US12148569B2
A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes alternately disposed with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, a first external electrode disposed on the body and connected to the first internal electrode, and a second external electrode disposed on the body and connected to the second internal electrode, wherein the first and second external electrodes include a first electrode layer disposed on the body and including one or more of copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), and alloys thereof and a second electrode layer disposed on the first electrode layer, including silver (Ag) and further including one or more of palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt), and gold (Au), wherein the first electrode layer does not include glass and an average thickness of the first electrode layer is 1 μm or more and 10 μm or less.
US12148558B2
In a wound inductor component, a first flange and a second flange are connected to both ends of a winding core in the central axial line direction, and protrude from the winding core to both sides in a height direction. A cover member covers a portion from the upper end of the first flange to the upper end of the winding core from above. In a sectional view including the central axial line and along the height direction, a first average distance, which is an average distance in the height direction from the upper end of the first flange to the upper end of the cover member, is 25% or more and 45% or less (i.e., 25% to 45%) of a second average distance, which is an average distance in the height direction from the upper end of the winding core to the upper end of the cover member.
US12148556B2
An electronic device includes a multilevel package substrate, conductive leads, a die, and a package structure. The multilevel package substrate has a first level, a second level, and a third level, each having patterned conductive features and molded dielectric features. The first level includes a first patterned conductive feature with multiple turns that form a first winding. The second level includes a second patterned conductive feature, and the third level includes a third patterned conductive feature with multiple turns that form a second winding. A first terminal of the die is coupled to the first end of the first winding, a second terminal of the die is coupled to the second end of the first winding, and a third terminal of the die is coupled to a first conductive lead. The package structure encloses the first die, the second die, and a portion of the multilevel package substrate.
US12148555B2
This non-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a base metal having a predetermined chemical composition satisfying the expression [Si+sol. Al+0.5×Mn≥4.3], and an average grain size of the base metal is more than 40 μm and 120 μm or less.
US12148551B2
The present disclosure relates to a cable comprising a cable core and an armor, the armor being formed by a plurality of consecutive sections of non-metallic tensile elements wound around the cable core, each section including a first non-metallic tensile element connected to a second non-metallic tensile element of the consecutive sections by a joint comprising a first socket and a second socket, each of said sockets comprising a flat body extending longitudinally along a longitudinal axis (S) between a proximal end and a distal end and comprising an inner through bore between a proximal aperture at the proximal end and a distal aperture at the distal end, the first and second non-metallic tensile elements having an end portion being housed in the inner through bore of respectively the first and second socket by the proximal aperture and secured therein by a bonding material, and each inner through bore being shaped to translationally and rotationally lock the bonding material; an interconnecting device translationally and rotationally locked in the distal apertures of the first and the second sockets and allowing the sockets to relatively rotate exclusively around at least one rotation axis (R) perpendicular to a plane where the socket body longitudinal axes (S) of the first and the second sockets lie.
US12148549B2
A communications cable is provided that includes a pair of twisted pair of wires, each coated with a fluoropolymer insulator. The twisted pair of wires is configured to carry a differential signal, such as a differential data signal and/or a differential power signal. The fluoropolymers are highly effective insulators and significantly reduce both the effects of internal and external electromagnetic interference while maintaining low cable attenuation, even when operating within a temperature range of −40° C. to 150° C.
US12148548B2
An insulated conductor including: at least one electrical conductor; and, an insulating coating covering said electrical conductor, having n layer(s), “n” being an integer greater than or equal to 1, the nth layer being the outermost layer having a pseudo-amorphous composition Cn including at least 50% by weight of a polyaryletherketone. A process for manufacturing the insulated conductor, a heat-welding process using two sections of insulated conductor, and a coil capable of being obtained by heat-welding a winding of the insulated conductor.
US12148545B2
A conductive wire for electrical properties testing having high hardness and conductivity, which is composed of a copper alloy, and includes in its outer periphery portion a fibrous structure extending at an angle of 0.5 to 20 degrees with respect to the length direction of the conductive wire.
US12148544B2
In order to improve the mechanical stability of an X-ray grating with top bridges for X-ray dark field imaging and/or X-ray phase contrast imaging, it is proposed to reduce or prevent the undesired high stress on the top bridges by a change in the manufacturing process. Specifically, it is proposed to electroplate the top bridges after the bending. In other words, the electroplating of the top bridges is performed on the bent geometry.
US12148542B2
Compositions comprising high levels of high specific activity copper-64, and process for preparing said compositions. The compositions comprise from about 2 Ci to about 15 Ci of copper-64 and have specific activities up to about 3800 mCi copper-64 per microgram of copper. The processes for preparing said compositions comprise bombarding a nickel-64 target with a low energy, high current proton beam, and purifying the copper-64 from other metals by a process comprising ion exchange chromatography or a process comprising a combination of extraction chromatography and ion exchange chromatography.
US12148539B2
A modular nuclear reactor system includes a lift-out, replaceable nuclear reactor core configured for replacement as a singular unit during a single lift-out event, such as rather than lifting and replacing individual fuel assemblies and/or fuel elements. The system includes a reactor vessel and a power generation system configured to convert thermal energy in a high temperature working fluid received from the reactor vessel into electrical energy. The reactor vessel includes: a vessel inlet and an adjacent vessel outlet arranged near a bottom on the vessel; a vessel receptacle configured to receive a unified core assembly; locating datums in the base of the vessel receptacle and configured to constrain a core assembly in multiple degrees of freedom; and an interstitial zone surrounding the vessel receptacle and housing a set of control or moderating drums.
US12148522B1
Systems and methods for implementing a healthcare command center in a healthcare venue such as a hospital are disclosed. A healthcare command center may provide a number of services to the healthcare venue or to a healthcare system, such as a system including multiple healthcare venues. Services may be selected according to the needs and capacity of a healthcare venue or system. A healthcare command center may provide all available services and tools to a healthcare venue or system. Services and tools may span a continuum of care from community health to preventative health to acute care to post-acute care to reintegration of patients back into the community.
US12148515B2
Methods and devices for implementation of a health care prescription. Some devices may dynamically monitor information from a patient device. Some embodiments may dynamically provide instructions to patient devices to treat and for treating patients through the use of medical devices based on the information from a patient device. Some embodiments treat musculoskeletal conditions by providing for alignment of bones by use of bone alignment devices in accordance with instructions provided through a prescription. Other embodiments may facilitate or provide revised prescriptions in response to treatment conditions. Embodiments may also provide effective ways of communicating prescription and compliance information between patients and health care providers.
US12148505B2
Routing arrangements for 3D memory arrays and methods of forming the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a memory array includes a first word line extending from a first edge of the memory array in a first direction, the first word line having a length less than a length of a second edge of the memory array perpendicular to the first edge of the memory array; a second word line extending from a third edge of the memory array opposite the first edge of the memory array, the second word line extending in the first direction, the second word line having a length less than the length of the second edge of the memory array; a memory film contacting the first word line; and an OS layer contacting a first source line and a first bit line, the memory film being disposed between the OS layer and the first word line.
US12148502B2
Methods, systems, and devices for drive strength calibration for multi-level signaling are described. A driver may be configured to have an initial drive strength and to drive an output pin of a transmitting device toward an intermediate voltage level of a multi-level modulation scheme, where the output pin is coupled with a receiving device via a channel. The receiving device may generate, and the transmitting device may receive, a feedback signal indicating a relationship between the resulting voltage of the channel and an value for the intermediate voltage level. The transmitting device may determine and configure the driver to use an adjusted drive strength for the intermediate voltage level based on the feedback signal. The driver may be calibrated (e.g., independently) for each intermediate voltage level of the multi-level modulation scheme. Further, the driver may be calibrated for the associated channel.
US12148498B2
A soft post package repair (sPPR) request is detected. Data stored in a target row of a memory array associated with the sPPR request is written to a buffer. Execution of non-maintenance requests on the target row is suspended. Responsive to suspension of execution of non-maintenance requests on the target row, the sPPR request is executed on the target row. Subsequent to completion of the sPPR request, execution of non-maintenance requests on the target row is resumed and the data stored in the buffer is written to the repaired target row.
US12148494B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, an error correction code (ECC) circuit, a fault address register, a scrubbing control circuit and a control logic circuit. The memory cell array includes memory cell rows. The scrubbing control circuit generates scrubbing addresses based on refresh operations performed on the memory cell array. The control logic circuit controls the ECC circuit such that the ECC circuit performs an error detection operation on a plurality of sub-pages in a first memory cell row to count a number of error occurrences, and determines whether to correct a codeword in which an error is detected based on the number of error occurrences. An uncorrected or corrected codeword is written back, and a row address of the first memory cell row may be stored in the fault address register as a row fault address based on the number of error occurrences.
US12148490B1
A method is provided for testing two port memory. The method includes receiving a synchronous write through (SWT) mode signal that indicates one of a functional mode of operation and a testing mode of operation of the memory, wherein the testing mode triggers bypassing of one or more read operations from bit cells of the memory identified by read address signals, and switching between the functional and testing modes of operation in dependence on the SWT mode signal. When the memory is in the testing mode of operation the circuit, receiving test data obtained from read address signals to represent a test state for the bit cells of the memory.
US12148486B2
A read voltage adjustment method, a memory storage device, and a memory control circuit unit are disclosed. The method includes: sending a write command sequence instructing to program a plurality of first memory cells in a rewritable non-volatile memory module; sending a first read command sequence instructing to read the programmed first memory cells using a first read voltage level to obtain first count information; obtaining first compensation information corresponding to the first read voltage level, wherein the first compensation information reflects a deviation in evenly programming the first memory cells to a plurality of states; and adjusting the first read voltage level according to the first count information, the first compensation information, and default count information corresponding to the first read voltage level.
US12148473B2
In an embodiment a non-volatile memory cell includes a substrate, a first body in the substrate, a second body in the substrate, a first storage transistor having a first conduction region and a second conduction region in the first body, the first and second conduction regions delimiting a first channel region in the first body, a first control gate region in the second body, an insulating region overlying the substrate, a single floating gate region extending on the substrate and embedded in the insulating region, the single floating gate region having a first portion on the first body and a second portion on the second body, the first portion and second portion being connected and electrically coupled, a first selection via extending through the insulating region and electrically coupling the first conduction region with a first conduction node, a second selection via extending through the insulating region and electrically coupling the second conduction region with a second conduction node and a first control via extending though the insulating region and electrically coupling the first control gate region with a first control node.
US12148459B2
Technology for read in a cross-point memory array. Drive transistors pass read and write currents to the cross-point memory array. The read current charges a selected word line to turn on a threshold switching selector of a selected memory cell. While the threshold switching selector is on, the current (read or write) passes through the selected memory cell. The memory system applies a smaller overdrive voltage to a drive transistor when the drive transistor is passing the read current than when the drive transistor is passing the write current. A smaller overdrive voltage increases the resistance of the drive transistor. Increasing the resistance of the drive transistor increases the resistance seen by the threshold switching selector in the selected memory cell, which reduces the Ihold of the threshold switching selector.
US12148452B1
The present disclosure generally relates to a magnetic recording system comprising a magnetic recording head. The magnetic recording head comprises a main pole disposed at a media facing surface (MFS). The main pole is disposed between a trailing shield and a leading shield, the trailing shield and the leading shield each extending to the MFS. A first lead is disposed between the main pole and the trailing shield, and the first lead is recessed from the MFS. A first portion of the first lead is disposed in contact with the main pole. A first insulating layer is disposed between and in contact with a second portion of the first lead and the main pole, and the first insulating layer being recessed from the MFS. The first lead and the first insulating layer direct a current through the main pole at a location recessed from the MFS.
US12148451B2
The present disclosure relates to a video generating method and apparatus, a device, a storage medium and a program product. The method comprises: acquiring first text information, wherein the first text information is used for describing writing requirements of a video copywriting; generating second text information based on the first text information, wherein the second text information is copywriting information meeting the writing requirements described by the first text information; generating multimedia editing data based on third text information; generating a target video based on the multimedia editing data. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an efficient one-stop video production scheme, and improve video production efficiency by generating copywriting information meeting the described writing requirements based on the writing requirements describing the video copywriting, and then producing the video according to the generated copywriting information.
US12148450B2
A video display method, an electronic device, and a medium are provided. The video display method is applicable to the electronic device and includes: displaying a photographing preview interface of a camera; and displaying, in a case that a target object is included in the photographing preview interface, N video identifiers associated with the target object in the photographing preview interface, where each of the video identifiers indicates one video, and N is a positive integer.
US12148448B2
Described are authoring tools for creating interactive AR experiences. The story-authoring application enables a user with little or no programming skills to create an interactive story that includes recording voice commands for advancing to the next scene, inserting and manipulating virtual objects in a mixed-reality environment, and recording a variety of interactions with connected IoT devices. The story creation interface is presented on the display as a virtual object in an AR environment.
US12148445B2
Systems and methods for emotion detection and emotion-based moderation based on voice inputs are provided. A user emotion profile may be stored in memory for a user. The user emotion profile may include one or more moderation rules that specifies a moderation action responsive to one or more emotional states. A current communication session associated with the user and one or more other users may be monitored based on the user emotion profile. An emotional state detected as being associated with a subset of the messages may trigger at least one of the moderation rules by corresponding to at least one of the emotional states specified by the user emotion profile. A presentation of at least one of the messages in the subset being provided to the user device may be modified in accordance with the moderation action specified by the user emotion profile.
US12148443B2
A method, system and computer program product for amplifying a single voice during an audio conversation. One embodiment of the method may comprise receiving, by a computing device, an audio sample of speech from a user, and generating, by the computing device, a user-specific acoustic model for enhancement of speech by the user based upon the audio sample. The method may further comprise receiving a live audiovisual stream, the live audiovisual stream including live speech by the user during an audio conversation, wherein the live audiovisual stream includes background noise, and using, by the computing device, the user-specific acoustic model to selectively amplify the live speech during the live audiovisual stream without amplifying the background noise.
US12148439B2
Embodiments of this application relate to the field of short-range communications technologies, and provide a method for automatically switching a Bluetooth audio coding scheme and an electronic device, to improve audio experience of using a Bluetooth electronic device by a user, and meet requirements of the user on sound quality and a latency. A specific solution is as follows: When a first device sends a Bluetooth audio data packet to a second device, and when a first application is running, the audio data packet sent by the first device to the second device is encoded by using a first Bluetooth coding scheme. When a second application is running, the audio data packet sent by the first device to the second device is encoded by using a second Bluetooth coding scheme. The Bluetooth coding scheme includes a high sound quality mode, a standard mode, or a low latency mode. The first Bluetooth coding scheme is different from the second Bluetooth coding scheme.
US12148433B2
This document generally describes systems, methods, devices, and other techniques related to speaker verification, including (i) training a neural network for a speaker verification model, (ii) enrolling users at a client device, and (iii) verifying identities of users based on characteristics of the users' voices. Some implementations include a computer-implemented method. The method can include receiving, at a computing device, data that characterizes an utterance of a user of the computing device. A speaker representation can be generated, at the computing device, for the utterance using a neural network on the computing device. The neural network can be trained based on a plurality of training samples that each: (i) include data that characterizes a first utterance and data that characterizes one or more second utterances, and (ii) are labeled as a matching speakers sample or a non-matching speakers sample.
US12148424B2
A display device for controlling a home appliance by using voice recognition according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a display unit, a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with the home appliance, and a control unit configured to: receive a voice command; when the intention of the received voice command is to request an object handling method, determine an operation mode of the home appliance for handling an object based on information of the object; and transmit, to the home appliance, a control command for operating the home appliance in the determined operation mode.
US12148422B2
Disclosed is an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus obtains a first character string comprising a previously defined character from first user utterance; recognizes a second character string, which is edited from the first character string based on a first edition command, as an input character, based on the first user utterance comprising the first edition command following the first character string; and performs edition with regard to the second character string based on second edition command, based on second user utterance comprising the second edition command without the first edition command.
US12148419B2
Mechanisms are provided for performing machine learning training of a computer model. A perturbation generator generates a modified training data comprising perturbations injected into original training data, where the perturbations cause a data corruption of the original training data. The modified training data is input into a prediction network of the computer model and processing the modified training data through the prediction network to generate a prediction output. Machine learning training is executed of the prediction network based on the prediction output and the original training data to generate a trained prediction network of a trained computer model. The trained computer model is deployed to an artificial intelligence computing system for performance of an inference operation.
US12148417B1
Devices and techniques are generally described for confidence score generation for label generation. In some examples, first data may be received from a first computing device. In various further examples, first label data classifying at least one aspect of the first data may be received. First metadata associated with how the first label data was generated may be received. In some cases, the first label data may be generated by a first user. In various examples, a first machine learning model may generate a first confidence score associated with the first label data based at least in part on the first data and second data related to label generation by the first person. In various examples, output data comprising the first confidence score may be sent to the first computing device.
US12148408B2
A system for platform-independent visualization of audio content, in particular audio tracks utilizing a central computer system in communication with user devices via a computer network. The central system utilizes various algorithms to identify spoken content from audio tracks and selects visual assets associated with the identified content. Thereafter, a visualized audio track is available for users to listen and view. Audio tracks, for example Podcasts, may be segmented into topical audio segments based upon themes or topics, with segments from disparate podcasts combined into a single listening experience, based upon certain criteria, e.g., topics, themes, keywords, and the like.
US12148400B1
A multi-screen display includes a plurality of display screens, a data port, a data expansion module, a plurality of decoders, and a plurality of data converters. The data port is for connecting to external devices to receive display data. The data expansion module is for expanding the display data into a plurality of separate routes corresponding to the plurality of display screens. Each decoder is electrically connected to the data expansion module. Each decoder is corresponding to one of the plurality of routes of display data respectively, and each decoder is used for receiving its corresponding route of display data and decoding it into a first data. Each data converter is electrically connected to a corresponding decoder and a corresponding display screen. Each data converter is for receiving the first data and converting it into a second data, and then providing the second data to the corresponding display screen.
US12148383B2
A pixel circuit and a driving method therefor, and a display device are provided. The pixel circuit includes a driving subcircuit, a first light emitting control subcircuit, a second light emitting control subcircuit, a first switching subcircuit, a second switching subcircuit, a third switching subcircuit, a fourth switching subcircuit and an energy storage subcircuit.
US12148381B2
A display device can include a plurality of sub pixels disposed on a substrate; a first driver disposed in each of the plurality of sub pixels, the first driver being configured to generate a first driving current for a normal mode in which an image is displayed in a luminance range equal to or lower than a predetermined luminance; a second driver disposed in each of the plurality of sub pixels, the second driver being configured to generate a second driving current for a high luminance mode in which the luminance range is higher than the predetermined luminance; and a light emitting diode. Also, the light emitting diode is configured to receive the first driving current in the normal mode, and receive a sum of the first driving current and the second driving current in the high luminance mode.
US12148378B2
A display device according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure may include a stretchable lower substrate; a pattern layer disposed on the lower substrate and including a plurality of plate patterns and a plurality of line patterns; a plurality of pixels disposed on each of the plurality of plate patterns; and a plurality of connection lines disposed on each of the plurality of line patterns to connect the plurality of pixels, wherein each of pixel circuits formed in the plurality of pixels includes at least one light emitting element, a driving transistor, a storage capacitor, and a first transistor to a fifth transistor, and a constant power voltage may be applied to the storage capacitor.
US12148371B2
The present disclosure discloses a light-emitting driving circuit, a backlight module, and a display panel. The light-emitting driving circuit includes a drive transistor, a data writing module, and a light-emitting module. In the light-emitting module, the first terminal and the second terminal of the first light-emitting device and the first terminal and the second terminal of the second light-emitting device are arranged in reverse directions. The first power signal and the second power signal are configured to perform level conversion according to a preset period, so that the direction of the current flowing through the drive transistor is changed according to the preset period.
US12148367B2
A burn-in compensation method and a computing device configured for burn-in compensation is disclosed. The burn-in compensation can minimize or eliminate a burn-in of an OLED display having areas with different pixel densities. Each area of the OLED display may be divided into zones that include one or more pixels and a burn-in factor may be computed for the zones. A limiting burn-in factor may be determined from a limiting zone that exhibits the highest burn-in. Other zones with burn-in factors that area significantly different from the limiting burn-in factor can be adjusted so that the pixels in the adjusted zones can be driven to radiate similar light at a power similar to the liming zone. The burn-in compensation may be performed for each area and a transition region may be created between areas to minimize light artifacts after burn-in compensation.
US12148353B2
A display controller includes a resource controller configured to receive layer information about each of a first layer and a second layer that are output at different times through a display panel during a unit frame. The display controller includes a data input direct memory access (DMA) configured to receive first image data corresponding to the first layer and second image data corresponding to the second layer, and a hardware resource configured to receive the first and second image data from the data input DMA, process the received first and second image data according to the layer information, and generate first layer data of the first layer and second layer data of the second layer. The resource controller is configured to control the data input DMA according to the layer information to determine an order in which the first and second image data are provided to the hardware resource.
US12148352B2
The present disclosure discloses a display device and a control method thereof. The display device includes a system on board and a timing controller. The timing controller is configured to: disconnect a communication connection with the system on board when communication with the system on board is not required, and periodically output a check signal; and stop outputting the check signal when communication with the system on board is required, and establish a communication connection with the system on board after a delay of a preset duration.
US12148349B2
A display device comprises a wireless communication interface configured to receive, from a terminal, an image signal corresponding to a source image which is being displayed by the terminal, a display configured to operate in a landscape posture mode or a portrait posture mode, and a controller configured to determine a display direction of the received image signal when the display operates in the portrait posture mode and to display a mirrored image in a portrait direction on the display based on the image signal when the display direction of the image signal is a portrait direction.
US12148345B2
A overvoltage compensation method for a display panel includes determining a corresponding compensation voltage value according to grayscale values of two adjacent pixels in a same column in a same frame or grayscale values of a same pixel in two adjacent frames, and an overvoltage compensation table, wherein the overvoltage compensation table has a first grayscale value group and a second grayscale value group that both contain all integers in [0,2k), the integers include a plurality of binding point values, and a difference between two adjacent binding point values of the first four binding point values is not greater than 2k−8, wherein k is an integer greater than 8; transmitting the compensation voltage value to the display panel to make the pixel present the second grayscale value.
US12148342B2
Systems and methods for a multi-primary color system for display. A multi-primary color system increases the number of primary colors available in a color system and color system equipment. Increasing the number of primary colors reduces metameric errors from viewer to viewer. A six-primary color system includes Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta primaries. The systems of the present invention maintain compatibility with existing color systems and equipment and provide systems for backwards compatibility with older color systems.
US12148338B2
The present disclosure provides a display module and an electronic terminal. The display module includes a panel including a display area and a non-display area on at least one side of the display area, where a gate driving circuit is disposed in the non-display area; and a gate control chip including a first output pin and a second output pin, where both the first output pin and the second output pin are electrically connected to the gate driving circuit, where, the gate control chip is configured to, when a first signal outputted from the first output pin is abnormal, control the second output pin to output a second signal, and control the first output pin not to output the first signal.
US12148335B2
A method for image rendering, a terminal device and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring at least two target environment brightnesses by performing interpolation on first environment brightness of a terminal in a first environment and second environment brightness of the terminal in a second environment in response to detecting that the terminal switches from the first environment to the second environment; acquiring at least two target lightnesses according to the at least two target environment brightnesses; rendering an image frame to be displayed on the terminal in sequence according to the at least two target lightnesses.
US12148331B2
A content generation method generates image content to be projected at a projection position in a real space by a projector. In a first acquisition process, space information regarding a virtual space corresponding to the real space is acquired. In a second acquisition process, display position information regarding a display position corresponding to the projection position in the virtual space is acquired. In a third acquisition process, reference position information regarding a reference position in the virtual space is acquired. In a generation process, an image including an object viewed from the reference position when the object is displayed at the display position in the virtual space is generated as the image content, based on the space information, the reference position information, and the display position information.
US12148328B2
A spliced screen and a display device are disclosed. The spliced screen includes: a spliced unit screen, wherein the spliced unit screen includes a plurality of unit screens, and a splicing gap is defined between the unit screens adjacent to each other; a light-emitting diode (LED) strip light, wherein the LED strip light is disposed on the splicing gap; and a light-emitting cover plate, wherein the light-emitting cover plate is disposed above the spliced unit screen. By disposing the light-transmitting cover plate, the splicing gap between the unit screens adjacent to each other can be eliminated by the LED strip light without forming an uneven display surface of the spliced screen. Therefore, an entire visual effect of the spliced screen is improved.
US12148324B2
Provided here are mobile way-finder signs having changeable panels that are internally illuminated. Internal illumination may be caused by battery-powered LED light bulbs. The sign may include a base, an inner frame, an outer frame, a changeable panel, and a retainer. The sign may include a power toggle switch and interior LEDs and wiring within the inner or outer frames. The sign may include a rechargeable battery pack located under the base in a snap-in holder, and heavy-duty black polyurethane wheels.
US12148314B2
A controller for selectively displaying information from raster charts is disclosed. The controller is configured to: retrieve raster data; assign a different priority level to each of a plurality of types of raster data; cause raster data having a predetermined priority level to be displayed with first augmentation information and prevent from being displayed raster data not having the first predetermined priority level, wherein the first augmentation information comprises database data retrieved from a database and is assigned a first predetermined augmentation information priority level; generate a hidden layer of second augmentation information comprising database data from the database that is correlated to a geographical location of the displayed raster data and assigned a second predetermined augmentation information priority level; and cause the hidden layer of second augmentation information to be displayed over a portion of the displayed raster data when the geographical location is selected.
US12148308B2
Server apparatus, by controlling flight vehicle, causes flight vehicle to fly to a close range of a power-transmission line, and causes flight vehicle to capture images of the power-transmission line. Flight vehicle includes a positioning apparatus of GPS, and the flight of flight vehicle is controlled based on this measured position. On the other hand, each base station in communication network is provided with a positioning apparatus of GPS. The measured position of base station measured by the positioning apparatus is used to specify the error in position of flight vehicle determined by the positioning apparatus. Server apparatus restricts the flight of flight vehicle if the error in position of flight vehicle, which is determined by the positioning apparatus, that captures images of the power-transmission line is a threshold value or more.
US12148306B2
A system for interacting with an autonomous vehicle includes a sensor included in the autonomous vehicle and configured to generate sensor data corresponding to a projected hailing area; a projection system included in the autonomous vehicle and configured to generate the projected hailing area on a surface proximate the autonomous vehicle; and a processor included in the autonomous vehicle and configured to execute instructions to: analyze the sensor data to detect the person within the projected hailing area; and in response to detecting the person within the projected hailing area, cause an acknowledgment indicator to be outputted.
US12148304B2
A vehicle positioning method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided. The method comprises: determining a current positioning-established lane on the basis of current position information of a vehicle, road information sensed by the vehicle and map information; comparing the road information sensed by the vehicle acquired in real time with the current positioning-established lane to determine a mismatch integral value; and after determining that the mismatch integral value is greater than or equal to a preset integral value, returning to execute the step of determining the current positioning-established lane on the basis of the current position information of the vehicle, the road information sensed by the vehicle and map information.
US12148303B2
A sensing device senses an object present in a blind spot in the surrounding environment of a moving body. The sensing device is provided with a detection unit, a distance measurement unit, and a control unit. The detection unit radiates a physical signal from the moving body to the surrounding environment, and detects a reflection signal which is a reflection of the radiated physical signal. The distance measurement unit detects distance information indicating the distance from the moving body to the surrounding environment. The control unit analyzes the result of the detection by the detection unit. The control unit: senses, on the basis of the distance information, a blind spot region indicating a blind spot in the surrounding environment, and another moving body travelling in front of the moving body towards the blind spot region; and senses an object in the blind spot region on the basis of a reflected signal reflected by the other moving body, in the result of the detection by the detection unit.
US12148302B2
A traffic control system includes a vehicle control system and a management and control system. The vehicle control system transmits, from a probe information transmitter, traveling information of a specific section in which an own vehicle has traveled deviating from a target route or target speed of the own vehicle, as probe information. The management and control system collects the probe information of a plurality of vehicles and extracts highly reliable information by a probe information collector, and calculates and transmits recommended traveling information for passing through the specific section by a recommended traveling information calculator. The vehicle control system performs traveling control for passing through the specific section based on the recommended traveling information for the specific section received from the management and control system and recognition information of a traveling environment for the specific section in a specific section traveling controller.
US12148298B2
A method is designed to provide platooning information using a multi-focal plane augmented reality display of a host vehicle. The method includes receiving platooning data from at least one of a plurality of remote vehicles. Each of the plurality of remote vehicle is part of a platoon. The platooning data includes locations, trajectories, and headways of each of the plurality of remote vehicles. The method further includes determining whether the platoon is within a predetermined distance from the host vehicle using the platooning data. Further, the method includes transmitting a command signal to the multi-focal plane augmented reality display of the host vehicle to display a virtual image on the multi-focal plane augmented reality display. The virtual image is indicative of a platooning action related to the platoon that is within the predetermined distance from the host vehicle.
US12148296B2
A three-dimensional grid model of a traffic scene can be determined based on grid elements. Weights can be determined for the grid elements of the three-dimensional grid model corresponding to priority regions and occluded grid elements. Grid coverage for respective stationary sensors can be determined based on the grid elements of the three-dimensional grid model. A matrix can be determined based on the grid coverage of the plurality of stationary sensors. An optimal subset of stationary sensors can be determined based on applying a greedy search algorithm to the matrix, the weights and costs corresponding to the plurality of stationary sensors to maximize the ratio of grid coverage to the cost based on poses of the plurality of stationary sensors.
US12148292B2
A traffic monitoring assembly includes a roof rack that is mountable to a roof of a vehicle. A global positioning system transceiver is attached to the roof rack to receive global positioning system coordinates of the vehicle. A laser sensor is attached to the roof rack for detecting the distance between the vehicle and adjacent traffic vehicles traveling on the same roadway as the vehicle. An ultrasonic sensor is attached to the roof rack to capture ultrasonic sound waves reflected from objects near the vehicle. A camera is attached to the roof rack to capture imagery of the environment surrounding the vehicle. A radar sensor is coupled to the roof rack to emit a radar signal for detecting the speed of adjacent traffic vehicles travelling on the same roadway as the vehicle.
US12148289B2
A radio frequency connection between a controlling device and a one of a plurality of controllable appliances in an environment is used to determine when the controlling device is pointing more towards the one of the plurality of controllable appliances relative to remaining ones of the plurality of controllable appliances. When it is determined that the controlling device is pointing more towards the one of the plurality of controllable appliances relative to remaining ones of the plurality of controllable appliances, the controlling device automatically makes active a command codeset usable to transmit commands to command functional operations of the one of the plurality of controllable appliances.
US12148285B1
An object detection, tracking and alert system for use in connection with a waste collection vehicle is provided. The system can determine if an external moving object in the surrounding environment of the waste collection vehicle, such as another vehicle or a bicycle, is moving directly towards the waste collection vehicle, and then send one or more alerts to the driver and/or riders on the waste collection vehicle as well as any other waste collection vehicles in the surrounding area.
US12148277B2
An electronic monitoring system has one or more imaging devices that can detect a triggering event based on motion and/or sound and that concurrently provide a push notification to a user device with a custom audio alert indicative of the one or more triggering events for quickly identifying the triggering without requiring the remote device to execute a dedicated application program. The custom audio alert portion of the push notification may provide various details of the triggering event, categorized as either a genus level triggering event and/or a species level triggering event, i.e., a subset of the genus level triggering event. The push notification can operate as a custom audio alert and a pop-up message which can be pushed to the device and broadcast or displayed via an operating system of the device.
US12148261B2
A direction switching and transferring device H, an error paper sheet processing device 970, and a cashbox 950 are accommodated in a cashbox unit 700, and the error paper sheet processing device includes a paper sheet inlet 971 that receives error paper sheets, an error paper sheet transport route 972 that is provided along a place away from the direction switching and transferring device and that transports the error paper sheets input from the paper sheet inlet to the cashbox 950, and a recognition unit 974 that judges the authenticity and the denominations of the error paper sheets received from the paper sheet inlet and counts the paper sheets.
