US12230294B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for dynamically generating stickers for use with a video. The methods and devices may dynamically generate a plurality of stickers in response to receiving a query with search terms for a sticker to add to a video being created. The plurality of stickers may include interactive content related to the search terms. The methods and devices may receive a selection of one or more of the stickers to include in the video. Upon an indication that a video is to be played, the methods and device may regenerate the selected stickers for the video with the content and provide video output with the video and one or more overlays with the selected stickers for presentation on a display.
US12230286B2
A schematic block diagram of a decoder for decoding an encoded audio signal is shown. The decoder includes an adaptive spectrum-time converter and an overlap-add-processor. The adaptive spectrum-time converter converts successive blocks of spectral values into successive blocks of time values, e.g. via a frequency-to-time transform. Furthermore, the adaptive spectrum-time converter receives a control information and switches, in response to the control information, between transform kernels of a first group of transform kernels including one or more transform kernels having different symmetries at sides of a kernel, and a second group of transform kernels including one or more transform kernels having the same symmetries at sides of a transform kernel. Moreover, the overlap-add-processor overlaps and adds the successive blocks of time values to obtain decoded audio values, which may be a decoded audio signal.
US12230283B2
A stereo signal processing method includes performing delay estimation on a stereo signal of a current frame to determine an inter-channel time difference of the current frame, identifying a sign of the inter-channel time difference of the current frame is different from a sign of an inter-channel time difference of a previous frame of the current frame, performing delay alignment processing on the first-channel signal of the current frame based on the inter-channel time difference of the current frame, and performing delay alignment processing on the second-channel signal of the current frame based on the inter-channel time difference of the previous frame.
US12230280B2
A method, decoder, and program code for controlling a concealment method for a lost audio frame is provided. A first audio frame and a second audio frame of the received audio signal are decoded to obtain modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) coefficients. Values of a first spectral shape based upon the MDCT coefficients decoded from the first audio frame decoded and values of a second spectral shape based upon MDCT coefficients decoded from the second audio frame decoded are determined, the spectral shapes each comprising a number of sub-bands. The values of the spectral shapes and frame energies of the first audio frame and second audio frame are transformed into representations of FFT based spectral analyses. A transient condition is detected based on the representations of the FFTs. Responsive to detecting the transient condition, the concealment method is modified by selectively adjusting a spectrum magnitude of a substitution frame spectrum.
US12230277B2
Disclosed are a method, a device, and a program for selecting a main speaker among speakers included in a sound source or a conversation record based on the sound source or the conversation record including conversation contents of at least one speaker and generating a summary based on the main speaker. A method of generating a summary for a sound source, the method being performed by at least one computing device, includes: generating a speak score for at least one speaker based on the sound source; determining a main speaker of the sound source based on a speak score for said at least one speaker; and generating a summary for the sound source in consideration of the determined main speaker.
US12230273B2
A voice control method and apparatus for a device, a storage medium, and an electronic apparatus are provided. The method includes: acquiring a first voice feature of first voice data collected by a cleaning device, where the first voice data correspond to a first wake-up instruction sent by a use object, and the first wake-up instruction is used to wake up at least one of the cleaning device and a base station; acquiring a second voice feature of second voice data collected by the base station, where the second voice data correspond to the first wake-up instruction; and selecting a first device to be woken up from the cleaning device and the base station according to the first and second voice features, and waking up the first device, where the first device in a wake-up state is configured to respond to a voice instruction sent by the use object.
US12230270B1
Techniques for presenting content by a voice-controlled device are described. In an example, the voice-controlled device is operatively coupled to a presentation device and supports dual mode functionalities. In a first mode, the voice-controlled device sends content for presentation at the presentation device. In a second mode, the voice-controlled device presents the content at a presentation interface of the voice-controlled device. Based on speech input from a user indicating an issue with a content presentation in the first mode, the voice-controlled device switches to the second mode and presents a message at the presentation interface indicating that subsequent content presentations would be presented at this interface. The voice-controlled device remains in the second mode until receiving additional speech input necessitating a switch to the first mode.
US12230264B2
An example process includes while an electronic device is engaged in a communication session with external device(s): receiving, from a first user of the electronic device, input to invoke a first digital assistant; receiving, from the first user, a natural language input corresponding to a task; in accordance with invoking the first digital assistant, generating, by the first digital assistant, a prompt for further user input about the task; transmitting, to the external device(s), the prompt for further user input about the task; after transmitting the prompt for further user input, receiving, from an external device of the external device(s), a response to the prompt for further user input; initiating, by the first digital assistant, based on the response and information corresponding to the first user stored on the electronic device, the task; and transmitting, to the external device(s), an output indicative of the initiated task.
US12230262B2
Presented herein are techniques in which a device detecting a phrase spoken in an online collaboration session between a plurality of users, the phrase being spoken by a first user to one or more second users. The device determines that the phrase indicates an issue with a quality of user experience of the online collaboration session, labels a log of metrics associated with the online collaboration session with a time stamp corresponding to a time when the phrase was spoken, to provide a labeled log of metrics; and performs one or more actions to improve the user experience based on detecting the phrase.
US12230260B2
One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, text associated with a user command; storing, in a data store, an encrypted form of the text associated with the user command; determining, using a processor, whether the encrypted form of the text has been detected in other user commands in exceedance of a predetermined threshold; and storing, responsive to determining that the encrypted form of the text has been detected in the other user commands in exceedance of the predetermined threshold, an unencrypted transcript of the text in a data table. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US12230254B2
Various embodiments may be generally directed to the use of an adversarial learning framework for persona-based dialogue modeling. In some embodiments, automated multi-turn dialogue response generation may be performed using a persona-based hierarchical recurrent encoder-decoder-based generative adversarial network (phredGAN). Such a phredGAN may feature a persona-based hierarchical recurrent encoder-decoder (PHRED) generator and a conditional discriminator. In some embodiments, the conditional discriminator may include an adversarial discriminator that is provided with attribute representations as inputs. In some other embodiments, the conditional discriminator may include an attribute discriminator, and attribute representations may be handled as targets of the attribute discriminator. The embodiments are not limited in this context.
US12230250B2
A speech recognition method includes: obtaining first sample speech data corresponding to a target user and a first reference speech recognition result corresponding to the first sample speech data; obtaining a pre-update target model; inputting the first sample speech data into the pre-update target model, and performing speech recognition by using a target speech extraction model, a target feature extraction model, and a target speech recognition model, to obtain a first model output result; obtaining a target model loss value corresponding to the target feature extraction model according to the first model output result and the first reference speech recognition result; and updating a model parameter of the target feature extraction model in the pre-update target model according to the target model loss value, to obtain a post-update target model.
