US12100326B2
Discussed are a flexible display device, a rollable display apparatus including the flexible display device, and a method for controlling the flexible display device. According to embodiments, a sensing operation is performed based on whether a display panel included in the flexible display device moves and based on an exposed area of the display panel. Accordingly, an inaccurate sensed value due to a physical change of the display panel are not considered, such that accurate sensing and deterioration compensation for deterioration of the display panel can be achieved. Further, an image quality of each of the flexible display device, and the rollable display apparatus including the flexible display device can be improved.
US12100321B2
A stretchable display module and a stretchable display device are provided. The stretchable display module includes a display area and a non-display area. The display area includes a main display area and an edge display area. The stretchable display module includes a plurality of pixel islands and a plurality of connecting bridges. Each of the connecting bridges is connected to two adjacent pixel islands in the main display area. A plurality of opening groups is disposed between adjacent pixel islands in the edge display area. The opening groups include a plurality of openings arranged from the edge display area to the non-display area, and an area of the openings gradually decreases from the edge display area to the non-display area.
US12100307B2
A camera with a field of view toward an external environment of an aircraft is disposed within an aircraft door such that a leading edge of a wing of the aircraft is within the field of view of the camera. A display device is disposed within an interior of the aircraft. A processor is operatively coupled to the camera and to the display device. The processor analyzes image data captured by the camera to predict a likelihood of foreign object collision with the leading edge of the wing, or detect damage or deformation to the leading edge.
US12100306B2
Examples are disclosed that relate to efficient computer-storage and computer-rendering of obstacle data in the computer-generated map view. In one example, one or more vector tiles collectively representing a geographic region are received. Each of the one or more vector tiles represents a sub-region of the geographic region. Obstacle data for one or more obstacles in the geographic region is received. The obstacle data defines a location of each of the one or more obstacles in relation to a local origin of the vector tile representing the sub-region where the obstacle is geographically located. A map view is rendered for visual presentation via a display. The map view includes the geographic region represented by the one or more vector tiles and indicating the one or more obstacles.
US12100305B2
An apparatus for automated ground control of an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft includes a flight controller and a remote device. Remote device may transmit a location datum to a flight controller. Location datum may store a location of a charger, terminal, airport, or the like. Flight controller may authorize the location datum and direct aircraft using the information from the location datum.
US12100298B2
A cooperative intelligent traffic system is provided for use between bicycles, motorcycles, and other vehicles. Sensor data from mobile devices and other sensor devices associated with the vehicle can be sent to an edge network computing device (e.g., a multi-access edge computing device) and be processed at the edge network to identify threats and hazards, and then transmit the threat assessment data to other bicycles, motorcycles, and vehicles nearby. The threat assessment data can be used by the operators of the other vehicles to warn them of upcoming threats, hazards, road conditions, and other pertinent conditions.
US12100297B1
A smart water evaporation system can include a central control unit configured to be in communication with a plurality of thermal rods, a plurality of retractable barriers, and at least one sensor; wherein the central control unit is configured to: retrieve at least one signal from the at least one sensor when the at least one sensor detects an upper limit water level and a lower limit water level; activate the plurality of retractable barriers and the plurality of thermal rods in response to the detected upper limit water level from the at least one sensor being greater than or equal to a preset upper limit water level; and deactivate the plurality of retractable barriers and the plurality of thermal rods in response to the detected lower limit water level from the at least one sensor being less than or equal to a preset lower limit water level.
US12100287B2
Methods and systems for processing data associated with a premises management system are disclosed. The data may comprise alarm event data and non-alarm event data. The alarm event data and non-alarm event data may be processed to determine whether to send a notification.
US12100273B2
One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for determining a time-length of an action are provided. For example, a first event may be detected. Responsive to detecting the first event, a first inquiry may be transmitted in a first direction, using a first device. The first inquiry may be received by a second device. Responsive to receiving the first inquiry, a first reply data packet, comprising an identification number associated with the second device, may be transmitted, using the second device, to the first device. A second event may be detected. Responsive to detecting the second event, a second inquiry may be transmitted in a second direction, using a third device. The second inquiry may be received by the second device. Responsive to receiving the second inquiry, a second reply data packet, comprising the identification number, may be transmitted, using the second device, to the third device.
US12100261B2
Systems, methods and software for multi-player electronic gaming are described. One embodiment includes a system for multi-player electronic gaming, the system including at least one gaming client configured to accept a selection of at least one gaming option from a player, and allow the player to play a game based on the selection of the at least one gaming option. The system includes an administration server configured to: receive the selection of the at least one gaming option from the at least one gaming client, and initiate the game for the player based on the selection of the at least one gaming option. The system includes at least one gaming server configured to run the game and transmit data about the game to the administration server.
US12100258B2
Systems and/or methods for use in connection with digital downloading jukeboxes are provided. Such systems and/or methods may be used to provide enhanced communications capabilities, e.g., to registered users of jukeboxes. In certain exemplary embodiments, users may become registered users directly at a jukebox. Registered users also may, in certain exemplary embodiments, receive coupons for free plays, import playlists from hardware devices and/or software applications, receive special pricing when playing certain instances of media, play playlists in whole or in part, create and/or manage playlists directly at a jukebox, establish and manage connections with other registered users, etc. Still further, in certain exemplary embodiments, one or more channels may be predefined and/or set up for a jukebox.
US12100257B2
A system comprising: a document holder; an image sensor directed toward the document holder; a polarized filter between the image sensor and the document holder; a filter motor configured to rotate the polarized filter; one or more processors; and at least one memory having stored thereon computer program code that, when executed by the one or more processors, instructs the one or more processors to: control the filter motor to rotate the polarized filter; control the image sensors to capture a plurality of images of a document within the document holder, the plurality of images corresponding to a respective relative orientations of the polarized filter to the document; identify a feature of the document; and output, in response comparing respective visual characteristics of the feature of the document to corresponding expected visual characteristics of the first feature for the document, an indication of a verification of the document.
US12100256B1
A housing facilitates a service operation for a transaction device. The housing is communicatively coupled to a housing control computing system. The housing includes a user interface comprising a first input/output (I/O) device that is communicatively coupled to the housing control computing system. The housing includes a transfer cassette interface structured to receive a transfer cassette that is structured to retrievably store banknotes. The transfer cassette interface is coupled to a sensor structured to detect when the cassette is docked and detect an identification of the cassette. The housing also includes a transaction device interface that is structured to couple to a first cassette port and, responsive to the transfer cassette interface receiving the cassette, operably couple the cassette to a transaction device transport apparatus. The transaction device transport apparatus is structured to facilitate transporting banknotes to and from the cassette and a first storage cassette.
US12100252B2
A passage propriety assessment device, provided with: a assessment unit that authorizes a person to pass through a first entrance/exit when a first facial image of the person at the first entrance/exit satisfies an individual authorization criterion, which is a criterion for assessing by facial recognition that the person is a pass-authorized person; and a setting unit that, when it is assessed that a person who has been authorized to pass through the first entrance/exit is impersonating a pass-authorized person, sets the individual authorization criterion for a pass-authorized person for a second entrance/exit located after the first entrance/exit so as to be higher than the individual authorization criterion for the first entrance/exit. When a second facial image of a person at the second entrance/exit does not satisfy the individual authorization criterion that was set higher, the assessment unit restricts the person from passing through the second entrance/exit.
US12100240B1
A fingerprint recognition driving device includes a plurality of light sensors and a plurality of signal processing circuits. The light sensors respectively generate a plurality of sensing signals. The signal processing circuits respectively coupled to the light sensors, for processing the sensing signals to generate a plurality of processed sensing signals. During each of a plurality of sensing periods, one of the signal processing circuits provides corresponding processed sensing signal with a first polarity, and each of the other signal processing circuits provides corresponding processed sensing signals with a second polarity, and the first polarity is different from the second polarity. The signal processing circuits generates an output signal according to the processed sensing signals.
US12100230B2
In various examples, to support training a deep neural network (DNN) to predict a dense representation of a 3D surface structure of interest, a training dataset is generated from real-world data. For example, one or more vehicles may collect image data and LiDAR data while navigating through a real-world environment. To generate input training data, 3D surface structure estimation may be performed on captured image data to generate a sparse representation of a 3D surface structure of interest (e.g., a 3D road surface). To generate corresponding ground truth training data, captured LiDAR data may be smoothed, subject to outlier removal, subject to triangulation to filling missing values, accumulated from multiple LiDAR sensors, aligned with corresponding frames of image data, and/or annotated to identify 3D points on the 3D surface of interest, and the identified 3D points may be projected to generate a dense representation of the 3D surface structure.
US12100209B2
An image analysis method, including: obtaining influencing factors of t frames of images, where the influencing factors include self-owned features of h target subjects in each of the t frames of images and relational vector features between the h target subjects in each of the t frames of images, self-owned features of each target subject include a location feature, an attribute feature, and a posture feature, and t and h are natural numbers greater than 1; and obtaining a panoramic semantic description based on the influencing factors, where the panoramic semantic description includes a description of relationships between target subjects, relationships between actions of the target subjects and the target subjects, and relationships between the actions of the target subjects.
US12100192B2
A computer device extracts local features of sample images based on a first part of a convolutional neural network (CNN) model. The sample images comprise a plurality of images taken at the same place. The device; aggregates the local features into feature vectors having a first dimensionality based on a second part of the CNN model. The device obtains compressed representation vectors of the feature vectors based on a third part of the CNN model. The compressed representation vectors have a second dimensionality less than the first dimensionality. The device trains the CNN model, and obtains a trained CNN mode satisfying a preset condition in accordance with the training.
US12100186B2
Aspects presented herein relate to methods and devices for graphics processing including an apparatus, e.g., a GPU or CPU. The apparatus may allocate each of a plurality of primitives in a scene into one of a plurality of bounding boxes, each of the plurality of bounding boxes corresponding to a plurality of nodes including internal nodes and leaf nodes. The apparatus may also identify whether each of the plurality of nodes is one of the internal nodes or one of the leaf nodes. Further, the apparatus may estimate a compressibility of each of the plurality of nodes if the node is one of the leaf nodes, the compressibility of the node corresponding to whether the node is compressible. The apparatus may also compress data corresponding to each of the plurality of nodes if the node is estimated to be compressible.
US12100181B2
Methods and apparatus for providing a representation of an environment, for example, in an XR system, and any suitable computer vision and robotics applications. A representation of an environment may include one or more planar features. The representation of the environment may be provided by jointly optimizing plane parameters of the planar features and sensor poses that the planar features are observed at. The joint optimization may be based on a reduced matrix and a reduced residual vector in lieu of the Jacobian matrix and the original residual vector.
US12100172B2
The method, apparatus and computer program product estimate the depth to objects within a scene that is captured by first and second cameras of a mobile terminal. A method includes determining, based upon an image including an eye of a user captured by a first camera of a mobile terminal and an image of a scene captured by a second camera of the mobile terminal, two or more angles of a geometric shape defined by the eye, the mobile terminal and an object of the scene. Based upon the image captured by the first camera, the method also determines a first distance from the first camera to the eye. The method further estimates the depth to the object in the scene relative to the mobile terminal based upon the first distance and one or more angles of the geometric shape defined by the eye, the mobile terminal and the object.
US12100171B2
A system and method include receiving target image data associated with a target coating. A texture feature extraction analysis process is applied to the target image data to determine a target texture image feature. A machine learning model identifies one or more texture features for matching to a target coating.
US12100169B2
Systems and techniques are described herein for performing optical flow estimation between one or more frames. For example, a process can include determining a subset of pixels of at least one of a first frame and a second frame, and generating a mask indicating the subset of pixels. The process can include determining, based on the mask, one or more features associated with the subset of pixels of at least the first frame and the second frame. The process can include determining optical flow vectors between the subset of pixels of the first frame and corresponding pixels of a second frame. The process can include generating an optical flow map for the second frame using the optical flow vectors.
US12100168B2
In the athletic competition involving jumping such as figure skating, it is desired to measure jumping height and flight distance by calculating a trajectory of a moving object as a target from moving images captured by a monocular camera. Provided is a device, a method and a program to calculate the trajectory of the moving object jumping in three dimensions from information of a plurality of image frames captured by the monocular camera by detecting a specific point of the moving object, calculating an amount of change with respect to three-dimensional positions of the specific point in the consecutive image frames, and calculating the trajectory of the specific point from a positional relation between straight lines having the positions of the specific point and a curved line capable of expressing a parabolic motion passing through a take-off point and a landing point.
US12100159B2
In variants, the method can include: determining a timeseries of measurements of a geographic region; determining a set of object representations from the timeseries of measurements; and determining a timeseries of object versions based on relationships between the object representations.
US12100157B2
A method may include obtaining an original image. The method may also include determining a plurality of decomposition coefficients of the original image by decomposing the original image. The method may also include determining at least one enhancement coefficient by performing enhancement to at least one of the plurality of decomposition coefficients using a coefficient enhancement model. The method may also include generating an enhanced image corresponding to the original image based on the at least one enhancement coefficient.
US12100147B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide an image fitting method. The method includes: providing a chip plate and a plurality of photographing assemblies, where the chip plate is used to place a chip tray, and the photographing assemblies are used to capture images of the chip plate; acquiring a chip plate image captured by each photographing assembly, where the chip plate image is an image of the chip plate with a partial area and the chip tray placed on the chip plate; acquiring a chip tray image included in each chip plate image, where the chip tray image is an image of the chip tray with a partial area; and fitting the plurality of chip tray images to acquire a chip image, where the chip image is an image of an entire chip tray.
US12100139B2
An image processing apparatus for determining a radiation field of radiation from a radiation image comprises: a prediction unit that predicts, based on prior information, a degree that each position of the radiation image becomes a predetermined portion of the radiation field and generating a prediction result representing a distribution of the predicted degrees; an analysis unit that analyzes the radiation image to determines the degree that each position of the radiation image becomes the predetermined portion of the radiation field and generating an analysis result representing the distribution of the predicted degrees; and a recognition unit that decides the predetermined portion of the radiation field based on a combining result obtained by combining the prediction result and the analysis result.
US12100131B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus, systems, and computer program products for using an image of an integrated circuit (IC) including a plurality of cells to locate one or more target cells within the IC. Accordingly, in various embodiments, a footprint for each cell of the plurality of cells is encoded to transform the image of the IC into a two-dimensional string matrix. A string search algorithm is then applied on each encoded dopant region found in the two-dimensional string matrix using an encoded target layout cell to identify one or more candidate regions of interest within the image. Finally, a mask window is slid over each candidate region of interest while performing matching using match criteria to identify any target cells in the one or more target cells that are located within the candidate region of interest.
US12100123B2
An image processing apparatus obtains image data of a plurality of frames, aligns the image data of the plurality of frames, and combine the image data of the plurality of frames that have been aligned. The image data includes first data and second data, the first data being data of pixels of an effective pixel area of an image sensor and constituted by signals corresponding to a predetermined arrangement of color components, and the second data being data of pixels outside the effective pixel area of the image sensor. The image processing apparatus is capable of aligning the first data independently from the second data.
US12100114B1
The present disclosure describes a system and method for implementing a virtual shoe try-on feature. The method includes receiving, from a database, a three-dimensional model of a shoe with a first annotated point on the three-dimensional model of the shoe, a second annotated point on the three-dimensional model of the shoe, and a third annotated point on the three-dimensional model of the shoe. The method also includes predicting, using a machine learning model and based on an image of a foot, one or more features of the foot, generating, based on the first annotated point, the second annotated point, the third annotated point, and the one or more features, a two-dimensional model of the shoe using the three-dimensional model of the shoe, and superimposing the two-dimensional model of the shoe onto the image of the foot.
US12100109B2
In some implementations, a method includes: identifying a plurality of subsets associated with a physical environment; determining a set of spatial characteristics for each of the plurality of subsets, wherein a first set of spatial characteristics characterizes dimensions of a first subset and a second set of spatial characteristics characterizes dimensions of a second subset; generating an adapted first extended reality (XR) content portion for the first subset based at least in part on the first set of spatial characteristics; generating an adapted second XR content portion for the second subset based at least in part on the second set of spatial characteristics; and generating one or more navigation options that allow a user to traverse between the first and second subsets based on the first and second sets of spatial characteristics.
US12100103B2
Methods, systems and apparatuses provide for graphics processor technology that generates attribute plane coefficients based on barycentric coefficients, wherein the attribute plane coefficients are generated on a per polygon basis, and interpolates one or more pixel attributes based on the attribute plane coefficients. In one example, the technology excludes the barycentric coefficients from one or more per pixel operations.
US12100100B2
Disclosed is an encoding and decoding system and associated methods for producing a compressed waveform that encodes data points of a point cloud in a format and size that may be transmitted over a data network, decompressed, decoded, and rendered on a remote device without the buffering or lag associated with transmitting and rendering an uncompressed point cloud. The encoder receives a request from a remote device to access the point cloud, encodes a set of data points from the point cloud as one or more signals derived from values defined for the positional and non-positional elements of each data point from the set of data points, generates one or more compressed waveforms from compressing the one or more signals and transmits the one or more compressed waveforms to the remote device in response to the request for decompression, decoding, and image rendering.
US12100095B2
A method is provided for selecting a transparency setting and color values of pixels in a virtual image. The virtual image can be formed by combining reference images taken at different angles to produce the virtual image that views an object at a new, uncaptured angle. The method includes determining for each pixel of the virtual image, what information it carries from the reference view images. The information of the pixel is used to define a pixel category, and the category is used to select, based on logical conditions, what information will be displayed by the pixel and to set the color of the pixels.
US12100092B2
A methodology is described that provides access to an augmented reality (AR) component maintained by a messaging server system directly from a web view application. When a user activates, from a web view application executing in the messaging client, a user selectable element that references an AR component, a web view AR system obtains the identification of the AR component, performs validation of the identification and of any additional launch data, and launches a camera view user interface (UI) with the AR component loaded in the camera view UI. Content captured from the camera view UI can be shared to other computing devices.
US12100086B2
A first video is displayed that is generated based on motion of a user and is represented as viewed from a viewpoint of the user, the user being a user of the terminal device. In combination with the first video, an input object is displayed that functions as a user interface enabling input by the user. The input object that is displayed is caused to change according to the type of the first video that is displayed.
US12100077B2
A visual database system can represent multidimensional data. For example, a computing system can receive, by a visual database system, a multidimensional data point having a plurality of features. The computing system can generate a visual representation of the multidimensional data point by mapping the plurality of features of the multidimensional data point to a plurality of visual attributes using a mapping table associated with the visual database system. The computing system can store, by the visual database system, the visual representation of the multidimensional data point in a visual format. The computing system can output the visual representation to a graphical user interface of a client device for subsequent processing.
US12100070B1
The following embodiments relate to a method of controlling an electronic device to implement virtual smoke in a virtual display device. The method of controlling an electronic device includes predicting a virtual smoke implementation timepoint by monitoring the distance between one side of the electronic device and an object, and transmitting a control signal including the virtual smoke implementation timepoint to a device for displaying a virtual image.
US12100066B2
Example systems, devices, media, and methods are described for curating and presenting a contextual overlay that includes graphical elements and virtual elements in an augmented reality experience. A contextual overlay application implements and controls the capturing of frames of video data within a field of view of the camera. The image processing system detects, in the captured frames of video data, one or more food items in the physical environment. Detecting food items may involve computer vision and machine-trained classification models. The method includes retrieving data associated with the detected food item, curating a contextual overlay based on the retrieved data and a configurable profile, and presenting the contextual overlay on the display.
US12100065B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for modifying an image. For example, a messaging application implemented on a client device displays an image comprising a real-world object and determines a current location of the client device. The messaging application identifies a venue associated with the current location of the client device and obtains a list of items available for purchase at the venue. The messaging application receives input that selects a given item from the list of items that corresponds to the real-world object. The messaging application adds, to the image, a graphical representation of the given item that corresponds to the real-world object depicted in the image.
US12100059B2
Machine-learning prediction of occupancy status of real property. In an embodiment, ground-truth data, comprising property records, are received. The property records are normalized and augmented with property-specific data. Feature vectors, which are labeled with a known occupancy status, are generated from the normalized and augmented property records and used to train a machine-learning model to predict occupancy status based on a plurality of features.
US12100052B2
The present disclosure describes novel systems and methods for a customer to receive information and/or purchase a product or service while interacting with multiple vendors through a single contact/agency. The customer is able to communicate with the agency through a variety of communication modes. The agency adapts the customer's input as necessary to meet the requirements of the vendors and the agency returns information to the customer so that the customer can conveniently interact with the multiple vendors. The systems and methods allow for the customer to stop and restart the process at various points using any of the communication modes. The agency has the ability to present the customer with prospecting, sales, service, upgrades, cross-sells, and other pre- and post-purchase services at the single point-of-contact agency.
US12100049B2
A system and method are presented that utilizes a primary server having shadow data and benefit bucket data to provide adjudication and payment processing of insurance payment requests without requiring interaction with an insurance server and normal adjudication processes. The primary server can handle adjudication and payment processing for a plurality of insurance providers. An alternate payment method can be identified with a member identifier, allowing both insurance payment adjudication and member payment through the alternate payment method. The primary server can provide benefit processing for retail discounts, and store value benefits for authenticated purchase transactions. A variety of discounts, stored value benefits, insurance benefits, and alternate payment mechanisms can be incorporated into a single transaction and handled in real-time during the transaction.
US12100039B2
An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating an unpurchased item, an unpurchased item processing unit that executes unpurchased item arrangement processing of arranging the unpurchased item in a virtual reality space on the basis of the information indicating the unpurchased item, a purchase unit that executes purchase processing of the unpurchased item on the basis of purchase operation information indicating a purchase operation after arrangement in the virtual reality space, and a purchased item processing unit that executes the purchased item arrangement processing of arranging the purchased item after the purchase processing of the unpurchased item.
US12100038B2
A product release system, method and device that enables product controllers to generate product listings for one or more products as well as one or more customized prepurchase events for each of the products. The product release system, method and device then executes the prepurchase events according to one or more pricing, timing and permission conditions specified for each of the prepurchase events, facilitates the purchasing of the products during the prepurchase events and notifies the product controllers of the results of the prepurchase events.
US12100036B2
Systems and methods are provided for identifying a first user account based on an indication of purchase of a first item; identifying a second user account associated with the first user account; determining a shared characteristic between the first item of the first user account and a second item in an online container associated with the second user account; determining a user interest of the second item based on user attribute data associated with the second user account and the shared characteristic; removing the second item from the online container based on the determining of the user interest; and causing display of a notification on a user interface of a device associated with the second user account, the notification including an indication of the second item being removed from the online container based on the indication of purchase of the first item.
US12100035B2
A method and a device for acquiring information of recipient is provided. The detailed description of an embodiment of the method comprises: receiving a sharing instruction from a user regarding a target link, the target link being used for directing to an order filling interface related to a shipping order corresponding to a recipient in a target shipping application, and the sharing instruction being used for instructing to share the target link with the recipient; executing a corresponding sharing operation on the basis of the sharing instruction so that the recipient fills in the information thereof on the order filling interface to which the shared target link is directed and submits the recipient information to a first server that provides support for the target shipping application; and receiving the recipient information returned from the first server.
US12100031B2
Methods and systems are provided that include an order and/or quote engine that automatically adjusts bid, ask, or any other type of order prices to reflect some or all of the costs associated with a trade in an underlying item between a particular party receiving the order or orders accounting for specific costs associated with the party receiving the orders and in certain instances specific costs between the party receiving the order and the party submitting the order.
US12100014B2
A method and system of providing a service node within a blockchain network. The method includes storing, in a memory of a processing server, a blockchain comprised of a plurality of blocks, wherein each block is comprised of at least a block header and one or more data values, wherein the one or more data values included in a most recent block includes at least one data point associated with services or functions of at least a first service node; receiving, by a receiving device of the processing server, a request from a second service node for the list of services or functions of the at least a first service node within the blockchain network; and validating, by the processing server, the request from the second service node for the list of services or functions of the at least a first service node within the blockchain network.
US12100010B2
Aspects described herein may relate to a transaction exchange platform using a streaming data platform (SDP) and microservices to process transactions according to review and approval workflows. The transaction exchange platform may receive transactions from origination sources, which may be added to the SDP as transaction objects. Microservices on the transaction exchange platform may interact with the transaction objects based on configured workflows associated with the transactions. Processing on the transaction exchange platform may facilitate clearing and settlement of transactions. Some aspects may provide for pausing the processing of transactions during a workflow. Other aspects may provide for a messaging microservice that permits communications between the transaction exchange platform and external third-parties.
US12100006B2
A control device connected to a media device can autonomously return the active source input of the media device to a previously selected active source input. Any client device within a network may be able to switch the active source input of the media device to the source input associated with the device so as to deliver media content to the media device. Tor return to the previous active source input generally requires user intervention. However, the control device can store the previous active source input of the media device and then, when the media content is terminated or the client device disconnects from the media device, transmit a source input command that causes the media device to cycle through the plurality of source inputs associated with the media device until the active source input is the previous source input without requiring any user intervention.
US12100003B2
A method for building an advanced storage key includes: storing, in a mobile device, at least (i) device information associated with the mobile device, (ii) program code associated with a first program including an instance identifier, and (iii) program code associated with a second program including a first key; generating a device fingerprint associated with the mobile device based on the device information via execution of the code associated with the first program; generating a random value via execution of the code associated with the first program; building a diversifier value based on the generated device fingerprint, the generated random value, and the instance identifier included in the code associated with the first program; and decrypting the built diversifier value using the first key stored in the code associated with the second program via execution of the code associated with the second program to obtain a storage key.
US12100002B2
The present disclosure generally relates to methods and user interfaces for managing information on computer systems. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for managing display of user interface elements based on movement of the computer system and requesting account information are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interface for provisioning an account onto a computer system are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for associating a transfer amount with an account are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for displaying user interface elements corresponding to transaction types are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for managing one or more pending loans are described. In some embodiments, methods for entering a numeric sequence are described. In some embodiments, methods for locking a computer system while entering a number sequence are described.
US12099994B1
Automated testing and validation of integrated circuit cards for point of sale transactions is provided. A microcontroller can receive, via an automation script executed by a point of sale device, an instruction to select a slot in a card stack. The microcontroller can activate, responsive to the instruction, the slot to establish an electrical connection between an integrated circuit card in the slot and a proxy card in a terminal device. The microcontroller can receive, subsequent to initiation of a synthetic transaction, an indication that the synthetic transaction is complete. The microcontroller can deactivate, subsequent to receipt of the indication that the synthetic transaction is complete, the slot to terminate the electrical connection between the integrated circuit card in the slot and the proxy card to cause the terminal device to detect a card removal event without physical removal of the proxy card.
US12099990B2
Systems and methods for securely generating and printing documents are disclosed. For example, processor(s) of a computer system may receive information for the document from a computing device through a network, verify the information for the document, and upon verification, generate document generation data using at least a portion of the information for the document. The document generation data may include document metadata that enables generation of an image of the document and/or the image of the document. Upon the processor(s) verifying first authentication information of a first code associated with a printing device received from the computing device through the network and second authentication information of a second code associated with the computing device received from the printing device through the network, the processor(s) may transmit the document generation data to the printing device through the network, and cause the printing device to print the image of the document.
US12099987B2
A method of performing a funds transfer includes receiving a request for a cryptogram and generating an authentication code. The authentication code is divided into a first code portion and a second code portion. The first code portion is transmitted to a user device. The second code portion is transmitted to a transaction originator. A request for transaction data is received, including both code portions. The authentication code is verified based on the two code portions. A cryptogram is generated and transmitted to the transaction originator.
US12099983B2
The invention relates to a display device (2-19) comprising a storage stage (50) for storing a product data set (PD1-PD3) which was received in a communication with a base station (25, 26) via a first radio interface (44) of the display device (2-19), and comprising a second radio interface (45) for communication in particular for RFID or NFC communication, with a self-checkout device (57), which display device (2-19) is designed to process a self-checkout request received from a self-checkout device (57) for the purpose of transmitting the product data set (PD) via the second radio interface (45).
US12099981B2
There is provided a computing device and method to perform a data transfer using a document. Data to define at least one parameter of a data transfer is defined from data in the document. The document may have text characters or images of text characters (or both) for the data. A GUI may display the document and receive input to identify the data and define the at least one parameter. The document image may be processed to determine the text characters such as by OCR. The document may be a photo (image) captured by a camera on or coupled to the computing device. A GUI may be defined to provide workflow to define the data transfer signal such as a message. Functionality to capture text characters from documents, particularly images, may be added to applications such as via a plug in or otherwise.
US12099975B1
Embodiments are directed to managing skill proficiencies. Declared skills may be determined based on a job description and natural language processing (NLP) actions declared in one or more extraction models. An inference prompt for a large language model (LLM) may be generated based on the job description such that the job description and the declared skills may be included in the inference prompt. The LLM may be trained with the inference prompt to generate a response such that the inference prompt may be iteratively updated based on validations of the response. The LLM may be retrained with the updated inference prompt to generate an updated response that includes the inferred skills that may be separate from the declared skills. A job profile that corresponds to the job description may be updated to include the declared skills and the separate inferred skills.
US12099967B2
In retail, absence of customer intended product and availability of customer unintended product in a store leads to lost sales opportunity and over inventory problems. In apparel retailing, underlying characteristics that is common across many apparels such as common size, common brand, common color, and common pattern, etc., indicates intention of population buying those apparels. The approach for detection of underlying pattern that is present across many apparels is challenging. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for estimating lost sales opportunities and over inventory due to apparel pattern in a store or online by detecting hidden apparel patterns. It also provides apparel pattern strategies related with assortment, advertisement, and manufacturing by leveraging the estimated lost sales opportunity and over inventory.
US12099966B2
The disclosure herein relate to an inventory management system and more particularly, to a device for holding and monitoring weight of product(s) in the inventory management system of a store. The device (100) includes a main bracket (102), a load sensor (104), a load transfer member (106) and a holding member (108). The load sensor (104) is connected to the main bracket (102). The load transfer member (106) is connected to the load sensor (104). The holding member (108) is connected to the load transfer member (106). The device (100) is reliable and consumes less space.
US12099961B2
A system and method for tracking and managing package delivery within a distribution network. Many events happen during the processing, moving, and delivery of a package. Systems and methods herein identify whether all expected events occur, whether scan locations are correct, whether delivery times are met, and other requirements. Problems or potential problems can be identified and corrected.
US12099957B2
A system and method are disclosed including a digital hub and a cloud database. The digital hub encodes, as a virtual supply chain network, the structure, one or more objectives, and one or more states of a supply chain network and contextualizes data received from one or more supply chain entities and one or more external data sources with the virtual supply chain network. The digital hub further employs machine learning to extract insights from the contextualized data and monitors external data sources for an event that may impact the one or more objectives of the supply chain network. Responsive to identifying an event that may impact the one or more objectives, the digital hub automatically adjusts one or more of robotic warehouse systems, robotic inventory systems, automated guided vehicles, mobile racking units, automated robotic production machinery, and robotic devices.
US12099956B2
Provided is an electronic apparatus for location recommendation and an operation method thereof. The operation method includes receiving a placement request regarding a target item in a zone, upon the placement request, recognizing, based on information on the target item, a plurality of locations available for placement of the target item, based on the information on the target item and information on the plurality of locations, recognizing at least one location suitable for placement of the target item among the plurality of locations, and providing information on the at least one location.
US12099954B2
Concept 2: A Plurality of Predefined Journey Scenarios A method, computer program product, and computing system for defining a plurality of journey scenarios; presenting the plurality of journey scenarios to a user for review; enabling the user to select a specific journey scenario from the plurality of journey scenarios for a business process transition event; gathering transition information from the user concerning the business process transition event; and processing the specific journey scenario and the transition information to generate a bespoke journey concerning the business process transition event.
US12099953B2
A method providing a support device to assist personnel includes receiving data values from various devices associated with a task being performed by personnel, wherein the various devices include at least one Internet of Things (IoT) device and at least one wearable device. The method also includes comparing the received data values to historical data values associated with a pre-established knowledge corpus and identifying the task being performed by the personnel. In response to determining the received values exceed the historical values by a predetermined threshold for the task being performed by the personnel, the method includes determining whether the personnel require assistance with performing the task. In response to determining the personnel requires assistance with performing the task, the method includes instructing a support device to perform an action to assist the personnel with performing the task.