US12148246B2
A facial expression label is assigned to face image data of a person with high accuracy. A facial expression data set storage unit (110) stores a facial expression data set in which the facial expression label is assigned to the face images in which people belonging to various groups show various facial expressions. A facial expression sampling unit (11) acquires a face image in which a person belonging to the desired group shows a desired facial expression. A representative feature quantity calculation unit (12) determines a representative feature quantity for each facial expression label from the face image of the desired group. The target data extraction unit (13) extracts target data from a facial expression data set. A target feature quantity calculation unit (14) calculates a target feature quantity from the target data. A corrected label determination unit (15) determines a corrected label to be assigned to the target data by comparing the target feature quantity and each of the representative feature quantities. The label assignment unit (16) assigns a corrected label to the target data.
US12148242B2
A verification application executing at a user's mobile phone directs the user to take a photo of an identification document (e.g., driver's license or other form of government issued identification) or of their face. After the verification application sends the image to a backend service, the service may then dispatch a drone to the user's location and take a photograph of the user. The service may then validate the previously-imaged document or photo of the user's face against the photograph of the user and the geolocation sent with the first image. The service may then verify the new account and provision a token to the verification application to complete a secured account generation.
US12148241B1
Systems and methods for eye enrollment for a head-mounted enclosure are described. Some implementations may include an image sensor, and a processing apparatus configured to: access a set of images, captured using the image sensor, that depict a face of a user and a head-mounted enclosure that the user is wearing; and determine, based on the set of images, a first position of a first eye of the user relative to the head-mounted enclosure.
US12148236B2
Optical sensors and their making methods are described herein. In some embodiments, a described sensing apparatus includes: an image sensor; a collimator above the image sensor, wherein the collimator includes an array of apertures; and an optical filtering layer above the collimator, wherein the optical filtering layer is configured to filter a portion of light to be transmitted into the array of apertures.
US12148232B2
An example method performed by a processing system includes obtaining a light detecting and ranging point cloud of a building, where the point cloud includes a plurality of points, and where each point is associated with a set of (x,y,z) coordinates. A first point of the plurality of points is assigned to a subset of the plurality of points that is associated with the building, where the subset includes points whose (x,y) coordinates fall within a footprint of the building. The first point is grouped into a first cluster according to at least one of: a (z) coordinate of the first point and a gradient to which the first point belongs. A first prism formed by the first cluster is constructed. A model of the building is stored as a plurality of connected prisms, where the plurality of connected prisms includes the first prism.
US12148230B2
A method for non-invasive operator health monitoring is disclosed. The method may include receiving at least one of one or more images or one or more videos of tracked one or more facial features of a pilot from one or more pilot monitoring devices. The one or more tracked facial features may include at least one of a pilot's eyes, mouth, head posture, forehead, or cheek. The method may include determining at least one of one or more eye tracking parameters, one or more mouth tracking parameters, one or more head tracking parameters, or an emotion of the pilot. The method may include determining a pilot health monitoring value based on at least one of the determined one or more eye tracking parameters, the determined one or more mouth tracking parameters, the one or more head tracking parameters, or the determined emotion of the pilot.
US12148228B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure are generally directed to apparatus and techniques for event state detection. One example method generally includes receiving a plurality of sensor signals at a computing device, determining, at the computing device, probabilities of sub-event states based on the plurality of sensor signals using an artificial neural network for each of a plurality of time intervals, and detecting, at the computing device, the event state based on the probabilities of the sub-event states via a state sequence model.
US12148222B2
A vehicle control system includes a camera configured to capture image data depicting a field of view proximate the vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle control system further includes a plurality of light sources in connection with the vehicle and a controller. The controller is configured to activate a plurality of lights in an alternating pattern and capture light reflected from at least one object with the camera at a time and corresponding to the alternating pattern of the plurality of lights. In response to variations in the light impinging upon the at least one object from the alternating pattern, the controller is configured to identify a distance of the object.
US12148218B2
This disclosure is directed to techniques in which a first user in an environment scans visual indicia associated with an item, such as a barcode, before handing the item to a second user. One or more computing devices may receive an indication of the scan, retrieve image data of the interaction from a camera within the environment, identify the user that received the item, and update a virtual cart associated with the second user to indicate addition of the item.
US12148216B2
The present disclosure relates to a method performed by a monitoring camera (100) for handling a first and a second video stream (201a, 201b). The monitoring camera (100) obtains a first video stream (201a) from a first image sensor (103a) and a second video stream (201b) from a second image sensor (103b). A field of view of the first video stream (201a) partly overlaps with the second video stream (201b). The monitoring camera (100) identifies a moving object (205) in the overlap area (203). The monitoring camera (100) divides the moving object (205) into a plurality of sub objects (210). The monitoring camera (100) performs a hard handover of the sub objects (210) from the first to the second video stream (201a, 201b) when the sub object (210) is within the overlap area (203) and when a point of the sub object (210) passes a border (208).
US12148212B2
A sensor device includes an array sensor in which a plurality of visible or non-visible light imaging elements is arranged in one or two dimensional manner, and an image processing unit that performs image processing using a parameter on which an instruction is given for the image signal obtained by imaging in the array sensor. In this case, a class is identified for an object detected from the image signal obtained by the imaging in the array sensor, the parameter to be used in the image processing is selected on the basis of the identified class, and a processing setting for the image processing unit is performed with the selected parameter.
US12148207B1
Provided in the present invention is a method for intelligent identification of rice growth potential based on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) monitoring, the method including the following steps: obtaining rice plot images, labeling the images, establishing a deep convolutional neural network detection model, using the labeled rice plot images to optimize and train the model, inputting the rice plot images to be measured into the trained model, and detecting a location of a rice plot target frame in each image; selecting a target frame with the largest area in each rice plot image, and pre-processing a rice plot image in the target frame; and calculating a vegetation coverage rate of the pre-processed rice plot image, and determining a level of rice growth potential according to the vegetation coverage rate. Also provided in the present invention is a system for intelligent identification of rice growth potential based on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) monitoring. The method of the present invention has the advantages of simplicity, high precision, fast speed and low cost in the identification of the rice growth potential, and can be widely used in automatic and intelligent production management of agriculture.
US12148205B2
In some examples, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) may determine a plurality of contour paths spaced apart from each other along at least one axis associated with a scan target. For instance, each contour path may be spaced away from a surface of the scan target based on a selected distance. The UAV may determine a plurality of image capture locations for each contour path. The image capture locations may indicate locations at which an image of a surface of the scan target is to be captured. The UAV may navigate along the plurality of contour paths based on a determined speed while capturing images of the surface of the scan target based on the image capture locations.
US12148204B2
A target detection method and apparatus. The method comprises: acquiring an input image, and sending same to a candidate region generation network to generate a plurality of regions of interest; formatting the plurality of regions of interest, and then sending same to a target key point network to generate a thermodynamic diagram; using a global feature map of the input image to perform convolution on the thermodynamic diagram, so as to generate a local depth feature map; and fusing the global feature map and the local depth feature map, and detecting a target therefrom by means of a detector. The present invention can be applied to target detection at different scales, improves the detection accuracy and robustness of a target detection technique for an occluded target in complex scenarios, and achieves, by means of making full use of local key point information of the target, target positioning under occlusion.
US12148197B2
A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computer system (100) for detecting plant diseases. The system stores a convolutional neural network (120) trained with a multi-crop dataset. The convolutional neural network (120) has an extended topology comprising an image branch (121) based on a classification convolutional neural network for classifying the input images according to plant disease specific features, a crop identification branch (122) for adding plant species information, and a branch integrator for integrating the plant species information with each input image. The plant species information (20) specifies the crop on the respective input image (10). The system receives a test input comprising an image (10) of a particular crop (1) showing one or more particular plant disease symptoms, and further receives a respective crop identifier (20) associated with the test input via an interface (110). A classifier module (130) of the system applies the trained convolutional network (120) to the received test input, and provides a classification result (CR1) according to the output vector of the convolutional neural network (120). The classification result (CR1) indicates the one or more plant diseases associated with the one or more particular plant disease symptoms.
US12148194B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, a device, and a storage medium for targeted adversarial discriminative domain adaptation (T-ADDA). The method includes pre-training a source model including a source feature encoder and a source classifier, adapting a target feature encoder, and generating a target model by concatenating the adapted target feature encoder with the pre-trained source classifier. Adapting the target feature encoder includes configuring the pre-trained source feature encoder to be an initial target feature encoder for generating target feature vectors in each target class; adjusting a domain discriminator according to an adversarial domain discrimination loss; adjusting the initial target feature encoder according to a generative adversarial network (GAN) loss; and further adjusting the initial target feature encoder to generate the target feature encoder according to a feature class matching loss using labeled target feature vectors and corresponding source feature class centers.
US12148193B1
The present invention discloses a method for identifying collision regions of boundary layer convergence lines prone to trigger local convection, including the following steps: S1: collecting and pre-processing data; S2: manually labeling and screening an image data set, and designing a multi-scale anchor box according to a label set by using a clustering analysis method; S3: constructing an R2CNN deep learning module, setting reasonable anchor window parameters, and training the model; S4: detecting an image by using the trained model to obtain detection results of rotating bounding boxes, and scoring the detection results; correcting and fusing the detection results of the overlapped bounding boxes to obtain an identification result of the plurality of boundary layer convergence lines; and S5: positioning and identifying regions prone to trigger the local convection.
US12148192B2
A method of preprocessing incoming video data of at least one region of interest from a camera collecting video data having a first field of view is disclosed herein that includes receiving the incoming video data from the camera; preprocessing the incoming video data, by a computer processor, according to preprocessing parameters defined within a runtime configuration file, with the preprocessing including formatting the incoming video data to create first video data of a first region of interest with a second field of view that is less than the first field of view; and publishing the first video data of the first region of interest to an endpoint to allow access by a first subscriber.
US12148188B2
A computer-implemented method and a decompression unit for decompressing a compressed block of data in accordance with a multi-level difference table. The compressed block of data represents a block of image data comprising a plurality of image element values, wherein each level of the multi-level difference table comprises a plurality of entries. An origin value for the block of image data is determined using data representing the origin value from the compressed block of data. A level within the multi-level difference table for the block of image data is identified using an indication of the level from the compressed block of data. For each image element value in the block of image data, a respective entry indication from the compressed block of data is used to identify one of the entries at the identified level within the multi-level difference table, and the image element value is determined using: (i) the determined origin value for the block of image data, and (ii) the identified entry at the identified level within the multi-level difference table for the image element value.
US12148187B2
A three-dimensional data creation method in a client device includes: creating three-dimensional data of a surrounding area of the client device using sensor information that is obtained through a sensor equipped in the client device and indicates a surrounding condition of the client device; estimating a self-location of the client device using the three-dimensional data created; and transmitting the sensor information obtained to a server or an other client device.
US12148181B2
A measurement apparatus measures position information of a measurement target in a first direction. The apparatus comprises a scope configured to capture an image of the measurement target and generate image data, and a processor configured to obtain, based on the image data, the position information of the measurement target in the first direction. The processor is configured to determines the position information of the measurement target in the first direction based on: provisional position information of the measurement target in the first direction obtained from the image data, and using a correction value which is output from a model by inputting, in the model, a feature quantity, of the image data, related to a second direction different from the first direction.
US12148180B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide image processing techniques to analyze the geospatial image of a geographic area in order to identify locations of interest within the geospatial image for different applications. Specifically, techniques of the present disclosure may identify the geographic coordinate information associated with a street address of a physical structure and retrieve the geospatial image of the geographic area including the physical structure based on the geographic coordinate information. The image processor may then generate a virtual geofence around the physical structure that then allows a network computer to receive and analyze GPS information received from a plurality of devices located within the virtual geofence over a period of time in order to generate locations of interest information for different applications.
US12148177B2
A method with vanishing point estimation includes: obtaining an image of a current time point of objects comprising a target vehicle; detecting the objects in the image of the current time point; tracking positions of the objects in a world coordinate system by associating the objects with current position coordinates of the objects determined from images of previous time points that precede the current time point; determining a vanishing point for each of the objects based on the positions of the objects; and outputting the vanishing point determined for each of the objects.
US12148173B2
An object tracking apparatus (2000) detects an object from video data (12) and performs tracking processing of the detected object. The object tracking apparatus (2000) detects that a predetermined condition is satisfied for a first object (20) and a second object (30), using the video data (12). Thereafter, the object tracking apparatus (2000) performs tracking processing of the second object (30) in association with the first object (20).
US12148162B2
Systems and methods are provided for processing image data generated by a medical imaging device such as an ultrasound or echocardiogram device and processing the image data using artificial intelligence and machine learning to determine a presence of one or more congenital heart defects (CHDs) and/or other cardiovascular anomalies in the image data and/or to determine key-point and/or contour detection. The image processing system may be used to detect CHDs and/or other cardiovascular anomalies in a fetus. The image data may be processed using a spatiotemporal convolutional neural network (CNN). The spatiotemporal CNN may include a spatial CNN for image recognition and a temporal CNN for processing optical flow data based on the image data. The outputs of the spatial CNN and the temporal CNN may be fused (e.g., using late fusion) to generate a likelihood of CHDs and/or other cardiovascular anomalies.
US12148158B2
System and method for detecting and quantifying a plaque/stenosis in a vascular ultrasound scan data
The present subject matter discloses a system and method for automatically detecting and quantifying a plaque/stenosis in a vascular ultrasound scan data in real time using Deep learning models. The system receives a video data and selects one or more frames/images for further processing to detect and quantify the plaque in the artery. Based on the selected one or more frames, the system detects a region of interest (ROI) and further processes the ROI. The system selects end points of a deposits of the plaque by taking a maximum length of the plaque in the artery/plaque boundary and determines the orientation of the vascular ultrasound scan. Based on the orientation and the selected end points, the system determines a vessel/artery boundary to identify a size of the plaque. Based on the determined vessel boundary and the orientation, the system determines plaque segments and measures parameters of the plaque.
US12148143B2
Product-inspection apparatus, product-inspection method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
A product-inspection apparatus capable of contributing to the improvement in the efficiency of product-inspections of objects to be inspected is provided. A product-inspection apparatus includes a mirror including a first reflection part on a side surface of a first projecting part having a tapered shape, a first imaging unit configured to take images of a plurality of objects to be inspected arranged around the first reflection part through the first reflection part, a light source configured to apply light to the objects to be inspected, and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the object to be inspected is a quality product based on image information taken by the first imaging unit.
US12148134B2
There are many instances where a standard dynamic range (“SDR”) overlay is displayed over high dynamic range (“HDR”) content on HDR displays. Because the overlay is SDR, the maximum brightness of the overlay is much lower than the maximum brightness of the HDR content, which can lead to the SDR elements being obscured if those elements have at least some transparency. The present disclosure provides techniques including modifying the luminance of either or both of the HDR and SDR content when an SDR layer with some transparency is displayed over HDR content. A variety of techniques are provided. In one example, a fixed adjustment is applied to pixels of one or both of the SDR layer and the HDR layer. The fixed adjustment comprises decreasing the luminance of the HDR layer and/or increasing the luminance of the SDR layer. In another example, a variable adjustment is applied.
US12148124B2
A method includes obtaining multiple input image frames and determining how to warp at least one of the input image frames. The method also includes performing an intraband demosaic-warp operation to reconstruct image data in different color channels of the input image frames and warp the at least one input image frame to produce RGB input image frames. The method further includes blending the RGB input image frames to produce a blended RGB image frame, performing an interband denoising operation to produce a denoised RGB image frame, and performing an interband sharpening operation to produce a sharpened RGB image frame. In addition, the method includes performing an interband demosaic operation to substantially equalize high-frequency content in different color channels of the sharpened RGB image frame to produce an equalized sharpened RGB image frame and generating a final image of the scene based on the equalized sharpened RGB image frame.
US12148119B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods that implement a neural network framework for interactive multi-round image generation from natural language inputs. Specifically, the disclosed systems provide an intelligent framework (i.e., a text-based interactive image generation model) that facilitates a multi-round image generation and editing workflow that comports with arbitrary input text and synchronous interaction. In particular embodiments, the disclosed systems utilize natural language feedback for conditioning a generative neural network that performs text-to-image generation and text-guided image modification. For example, the disclosed systems utilize a trained model to inject textual features from natural language feedback into a unified joint embedding space for generating text-informed style vectors. In turn, the disclosed systems can generate an image with semantically meaningful features that map to the natural language feedback. Moreover, the disclosed systems can persist these semantically meaningful features throughout a refinement process and across generated images.
US12148105B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations for applying augmented reality elements to a person depicted in an image. The operations include receiving an image that includes data representing a depiction of a person; generating a segmentation of the data representing the person depicted in the image; extracting a portion of the image corresponding to the segmentation of the data representing the person depicted in the image; applying a machine learning model to the portion of the image to predict a surface normal tensor for the data representing the depiction of the person, the surface normal tensor representing surface normals of each pixel within the portion of the image; and applying one or more augmented reality (AR) elements to the image based on the surface normal tensor.
US12148101B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, capturing a first depiction of an exhibit environment, wherein the first depiction of the exhibit environment comprises an image of at least one artifact and an image of at least one interface element, and wherein the at least one interface element is located in the exhibit environment at a first location relative to the at least one artifact; obtaining a first user profile of a first user, wherein the first user profile comprises at least one first preference of the first user, and wherein the first user is located in a first remote environment; and facilitating a presenting of a first modified version of the first depiction of the exhibit environment in the first remote environment, wherein the first modified version moves the image of the at least one interface element to a second location relative to the at least one artifact, wherein the second location is different than the first location, and wherein the second location is selected based upon the first preference of the first user. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12148092B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for utilizing non-RAM memory to implement large digital display emulations. An embodiment operates by generating, by an emulator device, a pixel map of a digital display, wherein the pixel map comprises a plurality of pixels representative of a plurality of light emitting elements arranged on a viewable surface of the large digital display. A distance and orientation of a virtual viewer to the viewable surface of the large digital display is generated and the emulator device emulates the large digital display based on the pixel map and the distance and the orientation of the virtual viewer and renders the digital content based on the emulated large digital display.
US12148086B2
Various methods are provided for the generation of motion vectors in the context of 3D computer-generated images. In one example, a method includes generating, for each pixel of one or more objects to be rendered in a current frame, a 1-phase motion vector (MV1) and a 0-phase motion vector (MV0), each MV1 and MV0 having an associated depth value, to thereby form an MV1 texture and an MV0 texture, each MV0 determined based on a camera MV0 and an object MV0, and outputting MV1 texture and the MV0 texture for image processing.
US12148082B2
A system and method for animating an avatar in a virtual world comprising an image processor arranged to process a stream of images capturing an active user to obtain an activity data set arranged to track the activity of the user; an avatar spatial processor arranged to process the activity data set to determine a plurality of motion tracking points arranged to track the user's activity over a three-dimensional space; a facial expression detection engine arranged to process the activity data set to detect one or more facial expressions of the user; and, an avatar animation engine arranged to animate the avatar in the virtual world with the plurality of motion tracking points and the detected one or more facial expressions so as to mirror the actions and facial expressions of the active user.
US12148068B2
In some examples, color Doppler data may be separated into luminance data and chrominance data. The luminance data may be modified without modifying the chrominance data. In some examples, the luminance data may be adjusted based, at least in part, on power Doppler data. The adjusted luminance data may be recombined with the chrominance data to provide augmented color Doppler data. In some examples, the power Doppler data may be enhanced by filtering, for example, by applying a Frangi vesselness filter, prior to being used to adjust the luminance data of the color Doppler data.
US12148066B2
In one implementation, a method includes: obtaining a user input to view SR content associated with video content; if the video content includes a first scene when the user input was detected: obtaining first SR content for a first time period of the video content associated with the first scene; obtaining a task associated with the first scene; and causing presentation of the first SR content and a first indication of the task associated with the first scene; and if the video content includes a second scene when the user input was detected: obtaining second SR content for a second time period of the video content associated with the second scene; obtaining a task associated with the second scene; and causing presentation of the second SR content and a second indication of the task associated with the second scene.
US12148065B2
A complete augmented reality platform and associated ecosystem allow the expressive power of augmented reality to be live as an overlay onto the physical world and be experienced by a plurality of users in any physical space. The ecosystem allows for the democratization and facilitation of publishing and adorning via AR to an open platform where users can create, edit, own, view, buy, sell etc. a plurality of unique augmented reality virtual objects and aesthetic or utilitarian design elements. Further, the ecosystem allows for any users participating in the ecosystem to integrate one or more of the plurality of their purchased design elements into their daily real-world experiences wherein design elements can be overlaid as desired. Additionally, the ecosystem provides a means for expanding the existing marketplace for goods and services into the augmented reality space.
US12148063B2
One embodiment provides a multi-chip module accelerator usable to execute tensor data processing operations a multi-chip module. The multi-chip module may include a memory stack including multiple memory dies and parallel processor circuitry communicatively coupled to the memory stack. The parallel processor circuitry may include multiprocessor cores to execute matrix multiplication and accumulate operations. The matrix multiplication and accumulate operations may include floating-point operations that are configurable to include two-dimensional matrix multiply and accumulate operations involving inputs that have differing floating-point precisions. The floating-point operations may include a first operation at a first precision and a second operation at a second precision. The first operation may include a multiply having at least one 16-bit floating-point input and the second operation may include an accumulate having a 32-bit floating-point input.
US12148058B2
Systems and methods for digital property authentication and management are disclosed. A document representing a trade secret may be requested to be registered with a trade secret registry. A document obfuscation value corresponding to the document may be generated and may be registered with a blockchain. A record of the registration may be generated for the trade secret registry. The registry may be searchable and/or offer functionality such as valuation, insurance provision, and/or verification, among other benefits and functionalities.
US12148046B1
A apparatus and method of generating and presenting a recommended filing strategy that includes receiving user inputs via a graphical user interface; identifying, using one or more computers, factual patterns of the user inputs; assigning, using the one or more computers and based on the identified factual patterns, a risk tolerance classification; generating, using an optimization model and based on the factual patterns, the risk tolerance classification, and relevant legal documents, the recommended filing strategy; identifying relevant media files from a library of media files that are associated with the recommended filing strategy; creating a combined media file from the plurality of relevant media files; and presenting the combined media file via the graphical user interface.
US12148045B2
Methods and systems for maintaining a distributed ledger and/or blockchain of transactions and/or events pertaining to autonomous vehicles and/or smart contracts. An enforcement server may receive indications of transactions and/or events generated by one or more autonomous vehicles. The transactions and/or events may include information relating to a trigger condition and/or a decision condition associated with one or more smart contracts. The enforcement server may route the transaction to the appropriate smart contract to determine whether a trigger condition has been satisfied. When a trigger condition is satisfied, the enforcement server may automatically perform an action to enforce the smart contract and/or update the distributed ledger. In some aspects, the distributed ledger may record events associated with autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicle technology or system usage, including events associated with transitioning between manual and autonomous control, or vice versa, of one or more autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles.
US12148042B2
In order to provide agile and dynamic portfolio management, systems and methods for underwriting and portfolio management include an ecosystem including a platform, including processing devices, communication interfaces, runtime environments, and databases, where the databases are configured to store ecosystem data, where the ecosystem data includes data associated with a plurality of systems. A service layer is in communication with the platform, the service layer including containers executed in the runtime environment and configured to implement microservices, where each of the containers include: at least one microservice and a datastore device configured to store domain-specific data. An orchestrator is in communication with the service layer, the orchestrator to schedule execution of the microservices according to bounded contexts coordinated with composite application programming interfaces (API) interfacing with a microservice specific API.
US12148039B1
Computer systems and methods for generating portable and data-agnostic annuity datasets are disclosed where a central server generates multiple instructions to receive annuity dataset data records, participant attributes, and annuity attributes for a plurality of annuity datasets from employer servers and recordkeeper servers; integrates different annuity datasets by mapping the data fields of each respective annuity dataset and creating uniform data-agnostic annuity datasets; continuously monitors a performance value for each data-agnostic annuity dataset; and dynamically modifies recordkeepers when the performance value of annuity datasets do not satisfy a pre-determined threshold by modifying recordkeeper data records.
US12148025B1
Systems and methods described herein facilitate the tracking of shared ownership of assets, such as real property as well as other types of property, using distributed ledger technology (DLT) techniques. For example, in timesharing scenarios, by storing data relating to shared ownership of particular assets in a distributed ledger, such as a blockchain, various aspects of the shared ownership of the shared asset may be tracked in an immutable and secure manner with all parties involved having transparency into the data relating to the shared asset. For example, the embodiments described herein enable tracking of certain aspects relating to shared ownership of a shared asset, such as scheduling of time periods during which certain share owners may take custody, tracking of transfers of custody of the shared asset between share owners, transfer of control of smart devices associated with the shared asset, and so forth.
US12148019B1
Novel system, methods, which include machine learning, and device for providing color and fashion recommendations, including for persons with visual impairment such as color blindness or complete blindness. Also, methods providing a data storage system for storing digital renditions of garments; providing a portable communication device to extract color and/or pattern from garments through use of a camera and at least one algorithm; providing a processor capable of accessing locally stored and/or remote information about or learning the preferred matching set of garments; assigning each garment in the set of garments a red-green-blue (RGB) value; providing a suitability ranking for matching compatibility of the garment or the set of garments; and providing recommendations for preferred matching garment or set of garments by organizing the garments in at least one queue selected from the group consisting of audial, tactile, visual or a combination thereof, wherein the individual imports garments or set of garments, through a series of photos or video, for bulk import into a virtual closet for the identification and assignment of type of garments or set of garments using human or computational methods.
US12148016B2
A computer-implemented bidding method, computer equipment and a storage medium are provided. The computer-implemented bidding method includes: training a CatBoost regression model through a historical bidding data set, where the historical bidding data set includes bidding configuration parameters as an input of the model and a difference between a first quote and a final quote as an output of the model; and inputting current basic bidding parameters into the trained CatBoost regression model, and outputting values of optimized bidding configuration parameters to configure bidding rules for bidding participants. The computer-implemented bidding method can help a purchaser to purchase a required product at a relatively low price, thereby saving the purchase cost.
US12148012B2
Merchants provide incentives for customer transactions on accounts issued to them by issuers. Incentives include a merchant making a donation to entities with whom the merchants and/or the consumers have an affinity such as residence in the community. Each merchant can define the donation to be percentage of the transaction amount. Cryptographically secure chains are provided for uniquely labeling each such transaction and each such donation by way of incorporating role-based digital wallets and multiple synchronized transactional blockchains. Where the donations are used to purchase an Internet-of-Things (IOT) enabled system, real and/or near-real time usage information can be received and transmitted to the logical addresses of the customers and or the merchants so as to confirm efficacy of the donations.
US12148011B2
A system for anonymously connecting consumers to advertisers is disclosed. A computing device, upon receipt of a request from a consumer mobile device, sends a ready-to-send text message to the consumer mobile device to be displayed thereon, via a data network; receives the ready-to-send text message from the consumer mobile device; receives metadata from the consumer mobile device comprising at least a phone number associated with the consumer mobile device; determines an anonymous identity of the user of the consumer mobile device based on the metadata; composes and sends a text message with an embedded call-to-action link comprising a uniform resource locator (URL) to the consumer mobile device; and upon receipt of a request from the consumer mobile device comprising the URL, sends the anonymous identity of the user to a third-party server and redirect the request from the consumer mobile device to the third-party server.
US12148010B2
In some examples, a system comprises at least one programmable processor; and a machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the at least one programmable processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to execute operations comprising: receiving a first request from at least one user device to execute an instance of an application; transmitting a graphical user interface (GUI) to the at least one user device to be rendered on a display of the at least one user device; receiving a second request, via the GUI, from the at least one user device, to deploy a digital advertisement, the second request including a set of platforms of a plurality of platforms of a multi-platform integration system, a set of settings, a set of parameters, and a set of allocation data; interfacing with each one of the platforms in the set of platforms; and integrating a digital advertisement directly with each one of the platforms in the set of platforms based on the set of settings, the set of parameters and the set of allocation data.
US12148007B2
Disclosed examples access first impression data representative of first impressions collected by an impression monitor system, the first impressions corresponding to the media accessed at a plurality of client devices; generate a panelist impressions composition by removing at least one duplicate impression from second impression data, the second impression data representative of second impressions logged by meters installed at the client devices, the duplicate impression corresponding to one or more accesses to the media represented in both the first impression data and the second impression data for a same audience member; determine an error value for the media based on the panelist impressions composition and a database proprietor impression composition, the database proprietor impression composition provided by a database proprietor for the media; and determine an error-corrected impression composition based on the error value and the panelist impressions composition.
US12148006B1
The present invention relates to methods, devices, and systems for interactive online advertising that maximize user engagement by incorporating interactive quizzes. The method dynamically generates quizzes based on the user's current content engagement, presenting questions relevant to the content to enhance user interest and engagement. Additionally, sponsored questions are strategically inserted into the quiz, seamlessly blending with the user experience to foster deeper interaction with the advertisement. This approach optimizes user engagement with the advertisement, promoting effective and targeted content delivery while creating an engaging and interactive advertising experience.
US12147996B2
A system and method for multi-channel dynamic advertisement testing. The system comprises a multi-platform adaptive ad campaign manager, a dynamic advertisement engine, a campaign database, and an omnichannel text-based communicator. The system receives customer interactions with two advertisement test variants, establishes a real-time media stream between a customer device and a second user device, and monitors the media stream to collect data related to effectiveness of the advertisement variants. The system may analyze media stream data together with a plurality of other data types to statistically determine which of the two advertisement variants resulted in better performance based on a variety of advertisement metrics. The system may use the plurality of data and the statistical analysis to suggest an advertisement element to be altered in the next round of advertisement variant testing. This system can combine data collection and analytics for an ad campaign together into one system.
US12147991B2
Systems and methods for customizing business applications based upon user intent scores is described. A machine learning model trained to specifically predict when a user is likely to engage in a specific activity while interacting with the business application may be trained using data regarding prior interactions between a business application and a plurality of users. The machine learning model may thereafter provide a probability score for a particular user, the probability score indicating the likelihood that the user will engage in the specific activity for which the model has been trained to predict. The probability may be combined with a business value factor to produce a user intent score indicating the relative value of the user engaging in the specific activity. A business application comprising an app executing on a client device, a webpage, an automated menu at a call-in service center, or human operator interacting with the user at a call in the service center may be customized for the particular user based upon the user intent scores.
US12147981B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for device movement-based authentication. One method comprises receiving contextual data from one or more sensors of a user device and determining a device movement pattern based on the received contextual data. The determined device movement pattern is compared with a device movement-based signature associated with a user of the user device. If the determined device movement pattern matches the device-movement based signature within a predetermined threshold, the user is authenticated for an electronic transaction. If the determined device movement pattern does not match the device-movement based signature, a notification indicating authentication failure is sent to the user device.
US12147975B1
A method for separately registering a user and a mobile device for use of a mobile wallet account includes registering, by a registration terminal of a mobile wallet provider, a user for use of the mobile wallet account, including assigning one or more user-provided settings to the mobile wallet account. The method also includes receiving, by a computing system of the mobile wallet provider, a request from a mobile device to register the mobile device for use as a mobile wallet, identifying, by the computing system, the mobile wallet account of the registered user based on the request, and registering, by the computing system, the mobile device for use of the identified mobile wallet account, including associating the one or more user-provided settings with use of the mobile device.
US12147974B2
A method includes: receiving, via a mobile device, an indication from a user to perform a transaction to transfer funds to a recipient; selecting a default payment account of a plurality of accounts of a user based on a user preference received from the user; and, transmitting funds to the recipient responsive to receiving the indication from the user.
US12147973B2
A system or method may be provided to implement dynamic hybrid wallet tokens. The method can includes determining to generate a hybrid wallet token based on a user request for a transaction at a user device. The method includes determining, based on a transaction type of the transaction, non-payment information of a user associated with the user device. The method includes generating a hybrid wallet token for use with a payment account associated with the user, where the generating is based on the authorization token and on the transaction type, the hybrid wallet token comprising information indicating a funding instrument associated with the user, the hybrid wallet token further comprising the non-payment information. The method also includes providing the wallet token to the user device for implementing the transaction.
US12147972B2
A system has a datastore including a pro-rata digital wallet associated with a cardholder. The pro-rata digital wallet includes two or more payment card accounts. The system includes a processor programmed to receive an authorization request message from a point-of-sale terminal. The authorization request includes an identification number from a transaction device presented by the cardholder. The processor is programmed to determine whether the identification number corresponds to one of the payment card accounts associated with the pro-rata digital wallet and, if so, identify each of the payment card accounts associated with the pro-rata digital wallet. The processor is programmed to determine a pro-rata payment amount for each of the payment card accounts associated with the pro-rata digital wallet. Each pro-rata payment is based on an available balance of each of the payment card accounts relative to a total available balance for a combination of each of the payment card.
