file by evaluating the attribute set for each storage location against the query. The method includes selecting a candidate storage location from the set and providing the copy of the file to the selected candidate storage location for storage.
US12039472B2
A method and device for scheduling automated guided vehicles. One method includes acquiring, based on a task for scheduling automated guided vehicles, information of a set of temporary parking points and information of automated guided vehicles; calculating, based on the information of the set of temporary parking points and the information of automated guided vehicles, the number of missing vehicles at each temporary parking point in the set of temporary parking point; selecting, based on the number of missing vehicles, a target temporary parking point from the set of temporary parking points, and scheduling the automated guided vehicles to be scheduled to the target temporary parking point.
US12039465B2
Calibration techniques for devices of analog processors to remove time-dependent biases are described. Devices in an analog processor exhibit a noise spectrum that spans a wide range of frequencies, characterized by 1/f spectrum. Offset parameters are determined assuming only a given power spectral density. The algorithm determines a model for a measurable quantity of a device in an analog processor associated with a noise process and an offset parameter, determines the form of the spectral density of the noise process, approximates the noise spectrum by a discrete distribution via the digital processor, constructs a probability distribution of the noise process based on the discrete distribution and evaluates the probability distribution to determine optimized parameter settings to enhance computational efficiency.
US12039462B2
A computerized system and method for health care facilities to reduce manual handling of at least some open account issues. The system provides healthcare facilities with the ability to resolve current open patient account issues by utilizing the data patterns from a facility's historical patient account transaction activity, to create a machine learning model that can predict resolutions to the open accounts. These patterns are then applied to a facility's current transaction data providing next step resolution to each patient account.
US12039457B2
A system and method includes generating approximate distributions for distinct classes of data samples; computing a first partial Jensen-Shannon (JS) divergence and a second partial JS divergence based on the approximate distribution of the disparity affected class of data samples with reference to the approximate distribution of the control class of data samples; computing a disparity divergence based on the first partial JS divergence and the second partial JS divergence; generating a distribution-matching term based on the disparity divergence, wherein the distribution-matching term mitigates an inferential disparity between the control class of data samples and the disparity affected class of data samples during a training of an unconstrained artificial neural network; constructing a disparity-constrained loss function based on augmenting a target loss function with the distribution-matching term; and transforming the unconstrained ANN to a disparity-constrained ANN based on a training of the unconstrained ANN using the disparity-constrained loss function.
US12039455B2
The exemplary embodiments disclose a method, a computer system, and a computer program product for detecting malware. The exemplary embodiments may include aggregating known malware patterns by storing malware patterns and related malware categories of the malware patterns. The exemplary embodiments may additionally include training a first machine-learning system, comprising a generator portion and a discriminator portion, by using the known malware patterns and the related malware categories as training data. The exemplary embodiments may also include generating additional synthetic code patterns by feeding random code samples to the trained first machine-learning system. The exemplary embodiments may further include training a second machine-learning system by using benevolent code patterns and the generated additional synthetic code patterns as training data. The exemplary embodiments may include determining a statistical distribution of predicted malicious code patterns and related categories, and determining a quality value of the training of the second machine-learning system.
US12039454B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a microexpression-based image recognition method and apparatus, and a related device. The method includes: obtaining an original expression image belonging to a first expression type, and inputting the original expression image into an image augmentation model; the original expression image belonging to the first expression type being an image including a microexpression; the image augmentation model being obtained by training with a sample expression image belonging to the first expression type and a sample expression images belonging to a second expression type; augmenting, in the image augmentation model, an expression feature of the microexpression in the original expression image to obtain a target expression image belonging to the second expression type; recognizing an expression attribute type corresponding to the target expression image, and determining the expression attribute type corresponding to the target expression image as an expression attribute type corresponding to the original expression image.
US12039452B2
A system and method for processing satellite imagery with high-frequency revisit to monitor vegetation using a deep learning model 108 is provided. The system includes one or more satellites 102A-C, a vegetation monitoring server 106. The server receives a first set of satellite images and a second set of satellite images from one or more satellites 102A-B. The vegetation monitoring server 106 adjusts the first set of satellite images according to a spectral band of the second set of satellite images using pre-processing techniques. The deep learning model 108 generates a reconstructed image from a cloudy image of the first set of satellite images by replacing the cloudy and shadow pixels with the same pixels of the same image in third set of satellite images obtained from the satellite 102C. The vegetation monitoring server 106 generates observation data from the reconstructed image to provide vegetation monitoring to a geographical area.
US12039451B2
An information processing apparatus (2000) generates likelihood data for each of a plurality of partial regions (12) in image data (10). The likelihood data are data being associated with a position and a size on the image data (10) and indicating a likelihood that a target object exists in an image region at the position with the size. The information processing apparatus (2000) computes a distribution (probability hypothesis density: PHD) of an existence likelihood of a target object with respect to a position and a size by computing the total sum of likelihood data each piece of which is generated for each partial region (12). The information processing apparatus (2000) extracts, from the PHD, partial distributions each of which relates to one target object. For each extracted partial distribution, the information processing apparatus (2000) outputs a position and a size of a target object represented by the partial distribution, based on a statistic of the partial distribution.
US12039447B2
The present application discloses an information processing method performed at a computing device. The method includes: collecting first information; executing an intent identification task on the first information to obtain an intent identification processing result; executing a slot identification task on the first information according to the intent identification processing result to obtain a slot identification processing result; narrowing a search range according to the slot identification processing result; and performing a database search for the first information within the narrowed search range.
US12039439B2
An overall gradient vector is computed at a server from a set of ISA vectors corresponding to a set of worker machines. An ISA vector of a worker machine including ISA instructions corresponding to a set of gradients, each gradient corresponding to a weight of a node of a neural network being distributedly trained in the worker machine. A set of register values is optimized for use in an approximation computation with an opcode to produce an x-th approximate gradient of an x-th gradient. A server ISA vector is constructed in which a server ISA instruction in an x-th position corresponds to the x-th gradient in the overall gradient vector. A processor at the worker machine is caused to update a set of weights of the neural network, using the set of optimized register values and the server ISA vector, thereby completing one iteration of training.
US12039432B2
An artificial neural network (ANN) apparatus can include processing component circuitry that receives linear inputs, and removes linearity from the one or more linear inputs based on an S-shaped saturating activation function that generates a continuous non-linear output. The neurons of the ANN comprise digital bit-wise components configured to transform the linear inputs into the continuous non-linear output.
US12039428B2
To identify a target engagement sequence with a highest likelihood of realizing an opportunity, a target engagement sequence generator uses models (artificial recurrent neural network (RNN) and a hidden Markov model (HMM)) trained with historical time series data for a particular combination of values for opportunity characteristics. The trained RNN identifies a sequence of personas for realizing the opportunity described by the opportunity characteristics values. Data from regression analysis indicates key individuals for realizing an opportunity within each organizational classification that occurred within the historical data. The HMM identifies the importance of each persona in the sequence of personas with communicates to the key individuals. The resulting sequence of individuals indicates an optimal sequence of individuals and order for contacting those individuals in order to realize an opportunity. The importance values associated with the key individuals informs how to efficiently allocate resources to each individual interaction.
US12039417B2
There is provided a method of assessing a characteristic of a plant (2), comprising: obtaining a training dataset, wherein the training dataset comprises first data characterising a first electrical signal obtained from a first plant during a first time period when a stressor is present in the first plant or a growth environment of the first plant, second data characterising a second electrical signal obtained from the first plant during a second time period when a stressor is not present in the first plant or the growth environment of the first plant, and third data indicative of a characteristic of the first plant during the first time period and a characteristic of the first plant during the second time period; training a machine learning model based upon the training dataset; obtaining a third electrical signal from a second plant; and assessing, using the trained machine learning model, a characteristic of the second plant based upon the third electrical signal.
US12039402B2
A method of frequency allocation in a quantum device having a plurality of qubits includes determining a plurality of frequency groups based on a configuration of the plurality of qubits; determining, for each of the plurality of qubits, a qubit frequency; assigning a frequency group from the plurality of frequency groups to each of the plurality of qubits based on each respective qubit frequency; determining for at least one qubit of the plurality of qubits whether a frequency collision exists between the at least one qubit and neighboring qubits in the plurality of qubits based on the qubit frequency of the at least one qubit and at least one qubit frequency of the neighboring qubits; and adjusting the frequency of the at least one qubit based on the determination whether a frequency collision exists between the at least one qubit and said neighboring qubits in the plurality of qubits. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for frequency allocation in a quantum device includes instructions to perform the method.
US12039401B2
Methods and apparatus for providing out-of-range indications are disclosed. An example imaging reader includes an image sensor and an optical assembly. The imaging reader may include a distance determining module configured to determine a distance to a target. The imaging reader may include an indication determining module configured to determine an out-of-range indication when the distance satisfies a first condition. An indicator may be included and configured to present the out-of-range indication. The image sensor may be configured to capture a representation of an image of the target when the distance satisfies a second condition. The imaging reader may include an indicia decoder configured to decode an indicia in the representation to determine an indicia payload and/or a communication interface to convey the indicia payload to a host system.
US12039400B2
To suppress an increase in processing time due to a load of inference processing while improving reading accuracy by the inference processing of machine learning. An optical information reading device includes a processor including: an inference processing part that inputs a code image to a neural network and executes inference processing of generating an ideal image corresponding to the code image; and a decoding processing part that executes first decoding processing of decoding the code image and second decoding processing of decoding the ideal image generated by the inference processing part. The processor executes the inference processing and the first decoding processing in parallel, and executes the second decoding processing after completion of the inference processing.
US12039399B2
An optical symbol includes a data portion in which a plurality of cells is arranged. Each of the plurality of cells is assigned with a linear gradient according to a value.
US12039398B1
A method includes: capturing, by a scanner device comprising an image sensor, first image data representing at least a portion of a first item; detecting, by the scanner device, a first barcode represented in the first image data; decoding the first barcode to determine first identifier data for the first item; performing a lookup using the first identifier data to determine a first entry for the first item stored in a data store; generating a sub-image representing a region-of-interest of the first item; generating, using an image encoder, a first vector representation of the sub-image; comparing the first vector representation of the sub-image to at least one second vector representation stored in the data store in association with the first entry; and generating first data indicating that the first barcode is matched with the first item.
US12039395B2
A system for detecting mounting of a card skimmer at an automated teller machine receives detection data from sensors. The system converts the detection data from the time domain to the frequency domain using a wavelet transform to generate a wavelet matrix of coefficients. The system includes a convolutional neural network model to identify features in the wavelet matrix. The system generates a rain alert signal based on the identified features. The system includes a long short-term memory recurrent neural network model to determine a sequence of (i) an idle state, (ii) a hand approach state, and (iii) a card skimmer mounting state based on the detection data. The system generates a tamper alert signal based on the sequence determination.
US12039391B2
Systems and methods for providing fraud prevention inserts in a chip pocket of a card are provided. A chip fraud prevention system includes a device including a chip and one or more fraud prevention inserts. The chip, and the fraud prevention inserts, may be at least partially encompassed in a chip pocket.
US12039378B2
Techniques for in-band modification of event notification preferences for server events are provided. One method comprises obtaining an event notification; providing the event notification to a target device based on rule-based preferences of a user associated with the target device; obtaining a reply to the event notification from the target device, wherein the reply comprises event preferences of the user; and updating the rule-based preferences of the user based on the event preferences of the user. The updating of the rule-based preferences of the user may comprise creating, modifying and/or canceling at least one event preference rule of the user. A plurality of the event preference rules matching the event notification may be resolved in an order determined by one or more event preference rule resolution criteria.
US12039377B2
Load leveling between hosts (computes) is realized in a virtual infrastructure regardless of application restrictions on the virtualization technique and by reducing the influence on services. A load leveling apparatus 10 includes: a load determination unit 112 that acquires load information for a compute 30 of each VM 3, calculates a load of each compute 30 by totaling the load information for every compute 30 in which the VMs are disposed, calculates a standard deviation of the load of each compute 30, and, in a case where the calculated standard deviation is larger than a predetermined reference standard deviation, determines that there is a large load bias; a VM disposition determination unit 113 that extracts the compute 30 having the highest load among the loads of the computes 30, selects a VM 3 disposed in the compute 30, specifies a VM 3 forming a pair with selected VM 3, and determines the pair of VMs 3 as a pair of VMs for switching; and a switching instruction unit 114 that outputs instruction information for switching the determined pair of VMs.
US12039376B2
A system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product are disclosed for a cross-cloud orchestration of data analytics for a plurality of research domains. A system operates by receiving one or more command and control (C&C) requests to execute one or more analytic applications of a workflow. The workflow includes the analytic applications for execution. The system further operates by generating one or more native access requests to execute the analytic applications at one or more analytics computing environments, and transmitting one or more native access requests to the analytics computing environments, wherein at least two native access requests are configured for different access protocol.
US12039374B2
In an example embodiment, a solution is provided for a container-orchestration service that allows a custom resource to reflect an entire software application while still splitting the actual work out into independent microservices. Specifically, the concepts of an extendable controller and controller extensions are introduced. An extendable controller defines an extendable custom resource. This custom resource is still the main resource describing the entire application, but does so in a way that extensions are referenced that can be defined in their own resources (called extension resources). The extendable controller itself is surrounded by extension controllers, which are responsible for certain aspects of the system that need to be considered in atomic transactions, such as high-availability configuration or scale-out.
US12039373B2
Techniques are disclosed for dynamically adjusting a throttling threshold in a multi-tenant virtualized computing environment. System health parameters are collected during a predetermined time interval. A system health status of the multi-tenant virtualized computing environment is determined. Based on the system health status, a throttling threshold for service requests for the multi-tenant virtualized computing environment is determined. The throttling threshold is applied for further service requests. During a subsequent time interval, an updated system health status of the multi-tenant virtualized computing environment is determined based on system health parameters received during the subsequent time interval. The throttling threshold is updated based on the updated system health status. The updated throttling threshold is applied for further service requests.
US12039369B1
Examining a cloud-based storage system using codified states includes generating an enumeration of a plurality of resources of the cloud-based storage system; comparing the enumeration to a codified state for the cloud-based storage system; and identifying, based on the comparison, a difference between the enumeration and the codified state.
US12039360B2
An operation method includes: dividing a model to be executed in an accelerator into a plurality of stages; determining, for each of the stages, a maximum batch size processible in an on-chip memory of the accelerator; determining the determined maximum batch sizes to each be a candidate batch size to be applied to the model; and determining, to be a final batch size to be applied to the model, one of the determined candidate batch sizes that minimizes a sum of a computation cost of executing the model in the accelerator and a memory access cost.
US12039357B2
A system for scheduling input/output (I/O) requests from virtual machines includes a storage device including storage device resources for processing I/O requests to access a non-volatile memory of the storage device, a first virtual machine configured to send an I/O request to the storage device, a resource manager configured to calculate a first amount of the storage device resources and assign the first amount to the first virtual machine, and a traffic controller associated with the first virtual machine, the traffic controller being configured to reschedule the I/O request from the first virtual machine based on an availability of the first amount.
US12039356B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for migrating a virtual machine (VM) having a virtual function that maps resources of an artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator to the VM. A driver for the AI accelerator can generate a checkpoint of VM processes that make calls to the AI accelerator, and can the checkpoint can include a list and configuration of resources mapped to the AI accelerator by the virtual function. The driver can also access the code, data, and memory of the AI accelerator to generate a checkpoint of the AI accelerator status. When the VM is migrated to a new host, then either, or both, of these checkpoint frames can be used to ensure that resuming the VM on a new host having appropriate AI accelerator resources, can be successful resumed on the new host. One or both checkpoint frames can be captured based upon an event, in anticipation of the need to migrate the VM.
US12039348B1
Techniques and solutions are provided to assist users in creating an instance of a model object definition that can be used in generating user interface displays using data accessed using an analytic query. Often, the development of user interface displays, including binding aspects of a display to data, requires significant technical knowledge, and the user interface displays and supporting objects are often hardcoded for particular use scenarios. Disclosed techniques facilitate the creation of user interface displays by allowing users to select particular definitional elements of analytic queries and analytical data objects defined with respect thereto. The definitional elements are stored in an instance of a model object definition. Using disclosed techniques, users can create and modify user interface displays using a low code/no code approach.
US12039344B2
Described herein are techniques for executing a heterogeneous code object executable. According to the techniques, a loader identifies a first memory appropriate for loading a first architecture-specific portion of the heterogeneous code object executable, wherein the first architecture specific portion includes instructions for a first architecture, identifies a second memory appropriate for loading a second architecture-specific portion of the heterogeneous code object executable, wherein the second architecture specific portion includes instructions for a second architecture that is different than the first architecture, loads the first architecture-specific portion into the first memory and the second architecture-specific portion into the second memory, and performs relocations on the first architecture-specific portion and on the second architecture-specific portion.
US12039324B2
In an example embodiment, to improve performance, a solution is provided that removes the bottleneck associated with a single events table. Specifically, the solution provides for three events tables rather than one table. Two of the three tables are domain event outbox tables that are parallel and equivalent to each other. The third table is a domain event indication table, which records which of the domain event outbox tables is in a serve mode versus a maintain mode. At any point in time, one of the two domain event outbox tables is in serve mode while the other is in maintain mode. Serve mode is used for event insert, update, and query, while maintain mode is used for event purge.
US12039318B2
A server system to customize firmware of an endpoint via an online firmware store in connection with validating authenticity of the endpoint. For example, a customized version of firmware can be ordered for the endpoint prior to the use of the endpoint. After receiving a request having identity data generated by a memory device configured in the endpoint, the server system can determine, based on a secret of the memory device, the authenticity of the endpoint having the current firmware. An update to firmware stored in the memory device and executed in the endpoint to generate the request is identified. The server system generates a verification code for a command executable in the memory device to perform the update. After receiving the command and the verification code, the memory device validates the verification code to determine whether to execute the command for firmware update.
US12039317B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing secure remote software updates to a cyber-physical systems (CPS) device. The method may include receiving, at a first server, data used to update software of at least one CPS device, converting the data into a first format, establishing a secure connection between the first server and a second serve, transmitting the data in the first format from the first server to the second server, identifying each CPS device that is authorized to receive a software update, encrypting a software update package to ensure that the software update is decrypted by each CPS device that is authorized to receive the software update and is not decrypted by an CPS device that is not authorized to receive the software update, and transmitting the encrypted software update package to each CPS device.
US12039316B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a secure and assured method for updating software of a cyber-physical system (CPS) device, maintaining a CPS device, diagnosing a CPS device, and transferring of CPS data. The method may include authenticating a moment a secure maintenance device (SMD) is connected to a first device before a software-based communication is established, establishing a secure communication channel between the SMD and the first device, authenticating a user of the first device and determining access rights of the user using an identity of the first device; transmitting digitally signed updates from the SMD to the first device; receiving, at the SMD, digitally signed first data from the first device, performing diagnostic and maintenance functions at the first device, and exporting data from the first device to the SMD for mobile transfer to another platform.
US12039313B2
A system and a method for reconstructing an electronic data processing facility is provided. The method includes: accessing information that indicates a predetermined arrangement of hardware components included in the electronic data processing facility; verifying that the hardware components are operational based on the predetermined arrangement; accessing information that indicates a predetermined order of software modules to be installed in the electronic data processing facility; installing the software modules based on the predetermined order; accessing information that indicates a predetermined data set to be stored in a memory of the electronic data processing facility; and verifying that the installed software modules and the stored data set are operational based on a predetermined standard.
US12039310B1
Data intake and query system (DIQS) instances supporting applications including lower-tier, focused, work group oriented applications may be tailored to meet the specific needs of the users. Rather than offer pre-configured options, the DIQS-based application offers the user the ability to customize data collection before deploying the collectors for specified host entities within an IT environment. Once the user selects the metrics and/or log sources for data collection at a custom interface, the lower-tier DIQS generates custom script operable to establish collection of the source data having the selected metrics and events associated with selected log sources from the specified host entities. The user can display and analyze the collected data.
US12039309B2
At least one processor cause an information processing apparatus to act as the following units. A first installation unit installs a first application. A second installation unit installs a second application for activating the first application. An acquisition unit acquires identification information unique to the first application installed by the first installation unit. An acceptance unit accepts a request for activation of the first application which uses a deep link. A first determination unit, in a case where the acceptance unit accepts a request for activation, determines whether or not to activate, by the second application, the first application by using the identification information acquired by the acquisition unit. An activation unit activates, by the second application, the first application based on a result of the determination by the first determination unit.
US12039302B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with a technique for using micro frontends to build a runtime version of a base application are described. In one embodiment, the method allows for selected micro frontends to be incorporated into the base application. Metadata corresponding to the selected micro frontend may be used to identify at least one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) that are defined in the metadata. The identified APIs are incorporated with the micro frontends to create a final version of the micro frontend. A runtime version of the base application is constructed, at least in part, by combining the base application with the retrieved micro frontends including the one or more APIs that were identified.
US12039298B2
A method for configuring model components of a system model in a model-based test environment, wherein the test environment comprises a model editor, wherein the test environment is executed on a computer system having a processor and a display, and wherein the model components have a plurality of ports, comprising the following steps: S1) Loading the system model into the model editor, S2) receiving a user selection for at least a first port comprising a graphical port identifier, S3) assigning the selected graphical port identifier to a list, S4) displaying the list in the test environment, S5) receiving a user selection for the first port identifier from the list, S6) receiving a user selection for a second port, S7) connecting the first port to the second port by a signal connection.
US12039297B2
A code inspection interface providing method according to an embodiment of this disclosure includes providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for performing code inspection, executing an analysis routine on an inspection target code when the inspection target code is selected through the GUI, and providing the result of executing the analysis routine. The analysis routine may include an operation of extracting an abstract syntax tree includes a plurality of nodes from the inspection target code. A code inspection interface providing method is capable of providing an interface that can analyze a code and detect a security vulnerability in real time regardless of the language version of the code and an apparatus for implementing the method.
US12039291B2
An abnormality detection circuit and method of detecting an abnormality in a CPU is disclosed that may include counting a count value from an initial value to a timeout value; storing a seed value readable from the CPU; generating a key value for verification by performing a specified arithmetic processing on the seed value; waiting for a key value to be written by the CPU; comparing the key value written by the CPU with the key value for verification; and when the count value is equal to the timeout value without the counter being reset, in response to the key value and the key value for verification matching, resetting the counter and storing the seed value to be determined at the time of resetting the counter in the seed value storage section.
US12039284B2
A summarizer can be invoked by a user to summarize content. Once started, the summarizer can examine the content, determine a main body of the content, extract texts from the main body, concatenate the texts into a text block, and make a call to an artificial intelligence (AI) platform. The call can contain the text block and specify a user-configurable summarization range for summarizing the text block. The AI platform is operable to generate a sentiment of the text block and a summary of the text block in the summarization range and return them to the summarizer. The summarizer, in turn, can instruct an application on the user device to generate a window or page for displaying the sentiment and the summary in the summarization range on the user device, in real time and in context of the content that the user is viewing, reading, or listening.
US12039280B2
Machine classifiers in accordance with embodiments of the invention capture long-term temporal dependencies in particular tasks, such as turn-based dialogues. Machine classifiers may be used to help users to perform tasks indicated by the user. When a user utterance is received, natural language processing techniques may be used to understand the user's intent. Templates may be determined based on the user's intent in the generation of responses to solicit information from the user. A variety of persona attributes may be determined for a user. The persona attributes may be determined based on the user's utterances and/or provided as metadata included with the user's utterances. A response persona may be used to generate responses to the user's utterances such that the generated responses match a tone appropriate to the task. A response persona may be used to generate templates to solicit additional information and/or generate responses appropriate to the task.
US12039276B2
A method includes associating anomalous first text, from a first unstructured data set, with a first classification; processing the first unstructured data set using at least one of ML or AI to identify a second text that is in close context to the first text, and adding the second text to a text list associated with the first classification; enriching the text list by processing the second text to generate a third text, and adding the third text to the text list to produce an enriched text list and such that the third text is also associated with the first classification; matching the text in the enriched text list to text in a second unstructured data set; and classifying the text in the second unstructured data set as having the first classification when the text in the second unstructured data set matches text in the enriched text list.
US12039272B2
The invention provides a method and system for training a machine learning-based patent search or novelty evaluation system. The method comprises providing a plurality of patent documents each having a computer-identifiable claim block and specification block, the specification block including at least part of the description of the patent document. The method also comprises providing a machine learning model and training the machine learning model using a training data set comprising data from said patent documents for forming a trained machine learning model. According to the invention, the training comprises using pairs of claim blocks and specification blocks originating from the same patent document as training cases of said training data set.
US12039257B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices are disclosed for improved table identification in a spreadsheet. One method including: receiving a spreadsheet including at least one table; identifying, using machine learning, one or more classes of a plurality of classes for each cell of the received spreadsheet, wherein the plurality of classes include corners and not-a-corner; and inducing at least one table in the received spreadsheet based on the one or more identified classes for each cell of the received spreadsheet.