US12099949B2
A system and method are disclosed for solving a supply chain planning problem modeled as a linear programming (LP) problem. Embodiments include receiving a matrix formulation of at least a portion of the LP problem representing a supply chain planning problem for a supply chain network, generating an image based on the matrix formulation to identify connected components, partitioning the matrix formulation based, at least in part, on the connected components constraint into at least two partitions, formulating an LP subproblem from each of the at least two partitions, and solving the LP subproblems to generate a global solution to the supply chain planning problem.
US12099941B2
Techniques for generating model ensembles are provided. A plurality of models trained to generate predictions at each of a plurality of intervals is received. A respective prediction accuracy of each respective model of the plurality of models is determined for a first interval of the plurality of intervals by processing labeled evaluation data using the respective model. Additionally, a model ensemble specifying one or more of the plurality of models for each of the plurality of intervals is generated, comprising selecting, for the first interval, a first model of the plurality of models based on (i) the respective prediction accuracies and (ii) at least one non-error metric.
US12099937B2
A system for application selection using behavioral propensities includes a computing device configured to identify a negative behavioral propensity associated with a human subject, generate, using category training data including a plurality of applications and a plurality of correlated categories, and using a classification algorithm, an application category classifier, wherein the application category classifier inputs applications and outputs categories of the applications, receive an application to be loaded to a device operated by the human subject, identify, using the application category classifier, a category of the application, wherein identifying the category includes determining, a plurality of application data elements, classifying each application data element of the plurality of application data elements to an application data object of a plurality of application data objects using an object classifier, and inputting the plurality of objects to the application category classifier, and determine an effect of the category on the negative behavioral propensity.
US12099935B2
Technical knowledge which is difficult for the expert to express in words or numerical form is predicted and reproduced. A technical knowledge prediction apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a problem setting unit configured to automatically create and set a problem which includes a control factor of a manufacturing step, and a variable of the control factor, an answer acquiring unit configured to acquire an answer with respect to the problem and indicating a decision of the manufacturing step, a query acquiring unit configured to acquire a query, and a prediction output unit configured to predict and output an answer corresponding to the query acquired by the query acquiring unit, based on a corresponding relationship between the problem and the answer.
US12099934B2
User-driven exploration functionality, referred to herein as a Scratchpad, is a post-learning extension for machine learning systems. For example, in ESP, consisting of the Predictor (a surrogate model of the domain) and Prescriptor (a solution generator model), the Scratchpad allows the user to modify the suggestions of the Prescriptor, and evaluate each such modification interactively with the Predictor. Thus, the Scratchpad makes it possible for the human expert and the AI to work together in designing better solutions. This interactive exploration also allows the user to conclude that the solutions derived in this process are the best found, making the process trustworthy and transparent to the user.
US12099931B2
A differential recurrent neural network (RNN) is described that handles dependencies that go arbitrarily far in time by allowing the network system to store states using recurrent loops without adversely affecting training. The differential RNN includes a state component for storing states, and a trainable transition and differential non-linearity component which includes a neural network. The trainable transition and differential non-linearity component takes as input, an output of the previous stored states from the state component along with an input vector, and produces positive and negative contribution vectors which are employed to produce a state contribution vector. The state contribution vector is input into the state component to create a set of current states. In one implementation, the current states are simply output. In another implementation, the differential RNN includes a trainable OUT component which includes a neural network that performs post-processing on the current states before outputting them.
US12099924B2
A method for operating an artificial neural network (ANN) includes quantifying a reward for executing ANN tasks in a system having multiple processing cores. A set of processing cores of the multiple processing cores is allocated to execute each of the tasks based on the reward. The ANN tasks are executed concurrently according to the processing core allocation to operate the ANN.
US12099921B2
Numerous embodiments of decoders for use with a vector-by-matrix multiplication (VMM) array in an artificial neural network are disclosed. The decoders include bit line decoders, word line decoders, control gate decoders, source line decoders, and erase gate decoders. In certain embodiments, a high voltage version and a low voltage version of a decoder is used.
US12099912B2
A neural processor. In some embodiments, the processor includes a first tile, a second tile, a memory, and a bus. The bus may be connected to the memory, the first tile, and the second tile. The first tile may include: a first weight register, a second weight register, an activations buffer, a first multiplier, and a second multiplier. The activations buffer may be configured to include: a first queue connected to the first multiplier and a second queue connected to the second multiplier. The first queue may include a first register and a second register adjacent to the first register, the first register being an output register of the first queue. The first tile may be configured: in a first state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, a first weight by an activation from the output register of the first queue, and in a second state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, the first weight by an activation from the second register of the first queue.
US12099909B2
An Online Machine Learning System (OMLS) including an Online Explanation System (OES), updated continuously, configured to provide instance level explanations and model level explanations to a user; an Online Human Expert Feedback System (OEFS), updated continuously, configured to obtain expert instance level feedback and expert model level feedback, for optimization of operation of the OMLS; an Online Machine Learning Engine (OMLE) for incorporating and utilizing one or more machine learning algorithms or models utilizing features to generate a result, and capable of incorporating and utilizing multiple different machine learning algorithms or models, wherein the OMLS is configured to perform continuous online machine learning.
US12099904B2
Aspects of the invention include converting an artificial intelligence (AI) model generated in a first framework to a uniform exchange formatted model by engaging a master table to retrieve instructions for converting from the AI model to the uniform exchange formatted model in accordance with the first framework. The uniform exchange formatted model in compiled by engaging the master table to retrieve instructions for compiling the uniform exchange formatted model in accordance with the first framework. Data is received as an input to the compiled uniform exchange formatted model and an output is generated by engaging the master table to retrieve instructions for generating the output in accordance with the first framework.
US12099895B2
An induction system for filtering the induction of objects to an object processing system is disclosed. The induction system includes an evaluation means for evaluating at least one characteristic of an object, and a routing system for routing the object in one of a plurality of directions responsive to the evaluated characteristic, at least one of the plurality of directions leading to the object processing system.
US12099891B2
A smart card management device and a smart card management method are provided, the smart card management device includes: a main controller, a serial peripheral interface control module, and a plurality of card slot control modules; the master controller is configured to obtain a smart card access request and send the smart card access request to the serial peripheral interface control module; the serial peripheral interface control module is configured to send the smart card access request to a corresponding card slot control module according to the card slot identifier; the card slot control module is configured to access a corresponding smart card according to the smart card identifier, obtain an execution result of the smart card, and store the execution result to facilitate the master controller to read the execution result by polling. This device can process a plurality of smart cards in parallel.
US12099890B2
An interrogation device and/or system includes a body and an antenna, the body has an aperture or elongated receiver with an opening and an internal perimeter or inner wall sized and/or shaped to receive a portion of a container therein, either with or without a cap of the container. The container may, for example, be used to store biological specimens a cryogenic temperatures. One or more alignment features of the body align wireless transponders (e.g., RFID transponders) of tagged specimen containers and/or carriers with the antenna to enhance interrogation. Alignment may be along a longitudinal or Z-axis, and/or alignment in an XY plane, perpendicular to the Z-axis. Shielding may reduce or even eliminate cross-talk with neighboring wireless tagged specimen containers and/or carriers.
US12099875B2
A method of memory deallocation across a trust boundary between a first software component and a second software component is described. Some memory is shared between the first and second software components. An in-memory message passing facility is implemented using the shared memory. The first software component is used to deallocate memory from the shared memory which has been allocated by the second software component. The deallocation is done by: taking at least one allocation to be freed from the message passing facility; and freeing the at least one allocation using a local deallocation mechanism while validating that memory access to memory owned by data structures related to memory allocation within the shared memory are within the shared memory.
US12099872B2
Presented herein are methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and devices for optimizing thread assignment to schedulers, avoid starvation of individual data partitions, and maximize parallelism in the presence of hierarchical data partitioning are disclosed, which include: partitioning, by a network storage server, a scheduler servicing a data partitioned system into a plurality of autonomous schedulers; determining what fraction of thread resources in the data partitioned system at least one of the plurality of autonomous schedulers is to receive; and determining, with minimal synchronization, when it is time to allow the at least one of the plurality of autonomous schedulers servicing a coarse hierarchy to run.
US12099863B2
Aspects include providing isolation between a plurality of containers in a pod that are each executing on a different virtual machine (VM) on a host computer. Providing the isolation includes converting a data packet into a serial format for communicating with the host computer. The converted data packet is sent to a router executing on the host computer. The router determines a destination container in the plurality of containers based at least in part on content of the converted data packet and routes the converted data packet to the destination container.
US12099857B2
Embodiments of this application provide a dynamic card display method and an apparatus. The method may be applied to electronic devices such as a mobile phone and a tablet computer. In the method provided in embodiments of this application, a mobile phone may divide a card into two partitions: a left partition and a right partition. When there are a plurality of ongoing tasks in an application corresponding to the card, the two partitions may separately display different tasks, and sizes of the left and right partitions are adjusted according to a preset rule, to display more information.
US12099842B2
An arithmetic processing device includes an instruction storage configured to store an arithmetic instruction and a data cache configured to cache a calculation result of the arithmetic instruction. A plurality of floating-point registers arranged on a side of the instruction storage is configured to store a register value used for executing the arithmetic instruction transferred from the instruction storage, and a plurality of floating point calculation circuits arranged on a side of the data cache is configured to perform a floating-point operation based on the arithmetic instruction, wherein a number of cycles is one when the register value is transferred from the instruction storage to one or more floating-point registers, among the plurality of floating point registers, arranged in positions closest in distance to the instruction storage.
US12099835B1
A system receives source code for analysis. The system identifies external references to reference code in source code. The reference code is not included in the source code received for analysis. The system generates code stubs corresponding to the external references. Each code stub describes a semantic context for the corresponding external reference. The system provides the set of source code and the one or more code stubs for analysis of the code, for example, using a code analysis tool.
US12099826B2
The disclosure herein describes managing software patches for software applications of computing devices. A release of a software patch associated with a software application of the computing devices is detected. The software patch is analyzed based on patch analysis rules, wherein the patch analysis rules include vulnerability rules configured to indicate whether the released software patch addresses known vulnerabilities. Based on the analysis resulting in approval for installation of the patch, a current test image of the software application is identified, and the patch is applied to the test image to form a patched image. Tests are performed on the patched image, include patch-specific tests. Based on the results of the tests indicating that the patched image passed at least a subset of the tests, the software patch is applied to application instances of the software application on the computing devices, whereby the patch is deployed to the computing devices.
US12099824B2
A device includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to download a plurality of installation files for different application programs provided on a website at a predetermined download timing, store the plurality of installation files in the memory, recommend, to a user, a function added by installing an application program based on the plurality of installation files stored in the first storage unit at a predetermined recommendation timing that is a different timing from the download timing, and install a respective application program using a respective installation file selected from among the plurality of installation files stored in the first storage unit in response to an instruction from the user based on the recommendation.
US12099809B2
Techniques for concept disambiguation for natural language processing are described herein. An aspect includes receiving a message from a user. Another aspect includes identifying an ambiguous concept in the message. Another aspect includes determining a plurality of concept candidates corresponding to the ambiguous concept. Another aspect includes determining, for each of the plurality of concept candidates, a respective similarity score based on user-specific concept metrics corresponding to the user. Another aspect includes ranking the plurality of concept candidates based on the respective similarity scores. Another aspect includes determining that the ambiguous concept corresponds to a top-ranked concept candidate of the ranked plurality of concept candidates.
US12099808B2
In variants, a system for automatically prioritizing content provided to a user can include and/or interface with any or all of: a set of content, a set of models, a set of processing and/or computing subsystems, and a set of messaging platforms and/or messaging interfaces. In variants, a method for automatically prioritizing content provided to a user can include receiving inputs from a set of users and/or processing the set of inputs to determine a set of content recommendations. The method can optionally further include providing content recommendations to a user and/or training and/or updating a set of models.
US12099799B2
A website building system includes a processor; at least one database storing at least website pages and layouts comprising fluid components, breakpoint ranges for multiple viewport sizes, dynamic layout rules and responsive editing rules for editing said fluid components according to breakpoint ranges and a responsive editing module running on the processor, the module includes a rule engine to provide layout decisions for a page of a website built by the WBS according to the dynamic layout rules and the responsive editing rules associated with at least one incoming trigger; a responsive editor to receive the at least one incoming trigger and dimensions of a current viewport, and to generate an updated fluid responsive design layout for said current viewport according to the layout decision and a CSS (cascading style sheet) generator to map the features of the updated fluid responsive design layout design into a smart CSS for the current viewport.
US12099796B2
A method for generating themed branded fanciful fonts in text messages created with the communication device includes the steps of: licensing a brand from a university brand owner, the brand including a specified font set for text characters and brand design features identifying the brand; creating a branded fanciful font set having a plurality of fanciful text characters by combining the brand design features with more than one of the text characters of the specified font set; creating a plurality of themed branded fanciful font sets using the branded fanciful font set; and creating a font application that when executed by a communication device enables a user of the communication device to select one of the plurality of themed branded fanciful font sets to compose a text message with the communication device. The brand design features can include a mascot, school colors and a school nickname symbol.
US12099792B2
An electromigration (EM) sign-off methodology that utilizes a system for analyzing an integrated circuit design layout to identify heat sensitive structures, self-heating effects, heat generating structures, and heat dissipating structures. The EM sign-off methodology includes a memory and a processor configured for calculating adjustments of an evaluation temperature for a heat sensitive structure by calculating the effects of self-heating within the temperature sensitive structure as well as additional heating and/or cooling as a function of thermal coupling to surrounding heat generating structures and/or heat dissipating elements located within a defined thermal coupling volume or range of the heat sensitive structures.
US12099791B1
An approach is disclosed herein for test sequence processing that is applicable to machine learning model generated test sequences as disclosed herein. The test sequence processing includes classification, grouping, and filtering. The classification is generated based on the execution of the test sequences. The grouping is performed based on information captured during the classification of the test sequences. The filtering is performed on a group by group basis to remove redundant test sequences.
US12099786B1
In one embodiment, material points are received that cover at least a portion of an element of a background mesh that describes a continuum of soil, rock and/or groundwater. MPM-based geotechnical analysis and simulation is conducted at least in part by performing a numerical integration over the material points to produce a system matrix and right-hand side vector. The numerical integration applies hierarchical shape functions to the material points. The MPM-based geotechnical analysis and simulation also may subtract out contributions of any lower-order polynomials from higher-order polynomials of the hierarchical shape functions when interpolating one or more state variables for the material points to the background mesh. The MPM-based geotechnical analysis and simulation also may subtract out contributions any lower-order polynomials from higher-order polynomials of the hierarchical shape functions when calculating one or more boundary conditions for the material points.
US12099785B2
The present disclosure relates to an optimization method and system for hybrid FRP and steel bars. The optimization method includes: determining a cross-sectional bending bearing capacity, a maximum cross-sectional bending bearing capacity, and a minimum cross-sectional bending bearing capacity according to basic material parameters and a design value of a bending moment; determining whether the cross-sectional bending bearing capacity, the maximum cross-sectional bending bearing capacity, and the minimum cross-sectional bending bearing capacity meet a first preset condition; if yes, determining a maximum steel bar area according to the basic material parameters; determining a maximum ductility of a steel bar beam; determining whether the maximum ductility and the target ductility meet a second preset condition; if yes, determining a minimum steel bar area and a maximum FRP bar area according to the maximum steel bar area; and determining an actual steel bar area and an actual FRP bar area.
US12099771B1
Systems and methods are described for improving the utilization of an extended display system. Some aspects relate to an extended display generator having an input stream module to generate or receive input streams. Input streams may be generated locally (e.g., by a game engine) or remotely (e.g., from the internet). A function module of the generator provides functions that modify or extract information from the input streams. Then extended display generator applies a template to the input streams and function outputs, defining how such display content is presented to a user. A graphical user interface is used to specify which input streams, functions, and visual template should be used. The extended display shows the selected input stream(s) and the functional output(s) in a format defined by the visual template.
US12099770B1
Techniques for displaying tasks and/or virtual spaces to a user within a group-based communication platform are discussed herein. In some examples, a user may use a first device to start a first session on a communication platform. As the user may transition from the first user device to a second device, the communication platform may determine that the user has changed devices based on determining that the first session has ended and/or the user having requested to start a second session using a second device. Upon receiving the request and/or based on the first session ending, the communication platform may identify or otherwise predict a task and/or virtual space that the user may want to access upon starting the second session on the second device. The communication platform may cause the task and/or virtual space to be displayed via a user interface of the second device.
US12099767B2
An image forming apparatus, having a mobile input function and a remote input function, includes a network interface, an operation panel including a touch panel, and a controller. After starting to provide one of the input functions, the controller sends display data to an operation terminal via the network interface, thereby causing the operation terminal to display an operation screen for operating the image forming apparatus from the operation terminal. While the mobile input function is being provided, the controller does not display a local operation screen on the touch panel. While the remote input function is being provided, the controller displays the local operation screen on the touch panel, and updates, in response to receiving operation data from the operation terminal via the network interface, display contents on the local operation screen, based on an operation indicated by the received operation data.
US12099760B2
The present disclosure provides an image-forming device, and a method and a controller for controlling the image-forming device. The method is executed by the controller of the image-forming device. The method includes when a first sensor disposed in the image-forming device is abnormal, determining, by the controller, an environmental parameter in real-time through one or more target apparatuses disposed in the image-forming device, where the environmental parameter includes at least one of temperature and humidity; and the first sensor is configured to detect the environmental parameter inside the image-forming device; and according to the environmental parameter in real-time, adjusting, by the controller, a control parameter when the image-forming device forms images.
US12099759B2
An information processing apparatus includes a controller having a memory containing instructions and a processor for executing the instructions to edit print data, transmit the edited print data to a printing apparatus, obtain first information from the printing apparatus according to an IPP (Internet Print Protocol), and make a predetermined notification based on the obtained first information. In addition, second information is obtained from the printing apparatus in a case where a predetermined operation is performed in response to the predetermined notification, and a display unit is controlled, based on the obtained second information, to display information concerning the printing apparatus. The information concerning the printing apparatus includes information not included in the predetermined notification.
US12099758B2
A display control device controls a display screen for displaying a preview of a print image to be printed on a recording medium by using an ink. The print image is printed using, as the ink, a structural color ink, and a color of the print image changes depending on a background. The display control device includes: a processor. The processor is configured to display, on the display screen, a preview image which is subjected to color conversion processing corresponding to the structural color ink, the preview image having the print image and the background superimposed.
US12099752B2
A method includes receiving an error message including first information associated with a first reported error and a time at which the first reported error was detected. First stored event records associated with second reported errors are identified. The first stored event records include second information describing previously reported errors that occurred within a predetermined time prior to the time at which the first reported error was detected. The method determines, based on the first information and the second information, whether a correlation exists among one or more of the previously reported errors and the first reported error. In response to determining that the correlation exists, generating an error correlation report predicting occurrence of a third error.
US12099751B2
A memory system, a memory controller, and an operating method of the memory system are provided. The memory system may include a memory device including a first type memory block and a second type memory block and a memory controller configured to determine, when receiving a command to set a read boost mode for the target logical address, whether the data corresponding to the target logical address can be copied from the first type memory block to the second type memory block, and copy the data corresponding to the target logical address from the first type memory block to the second type memory block.
US12099736B2
A memory system provides deduplication of user data in the physical memory space of the system for user data that is duplicated in the virtual memory space of a host system. A transaction manager (TM) uses a transaction table to maintain data coherency and data concurrency for the virtual memory space. A write data engine manager (WDEM) uses an outstanding bucket number and command queues to maintain data coherency and data concurrency for the physical memory space. The WDEM receives data write requests from the TM and sends a corresponding write command to a selected command queue. A write data engine responds to a write command in a command queue by storing the data in an overflow memory region if the data is not duplicated in the virtual memory space, or by incrementing a reference counter for the data if the data is duplicated in the virtual memory space.
US12099727B2
A memory system may include a memory device including a plurality of memory areas each configured by a plurality of memory blocks; and a memory controller configured to generate zones each including at least one memory block selected from at least one of the memory areas included in the memory device, manage configuration information for each generated zone, sequentially store data from a first storage location of an open zone among the generated zones during a write operation on the open zone according to an external request, and determine a number of active target memory areas associated with the open zone on a basis of configuration information of the open zone.
US12099722B2
One or more aspects of the present disclosure relate to dynamically selecting a storage array and corresponding input/output (IO) paths between a host and the storage array. In embodiments, a virtual storage volume (VSV) can be established for a host entity using one or more storage device portions from a plurality of storage arrays. In addition, IO servicing metric parameters can be dynamically measured. The servicing metric parameters can define metrics corresponding to the VSV's assigned ports on each of the storage arrays or network latency between the host and each of the plurality of storage arrays. Further, a primary storage array from the plurality of storage arrays can be selected based on the IO servicing metrics.
US12099721B2
A system is disclosed. The system may include a computer system, which may include a processor that may execute instructions of an application that accesses an object using an object command, and a memory storing the instructions of the application. The computer system may also include a conversion module to convert the object command to a key-value (KV) command. Finally, the system may include a storage device storing data for the object and processing the object using the KV command.
US12099715B2
The present disclosure generally relates to exploring a geographic region that is displayed in computer user interfaces. In some embodiments, a method includes at an electronic device with a display and one or more input devices, displaying a map of a geographic region on the display and detecting a first user input to select a starting location on the map. After detecting the first user input, the method includes detecting a second user input to select a first direction of navigation from the starting location. In response to detecting the second user input, the method includes determining a path on the map that traverses in the first direction of navigation and connects the starting location to an ending location, and providing audio that includes traversal information about traversing along the path in the geographic region in the first direction of navigation and from the starting location to the ending location.
US12099711B2
A video frame display method includes: displaying a video playback area in a scrollable area, the video playback area being configured to display a target video; in response to detecting a drag operation on the scrollable area, moving the video playback area along a drag direction of the drag operation; and displaying a video frame of the target video at a target video progress in the video playback area corresponding to a position of the video playback area on the scrollable area, the position being associated with the target video progress of the target video.
US12099710B2
A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes: displaying, on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, an indicated value and an annulus having a base segment and a highlighted segment, wherein points along a circumference of the annulus are associated with values between a base amount and a maximum amount and wherein a size of the highlighted segment is based on the indicated value; receiving, via the touch-sensitive display, a first value-adjusting input comprising a tap operation; and in response to receiving the first value-adjusting input, adjusting at least one of the base amount or the maximum amount for causing a range of the annulus to be changed, wherein a proportion of the annulus represented by the highlighted segment corresponds to a proportion of the range represented by the indicated value.
US12099702B2
Methods, computer-readable storage media, and apparatuses for surfacing content items in a messaging system. The methods may include storing a content item generated by a client device of a user, the user associated with the messaging system and determining a score to assign to the interaction and updating a resurface score associated with the content item with the score. The methods may further include determining whether to resurface the content item to the user based on the resurface score and causing to be displayed on a display of the client device a user interface comprising a user interface item for the user to display the content item. The methods may further include updating weights used to determine the scores based on interactions of the user with the resurfaced content items.
US12099678B2
An input sensing part includes a first sensing electrode, a second sensing electrode that crosses the first sensing electrode, a first sensing line electrically connected to the first sensing electrode, a first multi-layer line that is electrically connected to the second sensing electrode and that includes a first line and a second line disposed over the first line, a first single-layer line that extends from one of the first and second lines, and a second single-layer line that is disposed in a different layer from the first single-layer line and electrically connected to the first single-layer line and that has a different line width from the first single-layer line.
US12099672B2
An electronic device with a first off-display input region detects a first portion of an input on the input region. In response to the first portion of the input: when the first portion of the input meets first criteria without a characteristic intensity of the first input increasing above a first intensity threshold, the electronic device provides a first output that indicates a current state of a first attribute of the electronic device without altering the first attribute. The electronic device detects a second portion of the input. In response to the second portion of the input: if the second portion of the first input meets second criteria that require the characteristic intensity of the input increases above the first intensity threshold, the electronic device performs a first operation that alters the first attribute of the electronic device; and otherwise, the electronic device forgoes performing the first operation.
US12099670B2
An antenna-inserted electrode structure according to an embodiment includes a substrate layer having a touch sensing region and an antenna-touch sensing region, first sensing electrodes arranged on the touch sensing region of the substrate layer, second sensing electrodes arranged on the antenna-touch sensing region of the substrate layer, and an antenna unit spaced apart from the second sensing electrodes on the antenna-touch sensing region of the substrate layer. The antenna unit and the second sensing electrodes include a conductive material having a lower resistance than that of the first sensing electrodes.
US12099669B2
The present disclosure provides a touch display device including: a plurality of emitting elements; an adhesive layer over the emitting elements; a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode over the adhesive layer and in an active area; a pad electrode over the adhesive layer and in a touch pad region; and a protection layer over the first touch electrode, the second touch electrode and the pad electrode, wherein the first and second touch electrode are insulated by an insulating layer, and the protection layer includes at least one contact hole corresponding to the pad electrode, and wherein the pad electrode includes a plurality of electrode layers, and one of the plurality of electrode layers extends from the first touch electrode or the second touch electrode.
US12099668B2
Techniques for improving the convenience of activating different computing applications on a mobile computing device are disclosed. Sensors associated with a mobile computing device (e.g., accelerometers, gyroscopes, light sensors, microphones, image capture sensors) may receive inputs of various physical conditions to which the mobile computing device is being subjected. Based on one or more of these inputs, the mobile computing device may automatically select a content presentation mode that is likely to improve the consumption of the content by the user. In other embodiments, image analysis may be used to access different mobile computing applications.
US12099650B2
Provided is a method for identifying a gaze behavior in a three-dimensional space, comprising: acquiring eye movement data of the two eyes of a user; selecting, from the collected eye movement data, eye movement data for gaze behavior identification; calculating eye movement angular velocities, determining gaze point data corresponding to the gaze behavior; combining pieces of gaze point data, which satisfy a time proximity condition and a space proximity condition at the same time, in the gaze point data so as to obtain a gaze duration and the 3D coordinates of gaze points; and based on the combined pieces of gaze point data, determining a gaze point at which the gaze duration is longer than a second set duration, thereby identifying the gaze behavior.
US12099649B2
A display device for displaying an image through a lens specifies a position of a pupil of a user on the basis of a gazing point on a display panel. Parameters used to correct lens distortions of images in red, green, and blue included in data of a display image are prepared in association with representative points of gazing points. The display device interpolates parameters on the basis of a positional relation between the position of an actual gazing point or a predicted value thereof and a representative point, and corrects the display image per primary color using the interpolated parameters, thereby correcting chromatic aberrations.
US12099645B2
A detection system has an interface including a substrate supporting a conductive coating. Electrodes are provided to the substrate. A multiplexer provides current to the electrodes. A demultiplexer receives voltages from electrodes and provides corresponding signals to a controller. The controller receives these signals and determines therefrom an operation performed in connection with the interface by applying an algorithmic approach. Static interaction is recognizable, and machine learning can be used for gesture recognition and/or identification of other interaction types. The technology can be used in a broad array of applications, e.g., where it is desirable to sense interactions with a defined region such as, for example, in the case of touches, gestures, hovers, and/or the like.
US12099642B2
A data storage system can have a hardware interposer connected inline between a plurality of controllers and a plurality of memories. A bus of the hardware interposer may be monitored with a security breach monitor of the hardware interposer to allow a deviation from a predetermined address range to be detected by the security breach monitor, which prompts the security breach monitor to block access through the hardware interposer for a first controller of the plurality of controllers.
US12099638B2
A security hardware device is configured to secure a control apparatus. The security hardware device includes a data security domain; a functional safety domain; a data security processor provided in the data security domain and is configured to secure data from unauthorized access or manipulation; a functional safety processor provided in the functional safety domain and is configured to detect functional errors and generate respective safety alerts in response to detecting the functional errors; and a monitoring processor configured to analyze the respective safety alerts provided by the functional safety processor for at least one pattern of safety alerts indicative of a security attack and generate a response signal in response to the respective safety alerts having at least one of the at least one pattern of safety alerts.
US12099637B2
A secure programming system and method for provisioning and programming a target payload into a programmable device mounted in a programmer. The programmable devices are provisioned with a job package created by a user on a host system and deployed on a device programmer. The secure programming system supports a hardware security module on the host system that can be accessed remotely from the device programmer using coordinated sets of template and mechanism dictionaries linked to a security API coupled to the hardware security module.
US12099626B2
Provided are systems for conducting private set intersection (PSI) techniques with multiple parties using a data repository that include at least one processor to generate a data repository, receive, from a submission entity system associated with a submission entity, a private set intersection (PSI) data query that includes a match parameter for performing the PSI data query, transmit, to the submission entity system, a data classification encryption key, wherein the data classification encryption key is associated with a data field that corresponds to a match parameter data field of the match parameter, determine whether to authorize the PSI data query on the data repository, transmit, to the submission entity system, a data authorization encryption key based on determining to authorize the PSI data query on the data repository, and perform the PSI data query on the data repository. Methods and computer program products are also provided.
US12099619B2
Systems and methods for ransomware protection in collaboration systems. One embodiment operates in conjunction with a collaboration system that manages one or more user devices that store device-local copies of content objects in storage areas of the one or more user devices. The collaboration system is accessed by the one or more user devices to facilitate collaboration activity over the content objects. Patterns of collaboration activity are classified, and in some cases, such patterns are deemed to be indicative of ransomware. If ransomware is indicated to be running on a user device, the collaboration system is notified that a ransomware process has been detected on the user device. The collaboration system delivers a prevention policy to other user devices that interface with the collaboration system. The prevention policy is in turn enforced by the other user devices to prevent synchronization of content object changes made by the ransomware.
US12099613B2
A method, computer program product, and computer system for repairing a Dockerfile. Library versions containing initial version numbers of libraries are extracted from the Dockerfile. A Monte Carlo tree search (MCTS) is executed, using the extracted library versions as input, which generates a tree that includes multiple levels populated with noses. Each node in a level represents the generic library name of a library version in the Dockrerfile and an associated randomly selected version number. At least one of the randomly selected version numbers associated with at least one node in a level differs from the initial version number associated with a versionf. A best successful installation path is selected from the at least one successful installation path. The Dockerfile is repaired by inserting randomly selected version numbers into Dockerfile as replacements for some of the initial version numbers.
US12099611B2
The present invention discloses a system for authenticating and securing message/instruction transmission, including a hardware processing unit for testing the validity of original message or derivative of the original message by running specific firmware code resulting first test results, a software processing unit, for testing the validity of the original message or derivative of the original message by running specific software code, for resulting a second test result, and a logic comparison module, for comparing between the first and the second test results, wherein the comparison authenticates the message. The testing is performed simultaneously at the hardware processing unit and the software processing unit. According to some embodiments of the present invention the logic comparison module is implemented as a hardware module including a gates array including at least one logic gate.
US12099608B2
A system and method for setting alert thresholds related to cybersecurity ratings of one or more affiliate entities. An example method includes: obtaining entity data including cybersecurity event data for an affiliate entity; calculating a time-series cybersecurity rating for the affiliate entity based on the entity data; associating an alert reporting threshold with the time-series cybersecurity rating, wherein a comparison of the alert reporting threshold to the time-series cybersecurity rating determines a number of alerts reported for the affiliate entity; applying an alternative alert reporting threshold against the time-series cybersecurity rating to determine an alternative number of alerts reported for the affiliate entity; and updating the alert reporting threshold for the time-series cybersecurity rating to the alternative alert reporting threshold.
US12099607B2
An invention is disclosed for systems, methods, processes, and products of providing computing and online services. An embodiment of such a system, method, process, or product, among other things, may provide a more reliable, accurate, or otherwise effective way of determining and presenting relevant information to users, consumers, and the like.
US12099606B2
A method, computing device, and non-transitory machine-readable medium for detecting malware attacks and mitigating data loss. In various embodiments, an agent is implemented in the operating system of a storage node to provide protection at the bottommost level in a data write path. The agent intercepts write requests and observes file events over time to detect anomalous behavior. For example, the agent may monitor incoming write requests and, when an incoming write request is detected, determine whether the file is associated with a malware attack risk based on an analysis of an encryption state of data in the file.