US12230249B2
A method includes receiving audio data corresponding to an utterance and generating a pair of positive audio data examples. Here, each positive audio data example includes a respective augmented copy of the received audio data. For each respective positive audio data example, the method includes generating a respective sequence of encoder outputs and projecting the respective sequence of encoder outputs for the positive data example into a contrastive loss space. The method also includes determining a L2 distance between each corresponding encoder output in the projected sequences of encoder outputs for the positive audio data examples and determining a per-utterance consistency loss by averaging the L2 distances. The method also includes generating corresponding speech recognition results for each respective positive audio data example. The method also includes updating parameters of the speech recognition model based on a respective supervised loss term and the per-utterance consistency loss.
US12230248B2
The present disclosure relates generally to natural language understanding. An exemplary computer-enabled method comprises: receiving first utterance data corresponding to a first plurality of intents; identifying a first plurality of intent clusters using an unsupervised machine-learning algorithm, wherein each intent cluster of the first plurality of intent clusters comprises a respective subset of the first plurality of intents; training, based on the first utterance data, an intent cluster classification model, wherein the intent cluster classification model is configured to receive a user utterance and identify an intent cluster of the first plurality of intent clusters; and training, based on the first utterance data, an intent classification model for each intent cluster of the first plurality of intent clusters to obtain a plurality of intent classification models, wherein each intent classification model is configured to receive the user utterance and identify an intent from the respective intent cluster.
US12230240B2
A method and a device for controlling the propagation of acoustic waves in the vicinity of a wall, the method and device implementing a master device for controlling a set Nc of cells primarily made up of a speaker, a set of Nm microphones connected to the speaker, and a control unit, by means of control laws that determine the intensity of the electrical signal that must be sent to each speaker so as to obtain a target determined generalized acoustic impedance for each speaker, such that a fraction of the acoustic waves is absorbed by the membrane of each speaker.
US12230237B2
A guitar multi-effects pedalboard is provided. The pedalboard has one or more footswitches, an electronic display, and a memory storing guitar-effect presets for processing an inputted guitar signal when the processing is triggered by pressing a footswitch. The presets include signal chains with two or more guitar-effect pedal simulators that simulate two or more guitar-effect pedals. The pedalboard also has one or more processors coupled to the electronic display and the memory. The processors are configured to process an inputted guitar signal when the processing is triggered by pressing a footswitch. The processors are also configured to display, on the electronic display, an image of the signal chains, which includes an image of pedals and an image of existing simulated connections between pedals. Signal routing in the signal chain may be changed by touching the image of a pedal and dragging the image to a destination position.
US12230233B2
A foldable stringed instrument having a neck and/or body that may assume a reduced profile by folding an upper neck portion away from the playing position through the use of a translating bridge assembly and a translating truss assembly, wherein the foldable stringed instrument is capable of housing or otherwise being coupled to any of a variety of electronics or electrical components (e.g. a smart phone or tablet computer) having one or more applications (apps) for driving the operation, functionality and/or effects associated with the foldable stringed instrument.
US12230229B2
An afterimage analyzer may include an accumulation determiner which determines an accumulation interval of images based on a first change amount of images in regions of interest of the images in which an afterimage object is disposed and a second change amount of images in entire regions, an image accumulator which accumulates the images during the accumulation interval to generate accumulated images, and an afterimage object detector which detects the afterimage object from the accumulated images.
US12230226B2
A controller configured for minimizing power dissipation of a full area local dimming (FALD) display. The controller configured for determining an input grayscale value for each of a plurality of pixels comprising the image, remapping the input grayscale values to output grayscale values, displaying the image according to the output grayscale values, and controlling a normalized backlight luminance for each zone according to a maximum grayscale value determined therefor.
US12230224B1
An electronic device may be provided with a display. The display may be configured to display standard dynamic range image content and high dynamic range image content at the same time. The control circuitry may dynamically adjust an amount of headroom for the high dynamic range image content to avoid washing out the standard dynamic range image content. For example, the control circuitry may reduce the amount of headroom available for high dynamic range image content with high average pixel luminance levels and low screen coverage. The headroom may be increased as the average pixel luminance levels decrease and/or as screen coverage increases. Different high dynamic range images that are displayed at the same time may be assigned different amounts of headroom (e.g., different peak brightness levels) based on average pixel luminance values, screen coverage, whether or not the content is within an active window on the display, etc.
US12230212B2
Disclosed is a display device which includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a voltage generator providing a driving voltage to the plurality of pixels, and a driving controller. The driving controller includes an overcurrent protecting circuit. The overcurrent protecting circuit includes a first logic circuit comparing a limit current with a sensing current to generate a first comparison result, a second logic circuit comparing a load with a limit load to generate a second comparison result and comparing the driving voltage with a limit voltage to generate a third comparison result. When the first comparison result indicates the sensing current is greater than or equal to the limit current, the second comparison result indicates the load is greater than the limit load and the third comparison result indicates the driving voltage is greater than the limit voltage, a driving voltage controller maintains the driving voltage.
US12230210B2
A display substrate, including: a plurality of partition control signal lines disposed on a base substrate; and a plurality of sub-pixels disposed on the base substrate, at least one of the sub-pixels includes a pixel circuit and a light emitting device. The pixel circuit includes a switch transistor, a first partition control transistor, a drive transistor and a first initialization transistor. The first partition control transistor is electrically connected to the switch transistor, the first initialization transistor, the drive transistor and at least one partition control signal line. The first partition control transistor is configured to: in response to a partition control signal on the partition control signal line, selectively transmit a received first initialization signal to a gate electrode of the drive transistor in an initialization phase, and selectively transmit a received data signal to the gate electrode of the drive transistor in a data writing phase.
US12230204B2
Provided are a pixel circuit, a driving method, and a display device. The pixel circuit includes a light-emitting element, drive circuit, control circuit, first initialization circuit, first light-emitting control circuit and second light-emitting control circuit, wherein the control circuit causes a control terminal of the drive circuit to be electrically connected to a connection node under the control of a first scanning signal; the first initialization circuit writes a first initial voltage to the connection node under the control of a reset control signal; the first light-emitting control circuit causes a first voltage terminal to be conductively connected to a first terminal of the drive circuit under the control of a first light-emitting control signal; the second light-emitting control circuit causes a second terminal of the drive circuit to be conductively connected to a first electrode of the light-emitting element under control of a second light-emitting control signal.
US12230203B2
A display apparatus includes a light-emitting element, a first pixel circuit and a second pixel circuit coupled to the light-emitting element, a first drive transistor included in the first pixel circuit and configured to supply a first drive current to the light-emitting element, a second drive transistor included in the second pixel circuit and configured to supply a second drive current to the light-emitting element, and a drive circuit configured to supply a first video signal to the first drive transistor and to supply a second video signal to the second drive transistor. The first drive transistor is supplied with the first video signal and the second drive transistor is supplied with the second video signal in a same writing period.