US12039232B2
A hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation device is provided, which includes a processing circuit and a pulse-width modulation (PWM) signal observation circuit. The PWM signal observation circuit includes an energy storage unit and the energy storage unit is coupled to the processing circuit. A signal source transmits a PWM signal to the processing circuit and the PWM signal observation circuit, and the energy storage unit is charged when the PWM signal is at high level. The processing circuit detects the voltage of the energy storage unit when detecting the falling edge of the PWM signal so as to calculate the duty cycle of the PWM signal.
US12039231B2
The method includes displaying an augmented reality design file including receiving, at a mobile communication device, the augmented reality design file, the augmented reality design file including a geolocation parameter; activating a geolocation mode of an architecture software application; reading the geolocation parameter of the received augmented reality design file; calculating a distance value and a directional parameter of the mobile computing device with respect to a location of a structure corresponding to the augmented reality design file; displaying the distance value and the directional parameter on a display of the mobile communication device; and continuing to update the distance value and the directional parameter as the mobile computing device moves toward the structure location.
US12039227B2
Implementations set forth herein relate an automated assistant that provides suggestion elements at an OEM application and/or third-party application that is accessible via an OEM vehicle computing device, which employs restrictions on communications between local applications. The automated assistant can render suggestions via OEM vehicle applications and/or third-party applications, and initialize actions for performance via the OEM vehicle applications and/or the third-party applications—despite the limitations. The suggestions can be rendered at a graphical user interface of a vehicle, and include content that, when spoken by a user, causes the automated assistant to initialize such actions. Actions that are suggested by the automated assistant can be performed by third-party applications that are different from a third-party application that is rendering the suggestion. In this way, a common automated assistant can be indiscriminately available via various vehicle computing devices, despite differences in restrictions of communications between vehicle applications.
US12039221B2
Systems, methods, and computer program product for displaying virtual content with a wearable display device that in response to identifying a first change from a first field of view to a second field of view, determines, based at least in part upon attribute(s) or criterion (criteria), first virtual content element(s) and second virtual content element(s) from the set that match to first surface(s) within the first field of view, determines second surface(s) within the second field of view based at least in part upon attribute(s) or criterion (criteria), the second surface(s) matching to the second virtual content element(s), moves the first virtual content element(s) from the first surface(s) to the second surface(s), and maintains the second virtual content element(s) with respect to the first surface(s) while the first field of view has been changed into the second field of view.
US12039209B2
There is provided with an image processing apparatus. A setting unit sets priority degrees in a printed image. A display control unit displays, in an order that is in accordance with the set priority degrees, print failures identified by inspecting a read image obtained by reading the printed image.
US12039205B2
A technique garbage collects user data within a storage system. The technique involves, in response to a request signal that directs the storage system to garbage collect user data, coalescing first user data and second user data to form new user data. The technique further involves generating first parity and second parity based on the new user data. The technique further involves storing the first parity and the new user data in a data uber of the storage system, the data uber providing redundant array of independent disks (RAID) protection. The technique further involves storing the second parity in designated free storage of the storage system, the designated free storage being separate from the data uber.
US12039198B2
The present disclosure generally relates to an efficient manner of fetching data for write commands. The data can be fetched prior to classification, which is a fetch before mode. The data can alternatively be fetched after classification, which is a fetch after mode. When the data is fetched after classification, the write commands are aggregated until sufficient data associated with any command is split between memory devices. When in fetch before mode, the data should properly align such that data associated with any command is not split between memory devices. Efficiently toggling between the fetch before and fetch after modes will shape how writes are performed without impacting latency and bandwidth without significantly increasing write buffer memory size.
US12039197B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for restoring data. The method described here includes: selecting a target time point at a storage system from multiple backup time points. The method further includes: determining a change in a data system in the storage system from the target time point to a current time point. The method further includes: overwriting the data system at the current time point based on the change. With the solution for restoring data of the present application, it is possible to reduce, based on the change in the data system since the target time point, the amount of data that needs to be retrieved in order to restore the current data system to a backup at the target time point, thereby achieving efficient data restoration.
US12039195B2
Techniques are provided for provisioning zoned storage devices to sequential workloads. One method comprises obtaining a sequentiality classification of at least one workload of an application associated with a storage system comprising a plurality of zoned storage devices; and provisioning at least one of the zoned storage devices for storing the data of the at least one workload in response to the at least one workload being classified as a sequential workload. A sequentiality classification of a workload (e.g., as a sequential workload or a random workload) can be determined by: (i) evaluating the application name and/or application type of an application, (ii) learning input-output workload patterns, such as sequential read/write operations or random read/write operations, and/or (iii) detecting the application access mode to persistent volumes, such as a sequential write access mode.
US12039194B2
Methods, systems, and devices for unmap backlog in a memory system are described. A memory system may be configured to support receiving an unmap command from a host system and signaling, to the host system, an indication that the unmap command has been processed (e.g., handled, acknowledged). In response to the unmap command, the memory system may proceed with various unmap operations, which may include unmapping at least some of the associated addresses after indicating that the unmap command has been processed. For example, a memory system may implement an unmap backlog table to identify sections of addresses that are to be unmapped (e.g., after indicating that the unmap command has been processed). In some examples, the memory system may support various aspects of prioritization between unmap operations (e.g., background unmap operations) and other access operations such as read operations, write operations, or other access operations.
US12039191B2
A flash memory system may include a flash memory and a circuit for performing operations on the flash memory. The circuit may be configured to obtain a first soft read sample by performing a first read operation on a location of the flash memory with a first reference voltage. The circuit may be configured to determine a second reference voltage based on the first soft read sample. The circuit may be configured to obtain a second soft read sample by performing a second read operation on the location of the flash memory with the second reference voltage. The circuit may be configured to generate soft information based on the first and second soft read samples. The circuit may be configured to decode a result of a third read operation on the location of the flash memory based on the soft information.
US12039175B2
Data storage devices and apparatuses that include a data storage device are disclosed. In some implementations, the apparatus may include a data storage device including a replay protected memory block accessed by a security protocol and a processor configured to generate a command information unit instructing the data storage device to access the replay protected memory block and to provide the data storage device with the command information unit, wherein the command information unit includes a basic header segment included in every information unit transferred between the host and the memory controller and an extra header segment including a host side RPMB message.
US12039174B2
Provided herein may be a memory controller and a method of operating the same. The method of operating a memory controller may include determining whether a reset request received from a host is valid, based on boot workload information related to a plurality of boot stages of the host, and performing a reset operation on a memory device depending on whether the reset request is valid.
US12039171B2
A method for accessing a flash memory module includes: determining a type of data to be written into the flash memory module; selecting a specific encoding/decoding setting from a plurality of sets of encoding/decoding settings at least according to the type of data, wherein the plurality of sets of encoding/decoding settings correspond to different data lengths, respectively; utilizing the specific encoding/decoding setting to encode the data to generate encoded data; and writing the encoded data into a block of the flash memory module.
US12039170B2
A hardware revocation engine for invalidating a pointer, that refers to a deallocated object, from memory in a memory constrained system. The hardware revocation engine has a revocation pipeline coupled to a pipeline of a main processor of the memory constrained system. The revocation pipeline shares access to memory with the main pipeline, the revocation pipeline comprising at least a first stage and a subsequent second stage. In a first cycle of the revocation pipeline, the first stage of the revocation pipeline loads a first pointer-sized value from the memory. In a second cycle: the second stage checks whether the first loaded pointer-sized value is a pointer referring to deallocated memory. In a third cycle: in response to the outcome of the check indicating that the first loaded pointer-sized value is a pointer referring to deallocated memory, the first stage invalidates the first pointer-sized value.
US12039167B2
A method is used for improving performance in a storage system during deduplication. A processor receives a request to write data. A determination is made that the data can be deduplicated. A non-exclusive lock for a page in storage with a reference count of the data may be obtained, and an instruction to increment the reference count for the data may be stored in a metadata journal. The non-exclusive lock for the page may be released.
US12039162B2
The present invention provides a method for displaying a plurality of windows in a split-screen manner, applied to an electronic device. The electronic device displays a first window in full screen, detects a screen splitting operation of a user on the first window, responds to the screen splitting operation, and displays a second window on one side of the first window, to display the first window and the second window in the split-screen manner.
US12039158B2
Systems and methods to provide personalized graphical user interfaces within a collaboration environment are described herein. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment; manage homepage information defining personalized graphical user interfaces of the collaboration environment; effectuate presentation of the personalized graphical user interfaces on computing platforms associated with the users upon instantiation of the collaboration environment by the users via the computing platforms; and/or perform other operations.
US12039156B2
Methods and systems for monitoring through graphical user interfaces are disclosed. In one aspect, a system is disclosed that includes a processor and data storage including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform operations. The operations include maintaining an input file including predetermined criteria for a plurality of factors, receiving a model dataset generated using a model, based on the input file and the model dataset, generating a first graphical user interface that includes a graphical illustration of a subset of the plurality of factors, a model risk for the model, and a selectable feature associated with a selected factor in the subset and a selected time period. The operations further include receiving through the first graphical user interface a selection of the selectable feature, and, in response, generating a second graphical user interface that recolors a portion of the first graphical user interface.
US12039144B2
A display method includes an electronic device that obtains preset information, where the preset information includes information about an application installed on the electronic device, and the information includes at least one of a name, an icon, and a package name of the application. The electronic device generates a first window based on the preset information, where the first window includes one of a plurality of desktops of the electronic device. The electronic device sends the first window to the large-screen device to enable the large-screen device to display a first user interface, where the first user interface includes the first window.
US12039136B2
A touch substrate includes a base plate; touch electrodes; and at least three light adjustment layers stacked on a side of the base plate, and adjacent two of the light adjustment layers have different refractive indexes; the touch electrodes include a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode that are disposed on a side, backing onto the light adjustment layers, of the base plate, the second touch electrode is disposed on a side, backing onto the base plate, of the first touch electrode; the touch substrate further includes: a first insulating layer disposed between the base plate and the first touch electrode; a second insulating layer disposed between the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode; and a third insulating layer disposed on a side, backing onto the base plate, of the second touch electrode.
US12039133B2
A computing device can receive a first measured touch value, the first measured touch value indicating first touch input at a first location near a camera included in the computing device, receive a second measured touch value, the second measured touch value indicating second touch input at a second location farther from the camera than the first location, a density of touch sensors in the second location being greater than a density of touch sensors in the first location, generate a first compensated touch value based on the first measured touch value and a first scaling value, generate a second compensated touch value based on the second measured touch value and a second scaling value, the second scaling value being less than the first scaling value, and process the first touch input and the second touch input based on the first compensated touch value and the second compensated touch value.
US12039129B2
An electronic device includes a sensor layer including a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes, a sensor driving circuit driving the sensor layer and operating in a first or second mode, and a main driving circuit controlling an operation of the sensor driving circuit. In the first mode, the sensor driving circuit outputs a plurality of first transmit signals to the plurality of first electrodes respectively, receives a plurality of first sensing signals from the plurality of second electrodes respectively, and outputs the plurality of first sensing signals to the main driving circuit. In the second mode, the sensor driving circuit outputs a plurality of second transmit signals to the plurality of first electrodes respectively, receives a plurality of second sensing signals from the plurality of second electrodes respectively, and provides the main driving circuit with a coordinate based on the plurality of second sensing signals.
US12039126B2
The present disclosure provides an electronic device including a first substrate, a second substrate, a first demultiplexer unit, an integrated circuit chip, a sensor unit and a second demultiplexer unit. The second substrate is overlapped with the first substrate. The first demultiplexer unit is disposed on the first substrate. The integrated circuit chip is disposed on the first substrate and electrically connected to the first demultiplexer unit. The sensor unit is disposed on the second substrate. The second demultiplexer unit is disposed on the second substrate and electrically connected to the sensor unit.
US12039118B2
According to one embodiment, a touch detection device includes first detection electrodes in a detection area, second detection electrodes in the detection area, extending to intersect the first detection electrodes, first control lines connected to the first detection electrodes, respectively, and provided in a non-detection area, and second control lines connected to the second detection electrodes, respectively, and provided in the non-detection area. The second control lines overlap the first control lines at a plurality of positions as seen in plan view, such that areas of overlapping portions in which the first control lines overlap the second control lines are substantially equalized.
US12039113B2
An information handling system mouse has input buttons at an upper surface with selectable response to an end user press. An arrangement of magnets cooperate to establish a distance for the input button to move to complete an input at a switch to provide the end user with a selected of a spring or cantilever type of input response. For example, electropermanent magnets are configured to attract or repel a permanent magnet so that the amount of input button press motion adjusts along with the resistance against an input button press.
US12039107B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to display a message for notifying a user, store a storage object that is at least one of a screen displaying the message or the message in a storage unit, in a case where a first gesture operation is detected, and display the screen displaying the message or the message, in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied after the display of the message is erased.
US12039095B2
A breath-operated interface device having a disposable module and a base. The disposable module having a breath tube with an inlet. A first pressure differential switch is in pneumatic communication with the breath tube and configured to be actuated by a change in pressure in the breath tube. A first signal coupler of the disposable module is in electrical communication with the first pressure differential switch to receive a signal according to an actuation state of the first pressure differential switch. The device may also include a base with a second signal coupler, where the second signal coupler is configured to detachably electrically connect with the first signal coupler of the disposable module. The base also includes a station interconnect configured to interface with an external system, such as, for example, a nurse call system.
US12039094B2
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The Methods, computer program products, and systems can include, for example: examining hardware device transmitted data received through an I/O interface port of a computer system; determining in dependence on the examining whether the hardware device transmitted data received through the I/O interface port of the computer system satisfies a criterion; and in response to determining that the hardware device transmitted data received through the I/O interface port of the computer system satisfies the criterion, initiating a security process for protecting the computer system.
US12039090B2
An integrated circuit comprises first and second interfaces, an internal addressable space comprising a plurality of address ranges, and a control unit. Each of the first and second interfaces is coupled to the internal addressable space via the control unit. The control unit is configurable in a first state in which the control unit is configured to allow or deny the second interface access to a subset of the plurality of address ranges of the internal addressable space.
US12039088B2
Examples described herein relate to signing of files based on file security credentials. A signing request for a file is received from a file author device. The signing request may include a file identifier associated with the file and a first key identifier associated with a first key stored in a hardware security module (HSM). File security credentials associated with the file may be obtained from one or more file security databases using the file identifier. A file security value for the file may be determined based on the file security credentials. On determining that the file security value satisfies a predetermined first key criteria, the file may be signed using the first key.
US12039086B2
In some implementations, a computing device can restrict the use of another computing device in certain contexts. For example, a parent may wish to use the parent's computing device to restrict her children's use of the children's computing devices while the children are in school while the children should be participating in some other activity. For example, the parent's controller device may be enabled to remotely configure and control the usage of the satellite device(s) without needing to physically access the satellite device. The parent may implement limitations, permissions, or different policies that may govern, for example, the ability of the satellite device to communicate with other devices, execute various application functionalities, run any particular software, and manage its own settings.
US12039085B2
A computer device performs operations for managing registry access. The computing device can determine a set of registry access rules relevant to the user process. The computing device can perform an evaluation of a registry operation requested by the user process using the set of registry access rules. The computing device can determine an action based on the evaluation. The action can include one of blocking the registry operation in relation to a particular key in a registry of the operating system, and enabling access to a particular key in the registry of the operating system to perform the requested registry operation.
US12039082B2
A process of anonymizing a person captured in an image. An anonymization server receives a request from an agency to anonymize a person captured in an image including an unredacted facial feature corresponding to the person and an unredacted non-facial feature. The server redacts the facial feature captured in the image to generate a first redacted image. The server then identifies a second image accessible to users not associated with the agency. When the server determines that the anonymity of the person captured in the first redacted image can be compromised using unredacted facial and non-facial features captured in the second image, the server further redacts the non-facial feature captured in the image.
US12039081B2
A method and arrangement for providing data from an industrial automation arrangement to an external application operated in a data cloud and arranged outside a first data network, where an industrial Edge device processes raw data from the data source and makes the processed data available to the external application, the external application transmits a work order to the gateway component, the work order is checked by the gateway component, the raw data are captured and processed according to the work order, and the processed, abstracted and/or anonymized data are provided to the external application or a destination defined in the work order, such that an external user can automatically control access and hence use the data without accessing the underlying raw data because the level of data access is automatically negotiated and produced between the components involved (data source, gateway component) while taking into account requirements and rules.
US12039076B2
According to one embodiment, a data management method performed by a computer, includes: receiving first request information for requesting to execute a first process on first data, the first data being data regarding a person; and determining whether the first process is executable, based on the first request information and consent information, the consent information including a first condition that the person consents to perform the first process.
US12039072B2
Data protection techniques are provided that use encryption and inserted execution code. One method comprises obtaining, by a user device, a request from a user to access data, wherein the requested data comprises (i) an environment-based signature indicating an environment where the data can be accessed and (ii) execution code that interacts with a data protection agent; in response to the request to access the data: determining whether the user device comprises a data protection agent; and providing, via the data protection agent, the requested data based on an evaluation of an environment-based signature generated by the data protection agent relative to the environment-based signature included in the requested data. The requested data may be created by a given data protection agent that generates the environment-based signature using identifiers of hardware elements, software elements and/or network elements associated with a device that executes the given data protection agent.
US12039071B2
Based on a credential, an access level of a playback queue for a first control interface and a first subset and second subset of media items in the playback queue may be determined. Media items in the playback queue that were added via a second control interface may be included in the first subset. Media items that were added via a control interface different from the second control interface may be included in a second subset. Information may be provided which identifies the first subset of the media items in the playback queue and the second subset of the media items in the playback queue.
US12039066B1
Systems and methods for simplifying and consolidating permission sets from multiple heterogeneous file storage systems are disclosed. An example method includes acquiring from the first file storage system a first set of file system permissions having a first set of permission semantics, and acquiring from a second file storage system a second set of file system permissions having a second set of permission semantics that are different from the first set of permission semantics. The first set of file system permissions and the second set of file system permissions are converted to a unified set of file system permissions having unified permission semantics that are different from the first set of permission semantics and the second set of permission semantics. The unified set of file system permissions can be analyzed to make a determination regarding security levels of the first file storage system and of the second file storage system.
US12039057B2
A cryptography agent is implemented to serve as an intermediary for a client application executing on an unsecured portion of a machine to bring greater hardware-based security to the client application. The cryptography agent does so by generating a public/private key pair for the client application and sealing the key pair inside an enclave that resides on a secured portion of the machine. The cryptography agent fetches confidential information for the client application from a secure server, where the confidential information is encrypted using the public key. The cryptography agent seals the confidential information using seal keys that are directly fused into hardware of the machine on which the enclave resides, which prevents the client application from accessing the confidential information in plaintext form. The client application sends commands to the cryptography agent, which performs operations within the enclave according to the commands once the client application is validated.
US12039054B2
A computer system is provided. The computer system includes a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to detect a request for a sign-up form from a client device to a remote server. The at least one processor is further configured to generate a code module based on the detection. The code module is configured to request a credential vulnerability check from an application management server. The at least one processor is further configured to provide the code module to the client device for execution on the client device in response to an attempted submission of the sign-up form. The at least one processor is further configured to receive a result of the credential vulnerability check from the client device and perform a security action in response to the credential vulnerability check indicating vulnerable credentials.
US12039050B2
An information processing device that can update software includes: a storage unit that stores control information for controlling whether or not the software can be updated; a communication unit that receives a communication message transmitted from another information processing device connected thereto via a communication line; an update control unit that updates the control information on the basis of the communication message received by the communication unit; and an update propriety determination unit that determines whether or not the software can be updated, on the basis of the control information.
US12039043B2
A method of dynamic residential threat detection is disclosed. The method includes a packet selection component on a customer premises equipment (CPE) sending a predefined number of packets of each of a plurality of communication sessions to a detection engine based on packet selection rules. The method also includes the detection engine on the CPE receiving and inspecting the predefined number of packets. The method further includes a dynamic optimizing component on the CPE monitoring one or more factors and creating and sending updated packet selection rules based on the monitored factor(s) to the packet selection component. The method additionally comprises the packet selection component sending a different predefined number of packets of each of a second plurality of communication sessions to the detection engine based on the updated packet selection rules. The method further includes the detection engine receiving and inspecting the different predefined number of packets.
US12039033B2
Techniques for borrow checking in hardware are described. The technology includes a memory to store a plurality of allocated objects, an allocated object referenced by a pointer; and a processor to execute a join instruction to create a group of pointers, by creating a group record for the group referenced by a group pointer and setting a group bit and ownership identifier (ID) of pointers of the group; and execute a transfer group ownership instruction to transfer ownership of the group, including pointers of the group, by verifying validity of the group and setting the ownership ID of pointers of the group when the group is valid.
US12039028B2
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 to be verified 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.
US12039027B1
A system for evaluating a biometric authorization system is described. The biometric authorization system is configured to apply a facial recognition model to image data to make an authorization determination based on detection of synthesized image data and based on matching a reference image to the image data. The system is also configured to execute one or more synthetic image data attack protocols to evaluate the biometric authorization system. The system also generates, according to one or more synthetic image data generation techniques, an evaluation set of image data comprising synthesized representations of a target and sends one or more authorization requests using the evaluation set of image data to the biometric authorization system. The system generates an evaluation of the biometric authorization system for synthetic image data attack analysis based on respective responses to the one or more authorization requests received from the biometric authorization system.
US12039026B2
A computing device implemented method of identity authentication comprises receiving a biometric token; performing a biometric capture of a user; converting the biometric capture into a biometric bitstream; recovering a predictable seed of data using the biometric bitstream and the biometric token; using the recovered predictable seed of data to produce challenge response data sent to a verifier device in response to a challenge message received from the verifier device; and verifying the challenge response data using identity data of the user.
US12039024B2
Provided are a method and system for verifying a liveness detection of a user. The method includes: obtaining a video of a user speaking a phrase in response to a question or a randomly generated phrase presented to the user; inputting video data and audio data of the obtained video to a first determination model to obtain a first determination indicative of whether a mouth movement of the user is synchronized with the audio data; inputting, to a second determination model, a first input corresponding to the audio data and a second input corresponding to a predetermined phrase, to obtain a second determination indicative of whether the predetermined phrase is spoken by the user; and determining whether the first determination indicates that the mouth movement is synchronized with the audio data and whether the second determination indicates that the predetermined phrase is spoken by the user.
US12039022B2
Provided is a processing system including a moving body identification information acquisition unit that acquires moving body identification information for identifying a moving body, an authentication unit that executes an inspector authentication process, based on biological information of an inspector, an inspection item identification information acquisition unit that acquires inspection item identification information for identifying an inspection item, and an output unit that stores the moving body identification information, the inspection item identification information, and inspector identification information of the inspector which is authenticated in the inspector authentication process in a storage unit in association with each other.
US12039018B2
Systems and methods of video password based user authentication via machine learning techniques are disclosed. In one embodiment, an exemplary computer-implemented method may comprise: receiving a request to register a video password from a first user; establishing at least one user-specific authentication criterion for the first user based on first video password data; receiving a login attempt from a second computing device associated with a second user who submits to be the first user, the login attempt comprising second video password data; utilizing a trained video password authentication machine learning model to determine a first comparison result and a second comparison result based on the first and second video password data, and accepting or rejecting the login attempt based on at least one of the first comparison result and the second comparison result.
US12039015B2
A method for detecting defects in multi-scale images and a computing device applying the method acquires a to-be-detected image and converts the to-be-detected image into a plurality of target images of preset sizes. Feature extraction is performed on each target image by using a pre-trained encoder to obtain a latent vector, the latent vector of each target image is inputted into a decoder corresponding to the encoder to obtain a reconstructed image and then into a pre-trained Gaussian mixture model to obtain an estimated probability. Reconstruction error is calculated according to each target image and the corresponding reconstructed image. A total error is calculated according to the reconstruction error of each target image and the corresponding estimated probability, and a detection result is determined according to the total error of each target image and a corresponding preset threshold, thereby improving an accuracy of defect detection.
US12039014B2
Obtaining potential match results for a reference image across a plurality of system sites is disclosed. A computing device of one of the system sites includes a signature generator identifiable as a first version amongst a plurality of versions of a respective plurality of possible signature generators. The computing device is configured to generate, within the first signature generator, a first signature corresponding to a cropped object portion of a larger image. The first signature is distinctive to the first version. The computing device is further configured to determine that the cropped object portion being processed within the computing device is a match result for a similar images search. A server is configured to receive the cropped object portion and the first signature from the computing device.
US12039006B1
A device, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium are described. The method includes receiving a dataset including hand written Arabic words and hand written Arabic alphabets from one or more users. The method further includes removing whitespace around alphabets in the hand written Arabic words and the hand written Arabic alphabets in the dataset. The method further includes splitting the dataset into a training set, a validation set, and a test set. The method further includes classifying one or more user datasets from the training set, the validation set, and the test set. The method further includes identifying the target user from the one or more user datasets. The identification of the target user includes a verification accuracy of the hand written Arabic words being larger than a verification accuracy threshold value.