US12099603B2
System and method to detect domain generation algorithm malware and systems infected by such malware
Systems and methods for detection of domain generated algorithms (DGA) and their command and control (C&C) servers are disclosed. In one embodiment, such an approach includes examining DNS queries for DNS resolution failures, and monitoring certain set of parameters such as number of levels, length of domain name, lexical complexity, and the like for each failed domain. These parameters may then be compared against certain thresholds to determine if the domain name is likely to be part of a DGA malware. Domain names identified as being part of a DGA malware may then be grouped together. Once a DGA domain name has been identified, activity from that domain name can be monitored to detect successful resolutions from the same source to see if any of the successful domain resolutions match these parameters. If they match specific thresholds, then the domain is determined to be a C&C server of the DGA malware and may be identified as such.
US12099597B2
An apparatus and method for intelligent power virus protection in a processor. For example, one embodiment of a processor comprises: first circuitry including an instruction fetch circuit to fetch instructions, each instruction comprising an instruction type and an associated width comprising a number of bits associated with source and/or destination operand values associated with the instruction; detection circuitry to detect one or more instructions of a particular type and/or width; evaluation circuitry to evaluate an impact of power virus protection (PVP) circuitry when executing the one or more instructions based on the detected instruction types and/or widths; and control circuitry, based on the evaluation, to configure the PVP circuitry in accordance with the evaluation performed by the evaluation circuitry.
US12099595B2
Technology for password entry security that monitors a text entry field that is not an appropriate text entry field for password entry, and, on condition that a user enters a first portion of a designated user password into the text entry field, then machine logic deletes and/or obscures at least the first portion of the password from the text entry field so that it cannot be espied or intercepted by unauthorized parties. IN some embodiments, an integer number N is designated to determine how many characters must be in the first portion entered by the user before the password text is deleted or obscured.
US12099589B2
A method of unlocking software including providing an electronic device having a processing unit and a gesture input device connected therewith. Detecting an input gesture operable to initiate password entry, wherein the electronic device is in a software locked state, and randomly assigning a predefined set of input gestures to a predefined set of password symbols. The method of unlocking software additionally includes detecting one of the assigned input gestures via the gesture input device and comparing the entered password symbols, corresponding to the detected input gestures, to a stored unlock password via the processing unit. Further, where the entered password symbols match the stored unlock password, the method enables operation of the electronic device in a software unlocked state.
US12099585B2
A computer-implemented method for remotely verifying an identity of a user is presented. The method comprises a first data processing device (120) receiving a live video stream (102) of the user from a second data processing device (140) via a video data connection (108) having a video bandwidth. Establishing a separate data connection (110) between the first (120) and second (140) data processing devices, the data connection (110) having a data bandwidth. The first data processing device (120) receiving, via the data connection (110), identifying data (104) captured from an identifying means from the second data processing device (140), or another data processing device. The first data processing device (120) determining first biometric data based on the identifying data (104) and comparing to second biometric data based on the live video stream (102). The first data processing device (120) then verifying an identity of the user based on a correspondence between the first biometric data and the second biometric data.
US12099583B2
A method of authenticating a request from an IoT device includes the step of receiving a request from an IoT device for restricted access information. A location of an authorized user of the restricted access information is identified based on at least one location criteria of the authorized user. Access of the restricted access information to the IoT device is granted when the authorized user satisfies the at least one location criteria and denying access to the IoT device of the restricted access information when the authorized user fails the at least one location criteria.
US12099582B2
An electronic device includes a communication unit and a control unit. The communication unit performs authentication communication to authenticate an external device connected to the electronic device. The control unit sets a time limit of the authentication communication to a predetermined time in a case where the external device is a first device. The predetermined time is a time that is longer than a time required for authentication communication between the first device and the electronic device, and is shorter than a time required for authentication communication between the electronic device and a second device different from the first device.
US12099577B2
An object recognition method is provided. The method includes: detecting an occlusion region of an object in an image, to obtain a binary image; obtaining occlusion binary image blocks; querying a mapping relationship between occlusion binary image blocks and binary masks included in a binary mask dictionary to obtain binary masks corresponding to the occlusion binary image blocks; synthesizing the binary masks queried based on each of the occlusion binary image blocks, to obtain a binary mask corresponding to the binary image; and determining a matching relationship between the image and a prestored object image, based on the binary mask corresponding to the binary image, a feature of the prestored object image, and a feature of the to-be-recognized image.
US12099571B2
Heterogeneous monitoring nodes may each generate a series of monitoring node values over time associated with operation of an industrial asset. An offline abnormal state detection model creation computer may receive the series of monitoring node values and perform a feature extraction process using a multi-modal, multi-disciplinary framework to generate an initial set of feature vectors. Then feature dimensionality reduction is performed to generate a selected feature vector subset. The model creation computer may derive digital models through a data-driven machine learning modeling method, based on input/output variables identified by domain experts or by learning from the data. The system may then automatically generate domain level features based on a difference between sensor measurements and digital model output. A decision boundary may then be automatically calculated and output for an abnormal state detection model based on the selected feature vector subset and the plurality of derived generated domain level features.
US12099560B2
Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods that provide a pipeline to generate personalized queries that are associated with and based on a user's interests determined from a user's past searches, on an Internet search engine, and/or the content the user viewed from the past searches. The suggested queries can be shown in a user interface component associated with the user interface of the search engine and before the user enters anything, such as a new Internet search. This pre-population of searches associated with a user's interests gives an opportunity to the user to try these queries without manually entering in a search string.
US12099556B2
Some embodiments transfer a software development working context between development environments. The environments may be on the same machine, or on different machines. The working context includes ephemeral state information (ESI), such as edits not yet committed to a repository, development tool user interface state, command history, build history, debug history, execution history, tool window content, hot exit files, or search filters, among others. The ESI is computationally gathered from RAM and other locations in a source environment, written to an edit session artifact (ESA), and then read from the ESA and installed at a target environment. The transfer is accomplished without committing source code to any source code version control system, e.g., repository. The transfer may be tailored for efficiency or efficacy by determining whether a particular software development capability is present in one or both of the environments.
US12099554B2
A system for performing fast data pattern searches, comprising a computerized device consisting of at least one processor and associated memory, which are adapted to automatically create condensed elementary units to be used, based on the data patterns or based on known elementary unit data; create an indexed dictionary containing the data patterns to be searched; select a primary key for each pattern using the statistics and secondary keys counting on the primary key value, the dictionary having entries that are balanced over all array entries, based on the numbers of the secondary keys; for each searched pattern, select a primary key to search for a first fragment of the searched pattern to be compared; create a secondary key to search for a second fragment of the searched pattern, the secondary key being greater that the size of the primary key to both directions, the secondary key functions as a filtering element, where only entries for which there is a match in the secondary key value and the corresponding distance will move to the next processing stage; process typical search data, based on the condensed elementary units and preforming a training stage to thereby obtain the fastest optimal combination on a primary key size and a secondary key size, to gather statistics regarding the probability of identifying data patterns; revoke entries options that are used more often according to a predetermined threshold; create third multiple keys for multiple fragments of the searched pattern, to be compared, and if there were matches, performing full comparison; at least one register for performing full or partial comparisons. The distance of the secondary key before or after the primary key is predetermined and wherein each entry of the array defines multiple entries to be compared as secondary keys, each one of the secondary keys with its unique defined distance from the primary key.
US12099548B2
Described herein are systems and methods that search videos and other media content to identify items, objects, faces, or other entities within the media content. Detectors identify objects within media content by, for instance, detecting a predetermined set of visual features corresponding to the objects. Detectors configured to identify an object can be trained using a machine learned model (e.g., a convolutional neural network) as applied to a set of example media content items that include the object. The systems comprise an integrated detection unit configured to record media content, identify preferred content, and communicate the identifications of preferred content for storage in a computationally efficient manner.
US12099546B2
A system comprises a memory that stores computer executable components; and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. A communication component receives a stream of medical images from a medical image data source via a network for displaying in one or more viewports of a medical image visualization application that provides interactive functionalities in association with the displaying. A buffer component stores the medical images, in one or more buffers, as the respective medical images are received. A monitoring component monitors user activity with respect to a rendered subset of the medical images in the one or more viewports in association with usage of the interactive functionalities. A buffer management component regulates storing of the medical images in the one or more buffers by the buffer component as a function of the user activity to facilitate seamless rendering of the medical images.
US12099540B2
Systems and methods of generating keyword-specific content are disclosed. A request for including a keyword is received and the keyword is classified as one of catalog related or unrelated. When the keyword is catalog related, the keyword is categorized in a category associated with the catalog and at least one term in the keyword is categorized in a facet category associated with the catalog. A content template is obtained. The content template is a category specific template when the keyword is catalog related and a generic template when the keyword is catalog unrelated. The category specific template is populated with the at least one term at a position associated with the one of the plurality of facet categories. Responsive content including the category specific template populated with the at least one term when the keyword is catalog related and the generic template when the keyword is catalog unrelated, is transmitted.
US12099533B2
In several aspects for querying a data source represented by data object embeddings in a vector space, a processor inputs, to a trained embedding generation model, a received query and at least one token for receiving from the trained embedding generation model a set of embeddings of the vector space. The set of embeddings comprises an embedding of the received query and at least one embedding of the at least one token respectively, wherein the embedding of each token is a prediction of an embedding of a supplement of the query. The data object embeddings may be searched for data object embeddings that match the set of embeddings. This may result in search result embeddings of the set of embeddings. Data objects that are represented by the search result embeddings may be determined. At least part of the determined data objects may be provided.
US12099529B2
A method of generating a content library includes receiving a generate command that indicates a design application file to generate a content library, identifying a set of primitives from the design application file, and generating a content library from the set of primitives. In some cases, the method further includes receiving an import command to import content from a file that is a same format type as the content library and in response to receiving the import command, extracting appropriate values from associated primitives in the file and importing the appropriate values to the design application file. In some cases, the method further includes receiving an export command to export content from the design application file to a different application file of a specified format type and providing the content library in the specified format type.
US12099524B2
Devices, systems and methods are provided for monitoring a replication service replicating data from a source database system to a destination database system. One method involves receiving, at the destination database system from the replication service over a network, a set of database transactions at the source database system, determining an expected tracking entry subsequent to the set of database transactions based at least in part on the one or more tracking entries in the set of database transactions, detecting an anomaly associated with replicating the data from the source database system in response to an absence of receiving, from the replication service, a subsequent set of database transactions at the source database system that includes the expected tracking entry within a threshold period of time, and initiating a remedial action in response to detecting the anomaly.
US12099512B2
A computer-implemented method of context-based constraint modification is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a data sharing request in a distributed database system to share a data model between databases. The method further comprises adjusting a data sharing constraint applicable to the data sharing request based on data related to previous data sharing processes, the data sharing constraint being related to data transmission or validation, access control, or conflict resolution. The method additional comprises determining that the data sharing request requires data merging; reading a data file containing a shareable version of at least a portion of the data model subject to the data sharing constraint; and merging the shareable version with a current data model for a database of the databases.
US12099511B2
A cloud-based, query management and education system enables provider organizations to query and educate clinicians on how to clarify clinical documentation, resulting in more accurate reimbursement, public reporting, research and policy decisions. Query authors create compliant queries from stored templates which may be supplemented by attaching and/or annotating selected documentation from the patient record. Clinician responses to such queries automatically generate addenda in the relevant patient record. All events around a query are tracked and reportable through a graphical performance scorecards and reporting dashboards.
US12099508B2
In an embodiment, a database management system (DBMS) hosted by a computer receives a request to execute a database statement and responsively generates an interpretable execution plan that represents the database statement. The DBMS decides whether execution of the database statement will or will not entail interpreting the interpretable execution plan and, if not, the interpretable execution plan is compiled into object code based on partial evaluation. In that case, the database statement is executed by executing the object code of the compiled plan, which provides acceleration. In an embodiment, partial evaluation and Turing-complete template metaprogramming (TMP) are based on using the interpretable execution plan as a compile-time constant that is an argument for a parameter of an evaluation template.
US12099500B2
Some implementations generate logical queries from a canonical query, where the logical queries each reflect a modified scope of the canonical query. Implementations receive, via a personalized analytics system, a canonical query that is associated with a user. The canonical query can be analyzed to determine an intent of the canonical query. In turn, one or more implementations generate, based on the intent an anecdotal information associated with the user, a logical query that reflects a modified scope of the canonical query. In implementations multiple logical queries are generated and are processed to remove a duplicate logical query. A logical query can be used to extract data from a database associated with the personalized analytics system based on a modified scope.
US12099492B1
An identify resolution system performs actions comprises a set-up process and an identity resolution process that executes asynchronously with respect to the set-up process. the set-up process includes accessing machine data including a plurality of event data objects, each event data object of the plurality of event data objects including timestamped raw machine-generated data indicative of performance or operation of one or more entities in a computer network environment. The identity resolution process ascertains the identity of an entity associated with the computer network environment, based on the association data in the data store, wherein the identity of the entity is not expressed directly in the association data in the data store.
US12099486B2
A transaction request compliant with a first version of a journal schema of a multi-data-store storage system is received at a journal manager. The journal schema indicates attributes of data objects which may be materialized at various data stores of the system. The journal manager stores an entry in the system's journal if the transaction meets acceptance criteria. Writes indicated in the entry are materialized at the data stores after verifying that the entry is compliant with the journal schema. After verifying that member data stores have approved a proposed change to the journal schema, another entry indicating a different version of the journal schema is added to the journal. Client-side components of the system obtain the current version of the journal schema to prepare the transaction requests.
US12099484B2
Techniques are disclosed for tuning external invocations utilizing weight-based parameter resampling. In one example, a computer system determines a plurality of samples, each sample being associated with a parameter value of a plurality of potential parameter values of a particular parameter. The computer system assigns weights to each of the parameter values, and then selects a first sample for processing via a first external invocation based on a weight of the parameter value of the first sample. The computer system then determines feedback data associated with a level of performance of the first external invocation. The computer system adjusts the weights of the parameter values of the particular parameter based on the feedback data. The computer system then selects a second sample of the plurality of samples to be processed via execution of a second external invocation based on the adjustment of weights of the parameter values.
US12099481B2
A distributed storage system includes table controllers collectively storing partitions of a logical table having multiple rows. For each of the partitions, a corresponding table controller stores a subset of the rows of the logical table across individual pages. A management controller updates a schema of the logical table from a first to a second schema definition by, for each of the partitions, sending an update command indicating the second schema definition to the corresponding table controller. The first table controller corresponds to a first partition that includes a first subset of the rows. The first table controller, prior to receiving the update command, includes an identifier of the first schema definition within each page of data for the first subset. Subsequent to receiving the update command, the first table controller, when writing each new page of data for the first subset, includes an identifier of the second schema definition.
US12099480B1
A graph-based clinical concept mapping algorithm maps ICD-9 (International Classification of Disease, Revision 9) and ICD-10 (International Classification of Disease, Revision 10) codes to unified Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED) clinical concepts to normalize longitudinal healthcare data to thereby improve tracking and the use of such data for research and commercial purposes. The graph-based clinical concept mapping algorithm advantageously combines a novel graph-based search algorithm and natural language processing to map orphan ICD codes (those without equivalents across codebases) by finding optimally relevant shared SNOMED concepts. The graph-based clinical concept mapping algorithm is further advantageously utilized to group ICD-9/10 codes into higher order, more prevalent SNOMED concepts to support clinical interpretation.
US12099470B2
This technology relates generally to data assembly and analytics, as can be used in the personal finance and banking field, and more particularly to the field of lending and credit notification methods and systems. Embodiments of this technology provide systems and methods for creating objects which can be used in multiple implementations to generate scores.
US12099468B2
Systems and methods for collecting, analyzing, billing and reporting data from intelligent electronic devices are provided. Also, systems and methods for managing sensor data are provided. In some embodiments, a system for managing sensor data may include intelligent electronic devices, a server, a plurality of client devices, and a network. Each of the intelligent electronic devices is configured to obtain sensor data related to power parameters distributed to a load. The server is configured to receive the sensor data from the plurality of intelligent electronic devices and store the sensor data in a database. Each client device is configured to retrieve the sensor data from the database. The network enables communication among the server, the plurality of intelligent electronic devices, and the plurality of client devices.
US12099467B2
A storage appliance arranges snapshot data and snapshot metadata into different structures, and arranges the snapshot metadata to facilitate efficient snapshot manipulation, which may be for snapshot management or snapshot restore. The storage appliance receives snapshots according to a forever incremental configuration and arranges snapshot metadata into different types of records. The storage appliance stores these records in key-value stores maintained for each defined data collection (e.g., volume). The storage appliance arranges the snapshot metadata into records for inode information, records for directory information, and records that map source descriptors of data blocks to snapshot file descriptors. The storage appliance uses a locally generated snapshot identifier as a key prefix for the records to conform to a sort constrain of the key-value store, which allows the efficiency of the key-value store to be leveraged. The snapshot metadata arrangement facilitates efficient snapshot restore, file restore, and snapshot reclamation.
US12099466B1
As a part of an embedded system environment, an overlay filesystem package manager obtains package files for a filesystem operation. the package files are stored in a temporary memory location. a composite layer presenting upper and lower filesystems of an overlay filesystem, is accessed to compare the package files with an associated files in the composite layer. When a difference is detected between a package file and an associated file, the package file is copied or moved to the upper filesystem. If the package file is not different from the associated file in the composite layer, it is not copied and deleted from the temporary memory location.
US12099463B2
A symmetric multiprocessor includes with a hierarchical ring-based interconnection network is disclosed. The symmetric processor includes a plurality of buses comprised on the symmetric multiprocessor, wherein each of the buses are configured in a circular topology. The symmetric multiprocessor also includes a plurality of multi-processing nodes interconnected by the buses to make a hierarchical ring-based interconnection network for conveying commands between the multi-processing nodes. The interconnection network includes a command network configured to transport commands based on command tokens, wherein the tokens dictate a destination of the command, a partial response network configured to transport partial responses generated by the multi-processing nodes, and a combined response network configured to combine the partial responses generated by the multi-processing nodes using combined response tokens.
US12099459B2
A link balance adjustment method includes the following steps. A connection port initiates a balance adjustment process through an interrupt signal. A microprocessor provides an adjustment parameter for an external device from a register and transmits the adjustment parameter to the connection port. A measurement signal is initiated by the microprocessor, and the measurement signal enables the connection port to measure the signal quality after the adjustment parameter has been applied by the external device. The microprocessor determines whether the connection port needs to perform a preprocessing. When the microprocessor determines that the connection port needs to perform a preprocessing, the connection port performs the preprocessing and generates preprocessing data. The connection port transmits the preprocessing data to the register. The microprocessor reads the preprocessing data or the signal quality in the register.
US12099445B2
Data processing apparatuses and methods of data processing are disclosed wherein a processing element maintains a buffer in the memory in support of the data processing it performs. A write pointer indicates a current write location in the buffer. A cache holds copies of the data which are subject to the data processing operations and allocations into the cache from the memory and write-backs from the cache to the memory are performed in cache line units of data. When the processing element performs a data write to the buffer at a location determined by the write pointer, the processor updates the write pointer in an update direction corresponding to a progression direction of data writes in the buffer, and further locations in the progression direction in the buffer between the location indicated by the write pointer and a boundary location are signalled to be written with a predetermined value.
US12099444B2
In one embodiment, a method of selectively reserving portions of a last level cache (LLC) for a multi-core processor, the method comprising: allocating, by an executive system, plural classes of service to the portions of the LLC, wherein the portions comprise ways, and wherein each of the plural classes of service are allocated to one or more of the ways; assigning, by the executive system, one of the plural classes of service to an application as a default class of service, wherein the assignment controls which of the ways the application can allocate into; and overriding, by the application, the default class of service to enable allocation by the application to the one or more of the ways associated with a non-default class of service.
US12099442B2
A method, apparatus, and system manages an object in a storage provider that provides a plurality of storage classes of storage. The method may include receiving a request for transfer of the object comprising segments from a first storage class to a second storage class of the storage provider; storing metadata associated with the object; determining that each of the segments satisfies a data storage policy based on the access characteristics of each of the segments within the object, wherein the determining includes: determining that none of the segments are referenced by the new segment for a predetermined time period; determining that none of the segments are accessed for the predetermined time period from the last accessed time instance; and in response to determining that each of the segments satisfies the data storage policy, transferring the object from the first storage class to the second storage class of the storage provider.
US12099434B2
A method for managing user stories in software development via artificial intelligence is disclosed. The method includes aggregating, via an application programming interface, raw data from a software development framework according to a predetermined schedule, the raw data corresponding to user stories from a plurality of users in a natural language format; ingesting the aggregated raw data to generate structured data sets; generating a language model by using a neural network and the structured data sets, the neural network including a transformer component; training, by using the structured data sets, the language model based on predetermined criterions; tuning the trained language model for tasks by adjusting parameters; and exposing, via a communication interface, the tuned language model.
US12099430B1
A log is received at a user space process of a host from a logical logging component of a virtual computing instance (VCI), the log generated by a container running on the VCI. The log is communicated from the user space process to a logical logging component of the host. The log is communicated from the logical logging component of the host to a logging process of the host. The log is configured and stored in host storage.
US12099426B2
Techniques for filtering telemetry data to allocate system resources among system components are disclosed. A system filters a data set of telemetry data prior to allocating or re-allocating system resources to system components. A filtered data set includes data points that include the highest resource-utilization values for the system components. The system compares resource-usage for each component managed by a computing machine in one time period to the resource-usage for the component in another time period. The system omits from a filtered data set any time period in which the resource-usage value for each system component is subsumed by the resource-usage values of the same system components in another time period. The system generates resource-reallocation candidate models for the computing machines in the system based on the filtered data set. The system reallocates system resources among system components using a selected resource-reallocation candidate.
US12099421B2
Systems for distributed data storage. A method commences upon accessing a set of data items that describe computing nodes to be organized into a ring topology. The ring topology and distributed data storage policies are characterized by quantitative failure-resilient characteristics such as a replication factor. Various characteristics of the topology serve to bound two or more availability domains of the ring into which the computing nodes can be mapped. A set of quantitative values pertaining to respective quantitative failure-resilient characteristics are used for enumerating candidate ring topologies where the computing nodes are mapped into the availability domains. Using the quantitative failure-resilient characteristics, alternative candidate ring topologies are evaluated so as to determine a configuration score for candidate ring topologies. A candidate ring topology is configured based on a computed configuration score surpassing a threshold score. When a failure event is detected, the ring is reevaluated, remapped, and considered for reconfiguration.
US12099419B2
A method for system recovery may be provided. The method may be implemented on a management server of a recovery system. The recovery system may further include at least one working server configured to perform one or more tasks and a global storage device configured to store a backup system or a system image file of each of the at least one working server. The management server may be connected to the at least one working server and the global storage device. The method may include, for each of the at least one working server, determining whether the working server is in an abnormal state. For each of the at least one working server, in response to determining that the working server is in an abnormal state, the method may further include assigning at least part of the global storage device to the working server and causing the working server to perform a first system recovery operation using the at least part of the global storage device.
US12099412B2
A plurality of failure domains are communicatively coupled to each other via a network, and each of the plurality of failure domains is coupled to one or more storage devices. A failure resilient stripe is distributed across the plurality of storage devices, such that two or more blocks of the failure resilient stripe are located in each failure domain.
US12099411B2
An error processing circuit includes: a first H matrix calculation circuit configured to calculate a first H matrix and upstream data to generate a partial first parity, during an encoding operation; a second H matrix calculation circuit configured to calculate a second H matrix and the upstream data to generate a second parity, during the encoding operation; and a parity calculation circuit configured to sum the partial first parity and the second parity to generate a first parity, during the encoding operation.
US12099406B2
Methods, systems, and devices for bit and signal level mapping are described to enable a memory device to transmit or receive a multi-symbol signal that includes more than two (2) physical levels. Some cyclic redundancy check (CRC) calculations generate one or more bits of CRC output per symbol of an associated signal and the output is transmitted via a multi-symbol signal by converting one or more CRC output bit to a physical level of the signal. The conversion, or mapping, process is performed such that the physical levels of the signal avoid a transition between a highest physical level and lowest physical level. For example, a modulation scheme or mapping process is configured to map different values of CRC output bits to different physical levels, where the different physical levels are separated by one other physical level associated with the signal or the modulation scheme.
US12099399B2
A system includes a memory and a processor configured to detect that a primary mainframe job has failed, and extracts information related to the failed primary mainframe job, wherein the extracted information includes an error description of an error that caused the primary mainframe job to fail. The processor searches the memory based on the error description for a set of corrective actions corresponding to the error. In response to determining the set of corrective actions based on the search, the processor obtains a criticality index relating to the primary mainframe job. When the criticality index is lower than a criticality index threshold, the processor applies the set of corrective actions in relation to the failed primary mainframe job and processes the failed primary mainframe job after applying the set of corrective actions.
US12099398B2
In a system with multiple host computers and one or more single-port non-volatile memory devices, a non-volatile memory switch receives memory transaction messages from different root complexes corresponding to the multiple host computers. Each of at least some of the memory transaction messages includes a host identifier that identifies a root complex from which the memory transaction was received. The non-volatile memory switch generates modified memory transaction messages at least by changing host identifiers within memory transaction messages to a common value indicative of a single root complex to present to the one or more single-port non-volatile memory devices the different root complexes as the single root complex. The non-volatile memory switch maintains associations of memory transaction messages with corresponding ones of the different root complexes, and sends the modified memory transaction messages to the one or more single-port non-volatile memory devices.
US12099383B2
A display method applied to a first electronic device includes obtaining a first display request sent by a second electronic device and a second display request sent by a third electronic device, determining a first channel of display data from a plurality of channels of display data configured at the first electronic device based on the first display request and transmitting the first channel of display data to the second electronic device to output the first channel of display data in a display unit of the second electronic device, and determining a second channel of display data from the plurality of channels of display data based on the second display request and transmitting the second channel of display data to the third electronic device to output the second channel of display data in a display unit of the third electronic device.
US12099380B2
A liquid-crystal display (LCD) device includes: an array substrate on which a sub-pixel is disposed; a color filter substrate on which a color filter corresponding to the sub-pixel is disposed; and a liquid-crystal layer between the array substrate and the color filter substrate. The array substrate comprises a lens hole, the color filter substrate comprises a lens hole guide, and a diameter of the lens hole is smaller than an inner diameter of the lens hole guide.
US12099377B2
A delay adjustment cell is disposed in a channel of at least one regional clock of a chip clock architecture, and the delay adjustment cell includes a plurality of parallel delay paths with different delay values. The delay adjustment cell gates one of the delay paths based on an obtained configuration signal such that a connected regional clock has a corresponding target delay, and a target delay of each regional clock corresponds to a clock skew mode of the programmable logic chip. A clock skew between different regional clocks is adjusted by controlling the gated delay path in the delay adjustment cell, such that a clock skew of the chip can be adjusted in a relatively large range. Under the same resource configuration, different path choices of the delay adjustment cell lead to different clock skews to meet different clock skew modes in different application scenarios.
US12099376B2
In one or more embodiments, a T-adapter includes an input for receiving power and data on a wire pair, a first output for transmitting the power and data to a first load, a second output for transmitting the power and data to a second load, and a controller operable to detect and authenticate the first load at the first output or the second load at the second output and enable power at the first output or the second output in response to load detection and authentication.
US12099373B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) uses a first baseband processor to establish a first communication link with a ground station of a wireless network and a second baseband processor that establishes a second communication link with a user device. Communication data is routed between the user device and the core network through the first communication link and the second communication link. The UAV receives control commands from a ground-based UAV controller that direct the UAV to travel according to a flight trajectory that is proximate to the user device.
US12099370B2
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) navigation systems include a UAV charging pad positioned at a storage facility, a plurality of fiducial markers positioned at the storage facility, and a UAV. Each of the fiducial markers is associated with a fiducial dataset storing a position of the corresponding fiducial marker, and the fiducial datasets are stored in a fiducial map. The UAV includes a camera and logic that when executed causes the UAV to image a first fiducial marker, to access from the fiducial map a first fiducial dataset storing the position of the first fiducial marker, and to navigate based upon the first fiducial dataset.
US12099362B2
A method for avoiding a collision between an autonomous mobile apparatus and a stationary or moving object initially deemed to be a collision threat includes acquiring a passage clearance of the object, from the point of view of the autonomous mobile apparatus, by establishing in two dimensions the nearest and the furthest physical parts of the object in the planned path of the autonomous mobile apparatus. Dimensions between the current position of the autonomous mobile apparatus and the at least two boundaries are computed as relative distances, and are considered as avoidance distances when the relative distances are greater than the passage clearance. For only one avoidance distance, a target boundary for clearance with safety is set based on the avoidance distance. The autonomous mobile apparatus moves along a specified direction to aim at the target boundary. An autonomous mobile apparatus applying the method is also disclosed.
US12099353B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to controlling a trailer without the presence of a physical connection. In one embodiment, a method includes in response to receiving a signal to initiate hitchless maneuvering of a trailer separately from a controlling vehicle, acquiring control inputs to maneuver the trailer from an input device within the controlling vehicle. The method includes communicating, from the controlling vehicle to the trailer, the control inputs to maneuver the trailer. The method includes in response to receiving feedback from the trailer indicating the trailer is within a requested position, sending a control signal to stop the trailer.
US12099332B2
A CPU determines whether a first condition related to a current position of a subject is satisfied, determines whether a second condition different from the first condition and related to at least one of the current position of the subject and a motion state of the subject is satisfied, and controls a display mode of a display unit on the basis of a determination result as to whether the first condition is satisfied and a determination result as to whether the second condition is satisfied.
US12099331B2
An electronic watch may include a housing at least partially defining an interior cavity divided into at least a first volume and a second volume, a pressure-sensing component positioned within the first volume, a speaker positioned within the first volume, a processor positioned within the second volume, a battery positioned within the second volume, and a barometric vent that allows air pressure equalization between the first volume and an external environment.
US12099325B2
A process cartridge includes a first unit including an image bearing member configured to carry an electrostatic latent image, and a second unit including a developer bearing member configured to develop the electrostatic latent image carried on the image bearing member into a toner image, the second unit being capable of being mounted on the first unit in a mounting direction. The first unit includes a moving member that moves the second unit mounted on the first unit at a mounting position to a detachment position. The second unit includes a storage unit that stores information about the second unit. The moving member is disposed on a first side of the process cartridge in a longitudinal direction of the image bearing member. An electrode of the storage unit is disposed on a second side of the process cartridge in the longitudinal direction.
US12099324B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a body housing and a temporarily placement part. The image forming forms an image. The image forming unit is attached to and detached from the body housing. The temporarily placement part is deployed outside the body housing, and the image forming unit can be temporarily placed on the temporarily placement part. The temporarily placement part includes an upper cover which coves an upper portion of the image forming unit placed on the temporarily placement part.
US12099318B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a holding unit that holds a recording medium transported; a circumferential rotation unit that circumferentially rotates with the holding unit fixed, and constitutes part of a transport path along which the recording medium is transported; an image former that forms an image on the recording medium at an image formation position on a circumferential rotational path of the circumferential rotation unit; a pass point at which the recording medium is passed on the circumferential rotational path; and a receiving point which is provided on a same side as the pass point with respect to the image formation position, and at which the recording medium is received from the circumferential rotational path.
US12099315B2
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a charging member, an exposing device, a developing device, a transfer member, a brush, a voltage applying portion, and a control portion controlling a surface potential of the photosensitive member at the brush contacting position. When a value of subtracting a value of the surface potential of the photosensitive member in the brush contacting position from a value of the brush voltage is defined as a contacting position potential difference, the control portion controls the surface potential of the photosensitive member in the brush contacting position so that the contacting position potential difference is changed from a first potential difference to a second potential difference in a predetermined direction which is either one of an increasing direction or a decreasing direction, and then the contacting position potential difference is changed from the second potential difference to a third potential difference in the predetermined direction.
US12099310B2
An extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photolithography system cleans debris from an EUV reticle. The system includes a cleaning electrode configured to be positioned adjacent the EUV reticle. The system includes a voltage source that helps draw debris from the EUV reticle toward the cleaning electrode by applying a voltage of alternating polarity to the cleaning electrode.