US12230196B2
A display substrate and a display apparatus are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate; sub-pixels arranged in an array and on the base substrate; data line groups on the base substrate; each data line group includes data lines, each of which is connected to one column of sub-pixels; data selectors on the base substrate and connected to the data line groups in a one-to-one correspondence; data lines in a same data line group are connected to a same data selector; and data selection signal lines, wherein different data selection signal lines output different data selection signals; and different data lines connected to a same data selector correspond to different data selection signal lines, respectively. The display panel provided may effectively reduce the resistance on the data selection signal lines, thereby reducing the delay of the data selection signals and further improving the charging uniformity of sub-pixels.
US12230192B2
A display apparatus includes a first sub-pixel electrode, a metal bank layer in which a first opening overlapping the first sub-pixel electrode is defined, the metal bank layer including a first metal layer and a second metal layer on the first metal layer, an insulating layer between an outer portion of the first sub-pixel electrode and the metal bank layer, a first intermediate layer overlapping the first sub-pixel electrode through the first opening of the metal bank layer, a first opposite electrode disposed on the first intermediate layer through the first opening of the metal bank layer, and a low-reflective layer disposed on the second metal layer of the metal bank layer and having a reflectivity less than a reflectivity of the second metal layer.
US12230182B2
A pixel circuit and a driving method therefor, a display substrate, and a display apparatus. The pixel circuit includes a driving sub circuit, a data writing sub circuit, a first light-emitting control sub circuit, a first reset sub circuit, and a bias sub circuit; the first reset sub circuit is connected to a first node and configured to write a first reset voltage to the first node in response to a first reset control signal; and the bias sub circuit is connected to a second node and configured to write a reference voltage to the second node in response to a bias control signal, thereby turning on the driving sub circuit.
US12230173B2
An electronic device may have a display and a camera. Control circuitry in the device can gather information on a user's point of gaze using a gaze tracking system and other sensors, can gather information on the real-world image such as information on content, motion, and other image attributes by analyzing the real-world image, can gather user vision information such as user acuity, contrast sensitivity, field of view, and geometrical distortions, can gather user input such as user preferences and user mode selection commands, and can gather other input. Based on the point-of-gaze information and/or other gathered information, the control circuitry can display the real-world image and supplemental information on the display. The supplemental information can include augmentations such as icons, text labels, and other computer-generated text and graphics overlaid on the real world image and can include enhanced image content such as magnified portions of the real-world image.
US12230171B2
A control method for an imaging system is provided. The imaging system includes a display device and a dimming lens disposed on a display side of the display device. The dimming lens is capable of moving toward or away from the display apparatus to adjust an object distance from the display device to the dimming lens. The control method includes: determining the object distance when the dimming lens moves to a set position; according to the object distance, determining an image distance from a virtual image, generated by a display image of the display device through the dimming lens, to the dimming lens; and according to the determined image distance and a correlation between the image distance and a resolution of the display image, determining a resolution corresponding to the determined image distance, and controlling the display device to display the display image at the determined resolution.
US12230170B2
A display panel including a bottom plate, a plurality of display modules, and a plurality of connection pixel packages is provided. The display modules are tiled in an array arrangement on the bottom plate. Each of the display modules includes a circuit substrate and a plurality of display pixels. The circuit substrate includes a plurality of connection electrodes. The display pixels are disposed on the circuit substrate and at least one of the display pixels has at least one second pixel unit. Each of the connection pixel packages includes at least one first pixel unit. The connection pixel packages are disposed on the connection electrodes of the adjacent circuit substrates to connect the display modules. A light emitting surface of the at least one first pixel unit and a light emitting surface of the at least one second pixel unit are coplanar.
US12230168B2
A flexible display device includes a display panel that includes at least one bending area bending about a bending axis, a frame supports a rear surface of the display panel, a plurality of guide parts fixed to a rear surface of the frame, a plurality of fixing parts are movably provided on the rear surface of the frame and selectively coupled to the plurality of guide parts, the length of a controller is variable depending on the state of bending of the display panel, and the controller is connected to the fixing parts to control movements of the fixing parts, when the fixing parts are coupled to the guide parts, the bent display panel is prevented from being unbent, and the bent state of the flexible display device is maintained without a separate mount for fixing the bent state.
US12230166B2
Systems and methods of positioning a flag on a flagpole, including a movement mechanism attached to the flagpole, a power source configured to provide power to the movement mechanism, a halyard mechanism coupled to the flag and the movement mechanism to move the flag along the flagpole, and a control unit configured to selectively actuate the movement mechanism to position the flag at a predetermined location of the flagpole according to instructions communicated to the control unit from a centralized controller.
US12230158B2
A computer-implemented method of using telematics data associated with an originating vehicle at a destination vehicle is provided. The method may include receiving telematics data associated with the originating vehicle by (1) a mobile device or (2) a smart vehicle controller associated with a driver or vehicle. The mobile device or smart vehicle controller may analyze the telematics data received to determine that (i) a travel event exists, or (ii) that a travel event message or warning is embedded within the telematics broadcast received. If the travel event exits, the method may include automatically taking a preventive or corrective action, at or via the mobile device or smart vehicle controller, which alleviates a negative impact of the travel event on the driver or vehicle to facilitate safer or more efficient vehicle travel. Insurance discounts may be provided to insureds based upon their usage of the risk mitigation or prevention functionality.
US12230151B2
A flight route generation device is configured to generate a plurality of flight routes for a flight vehicle to fly over a plurality of working areas in a one-time flight. The flight route generation device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire the working-area information for designating a plurality of working areas intended for a plurality of operations to be performed by a flight vehicle during its flight and the interregional information for determining a plurality of interregional flight routes along which the flight vehicle is permitted to fly over a plurality of working areas, and a generator configured to generate a plurality of intraregional flight routes for the flight vehicle to fly through the plurality of working areas based on the working-area information and a plurality of interregional flight routes based on the interregional information to prevent the flight vehicle from entering into a flight-prohibited area.
US12230148B2
A system for selection of physical asset transfer paths using mixed-payload aeronautic excursions includes a client-interface module operating on at least a server, the client-interface module, configured to receive an initial location, a terminal location, and a description of at least an element of non-sapient payload, a path-selection module operating on the at least a server configured to identify at least an aeronautic path from the initial location to the terminal location and a plurality of aeronautic excursions traversing the at least an aeronautic path and select an aeronautic excursion of the plurality of aeronautic excursions based on a plurality of excess non-sapient payload storage estimations corresponding the plurality of aeronautic excursions, and a capacity estimation artificial intelligence module operating on the at least a server, the capacity estimation artificial intelligence module designed and configured to generate the plurality of excess non-sapient payload storage estimations.
