US12051887B2
A method for soldering electronic components includes providing a circuit substrate; providing a plurality of electronic components; placing the plurality of electronic components onto the circuit substrate; applying a conductor between the plurality of electronic components and the circuit substrate; providing an energy source which projects an energy beam with a first coverage; enlarging the energy beam and projecting the energy beam onto the circuit substrate with a second coverage; and melting the conductor within the second coverage via the energy beam and fixing the corresponding electronic components on the circuit substrate through the melted conductor. Besides, a method for manufacturing a LED display is disclosed.
US12051886B2
An embodiment relates to a surface-emitting laser element, a light-emitting device comprising same, and a method for manufacturing same. A surface-emitting laser element according to an embodiment may comprise: a substrate; a first reflective layer disposed on the substrate; an active layer disposed on the first reflective layer; an aperture region disposed on the active layer and including an aperture and an insulation region; and a second reflective layer disposed on the aperture region. The doping level of the aperture region may be (X+3)×XE18 (atoms/cm3) A ratio (b/a) of a second minimum diameter (b) to a first maximum diameter (a) of the aperture may be [95.0−(2X/3)]% to [99.9−(X/3)]%, wherein X may be 0 to 3.
US12051882B2
A system (e.g., an optical amplifier) comprising gain fibers (e.g., Bismuth-doped optical fiber) for amplifying optical signals. The optical signals have an operating center wavelength (λ0) that is centered between approximately 1260 nanometers (˜1260 nm) and ˜1360 nm (which is in the O-Band). The gain fibers are optically coupled to pump sources, with the number of pump sources being less than or equal to the number of gain fibers. The pump sources are (optionally) shared among the gain fibers, thereby providing more efficient use of resources.
US12051880B2
A display apparatus including a housing, a display module arranged inside the housing to display an image, a printed circuit board (PCB) connected to a plurality of cables provided to be electrically connected to the display module, a board case having a receiving space formed within the board case, the receiving space accommodating the PCB, and a cable clamp arranged on the board case to close a side of the receiving space, wherein the cable clamp includes a body, a first cut which is cut from a side of the body, a plurality of second cuts branched from an end of the first cut, and a plurality of through holes formed at one ends of the plurality of second cuts and passing through the body, each through hole having one of the plurality of cables inserted to and coupled with the through hole.
US12051879B2
A connection component can be firmly secured to an adherend member, in a state where a conductive member is compressed, to prevent a bubble from remaining in a securing member. The connection component includes a metal terminal, the conductive member provided on one surface of the metal terminal and deformable by compression, the securing member bonded to one surface of the metal terminal, and an exhaust path provided in at least one of the metal terminal and the securing member. The exhaust path is connected to or provided in at least one of a first securing surface of the securing member that is bonded to the metal terminal, and a second securing surface that is opposite to the first securing surface. The exhaust path exhausts a bubble generated in at least one of the first securing surface and the second securing surface.
US12051871B2
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a channel and plural contacts secured to the insulative housing, each contact having a first arm exposed to the channel, a second arm exposed to the channel, a bottom arm connected to the first and second arms, and a soldering portion connected to the bottom arm.
US12051866B2
An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical plug connector and an electrical receptacle connector corresponding to the electrical plug connector. The electrical plug connector includes a plug insulated housing as well as plug terminals and buckling portions on the plug insulated housing. The electrical receptacle connector includes a receptacle insulated housing as well as receptacle terminals and locking components on the receptacle insulated housing. The locking components at the two sides of the electrical receptacle connector are firmly buckled with the buckling portions at the two sides of the electrical plug connector. Therefore, during the use of the electrical connector assembly, the electrical plug connector can be prevented from detaching off the electrical receptacle connector.
US12051861B2
An antenna may include a ground plane, a tuning stub, and a shorted spiral antenna element connected to the tuning stub. The shorted spiral antenna element may include a plurality of spiral traces shorted together by a shorting element extending radially outward to contact each of the spiral traces.
US12051851B2
According to various embodiments, an electronic device includes: a housing; a first conductive member comprising a conductive material corresponding to a portion of the housing; a second conductive member comprising a conductive material arranged inside the housing; a printed circuit board arranged inside the housing; a wireless communication circuit arranged on the printed circuit board; and a conductive connection member comprising a conductive material electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit. The conductive connection member includes an elastic portion and at least one of a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, and a fourth surface. The elastic portion of the conductive connection member is in contact with the first conductive member, and the at least one of the first surface, the second surface, the third surface, and the fourth surface of the conductive connection member is spaced apart, by a gap, from a portion of the second conductive member. The wireless communication circuit may be configured to: receive a signal in a first frequency band by directly feeding power to the first conductive member via the conductive connection member, and receive a signal in a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band by coupling-feeding power to the second conductive member via the conductive connection member.
US12051850B2
An electronic device according to the present invention can comprise: a first multilayered printed circuit board (PCB) including a transmitting/receiving unit circuit; a second multilayered PCB including an antenna; and a connector for connecting the first multilayered PCB and the second multilayered PCB to each other, and thus the present invention provides a connector and an electronic device that are capable of reducing an insertion loss when an antenna and a transmitting/receiving circuit are vertically connected in a millimeter-wave band.
US12051846B2
There is provided a dielectric resonator structure including at least a first resonator having a body including a first, a second and a third internal cavities, wherein the first cavity is arranged between the second and the third cavity, and the body further includes a first hole extending from the first cavity through the body, and a first opening arranged between the second and the third cavity.
US12051845B2
Aspects of this disclosure relate to a coupler circuit configured to receive an output of a radio frequency coupler. The coupler circuit can be arranged in a daisy chain with other coupler circuits. The coupler circuit can include a switch configured to turn on based on a signal level of a direct current component of a coupler signal from another coupler circuit and pass a radio frequency component of the coupler signal when on. The coupler circuit can pass the coupler signal while a module that includes the coupler circuit is otherwise inactive.
US12051844B1
A simple low-loss high-directivity wire coupler uses a wire over ground transmission airline structure and the center conductor of a folded low diameter coaxial cable ending in a wire loop sensor, which is inserted into the ground wall of the transmission line, branching into a coupled and an isolated port. The coupling factor is adjustable by laterally displacing the conductor of the transmission line in the area of the sensor without affecting the characteristic impedance. Directivity and residual reflection are maintained. Higher, capacitively induced, electrical current, because of the confined zone between signal conductor and ground wall, compares favorably with the antiphase magnetically induced current component in the wire loop sensor and leads to increased coupling and directivity over a frequency range up to at least 70 GHz.
US12051841B2
A radio frequency amplification processing circuit includes: a radio frequency power amplifier, a transmitting antenna and a filter element; the radio frequency power amplifier is configured to perform radio frequency amplification on a modulated first wireless communication signal, and transmit, with a first line, the amplified first wireless communication signal to the transmitting antenna for transmission, or perform radio frequency amplification on a modulated second wireless communication signal, and transmit, with a second line, the amplified second wireless communication signal to the filter element; and the filter element is configured to filter the amplified second wireless communication signal, and transmit, also with the second line, the filtered second wireless communication signal to the transmitting antenna for transmission.
US12051835B2
A system and method are provided for increasing efficiency of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system by recapturing water via a condensate extraction system that extracts water from a hot cathode exhaust flow of the SOFC stack. Further, the SOFC system can include a radiant heater which has a fuel inlet, an air intake, and an exhaust outlet independent and separate from the power generating components in the SOFC system. The radiant heater can bring the SOFC stack up to operating temperature quickly and/or maintain near operational mode temperatures of the SOFC stack during a hibernation mode.
US12051831B2
The disclosure relates to bipolar plates used in fuel cells and to methods for forming bipolar plates. A bipolar plate of a fuel cell with a composite corrosion-resistant, gastight, conductive coating comprises a core of a required shape, a first layer having high contact conductivity on the core, and a second layer having corrosion resistance, high gas-tightness, electric conductivity on the first layer and in pores of the first layer, the second layer covering at least the pores in the first layer. The first layer is preferably formed by a magnetron sputtering method, and the second layer is preferably formed by a method of thermolysis of a metalorganic compound. This ensures high gas-tightness and elasticity of a bipolar plate without compromising its corrosion resistance and contact conductivity.
US12051830B2
An electrochemical cell component including a bulk portion and a surface portion comprising a chromium getter multi-elemental oxide material having a formula (I): AxByOz (I), where A is Ba, Ca, Cr, Mg, or Sr, B is Al, Bi, C, Co, Cr, Fe, Mn, Ni, Ti, Y, or Zn, x is a number selected from 1 to 8, y is a number selected from 1 to 64, and z is a number selected from 1 to 103, the multi-elemental oxide being configured to prevent chromium poisoning of the component.
US12051829B2
Batteries including electrochemical cells, associated components, and arrangements thereof are generally described. In some aspects, batteries with housings that undergo relatively little expansion and contraction even in cases where electrochemical cells in the battery undergo a relatively high degree of expansion and contraction during charging and discharging are provided. Batteries configured to apply relatively high magnitudes and uniform force to electrochemical cells in the battery, while in some cases having high energy densities and a relatively low pack burden, are also provided. In certain aspects, arrangements of electrochemical cells and associated components are generally described. In some aspects, thermally conductive solid articles that can be used for aligning components of the battery are described. In some aspects, thermally insulating and compressible components for battery packs are generally described.
US12051826B2
A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes an exterior package, an electrode assembly, and an electrolyte solution. The exterior package stores the electrode assembly and the electrolyte solution. The electrode assembly is shaped to have a flat shape. The electrode assembly includes a layered body. The layered body includes a first separator, a positive electrode plate, a second separator, and a negative electrode plate. The first separator, the positive electrode plate, the second separator, and the negative electrode plate are layered in this order. The electrode assembly is formed by spirally winding the layered body. Each of the first separator and the second separator has a proportional limit of less than or equal to 10.2 MPa. The proportional limit is measured in a compression test in a thickness direction of each of the first separator and the second separator.
US12051822B2
A secondary battery and a battery pack including the secondary battery are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, the secondary battery includes: a waterproof part configured to surround at least a portion of a circumference of the electrode assembly so that a gas within the exterior passes through the waterproof part, but a liquid within the exterior does not pass through the waterproof part; and a vent part provided in an inner surface of the exterior to provide a path through which the gas within the exterior is discharged to the outside when an internal pressure of the exterior exceeds a certain value.
US12051820B2
A battery pack, including: a plurality of battery cells, where each of the plurality of battery cells includes a top cover and a case, the top cover is hermetically connected on a top of the case, the case includes opposite first surfaces and opposite second surfaces, and an area of each first surface is larger than that of each second surface; and a lower housing, including a bottom plate disposed at a bottom, side plates disposed at sides, and an opening is disposed at an upper part, each of a pair of opposite side plates of the lower box is disposed with a reinforcing beam. At least one first surface of the plurality of battery cells is in contact with a side plate of the lower housing or the reinforcing beam.
US12051796B2
A method for producing a negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery obtained therewith are disclosed. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector, a negative electrode active material layer provided on the surface of the negative electrode current collector, and a first film which has lithium ion permeability and which coats at least a portion of the surface of the negative electrode active material layer and partially coats the surface of the negative electrode current collector. The first film preferably contains a first lithium compound containing an element M1, an element A1, and lithium. Herein, M1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of P, Si, B, V, Nb, W, Ti, Zr, Al, Ba, La, and Ta; and A1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, S, O, N, and Br.
US12051794B2
The present disclosure relates to a stretchable electrode, a method for preparing the same and a stretchable battery including the stretchable electrode. The stretchable electrode of the present disclosure, which is prepared by crosslinking a hydroxyl-functionalized fluorine-based polymer binder physically using a ketone-based solvent or chemically with a crosslinking agent, has superior stretchability, has improved interfacial adhesivity to an active material through Fenton's oxidation, exhibits improved stability under various mechanical deformations of the electrode such as stretching, etc. and can uniformly maintain the electrical conductivity, battery capacity and charge-discharge performance of the electrode. In addition, the stretchable battery of the present disclosure, which includes the stretchable electrode, a stretchable current collector, a stretchable separator and a stretchable encapsulant, has improved stretchability and superior battery stability under various deformations due to high degree of freedom of structures and materials. In addition, the stretchable battery of the present disclosure can be prepared as a fiber battery by printing an electrode and a current collector sequentially on both sides of a stretchable fabric, which can be worn, e.g., around sleeves due to superior stretchability and high structural degree of freedom and retains high battery performance and mechanical stability even under mechanical deformation. Therefore, it can be applied to a mobile display for a health monitoring system or a smartwatch.
US12051792B2
A system that includes a wettable thermal insulator, a phase change material, and a flexible pouch. In the event a thermal event occurs, the phase change material changes from a liquid state to a gaseous state. The flexible pouch is configured to envelope the wettable thermal insulator and the phase change material in the liquid state.
US12051791B2
A battery module, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a battery cell laminate having a plurality of battery cells stacked along a stacking direction, cooling fins interposed between the battery cells, and first and second cooling manifolds connected to the cooling fins. The cooling fins include a first cooling fin having a first inlet and a first outlet and a second cooling fin having a second inlet and a second outlet, where the first inlet and the second outlet are connected to the first cooling manifold, and the second inlet and the first outlet are connected to the second cooling manifold.
US12051788B2
The invention relates to a method of recycling lithium iron phosphate batteries with the aim of enabling the isolated recovery of elements from black mass. Black mass comprising at least cathodic and anodic components is immersed in a pH 13-14 solution to obtain a first leachate and first solid residue. The first leachate is immersed in a 4-6M acid solution to obtain a second leachate. The second leachate is passed through a first ion-exchange column where fluoride ions are retained and a second ion-exchange column where copper ions are to obtain a second eluate. The pH of the second eluate is adjusted to about 2.5-5 and a quantity of phosphoric acid that is sufficient to achieve an equivalent stoichiometric ratio of ferric iron and phosphate anions is added to obtain a first solution and an iron (III) phosphate precipitate. The first solution is combined with the first leachate to obtain a second solution. The pH of the second solution is adjusted to about 6.5 to a residual precipitate and a lithium solution.
US12051787B2
An apparatus includes a plurality of press plates arranged opposite each other with a cell insertion space therebetween into which a battery cell is insertable, and the plurality of press plates being movable towards each other to press a body of the battery cell, at least one gripper unit mounted on an upper edge of each press plate of the plurality of press plates, the at least one gripper unit extending to the cell insertion space, and the at least one gripper unit coming into contact with an electrode lead of the battery cell when adjacent press plates press the body of the battery cell, and at least one push bar unit coupled with the at least one gripper unit, the at least one push bar unit extending to the cell insertion space and including a push bar pressing portion to elastically press a terrace area of the battery cell.
US12051786B2
Aspects of the disclosure include degas equipment and degassing process schemes for providing high throughput extraction of battery cell formation gas. An exemplary method can include loading a battery cell in a sampling chamber of a degas station and creating an opening in the battery cell to release formation gas. A first portion of the formation gas can be routed to a collection chamber of the degas station while the formation gas is prevented from venting. After routing the first portion of the formation gas to the collection chamber, a second portion of the formation gas can be vented until degassing is complete. The first portion of the formation gas can be diluted with a dilution fluid and the diluted first portion of the formation gas can be routed to a cell quality control gas manifold configured to measure battery cell formation gas compositions.
US12051784B2
In order to more accurately measure internal pressure of a secondary battery, the present disclosure provides a measurement method including (a) interposing the secondary battery between an upper plate and a lower plate, (b) increasing internal pressure of the secondary battery by injecting a gas into the inside of the secondary battery, (c) monitoring surface pressure of the secondary battery at a measuring member which is in contact with the lower plate, and (d) measuring a value of the surface pressure from the measuring member at a point in time when at least one sealing portion of the secondary battery is vented.
US12051779B2
An electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a non-aqueous organic solvent, a lithium salt, and an additive, wherein the additive includes a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a compound represented by Chemical Formula 2: wherein X is a fluoro group, a chloro group, a bromo group, or an iodo group, and A is a C1 to C10 alkylene group or (—C2H4—O—C2H4—)m, wherein m is an integer of 1 to 10.
US12051777B2
An electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery includes an organic solvent, a lithium salt, and a pentaerythritol diphosphite-based compound including at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of a silyl group, a sulfonyl group, a phosphoryl group and a phosphino group. A lithium secondary including the electrolyte solution is provided.
US12051776B2
A method for preparing a sodium super ionic conductor solid electrolyte by low-dimensional crystallization belongs to a field of energy materials. The method is based on the theory of negative ion coordination polyhedron growth unit, and uses low-temperature plasma as a protective gas of a spray drying equipment. While evaporating the solvent in a sodium super ionic conductor solid electrolyte precursor slurry, plasma active groups modify the particle surface of the sodium super ionic conductor solid electrolyte precursor particles in-situ. A free space dimension of crystal growth in the crystallization process is reduced, and directional growth of crystals in the solid phase sintering process is induced. Secondly, the dispersion stability of the sodium super ionic conductor solid electrolyte precursor particles is improved. Compared with the traditional high-temperature solid-state sintering process, the method has the advantages of fast crystallization speed, high crystal purity and integrity, good compactness, and uniform particles.
US12051775B2
An electrochemical device of the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a non-aqueous electrolyte, and a separator. The separator includes a first porous layer composed mainly of a thermoplastic resin and a second porous layer composed mainly of insulating particles with a heat-resistant temperature of 150° C. or higher. The first porous layer is disposed to face the negative electrode.
US12051766B1
Disclosed is a method for preparing a nitride light emitting diode (LED) and nondestructive interface separation. A two-dimensional atomic crystal layer on a transparent substrate is modified by using an atomic irradiation technology, to obtain an irradiated region; a nitride LED structure is prepared on a modified two-dimensional atomic crystal layer, and a support substrate is cured by means of a metal functional layer; visible laser is incident from a back surface of the transparent substrate to directionally destruct the irradiated region of the two-dimensional atomic crystal layer, so as to obtain a whole structure of the nitride LED structure, the metal functional layer and the support substrate that are separated from the transparent substrate. The present disclosure can nondestructively separate the interface and repeatedly use the transparent substrate.
US12051765B2
An epitaxial lateral overgrowth (ELO) layer is grown on an opening area of a substrate, wherein the ELO layer is higher than a surface 5 of a trench in the substrate. The trench is apt to form a symmetric shape of the ELO layer, which renders it suitable for flip-chip bonding The shape of the ELO layer has a depressed surface region at a back side of a bar formed by the ELO layer. A cleaving point is located higher than the bottom of the ELO layer, so that a force can be efficiently applied to 10 the cleaving point for removing the bar.
US12051759B2
An optical collection apparatus includes a plurality of light transmissive optical reflectors and a plurality of planar bifacial solar cells. Each light transmissive optical reflector is configured to transmit indirect light impinging on first and second collection sides thereof. First and second photovoltaic sides of each of the plurality of bifacial solar cells are positioned to collect indirect light impinging thereon. The planar bifacial solar cells are arranged such that at least one light transmissive optical reflector of the plurality of light transmissive optical reflectors is positioned between consecutive ones of the planar bifacial solar cells. Each light transmissive optical reflector of the plurality of light transmissive optical reflectors is configured to reflect direct incoming light impinging on the first collection side thereof towards the first photovoltaic side of a corresponding one of the planar bifacial solar cells. A solar collection and shading system is also contemplated.
US12051754B2
A semiconductor device, including a silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate is disclosed. The device may include gate structures formed on the SOI substrate and being spaced apart from each other in a horizontal direction, and a plurality of channels spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction. Each of the channels may extend through each of the gate structures in the horizontal direction. The device may include a seed layer and a source/drain region. The source/drain region may be connected to the channels, and each sidewall of the source/drain region in the horizontal direction may have a concave-convex shape. The device may include a protruding portion of the source/drain region formed between the gate structures that protrudes in the horizontal direction compared to a non-protruding portion of the source/drain region formed between the channels.
US12051747B2
A semiconductor device includes a vertical field-effect transistor including: a low-concentration impurity layer; a body region; a gate trench; a gate insulating film; and a gate conductor. The body region includes: a first body portion containing an active region and has a constant depth; and a second body portion adjacent to the first body portion and includes a zone that has a limited length in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction along the top surface of the low-concentration impurity layer, and has a constant depth at a position shallower than the constant depth of the first body portion. The second body portion includes a portion in which a region having relatively high concentration of an impurity and a region having relatively low concentration of an impurity are alternately and periodically present in the first direction in a cross-sectional view of a plane orthogonal to the second direction.
US12051746B2
A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a substrate. The semiconductor device structure includes a gate stack over the substrate. The gate stack includes a first dielectric layer, a work function layer, and a gate electrode sequentially stacked over the substrate, the first dielectric layer has a thin portion and a thick portion, the thin portion is thinner than the thick portion and surrounds the thick portion, and the first dielectric layer is a single-layer structure. The semiconductor device structure includes an insulating layer over the substrate and wrapping around the gate stack. The thin portion is between the thick portion and the insulating layer.
US12051745B2
A gate trench and a source trench are formed simultaneously in the same etching process, a p-type semiconductor layer and a p-type doped region can be contacted in a self-aligned manner in the source trench, and the process is simple. A first insulating layer and a first gate are formed in a lower part of the gate trench, and a second insulating layer and a second gate are formed in an upper part of the gate trench so that the thick first insulating layer can protect the second gate from being easily broken down, the first gate can increase an electric field near a bottom of the gate trench, and thus a voltage withstand level of the semiconductor device can be improved. A bottom of the source trench can penetrate deep into a second n-type semiconductor layer.
US12051744B2
An object is to provide a technique capable of reducing a parasitic capacitance in a semiconductor device with high accuracy. A semiconductor device includes: a base region; a source region; a second trench passing through the base region to reach the drift layer; a second protective layer disposed in a bottom portion of the second trench; a source electrode, at least part of which is disposed in the second trench, to be electrically connected to a first protective layer, the base region, and the source region; and a source side connection layer of a second conductivity type constituting at least part of a lateral portion of the second trench and connected to the base region and the second protective layer.
US12051733B2
A method for making a semiconductor device includes forming a fin structure that extends along a first direction and comprises a plurality of sacrificial layers and a plurality of channel layers alternately stacked on top of one another. The method includes forming a dummy gate structure, over the fin structure, that extends along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The method includes forming a gate spacer extending along respective upper sidewall portions of the dummy gate structure, thereby defining a first distance between a bottom surface of the gate spacer and a top surface of a topmost one of the plurality of channel layers. The first distance is either zero or similar to a second distance that separates neighboring ones of the plurality of channel layers.
US12051731B2
An electronic device comprising: a semiconductor body of silicon carbide, SiC, having a first and a second face, opposite to one another along a first direction, which presents positive-charge carriers at said first face that form a positive interface charge; a first conduction terminal, which extends at the first face of the semiconductor body; a second conduction terminal, which extends on the second face of the semiconductor body; a channel region in the semiconductor body, configured to house, in use, a flow of electrons between the first conduction terminal and the second conduction terminal; and a trapping layer, of insulating material, which extends in electrical contact with the semiconductor body at said channel region and is designed so as to present electron-trapping states that generate a negative charge such as to balance, at least in part, said positive interface charge.
US12051726B2
A semiconductor device having favorable electrical characteristics is provided. The semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor, a first insulator in contact with the oxide semiconductor, and a second insulator in contact with the first insulator. The first insulator includes excess oxygen. The second insulator has a function of trapping or fixing hydrogen. Hydrogen in the oxide semiconductor is bonded to the excess oxygen. The hydrogen bonded to the excess oxygen passes through the first insulator and is trapped or fixed in the second insulator. The excess oxygen bonded to the hydrogen remains in the first insulator as the excess oxygen.
US12051718B2
The present application provides a method for fabricating a semiconductor device. The method includes providing a first substrate; sequentially stacking a lower dielectric layer, a first dielectric layer, and a higher dielectric layer on the first substrate; forming a capacitor structure on the first substrate, along the lower dielectric layer, the first dielectric layer, and the higher dielectric layer, and extending upwardly from the higher dielectric layer; forming a second dielectric layer on the higher dielectric layer; forming a contact opening along the second dielectric layer to expose an exposed portion of the capacitor structure; selectively forming an assistant layer on the exposed portion over the second dielectric layer and the higher dielectric layer; forming a contact structure on the exposed portion and in the contact opening; and forming a bonding structure on the contact structure.
US12051716B2
A display device includes a pixel disposed in a display area. The pixel includes first and second sub-areas; first and second electrodes of a first stage disposed in the first sub-area; first light emitting elements disposed between the first and second electrodes; first and second contact electrodes of the first stage to electrically connect the first light emitting elements between the first and second electrodes; first and second electrodes of a second stage disposed in the second sub-area; second light emitting elements disposed between the first and second electrodes of the second stage; first and second contact electrodes of the second stage to electrically connect the second light emitting elements between the first and second electrodes of the second stage; and a connection electrode to electrically connect the second contact electrode of the first stage with the first contact electrode of the second stage.
US12051713B2
The present technique relates to a solid-state image pickup element and an electronic apparatus each of which enables a pad to be formed in a shallow position while reduction of a quality of a back side illumination type solid-state image pickup element is suppressed. The solid-state image pickup element includes a pixel substrate in which a light condensing layer for condensing incident light on a photoelectric conversion element, a semiconductor layer in which the photoelectric conversion element is formed, and a wiring layer in which a wiring and a pad for outside connection are formed are laminated on one another, and at least a part of a first surface of the pad is exposed through a through hole completely extending through the light condensing layer and the semiconductor layer. The present technique, for example, can be applied to a back side illumination type CMOS image sensor.
US12051712B2
A semiconductor-based imaging device and method of manufacture. A direct bond hybridization (DBH) structure is formed on a top surface of a read out integrated circuit (ROIC). A silicon-based detector is bonded to the ROIC via the DBH structure. A non-silicon-based detector is bonded to the DBH structure located on the top of the ROIC using indium-based hybridization.
US12051708B2
An image sensing device includes a plurality of image pixels, phase detection pixels, a first grid structure, and a second grid structure. The image pixels perform conversion of incident light received through at least one first color filter so as to generate image signals indicative of a target object to be captured. The phase detection pixels perform conversion of incident light received through a second color filter so as to generate a phase signal for calculating a phase difference between images formed by the image signals. The first grid structure is disposed between any two of the first color filters and between any one of the first color filters and any one of the second color filters. The second grid structure is located adjacent to the first grid structure and disposed between any one of the first color filters and any one of the second color filter.
US12051705B2
The present disclosure relates to a pixel comprising: a photodiode comprising a portion of a substrate of a semiconductor material, extending vertically from a first face of the substrate to a second face of the substrate configured to receive light; a layer of a first material covering each of the lateral surfaces of the portion; a layer of a second material covering the portion on the side of the first face, first and second material having refractive indexes lower than that of the semiconductor material; and a diffractive structure disposed on a face of the photodiode on the side of the second face.
US12051699B2
A semiconductor structure includes a base and a conductive channel structure, in which the conductive channel structure includes a base and a conductive channel structure which includes a first conductive channel layer including a first conductive channel, and a first and a second doped regions respectively located at two ends of the first conductive channel, a second conductive channel layer including a second conductive channel, and a third and a fourth doped regions respectively located at two ends of the second conductive channel and a conductive buffer layer configured to reduce electrical interference between the first and the third doped regions; a first conductive layer in contact with the second doped region; a second conductive layer nested on the conductive channel structure and in contact with the first and the third doped regions; and a gate structure arranged around the first conductive channel and the second conductive channel.
US12051698B2
Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having molybdenum nitride metal gates and gate dielectrics with a dipole layer are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a first vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires, and a second vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A first gate stack is over the first vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires, the first gate stack having a P-type conductive layer on a first gate dielectric. The P-type conductive layer includes molybdenum and nitrogen. A second gate stack is over the second vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires, the second gate stack having an N-type conductive layer on a second gate dielectric.
US12051685B2
Light-emitting devices are described herein. A light-emitting device includes a hybridized device having a top surface and a bottom surface and a packaging substrate comprising a metal inlay in an opening in the packaging substrate and conductive vias. The metal inlay is thermally coupled to the bottom surface of the hybridized device. Conductive contacts are disposed on a bottom surface of the packaging substrate, each electrically coupled to one of the plurality of conductive vias. Conductive connectors electrically coupled between the top surface of the hybridized device and the top surface of the packaging substrate. Each of the conductive connectors is electrically coupled to a respective one of the conductive contacts on the bottom surface of the packaging substrate by a respective on of the conductive vias.
US12051678B2
A light-emitting diode manufacturing method including the forming of three-dimensional semiconductor elements, extending along parallel axes, made of a III-V compound, each having a lower portion and a flared upper portion inscribed within a frustum of half apical angle α. The method further comprises, for each semiconductor element, the forming of an active area covering the top of the upper portion and the forming of at least one semiconductor layer of the III-V compound covering the active area by vapor deposition at a pressure lower than 10 mPa, by using a flux of the group-III element along a direction inclined by an angle θIII and a flux of the group-V element along a direction inclined by an angle θV with respect to the vertical axis, angles θIII and θV being smaller than angle α.
US12051675B2
A display device with a high luminance, a high contrast, and low power consumption is provided. The display device includes a transistor, a light-emitting element, a coloring layer, a phosphor layer, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The light-emitting element is electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode is electrically connected to the transistor, and the second electrode is positioned on the same plane as the first electrode. The coloring layer is positioned over the light-emitting element, the phosphor layer is positioned between the light-emitting element and the coloring layer, and the phosphor layer, the light-emitting element, and the coloring layer include a region in which they overlap with one another. The light-emitting element includes a light-emitting diode chip, and the phosphor layer has a function of emitting light of a complementary color of an emission color of the light-emitting element.
US12051671B2
The present invention has an object to enhance manufacturability of a pressure-contact-type semiconductor device. A pressure-contact-type semiconductor device according to the present invention includes: a semiconductor chip, the semiconductor chip including a guard ring and a gate signal input/output part in the first main surface; a first external electrode being formed on a side of the first main surface of the semiconductor chip; a conductive pattern being formed on the first external electrode; a contact pin connecting the gate signal input/output part and the conductive pattern; a plate-like electrode being provided on the second main surface of the semiconductor chip; a disc spring being provided on the plate-like electrode; and a second external electrode being provided on the disc spring, the second external electrode and the first external electrode interposing the semiconductor chip.
US12051669B2
A semiconductor device package includes a package substrate having a die attach region, a silicon carbide (SiC) substrate having a first surface including a semiconductor device layer thereon and a second surface that is opposite the first surface, and a die attach metal stack. The die attach metal stack includes a sputtered die attach material layer that attaches the second surface of the SiC substrate to the die attach region of the package substrate, where the sputtered die attach material layer comprises a void percent of about 15% or less. The sputtered die attach material layer may be formed using a sputter gas including at least one of krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe), or radon (Rn). The die attach metal stack may further include a metal interlayer that prevent contacts with a first barrier metal layer during a phase transition of the die attach material layer.
US12051666B2
A package structure including at least one semiconductor die and a redistribution structure is provided. The semiconductor die is laterally encapsulated by an encapsulant, and the redistribution structure is disposed on the semiconductor die and the encapsulant and electrically connected with the semiconductor die. The redistribution structure includes signal lines and a pair of repair lines. The signal lines include a pair of first signal lines located at a first level, and each first signal line of the pair of first signal lines has a break that split each first signal line into separate first and second fragments. The pair of repair lines is located above the pair of first signal lines and located right above the break. Opposite ending portions of each repair line are respectively connected with the first and second fragments with each repair line covering the break in each first signal line.
US12051663B2
A memory device includes a staircase structure, a plurality of first conductive contacts, a plurality of first drivers and a plurality of second conductive contacts. The staircase structure includes a plurality of first conductive lines and a plurality of first dielectric layers stacked alternately. The first conductive contacts are electrically connected to the plurality of first conductive lines respectively. The second conductive contacts are electrically connected to the plurality of first drivers respectively. The plurality of first conductive contacts and the plurality of second conductive contacts are bonded and disposed between the plurality of first conductive lines and the plurality of first drivers.