US12039002B2
A computer-implemented method is provided for predicting future data values or target labels of multivariate time series data. The method includes receiving the multivariate time series data having present values, systematic missing values, and random missing values. The method further includes masking the present values, the systematic missing values, and the random missing values using triplet encodings. The method also includes determining time intervals between current missing values, from among the systematic missing values and the random missing values, and immediately preceding ones of the present values. The method additionally includes training, by a computing device, at least one recurrent neural network with the triplet encodings, the time intervals, and multivariate time series data to perform a feedforward pass on the recurrent neural network predicting the future data values or the target labels. A forward imputation is utilized by the computing device to impute any of the current missing values.
US12038995B2
A system for embedding services into a third-party website includes providing first programming code that can be used as part of a webpage that causes a user device to display a first iframe, display a second iframe in response to user input provided through the first iframe.
US12038993B1
A performance monitoring system (PMS 102) displays a list of example URLs that matched a URL grouping rule used to group URLs. For a rule configured for a customer of the PMS, the example matched URLs are selected by the PMS from a candidate set of URLs identified from data associated with that customer. The PMS receives information identifying a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) grouping rule displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI). The PMS identified a list of candidate URLs occurring in the stored data. The PMS then identifies, from the list of candidate URLs, a set of matched URLs, the set of matched URLs including one or more URLs from the list of candidate URLs that matched the URL grouping rule. The PMS then causes at least one URL from the set of matched URLs to be displayed on the GUI.
US12038991B2
The systems, methods, and devices of the present disclosure may provide, among other features, high-performance, interactive geographical and/or data object map capabilities in which large amounts of geographical, geospatial, and other types of data, geodata, objects, features, and/or metadata are efficiently presented to a user on a map interface. In various embodiments, an interactive geographical map display system may enable rapid and deep analysis of various objects, features, and/or metadata by the user by aggregating and clustering large sets of data into aggregate values and clusters. The user can select various clusters, via the user interface, to interact with the data, clusters, and map.
US12038987B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for selecting an audience for content are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a content item provider, a request to distribute content items to users that have been deemed interested in a particular entity. First users that have expressed an interest in the particular entity are identified. Expansion entities for the particular entity are identified in a knowledge graph. At least one of the expansion entities can be connected to the particular entity by a relationship path. Second users are identified. The second users are deemed interested in the particular entity based on the second users having expressed an interest in an expansion entity. The content items are provided to at least a portion of the first users and at least a portion of the second users.
US12038982B2
A method of extracting a table information, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided, which relate to fields of artificial intelligence and big data, in particular to fields of machine learning, knowledge graph, intelligent search and intelligent recommendation, and may be used for an intelligent extraction of an information in a table and other scenarios. The method includes: performing a clustering based on features of a plurality of rows of cells and/or features of a plurality of columns of cells in a table, so as to determine candidate header cells in the table; and performing an information extraction on the table based on the candidate header cells, so as to extract attribute-attribute value pairs in the table.
US12038974B2
A system and method for technology analysis utilizing high-performance, scalable, multitenant, dynamically specifiable, knowledge graph information storage and utilization. The system uses an in-memory associative array for high-performance graph storage and access, with a non-volatile distributed database for scalable backup storage, a scalable, distributed graph service for graph creation, an indexing search engine to increase searching performance, and a graph crawler for graph traversal. One or more of these components may be in the form of a cloud-based service, and in some embodiments the cloud-based services may be containerized to allow for multitenant co-existence with no possibility of data leakage or cross-over. The system uses a cyber-physical graph to represent an enterprise's cyber-physical system and can provide graph analysis, graph security, and graph fusion related tasks to identify potential operational risks.
US12038962B2
Systems and methods for natural language processing are described. One or more embodiments of the present disclosure identify a claim from a document, wherein the claim corresponds to a topic, create a graph comprising a plurality of nodes having a plurality of node types and a plurality of edges having a plurality of edge types, wherein one of the nodes represents the claim, and wherein each of the edges represents a relationship between a corresponding pair of the nodes, encode the claim based on the graph using a graph convolutional network (GCN) to obtain an encoded claim, classify the claim by decoding the encoded claim to obtain a stance label that indicates a stance of the claim towards the topic, and transmit information indicating a viewpoint of the document towards the topic based on the stance label.
US12038956B2
Systems and methods for processing qualitative responses from a plurality of user devices whereby a selection of a next thought object, to deliver to a first user device, may be based on a plurality of qualitative responses received from a plurality of user devices. In a preferred embodiment, a thought object selection computer may compute the selection by determining a filtered set of thought objects by custom selection. In some embodiments, if the quantity of the filtered set of thought objects is greater than a pre-configured amount the selection may be computed by randomly selecting a subset of the filtered set of thought objects. Further filtering the filtered set of thought objects by determining one or more least seen thought objects, and selecting a most diverse thought object, updating the filtered set of thought objects and sending the filtered set of thought objects to the first user device.
US12038955B2
The disclosure provides a method for generating a query statement. The method includes: determining a first vector representation based on known nodes in a first syntax tree corresponding to a query statement to be generated; determining a target generation strategy corresponding to a target node to be generated based on the first vector representation and a preset copy reference matrix; generating the target node based on the first vector representation or a second vector representation by performing the target generation strategy, in which the second vector representation is a vector representation corresponding to an adjacent query statement prior to the query statement to be generated; and generating the query statement based on the known nodes and a terminator in response to the target node being the terminator.
US12038954B2
Systems and methods are described to access a set of reattempt query pairs, where each respective pair comprises an initial query and a reattempt of the initial query, and is associated with an indication of whether a reply generated for output based on the respective query pair was acceptable. In response to determining that a second query received after a first query constitutes a reattempt of the first query, a query pair in the set of reattempt query pairs may be identified that matches at least one of the first query and the second query, and is associated with an indication that a reply generated for output based on the query pair was acceptable. A search may be performed based on the identified query pair in the set of reattempt query pairs, and a reply may be generated for output based on the performed search.
US12038950B2
The present disclosure involves computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for determining a jurisdiction code for an address master data object instance. A computer-implemented method includes receiving an address information from a master data application, converting the received address information into geographic coordinates using a mapping service, generating a truncated geocode using the geographic coordinates, encoding the truncated geocode into a jurisdiction code using an encoding scheme, and storing the Jurisdiction code in a jurisdiction code field of the address master data.
US12038946B1
Connection loss may be minimized for performing database query engine changes. A distributed database system may include different instances of the query engine that provide access to a database. When an event to change the version of the query engine is detected, a copy of the database may be created and a new instance of the query engine created. Read-only access to the database may be maintained using the different instances of the query engine while the new instance may be upgraded to the different version of the query engine. Upon successful installation of the different version of the query engine at the new instance, the new instance may be given read-write access to the database using the copy of the database and other database instances may be upgraded to the different version of the query engine.
US12038945B2
Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for data migration readiness of a target data source are disclosed. A processor invokes, in response to triggering a process, an application programming interface (API) to call corresponding source application or microservice hosted on a source database; updates, by the source application or microservice, the source database to reflect the changes made to one or more fields data of user profile; generates a mapping identifier (ID) in response to updating the source database; stores the mapping ID onto a mapping database in a predefined format; invokes another API call to obtain source table field details of the updated source database and the mapping ID that maps source column of the source table to a corresponding target column of a target table of a target database; and automatically updates the target database to match the updated data of the source database based on the mapping ID.
US12038942B1
A non-transitory machine-readable medium having machine-executable instructions includes a translator, the machine-readable instructions for the translator being executable by a processor core to perform operations. The operations include translating records in model-based system engineering (MBSE) data for an MBSE platform to identify nodes and links for graph data of a graph database. The operations also include populating the graph data with the nodes and links from the translated nodes. A query to the graph data of the graph database reveals a subset of nodes of the nodes and links between the nodes of the subset of nodes and other nodes of the nodes of the graph data.
US12038936B2
A particular embodiment includes issuing a feature configuration template, such that a user configures, on a configuration interface, the content of the feature configuration template; receiving configuration content configured by the user for the feature configuration template and at least one set of time sequence data to generate at least one set of data feature values.
US12038935B2
A method and system is provided for mapping a term to a vector representation in a semantic space. Provided techniques allow for efficient and accurate determination of vector representations for query terms that are terms of emerging interest or are otherwise not included in a set of terms for which vector representations are pre-calculated.
US12038931B1
Systems, devices, methods, and interfaces generally for use with database management systems (DBMSs) and DBMS interfaces (i.e. user interfaces, input interfaces, search interfaces, operating interfaces, etc.). In some aspects, the systems, devices, methods, and interfaces include using artificial intelligence (i.e. machine learning and/or anticipation functionalities, etc.) to learn a user's use of a DBMS or DBMS interface, store this “knowledge” in a knowledgebase, and anticipate the user's future operating intentions. In other aspects, the systems, devices, methods, and interfaces include disassembling user or other input into various types of portions (i.e. text, numbers, etc.) and determining one or more instructions for performing operations on a DBMS or DBMS interface based on the various types of portions. In further aspects, the systems, devices, methods, and interfaces include associative DBMS command construction. Other systems, devices, methods, interfaces, and features are also disclosed.
US12038926B1
A computer-implemented method of determining indexed fields at query time comprises mapping data from a first source type to indexed fields in batch form using a wildcard specifier. The method also comprises receiving a query to execute on a data set comprising data from the first source type and data from a second source type. Further, the method comprises transforming the query to execute on the data from the first source type separately from the data from the second source type. Additionally, the method comprises executing the query to operate on the data from the first source type using information associated with the indexed fields and to separately operate on the data from the second source type.
US12038920B2
In a compaction scheme for a log structured merge (LSM) tree, a storage device is configured to: receive a first user data piece from a host; generate a first meta data piece for a highest level of the LSM tree, corresponding to the first user data piece; when the highest level exceeds a set storage limit, trigger a compaction process on the first and second meta data pieces to generate compacted meta data pieces excluding overlapping meta data elements of the second meta data pieces overlapped with the first meta data piece. Through a garbage collection, victim user data elements corresponding to the overlapping meta data elements are deleted.
US12038911B2
A distributed computing platform and method for creating actionable digital assets and tokens incorporating influence and outreach (“KNFT”). A KNFT application server may be configured to receive, over a distributed computing network from a remote computing node, a request for a new non-fungible token wherein the KNFT comprises a unique KNFT identifier, at least one metadata element, and least one social vector. A blockchain proxy server may be operatively connected to the KNFT application server and to a distributed blockchain ledger. Social actions may comprise user comment, connection, direct message, like, or favorable rating, and a change in ownership of the KNFT may be written to the social vector by a KNFT API. The social vector may comprise social vector data from at least one prior owner, and the KNFT may further comprise a circulation trail vector that incorporates the ownership history of the KNFT.
US12038908B2
Provided are a blockchain data storage method, a system, a device, and a readable storage medium. The method includes: obtaining, by a block file system, a target block serial number and target block contents of a target block, the block file system including a directory region and a data region, a size of each cluster in the data region being the same as a block size of blockchain, the directory region storing mapping relationships between block serial numbers and cluster addresses; sequentially allocating a target cluster address to the target block, and recording, in the directory region, a target mapping relationship between the target block serial number and the target cluster address; and sequentially writing the target block contents into the data region according to the target cluster address.
US12038904B2
A computer-implemented method for classifying whether an input signal, which comprises image and/or audio data, is anomalous or not with respect to a second data distribution using an anomaly classifier. The method includes: providing the input signal to the anomaly classifier; in the anomaly classifier, providing the input signal to a reference detector and a second detector; obtaining a reference value from the reference detector based on the input signal, the reference value characterizing the likelihood of the input signal to belong to a reference data distribution; obtaining a second value from the second detector based on the input signal, the second value characterizing the likelihood of the input signal to belong to the second data distribution; and providing an output signal, which characterizes a classification of the input signal as anomalous or not based on a comparison of the reference value and the second value.
US12038899B1
A method for performing data management that includes generating, using a processor of an agent server, terms for structured data files using structured data profiling and terms for unstructured data files using unstructured data profiling, wherein the structured data files and the unstructured data files are stored in a storage; and managing a term list, wherein the term list stores terms generated by the processor, wherein the processor utilizes terms generated through structured data profiling in deriving terms generated through unstructured data profiling.
US12038892B1
An apparatus for determining a hierarchical listing of information gaps for a user is provided. The apparatus includes a processor and a memory connected to the processor. The memory contains instructions configuring the processor to receive an instance of an identification datum from a user device, where the identification datum describes an output type from the user device at a time, receive a target status datum from a database connected to the processor, where the target status datum describes an optimal output type between a minimal output type and a maximum output type, and to classify the identification datum and the target status datum to categories representing identification data. The processor may identify an instance of a gap between identification data and display an input field to the user capable of displaying a hierarchical listing of information gaps based on a user-input datum.
US12038886B2
In various examples, data storage is managed using a distributed storage management system that is resilient. Data blocks of a logical block device may be distributed across multiple nodes in a cluster. The logical block device may correspond to a file system volume associated with a file system instance deployed on a selected node within a distributed block layer of a distributed file system. Each data block may have a location in the cluster identified by a block identifier associated with each data block. Each data block may be replicated on at least one other node in the cluster. A metadata object corresponding to a logical block device that maps to the file system volume may be replicated on at least another node in the cluster. Each data block and the metadata object may be hosted on virtualized storage that is protected using redundant array independent disks (RAID).
US12038878B2
Methods, apparatus, and computer-accessible storage media for controlling export of snapshots to external networks in service provider environments. Methods are described that may be used to prevent customers of a service provider from downloading snapshots of volumes, such as boot images created by the service provider or provided by third parties, to which the customer does not have the appropriate rights. A request may be received from a user to access one or more snapshots, for example a request to export the snapshot or a request for a listing of snapshots. For each snapshot, the service provider may determine if the user has rights to the snapshot, for example by checking a manifest for the snapshot to see if entries in the snapshot manifest belong to an account other than the customer's. If the user has rights to the snapshot, the request is granted; otherwise, the request is not granted.
US12038875B2
Provided are a digest value calculating device, an access device, a digest value calculating method, an access method, and a program that have a small possibility of collision between digest values even though a digest value calculation load is light. A parameter value determining section (22) determines a value of a common parameter used in common for each of a plurality of paths respectively associated with inodes. A digest value calculating section (24) calculates, for each of the plurality of paths, a digest value corresponding to the path on the basis of the value of the common parameter and a name of the path. A record generating section (28) associates the digest value corresponding to the path and an inode corresponding to the path with each other.
US12038874B2
A document object may be transmitted to a plurality of user devices. The document object may include at least one field for display of a content object of a group of content objects. The field may be associated with an identifier corresponding to the group of content objects. When the document object is accessed, then the access may trigger a request to a server, which may select a content object of the group of content objects using a content object identification function. The content object identification function may be dynamically updated based at least in part on the document object being accessed by one or more of the plurality of user devices. Responsive to the request, a unique content object identifier corresponding to the selected content object may be transmitted to the user device and displayed at the accessed document object.
US12038871B2
A plurality of computing devices are communicatively coupled to each other via a network, and each of the plurality of computing devices is operably coupled to one or more of a plurality of storage devices. A plurality of failure resilient address spaces are distributed across the plurality of storage devices such that each of the plurality of failure resilient address spaces spans a plurality of the storage devices. The plurality of computing devices maintains metadata that maps each failure resilient address space to one of the plurality of computing devices. The metadata is grouped into buckets. Each bucket is stored in the backend of a computing device. Data may be migrated from an external file system to the plurality of storage devices using inode stubs to represent directories and files of the external file system. As the contents of the external file system are copied, the inode stubs are replaced with real inodes.
US12038870B2
An on-demand, feature focused data collection system of an automobile vehicle includes at least one data collection device provided with an automobile vehicle. A data collection unit receives data from the at least one data collection device in response to a data collection request submitted by a user. A data scene group combines portions of the data received by the data collection unit and stored in the data collection unit of the automobile vehicle or at a remote server. A control logic device receives the data collection request and activates collection of the data. The control logic device includes: a data collection strategy which differs if different types of the data are available; a reference algorithm loaded or deployed; a storage capacity allocated for the data; and a storage policy employed to save the data.
US12038866B2
A broadcast adapter in a network-on-chip (NoC) is used for broadcasting transactions in the form of packets from an initiator to multiple targets and for receiving responses from the targets that are combined and sent to the initiator. The transactions originate from an initiator and are send, using the NoC, to broadcast adapters using a special range of addresses. The broadcast adapters receive the transactions from the initiator. The broadcast adapters duplicate the transactions and send the duplicated transaction to multiple targets. The targets send a response, which is transported back by the NoC to the corresponding initiator.
US12038856B2
A memory controller includes a memory channel controller that uses multiple groups of command queue and arbiter pairs. Each arbiter is coupled to a respective command queue to select memory access commands from each command queue according to predetermined criteria. Each arbiter selects from among the memory access requests in each command queue independently based on the predetermined criteria and sends selected memory access requests to a selector that serves as a second level arbiter which sends the request to a memory subchannel.
US12038854B2
Techniques for controlling input/output (I/O) power usage are disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, a power policy engine of a compute device monitors power usage, I/O data transfer rates, and temperature and determines when there should be a change in an I/O power setting. The I/O data transfer requires that the data be handled properly, causing the compute device to expend power on the I/O data transfer. The power policy engine may instruct a device driver, such as a driver of an I/O device, to change a data transfer rate of the I/O device, reducing the power the compute device spends handling I/O.
US12038852B2
Systems, apparatus and methods are provided for using a partial logical-to-physical (L2P) address translation table for multiple namespaces to perform address translation. An exemplary embodiment may provide a method comprising: receiving a request for a first logical data address (LDA) that belongs to a first namespace (NS); searching the first NS in an entry location table (ELT) for all namespaces whose L2P entries always reside in memory; determining that the first NS is not in the ELT; searching a cache of lookup directory entries of recently accessed translation data units (TDUs) for a first TDU containing a L2P entry for the first LDA; determining that there is a cache miss; retrieving the lookup directory entry for the first TDU from an in-memory lookup directory and determining that it is not valid; reserving a TDU space for the first TDU; and generating a load request for the first TDU.
US12038848B1
This application is directed to compressing a logical-to-physical (L2P) address indirection table in a memory system of an electronic device. The electronic device determines a plurality of physical addresses corresponding to an ordered sequence of logical addresses. Each logical address corresponds to a distinct physical address. The electronic device identifies a set of most significant bits (MSBs) and a set of least significant bits (LSBs) of each of the plurality of physical addresses and determines a set of data bits based on a plurality of MSB sets including the set of MSBs of each of the plurality of physical addresses. The set of LSBs of each of the plurality of physical addresses and the set of data bits are stored jointly in the L2P address indirection table.
US12038834B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system manages a plurality of parallel units each including blocks belonging to different nonvolatile memory dies. When receiving from a host a write request designating a third address to identify first data to be written, the memory system selects one block from undefective blocks included in one parallel unit as a write destination block by referring to defect information, determines a write destination location in the selected block, and writes the first data to the write destination location. The memory system notifies the host of a first physical address indicative of both of the selected block and the write destination location, and the third address.
US12038824B2
A replay tool configured in a learning mode is used to replay a recorded interaction workflow to obtain respective learning-mode test data responsive to a request from a client device to a server. A baseline response template is obtained from the respective learning-mode test data. A baseline response time of the request is also obtained from the respective learning-mode test data. The recorded interaction workflow is replayed in a testing mode to obtain testing-mode test data. Responsive to determining that a response body included in the testing-mode test data is inconsistent with the baseline response template, a first anomaly message is output. Responsive to determining that the response time included in the testing-mode test data is not within a tolerance of the baseline response time, a second anomaly message is output.
US12038816B2
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are described. A system, such as a multi-tenant database system, may store tenant-specific observability data for multiple tenants of the system. The system may detect an inefficiency related to a performance metric for a tenant of the multiple tenants based on a subset of the data associated with the tenant and corresponding to a threshold time window. In some examples, the system may analyze the subset of the data for the threshold time window to determine an insight indicating a cause of the inefficiency. The system may determine a suggested action for the tenant based on the insight indicating the cause of the inefficiency, and the system may send, for display at a user interface of a user device, an indication of the insight and the suggested action, the user device operated by a user associated with the tenant.
US12038815B2
An electronic device includes a display, a memory, and a processor operatively connected to the display and the memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive backup data from an external electronic device, identify characteristics of the external electronic device based on the backup data, identify characteristics of the electronic device based on the backup data, at least partially change the backup data based on the characteristics of the electronic device, and display a result of performing a restoring operation based on the at least partially changed backup data on the display.
US12038813B2
A transmission side transmission device includes a first transmitter including a first switch and a second transmitter including a second switch. When the first transmitter detects a fault in the first main signal, the second transmitter outputs a duplicated signal of the second main signal to the first transmitter. The first selector of the first transmitter selects and outputs a duplicated signal of the input second main signal. When the second transmitter detects a fault in the first switch, the second transmitter selects and outputs the second main signal.
US12038812B2
A memory safety interface module (MSIM) configured to test a memory. The MSIM receives an original data from a digital logic and inverts the bits of the original data to generate an inverted data. It writes the inverted data to the memory address. The MSIM reads the inverted data from the memory address and determines whether the memory address and the inverted data are correct. The MSIM either writes the original data to the memory address in response to the memory address and the inverted data being correct or transmits an error indication in response to at least one of the memory address and the inverted data being incorrect. The MSIM reads the original data from the memory address and determines whether the memory address and the original data are correct or transmits an error indication in response to at least one of the memory address and the original data being incorrect.
US12038805B1
A memory system for detecting hard errors. The memory system has a first memory block and a second memory block and a memory controller in communication with the first memory block, The memory controller includes a hard error tracker module comprising hardware configured to track over time fail bit counts from data read from the first memory block and includes a hard error percentage module programmed to determine, based on the fail bit counts, hard error percentages for the data read from the first memory block. The hard error percentage module is programmed to dynamically reorder historical read retry (HRR) entries for subsequent data reads, based on a page type of the data being read and the hard error percentages determined during reading of data from the memory block.
US12038804B2
Fuse logic is configured to selectively enable certain group of fuses of a fuse array to support one of column (or row) redundancy in one application or error correction code (ECC) operations in another application. For example, the fuse logic may decode the group of fuses to enable a replacement column (or row) of memory cells in one mode or application, and decodes a subset of the group of fuses to retrieve ECC data corresponding to a second group of fuses are encoded to enable a different replacement column or row of memory cells in a second mode or application. The fuse logic includes an ECC decode logic circuit that is selectively enabled to detect and correct errors in data encoded in the second group of fuses based on the ECC data encoded in the subset of fuses of the first group of fuses.
US12038801B2
Disclosed herein is a debug system including a host computer, a microcontroller, and a debug probe for interface therebetween for performing debug trace operations. The debug probe samples the current drawn by the microcontroller. The debug probe and host computer cooperate so as to acquire and accurately align trace data and the samples of the current drawn by the microcontroller. Techniques for performing this alignment are described herein and enable for accurate inferences to be drawn about the current drawn by the microcontroller during different program operations.
US12038789B2
A shield that is attachable to a touch sensitive screen is disclosed. The shield may be attached to the touch sensitive screen only at its outer peripheral portion. An air gap is enclosed between the shield and the touch sensitive screen to form a planar air bearing. The shield preferably does not touch the active area of the touch sensitive screen when the user is not touching the shield but only viewing the touch sensitive screen through the shield. This mitigates unwanted optical artifacts such as trapped air bubbles, Newton rings and chromatic interference while maintaining the sensitivity of the touch sensitive screen.
US12038782B2
There is provided a technique of clock managing in a packet data network implementing a time-transfer protocol. The technique comprises: modifying, by the timing-server, a timestamp record to enable a controllable access to data informative of the least significant part of clock-informative data (CLSP data), wherein modifying the timestamp record comprises modifying the least significant part of the timestamp record (RLSP) to comprise the CLSP data in an encrypted form or to comprise values substituting, in a predefined manner, the CLSP data; transferring the modified timestamp record to all timing-clients, wherein CLSP data are transferred in a controllable access manner; enabling access to the CLSP data merely to authorized timing-clients among the plurality of timing-clients; and enabling the authorized timing-clients to obtain the CLSP data and synchronize the respective clocks using the CLSP data together with data informative of the most significant part of the clock-informative data.
US12038781B2
A configurable semiconductor device (“CSD”) is organized in four (4) quadrants able to perform user-defined logic functions via a clock fabric. The first quadrant, in one embodiment, includes a first serializer and deserializer (“SerDes”) region and a bank0 region for data processing. The second quadrant includes a second SerDes region and a bank5 region and the third quadrant contains a bank3 region and a bank4 region. The fourth quadrant includes a bank1 region and a bank2 region. The clock fabric is configured to provide a set of programmable or selectable clock signals with different clock speeds to various regions within the CSD.