US12147969B2
A method for managing curbside use by connected and/or autonomous vehicles that includes executing instructions of one or more computing devices having a processor that integrates at least a navigation component, an asset verification component, and a curbside management component, that generate recommended curbside access destinations for a vehicle associated with the customer and one of which is selected as the final curbside destination for the vehicle.
US12147963B1
Various embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to transacting in advance. More specifically, various embodiments relate to detecting a mobile computing device of a user within a proximity of a banking location; receiving, via the mobile application, an indication of a type of transaction to be conducted; and directing, via the mobile application, the user to an area of the banking location based on the type of transaction to complete the transaction.
US12147962B2
An article information deduction apparatus (10) includes an acquisition unit (110) and an output unit (120). The acquisition unit (110) acquires data based on a change in a detected value of a weight sensor (30) (hereinafter described as weight change data). For example, the acquisition unit (110) determines data acquired by chronologically arranging data acquired from the weight sensor (30) as weight change data. Further, the acquisition unit (110) acquires data indicating a movement of a hand of a person positioned in a shelf-front space (hereinafter described as movement data). For example, the acquisition unit (110) acquires data acquired by chronologically arranging data output from a depth sensor (40) to the article information deduction apparatus (10) as movement data. The output unit (120) outputs article determination information of the article deduced to be taken out by the hand of the person positioned in the shelf-front space, by using the weight change data and the movement data.
US12147960B2
A method for processing a transaction at a mobile includes: receiving a product identifier of a product; and creating or updating an electronic shopping cart based on the product identifier of the product; receiving a request for performing a transaction task; in response to the request for performing the transaction task, determining a state of the mobile POS device; when the state of the mobile POS device is determined to be unlocked: performing the transaction task; and when the state of the mobile POS device is determined to be locked: rejecting the request for performing the transaction task. Related systems and devices are also disclosed.
US12147955B2
In embodiments a system for facilitating non-fungible-token-based autographs is disclosed. The system includes a secure data storage system that stores a set of NFTS, each NFT having a set of digital attributes and being cryptographically linked with a respective item identifier of a respective item of a set of items, wherein each item has a respective set of origination attributes that includes a respective celebrity signature. The system also includes a digital marketplace system that provides a graphical user interface that allows a user to transact for items via a user device and a token transfer system that receives a transaction request to transfer a respective NFT to an account of the user in response to the user transacting for the respective item that is cryptographically linked to the NFT, and in response to the transaction request, facilitates a transfer of the respective NFT to the user's account.
US12147950B2
A computing system accesses one or more data sources to determine maintenance optimization data associated with an asset within a set of assets. The maintenance optimization data may include one or more of: upcoming maintenance events for the asset, such as may be predicted based on analysis of historical maintenance information of the asset, a time series of predicted value of the asset over a time period around the upcoming maintenance event, such as within a few days or hours of the maintenance event, and/or a recommended window of time to initiate and/or perform upcoming maintenance events, which may be based on a combination of the expected upcoming maintenance events, and the time series of predicted value of the particular asset, for example.
US12147945B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for providing stowing location recommendation, comprising a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to receive, from a user device associated with a user, a request for a location recommendation for stowing an inbound product, determine a plurality of locations to recommend within a zone, sample, based on a predetermined rule, a number of locations for stowing the inbound product, and display, via the user device, the sampled number of locations to the user for stowing the inbound product. The processor is also configured to receive, from the user device, a selection of a stowing location among the sampled number of locations and modify a database to assign a location identifier associated with the selected stowing location to the inbound product.
US12147944B2
A method for correlating data from different sensors for product lifecycle management includes receiving sensor information from an additional sensor of a plurality of sensors of an industrial operation. The additional sensor is different from component sensors used for functionality of a component of the industrial operation. Sensor information from the additional sensor monitors conditions of a portion of the industrial operation different from sensor information of the component sensors used for the functionality of the component. The method includes deriving, using the sensor information, a correlation between an operational parameter of the component and sensor information of the additional sensor. The operational parameter is related to a predicted operational lifetime of the component. The method includes identifying an abnormal operating condition of the component based on a comparison between additional sensor information from the additional sensor and the operational parameter, and sending an alert with the abnormal operating condition.
US12147930B2
A system for automated vending and delivery of products to consumers is provided. The system may include a mobile delivery unit, a product dispenser, and a web server. The system may also include a pickup area. The web server may instruct the product dispenser to dispense a product to the mobile delivery unity. The web server may also provide instructions to the mobile delivery unit, which may then navigate to the consumer for delivery.
US12147910B2
A device comprises determining, if an instruction to open a first drawing file is accepted, whether the first drawing file and a second drawing file associated with the first drawing file have been edited at the same time; determining whether the second drawing file has been edited after previous editing of the first drawing file; determining, if the first drawing file and the second drawing file have been edited at the same time or if they have not been edited at the same time but the second drawing file has been edited after the previous editing of the first drawing file, whether there is a difference between attributes of identical drawing elements included in the respective drawing files; and executing, if there is a difference between the attributes, attribute change processing on the first drawing file.
US12147902B2
A new implementation is provided for an error back-propagation algorithm that is suited to the hardware constraints of a device implementing a spiking neural network. The invention notably uses binary or ternary encoding of the errors calculated in the back-propagation phase to adapt its implementation to the constraints of the network, and thus to avoid having to use floating-point number multiplication operators. More generally, the invention proposes a global adaptation of the back-propagation algorithm to the specific constraints of a spiking neural network. In particular, the invention makes it possible to use the same propagation infrastructure to propagate the data and to back-propagate the errors in the training phase. The invention proposes a generic implementation of a spiking neuron that is suitable for implementing any type of spiking neural network, in particular convolutional networks.
US12147887B2
An object information processing method includes: acquiring an image of an object to be detected; inputting the image into a joint model to obtain a plurality of labels of the object to be detected; and obtaining object information of the object to be detected based on the plurality of labels. The joint model includes a convolutional neural network, the convolutional neural network includes a plurality of sub-networks. The plurality of sub-networks include an underlying processing network output of the underlying processing network and perform operation processing on the output of the underlying processing network to output a label, and labels output by different output networks are different.
US12147883B1
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for orchestrating a user experience using natural language input. A user experience is orchestrated within an ecosystem of features for which a plurality of corresponding tokens is defined. Natural language describing a desired user experience result is received by a user experience orchestrator. A sequence of tokens corresponding to operations belonging to an ecosystem of features which produce a correct result for the natural language input can be identified by a trained large language model and executed by the user experience orchestrator using a token operator. The output operations determined by the model to produce or be likely to produce the correct result based on the natural language input can be disambiguated, confirmed, and/or executed.
US12147877B2
Improved systems and methods for improved management of models for data science can facilitate seamless collaboration of data science teams and integration of data science workflows. Systems and methods provided herein can provide an open, unified platform to build, validate, deliver, and monitor models at scale. Systems and methods of the present disclosure may accelerate research, spark collaboration, increase iteration speed, and remove deployment friction to deliver impactful models. In particular, users may be allowed to visualize statistics about models and monitor models in real-time via a graphical user interface provided by the systems.
US12147876B1
A computer-implemented method stratified elusion includes selecting hypothetical cutoff ranks when a stopping point is reached, calculating for each respective cutoff rank a recall value, elusion value, and remaining count; and displaying each respective cutoff rank, recall value, elusion value, and remaining count. A stratified elusion system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to select cutoff ranks when a stopping point is reached, calculate for each respective cutoff rank a recall value, elusion value, and remaining count; and display each respective cutoff rank, recall value, elusion value, and remaining count. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program instructions that when executed, cause a computer system to select cutoff ranks when a stopping point is reached, calculate for each respective cutoff rank a recall value, elusion value, and remaining count; and display each respective cutoff rank, recall value, elusion value, and remaining count.
US12147875B2
A computer implemented method is described herein for post-execution evaluation of a machine-learning (ML) algorithm. The method can include receiving a post-execution version of the ML algorithm having a plurality of behavioral states. The method can include generating behavior identification data identifying a given behavioral state from the plurality of behavioral states of the ML algorithm. The given behavioral state can correspond to a decision-making state of the ML algorithm that the ML algorithm learned during an execution of the ML algorithm. A graphical user interface (GUI) can be generated based on the behavior identification data that includes a behavior object characterizing the given behavioral state of the ML algorithm. Behavior evaluation data can be generated based on a user's interaction with the behavior object. A learning process of the ML algorithm can be altered for future execution of the ML algorithm based on the behavior evaluation data.
US12147872B2
This disclosure describes a quantum noise process analysis method, device, and storage medium, in the field of quantum processing technologies. The method may include performing quantum process tomography (QPT) on a quantum noise process of a target quantum system, to obtain dynamical maps of the quantum noise process, wherein the QPT involves at least one measurement of the target quantum. The method further includes extracting transfer tensor maps (TTMs) of the quantum noise process from the dynamical maps; and analyzing the quantum noise process according to the TTMs. The TTM is used for representing a dynamical evolution of the quantum noise process to reflect the law of evolution of the dynamical maps of the quantum noise process over time. As a result, richer and more comprehensive information about the quantum noise process can be obtained by analyzing the quantum noise process based on the TTM of the quantum noise process than by pure QPT, thereby achieving a more accurate and more comprehensive analysis of the quantum noise process.
US12147871B2
A pleat counter and methods are provided to accurately count the number of pleats in a corrugated sheet of material to be used for the production of air filters. The pleat counter comprises a pleat detector mounted underneath a mounting board for counting the pleats. The mounting board is configured to position the pleat detector adjacent to the corrugated sheet of filter material. The pleat detector includes one or more sensors configured to detect the presence of individual pleats comprising the corrugated sheet. The pleat counter includes an interface configured to enable coupling the pleat counter with a data processing system. The data processing system may comprise any of a desktop, a tablet, a server, a mobile phone, a media player, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a personal communicator, a network router or hub, a wireless access point (AP) or repeater, a set-top box, or a combination thereof.
US12147860B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, devices, and the like for generating dynamic machine readable codes. In one embodiment, a system is introduced that enables the analysis of user information for the generation of the dynamic machine readable code. In response to the analysis, using middleware on a multi-tier system, user information is embedded onto the dynamic machine readable code. The embedded user information can be captured during the transaction enabling the presentation of customized content which can be used to provide a user friendly interface for the transacting while detecting incorrect account usage. In another embodiment, in conjunction with the dynamic machine readable code, additional user and/or device features are captured during the processing of a transaction such that the combination facilitate fraudulent activity detection.
US12147856B1
Systems and methods for concurrently processing electronic messages are described. A suspendable machine for computing a selected electronic message can be invoked. The computing of the selected electronic message can be suspended in response to the controller receiving a communication from the suspendable machine that the suspendable machine requires one or more unbound private dataflow variables. The computing of the selected electronic message can be resumed in response to the controller selecting an electronic message that can bind at least one of the one or more unbound private dataflow variables.
US12147849B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to steal work in heterogeneous computing systems. An apparatus includes load balancing circuitry to obtain tasks from a workload by encoding minimum and maximum index ranges of a data parallel operation, allocate a first task from the workload to a first work queue based on a first capability of first computation circuitry, the first computation circuitry to process the first task in the first work queue, and allocate a second task from the workload to a second work queue, second computation circuitry to process the second task in the second work queue. The apparatus further includes first work stealer logic to steal the second task from the second work queue using an atomic operation to access the second work queue.
US12147844B2
In some aspects, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium includes instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to detect that system software is proceeding to swap memory content of a virtual machine (VM) from memory to storage, wherein the memory is allocated to the VM; buffer the memory content; and perform alternative memory reclamation of the memory.
US12147839B2
Embodiments include an asymmetric multiprocessing (AMP) system having a first central processing unit (CPU) cluster comprising a first core type, and a second CPU cluster comprising a second core type, where the AMP system can update a thread metric for a first thread running on the first CPU cluster based at least on: a past shared resource overloaded metric of the first CPU cluster, and on-core metrics of the first thread. The on-core metrics can indicate that first thread contributes to contention of the same shared resource corresponding to the past shared resource overloaded metric of the first CPU cluster. The AMP system can assign the first thread to a different CPU cluster while other threads of the same thread group remain assigned to the first CPU cluster. The thread metric can include a Matrix Extension (MX) thread flag or a Bus Interface Unit (BIU) thread flag.
US12147838B1
A system, method, and computer-program product includes obtaining an analytical request that specifies an analytical task to be performed using computing resources of an adaptive analytics compute service, determining, by the adaptive analytics compute service, an initial set of compute resources for executing the analytical request based on identifying a type of the analytical request, deploying, by the adaptive analytics compute service, a compute environment for executing the analytical request based on the initial set of compute resources, observing utilization data of the initial set of compute resources during a period of executing the analytical request within the compute environment, and commencing a machine learning-informed feedback sequence for autonomously adapting the compute environment, wherein one iteration of the machine learning-informed feedback sequence includes: generating a proposed set of compute resources, and encoding, based on the proposed set of compute resources, a set of instructions for automatically adapting the compute environment.
US12147835B2
A method for scheduling input/output (I/O) commands is described. The method includes receiving, by an I/O scheduler, an I/O command from an application; generating, by the I/O controller, an I/O resource requirement based on the I/O command; determining, by a traffic controller, that an amount of available resources satisfies a criteria based on the I/O resource requirement; and sending, by the traffic controller, the I/O command to a queue in response to the criteria being satisfied.
US12147833B1
A method is described. The method includes building a description of a workflow. The method also includes creating an embedded workflow description by embedding the description of the workflow with logical identifiers of different instances of services that are available over a network. The method also includes repeatedly performing a) and b) below to execute the embedded workflow: a) dispatching the embedded workflow to a control worker node within a pool of free control worker nodes, the control worker node referring to the embedded workflow description and issuing a job request that defines one or more next operations of the workflow upon the control worker node recognizing that execution of the next one or more operations is appropriate in view of the workflow's state, the next one or more operations including a function call to a service identified by one of the logical identifiers; b) dispatching the job request to an execution worker node within a pool of free execution worker nodes, the execution worker node executing the next one or more operations including mapping the logical identifier of the service to a physical location of the service, incorporating the physical location and the function call into a packet and sending the packet over the network.
US12147832B2
The handling of external calls from one or more services to one or more subservices is described. Upon detecting that a service has made an external call to a subservice and prior to allowing the external call to be sent to the subservice, a system evaluates the external call against one or more pre-call thresholds to determine whether or not the one or more pre-call thresholds are met. If the determination is that a pre-call threshold of the one or more pre-call thresholds is not met, the external call is failed without sending the external call to the subservice. This failing might include communicating to the service that placed the external call that the external call has failed. Otherwise, the system sends the external call to the subservice. By applying these thresholds, the service is kept from using too many resources.
US12147830B2
A device locks a control panel of the device in response to connection from a device management app of an information processing apparatus. When receiving an operation for releasing the lock via the control panel, the device transmits a notification of stop to the device management app to unlock the control panel. When receiving the notification of stop from the connected device, the device management app of the information processing apparatus stops processing for changing the setting of the device performed by the device management app.
US12147813B2
A method for handling an exception or interrupt in a heterogeneous instruction set architecture is provided. A physical host to which the method is applied can support two instruction set architectures. When a secondary architecture virtual machine triggers an exception or interrupt, a virtual machine monitor may translate code of the exception or interrupt in a secondary instruction set architecture into code of the exception or interrupt in a primary instruction set architecture. The virtual machine monitor) may identify the code of the exception or interrupt in the primary instruction set architecture. The virtual machine monitor identifies, based on the translated code, a type of the exception or interrupt triggered by the secondary architecture virtual machine, to handle the exception or interrupt.
US12147809B2
Embodiments are disclosed for inserting profiling instructions into graphics processing unit (GPU) kernels. An example apparatus includes instructions, and at least one processor to execute the instructions to determine whether a GPU supports modification of entry point addresses, detect a first entry point address and a second entry point address of an original GPU kernel, create a corresponding instrumented GPU kernel from the original GPU kernel based on the determination by inserting at least one of first profiling initialization instructions or first jump instructions at the first entry point address of the instrumented GPU kernel, inserting at least one of second profiling initialization instructions or second jump instructions at the second entry point address of the instrumented GPU kernel, and inserting profiling measurement instructions into the instrumented GPU kernel.
US12147800B2
A method for software application optimization using natural language-based queries. The method includes obtaining a user-provided query. The user-provided query includes a constraint to be used for an identification of an application element that matches the constraint, from a set of application elements of a software application. The user-provided query is a string that includes a human language sentence. The method further includes deriving a formalized query from the user-provided query by translating the user-provided query into a syntactic construct of segmented sentence elements and obtaining the application element that matches the constraint. Obtaining the application element that matches the constraint includes deriving a pattern representation of the user-provided query from the formalized query and identifying the application element that matches the pattern representation of the user-provided query from the plurality of application elements.
US12147799B2
A method comprises: installing the target software version on a first node of the storage appliance; restarting the first node of the storage appliance while also running the current software version on other nodes of the storage system; subsequent to said installing the target software version and said restarting of the first node, determining if all hosts of the storage system have discovered paths to volumes on the first node; responsive to determining that all hosts of the storage system have discovered paths to volumes on the first node, permitting the CCU of the nodes to continue to upgrade one of the other nodes of the storage system from the current software version to the target software version; and responsive to determining that not all hosts of the storage system have discovered paths to volumes on the first node, preventing the CCU of the nodes from continuing.
US12147795B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprising an analytic server for automated digital account/application enrollment. The analytic server may open a new account for a user during a registration process. The analytic server may facilitate automated digital enrollment to allow the user to manage the new account in a mobile application on the user's mobile device. The analytic server may send a text message comprising a direct link to the user's mobile device. The link may direct the user to the app store, where the user can download and install the mobile application automatically. The analytic server may also display a button that allows the user to activate a QR code and scan the QR code using the camera of the user's mobile device. Upon the mobile device scanning the QR code, the analytic server may automatically launch the mobile application and sign the user in.
US12147792B2
Disclosed herein are techniques for reducing sizes of executable files. Techniques include identifying an executable file having a plurality of functions; determining, by parsing the executable file or a code structure representing the executable file, that a first and second function each comprise a common block; identifying a third function configured to perform the common block; changing the first and second functions by: removing the common block from at least one of the first or second functions; and inserting a call to the third function into at least one of the first or second functions; and updating the executable file by: replacing, in the executable file, at least one of the first or second functions with at least one of the updated first or second functions; and adding the third function to the executable file.
US12147786B2
In an approach to improve converting conversation to user stories, embodiments capture keywords from a captured discussion, and identify the probability of the keywords being an object attribute or action behavior. Further, responsive to identifying, based on the probability, that the keywords are the object attribute or the action behavior, embodiments determine that the object attribute or the action behavior are not new to a first user story. Additionally, embodiments determine that the attribute or the action behavior are associated with an existing object in a first user story, and update the first user story with the attribute or the action behavior.
US12147785B2
A system for generating a biased random bit stream, wherein said biased bit stream has different predetermined probabilities of occurrence for bit “0” and bit “1”, said system comprising: a true random generator unit configured to output a true random bit stream, a pseudo random generator unit configured to output a pseudo random bit stream, said pseudo random bit stream comprising n bit words, where n is an integer of at least two; a combining unit configured to combine a bit from said true random generator unit with an n-bit word from said pseudo random generator unit to output a processed n-bit word; and an output unit configured to generate an output bit value from said processed n-bit word using a function, wherein said function is selected to control the probabilities of occurrence of the bit “0” values and bit “1” values to be the predetermined probabilities of occurrence.
US12147771B2
System and methods for a text summarization system are described. In one example, a text summarization system receives an input utterance and determines whether the utterance should be included in a summary of the text. The text summarization system includes an embedding network, a convolution network, an encoding component, and a summary component. The embedding network generates a semantic embedding of an utterance. The convolution network generates a plurality of feature vectors based on the semantic embedding. The encoding component identifies a plurality of latent codes respectively corresponding to the plurality of feature vectors. The summary component identifies a prominent code among the latent codes and to select the utterance as a summary utterance based on the prominent code.
US12147749B1
A relationship between at least a first metric of an integrated circuit (IC) design and a power supply voltage of the IC design may be determined based on a set of IC designs that have different power supply voltages. Next, the power supply voltage and at least the first metric of the IC design may be modified by interpolating values of the first metric based on the relationship between the first metric and the power supply voltage of the IC design.
US12147747B1
A computer-aided design (CAD) tool is provided for logic optimization and synthesis. The CAD tool executes a process that involves optimizing power, performance, and area (PPA) of a logic circuit by minimizing a number of CMOS gates, and majority and/or minority gates in the circuit and its depth. The CAD tool implements a methodology of optimizing logic synthesis based on a mix of standard cell libraries (such as AND, OR, NAND, NOR, XOR, Multiplexer, full adder, half adder, etc.) and varying input majority and minority gates (where the number of inputs in the minority and majority gates could vary as odd numbers from 3 and above). The standard cell libraries cells may contain minority and/or majority gates.
US12147743B2
For estimating the scattered radiation dose, a scattered radiation model is provided, which indicates a spatial distribution of the scattered radiation to be expected in the vicinity of a radiation source during predefined use of the radiation source. A mobile electronic device is used to determine a position of the mobile electronic device relative to the radiation source. The mobile electronic device is used to determine at least one dose descriptor of the scattered radiation to be expected according to the use of the radiation source in dependence on the scattered radiation model and in dependence on the determined position.
US12147727B2
A method and apparatus for processing multimedia data, and a storage medium. The method is performed by a sending end and includes: obtaining and displaying target multimedia data in response to a processing instruction; and sending the target multimedia data to a receiving end through a preset communication connection so as to make the receiving end display the target multimedia data synchronously in a specified region of a display interface of the receiving end.
US12147703B2
An architecture for memory management includes an application software component (ASW) configured to perform an algorithm for at least one function and transmit and receive data in the algorithm, a basic software (BSW) comprising a non-volatile memory manager (NVM), a state manager software component for managing the NVM, and a runtime environment configured to allow communication to be performed between the ASW and the state manager software component and between the BSW and the state manager software component, wherein, in a state of writing data to or reading data from a non-volatile memory managed by the NM, the state manager software component ends a read or write operation based on a number of reads being greater than or equal to a preset number of read times or a number of writes being greater than or equal to a preset number of write times.
US12147699B2
Provided is a method of data storage in a data storage system, the method including identifying object headers respectively corresponding to object data, storing the object data at one side of an allocated data chunk, and storing the object headers at another side of the allocated data chunk.
US12147697B2
An example device includes: converter circuitry having an output configured to couple to a first memory circuit from a plurality of memory circuits, the converter circuitry configured to: receive a first instruction formatted with a uniform protocol; and convert the first instruction from the uniform protocol to a protocol specific to the first memory circuit; logic circuitry having an input configured to couple to the first memory circuit, the logic circuitry configured to: receive a first result of the first instruction from the first memory circuit; and responsive to a second instruction, combine the first result with other results from ones of the plurality of memory circuits into an output.
US12147695B2
A memory system performs an erase process for the non-volatile memory cells including performing erase verify for the non-volatile memory cells. The erase verify comprises comparing threshold voltages of the non-volatile memory cells to an erase verify reference voltage and determining whether an amount of the non-volatile memory cells having a threshold voltage greater than the erase verify reference voltage is less than an allowed bit count. During the erase process, the system compares threshold voltages of the non-volatile memory cells to an intermediate reference voltage that is greater than the erase verify reference voltage and determines an amount of non-volatile memory cells having threshold voltages greater than the intermediate reference voltage. The Allowed Bit Count is increased (during the erase process) by the amount of non-volatile memory cells having threshold voltages greater than the intermediate reference voltage.
US12147694B2
Various implementations described herein relate to systems and methods for managing metadata for conditional update, including adding conditional entry to a list in an in-memory journal for a conditional update associated with a garbage collection write, configuring a base entry in the list to point to the conditional entry, and in response to determining that the conditional update is resolved such that a physical location identified in the conditional entry is valid, freeing the conditional entry.
US12147688B2
Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for monitoring configuration drift are disclosed. A processor establishes a communication link between a version control system and an eco-system including a plurality of systems each including corresponding normalized baseline configuration data; receives the normalized baseline configuration data for each system from the eco-system; creates a model based on the normalized baseline configuration data. The model includes a normalized set of hierarchical attributes data to maintain all baseline configuration associated with plurality of systems. The processor also stores the model including the normalized set of hierarchical attributes data onto the version control system; tracks configuration change data associated with each system in real-time via the version control system; automatically detects a configuration drift by comparing the baseline configuration data with the configuration change data; and automatically updates the model to monitor the configuration drift.
US12147676B1
A polling interval of a poller in a data storage system is dynamically adjusted to balance latency and resource utilization. Performance metrics are regularly estimated or measured and derived values are calculated including a latency share and a cost per event, based on a latency metric for polling latency and a cost metric for use of processing resources. A target latency share is adjusted by (1) an increase based on a CPU utilization metric being above a utilization threshold, and (2) a reduction based on the CPU utilization metric being below the utilization threshold and the cost per event being lower than a cost-per-event threshold. The polling interval is adjusted by (1) increasing the polling interval based on the latency share being less than the target latency share, and (2) decreasing the polling interval based on the latency share being greater than the target latency share.
US12147668B2
A storage device includes a memory device including one or more memory blocks including first sub-areas and second sub-areas configured to store higher level data than the first sub-areas, and a controller configured to use the first sub-areas before the second sub-areas in order to store data in the memory device.
US12147665B2
An apparatus for delivering alternate user input between an alternate input device and an output device, the output device configured to receive input from a conventional input device, the output device not configured to receive input from the alternate input device, the apparatus including an input interconversion processor that receives the alternate user input from the alternate input device, a processing pipeline that converts the alternate user input to a conventional user input of a type normally received by the output device from the conventional input device, and an output port that transmits the conventional user input.
US12147664B2
A system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components, and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a correlation component that, based on performance data, such as current performance data and/or historical performance data, for an application stored at a storage system, correlates a performance category with the application, and an execution component that, based on the performance category correlated to the application, executes a modification at the storage system, wherein the modification at the storage system comprises changing a functioning of the storage system relative to the application. In an embodiment, the data comprised by the application can be maintained in a non-accessed state to execute the modification at the storage system.
US12147656B1
This disclosure describes one or more implementations of systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods that utilize a drawing application technique that enables a simulation of digital spirograph designs within electronic drawing applications. In some embodiments, the disclosed systems receive a user selection of a primary shape. Moreover, in one or more implementations, the disclosed systems detect a user interaction with a contact point within a secondary shape to move the contact point from a first location to a second location. Furthermore, in one or more instances, the disclosed systems generate, for display, a digital line drawing from the first location to the second location utilizing a movement of the contact point in relation to a rotation of a secondary curve of the secondary shape along a movement path corresponding to a primary curve of the primary shape based on the user interaction with the contact point.
US12147655B2
The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for editing avatars. In some embodiments, user interfaces are shown for editing an avatar and avatar stickers. In some embodiments, user interfaces are shown for editing colors of one or more avatar features.
US12147654B2
Methods, systems, user interfaces, media, and devices provide a geographically-based graphical user interface (GUI) suited to single-handed operation of a device. The method and system provide for causing display of a GUI including map data displayed in a first view; receiving input comprising at least one input point; determining first and second characteristics of the input; processing, when the first characteristic fulfils a first operational mode criterion, the input according to a first operational mode and causing display of the map data in a second view, the second view being based on the second characteristic of the input; and processing, when the first characteristic of the input fulfils a second operational mode criterion, the input according to a second operational mode, and causing display of the map data in a third view, the third view being based on the second characteristic of the input.
US12147626B2
Some disclosed embodiments relate, generally, to shaping a waveform of a reference signal used by a driver of a touch sensor to limit electromagnetic emissions (EME) emitted by a touch sensor during a sensing operation. Some disclosed embodiments relate, generally, to a DAC referenced touch sensor driver and controlling an amount of EME emitted at a touch sensor using shapes of reference signals used by a touch detector to detect touches at the touch sensor. Some disclosed embodiments relate, generally, to compensating for effects of foreign noise at a touch sensor and, more specifically, to changing a shape of a reference signal based on a change to a sampling rate made to compensate for foreign noise.
US12147617B2
A touch pad is configured to receive input operations using objects including a finger and a stylus. The touch pad includes a touch screen including a touch detection surface that serves as a button and as a position detection region for detecting positions of the objects. The touch pad includes an integrated circuit having an object detection function of detecting the positions of the objects on the touch detection surface and a button function of detecting a press state of the button based on a force applied to the touch detection surface. The touch pad includes a button function stop unit configured to cause, according to an operation state of the stylus or according to a setting related to an input operation of the stylus, the integrated circuit to stop outputting a button press state value indicative of the press state detected by the button function.
US12147613B2
A control method, suitable for a virtual reality system including a head-mounted device (HMD device) and a tracking device, is disclosed. The control method includes the following operations: showing a first marker on a screen of the HMD device, in which the first marker is generated according to a capability of a camera of the HMD device; and localizing the tracking device with an HMD map of the HMD device when the tracking device is aligned with the first marker by the tracking device.
US12147607B1
In accordance with some embodiments, exemplary techniques for transitioning from the physical environment to a computer-generated reality environment on a wearable electronic device is described. In accordance with some embodiments, exemplary techniques for transitioning out of a computer-generated reality environment on a wearable electronic device is described.
US12147603B2
A method and system for providing a user with virtual objects within an environment, characterizing interactions with the virtual objects using a brain computer interface, and modulating features of the virtual objects based upon improved classifiers associated with the interactions. The method and system can be used to rapidly customize virtual objects to a specific user in applications related to increasing engagement with traditional and new media content, virtual and augmented reality products, streamlining interactions with input devices in digital and physical environments, providing user authentication tools, providing more secure cybersecurity features, and delivering tailored content to users.
US12147602B2
A system and method for controlling a non-tactile device including a receiving device configured to receive signals corresponding to a user's EEG or movements, translate the EEG or movements into directional intentions, transmit the directional intentions to a secondary device, receive a command for one or more actions from the secondary device based on the transmitted directional intentions and output at least one control signal to the non-tactile device based on the received command for one or more actions. The non-tactile device may receive signals corresponding to a user's EEG or movements using a gestural sensor and/or an EEG sensor.
US12147594B2
A ride system includes at least one ride vehicle. The at least one ride vehicle is configured to receive a ride passenger. The ride system includes electronic goggles configured to be worn by the ride passenger. The electronic goggles include a camera and a display. The ride system includes a computer graphics generation system communicatively coupled to the electronic goggles, and configured to generate streaming media of a real world environment based on image data captured via the camera of the electronic goggles, generate one or more virtual augmentations superimposed on the streaming media of the real world environment, and to transmit the streaming media of the real world environment along with the one or more superimposed virtual augmentations to be displayed on the display of the electronic goggles.
US12147591B2
A computer system displays an alert at a first position relative to the three-dimensional environment, the alert at least partially overlapping a first object in a first view. The first position has a respective spatial relationship to the user. The computer system detects movement of the user from a first viewpoint to a second viewpoint. At the second viewpoint, the computer system, in accordance with a determination that the alert is a first type of alert, displays the alert at a second position in the three-dimensional environment, the second position having the respective spatial relationship to the user and in accordance with a determination that the alert is a second type of alert, displays the three-dimensional environment from the second viewpoint without displaying the alert with the respective spatial relationship to the user.
US12147587B2
Secure serial bus communication methods and devices suitable for automotive applications. An illustrative sensor IC includes: a sensor controller that operates a transducer to obtain measurement data formattable as data packets; a scrambler that masks each data packet with a scrambling operation before that data block is sent via a serial bus to a bus controller device, said scrambling operation having a secret configuration and/or secret initial state; and an integrated circuit component that operates on a seed value to derive the secret configuration and/or secret initial state.
US12147583B2
A system, method and computer program product for protecting a deep neural network image classifier against receiving perturbed images. A plurality of watermark bits are embedded into an original digital image intended for the deep neural network image classifier. The watermarked image is transmitted through a potentially adversarial environment. A potentially perturbed image intended for the deep neural network image classifier is received from the potentially adversarial environment. The potentially perturbed image is determined to be an adversely modified or benign image by determining whether the potentially perturbed image includes a plurality of embedded bits matching the plurality of watermark bits embedded into the original digital image. The potentially perturbed image is prevented from being provided to the deep neural network image classifier in response to determining that the potentially perturbed image is the adversely modified image.