US12051660B2
Systems, methods, and devices for 3D packaging. In some embodiments, a semiconductor package includes a first die and a second die. The first die includes a first bonding pad on a top of the first die and near a first edge of the first die. The second die includes a second bonding pad on a top of the second die and near a second edge of the second die. A pillar is located on the second bonding pad. The first die is mounted on top of the second die such that the first edge is parallel to the second edge and offset from the second edge such that the pillar is exposed. A wire is bonded to a bonding surface of the pillar and bonded to a bonding surface of the first bonding pad.
US12051658B2
A semiconductor package structure includes a redistribution structure and an impedance matching device. The redistribution structure includes a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a circuitless region extending from the first surface to the second surface. The impedance matching device is disposed on the redistribution structure and includes at least one impedance matching circuit aligned with the circuitless region.
US12051656B2
An integrated circuit includes a substrate, an interconnection part, and an isolating region located between the substrate and the interconnection part. A decoy structure is located within the isolating region and includes a silicided sector which is electrically isolated from the substrate.
US12051648B2
A semiconductor device includes a first lower plug and a second lower plug disposed over a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device also includes a first landing pad disposed over a top surface and upper sidewalls of the first lower plug, and a first upper plug disposed over the first landing pad and electrically connected to the first lower plug. A width of the first lower plug is greater than a width of the first upper plug. The semiconductor device further includes a dielectric layer disposed over the semiconductor substrate. The first lower plug, the second lower plug, the first landing pad and the first upper plug are disposed in the dielectric layer, and the dielectric layer includes an air gap disposed between the first lower plug and the second lower plug.
US12051637B1
Methods to form a boiling enhancement coating (BEC) directly on a protective lid or directly on a semiconductor die are described. The BEC can improve heat dissipation from the protective lid or semiconductor die into a coolant liquid of a two-phase immersion-cooling system. In some cases, a heat spreader is not needed to cool the semiconductor die.
US12051628B2
Semiconductor device and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed herein. An exemplary semiconductor device comprises a substrate, at least two gate structures disposed over the substrate, each of the at least two gate structures including a gate electrode and a spacer disposed along sidewalls of the gate electrode, wherein the spacer includes a refill portion and a bottom portion, the refill portion of the spacer has a funnel shape such that a top surface of the refill portion of the spacer is larger than a bottom surface of the refill portion of the spacer, and a source/drain contact disposed over the substrate and between the spacers of the at least two gate structures.
US12051624B2
A semiconductor structure includes a first device and a second device bonded on the first device. The first device has a first sidewall distal to the second device and a second sidewall proximal to the second device. A surface roughness of the second sidewall is larger than a surface roughness of the first sidewall.
US12051623B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include methods of patterning a back end of line (BEOL) stack and the resulting structures. In an embodiment a method of patterning a BEOL stack comprises forming a grating over an interlayer dielectric (ILD), and forming a spacer over the grating. In an embodiment, the spacer is etch selective to the grating. In an embodiment, the method further comprises disposing a hardmask over the grating and the spacer, and patterning the hardmask to form an opening in the hardmask. In an embodiment, the method further comprises filling the opening with a plug, removing the hardmask, and etching the spacer. In an embodiment, a portion of the spacer is protected from the etch by the plug. In an embodiment, the method may further comprise removing the plug, and transferring the grating into the ILD with an etching process.
US12051621B2
Representative implementations of techniques, methods, and formulary provide repairs to processed semiconductor substrates, and associated devices, due to erosion or “dishing” of a surface of the substrates. The substrate surface is etched until a preselected portion of one or more embedded interconnect devices protrudes above the surface of the substrate. The interconnect devices are wet etched with a selective etchant, according to a formulary, for a preselected period of time or until the interconnect devices have a preselected height relative to the surface of the substrate. The formulary includes one or more oxidizing agents, one or more organic acids, and glycerol, where the one or more oxidizing agents and the one or more organic acids are each less than 2% of formulary and the glycerol is less than 10% of the formulary.
US12051619B2
Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture are described herein. A method includes forming an opening through an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer to expose a contact etch stop layer (CESL) disposed over a conductive feature in a metallization layer. The opening is formed using photo sensitive materials, lithographic techniques, and a dry etch process that stops on the CESL. Once the CESL is exposed, a CESL breakthrough process is performed to extend the opening through the CESL and expose the conductive feature. The CESL breakthrough process is a flexible process with a high selectivity of the CESL to ILD layer. Once the CESL breakthrough process has been performed, a conductive fill material may be deposited to fill or overfill the opening and is then planarized with the ILD layer to form a contact plug over the conductive feature in an intermediate step of forming a semiconductor device.
US12051616B2
Presented herein is a WLCSP intermediate structure and method forming the same, the method comprising forming a first redistribution layer (RDL) on a carrier, the first RDL having mounting pads disposed on the first RDL, and mounting interposer dies on a second side of the first RDL. A second RDL is formed over a second side of the interposer dies, the second RDL having a first side adjacent to the interposer dies, one or more lands disposed on the second RDL, at least one of the one or more lands in electrical contact with at least one of the interposer dies or at least one of the mounting pads. A molding compound is formed around the interposer dies and over a portion of the first RDL prior to the forming the second RDL and the second RDL is formed over at least a portion of the molding compound.
US12051611B2
An electronic device structure and a method for making an electronic device. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide a method of manufacturing an electronic device that comprises the utilization of a carrier assisted substrate, and an electronic device manufactured thereby.
US12051606B2
The present disclosure provides an apparatus. The apparatus according to the present disclosure comprises: at least one first light source configured to irradiate illumination light to an object on a reference surface; at least one second light source configured to irradiate pattern light to the object, a plurality of cameras configured to capture one or more illumination images and one or more pattern images; and one or more processors configured to determine a plurality of outlines indicating edges of the object based on two or more images captured in different directions among the one or more illumination images and the one or more pattern images; determine a virtual plane corresponding to an upper surface of the object based on the plurality of outlines; and determine an angle between the virtual plane and the reference plane.
US12051605B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes a fluid supply unit that supplies a fluid that includes a pressurized vapor or mist of a purified water, a processing liquid supply unit that supplies a processing liquid that includes at least sulfuric acid, and a nozzle that includes a first discharge port that discharges a fluid that is supplied from the fluid supply unit, a second discharge port that discharges a processing liquid that is supplied from the processing liquid supply unit, and a guiding route that is communicated with the first discharge port and the second discharge port and guides a mixed fluid of a fluid that is discharged from the first discharge port and a processing liquid that is discharged from the second discharge port, where a cross-sectional area of the guiding route is greater than a cross-sectional area of the first discharge port.
US12051604B2
An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a bonding head configured to adsorb and hold a mounting component at a pick-up position, to move between the pick-up position and a mounting position, and to mount the mounting component on a substrate that is on a bonding stage; a camera configured to move together with the bonding head and to capture an image of the mounting component and an image of the substrate; an optical system configured to transmit light between the mounting component and the camera; a fiducial mark configured to move together with the camera in a capturing range of the camera; and a controller configured to correct a positional relationship between the mounting component and the substrate based on a first image including the fiducial mark and the mounting component and a second image including the fiducial mark and the substrate.
US12051600B2
A material processing apparatus including a processing chamber, an external pressure source, a pressure reducer, a temperature regulator, and a controller is provided. The processing chamber has an internal space. The external pressure source is connected to the processing chamber to pressurize the internal space. The pressure reducer is connected to the processing chamber to depressurize the internal space. The temperature regulator is arranged in the processing chamber to adjust the temperature in the internal space. The controller is configured to control the external pressure source and the temperature regulator to respectively increase the temperature to a first predetermined temperature and the pressure to a first predetermined pressure, and to control the pressure in the processing chamber to rise continuously before the temperature in the processing chamber rises to the first predetermined temperature. An operating method of a material processing apparatus is further provided.
US12051595B2
A plasma processing method executed by a plasma processing apparatus includes a first step, a second step, and an etching step. In the first step, the plasma processing apparatus forms a first film on a processing target in which a plurality of openings having a predetermined pattern are formed. In the second step, the plasma processing apparatus forms a second film having an etching rate lower than that of the first film on the processing target on which the first film is formed, and having different film thicknesses on the side surfaces of the openings according to the sizes of the openings. In the etching step, the plasma processing apparatus performs etching from above the second film under a predetermined processing condition until a portion of the first film is removed from at least a portion of the processing target.
US12051587B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes a periphery removal unit configured to remove a peripheral portion of a film formed on a surface of a substrate; a profile acquisition unit configured to acquire a removal width profile indicating a relationship between a position in a circumferential direction of the substrate and a width of a portion of the substrate from which the film is removed; and a factor estimation unit configured to output factor information indicating a factor of an error in the width based on the removal width profile.
US12051586B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a metal precursor on a substrate, and providing a reactant and a co-reactant to form a metal nitride layer by reaction with the metal precursor, the reactant being a nitrogen source, the co-reactant being an organometallic compound represented by Chemical Formula 1: M2L1)n [Chemical Formula 1] In Chemical Formula 1, M2 may be selected from Sn, In, and Ge, n may be 2, 3, or 4, and each L1 may independently be hydrogen, a halogen, or a group represented by Chemical Formula 2. In Chemical Formula 2, x may be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 and y may be 0 or 1. When x is 0, y may be 1. R1, R2, R3, and R4 may each independently be hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbons, or an aminoalkyl group having 1 to 5 carbons.
US12051584B2
Certain embodiments of ion interfaces are described that can provide higher sensitivities improved ion transmission and multiple operating modes. In some configurations, the ion interface may comprise a first element and a second element each of which can receive a non-zero voltage. In one configuration, the first element can be a hyperskimmer cone and the second element can be a cylindrical lens. Systems and methods using the interface are also described.
US12051579B2
Apparatus and methods for performing charge detection mass spectrometry for measurement of the mass of a single ion of interest are disclosed. The ion of interest is caused to undergo harmonic oscillatory movement in the trapping field of an electrostatic trap, such that an image current detector generates a time-varying signal representative of the ion's oscillatory movement. This time-varying signal (transient) is processed (e.g., via a Fourier transform) to derive the ion's frequency and consequently determine the ion's mass-to-charge ratio (m/z). Ion charge is determined by construction of a Selective Temporal Overview of Resonant Ion (STORI) plot, which tracks the temporal evolution of signals attributable to the ion of interest, and where the slope of the STORI plot is related to the charge. The STORI plot may also be employed to identify ion decay events during transient acquisition and/or the presence of multiple ions of the same mass or non-resolvable ions.
US12051578B2
Connection of high-performance pulse discharge plasma generator, especially for magnetron sputtering
Connection includes transistor, transistor exciter controlled by the frequency generator and/or programmable unit, the power source of voltage, the unit with capacitors. The voltage power source is connected to the transistor through the unit with capacitors. The stabilizing non-inductive resistor is connected to the power supply branch for the magnetron with transistor. The power stabilizing non-inductive resistor is a resistor with the wire wound by Ayrton-Perry-type winding and/or the resistor with low value of the parasitic inductance on the basis of thin layers. The electronic control circuits of the gate of the transistor include a frequency generator with the cut-off switch and with support elements and also include an exciter with support elements. The connection with the stabilizing non-inductive resistor is used in case of the bipolar and/or multi-circuit pulse plasma generator. The depolarization voltage is led from the outside source through the capacitor to the depolarization block.
US12051576B2
A physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber and a method of operation thereof are disclosed. Chambers and methods are described that provide a chamber comprising a deposition ring assembly comprising an inner and outer deposition ring which reduces particle defects.
US12051568B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus member includes a base and a particle-resistant layer. The base includes a first surface, a second surface crossing the first surface, and an edge portion connecting the first surface and the second surface. The particle-resistant layer includes a polycrystalline ceramic and covering the first surface, the second surface, and the edge portion. The particle-resistant layer includes a first particle-resistant layer provided at the edge portion, and a second particle-resistant layer provided at the first surface. A particle resistance of the first particle-resistant layer is higher than a particle resistance of the second particle-resistant layer.
US12051566B2
A plasma processing apparatus includes a process chamber. A turntable is disposed in the process chamber and is configured to receive a substrate along a circumferential direction thereof. A process gas supply nozzle is configured to supply a process gas to the turntable. A plasma antenna is disposed on the process chamber at a position covering at least a part of the process gas supply nozzle. An ion trap plate is disposed over the process gas supply nozzle at a position overlapping at least a part of the plasma antenna in the process chamber.
US12051555B2
A HV HRC fuse, in particular a HH full-range fuse, for a drop-out fuse system with a drop-out release mechanism has an outer fuse housing, wherein at least one melting conductor, which is wound around at least one winding body, is provided in the fuse housing. The fuse housing is at least partially open on two end faces and a contact cap designed for electrical contacting is arranged on each end face of the fuse housing. The upper contact cap is detachably connectable in a contacting position with the drop-out release mechanism and the lower contact cap is pivotally mounted on the drop-out release mechanism. Tripping of the HV HRC fuse results in tripping of the drop-out release mechanism, whereby the upper contact cap is separated from the drop-out release mechanism and the HV HRC fuse swings out from the contacting position to a swing-out position.
US12051549B2
A variable capacitor includes first and second movable capacitor plate assemblies disposed in the interior of an enclosure and include a first and second movable capacitor plates. A first fixed capacitor plate and a second fixed capacitor plate are respectively disposed proximal to the first and second movable capacitor plates. The capacitor plates may comprise variably interdigitated concentric cylindrical blades. The first movable capacitor plate and the first fixed capacitor plate may be coaxial with the second movable capacitor plate and the second fixed capacitor plate. Actuators may be provided for independently advancing and retracting the first and second movable capacitor plate assemblies with respect to the first and second fixed capacitor plate assemblies to vary the capacitance of the variable capacitor by independently adjusting an amount of interdigitization of the capacitor plates of respective capacitor plate assembly pairs.
US12051547B2
A component built-in substrate includes a multilayer body and a substrate including a multilayer ceramic electronic component embedded therein. The multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a first connection portion that protrudes from the first external electrode, and a second connection portion that protrudes from the second external electrode. The substrate includes a core material. The multilayer ceramic electronic component including the first connection portion and the second connection portion includes a surface covered by the core material and embedded in the substrate. The first connection portion protrudes toward a surface of the substrate, and is not exposed at the surface of the substrate. The second connection portion protrudes toward the surface of the substrate, and is not exposed at the surface of the substrate.
US12051546B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including layered ceramic layers and internal electrode layers, and an external electrode on a side surface of the multilayer body and connected to the internal electrode layers. A recess is provided in a surface of the external electrode on one side of opposing main surfaces of the multilayer ceramic capacitor.
US12051537B2
A transformer includes a transformer core having a first core leg having a first longitudinal axis and second core leg having a second longitudinal axis; a first low voltage (LV) winding arranged around the first core leg, a first high voltage (HV) winding arranged around the first LV winding; a second low voltage (LV) winding arranged around the second core leg; and a second high voltage winding arranged around the second LV winding, wherein the first HV winding is provided with a first HV connector and a second HV connector each extending substantially perpendicular away from the first longitudinal axis, and wherein the second HV winding is provided with a third HV connector and a fourth HV connector each extending substantially perpendicular away from the second longitudinal axis.
US12051528B2
An electrical component cover includes a central portion, a first end portion and a second end portion and one or more flexible portions between the central portion and the first end portion or second end portion to enable the electrical component cover to flex and thereby facilitate varying geometries in power lines attached to insulators.
US12051521B2
The invention discloses a flexible transparent conductive composite film and the manufacturing method thereof. The aforementioned flexible transparent conductive composite film is formed by depositing the first target material and the second target material in an alternating manner by HiPIMS. Therefore, the post-anneal step of the traditional method can be omitted, and the manufacturing efficiency of the flexible transparent conductive composite films is significantly improved.
US12051519B2
Methods and controllers for reading a quantum state of an atomic object and/or qubit using coherent shelving are provided. A controller causes a first beam of a first wavelength and a second beam of a second wavelength to be incident on the qubit and causes a reading beam to be incident on the qubit. The first wavelength and the second wavelength are configured to couple a state of a qubit space of the qubit to a stable state. The stable state has a lifetime that is longer than a length of time required for performing a reading operation. The first beam and the second beam are generated by at least one manipulation source operated by at least one manipulation source driver of and/or in communication with and/or controlled by the controller.
US12051518B2
A target well of a target delivery assembly for use in an irradiation system operative to allow irradiation of a radioisotope target via a vessel penetration of a fission reactor. The target well includes an outer tube and an inner tube disposed therein so that an annulus is formed therebetween. The target is positioned in the inner tube during irradiation. At least one flow channel extends between a bottom end of the outer tube and a bottom end of the inner tube. An elevation piston is slidably disposed within the inner tube to elevate the target, the elevation piston including a one-way check valve allowing flow in a downward direction and preventing flow in an upward direction.
US12051515B2
A method for protecting a nuclear reactor includes reconstructing a maximum linear power density released among the fuel rods of the nuclear fuel assemblies of the core; calculating the thermomechanical state and the burnup fraction of the rods; calculating a mechanical stress or deformation energy density in the cladding of one of the rods by using the said reconstructed maximum linear power density, the calculated thermomechanical states and the calculated burnup fractions, by means of a meta-model of a thermomechanical code; comparing the calculated mechanical stress or the calculated deformation energy density with a respective threshold; and stopping the nuclear reactor if the calculated mechanical stress or the calculated deformation energy density exceeds the respective threshold.
US12051510B2
A system and method for analyzing risk and providing risk mitigation instructions. The system receives analyzes sensor data and other data corresponding to a user to determine a test group. The system uses the test group to determine a risk score, and, subsequently, a risk mitigation strategy. Machine learning techniques are implemented to refine how the test group, risk score, and mitigation are each selected.
US12051507B2
Existing techniques assume that all time varying covariates are confounding and thus attempts to balance a full state representation of a plurality of historical observants. The present disclosure processes a plurality of historical observants and treatment at a timestep t specific to each patient using an encoder network to a obtain a state representation st. A first set of disentangled representations comprising an outcome, a confounding and a treatment representation is learnt to predict an outcome t+1. The first set of disentangled representations are concatenated to obtain a unified representation and the decoder network is initialized using the unified representation to obtain a state representation st+1. A second set of disentangled representations is learnt and concatenated to predict outcome t+m+1 m+1 timesteps ahead of the timestep t and proceeding iteratively until m=τ−1.
US12051505B2
An image segmentation system and display is disclosed. The system may be operated or configured to generate a segmentation of a member from an image. The image and/or the segmentation may be displayed for viewing by a user.
US12051503B2
Techniques are provided for managing power to various devices within a suite or room, such as an operating room. In an example, an apparatus can include a first input configured to couple to a system controller of an operating room, multiple outputs configured couple to control inputs of one or more power relays, and a controller configured to control the one or more power relays via the multiple outputs in response to a power status of the system controller. The first input can be indicative of the power status of the system controller. Each power relay of the one or more power relays can be configured to selectively connect power to medical equipment of the operating room.
US12051500B2
A multi-channel recorder/encoder for collecting, integrating, synchronizing and recording medical or surgical data received as independent live or real-time data streams from a plurality of hardware units. The medical or surgical data relating to a live or real-time medical procedure. Example hardware units include a control interface, cameras, sensors, audio devices, and patient monitoring hardware. Further example systems may include a cloud based platform incorporating the encoder.
US12051498B2
To document features of interest observed in a scanning procedure, after the images have been obtained the technician reviews the images on the imaging system and places virtual markers on the images (i.e., the 2D image or 3D volume) created by the imaging system. The virtual markers identify the type and location of the various features of interest observed during the imaging or scanning procedure and are placed directly on the images. Notes can also be added to the images, such as with regard to each of the virtual markers placed on the image. These virtual markers and optional notes communicate additional information regarding the patient and the image in a direct, efficient and comprehensive manner directly to the physician during later review of the images which would not be readily discernable solely from the image.
US12051485B2
The inventive subject matter provides apparatus, systems, and methods that improve on the pace of discovering new practical information based on large amounts of datasets collected. In most cases, anomalies from the datasets are automatically identified, flagged, and validated by a cross-validation engine. Only validated anomalies are then associated with a subject matter expert who is qualified to take action on the anomaly. In other words, the inventive subject matter bridges the gap between the overwhelming amount of scientific data which can now be harvested and the comparatively limited amount analytical resources available to extract practical information from the data. Practical information can be in the form of trends, patterns, maps, hypotheses, or predictions, for example, and such practical information has implications in medicine, in environmental sciences, entertainment, travel, shopping, social interactions, or other areas.
US12051484B2
A microelectronic device comprises a microelectronic device structure comprising a section comprising page buffers, and an additional section horizontally neighboring the section and comprising page buffer drivers and a timing delay chain coupled to the page buffer drivers. Each of the page buffer drivers is coupled to different group of the page buffers than each other of the page buffer drivers. The timing delay chain comprises timing delay circuits coupled in series with one another. Each of the timing delay circuits is configured to adjustably delay propagation of a control signal therethrough. Memory devices, methods of operating memory devices, and electronic systems are also described.
US12051482B2
Noise injection procedures implemented on the die of a non-volatile memory (NVM) array are disclosed. In one example, noise is injected into data by adjusting read voltages to induce bit flips while using feedback to achieve a target amount of information degradation. In another example, random data is iteratively combined with itself to achieve a target percentage of random 1s or 0s, then the random data is combined with data read from the NVM array. In other examples, pixels are randomly zeroed out to emulate dead charge coupled device (CCD) pixels. In still other examples, the timing, voltage, and/or current values used within circuits while transferring data to/from latches or bitlines are adjusted outside their specified margins to induce bit flips to inject noise into the data. The noise-injected data may be used, for example, for dataset augmentation or for the testing of deep neural networks (DNNs).
US12051478B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for test devices having parallel impedances to reduce measurement input impedance are disclosed. An apparatus includes a test input terminal, a measurement output terminal, a reference voltage potential node, and a parallel resistor. The test input terminal is configured to electrically connect to a signal output terminal of a signal generator. The test input terminal is configured to receive a test signal from the signal generator via the signal output terminal. The measurement output terminal electrically connects to a measurement input terminal of an electrical measurement instrument. The parallel resistor is electrically connected from the measurement output terminal to the reference voltage potential node. A system includes the apparatus and the electrical measurement instrument. A method includes providing a test signal to the test device, verifying the test signal using the electrical measurement instrument, and providing the test signal to a device under test.
US12051476B2
Memory built-in self-test (MBIST) circuitry for a disruptive memory includes an address sequencer configured to select an address with the disruptive memory as a test location, and control circuitry configured to direct a test sequence including a plurality of test operations on the test location. The control circuitry includes a first fault counter and a second fault counter, in which the control circuitry is configured to, after each test operation of the test sequence, determine whether to selectively update a first fault counter and whether to selectively update a second fault counter. The address sequencer, after completion of the test sequence, selects a next address within the disruptive memory as a next test location.
US12051475B2
A system for verifying memory-read capabilities includes a memory device, having a memory cell array that is encoded with verification information, and a memory-read controller, coupled to the memory device and configured to execute stored process steps. The verification information includes first bit values encoded in a first row of the memory cell array and second bit values encoded in a second row of the memory cell array. Each of the second bit values on a same bit line as a corresponding one of the first bit values has an inverse value as the corresponding one of the first bit values. The stored process steps include steps to: read the verification information from the memory device; determine, by comparison to a pre-stored bit string, whether the first bit values and the second bit values are correct; and in response to an affirmative determination, initiate normal data-read operations.
US12051474B2
Disclosed are ferroelectric devices including devices for performing a multiplication of analog input signals and resonators. In one aspect, a ferroelectric nanoelectromechanical device includes a first structural beam, a first input electrode disposed on a first top portion of the first structural beam, and an output electrode. The apparatus further includes a first ferroelectric film disposed on a second top portion of the first input electrode, and a first resistive layer disposed on a third top portion of the first ferroelectric film, wherein a first electrode is positioned at a first end of the first resistive layer and a second electrode is positioned at a second end of the first resistive layer.
US12051472B2
An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a memory chip having logic circuitry to suspend application of an erasure voltage, wherein, respective responses of the erasure voltage to a decision to suspend the application of the erasure voltage depend on where the erasure voltage is along its waveform.
US12051471B2
An example system can include a memory device and a processing device. The memory device can include a group of memory cells. The processing device can be coupled to the memory device. The processing device can be configured to determine a distance of a memory die from a center of a memory component. The processing device can be configured to perform a read disturb operation on the memory die based on the determined distance use a first voltage window for a set of memory cells of the group of memory cells during a first time period.
US12051468B2
Programming a plurality of non-volatile memory cells includes performing a soft erase process during the programming. The soft erase process includes pre-charging channels of the memory cells and performing an erase operation subsequent to the pre-charging while the channels are at one or more elevated voltages at least partially due to the pre-charging.
US12051458B2
Methods, systems, and devices for techniques to refresh memory systems operating in low power states are described. The memory system may operate in a first power mode that includes deactivation of a voltage rail that supplies power to the memory system. The memory system may receive the power over the voltage rail during a time period that the memory system is operating in the first power mode. In some cases, the memory system may determine that the power may be received for a duration and a command is not received during that duration. The memory system may perform a self-refresh operation based on determining that the duration indicated by the timer expires without receiving a command.
US12051454B2
The magnetic recording medium has an arithmetic average roughness Ra of a surface of a magnetic layer is 2.2 nm or less, a fluorine concentration A obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy performed on a surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees being 5 atom % or more and 50 atom % or less, and B, which is calculated by Equation 1 from an integrated intensity Ftotal of fragments derived from a fluorine-containing compound obtained for an entire region in a thickness direction of a cross section of the magnetic layer by line profile analysis of TOF-SIMS and an integrated intensity Fupper of fragments derived from a fluorine compound obtained for a region from the surface of the magnetic layer to an intermediate thickness in the thickness direction of the cross section, being 60% or more and 95% or less, Equation 1:B=(Fupper/Ftotal)×100.
US12051452B1
According to an embodiment, a magnetic disk is provided with a servo sector in which a preamble and a burst pattern are recorded. A recording frequency of the preamble is different from an even multiple of a recording frequency of the burst pattern. A controller determines a demodulation period of the burst pattern while a magnetic head passes through the servo sector. The controller acquires a first phase of a demodulation signal of the burst pattern and acquires first position information of the magnetic head, by demodulating the burst pattern in the demodulation period. The controller corrects the first position information on the basis of the first phase. The controller executes positioning control of the magnetic head on the basis of second position information that is post-correction first position information.
US12051448B2
Provided are a magnetic tape, a magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic tape apparatus including the magnetic tape. The magnetic tape includes: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder. An amount of a fluid lubricant extracted from a surface of the magnetic layer after sliding on a magnetic head in an environment of a temperature of 60° C.±1° C. and a relative humidity of 10% is 50% or more of an amount of the fluid lubricant extracted from the surface of the magnetic layer before the sliding, on a mass basis.
US12051447B2
The present disclosure provides a video editing method, an apparatus, a device, and a storage medium, and the method includes: first displaying, in response to a preset triggering operation for a target video template, at least one material adding entry corresponding to the target video template; receiving a first video material added from a first material adding entry among the at least one material adding entry; and generating a first video clip and a freeze-frame video clip based on the first video material in accordance with a video editing operation indicated by the target video template, and compositing to obtain a target video based on the first video clip and the freeze-frame video clip.
US12051433B2
A conversion learning device includes: a source encoding unit that converts, by using a first machine learning model, a feature amount sequence of a source domain that is a characteristic of conversion-source content data, into a first internal representation vector sequence that is a matrix in which internal representation vectors at individual locations of the feature amount sequence of the source domain are arranged; a target encoding unit that converts, by using a second machine learning model, a feature amount sequence of a target domain that is a characteristic of conversion-target content data, into a second internal representation vector sequence that is a matrix in which internal representation vectors at individual locations of the feature amount sequence of the target domain are arranged; an attention matrix calculation unit that calculates, by using the first internal representation vector sequence and the second internal representation vector sequence, an attention matrix that is a matrix mapping the individual locations of the feature amount sequence of the source domain to the individual locations of the feature amount sequence of the target domain, and calculates a third internal representation vector sequence that is a product of an internal representation vector sequence calculated by linear conversion of the first internal representation vector sequence and the attention matrix; a target decoding unit that calculates, by using the third internal representation vector sequence, a feature amount sequence of a conversion domain that is used to convert the source domain into the conversion domain, by using a third machine learning model; and a learning execution unit that causes at least one of the target encoding unit and the target decoding unit to learn such that a distance between a submatrix of the feature amount sequence of the target domain and a submatrix of the feature amount sequence of the conversion domain becomes shorter.
US12051421B2
Disclosed is a pronunciation transcription method performed by a computing device. The method may include: acquiring a partial audio signal of a first sound unit generated by splitting an audio signal; inputting the partial audio signal of the first sound unit into a pronunciation transcription model; and outputting a pronunciation transcription result for the partial audio signal of the first sound unit by using the pronunciation transcription model.
US12051409B2
Systems and methods are provided herein for autonomously determining and resolving a customer's perceived discrepancy during a customer service interaction. The method can include receiving an incoming communication from a customer; extracting a perceived state and an expected state (possibly of a product or service) based on the incoming communication; determining a perceived discrepancy between the perceived and expected states of the customer; retrieving customer information; extracting a current state of the customer from the retrieved customer information, verifying, by a rule-based platform, the discrepancy; generating a response based on the discrepancy after comparing the perceived stated with the current state, where the response may include a confirmation or a correction related to the discrepancy and a personalized explanation describing the current state of the customer; and outputting, for presentation to the customer, the response.
US12051403B2
A server supports multiple virtual assistants. It receives requests that include wake phrase audio and an identification of the source of the request, such as a virtual assistant device. Based on the identification, the server searches a database for a wake phrase detector appropriate for the identified source. The server then applies the wake phrase detector to the received wake phrase audio. If the wake phrase audio triggers the wake phrase detector, the server provides an appropriate response to the source.
US12051395B2
A server system receives, from a first client device, a video recording created by the first client device and an indication that the video recording is to be associated with a media content item. The server system retrieves text associated with the media content item and provides the text for display at the first client device as a text lens overlay that is mapped to a portion of an object in the video recording of the first client device and follows movement of the portion of an object in the video recording created by the first client device. The server system provides, to a second client device, the video recording in combination with the media content item; and the text associated with the media content item as the text lens overlay that is mapped to the portion of the object of the first client device.
US12051393B1
Techniques are described for real-time converting audio into digital musical notation. In an implementation, the process receives a sequence of samples of an audio stream in real time. Based on the sequence of samples, the process generates a window set of note event probability values. The process excludes from the window set of event probability values a leading set of event probability values and a trailing set of event probability values, thereby generating a filtered window set of event probability values. Based on the filtered window set of event probability values, the process determines a sequence set of note-on and note-off events.
US12051392B2
Disclosed are a memory device and a read/write method of the memory device and, more particularly, a memory device and a read/write method of the memory device capable of reducing power consumption of a display device by reducing a storage operation and an output operation of the memory device for a plurality of pieces of pixel data.
US12051387B2
To enable uncompressed RAW data to be appropriately transmitted from an imaging device to an external device. A transmission unit transmits uncompressed RAW data to an external device via a transmission path. In a case where the external device does not support the uncompressed RAW data, the control unit controls the transmission unit so as not to perform output processing for outputting the uncompressed RAW data to the transmission path. For example, the information reception unit receives identification information indicating that the external device supports the uncompressed RAW data from the external device via the transmission path.
US12051378B2
A method of operating a liquid crystal display (LCD) device is disclosed. The device comprises an LCD screen held by a housing, a camera positioned within the housing, and a backlight arranged to illuminate the LCD screen. The method comprises displaying a first image on the LCD screen by setting a first set of elements of the LCD screen to transmit light and illuminating the LCD screen with the backlight. After switching off the backlight, a second set of elements is set to transmit light with colour filters off, and an image is captured with the camera. After capturing the image, a second image is displayed on the LCD screen by setting a third set of elements to transmit light and illuminating the LCD screen with the backlight.
US12051367B2
A pixel circuit able to prevent a spread of the terminal voltages of drive transistors inside a panel and in turn able to reliably prevent deterioration of uniformity, wherein a source of a TFT serving as a drive transistor is connected to an anode of a light emitting element, a drain is connected to a power source potential, a capacitor is connected between a gate and source of the TFT, and a source potential of the TFT is connected to a fixed potential through a TFT serving as a switch transistor and wherein pixel circuit lines are connected by an upper line and bottom line and are arranged in parallel with pixel circuit power source voltage lines so as not to have intersecting parts.