US12038777B2
Hybrid analog-digital processing systems are described. An example of a hybrid analog-digital processing system includes photonic accelerator configured to perform matrix-vector multiplication using light. The photonic accelerator exhibits a frequency response having a first bandwidth (e.g., less than 3 GHz). The hybrid analog-digital processing system further includes a plurality of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) coupled to the photonic accelerator, and a plurality of digital equalizers coupled to the plurality of ADCs, wherein the digital equalizers are configured to set a frequency response of the hybrid analog-digital processing system to a second bandwidth greater than the first bandwidth.
US12038773B2
A voltage reference includes a first current source and a flipped gate transistor coupled in series between an operating voltage node and a negative supply voltage node, a first transistor and a second current source coupled in series between the operating voltage node and the negative supply voltage node, and an output node between the first transistor and the second current source. A gate of the first transistor is coupled to a gate of the flipped gate transistor, the output node is configured to output a reference voltage, the first current source is configured to provide a first current to the flipped gate transistor, the second current source is configured to provide a second current to the first transistor, the second current being less than the first current, and the first transistor has a size greater than a size of the flipped gate transistor.
US12038772B2
A check valve, including a valve and a valve support surface, to permit a fluid to move through the check valve in a first direction and resist a fluid flow through the valve in a second direction, the valve having a valve diaphragm and an isolating bridge, with a portion of the valve engaging against valve support surface to resist deformation or stretching of the valve when a backflow of fluid into the check valve occurs. The valve support surface having a first surface portion and a second surface portion, and the valve positioned with the valve diaphragm spaced apart from the first surface portion, and the isolating bridge spaced apart from the second surface portion.
US12038771B2
A pressure regulator has a valve tube assembly, a gas-input assembly, a first regulating assembly and a second regulating assembly. The gas storage device has a storage unit and the pressure regulator. By the first and the second regulating assemblies, the effect of adjusting down the gas pressure is achieved to maintain the safety of use. The pressure regulator is partially embedded in the gas storage unit to reduce the overall volume of the gas storage device. However, the high-pressure piston chamber of the valve tube assembly communicates with the outside of the gas storage unit through the high-pressure gas channel to maintain the normal operation of the elastic element in the high-pressure piston chamber.
US12038765B2
A vehicle control system and method forecast an upcoming intersection area of projected paths of a first vehicle system and a second vehicle system based on current movements of the first vehicle system and the second vehicle system. A reach distance of the first vehicle system is calculated as a distance from a leading edge of the first vehicle system to the intersection area. A difference between the reach distance of the first vehicle system and a designated gap distance with the designated gap distance are compared. The speed of the first vehicle system is automatically reduced responsive to the difference being no smaller than the designated gap distance and/or the first vehicle system is stopped responsive to the difference being smaller than the designated gap distance.
US12038759B2
Navigation systems and methods for autonomous vehicles are provided. The navigation system may include multiple navigation subsystems, including one having an inertial measurement unit (IMU). That unit may serve as the primary unit for navigation purposes, with other navigation subsystems being treated as secondary. The other navigation subsystems may include global positioning system (GPS) sensors, and perception sensors. In some embodiments, the navigation system may include a first filter for the IMU sensor and separate filters for the other navigation subsystems.
US12038755B2
An autonomous movement system according to an embodiment is an autonomous movement system for autonomous movement in a facility, the autonomous movement system changing a movement speed for the autonomous movement depending on a cooperation mode, a connection mode and a caution mode, the cooperation mode being a mode of moving while acquiring position information inside a first range in cooperation with a facility camera, the first range being a range that the facility camera photographs to generate image data, the facility camera being fixed in the facility, the connection mode being a mode of moving inside a second range and outside the first range, the second range being a range in which connection with an access point is performed by wireless communication, the access point being fixed in the facility, the caution mode being a mode of moving outside the first range and outside the second range.
US12038750B2
The present technology relates to a control device, a control method, and a program that enable the action of a movable body to be planned in accordance with the value of a peripheral object. The control device according to an embodiment of the present technology estimates a value of an object at the periphery of a movable body on the basis of sensor data detected by the movable body, and plans an action of the movable body on the basis of the value of the object estimated. The present technology is applicable to robots capable of acting autonomously.
US12038742B2
A method for providing an attribute of an element in a processing system having a plurality of elements, the processing system being represented as a directed graph having a plurality of nodes and directed edges, each node representing an element, each node having an attribute, and each directed edge representing a relation between two elements of the plurality of elements, the method including: selecting one node of the plurality of nodes as a starting node; constructing a subgraph, the subgraph including all the nodes that are forward-connected by at least one directed edge from the starting node; and outputting all nodes and the attribute of the nodes of the subgraph.
US12038734B2
Various implementations directed to managing access for a manufacturing system are provided. In one implementation, a method may include receiving access management request data at an automated provisioning system of an entity. The method may also include determining ready task data based on the received access management request data. The method may further include transmitting provisioning request data based on the determined ready task data. The method may additionally include transmitting status request data after a predetermined amount of time. The method may also include receiving the external status data. The method may further include determining generic status data based on the received external status data. The method may additionally include performing access management operations based on the determined generic status data. The method may also include manufacturing physical components using the manufacturing system based on the access management operations.
US12038732B2
A master device manages a plurality of slave devices constituting a network including a ring topology. The plurality of slave devices includes: a first slave device serving as a starting point and a terminal point of the ring topology; and a plurality of second slave devices connected between a first output port of the first slave device and a second output port thereof and constituting the ring topology. On the basis of a network configuration detected when the second output port and the output port of a second slave device paired with the second output port are available and of a network configuration detected when the second output port and the output port paired therewith have been made unavailable, the master device determines an incorrect wiring path between the first output port and the second output port and outputs information indicating the incorrect wiring path to an information processing device.
US12038730B2
A garage door module includes a manual switch, a wireless communication module, a door close/open module, a push logic module, and a housing. The wireless communication module logic module.is configured to receive user commands from a remote garage door server. The door close/open module is configured to direct a garage door opener to open or close a garage door in response to a user command received at the manual switch or the wireless communication module. The push logic module is configured to automatically push garage door status information to the remote garage door server. The housing contains the manual switch, the wireless communication module, the door close/open module, and the push logic module.
US12038725B2
A bipolar TDC apparatus with a phase detection and signal switching circuitry and a phase error measurement circuitry. The phase detection and signal switching circuitry include a multiplexer and phase detector, together referred to as PD_MUX. The PD_MUX is used to handle the order of the two input signal phases of a TDC, or in other words, to enable TDC the bipolarity detection of the phase error. The apparatus detects first the polarity of the phase error and then prepares the right phase order when they arrive at the TDC measurement elements of the phase error measurement circuitry to ensure that always the earlier one starts the TDC and the later one triggers the measurement event. As such, the phase measurement circuitry (or measurement block) provides the phase error magnitude information, while the PD_MUX provides the sign—polarity information.
US12038722B2
An elastic retaining member is for attaching a horological component to a support element. The retaining includes an opening into which the support element is capable of being inserted. The retaining member also includes rigid arms and elastic arms defined between the connection zones of the retaining member. The arms contribute to procuring elastic gripping of the support element in the opening, each rigid arm being provided with a single convex contact zone of the retaining member capable of engaging with a corresponding convex contact portion of the support element.
US12038718B2
Provided is a holographic microscope including an input optical system configured to emit polarized input beam, a first beam splitter configured to emit an object beam by reflecting a portion of the polarized input beam, and emit a reference beam by transmitting a remaining portion of the polarized input beam, a reference optical system configured to separate the reference beam into a first reference beam and a second reference beam, a camera configured to receive the first reference beam and the second reference beam and the object beam that is reflected by an inspection object, the camera including a micro polarizer array, wherein a first polarization axis of the first reference beam is perpendicular to a second polarization axis of the second reference beam.
US12038687B2
A method for building an etching-free hybrid nonlinear waveguide composed of a polymer and an ion-implanted nonlinear crystal is provided. A nonlinear crystal is pretreated, and subjected to ion implantation to obtain an ion-implanted nonlinear crystal. The ion-implanted nonlinear crystal is spin-coated with a photoresist, and subjected to electron beam exposure, heating, and developing, so as to obtain a hybrid optical waveguide composed of a polymer and a nonlinear crystal.
US12038685B2
A reflective mask blank for EUV lithography includes a substrate, a reflective layer for reflecting EUV light, and an absorption layer for absorbing EUV light. The reflective layer and the absorption layer are formed on or above the substrate in this order. The absorption layer contains tantalum (Ta) and niobium (Nb), and the absorption layer has a composition ratio Ta:Nb of Ta (at %) to Nb (at %) of from 4:1 to 1:4. Among diffraction peaks derived from the absorption layer observed at 2θ: from 20° to 50° by out-of-plane XRD method, a peak having the highest intensity has a half width FWHM of 1.0° or more.
US12038670B2
A camera assembly is provided therein that comprises a camera subsystem configured to provide camera surveillance, and at least one full solar wafer without being cut, configured to function as power source for the camera subsystem. The camera subsystem comprises a lens, PCB electronics including a WiFi chip and/or a RF chip, and a battery that are enclosed in one or multiple modules.
US12038667B2
Multi-state switchability is highly desirable in optoelectronic devices. For liquid crystal (LC) based devices, the stability of any configuration is achieved through a balance between imposed interactions and the LC's orientational elasticity. In most cases, the latter acts to resist deformation. By combining surface topography and chemical patterning, provided here are the effects of saddle-splay orientational elasticity, a property that, despite being intrinsic to all LCs, is routinely suppressed. Utilizing theory and continuum elastic calculations, provided here are example conditions for which, even using generic, achiral LC materials, spontaneously broken surface symmetries develop. Also provided are multi-stable devices in which a weak, but directional, applied field switches between spontaneously-polar surface state domains. The disclosed approach is useful in low-field and fast-switching optoelectronic devices, beyond those attainable by current technologies.
US12038666B2
An electrical connection between the backplane and the light-transmissive front electrode of an electrowetting device is provided by forming an aperture through the top front electrode coupled and a substrate coupled thereto and subsequently introducing a flowable, electrically-conductive material into the aperture. The flowable, electrically-conductive material provides an electrical contact between the light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer and the backplane.
US12038660B2
An array substrate and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The array substrate includes a substrate, a thin film transistor, a first passivation layer, an organic film layer, a common electrode, a second passivation layer and a pixel electrode layer. The organic film layer includes a first via. The common electrode covers the pixel area and includes a second via and a sloped wall surrounding the second via. The second via is connected with the first via, and a gap is located between the bottom edge of the sloped wall and the top edge of the first via. The second passivation layer includes a third via communicating with the second via. The pixel electrode layer is arranged on the second passivation layer and is connected with the second metal layer through the first via, the second via, and the third via.
US12038652B2
An electrically controllable viewing angle switch device is provided with a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, multiple spacers, and multiple light-shielding patterns. The first substrate and the second substrate are overlapped with each other. The liquid crystal layer and the multiple spacers are disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The multiple light-shielding patterns are disposed on the second substrate. The orthographic projection area of each spacer on the second substrate is less than or equal to the orthographic projection area of each light-shielding pattern on the second substrate. The orthographic projection of each spacer on the second substrate is located within the orthographic projection of each light-shielding pattern on the second substrate. A display apparatus using an electrically controllable viewing angle switch device is also provided, in which light leakage near the spacer is extremely slight.
US12038643B2
A color filter substrate includes a base substrate, a black matrix layer and a color filter layer. The color filter layer includes a plurality of color photoresist units arranged in an array, the plurality of color photoresist units being formed with a plurality of color photoresist rows, a plurality of first color photoresist columns, a plurality of second color photoresist columns and a plurality of third color photoresist columns, and wherein the color filter layer further includes at least one filling part located between the color photoresist rows and has a thickness equal to that of at least one of the plurality of color photoresist units; and the black matrix layer is disposed between the color filter layer and the base substrate, and includes a plurality of light transmitting windows.
US12038639B2
A display device includes: a display panel including a display area and a non-display area; a flexible printed circuit board overlapping and attached to the display panel; a pair of first alignment indicia disposed in the non-display area; a pair of second alignment indicia adjacent to the first alignment indicia; a pair of third alignment indicia disposed on the flexible printed circuit board.
US12038637B2
The present disclosure discloses a display device, including a display panel, a back panel, and a shading adhesive tape. A bonding region is provided on at least one side of the display panel. The back panel includes bottom panel and a lateral panel surrounding the bottom panel. The lateral panel and the bottom panel form a cavity. The display panel is located in the cavity. A part of the lateral panel away from the bottom panel is disposed adjacent to a perimeter of the display panel. The shading adhesive tape is adjacent to a side of the lateral panel close to the cavity. At least a part of the shading adhesive tape is adhered to a side of the display panel away from the bottom panel and is disposed corresponding to the bonding region.
US12038632B2
A display device according to an embodiment can include a display panel including a plurality of pixels in a matrix form and having a first pixel and a second pixel adjacent to each other among the plurality of pixels to form a group pixel, a barrier layer disposed on the display panel and including an opening portion disposed in some area of the group pixel for transmitting light and an electrochromic element positioned in a remaining area of the group pixel, and a driver configured to selectively drive a wide viewing angle mode and a narrow viewing angle mode by controlling a signal applied to the display panel and the barrier layer.
US12038627B2
Methods and systems for determining a refractive correction for eyeglasses involve obtaining an objective measurement of a wave aberration. The objective measurement includes an objective spherical power (SPH_o), an objective cylinder power (CYL_o), an objective cylinder axis (AXIS_o), and other residual aberrations; and uses objective vision optimization to achieve a best image quality for the eye from the residual aberrations. A prescription cylinder power (CYL_p), is determined using a software module, where an absolute value of CYL_p is less than an absolute value of CYL_o and achieves an acuity of at least 20/20. A prescription spherical power (SPH_s) is determined subjectively by dialing into a phoropter module a cylinder correction according to the prescription cylinder power (CYL_p) from the software module and the objective cylinder axis (AXIS_o) according to the objective aberrometer module. A prescription for an ophthalmic lens of the eyeglasses is generated that includes SPH_s, CYL_p and AXIS_o.
US12038625B2
The invention relates to a method for producing at least one nose pad for view detection glasses. According to the invention, a topography of at least the nasal ridge of a person is detected and topography data are generated. In a scaling step, at least one position value of the person's eyes is captured by means of the eye capturing cameras of the view detection glasses, and thus, the non-scaled topography data are converted into scaled topography data. In a modeling step, production data are generated from the scaled topography data for at least one nose pad for the view detection glasses adapted to the nasal ridge. In a fabrication step, the production data of the modeling step are transmitted to a digital fabricator, and based on the production data, at least one nose pad is produced.
US12038622B2
An optical imaging system includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having refractive power, a third lens having refractive power, a fourth lens having refractive power, a fifth lens having negative refractive power, wherein the first to fifth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side, and a reflective member having a plurality of reflective surfaces to reflect the light refracted by the fifth lens multiple times, wherein 3
US12038621B2
A lens module and a camera module are provided. According to one aspect of the present invention, the lens module comprises: a lens; a heating member arranged on the lens; a power supply member for supplying current to the heating member; and a lens barrel including a first hole through which the power supply member penetrates and accommodating the lens.
US12038614B2
There is provided an optical fiber array that can be easily optically connected to cores of optical waveguides on a connection counterpart substrate without requiring a complicated fabrication process to the connection counterpart substrate and laborious diffusing fusion of the cores. In an array, coating-removed exposed portions of fibers are attached to grooves that are provided on a lower substrate in order to position the optical fibers. Further, the exposed portions are pressed by a lid. Coated portions of the fibers are placed on a flat surface of a concave portion that is provided on the substrate to form a step with the grooves in a state where the exposed portions are attached. Front end parts of the exposed portions of the fibers each have a light collecting portion that collects light beams passing through an inside of the corresponding fiber to reduce an MFD. The light collecting portions are lens-shaped portions that are formed by cutting and are used for optical alignment with the cores of the optical waveguides.
US12038609B2
An optical sensor comprises foreoptics configured to receive an image signal, an image optic operable to focus the image signal, at least one focal plane array (FPA) configured to detect the image signal, and a jitter stabilization system. The jitter stabilization system can comprise a transmitter configured to transmit a jitter source signal to the foreoptics and a position sensor configured to receive a jitter return signal. The position sensor can be positioned at a shared focus with the at least one FPA. The optical sensor further comprises a diffraction grating operable to reflect and diffract at least a portion of the jitter source signal. The jitter return signal received at the position sensor comprises at least a portion of the reflected and diffracted jitter source signal.
US12038605B2
An embodiment sensor includes a hybrid waveguide. The hybrid waveguide includes a first dielectric optical waveguide lying on and in contact with a dielectric support layer; a first surface waveguide optically coupled to the first dielectric optical waveguide, parallel to the first dielectric optical waveguide, and lying on the dielectric support layer. The first surface waveguide has a lateral surface configured to guide a surface mode. The hybrid waveguide includes a cavity intended to be filled with a dielectric fluid, separating laterally the first dielectric optical waveguide from the lateral surface of the first surface waveguide.
US12038601B2
A light conversion portion is constituted by a conversion material that converts infrared light to visible light. A reflection portion is fixed to a position on a main substrate at which the reflection portion faces an output end of an optical waveguide chip on the side from which light is output to an external space. The reflection portion includes a reflection surface that faces the output end and is inclined with respect to a plane of the main substrate such that a reflection direction is toward the upper side of the main substrate. The reflection surface reflects near infrared light.
US12038597B2
A light-guide type display device that includes a light guide plate that optically guides an image to a pupil of a viewer, and a support member that supports the light guide plate and is provided with two fixing members. The light guide plate includes a first opening section that has a first opening having a long axis and a short axis, and a second opening section that has a second opening having a shape different from that of the first opening and located on a line that passes through the first opening section and that is parallel to a long-axis direction of the first opening section. Each of the two fixing members is inserted into a corresponding one of the first opening section and the second opening section.
US12038595B2
Parallel light traveling in a direction perpendicular to an outgoing surface having a curved surface is emitted. A light guide member according to one or more embodiments may include: an incident surface where light from a light source enters; at least one reflective surface that reflects the light having entered from the incident surface; and an outgoing surface that is formed of a curved surface and emits the light reflected by the reflective surface. The reflective surface reflects the light having entered from the light source in a direction in which the incident angle of the light incident on the outgoing surface is constant.
US12038588B2
A method of manufacturing a layout structure of Micro LED for augmented reality and mixed reality is provided in the present invention, including steps of providing a substrate with multiple display units arranged thereon to form an unit array and includes an edge region and a transparent region surrounded by the edge region, forming pixel driver circuits and a first transparent layer on the edge region, setting multiple Micro LEDs on the first transparent layer of edge regions, forming a second transparent layer on the Micro LEDs and the first transparent layer, thinning and removing the substrate on the transparent region to expose the first transparent layer, and forming a protection layer on back sides of the substrate and the exposed first transparent layer.
US12038586B2
A near-eye display apparatus is disclosed. The near-eye display apparatus includes a lens and an optical path folding assembly. The lens is configured to receive incident light of a first image, which is projected by a micro-display, and shape the first image; the lens includes a primary optical axis and a first lens face and a second lens face which are opposed in a first direction where the primary optical axis of the lens is positioned, a curvature radius of the first lens face is within a range of 70 to 100 millimeters, and a curvature radius of the second lens face is within a range of 10 to 30 millimeters; and the optical path folding assembly is configured to receive light of the first image shaped by the lens and fold an optical path from the lens to an exit pupil of the near-eye display apparatus.
US12038580B2
An information display apparatus that displays image information on a vehicle includes a HUD apparatus projecting a large-scale virtual image onto a distant position and serving as a first information display apparatus 100 arranged between a windshield glass 6 of the vehicle and an instrument panel, and effectively displays a plurality of pieces of the image information by making coordination with a second information display apparatus 48 close to the windshield glass 6, the second information display apparatus causing a transparent dispersion sheet in the windshield glass to directly reflect a screen of a large-scale high-resolution image display panel so that the screen is observed by the driver.
US12038576B2
An optical scanning device comprises a scanning structure, an anchor, and a drive unit. The drive unit includes a first drive unit and a second drive unit. The first drive unit includes a first drive beam, an electrode interconnect, paired supports, and a thin film magnet. The first drive beam has a first fixed end connected to the support and a first drive end connected to the scanning structure. The electrode interconnect is formed on the first drive beam. The supports are connected to the anchor and disposed to sandwich the first drive beam. The thin film magnet is disposed on each of the supports. The thin film magnet is disposed in such a manner that a magnetic line of force is generated in a direction intersecting a direction in which the electrode interconnect extends.
US12038572B2
The present specification describes a novel system for dynamically modifying the magnification power of optical devices used in high performance and critical applications such as medical procedures. The present specification describes an optical imaging system having a magnification control system connected to a sensor device for enabling movement of sensor device with respect to a lens assembly of the imaging system, wherein distance between the sensor device and the lens assembly is altered to enable different levels of magnification capability.
US12038565B2
An optical system includes a first lens disposed closest to an enlargement conjugate position, a second lens adjacent to the first lens, a diaphragm disposed closer to a reduction conjugate position than the second lens, and a final lens disposed closest to a reduction conjugate position. Each of the first lens, the second lens, and the final lens has an aspherical surface. The aspherical surface of each of the first and second lenses has an inflection point. An imaging magnification is different between a first area of the optical system and a second area on a periphery side of the first area.
US12038563B2
The disclosure provides an optical imaging lens assembly, which sequentially includes from an object side to an image side along an optical axis: a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens, wherein the fifth lens has a negative refractive power; an object-side surface of the sixth lens is a concave surface, and an image-side surface of the sixth lens is a convex surface; a maximum field of view FOV of the optical imaging lens assembly satisfies 100°
US12038562B2
An optical imaging lens, including a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, and a seventh lens element arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, is provided. Each of the first lens element to the seventh lens element includes an object-side surface and an image-side surface. An optical axis region of the image-side surface of the first lens element is concave. A periphery region of the object-side surface of the second lens element is concave and an optical axis region of the image-side surface of the second lens element is convex. The seventh lens element has negative refracting power and an optical axis region of the image-side surface of the seventh lens element is concave.
US12038553B2
A system identifying a source of radiation is provided. The system includes a radiation source detector and a radiation source identifier. The radiation source detector receives measurements of radiation; for one or more sources, generates a detection metric indicating whether that source is present in the measurements; and evaluates the detection metrics to detect whether a source is present in the measurements. When the presence of a source in the measurements is detected, the radiation source identifier for one or more sources, generates an identification metric indicating whether that source is present in the measurements; generates a null-hypothesis metric indicating whether no source is present in the measurements; evaluates the one or more identification metrics and the null-hypothesis metric to identify the source, if any, that is present in the measurements.
US12038541B2
An ultrasonic sensor includes an adhesion sensor including a variable capacitance and a fixed capacitance. The variable capacitance includes a sensor electrode provided on a first surface of a bottom having a microphone installed thereon and a capacitance value thereof changes in accordance with adhesion of foreign matter on the first surface. The fixed capacitance includes a first electrode connected to the sensor electrode, and a second electrode provided on a member different from a microphone housing and disposed facing the first electrode. The adhesion sensor further includes an adhesion detecting section that is connected to the sensor electrode via the fixed capacitance and detects adhesion of foreign matter to the first surface by supplying an alternating-current signal to the fixed capacitance and the variable capacitance.
US12038538B2
A method of monitoring an operation in a material handling environment is described. The method can include obtaining a data stream representative of a 3D-scan of a target area based on an output from a LiDAR based sensor. Further, the method can include obtaining operational specification data. The operational specification data can include, data related to a standard operating procedure (SOP) and a pre-defined heuristic. The pre-defined heuristics can be associated with an operation to be performed by at least one of: a machine and an operator, in the material handling environment. Furthermore, the method can include generating a machine learning model. The data stream and the operational specification data can be provided as inputs to train the machine learning model. Furthermore, the method can include determining, by using the machine learning model, a performance status associated an efficiency of the execution of the operation.
US12038535B2
A detection device (10) includes a transmitter (110), a receiver (120), and a control unit (140). The transmitter (110) is capable of transmitting an electromagnetic wave. The receiver (120) is capable of receiving a signal (S1), that is, the electromagnetic wave transmitted from the transmitter (110) and reflected by an object (O). The control unit (140) controls the size of an instantaneous field of view (so-called IFOV) of the receiver (120).
US12038533B2
An optical device (306) includes an internal cavity and an emitter (102) disposed in the internal cavity (210). The emitter is operable to emit a first light wave (220). The optical device also includes a detector (104) disposed in the internal cavity. The detector is operable to detect a second light wave (225) that is based on the first light wave. The second light wave is susceptible to being coupled with an undesired light wave (235) that is based on the first light wave. The optical device further includes an interference filter (310) disposed on the detector. The interference filter has a filter property that causes the interference filter to attenuate the interfering light wave.