US12147582B2
Systems and methods for facilitating validation of datasets are disclosed. A system may include a processor. The system may include a data validator implemented via the processor to receive an input dataset including a component metadata. The data validator may perform, using an validation model and through a rules engine, validation of information in the component metadata to obtain a validation dataset. The validation may enable to predict at least one invalid feature in the component dataset. The system may include an insight generator implemented via the processor to generate, based on the validation datasets, automated insights pertaining to mitigation of the at least one invalid feature. In an embodiment, the automated insights may be stored in a distributed ledger to facilitate an authenticated storage of the automated insights. The authenticated storage may be facilitated by a network comprising a plurality of nodes.
US12147567B2
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for integrated data privacy services. An example method includes providing ticket details for a data privacy integration protocol to each application in a multiple-application landscape. Each application has a relevant object type list and is included in a particular voting responder group for providing votes for the data privacy integration protocol. A first voting work package is created that includes a first subset of object identifiers included in the ticket. A work package object list is generated for each application based on the first subset of object identifiers. Object identifiers are removed from the work package object list for an application that have an associated object type that is not included in the relevant object type list for the application. Votes for the protocol are received from the first set of applications for a second subset of object identifiers.
US12147566B2
Provided is a digital/analog signal processing apparatus and method for controlling exposure of personally identifiable information to be transferred from storage in a secure enclave, comprising a memory and an integrated circuit coupled to the memory, configured to: select a data set stored in the storage; individuate personally identifiable information in the data set; determine an individual person's subset of personally identifiable information; extract an identifier for the individual person from the subset; interrogate stored data using the identifier to locate metadata comprising permission to expose the individual person's subset; and responsive to a failure to locate the metadata comprising permission, either: emit a signal seeking the permission; or apply a protective measure to the individual person's subset of individuated personally identifiable information prior to transfer of the data set in a digital/analog signal outside the secure enclave.
US12147564B1
A data deletion notification service registers data repositories that store personal data. The service receives requests from users to delete personal data, sends notifications of the deletion requests to the registered data repositories, and stores deletion records recording the deletions and a timestamp associated with the deletion request. The service may wait for confirmation of the deletions from the data repositories, resending the deletion requests if a confirmation is not received, and recording confirmation in an audit record. Data repositories performing a restoration may request, from the service, a list of users that have requested deletion of personal data since the time of the creation of the backup used for restoration. The service may generate, based on deletion records with corresponding timestamps, the list of users and respond to the request with the list. Confirmations of the deletions may be tracked, stored and made available via an audit interface.
US12147558B2
A database system includes a persistent storage system, a memory storing metadata defining a tenant object and a plurality of database artifacts, a first instance of the tenant object, the first instance associated with a first plurality of the database artifacts including first data associated with the first instance of the tenant object, and a second instance of the tenant object, the second instance associated with a second plurality of the database artifacts including second data associated with the second instance of the tenant object. A processing unit is to execute program code of a database instance to cause the database system to encrypt the first data associated with the first instance of the tenant object using a first public encryption key and store the encrypted first data in the persistent storage system, and encrypt the second data associated with the second instance of the tenant object using a second public encryption key and store the encrypted second data in the persistent storage system.
US12147552B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods for scanning for and identifying sensitive data in unexpected locations of data storage structures. Once sensitive data is found in unexpected locations of data storage structures, actions can be taken to remediate the unexpected storage of the sensitive data.
US12147534B2
Systems and methods are provided to determine a maliciousness level of an element using a hypergraph of neighbors. The method can include receiving the element; generating a hypergraph of neighbor target elements found in a database, the hypergraph comprising a set of nodes and a set of edges, wherein the set of nodes represents the neighbor target elements, and the set of edges represents connections between the neighbor target elements; classifying nodes and edges in the hypergraph; generating a maliciousness level profile for the element based on aggregation of nodes and edges in the hypergraph; linking information related to the element with the maliciousness level profile for the element; and performing an action based on a type of the element.
US12147529B2
A computer comprising processors and memory may implement an application execution engine to execute an application including both managed code and unmanaged code, the managed code providing memory safety for accesses to objects in memory and the unmanaged code providing no such safety. Responsive to a request from managed code, the application execution engine allocates memory for an object in a managed pool and the object is accessible to managed code in a managed state. Responsive to a requirement for unmanaged code to access the managed object, the application execution engine transforms the object to be accessible in an unmanaged state, the transformation including allocating memory for the object in an unmanaged pool, copying data from managed memory to unmanaged memory according to a predetermined unmanaged layout, releasing the managed memory and using an address of the unmanaged memory to access the object in the unmanaged state.
US12147527B2
The processing of an incoming query targeted to a data store in a way that early detection of code injections can be achieved. Initial code injections, even if unsuccessful, can be used to adjust the code injections to more successfully perform harmful actions against the data store. Accordingly, early detection can be used to block attackers from experimenting against the data store. The early detection is accomplished by detecting when all or a portion of the query is structured in accordance with a query language, but does not follow the syntax recognized by the underlying data store. This is a good indication that the issuer of the query is performing a blind code injection, not knowing the type of the underlying data store.
US12147526B2
Techniques for verifying the identity of users transferring between devices are disclosed. An example method includes receiving device usage data by monitoring user-device interactions of a first set of users interacting with a first device and a second set of users interacting with a second device. The method also includes extracting features from the data and aggregating feature samples from the user-device interactions for first set of users and the second set of users. The method also includes generating a score for each feature based on an analysis the feature samples. The feature score indicates a degree to which the first set of feature samples and the second set of feature samples differentiate between the devices. The method also includes identifying features as transferrable if the score is below a specified threshold, and generating a new behavior model by modifying existing user behavior data according to the transferrable features.
US12147524B2
Techniques are provided for hardware system protection using verification of hardware digital identity values. One method comprises obtaining a first hardware digital identity value for a hardware system, wherein the first hardware digital identity value aggregates hardware identifiers of a plurality of hardware components in the hardware system at a first time; comparing a second hardware digital identity value to the first hardware digital identity value, wherein the second hardware digital identity value aggregates hardware identifiers of the hardware components in the hardware system at a second time subsequent to the first time; and performing an automated remedial action based on a result of the comparison. The comparison may be performed: (i) when the hardware system attempts to connect to at least one service over a network, and/or (ii) when the hardware system is installed, configured and/or activated at a remote location.
US12147520B2
Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory machine-readable media for displaying information and/or images on a display of a computing device based on received data. Apparatuses can include a display screen, a memory resource, a recognition sensor, and a controller. An example controller can receive data and activate information and/or images on a display screen based in part on the received data. In another example, a method can include storing recognition data in a memory resource, receiving primary recognition data, comparing the primary recognition data to the stored recognition data, and activating the display screen for a viewing angle responsive to authentication of the primary recognition data through the comparison of the primary recognition data and the stored recognition data.
US12147517B2
An information processing apparatus in the present invention includes: a matching unit that matches biometric information acquired from a user requesting use of a management target with registered biometric information of each of a plurality of registrants; a determination unit that determines whether or not a registrant with which a matching result is that the matching is successful out of the plurality of registrants has usage authority for the management target; and an output unit that, when the matching result from the matching unit is that the matching failed, outputs first error information, and when it is determined in the determination unit that the registrant with which the matching result is that the matching is successful does not have the usage authority, outputs second error information different from the first error information.
US12147508B2
A device may not trust another device with which it is in communication. To establish trust, a first device may send a second device an indication of signed code that is stored in a protected memory of the first device. Based on determining that the first device is a trusted device, the second device may send the first device an encrypted content asset, a decryption key associated with the content asset, and/or an encryption key associated with the content asset.
US12147500B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for collaboratively training an interaction prediction machine learning model using a plurality of user devices in a manner that respects user privacy. In one aspect, the machine learning model is configured to process an input comprising: (i) a search query, and (ii) a data element, to generate an output which characterizes a likelihood that a given user would interact with the data element if the data element were presented to the given user on a webpage identified by a search result responsive to the search query.
US12147488B2
A software system comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium, where the medium includes a set of instructions stored thereon that when accessed by a processor enable the processor to perform a method of creating an internet product page, the method comprising: adding a product to the system; querying a subscriber for information; generating an internet product page displaying information from the subscriber queries; generating a QR code; and downloading the QR code to the subscriber. A software system comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium, where the medium includes a set of instructions stored thereon that when accessed by a processor enable the processor to perform a method of creating a substantially compliant internet product page and for alerting subscribers of new requirements for substantially compliant internet product pages, the method comprising: adding a product to the system; querying a subscriber as to which states the product will be sold in; querying the subscriber for product information; querying the subscriber for batch information; querying the subscriber for ingredients and ingredients information; querying the subscriber for certificate of analysis; generating a dynamic QR code; generating a substantially compliant internet product page, displaying information from subscriber queries; querying the subscriber whether to link the dynamic QR code to the generated substantially compliant internet product page or link the dynamic QR code to another internet product page; redirecting traffic from URL address encoded in QR code to the internet product page selected by the subscriber; previewing internet product page selected by the subscriber; querying the subscriber if internet product page will be published or will be kept private; publishing internet product page if the subscriber elected to publish; and downloading QR code to the subscriber. The invention is also related to a software system comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium, where the medium includes a set of instructions stored thereon that when accessed by a processor enable the processor to perform a method of creating a substantially compliant internet product page and for alerting subscribers of new requirements for substantially compliant internet product pages, the method comprising: querying an administrator to select new state to add or select previously entered state to edit; querying the administrator whether state requires QR codes on products; adding new state to list of states for subscribers to select from, if a new state is being added; querying the administrator for each item of information required by the selected state; adding each item of information required by the selected state as data fields, titles and descriptions, for product information, batch information, and ingredient information, and/or adding titles and/or descriptions with checkable boxes for tests and information required on a certificate of analysis required by the selected state; querying the administrator whether selected state requires new item of information not previously required by other previously entered states; querying the administrator for new item of information required from subscribers; adding new item of information such that a subscriber will see the new item of information if the subscriber choses the selected state as a state subscriber's product will be sold in; querying the administrator whether to send notification to subscribers who had previously selected the selected state as a state subscriber's product will be sold in; and sending notification to the subscriber if the administrator elects to send notification. A software system comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium, where the medium includes a set of instructions stored thereon that when accessed by a processor enable the processor to perform a method of creating a substantially compliant internet product page and for alerting subscribers of new requirements for substantially compliant internet product pages, the method comprising: querying an administrator to select new state to add or select previously entered state to edit; querying the administrator whether state requires QR codes on products; adding new state to list of states for subscribers to select from, if a new state is being added; querying the administrator for each item of information required by the selected state; adding each item of information required by the selected state as data fields, titles and descriptions, for product information, batch information, and ingredient information, and/or adding titles and/or descriptions with checkable boxes for tests and information required on a certificate of analysis required by the selected state; querying the administrator whether selected state requires new item of information not previously required by other previously entered states; querying the administrator for new item of information required from subscribers; adding new item of information such that a subscriber will see the new item of information if the subscriber choses the selected state as a state subscriber's product will be sold in; querying the administrator whether to send notification to subscribers who had previously selected the selected state as a state subscriber's product will be sold in; sending notification to the subscriber if the administrator elects to send notification; adding a product to the system; querying the subscriber as to which states the product will be sold in; querying the subscriber for product information; querying the subscriber for batch information; querying the subscriber for ingredients and ingredients information; querying the subscriber for certificate of analysis; generating a dynamic QR code; generating a substantially compliant internet product page, displaying information from subscriber queries; querying the subscriber whether to link the dynamic QR code to the generated substantially compliant internet product page or link the dynamic QR code to another internet product page; redirecting traffic from URL address encoded in QR code to the internet product page selected by the subscriber; previewing internet product page selected by the subscriber; querying the subscriber if internet product page will be published or will be kept private; publishing internet product page if the subscriber elected to publish; and downloading QR code to the subscriber.
US12147482B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for modifying queries in a discourse context. In one aspect, a method includes determining whether a query received from a user device subsequent to information provided to a user device and that defines a discourse context belongs to the discourse context. If the query belongs to the discourse context, the query is modified to take into account attributes of the discourse context.
US12147472B2
There is provided a data interworking method between a oneM2M system and an NGSI-LD system. The data interworking method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: retrieving, by an IPE, resources in the oneM2M system that perform data interworking with the NGSI-LD system; retrieving labels of the retrieved resources; acquiring a mapping-rule from the retrieved labels; and storing the acquired mapping-rule. Accordingly, data interworking between data platforms using different standards is performed more easily, so that technology may go one step further to the goal of interconnecting and servicing all things in a global environment as IoT ultimately pursues.
US12147469B2
A method and system for acquiring species identification names and a readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: identifying a species image provided by a user according to a species identification model and acquiring a species name; acquiring a plurality of candidate species names according to a species name database; and acquiring a species identification result name according to geographical area information and/or confidence coefficients of the candidate species names. The candidate species names include a plurality of conventional names. The method further includes: determining whether the species name is present in the pre-established species name database, where the species name database records the common names of a same species in different geographical areas; and selecting a conventional name of the species name corresponding to the geographical area information from the species name database and acquiring and outputting the identification result of the species.
US12147464B2
Systems, computer-readable media, and methods are provided. Relevant documents related to a specific entity are identified based on document metadata. Text and associated spatial coordinates are extracted based on relevant document pages. Significant document entities and associated spatial locations are identified. Page ranking is based on the extracted text and the spatial coordinates, the significant document entities, and image vector representations of the pages. A deep learning language model that utilizes the text and the spatial coordinates, layout information of the document entities, and the image vector representations of the pages is used to extract the user-defined attributes from the relevant document pages. First attribute values associated with the user-defined attributes are aggregated from the pages of one of the relevant documents into a single record. Second attribute values associated with the user-defined attributes are aggregated across the relevant documents. Aggregated records, including a first and second attribute, are written to a database.
US12147462B2
A support apparatus includes a generation apparatus and an analysis apparatus. The generation apparatus executes (a-1) to (a-5) with I=1 to n, and generates pieces of process information. The generation apparatus extracts material words from a document i in (a-1), extracts a treatment word i from the document i in (a-2), extracts a synthesis condition i from the document i in (a-3), extracts a characteristic value i related to a target material from the document i in (a-4), and associates the material words, the treatment word i, the synthesis condition i, and the characteristic value i with each other to generate process information i in (a-5). The analysis apparatus includes a combiner that generates composite process information including a common part common to the pieces of process information and different parts different among the pieces of process information, and an outputter that outputs the composite process information.
US12147456B2
A system for structured data collection for descriptions of objects in a social identity of objects (SIO) database has an SIO database, an SIO template database, an SIO input module, and at least one third party database. Characteristics of objects are identified, an input template is selected based on the object characteristics, search queries are constructed from the input template, and data for the SIO is retrieved from the third-party database.
US12147454B2
A computer implemented method for determining entity attributes. The method comprises determining one or more entity identifiers, determining an entity server address of the entity based on the one or more entity identifiers, wherein the entity server address points to an entity server; verifying the entity server address transmitting a message for request for information to the entity server address, receiving entity information from the entity server; and providing, to a machine learning model, the received entity information. The machine learning model is trained to generate a numerical representations of entities based on the entity information.
US12147453B1
An apparatus for the generation of exploitation data is disclosed. The apparatus comprises at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor. The memory instructs the processor to receive a plurality of entity profiles from a plurality of entities, wherein each of the plurality of entity profiles comprises a plurality of operational data. The memory instructs the processor to identify demand data as a function of the plurality of entity profiles. The memory instructs the processor to generate exploitation data as a function of the operational data and the demand data. The memory instructs the processor to determine collaboration data as a function of the exploitation data. The memory instructs the processor to display the collaboration data using a display device.
US12147445B1
A data platform for running a subset of cells in a notebook is provided. The data platform receives a run cells message from a notebook user interface (UI) application specifying the subset of cells to run. For each cell in the subset, the data platform runs the cell to generate a set of results, generates a cell execution stream using the results, stores the stream, and transmits the stream to the notebook UI application. The notebook UI application generates a display for the user using the cell execution stream. The data platform provides an efficient way to run specific cells in a notebook and display the results to the user.
US12147420B2
Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and execute functions comprising: storing historical session data pertaining to user sessions and archived search queries submitted by users to a search engine; analyzing the historical session data to identify ambiguous queries, including semantically ambiguous queries and multi-language queries; monitoring search queries submitted to the search engine to detect the ambiguous queries; and in response to detecting an ambiguous query, generating a query resolution interface that displays categorical groupings, each of which corresponds to a possible intention of the ambiguous query. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
US12147411B2
Systems and methods are described for maintaining bifurcated data management while labeling data for artificial intelligence model development. For example, the system may receive a first label for a first sample from a first dataset, wherein the first dataset is accessible to a first subset of a plurality of users, and wherein the first subset comprises a first attribute. The system may receive first version metadata of the first label, wherein the first version metadata comprises a proposed label for the first sample assigned by a first user. The system may determine, based on a first user input from the first user, a first grouping of source code files for storing the first version metadata, wherein the first grouping of source code files is accessible to a second subset of the plurality of users, and wherein the second subset comprises a second attribute.
US12147403B2
Methods, computing systems, and computer-readable media for determining whether data conforms to one or more rules. A rules engine executing on a processing device ingests the data during run time. When a structure of the ingested data is unknown, a pre-registered schema corresponding to the structure of the ingested data is obtained from a schema service during the run time. The rules engine generates a rule language file during the runtime based on the preregistered schema and one or more rules. The processing device updates a context of the rules engine based on the generated rule language file making the rules engine capable of running the one or more rules with the structure. The rules engine determines whether the ingested data of the structure conforms to the one or more rules. A data quality score is produced based on the one or more rules to which the ingested data conforms.
US12147393B2
The present technology is a backup service that can provide a menu of collaboration options that can be selected within the backup service for implementation by a synchronization service. In such an embodiment, when a user selects a collaboration option from the menu of collaboration options in the backup service, the backup service can call the synchronization service to copy the backup object into the synchronization service and implement the selected collaboration option. This can provide a benefit of reducing the number of user interfaces that need to be displayed and interacted with in order to carry out the intent of the user to offer a copy of the backup object for collaboration. The present technology also provides improved user interfaces.
US12147389B2
A method for processing a Measurement Data Format (“MDF”) file includes determining a file offset address of a data block of interest in the MDF file, and adding an indexing table containing a thread pointing to the file offset address to the MDF file. The method further includes sending the indexing table and data retrieved from the MDF file to a database for caching.
US12147387B2
Presented herein are systems and methods for regularly updating computer-form files. A method may include obtaining, by a computer, raw data containing a plurality of data records associated with a customer from a plurality of databases, for each data record, determining, by the computer, a data category indicating one or more computer-form files for a data entry of the data record based upon a preconfigured mapping between a type of data of the data entry mapped to the data category, in response to detecting a new customer data requirement, updating, by the computer, the one or more computer-form files associated with each data category according to each data record of each daily interval, and at a preconfigured time, generating, by the computer, the one or more computer-form files based upon each data category using each data record of each daily interval.
US12147386B2
Time-series columnar-based information is received and indexed in a compute infrastructure for cloud-based object storage. The approach leverages a file format that enables highly-performant search and retrieval of the data stored in the cloud. In operation, an indexer receives the time-series information, indexes that information according to the file format, and forwards the indexed information for storage to the object store, where it is stored as a set of time-based partitions. A partition comprises a set of files, namely, a manifest file, a data file, and an index file. These files are structured as a compact instance of a set of raw unstructured data that comprises the partition. Highly-performant information retrieval is enabled in response to a time-bounded query, because operations at a query peer (with respect to one or more partitions) are carried out in real-time during query processing and without requiring retrieval of the data file as a whole.
US12147380B2
A computing device includes an array of processing elements mutually connected to perform single instruction multiple data (SIMD) operations, memory cells connected to each processing element to store data related to the SIMD operations, and a cache connected to each processing element to cache data related to the SIMD operations. Caches of adjacent processing elements are connected. The same or another computing device includes rows of mutually connected processing elements to share data. The computing device further includes a row arithmetic logic unit (ALU) at each row of processing elements. The row ALU of a respective row is configured to perform an operation with processing elements of the respective row.
US12147376B2
Systems and methods for translation and transmission of video and audio data over a first-in-first-out interface (FIFO) in a field programmable gate array (FPGA) are provided. The method includes receiving audio and video data including a number of video frames, each with a plurality of video lines separated by a line blanking interval. A first video line is translated and transmitted to a packet-based network through the FIFO in the FPGA while concurrently buffering the audio data in an audio buffer in the FPGA. Next, at least a portion of the audio data in the audio buffer is transmitted to the packet-based network through the FIFO during the line blanking interval separating the first video line from a second video line. Where video frames are separated by frame blanking intervals the method further includes transmitting through the FIFO any data remaining in the buffer after the preceding line blanking interval.
US12147374B2
A distributed control system includes a tree topology network or a daisy-chain network including a communication parent station, communication child stations, and a plurality of communication paths among the communication parent station and the communication child stations, in which the communication parent station and the communication child stations include a scheduling unit that controls a transfer cycle that is temporal intervals of data transfer. The scheduling unit sets the transfer cycle that is the fastest out of a plurality of the data as a reference cycle, counts the number of times each time the reference cycle elapses, and imparts a value of the number of times to the reference cycle as a cycle number. When the cycle number reaches an optional number, the number of times is returned to an initial value, which makes one cycle of transfer control, and the transfer control is repeatedly executed. For the timing of the reference cycle at which the data is transferred, the scheduling unit defines a cycle number to which the reference cycle corresponds, on the basis of first information corresponding to the data.
US12147366B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for voltage droop mitigation associated with a voltage rail that supplies power to circuitry of a chiplet. Techniques disclosed include detecting an upcoming transmission of data packets that are to be transmitted through a physical layer of the chiplet. Then, before transmitting the data packets through the physical layer, throttling a rate of bandwidth utilization in the physical layer and transmitting, by the controller, the data packets through the physical layer.
US12147360B2
A memory module that includes a non-volatile memory and an asynchronous memory interface to interface with a memory controller is presented. The asynchronous memory interface may use repurposed pins of a double data rate (DDR) memory channel to send an asynchronous data to the memory controller. The asynchronous data may be device feedback indicating a status of the non-volatile memory.
US12147357B2
Monitor device of a personal care system, devices of a personal care system and related methods are disclosed. The monitor device comprises a processor; a memory connected to the processor; a first interface connected to the processor, the first interface configured for connecting the monitor device to the personal care appliance; and a second interface comprising a transceiver module connected to the processor and configured for connecting the monitor device to the one or more accessory devices of the personal care system, wherein the monitor device is configured to establish a connection between the monitor device and at least one of the one or more accessory devices; determine whether a primary storing criterion based on a quality of the connection is satisfied; and in accordance with a determination that the primary storing criterion is satisfied, store primary monitor data in the memory according to a primary storing scheme.
US12147356B2
A storage device includes a memory device and a controller. The controller includes a programmable logic device which is reconfigurable, based on requests which are received from an outside of the storage device, to adaptively support a plurality of protocols depending on the requests. As the programmable logic device is programmed to support a first protocol among the plurality of protocols based on a first request which is received from the outside of the storage device with regard to the first protocol, the programmable logic device processes the first request in compliance with the first protocol, and the controller communicates with the memory device based on the first request such that the memory device stores or outputs data corresponding to the first request.
US12147355B2
Processing circuitry (10) performs processing in one of at least three domains (82, 84, 86, 88). Address translation circuitry (16) translates a virtual address of a memory access performed from a current domain to a physical address in one of a plurality of physical address spaces (61) selected based at least on the current domain. The domains include a root domain (82) for managing switching between other domains. The physical address spaces (61) include a root physical address space associated with the root domain (82), separate from physical address spaces associated with other domains.
US12147354B2
A method for securing memory via an external memory controller, that includes receiving, by the external memory controller, an allocation request to allocate a memory region from a processor core, and in response to receiving the allocation request, allocating the memory region from the memory, associating the processor core with the memory region, and associating an encryption key and a decryption key with the memory region.
US12147349B2
Disclosed is a processor for performing a speculative execution for an out-of-order execution. The processor may include: a core; and an L1 cache memory, and the core may include a speculative track buffer (STB) storing speculative track information in order to track the speculative instruction when a speculative instruction is recorded in a reorder buffer (ROB), and a load queue (LQ) transmitting a commit doorbell signal or a restore doorbell signal for a first speculative block to which a first speculative instruction belongs to an L1 cache memory based on first speculative track information of the first speculative instruction when a speculative success or a speculative failure of the first speculative instruction included in the speculative instruction is decided, and the L1 cache memory may include a write buffer.
US12147342B2
A storage system includes at least one solid-state drive (SSD) and a baseboard management controller (BMC). The at least one SSD communicates over a communication link information that the at least one SSD includes a predetermined number of super capacitors in which the predetermined number includes 0, and is capable of providing a mode of operation to flush data in a non-volatile memory to a non-volatile memory that spans a predetermined amount of time if a loss of power condition is detected. The BMC device receives the information from the SSD and in response sends a message to the at least on SSD to enter the mode of operation.
US12147338B2
In accordance with the described techniques for leveraging processing in memory registers as victim buffers, a computing device includes a memory, a processing in memory component having registers for data storage, and a memory controller having a victim address table that includes at least one address of a row of the memory that is stored in the registers. The memory controller receives a request to access the row of the memory and accesses data of the row from the registers based on the address of the row being included in the victim address table.
US12147334B2
The invention relates to an apparatus for searching for logical address ranges of host commands. The first comparator outputs logic “0” to the NOR gate when a first end logical address is not smaller than a second start logical address. The second comparator outputs logic “0” to the NOR gate when a second end logical address is not smaller than a first start logical address. The NOR gate outputs logic “1” to a matching register and an output circuitry when receiving logic “0” from both the first and the second comparators. The output circuitry outputs a memory address of a random access memory (RAM) storing a second logical address range from the second start logical address to the second end logical address to a resulting address register when receiving logic “1” from the NOR gate.
US12147329B2
Uniform process for generating multiple outputs with common section in pseudo-random software system
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an efficient and uniform process for generating multiple outputs for different generated test cases for an input request that share a common section in a pseudo-random software system. An enhanced disclosed method comprises processing an input request and a sequence of instructions until a state or condition of interest is reached in a first process. The condition of interest is marked as a split point in the first process. At the split point, a next process for generating multiple outputs is created to include a common section of the first process from the input request to the split point, an added form of randomization, and at least one instruction after the split point. The common section is generated only once in the first process, which can provide significantly enhanced performance.
US12147328B2
A testing system includes a client library that functions as a proxy for remote procedure calls to allow commands to be issued directly from a test framework including an interface that enables remote procedure call commands to be sent to a device under test from a mobile device and responses from the device under test to be received and forwarded to the mobile device, even where the mobile device and device under test have different operating systems. A client program adapted to run on the device under test sends and receives remote procedure call commands from the device under test to and from a test server that implements the test framework and manages a device state of the device under test. In a pairing test, the remote procedure call commands include commands adapted to emulate a button press for initiating pairing between the mobile device and the device under test.
US12147317B1
Backup and restore of client-managed tables and system-managed tables in a same database may be performed. A request to restore a database with both a client-managed table and system-managed table may be received. The request may specify a point in time to restore the database. A metadata volume for the database that describes both the client-managed table and the system-managed table may be restored and used to identify the volumes for both the client-managed table and shards of the system-managed table. Redo logs for each of the volumes may be used according to timestamps that are synchronized according to a time synchronization service to generate restored versions of the volumes for the client-managed table and the shards of the system-managed table from backup copies, which can then be made available for accessing the database.
US12147316B2
Methods, systems, and devices for data management are described. A cloud data backup and recovery system may include a destination system and a source system. The destination system may be operable to provide backup and recovery services for the source system. The destination system may communicate a set of push/pull notifications with the source system. Each push/pull notifications may indicate an event is being performed in the source system. The destination system may determine an event is being performed in the source system based on transmitting a push notification or receiving a pull notification, where the push or pull notification may include metadata associated with the event. The destination system may retrieve, from the source system, data that is modified by the event based on the metadata. The destination system may synchronize a database of the destination system based on the data retrieved from the source system.
US12147314B2
A method for managing data includes obtaining, by a universal connector, a data share request to obtain data from a set of files, in response to the data share request: performing a share scan to obtain attributes associated with each file in the set of files, performing a batching of the set of files to obtain a set of file batches using the attributes and using a batch size threshold, performing a request conversion to generate a set of converted batch requests each corresponding to one of the set of file batches, and initiating a data share of the large set of files by sending the set of converted batch requests to a network attached storage (NAS) server.
US12147313B2
A container recovery using volumes comprising container images may be performed by a method comprising: determining, by a recovery process and based on node data, to recover a container operating on a first node onto a second node, where a container image is associated with the container; determining, by the recovery process and based on the container image, volume data indicative of a volume comprising the container image; and initiating, by the recovery process and based on the volume data, recovery of the container from the first node onto the second node.
US12147298B2
A network management device executes acquisition processing, determination processing, and implementation processing. The acquisition processing is for acquiring notification information that is issued in response to a failure occurring in a physical server or a virtual machine constructed in the physical server in a network virtual environment. The determination processing is for determining, in a case where the notification information is acquired, whether or not healing processing for recreating the virtual machine in which the failure has occurred needs to be implemented, based on information related to the failure. The implementation processing is for automatically implementing the healing processing in a case where it is determined that the healing processing needs to be implemented.
US12147295B2
A system with an interactive user interface for users to view and interact with sanitized log data received from a plurality of hosts, such as those associated with various services of an organization. The system may receive from hosts log files and/or metadata that have been filtered by agents executing on the respective hosts to remove or anonymize any sensitive or confidential information prior to transmission to the system. In some embodiments the system does further filtering of the sanitized data. Received sanitized data is parsed, indexed, and/or otherwise processed for optimal searching, and stored in a log pipeline. The system causes display of an electronic visualization interface.
US12147293B2
Systems and methods for detecting and managing incidents are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for detecting an incident includes receiving issue data created for an issue tracking system; analyzing the received issue data over a predetermined interval; determining whether a potential incident has occurred based on the analysis; upon determining that a potential incident has occurred, creating an incident management assistant program; identifying one or more relevant users to communicate an alert to; and communicating the alert to the identified relevant users, the alert including a pointer to the incident management program.
US12147284B2
Power and electromagnetic fault injection vulnerabilities in an integrated circuit (IC) can be characterized sampling one or more integrated timing sensors in real-time or by equivalent-time sampling. To achieve equivalent-time sampling, a series of fault injection attempts are performed. An array of timing sensors implemented in part of the IC capture a measure of relative propagation delay, which fluctuates proportionally with instantaneous voltage. Increased voltage fluctuation can indicate elevated probability of faults in digital logic. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US12147278B2
A display apparatus is configured to determine and display information related to one or more electronic devices. The display apparatus includes a housing having a screen, a processor, and at east a first apparatus port. A cable has a first end connected to the first apparatus port and a second end connected to a port of a first electronic device. The display apparatus receives information via an electronic signal from the first electronic device and is configured to display the information on the screen. In another embodiment, the display apparatus includes a second apparatus port, and a second cable has a first end connected to a second electronic device. The display apparatus receives information via an electronic signal from the second electronic device and is further configured to display that information on the screen.
US12147271B2
A display device includes a display panel including a first area of a constant shape, and at least one shock absorber located on a surface of the first area of the display panel, the at least one shock absorber supporting the display panel, wherein the at least one shock absorber includes a first member located on the first area of the display panel, and a second member facing the first member. The second member is connected to the first member and disposed only on a part of the first member.
US12147270B2
Various embodiments disclosed in this document relate to an electronic device comprising a camera module and, more specifically, to an electronic device configured to prevent the optical performance (for example, resolution) of a camera module from being degraded by an uneven surface of cover glass (for example, a window). According to various embodiments disclosed in this document, provided is an electronic device comprising: a housing comprising a first plate and a second plate disposed near a lateral or rear side of the first plate; a display disposed between the first plate and the second plate so as to display a screen through at least a part of the first plate; and a camera module for acquiring external information on the basis of light that has passed through at least a part of the first plate. The first plate comprises: a transparent member comprising a transparent area for displaying the screen of the display; a masking layer disposed on the back surface of the transparent member so as to form an opaque area near the transparent area of the transparent member; a recess formed on the masking layer such that light that has passed through at least a part of the first plate is directed towards the camera module; and a filling member filling the recess. Various other embodiments are applicable.