US12099308B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for correcting lithography systems. In one implementation, a method of operating a lithography system includes directing first light beams toward a reflective surface of a first substrate using an optical module. The method includes directing the first light beams collected through at least an objective lens toward a camera, and taking a plurality of first images of the first light beams. The method includes directing second light beams at an oblique angle toward a patterned surface of a second substrate using an illumination source disposed below the objective lens. The method includes directing the second light beams collected through at least an objective lens toward a camera, and taking a plurality of second images of the second light beams. The method includes determining a tip correction, a tilt correction, and an optimal vertical position for the optical module.
US12099304B2
An electron beam lithography (Ebeam) method for a wafer having alignment and device layers with a design alignment. The Ebeam method includes executing an Ebeam scan of predefined length and resolution based on the design alignment over a pattern edge of the device layer, generating a signal from reflections of the Ebeam scan off the pattern edge, determining an offset of the device layer relative to the alignment layer from a comparison of the signal and the design alignment and applying the offset to the design alignment to obtain an actual measurement of Ebeam alignment.
US12099283B2
A camera module includes: a housing; a carrier accommodated in the housing, and configured to move in an optical axis direction; a lens unit accommodated in the carrier, and configured to move in the optical axis direction together with the carrier; a driving unit configured to move the carrier; and a guide unit configured to guide the movement of the carrier, and comprising: a ball member configured to move in the optical axis direction; and a guide groove unit comprising a plurality of guide grooves in which the ball member is disposed, wherein the plurality of guide grooves comprise a first guide groove in which an angle between normals of two adjacent surfaces of the first guide groove in contact with the ball member is an acute angle.
US12099282B2
A tunable optical lens having an adjustable focal length includes an electro-active material layer, and a control electrode having a plurality of electrode components, wherein the control electrode includes at least two electrode patterns each of which is configured to generate one or more different diffraction zones, and the at least two electrode patterns are configured to generate different phase profiles from each other with respect to light transmitted through the at least two electrode patterns, when a voltage is applied to the control electrode.
US12099279B2
A light adjustment device includes a plurality of liquid crystal cells each including a light adjustment region that polarizes light emitted from a light source, the liquid crystal cells being stacked in a direction in which the light is emitted. The liquid crystal cells each include a first substrate in which a plurality of first metal wires are provided, and a second substrate in which a plurality of second metal wires are provided and that sandwiches a liquid crystal layer with the first substrate.
US12099277B2
An electro-optical device includes: a liquid crystal panel; a particle aligned type anisotropic conductive film having a plurality of electrically conductive particles that are arranged in a state of being aligned along a first direction and a second direction intersecting with the first direction; and a printed circuit board coupled to a connection terminal portion of the liquid crystal panel via the particle aligned type anisotropic conductive film, wherein the connection terminal portion includes a plurality of connection terminals, a plurality of recessed portions that are arranged in a state of being aligned along a third direction and a fourth direction intersecting with the third direction are formed on a surface of the connection terminal, and at least one of the first direction and the second direction along which the electrically conductive particles are arranged is different in arrangement direction from both the third direction and the fourth direction.
US12099275B2
The liquid crystal display device includes an edge backlight including a transparent light guide plate and light-emitting elements of multiple colors that are disposed such that the light-emitting elements of multiple colors are adjacent to each other, a dimming liquid crystal layer that is disposed such that the dimming liquid crystal layer overlaps at least an end portion of the transparent light guide plate that faces the light-emitting elements of multiple colors in a plan view and that has a degree of haze that increases or decreases by applying a voltage, and a transmissive liquid crystal display panel that includes pixels. With the backlight on, the dimming liquid crystal layer is in a diffusion state, and the liquid crystal display panel performs the color display. With the backlight off, the dimming liquid crystal layer is in a transmission state, and the liquid crystal display panel performs the transparent display.
US12099266B2
An optical circuit of the present disclosure shares at least a part of an electrical path including phase variable means between neighboring optical interference circuits, or configures an electrical path so as to straddle neighboring optical interference circuits, thereby performing electrical or thermal feedback. The optical circuit includes a mechanism using the electrical or thermal feedback for cancelling components of thermal crosstalk from one optical interference circuit to another neighboring optical interference circuit. The optical circuit of the present disclosure has a resistor element that shares electrical paths including respective phase variable means between the neighboring optical interference circuits. The optical circuit changes the phase change amount by the phase variable means in the neighboring optical interference circuit, in such a way as to cancel the thermal crosstalk components by the resistor element.
US12099263B2
Provided are a magneto-optical material capable of enhancing the tunable range of magneto-optical properties such as the Faraday rotation angle, and a method for producing the same. The temperature of a substrate 20 is controlled to a first temperature within the range of 300 to 800 [° C.], and the atmospheric pressure of the substrate 20 is controlled to 1.0×10−4 [Pa] or less (first step). Using a composite target or plurality of individual targets of a TCO material exhibiting ENZ properties in the infrared wavelength region, together with a magnetic metal, a magneto-optical material 10 is deposited on the substrate 20 while the temperature of the substrate 20 is controlled to a second temperature within the range of 300 to 800 [° C.], and the atmospheric pressure of the substrate 20 is controlled to the range of 0.1 to 10 [Pa] (second step).
US12099253B2
A lens barrel capable of increasing the moving range of a lens includes: a lens retainer frame for holding a lens; a drive unit for driving the lens retainer frame along the optical axis direction; a first cylinder that holds the drive unit and has a cam follower; a second cylinder that has a cam groove for engaging the cam follower; and a bias part for biasing the first cylinder along the optical axis.
US12099247B2
A telecommunications assembly includes a chassis and a plurality of modules removably mounted within the chassis. The modules include one or more fiber optic signal input locations. The modules include optical equipment for splitting the input signals into customer output signals.
US12099230B2
An electronic device includes a panel and a backlight module arranged corresponding to the panel. The backlight module includes a light guide plate, a first optical light module and a second optical module. The first optical element is arranged on the light guide plate, and has a first prism structure. The second optical element is arranged on the first optical element, and has a second prism structure. The first prism structure has a first vertex angle, and the second prism structure has a second vertex angle greater than the first vertex angle.
US12099225B2
The present invention provides an optical element in which the occurrence of sidelobe is suppressed and a reflectivity is high, an image display apparatus, a head-mounted display, a sensing apparatus, and an eye tracking apparatus. The optical element according to the present invention includes: at least one reflecting layer pair that is a combination of two reflective layers where turning directions of circularly polarized light to be reflected are opposite to each other and at least a part of reflection wavelength ranges is an overlapping part, in which the reflective layer includes a cholesteric liquid crystal layer obtained by immobilizing a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase, the cholesteric liquid crystal layer has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from a liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, and in a case where a depth position corresponding to 10% of a total helical pitch number of the reflective layer from one surface to another surface side of the reflective layer is set as a depth position X, a depth position corresponding to 90% of the total helical pitch number of the reflective layer from the one surface to the other surface side of the reflective layer is set as a depth position Y, a region from the one surface to the depth position X is set as a first region, a region from the depth position X to the depth position Y is set as a second region, and a region from the depth position Y to the other surface is set as a third region, at least one of birefringences in the first region and the third region is less than a birefringence in the second region.
US12099221B2
An optical filter includes a transmission portion transmitting light and an absorption portion absorbing light between a plane of incidence and a plane of emission, and the volume of the transmission portion is larger than the volume of the absorption portion. For the optical filter, when the transmission spectrum S0 of light incident at an incidence angle of 0° and the transmission spectrum S60 of light incident at an incidence angle of 60° are superimposed, the transmittance (%) at an incidence angle of 60° is lower than the transmittance (%) at an incidence angle of 0° by 15% or more for a first wavelength band, and the difference between the transmittance (%) at an incidence angle of 60° and the transmittance (%) at an incidence angle of 0° is 10% or less for a second wavelength band.
US12099211B2
An embodiment of the present disclosure may provide a microlens array including: an optical substrate configured to define multiple cells; and multiple microlenses distributed on the optical substrate and having angle profiles or tilting profiles, wherein angle profiles of the multiple cells are defined based on the shapes of edges of the cells, and tilting profiles of the multiple cells are defined based on the tilts of the microlenses or the tilt of the optical substrate.
US12099206B2
Light of a virtual image of image content is projected by an optical subsystem to an eye location. The optical subsystem collects the light from or through a first aperture onto an exit pupil on a surface proximate to an outer surface of an eye, and forms an image of the first aperture at the exit pupil. The virtual image is of an object located within a second aperture, wherein the first and second apertures are not collocated. In an associated method, a flat-panel image-display modulator within the second aperture imparts image content of the virtual image onto light generated by a source of light within the first aperture.
US12099205B2
A display device includes: a first closed-bottomed lens tube including a first display part on the closed bottom for displaying a first image; a second closed-bottomed lens tube including a second display part on the closed bottom for displaying a second image; and an adjustment mechanism that couples the first lens tube and the second lens tube and is capable of adjusting a distance between the first lens tube and the second lens tube. The adjustment mechanism includes an operable part that adjusts the distance between the first lens tube and the second lens tube.
US12099202B2
A head-mounted display apparatus includes a first housing, a second housing, a limiting member and a conducting wire. The first housing is provided with a first inner cavity and a first opening communicated with the first inner cavity. The second housing includes a main part and a first limiting part. The main part is provided with a second inner cavity and a second opening communicated with the second inner cavity. At least a part of the first limiting part extends into the first inner cavity through the first opening. The limiting member includes a second limiting part and a third limiting part. The second limiting part is connected to the main part, and at least part of the second limiting part is accommodated in the second inner cavity. At least part of the third limiting part extends into the first inner cavity through the second opening and the first opening.
US12099200B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for superimposing a virtual image on a real-time image. A system for superimposing a virtual image on a real-time image comprises a real-time image module and a virtual image module. The real-time image module comprises a magnification assembly to generate a real-time image of an object at a first location and a first depth, with a predetermined magnification. The virtual image module generates a virtual image by respectively projecting a right light signal to a viewer's right eye and a corresponding left light signal to a viewer's left eye. The right light signal and the corresponding left light signal are perceived by the viewer to display the virtual image at a second location and a second depth. The second depth is related to an angle between the right light signal and the corresponding left light signal projected to the viewer's eyes. The second depth may be approximately the same as the first depth.
US12099185B2
A method is useable for correcting a spherical aberration of a microscope having an objective and a cover slip or object carrier, the objective having a correction element for correcting the spherical aberration. The method includes: ascertaining, by the microscope, an index of refraction of an optical medium bordering the cover slip or object carrier and/or a thickness of the cover slip or object carrier along an optical axis of the objective, ascertaining the spherical aberration based on the index of refraction of the optical medium and/or the thickness of the cover slip or object carrier, and ascertaining, based on the spherical aberration, a positioning variable, by which the correction element is adjusted so that the spherical aberration is corrected.
US12099182B2
Provided is a color wheel. The color wheel includes a substrate, a conversion layer disposed on the substrate for wavelength conversion of incident light and obtaining irradiated laser, a first filter layer for filtering the irradiated laser to obtain a first light for modulating an image in a first color gamut range, and a second filter layer for filtering the irradiated laser to obtain a second light for modulating an image in a second color gamut range. Planes, in which the light incident surface of the conversion layer, the light incident surface of the first filter layer and the light incident surface of the second filter layer are located respectively, are parallel or coincide with each other.
US12099177B2
A lens-free microscopic imaging system (11), which is used to image microbeads (15) with pattern codes, includes an illumination system (11a) and an imaging system (11b). The illumination system (11a) includes an illumination light source (111) and an excitation light source (112). The imaging system (11b) includes an image sensor (113). The illumination light source (111) is used to emit illumination light to irradiate the microbeads (15), causing the irradiated microbeads (15) to be imaged on the image sensor. The excitation light source (112) is used to emit excitation light to excite the microbeads (15) to generate specific signals. The image sensor (113) is used to collect the images of the microbeads (15) and the specific signals to generate images. The imaging system (11) does not require a lens system. The present disclosure improves a detection efficiency of the microbeads (15).
US12099170B2
An optical imaging lens includes six lens elements. The object-side surface of the first lens element has a convex part in a vicinity of the periphery of the first lens element, the image-side surface of the second lens element has a concave part in a vicinity of the periphery of the first lens element, the object-side surface of the third lens element has a convex part in a vicinity of the optical axis, the image-side surface of the fourth lens element has a convex part in a vicinity of the periphery of the fourth lens element, the image-side surface of the fifth lens element has a concave part in a vicinity of the optical axis, and the sixth lens element has negative refractive power.
US12099168B2
An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive force. The seventh lens has negative refractive force. Both an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the seventh lens are aspheric surfaces. At least one surface of the seventh lens has at least an inflection point thereon. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
US12099166B2
An optical imaging system a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially disposed in numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, wherein the optical imaging system satisfies 0.5
US12099162B1
Sonde devices for providing magnetic field signals for use with utility locators or other devices are disclosed. In one embodiment a Sonde device includes a housing, a core comprising a plurality of core sections, and one or more support structures, which may include windings. Circuit and/or power supply elements may be disposed fully or partially within the core to control generation of predefined magnetic field frequencies and waveforms.
US12099156B2
A method for processing seismic data includes receiving seismic data comprising seismic traces collected from a land-based or marine seismic array, applying a noise mitigation process to the seismic data to generate a first stack volume, identifying, using a machine-learning algorithm, one or more traces of the seismic traces as having a relatively high residual noise, after applying the noise mitigation process, in comparison to other traces of the seismic traces, mitigating noise in the one or more identified traces, and performing a wavefield reconstruction to generate a second stack volume after mitigating the noise in the one or more traces after mitigating the noise in the one or more identified traces, to interpolate a portion of the wavefield corresponding to where the one or more identified traces were located and mitigated.
US12099149B2
A medical device and its method of use includes a catheter, at least two electromagnetic sensing coils located within the distal tip of the catheter, and a multi-element planar ultrasound transducer array located within the distal tip of the catheter and configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic energy. The device also includes an imaging system coupled to the ultrasound transducer and is used for creating an image of tissue in a first target plane that extends orthogonally from the catheter body. The medical device also includes a backscatter evaluation system for use in receiving and evaluating the acoustic spectral characteristics of tissues within a second target area within the first target plane.
US12099145B2
In various embodiments, described herein are systems and methods for ambient light suppression on a photodetector of a LiDAR device. The LiDAR device can be configured to scan laser pulses in such a manner that reflected laser pulses are incident on one column of macro-pixels at a time in a macro-pixel array on the photodetector, where only that column is turned on, and the rest of the columns are turned off. The LiDAR device can further be configured to scan at different angles such that laser pulses from a same portion of a target object can be incident on the turned-on column multiple times to increase the resolution of a LiDAR image. Further, outputs from multiple SPADs in a max-pixel are concatenated to form a multi-level digital signal, and a threshold can be used for discarding or registering the multi-level digital signal for further noise reduction.
US12099143B2
An electromagnetic wave irradiated by an irradiator (10) is incident on and reflected by a movable reflection unit (20). The control unit (30) controls the irradiator (10) and the movable reflection unit (20). A sensor (40) is disposed at a position through which the electromagnetic wave when an irradiation direction of the electromagnetic wave is moved in a first direction. Then, the control unit (30) executes the following processing in setting a movement range of the movable reflection unit (20). First, a detection value (first detection value) of the sensor (40) when light is irradiated at a first position Sa positioned ahead of the sensor (40) in the first direction is recognized. Next, a detection value (second detection value) of the sensor (40) when light is irradiated at a second position Sb positioned behind the sensor (40) in the first direction is recognized. Then, the movement range of the movable reflection unit (20) is set using the first detection value and the second detection value.
US12099139B2
An axial misalignment estimation apparatus estimates an axial misalignment angle of a radar apparatus mounted in a moving body. The estimation apparatus repeatedly acquires, for each reflection point detected by the radar apparatus, reflection point information including at least a relative speed and an orientation angle. The estimation apparatus acquires a speed of the moving body and extracts a stationary reflection point estimated to be a stationary object from the reflection points based on the speed of the moving body. The estimation apparatus selects, for each divided region, the stationary reflection point included in the divided region such that a predetermined condition is met. The divided region is a detection region of the radar apparatus that is divided into a plurality of parts in at least either of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. The estimation apparatus determines the axial misalignment angle using the stationary reflection point selected.
US12099134B2
This invention relates to devices, systems, and methods for location tracking and proximity detection. The invention uses transmitting devices with more than one transmission range. In various embodiments, the invention uses a primary device to transmit a near-range signal and a medium-range signal. In other embodiments, the invention uses a secondary device to receive these signals and, on the basis of the received signals, generate alerts, transmit signals, or do both. In further embodiments, the invention uses another device to provide the location of the secondary device, the primary device, or both devices. This invention may be used for contact tracing, hand hygiene compliance monitoring, and location tracking.
US12099126B2
A navigation satellite time system and its autonomous recovery method are provided, including a load time system, the load time system is configured to generate and maintain the load time, and the load time system comprises an space borne atomic clock, a time-frequency processing unit and a plurality of load time backups module, the time information of the load time is obtained from the ground station time; the pulse-per-second signals of the load time are generated and maintained by the space borne atomic clock and the time-frequency processing unit; when the time-frequency processing unit fails, the first-level recovery state is triggered: the time-frequency processing unit compares the time information and the pulse-per-second signals reversely output by the multiple load time backup modules to perform load time recovery.
US12099122B2
One aspect of the present invention is a range image sensor wherein a pixel drive circuit supplies a storage drive signal which is shifted by a predetermined adjustment time between pixel circuits and stores an electric charge from a photoelectric conversion element in a charge storage portion in each pixel circuit.
US12099116B2
A radar system identifies the presence of moderate intensity icing based on a single pulse reflectivity versus ice water content relationship. The radar then identifies convective cores in proximity to the aircraft and records features of those convective cores. Convection information, including storm tops, temperature, and cell topology, is used to indicate the presence of severe icing. A trained neural network may relate the various data to make a high intensity icing determination.
US12099109B2
Systems and methods of estimating a location of a mobile computing device are provided. For instance, acoustic signals can be received from one or more transmitting devices associated with a real-time locating system. A set of peaks can be selected from the received acoustic signals. A first set of transmitter locations can be assigned to the selected set of peaks. The first set of transmitter locations can be specified by an acoustic model specifying a plurality of transmitter locations within an acoustic environment in which the one or more transmitting devices are located. A first model path trace associated with the first set of transmitter locations can be compared to the received acoustic signals. A location of the mobile computing device can be estimated based at least in part on the comparison.
US12099104B2
An MRI system including a main magnet defining a volume, an imaging region disposed within the volume. The main magnet is configured to produce a uniform main magnetic field within the volume, wherein the uniform magnetic field is oriented along a patient axis. The system includes a gradient magnetic coil assembly disposed within the volume and configured to generate a spatially varying magnetic field across the imaging region. The gradient magnetic coil assembly includes a first coil configured to generate a magnetic field in a first axis, a second coil configured to generate a magnetic field in a second axis, and a third coil configured to generate a magnetic field in the patient axis. The system also includes a passive gradient shield disposed between the main magnet and primary gradient magnetic coil assembly, the passive gradient shield can include a continuous cylindrical layer of high permeability, low electrical conductivity material.
US12099103B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a radio frequency head coil (300), RE head coil. The RE head coil (300) comprises a coil former (310) comprising at least a first leg and a second leg arranged at a distance from each other to define a space there between, the coil former (310) being at least sectionally flexible and having at least one first fastening portion (315, 316) arranged adjacent to the space (314), and a respiratory mask (320) comprising a gas outlet (324) and at least one second fastening portion (322, 323), wherein in an operable condition in which the RE head coil (300) is adapted to be arranged at least in sections around a head of a patient (S) and in which the second fastening portion (322, 323) is adapted to be fastened to the first fastening portion (315, 316), the gas outlet (324) is disposed within the space (314).
US12099093B2
The present disclosure provides a method for modifying a gas density relay and a gas density relay having an online self-check function and a check method therefor. The gas density relay having an online self-check function is used for high-voltage and medium-voltage electrical devices, and includes a gas density relay body, a gas density detection sensor, a gas path blocking pressure regulation mechanism, an online check contact signal sampling unit and an intelligent control unit. The intelligent control unit controls a blocking member of the gas path blocking pressure regulation mechanism to move, so as to block a gas path between a first interface and a second interface. Moreover, a volume of a sealed cavity changes, a gas pressure of the gas density relay body slowly falls, thereby generating contact action, the contact action is transmitted to the intelligent control unit by means of the online check contact signal sampling unit, and the intelligent control unit detects an alarm and/or blocking contact signal action value and/or return value according to a density value during the contact action, such that check can be completed without maintenance personnel on site, and the reliability and efficiency of a power grid are greatly improved while cost is lowered.
US12099090B2
A semiconductor device has a cell region including active regions that extend in a first direction and in which are formed components of transistors. The transistors of the cell region are arranged to function as a scan insertion D flip flop (SDFQ). The SDFQ includes a multiplexer serially connected at an internal node to a D flip-flop (FF). The transistors of the multiplexer include data transistors for selecting a data input signal, the data transistors having a first channel configuration with a first channel size, and scan transistors of the multiplexer for selecting a scan input signal, the scan transistors having a second channel configuration with a second channel size. The second channel size is smaller than the first channel size.
US12099086B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of design for testability of super-large-scale integrated circuits, and discloses a flexible configurable module (FCM) based chiplet test circuit. The core structure of the circuit is located at an interposer. The test circuit includes FCMs, a control signal configuration module and a test state control module, where the FCM adopts a two-way skew-symmetric structure to implement data transmission in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction; the control signal configuration module is connected to control signals of all the FCMs, so as to control the data transmission directions as well as switch on and switch off states of all the FCMs; and the test state control module controls the shift and update operations of data inside the FCMs and the control signal configuration module.
US12099085B2
An apparatus is provided that is implemented to enable multiple tests of different types, such as a direct current (DC) test and/or a radio frequency (RF) test of a semiconductor device. The apparatus includes a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switch block coupled between the semiconductor device and automatic testing equipment (ATE). The apparatus is configured to enable/disable a DC path or an RF path to switch between a DC test and an RF test without reconfiguring the connections between the semiconductor device and the ATE. The DC path is used to perform a DC contact test for one or more pins of the semiconductor device. The RF path is used to perform an RF test for the semiconductor device.
US12099082B2
A testing system includes a testing device including a display screen. The testing device can display, via the display screen, a representation of a vehicle and oscillators of the vehicle. The testing device transmits a test request that identifies a selected oscillator of the plurality of oscillators for testing. A vehicle receives the test request. An electronic control unit of the vehicle instructs the selected oscillator to generate test signals. The testing calculates a performance metric of the test signals. The testing device determines whether the selected oscillator is properly placed, functioning at a predetermined threshold, or both. Improperly placed or improperly functioning oscillators can be adjusted or replaced.
US12099081B2
The present disclosure provides a method and device for detecting insulation impedance of a photovoltaic inverter. The method includes: detecting, after a first path of photovoltaic input is electrically connected to the photovoltaic inverter, whether a second path of photovoltaic input needs to be electrically connected to the photovoltaic inverter; if the second path of photovoltaic input needs to be electrically connected to the photovoltaic inverter, causing the first path of photovoltaic input to stop operating, and then detecting insulation impedance of the second path of photovoltaic input; judging whether the insulation impedance of the second path of photovoltaic input satisfies a preset impedance condition; and if the insulation impedance of the second path of photovoltaic input satisfies the preset impedance condition, causing the second path of photovoltaic input to be electrically connected to the photovoltaic inverter, and causing the first path of photovoltaic input and the second path of photovoltaic input to perform grid-connected operation. The present disclosure resolves the problem in the prior art that insulation detection is inaccurate when two paths of photovoltaic input are grid-connected, such that insulation impedance detection results are more accurate, thereby increasing the safety of the inverter.
US12099079B2
An apparatus for analyzing currents in an electric load is provided with a current measuring circuit, which can be connected in series with the parallel circuit of the load branches, and a detector for detecting a change in the current when the switching element in a load branch is switched on or off. The apparatus also has an analysis unit which is connected to the control unit and to the detector and analyzes the temporal correlation of a control signal for switching a switching element in a load branch on or off with the detection of the change in the current and/or analyzes the change in the current at a plurality of times of switching a relevant switching element in a load branch or the switching elements in a plurality of load branches.
US12099074B2
A method and apparatus to electronically sense air flow and close a switch when air flow is adequate to operate an electric heater, HVACR system, or other apparatus. The apparatus is more reliable than electro-mechanical devices often used for this purpose.
US12099072B2
A cell picking device includes a stage, a sucker, a driver, a work content receiver, a registrar and a device controller. A sample container is placed on the stage. The driver is provided to execute sample scraping work and sample sucking work using a pipette tip attached to the sucker. In a case in which selection of work contents of the driver is received by the work content receiver, a work procedure including the received work contents of the driver is registered by the registrar. The work of the driver is controlled by the device controller in accordance with the registered work procedure.
US12099062B2
A pathogen detection system includes pathogen detectors disposed in different locations, and a controller. The pathogen detectors include a first pathogen detector and a second pathogen detector. The first pathogen detector transmits a first detection result obtained as a result of pathogen detection to the controller, and the second pathogen detector transmits a second detection result obtained as a result of pathogen detection to the controller. In a case where the first detection result satisfies a predetermined condition, the controller causes the second pathogen detector to change a mode related to the pathogen detection from a first mode to a second mode.
US12099060B2
The present invention relates to a nanovesicle comprising a heterodimeric G-protein coupled receptor, a method for preparing the nanovesicle, a field effect transistor-based taste sensor comprising the nanovesicle, and a method for manufacturing the taste sensor. The field effect transistor based taste sensor functionalized by the nanovesicle comprising the heterodimer G-protein coupled receptor according to the present invention has excellent sensitivity and selectivity and may highly specifically detect a sweet taste substance in real time, by using the heterodimeric G-protein coupled receptor and the nanovesicle comprising the same.
US12099057B2
Methods and systems are directed to multiplex detection of a bacterial pathogen in a sample. A first biotinylated lysin-derived cell wall binding domain is complexed with an avidin layer on a surface. A first bacterial pathogen detection complex including a second biotinylated lysin-derived cell wall binding domain, a detection domain, and an avidin linker complexed between the cell wall binding domain and the detection domain is also provided. The cell wall binding domains are derived from an endolysin, autolysin, bacteriocin, or exolysin, and are configured to bind a cell wall of a target bacterial pathogen. The detection domain includes one or more enzymes, fluorescent material, or DNA for emitting a signal for detection. Target bacterial pathogens present in a sample can thus be detected in a sandwich assay exhibiting increased selectivity and reduced limit of detection relative to traditional ELISA.
US12099053B2
A method of training AI for label-free cell viability determination includes a step of providing a cell sample, a step of obtaining a fluorescence image and a DHM image of the cell sample, a step of determining a first cell viability of the cell sample according to the fluorescence image of the cell sample, a step of labeling the DHM image of the cell sample as a model specifying the first cell viability, and a step of performing AI training by using the model containing the DHM image of the cell sample.
US12099051B2
A method for establishing a biological model on joint toxicity of Caenorhabditis elegans and an application thereof are provided. The method for establishing the biological model includes adding the L1-stage Caenorhabditis elegans to a mixed system of working solution of mycotoxins containing tenuazonic acid and penicillin, K-medium solution and E. coli OP50 to obtain L1-stage Caenorhabditis elegans. The biological model indicates that TeA and PAT have a synergistic effect on the growth, development and reproductive ability of Caenorhabditis elegans, and their toxicity mechanism is related to inducing nematodes and stimulating transcriptional factors of Daf-16 genes. The biological model and detection method are simple to operate and its test period is short.
US12099049B2
Provided are a method and device for recognizing hook effect in immune turbidimetry, and a computer readable medium. This method generates a reaction curve using light signals measured in a predetermined time period by immune reaction of analyte in a sample, and uses distribution information of the reaction curve in the predetermined time period to determine whether the sample has hook effect. This method only uses measurement information of a small predetermined time period in entire reaction time to determine whether a sample has hook effect, and terminates the test in time, thus accelerating the speed of immune turbidimetry detection of samples with hook effect.
US12099046B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for optimizing a process of manufacturing a biologic pharmaceutical. In one aspect, the method comprises repeatedly performing the following: i) selecting a configuration of input settings for manufacturing a batch of a biologic pharmaceutical based on a causal model that measures current causal relationships between input settings and a measure of a quality of batches of the biological pharmaceutical; ii) determining a measure of the quality of a batch of the biological pharmaceutical manufactured using the configuration of input settings; and iii) adjusting, based on the measure of the quality of the batch of the biological pharmaceutical, the causal model.
US12099044B2
A portable electronic device for use in different orientations includes a signal control module, a key control module, an information display module, and a position detection module. The key control module includes a plurality of functional switches and functional keys. The signal control module has a plurality of key function execution commands respectively corresponding to the functional keys. The position detection module is configured for detecting a placement orientation of the portable electronic device. When the portable electronic device is rotated to change the placement orientation of the information display module, a screen orientation of an information display image provided by the information display module is changed following a change of the placement orientation of the information display module, and a corresponding relationship between the functional switch and the key function execution command is changed following the change of the placement orientation of the information display module.
US12099041B2
In one aspect, an automated, parallel autosampler system for drawing chromatography samples from a plurality of sample containers is provided which includes: a deck; a head movable relative to the deck; at least one drive selectively controllable to move the head relative to the deck; a plurality of elongated sippers mounted to the head at spaced-apart locations; a plurality of outlet tubes connected to the sippers in one-to-one correspondence; and, at least one source of negative pressure in selective communication with the outlet tubes to selectively provide negative pressure in the lumens of the sippers, wherein, the sippers are arranged on the head so that the sippers are simultaneously insertable into a corresponding number of the sample containers. Advantageously, the subject invention allows for much greater size samples to be extracted than the prior art with permitted variability in the number and configuration of the sample containers.
US12099036B2
A system for non-destructive testing of a bond condition of concrete beams reinforced by steel rods is described. The system includes a transducing transmitter, a transducing receiver, and an ultrasonic pulse generator configured to generate drive signals for the transducing transmitter and receive a plurality vibrational waves at the transducing receiver. The system further includes a computing device including a measurement circuit configured to record a transit time for each vibrational wave and divide a distance between the transducing transmitter and the transducing receiver by the transit time to determine a pulse velocity of each vibrational wave, a comparison circuit configured to identify a highest pulse velocity of the vibrational waves and compare each highest pulse velocity to a first reference pulse velocity, and a decision circuit including an artificial neural network configured to identify a compromised bond condition around a steel rod.
US12099034B2
A method and system for early fault detection in a wind turbine generator (7). A particulate sensor (9) is provided in the generator housing (8). The accumulation of particulate debris is monitored using the particulate sensor (9). A potential fault may be identified based at least in part on the accumulation of particulate debris on the sensor (9).
US12099031B2
A support body includes a concentrating portion, which concentrates an object, between a first end portion and a second end portion. When an area of a cut section of a flow path when cut at a predetermined position in a first direction along a plane orthogonal to the first direction is a flow path cross-sectional area, a flow path cross-sectional area of the concentrating portion is smaller than a flow path cross-sectional area in a first region closer to a first end portion side than the concentrating portion, and a flow path cross-sectional area of a second region closer to the second end portion side than the concentrating portion is larger than the flow path cross-sectional area of the concentrating portion.
US12099022B2
Devices and methods are described for performing high angle tilting tomography on samples in a liquid medium using transmission electron beam instruments.
US12099017B2
An inspection system includes a memory; and a processor, wherein the memory is configured to hold an image reproducing model trained to reproduce, from a first masked image generated by masking part, of a first image determined as including no defect from among images that capture an object to be inspected, the first image before being masked, and wherein the processor is configured to determine, based on a reproduced image reproduced by inputting a second masked image generated by masking part of a second image that captures a new object to be inspected into the image reproducing model, and the second image, whether the second image includes a defect.
US12099012B2
An imaging system includes an imaging device having a holder configured to hold a cell culture plate with a plurality of wells. The imaging device also includes an imaging assembly having a plurality of imaging units, each of which is configured to image one well of the plurality of wells. The imaging system also includes a storage platform in communication with the imaging device configured to receive a plurality of images from the imaging device. The system further includes a computer in communication with the imaging device and the storage platform. The computer is configured to control the imaging device and to display at least one image of the plurality of images.