US12230135B2
A control method for controlling a plurality of vehicles automatically traveling to follow an operation schedule includes judging, by a server, whether a first vehicle is delayed relative to the operation schedule, judging, by the server, whether passing of the first vehicle by a second vehicle has occurred when the first vehicle is judged to be delayed relative to the operation schedule, and setting, by the server, a limit on a vehicle speed of the first vehicle when the passing is judged to have occurred.
US12230122B2
There is provided a method of locating one or more users in an emergency, comprising the steps of, at a server: detecting a state of emergency; and receiving location data from at least one computing device associated with a user upon detection of the state of emergency.
US12230121B2
Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for expanding the functionality of a security system are disclosed. The security system may be integrated with a vehicle security system. For example, a vehicle security node of a vehicle may transmit a signal that may be received by the security system. The security system may authenticate the vehicle security node and integrate the vehicle security node into its network. Various information may be communicated in both directions between the security system and the vehicle security node. The vehicle security node may communicate with an alarm panel that may include a dock for connecting a portable device.
US12230117B2
An aerial vehicle is programmed or configured to respond to reports of events or conditions within spaces of a facility. The aerial vehicle travels to a location of a reported event or condition and captures data using onboard sensors. The aerial vehicle independently determines whether the reported event or condition is occurring, or is otherwise properly addressed by resources that are available at the location, using images or other data captured by the onboard sensors. Alternatively, the aerial vehicle transmits a request for additional resources to be provided at the location, where necessary. A map of the location generated based on images or other data captured by the onboard sensors may be utilized for any purpose, such as to make one or more recommendations of products that are appropriate for use at the facility.
US12230115B2
A user-assistant system for threat detection and convenience is disclosed. The system includes a primary device (e.g., handheld mobile device) configured to establish a local network with one or more secondary devices (e.g., wearable device). The primary device can couple the system to a wireless communications network. A first sensor monitors physical activity occurring within a threshold vicinity of a user, and a second sensor can measure a physical property of the user. The system can determine that the physical activity satisfies the first condition and that the measure of the physical property satisfies a second condition within a timeframe of the first condition being satisfied. In response to the first and second conditions being satisfied within the timeframe, the system performs an action configured to assist the user in real-time to interpret and respond to the physical activity in a real-world environment.
US12230101B2
An electronic gaming machine includes a cabinet, a display mounted to the cabinet, a wireless interface for communicating with a portable electronic device, a network interface for communicating with a validation server, a bill validator coupled to a game controller configured to accept bills and printed ticket vouchers, and a removable cash box. The game controller includes a processor and a memory configured to control a wager-based game played on the EGM, redeem virtual ticket vouchers and printed ticket vouchers, receive an indication to transfer value to the EGM via a virtual ticket voucher, receive the virtual ticket voucher including a virtual ticket voucher validation number from the portable electronic device via the wireless interface, validate the virtual ticket voucher with the validation server via the network interface, deposit a credit amount associated with the virtual ticket voucher, and notify the validation server that the virtual ticket voucher is redeemed.
US12230095B2
According to one embodiment, provided is a chip recognition system that recognizes a chip on a gaming table in an amusement place having the gaming table, the chip recognition system including: a game recording apparatus that records, as an image, a state of chips stacked on the gaming table, using a camera; an image analysis apparatus that performs an image analysis on the recorded image of the state of chips; a plurality of chip determination apparatuses including at least a first artificial intelligence apparatus that determines a number of the chips stacked, using an image analysis result obtained by the image analysis apparatus; and a second artificial intelligence apparatus that decides a correct number of the chips stacked, when the plurality of chip determination apparatuses obtain different determination results for the number of the chips stacked.
US12230085B2
An intention detection mechanism detects a target user accessing an operational context and accesses sensor data collected by a plurality of sensors encoding signals describing one or more characteristics of the target user and surroundings of the target user. The intention detection mechanism converts the accessed sensor data into a multi-channel sensor data time series, where each channel represents a characteristic of the target user. The intention detection mechanism compares the sensor data time series to a multi-channel intentionality template to determine whether the sensor data time series contains the multi-channel intentionality template. The multi-channel intentionality template describes characteristics indicative of an intent of a target user accessing the operational context. If the sensor data time series contains the multi-channel intentionality template, the intention detection mechanism communicates a signal confirming that the target user intended to access to the operational context.
US12230081B2
An information processing apparatus in the present invention includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a first biometrics information group including biometrics information on a first person detected from a first image captured in a first area from a registered biometrics information group including biometrics information on a plurality of registrants; and a matching unit that matches biometrics information on a second person detected from a second image captured in a second area that is different from the first area against biometrics information included in the first biometrics information group.
US12230080B2
An information processing apparatus in the present invention includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a first biometrics information group including biometrics information on a first person detected from a first image captured in a first area from a registered biometrics information group including biometrics information on a plurality of registrants; and a matching unit that matches biometrics information on a second person detected from a second image captured in a second area that is different from the first area against biometrics information included in the first biometrics information group.
US12230074B2
An apparatus for diagnosing a fault of a vehicle component, may include: a processor; a memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the processor; and the one or more programs include instructions for: an acceleration sensor for detecting an acceleration signal; feature extraction unit for extracting features related to a fault of a vehicle component from the detected acceleration signal; and a machine learning model for diagnosing a fault of the vehicle component based on the extracted features, wherein the machine learning model may be a model selected according to a preset evaluation index among a plurality of machine learning models trained based on training data sets.
US12230058B2
Disclosed implementations include a method, apparatus and computer media for learning an optimal graph in the form of a tree topology defining a sequence that can be used by a learning network for image recognition. Image data representing the image of an object is received and N landmarks are detected on the image using a deep regression algorithm, wherein N is an integer. A weighted, fully connected, graph is constructed from the landmarks by assigning initial weights for the landmarks randomly. An optimized tree structure is determined based on the initial weights. A sequence is generated by traversing nodes of the tree structure and a series of embeddings representing the object image are generated based on the sequence. The embeddings can be processed by a neural network to generate an image recognition signal based on the embeddings.
US12230057B2
An image processing apparatus includes a first extraction unit configured to subject an input image to first extraction processing to extract a first feature quantity, a second extraction unit configured to subject the input image to second extraction processing having a lower throughput than the first extraction processing to extract a second feature quantity, a comparison unit configured to compare the first feature quantity with the second feature quantity and then output a comparison result, and an update unit configured to update parameters to be used for the second extraction processing by the second extraction unit, based on the comparison result.
US12230055B2
Methods for creating personalized items using images associated with a subject are provided. The method includes receiving and processing at least one image of a subject; translating the processed at least one image into a personalized illustration having features that substantially resemble features of the subject, wherein translating the processed at least one image comprises extracting a plurality of core shapes from a face of the subject in the at least one image and assembling the extracted plurality of core shapes into a face of the personalized illustration; and manipulating the personalized illustration of the subject for placement in a personalized item such that the manipulated personalized illustration appears as an integral part of an existing template of the personalized item.