US12147263B2
A low power system on chip for supporting partial clock gating is provided. The system on chip includes a network on chip including a first CG-network interface module, a second CG-network interface module, and a clock gating control module, a first IP block that communicates through the first CG-network interface module, and a second IP block that communicates through the second CG-network interface module. The clock gating control module receives a clock gating request from the first IP block, outputs a communication control signal to the second CG-network interface module in response to the received clock gating request, and performs a clock gating operation for a clock signal in response to the received clock gating request to selectively deliver the clock signal to the second IP block.
US12147254B2
A voltage regulating circuit includes a low-dropout regulator, configured to provide a driving voltage to drive a loading circuit and receive a first detection voltage from a first feedback terminal; and a reference voltage generating circuit, coupled to the low-dropout regulator, configured to receive a second detection voltage from a second feedback terminal. A voltage difference between the first feedback terminal and the second feedback terminal is clamped according to the first detection voltage and the second detection voltage.
US12147253B2
The LFFC technology allows for accurate measurement and metering of fluids in a HVAC system-based on parameters such as pressure, velocity, volume, particles, and temperature. A procedure in a processor allows for the calibration of the aperture devices thru various methods in real time based on the actual system performance. The fluid aperture device calibration curves can be developed in a lab environment, on calibrated flow stands and/or field calibration methods using adaptive learning software based on sensor data. The procedure can rely on calibration curves, characterizations, equations, predictive analysis, machine learning, artificial intelligence, simulation software, calibrated flow stands, duplicating environmental conditions, various sensor data and programming software executed by a processor or system software. Upstream and downstream reference points for temperature, flow, particles, and pressure can be used as additional data to auto calibrate/commission the system thru the software.
US12147251B2
A device for controlling the supply of a gas comprises an inlet that can be connected to a gas source, a supply outlet, a regulating chamber communicating with the inlet and outlet, a pressure regulation membrane, means for opening/closing the inlet, and a unit for manually actuating the device, which unit can move with respect to a main axis, wherein the actuation unit is operatively connected to the opening/closing means in order to open/close the inlet, the actuation unit also being operatively connected to the resilient opposition member and comprising means of regulating the resilient opposition member that are capable of varying said opposing force.
US12147250B2
Example embodiments relate to a gas-pressure regulator having an inlet, an outlet, a housing, a diaphragm, a control chamber and a discharge chamber. The inlet and the outlet each open onto the control chamber, wherein the diaphragm partially delimits the control chamber. A passage between the control chamber and the discharge chamber is open in one position of the diaphragm. A movable limiting element limits a movement of the diaphragm in one direction.
US12147245B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling an inspection flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle for purposes of inspecting an object, and to an inspection unmanned aerial vehicle. The method comprises the following: recording of image data for an object by means of a camera device on an unmanned aerial vehicle during a first flight path in a flight coordinates system in the vicinity of the object; and recording of depth data by means of a depth sensor device on the unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the depth data indicate distances between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the object during the first flight path. Flight trajectory coordinates for the unmanned aerial vehicle are determined for purposes of inspecting the object, which avoids collision with the object.
US12147244B2
A robot includes an image sensor that captures the environment of a storage site. The robot visually recognizes regularly shaped structures to navigate through the storage site using various object detection and image segmentation techniques. In response to receiving a target location in the storage site, the robot moves to the target location along a path. The robot receives the images as the robot moves along the path. The robot analyzes the images captured by the image sensor to determine the current location of the robot in the path by tracking a number of regularly shaped structures in the storage site passed by the robot. The regularly shaped structures may be racks, horizontal bars of the racks, and vertical bars of the racks. The robot can identify the target location by counting the number of rows and columns that the robot has passed.
US12147243B2
A robot includes an image sensor that captures the environment of a storage site. The robot visually recognizes regularly shaped structures to navigate through the storage site using various object detection and image segmentation techniques. In response to receiving a target location in the storage site, the robot moves to the target location along a path. The robot receives the images as the robot moves along the path. The robot analyzes the images captured by the image sensor to determine the current location of the robot in the path by tracking a number of regularly shaped structures in the storage site passed by the robot. The regularly shaped structures may be racks, horizontal bars of the racks, and vertical bars of the racks. The robot can identify the target location by counting the number of rows and columns that the robot has passed.
US12147234B2
An improved method for controlling a lifting device, which moves a load along a first movement direction and along a second movement direction within a specified working area of the lifting device from a starting point to an end point. Individual movements are planned for the first movement direction and for the second movement direction, by which the load is moved further along the movement directions and brought to a newly specified end point.
US12147232B2
A method for determining a geographical location of a vehicle (10) includes using a camera/sensor device (20) of the vehicle for recording (S10) first image and sensor data (30) from surroundings of the vehicle (10) while the vehicle (10) is traveling a route. The first image and sensor data (30) are assigned geographical coordinates and are sent to a data evaluation unit (50) for creating a digital map. The method continues by using a second camera and sensor device (20) for recording (S40) second image and sensor data (30) from surroundings while the vehicle (10) is traveling the same route and sending (S50) the recorded second image and sensor data (30) to the data evaluation unit (50). The data evaluation unit (50) compares (S60) the recorded second image and sensor data (30) with the digital map of the surroundings (70) and determines (S70) a position of the vehicle (10).
US12147230B2
A system includes a processor configured to determine a driver identity. The processor is also configured to receive a request for a change to a driving mode and responsive to the request, enable or deny the driving mode based on mode-correlation to one of a predefined set of permissible driving modes pre-associated with the driver identity.
US12147219B2
An operator station server of a control system of a process engineering plant, wherein the server includes a computer-implemented process image that has, for a runtime of the process engineering plant, at least one first computer-implemented process object and a second computer-implemented process object which are each associated with a technical object of the process engineering plant and are operatively connected to same, where two associated technical objects are operatively connected within the process engineering plant, and where the first process object has a reference to the second process object.
US12147217B2
An industrial automation device includes processing circuitry and a non-transitory computer-readable medium that includes instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry of the industrial automation device, cause the processing circuitry to execute a software container and receive, at the software container, data from one or more industrial automation devices communicatively coupled to the industrial automation device. The instructions, when executed, also cause the processor to determine, using the software container, one or more control operations for the industrial automation device or the one or more industrial automation devices based on the data. Furthermore, the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to cause the industrial automation device to perform the one or more control operations or send the one or more control operations to the one or more industrial automation devices.
US12147214B2
Disclosed herein are methods of manufacturing a dental device, the method comprising: obtaining a set of clinical options for the dental device from a health care provider; creating a first data set from the set of clinical options; communicating the data set to a computer aided design (CAD) software; preparing a digital design for the dental device using the CAD software; communicating the digital design to an automated milling apparatus; and automatedly milling a block of polymer to obtain the dental device. Also disclosed are dental devices manufactured by the above method. Further disclosed are methods of treating or ameliorating apnea jaw-related disorder in a patient, the method comprising obtaining a dental device manufactured by the above method and positioning the dental device over the dentition prior to sleep, whereby the mandible is advanced forward relative to the maxilla, thereby ameliorating the symptoms of sleep apnea or the jaw-related disorder.
US12147211B2
A measurement device measures a frequency response of a servo system, applies predetermined oscillation are associated with each other to the servo system, identifies, from a result of oscillation application, a pair of a first oscillation application signal and a first response signal, and identifies a pair of a second oscillation application signal and a second response signal. Then, a first frequency response that is a frequency response is calculated on the basis of the first oscillation application signal and the first response signal, a second frequency response that is a frequency response is calculated on the basis of the second oscillation application signal and the second response signal, and the first frequency response and the second frequency response are synthesized.
US12147208B2
Disclosed herein are techniques for efficiently providing controller data as part of a maintenance or update process. Techniques include receiving, from a first remote computing device, a message associated with at least one controller extracting, based on the received message, an image of software associated with the at least one controller; accessing, based on the extracted image, a delta file; and transmitting the accessed delta file to a second remote computing device.
US12147200B2
A method for manufacturing a horological mobile (10) including: depositing a first thin layer (11) with a first material including at least nickel, the periphery of which defines the contour of the geometry of the horological mobile (10); depositing an intermediate layer (12), with a second material including at least nickel and phosphorus, so as to cover a face of the first thin layer (11), the periphery of which corresponds to that of the geometric shape of the first thin layer (11); depositing a second thin layer (13) with the first material, so as to cover a face of the intermediate layer (12), the periphery of which corresponds to that of the geometric shape of the first thin layer (11), wherein the first and the second thin layer (11, 13) are poorer in phosphorus than the intermediate layer (12), or do not contain any phosphorus.
US12147192B2
A carrier for developing an electrostatic latent image is provided. The carrier comprises a core particle having an internal void ratio of from 0.0% to 2.0% and a coating layer coating the core particle. The coating layer contains flat chargeable particles satisfying Formula 1 blow: 1.0≤R1/R2≤3.0 Formula 1 where R1 [nm] and R2 [nm] represent a major axis and a thickness, respectively, of each of the flat chargeable particles. The carrier has an apparent density of from 2.0 to 2.5 g/cm3.
US12147188B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a main body casing having an opening; a cover movable between a closing position to close the opening and an opening position to open the opening; and a process cartridge detachably attachable to the main body casing through the opening while the cover is at the opening position. The process cartridge includes: a photosensitive drum; a developing device; a toner receiving part; and a toner conveying part. The toner receiving part has a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion has a receiving opening for receiving toner. When the cover is at the closing position and the process cartridge is in the attached state, the first end portion is outside the main body casing while the second end portion is inside the main body casing. The toner conveying part conveys toner in the toner receiving part to the developing device.
US12147182B2
An image forming apparatus includes a platen on which an original is to be placed, a feeder configured to feed an original placed on a tray, a sensor configured to detect a sheet on the tray, a lamp provided to the feeder, a reader configured to read the original placed on the platen and to read the original conveyed by the feeder, an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the image forming unit to form a test image on a sheet, control the reader to read the test image formed on the sheet placed on the platen, control a density of the image to be formed by the image forming unit based on a reading result of the test image.
US12147178B2
According to one embodiment, a heating device includes a cylindrical belt, a heat generating member, and a support member. The heat generating member is disposed in an interior region surrounded by the belt and in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the belt. The support member is provided in the interior region surrounded by the belt and contacts and supports the heat generating member.
US12147171B2
A developing cartridge includes: a casing, a developing roller, a first agitator, a supply roller, and a second agitator. The casing is configured to accommodate toner. The developing roller is rotatable about a developing roller rotation axis extending in a first direction. The first agitator is configured to agitate the toner. The first agitator is rotatable about a first agitator rotation axis extending in the first direction. The supply roller is positioned between the first agitator and the developing roller. The supply roller is rotatable about a supply roller rotation axis extending in the first direction. The second agitator is positioned between the supply roller and the first agitator. The second agitator is rotatable about a second agitator rotation axis extending in the first direction. A rotation locus of the second agitator is positioned outside of a rotation locus of the first agitator.
US12147169B2
An exposure apparatus comprises an exposure head, a memory and at least one processor. The exposure head includes light-emitting elements, and a rod lens array. A photosensitive body is rotationally driven. The light-emitting elements are arranged in a direction intersecting a direction of rotation of the photosensitive body. The rod lens array forms an image of light on the photosensitive body. The light is outputted from any of the light-emitting elements based on image data, passes through the rod lens array and reaches the photosensitive body. The memory stores correction data for correcting a streak image. The at least one processor corrects the image data based on the correction data read out from the memory.
US12147168B2
An offset alignment method for a micro-lithographic printing device comprises placing (S10) of an alignment target substrate. A target pattern presents areas of at least two different light reflectivities is defined relative an origin point. The alignment target substrate is illuminated (S20). Reflected light is measured (S30). A reflection image of the target pattern is created (S40) by the measured light. The illumination is made according to a test pattern of light, having areas with and without illumination. The test pattern is defined relative an origin point. A measured target pattern origin point is determined (S50) from target pattern associated features in the reflection image and a measured test pattern origin point is determined from test patterns associated features in the reflection image. An offset between a measured position and a written position is calculated (S60) from the measured target pattern origin point and the measured test pattern origin point.
US12147150B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for a camera lens to optical instrument connector. An apparatus includes a tab having a tab body comprising a first side, a second side, and an aperture, one or more magnets located within the tab body, and a means for connecting the first side to a device such that a camera lens of the device is aligned with the tab aperture. The apparatus includes an adapter having an adapter body comprising a first side, a second side, and an aperture, one or more magnets positioned within the adapter body, the one or more adapter magnets aligned with the one or more tab magnets for magnetically securing the tab to the adapter, and an adapter sidewall protruding along an axis perpendicular to an edge of the first side for securing the adapter onto an eyepiece of a lensed optical instrument.
US12147143B2
An optical phased array (OPA) radiator includes a plurality of unit radiators configured to serve as optical waveguides, each of the unit radiators being made of a silicon material and each having a predetermined length, where the unit radiators are disposed in parallel; a cladding portion configured to cover the plurality of unit radiators; and a plurality of electrodes arranged in parallel with the plurality of unit radiators on the cladding portion, where the plurality of electrodes are arranged so as not to overlap the plurality of unit radiators in a vertical direction. A beam radiated through the unit radiators using a phased array can be efficiently vertically steered.
US12147140B2
An anti-peeping display device including a display panel and a viewing angle control module, which are stacked, is provided. The viewing angle control module includes a first polarization layer, a first liquid crystal layer, a second polarization layer, a second liquid crystal layer and a third polarization layer that are sequentially stacked. The phase retardations of the first liquid crystal layer and the second liquid crystal layer are within 700 nm to 1200 nm.
US12147134B2
The present disclosure provides an array substrate, a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device, including: a base substrate; gate lines each extending in a first direction on the base substrate; data lines each extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; pixel units located in regions defined by the gate lines and the data lines; each pixel unit has a first side and a second side each extending in the second direction and opposite to each other in the first direction; each pixel unit includes a first electrode including a plurality of strip-shaped electrodes, at least part of the strip-shaped electrodes each have a first part and a second part extending in different directions, first parts are connected at the first side, second parts are disconnected at the second side, and lengths of the first part and the second part are different.
US12147132B2
A display device includes a substrate, a first data fan-out line disposed on the substrate, a first data line disposed on the first data fan-out line and comprising a repair area overlapping the first data fan-out line, a color filter disposed on the first data line and overlapping the repair area, and a connection electrode disposed in the repair area and being in direct contact with the first data fan-out line and the first data line.
US12147122B2
A backlight including a front reflector disposed on a back reflector and defining a cavity therebetween. For a visible wavelength range and for a first incident angle of less than 5 degrees, the front reflector has an average transmittance of less than 20% for the incident light polarized along a first direction, and an average transmittance of between 20% and 85% for the incident light polarized along an orthogonal second direction. For a visible wavelength range and for a second incident angle of greater than 40 degrees, the front reflector has an average transmittance of less than 40% for each of the first and second directions. For at least a first wavelength in an infrared wavelength range, the front reflector has a transmittance of greater than about 40% for each of the first and second incident angles and for each of the first and second directions. For each of the first and second incident angles, for the incident light polarized along each of the first and second directions, the back reflector has a transmittance of greater than 30% for the first infrared wavelength, and an average transmittance of less than 20% in the visible range.
US12147108B2
A switchable light modulator device (201, 202, 203, 204, 205) comprises a first substrate (101, 102, 103) and a second substrate (141, 142, 143, 144) with opposite major surfaces spaced apart by one or more polymer structures that each comprise two or more parts and define wall features (21b, 22b, 23b) for a plurality of cavities (111, 112, 113, 114), the cavities sealing a fluid (71, 72, 73, 74) or gel in discrete volumes. Each of the one or more polymer structures comprises a mould part (21, 22, 23) bonded to the first substrate and defining a recess (31, 32, 33), and a cast part (81, 82, 83, 84) filling the recess and bonded to the second substrate and a surface of the recess, the cast part being defined by the surface of the recess and the second substrate replicating the surfaces of both.
US12147107B2
The present application provides a splicing display panel and a preparation method thereof. The splicing display panel comprises a first sub-display panel, a second sub-display panel, and a third sub-display panel. Both the first and second sub-display panels comprise a first substrate, and the first substrate comprises an accommodation groove. One end of the third sub-display panel is accommodated and fixed in the accommodation groove of the first sub-display panel, and another end is accommodated and fixed in the accommodation groove of the second sub-display panel. Surfaces of the first, second, and third sub-display panels facing away from a color film functional layer are flush.
US12147106B2
A spliced screen and a display terminal are disclosed. In the spliced screen, a structural component is disposed on two adjacent display panels and covers a splicing gap between the two adjacent display panels. A lamp plate is disposed on a surface of the structural component. When the spliced screen displays an image, a plurality of luminescent bodies disposed on the lamp plate close to the display panels also emit light, thereby preventing black strips from appearing on the image. In the spliced screen, a viewing angle of the display panels and a viewing angle of the lamp plate are same, so that a brightness of the display panels and a brightness of the lamp plates are same when the spliced screen is viewed from a lateral side. As such, display quality is improved.
US12147104B2
A display device includes a driver circuit on a display panel, a conductive frame that is disposed behind the display panel and supplies a frame ground, a control printed board disposed behind the conductive frame, and a conductive shield cover covering at least a part of the back face of the control printed board. The control printed board includes a front ground pad and a backside ground pad. The front ground pad is electrically connected to the back face of the conductive frame. The backside ground pad is electrically connected to the conductive shield cover. A part of an end of the conductive shield cover is electrically connected to the partial region.
US12147102B2
A disclosed display apparatus is provided including: a rear case having an inner space; an image display unit installed in the inner space of the rear case, and in which an image is displayed on a front surface; and a decorative lighting unit including a light diffuser installed around the image display unit in the inner space of the rear case, and formed with a grid pattern, and a decorative light source arranged behind the light diffuser to transmit light through the light diffuser.
US12147095B2
A device and methods, the device comprising: a photo detector comprising a waveguide; two metal layers connected to the photo detector; a measurement device connected between the two metal layers, for measuring an electric parameter between the two metal layers, said electric parameter indicative of an amount of light propagating through the waveguide; and a voltage source connected between the two metal layers, wherein applying voltage between the two metal layers changes a refraction index of the waveguide, thereby affecting a phase of light propagating through the waveguide, and wherein the voltage to be applied is determined in accordance with the resistance measured by the resistance measurement device.
US12147092B2
A contact lens may include a body of contact lens material extending between a first surface and a second surface. An electromechanical component may be supported in the contact lens material between the first surface and the second surface. A support comprising a plurality of pillars may be formed of the contact lens material and may extend from at least one of the first surface and the second surface to the electromechanical component.
US12147082B2
Provided are a fiber-optic adapter assembly and a fiber-optic connection device. The fiber-optic adapter assembly includes a plurality of unitary adapters that are stacked and an elastic clipping body. The elastic clipping body includes a U-shaped elastic clip. The U-shaped recess of the elastic clip clips no less than two unitary adapters that are stacked. The elastic clipping body includes a first elastic clipping body. The outer surface of the elastic clip of the first elastic clipping body is exposed out of the unitary adapters and provided with a mounting portion. The mounting portion is detachably connected to a fiber-optic box.
US12147075B2
Structures for an edge coupler and methods of fabricating such structures. The structure comprises a substrate and a back-end-of-line edge coupler including a waveguide core and a grating positioned in a vertical direction between the substrate and the waveguide core. The first waveguide core includes a first longitudinal axis, the grating includes a second longitudinal axis and a plurality of segments positioned with a spaced-apart arrangement along the second longitudinal axis, and the second longitudinal axis is aligned substantially parallel to the first longitudinal axis.
US12147074B2
Structures for a thermo-optic phase shifter and methods of forming such structures. The structure comprises a waveguide structure including a waveguide core. The structure further comprises a silicide layer, a first dielectric layer arranged in a lateral direction between the silicide layer and the waveguide core, and a second dielectric layer positioned over the waveguide core, the silicide layer, and the first dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer comprises a first material having a first thermal conductivity, and the second dielectric layer comprises a second material having a second thermal conductivity that is less than the first thermal conductivity.
US12147073B1
Disclosed herein are designs, structures and techniques for advanced packaging of multi-function photonic integrated circuits that allow such high-performance multi-function photonic integrated circuits to be co-packaged with a high-performance multi-function ASIC thereby significantly reducing strenuous interconnect challenges and lowering costs, power and size of the overall devices.
US12147072B2
An article includes an optical transforming layer and a guide region positioned inside and adjacent to at least a portion of a perimeter of the optical transforming layer. The guide region comprises an inlet end positioned adjacent to a first surface of the optical transforming layer and an outlet end positioned adjacent a second surface of the optical transforming layer. The guide region propagates light from the inlet end to the outlet end such that the light is directed from the first surface to the second surface. The guide region includes a phase-separated glass comprising a continuous network phase and a discontinuous phase. A relative difference in index of refraction between the continuous network phase and the discontinuous phase is greater than or equal to 0.3%. The discontinuous phase comprises elongated shaped regions aligned along a common axis and having an aspect ratio greater than or equal to 10:1.
US12147062B2
A removable lens stack includes a base layer, a first removable lens layer, and a second removable lens layer. The base layer may include a substrate and a moth eye coating. The first removable lens layer may include a substrate, a single or multi-layer interference antireflective coating on a first side of the substrate, and a fluoropolymer coating on a second side of the substrate. The first removable lens layer may be stacked on top of the base layer with the fluoropolymer coating being molded to fit the moth eye coating. The second and any subsequent removable lens layer may include a substrate, a single or multi-layer interference antireflective coating on a first side of the substrate, and an acrylic or polyurethane adhesive on a second side of the substrate. The second removable lens layer may be stacked on top of the first removable lens layer and so on.
US12147061B2
Transformation device (1) for laser radiation (7), comprising a first array (2) of cylindrical lenses (3) arranged side by side in a first direction (x) and a second array (4) of cylindrical lenses (5) arranged side by side in the first direction (x), it being provided that during operation of the transformation device (1) the laser radiation (7) to be transformed first passes through the first array (2) and then through the second array (4), and wherein in each case one of the cylindrical lenses (3) of the first array (2) is associated with one of the cylindrical lenses (5) of the second array (4) in such a way that an array of reducing telescopes results, wherein the cylinder axes (6) of the cylindrical lenses (3) of the first array (2) enclose an angle (γ) greater than 45° and less than 90° with the first direction (x).
US12147059B2
A suspension assembly is described. The suspension assembly including a rigid interposer circuit; a plurality of flexible circuits configured to attach to the rigid interposer circuit and movable about an x-axis and a y-axis with respect to the static plate; and a sensor mounting region on the rigid interposer circuit.
US12147057B2
Embodiments include 3D display devices and methods of operation. In an example device, a light-emitting layer is provided with an addressable array of light-emitting elements. An optical layer overlays the light-emitting layer. The optical layer includes an array of lenses operative to substantially collimate light from the light-emitting layer. To suppress stay light, an angular filter layer is provided along an optical path from the light-emitting layer to an exterior of the display. The angular filter is operative to substantially block light having an incident angle greater than a threshold angle and to substantially transmit light having an incident angle less than a threshold angle. The angular filter may be a thin-film interference bandpass filter. Different regions of the angular filter may be tuned for different wavelengths of light.
US12147054B2
A light-transmitting substrate has parallel surfaces deployed with a first of the parallel surfaces in facing relation to an eye. An optical element is associated with the first surface and applies optical power to incident light of a first type so as to collimate the incident light, and applies substantially no optical power to incident light of a second type. An optical coupling configuration is associated with the substrate and is configured for coupling-in a proportion of collimated light of the first type incident on the first surface so as to propagate within the substrate, and for coupling-out a proportion of light of the second type propagating within the substrate. Optics associated with the substrate convert collimated light of the first type into converging beams of light, which are sensed by an optical sensor. A processor derives current gaze direction of the eye by processing signals from the optical sensor.
US12147053B2
A removable facial interface for a head-mountable device (HMD) is disclosed. In an example, an HMD includes a display; a facial interface frame at least partially surrounding the display; a removable facial interface attached to the facial interface frame; a first attachment mechanism attached to one of the facial interface frame or the removable facial interface; and a second attachment mechanism attached to the other of the facial interface frame or the removable facial interface, the removable facial interface being attached to the facial interface frame by the first attachment mechanism and the second attachment mechanism.
US12147048B2
A virtual image display device includes a first image display device configured to display a virtual image, a second image display device configured to display a virtual image, a line-of-sight direction distance detection device configured to detect an object distance in a line-of-sight direction of a wearer, an image display control unit configured to control display states of the first image display device and the second image display device in accordance with the object distance, and a liquid crystal lens configured to be disposed in front of eyes of the wearer and configured such that a focal length changes with respect to a s-polarization component of image light emitted from the first image display device and the second image display device.
US12147033B2
An optical scanning system includes a radiating source capable of outputting a source light beam, a de-scan lens that is configured to output a de-scanned light beam, the de-scan lens is located approximately one focal length of the de-scan lens from a sample irradiation location, a focusing lens that is configured to output a focused light beam, a first non-polarizing beam splitter configured to be irradiated by at least a portion of the focused light beam, a second non-polarizing beam splitter configured to be irradiated by at least a portion of the focused light beam that is reflected by the first non-polarizing beam splitter, and a detector that is located at approximately one focal length of the focusing lens from the focusing lens, the detector is configured to be irradiated by at least a portion of the focused light beam that is reflected by the second non-polarizing beam splitter.
US12147030B2
An optoelectronic device, including a tunable optical filter or tunable optical filter with photodiode, uses voltage differentials to filter an optical signal passing along an optical path. A membrane has an electrode and is disposed adjacent a fixed mirror and another. A central portion of the membrane is distanced from the fixed mirror and has an aperture in which a second mirror is disposed. This second mirror translates with the membrane at a freespace gap relative to the fixed mirror when the electrodes are subject to the voltage differentials. In turn, the freespace gap is configured as a Fabry-Perot etalon to pass one or more spectral frequencies of the optical signal along the optical path. The membrane is shaped and reinforced to limit possible bowing. The translatable mirror in the aperture of the membrane is also shaped and reinforced to limit it from possible bowing as well.
US12147027B2
A full-color reversible switching device controlled by electrochemistry, and its preparation method and use are provided. The device controlled by electrochemistry includes a color-changing layer, an electrolyte and a counter electrode. The color-changing layer includes a substrate, a conductive layer and an active material layer. The active material layer and the conductive layer form a physical interference color. The electrolyte is connected to the conductive layer or the active material layer. When an electrochemical reaction occurs between the electrolyte and a surface of the conductive layer or the active material layer, the thickness of the active material layer changes. The device controlled by electrochemistry has rich tunable colors that can cover the entire color gamut, and can achieve reversible switching of colors at a small voltage.
US12147019B2
A camera module includes a lens module including a plurality of lenses having refractive power, a first optical path folding unit disposed on the object side of the lens module and configured to refract or reflect incident light in an optical axis direction of the lens module. Among the lenses constituting the lens module, an effective radius of a lens closest to the first optical path folding unit may have substantially the same size as an effective radius of an exit surface of the first optical path folding unit.
US12147015B2
The disclosure provides an optical imaging lens assembly, which sequentially includes from an object side to an image side along an optical axis: a first lens group with a positive refractive power, including a first lens with a refractive power; a second lens group, sequentially including from the object side to the image side along the optical axis: a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens and a sixth lens with refractive power respectively; an optical filter; and a photosensitive element; wherein at least one of the first lens to the sixth lens is arranged to be movable relative to the photosensitive element in a direction of the optical axis; a maximum effective semi-diameter DT51 of an object-side surface of the fifth lens and a maximum effective semi-diameter DT32 of an image-side surface of the third lens satisfy 1.5
US12147014B2
The present invention provides an optical imaging lens. The optical imaging lens comprises eight lens elements positioned in an order from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements, the optical imaging lens may be provided with shortened system length, reduced f number, and increased image height, along with good imaging quality.
US12147010B2
An article includes a substrate with a surface, and a coating disposed over the surface. The coating includes a binder material and a plurality of UV scattering porous polymer particles having pores with a light scattering effective pore size of no more than 100 nm. The coating has a scattering opacity of no more than 20% in the wavelength band from 500 to 3000 nm.
US12147008B2
A thin film optical lens and method for coating an optical substrate serves to apply alternating layers, with varying thicknesses, of a high index dielectric material and a low index dielectric material on first and second surfaces of an optical substrate. The high and low index dielectric materials are layered through thin film deposition. The low index dielectric material is SiO2. The high index dielectric material is ZrO2 and/or Indium Zinc Oxide. The spectral results from application of high and low index dielectric materials reduce infrared radiation, block HEV light transmission, and reduce backside ultraviolet reflections, while also increasing visible (ultraviolet) light transmission through the optical substrate. Thus, the layering of dielectric materials on the first surface of optical substrate reflects up to 40% of the infrared radiation; and the second surface of optical substrate transmits up to 99% of ultraviolet light in the wavelength range between 300 to 400 nanometers.
US12147005B2
A method can include, using a downhole tool, acquiring ultrasonic echo data of a borehole, where the ultrasonic echo data include echoes representative of material and borehole geometry responsive to reflection of ultrasonic energy that has a wide-band frequency range; filtering the ultrasonic echo data using at least one selected filter for multi-band frequency filtering corresponding to different frequency ranges of the wide-band frequency range to generate filtered data; and processing the filtered data to generate attribute values representative of physical characteristics the material, the borehole geometry, or the material and the borehole geometry.
US12147002B2
Fast neutron detectors using nuclear reactions within semiconductor material, glass, or other material. Some versions used doped versions of the materials. Some versions use dopants selected from Ba, As, Br, C, Ce, Cl, Co, Cu, F, Ga, Ge, In, Cd, Te, Al, P, K, La, Mo, Nd, O, Os, Pr, S, Se, Si, Sn, Sr, Ti, Tl, V, Zn, and Zr. Some versions have filters or coatings deposited on windows into the detector. Coatings are selected from titanium oxide, zinc oxide, tin oxide, copper indium gadolinium selenide, cadmium telluride, cadmium tin oxide, perovskite photovoltaic, Si, GaAs, AlP, Ge.
US12146983B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a control system for a LiDAR assembly. The control system includes a control module affixed on a printed circuit board (PCB), configured to control a transmitter and a receiver of the LiDAR assembly to emit and receive optical signals. The control system also includes an interface module affixed on a first bracket, configured to operatively couple the control module to the transmitter and the receiver. The control module and the interface module are configured to be positioned at predetermined positions of the LiDAR assembly through the PCB and the first bracket respectively.
US12146972B2
A method for controlling the orientation of a single-axis solar tracker orientable about an axis of rotation, said method repetitively completing successive control phases, where each control phase implements the following successive steps: a) observing the cloud coverage above the solar tracker; b) comparing the observed cloud coverage with cloud coverage models stored in a database, each cloud coverage model being associated to an orientation setpoint value of the solar tracker; c) matching the observed cloud coverage with a cloud coverage model; d) servo-controlling the orientation of the solar tracker by applying the orientation setpoint value associated to said cloud coverage model retained during step c).
US12146970B2
A positioning method, a device, and an electronic apparatus. The method comprises: obtaining a GNSS position of a vehicle; obtaining standard positioning data around a road where the vehicle is located; obtaining laser point cloud data around the road where the vehicle is located; extracting to-be-matched positioning data around the road; forward simulating a motion state of the vehicle based on sampling positions corresponding to the vehicle at a previous moment, to obtain sampling positions at a current moment; converting the to-be-matched positioning data into a coordinate system corresponding to the standard positioning data; matching the to-be-matched positioning data with the standard positioning data to obtain a probability that the vehicle is located at each sampling position at the current moment; and obtaining a position of the vehicle based on the probability that the vehicle is located at each sampling position at the current moment.
US12146969B1
A space based multi-band GPS/GNSS navigation system, including: RF card to receive and process the two different received navigation signals; a space grade navigation processor configured to: execute processor instructions to process the two different received navigation signals to produce position, velocity, and time information; and process measurements using a Kalman filter for enhanced performance at high altitude.
US12146965B1
A depth camera assembly (DCA) includes a direct time of flight system for determining depth information for a local area. The DCA includes an illumination source, a camera, and a controller. The illumination source projects light (e.g., pulse of light) into the local area. The camera detects reflections of the projected light from objects in the local area. Using an internal gating selection procedure, the controller selects a gate window that is likely to be associated with reflection of a pulse of light from an object. The selected gate may be used for depth determination. The internal gating selection procedures may be achieved through external target location and selection or through internal self-selection.