US12038532B2
In one embodiment an optical proximity sensing circuit comprises an optical emitting device which is prepared to send a signal having a wavelength of the invisible spectrum, a light conversion material being prepared to convert a reflected signal into a detectable signal, the reflected signal being a function of a reflection of the signal off a human user and the detectable signal having a wavelength of the visible spectrum, and an optical receiving device arranged apart from but in a visual range of the optical emitting device and prepared to detect the detectable signal and therefrom provide a measurement signal which is a function of a distance between the optical proximity sensing circuit and the human user, wherein the conversion material is mounted to the optical receiving device, and wherein each of the signal, the reflected signal and the detectable signal is an optical signal.
US12038525B2
An electromagnetic wave medical imaging system, the system including: at least one antenna; transmission electronics; receiving electronics; and receiving computing electronics, where the transmission electronics are structured to transmit a first electromagnetic wave having an Orbital Angular Momentum wave-front thru the antenna towards a target, where the Orbital Angular Momentum wave-front includes a vortex region, where the transmission electronics are structured to transmit a second electromagnetic wave having a non Orbital Angular Momentum wave-front thru a first portion of the antenna towards the target, where the receiving electronics are structured to form a first signal from a first return wave of the first electromagnetic wave, where the receiving electronics are structured to form a second signal from a second return wave of the second electromagnetic wave, and where the receiving computing electronics includes a computing process to estimate the return wave associated with the vortex region.
US12038522B2
In an example method of target position estimation, the method includes calculating initial estimated positions of a target transmitter. Each of the initial estimated positions is based on an angle of arrival estimate received from a locator. The method includes generating an error projection associated with each of the initial estimated positions. The error projection is based on azimuth and elevation error characteristics of the locator associated with the initial estimated position. The method includes creating a select group of the locators based on overlaps of the error projections, wherein the select group of locators comprises a subset of the locators. The method includes calculating a refined estimate of the position of the target transmitter based on the initial estimated positions associated with the select group of locators.
US12038517B2
A method of determining an integer ambiguity search space includes: obtaining, at an apparatus, a code phase measurement of a satellite vehicle signal comprising a pseudorandom noise code and a carrier signal; obtaining, at the apparatus, spatial information corresponding to a wireless terrestrial signal transferred between the apparatus and a terrestrial base station; determining, at the apparatus, a satellite positioning system carrier phase integer ambiguity search space based on the code phase measurement; and constraining a size of the satellite positioning system carrier phase integer ambiguity search space based on the spatial information.
US12038516B2
A self-contained integrated portable vehicle tracking system that does not comprise any wired connection to any device or location external to the container unit is disclosed. The tracking system comprises a microcontroller unit (MCU); a GPS receiver in communication with said MCU; a GPS patch antenna connected to said MCU; a wireless transceiver in communication with said MCU; a power source comprising a solar cell; and a power management system. In addition, a method for determining the position of a moving vehicle with high accuracy is disclosed. Unlike methods known in the art, the method disclosed herein does not require the use of an inertial navigation system or continuous operation of a GPS. The method comprises determining the velocity of the moving object from a determination of its speed and angular velocity and correlating the signals obtained from the velocity sensors with a map data layer.
US12038515B2
A method includes, by a mobile device, receiving a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal, and receiving, from a wireless device, via a PC5 interface, a message including a location of a reference structure. The method also includes determine whether the GNSS signal is a spoofing signal based on a difference between the location of the reference structure and a location of the mobile device determined based on the GNSS signal.
US12038513B1
Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) accuracy improvement for GNSS-equipped mobile end user devices using error corrections calculated from the location information of other GNSS-equipped mobile end user devices. An algorithm in which GNSS signal data received by a network of GNSS-equipped mobile end user devices is collected and sent to a GNSS location correction engine, which calculates an ensemble error correction for the network and transmits the error correction to the GNSS-equipped mobile end user devices in the network. Implementations of the system and method may include selection of subsets of devices for inclusion in the calculations based on device location, time, hardware, and other factors.
US12038504B2
The present invention relates to a method for computational noise compensation for an ultrasonic sensor system (1) that is mounted in a concealed manner, in particular for a vehicle with a wall material (2), including the following steps: detecting reference surroundings information (100) comprising noise signal information (3) relating to a wall material (2) and/or airborne sound signal information (4), using an ultrasonic sensor (5) of the ultrasonic sensor system (1); storing the reference surroundings information (200); detecting real-time surroundings information (300) comprising noise signal information (3) relating to the wall material (2) and/or airborne sound signal information (4), using the ultrasonic sensor (5); and forming a difference signal between the pieces of surroundings information (400) of reference surroundings information and real-time surroundings information, using a computational unit (6). The present invention also relates to a system for computational ultrasound compensation having means for performing the steps of the method. The present invention further relates to a vehicle having the system for computational ultrasound compensation. The present invention furthermore relates to a computer program, to a data carrier signal, and to a computer-readable medium.
US12038501B2
One or more aspects of this disclosure relate to the usage of an impulse radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) radar to reconstruct a cross-sectional image of subject in a noninvasive fashion. This image is reconstructed based on the pre- and post-processing of recorded waveforms that are collected by the IR-UWB radar, after getting reflected-off the subject. Furthermore, a novel process is proposed to approximate the different tissues' dielectric constants and, accordingly, reconstruct a subject's cross-sectional image.
US12038499B1
A multi-source elevation data fusion method including: inputting acquired optical elevation data into a trained optical elevation error prediction model to output an optical elevation error value and an optical elevation error weight map; inputting acquired radar elevation data into a trained radar elevation error prediction model to output a radar elevation error value and a radar elevation error weight map; correcting the optical elevation data based on the optical elevation error value to obtain optical elevation data to be fused; correcting the radar elevation data based on the radar elevation error value to obtain radar elevation data to be fused; performing weighted fusion on the optical elevation data to be fused and the radar elevation data to be fused based on the optical elevation error weight map and the radar elevation error weight map to obtain fused elevation data. This method efficiently enhances the accuracy of fused elevation data.
US12038494B2
Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for range data compression. According to one embodiment, a current range data frame for a current time point is generated. Each current range data cell in the current range data frame includes current ranges representing points in a point cloud in a 3D space for the current time point. Accumulated prior ranges in an accumulated prior range buffer are propagated from a prior time point to the current time point. Current ranges in the current range data frame are compared with the propagated accumulated prior ranges to determine range differences between the current ranges and the propagated accumulated prior ranges. A proper subset of current ranges in the set of current ranges is identified based on the range difference. The proper subset of current ranges is included in a range data signal excluding other current ranges not in the proper subset.
US12038492B2
The present invention provides an in-vehicle passenger detection system and method using an Ultra-Wide Band radar. The present invention processes the values collected using an Ultra-Wide Band radar in the time domain, so that it is possible to detect passengers in a vehicle faster than the time required to process the collected values in the frequency domain using a conventional Ultra-Wide Band radar. Also, the present invention detects a large motion, such as a passenger's hand or foot movement in a vehicle, and a small motion, such as a passenger breathing quietly, using separate data processing procedures, respectively, so that faster and more accurate passenger detection is possible.
US12038489B2
Systems and methods are described, and one method includes illuminating a target-of-interest (TI) with an RF energy configured to effect, over a time duration extending from a first time to a second time, an increase in a temperature of the TI. At a first detection time within the time duration, a first temperature NQR signal spectrum of the TI is detected, and a corresponding first temperature NQR spectrum data set is generates. At a second detection time, subsequent to the first detection time, a second temperature NQR signal spectrum of the TI is detected and corresponding second temperature NQR spectrum data set is output. Based at least in part on the first temperature NQR spectral dataset and the second temperature NQR spectral dataset, the TI is classified between including the SI and not including the SI.
US12038480B2
The application provides an electrical system with online sampling and check function and its check method for high-voltage and medium-voltage electrical equipment, including electrical equipment, gas density relay, gas density sensor, valve, pressure regulating mechanism, online check contact signal sampling unit and intelligent control unit. The pressure is increased or decreased by the pressure regulating mechanism to enable the contact action of the gas density relay of electrical equipment. The contact action is transmitted to the intelligent control unit through the online check contact signal sampling unit. The intelligent control unit detects the alarm and/or blocking contact signal operating value and/or return value according to the density value of the contact action; the check of the gas density relay can be completed without maintenance personnel on site, which greatly improves the reliability of the power grid and the work efficiency, and reduces the O&M cost. At the same time, it also realizes the mutual self-inspection between gas density relay and gas density sensor, and further realizes the maintenance-free.
US12038469B2
The present invention provides a system and method for measuring an intermittent operating life (IOL) of a GaN-based device under test (DUT) is provided. The system is operable in a stressing mode, a cooling mode and a measure mode. A power regulation approach is adopted to ensure that DUT of the same thermal resistance have same temperature increase during the IOL test. The present invention eliminates the influence caused by parasitic parameters of testing circuits and the inconsistency of threshold voltage and drain-source resistance of the device itself. Through power regulation, it is the junction temperature of the device, not the housing temperature of the device, being directly controlled. Therefore, higher measurement accuracy can be achieved.
US12038465B2
A system for automatically locking a control laser in a Rydberg atomic sensor may comprise an atomic vapor cell, a probe laser configured to excite the atoms in the atomic vapor cell to an intermediate energy state, and a control laser configured to excite the one or more atoms in the atomic vapor cell from the intermediate energy state to a higher energy state. The light generated by the control laser may be dithered at a pre-determined frequency. The system further comprises a photodiode configured to convert light received from the vapor cell into an electrical signal, a lock-in amplifier configured to generate an error signal based on the electrical signal received from the photo diode and a received reference oscillation frequency, and a servo configured to receive the generated error signal from the lock-in amplifier and adjust a frequency of the control laser based on the received error signal.
US12038458B2
A probe for testing a semiconductor device includes a post having a plate shape and connected to a test substrate. A beam has a first end connected to the post. A tip structure is connected to a second end of the beam. The post includes a front surface having a normal line extending in a first direction. A back surface is located opposite to the front surface. Bumps are disposed on the front surface and are spaced apart from each other. The beam extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction. Each of the bumps protrudes from the front surface in the first direction by a first length.
US12038440B2
A lectin-binding substance measurement method is a method for measuring a lectin-binding substance in a sample, and includes: a capturing step of bringing a capture carrier including a water-insoluble carrier and a molecule immobilized on the water-insoluble carrier, the molecule being a molecule capable of capturing a lectin-binding substance, into contact with the sample to cause the capture carrier to capture the lectin-binding substance; a washing step of removing contaminants unbound to the capture carrier; a releasing step of releasing the lectin-binding substance from the capture carrier to obtain a prepared sample; and a measuring step of measuring the lectin-binding substance in the prepared sample by using a lectin.
US12038436B2
Assays and methods for diagnosing and treating autoimmune diseases. Particularly, the invention provides methods for differential diagnosis of specific autoimmune diseases, including autoimmune rheumatic disorders.
US12038432B2
Described herein are organoids that include at least one type of immune cell along with systems and devices including the same. Methods of preparing and using such organoids, devices and systems are also described herein.
US12038425B2
A process and a system analyze data of at least one mobile gas measuring device as well as of a stationary gas measuring device (3a, 3b). Data are generated by the mobile gas measuring device and by the stationary gas measuring device (3a, 3b) as a function of a gas concentration and are transmitted to a central data processing unit (1). Further, the data are supplemented with information in relation to a location of the data generation before, during or after the transmission. The processed data of the mobile gas measuring device and of the stationary gas measuring device (3a, 3b) are sent to a data analysis unit (2), in which a joint analysis of the processed data of the mobile gas measuring device and of the stationary gas measuring device (3a, 3b) is carried out for generating at least one result value.
US12038422B2
A vial cap for removing a matrix component from a liquid sample is described. The vial cap includes a cap body, an inlet portion, and an outlet portion. The cap body is configured to have a slidable gas and liquid seal with a side wall of a sample vial. The inlet portion includes a counterbore section that holds a filter plug. The filter plug includes a polyethylene resin and a material selected from the group consisting of an ion exchange material and a reversed-phase material. The vial cap is adapted for solid phase extraction for use in an autosampler with a plurality of sample vials.
US12038421B2
A method for determining a grade of black tea by HPLC detection belongs to the field of tea grade determination. The specific steps are as follows: adding known black tea powder samples of different grades into boiling water of 95-100° ° C. for extraction, and filtering with a filter membrane with a pore size in a range of 0.20-0.25 um to obtain black tea sample liquid; measuring contents of ten components by peak area normalization method; standardizing data of the contents of the ten components in a black tea sample solution; carrying out unsupervised principal component analysis; carrying out supervised partial least squares discriminant analysis; carrying out hierarchical clustering analysis on the basis of partial least squares discriminant analysis, and finally establishing a tea grade discrimination model based on HPLC.
US12038420B2
The present invention relates to an early warning method before the occurrence of aflatoxin contamination. The steps are as follows: extracting toxins from the sample to obtain a sample extract, and subjecting the sample extract to detection and analysis by liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometer, performing qualitative analysis based on the mass spectrometry information to obtain qualitative results, performing quantitative analysis based on a standard curve of the chromatographic peak area of each warning molecule/the peak area of the internal standard-warning molecule concentration to obtain quantitative results of these warning molecules, wherein a risk of aflatoxin contamination of the sample is assessed to obtain a classification prediction model, inputting the quantitative results of the warning molecules for a toxigenic strain of Aspergillus flavus, and outputting a risk assessment result based on the classification prediction model, thereby achieving the early warning before aflatoxin contamination occurs.
US12038413B2
The disclosure discloses a stress gradient high-efficiency non-destructive detection system based on frequency domain calculation of broadband swept frequency signals, and a detection method thereof. The detection method includes: step 1: calibrating an LCR wave velocity of an object to be measured; step 2: calculating a starting frequency and a cut-off frequency of broadband swept frequency signals based on the LCR wave velocity of the object to be measured in the step 1 and a stress gradient measuring range in a depth direction of the object to be measured; step 3: converting phase delay to time delay information based on the phase delay of the starting frequency and the cut-off frequency in the step 2; and step 4: determining stresses of depths corresponding to different frequency components based on the time delay information in the step 3 to finally realize layer-by-layer scanning of stresses at different depths of the measured object. The disclosure is used to solve the problem of low stress gradient measuring accuracy, and realize the high-efficiency characterization of the stress gradient in the depth direction.
US12038411B2
A method capable of accurately evaluating a reflected wave by properly evaluating an attenuation rate of an elastic wave without being influenced by a transmission loss in each of transmission and reception. In an evaluation method of a reflected wave for evaluating, in a long object, the presence or absence and the size of a defect of the long object by transmitting an elastic wave propagating in a longitudinal direction of the long object and receiving a reflected wave of the elastic wave, the size of the defect is evaluated by determining an attenuation rate α1 of the elastic wave based on an environment in which the long object is installed from a transmission wave amplitude At of the elastic wave and a first reflected wave amplitude Ar from a specific portion of the long object serving as a reference, creating a distance-amplitude characteristic curve of the reflected wave by using the attenuation rate α1, and comparing the distance-amplitude characteristic curve with the reflected wave amplitude.
US12038406B2
The described embodiments may provide a chemical detection circuit that may comprise a plurality of first output circuits at a first side and a plurality of second output circuits at a second side of the chemical detection circuit. The chemical detection circuit may further comprise a plurality of tiles of pixels each placed between respective pairs of first and second output circuits. Each tile may include four quadrants of pixels. Each quadrant may have columns with designated first columns interleaved with second columns. Each first column may be coupled to a respective first output circuit in first and second quadrants, and to a respective second output circuit in third and fourth quadrants. Each second column may be coupled to a respective second output circuit in first and second quadrants, and to a respective first output circuit in third and fourth quadrants.
US12038405B2
Methods and apparatus relating to FET arrays for monitoring chemical and/or biological reactions such as nucleic acid sequencing-by-synthesis reactions. Some methods provided herein relate to improving signal (and also signal to noise ratio) from released hydrogen ions during nucleic acid sequencing reactions.
US12038398B2
A detection unit configured to detect a leakage hole in an intestine suspended on a tubular member having a perforated portion that is configured to distribute a flow of liquid through the perforated portion and thereby pressurize the intestine, when the intestine is being moved with a non-zero velocity (V) along the longitudinal axis of the tubular member is disclosed. The detection unit comprises an electrically conducting and axially extending sleeve-shaped surrounding portion that at least partly surrounds the circumference of the tubular member and an electric circuitry arranged and configured to measure an electric quantity established between the surrounding portion and the liquid pressurizing the intestine.
US12038394B2
Method of inspecting hazardous area equipment (10, 110, 210). The method is a non-invasive inspection of an electrical or electronic component of the hazardous area equipment (10, 110, 210). The non-invasive inspection includes a radiographic inspection of the equipment (10, 110, 210).
US12038385B2
A method for examining a culture solution containing a pH indicator and accommodated in a culture container includes: measuring, as a baseline intensity, an intensity of light that has passed through a solution and the culture container; measuring, as a measurement intensity, an intensity of light that has passed through the culture solution and the culture container; obtaining light source information including first information pertaining to the light source that is provided when measuring the baseline intensity and second information pertaining to the light source that is provided when measuring the measurement intensity; and on the basis of the baseline intensity, the measurement intensity, and the light source information, calculating an absorbance of the pH indicator at at least one wavelength included in emitted light from the light source.
US12038383B2
A method and system for identifying tissue types is provided that utilizes Raman scattered light in the high wavenumber region (HWN) of Raman spectrum. The method includes: a) interrogating a tissue specimen with at least one wavelength of light, the wavelength of light operable to produce Raman scattered light in a HWN region of Raman spectrum from the tissue specimen; b) producing signal data representative of the Raman scattering, the signal data relating signal intensity as a function of wavenumber within the HWN region; c) fitting a curve to a portion of the signal data attributable to a HWN peak within the signal data, for a plurality of different HWN peaks; d) determining a plurality of characteristics of each fitted curve; and e) determining a tissue type using the determined characteristics and stored collective data representative of fitted peaks in the HWN region of a plurality of different tissue types.
US12038381B1
This disclosure provides methods of fluorescence microscopy imaging for the analysis of biological samples. More particularly, this disclosure provides methods of reducing crosstalk in multiplexed fluorescence imaging.
US12038379B2
A sanitary device for the urine glucose test includes a urine container formed on an inner wall of a main body, and a measuring module with an inner space mounted at a bottom of the urine container. Within the inner space, a lens attaches to the bottom of the urine container, a rail faces a bottom surface of the lens, and a driving module moves a light unit shooting a detection beam to a measuring surface of the lens along the rail. The measuring surface contacts urine in the urine container, and reflects the detection beam out of the bottom surface into a sensor. The sensor is electrically connected to a processor. The processor determines a urine glucose level and generates a urine glucose level data instantly from an angle of incidence of the detection beam on the measuring surface and from a beam intensity signal from the sensor.
US12038374B2
Methods and systems for determining characteristics of fluids are described. A method involves illuminating a portion of a fluid by emitting light having an emission spectrum spanning at least from an infrared band to an ultraviolet band, and producing an output signal by receiving the light upon being scattered by the fluid using an optical detector. A controller may select a target sub-band of the emission spectrum based on information associated with the fluid, and may further determine a characteristic of the fluid using at least a portion of the output signal associated with the target sub-band of the emission spectrum. Alternatively, or additionally, a controller may apply an operator to the output signal, and may further determine the characteristic of the first fluid by applying a machine learning model to a result of the operator as applied to the first output signal.
US12038373B2
Systems for detecting light (e.g., in a flow stream) are described. Light detection systems according to certain embodiments include a wavelength separator configured to generate first, second and third predetermined spectral ranges of light from a light source and first, second and third light detection modules configured to receive each of the first, second and third predetermined spectral ranges of light, the light detection modules having a plurality of photodetectors and an optical component that conveys light having a predetermined sub-spectral range to the photodetectors. Systems and methods for measuring light emitted by a sample (e.g., in a flow stream) and kits having three or more wavelength separators, a plurality of photodetectors and an optical component are also provided.
US12038371B2
Particle analyzers having scintillation counters are provided. Particle analyzers of interest include a flow cell for transporting particles in a flow stream, a light source for irradiating a particle in the flow stream at an interrogation point, a particle-modulated light detector for detecting light from the interrogation point, and a scintillation counter for assessing particle radioactivity. In embodiments, the scintillation counter is positioned within the flow cell and configured generate particle radioactivity data that may be associated with a given particle in a plurality of particles. Methods and non-transitory computer readable storage media for practicing the invention are also provided.
US12038368B2
In a control device for a particulate matter detection sensor, a voltage value acquiring unit acquires a sensor voltage value which is a value of a voltage being applied across a pair of electrodes in the particulate matter detection sensor. A current value acquiring unit acquires a sensor current value which is a value of a current flowing between the electrodes. An output unit outputs a PM current value corresponding to the amount of deposit of particulate matter on an element part of the particulate matter detection sensor. States which the particulate matter detection sensor is determined to be in by a state determining unit include a sensor failure state and a PM-deposited state. The state determining unit determines whether the particulate matter detection sensor is in the sensor failure state or the PM-deposited state based on the sensor voltage value and the sensor current value.
US12038365B2
A particle detector. The particle detector comprises one or more light sources, an optical sensor, and a controller. The one or more light sources are collectively operable to simultaneously produce at least two wavelength ranges of emitted light. The optical sensor is configured to sense light of the at least two wavelength ranges emitted by the one or more light sources and to distinguish each range. The controller is configured to detect particles based on the light sensed by the optical sensor.
US12038362B2
An apparatus and method are disclosed for accurately determining viscosity of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids in the field or in-service by using a potable field viscometer. The portable field viscometer includes a vertical disposable (or reusable) sample insert tube filled with the liquid which the viscosity is to be determined. Using fins on the needle surface, a needle having a known density is made to fall through the liquid in the disposable (or reusable) sample insert tube coaxially. Using the time that the needle takes to fall between two known distance marks on the extension bar attached the top of the needle or transducers such as light, laser or magnetic, the velocity of the needle falling through the liquid is determined. Thus, the viscosity can be calculated by using the velocity of a needle. In the method, viscosity, shear rate and shear stress can be determined according to the disclosed method.
US12038358B2
A method is provided of forming a stain assessment target for a biological material staining system. At least one region of a substrate is provided upon a support such as a microscope slide. The substrate is formed from an optically transmissive material which is an analogue of biological tissue. A biological tissue sample for inspection is also provided upon the support. The support, including the at least one region, together with the biological tissue sample and then stained by applying at least one biological tissue stain under similar staining conditions.
US12038357B2
A method for obtaining dissectates from a microscopic sample using a laser microdissection system having a laser unit includes: a) at least partially circumcising and releasing from the sample dissectate regions of the sample as the dissectates using laser pulses provided by the laser unit; b) transferring the dissectates, by being released from the sample, along dissectate trajectories into receptacles of a dissectate collection unit; and c) positioning the receptacles of a dissectate collection unit using a positioning unit to collect the dissectates. The positioning of the receptacles of the dissectate collection unit using the positioning unit is automatically performed based on estimates of the dissectate trajectories, the estimates of the dissectate trajectories being obtained in a learning mode, the learning mode including obtaining dissectates by repeatedly performing at least steps a) and b). Parameters of the dissectate trajectories are determined for a plurality of dissectates.
US12038354B2
A system and method are provided for operating a power generating asset. Accordingly, a plurality of operational data sets are received by a controller. The operational data sets include at least one indication of a performance anomaly. A plurality of predictive models are implemented by the controller to determine a plurality of potential root causes of the performance anomaly and a plurality of corresponding probabilities for each of the potential root causes. A consolidation model is generated for classifying the plurality of potential root causes and corresponding probabilities. The consolidation model is trained via a training data set to correlate the plurality of potential root causes to an actual root cause for the performance anomaly. The consolidation model is implemented by the controller to determine the actual root cause of the performance anomaly based on the plurality of potential root causes and corresponding probabilities.
US12038350B2
An apparatus for detecting leaks in a battery includes a plurality of cells, each which include a pair of conductive leads bracketing a polymer seal, and a wireless measurement and communication chip (“chip”) configured to perform capacitive measurement, showing a change in capacitance when bridged by ionically conductive species or when a wick is suffused with an electrolyte.
US12038349B2
According to one embodiment, an inspection system of an embodiment is an inspection system for inspecting a bogie including a plurality of side beams extending in a front-rear direction and disposed apart from each other in a left-right direction and a cross beam connecting the plurality of side beams. The inspection system includes one or more sensors and a position locator. The one or more sensors are installed on at least one of the plurality of side beams and the cross beam and detect elastic waves. The position locator identifies a beam in which the elastic waves have been generated or locates a position of an elastic wave source on the basis of the elastic waves detected by the one or more sensors.