US12051364B2
One embodiment provides a computer-implemented method that includes receiving region information from a stationary region detection process for a video. A processor performs a flat region ghosting artifact removal process that updates the region information with a flat region indicator utilizing the region information and the video. The processor further performs a region based luminance reduction process utilizing the updated region information with the flat region indicator for display ghosting artifact removal and burn-in protection.
US12051360B2
A display device includes a luminance correction unit that corrects input data based on a dimming code value and outputs correction data, a gamma correction unit that corrects the correction data and generates output data, a gamma voltage generator that generates gamma voltages depending on a first voltage code value, a data driver that converts the output data into data voltages based on the gamma voltages, and a controller that supplies the dimming code value and the input data to the luminance correction unit and provides the first voltage code value to the gamma voltage generator. The controller compares a highest dimming compares a highest dimming grayscale value of the output data determined by the dimming code value with a highest reference grayscale value and updates the first voltage code value with a second voltage code value.
US12051358B2
An interface display method and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: In an AOD stage, an electronic device receives a screen-on operation. The electronic device displays a first interface when receiving the screen-on operation. The first interface includes a first wallpaper and a first wallpaper upper-layer element. In response to the screen-on operation, the electronic device exits the AOD stage and displays a second interface. The second interface includes a second wallpaper upper-layer element and a second wallpaper. The first interface is associated with or the same as the second interface. In the technical solution, a background wallpaper seems to be dynamically and continuously played when the electronic device enters the second interface from the first interface, thereby helping to enhance a visual effect of interface presentation.
US12051350B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display including a main area, a first sub area extending in a first direction, and a second sub area extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a display driver integrated circuit (IC) for scanning a scan signal and a data voltage to the display, and a processor operatively connected to the display and the display driver IC, wherein the processor is configured to control the display driver IC to supply the scan signal to at least some areas among the main area, the first sub area, and the second sub area of the display, to control the display driver IC to partially scan a data voltage to an area in which a screen is to be displayed among the main area, the first sub area, and the second sub area.
US12051331B2
A method and system for a target vehicle that includes an extra-vehicle communication system, a passenger cabin including an interior audio system and a visual display, and a controller is described. The controller is in communication with the extra-vehicle communication system, and operably connected to the interior audio system and the visual display. The controller includes algorithmic code that is executable to receive a proximity alert from a second vehicle via the extra-vehicle communication system, determine a location vector between the second vehicle and the target vehicle based upon the proximity alert, and control the interior audio system and the visual display to generate an alarm in response to the proximity alert, wherein the alarm generated by the interior audio system and the visual display is directionally controlled based upon the location vector. The proximity alert may be generated by an operator, or by a spatial monitoring system.
US12051325B2
A vehicle coordination system is provided for coordinating the trajectories of vehicles on a road network. The vehicle coordination system comprises a plurality of vehicles each having respective vehicle position tracking assemblies that are in communication with respective vehicle communication systems for transmitting vehicle state messages including positions of the vehicles. A task assignment allocator is provided that is arranged to generate task assignments for each of the plurality of vehicles, including destinations in the road network for the vehicles. A vehicle coordination assembly is in communication with the vehicle communication systems via a data network for receiving the vehicle state messages. The vehicle coordination assembly is configured to determine respective paths for each vehicle to arrive at their respective destinations and determine trajectory control commands for each vehicle to traverse their respective paths whilst optimizing a predetermined objective and avoiding active interactions of two or more of the vehicles occurring in any shared areas of the paths. The vehicle coordination assembly is configured to transmit the trajectory control commands to each vehicle. The predetermined objective may be an aggregate traversal time for the vehicles.
US12051323B2
A measuring device measures a status of a device to be monitored stored within a metal hull of a marine vessel. A first communication device is provided outside the hull and transmits a status signal indicating a measurement value of the status of the device to be monitored. A second communication device receives the status signal via the first communication device and outputs information pertaining to the status. The second communication device is configured to be portable.
US12051320B2
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to projecting action indicators on items in a retail facility. In some embodiments, a system comprises an image capture device configured to capture an image of a shelving unit, a control circuit configured to identify items located in the shelving unit, determine an action item for an item located in the shelving unit, identify boundaries of the item, and generate an action image including an action indicator based on the action item for the item, wherein the action indicator is located within the boundaries of the item, and a display device configured to present the action image on the shelving unit, wherein the action indicator is presented on the item.
US12051317B2
A central control circuit is configured to remotely connect to a plurality of machines over a network. Each machine has a respective user interface to indicate a machine state and enable user input. The central control circuit is configured to receive an alarm code, determine whether the alarm code corresponds to a machine state for which a machine learning application has been trained, and obtain an image from the user interface in response to a determination that the machine learning application has been trained for the machine state. The central control circuit is further configured to analyze the image to identify one or more features, generate one or more commands in the machine learning application, and send the one or more commands to the user interface according to the features to change the machine state.
US12051315B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an Internet of Things system and a storage medium for gas leakage inspection, the method is realized based on a smart gas management platform of the Internet of Things system for gas leakage inspection, including: obtaining monitoring data at different locations by controlling a drive module to drive a gas leakage inspection device to move based on monitoring data and distance data, and determining a first inspection scheme based on the monitoring data at different locations.
US12051310B2
An electronic theft-preventing system, including a first and a second multi-axis magnetometer and configured to output first and second vector signals representing movement of first and second magnetic field vectors; and a signal processor receiving the first and second vector signals, and configured to determine a multi-dimensional transformation, in accordance with optimization of a difference between the second vector signal and a compensation signal; wherein the compensation signal is generated from a transformation of the first vector signal in accordance with the multi-dimensional transformation; and generate a compensated second vector signal from the second vector signal and the first compensation signal. Determining that a detector signal meets a predefined criterion; and in response to at least the determining that the detector signal meets the predefined criterion, raising or forgo raising an alarm that warns about a possible theft-related event.
US12051309B2
Aspects of the present disclosure describe distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) systems, methods, and structures that advantageously extend DFOS techniques to anomaly detection using optical magnetism switches (OMC) that are integrated into the DFOS system.
US12051287B2
This inspection assistance program is a program for assisting inspection of a vehicle, and causes an inspection assistance apparatus 2 to function as: a registration information acquisition unit 251 that acquires vehicle registration information corresponding to the vehicle; a determination unit 252 that determines whether wireless identification information for identifying an on-vehicle wireless machine installed in the vehicle is associated with the vehicle registration information; and a display control unit 253 that causes a display unit 23 to display an operation screen that is generated in a mode determined on the basis of the determination result of the determination unit 252 and that is used for inspecting the vehicle through communication with the on-vehicle wireless machine.
US12051284B2
A wheel end computer, WEC, (220) for hosting and executing one or more motion support device abstraction modules (MSDA, 221) configured to monitor and/or to control operations of one or more respective motion support devices, MSDs, (240, 250, 260, 270) on a heavy duty vehicle, where an MSDA provides a control and/or a monitoring interface between an external vehicle unit computer (VUC, 210), and a respective MSDs operational functionality, wherein the WEC (220) is arranged to identify a matching MSDA for each MSD in a set of MSDs, such that each MSD connected to the WEC is matched to a respective MSDA, and wherein the WEC (220) is arranged to receive a monitor and/or a control command from the VUC (210) for monitoring and/or controlling an MSD connected to the WEC, and to control the MSD via the respective matching MSDA.
US12051283B1
Techniques for collapse of driving data to determine spatial averages of vehicle paths determining a spatial average vehicle path through a turn of within an intersection from a plurality of vehicles are provided. The telematics data may include plurality of spatial data points for each respective vehicle trip. Spatial data points associated with the turn of interest from each respective vehicle may be isolated and ordered chronologically, and converted into respective lines. A number of equally spaced points may be placed along each respective line, and a number of geometric median points may be determined by averaging each of the points along each of the respective lines. An average simplified line representing the spatial average vehicle path through the turn of the intersection may be generated based on the number of geometric median points.
US12051282B2
The present invention comprises a system and method of conducting a publicly auditable election using secret ballots. The invention allows an elector to verify their ballot has been counted towards the result of an election in the manner in which it was cast. The elector is capable of cryptographically proving if their ballot has been altered or deleted. Any interested individual or entity is capable of auditing the election using an anonymized database of published ballots.
US12051279B2
A lane pricing technique for charging a mobile body traveling on a road for use of a lane is provided. A lane pricing device according to one embodiment is configured to: acquire from a mobile body traveling on a road, at least one of position information of a mobile body measured based on a positioning signal, and/or a camera image that is acquired by capturing an image from the mobile body and includes a part of a lane in which the mobile body is moving; specify, based on at least one of the position information and/or the camera image, a lane in which the mobile body is moving; acquire lane identification information for identifying a specified lane along with time information indicative of time when the mobile body is moving; and determine and output a toll to be charged to the mobile body in units of lanes based on the lane identification information and the time information.
US12051272B2
An example method may include receiving, at a computing device, a digital image associated with a particular media content program, the digital image containing one or more faces of particular people associated with the particular media content program. A computer-implemented automated face recognition program may be applied to the digital image to recognize, based on at least one feature vector from a prior-determined set of feature vectors, one or more of the particular people in the digital image, together with respective geometric coordinates for each of the one or more detected faces. At least a subset of the prior-determined set of feature vectors may be associated with a respective one of the particular people. The digital image together may be stored in non-transitory computer-readable memory, together with information assigning respective identities of the recognized particular people, and associating with each respective assigned identity geometric coordinates in the digital image.
US12051268B2
An eyebrow device includes a brow ink pen or pencil connected to a reciprocating or oscillating electric driver, wherein at least one of a stroke length, stroke angle, stroke force, arc length, and cycle rate of the brow ink pen or pencil are adjustable. A computer-implemented method of shaping an eyebrow with ink, includes: creating, by a computing device, a pre-altered eyebrow of a user; creating, by the computing device, a plurality of eyebrow shaping effects; creating, by the computing device, a questionnaire in which the user selects at least one eyebrow shaping effect from the plurality of eyebrow shaping effects; and providing, by the computing device, instructions for an eyebrow device how to shape the pre-altered eyebrow of the user to resemble the eyebrow shaping effect selected by the user.
US12051266B2
An information processing apparatus of the disclosure includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of captured images each including a reference member, which has a known shape, and a subject; and a composition unit that generates one composite image from the plurality of captured images based on the shape of the reference member included in each of the plurality of captured images.
US12051261B2
The disclosure notably relates to a computer-implemented method for determining a function configured to determine a semantic segmentation of a 2D floor plan representing a layout of a building. The method comprises providing a dataset comprising 2D floor plans each associated to a respective semantic segmentation. The method also comprises learning the function based on the dataset. Such a method provides an improved solution for processing a 2D floor plan.
US12051260B2
In some implementations, a device may receive a document associated with a series of recurring events and associated with an account. The device may analyze, using at least one of an optical character recognition technique or a natural language processing technique, the document to identify one or more characteristics associated with the document. The device may match the document with a record included in a ledger associated with the account based on the one or more characteristics associated with the document, enabling the device to identify that the record is associated with a recurring event of the series of recurring events. The device may modify display information associated with the ledger to append at least one characteristic associated with the document to information associated with the record. The device may transmit, to a user device, the display information to cause the display information to be displayed by the user device.
US12051258B2
In some implementations, a device may detect edges in an image, and may identify, based on the edges, a rectangle that bounds a document in the image. The device may detect lines in the image, and may identify edge candidate lines by discarding one or more of the lines. The device may identify intersection points where lines, included in the edge candidate lines, intersect with one another. The device may identify corner candidate points by discarding one or more points included in the intersection points, and may identify a corner point included in the corner candidate points. The corner point may be a point, included in the corner candidate points, that is closest to one corner of the bounding rectangle. The device may perform perspective correction on the image of the document based on identifying the corner point.
US12051257B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer readable media for natural language processing and text analytics of audit documentation for prioritization and selection. Text extraction and conversion techniques can analyze documents corresponding to an audit request to generate a dataset. A two-layer model can produce word embeddings to reconstruct linguistic contexts of words in the dataset. An embedding layer can map each word, and a classifier layer can generate a similarity score for each word. A three-layer model can determine weights of documents in the dataset. A ranking layer can obtain a document rank value for each document. An initial layer and successive layers can receive feature vectors and document rank values to assign weights to the documents. Based on the document weights and the audit request, the natural language processing and text analytics can determine an audit likelihood for each document to prioritize and select subsets of the documents.
US12051254B2
A system for typing biological cells includes a tunable Fabry-Perot etalon, and imaging sensor, and a processor. The imaging sensor acquires one or more images of one or more biological cells from light transmitted through the tunable Fabry-Perot etalon. Each image represents signal associated with one or more wavelengths transmitted through the tunable Fabry-Perot etalon. The processor is configured to determine a type of each of the one or more biological cells. Determining the type uses a machine learning algorithm and is based at least in part on one or more of an image segmentation, a patch extraction, a feature extraction, a feature compression, a deep feature extraction, a feature fusion, a feature classification, and a prediction map reconstruction.
US12051247B2
Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for detecting and remediating roadway hazards. In example aspects, a machine learning model is trained on a dataset related to roadway items. Input data may then be collected by a data collection engine and provided to a pattern recognizer. The pattern recognizer may extract roadway features (physical and non-physical) and recognized patterns from the input data and provide the extracted features to a trained machine learning model. The trained machine learning model may compare the extracted features to the model, and a risk value may be generated. The risk value may be compared to a risk value threshold. If the risk value is equal to or exceeds the risk threshold, then the input data may be classified as a roadway hazard. Remedial action may subsequently be triggered, e.g., notifying other vehicles on the roadway, notifying other devices of drivers on the roadway, and/or notifying interested third parties (e.g., government agencies and/or private entities responsible for maintaining a roadway), to decrease the frequency of vehicles colliding with roadway hazards and to increase the efficiency of remediating the identified roadway hazards.
US12051245B2
Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and arthroscopic video analysis apparatuses and systems that facilitate improved analysis of videos of arthroscopic procedures are disclosed. With this technology, analytical data related to the video feed of an arthroscopic surgery can be obtained using machine learning models and associated with the video feed. The generated videos can be output in real-time to provide contextual information related to the surgical procedure, or can be saved for playback for training or informational purposes.
US12051239B2
Tracking an item of interest through an environment is described. Tracking the item of interest through the environment is accomplished using passive optical tracking where an item is identified in an image of the environment using image processing and various locations of the item are tracked through the environment. When a user wants to know an item's location, a location image is projected onto the location of the item to allow a user view a current location of the item.
US12051238B2
A computer-implemented system and method includes generating first pseudo segment data from a first augmented image and generating second pseudo segment data from a second augmented image. The first augmented image and the second augmented image are in a dataset along with other augmented images. A machine learning system is configured to generate pixel embeddings based on the dataset. The first pseudo segment data and the second pseudo segment data are used to identify a first set of segments that a given pixel belongs with respect to the first augmented image and the second augmented image. A second set of segments is identified across the dataset. The second set of segments do not include the given pixel. A local segmentation loss is computed for the given pixel based on the corresponding pixel embedding that involves attracting the first set of segments while repelling the second set of segments. The global concept loss is computed based on a similarity determination between the first set of segments and a concept vector of a corresponding concept. The corresponding concept categorizes the first set of segments with other sets of segments across the dataset based on semantic meaning. The parameters of machine learning system are updated based on the total loss that takes into account at least the local segmentation loss and the global concept loss.
US12051225B2
Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media are disclosed for utilizing a transformer-based encoder-decoder neural network architecture for generating alpha mattes for digital images. Specifically, the disclosed system utilizes a transformer encoder to generate patch-based encodings from a digital image and a trimap segmentation by generating patch encodings for image patches and comparing the patch encodings to areas of the digital image. Additionally, the disclosed system generates modified patch-based encodings utilizing a plurality of neural network layers. The disclosed system also generates an alpha matte for the digital image from the patch-based encodings utilizing a decoder that includes a plurality of upsampling layers connected to a plurality of neural network layers via skip connections. In additional embodiments, the disclosed system generates the alpha matte based on additional encodings generated by a plurality of convolutional neural network layers connected to a subset of the upsampling layers via skip connections.
US12051224B2
Provided are systems and methods for camera alignment using pre-distorted targets. Some methods described include selecting a configuration of shapes, and determining targets by pre-distorting the shapes according to the inverse of the distortion function of the lens system to be aligned. Images of pre-distorted targets are then compared to the original configuration of shapes, to perform camera alignment. Alignment is thus accomplished in simpler and more accurate manner. Systems and computer program products are also provided.
US12051217B2
According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a camera controller to acquire a camera image of a display location where commodities are displayed. A communication interface is provided to communicate with an information terminal. A processor in the apparatus is configured to calculate an empty area in the camera image corresponding to a portion of the display location that is revealed when commodities are removed from the display location, detect a shortage in the number of the commodities at the display location based on the calculated empty area, and send a notification, via the communication interface, to the information terminal when the shortage in the number of the commodities at the display location is detected.
US12051207B2
The present application discloses a method, an apparatus, a storage medium and a processor for medical image auto-segmentation. The method includes: acquiring a medical image scan of the day of a target patient, wherein the medical image scan of the day is a medical image scanned before the Nth time treatment of the target patient, and N is a natural number greater than 1; performing auto-segmentation on the medical image scan of the day by using a target model to obtain a segmentation result, wherein the target model is a model generated after iterative training based on all images along with the contours from previous N times fractions of the target patient, segmentation result is used to generate the contour for the target treatment plan; and generating the contour for the target treatment plan based on a segmentation result.
US12051205B1
Disclosed embodiments may include a method of interacting with a multimodal machine learning model; the method may include providing a graphical user interface associated with a multimodal machine learning model. The method may further include displaying an image to a user in the graphical user interface. The method may also include receiving a textual prompt from the user and then generating input data using the image and the textual prompt. The method may further include generating an output at least in part by applying the input data to the multimodal machine learning model, the multimodal machine learning model configured using prompt engineering to identify a location in the image conditioned on the image and the textual prompt, wherein the output includes a first location indication. The method may also include displaying, in the graphical user interface, an emphasis indicator at the indicated first location in the image.
US12051203B2
Methods and systems for calibrating radiological data associated with a tissue in a subject are provide. Various embodiments described herein analyze a radiological image of the tissue to calculate a raw value indicative of a biological parameter such as metabolic activity in the tissue, and analyze a microscopy image of the tissue to identify a distribution of cells of interest within the tissue. A calibrated value indicative of a biological parameter (e.g. metabolic activity) of cells of interest within the tissue is then calculated, by correcting the raw value based on the identified distribution of cells of interest within the tissue.
US12051194B2
A scanning image generation apparatus is provided and includes an image information acquisition unit for scanning grid points of an object and for acquiring, on the basis of the scanned grid points, items of image information that represent an image. An evaluation unit has a software routine for evaluating at least some of the items of image information and for classifying the items of image information as usable or unusable on the basis of the evaluation. The apparatus also includes a release unit which enables an image recording if the evaluated items of image information are classified as usable by the evaluation unit. The scanning image generation apparatus moreover includes a memory with at least one quality profile stored thereon. The quality profile contains a person-specific software routine for evaluating and classifying the items of image information. The software routine is loadable into the evaluation unit.
US12051191B2
Systems and methods for acquiring and inspecting lens images of ophthalmic lenses using one or more cameras to acquire the images of the lenses in a dry state or a wet state. The images are preprocessed and then inputted into an artificial intelligence network, such as a convolutional neural network (CNN), to analyze and characterize for type of lens defects. The artificial intelligence network identifies defect regions on the images and output defect categories or classifications for each of the images based in part on the defect regions.
US12051188B2
A board work system includes a moving device configured to move over an XY-plane, a lighting device attached to the moving device, a monochromatic camera attached to the moving device, and an image processing device. The image processing device selects one or multiple monochromatic lights based on a target object and, when the image processing device selects one monochromatic light, the image processing device causes the lighting device and the monochromatic camera to capture a monochromatic image of the target object which is illuminated with the one monochromatic light and sets the monochromatic image of the target object as a target object inspection image. When the image processing device selects multiple monochromatic lights, the image processing device captures monochromatic images of the target object illuminated with the monochromatic lights and sets a composite image where the monochromatic images are combined as a target object inspection image.
US12051187B2
An AI-based new learning model generation system for vision inspection on a product production line is proposed. In the AI-based new learning model generation system, the candidate set extraction module extracts two or more candidate data sets on the basis of determination type information from among a plurality of training data sets that have been applied to learning of existing learning models previously generated for the vision inspection on the product production line. In addition, an additional set determination module calculates similarity between training images of new training data and a candidate data set, and determines any one greater than or equal to a reference value as an additional training data. In addition, the new model generation module may generate a new learning model by training the additional training data set and the new training data as a pre-training model.
US12051175B2
Methods, system, and computer storage media are provided for novel view synthesis. An input image depicting an object is received and utilized to generate, via a neural network, a target view image. In exemplary aspects, additional view images are also generated within the same pass of the neural network. A loss is determined based on the target view image and additional view images and is used to modify the neural network to reduce errors. In some aspects, a rotated view image is generated by warping a ground truth image from an initial angle to a rotated view angle that matches a view angle of an image synthesized via the neural network, such as a target view image. The rotated view image and the synthesized image matching the rotated view angle (e.g., a target view image) are utilized to compute a rotational loss.
US12051148B2
The present disclosure allows for generating a virtual viewpoint image matching an object's sight. To achieve this, an image processing apparatus comprises one or more memories storing instructions; and one or more processors executing the instructions to: obtain a plurality of images captured by a plurality of image capturing devices while a symbol representing a position at which an object should direct a look is being displayed; and generate a virtual viewpoint image in accordance with a position of a virtual viewpoint and a view direction from the virtual viewpoint, the position of the virtual viewpoint being a position at which the symbol is displayed, and the view direction from the virtual viewpoint being a direction specified based on the position of the virtual viewpoint and a position of the object.
US12051146B2
Ray clustering learning method based on weakly-supervised learning for denoising through ray tracing
Disclosed is a ray clustering learning method based on weakly-supervised learning for denoising using ray tracing. The ray clustering learning method is for learning a denoising model for removing noise from a rendered image through ray tracing, and includes extracting a feature of a simulated ray through the ray tracing and clustering the ray through contrastive learning for the feature.
US12051145B2
The present invention teaches a real-time hybrid ray tracing system for non-planar specular reflections. The high complexity of a non-planar surface is reduced to low complexity of multiple small planar surfaces. Advantage is taken of the planar nature of triangles that comprise building blocks of a non-planar surface. All secondary rays bouncing from a given surface triangle toward object triangles keep a close direction to each other. A collective control of secondary rays is enabled by this closeness and by decoupling secondary rays from primary rays. The result is a high coherence of secondary rays.
US12051144B2
An apparatus such as a graphics processing unit (GPU) includes a set of shader engines and a set of front end (FE) circuits. Subsets of the set of FE circuits schedule geometry workloads for subsets of the set of shader engines based on a mapping. The apparatus also includes a set of physical paths that convey information from the set of FE circuits to a memory via the set of shader engines. Subsets of the set of physical paths are allocated to the subsets of the set of FE circuits and the subsets of the set of shader engines based on the mapping. The mapping determines information stored in a set of registers used to configure the apparatus. In some cases, the set of registers store information indicating a spatial partitioning of the set of physical paths.
US12051142B2
A computer-implemented method is provided. The method includes: acquiring at least one piece of target feedback information for a plurality of related videos associated with a target video, the target video and the plurality of related videos are related to the same video producer; matching the at least one piece of target feedback information with the target video; determining at least one target video clip from the target video based on a matching result; and generating a meme package at least based on the at least one target video clip, the meme package being particular to the video producer.
US12051139B2
A content replacement system and method for simultaneously updating a plurality of images of visual designs on an electronic display of an electronic device using synchronized client- and server-side visual design object models by representing visual objects in visual designs using a keyed attribute and associated attribute value comprising a visual object specification.
US12051118B2
A system may receive a first resource allocation request (associated with a first company) from a first entity. The system may determine that the first request is not associated with a risk relationship and arrange for it to be processed via a claim servicing entity. Information about the first request may then be routed to a request handler device for processing and a communication with a first graphical indication may be generated. The system may also receive a second resource allocation request (associated with the first company) from a second entity and determine that it is to be processed via a risk. The system may then route information about the second request to a request handler device for processing and generate a communication with a second graphical indication. Note that the request handler device may be the same device that received the information about the first request.
US12051113B2
A technique of inter-frame communication during an insurance related workflow includes receiving from a client a request to provide content that is renderable on the client, the content including code used to invoke a third party engine and to render results from the third party engine on the client in a child frame that is embedded in a parent frame. It further includes obtaining the content. It further includes sending the content to the client to be rendered in the child frame.
US12051105B1
A provider computing system associated with a provider institution includes a network interface configured to communicate data over a network, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to receive, by the network interface, image data from a user computing device associated with a user, the image data pertaining to a bill of a user issued by a payee, extract a first structure of computer-readable data from the image data, associate a first payee identification parameter with the first structure, determine that the first structure is stored in association with a verified payee at a payee database based on the first payee identification parameter, and based on determining that the first structure is stored in association with the verified payee, update an account of the user to enable the user to utilize the user computing device to authorize a payment to the payee.
US12051101B2
Methods and systems for providing a digital cart management system for use by customers within a retail location. In use, a customer shops within a retail location and adds items to a digital cart as the customer is adding the items to a physical cart, e.g., at least in part by voice input. When the customer is finished shopping, the customer can checkout via a digital process, thereby bypassing point of sale devices at the retail location.
US12051100B1
Systems, devices, and methods are provided for training and/or inferencing using a list ordering model. A list ordering model, such as a Markov chain, may be trained using a plurality of lists with location metadata in common, wherein a first list of the plurality comprises items and corresponding competition timestamps. A list ordering model may accept, as an input, a plurality of items, and determine, as an output, an order for the plurality of items. Recommendations may be generated based on the determined order.
US12051093B2
A shopping support system includes processing circuitry having programmed instructions to determine if a commodity is collected for purchase by a purchaser at a sales floor of a store. The shopping support system determines if the commodity has been postponed for later collection based on an action of the purchaser on the commodity at the sales floor. Then, the shopping support system provides a notification in response to a determination that the commodity has been postponed for later collection and is not collected for purchase by the purchaser.
US12051087B2
The computing device receives data for a plurality of events that includes a timestamp associated with a digital traffic campaign in an event processing system. Based on the timestamp of the data for each event, the computing device executes operations comprising: applying filtering using digital signal processing to the event count for the combined data for each of the one or more intervals, executing a model to compute one or more backward difference approximations for the one or more candidate systems time constants from the evaluated exponential curve, and selecting a system time constant that predicts a first time instant wherein the data for the plurality of events approaches a point on a horizontal asymptote for the evaluated exponential curve. The computing device determines an epoch for the selected system time constant and outputs the determined epoch for the selected system time constant in the graphical user interface.
US12051075B2
A system for providing notifications to client devices that includes one or more processors and one or more storage devices. The storage devices may store instructions that, when executed, configure the processors to perform operations. The operations include receiving a transaction notification from a third party; identifying a user account associated with the transaction notification; generating a push notification with a payload describing instructions to display a message and an interactive icon, and a resource identifier associated with the interactive icon, where the resource identifier includes a message ID encoding an interactive session and an action ID encoding a requested action. The operations also include transmitting the push notification to a client device associated with the user account; receiving a first indication indicating a user interaction with the interactive icon, the first indication having the resource identifier and updating the user account based on the action request.
US12051069B2
Techniques for order processing and for providing order processing application functionality using webpage non-fungible tokens (NFTs). A method includes accessing a database including nodes to identify a user and a payment account with respect to a request for processing of an order received via a webpage NFT. The webpage NFT is a webpage encoded into at least one portion of code and represented as at least one webpage and NFT node pair in the database. The user and the payment account are identified based on nodes in the database connected to the webpage and NFT node pair. The method also includes accessing the identified payment account in order to cause processing of a payment for the order and processing the order when the payment has been processed.
US12051068B2
Provided are computer-implemented methods for event-based communication and messaging that may include receiving transaction data for a transaction from a mobile device controlled by a requesting user, generating a payment request message based on the transaction data, transmitting the payment request message to a first plurality of mobile devices, and determining if at least one payment response message is received from at least one mobile device of the first plurality of mobile devices within a first time period. In some non-limiting embodiments or aspects, the methods may further include transmitting the payment request message to a second plurality of mobile devices, receiving a payment response message including an indication that the transaction is authorized, and processing the transaction using a payment account associated with the mobile device that transmitted the payment response message. Systems and computer program products are also provided.
US12051067B2
A cross-blockchain value transfer approval method including the steps of receiving a cross-blockchain value transfer request command that includes a first address on a first blockchain network, a first cryptocurrency type indication associated with the first blockchain network, a second address on a second blockchain network, a second cryptocurrency type indication associated with the second blockchain network, and a transfer quantity. The method further includes sending a transaction approval request to a second user, receiving a cross-chain respond command API request from the second user, and upon receiving the cross-chain response command approving the transfer, sending a command to initiate a value transfer to an exchange server.
US12051059B1
A method includes receiving, by an identity provider computing system, a user token from a third party provider, wherein the user token is associated with a user of the identity provider computing system; sending, by the identity provider computing system, a prompt to a user device associated with the user token, the prompt requesting authentication information and including a code; and authenticating, by the identity provider computing system, the user token based on receipt of the requested authentication information and receipt of the code from the third party provider.
US12051058B2
Digital transaction apparatus including a Data Assistance Device (DAD), including a user interface that is operable to at least select data, and a DAD transmitter, a Digital Transaction Card (DTC), including a Digital Transaction Processing Unit (DTPU), and a DTC receiver, wherein the DAD and DTC are operable to transfer data from the DAD to the DTC and when subsequently using the DTC to effect a digital transaction with one or more digital transaction devices, the DTC operates in accordance with the data selected and transferred from the DAD to the DTC, wherein each digital transaction requires a sufficient verification score for authorization of the transaction, and the apparatus is operable to obtain at least one verification type, with each verification type having a verification type score, and the verification type score being awarded subsequent to obtaining the corresponding verification type.
US12051044B2
The systems and methods involve a feedback application, a feedback processing application, an analytics application, and an event moderating application. The feedback application allows users to submit feedback and displays received feedback anonymously to feedback recipients. The feedback processing application anonymizes the submitted feedback and the data to be retrieved from the feedback processing application and provide the anonymized feedback and data to the feedback application. The feedback processing application includes technology to protect feedback giver's identity and increase the speed of anonymizing the feedback and data and providing the anonymized feedback and data to the feedback application. The analytics application examines user's feedback giving and receiving behavior and evaluate their feedback empathy and authenticity and their learning behavior. The event moderating application can control the feedback application and access data in the feedback processing application and the analytics application.
US12051043B2
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for generating electronic transactional documents using a form generating system. The electronic transactional document may be created using a design tool that allows a user to place data entry fields over an image or snap shot of a transactional document. Rules, default values, and attributes associated with the date entry fields may be established as the electronic transactional document is being created.
US12051040B2
An system and a method for scoring products viewed by a user prior to making a purchase decision and also identify the products considered most before ultimately purchasing. The system uses sensors placed on the shelves to identify the item viewed before making a purchase decision and also track the time spent per decision. The tracking will allow viewed and ultimately bought scores and item similarity scores to be determined. The scores in conjunction with point-of-sale terminal data to identify times determinative of users' interest levels prior to a purchase. The system predicatively replenishes inventory of high interest items based on historical patterns of interest and historical point-of-sale terminal data.
US12051035B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems, methods, and devices for tracking a shipment using a wireless tracker. In such embodiments, the wireless tracker determines a location of the wireless tracker device and regulates battery usage of wireless tracker based on the location. In addition, the wireless tracker is configured to determine a current location of the wireless tracker device at one or more intervals such that the one or more intervals are based on a delivery route of the shipment. Moreover, the wireless tracker is configured to receive and verify one or more codes to for a chain of custody of the shipment. Also, the wireless tracker is configured to determine a trigger event based on the location of the wireless tracker device and/or sensor information as well as send a notification to a computer server based on the trigger event.
US12051031B2
Systems described herein for controlling, requesting, and coordinating the creation and generation of labels can be a label broker, providing a centralized location for storing label information created by various entities, and managing the requests for generation of physical labels coming from various sources and entities.