US12146962B2
A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system to generate a baseband signal in the time domain from the return signal, where the baseband signal includes frequencies corresponding to LIDAR target ranges; and a signal processing system coupled with the optical processing system to measure energy of the baseband signal in the frequency domain, to compare the energy to an estimate of LIDAR system noise, and to determine a likelihood that an signal peak in the frequency domain indicates a detected target.
US12146961B2
A detection device, which detects a target behavior that is a vehicle behavior subjected to detection in a preset detection area using a laser radar that generates point cloud information by irradiating the detection area with laser light and receiving reflected light resulting from the irradiation with the laser light, includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire the point cloud information, a vehicle detection unit configured to detect a vehicle on the basis of the point cloud information, and a behavior detection unit configured to detect the target behavior on the basis of a direction of movement and an amount of movement per unit time of the vehicle detected by the vehicle detection unit.
US12146952B2
Example embodiments of the present subject matter relate to methods, systems, and a computer program product for performing assisted ultrasonic inspection flaw screening. The method includes analyzing a plurality of ultrasonic responses having scan axis and ultrasound axis positions. For a plurality of respective scan axis-ultrasound axis positions, an ultrasonic response representative of ultrasonic responses for the scan axis-ultrasound axis position is selected. The selected ultrasonic responses then may be associated for ultrasonic inspection flaw screening.
US12146949B2
A phase modulated continuous wave (PMCW) multiple input multiple output (MIMO) radar system is described herein. The radar system is configured to compute range, velocity, and direction of arrival angle of objects relative to the radar system. The radar system includes several transmitting antennas and several receiving antennas, where selected transmitting antennas simultaneously transmit radar signals based on the same modulation signal. Per transmitting antenna, the transmissions are modulated with respective phase offsets on a per pulse repetition interval (PRI) basis. Hence, a coupling between phase shifts over PRI and transmitter positions is established. Effectively, then, each transmitting antenna is labeled with a velocity offset that corresponds to the phase rate of change assigned to the transmitting antenna. This approach is referred to herein as velocity-labeled multiplexing (VLM).
US12146943B2
A sensing method includes: (a) performing first sensing to detect presence or absence of the object in a specific detection area using a first sensor signal received by a radar sensor from the specific detection area; (b) when the presence of the object in the specific detection area is detected by the first sensing in (a), continuing the first sensing and performing second sensing to detect a motion of the object using a second sensor signal transmitted from the radar sensor to the specific detection area, the second sensor signal having a sensing rate higher than a sensing rate of the first sensor signal; and (c) when the absence of the object in the specific detection area is detected by the first sensing in (b), stopping the second sensing and continuing the first sensing.
US12146925B2
The present disclosure provides a direct current (DC) transformer error detection apparatus for a pulsating harmonic signal, including a DC and pulsating harmonic current output module and an external detected input module, where the DC and pulsating harmonic current output module outputs a DC and a DC superimposed pulsating harmonic current to an internal sampling circuit and a self-calibrated standard resistor array; and the internal sampling circuit converts the input DC and the input DC superimposed pulsating harmonic current into a voltage signal, and sends the voltage signal to an analog-to-digital (AD) sampling and measurement component through a front-end conditioning circuit and a detected input channel. The DC transformer error detection apparatus can complete self-calibration for measurement of the DC and the pulsating harmonic signal on a test site.
US12146919B2
A short circuit detection method is provided for a starting battery. The method includes acquiring status information of the starting battery in real time, estimating a state-of charge (SOC) of the starting battery by an ampere-hour integral based on the status information, and confirming, based on an estimation result for the SOC, whether the starting battery is short-circuited.
US12146915B2
Provided is a deterioration estimation device and a deterioration estimation program for a power conversion device that can estimate the deterioration of a switching element without providing a special sensor. A deterioration estimation device includes a calculating device calculating the variation of the characteristics of an IGBT in an inverter from a voltage command treated as a target of the output voltage of the power conversion device and the output voltage value of the power conversion device, a determining device determining whether the variation of the characteristics calculated by the calculating device has changed from an initial state by a threshold value or greater, and a notifying device issuing a warning when the determining device has determined that the change in the variation of the characteristics is equal to or greater than the threshold value.
US12146896B2
There is provided an analysis apparatus including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of measured values obtained by measuring a device under measurement; a machine learning unit configured to use the plurality of measured values to learn, by machine learning, a model of a position-dependent component that depends on a measured position in the device under measurement; and an analysis unit configured to separate, from the plurality of measured values, the position-dependent component which is calculated by using the model learned by the machine learning unit. Further, there is provided an analysis method. Further, there is provided a recording medium having recorded thereon an analysis program.
US12146893B2
Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) accelerometers are described. The MEMS accelerometers may include multiple proof mass portions collectively forming one proof mass. The entirety of the proof mass may contribute to detection of in-plane acceleration and out-of-plane acceleration. The MEMS accelerometers may detect in-plane and out-of-plane acceleration in a differential fashion. In response to out-of-plane accelerations, some MEMS accelerometers may experience butterfly modes, where one proof mass portion rotates counterclockwise relative to an axis while at the same time another proof mass portion rotates clockwise relative to the same axis. In response to in-plane acceleration, the proof mass portions may experience common translational modes, where the proof mass portions move in the plane along the same direction.
US12146884B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods that can be used to determine a peptide signature for an antibody repertoire in a sample comprising multiple antibodies. The method can be used to characterize a phenotype in a sample, such as providing a diagnosis, prognosis or theranosis of a medical condition.
US12146874B2
The present invention provides a method for imaging microtentacles on isolated, living, non-adherent primary tumor cells from a cancer subject comprising: i) obtaining one or more living, non-adherent primary tumor cells that has been isolated from a solid tumor from the subject; and ii) imaging the one or more living, non-adherent primary tumor cells and detecting the microtentacles.
US12146871B2
An analysis method and device including detecting at least one particle of matter in a fluid inside in a reaction chamber and correlating a change in the particle to a physicochemical property of the matter.
US12146867B2
A method may include transporting a water stream comprising water and a biocide from an upstream location to a downstream location, withdrawing a sample of the water stream to a sample collection and analyses system, preconditioning the sample, injecting the preconditioned sample into an online gas chromatography analyzer, measuring a concentration of the biocide in the sample via the online gas chromatography analyzer to obtain a measurement result, transmitting the measurement result to a control system, and adjusting by the control system, automatically injecting biocide into the water stream at the upstream location based on the biocide dosage requirement on either a batch, or semi-batch, or a continuous basis. A system for measuring and controlling biocide concentration in a water stream in a pipeline may include a sample probe, a cabinet heater, a filtering unit, an online gas chromatography analyzer, a control system, and an injection system.
US12146865B2
A sliding apparatus for durability evaluation of a flexible material includes a base unit having a folding space formed therethrough, a sliding unit which is coupled to the base unit to be slidably movable and to which one side of a flexible material to be evaluated is fixed, and a folding unit which is arranged to be apart from the sliding unit, to which the other side of the flexible material is fixed, and which rotates with respect to the sliding unit to in-fold or out-fold the flexible material in an unfolded state. The sliding unit changes the position of the bent portion formed in the flexible material as the sliding unit slidably moves on the base unit with the flexible material in an in-folded state or out-folded state.
US12146861B2
A part defect testing system includes a hammer beam system that provides laser light having a first wavelength. A read-out beam system provides laser light having a second wavelength. A control system is used to direct the generated hammer beam laser light toward a first position on a part to provide an acoustic hammer pulse that induces surface movement of the part. An areal camera is arranged to produce an interferogram derived from reading surface movement of the part using the read-out beam directed to a second position on the part.
US12146853B2
Methods and apparatus relating to FET arrays for monitoring chemical and/or biological reactions such as nucleic acid sequencing-by-synthesis reactions. Some methods provided herein relate to improving signal (and also signal to noise ratio) from released hydrogen ions during nucleic acid sequencing reactions.
US12146851B2
Fabrication of a low-cost and miniaturized solid-contact thread-based ion sensing electrode (ISE) that is suitable for point-of-care applications is described. The fabrication process is simple and scalable. Different types of threads and a variety of different conductive ion-to-electron transducer inks can be used to fabricate the thread-based ISEs with Nernstian responses. Multiple thread-based sensors can be easily bundled with the reference electrode to fabricate a customized sensor for multiplexed ion-sensing in small sample volumes. The thread-based electrodes can be used in both single-use and reusable fashion. The thread-based multiplexed ion-sensor is used for detection of a wide array of ions in many different types of aqueous solutions.
US12146841B2
A non-invasive analyte sensor includes one or more temperatures sensors that sense the temperatures of one or more components of the analyte sensor. The sensed temperature(s) can be used to post-process (i.e. correct) the data collected by the analyte sensor and/or used to adjust operation of the analyte sensor.
US12146840B2
An object of the invention is to provide a defect inspection device capable of correcting image forming position deviation due to displacement of a sample surface in a Z direction while enabling image forming detection from a direction not orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of illumination. The defect inspection device according to the invention is configured to determine on which lens in a lens array scattered light is incident according to a detection elevation angle of the scattered light from a sample, and an image position of the scattered light having a small elevation angle is corrected more than an image position of the scattered light having a large elevation angle.
US12146836B2
A micro-colorimetric sensor for sensing target chemicals using edge tracking includes a substrate. A plurality of parallel linear channels of porous media is entrenched into the substrate and each linear channel includes a sensing material adapted to sense one of several specific target chemicals in air. The plurality of parallel linear channels is separated by barrier material from the adjacent parallel linear channel where the barrier material blocks diffusion of chemicals from one linear channel to another. A plate is affixed over the substrate top to cover the plurality of parallel linear channels. An air sample is diffused along the micro-colorimetric sensor and color images are captured. An intensity profile is derived from the plurality of color images to determine a maximum and a minimum intensity value along the sensor. A plurality of positions along the sensor is tracked to determine an edge position.
US12146831B2
An optical measurement device includes an irradiation optical system, a detection optical system, and a cancel circuit. In a fluorescence detection process, a sample is designated as an irradiation target, the sample is irradiated with irradiation light, measurement target light including fluorescence generated from the sample irradiated with the irradiation light and light scattered from the sample irradiated with the irradiation light is detected as detection light, a signal component corresponding to the scattered light is removed from a measurement signal corresponding to the measurement target light in consideration of a result of performing a calibration process during a preliminary process. In the preliminary process, the calibration process for removing a signal component corresponding to the scattered light from the measurement signal is performed on the basis of a calibration signal having a higher signal intensity than a signal corresponding to the scattered light in the measurement signal.
US12146825B1
A scale assessment system and a method for performing a scale deposit assessment that includes a scale solution flow loop. The scale assessment system also includes an insulated temperature controlled scale solution holding tank, a scale deposit assessment flow loop, a scale inhibitor flow loop, and/or a measurement and control unit configured to determine one or more of an amount of scale deposit in a plurality of connected U-shaped test pipes and an amount of scale inhibitor required to prevent scale deposit in the plurality of connected U-shaped test pipes.
US12146823B2
A system for dissociating cells from a cell culture vessel. The system comprises an imaging system configured to image a plurality of cells in a cell culture vessel being dissociated from at least one surface of the cell culture vessel by at least one cell dissociation agent; and at least one controller coupled to the imaging system and configured to: control the imaging system to capture a sequence of images of at least some cells in the plurality of cells during dissociation; and identify when to neutralize the at least one cell dissociation agent using the sequence of images.
US12146818B2
An experimental device and method for testing foam fluid properties and defoaming separation effects, the experimental device including a foam generation module configured to generate a foam fluid, an experimental loop configured to transport the foam fluid and enable the foam fluid to sufficiently develop in a loop, a foam property test module configured to test foam fluid properties, a foam separation processing module configured to separate foam from fluid and gas, and a defoaming result evaluation module configured to test and evaluate defoaming results. In the method, different foam fluids are generated in the foam generation module and are transported to the foam property test module and different foam separation processing modules through the experimental loop, and the foam properties of the foam fluids and defoaming separation effects are measured by the foam property test module and the defoaming result evaluation module connected to the foam separation processing module.
US12146816B2
A vibration generation device which can vibrate in only one axial direction is used to simultaneously load a vibration force in a plurality of axial directions onto a test piece, and to make it possible to easily modify the proportion of vibration force in each axial direction. The present invention includes: a vibration generation device connection part 1 which is connected to the vibration generation device and is vibrated in a z-axis direction; a first diaphragm 2 which is connected to the vibration generation device connection part 1 and extends in cantilevered form in an x-axis direction intersecting the z-axis direction; a second diaphragm 3 which is connected to the vicinity of an end of the first diaphragm 2 in the x-axis direction, and which extends in cantilevered form in the z-axis direction and a y-axis direction intersecting the x-axis direction; and a test piece installation part 5 on which the test piece is installed and which receives vibrations via the first diaphragm 2 and the second diaphragm 3 from the vibration generation device connection part 1, wherein at least one of the first diaphragm 2 and the second diaphragm 3 has a length adjustment mechanism 6.
US12146815B2
The present invention describes an electronic device (2) and corresponding method for monitoring hydrogeological phenomena, in particular the integrity of a rockfall protection barrier by detecting mechanical load exceeding a threshold, such as due to impact or debris flow. The device is provided with elongated flexible “legs” protruding from the housing in a radial manner and connected to a surface to be monitored (i.e. rockfall net) for detecting mechanical stress.
US12146799B2
Provided is a temperature sensor film comprising a metal-thin film patterned on a resin film substrate, and having high temperature measurement accuracy. A conductive film (102) that is used for producing a temperature sensor film has a nickel thin film (10) on one principal surface of a resin film substrate (50). It is preferable that the interplanar spacing of nickel (111) plane in the nickel thin-film is less than 0.2040 nm. The temperature sensor film is obtained by patterning the nickel thin film to form a temperature-measuring resistance part and a lead part connected to the temperature-measuring resistance part.
US12146794B2
An apparatus and method for inspecting articles incorporating positive temperature coefficient resistors. The inspection apparatus includes a computing device, a power source, a housing, a support, and a thermal imager, each mounted within an interior volume of the housing. The inspection method includes receiving a first thermal image of the unpowered article mounted within the support and receiving a second thermal image of the powered article after an optimized time delay. The method further includes outputting a health indication of the positive temperature coefficient resistors based on a comparison of the first thermal image and the second thermal image.
US12146789B2
A sensor device comprises a vision sensor comprising a pixel array having a plurality of pixels each being configured to receive light and perform photoelectric conversion to generate an electrical signal, based on which electrical signals a data stream is formed, an encoding unit that receives the data stream and generates a series of representations that represent states of the data stream, a trigger unit that is configured to receive a current representation from the encoding unit, to compare the current representation with a reference representation, and to generate trigger signal based on said comparison, and a processing unit that is configured to receive the trigger signals and to carry out predetermined processing based on representations for which the predetermined processing was indicated to be allowed by the respective trigger signal. Here, the processing unit is configured to use a first machine learning module to carry out the predetermined processing.
US12146788B2
Methods and apparatus for detecting weak beams and single photons. A reference beam interferes with a weak beam to generate an output beam. Characteristics such as propagation direction of the output beam are used to detect the weak beam.
US12146782B2
A weigh platter assembly includes a weigh platter and an off-platter detection assembly having a light emission assembly, a light detection assembly, and a controller. The light emission assembly has a light source to emit a light along a lateral edge of the weigh platter. The light detection assembly detects at least a portion of the light reflected from an object extending across the light beam and includes a sensor offset from the light source and an aperture positioned in front of the sensor and configured to limit a field of view of the sensor along the lateral edge. The controller is configured to provide a first signal in response to a first value received from the sensor and to provide a second signal, different from the first signal, in response to a second value.
US12146777B2
Methods for determining phase fractions of a downhole fluid via thermal properties of the fluids are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes measuring a temperature of a fluid flowing through a completion string downhole in a well and heating a resistive element of a thermal detector at a position along the completion string downhole in the well by applying power to the resistive element such that heat from the resistive element is transmitted to the fluid flowing by the position. The method also includes determining, via the thermal detector, a flow velocity of the fluid through the completion string and multiple thermal properties of the fluid, and using the determined flow velocity and the multiple thermal properties to determine phase fractions of the fluid. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
US12146775B2
An insertable flow meter assembly includes a flow measuring device configured to be inserted into a flow passage of a receiving structure. The flow measuring device is configured to enable determination of a flow rate of fluid through the flow passage, the flow measuring device is formed as a single continuous structure, and an outer cross-section of at least a portion of the flow measuring device is configured to be substantially the same as an inner cross-section of the flow passage. The insertable flow meter assembly also includes an end cap configured to engage an exterior surface of the receiving structure and to couple to the receiving structure at an end of the flow passage. The end cap is configured to block movement of the flow measuring device out of the end of the flow passage.
US12146774B2
A system for determining particle size of a quantity of a sample material contained in a sample material holder is disclosed, where the sample material is made up a plurality of the particles. The system may incorporate a pressure regulating subsystem for receiving a first pressurized airflow signal and regulating the first pressurized airflow signal to a second pressurized airflow signal having a pressure lower than the first pressurized airflow signal, the second pressurized airflow signal configured to be input to a first end of the sample material holder. A mass airflow transducer may be incorporated for determining a flow rate representing an air flow value entering the sample material holder. A control module uses the air flow value in combination with the pressure differential value and mathematically determining a dimension of the particles making up the sample material.
US12146761B2
An indoor location is mapped into a grid comprising grid cells, each cell associated with items or objects detected as being present in the corresponding cell. The grid, grid cells, and linked items and/or objects are generated and updated using an Augmented Reality (AR) algorithm that maps a physical environment into cells and measures distances and directions within the environment relative to each cell. Walking paths (routes) to the items within the indoor location are generated using the grid information. As a user walks a path, the user's position within the indoor location is mapped and tracked to the cells and the path revised based on the user's actual position. A user device provides video via an AR application to track the user's position; a rendering of the position and path are superimposed within the video being viewed by the user on the user-operated device.
US12146759B1
Generating route guidance in near real-time. At least one example is a method of providing route guidance by way of a mobile device, the method comprising: acquiring an applet by the mobile device, the acquiring responsive to a trigger event, and the trigger event identifies a destination location; determining, by the applet executed on the mobile device, an initial location of the mobile device; sending, by the applet executed on the mobile device, to a server an indication of the initial location of the mobile device and an indication of the destination location; receiving, by the mobile device from the server, a map comprising the initial location and the destination location; determining, by the applet executed on the mobile device, a route from the initial location to the destination location; and providing, by the applet executed on mobile device, guidance along the route to the destination location.
US12146754B2
A user trained map for providing driver assistance in a vehicle is obtained by entering a training mode, acquiring and at least temporarily storing vehicle sensor data related to the vehicle's position during training mode while the vehicle is operating in training mode, generating and storing a trained digital map of a parking route at least partially based on the acquired vehicle sensor data, acquiring and storing position information related to a drop-off location and to a pickup location, the drop-off location and the pickup location being part of the parking route, and exiting the training mode.
US12146750B2
A ride-sourcing method including receiving a plurality of ride-sourcing requests; grouping a first set of the plurality of ride-sourcing requests into a first cluster and a second set of the plurality of ride-sourcing requests into a second cluster; computing a tour formation for each of the first cluster and the second cluster to define a series of stations and a cost function; applying trips to the first cluster and the second cluster under uniformity constraints; repeating the computing and applying steps until the cost function between consecutive iterations is below a threshold to define a first cluster of trips and a second cluster of trips; and assigning the first cluster of trips to a first driver and the second cluster of trips to a second driver.
US12146745B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for generating, managing, and sharing information related to moving-paths of a plurality of devices connected to the server. The server includes a communication interface that receives first information related to a moving path of a first device among the plurality of devices and receives second information related to a moving path of a second device among the plurality of devices, with the first device being different from the second device. A controller provides integrated history information based on the first information and the second information to at least one of the plurality of devices, with the plurality of devices being managed as a single group in the server.
US12146743B2
Flight control systems, flight control methods, and aircraft navigation systems and methods are provided. A method for estimating a sound level at a geographical location including determining, by an aircraft navigational processor, an initial navigational route, estimating, by the aircraft navigational processor, the sound level at the geographical location in response to a first sound pressure wave estimated to be generated by the aircraft at a first point along the initial navigational route and a second sound pressure wave generated by the aircraft at a second point along the initial navigational route, determining, by the aircraft navigational processor, an alternate navigational route in response to the sound level exceeding a noise limit at the geographical location, and displaying, by a user interface, the alternate navigational route and an alert indicative of the sound level exceeding the noise limit.
US12146740B2
A method for measuring the surface topography of an object including the following steps: a) providing source radiation and dividing the source radiation into illumination radiation and reference radiation, b) illuminating the surface of the object with illumination radiation in a planar illumination field, the surface of the object being illuminated simultaneously with more than one spatial radiation mode and the radiation modes of the illumination being spatially and temporally coherent, but with a fixed phase difference from one another, and c) overlaying the reference radiation on illumination radiation back-scattered at the surface of the object, and detecting an interference signal of the overlaid radiation with a detector. Steps a) to c) are carried out for at least two different, fixed wavelengths. The surface topography of the object is determined by means of digital holography.
US12146734B2
The present disclosure proposes a detachable second apparatus coupled to a first apparatus that determines a first three-dimensional shape of an object and configured to determine an angle of an upper surface of the object. The second apparatus includes a first light source configured to sequentially irradiate first pattern lights having one phase range, a beam splitter and lenses configured to change optical paths of the first pattern lights so that a beam of light corresponding to a respective phase of the phase range spreads, and arrives at each point of a partial region of the upper surface of the object, a communication interface, and a first processor configured to obtain first information on first reflected lights generated by reflecting the first pattern lights from the partial region and determine the angle of the upper surface with respect to the reference plane based on the first information.
US12146720B1
A dart launcher and dart magazine for alleviating improper dart placement concerns with a forward matching dart profile. The dart magazine is short and does not extend into the launch chamber of the launcher. The magazine has an open top with a dart restrainer that is moved when the magazine is inserted into the launcher causing an upper-most dart in the magazine to be biased out of the magazine and into the launch chamber. The launcher includes a dart placement structure in the launch chamber to locate the upper-most dart. The dart placement structure may be shaped as an arm allowing positioning of each dart also free of the magazine while facilitating automatic firing of the darts from the magazine.
US12146718B2
Disclosed is a case to be placed between the bolt/slide and the gun body/frame in hand guns, with a uniform body made of polymer; a rear support embedded in the polymer body and made of metal; a rear bolt/slide guide provided integrally with the rear support and extending outward from the polymer body; a front support embedded in the polymer body and made of metal; and a rear bolt/slide guide that is provided integrally with the front support and extends outward from the polymer body, and a hand gun of this case.
US12146709B2
The invention relates to a device and a method for freeze-drying products, wherein products are arranged in a drying chamber (2) for a freeze-drying process, wherein energy is supplied to the products arranged in the drying chamber (2) by means of microwaves at least during some parts of the freeze-drying process, and wherein the microwaves are generated by at least one microwave module (6) based on semiconductor technology. The invention also relates to the use of a microwave module (6) based on semiconductor technology in a freeze-drying process.
US12146694B2
An electronic expansion valve, the electronic expansion valve includes: a housing (10), wherein the housing (10) is provided with an accommodating cavity (11) and a valve cavity (12), the valve cavity (12) is used for communicating with a pipeline, the housing (10) includes a valve seat (14), and the valve cavity (12) is disposed in the valve seat (14); a valve core assembly (20), movably disposed in the housing (10); and a guide seat (30), wherein the guide seat (30) is located between the accommodating cavity (11) and the valve cavity (12), a balance channel (40) is provided between the guide seat (30) and the valve seat (14), one end of the balance channel (40) is in communication with the accommodating cavity (11), and the other end of the balance channel (40) is in communication with the valve cavity (12).
US12146687B2
Disclosed is a pressure regulator, comprising: a first cylindrical chamber; a second cylindrical chamber located concentrically within the first cylindrical chamber and in thermal communication with the first cylindrical chamber; and further comprising at least one of: an internal valve, wherein the internal valve is connected at a first end to the first cylindrical chamber and at a second end to the second cylindrical chamber, wherein the internal valve allows the flow of gas from the second cylindrical chamber to the first cylindrical chamber; and an external gas chamber and an external valve, wherein the external gas chamber is located outside the first cylindrical chamber, wherein the external valve is connected at a first end to the first cylindrical chamber and at a second end to the external gas chamber, wherein the external valve allows the flow of gas from the external gas chamber to the first cylindrical chamber.
US12146686B2
Ceramic particles for use in a solar power tower and methods for making and using the ceramic particles are disclosed. The ceramic particle can include a sintered ceramic material formed from a mixture of a ceramic raw material and a darkening component comprising MnO as Mn2+. The ceramic particle can have a size from about 8 mesh to about 170 mesh and a density of less than 4 g/cc.
US12146685B1
A system and method for using waste heat from computing devices is disclosed. Computing devices may be positioned in a device rack and output exhaust air such that heat is transferred into a heat chamber with controllable temperature and a work item rack that is configured to hold one or more work items. By transferring the heat from the computing devices to heat or preheat the heat chamber, the captured heat can be used for useful work such as dehydrating, baking, drying or curing. Humidity can also be controlled, and conveyors may be used to improve the flow of work items. The energy reused may be calculated, recorded and attributed to the work items processed or the work performed by the computing devices.
US12146678B2
A grille for ventilation apparatus arranged downstream of insufflation elements of a ventilation apparatus, the grille including a grid portion arranged upstream of a stator portion. The insufflation elements may include a fan. The grid portion may include fins which form concentric rings.
US12146675B2
An air conditioner including: a housing having a discharge port and a plurality of holes; a door capable of closing the discharge port; a heat exchanger provided in the housing; a compressor connected to the heat exchanger so as to circulate a refrigerant so that same passes through the heat exchanger; a fan for blowing air so that the air passes through the heat exchanger and is discharged through the discharge port and at least one of the plurality of holes. The air conditioner includes a humidity sensor provided inside the housing so as to sense the humidity of the air having passed through the heat exchanger; and a control unit for controlling the door so as to open or close the discharge port and rotating the fan, on the basis of the humidity sensed by the humidity sensor when the compressor has been stopped.
US12146674B1
A computer and software enabled system is provided for real time and ongoing assessment and adjustment of current air quality and airflow within and exiting an operating room. Using software operating to the task of assessing existing airflow patterns in rooms of medical facilities and to determine from an optimal CFD model and a real time current CFD model one or more adjustments of the characteristics of incoming and outgoing airflow to substantially match current air flows to that of the optimal CFD model.
US12146669B2
An indoor heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger shell, a side plate structure including shell side plates arranged at both ends of the heat exchanger shell, heat exchange fins installed at the shell side plates provided in the heat exchanger shell, refrigerant pipes passing through the heat exchange fins, and connection pipes protruding from an end of the heat exchanger shell and each connected to ends of two refrigerant pipes on same side.
US12146659B2
Devices, systems, and methods for flue gas cooling for carbon capture processes are disclosed herein. A flue gas cooling process for carbon capture includes: cooling a flue gas in a direct contact cooler by a cooling water cooled in a closed cooling loop; cooling the cooling water in the closed cooling loop utilizing air-cooled heat exchangers; cooling the flue gas below a water dew point to produce a surplus water when an available cooling duty of the closed cooling loop exceeds a cooling duty required to cool the flue stream to the water dew point; storing the surplus water in a surplus water storage vessel; and directing the surplus water stored in the surplus water storage vessel to the direct contact cooler when the available cooling duty of the closed cooling loop is less than the cooling duty required to cool the flue stream to the water dew point.
US12146658B2
Systems and methods for managing excess above-ground corn residue are disclosed. Systems and methods for combusting corn residue to produce heat for generating steam are also disclosed. Additionally, methods and systems for harvesting and pre-processing corn residue prior to combustion of the corn residue are disclosed.
US12146656B2
A heat exchanger including a pipe bundle to guide a fluid between first and second pipe connectors, the pipes being distributed in layers of pipes, wherein pipes of each of the layers of pipes each includes. A length of a flow path section is at least 1.7 times greater than lengths of two other flow path sections, wherein a first bend of the two bends is provided between the longer flow path section and a first of the shorter flow path section, and wherein a second of the two said bends is provided between the first, shorter flow path section and the other shorter flow path section, and wherein each of the layers of pipes includes two pipe subgroups. The bend between the two shorter flow path sections of the respective pipes in one of the pipe subgroups in the pipe layer is arranged substantially opposite to bends extending between the two shorter flow path sections of pipes in the other pipe subgroup of the same pipe layer.
US12146653B2
An array of lenslets include a first surface with a plurality of individual cells defining one side of a respect lenslet, a second opposite surface with a set of grooves defining a second side of the array of lenslets. The array of lenslets is a circular arry having a plurality of concentric rings. Each ring includes a plurality of straight segments, and each segment includes lenslets arranged in a row. The lens is disposed over a carrier having an array of light emitting diodes (LEDS) disposed such that some of the LEDs are offset from a center of an associated cell, or a plurality associated with a shared cell and disposed at different positions along a groove direction.
US12146651B1
The invention discloses a luminous object combination device and a combination method, in particular relating to the technical field of toys and supplies, comprising a luminous element, the top of the luminous element is connected with a lock fastening piece, and the bottom end of the luminous element is connected with a transparent cover. The bottom of the luminous element is located on the inside of the transparent cover and a plurality of luminous lamps are installed, a clamping mechanism is arranged between the top of the transparent cover and the bottom of the luminous element, and the inside of the luminous element is located above the transparent cover and a battery bin is arranged. The inside of the battery bin is installed with a dry battery. The combined device designed by the invention is suitable for installing on toy items, such as jumping balls, which is convenient for emitting light when used after combined installation, increases the functions of some items, is more beautiful and can warn passers-by. A combination method is designed, which is convenient to assemble and disassemble with other objects, and the combination operation is simple. It can be used to clamp the rope part of the jumping ball with different outer diameters, so as to improve the scope of application.
US12146647B2
Present invention teaches the construction of a picture frame where a plurality of LED light modules is placed between a backing layer and a guiding layer, allowing the generated light pattern to shine towards the front direction, in a controlled fashion; the connection of LED light modules is made either by a guard strip or by an optional guard film, to better accommodation to the size/volume of the LED light modules. The guiding layer allows texts or graphic designs, or any artwork, to be inscribed/printed on to the surface as may be desired by actual product manufacturers when a digital photo, or video clip, is shown on the display screen.
US12146643B2
Disclosure herein are systems and methods for dynamically adjusting infrastructure items, such as street lights, construction signage, and/or other lighting elements. The systems and methods may include receiving environmental data for a sector containing the infrastructure items. A quality of infrastructure effectors located within the sector may be determined. A deviation from a standard infrastructure quality associated with the infrastructure effectors may be determined. A setting of the infrastructure items located in the sector may be changed to minimize the deviation from the standard infrastructure quality.
US12146642B1
A lighting unit is provided. The lighting unit includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board, a light array mounted on the first circuit board, and a controller mounted on the first circuit board and coupled to the light array. The light unit further includes a first portion of an isolated power supply system mounted on the first circuit board and coupled to the controller and a second portion of the isolated power supply system mounted on the second circuit board. The first portion includes a first half magnetic core and a first set of windings and the second portion includes a second half magnetic core and a second set of windings. The first circuit board is coupled to the second circuit board so that a magnetic flux generated in the first half magnetic core is passed to the second half magnetic core.
US12146641B2
Exemplary embodiments of a light set are provided, including a light portion having a body portion configured to retain one or more batteries, a printed circuit board within the body portion containing one or more light-emitting diodes, and a first projection and a second projection extending outward from an outer surface of the body portion. A holder is provided for holding the light portion, including a rear portion, a left wing extending from and perpendicular to the rear portion, the left wing having an outer wall and an inner wall, and a right wing extending from and perpendicular to the rear portion, the right wing having an outer wall and an inner wall.
US12146627B1
A light body connecting structure, a light body and a string light are provided. The light body connecting structure includes a wiring terminal and a wire. The wiring terminal includes a terminal body and at least one wiring plug. At least one mounting groove is defined on the terminal body for accommodating the at least one wiring plug. The terminal body is detachably connected to the lampshade. When the terminal body is to be connected to the lampshade, the at least one wiring plug is aligned with the opening of the lampshade. When the light body connecting structure is connected to the lampshade, the at least one wiring plug is disposed outside the opening and aligns with the opening, so a length of the light body is allowed to be long and light emitted by the light body is bright and uniform.