US12230040B2
State information can be determined for a subject that is robust to different inputs or conditions. For drowsiness, facial landmarks can be determined from captured image data and used to determine a set of blink parameters. These parameters can be used, such as with a temporal network, to estimate a state (e.g., drowsiness) of the subject. To improve robustness, an eye state determination network can determine eye state from the image data, without reliance on intermediate landmarks, that can be used, such as with another temporal network, to estimate the state of the subject. A weighted combination of these values can be used to determine an overall state of the subject. To improve accuracy, individual behavior patterns and context information can be utilized to account for variations in the data due to subject variation or current context rather than changes in state.
US12230038B2
An apparatus for predicting a trajectory of a surrounding vehicle includes a storage configured to store a high definition map, a lane Selection Network (LSN), and a Trajectory Prediction Network (TPN) and a controller that extracts lane information around a target vehicle, traveling around a host vehicle, based on the high definition map, inputs the lane information around the target vehicle and previous trajectory information of the target vehicle to the LSN to detect reference lane information, and inputs the reference lane information and the previous trajectory information of the target vehicle to the TPN to acquire future trajectory information of the target vehicle.
US12230035B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to detecting reflection artifacts in a point cloud. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a first convex hull for defining an outline of a first cluster of points in a depth image and generating a second convex hull for defining an outline of a second cluster of points in the depth image. The first cluster of points originates from a point cloud and the second cluster of points originates from the point cloud. The method includes determining whether the second cluster of points is a reflection artifact based on identifying if a portion of the second convex hull is enclosed in the first convex hull and a range of the second convex hull is larger than a range of the first convex hull.
US12230033B2
A monitoring device is configured to include an image data acquiring unit, a detecting unit, and a notifying unit. The image data acquiring unit acquires image data obtained by imaging a work area, and information relating to the position in which the image data were captured. The detecting unit detects, from the image data, at least either an unsafe behavior of a worker in the work area, or an unsafe environment around the worker, as an unsafe condition. The notifying unit notifies a terminal of the unsafe condition detected by the detecting unit, and the information relating to the position in which the unsafe condition is detected.
US12230025B2
A pharmacy packaging system configured to dispense pharmaceuticals into a pharmaceutical pouch formed by a feed roll and including a verification system. The verification system includes a camera system configured to capture images in a visible spectrum and an infrared spectrum, a first light source configured to output an infrared spectrum light, a second light source configured to output a visible spectrum light, and a processor. The processor is operable to activate the first light source to illuminate the pharmaceutical pouch and capture a first image of the pharmaceutical pouch while illuminated by the first light source. The processor is also operable to activate the second light source to illuminate the pharmaceutical pouch and capture a second image of the pharmaceutical pouch while illuminated by the second light source. The processor is further operable to generate a third image based on the first image and the second image.
US12230024B2
A trained model is retrained for video quality assessment and used to identify sets of adaptive compression parameters for transcoding user generated video content. Using transfer learning, the model, which is initially trained for image object detection, is retrained for technical content assessment and then again retrained for video quality assessment. The model is then deployed into a transcoding pipeline and used for transcoding an input video stream of user generated content. The transcoding pipeline may be structured in one of several ways. In one example, a secondary pathway for video content analysis using the model is introduced into the pipeline, which does not interfere with the ultimate output of the transcoding should there be a network or other issue. In another example, the model is introduced as a library within the existing pipeline, which would maintain a single pathway, but ultimately is not expected to introduce significant latency.
US12230020B2
Techniques are disclosed for dynamic time-based custom model generation as part of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) environment. A custom model generation service may receive a set of training data and a time-based constraints for training a machine learning model. The custom model generation service may subsample the training data and generate a set of optimized tuned hyperparameters for a machine learning model to be trained using the subsampled training data. An experimental interval time of training is determined and the machine learning model is trained on the subsampled training data according to the optimized tuned hyperparameters over a set of training intervals similar to the experimental time interval. A customized machine learning model trained in the time-based constraint is output. The hyperparameter tuning may be performed using a modified mutating genetic algorithm for a set of hyperparameters to determine the optimized tuned hyperparameters prior to the training.
US12230002B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture for object-based volumetric video coding are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a point annotator to receive point cloud data associated with an object and annotate points of the point cloud data with an object identifier of the object. The disclosed example apparatus also includes a projector to project the point cloud data onto projection planes to produce texture images and geometry images. The disclosed example apparatus further includes a patch generator to generate a patch based on the object identifier, the patch including the texture images and the geometry images of the object, the patch associated with the object identifier of the object. The disclosed example apparatus also includes an atlas generator to generate an atlas to include in encoded video data, the atlas including the patch.
US12229998B2
An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes: a memory storing a first pattern image and a second pattern image, a communication interface comprising communication circuitry configured to communicate with an external terminal apparatus, a projection part including a projection lens, and a processor configured to: control the projection part to project the first pattern image on a screen member comprising a reflector located on a projection surface, and based on receiving a first photographed image which photographed the screen member from the external terminal apparatus through the communication interface, acquire transformation information based on the first photographed image and the first pattern image, control the projection part to project the second pattern image on the projection surface, and based on receiving a second photographed image which photographed the projection surface from the external terminal apparatus through the communication interface, perform color calibration based on the characteristic of the projection surface based on the second photographed image, the second pattern image, and the transformation information.
US12229986B2
An apparatus according to the present invention includes a detection unit configured to detect an event based on a signal indicating a location of a pixel where a luminance change occurs and time when the luminance change occurs, and a display control unit configured to display an image indicating the pixel where the luminance change occurs based on the signal. In a case where the event is not detected, the image includes additional information indicating the event previously detected.
US12229982B2
Examples disclosed herein involve a computing system configured to (i) based on image data captured by a vehicle in an environment, obtain observations of a time-sequence of positions of an agent identified within the image data, (ii) generate a first updated time-sequence of positions of the agent by performing a first optimization operation that includes processing the observed time-sequence of positions by beginning with a position associated with an observation having the highest confidence in the time-sequence of observations and proceeding in a first direction, (iii) after generating the first updated time-sequence of positions, generate a second updated time-sequence of positions of the agent by performing a second optimization operation that includes processing the first updated time-sequence of positions in a second direction opposite the first direction, and (iv) derive a trajectory for the agent in the environment based on the second updated time-sequence of positions for the agent.