US12099008B2
An optical component for an attenuated total reflection multispectral imaging device, which includes a support substrate and at least two planar waveguides, and wherein the planar waveguides and the support substrate are superimposed together, with the support substrate which covers the planar waveguides; each of the planar waveguides includes at least one diffraction grating; and at least two of the planar waveguides have their diffraction gratings which have values of the average pattern distribution pitch which are distinct from each other; the support substrate includes, on one side opposite the planar waveguides, a face forming an exchange interface with a sample; and an exit face of the optical component corresponds to a lateral face of the support substrate.
US12099007B2
A method of operating an optical device, the method comprising tuning a first emission wavelength of a first output radiation of a laser device continuously within a first wavelength spectrum by modulating a drive current thereof with a first drive current modulation having a frequency of at least 100 kHz. The first wavelength spectrum comprises a first spectral feature associated with at least part of a gas absorption spectrum of at least one gas. The method comprises the steps of modulating the first output radiation of the laser device with a first output modulation, the first output modulation comprising a first plurality of binary pulses, scanning the first wavelength spectrum at a rate of at least 1 μm per second, projecting the first output radiation towards a first target area, receiving scattered radiation from the first target area, and processing the scattered radiation.
US12099006B1
A heterodyne-based submillimeter-wave spectrometer includes a frequency mixer that combine a local oscillator (LO) signal and a radio frequency (RF) signal to translate from a high frequency to a lower frequency or an intermediate frequency (IF) signal.
US12099004B2
A gas detection device 1 comprises: a light emitter 10 configured to emit light of a wavelength band including a wavelength absorbed by a detection target gas; a light detector 20 having sensitivity to the wavelength band; a package 40; a light guide 50 configured to guide the light to the light detector 20; a joint 60 joining the package 40 and the light guide 50; and a heat insulator 70 located in a gap between the package 40 and the light guide 50, wherein part of a surface of the package 40 facing the light guide 50 has a proximity region D where a distance between the package 40 and the light guide 50 is 500 μm or less, and at least part of the heat insulator 70 and at least part of the joint 60 are located adjacent to each other in part of the proximity region D.
US12098988B2
The use of recycled materials can have significant economic value. With the increasing quantity of recycled material used in viscoelastic materials, especially asphalt mixture, understanding how they interact with original materials to produce a mixture that performs successfully, becomes critical. Currently, the technology to determine the effect of additives on the performance of asphalt mixture is lacking. The present invention relates to a new unified methodology for mechanical testing of asphalt mixture and other viscoelastic materials that improves the current practice in speed, convenience, and accuracy. A new improved specimen mounting method on Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR), a new recovery method for fine portion of asphalt mixture, and three new tests for the performance of recovered material using DSR is disclosed. The new methods provide performance grading of asphalt mixtures that is new to the industry and provide necessary tools for determining the effect of recycled materials on performance.
US12098984B2
A system configured to be installed in an air flow channel includes a metal surface configured to convert liquid-phase contamination in the air flow channel of a vehicle to vapor-phase contamination; a sensor configured to sense the vapor-phase contamination in the air flow channel; and communication circuitry configured to transmit data indicating sensed levels of the vapor-phase contamination.
US12098978B2
Embodiments of this application provide a method and system for measuring motor damping. In the method for measuring motor damping, a driving signal is generated to drive a to-be-tested motor to operate, and at a cut-off moment of the driving signal, the to-be-tested motor enters a free damping state and a turn-off signal is generated at this moment to cut off a test circuit of the to-be-tested motor. In this way, an acceleration of the to-be-tested motor having the test circuit cut off and in the free damping state can be acquired, and damping of the to-be-tested motor is obtained by using the acceleration of the to-be-tested motor having the test circuit cut off and in the free damping state, thereby realizing the measurement of the damping of the to-be-tested motor.
US12098973B2
A testbench system 210, 206 for analyzing hose assemblies 204 is disclosed. The testbench system 210, 206 includes a network interface 308 and a memory storage 310. The testbench also includes and one or more processors 312 configured to: obtain a unique assembly identification (UAID) for a hose assembly, reference a database 162 using the UAID to obtain hose usage information and hose characteristics for the hose assembly 204, perform one or more tests on the hose assembly based on the hose characteristics and generate test results, determine whether the hose assembly 204 meets one or more thresholds based on the test results, and generate a pass/fail message based on whether the determination of whether the hose assembly meets the one or more thresholds, and transfer the pass/fail message to the network interface 308.
US12098972B2
A tire wear measurement device detects a magnetic field of a magnetic body embedded in a tread portion of a tire and measures the degree of wear of the tire from a change in the magnetic field. The tire wear measurement device includes a first magnetic field detection portion placed at a position at which the magnetic field of the magnetic body can be detected, and a second magnetic field detection portion disposed at a position at which the intensity of the magnetic field of the magnetic body differs from the intensity at the position at which the first magnetic field detection portion is disposed.
US12098961B2
The present invention relates to an infrared thermometer (1) able to project the detected temperature directly on the surface (6a) of the body (2) to be measured. The determination of the ideal distance of the thermometer from the body, necessary for the correct detection of the temperature thereof, being visually identifiable by means of the relative position of luminous shapes (8a, 8b) projected on the body to be measured (6).
US12098953B2
A mobile computing device includes an emissive display panel, where the panel is used as a grating, and spectrometer optics positioned behind/below the emissive display panel. A mobile computing device includes an emissive display panel and a spectrometer positioned below the emissive display panel. The emissive display panel includes a first periodic pattern of pixels that include one or more LEDs and a second periodic pattern of circuit elements that control the pixels, where the first and second periodic patterns are configured to diffract light received from outside the device, which passes through the emissive display, and where the diffraction is wavelength-dependent. The spectrometer is configured to detect intensities of different wavelength ranges of the diffracted light.
US12098944B2
An arrangement includes a pipeline and a Coriolis volumetric flow meter for measuring a mass flow rate of a medium flowing through the pipeline. A first pressure sensor is attached at an inlet-side of the pipeline and a second pressure sensor is attached at an outlet-side of the pipeline, or wherein a differential pressure sensor is configured to detect a difference between an inlet-side and an outlet-side. The pressure sensors and/or the differential pressure sensor are configured to measure a media pressure and to determine, for each differential pressure, a volumetric flow velocity of the medium through the pipeline. A first monitoring sensor is attached at an inlet-side portion of the pipeline and a second monitoring sensor is attached at an outlet-side portion of the pipeline, wherein the monitoring sensors are configured to monitor a measurement variable different from the media pressure to identify a static media state.
US12098938B2
There are provided piezoelectric element, case having conductivity, first acoustic matching layer bonded on case, and second acoustic matching layer stacked on and bonded to first acoustic matching layer. A joining part between first acoustic matching layer and second acoustic matching layer is located inside an outer periphery of a joining surface of first acoustic matching layer that is joined to second acoustic matching layer. This configuration can prevent indirect wave generated in first acoustic matching layer from propagating to second acoustic matching layer, and can therefore reduce reverberation of an ultrasonic wave.
US12098934B2
An inductive angle sensor includes an exciter coil, an oscillator circuit, a plurality of receiver coils, an evaluation circuit evaluating a plurality of signals induced in the receiver coils, and a coupling element that is movable and influences a strength of an inductive coupling between the exciter coil and the receiver coils. The coupling element has a first encoder element and a second encoder element. The coupling element has a third encoder element formed as a conducting extension with an asymmetric geometry. The asymmetric geometry influences the strength of the inductive coupling between the exciter coil and the receiver coils only in a part of a plurality of periodically repeating loop structures of the receiver coils.
US12098927B2
A navigation system includes a server apparatus connected to vehicles via a network and a navigation apparatus connected to the server apparatus via the network. The server apparatus receives, from a first vehicle, traffic-related information related to snow on a road on which the first vehicle has traveled or slipperiness of the road, and location information of the road; generates difficulty information for the road related to a travel difficulty caused by the snow or the slipperiness; and transmits the difficulty information and the location information to the navigation apparatus movable together with a second vehicle identical to or different from the first vehicle. The navigation apparatus receives the difficulty information and the location information; sets a traffic regulation for passage of the second vehicle through the road; and sets, for the second vehicle, a travel route based on the traffic regulation.
US12098925B2
System, methods, and computer-readable media for localizing an autonomous vehicle to a location in a stored LIDAR map relative to lane markings labeled in the stored LIDAR map. The labeled lane marking may be associated with a dashed line, a solid line, a double line, or an unmarked line. The autonomous vehicle may fit the set of lane marking points with the labeled lane marking via a point-to-line solver that locates the set of lane marking points to the line, excluding a longitudinal variable. The lane matching localizing system utilities a point-to-line iterative closet point, wherein the matched point pairs are calculated by perpendicular point of line from the query point instead of finding the closest sampled point.
US12098921B2
A phase-locked loop for a driver circuit for operating a MEMS gyroscope, including a seismic mass that is excitable into oscillations. The phase-locked loop including an input interface for receiving position signals that represent the present position of the oscillating seismic mass of the MEMS gyroscope, a phase detector for ascertaining the phase and frequency of the present oscillation movement of the seismic mass, based on the received position signals, at least two oscillators that are alternatively activatable, the alternatively activatable oscillators having different energy consumptions and/or different noise properties, and at least one output interface for outputting a signal that is provided by the oscillator that is presently activated.
US12098919B2
In a device and method for determining a contact between a tool and a workpiece, which are displaceable relative to each other, the tool or workpiece being rotationally fixedly connected to a shaft, the device includes a measuring arrangement including a measuring scale rotationally fixedly disposed on the shaft and at least one position encoder disposed in a stationary manner relative to the shaft, and a processing device. The position encoder is adapted to scan the measuring scale and to generate position values indicating a position of the shaft. The position values are fed to the processing device, which determines contact between the tool and the workpiece by evaluating a progression of the position values and signals the result of the evaluation by the status of a displacement signal.
US12098918B2
A method for in-situ measurement of a thickness of a coating deposited by a deposition process, includes the steps of initiating deposition within a deposition chamber such that a first coating forms on an outer surface of a probe disposed in the deposition chamber, wherein the probe comprises a coil assembly including at least one coil, wherein the probe is separated by a distance from a substrate disposed within the deposition chamber; exciting the coil assembly with a first alternating current to produce a first time-varying magnetic field, the first time-varying magnetic field generating an eddy current in the first coating; determining a metric related to an inductance or resistance of the coil assembly, wherein a value of the metric is related to a first thickness of the first coating and results at least partially from an eddy current magnetic field produced by an eddy current in the coating; and correlating the first thickness of the first coating to a second thickness of a second coating deposited on a surface of the substrate.
US12098917B2
A device (1) at least for measuring the geometry of an axle (2) of a motor vehicle, with at least two mounting devices (4) for fastening the opposing ends (5) of the axle (2), and at least one detection means (9) for detection of at least one geometric parameter of the axle (2), wherein the mounting devices (4) are displaceably mounted in at least two spatial directions (X, Y), wherein each mounting device (4) features at least one fastening region (12) for fastening of one end (5) of the axle (2). A device (1) at least for measuring the geometry of an axle (2) of a motor vehicle which features a low-level of complexity and is of compact design is obtained in that at least the fastening region (12) of the mounting device (4) is pivot-mounted at least partially by means of at least two mutually movable, arched bearing surfaces (13).
US12098916B1
An exemplary inventive freeboard detection system includes a tubular watertight temperature-sensing device and a computer. The temperature-sensing device includes a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), a potting compound, and a hollow rigid tube. Inside the tube the potting compound encapsulates the PCBA, which includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and multiple temperature sensors closely and equidistantly arrayed along the length of the tube. The temperature-sensing device is vertically secured in a partially submerged state to a vessel with the expectation that some of the vertically arrayed temperature sensors will sense air temperature and others will sense water temperature. On an ongoing basis, the computer receives signals from the temperature sensors and processes the signals to monitor freeboard values, which the computer calculates based on differences in temperature measurements corresponding to pairs of consecutive (and/or nonconsecutive) temperature sensors. A maximum calculated difference in temperature measurements is indicative of the location of the water surface.
US12098908B2
An ammunition bucket may be provided for preparation of ammunition for toy blasters having greater ease of use with less mess. The bucket may be collapsible having sides that collapse in an accordion style, and the bucket may include a carrying handle. The lid may be sealed and resistant to splashing and leakage. A lower recessed port area may be provided at the lowest portion of the bucket body. This port may be a three-way drain and strain port. The lower recessed port area may include a dispensing valve with a primary control notch and a flap that provides rate control for the valve. The dispensing valve also may include a secondary control notch that limits an opening of the dispensing valve to prevent ammunition from leaving the bucket.
US12098896B1
An assembly and a method are disclosed. The assembly contains an extractor pin containing a channel, and a firing pin spring configured to accommodate a firing pin, wherein the channel is configured to accommodate the firing pin spring.
US12098883B2
An air gas separation plant comprising, in the direction of circulation of the air stream: a compression means that makes it possible to compress the air stream to a pressure P1 of between 1.15 bar abs and 2 bar abs, an adsorption unit of TSA type, and a cryogenic distillation unit, with the adsorption unit comprising at least two adsorbers A and B each having a parallelepipedal casing arranged horizontally and comprising: an air stream inlet and an air stream outlet, a fixed bed adsorbent mass, likewise of parallelepipedal shape, the faces of which are parallel to the faces of the casing; and a set of volumes allowing the air stream to pass through the adsorbent mass horizontally, over the entire cross-section and throughout the entire thickness thereof.
US12098873B1
A cryogenic cell adapted to expose a fluid to selectable pressure and temperature conditions has a core filled with a cryogen and a space in selective, partial thermal communication with the core, the space being at least substantially airtight and adapted to be filled or evacuated with a compressible fluid that (1) increases or decreases thermal communication with the core in accordance with a pressure of the compressible fluid within the space, and (2) places contents of the space under the pressure of the compressible fluid. As heat exchange between the core and the space occurs, cryogen vapor is withdrawn from the core, compressed into liquid, and returned to the core. The core does not include a cold head.
US12098872B2
An apparatus for staged startup of air-cooled low charged packaged ammonia refrigeration system includes motorized valves on condenser coil inlets, a main compressor discharge motorized valve, a bypass pressure regulator valve in the main compressor piping, check valves on the condenser outlets and speed control of the condenser fans. The condenser inlet motorized valves provide precise control of gas feed to the condensers, so pressure can build without collapsing the oil pressure. The motorized valve in the compressor discharge piping includes a bypass with a mechanical pressure regulator to allow precise regulation at the minimum discharge pressure. Once discharge pressure rises above the minimum setpoint, the condenser inlet solenoid coils open one at a time. The discharge pressure regulating motorized valve simultaneously regulate the discharge pressure until the condenser coil has warmed up enough to maintain discharge pressure.
US12098866B2
The present invention discloses a tubular thick film heater protection apparatus, including: an upper tube, where the upper tube includes an upper tube side surface and a toroid; an outer ring surface of the toroid is integrally connected to an upper portion of the upper tube side surface, a flange downwardly extends along an inner ring surface of the toroid, and a space between the flange and an inner side wall of the upper tube side surface forms an upper groove; and a base, where the base is provided with a lower groove, the base is provided with an elastic contact piece, and a terminal contact of the elastic contact piece can be connected to an electrode through contact; and the base is provided with a wiring terminal. The present invention further discloses a tubular thick film heater with a protection function.
US12098851B2
A composite article and a method for insulating an appliance are disclosed. In general, the appliance is selected from the group of major, domestic or household appliances (e.g. ovens, stoves, ranges, etc.). The appliance has a first surface that defines a heating cavity, and a second surface opposite the first surface. The composite article comprises a backing layer spaced from the first surface, and an insulating layer sandwiched between the second surface and the backing layer. The insulating layer reduces heat transfer from the heating cavity to the backing layer (e.g. during use of the appliance). The insulating layer comprises a foamed silicone. The foamed silicone can be one formed via a hydrosilylation-curable silicone composition, a condensation-curable silicone composition, or a combination thereof. The insulating layer may comprise a foamed room-temperature-vulcanizing (RTV) silicone. The backing layer comprises a foamed polyurethane (PUR), a foamed polyisocyanurate (PIR), or a foamed PUR/PIR hybrid.
US12098850B2
An exhaust device has a fan plenum with a fan and a jet plenum having a generally planar shape with one or more jet openings on a distal end thereof configured to create a planar jet. The jet plenum is movably attached at a proximal end thereof to the fan plenum to permit sliding movement of the jet plenum relative to the fan plenum. The fan plenum and the jet plenum each have a respective flow-transfer opening that overlaps the opening of the other, the respective openings being shaped and arranged to remain overlapped in all positions to which the jet plenum is moved relative to the fan plenum such that an interior of the fan plenum and the jet plenum remain in fluid communication to allow air to flow from the fan to flow from the fan plenum to the jet plenum.
US12098845B2
A supercritical hydrothermal combustion device comprises a main enclosure and a top cap. A partition is mounted in the main enclosure and divides the interior of the main enclosure into a main combustion space and a mixing space. The top cap is provided with a primary fuel inlet, an oxidant inlet and a secondary fuel inlet. A high-temperature ignition bar sleeve, having a high-temperature ignition bar arranged therein, is disposed in the top cap. A combustion sleeve, having a stable combustion space formed therein, is mounted at a bottom of the top cap, and has a top communicated with the high-temperature ignition bar sleeve and the oxidant inlet, as well as a bottom communicated with the main combustion space. The secondary fuel inlet and a secondary oxidant inlet are communicated with the main combustion space. Supercritical hydrothermal combustion is realized to generate a hybrid thermal fluid or treat organic wastes.
US12098842B2
Steam generation apparatus and method in which liquid is regulated in thermal catalytic reaction below a specific temperature and accelerated in thermal catalytic reaction above that temperature, including a vaporizer housing, axial ends of the housing being opened, and collars formed at axial ends of a cylindrical part of the housing; upper and lower flanges joined to housing collars; a vaporizer with a spiral channel in between; an exothermic member disposed such that the vaporizer inside is heated to a predetermined temperature; an injection nozzle at a center of the upper flange with an intake for liquid to be treated; a steam socket attached to the lower flange for guiding steam to the spiral channel, the steam socket including an inlet port connected to an inside of the vaporizer, outlet port connected to the spiral channel, and a steam channel connecting the inlet port and the outlet port.
US12098833B1
A UV sanitization system includes a UV lamp fixture for housing an ultraviolet (UV) lamp module. A slot of the UV lamp fixture includes a pair of depressible pogo pins configured to make contact with electrodes of the UV lamp module. The slot of the UV lamp fixture further includes a ramp configured to guide the UV lamp module into the slot to a position where the UV lamp electrodes snap into engagement with pogo pins to provide haptic feedback to the user that the lamp module is fully and properly inserted into the slot. The UV lamp module may be just as easily removed, simply by gripping edges of the UV lamp module and removing it from the slot.
US12098821B2
The present disclosure discloses a rotary type star projection lamp with an audio playing and atmosphere set-off functions, and belongs to the technical field of star projection lamps. The rotary type star projection lamp includes a lamp house and a base, wherein a top end of the lamp house is connected with a cover plate; the cover plate is provided with a star lampshade and two cloud lampshades; a side wall of an inner bottom of the lamp house is connected with a drive motor; an output end of the drive motor is connected with a chain wheel assembly through a drive shaft; and a star light scattering sheet and two cloud light scattering sheets are respectively arranged above the chain wheel assembly.
US12098820B2
The invention relates to a moving head light fixture comprising a base and a head having a spherical shape comprising at least an optical system, wherein the base comprises a receiving surface with a concave shape configured to receive the moving head, the base comprising a plurality of omni wheels extending above the receiving surface and configured to provide support surfaces for the moving head, the base comprising at least one control unit configured to control the plurality of omni wheels wherein actuation of at least some of the plurality of omni wheels provide unlimited rotation of the head with three degrees of freedom.
US12098819B2
The systems herein include a support structure and multiple light sources mounted to the support structure. The light sources are configured to project light onto a recording stage to light a specified video scene that is to be recorded on the recording stage. These systems also include a perforated layer that includes an arrangement of apertures. The perforated layer has an inward face directed toward the lighting sources and an outward face directed toward the recording stage. The inward face of the perforated layer includes a surface layer that is more reflective than the surface layer of the outward face of the perforated layer. These systems also include a controller that modifies the light emission profile of the light sources, including changing color balance, brightness, time dependence, and/or spatial variation over the light emissive surface of the light sources. Various other apparatuses and recording stage devices are also disclosed.
US12098818B2
A light emitting emblem includes: a light emitting element as a light source; a housing configured to house the light emitting element; and a cover including an emblem on a surface thereof, including a light transmitting portion as defined herein, and attached to the housing to cover the light emitting element, at least a part of an outer surface of the light transmitting portion is exposed to an outside as a light emitting region of the cover, an inner surface of the light transmitting portion includes a bent portion being a boundary line between a plane and a plane different in orientation, and all low-lightness lines, which are linear low-brightness regions appearing on a surface other than the inner surface of the light transmitting portion due to a factor including refraction of light incident on the bent portion, appear in a region other than the light emitting region.
US12098817B2
A method is provided for storing light distributions of a matrix headlight system. The method includes loading, from a memory, first control data for lighting means of a first matrix light module for generating a first light distribution; feeding the first control data to a comparison module; loading, from the memory, second control data for the lighting means of the first matrix light module or for lighting means of a second matrix light module for generating a second light distribution and feeding the second control data to a comparison module. The method compares the first and second control data; stores the first control data for the first light distribution if there is a similarity or equality between the first and second control data; and linking the second control data for the second light distribution by means of a link to the control data for the first light distribution.
US12098816B2
An illumination device (1) for a vehicle, wherein the illumination device (1) is configured to create an illuminated, in particular 3-dimensional, shape. The illumination device includes an optical element (2), a first bezel element (3), a second bezel element (4), a light source (5) and a diffuser device (6), wherein the optical element, the first bezel element, and the second bezel element are arranged downstream of the diffuser device. The illuminated shape created with the illumination device is composed of an illuminated and a dark area, wherein the illuminated area is created by the light emitting surface of the illuminated optical element and the dark area is created by the first bezel element and the second bezel element blocking/absorbing light, wherein the first bezel element comprises an aperture, wherein the optical element and the second bezel element permeate the aperture.
US12098807B2
A system for determining a corrosion level of a pipeline includes a corrosion coupon received from the pipeline, a database, a first computer, a second computer, a neural network, and a third computer. The database includes existing data indicative of corrosion of a plurality of previously analyzed pipelines. The first computer receives corrosion data of the corrosion coupon and uploads the corrosion data to the database. The second computer uploads calculations performed on the corrosion data to the database. The neural network receives the corrosion data and the calculations from the database and outputs a corrosion level of the pipeline based on the corrosion data and the calculations. Further, the neural network is trained on the existing data from the plurality of previously analyzed pipelines so that the corrosion level is based on a combination of the corrosion data, the calculations, and the existing data. Finally, a third computer receives the corrosion level and generates a report of the corrosion level of the pipeline.
US12098793B1
The present disclosure discloses a quick coupling for pipelines, and belongs to the technical field of pipeline couplings. The quick coupling includes a connector, a collar and a limiting assembly. A lined pipe in which a pipeline is inserted and connected is disposed inside the connector, and is internally provided with a flow path communicating with the pipeline, an insertion connection groove in which the pipeline is inserted is formed between the lined pipe and the connector, the collar connects the limiting assembly onto the connector, the limiting assembly is positioned at an outer side of the lined pipe, and the limiting assembly cooperates with the lined pipe to limit the pipeline. The pipeline to be connected is directly inserted into the insertion connection groove from the limiting assembly, so that a connection effect of the quick coupling and the pipeline can be effectively improved.
US12098782B2
A controller is configured to perform in-situ testing on a control valve. These configurations can generate a signal that changes position of a closure member in the valve during operation of a process. These changes exercise components of the valve for a short period of time. This testing may result in data that can indicate whether the device is operating properly or may be in need of maintenance or repair.
US12098775B2
A valve assembly with a valve body, which has a fluid passage designed as a fluid inlet and at least one fluid passage designed as a fluid outlet, is disclosed. A fluid chamber connecting the fluid inlet to the at least one fluid outlet is formed in the valve body. A movably mounted closing body is positioned in the fluid chamber. The closing body is guided axially and/or radially by at least one guide ball. The at least one guide ball is arranged between the closing body and a lateral delimitation of the fluid chamber. A fluid passage is formed in the radial direction of the valve body.
US12098771B2
A coupling device attaches a sealing device to a panel. The sealing device seals a gap between the panel and a rotational shaft located in a shaft hole provided in the panel. The coupling device includes: a supporting wall part formed with a through hole into which the sealing device is to be inserted; multiple sealing-device hooks located on a first surface side of the supporting wall part and located around the through hole, the sealing-device hooks for being hooked on the sealing device from the outside; and multiple panel hooks located on a second surface side of the supporting wall part and located around the through hole, the panel hooks for being inserted into the shaft hole of the panel and to be hooked on a periphery of the shaft hole of the panel from the inside.
US12098770B2
The present disclosure relates to a seal, such as a gasket, for sealing a gap in a housing, said gap extending around an inner chamber of the housing, and thus for sealing the inner chamber from an exterior of the housing, comprising at least one sealing layer. The present disclosure further relates to a frame seal that provides sealing between at least two components of the housing, for example a bottom part and a top part of the housing, for example of a motor vehicle battery housing or motor vehicle battery box housing.
US12098769B2
There is provided a transmission control device that controls a first prime mover and a second prime mover of which output responsiveness is different from each other. A processing circuitry of the transmission control device executes a process including: in response to a shift command, calculating each target rotational speed of the first prime mover and the second prime mover for a synchronous control that brings one of rotational speeds of a dog and a transmission gear at the second transmission gear position close to the other; and determining a first timing or a second timing such that the second timing is later than the first timing, the first timing being a time at which the synchronous control of the first prime mover is started, and the second timing being a time at which the synchronous control of the second prime mover is started.
US12098764B2
A shroud is provided and includes first and second curved sections, at least one of which defines a main interior channel and at least one of first and second lube jet sections integrated with the first and second curved sections. The first lube jet section includes a summit at which proximal portions of the first and second curved sections meet and defines a first jetting interior channel fluidly communicative with the main interior channel and terminating at the summit. The second lube jet section includes an elongate member extending from one of the first and second curved sections and defines a second jetting interior channel fluidly communicative with the main interior channel and terminating at a distal end of the elongate member.
US12098762B2
A low axial runout driven pulley through the application of a spindle shaft utilizing multiple sets of bearings with radial clearance to the shaft. Utilizing a belt-driven pulley supporting overhanging loads with low axial runout provided by a spindle shaft with radial clearance to supporting bearings. Further axial clamp loading may be provided through multiple sets of bearings by the application of a fastener, such as a shaft bolt and a sleeve that press against the inner races of the bearings in the axial direction with this clamp load. The belt-driven pulley with low axial runout through the application of a spindle shaft utilizing at least two sets of bearings with radial clearance to the shaft may be utilized with heavy-duty trucking, marine, industrial, and other systems that utilize an overhung driven component.
US12098756B2
A damper assembly includes a cylinder defining a chamber. The damper assembly includes a body supported by the cylinder and having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The body defines a passage extending from the first surface to the second surface. One of the first surface or the second surface define a slope at the passage. The damper assembly includes a check disc at the slope, the check disc selectively restricting fluid flow through the passage.
US12098746B2
A rolling element bearing having inner and outer bearing rings with rolling elements therebetween, and an angle-of-rotation limiting device that limits the relative rotation between the inner and outer bearing rings within an angle-of-rotation range from 0° to greater than 360° and includes a first stop element arranged on the inner bearing ring and a second stop element arranged on the outer bearing ring. The first stop element is formed by a plurality of individual radial base bores arranged in peripheral succession in a row on the outer lateral surface of the inner bearing ring and by a slotted-hole-type radial base groove arranged between first and last radial base bores, and one or two separate angle limiters protruding radially beyond the radial base bores or groove can be inserted into the radial base bores or the radial base groove depending on the size of the angle of rotation to be limited.
US12098745B2
A unit includes a thrust washer having a first abutment and a second abutment. The thrust washer is configured to be moved, by rotation, between a first position in which the thrust washer abuts the first abutment and a second position in which the thrust washer abuts the second abutment. The first abutment and the second abutment are formed by at least one pin and at least one recess. The pin is configured to engage in the recesses, and the recess is designed as a groove that extends tangentially around an axis of rotation of a component that is rotatably mounted by way of the thrust washer.
US12098744B2
A guiding member, having a body provided with a bore for mounting a mobile element is presented. The body consists of a metallic material. The bore has a surface layer treated against jamming over a diffusion depth of less than or equal to 0.6 mm. The surface layer has a hardness of greater than or equal to 500 Hv1 over a depth of between 5 and 50 μm.
US12098736B2
A self-piercing rivet joint, having at least two components made of formable metallic materials having a strength up to 300 MPa, which are connected to one another in a riveting procedure, in which a self-piercing rivet pierces the first, stamp-side component with a setting force and is driven into the second, die-side component, specifically while maintaining a residual base thickness in the second component and while spreading out the self-piercing rivet to a spreading diameter in the second component. The self-piercing rivet is compressed after the riveting procedure down to 60% of its starting length and the spreading diameter is enlarged up to 140% to 150%, in particular to up to 140% of the rivet shaft diameter, specifically without damaging the self-piercing rivet by self-piercing rivet material cracks.
US12098735B2
An actuator has a housing (14), a pyrotechnic charge (17) and a piston (11) which transitions into a pin (12) which in the initial state projects out of the housing (14) and upon ignition of the pyrotechnic charge (17) is retracted at least partially into the housing (14). According to the invention, the piston-pin combination consists of a main body (10) which is made of plastic and has a reinforcing element (13) in the region of the pin (12). The reinforcing element (13) has the shape of a sleeve or tube and surrounds the pin (12). It is form-fittingly connected to the pin (12), for example by the sleeve-like or tubular reinforcing element (13) having a shape (22) for reducing the inner cross-section.
US12098731B1
A bidirectional air pump, belonging to the technical field of air pump, includes a housing and a pump body, wherein an accommodating groove is defined on a side of the housing, the pump body is accommodated in the accommodating groove, a first air hole is defined on a bottom of the accommodating groove, the pump body comprises a casing and a wind assembly, the casing is hollowed-out, the wind assembly is arranged in the casing, an air inlet and an air outlet are respectively defined at two ends of the casing, and a position of the first air hole is aligned with a position of the air inlet and a position of the air outlet.
US12098718B2
A rotary compressor, including a cylinder, an inner peripheral surface of which is defines a compression space, provided with a suction port configured to communicate with the compression space to suction and provide refrigerant to the compression space; a roller rotatably provided in the compression space of the cylinder, and including with a plurality of vane slots at predetermined intervals along an outer peripheral surface, the plurality of vanes each providing a back pressure at one side thereinside; a plurality of vanes slidably inserted into the plurality of vane slots, respectively, to rotate together with the roller, front end surfaces of the plurality of vanes coming into contact with an inner periphery of the cylinder due to the back pressure to partition the compression space into a plurality of compression chambers; and a main bearing and a sub bearing provided at both ends of the cylinder, respectively.
US12098713B2
A vacuum pump including: a pump body that includes an elastic sleeve; a valve stem; a valve pin that is surrounded by the valve stem with an end of the valve pin snap fitted to the valve stem; a piston that surrounds the valve pin and that is located inside of the pump body and sealed against the pump body; a plug; a ring that surrounds the pump body and the plug; a head cap that surrounds the valve stem and that is configured to move within a cavity of the ring; and a spring disposed between the valve stem and the stepped groove of the plug at a position radially outward of the valve stem.
US12098712B2
A modular pump skid includes a base, a prime mover mounted on the base, and one or more hydraulic pump circuits removably mounted on the base and operationally coupled to the prime mover, wherein each hydraulic pump circuit has a hydraulic pump operationally coupled to the prime mover and a hydraulically driven pump fluidly coupled to the hydraulic pump. Each hydraulic pump circuit is in a closed loop independent of other hydraulic pump circuits.