US12146620B2
The present disclosure provides an LED lamp with a double-segment-nested cup design, the LED lamp comprising a power module and a light source module assembled together; wherein the light source module comprises a first cylindrical cup segment, an LED board and an optical lens module installed inside the first cylindrical cup segment; wherein the power supply module comprises a second cylindrical cup segment, an LED driver and an external power supply connector installed inside the second cylindrical cup segment, and wherein the second cylindrical cup segment is provided with an open end and an opposite convergent end.
US12146615B2
The present invention provides support frames for positive pressure blowers having one or more wheels mounted at a lower corner of the frame, wherein the wheels are mounted to roll in a direction that is perpendicular to the flow of air through the blower. This sideways orientation of the wheels allows a frame carrying a blower to be easily moved from side to side, such as when placed into or removed from a side compartment on an emergency vehicle, and allows such a frame carrying a blower to be easily tilted, turned and rolled around at the scene of a fire in much the same manner as a wheelbarrow. Embodiments of the invention may include an upper handle or grip which allows a user to control the frames by tilting and rolling them around on the wheels. Embodiments of the invention may include a support bracket for holding a battery or other power supply.
US12146612B2
A selectively adjustable and lockable utility mount is used to mount a device to a stable structure. The utility mount includes a hydraulic lock that applies the locking force that maintains the locked condition of the utility mount. Mounting brackets for utility mounts have spaced-apart mount elements that engage a surface of a stable structure. Some configurations of mounting bracket include mount elements that are movable between stored conditions and deployed conditions. The stored conditions reduce the size of the device to make it more convenient to pack. A climbing stick uses the storable mount elements.
US12146606B2
A device for mounting an electronic display to a wall includes: a fixing plate; a display-mounting bracket configured to vertically tilt relative to the fixing plate, wherein the display-mounting bracket includes a proximal extension defining a damper housing; an adjustment screw extending through the damper housing; a damper slider disposed around the screw; and a spring coupled between the fixing plate and the slider such that: the spring provides a counterbalancing force against a weight of the display to retain a vertical-tilt orientation of the display, and rotation of the screw causes a proximal or distal translation of the slider relative to the fixing plate and adjusts an orientation of the spring relative to a vertical axis of the fixing plate, thereby modifying the counterbalancing force.
US12146602B2
A heat resistant hose is described. The hose may include a first outer protective and structural woven reinforcing layer comprising a first tubular fabric structure, a second inner protective and structural woven reinforcing layer comprising a second tubular fabric structure, where the second inner protective and structural woven reinforcing layer is within the first outer protective and structural woven reinforcing layer, a hose innermost extruded waterproofing layer comprising an elastomeric material, the hose layer being bonded to, adhered to, or impregnated into or through the second protective layer, the innermost extruded waterproofing layer is within the inner protective and structural woven reinforcing layer, and an intermediate layer interposed between the first outer protective and structural woven reinforcing layer and the second inner protective and structural woven reinforcing layer, the intermediate layer comprising a fabric laminated with a reflective material.
US12146599B2
A vacuum breaker valve includes a valve body and a vacuum breaking device mounted in the valve body. The valve body has a periphery provided with multiple air vent holes corresponding to the vacuum breaking device. The vacuum breaking device includes a mounting barrel, an elastic member, a braking member, a mounting plate, a water stop gasket, and a water inlet disk. The vacuum breaking device is assembled previously and then directly fitted into the valve body to construct the vacuum breaker valve. Thus, the vacuum breaking device and the valve body are combined together for a whole sale or the vacuum breaking device and the valve body are sold individually.
US12146598B2
An in-line ultrasonic attenuator (10) of this disclosure includes a longitudinally extending pipe (20) having a first and second end (21, 31), and a constant inside diameter extending an entire distance between the first and second ends. Instead of plates, the attenuator includes at least one helical baffle (23 or 33), or a first and a second helical baffle (23, 33) arranged in series with one another, coaxial to the longitudinal center line of the longitudinally extending pipe. The first helical baffle has a first twist rotation and the second helical baffle has a second twist rotation opposite that of the first twist, each twist rotation being at least 180°. The pipe ID can be the same as that connected to the ultrasonic gas flow meter. No elbows are required at the front or back end of a measurement skid of which the attenuator is a part.
US12146585B2
A valve including a case 3, a tube 1 disposed in the case 3, a hinge fulcrum 4 disposed in the case 3, a contact member 5 connected to the hinge fulcrum 4 and capable of coming into contact with the tube 1, and a driving device 10 configured to apply a non-contact force to the contact member 5 from outside of the case 3 and change a contact force that is applied to the tube 1 by the contact member 5 to change an inner diameter of the tube 1.
US12146580B2
An actuator (1) comprises an electric motor (11) for moving an actuated part (2) to an actuated position. The actuator (1) further comprises a controller (10) connected to the electric motor (11) and configured to determine a motor current of the electric motor (11) and to detect motor rotations. The controller (10) is further configured to determine the actuated position by counting the motor rotations detected while the motor current is at or above a current threshold indicative of a load torque, and by not counting motor rotations detected while the motor current is below said current threshold.
US12146579B2
A fluid adjusting device includes a reservoir, at least two connection channels, at least two supply channels and at least one one-way valve, the reservoir is provided with a fluid storage cavity and at least two fluid outlets in communication with the fluid storage cavity, and the fluid storage cavity is configured to store a cooling fluid; the at least two connection channels can be connected to at least two circulation circuits respectively; the at least two fluid outlets are in communication with the at least two connection channels by means of the at least two supply channels respectively; and the at least one one-way valve is arranged in at least one of the at least two supply channels, and is configured to enable a fluid to flow from the reservoir to the corresponding connection channel in unidirectional manner. The fluid adjusting device can accurately control temperatures.
US12146574B2
A valve in which a small driving force of a drive source is required when the valve is closed. A valve includes a valve housing and a valve body to be driven by a drive source, and controls a flow rate of a fluid flowing through a through-flow passage in a direction opposite a closing direction of the valve body, by moving the valve body from a control region to a closing region. The valve body has an effective pressure-receiving area where a pressure of the fluid acts on the valve body. The effective pressure-receiving area is switched between the effective pressure-receiving area in the control region and the effective pressure-receiving area in the closing region. The effective pressure-receiving area is smaller than the effective pressure-receiving area.
US12146570B2
A dynamic belt tension inference method includes steps of: (A) performing a training process and (B) performing an inference process. Step (A) includes steps of: using Isolation Forest algorithm to train a tension inference model; using Isolation Forest algorithm under the same hyper-parameter set to perform multiple trainings to generate multiple tension inference models; respectively computing multiple model performances of the multiple tension inference models according to the anomaly score and a pre-recorded data label; computing an averaged model performance; determine whether multiple averaged model performances have been acquired; selecting one of the multiple hyper-parameter sets that corresponds to an optimal averaged model performance as a final hyper-parameter set for training to output an final model. Step (B) includes a step of: inferring processed data by the final model to generate the anomaly score and the dynamic tension corresponding to the anomaly score.
US12146569B2
A motor vehicle has an electronically controllable parking lock and an electronically controllable parking brake, which can be controlled individually or in combination. A device having an electronic control unit and a central operating element associated with the parking lock and the parking brake is provided. When the motor vehicle is at a standstill and the central operating element is actuated, the parking lock and the parking brake can be controlled in a specific type of parking-lock and/or parking-brake activation. In a first specific type, during a first actuation of the central operating element, at least the parking brake is automatically activated first. If the central operating element is then re-actuated within a predefined time window, or if the central operating element remains actuated for a predefined minimum time period, the driver is offered at least one possibility of manually selecting a specific type of parking-lock and/or parking-brake activation.
US12146564B2
An axle assembly having a differential carrier, a differential assembly, a drive pinion, a spigot bearing, and a lubricant deflector. The drive pinion has a spigot. The spigot is rotatably supported by the spigot bearing. The lubricant deflector is mounted to the differential carrier and directs lubricant to the spigot bearing.
US12146563B2
A drive unit may be configured to drive a pair of left and right wheels of a vehicle. The drive unit may include: a motor; a planetary gear mechanism including a sun gear; a parallel gear coaxially fixed to a carrier; a first and bearing rotatably supporting the carrier and the parallel gear; and a differential mechanism meshing with the parallel gear and configured to distribute power from the parallel gear to the pair of left and right wheels. The sun gear may be connected to the motor and power may be input to the planetary gear mechanism from the motor. The power may be input to the parallel gear from the carrier. The first bearing may be disposed on one side relative to the carrier and the parallel gear and the second bearing may be disposed on other side of the carrier and the parallel gear.
US12146562B2
A rotary mechanical system includes a driving machine, a transmission unit that includes a main shaft, a main gear, an auxiliary gear meshing with the main gear, an auxiliary shaft, and a first gear, a gearbox that includes a second gear meshing with the first gear, an input shaft with the second gear fixed, and an output shaft that shifts a rotation speed of the input shaft, and a rotary machine that includes a rotary machine shaft connected to the output shaft. The first gear is a spur gear having a plurality of first tooth portions which are spur teeth whose teeth traces are parallel to the central axis. The second gear has a plurality of second tooth portions which are spur teeth whose teeth traces are parallel to the central axis, and each of which is disposed between the adjacent first tooth portions.
US12146559B2
Provided is a bending meshing type gear device including a wave generator, an external gear flexibly deformed by the wave generator, and an internal gear meshing with the external gear. The internal gear includes an internal tooth ring portion including an internal tooth formed on an inner periphery, an external connection portion connected to an external member, an easily deformable portion provided between the internal tooth ring portion and the external connection portion, and configured to be more easily deformable than the internal tooth ring portion, and a distortion measurer provided in the easily deformable portion.
US12146534B2
A vibration damping assembly for use with a second shaft nested within an interior of a first shaft is provided including a collar rotatable with the first shaft, and a cage rotatable with the second shaft and having at least one window formed therein. The collar and the cage are mounted concentrically. At least one damping mechanism is positioned within the at least one window. The at least one damping mechanism includes at least one flyweight and at least one support wedge. The at least one flyweight movable relative to the cage to frictionally engage an adjacent surface of the collar.
US12146521B2
An assembling method of an anti-rotation structure is introduced, the anti-rotation structure includes at least one anti-rotation portion, a material entering portion and a pressure applying portion, pressure is applied to the pressure applying portion by an external force, so that material of an object enters or flows into the material entering portion, and the anti-rotation portion is used to anti-rotate with the object. Accordingly, the anti-rotation structure and the required object can achieve the effect of a stable combination.
US12146518B2
Disclosed is an L-shaped bolt fastening structure for upright fastening which is capable of quickly and firmly fixing equipment to a support structure such as a grating plate without changing the installed grating plate. Since a bent portion of an L-shaped bolt includes a locking groove and an upright auxiliary portion, in a state in which the L-shaped bolt is upright, a fixing nut can be fastened. Accordingly, the fixing nut can be easily and quickly coupled, and also a correct coupling posture can be implemented even after the fixing nut is completely tightened. In addition, since a coupling long hole washer that is divided and coupled is added between a bracket and a fixing nut, when the fixing nut is fastened to the L-shaped bolt, the fixing nut can be fastened in a state in which the L-shaped bolt is upright.
US12146517B2
A self-sealing fastener for securing a building component to a framing member, such as securing a sheathing layer over which is disposed a barrier layer to a framing member, includes a fastener with a shank and a head, and a rubberized coating surrounding at least a portion of the shank of the fastener. The rubberized coating is designed to peel back from the shank and accumulate at least around the shank and/or head upon insertion into the wall assembly, thereby sealing off an entry of the self-sealing fastener into the barrier layer and sheathing layer.
US12146513B2
Various embodiments of the teachings herein include an axle receiving arrangement with components that can move in opposite directions and in each case move in the direction of an axle that is received by the arrangement. These components can be part of a tensioning side or a compressing side of the arrangement. The arrangement has at least two components that can be combined with one another and one of said components is in contact with the axle surface participates in a positive-locking and non-positive locking fixing of the axle by the axle receiving arrangement and the other of said components ensures the movability in the direction of the axle. The components in the combined state enclose a gap between on the one hand convex and on the other hand concave curved surfaces.
US12146511B2
Disclosed here is a system and method to control multiple eversion-based actuators using a single motor, or no motor, thereby reducing the size and cost of the multiple eversion-based actuators. An activation mechanism can include a motor rotating in an expansion direction, rotating shaft, clutch, brake, pressure source under high pressure, and/or valve. The activation mechanism can cause the actuators including a wound reel of material to unwind and lengthen. A retraction mechanism can include a motor rotating in a contraction direction opposite the expansion direction, rotating shaft, clutch, pressure source having low pressure, valve associated with the pressure source, and/or the passive retraction system. The retraction mechanism can cause the actuators to rewind and shorten.
US12146508B2
A device for pumping molten metal includes a pump configured to pump molten metal, wherein the pump comprises (i) a motor, (ii) a shaft having a first end connected to the motor, and a second end connected to a rotor, wherein the rotor is configured to push molten metal upwards as it rotates. At least part of the shaft and the rotor are positioned in a conduit of a riser. The riser has an outer surface, a front, a bottom, a two-stage conduit, an inlet and an outlet above the inlet and below the motor. The two-stage conduit has a lower stage and a an upper stage, wherein the lower stage is generally cylindrical and the upper stage has a circular cross-sectional portion and one or more lobes extending from and in communication with the circular cross-sectional portion.
US12146499B2
A compression system includes a compressor that compresses a synthesis gas to produce a compressed gas, a first line that supplies a first gas constituting the synthesis gas to the compressor, a second line that supplies a second gas constituting the synthesis gas to the first line, a discharge line that circulates the compressed gas, a recirculation line that recirculates a part of the compressed gas from the discharge line to the first line, a first regulating valve arranged in the first line, a second regulating valve arranged in the second line, a discharge valve arranged in the discharge line, a recirculation valve arranged in the recirculation line, and a valve control device that performs switching between the first regulating valve, the second regulating valve, the discharge valve, and the recirculation valve based on an operation condition of the compressor.
US12146490B2
Disclosed are a compression mechanism and a scroll compressor. The compression mechanism comprises an orbiting scroll and a non-orbiting scroll comprising a non-orbiting scroll end plate and forms a series of fluid chambers comprising an intermediate compression chamber. An exhaust communication space is provided on the second side of the non-orbiting scroll end plate, and the non-orbiting scroll end plate is provided with a pressure relief port which makes at least one intermediate compression chamber be in selective fluid communication with the exhaust communication space. An end plate surface on the first side of the non-orbiting scroll end plate is provided with an exhaust groove which is in communication with the pressure relief port, the pressure relief port can be in fluid communication with the at least one intermediate compression chamber through the exhaust groove.
US12146489B2
A valve assembly for an electrical refrigerant compressor of a motor vehicle, comprising: a flexurally elastic valve plate for the pressure-regulated opening and closing of an outlet opening of the refrigerant compressor; and a rigid stop plate for limiting the movement of the valve plate, the stop plate and the valve plate being in the form of a preassembled component.
US12146486B2
In a refrigerant compressor comprising an overall housing with a motor housing portion, in which there is arranged a motor chamber having, provided therein, an electric motor comprising a stator and a rotor, and with a compressor housing portion which has a compressor unit, in order to be able to mount the stator as easily as possible it is proposed that the stator is mounted in the motor housing portion by means of supporting elements inserted into the motor housing portion, which supporting elements on the one hand abut against a stator-receiving surface of the motor housing portion and on the other hand surround the stator inserted into the supporting elements on its outer side and support it spring-elastically relative to the stator-receiving surface.
US12146482B2
A compressor includes a compressor housing, a fastening device arranged on the compressor housing, and a support device, connected to the fastening device, for a temperature sensor, the support device being designed to hold, by pressing, the temperature sensor against a wall of the compressor housing. The support device has, for multiple connection to the fastening device, at least two sections, located on different sides of the temperature sensor, wherein, when the compressor is used as intended, the temperature sensor is designed to brace against the compressor housing from below.
US12146464B2
Apparatus for extracting energy from an oscillating working fluid, the apparatus comprising a flow passage 40 for the oscillating working fluid, an energy conversion unit 44 and a flow control device 38, each of the energy conversion unit 44 and the flow control device 38 being, at least in part, in fluid communication with the flow passage 40, wherein in use the flow control device 38 is selectively operable between a first configuration in which the flow control device 38 is open to allow a flow of the oscillating working fluid to exit the flow passage therethrough, and a second configuration in which the flow control device 38 is arranged to restrict a flow of the working fluid therethrough, such that the oscillating working fluid enters the flow passage via the energy conversion unit 44.
US12146457B2
A system is provided. The system includes a controller communicatively coupled to an industrial combustion engine and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system, wherein the EGR system is configured to route exhaust gas generated by the industrial combustion engine from at least one exhaust system to at least one intake system, the EGR system includes multiple EGR circuits, each EGR circuit of the multiple EGR circuits includes an EGR cooler unit including at least two of a high temperature non-condensing cooler, a low temperature condensing cooler, an adiabatic gas/liquid separator, and a reheater. The controller includes a processor and a non-transitory memory encoding one or more processor-executable routines, wherein the one or more routines, when executed by the processor, cause the controller to control operations of both the industrial combustion engine and the EGR system.
US12146456B2
The fuel vapor treatment apparatus includes a fuel tank, a canister, a vapor passage, a purge passage, a sealing valve, a purge valve, an outside air introduction passage, a switching valve, and a differential pressure detector. A processing device of the fuel vapor treatment apparatus includes a purge control unit and a purge diagnosis unit. The purge control unit performs a purge process by opening the purge valve in a state where the purge valve and the sealing valve are closed and the switching valve is opened. The purge diagnosis unit diagnoses whether or not the purge process is normal based on the amount of change in the differential pressure between before and after the opening of the purge valve.
US12146454B2
A modular damper plug forming a multi-volume acoustic resonator in an acoustic liner of a rocket engine is provided. In one aspect, the damper plug includes a main body including a top surface spaced from a bottom surface by a first height, a left surface spaced from a right surface by a width, and an exterior surface spaced from an interior surface by a length. A chamber within the main body extends along a part of the height, a part of the width, and a part of the length, and communicates with the top surface through an opening. The chamber also communicates with the interior surface through one or more ducts. The main body is sized and shaped to be received in any one of a plurality of cavities in the acoustic liner. The chamber includes an upstream volume of the acoustic resonator, and the one or more ducts communicate with a downstream volume of the acoustic resonator when the damper plug is received in any one of the plurality of cavities.
US12146450B2
A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine carries out lean combustion to cause flame propagation to a homogeneous air-fuel mixture while drifting primary flames on a tumble flow by injecting fuel for ignition from a second fuel injection valve to a vicinity of an electrode portion and igniting an air-fuel mixture for ignition at a primary ignition timing, and to ignite an air-fuel mixture for accelerating combustion at a secondary ignition timing by injecting fuel for accelerating combustion in a squish area from the second fuel injection valve at a timing before an injection timing of the fuel for ignition and drifting the air-fuel mixture for accelerating combustion in a combustion chamber on the tumble flow. The secondary ignition timing is set as a timing allowing secondary flames produced by igniting the air-fuel mixture for accelerating combustion to be drawn into the squish area by a reverse squish flow.
US12146447B1
Systems and methods for improving engine low load performance are provided. The method may comprise performing a negative valve overlap (NVO) mode of operation, using an early exhaust valve closing (EVC) timing that is earlier than the intake valve opening timing and creates an NVO during a gas exchange top dead center, to compress in-cylinder gas and increase overall gas temperature for improved fuel vaporization, mixing, and reforming before the fuel-air mixture is burnt. With NVO operation, a low temperature combustion (LTC) mode may be used to improve engine combustion efficiency and reduce emissions. With the NVO operation at low loads, the engine intake may be wide open or less throttled, reducing pumping loss. A method based on a rate of change in the engine speed and load for the combustion mode transition between spark ignition (SI) and LTC modes is provided.
US12146446B2
The disclosure concerns a method and a control arrangement for controlling valve actuation of an ICE comprising an exhaust valve, an intake valve, and a turbo compressor. The method comprises and the control arrangement is configured to: limiting/limit valve actuation changes of the exhaust and intake valves based on compressor data including surge limit data for the turbo compressor and one or both of a current turbo compressor rotational speed and a current turbo compressor pressure ratio, to maintain a turbo compressor mass flow above a limit mass flow value.
US12146440B2
A highly efficient gas turbine engine is a system wherein the fan of the gas turbine engine is driven from a turbine via a gearbox, such that the fan has a lower rotational speed than the driving turbine, thereby providing efficiency gains. The efficient fan system is mated to a core that has low cooling flow requirements and/or high temperature capability, and which may have particularly low mass for a given power.
US12146433B2
A controller for a hydrogen engine controls a hydrogen engine including a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) device installed in an exhaust passage and a urea addition valve that adds urea to exhaust gas flowing through a portion of the exhaust passage upstream of the SCR device. Processing circuitry of the controller executes a reduction process that causes a urea addition amount of the urea addition valve to be smaller when a urea deposition amount of the SCR device is greater than or equal to a prescribed value than when the urea deposition amount is less than the prescribed value. The processing circuitry executes a lean-burn limiting process that sets an air-fuel ratio of an air-fuel mixture to be burned in the hydrogen engine to a value less than or equal to a prescribed lean-burn limiting value while the reduction process is reducing the urea addition amount.
US12146432B2
A system, method, and apparatus for sensor tampering detection are provided. An aftertreatment system comprises a first leg comprising a first Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system, a first doser, and a first NOx sensor, a second leg comprising a second SCR system, a second doser, and a second NOx sensor, and a controller. The controller determines satisfaction of enabling conditions. The controller doses reductant to the first and second SCR systems. The controller determines NOx values of the first SCR system and the second SCR system. The controller adjust the dosing of the first SCR system for a time period. The controller measures NOx values of the first SCR system and the second SCR system. The controller determines a difference between the third and first NOx values and a difference between the fourth and second NOx values. The controller generates an indication regarding whether the first NOx sensor is displaced.
US12146428B1
An oil make-up system for an engine of a machine includes an oil pan for supplying oil to engine components, an auxiliary oil tank positioned above the oil pan, a return including a return pump for conveying oil from the oil pan to the auxiliary oil tank, a supply including a supply pump for conveying oil from the auxiliary oil tank to the oil pan, and a siphon-terminating-connection between the supply and return.
US12146427B2
A switchable rocker arm to control the lift of a valve bridge or of a single valve of a valve train group of an internal combustion engine; the switchable rocker arm being able to rotate around a first axis and comprising: a cam body, which is configured to be rotated by a cam; a valve body, which is configured to act upon the valve bridge or the single valve; wherein the switchable rocker arm can selectively be switched between a first configuration, in which the rotation of the cam body around the axis generates a movement of the valve body, and a second configuration, in which the rotation of the cam body around the axis does not generate any movement of the valve body.
US12146425B2
An energy storage system (TES) converts variable renewable electricity (VRE) to continuous heat at over 1000° C. Intermittent electrical energy heats a solid medium. Heat from the solid medium is delivered continuously on demand. Heat delivery via flowing gas establishes a thermocline which maintains high outlet temperature throughout discharge. The delivered heat which may be used for processes including power generation and cogeneration. In one application, the TES provides higher-temperature heat through non-combustible fluid to an alumina calcination system used to remove impurities or volatile substances and/or to incur thermal decomposition to a desired product.
US12146422B2
A rotating blade assembly for a turbine engine having a drive shaft, the rotating blade assembly comprising a disc, at least one blade assembly, and a retainer. The disc being operably coupled to the drive shaft and including a seat having at least a portion of a first through hole. The at least one blade assembly having an upper platform, a lower platform, a dovetail extending from the lower platform, and a blade extending between the upper platform and the lower platform. The retainer assembly securing the disc to the at least one blade assembly and comprising a hollow tubular element, a pin, and a fastener.
US12146418B2
A rotor blade (20) for a rotor blade assembly (10) of a turbomachine (1) is provided, having an inner rotor blade platform (40) which extends axially from the rotor blade (20) with respect to a longitudinal turbomachine axis (2) and has two opposite circumferential end faces (41) and a free axial end (42) whose cross section is radially inwardly and radially outwardly bounded by circular arcs of two concentric circles. The inner rotor blade platform (40) has a cross section of connection (45) with the rotor blade (20) which is bounded radially inwardly by an inner connecting line (46) and radially outwardly by an outer connecting line (47). Each of the connecting lines (46, 47) has a central portion (61) having a convex curvature.
US12146414B2
A vane assembly includes vanes, an actuator assembly, and a controller. The vanes are configured to rotate about their pitch axes. The actuator assembly includes an annular ring arranged radially outward of the vanes and coupled to the vanes, a magnet arranged on the annular ring, and a stator arranged adjacent the magnet. The ring is configured to rotate the vanes about the pitch axes in response to rotation of the ring about the central axis and the stator is configured to selectively rotate the magnet and annular ring about the central axis. The controller controls movement of the ring via the stator and magnets in response to at least one of (i) at least one operating condition of the gas turbine engine, or (ii) at least one operating parameter of the at least one first vane.
US12146406B2
Embodiments present a method for fluid type identification from a downhole fluid analysis that uses machine learning techniques that are trained and derived from a computer model using pressure, temperature and downhole optical characteristics of sampled fluid.
US12146401B2
A method for estimating a rate of penetration while drilling a subterranean wellbore includes estimating a first rate of penetration while drilling using a first measurement method, estimating a second rate of penetration while drilling using a second measurement method, and combining the first and second rates of penetration to obtain a combined rate of penetration of drilling.
US12146393B2
A wellhead boosting apparatus (14) comprising a multi-phase separator module (30) having a separator module support (32); a multi-phase separator (28), an oil-phase pump (48) for extracting an oil phase from the multi-phase separator (28), and a water-phase pump (46) for extracting a water phase from the multi-phase separator (28), the multi-phase separator (28) including a separator fluid inlet (38) comprising a wellhead connector (34), and a separator gas outlet (40) for extracting separated gas; and a compressor module (24) having a compressor module support (26); a compressor (22), a gas engine (68) which utilises separated gas as fuel for powering the compressor (22), the compressor (22) including a compressor gas inlet (50) connected with the separator gas outlet (40) and a compressor gas outlet (20) which is communicable with the wellhead (12) to provide gas lift thereto using the separated gas.
US12146387B2
The present invention relates to a flapper valve for a percussion drill tool. The valve comprises a first side engageable with a planar surface of an element of the percussion drill tool to alternately close first and second fluid flow paths of the percussion drill tool. The planar surface comprises first and second apertures in fluid communication with the first and second fluid flow paths, respectively. The first side of the flapper valve comprises a first planar portion and a second planar portion and a first curved tip portion intermediate the first and second planar portions. The flapper valve is pivotable about the first curved tip portion between a first position, in which the first planar portion of the flapper valve is in sealing contact with the planar surface to close the first aperture, and a second position, in which the second planar portion of the flapper valve is in sealing contact with the planar surface to close the second aperture.
US12146385B2
A downhole tool includes a body defining a bore axially therethrough and a port in communication with the bore and extending radially through the body, an inner cap positioned in the port, the inner cap sealing the port, and an outer cap positioned in the port. The outer cap is spaced apart from the inner cap, and the outer cap seals the port, such that a chamber is defined between the inner and outer caps in the port. The inner cap is configured to move toward outer cap in response to a first pressure differential between bore and the chamber across the outer cap. The inner cap is configured to dislodge the outer cap from the port in response to the inner cap engaging the outer cap and a second pressure differential between the bore and an exterior of the downhole tool being reached across the inner cap.
US12146373B2
Disclosed is an underbalanced drilling vibrating screen integrated with automatic drainage and vacuum chucks, and belongs to the technical field of solid-phase control of petroleum drilling. The underbalanced drilling vibrating screen comprises a base, a screening device and a negative pressure generating device, wherein the screening device and the negative pressure generating device are arranged on the base; the screening device comprises a shell, an exciting motor arranged on the shell, a plurality of screens arranged in the shell, and at least one drainage component; and the drainage component communicates with at least one screen through the vacuum chuck, the negative pressure generating device communicates with the vacuum chuck, and the drainage component is integrally formed with the vacuum chuck.
US12146368B2
A parapet descent apparatus can include a mounting panel configured to be secured to the parapet of an elevated structure; and a parapet ladder secured to the mounting panel and including: a first ladder rail; a second ladder rail; and a plurality of rungs, each of the plurality of rungs extending from the first ladder rail to the second ladder rail, the parapet ladder defining a first end configured to be secured to the parapet of the elevated structure and a second end distal from the first end and configured to contact a surface of the elevated structure, a top surface of the parapet being offset above the surface of the elevated structure by a wall height of the parapet.
US12146358B2
A flap unit for covering a charging opening or tank opening of a vehicle may have a frame and a movable cover, which is arranged within a peripheral region of the frame. The cover may be movable between a closed position, in which the cover terminates flush with the frame and is held in place, and an open position. The cover in the case of an opening movement from the closed position as well as in the case of a closing movement from the open position is movable into a partially raised intermediate position.
US12146345B2
A locking mechanism includes a hasp having a tongue disposed along a first side of the hasp, and a captive latch pin protruding from the hasp disposed away from the tongue. The locking mechanism includes an actuator assembly with a captive latch and an actuator configured to manipulate the captive latch. The captive latch may receive the captive latch pin of the hasp. A body locking mechanism can obstruct access to at least a portion of the hasp and the actuator assembly, wherein the hasp may slidably move when the captive latch pin is not retained by the captive latch, and wherein a retention of the captive latch pin by the captive latch arrests the slidable movement of the hasp.
US12146333B1
The flagpole light mounting system may comprise a flagpole extension, a light unit, and a bracket. The flagpole light mounting system may detachably couple to a non-vertical flagpole to illuminate from above a flag being flown from the non-vertical flagpole. The flagpole extension may be inserted between the non-vertical flagpole and an ornamental top. The top of the bracket may couple to the light unit and the bottom of the bracket may couple to the flagpole extension via an anti-rotation coupling. The shape of the bracket and the positioning of twin light sources located within the light unit may cause both sides of the flag to be illuminated. As non-limiting examples, the non-vertical flagpole may be mounted horizontally or at an oblique upward angle relative to a supporting structure.
US12146323B2
An infill adaptor for mounting a screen between upper and lower rails of a balustrade. The upper and lower rails have respective channels which open toward each other. The infill adaptor has a generally L-shaped body with a rail engaging leg extending generally perpendicular to a sash engaging leg. A respective rail engaging leg is mounted in each of the channels for securing an infill adaptor to each rail. The sash engaging leg is secured to the sash of a screen for mounting a screen to the rails.
US12146318B2
In some aspects, the present disclosure relates to switchable phase change material system (SPCMS). In some embodiments, dynamic, switchable phase change material systems allow building envelope assemblies to store energy from one side and release to the other side in order to reduce thermal loads and peak demands for both space heating and cooling. PCM layers can be coupled with thermal insulation layers to ensure heat does not transfer readily through the building envelope and thus increase thermal heating and cooling loads for the building. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a combination of rotatable members comprised of PCM and insulation are switchable in position such that layers with PCM are switched from one side to the other without the need to maintain the thermal insulation within a building envelope.
US12146297B2
A working machine is provided, which includes a machine body, a prime mover, a pair of traveling devices, a pair of traveling motors to be switched between a first speed and a second speed higher than the first speed, a pair of traveling pumps driven by the prime mover to supply operation fluid to the pair of traveling motors, respectively, a controller configured to automatically shift down the pair of traveling motors from the second speed to the first speed, a mode switch configured for an operator to select an ON position allowing the controller to automatically shift down the first traveling motor from the second speed to the first speed and an OFF position preventing the controller to automatically shift down the first traveling motor from the second speed to the first speed, and a display to display that the operator selects the ON position of the mode switch.
US12146290B2
A boom mount device of a construction machine can easily align a boom with an upper frame of the construction machine when mounting the boom on the upper frame. The upper frame includes a center section including one pair of left-and-right vertical plates. The vertical plates include outside surfaces facing outside and guide parts disposed on the outside surfaces and guide holes are formed. An adapter that pivotably connects a base end of the boom and a base end of a boom cylinder is mounted on the base end side of the boom. The adapter includes one pair of left-and-right guide pins. When the boom is mounted on the upper frame, the one pair of left-and-right guide pins is inserted into the guide holes of the one pair of left-and-right guide parts.