US12051025B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media that support automated optimization of product management systems. In embodiments, automated optimization of component tools of the product management system is provided by automated evaluation and optimization of associated rules and metadata. In embodiments, metadata and rules may be associated to each other by an assessment engine. A recommendation engine may then identify non-compliant metadata, may determine a condition of the rule, and/or may generate recommendations for the rules based on the non-compliant metadata. Automated optimization of the product management system may include automated creation and mapping of decomposition relationships between commercial products and technical products. In embodiments, input data may be parsed into a set of object with unique attribute fields, which may then be validated. Validated data objects are then processed by an optimization engine that automatically creates and maps decomposition relationships from the validated data.
US12051023B2
A system and method for benchmarking user experience quality on websites across an industry. The method includes computing first site metrics for a first website, wherein a site metric is a quantitative description of user activity on a web site; computing a first industry satisfaction score for the first website, wherein the industry satisfaction score quantifies an overall level of satisfaction of users interacting with the first website, wherein the industry satisfaction score is computed based on satisfaction score pillar values and the computed site metrics, identifying usage metrics within the collected usage; comparing the first industry satisfaction score computed for the first website to a second industry satisfaction score previously computed for a second website, wherein the first website and the second website are from the same industry; and reporting the comparison results.
US12051011B2
Methods and systems are provided for generating recommendations related to a game. One example method is for generating recommendations for a game executed by a cloud gaming service. The method includes receiving, by a server, sensor data captured during gameplay of the game by a plurality of user, and each of the plurality of sensor data includes intensity information related to reactions made by respective users. The method includes processing, by the server, features from the sensor data and the interactive data from the game when the users played the game. The features are classified and used to build an engagement model that identifies relationships between specific ones of the plurality of sensor data and the interactive data. The method includes processing, by the server, sensor data captured during a current gameplay by a user using the engagement model. The processing is configured to generate a recommendation to the user regarding an action to take to progress in the game during said current gameplay.
US12051010B2
Complex computer system architectures are described for analyzing data elements of a knowledge graph, and predicting new surprising or unforeseen facts from relational learning applied to the knowledge graph. This discovery process takes advantage of the knowledge graph structure to improve the computing capabilities of a device executing a discovery calculation by applying both training and inference analysis techniques on the knowledge graph within an embedding space, and generating a scoring strategy for predicting surprising facts that may be discoverable from the knowledge graph.
US12051000B2
Some embodiments provide a method for configuring a machine-trained (MT) network that includes multiple configurable weights to train. The method propagates a set of inputs through the MT network to generate a set of output probability distributions. Each input has a corresponding expected output probability distribution. The method calculates a value of a continuously-differentiable loss function that includes a term approximating an extremum function of the difference between the expected output probability distributions and generated set of output probability distributions. The method trains the weights by back-propagating the calculated value of the continuously-differentiable loss function.
US12050996B2
A method comprises causing a plurality of qubit calibration procedures to be performed on one or more qubits in accordance with an automatic qubit calibration process. Log data is stored comprising at least: a record identifying one or more calibration procedures that have been performed, and information relating to the result of the respective calibration procedures. Training data is selected from the log data and is received at a learning module operating at one or more computing devices. A supervised learning model is trained at the learning module to select qubit parameters to be calibrated and/or checked.
US12050994B2
Systems and methods are provided for automatically detecting a change in a feature. For example, a system includes a memory and a processor configured to analyze a change associated with a feature over a period of time using a plurality of remotely sensed time series images. Upon execution, the system would receive a plurality of remotely sensed time series images, extract a feature from the plurality of remotely sensed time series images, generate at least two time series feature vectors based on the feature, where the at least two time series feature vectors correspond to the feature at two different times, create a neural network model configured to predict a change in the feature at a specified time, and determine, using the neural network model, the change in the feature at a specified time based on a change between the at least two time series feature vectors.
US12050980B2
In an approach for forecasting in multivariate irregularly sampled time series, a processor receives time series data having one or more missing values. A processor determines, from the time series data, non-missing values present in the time series data. A processor determines, from the time series data, zero or more mask values for the time series data. A processor determines time interval values. A processor inputs the one or more missing values, the non-missing values, the zero or more mask values, and the time interval values into a recurrent neural network. A processor determines a predicted value for the one or more missing values.
US12050971B2
A computer-implemented process for transaction composition graph node embedding comprising traversing a data flow of transactions to convert a full graph to multiple directed acyclic subgraphs/paths in spanning trees, taking one-by-one nodes as input to a predetermined neural network, generating a set of one-hot vectors for all nodes, computing an embedding vector from a corresponding one-hot vector, computing a probability that an output node is nearby, and embedding the node to a latent feature vector.
US12050969B2
Techniques for generating a composite score for data quality are disclosed. Univariate analysis is performed on a plurality of data points corresponding to each of a first feature, a second feature, and a third feature of a data set. The univariate analysis includes at least a first type of analysis generating a first score having a first range of possible values, and a second type of analysis generating a second score having a second range of possible values. A first quality score is computed for the data values for the first, second, and third features based on a normalized first score and a normalized second score. Machine learning is performed on the data points corresponding to one or both of the first feature and the second feature having a first quality score above a threshold value to model the third feature.
US12050967B2
Technologies for addressing coherent noise in a quantum system are disclosed. To passively correct for errors in measurement caused by coherent noise, the quantum system implements an error correction code such that the error correction code effectively reduces the coherent noise to act as an identity operator in a protected subspace of a Hilbert vector space.
US12050965B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods for magic state distillation. A first matrix is generated based on a collection of indices that reference a second matrix. A set of compressed Clifford gates is determined based on the first matrix. The set of compressed Clifford gates is applied to a set of the qubits of a quantum processor. A set of magic states of the quantum processor are obtained as a result of application of the set of compressed Clifford gates. The quantum processor may be configured based on the magic states obtained.
US12050960B2
A barcode decoding system decodes item identifiers from images of barcodes. The barcode decoding system receives an image of a barcode and rotates the image to a pre-determined orientation. The barcode decoding system also may segment the barcode image to emphasize the portions of the image that correspond to the barcode. The barcode decoding system generates a binary sequence representation of the item identifier encoded in the barcode by applying a barcode classifier model to the barcode image, and decodes the item identifier from the barcode based on the binary sequence representation.
US12050955B2
Inlay (40) comprising a substrate (41) and a first zigzag portion (42) formed of a metal wire (421) embedded in an upper face (43) of the substrate (41), the first zigzag portion (42) comprising, alternately, rectilinear segments (422) and bends (423), at least one of the rectilinear segments (422) of the first zigzag portion (42) being disposed, at least in part, in a zone (45) of the upper face (43) of the substrate (41) configured to form a spotface of a cavity of an electronic document, and the inlay (40) comprising a connection wire (47) configured to join together at least the rectilinear segments (422) of the first zigzag portion (42). Method for producing an electronic document (1) comprising such an inlay (40), and electronic document (1).
US12050943B1
Systems and methods for implementing a targeted port allowance for unprivileged processes are presented. The systems and methods determine, from a plurality of ports, a first set of ports from which a process is configured to receive information. The systems and methods configure the first set of ports to be unprivileged, and then configure a second set of the plurality of ports to be privileged. The second set of ports includes each one of the plurality of ports that is absent from the first set of ports. In turn, the systems and methods bind the process to the first set of ports.
US12050936B2
The present disclosure generally relates to evaluating communication workflows comprised of tasks using machine-learning techniques. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for generating a prediction of a task outcome of a communication workflow, generating a recommendation of one or more tasks to add to a partial communication workflow to complete the communication workflow, and generating a vector representation of a communication workflow.
US12050932B2
A cloud computer system is provided that includes a plurality of computer devices and a database. The plurality of computer devices execute a plurality of virtual machines, with one of the virtual machines serving as a controller node and the remainder serving as worker instances. The controller node is programmed to accept a request to initiate a distributed process that includes a plurality of data jobs, determine a number of worker instances to create across the plurality of computer devices, and cause the number of worker instances to be created on the plurality of computer devices. The worker instances are programmed to create a unique message queue for the corresponding worker instance, and store a reference for the unique message queue that was created for the corresponding worker to the database. The controller node retrieves the reference to the unique message queues and posts jobs to the message queues for execution by the worker instances.
US12050927B2
Techniques for concurrently supporting virtual non-uniform memory access (virtual NUMA) and CPU/memory hot-add in a virtual machine (VM) are provided. In one set of embodiments, a hypervisor of a host system can compute a node size for a virtual NUMA topology of the VM, where the node size indicates a maximum number of virtual central processing units (vCPUs) and a maximum amount of memory to be included in each virtual NUMA node. The hypervisor can further build and expose the virtual NUMA topology to the VM. Then, at a time of receiving a request to hot-add a new vCPU or memory region to the VM, the hypervisor can check whether all existing nodes in the virtual NUMA topology have reached the maximum number of vCPUs or maximum amount of memory, per the computed node size. If so, the hypervisor can create a new node with the new vCPU or memory region and add the new node to the virtual NUMA topology.
US12050925B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, instantiating a virtual smartphone in a cloud infrastructure, installing a smartphone application on the virtual smartphone, receiving input sensor data from a physical user device, providing the input sensor data to the smartphone application on the virtual smartphone, receiving output data from the smartphone application on the virtual smartphone, and providing the output data to the physical user device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12050916B2
Array of pointers prefetching is described. In accordance with described techniques, a pointer target instruction is detected by identifying that a destination location of a load instruction is used in an address compute for a memory operation and the load instruction is included in a sequence of load instructions having addresses separated by a step size. An instruction for fetching data of a future load instruction is injected in an instruction stream of a processor. The data of the future load instruction is stored in a temporary register. An additional instruction is injected in the instruction stream for prefetching a pointer target based on an address of the memory operation and the data of the future load instruction.
US12050915B2
In an embodiment, a processor includes a fetch circuit to fetch instructions, the instructions including a code prefetch instruction; a decode circuit to decode the code prefetch instruction and provide the decoded code prefetch instruction to a memory circuit, the memory circuit to execute the decoded code prefetch instruction to prefetch a first set of code blocks into a first cache and to prefetch a second set of code blocks into a second cache. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US12050901B2
An over-the-air updating method, an update server, a terminal, and an internet of things system are provided. The over-the-air updating method is applied to an update server in an internet of things system which further includes a terminal. The update server is communicatively connected to the terminal. The method includes: generating an encryption public key and an encryption private key which match each other; sending the encryption public key to the terminal; generating an update key, and encrypting the update key with the encryption private key; sending the encrypted update key to the terminal, for the terminal decrypts the encrypted update key with the encryption public key; encrypting update data with the update key; sending the encrypted update data to the terminal, for the terminal decrypts the update data with the decrypted update key, and performing data updating with the update data.
US12050900B2
An electronic device may include a memory, a communication circuit, and a processor configured to be operatively connected to the memory and the communication circuit, wherein the processor may be configured to: receive an update package of a first application from a server through the communication circuit, based on a request to update the first application; identify at least one application related to execution of the first application; identify whether at least one of the first application or the related at least one application is currently being executed; and based on identifying that the at least one of the first application or the related at least one application is currently being executed, store the update package in the memory, and delay updating the first application by using a timer.
US12050891B2
Methods and systems are disclosed that automate and institutionalize many aspects of the process of creating software. Embodiments automate aspects of pricing, software creation, and delivery using a manufacturing-styled approach to development that reuses existing code and other existing software design features.
US12050890B2
The subject technology identifies a set of functions included in a set of files corresponding to a library. The subject technology, for each function in the set of functions, registers the function as a user defined function (UDF). The subject technology generates a name for the function based at least in part on a predetermined prefix, wherein the predetermined prefix comprises an alphanumeric string. The subject technology generates, using at least a particular set of input parameters utilized by the function and a particular type of parameter of each input parameter of the particular set of input parameters, a particular set of source code. The subject technology stores information corresponding to the function in a metadata database. The subject technology provides access to the function in a different application.
US12050885B2
A method for binary division includes the steps of having a current remainder provided as a sum bit-vector and a carry bit-vector, performing a carry save add operation between the sum bit-vector and the carry bit-vector and a two's complement representation of a denominator to produce a temporary sum and a temporary carry, predicting a sign bit of a full total of the temporary sum and the temporary carry and updating the remainder with the temporary sum and the temporary carry and incrementing a quotient if the sign bit is 0.
US12050882B2
Representation learning for text and speech has improved many language-related tasks. However, existing methods only learn from one input modality, while a unified representation for both speech and text is needed for tasks such as end-to-end speech translation. Consequently, these methods cannot exploit various large-scale text and speech data and their performance is limited by the scarcity of parallel speech translation data. To address these problems, embodiments of a fused acoustic and text masked language model (FAT-MLM) are disclosed. FAT-MLM embodiments jointly learn a unified representation for both acoustic and text input from various types of corpora including parallel data for speech recognition and machine translation, and pure speech and text data. Within this cross-modal representation learning framework, an end-to-end model is further presented for fused acoustic and text speech translation. Experiments show that by fine-tuning from FAT-MLM, the speech translation model embodiments substantially improve translation quality.
US12050880B1
In a first aspect, a system for creating fact-based content is presented. The system includes an application service provider operating on a network. The application service provider is configured to receive a user prompt and generate a web query for content based on the user prompt. The system includes a fact-based language model in communication with the application service provider. The fact-based language model is configured to receive the web query from the application service provider and retrieve, from a electronic library, relevant fact-based content based on the web query. The electronic library includes proprietary data. The fact-based language model is configured to provide the relevant fact-based content to the application service provider. The application service provider communicates content to a user based on the user prompt. The content includes at least a portion of the relevant fact-based content from the electronic library.
US12050877B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing a contextual dialogue framework over dynamic tables are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes maintaining a context space for a natural language conversation of a user, wherein the context space comprises a dynamic set of one or more tables used for processing at least one query of the natural language conversation; obtaining an additional table associated with an additional query of the natural language conversation; discovering one or more implicit links between the additional table and the dynamic set of tables; updating the context space with the one or more implicit links; and answering the additional query based at least in part on the updated context space.
US12050875B2
A system splits the text into at least a first and a second portions. The system extracts a first context information from the first portion, and a second context information from a second portion in response to feeding the plurality of portions to a first plurality of neuron logic gates. The system compares the first context information with the second context information. If it is determined that the first context information is different from the second context information, the system dynamically activates at least one of a second plurality of neuron logic gates. The system determines an additional information from at least one of the first portion and second portions. The system updates at least one of the first context information and the second context information to include the additional information. The system generates a first output that comprises the updated first context information and the updated second context information.
US12050874B2
A system and method that translates sentences of natural language text into sets of axioms of formal logic that are consistent with parses resulting from NLP and acquired constrains as they accumulate. The system and method further present these axioms so as to facilitate further disambiguation of such sentences and produces axioms of formal logic suitable for processing by automated reasoning technologies, such as first-order or description logic suitable for processing by various reasoning algorithms, such as logic programs, inference engines, theorem provers, and rule-based systems.
US12050872B2
A system implements a dynamic word correlated topic model (DWCTM) to model an evolution of topic popularity, word embedding, and topic correlation within a set of documents, or other dataset, that spans a period of time. For example, the DWCTM receives the set of documents and a quantity of topics for modeling. The DWCTM processes the set computing, for each topic, various distributions to capture a popularity, word embedding, and correlation with other topics across the period of time. In other examples, a dataset of user listening sessions comprised of media content items for modeling by the DWCTM. Media content metadata (e.g., artist or genre) of the media content items, similar to words of a document, can be modeled by the DWCTM.
US12050871B2
A computing server configured to process data of a domain from unstructured data sources to generate natural language phrases describing relationships between entities identified from the unstructured data. The computing server may receive master data schema and domain knowledge ontology of a domain including relationship definitions in the domain. The computing server may identify targeted types of named entities of the domain from the master data schema according to the relationship definitions in the domain knowledge ontology. The computing server may extract a plurality of named entities from unstructured data of the domain. The computing server may generate one or more sequences of named entities and assign entity labels to the named entities. The computing server may, based on the entity labels, generate natural language phrases describing relationships of sets of named entities.
US12050869B2
A method includes identifying identigens for each word of a trusted phrase, where the identigens of a first word of the trusted phrase includes one or more different meanings of the first word. The method further includes identifying two adjacent words of the trusted phrase that are lacking an identigen pairing and determining whether the identigen pairing can be inferred for the two adjacent words based on known identigen pairings of other words of the trusted phrase. When the identigen pairing can be inferred for the two adjacent words, the method further includes adding to a knowledge database the identigen pairing of the two adjacent words.
US12050867B2
The present disclosure provides a language model based writing aid method, apparatus and system. The method includes: a server acquiring original text, where the original text may be writing text already generated and/or user input text; the server inputting the original text into a language model to generate a preset number of pieces of writing text, where the writing text and the original text have a correlation; the server sending the preset number of pieces of writing text to a frontend interface. The method of the present disclosure enables a computer to aide a user in text creating so that intelligence for writing aid is improved.
US12050866B2
A system may receive a data glossary comprising a list of terms. The system may then measure a usage dimension for a set of the terms from the list of terms. The system may select a candidate term from the set based on the usage dimension and perform a maintenance action on the candidate terms.
US12050865B2
Systems and methods may utilize a predictive analysis model to analyze a contract or other document. A system may parse a document and/or a repository of information associated with the document. The system may identify one or more terms in the document and corresponding terms in the repository. The system may determine a difference parameter between a first term extracted from the document and a second term extracted from the repository. The system may determine whether the difference between the first term and the second term, represented by the difference parameter, is likely to be acceptable to the user using a predictive analysis model. The system may report a validation parameter indicating a level of acceptability associated with the difference. User feedback on the accuracy of the predictive analysis model is used to train, modify, and improve the predictive analysis model.
US12050864B1
A provider computing system includes a service recommendation database configured to retrievably store recommendation information, a network interface configured to communicate data over a network, and a processing circuit that includes a processor and memory. The memory is structured to store instructions that are executable by the processor and cause the processing circuit to receive a first set of recommendation information derived from a first set of voice data received by a local voice assistant and store the first set of recommendation information in the services recommendation database. The processing circuit is further caused to receive a request to generate a recommendation from a user voice assistant, derived from a second set of voice data received by the user voice assistant. The processing circuit is also caused to access the first set of recommendation information in response to the request and transmit the recommendation to the user voice assistant.
US12050862B2
A client-user implemented document and communication creation system for generating a communication using a remote terminal remote from the system, can include at least one memory including computer program instructions and at least one processor that may be accessed remotely by the terminal. The at least one memory and the computer program instructions can further be configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the system at least to receive client-user specified data insertion instructions comprising client-user specified data from the remote terminal to the processor. The at least one memory and the computer program instructions can additionally be configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the system at least to process the transmitted client-user specified data insertion instructions in accordance with one or more client-user generated rule/instruction of the at least one client-user generated rule/instruction.
US12050857B2
An electronic device: displays a first portion of content within an application interface; detects a screenshot capture input; and, in response to detecting the screenshot capture input: captures a screenshot image of the first portion of the content; and displays a screenshot editing interface that includes the screenshot image of the first portion of the content within an image area and expansion affordances provided to expand the screenshot image. The electronic device also: while displaying the screenshot editing interface, detects an expansion input that corresponds to expanding the screenshot image in one or more dimensions; and, in response to detecting the expansion input, modifies the screenshot image by displaying a second portion of the content within the image area in addition to the first portion of the content, where the second portion of the content was not displayed before detecting the screenshot capture input.
US12050852B2
Based on a directive in a control file, a processor pre-routes, within a hierarchical integrated circuit design, a signal through one or more levels of design hierarchy between a signal source at a higher level of the design hierarchy and an entity instance at a lower level of the design hierarchy. The processor processes entity instances in the design hierarchy in a bottom-up manner to insert technology-specific structures into the hierarchical integrated circuit design. During the processing, the processor inserts into a particular entity instance of the design hierarchy a technology-specific structure and connects the technology-specific structure to the signal pre-routed to the particular entity instance by the pre-routing.
US12050844B2
The disclosure develops a multi-scale model that partitions the device into different spatial regions where the high carrier domains are treated as reservoirs in local equilibrium and serve as injectors and receptors of carriers into the neighboring reservoirs through tunneling and thermionic emission. The nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) formalism is used to compute the dynamics (states) and the kinetics (filling of states) in the entire extended complex device. The local density of states in the whole device is computed quantum mechanically within a multi-band tight binding Hamiltonian. The model results agree with experimental I-V curves quantitatively.
US12050836B2
A screen transmission processing method and device. The method includes determining that a source device is connected to a screen transmission device, wherein the screen transmission device is configured to be in a communication connection with a target device with which a pairing is completed; determining that a screen transmission client has been installed in the source device; determining that the screen transmission client is in a state to be updated; in response to the state to be updated, acquiring an update file of the screen transmission client from the target device through the screen transmission device; and according to the update file, updating the screen transmission client.
US12050835B2
Disclosed are a display module and a display device. The display module includes at least two display panels that are spliced; The display module further includes a groove disposed between two adjacent display panels and a light guiding portion disposed in the groove. The light guiding portion includes a light-incident surface near a bottom of the groove and a light-exiting surface away from the bottom of the groove.
US12050830B2
In image processing system comprises an input configured to receive an image signal, the image signal including a plurality of frames of image data; and a processor configured to automatically determine an image classification based on at least one frame of the plurality of frames, and dynamically generate a mapping metadata based on the image classification. The processor includes determination circuitry configured to determine a content type for the image signal; segmentation circuitry configured to segment the image data into a plurality of feature item regions, based on the content type; extraction circuitry configured to extract at least one image aspect value for respective ones of the plurality of feature item regions.
US12050823B2
In a device management system, a terminal device receives a replacement instruction from a user when an acceptance condition is satisfied, and obtain first device identification information before the replacement, second device identification information after the replacement, first history information representing usage history of the first device from the first device without going through the server. The terminal device then transmits, to the server, a replacement request containing the first device identification information, the second identification information and the first history information. In a case where an allowance condition is satisfied, the server stores, in the storage of the server, second management information representing a relationship among the first management identification information associated with the first device identification information by the first management information, the first history information and the second device identification information.
US12050819B2
A management system includes a first communication device and a second communication device. The second communication device is configured to execute a terminal information acquisition process of acquiring terminal information related to terminal devices and a writing process of writing execution information into a cloud storage in response to execution of the terminal information acquisition process. The execution information includes the terminal information and is related to the terminal information acquisition process. The first communication device is configured to execute an execution information acquisition process of acquiring, from the cloud storage, the execution information and an error determination process of determining whether an error state occurs based on the execution information. The error state indicates that one piece of the terminal information of the terminal devices included in the execution information may not correspond to an execution timing of the execution information acquisition process.
US12050818B2
An image processing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set an inspection resolution for inspecting a printed image for each page, and an inspection unit configured to inspect the printed image by comparing reference image data serving as a reference for inspection with printed image data acquired by reading the printed image based on the set inspection resolution.
US12050817B1
Methods and systems for generating pre-trapped text, can involve providing a color comprising two or more inks, writing a character of microtext in a normal position using one or more of the inks, writing the character n more times in the color at new positions, and then altering the color and writing the character in microtext in the normal position. The resulting microtext can be rendered on a recording medium with a printing system.
US12050812B2
A memory system includes a memory device having a memory cell array, and a controller. The memory cell array includes a plurality of first units and at least one second unit. The second unit includes the plurality of first units. The controller counts a first number of times of read operation for each of the plurality of first units, and, in response to the first number of times for one first unit among the plurality of first units reaching a first value, updates a second number of times for the second unit that includes the one first unit. In response to the second number of times reaching a second value, the controller determines whether to rewrite data stored in at least one of the first units included in the second unit.
US12050807B2
A method, computer program product, and computing system for defining a quantity of discrete storage portions within a storage system; entering an expansion mode during which the discrete storage portions are incrementally assigned to at least one processing node until a first assignment level target is achieved; once the first assignment level target is achieved, entering a utilization mode during which the utilization of the assigned discrete portions is increased until a first utilization level target is achieved; and once the first utilization level target is achieved, reentering the expansion mode during which additional discrete storage portions are incrementally assigned to the at least one processing node until a second assignment level target is achieved.
US12050802B2
A geographically distributed erasure coding system includes multiple computer readable, non-transitory storage memories capable of storing a digital dataset including multiple object blocks, where each storage memory is configured to store one or more of the object blocks of the dataset according to an erasure coding policy. The system includes one or more processors configured to implement the erasure coding policy by distributing the multiple object blocks of the dataset to the multiple storage memories according to distribution criteria of the erasure coding policy, and the distribution criteria include at least one status parameter associated with each storage memory. The multiple storage memories are geographically distributed at different locations from one another.
US12050789B2
A low-power system-on-chip includes an originating controller, a fabric, and a power controller. The originating controller is configured to initiate a memory transaction request including a source address. The fabric includes an arbiter configured to receive the memory transaction request and determine a first memory device associated with the memory transaction request. The power controller is configured to selectively change a first memory bank of the first memory device from a first power mode to a second power mode based at least in part on the source address. The fabric is configured to perform a memory operation by (a) receiving stored data from memory storage locations corresponding to the source address when the memory transaction request includes a read request, and (b) sending data included in the memory transaction request to the memory storage locations when the memory transaction request includes a program or a write request.
US12050788B2
Various devices, such as storage devices or storage systems are configured to recycle heat generated during normal operation. This recycled heat can be captured and converted into electricity that can be stored for later discharge and use in cooling the storage devices. The recycling can be done through a variety of energy recycling modules that can be placed on various components within a storage device. These energy recycling modules can be a series of semiconductors that utilize various natural effects to convert heat applied on one side of the module into electricity that can be delivered to various power storing components or used in other areas of the storage device or system. These energy recycling modules can include versions that act as a cooler that can work to accelerate cooling of the storage device upon completion of a period of high usage, thereby reducing cooling costs and increasing device lifespans.
US12050786B2
Methods, systems, and devices for read operations for active regions of a memory device are described. A memory system that includes a non-volatile memory device may receive a command to enter a first power mode. Before entering the first power mode, the memory system may store an indication of the active regions of the non-volatile memory device that are active for use as part of a host performance booster (HPB) mode. The memory device may receive an HPB command while in the first power mode, and may subsequently enter (e.g., re-enter) the second power mode. In some examples, the HPB command may be processed based on its physical address being included in one of the active regions of the non-volatile memory device.
US12050776B2
Methods, apparatuses and systems related to response completion pacing for latency control are described. The apparatus may utilize response completion pacing to dynamically control timing of output communications to the host. In some embodiments, the memory device can include a ready response queue that temporarily stores the data retrieved from a backend portion or a storage portion of the memory device. The apparatus can include logic coupled to the ready response queue and configured to communicate/send the data in the ready response queue according to a cadence period. In some embodiments, the logic can further dynamically adjust a storage capacity of the ready response queue and/or the cadence period.
US12050756B1
A processing device sends a request from a remote access client to a first remote application server to access a first application being hosted by the first remote application server, receives instructions from the first remote application server to display a first application window within a browser window of a browser on a display of the client device, creates the first application window within the browser window based on the instructions. The processing device sends a request to a second remote application server to access a second application being hosted by the second remote application server, receives instructions from the second remote application server to display a second application window within the browser window, and creates the second application window for the second application within the browser window based on the instructions. The second application window is displayed within the browser window together with the first application window.
US12050744B2
An apparatus and a method for processing a split view in a portable device. The method of processing a split view in a portable device, includes: displaying a plurality of applications as a split view corresponding to split display regions of a display unit; displaying an input panel on a display region of an application of the plurality of applications that did not call for the input panel when the input panel is called; and processing data input through the input panel by an application calling the input panel.
US12050739B2
Embodiments of this application provide a method and a system for generating a note. The method includes detecting, by an electronic device, drawing a plurality of discontinuous underlines by a stylus on a touchscreen of the electronic device; combining, by the electronic device, a content selected by the discontinuous underlines to obtain a to-be-stored content; displaying, by the electronic device, a previous box comprising the to-be-stored content; controlling, by the electronic device, a target device to store the to-be-stored content, where the target device is at least one of the electronic device and the stylus; and outputting, by the target device, the to-be-stored content. In the embodiments of this application, a storage function of the electronic device and/or the stylus is used to output the to-be-stored content required by a user as a separate note, which facilitates convenience for the user to read key notes and improves user experience.
US12050736B2
User interface apparatuses include a main body having a hinge portion integral with a long-edge at a top edge portion of the main body and a support body having a hinge portion integral with a long-edge at a bottom edge portion of the support body. The hinge portion of the support body is engaged with the hinge portion of the main body for enabling the support body to be pivoted between an in-plane orientation and a deployed orientation relative to the main body. Top and bottom surfaces of the support body each lay one of on and inboard of a reference plane defined by a respective one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the main body when the support body is in the in-plane orientation with respect to the main body. An overall thickness of the main body and the support body is preferably about the same.
US12050735B2
Disclosed is a touchless engagement system for a user having at least one computer processor and user interface operable with at least one memory storage medium on which operates a gesture-reading software platform, an access portal, and at least one data collection software program. The system includes at least one digital display. The system includes at least one motion sensing input interface has at least one RGB camera assembly and at least one infrared projector and detector assembly. At least one gesture-reading software platform is designed to assess the user within a selected physical area via the motion sensing input. A data collection software program is designed to collect data about at least one or more of user gestures, user commands, data retrieved because of commands, and identifiers, and assess data for user needs. The system may display advertisement, textual information, and statistics, and offers one or more command pathways.
US12050724B2
Methods and systems for enabling a user to perform a full body movement while viewing a virtual reality environment on a head up displays without interfering with viewing of content on the heads up display. Specifically, a full body movement of the user is detected. In response to detecting the full body movement, the additional content is generated for display in a portion of the virtual reality environment corresponding to a foreground area of the user's visual field. The additional content assists the user perform the full body movement.
US12050721B2
Boot firmware of a terminal sets a lock password on a hard disk drive of the terminal to lock the hard disk drive from access. The password is obfuscated in boot variables or stored separately on a server independently of the terminal. During subsequent boots of the terminal, the firmware de-obfuscates the password from the boot variables or obtains the password from the server and provides the password to the hard disk drive, which causes the hard disk drive to unlock for operation with the terminal following the subsequent boots.
US12050717B1
A system receives a plurality of knowledge objects (KOs). The system receives repository structure definition information, the repository structure definition information specifying one or more repository structure definitions that define respective structures for the one or more data repositories. The system groups the plurality of KOs based on the name, type, and tag attributes of the KOs, and storage paths of the underlying unit of structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data at the one or more data repositories corresponding to the KOs to generate a number of groups of KOs. For each group in the groups of KOs, the system determines a count of KOs in the group. The system generates multiple mapping structures with M to N relationships between the groups of KOs to the one or more repository structure definitions, the mapping relationship including the count of associated KOs.
US12050709B2
Systems, methods and computer program products for controlling access to an organization's data in a multitenant environment are provided. An organization hierarchy is defined at a multitenant platform, the organization hierarchy comprising an organization and a plurality of sites owned by the organization, each of the plurality of sites representing a data isolation boundary for the organization's data. The sites are associated with subscriptions to applications of the multitenant platform. The organization can designate user partitions within the sites, each user partition designating a corresponding set of site users and a corresponding authentication service. The multitenant platform enables access to each subscription of a site only if a site user is authenticated by the authentication service designated in the user partition corresponding to the site user.
US12050707B2
A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes: receiving transfer parameters associated with a request for a first transfer of resources, the transfer parameters including an identifier of a designated transferor associated with the first transfer; determining that the transferor is eligible to access at least one protected data source based on the transfer parameters; generating a request message for the request including reference data for accessing the at least one protected data source; and providing, to a computing device associated with the transferor, the request message.
US12050704B2
A method for securing access to a data storage device (DSD), comprising: receiving, from a host connected to a data port of the DSD, a data access request to access user data stored on the DSD. In response to receiving the data access request, the DSD transmits, to the host, a Long Term Device Key (LTDK) of the DSD and a session identifier uniquely generated for the data access session. An access token is received from the host, signed by a private Long Term Host Key (LTHK) of the host. The LTHK and the LTDK form a cryptographic pair. The access token is validated using the LTDK to determine whether the host is authorized to access the DSD. In response to determining that the host is authorized to access the DSD, a data access state of the DSD is set to an unlocked state to enable access to the user data by the host via the data port, wherein the LTDK is obtained from a registration token transmitted to the DSD by the host. The registration token is secured by a registration server in response to the registration of the host with the DSD.