US12098711B2
A compressor device for compressing a gas in at least one compression chamber in at least one compression cylinder is disclosed. In each of at least two drive cylinders, at least one drive piston is disposed, said at least one drive piston dividing each of the at least two drive cylinders into two drive chambers. The at least one first and second drive chamber, by way of a hydraulic fluid, are able to be periodically impinged with a fluid pressure in order for the respective drive piston to be moved. Each of the remaining drive chambers in the at least two drive cylinders, by way of a connection piece, are connected in a non-positive locking manner by a fluid. The movement of the drive pistons by way of at least one mechanical connection means is able to be transmitted to at least one compression piston.
US12098704B2
A method for mitigating loads acting on a rotor blade of a wind turbine includes determining, via a state estimator of a controller, a blade state estimation of the rotor blade. The method also includes reconstructing, via the controller, one or more loading signals of the rotor blade from the blade state estimation using modal analysis such that the loading signal(s) include a lead time. Further, the method includes comparing the loading signal(s) of the rotor blade to a loading threshold. Moreover, the method includes implementing a control action based on the comparison such that the lead time provided by the loading signal(s) allows the control action to take effect before a damaging load occurs on the rotor blade.
US12098703B2
A rotor assembly comprises a rotor having a plurality of blades and an axis about which the rotor rotates, each blade being spaced from the axis of the rotor such that there is a gap between the axis and an inner edge of each blade through which fluid can flow, and inner and outer edges of each blade lying in and defining a blade plane and each blade being offset from the axis of the rotor such that the axis does not lie in the blade plane; a casing partially surrounding the rotor, the casing having a first opening to permit a fluid flow into or out of the casing in a direction generally perpendicular to the rotor axis; and a second opening at an axial end of the casing to permit a fluid flow into or out of the casing in a direction generally parallel to the rotor axis.
US12098702B1
A wind guide may include a top portion, a plurality of vanes coupled to an underside of the top portion, the vanes extending radially outward from a center of the top portion and extending along the underside of the top portion, and a bottom portion coupled to the plurality of vanes, opposite the top portion, to form a plurality of air channels each having a cross section that decreases towards the center of the top portion, the bottom portion comprising a circular plurality of exits disposed near a center of the bottom portion to allow air to exit the wind guide.
US12098696B2
A system with a first turbine rotating in a first direction and a second turbine rotating in a second direction, wherein there is negative clearance associated with blades of the first turbine and the blades of the second turbine.
US12098688B2
A method for operating an injection valve by determining an opening or closing time of the injection valve based on a sensor signal. The method includes: providing an evaluation point time series by sampling a sensor signal of a sensor of the injection valve; using a non-linear data-based first sub-model to obtain a first output vector based on the evaluation point time series, wherein each element of the first output vector is associated with a specific time; using a linear, data-based second sub-model to obtain a second output vector based on the evaluation point time series, wherein each element of the second output vector is associated with a specific time; limiting the time determined by the first output vector depending on the second output vector in order to obtain the opening or closing time.
US12098682B1
An example aircraft engine includes a fan and a gas turbine engine to drive the fan. The gas turbine engine has a low-pressure drive shaft operatively coupling a low-pressure turbine and a low-pressure compressor and a high-pressure drive shaft operatively coupling a high-pressure turbine and a high-pressure compressor. The aircraft engine includes a power transfer system including a differential having an input shaft, a first output shaft in gear with the low-pressure drive shaft, and a second output shaft in gear with the high-pressure drive shaft, and a gearbox between the low-pressure drive shaft of the gas turbine engine and the first output shaft of the differential. The gearbox is configured to provide power transfer through the differential from the low-pressure drive shaft to the high-pressure drive shaft.
US12098680B2
Spark plug assemblies and turbomachines are provided. A spark plug assembly includes a monolithic hollow cylinder extending along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end, the monolithic hollow cylinder including a sidewall defining an interior, a first end wall, and a second end opening. The first end wall defines a first end opening at the first end. The second end opening is defined at the second end. The spark plug assembly further includes an igniter assembly extending along the longitudinal axis into the interior through the first end opening and from the interior through the second end opening. The spark plug assembly further includes a piston surrounding the igniter, the piston disposed within the interior and extending from the interior along the longitudinal axis through the second end opening.
US12098677B2
A method of operating a gas turbine engine having an engine core having a turbine, a compressor, a combustor arranged to combust a fuel, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor; a fan located upstream of the engine core; a fan shaft; a gearbox that receives an input from the core shaft and outputs drive to the fan via the fan shaft; a heat exchange system having at least one fuel-oil heat exchanger arranged to transfer heat to the fuel; and a fuel pump arranged to deliver the fuel to the combustor, wherein the fuel pump is located downstream of the at least one fuel-oil heat exchanger. The method includes operating the gas turbine engine using a fuel having a lubricity of between 0.71 mm and 0.90 mm wear scar diameter (WSD) at 25° C.
US12098676B1
An aircraft propulsion system includes a core engine for generating an exhaust gas flow that is expanded through a turbine to generate shaft power. A heat exchanger is in communication with a partial portion of the exhaust gas flow and an exit flow is emitted from the heat exchanger. An ejector is configured to increase a pressure of the exit flow with a motive flow taken from the core flow path.
US12098672B2
A diagnosis device is intended for an internal combustion engine including a supercharger, a blow-by gas passage that communicates between a portion of an intake passage and a crankcase, a PCV pressure sensor that detects a PCV pressure in the blow-by gas passage, and a crankshaft. The device executes specifying a specific period for which the amount of fluctuations in the intake air amount per unit time is a prescribed value or more on condition that the intake air amount is a determination air amount or more, calculating the amount of fluctuations in the PCV pressure during the specific period, and determining, based on the amount of fluctuations in the PCV pressure, the presence of an abnormality in the blow-by gas passage. The device sets the determination air amount to a smaller value when the rotational speed of the crankshaft is high than when the rotational speed is low.
US12098671B2
The disclosure relates to an exhaust gas turbine of an exhaust gas turbocharger. The exhaust gas turbine has a turbine housing and a bearing bore passing through the housing wall thereof, having a bearing bush, which is arranged in a fixed manner in the bore and in which a valve spindle of the wastegate valve device is passed outward from the interior of the turbine housing through the bearing bore of the housing wall and is mounted so as to be rotatable about its spindle axis. The bearing bush in each case intermeshes in the axial direction in the manner of a labyrinth seal, at least at one of its axial ends, with an adjusting lever connecting flange and/or a valve spindle shoulder by at least one axially extending sealing web and at least one sealing groove, complementary thereto, which are circumferential with respect to the spindle axis.
US12098662B2
The disclosure relates to a vane type camshaft adjuster for a motor vehicle drive train. The camshaft adjuster having a stator, a rotor arranged such that it can rotate relative to the stator, working chambers formed between the stator and the rotor, each working chamber being divided into two sub-chambers by a radially projecting blade of the rotor, and a reservoir connected to the sub-chambers for storing hydraulic medium. The sub-chambers can be connected to a pump or a tank according to a switch position of a control valve of the camshaft adjuster. The control valve has a switch position in which a first sub-chamber of the two sub-chambers is connected to the tank and a second sub-chamber of the two sub-chambers is blocked from the pump.
US12098660B1
A switchable valve bridge for an internal combustion engine is provided that includes an outer housing, an inner housing, a locking collar, and a first ramp. The outer housing includes two valve pallets configured to interface with two poppet valves. The inner housing is slidably disposed within the outer housing. The inner housing has a first locking latch configured to move radially relative to an actuation axis of the inner housing. The locking collar is configured to move axially via an actuation force applied to the locking collar in a first axial direction parallel to the actuation axis. The first ramp is disposed within both the first locking aperture and the locking collar. The first ramp is configured to be actuated by the locking collar such that axial movement of the first ramp causes radial movement of the first locking latch.
US12098657B2
A method for heat integration between a chemical synthesis plant that runs an exothermic reaction and (ii) and a partner plant that generates a working fluid such as steam (e.g., runs a power cycle). The present disclosure describes both internal and external heat integration. Internal heat integration may provide heat from the exothermic reaction (e.g., from methanol synthesis) to a reboiler associated with a distillation column of the chemical synthesis plant. External heat integration may use heat from the exothermic reaction to preheat a condensed water stream (which stream is downstream from the turbine and condenser of the power cycle). Such reduces the need for bleed off the turbine to preheat condensed water as part of the power cycle. A bleed off the turbine provides heat to the reboiler associated with the distillation column of the chemical synthesis plant. Heat integration provides overall improved energy use within both plants.
US12098655B2
A stator ring for an aircraft turbine engine includes an inner shroud coaxial with an outer shroud. The shrouds are connected to each other by vanes that are each fully integral with the shrouds. The outer shroud has an outer annular surface connected to at least one catch for attaching the stator ring. The inner shroud has an inner annular surface connected to a support member with an abradable coating. At least one of the inner and outer surfaces includes recesses that are situated in line with the vanes and are configured such that the vanes are connected to the corresponding shroud.
US12098640B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of mine fire prevention and extinguishing, in particular to a liquid nitrogen direct injection and low-temperature foaming intelligent filling system based on mine fire area characteristics and an application method, comprising a liquid nitrogen storage tank, a liquid nitrogen direct injection system and a low-temperature foaming system, wherein the liquid nitrogen storage tank communicates with a liquid nitrogen pressurizing device through a main pipeline; a temperature control unit is arranged on the main pipeline; and the liquid nitrogen pressurizing device is connected with the liquid nitrogen direct injection system and the low-temperature foaming system, respectively, liquid nitrogen is directly injected into a foam liquid, to prepare a low-temperature foam type fire preventing and extinguishing material by means of forced convection, membrane boiling, explosion boiling and nucleate boiling between the liquid nitrogen and water.
US12098635B2
Wellbore drilling and completion systems using a laser head implement methods of completing a wellbore. A wellbore drill bit is rotated through a subterranean zone to form a wellbore. Rotating the wellbore drill bit through the subterranean zone causes portions of the subterranean zone to be released as drill cuttings into the wellbore. A laser head, attached to the wellbore drill bit, emits a laser beam that is incident on a portion of the drill cuttings. The laser beam heats the portion of the drill cuttings to consolidate and form a casing of the wellbore.
US12098634B2
A system and method for achieving a coring process through construction surfaces is desired. The system can have hydraulic lines, a hydraulic motor, a water connection, a drillshaft, a cylindrical bit, a speed selector, a mast, a gearbox, a spacer, a water pump, a plurality of quick-connect ports, a rotating brace, and a water tank. During operation, the drillshaft will typically be parallel with the mast. The rotating brace enables a huge number of multi-directional drilling (coring) options. The system can cut into concrete, but can also cut metal with the right kind of cylindrical bit, and do so at a variety of angles. The system can also bore into metal, steel, most anything used in residential or commercial construction. The system can core (bore) straight up in the air, straight downward, as well as a variety of angles in-between.
US12098629B2
Provided are a method and device for fault estimation of a measurement and control device for a rotary steerable drilling system. The method for fault estimation includes: S1, establishing a state model of the measurement and control device for the rotary steerable drilling system; S2, establishing a fault-free model filter and a fault model filter, and initializing the fault-free model filter and the fault model filter; S3, detecting whether the measurement and control device for the rotary steerable drilling system has a fault; and S4, reinitializing the fault model filter under the condition that a detection result is fault-free; reinitializing the fault-free model filter under the condition that the detection result is faulty; and estimating, by the fault model filter, the fault in real time, and obtaining, by the fault model filter, the estimation value {circumflex over (x)}wf.
US12098623B2
Shaped charge tools for perforating hydrocarbon wells are described herein. A shaped charge frame assembly described herein comprises a tubular electrical conductor and a shaped charge frame disposed around the tubular electrical conductor and rotatably engaged with the tubular electrical conductor. One or more bearings may be used to engage the shaped charge frame with the tubular electrical conductor, or the engagement may be bearing-free.
US12098612B2
A well pump system includes a fluid pump having an inlet and a discharge. The inlet and discharge are separated longitudinally by an inflatable annular seal. An inflation line extends between the discharge and an inflation inlet of the inflatable annular seal. A pressure relief is operable to direct flow from the discharge to the inflation line. The pressure relief is operable to open the discharge to flow to surface in the well when a predetermined fluid pressure is reached. The system includes means for opening the inflation line to release pressure in the inflatable annular seal when a selected tension is applied to the well pump system.
US12098611B2
A well tool device for transporting a heat generating mixture into a well pipe includes an upper connection section, a main housing section, and a sealing device. The main housing section includes a compartment for the heat generating mixture. The sealing device is provided below the main housing section. The sealing device includes a lower supporting element including a lower wedging surface; an upper wedging surface faced towards the lower wedging surface; and a sealing ring provided between the lower wedging surface and the upper wedging surface. The sealing element includes a plurality of thimble-shaped elements inserted into each other to form a torus. Relative axial movement between the lower wedging surface and the upper wedging surface in a direction towards each other provides radial expansion of the sealing element.
US12098603B2
A method for managing carbon containing gases, including conveying the carbon containing gas to a reactor vessel, conveying propylene oxide to the vessel, reacting the carbon containing gas with the propylene oxide to create propylene carbonate (PC), applying the propylene carbonate to a cuttings stream from a borehole in a subsurface drilling operation and dissolving residual oil from cuttings of the stream into the propylene carbonate. A system for managing carbon containing gas emissions from a borehole drilling operation, including a carbon containing gas emitter, a reactor vessel fluidly connected to the emitter, a propylene oxide supply fluidly connected to the reactor vessel and an applier connected to the reactor vessel, the applier configured to apply propylene carbonate (PC) created in the reactor vessel to a cuttings stream.
US12098593B2
A cord retractor for a window covering comprises a housing and a driving wheel, a reeling wheel, a spring, a friction member and a unidirectional transmission mechanism. The driving wheel and the reeling wheel can rotate with each other. The spring is coupled with the driving wheel and is wound on or unwound from the driving wheel according to a rotating direction of the driving wheel. The friction member is in a closed loop shape and surrounding a shaft of the housing. The unidirectional transmission mechanism is coupled with the friction member and the reeling wheel, and operated in different operation modes according to a rotating direction of the reeling wheel, by which the friction member provides constant resistance to the rotation of the reeling wheel when the reeling wheel rotates in a first direction, and stops providing resistance when the reeling wheel rotates in a second direction.
US12098579B2
A system and method of a latching hinge system including a first leaf, a second leaf pivotally coupled to the first leaf, a coupler mounted on a first latch surface of the first leaf and a receiver mounted on a second latch surface of the second leaf wherein at least one of the coupler and the receiver has a corresponding orientation for latching the first leaf and the second leaf at a corresponding first angle.
US12098578B2
A handle device for an opening panel handle, in particular for a motor vehicle, includes a handle support mounted on the inside of the opening panel and a rim mounted on the outside of the opening panel, the rim being attached to the handle support from a recess of the opening panel. The handle support includes the handle and the rim extends through a guide towards the inside of the opening panel, which includes an opening to allow a hand to access the handle.
US12098576B2
A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, which has a locking mechanism consisting of a rotary latch and at least one pawl. The pawl exerts an opening torque (U1, U2) on the rotary latch. In addition, the pawl has an arched contact region, which interacts with a latching contour of the rotary latch. The contact region of the pawl has a first arch portion and a second arch portion, each having different radiuses (R1, R2). According to the invention, the first arch portion has, in the closing direction (S) of the locking mechanism, a larger radius (R1) than the second following arch portion having the radius (R2) there.
US12098570B2
A movement assistance and stowage device for a spa cover that is movable relative to a spa opening from a first position at least partially occluding the spa opening, to a second position removed from the spa opening and stowed adjacent the spa body and, when stowed, the spa cover is not substantially above an upper peripheral edge of the spa body, the movement assistance and stowage device providing a mounting body secured to a side portion of the spa body and carrying a pivoting lever arm and a pivoting control lever arm, and both pivoting arms are connected to, and extend between, the mounting body and a channel bracket on a lateral peripheral edge of the spa cover, and pneumatic cylinders extend between the mounting body and lever arm to provide mechanical advantage and control to movement and stowage of the spa cover.
US12098569B2
A pool wave generator having a pool area and a plurality of chambers for generating a wave in the pool area. Exemplary embodiments described herein may be used to control the fluid flow within the pool area. For example, exemplary embodiments may include a control system for selecting the position of one or more valves of the chamber in order to control the ingress and egress of water from each chamber. Exemplary embodiments may be used to control the wave generated from the chambers, reduced unwanted turbulence, and/or generated a designed wave based on the individual control of the respective chambers.
US12098553B2
This disclosure relates to a patio cover system. The system comprises a frame comprising support beams; support posts configured to support the frame; cover panels rotatably coupled to the support beams; an actuator, and/or other components. The actuator may be mounted to the frame and coupled to the cover panels, may be configured to rotate the cover panels between an open configuration and a closed configuration, and comprises a motor; a piston coupled to the motor; an arm coupled to the piston and configured to extend from the piston toward the cover panels; a linking member coupled to the arm and the cover panels, and/or other components. The linking member may be configured to rotate the cover panels in unison between the open configuration and the closed configuration when driven by the arm, the piston, and/or the motor.
US12098552B2
A system and method for removing shingles from a roof with an automatic triggering of power to a fastener engaging member which is accomplished with the aid of relative movement occurring when a leading edge of the system encounters a fastener coupled to a substrate with shingle coupled thereto.
US12098551B2
Disclosed and described herein are components for configuring and assembling gutter guard systems for trough-style and built-in gutter systems. Such gutter guard systems are designed and arranged to be positioned across the opening of a trough or box gutter to prevent debris from entering the rain gutter. The modular assembly includes a number of configurable components. In one embodiment, a gutter guard system includes a customizable main body, a mesh screen, a front receiver, and a rear receiver. The customizable main body includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a front edge, and a rear edge, and the main body is arranged to be trimmed to custom dimensions. Once assembled, the mesh screen is positioned on the top surface of the main body, the front receiver is positioned along the front edge of the main body, and the rear receiver is positioned along the rear edge of the main body.
US12098547B2
A precast composite wall structure and method for forming the wall structure are disclosed. The method includes providing a casting bed defining a plurality of shapes corresponding to a three-dimensional outer surface of a wall structure, placing a first layer of uncured concrete to conform to the shapes defined by the lower surface, positioning a forming member in overlying relation above the frame, the forming member defining a plurality of rectangular-shaped channels therebetween, positioning a stud frame within the casting bed along the forming member, placing a second layer of uncured concrete within the casting bed to conform to the rectangular-shaped channels between the rectangular protrusions, and allowing the concrete to cure.
US12098545B2
Isocyanate-reactive compositions that include a hydrofluoroolefin blowing agent, polyurethane foam-forming compositions, as well as spray-applied polyurethane foams formed therefrom that can provide structural support to wall structures and can also exhibit ASTM E84-16 Class A flame spread and smoke development characteristics at a foam thickness of 4 inches.
US12098542B2
A self-stick insulation includes an insulation product and an adhesive coating applied to a major surface of the insulation product. The adhesive coating includes between about 5-15% by weight of the adhesive coating of at least one of polystyrene-maleic anhydride (SMA) and polyacrylic acid (PAA), between about 1 and 8% by weight of the adhesive coating of an alcohol amine, between about 25 and 50% by weight of the adhesive coating of a polyvinyl alcohol, and between about 20 and 40% by weight of the adhesive coating of a starch paste. The adhesive is activated with the application of liquid water.
US12098538B1
An apparatus, system, and method for tilt-up construction using an anchor, a wood beam or other object, and a fastener for coupling the anchor to the object. The anchor is positioned proximate an interior surface of the wood beam and secured to the wood beam with the fastener. The wood beam is part of a wall form having one or more wall sections for defining an interior boundary for receiving a pourable substrate such as concrete. Once the concrete has been poured, the anchor is fixedly coupled to the wood beam. In alternate embodiments, a first fastener and a second fastener may be used to removably couple the second fastener to the first fastener in instances where the wood beam needs to be removed for certain types of tilt-up construction. In these embodiments, the first fastener is cast in the concrete, but is not fixedly coupled to the wood beam.
US12098536B2
The present invention provides a modular building structure, comprising: a plurality of floor slab frames, a plurality of first wall panels, a plurality of second wall panels, a plurality of floor module boards, and a plurality of ceiling module boards. The two adjacent floor slab frames are connected through a plurality of clips, so as to fix the floor slab frames together. Through those structure, the workers can quickly build multiple floors with strength not much different from normal floors, while all the modular components ensure that they can be prefabricated in advance in the factory, which can also significantly improve the transportation efficiency.
US12098535B2
An apparatus, system and method for a receptacle suitable for control, data collection, and remote management. An exemplary receptacle may include a basin for receiving at least one viscous element; at least one sensor physically associated with the basin; and at least one actuator responsive to the at least one sensor, wherein actuation of the actuator outputs the viscous element to the basin. The receptacle may further include a controller at least partially physically proximate to the basin and capable of controlling the actuation of the at least one actuator; and a control system communicative with the local controller over at least open data path, wherein the control system imposes a plurality of rules to the controller.
US12098533B2
A water turbine and electric motor hybrid power suction type water-saving toilet, with toilet main body comprising a hollow frame, a hollow frame water inlet, a basin bottom water injection hole and an S-shaped bend, wherein the hollow frame is located on upper part of the toilet with water injection holes distributed along the periphery towards inner side of the toilet; the hollow frame water inlet is formed in rear part of the toilet; the basin bottom water injection hole is formed in lower part of the toilet and communicates with the hollow frame water inlet through a pipe cavity attached to outer wall of the toilet; and a basin bottom water injection valve is arranged at the opening of the basin bottom water injection hole leading to the S-shaped bend and controls connection/disconnection of basin bottom water injection hole and S-shaped bend inlet section with water pumping process synchronously.
US12098526B2
A system automatically controls a work machine including a work implement. The system includes a processor. The processor controls the work machine by selectively executing a normal digging mode in order to dig an actual topography at a work site, and a wall digging mode in order to dig a digging wall formed between a plurality of slots by digging the actual topography. When the wall digging mode is executed, the processor acquires starting edge position data indicative of a position of a starting edge of the digging wall. The processor determines a digging starting position based on the position of the starting edge of the digging wall. The processor controls the work machine to dig the digging wall from the digging starting position.
US12098520B2
A site management system manages the positions of workers and work areas of work machines. The workers can recognize the work areas of the work machines at a work site in which the work machines and the workers carry out work. A site management device is connected to a worker terminal carried by a worker and a work machine processor is mounted on a work machine 1. The site management device generates worker information 360 on the basis of a signal transmitted from the worker terminal and generates work machine information 350 based on a signal transmitted from the work machine processor. Work area information 380 including the position and the work area of a work machine is generated on the basis of the pieces of information 350 and 360 and a work area notification signal is transmitted with the work area information to the worker terminal device.
US12098514B2
A support system is provided for a gear case of a rope shovel. The gear case supports a gear drive configured to drive rotation of a hoist drum, and the gear case includes a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the first end and the second end. The support system includes: a coupling for securing the gear case against translational movement relative to a rotating frame, the coupling oriented orthogonally to the longitudinal axis and configured to engage the rotating frame and a portion of the gear case; and a support member configured to be coupled to the rotating frame of the rope shovel and supporting the gear case, the support member permitting translational movement of the gear case relative to the rotating frame to accommodate flexing of the rotating frame.
US12098494B2
A standalone drum-mounted lint filter for a washing machine is provided. The filter includes a filter housing including a plurality of inner walls dividing the filter housing into a plurality of filter chambers, each filter chamber defining at least one inlet configured to allow wash water to flow into the respective chamber. The filter further includes at least one retainer barrel arranged within each filter chamber and configured to retain lint during operation of the washing machine. The filter also includes a porous removable filter cover defining front-facing outlets open to the drum, allowing for exit of the wash water back into the wash.
US12098487B2
A knitted fabric and a use thereof are described, where the knitted fabric is a single-sided knitted fabric including an elastic yarn A and a polyurethane fiber, and a coil surface that includes a coil together formed by the elastic yarn A and the polyurethane fiber that are separately fed, and where the knitted fabric is close to a woven fabric in appearance and performance, has good elasticity, and is particularly suitable for manufacturing coats, trousers, dresses or the like.
US12098483B2
A method of manufacturing multi-ply separable textured yarn, the method comprising, passing a multi-ply separable interlaced filament yarn through a texturizing unit to form a multi-ply separable draw textured yarn, wherein the multi-ply separable interlaced filament yarn is separable in to at least two separable interlaced filament yarn, wherein the interlacing of the filaments within each separable interlaced filament yarn is retained during further processing of the yarn to fabric and in the fabric.
US12098482B2
A textile fabric includes: a base body having at least one layer, the at least one layer comprising PEN, copolymers, and/or blends thereof as a binding component. The binding component is obtainable by applying temperatures above a glass transition temperature of a binding fiber sheath polymer to core/sheath binding fibers, in which the binding fiber sheath polymer contains PEN, copolymers, and/or blends thereof.
US12098468B2
A method for producing fluorine gas including electrolyzing an electrolyte in an electrolytic cell, measuring an intensity of sound generated near an anode in an inside of the electrolytic cell as the electrolyte is electrolyzed in the electrolyzing, and sending a fluid generated in the inside of the electrolytic cell in the electrolyzing the electrolyte, from the inside to the outside of the electrolytic cell through a flow path. The flow path is switched in accordance with the intensity of sound measured, such that the fluid is sent to a first flow path when the intensity of sound measured in the measuring an intensity of sound is not more than a predetermined reference value, or the fluid is sent to a second flow path when the intensity of sound measured in the measuring an intensity of sound is more than the predetermined reference value.
US12098464B2
The invention discloses a preparation method of a carbon nitride (CN) electrode material. The preparation method comprises the following steps: (1) preparing a precursor film: immersing a clean conductive substrate A into a hot saturated CN precursor aqueous solution, then immediately taking out, after the surface being dried, a uniform precursor film layer on the conductive substrate A was formed. This step can be repeated several times to get different layers of precursor film on the substrate A; (2) preparing the CN electrode: the dry precursor film obtained in step (1) was encapsulated in a glass tube filled with N2. Then the glass tube was inserted into a furnace with N2 atmosphere to calcinate. After calcination, the uniform CN film electrode was obtained. The method provided by the invention is simple and easy to implement, and convenient in used equipment, suitable for industrial application and popularization.
US12098462B2
A component made of a quartz blank is used as a component part of a CVD reactor. At least one cavity of the component is created by selective laser etching, wherein a fluid flows through the at least one cavity. When in use, the component is heated to temperatures in excess of 500° C., and comes into contact with hydrides of the main groups IV, V or VI and/or with organometallic compounds or halogenides of elements of the main groups II, III or V.
US12098461B2
Disclosed is a plasma surface treatment apparatus for conductive powder. The plasma surface treatment apparatus for conductive powder comprises: a reaction chamber including a linear gas inlet at the lower end thereof and a gas outlet at the upper end thereof, and having a vertical cross section that is funnel-shaped; and a plasma jet generation device that is located below the linear gas inlet and is configured to discharge a plasma jet into the reaction chamber from below in an upward direction through the linear gas inlet, wherein powder is accommodated in the reaction chamber and is treated by plasma while buoyed by the plasma jet.
US12098460B2
A reactor system may comprise a first gas source; a second gas source; and a reaction chamber fluidly coupled to the first and second gas sources, wherein a first gas and a second may be supplied to the reaction chamber from the first and second gas sources, respectively, to achieve stability of a reaction chamber pressure. The reactor system may further comprise an exhaust line fluidly coupled to and downstream from the reaction chamber; a vent line fluidly coupled to the first and/or second gas source, and to the exhaust line, wherein the vent line bypasses the reaction chamber; a pressure monitor coupled to the vent line configured to monitor a vent line pressure within the vent line; and/or a vent line conductance control valve coupled to the vent line and configured to adjust in response to feedback from the pressure monitor.
US12098454B2
A method of refining a microstructure of a titanium material can include providing a solid titanium material at a temperature below about 400° C. The titanium material can be heated under a hydrogen-containing atmosphere to a hydrogen charging temperature that is above a β transus temperature of the titanium material and below a melting temperature of the titanium material, and held at this temperature for a time sufficient to convert the titanium material to a substantially homogeneous β phase. The titanium material can be cooled under the hydrogen-containing atmosphere to a phase transformation temperature below the β transus temperature and above about 400° C., and held for a time to produce a phase regions. The titanium material can also be held under a substantially hydrogen-free atmosphere or vacuum at a dehydrogenation temperature below the β transus temperature and above the δ phase decomposition temperature to remove hydrogen from the titanium material.
US12098450B2
A track link which is a tracked undercarriage component is made of a steel having a specific component composition, and includes a high hardness portion having a hardness of HRC 57 or more and HRC 60 or less, and a low hardness portion. The high hardness portion includes a first matrix including a martensite phase and a residual austenite phase, and first nonmetallic particles dispersed in the first matrix and including at least one species selected from the group consisting of MnS, TiCN, and NbCN, and it does not include a M23C6 carbide. The low hardness portion includes a second matrix including a martensite phase, and second nonmetallic particles dispersed in the second matrix and including at least one species selected from the group consisting of MnS, TiCN, and NbCN, and it does not include a M23C6 carbide.
US12098449B2
Disclosed is an alloyed steel powder for powder metallurgy from which sintered parts that do not contain expensive Ni, or Cr or Mn susceptible to oxidation, that have excellent compressibility, and that have high strength in an as-sintered state can be obtained. The alloyed steel powder for powder metallurgy has: a chemical composition containing Cu: 1.0 mass % to 8.0 mass %, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; and constituent particles in which Cu is present in an precipitated state with an average particle size of 10 nm or more.
US12098422B2
Disclosed herein in are methods and systems for determining genetic variants (e.g., copy number variation) in a polynucleotide sample. A method for determining copy number variations includes tagging double-stranded polynucleotides with duplex tags, sequencing polynucleotides from the sample and estimating total number of polynucleotides mapping to selected genetic loci. The estimate of total number of polynucleotides can involve estimating the number of double-stranded polynucleotides in the original sample for which no sequence reads are generated. This number can be generated using the number of polynucleotides for which reads for both complementary strands are detected and reads for which only one of the two complementary strands is detected.
US12098419B2
The invention generally relates to capturing, amplifying, and sequencing nucleic acids. In certain embodiments, linked capture probes and multiple binding and extension steps improve specificity over traditional single binding target capture techniques. Methods of seeding sequencing clusters with captured target nucleic acids are also disclosed. Linked adapters may be used to increase adapter ligation selectively or efficiency and yield. Ligation adapters and primers can be linked to various sequence-specific or feature-specific molecules to selectively bind targets for ligation or amplification with universal adapters or primers.
US12098417B2
Provided herein are methods, compositions, and kits for the detection of immune cell clonotypes and immune cell analytes within a biological sample.
US12098415B2
A structure for culturing cells includes growth medium regions on a surface of the structure. Each of the growth medium regions includes a growth medium surface configured to receive and promote growth in a cell that is being cultured. The structure includes a non-growth medium. The non-growth medium includes a non-growth medium surface configured to receive the cell that is being cultured.
US12098410B1
Recombinant Zymomonas mobilis for producing ethylene glycol, method and uses thereof are provided. The recombinant Zymomonas mobilis carries and expresses genes related to a synthesis pathway of xylonic acid and genes related to a synthesis pathway of ethylene glycol.
US12098407B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for uncoupling the yield and productivity of an isoprenoid compound produced in a host cell. In some embodiments, the yield and productivity are uncoupled by genetically modifying the host cell to reduce flux through the citric acid cycle (TCA). In other embodiments, the yield and productivity are uncoupled by reducing the levels of ATP in the host cell.
US12098400B2
The present invention provides ISVD polypeptide derivatives capable of binding coagulation Factor IX(a) and Factor X(a) which are highly potent and provide a sufficiently long half-life such to allow for effective subcutaneous—as well as peroral administration. The ISVD polypeptides derivatives disclosed herein are thus suitable for treatment of haemophilia A, haemophilia A with inhibitors and acquired haemophilia A by various routes of administration including subcutaneous and peroral administration.