US12146288B2
A coupler for securing an attachment to an earth working machine. The coupler Includes a coupler body that presents a receptacle having a capture region. A pin of an attachment can move into and out of the capture region. A retainer can capture the pin in the capture region but the retainer can be moved by a hydraulically driven driver to a position to allow release of the pin from the capture region. A trigger that the pin will strike when the pin moves into or out of the capture region, decouples the driver from the retainer and the retainer is then allowed to be biased back to its retaining position by a spring.
US12146287B2
A compact utility loader incorporating a boom of adjustable length. The boom may include one or more lift arm assemblies, with each lift arm assembly including a first lift arm that telescopically receives a second lift arm. Each lift arm assembly also includes a telescoping actuator adapted to telescopically extend and retract its second lift arm relative to its first lift arm. A load-sensing system may be provided and adapted to limit lift arm assembly extension based at least in part upon a tool load applied at a tool supported by the boom.
US12146275B2
A long-service-life PWS cable with replaceable sleeve and shielding gas. It consists of wire strands, wrapping tape covering the wire strands, and a sheath arranged outside the wire strands, and is characterized in that the sheath is covered with an outer protective sleeve and shielding gas is filled between the wires in the wire strands. The wire strands of the present invention is completely under protection in a shielding gas environment which effectively avoids the corrosion of the wire strands; the protective sleeve outside the sheath of the PWS cable is a replaceable segmented and fragmented sleeve structure, which is convenient to be replaced and installed, substantially prolonging the service life of the PWS cable system with great promotional value achieved.
US12146273B2
A paving machine includes a plurality of sensor(s) for generating sensor data associated with a paving operation. Criteria associated with paving mat defects are compared against the sensor data to determine whether the criteria is satisfied and whether paving mat defects are predicted. For example, criteria may include whether a hopper of the paving machine is activated, whether a screed assembly of the paving machine is floating, a speed of the paving machine, and whether heat is applied to the screed assembly. In instances where defects are predicted, notifications of such may be provided, or displayed, on a control interface of the paving machine.
US12146264B2
A process for making a paper product comprising: providing a forming fabric; causing the forming fabric to rotate such that an upper surface of the forming fabric moves in a machine direction; providing a multi-layer headbox comprising first and second inlet headers and a slice outlet; providing a first aqueous slurry of first fibers to the first inlet header and a second aqueous slurry of second fibers to the second inlet header; combining streams of the first and second aqueous slurries to define a jet exiting the slice outlet; emitting the jet onto the upper surface of the forming fabric to form a web; causing the forming fabric to oscillate in a direction transverse to the machine direction, whereby at least a significant number of the first fibers are caused to align in a direction that deviates from the machine direction; and forming the paper product from the web.
US12146262B2
Disclosed are non-wood pulps having a fiber length greater than about 1.70 mm and a brightness of about 80% or greater. The relatively high degree of brightness is achieved without a loss of fiber length or pulp yield. The high degree of brightness and relatively long fiber length make the pulps well suited for the manufacture of wet-laid fibrous products, particularly wet-laid tissue products. The pulps may be prepared from plants of the family Asparagaceae by mechanical pulping and more preferably by a chemi-mechanical pulping using a sodium hydroxide alkaline peroxide solution where the primary pulp is cleaned to reduce debris prior to bleaching. Preferably the cleaned primary pulp has less than about 5 wt % debris prior to bleaching.
US12146261B2
A laundry treatment apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet having an accommodation space formed therein to accommodate laundry, a laundry support member provided in the accommodation space, and a presser mounted to the laundry support member and configured to apply pressure to laundry to remove wrinkles from laundry. The presser includes a support part for supporting one surface of laundry, a hanger hook configured to be hung on the laundry support member, and a press part hingedly connected to the support part to apply pressure to the opposite surface of laundry.
US12146258B2
Provided is a clothes dryer having an improved structure which allows a drying performance to be improved. The clothes dryer includes a cabinet having an inlet, a support frame having a laundry inlet corresponding to the inlet and disposed inside the cabinet, a drum rotatably disposed inside the cabinet and having an opening corresponding to the laundry inlet, and a sealing member disposed between the laundry inlet of the support frame and the opening of the drum, wherein the sealing member includes a seal body having an elastic material.
US12146257B2
A washing machine and method for operating a washing machine having a suds container for holding washing liquid, a non-ribbed drum rotatably mounted in the suds container for holding laundry, a motor for driving the drum, and an open or closed loop control device, wherein the method has a step for rearranging the laundry in the drum. The drum is caused to execute a right-left motion by means of the motor so as to cause a rocking motion of the laundry at a rocking frequency, the predetermined rocking amplitude of which is adjusted such that a laundry fall is implemented in which the laundry falls from a first region of the drum into a second region of the drum.
US12146247B2
In some aspects, a device comprises a plurality of walls defining a slot and one or more channels wherein the one or more channels are intersected by the slot; wherein the one or more channels have a cross-section in a plane perpendicular to a vertical axis of the device that changes along the vertical axis; and one or more floats sized to allow movement of the one or more floats within said one or more channels, wherein the one or more floats have a surface characteristic that is different from the surface characteristic of the walls such that, upon contact with a fluid, said walls and said floats form different contact angles and induce a repulsive capillary force between the walls and the one or more floats at a surface of the fluid; and wherein the slot has a width that is smaller than the width of the one or more channels such that the one or more floats are prevented from moving between the one or more channels.
US12146246B2
An article of footwear includes a sole structure and an upper attached to the sole structure. The upper is formed from a textile including interlocked strands oriented in a predetermined configuration. The strands include one or more inelastic strands operable to provide stretch and/or recovery properties to the upper.
US12146243B2
A twisting machine for automatic donning is provided. The twisting machine includes an outer yarn branch rail arranged at the middle position of the twisting machine, wherein the outer yarn branch rail is positioned above the twisting machine, so as to successively drive the outer yarn carrier assembly to deliver the outer yarn winding package by suspending; the twisting machine further includes an inner yarn branch rail arranged at the both sides of the twisting machine, the inner yarn branch rail is positioned above the twisting machine, so as to successively drive the inner yarn carrier assembly to deliver the inner yarn winding package by suspending.
US12146241B2
The invention discloses a method for preparing wheat gluten nanofibers, which comprises steps of: (1) dissolving wheat gluten and glycerol monolaurate in a solvent to obtain a spinning solution; the solvent is an aqueous acetic acid solution; a volume percentage concentration of the aqueous acetic acid solution is 40-60%; in the spinning solution, a mass percentage concentration of wheat gluten is 20-30%; (2) carrying out electrospinning with the spinning solution to obtain wheat gluten nanofibers. The wheat gluten nanofibers of the present invention have water stability and antibacterial function, and are obtained by electrospinning with wheat gluten as a raw material, so the wheat gluten nanofibers have good biocompatibility and biodegradability.
US12146240B2
A nonwoven fabric comprises a first surface, a second surface, and a visually discernible pattern on at least one of the first and second surfaces. The visually discernible pattern has a regular, repeating pattern of three-dimensional features. Each of the three-dimensional features define a microzone comprising a first region and a second region. The first and second regions having a difference in values for an intensive property. The first surface has a TS7 value in the range of about 1 dB V2 rms to about 15 dB V2 rms. The second surface has a TS7 value in the range of about 1 dB V2 rms to about 15 dB V2 rms. A ratio of the TS7 value of the first surface to the TS7 value of the second surface is in the range of about 1 to about 3.
US12146229B2
An alkaline electrolyser device for hydrogen production includes a first and a second electric charge battery substantially identical. Each electric charge battery has a first electrode of copper, silver or their alloys, coated with zinc, a second electrode with a ferrous catalyst, and an alkaline aqueous solution in which the first and second electrodes are immersed. An output opening placed in correspondence of the second electrode is suitable to allow the escape from the battery of gases which develop in correspondence of the second electrode. The batteries are short-circuited with an electric power supply member placed between the first or the second electrodes, with a predefined polarity such that the voltage across the electrodes is higher than 1.3 V. In this configuration, the first battery undergoes a discharging process producing hydrogen gas, whilst, contextually, the second battery undergoes a charging process generating oxygen gas. When the discharge cycle of the first battery is completed, the polarity of the electric power supply is inverted, so that the second battery begins to discharge producing hydrogen gas and, at the same time, the first battery recharges producing oxygen gas. The polarity inversion is repeated cyclically so that oxygen and hydrogen are produced alternately in the two batteries.
US12146226B2
A method for continuously cleaning a moving strip in a cleaning installation including a tank containing an aqueous solution, at least a roll immerged in the aqueous solution for guiding the strip into the tank, at least an ultrasound emitter a feed for feeding an aqueous solution inside the tank, a tank emptier for emptying the tank, an aqueous solution estimator for estimating the aqueous solution level in the tank, a distance calculator for calculating, for each ultrasound emitter, its distance to the aqueous solution level and a power controller for controlling the power of the at least one ultrasound emitter including the following steps, performed continuously: —estimating the aqueous solution level in the tank, —calculating for each ultrasound emitter its distance to the aqueous solution level, —comparing for each ultrasound emitter its distance to the aqueous solution level to a determined threshold.
US12146223B2
The metal ceramic powder with a particle size of 15-45 μm and suitable for thermal spraying is prepared through a combination of mechanical ball milling, spray granulation, and vacuum sintering. The metal ceramic powder is sprayed on a surface of a steel substrate adopting the high velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF) technology with oxygen-propane as fuel and taking oxygen as a combustion improver, propane as fuel, nitrogen as powder feeding carrier gas, and air as a cooling medium to prepare and form the NiCrBSi—ZrB2 composite coating. The present disclosure solves the problem that ZrB2 ceramic is difficult to compact during sintering and improves powder bonding strength and fluidity. The preparation method is simple, has advantages of high coating deposition efficiency and convenient equipment operation, and is cost-effective. The preparation method can improve thermal corrosion resistance and high-temperature wear resistance of a surface of boiler, and prolonging lifetime of the boiler.
US12146220B2
The present application provides an apparatus and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor film. The apparatus includes: a chamber; a spray board arranged at a top of the chamber; a wafer pocket arranged opposite to the spray board in the chamber; and a pumping part arranged close to an inner side wall of the chamber.
US12146214B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a cold forming tool, particularly for cold forming super-high-strength steels, wherein the cold forming tool is the upper and/or lower tool of a forming tool set, wherein the cold forming tool is made of a metal material and has a forming surface that is designed so that a formed metal sheet has the desired final contour of the component, characterized in that a hard material layer is deposited on the forming surface of the forming tool by means of physical gas-phase deposition, wherein the hard material layer consists of a titanium nitride adhesive layer and alternating layers of aluminum titanium nitride and aluminum chromium nitride deposited thereon, wherein a titanium nitride top layer or alternatively a titanium carbon nitride top layer is deposited as the final layer as the outermost outer surface oriented toward a workpiece that is to be formed.
US12146204B2
The steel sheet of the present invention has a steel microstructure containing, in area fraction, martensite: 20% to 100%, ferrite: 0% to 80%, and another metal phase: 5% or less, in which, on a surface of the steel sheet, a ratio of dislocation density in metal phases at a widthwise edge of the steel sheet to dislocation density in the metal phases at a widthwise center of the steel sheet is 100% to 140%, and, at a thicknesswise center of the steel sheet, a ratio of dislocation density in the metal phases at the widthwise edge of the steel sheet to dislocation density in the metal phases at the widthwise center of the steel sheet is 100% to 140%. The maximum amount of warpage of the steel sheet when the steel sheet is sheared to a length of 1 m in a rolling direction is 15 mm or less.
US12146203B2
A method of making a forged, martensitic, stainless steel alloy is provided. The alloy is a forged preform of martensitic, pitting corrosion resistant stainless steel alloy comprising, by weight: 12.0 to 16.0 percent chromium; greater than 16.0 to 20.0 percent cobalt, 6.0 to 8.0 percent molybdenum, 1.0 to 3.0 percent nickel, 0.02 to 0.04 percent carbon; and the balance iron and incidental impurities. The alloy has a microstructure that comprises a retained austenite phase less than or equal to 2 percent by volume of the microstructure. The method heats the preform to a solutionizing temperature to form a solutionized microstructure. The preform is cooled with a liquid to room temperature at a rate of no less than 0.25° C./sec. to prevent formation of sigma phase. The preform is immersed in a cryo-liquid to transform the retained austenite phase in the microstructure to martensite. The preform is heated to a temperature of less than 600° F. for a time sufficient to form a tempered forged preform.
US12146200B1
A method for controlling a temperature of a molten steel during ladle furnace (LF) refining based on interpretable machine learning includes: acquiring process data of the LF refining and a target temperature of the molten steel during the LF refining; acquiring a prediction model for the temperature of the molten steel during the LF refining; calculating a base value for prediction of the temperature of the molten steel, SHapley Additive explanations (SHAP) values of key factor parameters, and a relationship trend between the key factor parameters and the SHAP values; and calculating a predicted value of the temperature of the molten steel during the LF refining, and acquiring a control result for the temperature of the molten steel during the LF refining according to the relationship trend and the predicted value of the temperature of the molten steel during the LF refining.
US12146197B2
The present invention provides novel methods of diagnosing and determining treatment strategies for Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses.
US12146194B2
Biomarkers and methods for identifying circulating serum-based cfDNA sequences. The cfDNA sequences (PDcRAs) can be used to differentiate patient's suffering from Parkinson's disease (PD) from non-PD patients.
US12146187B2
The disclosure is directed to novel predictive methods and personalized therapies for treating dry eye disease (DED). Specifically, this disclosure relates to methods of treating a patient having DED by selectively administering a TNFα antagonist, e.g., a TNFα antibody, such as LME636, to the patient on the basis of that patient being genetically predisposed to have a favorable response to treatment with the TNFα antagonist. Also disclosed herein are transmittable forms of information, diagnostic methods, and kits useful in predicting the likelihood that a patient having DED will respond to treatment with a TNFα antagonist, e.g., a TNFα antibody, such as LME636.
US12146182B2
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for rapid detection of microorganisms such as Cronobacter spp. in a sample. A genetically modified bacteriophage is also disclosed which comprises an indicator gene in the late gene region. The specificity of the bacteriophage, such as Cronobacter-specific bacteriophage, allows detection of a specific microorganism, such as Cronobacter spp. and an indicator signal may be amplified to optimize assay sensitivity.
US12146173B2
The present disclosure relates to serine proteases and variants thereof. Compositions containing the serine proteases are suitable for use in cleaning fabrics and hard surfaces, as well as in a variety of industrial applications.
US12146159B2
Disclosed is a method for obtaining a population of human Treg cells including the steps of: (a) culturing a population of human monocytes with a medium including an amount of an interleukin-34 (IL-34) polypeptide in order to obtain a population of immunosuppressive macrophages; (b) co-culturing a population of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and the population of immunosuppressive macrophages obtained at step (a).
US12146158B2
The invention is directed to modified T cells, methods of making and using isolated, modified T cells, and methods of using these isolated, modified T cells to address diseases and disorders. In one embodiment, this invention broadly relates to TCR-deficient T cells, isolated populations thereof, and compositions comprising the same. In another embodiment of the invention, these TCR-deficient T cells are designed to express a functional non-TCR receptor. The invention also pertains to methods of making said TCR-deficient T cells, and methods of reducing or ameliorating, or preventing or treating, diseases and disorders using said TCR-deficient T cells, populations thereof, or compositions comprising the same.
US12146154B2
A spheroid cell culture article including: a chamber including: an opaque side wall surface; a top aperture; and a gas-permeable, liquid impermeable bottom including at least one concave surface, wherein at least a portion of the bottom is transparent, wherein at least a portion of the bottom includes a low-adhesion or no-adhesion material in or on the at least one concave surface, and wherein the gas permeable, liquid impermeable bottom includes polystyrene.
US12146151B2
The present disclosure provides adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors, comprising coevolved capsid variant proteins, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of making, and methods for delivering such to a subject.
US12146139B2
Interfering nucleic acids and methods of their use in treat prostate cancers, such as aggressive prostate cancers. The nucleic acids may be, for example, short interfering RNA (siRNA), short hairpin RNA (shRNA), antisense RNA, antisense DNA, Chimeric Antisense DNA/RNA, and microRNA (miRNA) oligonucleotides. The oligonucleotide has a seed sequence that is complementary to a sequence of either a gene or an mRNA encoding an androgen receptor (AR) coregulator or a fragment thereof having AR coregulator activity. The nucleic acid compound may have a non-natural modification in the oligonucleotide, and/or an organic moiety conjugated to the oligonucleotide. The oligonucleotide has inhibitory activity against the expression or biological activity of the AR coregulator.
US12146131B2
Provided is a technique for preventing erroneous recognition of a fine particle region from a captured image of fine particles. A fine particle testing apparatus of the present disclosure includes: an imaging part capturing a first fine particle image of a well that holds a liquid containing fine particles; an image processor executing a process of generating a second fine particle image by extracting a contour of the first fine particle image, a process of performing a logical operation between the first fine particle image and the second fine particle image, a process of calculating a feature amount of the fine particles based on a result of the logical operation, and a process of determining growth of the fine particles in the well based on the calculated feature amount; and an output part outputting a result of the determination.
US12146123B2
Disclosed are endonuclease 1 ribonuclease polypeptides and cleaning compositions containing the polypeptides. Also disclosed are methods for using the polypeptides and cleaning compositions. Also disclosed are polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and vectors and cells containing the polynucleotides.
US12146110B2
A method for producing renewable diesel includes introducing a primary feedstock comprising biologically-derived triglycerides with catalyst poisons into a first reaction chamber and hydrolyzing the primary feedstock within the first reaction and liquid-liquid extraction chamber for at least an hour such that the reacted triglycerides are separated into an aqueous solution comprising glycerol and catalyst poisons, and an intermediate feedstock comprising free fatty acids and catalyst poisons. The method also includes distilling the intermediate feedstock to separate the intermediate feedstock into a purified intermediate stream and a lower volume bottom stream containing unreacted triglyceride, diglyceride, monoglyceride, FFA and catalyst poisons. The method also includes combining the purified intermediate feedstock with a hydrogen stream and converting, in a second reaction chamber comprising a metallic catalyst bed, the purified intermediate feedstock into a product comprising long-chain alkanes. The method also includes hydrotreating the purified intermediate feedstock into a renewable diesel product.
US12146109B2
A process, a system, and an apparatus for separation of an oxygenate from a stream is provided. More specifically, a stream comprising the oxygenate is introduced to a quench tower along with a caustic outlet stream comprising a metal salt. Contact between the oxygenate and the metal salt results in conversion of a portion of the oxygenate into a derivative salt. The derivative salt and unconverted oxygenate are condensed by quenching and substantially removed from the quench tower as an oxygenate outlet stream. The gaseous components of the stream, minus a substantial portion of the oxygenate, are removed from the quench tower as a quench outlet stream.
US12146101B1
A method of enhancing oil recovery from a carbonate reservoir containing a hydrocarbon mixture includes injecting the carbonate reservoir with a sea-water solution comprising a citric acid-based additive to displace the hydrocarbon mixture from the carbonate reservoir thereby forming a hydrocarbon mixture containing sea-water mixture; and separating the hydrocarbon mixture from the hydrocarbon mixture containing sea-water mixture to recover the hydrocarbon mixture. The citric acid-based additive is present in the sea-water solution at a concentration of 1 to 1000 parts per million based on a total number of parts by weight of the sea-water solution. Particles of the citric acid-based additive are adsorbed on surfaces of the carbonate rocks in the carbonate reservoir.
US12146095B2
Provided in the present invention are a pH-responsive nano-gel plugging material, and a preparation method therefor and the use thereof. The pH-responsive nano-gel plugging material comprises the following raw materials in parts by mass: 50-70 parts of water, 2-3 parts of an emulsifier, 25-35 parts of an acrylic terpolymer, 10-15 parts of a polyalcohol compound, and 10-20 parts of a vinyl pyridine compound. The pH-responsive nano-gel plugging material can be applied to the plugging of Ordovician carbonate rock fractures and micro-karst cave strata, and can automatically identify Ordovician carbonate rock fractures and micro-karst cave leaking layers and realize effective blocking thereof.
US12146091B2
A quantum dot according to an embodiment includes a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, selenium, and tellurium and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell on the core, the semiconductor nanocrystal shell including a zinc chalcogenide, wherein the quantum dot does not include cadmium, the zinc chalcogenide includes zinc and selenium, the quantum dot further includes gallium and a primary amine having 5 or more carbon atoms, and the quantum dot is configured to emit light having a maximum emission peak in a range of greater than about 450 nanometers (nm) and less than or equal to about 480 nm by excitation light. A method of producing the quantum dot and an electronic device including the same are also disclosed.
US12146085B2
A multiphase fluorescent ceramic and a preparation method therefor. Spinel is provided in a multiphase fluorescent ceramic including an alumina matrix and fluorescent particles, the spinel is distributed between alumina grain boundaries, and the exciting light irradiated into the multiphase fluorescent ceramic can be scattered, thereby facilitating further improvement in the luminous efficiency of the multiphase fluorescent ceramic.
US12146076B2
The present invention relates to a composition for etching, comprising a first inorganic acid, a first additive represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a solvent. The composition for etching is a high-selectivity composition that can selectively remove a nitride film while minimizing the etch rate of an oxide film, and which does not have problems such as particle generation, which adversely affect the device characteristics.
US12146070B2
The present invention relates to an eco-friendly and simple super-hydrophobic coating method that does not use harmful substances and special equipment. Coating according to the present invention may be performed as a single process without special equipment, and because only eco-friendly materials are used, the coating material may be easily used and discarded. In addition, even a three-dimensional pipe or a heat-exchanger having a complex shape may be modified to have super-hydrophobicity by applying the present coating, and a super-hydrophobic metal filter may be manufactured and used for oil-water separation. As a result, the present coating method is eco-friendly, simple, and applicable to various substrates, so it has great potential for application in various industries.
US12146067B2
Proposed are a coating resin composition for a flexible cover window and a flexible cover window formed using the same composition. The coating resin composition, includes, relative to the total weight thereof, 10 to 150 parts by weight of a urethane (meth)acrylate-based oligomer prepared by synthesizing an acrylic monomer containing a hydroxyl group with a urethane prepolymer synthesized from an ether-based polyol, diisocyanate, and polyoxyalkylene-based bisphenol ether, 1 to 60 parts by weight of a first photocurable acrylate-based monomer, 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of a second photocurable acrylate-based monomer, 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of an alkoxy silane coupling agent, 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of a siloxane additive, and to 20 parts by weight of a photopolymerization initiator.
US12146049B2
A styrene-isoprene/butadiene diblock copolymer contains a polystyrene block and a polyisoprene/butadiene block. Based on 100 wt % of the styrene-isoprene/butadiene diblock copolymer, the polystyrene block is 20-45 wt %, and the polyisoprene/butadiene block is 55-80 wt %. The polyisoprene/butadiene block has a polyisoprene unit and a polybutadiene unit. The weight ratio of the polyisoprene unit to the polybutadiene unit is 8:2 to 2:8.
US12146040B2
This water-repellent, oil-repellent member is obtained via a method comprising: a step for wet-coating a substrate surface with a solution containing an organic silicon compound comprising multiple silanol groups and a solvent; a step for drying the solvent to form a primer layer; a step for wet-coating the primer layer with a solution containing a fluorine-containing compound and a solvent, followed by drying the solvent, or dry-coating with the fluorine-containing compound obtained by evaporating the solvent from the solution; and a step for curing the fluorine-containing compound to form a water-repellent, oil-repellent layer. The water-repellent, oil-repellent member is obtained by providing, on various substrates, a primer layer of a specific thickness containing, as a main component, an organic silicon compound comprising multiple silanol groups, followed by providing, on the primer layer, a water-repellent, oil-repellent layer of a specific thickness containing, as a main component, the cured fluorine-containing compound according to the above mentioned method. It is thus possible to stably and simply form a water-repellent, oil-repellent coating exhibiting superior abrasion resistance on various substrates, and the primer layer and water-repellent, oil-repellent layer can be applied using a room-temperature (25° C.) process.
US12146027B2
Alkylene carbonates are removed from polyether-carbonate polymers by contacting the polyether-carbonate with an absorbent at a temperature of 30 to 150° C. The process is effective and inexpensive. The purified polyether-carbonate is useful for making polyurethanes as well as in many other applications.
US12146015B2
The present disclosure discloses a crosslinked polymer for dewaxing the lubricating oils, the polymer derived from (a) 70-77 weight percentage of at least one alkyl acrylate; (b) 23-28 weight percentage of at least one vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon; (c) 0.1-2.5 weight percentage of at least one crosslinker; and (d) 0.75-2.5 weight percentage of at least one initiator and wherein the polymer has a number average molecular weight in the range of 5000-15000. The present disclosure discloses a convenient process for preparing the crosslinked polymer. The present disclosure further reveals a method for dewaxing the lubricating oil.
US12146009B2
The present invention relates to a radical polymerizable putty-like resin composition containing a resin component containing a radical reactive resin (A) and a radical polymerizable unsaturated monomer (B) having a (meth)acryloyl group in a molecule thereof, an aromatic tertiary amine (C) represented by the following general formula (I), an organic peroxide (D), and a filler (E): wherein, R1 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or a methoxy group; and R2 and R3 are each independently an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a hydroxyalkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
US12146008B2
The disclosure provides a modified chitosan, a preparation method thereof, and an additive for a tile adhesive, and belongs to the technical field of building additives. In the disclosure, chitosan, an inorganic base, a dispersant having a hydroxyl group and an etherifying agent are added at one time, avoiding the tedious operation of adding inorganic alkali or etherifying agent multiple times. In addition, the etherification reaction is continuously performed under the conditions of gradual temperature increase and pressure increase.
US12146005B2
Novel peptide analogs of a θ-defensin have been developed that provide a biphasic effect in treating disseminated fungal disease and/or associated septic shock. These analogs are active at concentrations below those needed to provide a fungicidal effect, and function by initially mobilizing effector cells of the immune system to address the infective organism followed by regulation of the immune system to down regulate the inflammatory response. These novel θ-defensin analogs are protective at concentrations where naturally occurring θ-defensins have no apparent effect, and include a core set of structural and sequence features not found in native θ-defensins.
US12145998B2
The present application discloses variants of Pertuzumab. In particular, it discloses: an unpaired cysteine variant comprising Cys23/Cys88 unpaired cysteines in one or both variable light domains of Pertuzumab, an afucosylated variant of Pertuzumab, a low-molecular-weight-species (LMWS) of Pertuzumab, and a high-molecular-weight-species (HMWS) or Pertuzumab. The application further discloses the isolated variants, compositions, pharmaceutical compositions, and articles of manufacture comprising the variants, as well as methods of making and characterizing the variants and compositions thereof.
US12145988B2
The present disclosure encompasses anti-TREM-2 antibodies that promote TREM-2 activation and methods of using the anti-TREM-2 agonist antibodies therapeutically.
US12145978B2
The present invention provides a method of producing a recombinant antibody efficiently and at low cost. Disclosed is a method of producing an antibody or a fragment thereof, comprising allowing a cell to produce the antibody or the fragment, wherein the cell contains a larger number of copies of an exogenous DNA encoding the light chain or a fragment thereof of the antibody than the number of copies contained in the cell of an exogenous DNA encoding the heavy chain or a fragment thereof of the antibody. The present invention also provides a recombinant vector comprising one copy of a DNA encoding the heavy chain or a fragment thereof of an antibody and two or more copies of a DNA encoding the light chain or a fragment thereof of the antibody; and a transformant.
US12145977B2
The invention relates to a composition of peptides having an aminogram in which: glycine, hydroxyproline and proline are in molar quantities such that the ratio of each quantity to the sum of the molar quantities of the amino acids in the composition is comprised between 20.0% and 24.5%, between 6.0% and 12.0% and between 10.6% and 14.6%, respectively; the peptide composition comprising a quantity of peptides with a molecular weight lower than 1400 Da such that the ratio of said quantity to the quantity of peptides in the composition is less than 40%; the molecular weight and the quantity of peptides in the composition being determined by exclusion chromatography. The invention likewise relates to such a composition to be used as a drug. The invention further relates to such a composition to be used as a food supplement.
US12145970B2
In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for altering iron metabolism to increase red blood cell and/or hemoglobin levels in vertebrates, including rodents and primates, and particularly in humans.
US12145968B2
HIV-1 Env ectodomain trimers stabilized in a prefusion mature closed conformation and methods of their use and production are disclosed. In several embodiments, the HIV-1 Env ectodomain trimers and/or nucleic acid molecules can be used to generate an immune response to HIV-1 in a subject. In additional embodiments, the therapeutically effective amount of the HIV-1 Env ectodomain trimers can be administered to a subject in a method of treating or preventing HIV-1 infection.
US12145966B2
Polypeptides are provided that include an actinohivin variant polypeptide. The actinohivin variant polypeptide can be operably connected to an antibody fragment, such as a fragment crystallizable (Fc) region of immunoglobulin (Ig) G. Nucleic acid sequences, expression vectors, and transformed plant cells useful for producing the polypeptides are also provided. Further provided are methods for treating a viral infection or a cancer in a subject and include the step of administering the actinohivin variant polypeptide to the subject.
US12145958B2
A phosphinimide catalyst system comprises: i) a phosphinimide pre-polymerization catalyst having a cyclopentadienyl ligand and a phosphinimide ligand which is substituted with a guanidinate type group; and ii) a catalyst activator. The catalyst system polymerizes ethylene with an alpha-olefin to give high molecular weight ethylene copolymer.
US12145954B2
A silicon-containing electron transporting material and its application are disclosed. The silicon-containing electron transporting material employs a silicon-containing compound with a novel structure containing one or more silicon atoms and a specific group. The compound can be used as an electron transporting layer of an electroluminescent device, which can effectively improve the lifetime of the device and improve device performance. An electroluminescent device and compound formulation are also disclosed.
US12145953B2
The present disclosure relates to an emitting compound and organic light emitting device including the same, and more specifically, relates to an emitting compound of following and an organic light emitting diode and an organic light emitting device each including the emitting compound.
US12145942B2
The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, thereof: which inhibit picornavirus, norovirus or coronavirus replication activity. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of treating or preventing a virus infection in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US12145940B2
The present invention relates to compounds that may be used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, anxiety, emesis, obsessive compulsive disorder, autism, neuroprotection, cancer, depression or diabetes type 2.
US12145936B1
7-Imino-5-(1H-indol-3-yl)-1,3-substituted-7,8-dihydropyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione derivatives, a method of synthesizing said compounds, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compounds and a suitable carrier, and a method of using the compounds. The present compounds, identified as COX-2 inhibitors, are useful as anti-inflammatory agents.
US12145934B2
Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, N-oxides, or solvates thereof, Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I) and methods of using compounds of Formula (I).
US12145933B2
The present invention relates to hemi (L)-tartrate forms of the RSV fusion inhibitor 3-({5-chloro-1-[3-(methylsulfonyl)propyl]-1H-indol-2-yl}methyl)-1-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-1,3-dihydro-2H-imidazo[4,5-c]pyridin-2-one (also known under its INN as rilematovir), and to processes for preparing said forms and the use of these forms in a pharmaceutical composition.
US12145920B2
Provided are compounds that target the lanthionine synthetase C-like protein 2 pathway. The compounds can be used to treat a number of conditions, including autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, chronic inflammatory diseases, diabetes, and infectious diseases, such as lupus, Sjögren's syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, viral diseases, and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. The compounds can also be used to generate cells, such as immune cells, for treating the conditions.
US12145913B2
Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of phenyl-pyrimidinyl-urea derivatives, which inhibit the activity of Olig2. An example of a phenyl-pyrimidinyl-urea derivative has the following structure: Also described herein are methods using the Olig2 inhibitors for treating cancer and other diseases. The Olig2 inhibitors may be used to treat glioblastoma.
US12145911B2
The disclosure provides compounds with warheads and their use in treating medical diseases or disorders, such as viral infections. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of making various compounds with warheads are provided. The compounds are contemplated to inhibit proteases, such as the 3C, CL- or 3CL-like protease.
US12145907B2
The invention relates to a method for preparing a composition of diesters comprising reacting an unsaturated compound of alcohol type or the ester thereof, with a saturated fatty acid, in the presence of an acid catalyst. The invention also relates to a composition of diesters that is obtainable by the method of the invention, and the use thereof in lubricating compositions or in cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions.