US12050694B2
A rule generation apparatus 100 is an apparatus that automatically generates rules used to analyze an attack, and includes a collection unit 200, an attack success condition generation unit 300, an attack-time history generation unit 400, and a rule generation unit 500.
US12050693B2
Systems and methods for attributing user behavior from multiple technical telemetry sources are provided. An example method includes determining that the user has logged into the computing device, in response of the determination, collecting log data from a plurality of telemetry sources associated with the computing device, extracting, from the log data, activity data concerning activities of the computing device, analyzing the activity data to determine that the activity data are attributed to the user, generating, based on the activity data, behavior attributes of the user, associating the behavior attributes with a unique identifier of the computing device, and estimating security integrity of the computing device based on a comparison of the behavior attributes to reference behavior attributes. The reference behavior attributes include further behavior attributes determined using log data of at least one further computing device associated with the user.
US12050688B1
A computer device including a computing engine having a plurality of processor cores configured to simultaneously execute identical sets of processor-executable instructions, where each of the processor cores includes different instruction code assignments, and a malware monitoring and remediation component that detects presence of malware when instruction register values from a predetermined number of processor cores are identical during an instruction cycle. In various embodiments, the computer device may be an “edge” computer deployed in military or other highly-sensitive environments. The computing engine may be implemented using one or more field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).
US12050684B2
The disclosure herein describes the detection of malware campaigns based on analysis of attributes of telemetry data. Telemetry data associated with malware campaign detection includes multiple attributes and is associated with a first time interval. Statistics of a target statistic set are calculated based on a composite time series of the multiple attributes of the telemetry data. The target set is compared to a historical statistic set based on a second time interval and, based on the target set exceeding a statistic threshold of the historical set, peak detection analysis of the target set is performed. Based on the analysis indicating the presence of a valid peak result, a notification of detection of a malware campaign is sent, wherein the notification includes data indicative of the valid peak result and enables a receiver of the notification to take corrective action.
US12050677B2
In some implementations, a physical medium may include a radio frequency (RF) component and an integrated circuit (IC) chip component. The physical medium may be configured to detect, via the RF component, that the physical medium is within a communicative proximity of a first user device or a first medium associated with a first account. The physical medium may communicate, via the RF component, with the first user device or the first medium based on detecting that the physical medium is within the communicative proximity of the first user device or the first medium. The physical medium may configure the IC chip component to indicate that the physical medium is paired with the first account. The physical medium may transmit, via the RF component or the IC chip component and to a terminal, an indication that the physical medium is paired with the first account.
US12050674B2
A removable card-enabled BPID Security Device integrates a removable card reader with a biometric authentication component to provide secured access to electronic systems. The device allows for an individual to insert a removable card into an aperture in the physical enclosure of the BPID Security Device, allowing the removable card and the BPID Security Device to electronically communicate with each other. The BPID Security Device is based on a custom application specific integrated circuit that incorporates removable card terminals, such that the BPID Security Device can communicate directly with an inserted removable card. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the BPID Security Device is based on a commercial off-the-shelf microprocessor, and may communicate with a commercial off-the-shelf microprocessor removable card receiver using a serial, USB, or other type of communication protocol. The device allows for enrolling a user's credentials onto the BPID Security Device and for authenticating an individual using the BPID Security Device.
US12050658B2
In an example, a first set of text may be received from a client device. A set of content items may be selected from among content items based upon the first set of text and a plurality of sets of content item text associated with the content items. A set of terms may be determined based upon the first set of text and the set of content items. A similarity profile associated with the set of terms may be generated. The similarity profile is indicative of similarity scores associated with similarities between terms of the set of terms. Relevance scores associated with the set of terms may be determined based upon the similarity profile. One or more search terms may be selected from among the set of terms based upon the relevance scores. A search may be performed based upon the one or more search terms.
US12050646B2
Incremental proximity graph maintenance (IPGM) systems and methods for online ANN search support both online vertex deletion and insertion of vertices on proximity graphs. In various embodiments, updating a proximity graph comprises receiving a workload that represents a set of vertices in the proximity graph, each vertex being associated with a type of operation such as a query, insertion, or deletion. For a query or an insertion, a search may be executed on the graph to obtain a set of top-K vertices for each vertex. In the case of a deletion, a vertex may be deleted from the proximity graph, and a local or global reconnection update method may be used to reconstruct at least a portion of the proximity graph.
US12050644B2
One aspect herein relates to a method performed by a server system. In response to receiving a request message from a first electronic device, an audio content item is retrieved and a non-static content item associated with the audio content item is located. The server system transmits, to the first electronic device, the audio content item, and the located non-static media content item. The server system receives a second request message from a second electronic device, the second request message including an instruction for the server system to modify the non-static media content item associated with the audio content item. In response to the second request message, the server system modifies the non-static media content item associated with the audio content item in accordance with the instruction of the second request message from the second electronic device.
US12050643B2
To provide database generation techniques that can accurately and efficiently generate a database useable in text-based sound signal search. A sound signal database generation apparatus includes: a latent variable generation unit that generates, from a sound signal, a latent variable corresponding to the sound signal using a sound signal encoder; a data generation unit that generates a natural language representation corresponding to the sound signal from the latent variable and a condition concerning an index for a natural language representation using a natural language representation decoder; and a sound signal database generation unit that generates a record including the natural language representation corresponding to the sound signal and the sound signal from the natural language representation corresponding to the sound signal and the sound signal, and generates a sound signal database made up of the record.
US12050635B2
Provided herein are systems and methods for processing unstructured data for insurance pricing. In particular, the data processing systems and methods provided herein may be useful to price simulation for the optimization of insurance pricing. The data processing systems and methods use machine learning algorithms to automatically detect relevant rate factor tables in unstructured data sources, such as regulatory filing documents. The machine learning algorithms then extract rate factor data from the tables and place extracted rate factor data in a structured form, eliminating or reducing the need for manual structured data extraction. In some embodiments, the data processing systems and methods also include an audit interface for receiving one or more changes to the structured rate factor data. In the manner, the audit interface may be used to validate the structured rate factor data obtained via the methods described herein.
US12050634B2
Some embodiments of present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for distributing content across platforms, a device and a storage medium, relates to the field of cloud storage technology, and may be applied to a cloud platform. A specific implementation of the method can include: receiving a content acquisition request, the content acquisition request containing content category information; generating identifier information of a sending end of the content acquisition request, and configuring the content category information under the identifier information; acquiring abstract information of content corresponding to the content category information; and sending the abstract information to the sending end of the content acquisition request based on the identifier information.
US12050630B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, and apparatuses for rapid geographic search in an actor-based geographic search network.
US12050629B1
A computing device may receive a target data instance. The computing device may identify a plurality of matched segments that match to the target data instance for at least a threshold length. The computing device may define, based on overlapping of the matched segments, the target data instance as a plurality of data string ranges, wherein each divided data string is matched to a set of overlapping matched segments. The computing device may apply an iterative clustering algorithm to group the plurality of data string ranges based on values of a similarity metric among data string ranges that are assigned to a given group. The computing device may attribute a first set of data string ranges that are assigned to a first group to a first inheritance.
US12050623B2
Synchronization metadata is read from non-volatile storage. The synchronization metadata comprises indications of one or more synchronization targets. A synchronization target is a node of a clustered storage system. A synchronization cache is populated with the synchronization metadata. After populating the synchronization cache with at least a portion of the synchronization metadata, a connection to a network is established. After the connection to the network is established, a connection to a first of the one or more synchronization targets is established.
US12050622B2
A method includes identifying a first table including data. The first table has associated metadata, an associated replication state, an associated replication log file including replication logs logging mutations of the first table, and an associated replication configuration file including a first association that associates the first table with a replication family. The method includes inserting a second association in the replication configuration file that associates a second table having a non-loadable state with the replication family. The association of the second table with the replication family causes persistence of any replication logs in the replication log file that correspond to any mutations of the first table during the existence of the second table. The method further includes generating a third table from the first table, the metadata associated with the first table, and the associated replication state of the first table.
US12050616B2
Disclosed is an ETL pipeline system including an interface configured to obtain a plurality of graph configuration components. Each graph configuration component includes information representative of one or more computational logic rues. The system further includes a computation graph generator configured to generate a computation graph based on the obtained graph configuration components. The generated computation graph includes node for each graph configuration component and one or more links representative of relationships between the nodes. The system further includes a computation graph adaptor configured to receive, from an external source, external information relating to the graph configuration components, and to adapt the generated computation graph based on the external information. The system further includes a computation graph runner configured to run the adapted computation graph.
US12050608B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for performing computations on data at an intelligent data pipe en route to a data store. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: receiving metadata regarding a data stream from a data source; performing an analysis of the metadata at a service orchestrator; creating at least one container instance based on the analysis; streaming the data stream from the data source to a data sink via the at least one container; and processing the data stream as it passes through the at least one container instance, thereby enabling application-aware processing of data streams in real time prior to arrival at the data store.
US12050598B2
Embodiments include methods and systems for configuring a dashboard with a plurality of components. Data sets populated by a plurality of data attributes and associated data attribute values can be received, where the dashboard is configured to display data from the data sets. A plurality of components can be provided on the dashboard including a guided discovery component that displays suggested filters for the dashboard according to one or more of the received data sets. A selection of a filter for the dashboard can be received at one of the components and the components can be dynamically filtered based on the received filter. The suggested filters displayed by the guided discovery component can also be dynamically adjusted based on the received filter, where one or more suggested filters are dynamically hidden and one or more suggested filters are dynamically displayed based on the received filter.
US12050590B2
A verification device operates to evaluate consistency of input values from a client device used by a server to execute a task. In an example the task may be installation of software into the client device, and the consistency evaluation of the input values may involve evaluating whether identifiers used to obtain attribute values of components of the client device for the installation apply to the same client device. To initiate execution of the task, the client device commands a plurality of data source servers to supply the attribute values. The data source servers return response messages defining the attribute values associated with the identifiers supplied by the client device. The client device supplies the response messages to the server for use in the execution of the task. Before executing the task, the server supplies information from the response messages to a verification device, the information defining a combination of the identifiers of the response messages, as well as the combination of data source servers that have defined attribute values associated with the identifiers. The verification device performing a consistency evaluation on said combination of identifiers, dependent on whether said combination of identifiers is consistent or inconsistent with previously stored combinations of identifiers for said combination of data source servers stored for previously executed tasks and/or whether values of a corresponding further attribute associated with the identifiers in the data source servers in the combination of data source servers are consistent. The server selecting between executing the task or not dependent on a result of the consistency evaluation.
US12050589B2
Examples disclosed herein involve a computing system configured to (i) receive, from an image-capture device, image-capture metadata that provides information about a set of images that were passively captured by the image-capture device, (ii) based at least on the received image-capture metadata, apply a collection policy for determining whether to collect any of the set of images that have been passively captured by the image-capture device and thereby determine that a selected subset of one or more images in the set of images are to be collected from the image-capture device, (iii) instruct the image-capture device to upload the selected subset of one or more images, and (iv) after instructing the image-capture device to upload the selected subset of one or more images, receive the selected subset of one or more images from the image-capture device.
US12050579B2
A method includes executing an instruction to execute a query for a data block, the data block associated with a corresponding memory level of a logarithmic number of memory levels (li) of memory, each memory level (li) including physical memory (RAMi) residing on memory hardware of a distributed system. The method also includes retrieving a value associated with the data block from an oblivious hash table using a corresponding key, and extracting un-queried key value pairs from the oblivious hash table associated with un-queried data blocks after executing a threshold number of queries for data blocks. The method also includes a multi-array shuffle routine on the extracted key value pairs from the oblivious hash table to generate an output array containing the un-queried key value pairs.
US12050578B2
A distributed data processing system for a database composed of data records organized into tables for responding to a request to split an index in a consistent and concurrent fashion. A request to split an index atom at any given node is processed by a designated “chairman” for that index atom. The chairman splits its index by maintaining a lower portion thereof and by moving the contents of an upper portion to a newly created index atom as the right sibling. Each other node takes appropriate steps to assure orderly transfer of this information from the chairman consistently and concurrently across the distributed database processing system.
US12050572B1
Various aspects described herein relate to systems and methods for merging records from multiple database systems. A method may include comparing, by one or more processors, two or more records of a plurality of records. The plurality of records may be from a plurality of database systems. Each of the plurality of records may be a patient record or an employee record. The method may also include determining, by the one or more processors, that a threshold match exists between the two or more records based upon a set of threshold matching criteria. The method may also include merging, by the one or more processors, the two or more records, based upon determining that the threshold match exists, into a person database entity. A unique entity identifier may be associated with the person database entity.
US12050571B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to a graphical user interface (GUI) that is operable to depict data lineage information in levels. In some embodiments, data lineage information may specify a directed graph that is indicative of a data lineage associated with a plurality of data elements. For example, in the data lineage information, the plurality of data elements may be represented as a corresponding plurality of nodes and, in the directed graph, the plurality of nodes may be connected by edges in a manner that is indicative of the data lineage relationships between the plurality of data elements. In various embodiments, the disclosed techniques may generate a data lineage GUI that, for a selected data element of the plurality of elements, is usable to navigate different levels of the data lineage in an upstream and downstream direction relative to a particular level of the selected data element.
US12050566B2
Various examples are directed to systems and methods for migrating an analytics tool from a source deployment to a target deployment. A migration tool may access source metadata describing a plurality of source deployment queries to the at least one source deployment database. The migration tool may identify a plurality of source deployment database artifacts using the source metadata and migrate the plurality of source deployment database artifacts to a target database. The migration tool may apply a trained model to the plurality of source deployment database artifacts to generate a set of data relationships and generate a first analytics report from the migrated plurality of source deployment database artifacts at the target database, the first analytics report corresponding to at least one of the set of data arrangements.
US12050562B1
In various embodiments, a process for dynamically mapping and un-mapping data includes generating a first mapping that maps each of at least a subset of phases defined in a first schema to a corresponding source schema phase associated with a source set of records and generating a second mapping that maps each of at least a subset of phases defined in a second schema to a corresponding phase defined in the first schema. The process includes using the first mapping and the second mapping to provide shared access to records comprising data from the source set of records, at least in part by: using the first mapping to obtain and store, in the memory, data comprising one or more records from the source set of records; and using the second mapping to provide shared access to said data comprising one or more records from the source set of records.
US12050560B2
An in-place information management system having a management application built on a common data model and configured for asynchronous query-based application of policies on content stored in the disparate data storage systems through a query interface which may be part of a set of integration services. The common data model may be configured based on common architectures of the disparate data storage systems. The query interface may be configured for running a query on a data storage system in response to a search request received by the management application from a records manager and for mapping semantically equivilant keys from disparate data storage systems to a key in the common data model. The query may define a set of records to be treated similarly according to corporate policy on content lifecycle and records compliance.
US12050559B2
When an updated file that is an updated version of an original file is registered in a distributed file management system 100, a difference creation unit 222 creates a difference file between the original file and the updated file, a route object creation unit 223 creates a route object that includes an ID of the original file and an ID of the difference file, and a distributed file management client 11 causes the difference file and the route object to be registered in the distributed file management system 100.
US12050558B2
Facilitating immediate performance of volume resynchronization with the use of passive cache entries
Systems and methods for reducing delays between the time at which a need for a resynchronization of data replication between a volume of a local CG and its peer volume of a remote CG is detected and the time at which the resynchronization is triggered (Reseed Time Period) are provided. According to an example, information indicative of the direction of data replication between the volume and the peer volume is maintained within a cache of a node. Responsive to a disruptive operation (e.g., relocation of the volume from a first node to a second node), the Reseed Time Period is lessened by proactively adding a passive cache entry to a cache within the second node at the time the CG relationship is created when the second node represents an HA partner of the first node and prior to the volume coming online when the second node represents a non-HA partner.
US12050556B2
A method comprises maintaining stripe metadata corresponding to stripes of data stored on a plurality of storage devices. The stripe metadata comprises a first timestamp, a second timestamp and a read count for each stripe. The method comprises obtaining a read request associated with a given stripe and having an associated timestamp and determining whether or not a time period for the given stripe has been exceeded. The method comprises updating the stripe metadata corresponding to the given stripe based at least in part on the determination and the associated timestamp and determining a read access frequency of the given stripe based at least in part on the read count, the first timestamp and the second timestamp of the updated stripe metadata. The method comprises performing at least one of a defragmentation process and a rebuild process based at least in part on the determined read access frequency.
US12050553B2
Techniques are provided for supporting a lookup structure for a file system implementing hierarchical reference counting. A write operation to write data to a page maintained by the file system is received. A lookup within a lookup structure is performed using information related to the page in order to identify a lookup entry within the lookup structure. A hash generation count within the lookup entry is compared to a file system info generation count within a file system info object for a volume associated with the page. In response to the lookup entry generation count not matching the file system info generation count, a file system tree of the file system is traversed to determine a reference count for the page, and the write operation is implemented based upon the reference count. Otherwise, the lookup entry is utilized to access the page for processing the write operation.
US12050551B2
A data management system (DMS) may support intelligent snapshot protection techniques. For example, the DMS may backup a computing system and facilitate that capture and storage of snapshots of the computing system. The DMS may identify a deletion event associated with one or more of the snapshots, the deletion event being associated with the one or more snapshots being deleted at a first time. The DMS may determine that deletion event is anomalous and retain the one or more snapshots beyond the first time. For example, the DMS may determine that one or more parameters associated with the deletion event are indicative of the deletion event being anomalous. In response, the DMS may retain the one or more snapshots for a retention period beyond the first time.
US12050549B2
If a client is configured to create fingerprints for data file segments, the configured client identifies any format specified for fingerprints created by the configured client, and identifies fingerprint formats, including a first fingerprint format and/or a second fingerprint format, supported by a backup server associated with the configured client. If the fingerprint formats supported by the backup server includes any format specified for fingerprints created by the configured client, the configured client partitions the backup server to store fingerprints created by the configured client. The configured client creates fingerprints for segments of a data file identified for backup, and sends the created fingerprints to the configured backup server. The configured client identifies a request from the configured backup server for a segment, of the data file, which corresponds to a non-duplicate fingerprint; and sends the requested segment to the configured backup server, which stores the requested segment.
US12050543B2
A method is performed by a bus coupler of a subnetwork of one or more local subnetworks coupled to an overall network is provided, including performing a local discovery process for discovering and identifying one or more bus devices included in the subnetwork. The method further includes submitting an internet protocol (IP) address request to obtain an IP address for the bus coupler, receiving at the bus coupler the IP address of the bus coupler in response to the IP address assignment request, submitting a configuration request for configuration information associated with a device name for the bus coupler, receiving the configuration information in response to the configuration request, and configuring at least one feature of the bus coupler using the configuration information, wherein the device name is based on identifier(s) of the respective one or more bus devices obtained by the discovery process.
US12050542B2
Methods and apparatus to extend local buffer of a hardware accelerator are disclosed herein. In some examples, an apparatus, including a local memory, a first hardware accelerator (HWA), a second HWA, the second HWA and the first HWA connected in a flexible data pipeline, and a spare scheduler to manage, in response to the spare scheduler inserted in the flexible data pipeline, data movement between the first HWA and the second HWA through the local memory and a memory. Local buffer extension may be performed by software to control data movement between local memory and other system memory. The other system memory may be on-chip memory and/or external memory. The HWA sub-system includes a set of spare schedulers to manage the data movement. Data aggregation may be performed in the other system memory. Additionally, the other system memory may be utilized for conversion between data line and data block.
US12050534B1
Systems and methods are described for implementing a multi-tenant caching service. The multi-tenant caching service provides a scalable infrastructure with dedicated per-tenant cache widths for tenants of a hosted computing environment, and allows tenants to implement a caching layer between cloud-based services that would otherwise need to scale up in response to load. Tenants may also use the service as a public facing endpoint that caches content provided by backend servers. Content provided by the tenants may be distributed and cached across a cell-based architecture, each cell of which may include a set of storage volumes that are partitioned into caches for individual tenants and configured to store a portion of the content provided by that tenant. Eviction policies may be implemented based on tenant cache usage across multiple cells, and geolocation policies may be implemented to ensure that cached content remains within a particular geographic region.
US12050533B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a memory system and an operating method of the memory system. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, when updating a target firmware, a memory system may receive, from a host, a temporary firmware for increasing the size of a buffer from a preset first size to a second size equal to or greater than the size of the target firmware, may load and execute the temporary firmware into a processor, may receive the target firmware from the host and write the target firmware to the buffer, and may write the target firmware to the memory device.
US12050532B2
A routing circuit for an integrated circuit configured to access a set of resources that are organized according to a topology with a plurality of dimensions. The routing receives a request for a particular resource of the set of resources that includes an address that includes first and second sets of bits, the topology having a first dimension with n routing options (where n is not a power of two) and a second dimension with m routing options. The routing circuit determines first and second routing selections for the first and second dimensions by performing respective modulo-n and div-n operations on values formed from the address that include the first and second set of bits. The routing circuit then activates one or more selection signals in accordance with the first and second routing selections that are usable to cause the particular resource to be selected in response to the request.
US12050530B1
A method for performing table management of a memory device in predetermined communications architecture with aid of system-region garbage collection (GC) and associated apparatus are provided. The method may include: utilizing the memory controller to perform a system-region GC procedure to manage at least one table regarding internal management of the memory device. The system-region GC procedure may include: reading a set of first table contents from a set of first table pages; and writing the set of first table contents into a set of first system-region-GC-processed table pages of the at least one table block, and writing a first RAID parity of the set of first table contents into a first parity page corresponding to the set of first system-region-GC-processed table pages in the at least one table block, in order to generate a first system-region-GC-processed table RAID protection group, for protecting the set of first system-region-GC-processed table pages.
US12050526B2
A feedback mechanism that reports software issues between users of software applications and the developers of the software applications. The feedback mechanism generates feedback logs that capture moments of user frustration at the moment a user encounters issues with using a particular software application executing on a client device. The feedback mechanism is triggered to generate a feedback log by the user via a predetermined set of user inputs. Once generated, the feedback log captures an associated importance level, a user description, and/or context information (such as application and command activity information) for the particular software application and one or more other software applications that interacted with the particular software application executing on the client device. The feedback log can also capture multimedia content such as audio, images, and videos. The feedback log is then transmitted to a server of a developer of the particular software application.
US12050513B2
A memory system employs an addressing scheme to logically divide rows of memory cells into separate contiguous regions, one for data storage and another for error detection and correction (EDC) codes corresponding to that data. Data and corresponding EDC codes are stored in the same row of the same bank. Accessing data and corresponding EDC code in the same row of the same bank advantageously saves power and avoids bank conflicts. The addressing scheme partitions the memory without requiring the requesting processor to have an understanding of the memory partition.
US12050499B2
In one embodiment, a stylus includes one or more electrodes and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying first logic for transmitting signals wirelessly to a device through a touch-sensor of the device. The stylus has a first power mode in which components of the stylus for receiving signals from or transmitting signals to the device are powered off; a second power mode in which components of the stylus for receiving signals from the device are powered on at least periodically and components of the stylus for transmitting signals to the device are powered off; and a third power mode in which components of the stylus for transmitting signals to the device are powered on at least periodically. The media further embodies second logic for transitioning the stylus from one of the first, second, and third power modes to another one of the first, second, and third power modes.
US12050487B2
In one embodiment, electronic circuitry comprises a first circuit capable of transmitting and receiving signals, a second circuit capable of transmitting and receiving signals, and an insulation element. The first circuit has a first terminal to which a first clock signal is input, increases the frequency of the first clock signal to generate a second clock signal, and transmits the second clock signal. The insulation element transmits the second clock signal obtained from the first circuit to the second circuit as a third clock signal. The second circuit receives the third clock signal from the insulation element, and transmits a first data signal in response to the third clock signal. The insulation element transmits the first data signal obtained from the second circuit as a second data signal. The first circuit receives the second data signal from the insulation element.
US12050479B2
A voltage regulator can include an operational amplifier powered by a supply voltage and configured to generate a first gate voltage. The voltage regulator can also include a first transistor configured to receive the first gate voltage and generate a first driving voltage. The voltage regulator can further include a second transistor configured to receive a second gate voltage and generate a second driving voltage. The first gate voltage can be generated based on feedback provided to the operational amplifier. The second gate voltage can be generated from the first gate voltage.
US12050472B2
A method for controlling an autonomous vehicle includes: controlling, by a stationary control unit connected to a radio access network, an autonomous vehicle via a wireless connection of the autonomous vehicle to the radio access network, wherein the autonomous vehicle moves in a predefined path network; allocating, by the radio access network, spectral resources to the wireless connection while the autonomous vehicle is moving; and determining, by the stationary control unit, a path of the autonomous vehicle in the predefined path network depending on the spectral resources used by the wireless connection of the autonomous vehicle while moving along the determined path.
US12050463B2
A remote support system includes a past record database. The past record database indicates a past record of a support request process by an automated driving vehicle for each scene. In response to a support request from a target automated driving vehicle, the remote support system requests an operator for an instruction to the target automated driving vehicle. A supported process is a vehicular process performed by the operator instead of the target automated driving vehicle. On the other hand, a delegated process is a vehicular process that the operator delegates to the target automated driving vehicle. Based on the past record database, the remote support system determines a recommendable option of a combination of the supported process and the delegated process. Then, the remote support system presents the recommendable option to the operator.
US12050450B2
A machine tool management system includes a machine tool, a memory, a display, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to record, in the memory, a time point at which detection information with respect to a machine tool is detected and the detection information corresponding to the time point; determine selected detection information among the detection information to satisfy a determination condition; record, in the memory, the selected detection information corresponding to the time point; display a list of the selected detection information according to predetermined display items; extract from the memory at least part of the detection information including one of the selected detection information corresponding to one display item selected among the display items listed on the display; and to display a graph of a change over time in data included in the at least part of the detection information.
US12050449B2
The present disclosure relates to an online monitoring method of a nuclear power plant system based on an isolation forest method and a sliding window method. An isolation forest method used in the present disclosure is an abnormal detection model based on the idea of binary tree division, and has no requirements on the dimension and linear characteristics of monitoring data. In view of the characteristics of strong nonlinearity and high dimension of operation data of the nuclear power plant system, in the process of state monitoring, system abnormalities can be detected more quickly and accurately. In the present disclosure, a sliding window method is used to improve an isolation forest model, so that the improved isolation forest model has the functions of model online updating and real-time state monitoring, and the usability of an isolation forest state monitoring method is enhanced.
US12050444B2
Coordinated control systems and methods of controlling an actual process are provided. The coordinated control systems and methods of controlling an actual process utilize a nonlinear dynamic model, where measured disturbing variables are incorporated into the nonlinear dynamic model, and predictive controller calculations.
US12050433B2
An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: a toner particle containing a binder resin; and an external additive including a silica particle having a circularity of more than 0.5 and 0.9 or less and a volume average particle diameter of more than 100 nm and 300 nm or less, in which a total Net intensity NA of an alkali metal element and an alkaline earth metal element in the toner particle measured by fluorescence X-ray analysis is 0.10 kcps or more and 1.20 kcps or less.
US12050426B2
An image forming apparatus is configured to, based on a reading result of a test image, generate data that is used to adjust image forming positions of toner images to be formed by an image forming unit, control an image forming position of a first toner image to be formed by the image forming unit in a first contact state based on first data, the first toner image being transferred to a first sheet, and control an image forming position of a second toner image to be formed by the image forming unit in a second contact state based on second data that is different from the first data, the second toner image being transferred to a second sheet, wherein a type of the second sheet is the same type as the type of the first sheet.
US12050418B2
A power supply device includes: a DC power supply that generates a DC voltage of a variable value and outputs the DC voltage; an AC power supply that generates an AC voltage of a variable value, and superimposes the AC voltage and the DC voltage to generate a superimposed voltage for output; and a control circuit. The control circuit start giving the DC power supply an instruction to output the DC voltage, and start giving the AC power supply an instruction to output the AC voltage for restricting output of the DC voltage. The control circuit controls an absolute value of the superimposed voltage to be smaller than or equal to a predetermined value in a predetermined period from a time when the giving of the instruction to output the AC voltage is started to a time when the restricting of the output of the DC voltage is started.
US12050410B2
An image forming apparatus includes a light scanning device, a developing portion, a control portion and a storage portion. The storage portion stores an evaluation chart. The evaluation chart includes a first evaluation pattern and a second evaluation pattern. The first evaluation pattern includes a first patch row. The first patch row is formed by arranging a plurality of first evaluation patches. The first evaluation patch includes a first dot row and a second dot row. The second evaluation pattern includes a second patch row. The second patch row is formed by arranging a plurality of second evaluation patches.
US12050403B2
Proposed are an organic-inorganic hybrid photoresist processing solution composition for use in a thin film formation process, a development process, and a stripping process of an organic-inorganic hybrid photoresist, and a processing method using the same. The processing solution composition includes a compound of Chemical Formula 1 and a ketone, an ester, an ether, an additive or a mixture thereof, and is superior in processing of organic materials and ability to adsorb inorganic materials, thereby minimizing the remaining inorganic material content, ultimately preventing processing defects from occurring.
US12050397B2
A mask includes a first region and a second region. The first region includes a first light-shielding strip and a second light-shielding strip, the second region includes a third light-shielding strip, the first light-shielding strip, the second light-shielding strip is located between the first light-shielding strip and the third light-shielding strip, the first light-shielding strip, the second light-shielding strip and the third light-shielding strip are configured to shield light and bound spaces, and the spaces are configured in such a manner that light is allowed to pass through the spaces. A width of the first light-shielding strip in a first direction is larger than a width of the second light-shielding strip in the first direction, and the width of the second light-shielding strip in the first direction is larger than a width of the third light-shielding strip in the first direction.
US12050395B2
A three-dimensional (3-D) projection system includes a projector configured to output a projection of light to simulate a 3-D object, an opaque surface configured to receive the projection of light to simulate a portion of the 3-D object on the opaque surface, and a translucent scrim disposed at a boundary of the opaque surface and configured to receive the projection of light to simulate an extension of the 3-D object away from and beyond the boundary of the opaque surface.
US12050388B2
An array substrate, a display panel and a method of fabricating the array substrate are disclosed. The array substrate is applied to the display panel, and includes a substrate, multiple scan lines, multiple data lines, a color filter layer, and a planarization layer. The color filter layer at least includes a plurality of first color filters, at least one of which has a raised portion in a region adjacent to the respective data line, and a middle portion in a region away from the respective data line, where a thickness of the raised portion is greater than that of the middle portion. The planarization layer defines at least one first elongated groove corresponding to the raised portion and extending along an extending direction of the data lines. The pixel electrode branch and/or the common electrode branch disposed corresponding to the raised portion is disposed in the respective first elongated groove.
US12050373B2
According to an example, a display having a display surface may comprise a backlight, a collimator, and a scattering layer. The backlight may emit light towards the display surface, the light being narrowed by the collimator. The collimator may be located between the display surface and the backlight and the scattering layer may be between the display surface and the collimator. The scattering layer may be selectively operable between a diffuse state in which light traveling through the scattering layer is scattered and a non-diffuse state in which the direction of travel of the light traveling through the scattering layer is substantially unaffected.
US12050370B2
A display device that includes: a display panel; a sensor that is disposed on a side of the display panel; and a discoloration layer that is disposed on an opposite side of the display panel, wherein a transmittance of the discoloration layer may vary by 5 times to 20 times, which depends on whether or not ultraviolet light is present, with respect to light having a wavelength of about 600 nm to about 630 nm.
US12050360B1
A lens assembly includes a stack of thermoplastic lenses that are aligned along a common optical axis and that are interleaved with metallic disks having an open central portion. Peripheral portions of each of the thermoplastic lenses adhere to the interleaved metallic disks to form a fused stack of lenses. A method of making the fused stack of lenses is disclosed and includes subjecting a set of interleaved lenses and metallic disks to an alternating current electromagnetic field that induces eddy currents in the metallic disks, causing heating that melts the adjacent lenses. The melted thermoplastic lens material adheres to adjacent metallic disks. The metallic disks reduce stray light from entering the lens stack, while permitting light to enter central portions of the lenses.