US12038348B1
Techniques for determining a condition of a component of a vehicle and/or adjusting a configuration of a vehicle based on a condition of a component of the vehicle are discussed herein. The vehicle can receive vehicle component data and use the vehicle component data to determine a condition of one or more vehicle components. The vehicle can use a sensor, such as an image sensor, to capture or otherwise determine the vehicle component data. The condition of the component(s) of the vehicle may be determined using a machine learned model trained to determine condition of the component from image data. The vehicle can determine vehicle configuration data based on the condition. The vehicle configuration data may include an instruction to navigate to a maintenance facility, to remove the vehicle from service, constraining operation of the vehicle, etc.
US12038340B2
A door assembly includes a structural wrapper defining an insulating cavity. The structural wrapper defines a sensor port. A sensor assembly is coupled to an outer surface of the structural wrapper proximate to the sensor port. The sensor assembly includes a connector having a base coupled to a housing. The base is coupled to the structural wrapper. The connector defines an interior in fluid communication with the insulating cavity. A pressure sensor is disposed within the housing. The pressure sensor is configured to sense a pressure within the insulating cavity. At least one plate is disposed at an open end of the housing. The pressure sensor includes sensor pins that extend through the at least one plate.
US12038339B2
A relative-pressure sensor determines the pressure of a medium in relation to an atmospheric pressure. The sensor includes a housing having a measuring element located in the housing, wherein the pressure to be measured acts upon an outer surface of the measuring element. The surface is in contact with the medium. The sensor also includes a reference-pressure supply, which supplies an inner surface of the measuring element with atmospheric pressure in the form of ambient air, and an evaluation unit, which determines the pressure of the medium from a variable determined using the measuring element. A drying chamber takes-up atmospheric humidity from the ambient air that is supplied via the reference-pressure supply. The drying chamber has a drying module comprising a container and a humidity-adsorbing material that is completely surrounded by the container.
US12038338B2
A system, apparatus and method directed to detecting damage to an optical fiber. The optical fiber includes core fibers including a plurality of sensors configured to (i) reflect a light signal based on received incident light, and (ii) change a characteristic of the reflected light signal based on experienced strain. The system can include a console having memory storing logic that, when executed, causes operations of providing receiving reflected light signals of different spectral widths of the broadband incident light by one or more of the plurality of sensors, processing the reflected light signals to detect fluctuations of a portion of the optical fiber, and determining a location of the portion of the optical fiber or a defect affecting a vessel in which the portion is disposed based on the detected fluctuations. The portion may be a distal tip of the optical fiber.
US12038331B2
A wearable device includes: a base to be worn on a head of a user; a first sensor that is provided to the base to be at a distance from a surface of the user's head and measures a first signal relating to a temperature of the surface of the user's head; an estimation circuit that estimates a body temperature of the user based on the first signal; and a display that presents the body temperature of the user estimated by the estimation circuit.
US12038329B2
A color measurement apparatus includes an opening portion that is formed in an opening portion forming member arranged in a bottom portion of the apparatus and causes light arriving from a measurement target to enter inside the apparatus, a light emission portion that emits light for measurement toward the measurement target, and a shutter unit that is configured to switch between a closed state in which the opening portion is covered, and an open state in which the opening portion is open, and that has a reflection reference surface at a position facing the opening portion in the closed state as a reference of reflectance, in which the shutter unit is disposed such that the shutter unit is configured to switch to, in addition to the closed state and the open state, an exposed state in which the reflection reference surface is exposed outside the apparatus.
US12038326B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods for spectrally resolving light from fluorophores having overlapping fluorescence spectra in a sample. Methods according to certain embodiments include detecting light with a light detection system from a sample having a plurality of fluorophores having overlapping fluorescence spectra and spectrally resolving light from each fluorophore in the sample. In some embodiments, methods include estimating the abundance of one or more of the fluorophores in the sample, such as on a particle. In certain instances, methods include identifying the particle in the sample based on the abundance of each fluorophore and sorting the particle. Methods according to some embodiments includes spectrally resolving the light from each fluorophore by calculating a spectral unmixing matrix for the fluorescence spectra of each fluorophore. Systems and integrated circuit devices (e.g., a field programmable gate array) for practicing the subject methods are also provided.
US12038324B2
Provided are a single photon detector and an operation method thereof. The single photon detector may include a gate signal generator for generating a gate signal having a first pulse width (ΔP) with respect to a first time point (t1); and a first photon detector for detecting the single photon while operating in a Geiger mode by receiving the gate signal, and outputs a photon detection signal at a second time point (t2), wherein the first photon detector outputs the photon detection signal at the second time point (t2) spaced apart at a predetermine time interval (ΔT) from the first time point (t1).
US12038322B2
A system for testing an ablation system comprising an optical box and a catheter connector is disclosed. The system comprises a qualitative beam assessment device, a quantitative beam assessment device, and a processor. The qualitative beam assessment device has a camera configured to record signals related to a beam profile of a beam emitted by the optical box. The quantitative beam assessment device has an energy sensor configured to measure a beam energy of the beam. The processor is configured to receive the signals from the beam assessment devices, determine a qualitative condition of the beam based on the beam profile signals, and determine a quantitative condition of the beam based on the beam energy signals.
US12038321B2
Systems and methods for detecting a mechanical disturbance are disclosed. One of the method may comprise the operation steps including: transmitting, by a transmitter, a pulse at a preset frequency along a first cable; receiving, by a receiver, a plurality of signals, wherein each of the plurality of signals travels along the first cable and a second cable connected to the receiver for a corresponding span; calculating one or more differential phases, wherein each differential phase is calculated based on respective phases and the corresponding spans of two of the plurality of signals; and determining a localization of the mechanical disturbance based on the one or more differential phases.
US12038320B2
A fiber optic sensing technology for vehicle run-off-road incident automatic detection by an indicator of sonic alert pattern (SNAP) vibration patterns. A machine learning method is employed and trained and evaluated against a variety of heterogeneous factors using controlled experiments, demonstrating applicability for future field deployment. Extracted events resulting from operation of our system may be advantageously incorporated into existing management systems for intelligent transportation and smart city applications, facilitating real-time alleviation of traffic congestion and/or providing a quick response rescue and clearance operation.
US12038293B2
Dynamic customization of an autonomous vehicle experience is presented herein. A dynamic recommendation engine can comprise a subscriber interface component, a data component, and a configuration component. The subscriber interface component can receive, from a subscriber of an autonomous vehicle service, a request specifying a route of transport by an autonomous vehicle; and based on the request, the data component can obtain, via a network slice comprising a virtual network function of the autonomous vehicle service, profile information for the subscriber and route information for the route. Further, the configuration component can determine, via the network slice based on the profile information and the route information, configuration data for the autonomous vehicle, and send, via the network slice, the configuration data directed to the autonomous vehicle to facilitate the transport by the autonomous vehicle.
US12038288B2
Embodiments relate to a method, a computer program and a device for controlling a route connecting a plurality of destinations in a road network. The method for controlling a route connecting a plurality of destinations in a road network comprises receiving input information. The input information comprises information about a situation with impact on the route. Furthermore, the method comprises recalculating a plurality of travel times between the plurality of destinations of the route, based on the received input information and distances between the plurality of destinations. Also, the method comprises providing output information about the recalculation, which comprises information about a dynamic change of the route.
US12038287B2
A method for finding door location in an automated way based on observations of people that are equipped with a device whose position is determined acoustically. By observing positioning transitions across internal structures such as walls, the location of doors can be automatically identified.
US12038281B2
A gyroscope comprising a resonator, a plurality of transducers configured to drive a vibrational mode in the resonator and detect vibrations of the resonator, a base configured to support the resonator, the base including attachment points for attachment to an external system, and a vibration isolator for isolating the resonator from the external system, the vibration isolator being formed from resilient material and being located radially inward of the attachment points.
US12038277B2
A high-precision waterway reconstruction method based on a multi-satellite source information coupling is provided. The method includes a determination method for a waterway section, a reconstruction method for a basic waterway section high-precision coupling, a reconstruction method for a fixed waterway section coupling, and a reconstruction method for a river reach waterway terrain. The method fills the gap of surveying and mapping of the waterways based on satellite remote sensing information, extremely improves the perpendicular precision and planar precision of the existing digital surface model of satellites for river waterways, and provides decision support for a water-related emergency rescue in areas lacking data.
US12038274B2
A deformable sensor arrangement includes a deformable sensor attachable to a curved surface. The deformable sensor includes an elastic layer having a Young's modulus at least 0.01 MPa and a first yield strain at least 10%. A first stretchable electrode attaches to the elastic layer, and a stretchable electrically conductive wiring. The first stretchable electrode and the stretchable electrically conductive wiring stretch at least 5% without breaking. An electronic arrangement electrically couples to the first stretchable electrode via the stretchable electrically conductive wiring and obtains a first signal from the first stretchable electrode. An analyzer determines a calibrated value based on the obtained first signal and assembly compensation coefficients, which are based on material compensation coefficients, and a measured signal of the deformable sensor in its installing position. A system and method are for installing the arrangement. A method and computer program determine a value of interest.
US12038253B2
A firearm support system includes a receiver body comprising an upper wall comprising a strap slot and a strap carried by a strap bar, the strap being configured for passage through the strap slot and the strap bar being configured to be received within the strap slot.
US12038246B1
A drop safety trigger assembly is provided having a fire control housing mounted in a receiver, a rotatable sear, a rotatable sear stop, and a sear release. When a force by a user is applied to the trigger shoe, the sear stop rotates at its pivot point against the force of the trigger spring to cause a sear stop protuberance to apply a force to an upper surface of the sear release to release a projection of the sear release from the notch of the sear to cause the sear to rotate due to the force of the firing pin spring on the second end of the sear to cause the first end of the sear to disengage from the firing pin to initiate a discharge of the rifle. When no force by a user is applied to the trigger shoe to rotate the sear stop, but when the sear projection of the sear release disengages from the notch of the sear, the sear projection of the sear stop engages the notch of the sear to prevent a discharge of the rifle.
US12038244B2
There is provided a pipe connection arrangement for a heat exchanger and a method of connecting a pipe to a heat exchanger utilising a pipe connection arrangement. The pipe connection arrangement includes: a metallic block fitting; a flange for coupling to the block fitting; and a seal. The block fitting includes a bore extending therethrough for receiving a pipe for connection to a heat exchanger and the flange includes a bore extending therethrough for receiving the pipe. The block fitting includes a surface that faces the flange when the flange is coupled to the block fitting. The seal is configured for location between and for abutting both the surface of the block fitting and an annular collar of a pipe when it is connected by the pipe connection arrangement. The pipe extends through the bore of the flange and the flange is coupled to the block fitting.
US12038240B2
A copper-containing refrigerant pipe having an anticorrosive film, a heat exchanger, and a method for producing the refrigerant pipe are disclosed. The refrigerant pipe includes a pipe body including copper or a copper alloy and an anticorrosive film formed on the outer surface of the pipe body. The anticorrosive film is obtained by applying a coating agent to the outer surface of the pipe body. The coating agent contains one or more anticorrosive agents selected from the group consisting of (A) an organic sulfonate compound, (B) a polyhydric alcohol-organic acid ester compound, and (C) an aliphatic amine compound having 8 to 24 carbon atoms. When the coating agent includes an anticorrosive agent of (C) the aliphatic amine compound having 8 to 24 carbon atoms, (C) the aliphatic amine compound having 8 to 24 carbon atoms is included in an amount of 2.0 wt % or more and 10.0 wt % or less in the coating agent.
US12038223B2
A metal member for a household appliance includes a first surface and a second surface connected to each other. The second surface is inclined with respect to the first surface, and the second surface has a reflectivity higher than that of the first surface. A household appliance having the metal member is also provided.
US12038220B2
A method for controlling a refrigerator including: determining whether a defrosting period for a freezing chamber and a deep freezing chamber has elapsed; when it is determined that the defrosting period has elapsed, performing a deep cooling operation for bringing at least one among the temperature of the deep freezing chamber and temperature of the freezing chamber down to a temperature lower than a control temperature; and defrosting the deep freezing chamber when the deep cooling operation is terminated. When the defrosting of the deep freezing chamber is started, a freezing chamber valve is closed to block cold air flow. The defrosting of the deep freezing chamber includes cold sink defrosting and heat sink defrosting performed after the cold sink defrosting is completed, and while the heat sink defrosting is being performed, a deep freezing chamber fan is driven to remove vapor generated during the cold sink defrosting.
US12038212B2
A method of determining a refrigerant or a composition of refrigerants in a refrigeration system comprising an expansion valve, an evaporator, one or more evaporator fans, a condenser, one or more condenser fans one or more temperature sensors, one or more pressure sensors, a compressor, and a controller for controlling the refrigeration system, the controller comprising a memory, the expansion valve, the evaporator and the compressor being fluidly interconnected in a refrigerant path having refrigerant flowing therein, comprising the steps of: a) Running a test run and read out values from one or more of the sensors; b) Determining a composition by the result of step a; and c) Adjusting the refrigeration system in relation to the composition determined by step b. Also disclosed is a controller for controlling a refrigeration system and a cooling machine in a reefer container.
US12038210B2
A chilling unit includes a casing, a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a heat-source heat exchanger, a first expansion unit, a second expansion unit, and a refrigerant-to-heat medium heat exchanger are connected by a refrigerant pipe and through which refrigerant flows, the refrigerant circuit being placed in the casing, and an injection circuit in which a portion between the first expansion unit and the second expansion unit is connected to the compressor by an injection pipe, the injection circuit being placed in the casing.
US12038206B2
An object is to provide a water heater mounting structure for mounting a case to a mounting surface via a support fitting component that is fixed to the mounting surface in a vertical direction. The case houses a burning device. On a back plate of the case, a lock-engagement fitting component is mounted. The lock-engagement fitting component has an upper plate portion and a lower plate portion. The upper plate portion is fixed to the back plate, and the lower plate portion is lock-engageable with the support fitting component from thereabove and has a dimension longer than the support fitting component in the left-right direction. The lower plate portion is lock-engaged with the support fitting component from thereabove to hang and support the case through the lock-engagement fitting component by the support fitting component.
US12038204B2
The ionizer feedback control converts high-voltage signals to feedback signals to monitor the corresponding high-voltage signals and compares the feedback signals to a first specification to determine whether the feedback signals are within the first specification. The ionizer varies a frequency and a duty cycle of a digital signal to control an excitation signal for a step-up transformer and modulates the frequency and the duty cycle of a step-up transformer output voltage to consistently maintain the feedback signals within the first specification and maintain the high-voltage signals within a second specification to generate consistent ion concentrations over a range of electrical signal inputs. The microprocessor calculates and reports high-voltage signals, and ion concentrations based on feedback signals. The microprocessor monitors concentrations of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in an airflow serving the ionizer and adjusts the high-voltage signals and ion concentration when VOC concentrations are above a threshold.
US12038197B2
A combustion heater generates heat by means of flame. The combustion heater is disposed adjacent to a refrigerant circuit filled with a combustible refrigerant. The combustion heater includes a combustion unit and a porous body. The combustion unit causes generation of flame. The porous body covers the combustion unit or a periphery of the combustion unit. The porous body at least partially covers both or one of a combustion space receiving combustible refrigerant leaking from the refrigerant circuit and a member in contact with the combustible refrigerant leaking from the refrigerant circuit. The porous body has a plurality of holes. The holes have a diameter d1 equal to or less than an extinction diameter d of the combustible refrigerant.
US12038195B2
An air conditioning system, comprising an outdoor unit and an indoor heat exchange mechanism. The indoor heat exchange mechanism comprises an air conditioner indoor unit and a first heat exchange mechanism used for at least one among water cooling, water heating and space heating. The present air conditioning system integrates various functions into one, such as air-conditioning refrigeration, air-conditioning heating, producing household cold water, producing household hot water, and home heating by means of connecting indoor units for cooling and heating, a water cooling mechanism, a water heating mechanism and a device for floor heating located indoors to one outdoor unit. Moreover, the system directly utilizes high-temperature refrigerant to heat water for floor heating.
US12038194B2
An electric fan powered register booster for a forced air vent in a HVAC system where the booster is configured to stop operation when either of the following events has occurred: 1) the current temperature in the booster has regressed from a recent stored extreme temperature or 2) a predetermined setpoint temperature is between the current temperature and the stored extreme temperature.
US12038189B2
A method for reducing peak electrical demand of a building includes generating a baseline electrical demand profile over a target time period from a model. The baseline electrical demand profile can be used to define a policy including a peak management period having at least a first sub-period and a subsequent second sub-period, the first sub-period having a first temperature set point for at least one air handling system of the building that is different from a normal operating temperature set point, the second sub-period having a second temperature set point different from both the normal operating temperature set point and the first temperature set point, and implementing the policy. The model can be generated from one or more of historical electrical data for the building, weather forecast data, building and equipment operating schedules, sales data, and data based on information received from a video camera located in the building.
US12038181B2
An apparatus and method for recovering heat from a liquid medium, including a heat exchanger having heat exchanger cells, which are thermally separate from each other, for receiving the liquid medium, each of the cells has a sensor for determining temperature of the liquid medium located therein; a pipeline for conducting drinking water and/or heating water, which pipeline extends through at least one of the cells; a supply line wherein the liquid medium is conducted; controllable flaps through which the liquid medium can be selectively fed from the supply line to the cells; a sensor for measuring temperature of the liquid medium in the supply line, the flaps are controlled in an open-loop and/or closed-loop manner such that the liquid medium is supplied from the supply line to the heat exchanger cell that has a current temperature which is the least colder than the gray water in the supply line.
US12038175B2
A combustor may comprise an outer combustor panel and an inner combustor panel radially inward of the outer combustor panel. A bulkhead panel may extend radially between the outer combustor panel and the inner combustor panel. An outer spacer may be located between an outer flange of the bulkhead panel and the outer combustor panel. An inner spacer may be located between an inner flange of the bulkhead panel and the inner combustor panel.
US12038163B1
A fire rated lighting housing (can) has: (a) a bottom that is open; (b) a top that is at least mostly closed or entirely closed; (c) a sidewall that runs from the bottom to the top; and (d) a fire-retarding material that is physically touching at least some portion of the sidewall when the sidewall is in a cool-state. The cool-state is when a temperature of the housing is at or below a predetermined normal operating temperature for the housing. This fire rated lighting housing, with the fire-retarding material, is configured to slow a fire from a lower floor reaching an above located adjacent floor with a minimum predetermined fire rating, which may be at least one (1) hour or more. Additionally, the top and the sidewall at least mostly enclose an internal-volume that is configured to directly house a light emitting element, like a LED (light emitting diode).
US12038158B2
A headlamp includes a strap, a bracket coupled to the strap, and a first lighting assembly pivotally coupled to the bracket and including a first light housing enclosing a first LED, a battery housing enclosing a battery configured to power the first LED, and a first actuator operable to toggle the first lighting assembly between a first plurality of operating modes. The headlamp also includes a second lighting assembly coupled to the strap and having a plurality of second LEDs and a second actuator operable to toggle the second lighting assembly between a second plurality of operating modes such that the lighting assemblies are operable independently. A wire extends between the lighting assemblies to provide power from the battery to the plurality of second LEDs. The second lighting assembly extends along more than 50% of a circumference of the strap and follows a curvature of the strap.
US12038152B2
Luminaire with channels Kn, each have a light source and a collimator. Each channel produces a light cone having different opening angles. The channels form a sequence (Kn)n−1, . . . ,N, the light cones having progressively greater or smaller opening angles αn. The intensity ln(x) of the channels, controlled by a manipulated variable x by an actuator, are dependent on the manipulated variable and each follow a curve having a maximum and a rising edge and/or a falling edge. The curves of adjacent channels Kn−1, Kn, Kn+1 are shifted in relation to one another such that a reduction in the intensity of a channel, controlled by the actuator, is associated with an increase in the intensity of an adjacent channel Kn±1 and an increase in intensity of a channel, controlled by the actuator, is associated with a reduction in intensity of an adjacent channel Kn±1.
US12038149B2
A heater is provided for a vehicle illumination assembly. The heater includes a heat transfer body, a heat source, and a mounting base. The heat transfer body has a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface has a higher emissivity than the bottom surface. The heat source is affixed in heat transfer relation with the heat transfer body. The mounting base is configured to affix the heat transfer body within a housing of a vehicle illumination assembly to provide the top surface of the heat transfer body in radiant heat transfer relation with a light transmissible portion of the vehicle illumination assembly. A method is also provided.
US12038145B2
A lighting apparatus includes a light source part having a first light source and a second light source provided away from the first light source, a reflective part provided away from the first light source and second light source and reflecting light emitted from the first light source and second light source, and a support part facing the reflective part and supporting the light source part. The reflective part includes a plurality of reflective plates which are continuously provided. Each of the reflective plates provided adjacent to one another has a reflective surface which is shaped differently from one another.
US12038140B2
To provide a technology capable of improving efficiency in a mounting process of disposing a large number of identical parts such as LED elements on a circuit board. An optical light emitting device includes: packages of a plurality of regular polyhedra each having a light emitting element; and a board having a plurality of mounting holes fitted with three surfaces of the regular polyhedral packages. In the optical light emitting device, the exterior of each of the regular polyhedra in the regular polyhedral packages is comprised of a transparent member. Each of the regular polyhedral packages includes: first electrodes each provided at each top; and second electrodes each provided on a straight line connecting the two tops, each of the first electrodes is connected to one electrode of the light emitting element, and each of the second electrodes is connected to the other electrode of the light emitting element.
US12038131B2
Provided is a grease collection arrangement for collecting waste grease from a bearing, including a plurality of grease extraction valves, wherein each grease extraction valve is connected to a grease outlet of the bearing, an extraction line extending from each grease extraction valve to a common extraction line, a vacuum apparatus configured to create an under-pressure in the extraction lines, and a control module configured to selectively open and close a grease extraction valve. Also provided is a method of collecting waste grease from a bearing lubrication circuit using the grease collection arrangement.
US12038124B2
Provided is a stand for a device that is capable of suppressing interference between a plurality of arms that are rotatably coupled and a device attached to an arm. The stand for a device includes a supporter that includes a first fulcrum; a first arm that is coupled to the supporter so as to be rotatable around the first fulcrum, and that includes a second fulcrum on one end; a second arm that includes a first end and a second end, the first end being coupled to the first arm so as to be rotatable around the second fulcrum; a grip; and a joint that is coupled to the second end of the second arm and the grip, is couplable to a device, and for which an orientation of the device with respect to the second arm is changeable by an operation of the grip.
US12038115B2
Fluid couplings described herein are designed to prevent spillage of fluid when connecting and disconnecting the couplings. In some embodiments, the fluid couplings described herein include internal valve components. In example embodiments, the fluid couplings are designed with minimal component parts and are designed for easy assembly so that the fluid couplings are economical to produce.
US12038104B2
A vortex-shedding mitigation assembly includes a jacket sufficiently flexible to lay substantially flat under its own weight and that is comprised of a woven, non-metallic material. The assembly further includes a fin row comprising a plurality of discrete fins protruding from the jacket and arrayed in series diagonally across the jacket such that, when the jacket is wrapped around a cylindrical structure, the fin row forms a helical strake having an axis substantially parallel to an axis of the cylindrical structure. The helical strake is operable to induce turbulence in a fluid flowing past the cylindrical structure, thereby reducing vibration of the cylindrical structure induced by vortex shedding from the fluid flow.
US12038103B2
A manually-operated diaphragm valve in which the open/close range of a valve disk can be set while compactness is maintained with a simple structure, and a sufficient flow rate at the time of full open is ensured. A valve main body (1) includes a valve disk (12) attached inside a body (10) and a spindle (13) screw-fastened to the body so as to be able to ascend and descend to cause the valve disk to make contact with and go away from a valve seat (14). A handle for manually performing rotating operation of the spindle is mounted above the valve main body. A full-open position adjustment mechanism (20) which limits rotation of the handle on a valve-opening operation side at full open and sets an upper limit of a flow rate when the valve disk is fully open is provided near an upper portion of the valve main body.
US12038095B2
A backwater gate valve assembly having a gate valve movable between a closed position where the gate occludes an outlet opening and an open position where the gate valve does not occlude the outlet opening. The gate valve is coupled to a motorized actuator that is configured to move the gate valve between the open and closed positions upon sensing of a predetermined level of water in the body of the backwater gate valve assembly.
US12038085B2
Proposed is a transmission of a working vehicle. The transmission of a working vehicle includes an ultra-low speed gearbox having an ultra-low speed shift rod which moves axially and an ultra-low speed shift fork coupled to the ultra-low speed shift rod, a sub-gearbox which operates by receiving power shifted from the ultra-low speed gearbox and has two sub-shift rods and two sub-shift forks, and a stopper which is disposed between the ultra-low speed gearbox and the sub-gearbox and limits an ultra-low speed shift stage engagement of the ultra-low speed gearbox when the sub-gearbox is engaged in a specific stage (a sub-shift highest stage), thereby preventing damage or breakage to parts of an associated transmission due to the rapid rotation of the sub-gearbox during an ultra-low speed and high load operation.