US12229975B2
According to one or more embodiments, a method includes capturing a first three-dimensional (3D) point cloud and a second 3D point cloud. Each of the 3D point clouds includes a plurality 3D coordinates corresponding to one or more objects scanned in a surrounding environment. The first 3D point cloud and the second 3D point cloud capturing at least one overlapping portion. Further, the method includes capturing a first ultrawide-angle image and a second ultrawide-angle image of the surrounding environment, the first ultrawide-angle image captures color information of the first 3D point cloud, and the second ultrawide-angle image captures color information of the second 3D point cloud. The method further includes registering the first 3D point cloud and the second 3D point cloud by mapping one or more features from the first ultrawide-angle image and the second ultrawide-angle image.
US12229972B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training a neural network to predict optical flow. One of the methods includes obtaining a batch of one or more training image pairs; for each of the pairs: processing the first training image and the second training image using the neural network to generate a final optical flow estimate; generating a cropped final optical flow estimate from the final optical flow estimate; and training the neural network using the cropped optical flow estimate.
US12229970B2
In examples, when attempting to interpolate or extrapolate a frame based on motion vectors of two adjacent frames, there can be more than one pixel value mapped to a given location in the frame. To select between conflicting pixel values for the given location, similarities between the motion vectors of source pixels that cause the conflict and global flow may be evaluated. For example, a level of similarity for a motion vector may be computed using a similarity metric based at least on a difference between an angle of a global motion vector and an angle of the motion vector. The similarity metric may also be based at least on a difference between a magnitude of the global motion vector and a magnitude of the motion vector. The similarity metric may weigh the difference between the angles in proportion to the magnitude of the global motion vector.
US12229967B1
Systems and methods for producing high-quality image segmentation masks by efficiently augmenting low-quality segmentation masks initially obtained by lightly trained neural networks are disclosed. Sequences of low-quality segmentation masks are transformed into high-quality segmentation masks by first identifying groups of pixels that are consistently segmented in at least three successive video frames. The pixels surrounding the consistently segmented pixels are then examined and assigned gradient alpha values, i.e., degrees of transparency. In one embodiment the alpha values are made proportional to the RGB distance of the pixel from the mean RGB value of the consistently segmented group of pixels.
US12229964B2
A method for automated segmentation of volumetric images comprising the steps of: receiving a coarse volumetric image comprising a jaw/tooth structure in terms of voxels; defining each voxel a distinct anatomical identifier based on a probabilistic distribution for each of a tooth/non-tooth class; applying the defined coarse image through a coarse model for a coarse output; combining coarse output with the coarse volumetric image; and generating a probabilistic segmentation from applying the combined coarse output/image through a fine model; and converting the probabilistic to a polygonal mesh for each defined class applying a volume-to-mesh algorithm.
US12229962B1
An apparatus method for leveraging a repository of images containing implant devices in a human body are disclosed. The apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor, wherein the memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive a plurality of sets of historical subject data, classify the plurality of sets of historical subject data into one or more implant cohorts, generate implant training data using the plurality of sets of classified historical subject data in the one or more implant cohorts, train an implant machine-learning model using the implant training data, receive an inquiry datum from a user, wherein the inquiry datum includes current subject data and generate an output datum as a function of the inquiry datum using the trained implant machine-learning model.
US12229953B2
An image processing system is provided. The image processing system includes a display, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores processor-executable code that when executed by the processor causes receiving an image of a region of interest of a patient with an enteric tube or line disposed within the region of interest, detecting the medical tube or line within the image, generating a combined image by superimposing graphical markers on the image that indicate placement or misplacement of the enteric tube or line, and displaying the combined image on a display. In further aspects, a classification of the enteric tube or line (e.g., correctly placed tube present, malpositioned tube present, and so forth) may be determined and communicated to one or more clinicians. Additionally, the outputs of the image processing system may also be provided to facilitate triage of patients, helping prioritize which tube placements require further attention and in what order.
US12229951B2
Provided are a device for a digital assay of targets according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure and a method using the same. The digital assay method of targets according to the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes acquiring an image for a plurality of microdroplets, predicting at least one region based on the image for the plurality of microdroplets using an artificial neural network-based prediction model configured to segment at least one region among positive microdroplets, negative microdroplets, and atypical microdroplets, with the image for the plurality of microdroplets as an input, determining a number for the plurality of microdroplets based on the at least one region, and providing quantitative data of targets based on the number for the plurality of microdroplets.
US12229945B2
A template for assigning the most probable root causes for wafer defects. The bin map data for a subject wafer can be compared with bin map data for prior wafers to find wafers with similar issues. A probability can be determined as to whether the same root cause should be applied to the subject wafer, and if so, the wafer can be labeled with that root cause accordingly.
US12229933B2
Methods for analysis of the magnetic grain using a software program effectively and accurately by improving the magnetic grain boundary contrast from an image prior to analyzing the grain size with an imaging analysis program. A method for automated grain size analysis includes obtaining a SEM electronic image of a magnetic material composed of a plurality of grains and modifying the image by smoothing the image, removing high spatial and low spatial frequencies from the image, improving contrast of the image, pixelating the image, processing the image to a binary image, and clearing outer edges of the binary image to remove at least incomplete grains to generate grain size data from the image.
US12229923B2
A monitoring camera includes an imaging unit configured to capture an image of an imaging area, and a processor configured to determine a first intensity and a second intensity to be different from each other. The first intensity indicates an intensity of a noise reduction processing executed on an attention portion in the captured image of the imaging area, and the second intensity indicates an intensity of a noise reduction processing executed on a non-attention portion in the captured image. The first intensity is lower than the second intensity. The processor is configured to execute the noise reduction processing on the attention portion based on the determined first intensity, to execute the noise reduction processing on the non-attention portion based on the determined second intensity, and to output an image after the noise reduction processing.
US12229921B2
An image processing apparatus, including a memory configured to store one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to cause the image processing apparatus to: identify, in a previous frame, a prediction sample corresponding to a current sample of a current frame, generate a prediction frame for the current frame by changing a sample value of a collocated sample of the previous frame according to a sample value of the prediction sample, derive a weight by comparing a sample value of the current sample with the sample value of the prediction sample, apply the weight to a collocated sample of the prediction frame to obtain a weighted prediction frame, and obtain a current output frame by processing the current frame and the weighted prediction frame through a neural network comprising a convolution layer.
US12229912B2
In a method for performing gaze redirection, a video stream of a user is received, each video frame from the video stream including a depiction of a gaze of the user. For each video frame from the video stream, an estimated gaze direction of the gaze of the user in that video frame is determined. A field of view (FOV) for a virtual representation associated with the user in a virtual environment is determined. An updated video frame including a modified gaze direction of the user different from the estimated gaze direction of the gaze of the user is generated.