US12050344B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to augmented reality waveguide combiners. The waveguides includes a waveguide substrate, having a substrate refractive index (RI) nsub, a slab waveguide layer disposed over the waveguide substrate, the slab waveguide layer having a slab RI nswg and a slab depth dswg, the slab depth dswg from a lower surface to an upper surface of the slab waveguide layer, at least one grating defined by a plurality of grating structures, the grating structures are disposed in, on, or over the slab waveguide layer, and a superstrate between and over the grating structures, the superstrate having a superstrate RI nsuperstrate and an interface with the slab waveguide layer. The slab RI nswg is greater than the substrate RI nsub and the slab RI nswg is greater than the superstrate RI nsuperstrate.
US12050340B2
An optical resonator system includes a multi-strip waveguide structure having spaced semiconductor strips for guiding an IR radiation, a STP resonance structure (STP=slab tamm-plasmon-polariton), wherein the STP resonance structure includes an alternating arrangement of semiconductor strips and interjacent dielectric strips and includes a metal strip adjacent to the semiconductor strip at a boundary region of the STP resonance structure, wherein the metal strip and the adjacent semiconductor strip are arranged to provide a metal-semiconductor interface, and wherein the semiconductor strips of the multi-strip waveguide structure and the semiconductor strips of the STP resonance structure are arranged perpendicular to each other, and an optical coupling structure having a semiconductor layer, wherein the semiconductor layer is arranged between the multi-strip waveguide structure and the STP resonance structure for optically coupling the IR radiation between the multi-strip waveguide structure and the STP resonance structure.
US12050338B2
A light emitting module includes a light guide plate including a first face, a second face opposing the first face, and a through part penetrating between the first face and the second face, a light emitting device disposed in the through part on a second face side, a light transmissive member disposed on the light emitting device in the through hole on a first face side and between the light emitting device and a lateral wall of the through part, and a first light reflecting member disposed between an upper face of the light emitting device and the light transmissive member while being in contact with the upper face of the light emitting device.
US12050335B2
Provided are: a method of manufacturing an optical element that can display a clear image; and an optical element, and the manufacturing method includes: a step of forming a photo-alignment film and a first liquid crystal layer; a step of forming a photo-alignment film and a liquid crystal layer for lamination, peeling off the liquid crystal layer for lamination, and laminating the peeled liquid crystal layer for lamination on the first liquid crystal layer or the liquid crystal layer for lamination; a step of peeling off the first liquid crystal layer; a step of forming an adhesive layer having a surface roughness Ra of 15 nm or less on the light guide plate and/or the first liquid crystal layer; and a step of bonding the light guide plate and the first liquid crystal layer using the adhesive layer.
US12050333B2
A light-receiving device includes: a light guide plate of a transparent member having a first surface and a second surface as principal surfaces opposed to each other and an emission surface formed on at least one end of the transparent member; a lens sheet having lenses and is disposed opposite to the first surface; a support member that supports the lens sheet such that a distance between the principal surface of the lens sheet and the second surface is equal to the focal distance of the lenses; a directional light-guide layer that is disposed on the second surface of the light guide plate and guides, toward the emission surface, the travel direction of an optical signal entering the light guide plate; and a receiver that receives the optical signal emitted from the emission surface of the light guide plate and converts the received optical signal into an electric signal.
US12050328B2
A light beam emission system includes a blower that forms a flow path in which aerosol flows, an emitter that emits a laser beam, and a light guide that guides the laser beam to the flow path in which the aerosol flows. The light guide is hollow, and at least a part of the laser beam passing through the light guide and guided to the flow path propagates along the flow path of the aerosol.
US12050327B2
An imaging system and a method of manufacturing a metalens array is provided. The imaging system includes a metalens array, and light scattered from an object is split by the metalens array, such that an image is formed in front of an observer. The metalens array is at least partially transparent to visible light, so that the observer can also see the environment. The method of manufacturing the metalens array includes bonding together a plurality of substrates, and dicing the plurality of substrates into metalens arrays. The metalens arrays can be used in the imaging system.
US12050319B2
The invention discloses an optical-waveguide display module with multiple light sources, including a light-source array of timing-orthogonal-characteristic, a relay device, a display device of orthogonal-characteristic, an optical waveguide device, a converging device, a control device, and other components. The light-source array of timing-orthogonal-characteristic includes more than one orthogonal-characteristic light sources. All orthogonal-characteristic light sources are switched on and off in each time cycle sequentially, with only one orthogonal-characteristic light source being switched on at a time-point of each time cycle. By designing the spatial distribution of converging spots of lights from different orthogonal-characteristic light sources, one two-dimensional image is projected into the pupil of the viewer in each time cycle, which realizes VAC-free three-dimensional display based on Maxwellian view technology or More-than-one-view-one-pupil technology.
US12050317B2
A light source device which is miniaturized, can be manufactured at low cost, and is suitable as an illumination light source of a display device of an electronic device such as an HUD and an aerial floating image display apparatus is provided. The light source device includes: a light source configured to generate white light by irradiating a phosphor with light emitted from a solid-state light source; a collimating optical system (15) configured to convert a divergent light flux of the white light emitted from the light source into parallel light; a light guide configured to cause the light emitted from the collimating optical system (15) to be incident as incident light and emit the incident light in a direction different from an incident direction; and a filter configured to reflect light in a blue region of the parallel light to irradiate the phosphor.
US12050312B2
A manipulation system for microscope applications comprises a micromanipulation tool and a protective device protecting the tool, wherein the tool and the protective device are movable relative to one another between a position protecting the tool in a contactless manner and a position releasing the tool for the manipulation.
US12050308B2
Folded cameras with a total track length (TTL), f numbers smaller than 1.2 and large fields of view, e.g. of at least 60 degrees. Such folded cameras may comprise a lens with N≥7 lens elements, an image sensor and an optical path folding element for providing a folded optical path between an object and the lens, wherein an aperture stop of the lens is located closer to a first surface of the first lens element facing the object than a distance d that fulfills d/TTL=0.2.
US12050302B2
According to an embodiment, an inspection apparatus includes a communication interface and a processor. The communication interface acquires results of single-item determination, which are inspection results for individual parcels that are successively conveyed, and number-of-items information for identifying, as one parcel group, a plurality of parcels among the individual parcels. The processor identifies a plurality of parcels as one parcel group, based on the number-of-items information, determines a result of multiple-item determination, which is an inspection result for the parcel group, based on the results of the single-item determination for the individual parcels included in the parcel group, and distributes the individual parcels included in the parcel group, based on the result of the multiple-item determination.
US12050298B1
A method and system for evaluating casualty caused by landslide chain disaster induced by heavy rain are provided. The method includes: obtaining historical landslide data, candidate influence factors and personnel traffic distribution data of an observation site; dividing the historical landslide data into a model construction sample group, a model verification sample group, and a model test sample group; obtaining an occurrence probability of landslide chain disaster of each spatial position in the observation site; determining a start-up landslide source region of the landslide chain disaster according to the model verification sample group and the occurrence probability; determining an affected region of the landslide chain disaster according to the start-up landslide source region; determining a personnel number exposed to the landslide chain disaster; and setting an event division threshold, and evaluating the number of casualties according to the event division threshold and the personnel number.
US12050295B2
A methodology for extending bandwidth of geophysical data is disclosed. Geophysical data, obtained via a towed streamer, may have significant noise in a certain band (such as less than 4 Hz), rendering the data in the certain band unreliable. To remedy this, geophysical data, from a band that is reliable, may be extended to the certain band, resulting in bandwidth extension. One manner of bandwidth extension comprises using machine learning to generate a machine learning model. Specifically, because bandwidth may be viewed as a sequence, machine learning configured to identify sequences, such as recurrent neural networks, may be used to generate the machine learning model. In particular, machine learning may use a training dataset acquired via ocean bottom nodes in order to generate the machine learning model. After which, the machine learning model may be used to extend the bandwidth of a test dataset acquired via a towed streamer.
US12050292B2
The present disclosure relates to a radiation detection vehicle with a directional radiation detection system. The radiation detection vehicle may include a body, a motor supported by the body and configured to propel the vehicle, at least a first power source connectable to the body and configured to provide power to the vehicle, and a directional radiation detection system supported by the body. The directional radiation detection system may include a radiation detector configured to detect incident radiation and a directional shielding assembly configured to partially shield the radiation detector by preventing a portion of the incident radiation originating from a first incident direction from reaching the radiation detector, the directional shielding assembly including the first power source.
US12050288B2
In accordance with some embodiments, a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) scanning system includes a light source. The light source is configured to transmit a pulse of light. The LiDAR scanning system also includes a beam steering apparatus configured to steer the pulse of light in at least one of vertically and horizontally along an optical path. The beam steering apparatus is further configured to concurrently collect scattered light generated based on the light pulse illuminating an object in the optical path. The scattered light is coaxial or substantially coaxial with the optical path. The LiDAR scanning system further includes a light converging apparatus configured to direct the collected scattered light to a focal point. The LiDAR scanning system further includes a light detector, which is situated substantially at the focal point. In some embodiments, the light detector can include an array of detectors or detector elements.
US12050286B2
A lidar system that includes a laser source and a scannable mirror can also include a circuit that schedules a variable rate firing of a plurality of upcoming laser pulse shots by the laser source using a laser energy model as compared to a plurality of energy requirements applicable to the upcoming laser pulse shots, and wherein the laser energy model takes into consideration a retention of energy in the laser source after the upcoming laser pulse shots are fired and quantitatively predicts available energy amounts for the upcoming laser pulse shots from the laser source based on a history of prior laser pulse shots by the laser source. The laser energy model is capable of modeling the energy available for laser pulse shots in the laser source over very short time intervals (such as 10-100 nanoseconds).
US12050285B2
In various examples, a deep neural network(s) (e.g., a convolutional neural network) may be trained to detect moving and stationary obstacles from RADAR data of a three dimensional (3D) space. In some embodiments, ground truth training data for the neural network(s) may be generated from LIDAR data. More specifically, a scene may be observed with RADAR and LIDAR sensors to collect RADAR data and LIDAR data for a particular time slice. The RADAR data may be used for input training data, and the LIDAR data associated with the same or closest time slice as the RADAR data may be annotated with ground truth labels identifying objects to be detected. The LIDAR labels may be propagated to the RADAR data, and LIDAR labels containing less than some threshold number of RADAR detections may be omitted. The (remaining) LIDAR labels may be used to generate ground truth data.
US12050270B2
The present disclosure provides an image capturing control method and apparatus, an image capturing system and a Time-of-Flight (TOF) camera, capable of solving the problem in the related art that a clear image of an object at a specific distance cannot be captured in harsh weather. The method includes: determining infrared light emission time, exposure start time and exposure end time for a TOF camera based on a predetermined target distance range; transmitting, to the TOF camera, parameter control information containing the infrared light emission time, exposure start time and exposure end time; and receiving an image containing an object located within the target distance range that is captured by the TOF camera in accordance with the parameter control information.
US12050266B2
A processor is operably coupled to a time of flight (TOF) camera, a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor, and an optical camera. The processor can receive a TOF signal representative of a first coordinate associated with a stick-up height of a tool joint of a pipe of a drill string during a tripping operation on a rig drill floor, and a pitch and a roll of the tool joint. The processor can receive a LIDAR signal representative of a second coordinate associated with the stick-up height, and the pitch of the tool joint. The processor can receive an optical camera signal representative of a third coordinate associated with the stick-up height of the tool joint and the roll of the tool joint. The processor can generate a pose estimate and an orientation estimate based on the signals.
US12050263B2
The objective of the present invention is to provide a quantum receiver using square of homodyne detection for detecting a target of a quantum radar by using the square of homodyne detection that uses homodyne detection used in quantum information processing using continuous variables, and data processing, and a measurement method therefore. In order to achieve the above objective, the quantum receiver for detecting a target of a quantum radar using the square of homodyne detection according to the present invention comprises: a first 50:50 beam splitter for mixing signals coming into an input terminal; and two light quantity measurement units for measuring the quantity of light respectively outputted to two output terminals of the first 50:50 beam splitter.
US12050262B2
Various embodiments of the present technology generally relate to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for simulating synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images to be captured by a radar-based imaging system. SAR technology can be used to capture large areas on Earth, from a satellite in space for example, over a single pass. A further pass over the target area can help identify changes in the landscape, scenery, and/or infrastructure providing insight on change detection, temporal analysis, or other measures; however, repeat passes over the target area may have been made from differing angles resulting in artifacts in one or both of the processed images from the two passes. In various embodiments, information about the topology of the target area, and information about the SAR platform's flight path are used to simulate the slant range distortion effects that are to be expected in the SAR image of for that pass.
US12050259B2
Techniques are provided for extended object tracking using RADAR return points only. The techniques include receiving the return points from at least one RADAR sensor of the vehicle. One or more clusters based on or from the return points are generated. An estimated position and velocity of each of the one or more clusters is computed. A Recursive Least Squares (RLS) based algorithm is proposed to estimate the instantaneous velocity of a cluster in real-time that allows for accurate track-cluster association, removes the need to perform computationally expensive non-linear state updates, and allows for the estimation of the true velocity even in frames with a large amount of clutter. If it is determined that the one or more clusters are associated with an existing object track, the existing object track is updated using at least the respective positions of the one or more clusters associated with the existing object track.
US12050258B2
A method with three-dimensional (3D) position measuring using a radio detection and ranging (radar) sensor includes: transmitting, through the radar sensor, a transmission signal of which a carrier frequency varies over time; obtaining, through the radar sensor, a reflected signal from the transmission signal being reflected by an object; obtaining a beat frequency signal indicating a frequency difference between the transmission signal and the reflected signal; and estimating 3D position information of the object based on groups of sample data of different frequency bands extracted from the beat frequency signal.
US12050254B2
Described herein is an apparatus for quality control of a superconducting tape including (a) at least two rolls contacting the superconducting tape and being suitable for injecting an electric current into the superconducting tape; (b) at least two measuring contacts contacting the superconducting tape and being suitable for measuring an electric voltage along the superconducting tape; and (c) a cooling section suitable for cooling the superconducting tape below its critical temperature, where the at least two rolls and the at least two measuring contacts are located inside the cooling section, and where the cooling section is suitable for keeping the rolls at a first temperature and the measuring contacts at a second temperature, where the first temperature is lower than the second temperature.
US12050252B2
Embodiments of this application relate to the technical field of batteries, and in particular, to a state-of-charge cut-off control method, apparatus and system, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining, in a discharging process of a battery, a net discharge capacity of a first battery cell from being fully charged to current time; obtaining an available capacity and a state of health of the first battery cell; obtaining a current remaining dischargeable capacity of the first battery cell; and setting a state of charge SOC of the first battery cell to 0.
US12050251B2
Provided is a method of estimating the state of health of the battery according to various embodiments. The method of estimating the state of health of the battery comprises: measuring a voltage and current of a battery in use to periodically generate a voltage value and a current value; using an adaptive filter to periodically update a G parameter value and an H parameter value in real time from the voltage value and the current value, said parameters indicating the present state of the battery; and using an initial value and a final value of the G parameter that is preset and a present value of the G parameter to estimate the state of health of the battery in real time. The G parameter is a parameter that represents the sensitivity of the voltage to changes in the current of the battery, and the H parameter is a parameter that represents an effective potential determined by the local equilibrium potential distribution and resistance distribution inside the battery.
US12050248B2
This application provides decompression circuits. An example decompression circuit includes a plurality of sub-circuits. The sub-circuit includes a plurality of cellular automaton (CA) circuits and a phase shifter. Each of the plurality of CA circuits includes a first XOR circuit and a register. The first XOR circuit includes a first input end, a second input end, and an output end. A data input end of the register is coupled to the output end of the first XOR circuit. A data output end of the register is coupled to the first input end of the first XOR circuit and an input end of the phase shifter. The data output end of the register is further coupled to the second input end of the first XOR circuit in a different CA circuit. The phase shifter is configured to output a test signal.
US12050246B2
A system includes a signal generator, configured to pass a generated signal, which has two different generated frequencies, through a circuit including a bidirectional semiconductor device. The system further includes a processor, configured to identify, while the generated signal is passed through the circuit, a derived frequency, which derives from the generated frequencies, on the circuit, and to generate, in response to identifying the derived frequency, an output indicating that a property of the bidirectional semiconductor device is asymmetric. Other embodiments are also described.
US12050244B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a circuit and methods of operating the same to provide an off-state circuit path with a programmable impedance in combination with a negative gate-to-source voltage Vgs for power transistors in an inverter configuration to prevent gate voltage glitches. Gate voltage glitch may occur due to Miller current generation across the gate path of a power transistor in the off state during rapid voltage transient dV/dt when the other, complementary power transistor is switched on or off. According to one aspect, using a negative gate-to-source voltage to turn-off a power transistor may mitigate gate voltage spikes caused by a large voltage transient when the complimentary power transistor is turned on, thus preventing parasitic turn-on of the power transistor. According to another aspect, an off-state circuit path with a programmable impedance is provided that is controllable to be in a low impedance state prior to a complementary power transistor is being turned on, such that the gate voltage glitches of the power transistor is prevented by the low impedance off-state circuit path.
US12050242B1
An apparatus configured to assess health of electronic components in vehicles. This may be achieved by simply driving a vehicle into or through a physical device or over a physical device and determining the health of the vehicle. The apparatus may be comprised of a physical enclosure with antennas and a RF emission or other electromagnetic emission signature analyzer. The antennas capture unintended electronic emissions from the vehicle which provide the electromagnetic signatures of the electronic component to the signature analyzer. The evolution of the unintended electromagnetic emissions signature as the electronics ages is measured and evaluated, providing a measure of the health of the electronics within the vehicle. The apparatus may have an ultra-sensitive RF collection portion with a sensitivity preferably of at least −150 dBm. The RF collection portion may measure bandwidths of at least 100 MHz and may have a frequency resolution of 1 Hz or better.
US12050238B2
A measurement system includes: a first voltage measurement unit, which measures a first voltage as a line voltage between first and second phases of a three-phase power line configured by three phases including the first, second, and a third phase; a first current measurement unit, which measures a first current as a current of the first phase; a third current measurement unit, which measures a third current as a current of the third phase; a determination unit, which determines a direction of rotation of the three phases based on the first voltage and the first current; and a computation unit which, based on at least the determination of the direction of rotation by the determination unit, computes a change in a current phase due to a load device in each of the first, third, and a second current as a current of the second phase.
US12050235B2
A heat dissipatable die unit includes an outer die, a metal heat dissipating layer and an inner die piled in order. The inner die includes a probe installation section, and a peripheral portion surrounding the probe installation section and having an inner connecting surface for being connected to a die and an outer connecting surface opposite thereto. The probe installation section has a recessed portion recessed from the inner connecting surface, and a protruding portion protruding from the outer connecting surface, thereby forming a level difference portion bordering the peripheral portion. The outer die includes an installation recess and a supporting portion surrounding the installation recess. The installation recess is recessed from an inner surface of the supporting portion and accommodates the protruding portion of the inner die. The metal heat dissipating layer is disposed between the peripheral portion and the supporting portion to attain heat dissipating effect.
US12050234B2
A socket is configured to electrically connect a first electric component including a first terminal and a second electric component including a second terminal that is different from the first terminal in arrangement, the socket including: a contact pin configured to electrically connect the first terminal and the second terminal; a base part where the contact pin is disposed; and a sheet member disposed to face a surface of the base part on a second electric component side, the sheet member including an upper electrode configured to make contact with the contact pin when in use, a lower electrode configured to make contact with the second terminal when in use, and a wiring configured to connect the upper electrode and the lower electrode disposed at different positions in plan view.
US12050229B2
A device and method for analyzing samples of liquid compositions of biological origin, particularly whole blood samples for determining, in particular, electrolytes. The device includes a frame, a sampling module, an analysis module including electrodes, a liquid product reserve module, a control module including electronic and computing devices, as well as a network of fluid connections.
US12050224B2
Disclosed are a compound with near-infrared fluorescence that selectively binds to tau aggregates, a method for preparing the same, a tau-targeting near-infrared fluorescent probe including the compound, a composition for detecting a tau fiber protein containing the near-infrared fluorescent probe as an active ingredient, and the use of the composition for the diagnosis of tauopathy. In particular, the compound does not bind to an amyloid beta protein and has high selectivity to a tau aggregate, specifically reported as an etiology of the initial state of tauopathy, thus being useful as a near-infrared fluorescent detector for detecting a tau fiber protein for early diagnosis of a tauopathy including Alzheimer's disease.
US12050216B2
Disclosed herein are recombinant baculoviruses suitable for detecting the presence of arthropod-borne viruses in a biological sample of a test subject. The information derived from the detection may also be used to render a diagnosis on whether the test subject is infected with the arthropod-borne viruses or not, so that proper course of treatment may be assigned to the subject.
US12050206B2
An example material testing system includes: a pneumatic grip configured to grip a specimen under test based on a supplied pressure; and a processor configured to control the pressure supplied to the pneumatic grip by repeatedly: controlling a fill valve to increase the supplied pressure; allowing the supplied pressure to stabilize after each increase; and adjusting a pressurization time based on comparing an expected pressure increase to an actual pressure increase during the pressurization.
US12050203B2
Embodiments are disclosed for characterizing and quantifying composite laminate structures. The embodiments take a composite laminate of unknown ply stack composition and sequence and determine various information about the individual plies, such as ply stack, orientation, microstructure, and type. The embodiments distinguish between weave types that exhibit similar planar stiffness behaviors, but produce different failure mechanisms. Individual ply information is then used to derive the laminate bulk properties from externally provided constitutive properties of the fiber and matrix, including extensional stiffness, bending-extension coupling stiffness, bending stiffness, and the like. The laminate bulk properties are then used to generate a probabilistic failure envelope for the composite laminate. In some embodiments, ply stack type and sequence are also determined for a curved composite laminate using the disclosed embodiments by adding a rotational stage.
US12050197B2
A method for nucleic acid sequencing includes receiving a plurality of signals indicative of a parameter measured for a plurality of defined spaces, at least some of the defined spaces including one or more sample nucleic acids, the signals being responsive to a plurality of nucleotide flows introducing nucleotides to the defined spaces; determining, for at least some of the defined spaces, whether the defined space includes a sample nucleic acid; processing, for at least some of the defined spaces determined to include a sample nucleic acid, the received signals to improve a quality of the received signals; and predicting a plurality of nucleotide sequences corresponding to respective sample nucleic acids for the defined spaces based on the processed signals and the nucleotide flows.
US12050189B2
The technology described herein is directed to structural analysis, particularly of small proteins via cryo-EM.
US12050187B1
An X-ray inspection system and method are presented. The system comprising: at least two X-ray sources positioned and oriented at selected angles with respect to an inspection plane, to provide a common illumination spot on said inspection plane, thereby enabling inspection of common regions of a sample with at least one of increased irradiation intensity or two or more different irradiation characteristics while reducing navigation and registration processing.
US12050185B2
An exterior aircraft light with cover erosion monitoring, the exterior aircraft light comprises: a support; at least one light source, arranged on the support; a light transmissive cover, arranged over the at least one light source, the light transmissive cover having a forward facing portion and a rear-ward facing portion; a first light sensor, arranged to receive light emitted by the at least one light source and reflected towards the first light sensor by the forward facing portion of the light transmissive cover; and a second light sensor, arranged to receive light emitted by the at least one light source and reflected towards the second light sensor by the rearward facing portion of the light transmissive cover.
US12050180B2
A plasma chamber for containing a solution electrode glow discharge (SEGD) apparatus, the plasma chamber comprising a hollow body and a ventilation unit. The hollow body is configured to enclose a plasma generated between a solid electrode and a solution electrode, the hollow body comprising an inlet opening, an outlet opening, and at least one viewing port for letting light generated from the plasma leave the hollow body. The ventilation unit is configured to move air from outside the hollow body into the inlet, through a portion of the hollow body located between the viewing port and a gap between the solid electrode and the solution electrode, and out of hollow body from the outlet, thereby creating an air curtain for removal from an optical path between the plasma and the viewing port of at least some vapor created by vaporization of liquid in the plasma.
US12050173B2
Systems, methods and devices to detect target substances in confined or open spaces, and from the ground or remote locations are disclosed. A system includes a radiation emission source and one or more transducers configured to detect target substances. The transducer to detect target substances includes a filter that allows various wavelengths of light to pass through while attenuates or reflects others; and one or more chambers disposed within the optical path of the filter. The transducer may also include electromagnetic radiation detectors to detect electromagnetic radiation at wavelengths different from the wavelengths transmitted by the filter. The systems, methods, and devices disclosed allow shifting the detection range of phenomena in which the detection/observation technology is not efficient to other detection ranges where detection can be optimized.
US12050169B2
In one embodiment a first light plane is generated across the passageway by a first LED emitter array. A corresponding photodiode receiver array detects particles passing through a first number of light channels comprising the first light plane. In a second embodiment a second light plane is generated across the passageway at 90 degrees from the first light plane and longitudinally offset from the first light plane by a second LED emitter array. A corresponding photodiode receiver array detects particles passing through a second number of light channels comprising the second light plane. The second light plane is capable of identifying particles in a third dimension that may go undetected when passing through the first light plane. The raw output signals generated by respective photodiodes is normalized, analyzed and characterized to differentiate between particles passing through light planes as individual particles or groups of overlapping particles to be separately counted.
US12050165B2
A drag reducing efficiency test is performed on a sample. The sample includes a crude-oil based fluid and a drag reducing agent. The sample is placed within an inner volume defined by a sample housing. A sensing portion of a sensor is submerged in the sample within the sample housing. The sensor includes a disk (sensing portion) and a supporting rod. A lid is placed on the sample housing to isolate the sample within the inner volume. The sensor is coupled to an air bearing motor. The sensor is rotated by the air bearing motor at a plurality of shear rates. For each shear rate, the sensor measures a torque applied by the sample on the disk in response to the disk rotating while submerged in the respective sample at the respective shear rate.
US12050157B2
A water monitoring system has aback-end system comprising an authentication module, a machine learning module, an alerts module, and a third-party module. The back-end system remotely connects to a local system which has a water monitoring device and the authentication module authenticates the connection relative to a user. The back-end system remotely connects to a third-party system using the third-party module and the authentication module authenticates the connection relative to the same user. The back-end system receives data from the local system and the third-party system, the machine learning module analyzes the data to determine one or more rules which identify water usage as intended or unintended, and the alerts module provides an alert to one or more of the local system, the third-party system, or a client device when the water monitoring device measures water flow data which indicates a leak according to the one or more rules.
US12050151B2
A burner includes a flame sensor configured to detect at least one of permittivity, capacitance, or resistance across a flame region. The permittivity, capacitance, or resistance is used to determine the presence or absence of the flame in a combustion system. A combustion system supports a combustion reaction. The combustion system utilizes a combustion sensor, and optionally a plasma generator to stabilize the combustion reaction. A controller receives sensor signals from the combustion sensor and controls the plasma generator to stabilize the combustion reaction responsive to the sensor signals. The plasma generator stabilizes the combustion reaction by generating a plasma.
US12050149B2
There is provided an optical-fiber connector endface inspection microscope system for inspecting an endface of an optical-fiber connector. It comprises one or more image detector for capturing at least one image of the endface to be inspected; an objective lens system comprising a focusing lens for adjusting a focus of the objective lens system on the image detector and a fixed relay lens; a main housing structure enclosing the image detector and the focusing lens; and at least one interchangeable optical head releasably connectable to the main housing structure and enclosing the fixed relay lens, wherein the optical head is releasably connectable to an adapter tip for interfacing with the optical-fiber connector to be inspected.
US12050147B2
An analysis apparatus includes a setting device configured to set information on a structure of an optical connection structure, a solution device configured to solve a partial differential equation having, as an unknown, an electromagnetic field distributed in the optical connection structure based on the information on the structure of the optical connection structure to determine a distribution of the electromagnetic field, a data extraction device configured to extract, from the distribution of the electromagnetic field determined by the solution device, a mode distribution in a plane at a predetermined position of the optical connection structure and a time response of an electromagnetic field at a predetermined position of the optical connection structure, and a characteristics analysis device configured to analyze optical characteristics of the optical connection structure based on the mode distribution and the time response of the electromagnetic field extracted by the data extraction device.
US12050146B2
Disclosed is a sensor for monitoring a composite structure. The sensor includes multiple sensing elements of different sizes, each configured for different respective monitoring tasks. Also disclosed are methods of fabricating the sensor, designing and manufacturing the sensor, and attaching the sensor to the composite structure.
US12050140B2
The present disclosure relates to a thermocouple wafer calibration system including: a main body portion composed of a chamber forming a sealed space, and a support installed a lower edge of the chamber and supporting the chamber to be spaced apart from the ground; a thermocouple wafer composed of a plate installed to be horizontal inside the sealed space of the chamber, and a first thermocouple unit attached to a upper surface of the plate so as to form a plurality of first measurement contact points; a calibration portion provided with a second thermocouple unit penetrating the chamber in a space where the chamber spaced from the ground, then partially accommodated inside the sealed space, and calibrated to form a plurality of second measurement contact points in contact with a lower surface of the plate at a position corresponding to each of the first measurement contact points; a temperature measurement portion partially accommodated inside the sealed space of the chamber and measuring a temperature of the sealed space; a heating portion accommodated inside the sealed space of the chamber, allowing thermogenesis and being in thermal contact with the second thermocouple unit directly; a measurement portion connected to the first and second thermocouple units respectively, and measuring each thermal electromotive force for the first and second measurement contact points occurring when the first and second thermocouple units are in contact indirectly at both sides on the basis of the plate; and a temperature control portion calculating each temperature value for the first and second measurement contact points depending on values measured from the measurement portion, and, after comparing and analyzing the calculated temperature values and temperature values measured from the temperature measurement portion, allowing adjusting the temperature of the sealed space by controlling the heating portion based on the analysis result.
US12050138B2
A thermocouple includes: a temperature measuring portion configured to measure an internal temperature of a reaction tube; a main body portion provided therein with a wire which constitutes the temperature measuring portion; and a cushioning portion attached to the main body portion at least in the vicinity of the temperature measuring portion, wherein the thermocouple is fixed to an outer surface of the reaction tube in a state in which the thermocouple makes contact with the reaction tube through the cushioning portion.
US12050134B2
An optical sensor includes a light receiver, a circuit portion having an electronic component electrically connected to the light receiver, a metal cap covering an upper portion of the light receiver and includes a cavity facing the light receiver, an optical filter in the cavity of the metal cap, and a metal stem connected to the metal cap, and the circuit portion is on the metal stem.
US12050132B2
A colorimetry device includes an integrating sphere having a measurement opening part and a trap hole, a trap disposed to be able to open and close the trap hole, a lid that is non-reflective and disposed to be able to open and close the trap hole, an imaging means disposed at a position that allows taking, through the trap hole, an image of a specimen facing the measurement opening part, and a display means that displays an image taken by the imaging means. The trap is to move to a position at which the trap hole is closed by the trap at a time of measurement of light with an SCI method, the light being reflected from the specimen, and the lid is moved to a position at which the trap hole is closed by the lid at a time of measurement of the light with an SCE method.
US12050126B2
An illumination device comprises one or more emitter modules having improved thermal and electrical characteristics. According to one embodiment, each emitter module comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) configured for producing illumination for the illumination device, one or more photodetectors configured for detecting the illumination produced by the plurality of LEDs, a substrate upon which the plurality of LEDs and the one or more photodetectors are mounted, wherein the substrate is configured to provide a relatively high thermal impedance in the lateral direction, and a relatively low thermal impedance in the vertical direction, and a primary optics structure coupled to the substrate for encapsulating the plurality of LEDs and the one or more photodetectors within the primary optics structure.
US12050123B2
The invention relates to a scale, in particular to a store scale, comprising a scale platform including a load cell integrated therein, a label printer unit, and a plastic housing unit, wherein the scale platform, the label printer unit, and the plastic housing unit are each configured as a module, and wherein the label printer unit and the plastic housing unit are arranged disposed laterally next to one another and together form a substructure for the scale platform that is placed on both the label printer unit and the plastic housing unit.
US12050121B2
A device for indicating a fluid level has a device housing (2) with a viewing window (4) providing a view of a transparent indicator body (6), which can be at least partially filled with the fluid via at least one port piece (24). A cavity (26) of the port piece (24) is reached through by a securing part (14), which has a fluid guide (22) and which can secure the device housing (2) to a third component, such as a fluid storage tank. The port piece (24) includes a support structure having individual ribs (34, 36) interconnecting plate-shaped wall parts (30, 32) of the port piece (24). The support structure encompasses the cavity (26).