US12038083B2
An axle assembly having a differential carrier, a differential assembly, and a lubricant deflector. The differential assembly is mounted to the differential carrier and is rotatable about a differential axis. The lubricant deflector is mounted to the differential carrier and directs lubricant that is splashed or sprayed by a ring gear of the differential assembly into a lubricant passage of the differential carrier.
US12038079B2
A worm shaft includes: an insertion portion; a wall surface; a tapered portion; and a main body portion, the gear portion is formed on the main body portion and the tapered portion such that a bottom land of the gear portion is positioned at radially outer side of a line extending in parallel with a rotation center axis of the worm shaft and passing through a boundary between the wall surface and the tapered portion.
US12038074B1
An electric drive vehicle includes an electric motor having an output shaft, a gearbox assembly operably coupled to the output shaft, and a differential assembly configured to drive first and second axle shafts, where the first axle shaft includes separated first and second shaft portions. A disconnect system is configured to selectively connect the first shaft portion and the second shaft portion. In a driving mode, the disconnect system connects the first and second shaft portions for common rotation. In a towing mode, the disconnect system disconnects the first and second shaft portions to enable the electric drive vehicle to be towed without backdriving the electric motor.
US12038067B2
A rope coupling apparatus configured for connecting or terminating a rope without the use of rope knots or terminations is disclosed. The rope coupling apparatus may include a retainer member with a first portion, a second portion and opposing side portions, an opening through the first portion of the retainer member, a rope receiver on the second portion of the retainer member; and a plurality of notches disposed on one or both of the opposing side portions of the retainer member.
US12038063B2
A valve seat member is provided in a cap member. A first sub valve is provided in another side chamber. A second sub valve is provided in a cap chamber formed between a bottom portion of the cap member and the valve seat member. In a second passage, an orifice is disposed on an upstream side or a downstream side from the first sub valve in flow by which the first sub valve is opened. In a region in which a piston speed is low, a valve of a second damping force generating mechanism is opened in a state in which a valve of a first damping force generating mechanism is closed. In a speed region in which the piston speed is higher than in another region, the valve of the first damping force generating mechanism and the valve of the second damping force generating mechanism are both opened.
US12038062B2
A vehicle suspension damper including: a cylinder; a piston assembly; and an adjuster, wherein the piston assembly compresses fluid as it moves within the cylinder and the adjuster obstructs fluid flow from a first side of a damping piston of the piston assembly to a second side of the damping piston.
US12038061B2
A tuned mass absorber assembly comprises a mass structure, and a flexure system comprising first and second flexure sections (e.g., cross bar flexures) supported by, and extending in opposing directions from, the mass structure. The flexure system can comprise flexure section mounts situated at distal ends of the first and second flexure sections, respectively, and that are operable to mount the tuned mass absorber assembly to a structure subject to induced vibrations therein. A mass of the mass structure and a stiffness of the flexure system can be tuned to attenuate vibrations at a specific input frequency generated in response to induced vibrations of the structure. A system can comprise a vibration isolator attached to a chassis (e.g., of an airplane), and supporting a payload (sensors(s)) and isolating the payload from vibrations. A tuned mass absorber assembly can be mounted to the vibration isolator for attenuating vibrations at a specific input frequency that may affect the payload.
US12038056B2
A method adjusts the slack of a brake assembly having a brake disc, a brake pad, an actuator with an output shaft driven in a forward direction to bring the brake pad and brake disc into frictional engagement defining a braking position and a reverse direction to disengage the brake pad and brake disc and to move the brake pad into a rest position, and a slack adjuster for adjusting a predetermined axial slack distance between the brake pad and the brake disc. The brake pad is moved from the rest position in the reverse direction into a predetermined reference position, and an adjustment of the axial slack distance between the brake pad and brake disc is initiated.
US12038052B2
A system comprises a powertrain including an engine configured to output torque to a driveline, and an electronic control system operatively coupled with the powertrain. The electronic control system is configured to determine an engine torque value, and control a component of the driveline in response to the engine torque value. The engine torque value may account for an effect of air-fuel ratio (AFR) on engine torque. The engine torque value may account for an effect of charge transport delay on engine torque.
US12038047B2
Provided is a hybrid fluid film bearing. The hybrid fluid film bearing comprises: a bearing housing installed on an outer diameter surface of a rotary shaft in the form of being coupled via a ring; a sleeve ring installed between the rotary shaft and the bearing housing, having gaps respectively with the rotary shaft and the bearing housing, and having a side in the circumferential direction opened in the radial direction; and a fixing pin connected between the bearing housing and the sleeve ring, and supported by the bearing housing so as to restrict rotation of the sleeve ring when the rotary shaft rotates. Also, the hybrid fluid film bearing may further comprise a compliant spring damper which is provided in the gap between the bearing housing and the sleeve ring and is provided as one or more bump foils.
US12038046B2
A rolling guide device includes a track member, a moving member, and a plurality of rolling bodies. Rolling-body rolling surfaces that come into contact with an rolling-body outer circumferential surface of a rolling body are respectively formed in wall surfaces of a pair of wall portions included in the track member facing each other, a scraper including a pressing portion that presses the rolling-body rolling surfaces is turnably installed in the moving member, the scraper includes at least an attachment portion and a pressing portion, and is formed such that a frictional force of the pressing portion with respect to the rolling-body rolling surfaces is smaller than a frictional force of the attachment portion with respect to an attachment shaft formed in the moving member.
US12038043B2
In one example, a bearing or transmission has an outer race that extends circumferentially about a central axis. An inner race is disposed within the outer race and extends circumferentially about the central axis so as to be coaxial with the outer race. A plurality of load-bearing rolling elements are disposed between the inner race and the outer race, and are spaced circumferentially from one another so as to not contact one another. A plurality of separator rolling elements are disposed within the outer race. Each separator rolling element is disposed between a respective pair of the load-bearing rolling elements such that the separator rolling element is in rolling contact with the load-bearing rolling elements of the respective pair. The load-bearing and separator rolling elements form a contiguous ring.
US12038035B2
A threaded fastener includes a bolt and a washer. The washer has a washer main body and a seal member provided at an outer peripheral side of the washer main body. The washer is caulked and fixed to a shank portion of the bolt in a water stop state, and the seal member is in contact with a fastened member in a water stop state, with a bearing surface of the washer main body held in contact with the fastened member. The seal member is provided on its outer periphery with a protrusion portion that protrudes outward beyond a radially outer end of a contact portion of the seal member with the washer in a no-load state. A back surface of the protrusion portion on the opposite side of the fastened member is an inclined surface.
US12038034B2
A self-drilling, anti-burr, threaded fastener is provided having at least two different thread portions. The first thread portion extends along the tip and the second thread portion extends along the tapered portion adjacent to the tip. A third thread portion can be provided between the first and second thread portions that includes a plurality of axial gaps that extend to the thread root to remove burrs. Alternatively, knurling is provided in an area where the first and second thread portions meet, and the knurling acts to remove burrs.
US12038033B2
An angular coupling for fastening a first component, especially a mounting part in a vehicle, to a second component, especially a vehicle body, which comprises a coupling bolt with a head and a coupling socket in which the coupling bolt can be pivoted in a plane angle portion while the head of the coupling bolt is locked releasably or not releasably. The coupling socket comprises an arch with a push-in opening, a fastening collar surrounding the push-in opening having a not round shape with a longitudinal axis and a shorter transverse axis, wherein the arch encloses a pivoting plane generated by the longitudinal axis of the push-in opening and the push-in direction, which defines a variable angular orientation of the lockable coupling bolt in a plane angle portion which is limited at the maximum by an inner wall of the arch.
US12038030B2
A fixing device 101 has a pair of complementary fingers 102,103 complementary pivot formations 121,122. Each has distal portion 104 and a proximal portion 105. Both have a flat surface 106, which abuts the same face in the other finger, both at the distal portions when the fixing is arranged for insertion in an aperture 107 in a board 108 and at the proximal portions when the fingers are arranged both for insertion and gripping of the board. The distal portions each have a surface 111 with an edge 1112 common with the surface 106. This surface 111 comes into abutment with the back face 112 of the board 108. The proximal portion is generally hemispherical to allow rotation within the aperture 107. A lug portion 1161 generally in the direction of the distal portion 104. FIXING DEVICE A fixing device 101 has a pair of complementary fingers 102,103 complementary pivot formations 121,122. Each has distal portion 104 and a proximal portion 105. Both have a flat surface 106, which abuts the same face in the other finger, both at the distal portions when the fixing is arranged for insertion in an aperture 107 in a board 108 and at the proximal portions when the fingers are arranged both for insertion and gripping of the board. The distal portions each have a surface 111 with an edge 1112 common with the surface 106. This surface 111 comes into abutment with the back face 112 of the board 108. The proximal portion is generally hemispherical to allow rotation within the aperture 107. A lug portion 1161 generally in the direction of the distal portion 104. With the fingers engaged and their distal portions brought as close to alignment as possible, the Tee projections 114 abut the flanges 109 at angled faces 135. The contours of the fingers are such that they can be inserted into the aperture 107 until the distal portions 104 enter the aperture. Passage of these through the aperture is inhibited by the lugs 1161, specifically by abutment of the angled back surface 118. Pressure on the angular relief surfaces 120 of the abutments 1162 urges the lugs into the front face 135 of the board 108. The reaction of the board acts about the pivot centrally of the aperture, tending to turn the fingers about the lugs under the constraint that they are pivoted together. The fingers are turned with the distal portions coming to lie on the backside of the board. This allows the fastener 130, typically a self-tapping screw to be inserted between the complementary recesses 134, where they open in the outer surfaces 117.
US12038024B2
A hydraulic arrangement is disclosed for distributing a fluid in pressure coming from a source of fluid in pressure among hydraulic units of a work vehicle. The hydraulic arrangement includes a priority valve configured to divide the flow of the fluid source between a subset of the hydraulic units on the base of an equivalent load sensing signal derived from the hydraulic units. The hydraulic arrangement further includes by-pass means fluidly interposed between the source and the subset of the hydraulic units and configured to allow direct passage of fluid by-passing priority valve from the source to the subset of the hydraulic units according to a predefined condition.
US12038022B2
A self-priming jet pump includes a pump body provided with a water inlet and a water outlet. A jet tube and an impeller are arranged in the pump body. The jet tube is communicated with the water inlet and an inlet of an impeller. A first channel is arranged on the outer periphery of the jet tube. The first channel is communicated with the water inlet and the impeller. A cross-section of the first channel is a closed or open annular structure, and the first channel is around the outer periphery of the jet tube. The first channel is provided with a valve core. When a pressure at the water inlet is greater than a predetermined pressure at the impeller, the valve core moves to switch on the first channel. A cavitation problem is relieved by arranging the flow-increasing channel.
US12038021B2
An automotive fluid pump arrangement includes a pump unit having an axial pump unit stop surface, and a mounting device which supports and mounts the pump unit. The mounting device has a support part having a ring-shape. The support part radially encloses, supports, and provides a vibration-decoupling of the pump unit. The support part has an axial support part stop surface which corresponds to and which cooperates with the axial pump unit stop surface so as to axially stop the pump unit in an axial mounting direction, a mounting part which attaches the mounting device to a corresponding motor vehicle mounting structure, and a tensioned friction enhancing longitudinal lip ring which is arranged to surround the pump unit utricularly so as to frictionally lock the pump unit in an axial dismounting direction.
US12038019B2
A battery powered fan assembly for use with a stackable storage system includes a base defining a storage area, a fan housing that at least partially defines an airflow chamber, a plurality of fan blades positioned within the airflow chamber, a motor operable to rotate the plurality of fan blades, a battery receptacle configured to receive a removable battery pack to power the motor, a mating interface formed on at least one of the base and the fan housing, and a latch mounted to the base. The mating interface is configured to interact with a complementary mating interface formed on a stackable element of the stackable storage system, and the latch is configured to selectively inhibit relative movement between the fan assembly and the stackable element while the mating interface of the fan assembly interacts with the complementary mating interface of the stackable element.
US12038014B2
A housing element for a pump or of a pump has a housing inner wall defining a flow channel for a fluid medium extending along a central axis. The cross section of the flow channel is greater in a main flow direction and the housing inner wall has a surface structure configured such that it counteracts a return flow counter to the main flow direction along the housing inner wall of the fluid medium. The housing element can act as a pump housing and be combined with a pump.
US12038003B2
This pump comprises: a housing comprising a body and a first partition which separates first and second areas; a stator disposed in the housing; a circuit board disposed in the first area; a pump gear disposed in the second area; and magnets disposed on the pump gear, wherein the second area includes a second space defined by the first partition wall and the body, and the stator is inserted into the body.
US12038000B2
The present invention is directed to an improved liquid additive injection pump that of a type wherein a variety of additive volumes may be metered into a fluid stream or fluid source by adjusting the plunger stroke with an easily accessible adjustment bushing without changing or interrupting, the power supplied to the pump during operation. A robust roller bearing drive is used to power the plunger(s) providing fluid suction and discharge as the plunger(s) cycle, while ensuring accurate and reliable additive injection rates. A spring energized seal eliminates overtightened packing by field technicians. An easily accessible adjustment bushing allows the user to modify the piston stroke length, thereby increasing, decreasing or stopping the volumetric flow of injected additive into a fluid stream or storage container.
US12037996B2
A gas compressor system includes a compression liquid holding tank in fluid communication with a combustion tank. A combustible fluid is directed to the combustion tank. An ignition system is provided for igniting the combustible fluid. A compression liquid flows between the liquid holding tank, the combustion tank, and a compression tank. A compressible gas is provided in the compression tank. The ignition of the combustible fluid drives the compression liquid from the combustion tank to the compression tank, compressing the compressible liquid. An HVAC&R system and a method of compressing gas are also disclosed.
US12037994B2
A reciprocating compressor 1A includes a compression part 2 compressing, by a piston 6, gas sucked into a cylinder 4 through a suction valve 36, and discharging the compressed gas through a discharge valve 51, a piston drive part 3 supplying a force to the piston 6 to reciprocate the piston 6 via a piston rod 9 coupled to the piston 6, and a housing 17 accommodating the compression part 2 and forming a vacuum region around the compression part 2.
US12037992B2
A roadways power and energy mechanical road captures and harnesses energies imparted to the roadway by the tires of vehicles driven on the roadway. Pistons, crank shafts, and additional mechanical interconnections mounted in a housing installed beneath the surface of the roadway are connected to generators adjacent to the roadway to convert linear mechanical motion to rotational mechanical motion to generate electrical power.
US12037990B2
Energy storage and retrieval systems are disclosed, along with methods of storing and retrieving the energy. The systems include an energy storage system and a trilateral cycle. The energy storage system includes low- and high-temperature energy storage tanks storing one or more energy storage media that exchange heat with a working fluid in both a gradient heat exchanger and a substantially isothermal heat exchanger in the trilateral cycle. Pressure changing devices transport the energy storage medium/media between the storage tanks and through the heat exchangers. The working fluid rejects heat to the energy storage medium and drives a turbine when the system is charging, and the energy storage medium rejects heat to the working fluid when the system is discharging. In some embodiments, the energy storage medium drives a second turbine when the system is discharging.
US12037985B2
A method for controlling at least one considered wind turbine in a wind park, including: determining, based on a wind condition, in particular wind direction, whether another wind turbine is in a wake region caused by the considered wind turbine; if another wind turbine is the closest wind turbine in the wake region and if the other wind turbine is in an operable state, applying a first control setting to the considered wind turbine; if the other wind turbine is in a non-operable state applying a second control setting to the considered wind turbine, wherein the first control setting is based on wind park level optimisation and the second control setting is based on wind turbine level optimisation is provided.
US12037984B2
A system and method are provided for reducing vibrations and loads in one or more rotor blades of a wind turbine when the rotor hub is locked against rotation, The method detects that the rotor blades are vibrating above a threshold limit, and determines one or more wind parameters for wind impacting the rotor blades. An initial orientation of the blades is also determined. Based on the wind parameters and initial blade orientation, a first angle of attack for the rotor blades is determined that will reduce the vibrations in the rotor blades. The method then determines if expected loads induced at one or more wind turbine components will exceed a threshold limit at the first angle of attack for the rotor blades. The first angle of attack is modified when the expected loads exceed the threshold limit to reduce the expected loads to below the threshold limit. A controller pitches the rotor blades to achieve the first angle of attack.
US12037979B2
A method for handling a wind turbine component (20) is disclosed. The method includes providing a lifting system including a hoist cable (36) and an attachment assembly (38). The attachment assembly includes one or more removable ballast weights (48). The method includes positioning the attachment assembly near a working surface, removing at least some of the one or more ballast weights from the attachment assembly, and attaching a lifting tool (34) to the attachment assembly. The combined weight of the attachment assembly and the lifting tool is sufficiently greater than a threshold weight of the lifting system. The method further includes attaching a wind turbine component to the lifting tool and moving the wind turbine component using the lifting system. A lifting system is also disclosed. The lifting system includes a hoist cable, an attachment assembly, and a lifting tool. The combined weight of the attachment assembly and the lifting tool is sufficiently greater than a threshold weight of the lifting system.
US12037963B1
A system and methods are disclosed for an upper stage space launch vehicle that uses gases from the propellant tanks to power an internal combustion engine that produces mechanical power for driving other components including a generator for generation of electrical current for operating compressors and fluid pumps and for charging batteries. These components and others comprise a thermodynamic system from which system enthalpy may be leveraged by extracting and moving heat to increase the efficient use of propellant and the longevity and performance of the launch vehicle.
US12037955B2
A system includes a processing circuit having a memory coupled to one or more processors, the memory storing instructions therein that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: receive engine operational data, the engine operational data indicative of at least one engine operational condition; determine, based on the engine operational data, an estimated exhaust temperature; generate, based on the estimated exhaust temperature and a finite time horizon, a forecasted exhaust temperature; correct the forecasted exhaust temperature based on a downpipe model to generate a first inlet temperature profile corresponding to a first component of the exhaust aftertreatment system; and generate, based on the first inlet temperature profile, a second inlet temperature profile corresponding to a second component of the exhaust aftertreatment system.
US12037953B2
A marine propulsion system for a marine vessel includes an engine effectuating rotation of an output shaft, multiple batteries configured to power a marine vessel load, and an alternator having a rotor that is driven into rotation by the output shaft and that outputs a charge current to the batteries. The marine propulsion system further includes a control system configured to operate the engine in a propulsion mode and a generator mode. Upon receiving a generator mode command to start the engine in the generator mode, the control system operates the engine in accordance with a set of generator parameters to charge the batteries while a shift system of the marine propulsion system is locked in a neutral position such that the propulsor cannot be engaged and the marine vessel remains stationary.
US12037947B2
A device for distributing at least one fuel flow for a circuit for supplying fuel to a combustion chamber of a turbo machine, in particular of an aircraft, the device including a rotating main body extending about a longitudinal axis, the main body including an internal flow duct for a first flow of fuel, extending through the main body along the axis, a first annular portion configured to form an outlet passage for a second flow of fuel, and including at least one orifice for the second flow of fuel to pass through, and an external annular groove in fluidic communication with the at least one orifice in the first portion.
US12037944B2
A method of electroforming a heat exchanger suitable. The method comprising providing a non-sacrificial carrier plate, providing a first sacrificial element and providing a second sacrificial element. The method comprising electroforming a duct over the first sacrificial element and electroforming a rail over the second sacrificial element. The method comprising removing the first sacrificial element and the second sacrificial element.
US12037920B2
A blade includes an airfoil section extending between leading and trailing edges, first and second opposed sides each joining the leading and trailing edges, and an inner end and a free end. The blade also includes an abrasive tip at the free end of the airfoil section. The abrasive tip includes particles disposed in a matrix material. The matrix material is a polymeric material that has a glass transition temperature greater than or equal to about 225 degrees C. (437 degrees F.). A gas turbine engine and a method of fabricating a blade are also disclosed.
US12037918B2
A method can comprise: receiving an inspection data corresponding to a geometry of an inspected bladed rotor; performing a baseline evaluation based on the inspection data; determining a plurality of candidate repair profiles for a defect of the inspected bladed rotor; performing an updated evaluation for each candidate repair profile in the plurality of candidate repair profiles; selecting a selected candidate repair profile in the plurality of candidate repair profiles based on the updated evaluation for each candidate repair profile in the plurality of candidate repair profiles; and performing a repair based on the selected candidate repair profile.
US12037917B2
This steam turbine is provided with a rotor shaft which rotates about an axis, a plurality of rows of moving blades which are fixed to the outside, in the radial direction, of the rotor shaft, and which are disposed spaced apart in the axial direction along the axis, a casing disposed in such a way as to cover the rotor shaft and the plurality of rows of moving blades, and rows of stationary blades which are fixed to the inside, in the radial direction, of the casing, are disposed spaced apart in the axial direction, and which are disposed on a first side, in the axial direction, of each of the plurality of rows of moving blades, wherein the rows of stationary blades are provided with: a plurality of stationary blades which are disposed spaced apart in the circumferential direction, and each of which extends in the radial direction.
US12037915B2
The invention relates to a casing (3) of an aircraft turbomachine, said casing comprising: —an annular shell (9) extending around an axis A and made of a composite material comprising fibres which are woven and embedded in a resin, —an annular layer (4) made of abradable material extending inside the shell, around axis A, and obtained by spreading and polymerising a paste, and—support panels (10) which extend around axis A and are interposed between the shell and the abradable layer.
US12037911B2
The sealing system (1) for a machine comprises: a sealing element (4) that is movable back and forth along a direction (D) and that comprises a first recess (41) with first and second surfaces (42, 43), a component (2) of an assembly of the machine that comprises a second recess (21) with first and second surfaces (22, 23), and an elastic element (5). The first and second recesses (41, 21) face each other. The elastic element (5) is partially housed inside the first recess (41) and partially housed inside the second recess (21) so to apply forces on the first and second surfaces (42, 22, 43, 23) depending on where the sealing element (4) is positioned with respect to the component (2).
US12037907B2
A hypergravity model test device for simulating a progressive failure of a shield tunnel face, including a model box, a shield tunnel model, a servo loading control system and a data acquisition system. The servo loading control system includes a servo motor, a planetary roller screw electric cylinder and a loading rod. The data acquisition system includes a displacement transducer, an axial force meter, a pore pressure transducer, an earth pressure transducer and an industrial camera. The servo loading control system is connected to an excavation plate through the loading rod to control the excavation plate to move back and forth along an axial direction of the shield tunnel model at a set speed to simulate failure of the shield tunnel face. A method for simulating a progressive failure of a shield tunnel face is also provided.
US12037906B2
A tunnel boring machine includes: a disc cutter including a cutter ring; and a member for use in measurement of a wear amount of the cutter ring with a three-dimensional shape measurement device, in which the member is provided at a part constant in relative position to the cutter ring.
US12037896B2
A method of obtain formation evaluation data that includes deploying an evaluation tool string into a drill string located in a wellbore. The method can also include landing the evaluation tool string in a portion of the drill string that is configured to optimize formation evaluation using the evaluation tool located therein.
US12037894B2
A method for evaluating induced fractures in a wellbore includes obtaining a first set of data in a wellbore using a downhole tool. The method also includes pumping a first proppant into the wellbore after the first set of data is obtained. The first proppant includes a first tracer that is not radioactive. The method also includes pumping a second proppant into the wellbore. The second proppant includes a second tracer that is not radioactive. The second tracer is different than the first tracer. The first proppant and the second proppant flow into fractures in the wellbore. The method also includes obtaining a second set of data in the wellbore using the downhole tool after the first and second proppants are pumped into the wellbore. The method also includes comparing the first and second sets of data.
US12037893B2
A method includes introducing a fluoro-based small molecule tracer into a stimulation fluid, injecting the stimulation fluid into a target zone of a subterranean formation, and maintaining the fluoro-based small molecule tracer inside the target zone of the subterranean formation for an amount of time. While being maintained inside the target zone, the fluoro-based small molecule tracer comes into contact with water at a downhole temperature resulting in hydrolysis of the fluoro-based small molecule tracer to produce a fluorinated tracer and a nonfluorinated group. Then, produced fluid that includes the fluorinated tracer is recovered, a concentration of the fluorinated tracer in the hydrocarbons is determined, and the concentration of the fluorinated tracer is correlated to a productivity of the target zone of the subterranean formation.
US12037892B2
A system includes a controlled acoustic source. The system also includes distributed acoustic sensors along a conduit. The distributed acoustic sensors obtain acoustic signal measurements as a function of position along the conduit in response to at least one acoustic signal provided by the controlled acoustic source. The system also includes a processing unit that generates an acoustic activity plot or report based on the acoustic signal measurements. The acoustic activity plot or report is used to identify at least one acoustic impedance boundary anomaly as a function of position along the conduit.