US12098399B2
Provided in some aspects are epigenetic-modifying DNA-targeting systems, such as CRISPR-Cas/guide RNA (gRNA) systems for the transcriptional repression of genes to promote a cellular phenotype that leads to reduction of low-density lipoprotein (LDL). In some embodiments, the epigenetic-modifying DNA-targeting systems bind to or target a target site of at least one gene or regulatory element thereof that regulate LDL. In some embodiments, the systems are multiplexed systems that bind to or target a target site in at least two genes or regulatory elements thereof. Also provided herein are methods and uses related to the provided epigenetic-modifying DNA targeting systems in connection with treatments for cardiovascular disease and familial hypercholesterolemia.
US12098398B2
The present invention relates to novel esterase, more particularly to esterase variants having improved thermostability compared to the esterase of SEQ ID No 1 and the uses thereof for degrading polyester containing material, such as plastic products. The esterases of the invention are particularly suited to degrade polyethylene terephthalate, and material containing polyethylene terephthalate.
US12098389B2
In related-art methods of differentiating pluripotent stem cells into a desired cell type, there has not been established a differentiation induction method using human ES/iPS cells and being highly efficient. Many attempts have been made, including a stepwise differentiation induction method based on the control of culture conditions or the addition of, for example, various cell growth factors/differentiation factors to a culture solution, but the use of complicated culture steps is a big problem. A method of inducing differentiation into a desired cell type within a short period of time and with high efficiency by use of a pluripotent stem cell that actively undergoes cell differentiation, which is obtained by reducing an undifferentiated state of the pluripotent stem cell, has been developed, and thus the present invention has been completed.
US12098387B2
Provided are engineered primary blood and monocyte-derived dendritic cells, wherein the dendritic cell expresses a functional Tax protein from a T cell leukemia virus, and methods of making and using the same.
US12098386B2
The invention relates to the use of germ cells for obtaining a micro hair follicle and to the use thereof for evaluating the effect of cosmetic, pharmaceutical or dermatological products and also for the prophylactic or therapeutic treatment of a state of reduced pilosity.
US12098380B2
Provided herein are Vero cell lines that stably express Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) ICP0 protein. These cells have the same morphology of Vero cells, exhibit stable expression of HSV ICP0 protein, and also efficiently complement replication of HSV ICP0 deficient virus for greater than 20, 30, or even 40 cell passages.
US12098375B2
The present embodiments relate to elite event NS-B50027-4, seeds and oils obtained from NS-B50027-4, progeny derived from NS-B50027-4, the genetic and phenotypic characteristics of NS-B50027-4, and compositions and methods for the identification of elite event NS-B50027-4. In particular, NS-B50027-4 is a transgenic canola line capable of producing at least 5% DHA in its seed oil.
US12098373B2
The present disclosure discloses a Bacillus subtilis efficiently-induced expression system based on an artificial series promoter, and belongs to the technical field of gene engineering. According to the present disclosure, an efficient artificial series constitutive promoter is used, and by compositely designing the promoter and elements (a repressor and a binding site thereof) relevant to an operon, the activity of the constitutive promoter is regulated and controlled by an inducer to finally construct the B. subtilis efficiently-induced expression system induced by the inducer. The result indicates that compared with a P43 strongly constitutive promoter, the activity of the artificial series promoter in the system is about 15 times higher. The activity of the promoter can be accurately controlled by adding different concentrations of inducers. Therefore, the efficient expression system is simple in structure, high in activity and strict in regulating and controlling and has wide application prospects in heterologous protein efficient expression and synthetic biology research.
US12098372B2
The present invention concerns nucleic acids of interest for modulating the microbiome of a host, to vectors encoding the nucleic acids and to methods for in vivo modulating the microbiome of a subject by delivering the nucleic acid of interest.
US12098365B2
The present disclosure relates to methods, cells, and compositions for producing a product of interest, e.g., a recombinant protein. In particular, the present disclosure provides improved mammalian cells expressing the product of interest, where the cells (e.g., Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells) have reduced or eliminated activity, e.g., expression, of certain host cell proteins, e.g., enzymes including, but not limited to, certain lipases, esterases, and/or hydrolases.
US12098363B2
Targeting BCL11A distal regulatory elements with a CAS9-CAS9 fusion for fetal hemoglobin reinduction
Provided herein are methods and compositions for increasing fetal hemoglobin levels in a cell by disrupting BCL11A expression at the genomic level. Also provided herein are methods and compositions relating to the treatment of hemoglobinopathies by reinduction of fetal hemoglobin levels.
US12098361B2
A Histomonas meleagridis strain having at least one of the following attenuating features (a) an inactivation of a gene, wherein the gene has the sequence identified by SEQ ID NO: 1 or a sequence with at least 90% sequence identity thereto, (b) an inactivation of a gene, wherein the gene has the sequence identified by SEQ ID NO: 2 or a sequence with at least 90% sequence identity thereto, (c) a truncating mutation in the coding sequence of a gene, wherein the gene has the unmutated coding sequence identified by SEQ ID NO: 3 or an unmutated coding sequence with at least 95% sequence identity thereto, and (d) a truncating mutation in the coding sequence of a gene, wherein the gene has the unmutated coding sequence identified by SEQ ID NO: 4 or an unmutated coding sequence with at least 95% sequence identity thereto. An anti-histomonosis vaccine containing the strain.
US12098358B2
A cell incubator system comprising a housing having an internal chamber having a controlled temperature and gas mixture therein appropriate for the growth of particular cells for incubation of the particular cells in one or more cell culture vessels in the internal chamber and a plurality of cell operation stations in the internal chamber. The stations receive plates having wells for holding cells and wherein the cell operations stations perform operations on cells in the wells. The system has a robotic transport for moving plates from one station to another.
US12098352B2
An in vitro microfluidic “organ-on-chip” device is described herein that mimics the structure and at least one function of specific areas of the epithelial system in vivo. In particular, a stem cell-based Lung-on-Chip is described. This in vitro microfluidic system can be used for modeling differentiation of cells on-chip into lung cells, e.g., a lung (Lung-On-Chip), bronchial (Airway-On-Chip; small-Airway-On-Chip), alveolar sac (Alveolar-On-Chip), etc., for use in modeling disease states of derived tissue, i.e. as healthy, pre-disease and diseased tissues. Additionally, stem cells under differentiation protocols for deriving (producing) differentiated lung cells off-chips may be seeded onto microfluidic devices at any desired point during the in vitro differentiation pathway for further differentiation on-chip or placed on-chip before, during or after terminal differentiation.
US12098350B2
An edible composition, an aerosol composition, a flavor composition, a fragrance composition, or an inhalable composition includes an organosulfur compound such as prenyl mercaptan, 2-methylthiophene, 3-methylthiophene, dimethyl disulfide, diprenyl disulfide, 3-methyl-2-buten-1-yl thiolacetate, 3-methyl-1-[(3-methyl-2-buten-1-yl)sulfanyl]-2-butene, prenylmethylthiol (1-(methylsulfanyl)-3-methyl-2-butene), prenyl thioacetate, thiogeraniol, dimethyl sulfide, or a combination of any two or more thereof, and a primary terpene compound selected from the group consisting of myrcene, β-caryophyllene, limonene, α-pinene, β-pinene, valencene, ocimene, terpinolene, or a combination of any two or more thereof.
US12098349B2
A method of removing metal particles from a contaminated metalworking fluid comprising emulsion droplets and metal particles includes pressurizing a first clean metalworking fluid with gas to provide an aerated metalworking fluid; releasing the pressure of the aerated metalworking fluid to form a plurality of bubbles; applying a shear force to the contaminated metalworking fluid to separate the emulsion droplets from the metal particles; flowing the contaminated metalworking fluid with the aerated metalworking fluid in a laminar flow to form a combined fluid, wherein the flowing occurs during the formation of the plurality of bubbles and while the emulsion droplets are separated from the metal particles, and wherein the laminar flow lasts for a time sufficient for the plurality of bubbles to attach to the metal particles; releasing the combined fluid into a flotation tank; and removing the metal particles to form a second clean metalworking fluid.
US12098346B2
An aspect of the present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil containing a mixed base oil of a first hydrocarbon base oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of less than 6 mm2/s and a second hydrocarbon base oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 6 mm2/s or more, wherein a (A)/(B) ratio is more than 1 and 1.5 or less, wherein (A) is a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of the mixed base oil, and (B) is the kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of the first hydrocarbon base oil.
US12098339B2
A diesel fuel composition as disclosed includes a fossil diesel component, a fatty acid methyl esters component, and a hydrotreated renewable paraffinic diesel component. A method is disclosed for producing the diesel composition and use thereof. Use of the hydrotreated renewable paraffinic diesel component as an oxidation stability improver is further disclosed.
US12098332B2
A method for combined production of renewable paraffinic products is disclosed, wherein the method includes providing a renewable paraffinic feed, and fractionating the renewable paraffinic feed into two fractions. Within the two fractions, a lighter fraction fulfils a specification for an aviation fuel component, and a heavier fraction fulfils a specification for an electrotechnical fluid component.
US12098323B2
The present invention relates to artificially reducing the porosity of any potential flow paths in the near-wellbore region of a well or in permeable zones within or surrounding a well. In doing so, the permeability in this the targeted region will be significantly reduced, thus, preventing unwanted flow of subsurface fluids. The present invention concerns a method comprising applying a first and second solution comprising scale precursors to the porous media, wherein following this application, at least a portion of the scale precursors form at least two insoluble salts. Additionally, the present invention concerns a kit of parts comprising the first and second solutions.
US12098318B2
The present invention relates to a dispersant derived from anhydride functionalized polyester derived from carboxylic acid functionalized polyester. The anhydride functionalized polyester is then reacted with a multi-amine species forming amide and salt bonds. The technology allows lower reaction temperatures when the multi-amine species is present. The lower reaction temperature allows the use of a broader selection of polyester repeat units.
US12098317B2
A mulch composition includes a blend of about 50-85 wt. % fibrous straw, based on the total weight of the composition; about 10-30 wt. % refined pulp fibers, based on the total weight of the composition; and about 10-40 wt. % fibrous wood components, based on the total weight of the composition, the blend having about 10-15 wt. % of particles having particle size of 2360 μm or greater.
US12098309B2
Systems and films for protecting surfaces of various substrates, including electronic devices, such as portable electronic devices, include a liner with a strip liner and a main liner. The strip liner, which covers a small strip of adhesive on the back side of a protective film, is configured to be removed before the main liner. With the small strip of adhesive exposed, the protective film may be aligned with a substrate and, if necessary, removed from the substrates and repositioned thereon. Thereafter, the main liner may be removed to enable complete application of the protective film to the substrate. Methods for securing protective films to substrates are also disclosed.
US12098308B2
A device comprising an adhesive material and a fiberglass mesh located in direct planar contact with the adhesive material. The adhesive material is tacky in its green state and includes an epoxy, an epoxidized cashew nut shell oil, and at least about 20% by weight of a component containing a core shell polymer material to improve the adhesion capability to surfaces that are contaminated and/or exposed to high pressure spraying or chemical treatments, heat and humidity.
US12098305B2
A laminate production method is provided which can sufficiently prevent the occurrence of blocking without causing deterioration in the outstanding characteristics of acrylic block copolymers such as adhesive performance, and can also ensure excellent processability during extrusion. The laminate production method includes a step (1) of bringing raw pellets of an acrylic block copolymer (A) into contact with an aqueous dispersion (C) containing acrylic resin particles (B) and no surfactants, the acrylic block copolymer (A) including at least one polymer block (a1) including acrylic acid alkyl ester units and at least one polymer block (a2) including methacrylic acid alkyl ester units, a step (2) of removing water attached to the pellets and thereby obtaining pellets (D), and a step (3) of preparing an adhesive composition using an adhesive feedstock including the pellets (D) from the step (2), and extruding the adhesive composition to form an adhesive layer and thereby producing a laminate including the adhesive layer and a substrate layer.
US12098299B2
A chemical mechanical polishing slurry, including silicon dioxide particles, a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound having one or more carboxy group(s), and an ethoxylated butoxylated alky alcohol, and use of the chemical mechanical polishing slurry in the polishing silicon oxide, polysilicon, and silicon nitride. Polishing rate for silicon nitride using the polishing slurry is much higher than that for silicon oxide and polysilicon. The polishing slurry can be applied to chemical mechanical polishing in which silicon oxide/polysilicon is used as the stop layer, and can be used to control the amount of oxide and polysilicon removed from the substrate surface during polishing.
US12098280B2
The invention relates to polyamide polymeric films comprising zwitterionic polysiloxane. The films of the invention may be used for providing high performance in the filtration applications.
US12098265B2
A biodegradable and/or compostable device is formed of a plant-based biopolymer in a range of 50 to 80% by volume and a polylactic acid (PLA) in a range of 10 to 30% by volume.
US12098260B2
A polyol pre-mix containing at least one halogenated hydroolefin blowing agent and having improved shelf life stability is provided, wherein each polyol combined with the halogenated hydroolefin blowing agent has an apparent pH of between 3 and 11.4. Controlling the apparent pH of the polyol(s) enables the polyol pre-mix to be stored for extended periods of time and then used in combination with organic polyisocyanate to produce foam formulations having gel times and tack free times not significantly different from those exhibited when freshly prepared polyol pre-mix is used.
US12098258B2
Provided is a barrier film, comprising: a base layer; and an inorganic layer including a first region and a second region, which have different elemental contents (atomic %) of Si, N, and O from each other as measured by XPS, and having a compactness expressed through an etching rate of 0.17 nm/s or less in the thickness direction for an Ar ion etching condition to etch Ta2O5 at a rate of 0.09 nm/s, wherein the second region has a higher elemental content of N than that of the first region, the first region has a thickness of 50 nm or more, and the ratio (d1/d2) of the thickness (d1) of the first region to the thickness (d2) of the second region is 2 or less, the barrier film having excellent barrier properties and optical properties. The barrier film can be used for electronic products sensitive to moisture or the like.
US12098251B2
Esters of polylactic acid, including polyethylene glycol esters of polylactic acid are disclosed. Exemplary esters of polylactic acid can be used as textile finishes. Methods of making the esters of polylactic acid via direct and transesterification reactions are also disclosed.
US12098250B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to Schiff base oligomers and uses thereof. In at least one aspect, an oligomer is represented by Formula (IV) wherein each instance of R9 is independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, and ether. Each instance of R28 and R29 of Formula (IV) is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, and aryl. Each instance of R33 of Formula (IV) is independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, and a bond. Each instance of R41 of Formula (IV) is independently —NH— or a bond and each instance of R40 is independently —NH— or —NH—NH—. Each instance of R42 of Formula (IV) is independently —NH— or a bond and each instance of R43 is independently —NH— or —NH—NH—.
US12098244B2
The invention relates to a process for producing semi-aromatic polyethers based on an aliphatic diol, to semi-aromatic polyethers based on an aliphatic diol obtained by said process, and to the use of said semi-aromatic polyethers based on an aliphatic diol for manufacturing membranes, manufactured parts and coatings.
US12098240B2
Foam compositions are provided. The compositions are prepared from multi-functional acetoacetate esters and multi-functional amines or acrylates. The foam compositions can include one or more additives. The foam compositions can be used for home and commercial insulation, air sealing, sound proofing, structural improvement, and exterior roofing, among other applications. The foam compositions provide advantages of being isocyanate free and offer reduced exposure to isocyanate.
US12098238B2
A curable resin represented by General Formula (1). In General Formula (1), R1 each independently represent a monovalent substituent (an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a fluorine atom, and the like), m is 0 to 4, n is 0 to 40, and R2's are each independently a monovalent group including a polymerizable functional group.
US12098218B2
The present invention provides a manufacturing process for preparing a peptide, preferably a decapeptide, such as degarelix, by incorporating p-nitro-phenylalanin in the amino acid sequence preferably during stepwise solid phase synthesis, and converting these into the required amino acids Aph(Hor) and/or D-Aph(Cbm), preferably while attached to a solid phase. The invention further provides intermediates useful in the manufacturing process.
US12098214B2
Provided are methods of treating cancer that comprise administering a polypeptide (e.g. a fusion polypeptide) that comprises a SIRPα D1 domain variant and an Fc domain variant in combination with at least one chemotherapy agent and/or at least one therapeutic antibody. Also provided are related kits.
US12098212B2
In combination with conventional therapies (e.g. targeted therapy, chemotherapy, and angiogenesis inhibitors, etc.), immunotherapies targeting checkpoint molecules have shown promise in the treatment of solid or liquid tumors. However, the role of non-tumor cells in the intratumoral microenvironment has indicated that ablation of these cells may be a key to mounting an effective immune response against the tumor which includes tumor infiltration of cytotoxic T-cells and other anti-tumor cells of the immune system. Rather than focusing on trying to inhibit the ectonucleotidase activity of CD39 as an enzyme that generates adenosine, the present invention instead utilizes CD39 expression to bring about intratumoral cell ablation by CD39-depedent ADCC.
US12098211B2
The invention concerns methods and means for preventing the reduction of disulfide bonds during the recombinant production of disulfide-containing polypeptides. In particular, the invention concerns the prevention of disulfide bond reduction during harvesting of disulfide-containing polypeptides, including antibodies, from recombinant host cell cultures.
US12098210B2
Disclosed are methods of treating cancers and enhancing efficacy of BCMAxCD3 bispecific antibodies. In particular, methods are disclosed of using a BCMAxCD3 bispecific antibody, an anti-CD38 antibody and/or pomalidomide to treat cancers, particularly relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
US12098208B2
Provided are methods for preventing or ameliorating toxicity caused by or due to a therapy, such as an immunotherapy or a cell therapy, by pre-emptive or early administration toxicity-targeting agent(s). In some embodiments, the therapy is a cell therapy in which the cells generally express recombinant receptors such as chimeric receptors, e.g., chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) or other transgenic receptors such as T cell receptors (TCRs). Features of the methods, including the timing of the administration of the agents or treatments for toxicity, provide various advantages, such as lower toxicity while maintaining persistence and efficacy of the administered cells.
US12098204B2
The present invention relates to a humanized anti-human PD-L1 monoclonal antibody, and a preparation method and use thereof. The humanized anti-human PD-L1 monoclonal antibody provided in the present invention has high affinity and specificity for PD-L1, stimulates T cells to secrete cytokines, and specifically relieves the negative immune regulation by PD-L1. The effect of this antibody is not achieved by directly blocking the interaction between PD-1 and PD-L1, presenting a new mechanism of immune checkpoint regulation. Therefore, the functional humanized anti-human PD-L1 monoclonal antibody provided in the present invention activates T cells by regulating the PD-L1 signaling pathway, thereby achieving the purpose of tumor immunotherapy.
US12098192B2
Provided herein are methods of using the antibodies that bind to RGMc to treat and diagnose iron-related disorders.
US12098189B2
Provided herein are methods of using the antibodies that bind to RGMc to treat and diagnose iron-related disorders.
US12098181B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for high throughout cloning of fused bipartite immunoreceptor polynucleotides encoding cognate pairs of bipartite immunoreceptors. Also provided herein are various applications of the fused bipartite immunoreceptor polynucleotides, expression vectors containing the fused bipartite immunoreceptor polynucleotides, or cells containing the fused bipartite immunoreceptor polynucleotides or expression vectors.
US12098179B2
Despite the notion that human CD8+ T cells are the final mediators of autoimmune β-cell destruction in type 1 diabetes (T1D), none of their target epitopes has been demonstrated to be naturally processed and presented by β cells. The inventors therefore performed an epitope discovery study combining HLA Class I peptidomics and transcriptomics strategies. Inflammatory cytokines increased β-cell peptide presentation in vitro, paralleling upregulation of HLA Class I expression. Peptide sources included known β-cell antigens and several insulin granule proteins. Urocortin 3 was identified as a novel β-cell antigen, which was processed into HLA-A2- and HLA-A3-restricted epitopes recognized by circulating naive CD8+ T cells in type 1 diabetic and healthy donors. Accordingly, the present invention relates to antigenic peptides derived from urocortin-3 and uses thereof for the diagnosis and treatment of T1D.
US12098168B2
The disclosure relates to mutant gene(s) that confer upon microorganisms that express them an improved capacity to utilize xylose and improved capacity to co-utilize glucose and xylose thereby resulting in improved growth of the microorganism. Further encompassed are methods of producing fatty acids and fatty acid derivatives from cellulosic biomass, xylose, and/or a glucose/xylose mix by employing the host cells expressing the engineered XylR variants and compositions of biologically produced fatty acids and fatty acid derivatives.
US12098156B2
Provided is a compound of Chemical Formula 1: wherein: X1 to X6 are each independently CH or N, provided that at least one of X1 to X6 is N; Ar1 to Ar4 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted: C6-60 aryl or C2-60 heteroaryl containing one or more of N, O, and S, provided that at least one of Ar1 to Ar4 is any one of: R2 is hydrogen, deuterium, or a substituted or unsubstituted: C6-60 aryl or C2-60 heteroaryl containing one or more of N, O and S; each R3 is independently hydrogen, deuterium, or a substituted or unsubstituted: C6-60 aryl or C2-60 heteroaryl containing one or more of N, O, and S; each R1 is independently hydrogen, deuterium, or a substituted or unsubstituted: C6-60 aryl or C2-60 heteroaryl containing one or more of N, O and S; and n is an integer of 0 to 8, and organic light emitting devices including the same.
US12098152B2
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is characterized by elevated levels of androgens, cysts in the ovaries, and irregular periods. Women with PCOS present with additional symptoms, including hirsutism, alopecia, acne, infertility, weight gain, fatigue, depression and mood changes. The present disclosure provides new compounds, salts, compositions and uses thereof in the treatment of PCOS due to elevated adrenal androgens. Further, the present disclosure provides methods for treating PCOS due to elevated adrenal androgens.
US12098149B2
Provided herein is a bulk composition comprising the trihydrate form of (3S, 4R, 3′R)-6-[4-(4-amino-5-chloro-2-methoxy-benzoylamino)-3-methoxy-piperidin-1-yl]-hexanoic acid 1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-3′-yl ester di-hydrochloride salt. Provided are also pharmaceutical compositions and dosage forms comprising the trihydrate form, and methods and uses for treating a gastrointestinal disorder in a subject with the trihydrate form. In some embodiments, the gastrointestinal disorder is gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), dyspepsia (such as functional dyspepsia or functional motility disorder), gastroparesis, paralytic ileus, post-operative ileus, emesis, nausea, heartburn, intestinal pseudo-obstruction, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), constipation, enteral feeding intolerance (EFI), or esophagitis. In some embodiments, the gastrointestinal disorder is post-operative ileus, chronic grass sickness, constipation, megacolon, gastritis, gastrointestinal stasis, or abomasal emptying defect.
US12098146B2
The present invention features compounds useful in the treatment of neurological disorders and primary brain cancer. The compounds of the invention, alone or in combination with other pharmaceutically active agents, can be used for treating or preventing neurological disorders and primary brain cancer.
US12098143B2
An organic molecule is disclosed having: one first chemical moiety with a structure of Formula I, and three second chemical moieties, each independently from another with a structure of Formula II, wherein the first chemical moiety is linked to each of the three second chemical moieties via a single bond.
US12098131B2
Disclosed herein are adiponectin receptor agonists and methods of using the same for the treatment of inflammation or bone loss in a subject.
US12098126B2
Described herein is an iron(II)-phthalocyanine catalyzed C—H bond amination of alkyl azides. The catalyst is effective to produce intramolecular amination of saturated C—H bonds in moderate to excellent yields and the methods are tolerant of a wide scope of substrates. The methods described are useful for the synthesis of natural products derivatives and for the late-stage functionalization of pharmaceuticals.
US12098125B2
The invention relates to a process wherein a dialkyl carbonate stream containing an ether alkanol impurity is subjected to extractive distillation using an extraction solvent to obtain a top stream comprising dialkyl carbonate and a bottom stream comprising the ether alkanol impurity and the extraction solvent, wherein the extraction solvent is an organic compound containing one or more ester moieties and/or ether moieties which organic compound does not contain a hydroxyl group. Further, the invention relates to a process for making a diaryl carbonate, comprising reacting an aryl alcohol with a stream containing a dialkyl carbonate from which stream an ether alkanol impurity has been removed in accordance with the above-described process.
US12098119B2
Disclosed by the present invention are an SIRT6 small-molecule allosteric activator and the application thereof and provided is an SIRT6 small-molecule allosteric activator that contains a derivative as shown in formula (1) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof as the active ingredient. The SIRT6 small-molecule allosteric activator designed and synthesized in the present invention has high efficacy and low toxicity, may significantly activate SIRT6 activity during in vitro experiments, and has great importance in the development of pharmaceuticals for relevant diseases.
US12098115B2
In one aspect, the disclosure relates to methods for preparation of terpene and terpene-like molecules. In a further aspect, the disclosure relates to the products of the disclosed methods, i.e., terpene and terpene-like molecules prepared using the disclosed methods. Intermediates for the synthesis of a wide variety of terpenoids are γ-allyl Knoevenagel adducts or quasi γ-allyl Knoevenagel adducts are disclosed. In various aspects, methods of preparing terpenoids through these intermediates are disclosed. The methods can comprise α-alkylation of an allylic electrophile followed by ring-closure metathesis to a polycyclic terpenoid structure. In a further aspect, the disclosure pertains to terpenoid frameworks, and compounds prepared via disclosed oxidation and substitution reactions on the disclosed terpenoid frameworks. 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 disclosure.
US12098109B2
Animal waste contains most of the essential nutrients required for plant growth. However, animal waste also contains microbes that convert urea to ammonium ions, nitrification of the ammonium ions to NO2 and NO3 and denitrification of NO2 or NO3 to N2. N2O is produced as an intermediate of nitrification and denitrification processes and N2O is a 300 times more potent greenhouse gas than CO2. The instant invention discloses low-cost, fluid suspension compositions comprising a combination of urease, nitrification and denitrification inhibitors that decrease the loss of nitrogen from animal waste and lessen the biological formation of the greenhouse gas N2O. These compositions comprise nitrogenous phosphoryl compounds and nitrification inhibitors that utilize manufacturing processes for the formation of low cost, fluid suspensions comprising one or more inhibitor particles selected from the group consisting of urease inhibitor particles, b) nitrification inhibitor particles, and c) fused particles.
US12098106B2
An additive formulation for reduction or prevention of microbially induced corrosion in concrete, cementitious material (such as mortar or grout), or a combination thereof. The additive formulation comprises a Quat Silane and a fungicide, wherein the ratio of the Quat Silane to the fungicide in the formulation is in a range of about 10:1 to about 1:10, preferably in a range of about 5:1 to about 1:5.
US12098104B2
The invention provides novel methods and novel additive compositions and use thereof in a wide range of concrete production for improving properties of concrete materials, such as durability and aestheticity. The methods and compositions of the invention may be applied in a variety of cement and concrete components in the infrastructure, construction, pavement and landscaping industries.
US12098101B2
Disclosed is a micro-surfacing sealing coat mixture, comprising the following raw materials in parts by weight: 10-20 parts of a cationic emulsified asphalt, 5-7 parts of an ethylene-1-octene copolymer, 3-6 parts of an organic silicone resin, 8-12 parts of a filler, 80-90 parts of an aggregate, 2-4 parts of a ditertiarybutyl peroxide, 20-30 parts of water, and 0.5-2 parts of an accelerator. The method for preparing the micro-surfacing sealing coat mixture comprises: weighing raw materials other than the filler, aggregate and water, adding to a high-speed shear emulsifier and mixing at a temperature of 170-175° C. for 20-35 min, then continuously shearing at 3000-3500 r/min for 60 min to obtain a modified emulsified asphalt; cooling the modified emulsified asphalt to 20-30° C., adding the filler, aggregate and water thereto, and adding the resulting mixture to a mixer to mix evenly to obtain the micro-surfacing sealing coat mixture.
US12098100B2
In general, the present invention is directed to a building panel, such as a gypsum board, comprising a core having a first side and a second side opposing the first side and at least one facing material having a coating comprising at least one fungicide, at least one polymeric binder, and at least one pigment. The panel satisfies at least one of the following: the board exhibits a rating of 2 or less when tested in accordance to ASTM G21-15 or the board exhibits a rating of at least 8 when tested in accordance to ASTM D3273-16. The panel may also exhibit at least a Level 3 finish.
US12098091B2
The present invention relates generally to glass compositions incorporating rare earth oxides (RE2O3). In one embodiment, a glass composition suitable for fiber forming comprises 51-70 wt. % SiO2, 12.5-22 wt. % Al2O3, 0-20 wt. % CaO, 0-11 wt. % MgO, 0.2-1 wt. % Fe2O3, 0.05 or greater wt. % RE2O3, and greater than 1 wt. % MnOx. In another embodiment, a glass composition suitable for fiber forming comprises 51-70 wt. % SiO2, 12.5-22 wt. % Al2O3, 0-20 wt. % CaO, 0-11 wt. % MgO, 0.2-1 wt. % Fe2O3, 0.05 or greater wt. % RE2O3, 0-4 wt. % BaO, 0-4 wt. % SrO, and 0-5.5 wt. % ZnO, wherein the sum of BaO+SrO+ZnO is greater than about 2 wt. %. In another embodiment, a glass composition suitable for fiber forming comprises 51-70 wt. % SiO2, 12.5-22 wt. % Al2O3, 0-20 wt. % CaO, 0-11 wt. % MgO, 0.2-1 wt. % Fe2O3, 0.05 or greater wt. % RE2O3, and from greater than 0 to 2.5 wt. % Cu2O. In another embodiment, a glass composition suitable for fiber forming comprises 51-70 wt. % SiO2, 12.5-22 wt. % Al2O3, 0-20 wt. % CaO, 0-12.5 wt. % MgO, 0.2-1 wt. % Fe2O3, 0.05 or greater wt. % RE2O3, and at least one additional feature selected from the group consisting of: La2O3 is present in an amount greater than about 2 weight percent, CaO is present in an amount less than about 2 weight percent, a MgO/CaO ratio less than about 1, and a SiO2/Al2O3 ratio greater than about 4. The glass compositions can be used to form glass fibers which can be incorporated into a variety of other fiber glass products (e.g., strands, rovings, fabrics, etc.) and incorporated into various composites.
US12098089B2
A thermal insulation product based on mineral wool, characterized in that the fibers have a micronaire of less than 10 l/min, preferably less than 7 l/min and especially between 3 and 6 l/min, and in that the material has a thermal conductivity of less than 31 mW/m·K, especially less than 30 mW/m·K. The parameters for obtaining this product are in particular the pressure of the burner, the rotation speed of the fiberizing spinner and the daily fiber output per spinner orifice.
US12098076B2
Provided is silica powder that, when used as a resin filler such as a semiconductor sealant, allows for obtaining a resin composition having excellent gap permeability and low viscosity. The silica powder is such that (1) a cumulative 50% mass diameter D50 of a mass-based particle size distribution obtained by a centrifugal sedimentation method is 300 nm to 500 nm (preferably, 330 nm to 400 nm), (2) a loose bulk density is 250 kg/m3 to 400 kg/m3 (preferably, 270 kg/m3 to 350 kg/m3), and (3) {(D90−D50)/D50}×100 is 30% to 45%. In a silica production method in which a silicon compound is burned, silica powder can be produced by installing a burner having a concentric multiple pipe structure of three or more pipes in a reactor which has a cooling jacket portion provided around the burner, and adjusting flame combustion conditions and cooling conditions.
US12098075B2
A process for obtaining hexachlorodisilane and uses for the same. The process includes contacting at least one partially hydrogenated chlorodisilane of general formula HxSi2Cl(6-x) where x is from 1 to 5 in the liquid state with a solid non-functionalized adsorber material that is selected from the group comprising silicates, aluminosilicates, organic polymer and/or combinations thereof. The process also includes optionally separating the hexachlorodisilane and/or optionally separating the adsorber material.
US12098074B1
A method of producing a carbon nanotube may include heating a convergent flow nozzle and a flow chamber of a carbon nanotube reactor, flowing a vaporized reactant stream through the nozzle and collecting a carbon nanotube product from an outlet of a heated flow chamber disposed downstream of the heated convergent flow nozzle. The vaporized reactant stream may include a carbon nanotube nucleation carbon source, a carbon nanotube growth carbon source, and a carbon nanotube catalyst precursor. The nozzle may have a nozzle contraction ratio of from 3:1 to 300:1.