US12050118B2
In an embodiment, a method for measuring parameters of a liquid, where the method includes measuring pressure drops across a flow meter, measuring pressure upstream of the flow meter, and identifying at least one liquid parameter based, at least in part, on a correlation of a change in a multiphase flow parameter to pulse output. In an additional embodiment, a measuring apparatus for measuring parameters of a liquid, where the measuring apparatus includes an electronic control operable to measure pressure drops across the measuring apparatus, measure pressure upstream of the measuring apparatus, and correlate a change in a multiphase parameter to measured pulse output of the measuring apparatus.
US12050114B2
A roll sensor is configured to detect a first roll angle at a corresponding first point of a path plan of a vehicle, or its implement, based on the estimated current position. A roll sensor is configured to detect a second roll angle at a corresponding second point of a path plan of a vehicle, or its implement, based on the estimated current position. A data processor is configured to determine a roll angle delta or difference between the first roll angle and the second roll angle. If the roll angle delta is greater than a reference roll value, the roll angle delta is evaluated over an evaluation period. For example, if the roll angle is greater than the reference roll value for equal to or greater than a target percentage or target ratio for the evaluation period, the data processor is configured to designate the roll angle sensor for possible recalibration.
US12050112B2
A substrate processing system includes a laser triangulation sensor configured to transmit and receive light through a window of an exterior wall of a substrate processing chamber. A controller is configured to: position the laser triangulation sensor such that the laser triangulation sensor transmits light onto a measurement feature arranged between a first surface of a substrate support and a second surface of a gas distribution device, where the second surface faces the first surface; and while the laser triangulation sensor transmits light onto the measurement feature, determine a first distance between the first and second surfaces based on a difference between: a second distance between the laser triangulation sensor and the first surface measured using the laser triangulation sensor; and a third distance between the laser triangulation sensor and the second surface measured using the laser triangulation sensor.
US12050111B2
Various arrangements of location-based in-vehicle restaurant menu systems are presented. In some embodiments, a location sensor that determines a global location of a vehicle is present. An in-vehicle display incorporated as part of the vehicle may be present. A location of the vehicle may be determined to correspond to a location-specific menu based on data received from the location sensor. A location-specific menu may be retrieved for the available restaurant location in response to determining the location of the vehicle. The location-specific menu may be output for presentation to the in-vehicle display, allowing a user to decide on his order before approaching an intercom system.
US12050110B2
A first computing device can implement a method for providing navigation instructions. The method includes initiating a first navigation session for providing a first set of navigation instructions to a user from a starting location to a destination location along a first route. The method also includes detecting a second computing device in proximity to the first computing device, and determining that the second computing device is implementing a second navigation session for providing a second set of navigation instructions to the destination location along a second route. Further, the method includes adjusting the first navigation session in accordance with the second navigation session.
US12050105B2
A MEMS gyroscope includes an anchor point, a resonator, and a transducer. The resonator includes eight resonating blocks arranged at equal intervals and a coupling beam connecting each two adjacent resonating blocks. The resonating blocks are connected with the anchor point through anchoring beams. The anchoring beams decouple radial motion and circumferential motion of the resonating blocks. The resonating blocks include first resonating blocks, second resonating blocks, third resonating blocks, and fourth resonating blocks. In a vibration mode, the transducer drives the first and second resonating blocks to vibrate along a first axis and a second axis respectively, so the third and fourth resonating blocks are driven to vibrate along the fourth axis and the third axis respectively. In a detection mode, the transducer detects vibration of the third resonating blocks along the third axis and the vibration of the fourth resonating blocks along the fourth axis.
US12050100B2
A method for estimating a position of a trailer relative to a truck of a road train includes providing or obtaining a kinematic model of the road train, providing or obtaining a length estimation of the trailer, and measuring an articulation angle between the truck and the trailer. The method further includes determining a position of the trailer relative to the truck using the kinematic model, the length estimation, and the measured articulation angle.
US12050096B2
A displacement meter that measures displacement of an object includes a calculation circuit which calculates a displacement amount of the object using a cross-correlation function of plural images detected at different timings by a photoelectric conversion element array. The calculation circuit performs a Fourier transform on the images, applies a band-pass filter to the images having undergone the Fourier transform, and calculates the cross-correlation function using the images to which the band-pass filter has been applied. Assuming that a magnification of a light-receiving optical assembly is M, the number of pixels in the photoelectric conversion element array is N, and a pixel pitch is P (um), a low cut-off frequency HPF of the band-pass filter and a high cut-off frequency LPF of the band-pass filter satisfy: 3M/(N×P)≤HPF≤10M/(N×P), 40M/(N×P)≤LPF≤60M/(N×P).
US12050092B2
A mechanism for attachment and detachment of a fixed or controllable airfoil to an airframe includes a base adapted for attachment to a root of the airfoil and a slot beam adapted for attachment along the airframe (e.g., parallel to the longitudinal X-axis of the airframe). The base includes a plurality of pins spaced along and held between parallel rails. The slot beam includes a plurality of slots arranged along the beam. Each slot has a lead-in portion to receive one of the plurality of pins and a longitudinally-oriented tapered portion (e.g., parallel to the longitudinal X-axis with a taper between 1 and 5 degrees) to engage the pin so that the base is seated in the slot beam to position the airfoil against the airframe in an XY plane. A pre-load mechanism is configured to apply a force along the X-axis to press the plurality of pins into the respective tapered portions to fix the base relative to the slot beam in six degrees of freedom (6 DOF).
US12050084B2
A method is provided for tracking a single presumed target by a plurality of scopes located remotely from one another and being moved by separate scope operators. Each of the scopes include a plurality of measurement devices configured to provide current target position data. Each of the scopes are in electronic communication with a network server. The current target position data has error values. Current target position data from scopes that located the presumed target are amalgamated, thereby providing current target position data having reduced error values compared to the error values of the current target position data identified by only a first scope that located the presumed target. Temporal factors are used in the amalgamation.
US12050081B2
An improved display provides a relative aiming point indicated in relation to a relative target icon or user selectable target reference image. A range finding device is calibrated, using a relative target, to a specific firing device having a sight, for example, a rifle having a riflescope calibrated at 100 yards, or a bow having a bow sight calibrated with a 20-yard pin. The user places the riflescope cross hairs on the point visualized in the display relative to the relative target icon. In bow mode, user places a bow sight pin, for example, the 20-yard pin, on the point visualized in the display relative to the relative target icon. The relative aiming point is separate and distinct from an absolute aiming point that may be visualized in the display relative to the visual image of the target.
US12050073B2
The invention relates to a firing pin safety of a firearm, which firearm comprises a firing pin safety, a hammer, a bolt, a bolt carrier, and a firing pin, in which the firing pin safety comprises a safety lever mounted on a bolt carrier of the firearm, which firing pin safety is configured to control movement of a firing pin of the firearm. The safety lever and the hammer are integrated functionally, the safety lever is turnable and has three main positions: a basic position, in which position the safety lever retains movement of the firing pin to a primer of a cartridge and from inside the bolt, a release position, in which the safety lever actuated by the hammer releases movement of the firing pin towards the primer of the cartridge but not from inside the bolt, and a dismantle position, in which position the safety lever of the firing pin safety can be dismantled and the firing pin can be removed manually from inside the bolt of the firearm without tools.
US12050071B2
Described herein is a physical interlocking rifle or gun magazine that temporarily incapacitates the weapon but allows the owner to quickly remove the safety magazine and insert a usable magazine with live ammunition to respond to an emergency situation. In one example embodiment, the safety magazine includes a biometric actuator that identifies an authorized user of the weapon and immediately disengages that interlocking mechanism in the safety magazine to allow its prompt removal and replacement with an operative magazine.
US12050070B2
The present disclosure provides techniques, systems, and devices that support indicating gun state information. One or more electronic components may be used to indicate the gun state information, and the electronic components may be coupled with a gun. The gun may identify a state of the gun based on a compute component including a data signal, and the compute component may be coupled with the gun. The gun may select a representation of the state of the gun, where the representation of the state of the gun is compatible with an electronic component coupled with the gun. The gun may indicate, at the electronic component and based on the compute component, the state of the gun with the representation of the state of the gun. Indicating the state of the gun may include displaying an icon, illuminating the electronic component with a color, or pulsating the electronic component.
US12050063B2
A loop heat pipe includes: an evaporator configured to vaporize a working fluid; a condenser configured to liquefy the working fluid; a liquid pipe that connects the evaporator and the condenser to each other; and a vapor pipe that connects the evaporator and the condenser to each other. The condenser includes: a first outer metal layer; a second outer metal layer; and an inner metal layer that is provided between the first outer metal layer and the second outer metal layer, and having a flow channel through which the working fluid flows. The first outer metal layer includes: a first inner face that contacts the inner metal layer; a first outer face opposite to the first inner face in a thickness direction of the first outer metal layer; and a first recess provided in the first outer face so as not to overlap the flow channel in plan view.
US12050061B2
A heat sink for use in an immersion cooling system that includes a sintered powder structure enclosed in a porous enclosure. The porous enclosure has openings, e.g., formed by a mesh, with a size to help contain sintered powder particles that may be dislodged during operation of the heat sink.
US12050059B2
Methods of manufacturing a current collector assembly may include iteratively solving a model on a computer. The model may utilize received inputs including a variable number and arrangement of conductive elements to determine as an output a heat distribution within a hypothetical current collector assembly. The methods may also include identifying as a solution to the model a number and arrangement of conductive elements coupled with a current collector that produces a contained heat distribution within the hypothetical current collector assembly. The methods may also include manufacturing the current collector assembly, and the current collector assembly may include a defined plurality of apertures within a refractory base of the current collector assembly in a pattern configured to receive the number and arrangement of conductive elements identified as the solution to the model.
US12050058B2
An induration machine includes a travelling grate for transporting bulk material along a transport direction from a heating zone for heating and/or drying the material to a cooling zone for cooling the material by cooling gas. The machine includes a hood disposed over the travelling grate having a first hood section in the heating zone and a second hood section in the cooling zone; and two recuperation ducts for guiding used cooling gas from the second hood section to the first hood section. The recuperation ducts are disposed on opposite sides of the hood, are laterally offset with respect to the hood, and are connected to the second hood section by a V-shaped gas collector duct. Each recuperation duct is connected to the first hood section by at least one gas supply duct and has at least one dust purge opening disposed in the lowermost part of the recuperation duct for purging dust from the recuperation duct.
US12050054B2
A method and apparatus for producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from a natural gas stream. Heavy hydrocarbons are removed from the natural gas stream in a separator to generate a bottom stream and a separated natural gas stream, which is used as a coolant in a heat exchanger to generate a pretreated natural gas stream. The pretreated natural gas stream is compressed and cooled to form a chilled pretreated natural gas stream, part of which forms a recycle stream to exchange heat with the separated natural gas stream in the heat exchanger, thereby generating a cooled recycle stream. The temperature and pressure of the cooled recycle stream are reduced. The cooled recycle stream is then separated into an overhead stream and a reflux stream, which is directed to the separator. The chilled pretreated gas stream is liquefied to form LNG.
US12050052B1
A refrigerated carrier device that can maintain biological samples including capillary blood samples at refrigerated temperatures is described herein. The carrier includes an insulated phase change material (PCM) that can be pre-chilled to maintain biological samples at a refrigerated temperature (e.g., 2-8° C.) while the carrier is in transit and/or temporary storage protecting the samples from degradation. The use of PCM enables the temperature to be kept reliably between 2-8° C., avoiding temperature excursions, and eliminating the need for a compressor or thermoelectric device at the point of collection, which can reduce costs and risks related to heat, noise, condensation, and sample degradation due to power outages. The carrier device can be removable from a Sample Preparation system, which enables it to double as refrigerated storage at the point of collection and during transportation.
US12050049B2
A fluid delivery system for an appliance includes a fluid line in selective communication with a fluid source. A shelf defines a fill zone positioned below an underside of the shelf. A shelf spigot is coupled with the fluid line and disposed proximate the underside of the shelf and over the fill zone. A fluid level sensor is positioned in communication with the fill zone. The fluid level sensor is also in communication with a controller that regulates a flow of fluid through the shelf spigot.
US12050048B2
The present invention provides a refrigerator and a beverage supply device thereof. The beverage supply device comprises: a supporting seat, an adapting seat, a liquid outlet mechanism, and a blocking member for fitting with a mouth of a beverage container, the blocking member having a channel fitted with the liquid outlet mechanism, the blocking member being disposed on the adapting seat and rotating synchronously with the adapting seat when the blocking member is located at an initially-assembled position, the beverage container is fitted to the blocking member in a state where the mouth of the beverage container is higher than a liquid level of the beverage; when the blocking member is located at a fully-assembled position, the beverage container is vertically inverted on the blocking member.
US12050045B2
A refrigeration system including a storage chamber configured to store a product at a predetermined temperature. The storage chamber is defined by an inner wall. The inner wall at least partially defines an air plenum. The inner wall includes an opening wall surface, a floor surface, a rear wall surface and a ceiling wall surface. The system also includes a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, a condenser, a condenser fan, an evaporator and an evaporator fan arranged and disposed in an operable configuration to provide refrigeration to the storage chamber. The air plenum includes a conduit arranged and disposed to convey air from an air inlet across the evaporator and into a discharge chamber and out an air outlet. The air outlet is configured to discharge cooled air in a direction toward the opening wall surface.
US12050042B2
A heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and/or refrigeration (HVAC&R) system includes a first condenser configured to place a first refrigerant in a heat exchange relationship with a cooling fluid, a second condenser configured to place a second refrigerant in a heat exchange relationship with the cooling fluid, and a conduit system configured to direct a first portion of the cooling fluid from a cooling fluid supply to the first condenser and then through a first section of the second condenser in a series configuration. Further, the conduit system is configured to direct a second portion of the cooling fluid directly from the cooling fluid supply to a second section of the second condenser, such that the first portion of the cooling fluid and the second portion of the cooling fluid flow through the first condenser and the second condenser in a parallel configuration.
US12050034B2
An energy efficient heat pump includes a variable capacity compressor and a controller communicatively coupled to the variable capacity compressor. The controller is configured to receive a call for heating, determine an upper discharge pressure limit of the energy efficient heat pump, determine a lower discharge pressure limit of the energy efficient heat pump, determine a target discharge pressure value, where the target discharge pressure value is less than or equal to the upper discharge pressure limit and is greater than or equal to the lower discharge pressure limit, and modulate operation of the variable capacity compressor such that a detected discharge pressure of the heat pump approaches the target discharge pressure value.
US12050015B2
The method for dirty camera detection including: detecting a first predetermined state change event; sampling a set of cavity measurements; optionally determining a set of features of the set of cavity measurements; determining a class label based on the cavity measurements; optionally verifying the classification; and facilitating use of the appliance based on the classification.
US12050006B2
An optic having a first optic portion located on a first side of the optic and a second optic portion formed integrally with the first optic portion and located on a second side of the optic. A first cavity is defined by a first cavity inner surface in the first optic portion, the first optic portion being configured to refract light rays emitted by at least one light source. The second optic portion includes at least one total internal reflection surface and a second cavity defined at least partially by a second cavity rear surface that extends at an angle between 20° and 60°, inclusive, relative to an axis defining the height the of the optic. The second cavity rear surface is configured to refract other light rays toward the at least one total internal reflection surface, and the at least one internal reflection surface is configured to reflect the light rays toward the first side of the optic.
US12050005B1
A convenient and easy-to-use LED luminaire capable of adjusting the illumination angle of a light source in a combined manner is provided. The luminaire includes a cover, an upper shell, a lens, a PCB, a battery holder, an iron sheet, a lower shell, a base shell, a magnet, a base cover plate, a detection module, and a control platform. Through the combination of multiple groups of lights and multiple groups of lenses at different angles, the illumination angle of the luminaire can be conveniently changed to concentrate light on a specific area. The control platform adopting a cloud platform remotely controls the luminaire. A brightness adjustment system adopts a brightness estimation model to automatically adjust the brightness of the luminaire. A voice conversion submodule adopts a language model to extract command voice of a user into instruction information.
US12050002B2
A lighting apparatus includes multiple LED modules, a driver and a wireless circuit. The driver for converting an external power to a driving current. The light source plate includes a first metal layer, an insulation layer and a second metal layer. The second metal layer has a larger thickness than the first metal layer. The first metal layer has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is used for electrically connecting the multiple LED modules. The second portion forms an antenna radiation part. The insulation layer is between the first metal layer and the second metal layer. The wireless circuit electrically connected to the second portion of the first metal layer. The antenna radiation part is used as an antenna for receiving a wireless signal.
US12049992B2
An entry step lighting system for a deployable aircraft stairway. The system includes steps that having integrated light sources that direct and provide illumination to the steps. Some light sources illuminate strip lenses which indicate proximity to the step edges. Light emitted by a second group of light sources is directed into an angled face established on a riser wall between each step. The light bounces off of each angled face to illuminate the step below.
US12049985B2
A pressure vessel assembly includes a pressure element storing compressed gas and a shell enclosing the pressure element and capture the compressed gas that permeates from the pressure element. The pressure vessel assembly includes an end fitting extending into a cavity of the pressure element and from the pressure element through the shell. The end fitting includes a stem that extends out from the shell in one direction and into the cavity of the pressure element in an opposite direction and a cap that surrounds the pressure element and the stem at a location external to the pressure element. The pressure vessel assembly includes a retention component sustaining engagement of the end fitting with at least one of the pressure element or the shell below a predetermined pressure threshold.
US12049983B2
A device for estimating a temperature of a lubricant in a transmission that transmits power from a motor to a robot joint includes a thermometer and a processor. The processor includes hardware configured to: receive, as input from the motor, a current value of the motor and calculate, as output, a motor heat value based thereon; receive, as input from the motor and the transmission, a rotating speed of the motor and a frictional torque of the transmission, and calculate, as output, a frictional heat value in the transmission based on the rotating speed of the motor and at least one of the frictional torque of the transmission and at least one coefficient of friction of the transmission; and receive, as input from the thermometer, the room temperature, the frictional heat value, and the motor heat value and estimate, as output, the estimated temperature of the lubricant based thereon.
US12049977B2
Disclosed is a spirally heating submarine pipeline including: a conduit which transports a high temperature high pressure fluid from a submarine oil well; and a heating unit disposed in a spiral structure inside based on an outer circumferential surface of the conduit. The heating unit includes an electric heating wire that is installed along the spiral structure to generate heat; a heat insulator that is installed in the form of fully surrounding the electric heating wire and preserves the generated heat; and a heat insulating cap for isolating the heat insulator from the conduit or the heat insulating layer and is provided so as to increase the temperature of the flow in the pipe to prevent the production of a pipe flow interfering material when the fluid is transported in the conduit.
US12049975B2
Fluid coupling devices can be used to provide fluid passage connections in fluid systems. Some fluid coupling devices are configured for use in fluid systems for the purpose of providing a sterile connection by which fluid can be transferred in a sterile manner. Such a sterile connection can be useful for the delivery and/or processing of therapeutic agents, or ingredients thereof, and other purposes.
US12049973B1
A connector apparatus featuring a main pipe with first and second opposed ends. Each has a corresponding male-threaded fastening section for mating with the complimentary female-threaded fastening section on a respective conventional pipe-locking ring or collar. A valve-housing for supporting a one-way flow valve assembly interiorly, and a riser mounted on and supported by the valve housing for ultimate connection to the output or exhaust nozzle of a medical scavenger device.
US12049971B2
Disclosed is a fitting (1) for use with corrugated tubing (2) having a series of peaks (3) and valleys (4). The fitting (1) comprises a nut (5) having a passage (6) therethrough for receiving the tubing (2) and at least one retainer (7) arranged in the nut (5), wherein the retainer (7) has a retainer sealing surface (8) for placement in a valley (4) of the corrugated tubing (2). The fitting (1) further comprises a body (9) having a pointy annular body sealing edge (10) arranged so that the apex (11) of the body sealing edge (10) is pressed against the retainer sealing surface (8) when the nut (5) and the body (9) are forced toward each other. A method for connecting corrugated tubing (2) to a fitting (1) comprising a nut (5), a retainer (7) and a body (9) and use of a fitting (1) is also disclosed.
US12049967B2
A method of installing a 3-piece pipe coupling to connect a first pipe element to a second pipe element includes the steps of bringing the 3-piece pipe coupling into engagement with a first connection groove located proximate a first pipe element end of the first pipe element and with a second connection groove located proximate a second pipe element end of the second pipe element, the 3-piece pipe coupling comprising three pieces; and tightening the 3-piece pipe coupling about the first and second pipe element ends with a fastener extending through a first fastener pad and through a second fastener pad formed at respective distal ends of two pieces of the three pieces comprising the 3-piece pipe coupling.
US12049960B2
A piston-crankshaft connector for an internal combustion engine can comprise a main connecting rod connected with its big end bore to a crankpin and at least one auxiliary connecting rod connected to off-axial surfaces made on the crankpin. On the piston side, the at least one auxiliary connecting rod can be attached to an upper crankpin nested within the main connecting rod, where the crankpin carries off-centred piston pin bore. Such construction can modify a piston pin bore distance relative to a main journal central axis during their rotation, which can improve the internal combustion stroke-to-stroke performance. A compression ratio can additionally or alternatively be adjusted by hydraulics acting on an entire segmented eccentric ring relative position within connecting rod bearing space via crankpin oil channels.
US12049959B2
An assembly actuates two fork shafts of a gearbox which includes two rotating actuators and a system for interlocking with a first lever which supports a drive finger of a first fork and a cam the profile of which comprises a notch for locking the first lever; a second lever which supports a drive finger of a second fork and a cam the profile of which comprises a second notch for locking the second lever; and a pivoting interlocking rocker which supports a locking pin that is able to interact with one or other of the two locking notches in order to angularly lock the associated lever when the other lever is actuated in order to engage a gear ratio.
US12049958B2
A parking lock system for a motor vehicle transmission includes a latch pivotingly movable from a locking position engaged in a cavity of a locking wheel rotatably linked to an output of the transmission, to an unlocking position disengaged from the cavity. A carriage is mounted at the end of a rod and slides to a locking position. The carriage forces the pivoting of the latch in the locking, or the unlocking position. A first lever is connected to the rod, and pivots to push or pull the rod. A second lever pivots via an actuator. A spring positioned between the levers has a return force being less than the force to make the second lever pivot, such that the pivoting of the first lever leads to either: pivoting of the second lever and engagement of the latch when it is facing a cavity, or compression of the spring.
US12049950B2
A lid component is arranged to face an electric oil pump. The lid component includes an accommodation groove that accommodates at least a part of the electric oil pump on a surface side from which a lid-side connector protrudes.
US12049937B2
A damper device includes a first rotor, a second rotor, an elastic coupling part having first and second elastic members, and a hysteresis generating mechanism. The hysteresis generating mechanism includes a friction member, and generates a hysteresis torque. The friction member does not make frictional contact with the first and second rotors in a first torsion angular range where the torsion is caused between the first and second rotors by a first torsion angle from a neutral condition, makes frictional contact with the first or second rotor in a second torsion angular range exceeding the first torsion angle so as to generate the hysteresis torque, and does not make frictional contact with the first and second rotors in a predetermined torsion angular range within the second torsion angular range. In the neutral condition, the friction member is set in a neutral position by actuation of the elastic coupling part.
US12049936B2
The present disclosure provides an efficient vibration reduction and isolation base supported by a chained panel fluid bladder, including a chained panel, the vibration reduction fluid bladder, vertical limiting devices and a bottom plate. The chained panel is a discontinuous structure formed by connecting chained substructure panels in series by panel hinge devices. The vibration reduction fluid bladder and the vertical limiting devices are fixedly installed between the chained panel and the bottom plate. The chained panel is constructed based on the impedance mismatch principle and provided with a mechanical device. Mechanical vibration energy is dissipated twice by the chained panel and the vibration reduction fluid bladder, thereby greatly reducing influences of mechanical device operation on a hull structure. The present disclosure abandons a traditional base design of a continuous panel, is simple in structure and good in vibration reduction performance, and has good economy and wide application prospects.
US12049924B2
A sealing arrangement for a wheel bearing having a first bearing part and a second bearing part integrally connected to a wheel bearing flange, and rolling bodies being guided between said bearing parts, includes a carrier element and a stop part. The carrier element is connected to the first bearing part, an elastic element is provided on the carrier element, and the carrier element has a fastening section connected to the first bearing part. The elastic element has a sealing lip. The stop part is fastened to the second bearing part and in sliding contact with the sealing lip. The wheel bearing flange has an axial projection provided such that the projection protrudes in the direction of a cavity formed by an axial projection of the first bearing part. An inner surface of the axial projection of the wheel bearing flange forms a seat for the stop part.
US12049918B2
A device for compensating for tolerances between two components to be connected to one another is provided. The device may have at least one base member, a compensating member which is in thread engagement with the base member. The compensating member can be moved from a starting position into a compensating position by rotating relative to the base member. The device may also have a spacer member that may be arranged on the base member.
US12049917B2
A captive fastener having multiple components selectively biased to improve durability, including a primary body, an actuator, a plurality of locking pins, a biasing system, a bushing, and an actuator biasing member. Application of a predetermined force to an actuator proximal end longitudinally displaces the actuator from an actuator first position to an actuator second position and forces a cam leading edge against a biasing member to retract a pin from an extended position to a retracted position that does not interfere with a thread pattern formed in the fastener. The actuator biasing member returns the actuator to the actuator first position upon removal of the predetermined force allowing the biasing member to bias the pin away from the retracted position.
US12049915B2
A split coupler, and methods of making and using such a split coupler, whereby the split coupler includes a first semi-cylindrical member, a second semi-cylindrical member, and an interlocking assembly configured to interlock the first and second semi-cylindrical members to form a substantially cylindrical coupler having a coupler inner surface which defines a throughbore. Additionally, the split coupler can include spiral threads coupled to the coupler inner surface. Furthermore, the split coupler can include a flange inwardly extending from the coupler inner surface.
US12049913B2
The invention relates to a system for securing an anchor in a borehole in a mineral substrate, in particular concrete, mortar, or brickwork, comprising an anchor with a core section and a threaded section and comprising a furrowing tool for furrowing an internal thread in the borehole, said furrowing tool comprising the following: a main part with a leading end and a trailing end, wherein a force is applied via which a torque can be transmitted to the main part in order to rotate the furrowing tool (10) into the borehole and furrow the thread, and the main part has an outer surface equipped with a furrowing thread which is suitable for furrowing the internal thread into the wall of the borehole. The furrowing tool has a drive element on the leading end of the furrowing tool, said drive element being suitable for interacting with an application of force to the anchor or a part thereof which is to be screwed into the borehole machined by the furrowing tool.
US12049907B2
A heating pump includes a driving electric motor; a pump case, wherein a pump cavity and a heating cavity are defined in the pump case, the pump cavity and the heating cavity are roughly arranged side by side in an axial direction and are in communication by means of a communication channel, and a water inlet and a water outlet are formed in the pump case; an impeller arranged in the pump cavity; and a heating member arranged in the heating cavity. Therefore, not only is the size of the heating pump favorably reduced, the impeller may also be prevented from being radiated at a temperature by the heating member, such that the premature aging of the impeller may be prevented, and thus, the usage performance of the heating pump may be improved.
US12049900B2
A compressor or pump stage is provided. The compressor or pump stage at least comprising a central shaft (8) and one rotor (3), where the axis of rotation of the rotor (3) is the central shaft (8) and where the rotor comprises a number, n, of rows of impellers (5) arranged at an outer perimeter of the rotor with an axial distance between neighbouring rows of impellers (5), where n={2, 3, 4 . . . }.
US12049895B2
A scroll compressor includes a crankshaft, a bearing rotatably supporting the crankshaft, a casing accommodating the crankshaft and the bearing, an arm supporting the bearing, a fixing portion connected to an end of the arm and fixed to the casing, and first and second pins. The first and second pins are press fitted into first and second holes and fixed to the casing by welding. The first hole is formed in the fixing portion and has a first center disposed at a position overlapping a minimum sectional area portion of the arm. The second hole is formed in the fixing portion and has a second center disposed at a position outside the minimum sectional area portion of the arm. A first force with which the first pin is held by the fixing portion is larger than a second force with which the second pin is held by the fixing portion.
US12049889B2
A fluid end includes a housing having a bore extending toward a cavity and a wear sleeve positioned within the bore. The fluid end also includes a plunger positioned within a plunger bore extending through the wear sleeve, the plunger reciprocating within the plunger bore. The fluid end further includes a wear sleeve retainer coupled to the housing and positioned to block axial movement of the wear sleeve, the wear sleeve retainer having external threads along a body that engage internal threads formed in the housing. The fluid end also includes an anti-rotation system, coupled to the housing, the anti-rotation system engaging the wear sleeve retainer to block rotation of the wear sleeve retainer in at least one direction. The fluid end further includes a packing nut coupled to the wear sleeve retainer.
US12049888B2
A compressor includes a casing having a cylindrical barrel, a compression mechanism, and an electric motor. The electric motor has a tubular stator, and a rotor disposed inside the stator. The stator has a back yoke forming an outer peripheral portion of the stator, a plurality of teeth extending radially inward, and slots. A fluid passage extends between an outer peripheral surface of the stator and an inner peripheral surface of the barrel. The fluid passage has a plurality of wide portions arranged in a circumferential direction of the stator, and a narrow portion provided between adjacent ones of the wide portions. The narrow portion has a smaller radial width than each of the wide portions. Each wide portion is provided in the outer peripheral surface of the stator and between a core cut having a recessed groove shape between the slots and the inner peripheral surface of the barrel.
US12049882B2
A cryopump with a pump inlet; a two stage refrigerator; a first stage array arranged thermally coupled to a first stage of the two stage refrigerator; and a cryopanel structure coupled to a second stage of the two stage refrigerator. Surfaces of the cryopanel structure have portions that are coated portion with an adsorbent material and other portions that are not coated with the adsorbent material.
US12049881B2
A swash plate compressor including: a housing; a rotating shaft rotatably mounted to the housing; a swash plate accommodated in a crank chamber of the housing and rotating with the rotating shaft; a piston forming a compression chamber with the housing and interlocking with the swash plate to reciprocate; a discharge flow path guiding a refrigerant of the crank chamber to a suction chamber of the housing wherein an inclination angle of the swash plate is adjusted; and a discharge flow path control valve having a valve chamber provided in the discharge flow path and a valve core reciprocating inside the valve chamber, and the valve core includes: a first communication path constantly communicating the discharge flow path; and a second communication path communicating the discharge flow path when differential pressure between pressure of the crank chamber and pressure of the suction chamber is within a certain pressure range.
US12049878B2
Disclosed is a miniaturized plasma propulsion device with minimized surface area of the thruster walls exposed to the plasma and, as a result, reduced plasma-surface interactions including a set of segmented electrodes to facilitate the following improvements compared to relevant existing technologies: 1) control of the plasma flow including focusing of the plasma plume 2) increase of the thrust 2) reduction of inefficiencies associated with the electron cross field current, and 3) mitigation of low frequency oscillations. The electrodes affect all these actions when a DC or modulated voltage is applied to one or all of them with the same or different amplitudes, with the same or different frequencies or phases which are all optimized to realize the best performance through changes in the acceleration and/or ionization regions. In addition, the applied voltage to the main electrodes may also be modulated.
US12049877B2
SMA actuators and related methods are described. One embodiment of an actuator includes a base; a plurality of buckle arms; and at least a first shape memory alloy wire coupled with a pair of buckle arms of the plurality of buckle arms. Another embodiment of an actuator includes a base and at least one bimorph actuator including a shape memory alloy material. The bimorph actuator attached to the base.
US12049868B2
Method of controlling a wind turbine comprising a rotor comprising at least a first blade, the method comprising the step of varying an induction factor of the first blade over time by dynamically changing a pitch angle of the first blade over time between a first pitch angle and a second pitch angle while the first blade is rotating, wherein the first pitch angle is different from the second pitch angle, and wherein the dynamic change of the pitch angle over time is controlled such that the respective rotational position of the first blade at which the first blade is at the first pitch angle and the respective rotational positions of the first blade at which the first blade is at the second pitch angle are displaced in time and the varying induction factor of the blade occur at different angular positions in the rotor plane over time, such that a location and/or direction of a wake formed downstream of the wind turbine is dynamically changing with respect to the rotor of the wind turbine.