US12229911B2
An editing terminal includes a simple display data acquisition unit that acquires simple display data from an item management server, an item selection processing unit that receives selection of an item from a plurality of items displayed using the simple display data, a three-dimensional data acquisition unit that acquires three-dimensional data of a selected item from the item management server, and an editing processing unit that displays an editing space on an editing screen on the basis of editing space information, receives an input of operation information regarding editing of the editing space using the three-dimensional data of the selected item, transmits the operation information to an editing server, and displays the editing space after editing on the editing screen.
US12229903B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for monitoring extended reality spaces. One of the methods includes maintaining, for an extended reality environment generated by a first device operated by a person, data defining a three-dimensional space at a property; accessing sensor data generated by one or more sensors physically located at the property; predicting, using the sensor data, that an object will likely interfere with the three-dimensional space at the property; and in response to predicting that the object will likely interfere with the three-dimensional space at the property, providing a notification to a second device.
US12229902B2
In some examples, temporal impact analysis of cascading events on metaverse-based organization avatar entities may include determining a temporal impact of a metaverse event on a specified organization avatar entity. With respect to the specified organization avatar entity, a similarity of the metaverse event may be determined in a current temporal context to past events. A reaction plan of a plurality of reaction plans may be selected from an event database and based on the determined similarity. Based on an analysis of the temporal impact with respect to the selected reaction plan, instructions may be generated to execute the selected reaction plan by a metaverse operating environment.
US12229898B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for managing and displaying web pages and web resources in a virtual three-dimensional (3D) space with an extended reality system. These techniques receive an input for 3D transform for a web page or a web page panel therefor. In response to the input, a browser engine coupled to a processor of an extended reality system determines 3D transform data for the web page or the web page panel based at least in part upon the 3D transform of the web page or the web page panel, wherein the 3D transform comprises a change in 3D position, rotation, or scale of the web page or the web page panel therefor in a virtual 3D space. A universe browser engine may present contents of the web page in a virtual 3D space based at least in part upon the 3D transform data.
US12229897B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for intelligent dynamic rendering of an augmented reality (AR) display. An AR device may capture an image of a physical environment. Feature extraction combined with deep learning may be used for object recognition and detection of changes in the environment. Contextual analysis of the environment based on the deep learning outputs may enable improved integration of AR rendering with the physical environment in real time. A BLE beacon feed may provide supplemental information regarding the physical environment. The beacon feed may be extracted, classified, and labeled based on user interests using machine learning algorithms. The beacon feed may be paired with the AR advice to incorporate customized location-based graphics and text into the AR display.
US12229895B1
A Virtual reality system which comprises a head mounted display and positional tracking to determine the position and orientation of the head mounted display. A player wearing the head mounted display would view a virtual world. External physical objects such as a cup can be identified and displayed inside the virtual world displayed inside the head mounted display so that a player can drink out of the cup without having to remove the head mounted display.
US12229889B2
An agricultural modeling system may include a scanning platform configured to generate 3D point cloud data of an agricultural geographic area, a geospatial database configured to store a data layer for the agricultural geographic area, and a computing resource in communication with the scanning platform, client devices, and the geospatial database. The computing resource may be configured to geographically reference the data layer fused with the 3D point cloud data of the agricultural geographic area, and generate a multi-layered data model for the geographically referenced data layer fused with the 3D point cloud data of the agricultural geographic area. A client device may be configured to selectively render the multi-layered data model.
US12229877B2
Aspects presented herein relate to methods and devices for graphics processing including an apparatus, e.g., a GPU. The apparatus may obtain an indication of a BVH structure associated with a view frustum, where the BVH structure includes at least one first-level BVH including a plurality of first-level nodes and a plurality of second-level BVHs including a plurality of second-level nodes. The apparatus may also calculate whether the view frustum intersects with each first-level bounding box in the at least one first-level BVH. Further, the apparatus may calculate, for each first-level bounding box that the view frustum intersects, whether the view frustum intersects with each first-level child nod that is associated with each first-level bounding box. The apparatus may also output an indication of all of the first-level child nodes that the view frustum intersects for each of the set of first-level bounding boxes that the view frustum intersects.
US12229870B2
Apparatus and method for acceleration data structure refit. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a ray generator to generate a plurality of rays in a first graphics scene; a hierarchical acceleration data structure generator to construct an acceleration data structure comprising a plurality of hierarchically arranged nodes including inner nodes and leaf nodes stored in a memory in a depth-first search (DFS) order; traversal hardware logic to traverse one or more of the rays through the acceleration data structure; intersection hardware logic to determine intersections between the one or more rays and one or more primitives within the hierarchical acceleration data structure; a node refit unit comprising circuitry and/or logic to read consecutively through at least the inner nodes in the memory in reverse DFS order to perform a bottom-up refit operation on the hierarchical acceleration data structure.
US12229861B2
Various examples of cross-application systems and methods for authoring, transferring, and evaluating rigging control systems for virtual characters are disclosed. Embodiments of a method include the steps or processes of creating, in a first application which implements a first rigging control protocol, a rigging control system description; writing the rigging control system description to a data file; and initiating transfer of the data file to a second application. In such embodiments, the rigging control system description may be defined according to a different second rigging control protocol. The rigging control system description may specify a rigging control input, such as a lower-order rigging element (e.g., a core skeleton for a virtual character), and at least one rule for operating on the rigging control input to produce a rigging control output, such as a higher-order skeleton or other higher-order rigging element.
US12229851B2
A graphics processing unit configured to process graphics data using a rendering space which is sub-divided into a plurality of tiles, the graphics processing unit comprising: a plurality of processing cores configured to render graphics data; cost indication logic configured to obtain a cost indication for each of a plurality of sets of one or more tiles of the rendering space, wherein the cost indication for a set of one or more tiles is suggestive of a cost of processing the set of one or more tiles; similarity indication logic configured to obtain similarity indications between sets of one or more tiles of the rendering space, wherein the similarity indication between two sets of one or more tiles is indicative of a level of similarity between the two sets of tiles according to at least one processing metric; and scheduling logic configured to assign the sets of one or more tiles to the processing cores for rendering in dependence on the cost indications and the similarity indications.
US12229845B2
In variants, a method for property group analysis can include: determining a property, determining whether the property is part of a group, identifying other properties within the group, optionally determining whether to merge groups, and optionally providing a final group. However, the method can additionally and/or alternatively include any other suitable elements.
US12229841B2
A method for cross-bore risk management involves receiving at least one dataset comprising a plurality of assets and cross-bore data. A risk probability value is calculated, using a processor, based on the cross-bore data for each asset of the plurality of assets using machine learning techniques. The risk probability values are spatially distributed around each respective asset. A graphical output is produced that illustrates the risk probability for a specified geographical area based on the spatially distributed risk probability values.
US12229832B2
The present disclosure provides systems that help wealth management business teams improve performance in client understanding, client advising and client servicing. Systems according to some embodiments achieve this by assisting both operational and intellectual tasks of agents within the wealth management team, and also by enabling the collaborative and learning capacities of the enterprise team ensemble.