US12098071B2
Provided is a barrier film, comprising: a base layer; and an inorganic layer including Si, N, and O, wherein the inorganic layer has a thickness of 600 nm or less, and the film has a water vapor transmission rate of 0.5×10−3 g/m2·day as measured under conditions of a temperature of 38° C. and 100% relative humidity. The barrier film has excellent barrier properties and optical properties and can be used for electronic products sensitive to moisture.
US12098067B2
A mobile refrigeration unit, including: a container for the storage of beverages; a temperature conditioning means for maintaining a pre-set ambient temperature inside the container, and taking the form of a split system comprising a compressor, a condenser a thermostat, and an evaporator blower. The mobile refrigeration unit also includes a secondary temperature control mechanism for controlling the temperature of products to be dispensed; a pressure system, for controlling the water level in the secondary temperature control mechanism, and a series of refrigeration coils through which products are pumped, and the temperature thereof measured by the thermostat. The combination of the temperature conditioning means and the secondary temperature control mechanism together defining a split cooling system.
US12098062B2
The present disclosure is an autonomous robotic cargo system for moving and accurately positioning cargo inside an aircraft or at any other designated location in an austere environment. The system has a chassis coupled to one or more tracks for moving the chassis from a first location to a second location. The chassis is also coupled to one or more forks for loading cargo and unloading the cargo. In addition, the chassis has a laser scanner positioned on the chassis to capture data indicative of the chassis' environment. The system further has a control processor that pre-generates a preliminary pathway for the chassis to travel from the first location to the second location based upon laser scanner data received from the laser scanner. The control processor also controls the one or more forks to pick up cargo and controls the one or more tracks to move the cargo from the first location to the second location.
US12098054B2
A recording apparatus includes a recording section capable of recording on a medium, a transport belt that is provided with adhesive capable of adhering with the medium and that is capable of transporting the medium, an ultrasonic sensor that transmits ultrasonic waves to the surface of the adhesive and that receives ultrasonic waves reflected from the surface, and a controller capable of determining the state of the surface based on the detection result of the ultrasonic sensor.
US12098050B2
A recording material processing apparatus includes: first teeth that are used for binding processing of a recording material bundle; second teeth configured to move toward the first teeth and to press the recording material bundle positioned between the first teeth and the second teeth; a first metal block configured to support the first teeth; and a second metal block configured to support the second teeth.
US12098049B2
A medium processing apparatus includes a conveyor, a tray, a binder, a mover, and a switcher. The switcher includes a first passage, a second passage, and a movable wall. The movable wall guides a guided portion of the binder to the second passage when the guided portion moving along the first passage from an end side to a center side contacts the movable wall; causes the guided portion to pass when the guided portion moving along the second passage from the end side to the center side contacts the movable wall; guides the guided portion to the first passage when the guided portion moving along the second passage from the center side to the end side contacts the movable wall; and causes the guided portion to pass when the guided portion moving along the first passage from the center side to the end side contacts the movable wall.
US12098042B2
A front end conveyor includes a frame having a first side and a second side, a lower deck including a plurality of sheet supports and an upper deck including a plurality of sheet guides. Upper portions of the sheet supports lie in a first plane, and the plurality of sheet supports and the plurality of sheet guides define therebetween a sheet transport path for moving sheets in a sheet transport direction toward the downstream end of the front end conveyor. At least one helical brush is positioned at the sheet transport path and is configured to engage scrap material on the plurality of sheets. The conveyor also includes a drive configured to rotate the helical brush.
US12098039B2
The weight of a body-to-be-conveyed constituting a conveying device is reduced, and the friction force between the sliding surface of the body-to-be-conveyed and the conveyance path is reduced. A body-to-be-conveyed that is a component of a conveying device that uses electromagnetic force as thrust and can move in a horizontal direction includes a mover in which a bottom surface is arranged so that a predetermined gap is formed in a vertical direction with respect to the sliding surface thereof, in which the mover includes a permanent magnet and a cover, a gap facing surface of the permanent magnet facing the gap includes one magnetic pole, the cover is installed on a side of the permanent magnet opposite from the gap facing surface in the vertical direction, the horizontal outermost diameter of the cover is larger than the horizontal outermost diameter of the permanent magnet, and the cover is formed of a flat plate.
US12098032B2
A system and computer-implemented method for pallet management and constructing a pallet stack may include generating a virtual pallet stack using virtual packages having sizes and shapes corresponding with known available actual packages. In response to identifying an actual package to be placed on a pallet, an indication may be provided to a worker where the identified actual package is to be placed on the pallet stack based on the location of a corresponding virtual package on the virtual pallet stack.
US12098030B2
A container accessing station for accessing a storage container of an automated storage and retrieval system includes a housing and a vehicle lift. The housing includes an access opening, and a base opening. A human and/or robot may access contents of the storage container through the access opening. The storage container can enter the container accessing station to be presented at the access opening through the base opening. The vehicle lift is arranged to lift a delivery vehicle carrying the storage container on an upper surface of the delivery vehicle from a pickup level below the base opening up to an accessing level where the storage container is presented to be accessed through the access opening by the human and/or robot while the storage container is still being carried by the delivery vehicle.
US12098028B2
A control device that performs control to manage the passage of article transport vehicles in a management zone can execute: basic processing for permitting a first article transport vehicle to enter the management zone if no article transport vehicle is present in the management zone, and prohibiting a second article transport vehicle from entering the management zone if the first article transport vehicle is present in the management zone; and first exception processing for permitting the second article transport vehicle to enter the management zone in a case where, even if the first article transport vehicle is present in the management zone, the first article transport vehicle is an article transport vehicle that stops at a station provided in the first path, and the second article transport vehicle passes through a second path and a third path but does not pass through the first path.
US12098025B2
A trash can that includes a frame, a liner, and a lid. The frame has a base and a casing supported on the base. The liner is removably disposed within a cavity of the casing. The lid is coupled to and rotatable relative to the frame between a closed position, in which the liner is concealed, and an open position, in which the liner is accessible. The lid is rotatably coupled to the frame by a hinge, such that the hinge and the lid do not extend rearward a rear surface of the casing in the open position.
US12098024B2
In one aspect, a container includes first, second, and third side walls, and an open end. The container also includes a bottom wall coupled with the first, second, and third side walls. Additionally, the container includes a door pivotably coupled to the container and movable between a first position at which the door is spaced apart from the at least one open end and a second position at which the door closes the at least one open end. The container defines an interior volume of at least ten (10) cubic yards. At least one of the first, second, and third side walls includes a plurality of vertically-extending side panels releasably fastened together. Each of the plurality of side panels defines a planar body portion and at least one projection from the planar body portion.
US12098022B2
Devices and methods for blast/fire containment are disclosed herein. Devices include containers designed to contain and/or mitigate high energy events such as blasts from explosions or thermal runaways. The containers include a body that is built to define an interior chamber shaped to receive an explosive device or a device susceptible to thermal runaway. The container comprises a plurality of substructures that are arranged in a layered sequence to provide the desired effect. The substructures act in concert to decouple the shock load to the main containment structure using shock decoupling with energy dissipation and attenuation technology, having a highly deformable polymer structure, and managed venting. In thermally dominated events, such as a runaway LI battery fire, a crushable medium present in one or more layers of the container presents a significant thermal barrier and contains the fire.
US12098021B2
A concrete tank includes a dome roof formed of concrete at least partially cast in place and a lid. The dome roof has an access opening extending through the dome roof in a vertical direction. The lid is positioned to cover the access opening with a portion of an inner lid surface overlapping a portion of an outer dome roof surface along the vertical direction. A lid bearing element is disposed between the inner lid surface and the outer dome roof surface along the vertical direction.
US12098007B2
An apparatus and method for packaging and transportation of a preformed wrapping sheet is disclosed and claimed herein. One implementation of the technology as disclosed herein includes a method and apparatus for packaging and transportation of preformed wrapping sheets including “Pre-Formed Plant Covers” commonly referred to as a “Pot Cover” involving clear tubing constructed of a pliable material, including clear plastic tubing or other pliable material, and transportation storage racks assembled from substantially rigid pallets, including plastic pallets or other substantially rigid material, and corner boards, commonly known as beads.
US12097995B2
A customizable storage system includes at least one removable storage container and a container caddy. The at least one removeable storage container includes a container shell and a tilt bin located in the container shell and configured to tilt relative to the container shell. The container caddy includes a container support frame having first and second container docks that each define first and second container-receiving spaces the receive the at least one storage container and a carrying handle coupled to and extending away from the container support frame.
US12097990B2
Described herein is a package (10) for a foodstuff product, in particular a confectionery product, comprising a wrapping sheet (2) wrapped around said product (P) so as to enclose it within a cavity (C) delimited by said sheet and so as to remain adherent to the outer surface of said product (P). The package is characterized in that it envisages a sealing portion (4), which is folded adherent to the portion of the sheet that defines the inner cavity (C) and which is provided with a point (6) of facilitated opening.
US12097974B2
A method is specified for producing a structural component, in particular for an aircraft, ground vehicle, or watercraft, or for a rotor blade of a wind turbine, in which method an arrangement of fibers and plastic material is laid in a mold and subjected to an increased pressure and an increased temperature, wherein a mold is used which comprises at least one recess in which a reinforcing element is arranged. The object is to be able to cost-effectively produce a structural component of this type. For this purpose, it is provided that the reinforcing element is laid in the recess together with a core, wherein a differential volume between the recess and core, at least in a predetermined region, is chosen such that it is smaller than a segment of the reinforcing element arranged in said region by a predetermined amount.
US12097970B2
Refueling devices for use in in-flight refueling operation are provided, including a body configured for being towed by a tanker aircraft and having a boom member that has a fuel delivery nozzle, a spatial control system and a longitudinal control system. The longitudinal displacement control system includes at least one panel element defining a front panel projected area orthogonal to a body longitudinal axis, each panel element being controllably and reversibly deployable incrementally to each one of a plurality of successive deployed positions between a fully retracted position and a fully deployed position, to provide a respective reversible incrementally increasing aft force to the refueling device at least during the in-flight refueling operation.
US12097967B2
A fastening system for an aircraft configured to fasten at least one tank intended to contain liquid hydrogen includes a longitudinal box, an upper structure fastened to an upper side of the longitudinal box, a lower structure fastened to a lower side of the longitudinal box and at least two fastening frames including, on either side of the vertical plane of symmetry (P1), a fastening device for connecting a tank to the upper structure. The fastening system further includes at least two fastening devices for connecting a fastening point of the tank to the longitudinal box and at least two fastening devices for connecting a fastening point of the tank to the lower structure. The fastening system makes it possible to securely fasten at least one hydrogen tank on board an aircraft (AC).
US12097965B2
An electric architecture for a twin-engined, hybrid thermal/electric propulsion aircraft and, for each turboshaft which includes a high-voltage DC propulsive electric distribution network, a non-propulsive electric distribution network which is connected to loads of the aircraft, and an electric distribution network which is connected to loads of an electrified control system of the turboshaft engine, and wherein power supply sources are shared for these different networks.
US12097964B2
An emergency vision system includes a housing; an inflatable main enclosure having an inflated state and a deflated state, the main enclosure in the deflated state is disposed in the housing, the main enclosure in the inflated state is configured to be stationarily disposed between a user and a source of information required to be seen by the user during a smoke emergency; and a movable hand-held enclosure having an inflated state and a deflated state, the hand-held enclosure in the deflated state is disposed in the housing, the hand-held enclosure in the inflated state is configured to be used by the user to view a second source of information not visible through the main inflatable enclosure.
US12097959B2
Underwing-mounted trailing edge flaps for wings of aircraft are disclosed. A flap pivotally coupled to the wing is movable between a stowed position located along a lower surface of the wing and a deployed position located rearward of a trailing edge of the wing. The flap includes a first edge, a second edge located opposite the first edge, a first surface extending between the first edge and the second edge, and a second surface located opposite the first surface and extending between the first edge and the second edge. The first edge is located rearward of the second edge when the flap is in the stowed position, and forward of the second edge when the flap is in the deployed position. A bullnose pivotally coupled to the flap at a location along the first edge pivots relative to the flap as the flap moves between the stowed and deployed positions.
US12097957B2
Described herein are systems and methods for structure scan using an unmanned aerial vehicle. For example, some methods include accessing a three-dimensional map of a structure; generating facets based on the three-dimensional map, wherein the facets are respectively a polygon on a plane in three-dimensional space that is fit to a subset of the points in the three-dimensional map; generating a scan plan based on the facets, wherein the scan plan includes a sequence of poses for an unmanned aerial vehicle to assume to enable capture, using image sensors of the unmanned aerial vehicle, of images of the structure; causing the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly to assume a pose corresponding to one of the sequence of poses of the scan plan; and capturing one or more images of the structure from the pose.
US12097956B2
A tool positioning system of an unmanned aerial vehicle that is mountable relative to a power line to monitor a component of the line. The tool positioning system includes a displacement module having a first member mountable to one side of a body of the unmanned aerial vehicle, a second member movable vertically relative to the first member on the side of the body, and a tool holder pivotably coupled to the second member and couplable to a tool. The tool holder is movable relative to the body to mount the tool to or around the component.
US12097953B2
An aircraft wing including a wingbox with an upper cover, a lower cover, a forward spar and a rear spar. A leading edge of a trailing edge panel is attached to the wingbox. A support structure is attached to the wingbox. A kinked link includes a first arm, a second arm, and a corner where the first and second arms meet. The first arm of the kinked link is pivotally attached to the trailing edge panel at a first pivot joint, and the second arm of the kinked link is pivotally attached to the support structure at a second pivot joint.
US12097947B2
A propulsion unit with a propeller includes a nacelle; a propeller rotatably mounted in the nacelle by means of a hub. The propeller has blades mounted in a blade cuff that is pivotable about a pitch axis relative to the hub. Each blade is pivotable relative to the cuff about a folding axis. A folding device includes an actuator for folding the blades. The folding device includes a control member rotationally affixed to the blade cuff and driven by the actuator. A connecting rod is pivotably mounted, on the one hand, on a root the associated blade and, on the other hand, on the movable control member.
US12097946B2
A steering apparatus for a marine vessel includes a central portion supported rotatably around a rotation fulcrum with respect to a hull, a wheel portion, a spoke portion that connects the central portion and the wheel portion, first switches, second switches near the first switches, and paddles operable to cause a thrust to be applied in a front-rear direction to the hull. The first and second switches control the hull in different modes. The first switches are located at positions where a marine vessel operator is able to operate the first switches with the fingers of hands operating the paddles. The first and second switches are on the spoke portion and have different heights in a pressing direction.
US12097936B2
An axial flux propulsion system for an electric boat that includes interconnecting subsystems including a mounting system, a traction system, a transmission system, an electrical power distribution system, a control system, and a fluid management system, among other boat systems. The traction system typically is an axial flux motor/generator. Various embodiment of the axial flux propulsion system may include a stern drive embodiment and a jet drive embodiment. Portions of the axial flux propulsion system may be both inboard and outboard. A control system may control the operation of the various boat systems including the axial flux motor/generator, and as a result, control the overall operation of the boat.
US12097934B2
A wind turbine includes a floating foundation having a plurality of buoyancy bodies, the buoyancy bodies being formed from a plurality of buoyancy body elements designed as hollow bodies, which are arranged adjacent to one another in a first plane concentrically around each central element extending from the floating foundation and are connected to said central element. Each buoyancy body element has a surface supported on the central element, a convex surface arranged opposite the central element, and two lateral surfaces each supported on a lateral surface of an adjacent buoyancy body element.
US12097933B2
The wakesurfing system may include a first and second reel assembly arranged and configured to retract a discarded surf rope. The second reel assembly may be replaced by a retraction device. The first reel assembly may have a telescoping and rotatable boom and may be coupled to a side of the watercraft. The second reel assembly or retraction device may be coupled to a rear portion of the watercraft. The first reel assembly may have a first reel cord coupled to a handle of the surf rope, and the second reel assembly may have a second reel cord coupled to a proximal location of the surf rope. The first reel cord and either second reel cord or retraction device, and the surf rope, may be in a retracted position when not in use, and in an extended position when used by a wakesurfer.
US12097931B2
Disclosed is a vessel including a hull and a system providing an air lubricating layer between the bottom and water, including a cavity defined by sidewalls, a top wall and an interface plane, in which water mixes with air due the Kelvin Helmholtz effect. The sidewalls extend from a dagger-shaped nose section at the front end to the rear end of the cavity and diverge so a distance between the sidewalls increases along the length of the cavity when going in a rearward direction. The diverging cavities provide a stable air lubrication layer that covers a relatively large area of the bottom, so the number of cavities can be reduced. The alignment of the diverging cavities with the streamlines has relatively large tolerances so construction is simplified and can be carried out in a cost-effective manner. The diverging sidewalls lead to reduced formation of vortices and reduced drag.
US12097930B2
An adjustable surf wake system enhances a wake formed by a watercraft travelling through water. The system may include a flap for deflecting water traveling past the stern of the watercraft, and/or a positioner operably connected to the flap for positioning the flap relative to a longitudinal axis of the watercraft between a neutral position and an outward position. Positioning a port flap in its extended position enhances a starboard surf wake, and positioning the starboard flap in its extended position enhances a port surf wake. A wake modifying system for modifying a wake produced by a watercraft traveling through water may include a rudder pivotally mounted to the watercraft for steering the watercraft, a fin pivotally mounted to the watercraft substantially along a centerline of the watercraft and forward the rudder, wherein the fin pivots about an upright axis to modify the wake produced by the watercraft traveling through the water, an actuator mounted within the watercraft and operably coupled to the fin for pivoting the fin relative to the centerline, and a controller mounted on the watercraft allowing an operator to control the actuator and selectively pivot the fin to a desired angle θd relative to the centerline.
US12097909B2
A motor vehicle body includes an air-guiding device and a trailer coupling mounting device. The air-guiding device is formed in a rear-end region of the motor vehicle body, and the trailer coupling mounting device is adjustable into a rest position and into an active position. The trailer coupling mounting device, in at least the rest position, is at least partially covered by the air-guiding device, which is settable into a first operating position and a second operating position. For positioning of the trailer coupling mounting device into its active position, the trailer coupling mounting device is movable along a body longitudinal axis of the motor vehicle body, and, before or together with the positioning of the trailer coupling mounting device into its active position, the air-guiding device is settable into an intermediate position which has a pivot angle greater than a pivot angle of the second operating position.
US12097903B2
A rocker component for a vehicle includes a reinforcement beam having a metal sheet that is shaped with a plurality of elongated bends extending in parallel along a length of the reinforcement beam that together form a cross-sectional shape extending continuously along the length of the reinforcement beam. The cross-sectional shape of reinforcement beam includes a beam portion and a flange portion integrally extending from the beam portion. The beam portion has a multi-hollow shape that encloses a plurality of hollow cavities that extend longitudinally between openings at opposing ends of the reinforcement beam. The flange portion integrally extends from the beam portion and includes an edge of the metal sheet. The flange portion is configured to attach to the vehicle for supporting the rocker component along an outboard side region of the vehicle.
US12097900B2
A vehicle control device includes a behavior detection part that detects a behavior of a vehicle in front traveling in front of an own vehicle in a same direction as the own vehicle, and a driving control part that performs at least a steering control of the own vehicle without depending on an operation of a driver of the own vehicle. The behavior detection part detects a peak of a lateral speed of the vehicle in front. When the own vehicle is traveling in a straight section, the driving control part executes, at an occurrence point of a lateral position change of the vehicle in front that caused the detected peak, a first steering control that outputs a steering force toward an opposite side of the lateral position change of the vehicle in front or amplifies a steering force output based on a predetermined reference.
US12097896B2
A stroller (100) includes a frame (1), a handrail (2) and a dinner plate (3). The handrail (2) is installed on the frame (1) and located in front of the frame (1), and the dinner plate (3) is detachably connected with the handrail (2). With detachable connection of the dinner plate (3) and the handrail (2), the dinner plate (3) and the handrail (2) can work independently or together. When the dinner plate (3) is connected to the handrail (2), the stroller (100) has safety and feeding convenience. When the dinner plate (3) is removed from the handrail (2), the handrail (2) still can work, thus ensuring the safety of the stroller (100). It is convenient to remove the dinner plate (3) for cleaning at any time, thereby reducing difficulty of cleaning the dinner plate (3), and the replaceable dinner plate (3) can reduce maintenance cost. Therefore, the stroller (100) has the advantages of simple structure, and that the handrail (2) and the dinner plate (3) can work independently.
US12097894B2
This disclosure relates to system and method for docking or undocking a track-wheel based device. In some embodiments, the system may include a docking station configured to be fitted on a support track for the track-wheel based device. The docking station may include a protrusion to be fitted at a first position on the support track. The protrusion may be configured to make the track-wheel slide on the support track against the protrusion until an indentation on the track-wheel engages with the protrusion upon alignment. The system may further include an end-dock to be fitted at a second position on the support track. A segment of the support track between the first position and the second position is configured to accommodate the track-wheel during docking.
US12097890B2
A computing system for a vehicle may include processors to execute instructions to receive, by a middleware software layer of the computing system, messages published by one or more of a plurality of autonomous processing modules, and determine, by the middleware software layer, and based on the published messages, whether a similarity comparison of a first vehicle parameter and a second vehicle parameter satisfy a similarity threshold value. The first vehicle parameter and the second vehicle parameter relate to the messages published by the one or more autonomous processing modules. In response to determining that the similarity comparison of the first vehicle parameter and the second vehicle parameter does not satisfy the similarity threshold value, provide, by the middleware software layer, an instruction to a control system to cause the vehicle to perform an action, and cause, by the control system, the vehicle to perform the action.
US12097883B2
An information processing server includes a target vehicle data recognition unit configured to recognize target vehicle data including a traveling state of a target vehicle and position information of the target vehicle on a map, an unstable behavior position recognition unit configured to recognize an unstable behavior position which is a position on the map, at which at least one target vehicle has performed an unstable behavior, based on a plurality of pieces of the target vehicle data, a determination unit configured to determine whether the unstable behavior position is in a continuous occurrence situation or a discontinuous situation, based on whether or not a plurality of the target vehicles perform the unstable behavior at the unstable behavior position, and a storage processing unit configured to store a determination result by the determination unit, in a storage database in association with the unstable behavior position.
US12097875B1
A rules of the road module and database determines rules using information about segments identified from locally captured image data and observables identified in the image data.
US12097874B2
A system in facility includes a plurality of electric mobility vehicles, and a server which stores information of the electric mobility vehicles. In this system in facility, a user operates one of the electric mobility vehicles to move the electric mobility vehicle, after the user finishes using the electric mobility vehicle, the electric mobility vehicle moves to a standby area by automatic driving, and usage information of the electric mobility vehicle by the user is stored in a management data in a server, and at least one of a seating sensor for a seat unit and a occupancy sensor for a luggage carrier of the electric mobility vehicle is provided in each of the electric mobility vehicles.
US12097868B2
A navigation instruction of an autonomous vehicle is detected. The autonomous vehicle is in an environment. The autonomous vehicle is communicatively coupled to a plurality of sensors configured to capture environmental information of the environment. An anomalous sensor status of a first sensor of the plurality of sensors is determined based on the plurality of sensors. An air measurement is identified in response to the anomalous sensor status and based on a second sensor of the plurality of sensors. The air measurement is adjacent to the autonomous vehicle. Autonomous movement operation of the autonomous vehicle is directed in response to the movement instruction and based on the air measurement.
US12097866B2
A working vehicle includes a vehicle body, a linkage provided on the vehicle body to link a working device, a controller to cause the vehicle body to perform automatic travel, a rear obstacle detector to detect obstacles behind the vehicle body, and a setting changer to change rear setting information regarding obstacle detection performed by the rear obstacle detector.
US12097865B2
According to one aspect, a method includes obtaining, at a first unit, a first signal, and storing an indication of an arrival time of the first signal in a register of the first unit. The method also includes obtaining a digital signal to be provided to a controller area network (CAN) circuit system, the CAN circuit system being included in the first unit, adding the indication to the digital signal, wherein adding the indication to the digital signal creates an updated digital signal, and providing the updated digital signal to the CAN circuit system.
US12097860B2
A traveling lane planning device comprises a processor configured to select multiple spaces on an adjacent lane which allow the vehicle to move from the traveling lane, to calculate an evaluation value for each space based on a distance from a current location of the vehicle to a movement completion location where movement to the adjacent lane is to be complete, as determined based on terrain restrictions, a length of the space, a positional relationship between the current location of the vehicle and the space, a size of acceleration or deceleration estimated to take place with the vehicle while it travels from the current location to the location along the space, and a first speed difference between a space speed and a target speed of the vehicle, and to set one space to be a destination from among multiple spaces based on the evaluation value.
US12097858B2
A travel control method is provided, in which a subject vehicle is controlled to autonomously travel on a road including intersections, the travel control method comprising: determining whether or not an intersection for the subject vehicle to seek to pass straight through is an offset intersection that is offset to the right or left with respect to a direction straight ahead of the subject vehicle; and when the intersection is an offset intersection, controlling the subject vehicle to pass through the intersection at a lower speed than when the intersection is not an offset intersection.
US12097855B2
The present invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of improving safety of adaptive cruise operation in a motorcycle. In the controller for operation of the motorcycle, to which a surrounding environment detector is mounted, an adaptive cruise operation performing section controls deceleration to be generated by the motorcycle in adaptive cruise operation to be equal to or lower than an upper limit value or to be lower than the upper limit value, determines a collision possibility of the motorcycle on the basis of the upper limit value during the adaptive cruise operation, and performs warning operation that acts on a tactile organ of a rider of the motorcycle when determining that the collision possibility is high.
US12097853B2
Disclosed in the present disclosure are a method and an apparatus for determining a vehicle speed control model training sample. The method includes: a lane in map data is divided into a first lane area and a second lane area, and to-be-measured vehicle speed control features indicated by the two lane areas are different; the to-be-measured vehicle speed control features are determined as target vehicle speed control feature when a difference between a first empirical highest vehicle speed distribution and a second empirical highest vehicle speed distribution is greater than or equal to a preset difference threshold; and starting coordinates and ending coordinates of each preset lane section in the map data, and the target vehicle speed control features and a vehicle speed control label in the preset lane section are taken as a vehicle speed control model training sample.
US12097850B2
An agricultural sprayer includes a computing system configured to receive a first input associated with a target application rate at which agricultural fluid is to be dispensed onto the field. Moreover, the computing system is configured to receive a second input associated with a turn being made or to be made by the sprayer. Additionally, the computing system is configured to determine a maximum ground speed for the turn at which a selected nozzle dispenses the agricultural fluid onto the field at the target application rate based on the received first and second inputs. Furthermore, when the turn is being made, the computing system is configured to control an operation of the sprayer such that the ground speed of the sprayer is at or below the determined maximum ground speed.
US12097845B2
A method for identifying high-risk driving situations in driving data may include receiving driving data, identifying trigger events in the driving data, and using the trigger events in combination with first portions of the driving data corresponding to periods of time preceding the trigger events, training a machine learning model to identify features, in the driving data, associated with the trigger events. The method may further include using second portions of the driving data where no trigger events are identified, further training the machine learning model to ignore features common to both the first portions and the second portions. The method further includes detecting a high risk driving situation in real time driving data by using the machine learning model to identify the features associated with the trigger events, and performing a defensive driving maneuver in response to the detection of the high risk driving situation.
US12097828B2
A parking brake device for a motor vehicle, in particular a utility vehicle, includes at least one compressed air connection, at least one first control solenoid valve unit, at least one trailer control bistable valve, and at least one first compressed air outlet. The compressed air connection is connectable to the first control solenoid valve unit and the trailer control bistable valve. The first control solenoid valve is connectable to the trailer control bistable valve via at least one first control line. The trailer control bistable valve is connectable to the first compressed air outlet via at least one trailer control outlet line. The parking brake device has at least one towing vehicle control bistable valve and at least one second compressed air outlet. The compressed air connection is connectable to the towing vehicle control bistable valve. The towing vehicle control bistable valve is connectable to the second compressed air outlet via at least one towing vehicle control outlet line. At least one towing vehicle outlet branch is arranged in the towing vehicle control outlet line between the towing vehicle control bistable valve and the second compressed air outlet. The first control solenoid valve unit is connectable to the towing vehicle control outlet line via at least one bypass control line and via the towing vehicle control outlet branch.
US12097824B2
A delivery container is designed to fit into the rear passenger compartment of a vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle (AV) that makes deliveries without a human driver. The delivery container has a drawer that can move from one side of the delivery container near a first rear door to the other side of the delivery near the opposite rear door. A single load of items can be accessed from the same side of the AV, or two different loads may be accessed from the same side. The drawer can automatically or manually move items from one side of the vehicle to the other.
US12097818B2
A method for providing accident parameters to a person outside a vehicle after an accident includes ascertaining a first accident parameter that is representative of the severity and/or a consequence severity using a control unit of the vehicle, and determining a display device of the vehicle that can display the first accident parameter following the accident. The first accident parameter is provided on the determined display, and a second accident parameter that is representative of the severity and/or the accident consequence severity is ascertained. The method also includes receiving a release signal for the second accident parameter from the person outside the vehicle following the accident involving the vehicle, and verifying the release signal for the second accident parameter using the control unit of the vehicle. The second accident parameter is provided on the determined display if the release signal was successfully verified by the control unit of the vehicle.
US12097810B2
A technique disclosed by this specification relates to a wiring harness unit 10 to be attached to an case 60 and including a wiring harness 30 having a plurality of coated wires 11 fixed to sheet-like base members 20 and a protector 40 including a pair of sandwiching portions for sandwiching and holding a margin portion 34 different from a part fixed to the plurality of coated wires 11 in the base members 20 and a fitting portion to be fit to a fit portion provided on the case 60 in a lateral direction and locked to the fit portion in a front-back direction.
US12097804B2
The present invention is an image processing device processing an image of a vehicle, comprising a first acquisition unit for acquiring an image showing a situation around the vehicle as a vehicle surrounding image, a second acquisition unit for acquiring information indicating a state of the vehicle, a third acquisition unit for acquiring an image of a driver of the vehicle as a driver image, and an image generation unit for generating an image of the vehicle as a vehicle image based on the information acquired by the second acquisition unit and generating a composite image by superimposing the vehicle image and the driver image on the vehicle surrounding image.
US12097801B2
An illuminated communication unit for a vehicle is provided. The communication unit may include an enclosure carrying components within a cavity that include a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) and a heat sink. The PCBA may include a position sensor in communication with the vehicle and configured to detect a position of the vehicle, and a plurality of light emitting elements disposed adjacent to the position sensor and configured to generate a light output. The heat sink may be configured to dissipate heat caused by the plurality of light emitting elements generating the light output. The communication unit may include a diffuser lens that includes a lens surface having an emblem disposed thereon, the diffuser lens being configured to receive the light output generated by the plurality of light emitting elements and diffusely illuminate the emblem. The lens surface may be configured to widely disperse the light output.
US12097784B2
Fuse configurations for a distributed power architecture of a vehicle is provided. The distributed power architecture includes a high-voltage battery pack having a plurality of batteries and a plurality of converters, each of the plurality of converters being configured to receive high-voltage power from one of the plurality of batteries and to provide low-voltage power to a low-voltage bus. The distributed power architecture also includes a plurality of fuses disposed on one or more of an input side and an output side of each of the plurality of converters and a vehicle controller with at least one communication link to each of the plurality of power converters. Each of the plurality of fuses are configured to selectively prevent current flow through one of the plurality of converters.
US12097779B2
A method is disclosed for determining a relative pose between a primary winding structure and a secondary winding structure of a system for inductive power transfer to a vehicle. The method includes obtaining first output values generated by multiple receiving devices of a first radio direction finding system. The first radio direction finding system further includes a transmitting device. The receiving devices generate the output values in response to receiving a position signal transmitted by the transmitting device. The method includes determining a motion value of the vehicle. The method includes providing the obtained first output values and the motion value as input values to a model. The method includes determining a first relative pose based on the model. The method includes determining the relative pose based on the first relative pose.