US12049867B2
The present invention relates to a rotor control system for actuating pitch of pitch adjustable rotor blades of a wind turbine in order to reduce edgewise blade vibrations. The system comprises a pitch actuation unit being arranged to receive a torsional vibration signal and apply a filter to the torsional vibration signal to couple the torsional vibration signal to an edgewise vibration of the rotor blades. An m-blade coordinate transformation, such as the Coleman transformation, is applied to the filtered torsional vibrational signal to obtain pitch modification signals.
US12049851B2
When switching an operation state of an engine in a hybrid system from a lean burn operation to a stoichiometry operation, the lean burn operation is once switched to a rich operation and then switched to the stoichiometry operation. During a period from before switching to the rich operation to after switching to the rich operation, an intake air restriction for restricting an amount of intake air to the engine is performed. As a result, the amount of intake air is made smaller than when the intake air restriction is not performed. Further, during the period in which the intake air restriction is performed before switching to the rich operation, a fuel cut for cutting fuel to the engine is performed.
US12049848B2
The invention relates to a planetary gearbox in a gas turbine engine wherein a plurality of planetary gears are each mounted on a planetary gear bearing journal by a slide bearing, characterized in that a bushing is arranged in an inner bore of at least one planetary gear, which bushing spatially separates the sliding surface of the slide bearing from the inner bore of the planetary gear and the bushing is designed as a replacement part, in particular as a sacrificial part. The invention also relates to a gas turbine engine.
US12049845B2
Variable bleed valves with struts for aerodynamic stability are described. An apparatus described herein includes a variable bleed valve port, and a strut disposed within the variable bleed valve port, the strut defining a plane and a plurality of holes disposed perpendicularly to the plane, the plurality of holes disposed in a pattern to dampen an acoustic response associated with the variable bleed valve port.
US12049839B2
The disclosure is directed to an exhaust gas heating unit for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine. The exhaust gas heating unit includes at least one electrically conductive heating conductor element, wherein the at least one electrically conductive heating conductor element is configured from bent flat strip material. The exhaust gas system conducts exhaust gas defining an exhaust gas primary flow direction (H). The heating conductor element can have a plurality of broad sides arranged to be substantially parallel to the exhaust gas primary flow direction (H) and a plurality of end faces arranged substantially orthogonally to the exhaust gas primary flow direction (H).
US12049835B2
A lash adjuster can include a hydraulic lash assembly, a mechanical lash assembly, and a check assembly. The hydraulic lash assembly can include a body, a top plunger, a leak down plunger, and the check assembly between the body and the leak down plunger. The mechanical lash assembly can be between the top plunger and the leak down plunger. The mechanical lash assembly can include a shim abutting the top plunger, a spacer, and a spring pressing against the spacer and the shim to form a gap between the top plunger and the leak down plunger. The lash adjuster can include the spring pressing directly against the spacer and directly or indirectly against the shim.
US12049830B2
A drain assembly includes a drain tube and a flapper assembly. The drain tube extends between a first tube end and a second tube end. The first tube end is configured to fluidly attach to an inlet plenum assembly of an engine system of a rotorcraft. The flapper assembly is positioned along the second tube end and comprises a flapper door that is configured to allow fluid to drain from the drain assembly to an engine compartment of the engine system of the rotorcraft. The flapper door is configured to prevent fluid, engine compartment gases, or flame from flowing into the drain assembly through the second tube end of the drain tube.
US12049815B2
Dimensions of a tool moving in/out of a well may be measured during well operations. The measured dimensions of the tool may be used to analyze the well operations. Analysis of well operations may include identification of types of well operations being performed at the well, monitoring of the well operations, benchmarking of the well operations, identification of tools being used in the well operations, and/or other analysis of the well operations.
US12049807B2
A method of removing wellbore water from a production wellbore includes determining a production flow rate. The method also includes determining a target production flow rate of the production fluid and comparing the production flow rate to a flow rate threshold associated with the target production flow rate. The method also includes determining, based on a result of comparing the production flow rate to the flow rate threshold, that the production flow rate satisfies the threshold. The method also includes activating a fluid moving device fluidly coupled to a wellbore string extending from a terranean surface to the water to inject, into the water, at least one of i) a surfactant, ii) a gas, or iii) a foaming agent, allowing the water and the production fluid to emulsify together and thereby allowing a mixture of water and production fluid to flow to the terranean surface of the wellbore.
US12049802B1
A fluid diverter system for use in well drilling operations, the fluid diverter system includes one or more plug chambers mounted within a pipe, and a first valve positioned adjacent to one of the one or more plug chambers, the first valve rotationally mounted within the pipe to selectively rotate between an open position and a closed position, the open position allows fluid flow through a main bore as created by the one or more plug chambers while blocking fluid flow around a perimeter of the one or more plug chambers; and the closed position allows fluid flow around the perimeter of the one or more plug chambers while blocking fluid flow through the main bore; the first valve is machined and manufactured as a single unit.
US12049791B2
A perforating gun used in oil and gas completions operations. A gun string including the perforating gun and one or more additional perforating guns substantially identical to the perforating gun.
US12049790B2
A self-locking threaded connection partially in a non-locking engagement includes a first and a second tubular component provided respectively with male and female threaded zone at their respective ends. First portions of the female threaded zones with varying thread width and root cooperate together along a self-locking tightening arrangement. A locking region within the threaded connection is located in the middle of non-locking, and radially centered to the pipe body API tolerances in order to withstand high torque and seal performances.
US12049782B2
A backplate for a door actuator includes at least one first mounting element and a second mounting element, wherein one of the two mounting elements is formed for fastening to a mounting surface, in particular door, casing or wall, and the other mounting element is formed for receiving the door actuator. The backplate also includes, at least one connecting assembly, which in a retaining position, keeps the two mounting elements together and, in a release position, does not keep the two mounting elements together, and at least one shape memory assembly with a shape memory element made from shape memory material, wherein, upon thermal activation, the shape memory assembly moves the connecting assembly to the release position.
US12049774B2
An assembly includes a longitudinal rail oriented substantially parallel to a closing plane, in which the a movable furniture door is arranged in the closing position, and a transverse rail arranged transversely to the longitudinal rail. The transverse rail can be arranged substantially parallel to a depth direction of a side space of a stationary furniture part. A fastening device can fasten the longitudinal rail and/or transverse rail to the stationary furniture part. The fastening device has an adjustment device for adjusting the longitudinal rail and/or transverse rail to be substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the transverse rail relative to the stationary furniture part.
US12049760B2
Steel installation parts can replace predetermined regions of reinforced concrete components provided for receiving loads, in particular reinforced concrete beams. The steel installation parts can be arranged in a less dense construction without losing bearing capacity, in order to create space for technical installation elements such as lines, cables and channels.
US12049756B2
A system and method for forming an easily-erectable modular business cubicle is provided. The system/method involves the use of a rectangularly-shaped tile that has distinct connectors on each of its four sides. On one tile side is a single coupling connector and on the opposite is a multiple coupling connector. On the top is a connector comprising a plurality of elongated parallel grooves and on the bottom is a connector comprising a plurality of elongated parallel tongues corresponding to the top connector. These integrated connectors allow a plurality of these tiles to be releasably coupled to each other, both in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. In addition, since no tools or separate connectors are required, a variety of cubicle styles can be easily formed and then later the cubicle can be dis-assembled or reconfigured into a new cubicle style. Tiles of different heights, but with the same connector configurations are also provided.
US12049753B2
A modular unit for constructing a modular structure is described. The modular unit comprises a structural frame, which includes at least one upper beam, at least one lower beam, and at least one column extending between said upper and lower beams and connected therebetween. At least one of said upper or lower beams is arranged to define at least one chamber for receiving a building material therein along at least a portion of its length, said column being connected to said portion of said beam. Part of said beam is removed along said portion of said beam to define at least one opening to said chamber.
US12049751B2
A building element adapted to provide thermal insulation between two building parts such as a floor or ceiling slab and a balcony slab is described. The element comprises: an elongate insulating body; a plurality of reinforcing elements passing through and projecting on either side beyond the insulating body so as to be disposed in use within and serve to reinforce each of the two building parts; at least one through apertured formation extending transversely through the insulating body so as to be able to receive in use a post-tensioning tendon member. A building system including at least one such building element, a building structure incorporating such a building system and a method of building are also described.
US12049748B2
The anti-urine splattering system for toilets and urinals comprises a sanitary plumbing fixture, a spray head, a first valve, an electronic controller, and an activation control. The spray head may be operable to create a water curtain across an aperture of the sanitary plumbing fixture. The water curtain may prevent splashed urine from exiting the sanitary plumbing fixture during urination. The electronic controller may initiate the water curtain responsive to input from the activation control. The electronic controller may initiate the water curtain by electrically actuating the first valve. In some embodiments, the spray head may be supplied with water from a supplemental water tank via a second valve. As non-limiting examples, the sanitary plumbing fixture may be a toilet or a urinal.
US12049744B2
A work machine includes a hydraulic pump that is driven by an engine and delivers a pressurized fluid, a hydraulic actuator that is operated by the pressurized fluid delivered by the hydraulic pump, a hydraulic accumulator device that accumulates the pressurized fluid discharged from the hydraulic actuator, a differential pressure control valve that is disposed between the hydraulic actuator and the hydraulic accumulator device and generates a differential pressure across the differential pressure control valve between a pressure of the hydraulic actuator and a pressure of the hydraulic accumulator device, a pressure sensor that senses the pressure of the hydraulic accumulator device, and a controller that controls the differential pressure control valve on the basis of a sensing result of the pressure sensor. The controller controls the differential pressure control valve in such a manner that the differential pressure across the differential pressure control valve reduces according to a rise in the pressure of the hydraulic accumulator device sensed by the pressure sensor.
US12049739B1
A modular subbase may comprise an upper surface, a longitudinal supporting structure coupled to the upper surface, one or more outrigger boxes coupled to the longitudinal supporting structure and the upper surface. The longitudinal supporting structure may comprise a wide sheet of metal comprising two upwardly-facing arms and a medial section adapted to be lightweight and to provide structural support to the upper surface. The longitudinal supporting structure and upper surface may comprise struts configured to prevent buckling of the medial section and the upper surface The modular subbase may be configured to couple to one or more modular bodies. The modular bodies may couple directly to the upper surface. A boom-arm pedestal for operating a boom-arm may be integrated into the upper surface and may be structurally supported by the modular subbase.
US12049738B2
A post-tensioned tube foundation for supporting a structure subject to high upset forces is described herein. The post-tensioned tube foundation includes an outer CMP, an inner CMP, and a tubular concrete base positioned between the inner CMP and the outer CMP. The outer CMP includes an inner surface that defines a cavity extending between a first open end and an opposite second open end. The outer CMP is positioned within an excavated hole defined along a ground surface. The inner CMP is positioned within the cavity of the outer CMP such that an annular space is defined between the inner CMP and the outer CMP. The tubular concrete base is positioned within the annular space defined between the inner CMP and the outer CMP. A plurality of bracing beams extend radially outwardly from the tubular concrete base.
US12049722B2
A control method of a washing machine includes performing a first drum operation of supplying water by a first set amount together with a detergent into the tub and rotating the drum at a first drum rotation speed, while water is supplied, performing a pump speed-change operation of accelerating the pump from a first pump rotation speed to a second pump rotation speed and then decelerating to the first pump rotation speed at least once during the first drum operation and performing a second drum operation of operating a heater to heat the water in the tub in a state in which the first set amount of water is supplied into the tub, rotating the drum at a second drum rotation speed during the operation of the heater, and performing a pump constant-speed operation of operating the pump at a third pump rotation speed during the second drum operation.
US12049716B1
A composite structural component including a braided material embedded in a resin matrix. the braided material with multiple braided components formed of continuous tows and connected by one or more intersections are described. Each of the multiple braided components is formed by sets of tows. Each set of tows includes a respective plurality of tows, which are substantially adjacent and parallel to each other at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the braided material. Each set of tows is further composed of multiple subsets of tows. The subsets of tows separate at the intersections and combine with different subsets of tows in adjacent components of the multiple braided components.
US12049707B2
This cylinder device includes a tubular cylinder that has an opening portion on at least one end side, a metal rod that protrudes through the opening portion of the cylinder, and a sliding contact member that is provided at the opening portion of the cylinder and comes into sliding contact with the rod. A chromium plating film is provided on a surface of the rod. An aspect ratio of an average crystallite diameter in a film thickness direction to an average crystallite diameter in an in-plane direction in the chromium plating film is 0.2 or smaller.
US12049699B2
A plasma generating system generates plasma in a processing chamber. A controller is configured to: a) perform atomic layer deposition (ALD) N times to deposit film in a feature of the substrate; b) after performing a) M of the N times, supply an inhibitor plasma gas to the processing chamber and strike plasma in the processing chamber to create a passivated surface more on upper portions of the feature as compared to lower portions of the feature to inhibit the atomic layer deposition in the upper portions of the feature as compared to the lower portions of the feature; c) supply an etch gas to the processing chamber to etch the film more in the upper portions of the feature than in the lower portions in the feature of the substrate following b); and d) repeat a) to c) one or more times to gapfill the feature without voids.
US12049698B2
A method for reducing effluent buildup in a pumping exhaust system of a substrate processing system includes, during a substrate treatment process, arranging a substrate on a substrate support in a processing chamber; supplying one or more process gases to the processing chamber; supplying an inert dilution gas at a first flow rate to the pumping exhaust system; performing the substrate treatment process on the substrate in the processing chamber; evacuating reactants from the processing chamber using the pumping exhaust system. The method includes, after the substrate treatment process, supplying cleaning plasma including cleaning gas in the processing chamber during a cleaning process; and supplying the inert dilution gas at a second flow rate that is less than the first flow rate to the pumping exhaust system during the cleaning process.
US12049691B2
A temperature-controlled shield for an evaporation source is described. The temperature-controlled shield is configured to provide a pre-heating zone or a post-cooling zone.
US12049689B2
The present invention solves a novel problem of corrosive wear that occurs in the use of a valve seat in an internal combustion engine using a hydrogen gas fuel. The problem is solved by an iron-based sintered alloy valve seat used in an internal combustion engine using a hydrogen gas fuel, in which the Cr content is 6% by mass to 23% by mass, the Mo content is 5% by mass to 20% by mass, the Cu content is 10% by mass to 23% by mass, the Co content is 3% by mass or more, and a total content of Cr, Mo, and Co is 14% by mass to 47% by mass.
US12049676B2
A method for dyeing and/or retanning of leather objects includes providing a leather object. The leather object has been processed by at least a tanning process. The leather object is introduced into a process chamber. The leather object is subjected in the process chamber to a pressurized fluid. The pressure of the pressurized fluid is controlled to reach a supercritical state. The leather object is subjected to a dyeing agent and/or a retanning agent, which dyeing or retanning agent is dissolved and/or transported in the pressurized fluid for at least a predefined period of time while the pressurized fluid is in the supercritical state. The pressure is reduced in the process chamber. The leather object is removed from the process chamber. The pressure reduction is controlled over time.
US12049675B2
The process of producing concentrated maple sap can include concentrating the maple sap using membrane filtration to a sugar content of approximately 30° Brix, circulating the maple through a maple sap passage of a membrane, wherein the membrane contains the maple sap in a vacuum cavity, and evaporating the water from the maple sap across the membrane into the cavity. The concentrated maple sap having a sugar content above 50° Brix.
US12049674B2
A stevia cultivar, designated ‘16228013’, is disclosed. Further embodiments relate to the plant parts of stevia cultivar ‘16228013’, to the plants of stevia ‘16228013’ and to methods for producing a stevia plant produced by crossing the cultivar ‘16228013’ with itself or another stevia variety, including methods using marker assisted breeding. Further embodiments relate to hybrid stevia seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar ‘16228013’ with another stevia cultivar. Six highly polymorphic SNPs loci and the corresponding genomic sequences used to identify plant variety ‘16228013’ derived plant materials are also disclosed.
US12049663B2
Methods of accurately determining DNA barcodes using a cylindrical nanopore system. The methods include steps of leveraging the average velocity of a double-stranded DNA segment passing through a single cylindrical nanopore that is measured through repeated scanning to accurately determine protein tag locations on the double-stranded DNA segment. As such, the methods provide for the accurate calculation of a barcode for the double-stranded DNA segment based on protein tag locations without underestimation or overestimate issues. The underlying concept and the methods are equally applicable to other multi-nanopore systems which use the dwell time and time of flight velocities to measure the barcodes.
US12049661B2
The disclosure discloses construction and application of an engineered strain of E. coli for producing malic acid by fixing CO2, and belongs to the field of fermentation. The engineered strain is obtained by performing genetic engineering transformation on Escherichia coli MG1655; the genetic engineering transformation includes knocking out a fumarate reductase gene, a fumarase gene, a lactate dehydrogenase gene and an alcohol dehydrogenase gene and freely overexpressing a formate dehydrogenase, an acetyl coenzyme A synthetase, an acylated acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, a formaldehyde lyase, a dihydroxyacetone kinase, a malic enzyme and a phosphite oxidoreductase to obtain a strain GH0407. The strain is used for producing malic acid by fermentation, anaerobic fermentation is performed for 72 hours with CO2 and glucose as a co-substrate, the production of malic acid reaches 39 g/L, the yield is 1.53 mol/mol, and accumulation of malic acid in the original strain is not achieved.
US12049655B2
Disclosed are a construction method and application of a microorganism capable of realizing high production of lacto-N-tetrose, belonging to the field of microbial genetic engineering. The present disclosure employs a strain which has been constructed in the early stage for efficiently producing a precursor lacto-N-triose II as an original strain to synthesize a key gene of the lacto-N-tetrose via over-expression, thus enabling the strain to have a synthesis capability of producing the lacto-N-tetrose. The present disclosure improves the synthesis of the lacto-N-tetrose by screening a high-efficiency β-1,3-galactosyl transferase gene, and reasonably designing the co-expression of the β-1,3-galactosyl transferase gene and a key UDP-glucose 4 epimerase gene (galE) for strengthening a UDP-galactose pathway on a vector pCDFDuet-1. In a shake flask experiment, the lacto-N-tetrose production capacity of Escherichia coli is 3.04 g/L. The lacto-N-tetrose yield in a 3 L fermentation tank reaches 25.49 g/L. Therefore, the microorganism has an industrial application prospect.
US12049647B2
The present invention relates to oncolytic virus comprising: (i) a GM-CSF-encoding gene; and (ii) an immune co-stimulatory pathway activating molecule or an immune co-stimulatory pathway activating molecule-encoding gene.
US12049635B2
A transgenic method of obtaining blue flowers by catalyzing glutamine to synthesize indigo. The steps include: 1) respectively cloning a Sfp gene encoding phosphopantetheinyl transferase and a bpsA gene encoding indigo synthase downstream of a plant promoter in a plant-promoter-containing plasmid; 2) amplifying the obtained plasmid in E. coli and then transferring the same to Agrobacterium tumefaciens; and 3) transferring DNA containing Sfp and bpsA into a plant. The blue flowers produced by the present invention have various characteristics of natural flowers, being fresh, flower-scented, non-color-fading, and non-toxic. The transgene-encoded enzyme and the produced indigo are not in the vacuole and are not affected by the low pH of the plant vacuole, thereby resulting in a pure blue color. The precursor of the blue matter, i.e., the substrate of the enzyme, is glutamine, which is abundant in plants. The enzyme catalysis reaction comprises a single step, and the transgenic transformation can be carried out on natural white flowers.
US12049631B2
Compositions comprising aptamers, and methods of thereof as carrier molecules in cell-mediated immunotherapies, and activation of antigen-specific T-cell responses.
US12049629B2
Disclosed herein are polynucleic acid molecules, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for treating Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.
US12049617B2
The present invention is related to an improved method for production of 7-dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC), an important intermediate towards biotechnological production of vitamin D3 or derivatives/metabolites thereof. The invention features modified yeast strains expressing enzymes having improved C-8 sterol isomerase activity leading to increased ratios of 7-DHC in the sterol mix.
US12049615B2
A system for electronically and optically monitoring biological samples, the system including: a multi-well plate having a plurality of wells configured to receive a plurality of biological samples, each of the wells having a set of electrodes and a transparent window on a bottom surface of the well that is free of electrodes; an illumination module configured to illuminate the wells; a cradle configured to receive the multi-well plate, the cradle having an opening on the bottom that exposes the transparent windows of the wells; and an optical imaging module movable across different wells of a same multi-well plate to capture images through the windows.
US12049612B2
Specialized culture plates for imaging cells in a quick, high throughput manner are provided. Ideally the wells of the culture plate have triangular, square, or V-shaped wells or cell sorting walls having a plurality of vertices, and more complicated variations thereof are also possible. The plates are tilted or rotated to collect the cells at the vertex or vertices of the wells, optionally vibrated to speed the collection, then the vibration and tilt or rotation removed for some period of time, whereon the cells are imaged through the flat transparent bottom of the plate.
US12049609B2
The system and methods described are directed to a distillation system and method having an evaporator tank with a wall surrounding an interior evaporator tank area. A non-oxidizing gas line is disposed at least partially outside the evaporator tank in communication with the interior evaporator tank area, wherein the non-oxidizing gas line introduces a non-oxidizing gas into the interior evaporator tank; the interior evaporator tank area is generally at or above an ambient atmospheric pressure.
US12049607B2
Disclosed is a detergent composition (F) for domestic or industrial use including, as thickener, a self-invertible inverse latex including an aqueous phase including: a) a crosslinked anionic polyelectrolyte (P) consisting of: —at least one monomer unit derived from at least one monomer chosen from the elements of the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, 2-carboxyethylacrylic acid, itaconic acid, maleic acid, 3-methyl-3-[(1-oxo-2-propenyl)amino]butanoic acid, the carboxylic function of the monomers being in free acid, partially salified or totally salified form; and—at least one monomer unit derived from a polyethylenic crosslinking monomer (AR), b) ethylenediaminedisuccinic acid in trisodium salt form.
US12049600B2
The invention relates to aqueous composition comprising water-soluble glycerin-based polyalkylene glycols as synthetic base oils as well as the use of the composition and the glycerin-based polyalkylene glycols as or in metalworking fluids, wherein the glycerin was consecutively alkoxylated in the following order: first with propylene oxide, followed by ethylene oxide and finally with propylene oxide.
US12049594B2
A method and a system for separating an oil-in-water emulsion in a water-oil separation plant (WOSP) are provided. An exemplary method includes feeding the oil-in-water emulsion to the WOSP, and forcing the oil-in-water emulsion through a silica sand filter to separate the oil and form a separated water stream.
US12049586B2
Cement slurries are prepared that comprise water, a hydraulic cement and particles of an oil-absorbent material. The particles are present in an amount sufficient to alter a property of a non-aqueous drilling fluid. The cement slurry is placed in a subterranean well, whereupon the slurry contacts residual drilling fluid on casing and formation surfaces. The oil-absorbent material in the cement slurry may reduce the mobility of the drilling fluid, thereby improving zonal isolation. The oil-absorbent material may be a polyolefin block copolymer.
US12049583B2
A compound of formula (1) or (11): X-A1-(N═N-A2)n-N═N-A3-Y (1) X-A41-(N═N-A42)n-N═N-A43-Y (11), -A1- and -A2- being independently a divalent group of an S-containing aromatic heterocyclic ring, with no adjacent non-carbons in the ring, a divalent group of a benzisothiazole ring, or a divalent group of an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, -A3- being a divalent group of an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, —X is a branched alkyl, alkoxy, or alkylsulfanyl group having 3 or more carbon atoms, —Y is a monovalent organic group, n is 1, 2, or 3, when n is 2 or 3, a plurality of -A2-s and/or -A42-s optionally differing, wherein -A1- and -A2- are not both a divalent group of an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, at least one -A42- is a divalent group of an S-containing aromatic heterocyclic ring, -A41- and -A43- are independently a divalent group of an aromatic hydrocarbon ring.
US12049581B2
A core-shell quantum dot comprising zinc, a core comprising a first semiconductor nanocrystal material; and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core, wherein the core-shell quantum dot does not comprise cadmium, and does comprise zinc, tellurium, selenium, and aluminum.
US12049577B2
The present disclosure relates to a dielectric substrate that may include a polymer based core film, and a fluoropolymer based adhesive layer. The polymer based core film may include a resin matrix component, and a ceramic filler component. The ceramic filler component may include a first filler material. The particle size distribution of the first filler material may have a D10 of at least about 1.0 microns and not greater than about 1.7, a D50 of at least about 1.0 microns and not greater than about 3.5 microns, and a D90 of at least about 2.7 microns and not greater than about 6 microns.
US12049576B2
A process for producing a silicone pressure sensitive adhesive is shown and described herein. The process comprises reacting a MQ silicone resin with a polydiorganosiloxane in the absence of a solvent. The MQ silicone resin is a solid, solventless MQ resin. The reaction may be conducted in the presence of a catalyst, a chain extension reagent, or a combination thereof, and the resulting pressure sensitive adhesive can be dissolved in a solvent and the solids content adjusted. The present method provides a manner to provide a cleaner adhesive material that is free of unwanted materials such as aromatic solvents and also substantially free of cyclic siloxane impurities.
US12049558B2
The disclosure relates to oxygen scavenging polymers, compositions comprising the polymers, articles comprising the polymers and/or compositions, and methods of making the polymers, compositions, and/or articles. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US12049553B2
The present invention provides a midsole formed of a crosslinked polyolefin resin foam product including a reinforcing material and a softener so that the midsole is excellent in lightweight properties and strength.
US12049552B2
The present invention is directed to a polyolefin composition which provides improved contrast of laser marks. It is suitable for many applications where precise marking of a molded article made of a polyolefin composition is required, e.g. as outer layer of a wire or cable or in automotive applications. The polyolefin composition of the present invention comprises a polyolefin, carbon black in an amount of 0.25 to 1.0 wt % and an optical brightener in an amount of 0.001 to 0.1 wt %. The present invention is further directed to a molded article comprising the polyolefin composition of the present invention. Further on, the present invention is directed to the use of the polyolefin composition of the present invention as an outer layer of a cable. Finally, the present invention is directed to a method of inducing print on a molded article by laser printing.
US12049551B2
Metal oxide-polymer composite particles have a median particle size D50 of 40-75 nm or 100-150 nm and an average RTA of at least 0.06. Alternatively or in addition, metal oxide-polymer composites comprise two or more populations of metal oxide particles differing in size, particle size distribution, or shape. Alternatively or in addition, the use of a multicomponent hydrophobizing system including an alkylsilane to fabricate metal oxide-polymer composite particles increases the tribocharge of the composite particles.
US12049546B2
The present invention provides a monolayer base film for hydraulic transfer printing that is excellent in water solubility and allows high resolution transfer printing without rupture even in high speed printing and a film for hydraulic transfer printing using the same. The present invention is a base film for hydraulic transfer printing comprising a polyvinyl alcohol resin, the base film forming a printing layer to be transferred to an article by hydraulic transfer printing. In this base film for hydraulic transfer printing, the base film for hydraulic transfer printing has an amount (A1) of crystalline component of 60% or less and an amount (A2) of constrained amorphous component from 10% to 50%, the amounts being obtained from a spin-spin relaxation curve by 1H pulse NMR measurement of the base film in deuterated methanol, and a moisture content from 1 to 5 mass %.
US12049536B2
This disclosure generally provides tris (hydroxymethyl) phosphine oxide based polyfunctional polyester polyol compounds and resin compositions made therefrom which have improved flammability, wherein the resin composition comprising: (a) a polyfunctional isocyanate; (b) an isocyanate reactive composition comprising (b1) a polyfunctional polyol composition and a catalyst composition; and optionally (b2) a polyfunctional amine; wherein the polyfunctional polyol composition comprises tris (hydroxymethyl) phosphine oxide based polyfunctional polyester polyol compound.
US12049534B1
A polyurethane foam and a method of forming a polyurethan foam. The polyurethane foam including the reaction product of polyethylene glycol and polypropylene copolymer polyol, a gelation catalyst, a blowing catalyst, lignin, a polymeric isocyanate, and a blowing agent. The method includes mixing polyethylene glycol and polypropylene copolymer polyol, a gelation catalyst, a blowing catalyst, lignin, a polymeric isocyanate, and a blowing agent. Vehicle components are formed from the polyurethane foam.
US12049527B2
A bimodal ethylene-co-1-hexene copolymer composition consisting of a higher molecular weight component and a lower molecular weight component and, when in melted form at 190 degrees Celsius, is characterized by a melt property performance defined by a combination of melt index (5 kg), melt strength, and, optionally, shear thinning properties, and, when in solid form, is characterized by a slow crack growth property performance defined by a combination of strain hardening modulus and accelerated full-notch creep test performance. A pipe consisting of the bimodal ethylene-co-1-hexene copolymer composition. A method of synthesizing the bimodal ethylene-co-1-hexene copolymer composition. A method of making the pipe. A manufactured article, which is not a pipe, comprising the bimodal ethylene-co-1-hexene copolymer composition.
US12049526B2
Disclosed is an antistatic agent for a metallocene olefin polymerization process and a polymerization method using the same, by which discontinuity event due to sheeting or drooling occurring in the olefin polymerization process can be effectively reduced, enabling continuous operation for a long time, and the obtained final product can be applied to various applications including food contact use. The present disclosure includes an olefin polymerization method, which comprises forming a mixture in which an antistatic agent containing diglycerol oleate is mixed with a low molecular weight hydrocarbon, supplying the antistatic agent mixture and a metallocene-based catalyst composition comprising a metallocene catalyst and aluminoxane to two or more polymerization reactors, and polymerizing one or more alpha-olefins in the presence of the antistatic agent mixture and catalyst composition.
US12049523B2
A method is provided of manufacturing a biodegradable healthcare product for environmental purposes such as reducing waste. The main ingredients include a quantity of potato starch, a quantity of corn starch, and a quantity of avocado seeds. The quantity of potato starch, the quantity of corn starch, and the quantity of avocado seeds are all pulverized. The quantity of potato starch, the quantity of corn starch, and the quantity of avocado seeds are amalgamated into a quantity of biodegradable powder. A molding process is executed by manufacturing a sterile healthcare product from the quantity of biodegradable powder. The sterile healthcare product can be any type of healthcare product such as, but not limited to, a pharmaceutical product bottle, a nutraceutical product bottle, a one test kit container, a band-aid container, a dental floss container, a swab container, a syringe, an inhaler, a dropper, or a tampon.
US12049522B2
A powder that contains carboxymethylated cellulose nanofibers, said carboxymethylated cellulose nanofibers having a degree of carboxymethyl substitution of 0.50 or less and a cellulose type I crystallinity of 60% or more, and has a median diameter of 10.0 μm to 150.0 μm. This powder is suitable usable as an additive.
US12049519B2
Provided is a peptide including X-(Xaa1)a-(Xaa2)b-Y-(Xaa3)c-(Xaa4)d-Z, or a salt or amide thereof, in which each of X and Z is independently selected from Asn, Cys, Gln, Gly, Ser, Thr and Tyr; in which one of Xaa1 and Xaa2 is His and the other of Xaa1 and Xaa2 is Arg; in which one of Xaa3 and Xaa4 is His and the other of Xaa3 and Xaa4 is Arg; in which the amino functional group of X is, optionally, acylated; in which the carboxylate functional group of Z is, optionally, amidated; in which Y is selected from Ala and Trp; in which each of a and d is independently an integer from 2 to 4; and each of b and c is independently an integer from 2 to 4. The peptide may be used in therapeutic approaches.
US12049517B2
This disclosure relates to bispecific antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof, wherein the bispecific antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof specifically bind to two different antigens with different binding affinities.
US12049511B2
Engineered effector cells, such as chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), are used for enhanced immunogenic response to specific antigen, such as CD46. Disclosed herein are compositions and methods of treatment a cancer overexpressing CD46, which comprises a pharmaceutical composition comprising an engineered effector cell.
US12049510B2
The present invention provides a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) which binds a low density target antigen, which comprises a Fab antigen binding domain. The invention also relates to cells expressing such a CAR and their use in the treatment of disease.