US12037891B2
This disclosure includes methods for testing hydraulically-actuated devices and related systems. Some hydraulically-actuated devices have a housing defining an interior volume and a piston disposed within the interior volume and dividing the interior volume into a first chamber and a second chamber, where the piston is movable relative to the housing between a maximum first position and a maximum second position in response to pressure differentials between the first and second chambers. Some methods include: (1) moving the piston to the first position by varying pressure within at least one of the first and second chambers such that pressure within the second chamber is higher than pressure within the first chamber; and (2) while the piston remains in the first position: (a) reducing pressure within the second chamber and/or increasing pressure within the first chamber; and (b) increasing pressure within the second chamber and/or decreasing pressure within the first chamber.
US12037886B1
Systems and methods for evaluating carbon dioxide emissions during drilling operations include measuring a plurality of mechanical drilling parameters and a plurality of drilling fluid parameters; determining a hole cleaning index that indicates an effectiveness of removing cuttings from a borehole, the hole cleaning index comprises a cutting concentration in an annulus and a carrying capacity index that specifies the carrying capacity of the drilling fluid, determining being based on the measured parameters; evaluating hydraulic pressures in the borehole and in a drill bit based on the measured parameters; calculating a drilling specific energy based on the hole cleaning index and the evaluated hydraulic pressures; calculating carbon dioxide emissions of the drilling operation based on the drilling specific energy; and determining drilling parameters based on minimizing the drilling specific energy and calculated carbon dioxide emissions.
US12037884B2
A remote hydraulic system for controlling a valve of a wellhead or frac manifold includes a remote hydraulic skid, control skid, and power supply skid. The remote hydraulic skid includes a hydraulic reservoir, a hydraulic pump, an accumulator, a hydraulic manifold operatively coupled to the accumulator, and a hydraulic valve operatively coupled to the hydraulic manifold. The hydraulic valve is operatively coupled to the valve of the wellhead or frac manifold by a hydraulic line. The control skid includes an interface and is operatively coupled to the remote hydraulic skid by a control line. The control skid is adapted to control the actuation of the hydraulic valve. The power supply skid is coupled to the remote hydraulic skid to provide the power necessary to drive the hydraulic pump on the remote hydraulic skid. The remote hydraulic skid is positioned within a hazardous zone around the wellhead, while the control skid and power supply skid are positioned outside of the hazardous zone.
US12037880B2
Systems and methods of restarting a downhole pump for pumping downhole fluid and located in a wellbore that include determining a pump reverse rotational frequency of a downhole pump caused by downhole fluid flowing in a downhole direction using a phase locked loop. A pump motor is driven at a motor reverse rotational frequency matching the pump reverse rotational frequency. The pump motor is then driven to accelerate the pump reverse rotational frequency and thereby pump the downhole fluid in an uphole direction. The pump motor is then driven to decrease the pump reverse rotational frequency while continuing to pump the downhole fluid in the uphole direction. The pump motor is then driven to change the rotation of the downhole pump to a forward rotation at a pump forward rotational frequency to pump the downhole fluid in the uphole direction.
US12037867B2
Provided is a downhole zonal isolation assembly. The downhole zonal isolation assembly, in accordance with one aspect, includes a rotating fracturing valve positionable within wellbore casing proximate a fracturing zone of interest. The downhole zonal isolation assembly, according to this aspect, further includes a rotating fracturing valve actuator coupled to the rotating fracturing valve, and rotating fracturing valve electronics coupled to the rotating fracturing valve actuator, the rotating fracturing valve electronics operable to activate the rotating fracturing valve actuator to move the rotating fracturing valve from a first wellbore casing open position to a second wellbore casing closed position.
US12037866B2
The invention relates to the alignment of a tubing hanger (14) when installed in a subsea wellhead (11). Sensors (39a,b; 40a,b) detect when the orientation is correct and send a signal to the surface to provide positive confirmation of correct orientation, before a XMT (15) is installed on the wellhead (11) and the HP riser (31) removed, etc.
US12037849B2
A set of detachable base ladder safety handrails comprising: a pair of tubular cross-section handrails, wherein said handrails are made of metal, preferably aluminum, wherein one handrail is situated approximately one to a few inches away from the distal edge of one of the two ladder side rails, wherein a second handrail is situated approximately one to a few inches away from the distal edge of the second ladder side rail, wherein said pair of handrails are on or substantially on the same plane which ladder side rails and rungs connecting said ladder side rails lie, wherein said pair of handrails are parallel to each other and said ladder side rails, wherein a plurality of removable clamps is attached to each of said ladder side rails, wherein each of the said handrails is coupled to said plurality of removable clamps by a plurality of clamp-to-handrail links, wherein each clamp-to-handrail link is securely bonded, welded, or fastened to said clamp on one end and nearest handrail on said link's opposite end, wherein said clamp-to-handrail links are made of a solid circular, tubular, or thin shell cross-section and are preferably made from aluminum, wherein at least two clamps are attached to each ladder side rail and at least one clamp is attached near each of the two ends of said ladder side rail, wherein the surface of said handrails have a durable and high grip topology, preferably knurled.
US12037846B2
The present invention discloses a door, preferably an exterior or entry door that swings outwardly, with a modular insert including movable screening and a glass panel that allows for seasonal use of the door and ready replacement of existing doors that have a standard glass insert or retrofitting of a door that has no insert at all.
US12037833B2
A slide door driving device includes a support plate that is an elongated plate member, two driven pulleys supported respectively by opposite ends of the support plate in a longitudinal direction of the support plate; a belt wound around the two driven pulleys; a connector by which the belt is connected to the slide door; and a driving portion supported by the support plate and configured to drive the belt.
US12037824B2
A structure, for example a vehicle roof, may define an opening receiving one or more removable panels. The removable panels may each include a panel body configured to cover the opening, and a plurality of latches. The latches may each be positioned adjacent a respective edge of the body and configured to translate between different positions. The removable panel may also include an actuator and a plurality of latch links, with each latch link having a first end connected to a corresponding one of the latches, and each latch link having a second end operably linked with the actuator. Rotation of the actuator may drive each of the latches from an open position of the latch to a closed position, while rotation of the actuator in an opposite direction may drive each of the latches from the closed position of the latch to the open position of the latch.
US12037819B2
A system and method for an overwing exit door is provided. The overwing exit door system comprises a door, a handle connected to an inboard surface of the door, a guide track connected to a body of the aircraft, a roller, a first crank connected to the roller and associated with the handle, a first shaft system attached to the first crank, a latch system connected to the first shaft system, and a locking system associated with the latch system. The latch system comprises a rotating stop, a second crank associated with the rotating stop, and a second shaft system connected to the second crank and the rotating stop. These components together control operation of the overwing exit door between an open position and a closed position.
US12037787B2
A ceiling panel having an upper face, a lower face opposite the upper face, and first through fourth edges having a first edge portion adjacent the upper face and a second edge portion below the first edge portion. Each of the first and second edges may have a tongue and each of the third and fourth edges may have a groove. The first edge portion of each of the third and fourth edges may include a first flange having a distal surface. The first edge portion of each of the first and second edges may include a first recess having a first recess wall surface. The first flange may nest within the first recess of an identical adjacent ceiling panel with the distal surface of the first flange of the ceiling panel being spaced from the first recess wall surface of the first recess of the identical adjacent ceiling panel.
US12037782B2
A connector and a method of providing a framing component for building construction are disclosed, the connector including a first member having opposite plate members with a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein the top portion is pivotally connected to the bottom portion, and a second member having a base member with attachment members, wherein the second member is attached at an angle of 14-50 degrees to the first member. The method is a method of providing a framing component for building construction, the method including the steps of providing the connector, connecting a top chord to the top portion of the connector, and connecting a bottom chord of a wooden joist to the bottom portion of the connector, wherein the connector connects the top chord and the bottom chord in such a way to allow for the top chord and bottom chord to stay in intact.
US12037777B2
Systems and methods for controlling an operational status of a waste disposer are disclosed herein. In one example embodiment, a waste disposer assembly includes a waste disposer, a sprayer mechanism, and a switching system. The waste disposer is configured to be supported in relation to a sink. The sprayer mechanism is configured to be supportable in relation to the sink, is coupled at least indirectly to the sink by way of an extendable and retractable linkage, and includes an actuator mechanism that, upon being actuated, causes generation of a control signal. The switching system is supported in relation to the sink, is coupled at least indirectly to each of the sprayer mechanism and disposer, and is configured to operate so that, upon receiving the control signal from the actuator mechanism, a related signal is provided to the disposer causing the disposer to change or take on operational status.
US12037768B2
A hydraulic excavator as a work vehicle includes: a revolving frame; and a cab. The cab includes: a floor member that faces the revolving frame, with a gap therebetween; a support base provided on the floor member and supporting an operator's seat; a pillar member connected to a left end of the floor member; and a reinforcing member connected to the pillar member and the support base. The hydraulic excavator further includes a restriction member provided in the gap and protruding from the floor member toward the revolving frame. The restriction member has a protrusion length shorter than a length of the gap in an up-down direction, and is provided below the support base.
US12037767B2
A work machine comprises: a travel unit; a swing unit provided on the travel unit swingably; an angular velocity sensor that is attached to the swing unit and outputs an azimuthal angular velocity of the swing unit; a measurement device that measures an azimuth of the swing unit; and a controller that corrects the azimuthal angular velocity based on azimuth information measured by the measurement device and controls the swing unit based on the corrected azimuthal angular velocity.
US12037760B2
The present invention discloses an apparatus (100) for tracing pile set during pile driving of a pile (150) comprising: a panel (110) for attaching to the pile (150); a rotatable holding mechanism (120) with remotely controllable function for holding a writing instrument (160) against the panel (110) to trace the pile set for at least a series of blows during the pile driving; a sliding mechanism (130) with remotely controllable function, which slides on a pair of bearing strips (131′, 131″) to provide lateral movement of the holding mechanism (120) across the panel (110) after each blow of the pile driving; and a platform (140) with groves for holding the bearing strips (131′, 131″) in place for allowing the sliding mechanism (130) to slide freely in multiple directions; characterized in that, the holding mechanism has a rotatable lever arm (126) which is secured by a resilient means (129′) to reduce excess vibration so that the writing instrument (160) is held in a still position while allowing the lever arm (126) to be rotated by motor controlled arm (127) during the tracing of pile set.
US12037759B2
An integrated anchoring structure of basalt fiber reinforced plastic (BFRP) bars for a reservoir bank slope includes: a plurality of BFRP anchoring bars, where each of the BFRP anchoring bars includes a plurality of BFRP bars bonded to one another, a lower steel casing pipe, an upper steel casing pipe and a steel strand bonded to an upper portion of the upper steel casing pipe and aligned with the BFRP bars, and a grating array temperature sensing optical cable, a grating array stress sensing optical cable and a grating array vibration sensing optical cable are bonded in each of the BFRP bars; a plurality of shear-resistant bricks distributed on structural planes; a pouring base arranged at a bottom of the anchoring borehole; and an anchoring section arranged at an upper portion of the pouring base.
US12037749B2
Methods and apparatus for vacuum forming and subsequently applying topical coatings fiber-based food containers. The slurry includes one or more of an embedded moisture barrier, vapor barrier, and oil barrier, and the topical coating comprises one or more of a vapor barrier, a moisture barrier, an oil barrier, and an oxygen barrier, for example polyvinyl alcohol, sugar alcohol, citric acid, and cellulose nanofibrils.
US12037746B2
A method for manufacturing a compound comprising at least one imine group, the method comprising a step of reaction between a first compound comprising at least one amine group and a second compound comprising at least one carbonyl group, the reaction step being carried out in the presence of at least one supercritical fluid.
US12037733B2
A laundry treating apparatus includes a tub, a drum, and a rotator. The rotator includes a bottom portion positioned on a bottom surface, a pillar protruding from the bottom portion toward an open surface, and a blade protruding from an outer circumferential surface of the pillar, wherein the blade extends from one end facing toward the bottom portion to the other end facing toward the open surface. The blade extends obliquely with respect to a longitudinal direction of the pillar, and the number of turns of the blade wound on the pillar from said one end to the other end is equal to higher than 0.4 and equal to or lower than 0.6 when viewed from the open surface.
US12037727B2
A method is provided for the design and manufacture of tufted patterned textiles having selected yarn densities that may vary for different pattern palette colors and in different areas of a pattern.
US12037722B2
A toy loom allows for children to hold warp threads under tension to facilitate the interweaving of the threads. Resulting weaves can be collected and/or used for play. The toy loom also includes metallic beads, a premium metal charm, lots of clips and clasps, and different colored threads. The toy loom helps children learn different techniques to make a variety of textured and colorful bracelets and necklaces.
US12037718B1
An artificial turf constructed on a floor of a sports stadium and used as a substitute for natural turf, specifically, an antibacterial artificial turf pile yarn includes 80 to 90% by weight of polyolefin resin, 3 to 10% by weight of a silicon-based compound, and 3 to 10% by weight of an antibacterial powder, wherein the antibacterial powder is copper sulfide powder, and the antibacterial artificial turf pile yarn is coated to have a cooling function, and wherein a PCM (phase change material) powder is mixed with one or more powers of titanium, aluminum, and graphene powders as a cooling material powder and coated on an artificial turf pile yarn with viscosity to have a cooling effect together with an antibacterial effect for inhibiting bacterial growth.
US12037713B2
A method of making nonwoven webs comprising providing a spinneret wherein the spinneret includes a pattern of conduits, the pattern of conduits forming an extrusion region; directing only a first stream of molten propylene polymer having a first temperature into a region adjacent of the first side of the spinneret, directing only a second stream of molten propylene polymer having a second temperature into a region distal to the first side of the spinneret, extruding only the first stream of molten propylene polymer through the exit openings in a first zone; extruding only the second stream of molten propylene polymer through the exit openings of a second zone; the second zone is distal to the first side with the first zone being between the second zone and the first side.
US12037712B2
The present disclosure is directed to an oil-infused bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) material including a porous body comprising a three-dimensional network of bacterial nanocellulose fibers defining a plurality of interconnected pores; and, an oil infused within the plurality of pores. The present disclosure additionally describes a method of preparing an oil-infused BNC material that includes fermenting bacteria to form a porous body of bacterial nanocellulose fibers having a three-dimensional network defining a plurality of interconnected pores; mechanically pressing the porous body; dehydrating the porous body; and infusing the porous body with an oil infusion fluid including an oil so as to entrap the oil in the pores of the porous body forming an oil-infused BNC material.
US12037703B2
A method of producing a synthetic diamond is disclosed. The method includes (a) capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere; (b) conducting electrolysis of water to provide hydrogen; (c) reacting the carbon dioxide obtained from step (a) with the hydrogen obtained from step (b) to produce methane; and (d) using the hydrogen obtained from step (b) and the methane obtained from step (c) to produce a synthetic diamond by chemical vapor deposition (CVD).
US12037691B2
A method of compacting an anti-corrosive paint comprising metal particles and covering a mechanical part such as a turbine engine part, the method comprising a step of at least one spraying of solid ice particles on the part so as to densify and to make the paint electrically conductive.
US12037689B2
The galvanized member includes a member formed of a metal and a hot-dip galvanized layer formed on the surface of the member. The hot-dip galvanized layer contains a sulfate salt having a higher water solubility than calcium sulfate. A sulfate salt content of the hot-dip galvanized layer is preferably 0.008 to 0.133 mol based on 100 g of zinc. The sulfate salt contained in the hot-dip galvanized layer is preferably at least one of potassium sulfate, sodium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, calcium sulfate, ferric sulfate, ferrous sulfate, lithium sulfate, calcium sulfate, and aluminum sulfate.
US12037687B2
A gas tube, a gas supply system containing the same and a semiconductor manufacturing method using the same are provided. The gas tube includes a porous material body and a resistant sheath surrounding the porous material body. The porous material body has a hollow tube structure and an empty cavity inside the hollow tube structure. The porous material body is hydrophobic and has a plurality of pores therein. The resistant sheath is disposed on the porous material body and surrounds the porous material body. The resistant sheath includes a plurality of holes penetrating through the resistant sheath.
US12037684B2
Vaporizer vessels include one or more reagent support panels, serving as dividers of interior space of the vessel, in a vertical orientation such as when filling the vaporizer vessels, and when rotated into a horizontal orientation, the panels support the vaporizable solid materials placed in one or more chambers formed by the panels and interior walls of the vessels and enable transfer of heat to those solid materials. The chambers are such that any or all chambers filled with the vaporizable solid materials provide a void space to allow the solid materials to vaporize and for gas to move through the vaporizer vessels when heated, to allow effective vaporization of the solid materials and further allow the vapor resulting from the solid materials to move to an outlet of the vessels where it can be provided as part of a process.
US12037677B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a seed layer containing a predetermined element on a substrate by performing a process a predetermined number of times, and supplying a second precursor containing the predetermined element and not containing the ligand to the substrate to form a film containing the predetermined element on the seed layer. The process includes alternately performing: supplying a first precursor to the substrate to form an adsorption layer of the first precursor, the first precursor containing the predetermined element and a ligand which is coordinated to the predetermined element and which contains at least one of carbon or nitrogen, and supplying a ligand desorption material to the substrate to desorb the ligand from the adsorption layer of the first precursor.
US12037676B1
Methods and apparatus for controlling substrate temperature, comprising: monitoring a temperature in each zone of a plurality of zones of a substrate support, the substrate support having a support surface for supporting a substrate, wherein the support surface is opposed to a sputtering target for depositing material onto the substrate; depositing material from the sputtering target on a substrate; and independently controlling a plurality of heaters in the substrate support, each heater corresponding to one zone of the plurality of zones, wherein each heater is controlled based on a target life and the temperature in each zone.
US12037675B2
A method for producing a coated cutting tool includes depositing a 0.5-10 μm nitride layer, which is a nitride of one or more of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Ta, Nb, Si, Cr and Al, onto a substrate followed by depositing Al or Al+Me, further followed by depositing a 0.1-5 μm oxide layer being an (AlaMe1-a)2O3 layer, 0.05≤a≤1, wherein Me is one or more of Ti, Mg, Ag, Zr, Si, V, Fe, Hf, B and Cr, said layers being deposited by magnetron sputtering. Also, a coated cutting tool including a substrate with a coating having the nitride layer and oxide layer. The coating has inclusions of (Al,Me,O) in the oxide layer at the interface between the nitride layer and the oxide layer, and/or a layer of (Al,Me,O) situated in between the nitride layer and the oxide layer.
US12037670B2
A nano-twinned Cu—Ni alloy layer is provided, wherein more than 50% in volume of the nano-twinned Cu—Ni alloy layer comprises plural twinned grains, the plural twinned grains comprise plural columnar twinned grains, and a Ni content in the nano-twinned Cu—Ni alloy layer is in a range from 0.05 at % to 20 at %. In addition, a method for manufacturing the aforesaid nano-twinned Cu—Ni alloy layer is also provided.
US12037665B2
A spot welded member includes a spot weld formed by holding a sheet stack of multiple steel sheets between a pair of electrodes and spot-welding the sheet stack, in which at least one of the multiple steel sheets is a high-strength zinc-based coated steel sheet having a tensile strength of 780 MPa or more, the high-strength zinc-based coated steel sheet having a coating with an Al content of 0.5% or more by mass, and in which the heat shock region of the spot weld outwardly extending from an edge of a corona bond area includes a coated layer including an FeAl alloy layer having an average thickness of 0.3 μm or more and a zinc-based coated layer having an average thickness of 2.0 μm or more on the FeAl alloy layer at the interface between the base steel sheet of the high-strength zinc-based coated steel sheet and the coating.
US12037664B2
An iron alloy manufacturing method which can suppress occurrence of distortion and crack in formed iron alloy layers is provided. During execution of a forming step, in a first temperature control step, an iron alloy layer temperature T1 of a predetermined number of laminated layers from a surface layer of iron alloy layers formed in the forming step is controlled to be kept within a range of Ms≤T1≤Ms+α, and in a second temperature control step, a base plate temperature T2 is controlled to be kept within a range of Mf−β≤T2≤Mf.
US12037656B2
Provided is a steel sheet that can be used for automobile parts or the like, and relates to a steel sheet having an excellent balance of strength and ductility, and excellent workability, and a method for manufacturing same.
US12037646B2
A function of cyclin-dependent kinase 12 (CDK12) as a biomarker for a human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive cancer and anti-HER2 therapy, and a use of the CDK12 are provided. The CDK12 may be used for companion diagnostics of a HER2-targeted therapeutic agent for a subject having HER2+ cancer as a prognostic factor and a predictive factor for response of the subject to the anti-HER2-targeted therapeutic agent in HER2+ cancer, or used to check the probability of expressing resistance to the HER2-targeted therapeutic agent. When the CDK12 is amplified or expressed at a level higher than a reference value, the CDK12 may be suppressed to overcome the resistance to the HER2 therapeutic agent and improve a therapeutic effect, thereby improving the therapeutic efficiency of HER2-positive cancer.
US12037644B2
Disclosed herein are methods of identifying a cancer patient that will be responsive to treatment with a fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) inhibitor and methods of treating cancer patients. The methods involve evaluating a biological sample from the patient for the presence of one or more FGFR mutants from a FGFR mutant gene panel. Kits and primers for identifying the presence of one or more FGFR mutant genes in a biological sample are also disclosed herein.
US12037643B2
In vitro pharmacogenomic screening method for anticipating a patient's response to the treatment of ocular hypertension A method for in vitro screening a patient's response to the treatment of ocular hypertension involves obtaining a sample of a biological fluid from a patient, and determining the number of copies of an intronic portion of gene MLIP (MLIP-AS1). Detection of more than one copy of said MLIP-AS1 is an indication that the patient is a responder to a treatment with prostaglandins. Detection of less than one copy of MLIP-AS1 is an indication that the patient is a responder to a treatment with β-blockers.
US12037641B2
Labeled nucleotide analogs comprising at least one avidin protein, at least one dye-labeled compound, and at least one nucleotide compound are provided. The analogs are useful in various fluorescence-based analytical methods, including the analysis of highly multiplexed optical reactions in large numbers at high densities, such as single molecule real time nucleic acid sequencing reactions. The analogs are detectable with high sensitivity at desirable wavelengths. They contain structural components that modulate the interactions of the analogs with DNA polymerase, thus decreasing photodamage and improving the kinetic and other properties of the analogs in sequencing reactions. Also provided are nucleotide and dye-labeled compounds of the subject analogs, as well as intermediates useful in the preparation of the compounds and analogs. Compositions comprising the compounds, methods of synthesis of the intermediates, compounds, and analogs, and mutant DNA polymerases are also provided.
US12037634B2
This disclosure provides microwell capsule array devices. The microwell capsule array devices are generally capable of performing one or more sample preparation operations. Such sample preparation operations may be used as a prelude to one more or more analysis operations. For example, a device of this disclosure can achieve physical partitioning and discrete mixing of samples with unique molecular identifiers within a single unit in preparation for various analysis operations. The device may be useful in a variety of applications and most notably nucleic-acid-based sequencing, detection and quantification of gene expression and single-cell analysis.
US12037624B2
A mutant of a trichoderma filamentous fungus has a mutation that results in lost or lowered function of a beta-adaptin large subunit, or a mutation in an amino acid sequence that forms the beta-adaptin large subunit. A method produces a protein while maintaining a low viscosity in a culture solution during culturing by using the mutant.
US12037623B2
The present invention relates to an enzymatic synthesis of 4′-ethynyl-2′-deoxy nucleosides and analogs thereof, for example EFdA, that eliminates the use of protecting groups on the intermediates, improves the stereoselectivity of glycosylation and reduces the number of process steps needed to make said compounds. It also relates to the novel intermediates employed in the process.
US12037622B2
The present invention relates to methods for the production of oligosaccharides in genetically modified bacterial host cells, as well as to the genetically modified host cells used in the methods. The genetically modified host cell comprises at least one recombinant glycosyltransferase, and at least one nucleic acid sequence coding for a protein enabling the export of the oligosaccharide.
US12037620B2
The present invention includes a method of preserving cannabinoid concentration in a biomass comprising: providing a hemp biomass in an aqueous solution; adding a culture of a cannabinoid preserving Bacillus bacteria to the hemp biomass solution; and culturing the hemp biomass with the Bacillus bacteria under conditions in which the cannabinoid concentration is maintained.
US12037613B2
The present invention relates to phytase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
US12037600B2
Disclosed herein are transfection complexes comprising at least one cell surface ligand; at least one helper lipid component; and a transfection enhancer. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the disclosed transfection complexes, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Further, disclosed are methods of transfecting a cell, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining a transfection complex as disclosed; and contacting a cell with the transfection complex.
US12037598B2
The present disclosure provides adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors, comprising coevolved capsid variant proteins, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of making, and methods for delivering such to a subject.