US12229830B1
A method for trading a financial instrument via an exchange computing system includes receiving, from a user interface, data indicative of an order to trade the financial instrument, and one or more parameter values to customize parameters for the order, the parameters including at least one of a price, a quantity, an expiration time, a settlement time, an order type, a product type, a strategy identification, hedge information, an equity, and an index. The method includes adding one or more legs to the order, transmitting a request for clearing information associated with the one or more legs, receiving, from the user interface, data indicative of the clearing information including a matching level and a contra party, configuring the order, and executing the order by matching the order to an offer that satisfies the parameter values and the clearing information.
US12229824B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media utilized for revoking access to a financial account held by a customer of a financial institution. One method includes determining, by at least one processing circuit, an access level based on information stored in an account database and an adverse event experienced by a customer. The method further includes authorizing, by the at least one processing circuit, a designee of the customer comprising the access level for at least one future payment request. The method further includes transmitting, by the at least one processing circuit, an alert message corresponding to the authorization of the designee for the access level. The method further includes in response to receiving an input from a user device, withdrawing, by the at least one processing circuit, the access level.
US12229823B1
A virtual salesperson system and method for tablet computers such as Apple's iPad can be used by the customer (as opposed to most applications which are for the dealer, or on a central kiosk) to provide the customer a tour of a showroom and each vehicle, highlighting key features and other content at the discretion of the OEM, such as videos tours conducted by their spokesperson. In at least one embodiment, the customer can also search inventory, potentially at this dealer and other ‘friendly’ dealerships with whom this dealer has a trading relationship. Other sales tools such as build and price, payment estimation, etc are available as well.
US12229821B2
Provided herein are methods whereby item provider services can define unique offerings, including categories of products, individual products, and information requests, and link them to a trigger, enabling the item provider service promote the offerings to the end users. A trigger can include any unique and specially formatted media entity that, in conjunction with software on a mobile device, can be detected using sensors to initiate a workflow. Triggers may include, for example, specially formatted images, videos, audio signals, QR codes, GPS locations, Bluetooth beacons, or similar mobile-detectable entities, among others. Triggers may be defined and associated with an offering.
US12229814B2
A mobile device based messaging application that allows users to communicate anonymously and privately. Users can scan a QR (Quick Response) code or read a NFC (Near-Field Communication) chip in a combination QR/NFC tag, or use a computer-generated code to initiate a conversation. The conversations are automatically generated and populated with the appropriate information. Once the user terminates a conversation, the other party cannot communicate with the user. If desired, the user can re-scan the tag or enter the unique code to create a new conversation.
US12229811B2
Presented are methods and systems to universally assess composite utility consumption (1) in which a plurality of real-time and batch sensor readings such as from multiple disparate utility sensor data inputs (3) may be acquired and stored such as into a local device (2) or a central data warehouse (6). A composite utility estimated cost generator (9) can generate missing or uncorrelated data and a collected composite utility data information correlator (11) can correlate the data so it can be applied to determine some type of composite utility cost information. For real-time calculation, a disparate utility rate information accessor (8) can obtain multiple items of disparate rate information and this can use with correlated data to create a composite utility consumption and spend so a user can manage and control utility usage for a home, building, facility, plant, specific equipment, or the like. Cost information, such as a rate of spend or spend amount(s) to date or for a period may be presented to user in a variety of visualizations and reporting formats including specific time usage and spend information, specific time range usage and spend, and “time-of-use” billing information for specific real-time data points. The visualization and reporting may be used to answer a plurality of usage questions along with specific characterizations of utility spend across time of day domains and specific equipment usage domains thus affording more effective utility cost management.
US12229809B2
The present invention relates to a method and a computer-readable medium for providing service information including a bill customized to a user, in which when company information and industry information are received from the user through a first interface, one or more higher-order keywords are derived based on the company information and the industry information, a plurality of information to which one or more lower-order keywords matching an initial logical relation for a specific higher-order keyword selected by the user are mapped are provided to the user through a second interface according to the initial logical relation between one or more lower-order keywords that are set to each of the one or more higher-order keywords, and the user changes the initial logical relation that is preset to the specific higher-order keyword through a third interface so as to additionally receive a plurality of information matching the changed logical relation.
US12229807B2
Systems and methods for automatically detecting, classifying, and processing objects captured in an images or videos are provided. In one embodiment, the system receives an image from an image source and detects one or more objects in the image. The system performs a high-level classification of the one or more objects in the image. The system performs a specific classification of the one or more objects, determines a price of the one or more objects, and generates a pricing report comprising a price of the one or more objects. In another embodiment, the system captures at least one image or video frame and classifies an object present in the image or video frame using a neural network. The system adds the classified object and an assigned object code to an inventory and processes the inventory to assign the classified object a price.
US12229803B2
Methods and systems provide for a unified presentation of cross-platform content to a user visiting a platform. In one embodiment, the system connects a client device associated with a user to a first content platform; receives a request from the client device to present content to the user at the first content platform; receives content associated with one or more additional content platforms; determines a subset of the content to present to the user; standardizes the subset of the content in a format to be used at the first content platform; presents the subset of the content to the user at the first content platform; processes a set of unified cross-platform metrics for user events related to the user interacting with the subset of the content at the first content platform; and provides a report of the set of unified cross-platform metrics for the user events.
US12229797B2
A system and method for processing promotions in connection with digital purchasing. Data associated with a digital purchase request made by a consumer (the data comprising a token, an amount associated with the transaction, a promotional code for each item included in the digital purchase request associated with a promotion, a default transaction amount, and a single default promotional code) is received from a merchant server. The single default promotional code is assigned to all items included in the digital purchase request that are associated with promotions. Using the token, account information associated with the consumer is retrieved from a database. For each promotional code received, promotional information is retrieved. The retrieved promotional information is displayed. The digital purchase request is submitted for processing using the single default promotional code.
US12229796B2
A merchandise processing device includes an identification unit, a detection unit, and a control unit. The identification unit identifies a merchandise. The detection unit detects, based on a captured image of the merchandise, a privilege medium in which privilege information is recorded. The control unit causes a display device to display the image, on which the privilege medium is detected, in association with information related to the merchandise identified by the identification unit.
US12229789B2
In order to analyze the purchasing situation from the various kinds of information regarding the products sold on the mall style shopping site, a purchasing analysis system for analyzing purchase status of a target product sold on a mall style shopping site has a trading history acquisition unit acquiring information related to a trading history of the target product on the mall style shopping site. The system also has an advertising information acquisition unit acquiring advertising indicators of the target product. Further, the system has an output unit displaying the information related to the trading history and the advertising indicators on a same time axis.
US12229786B2
A method for identifying authenticity of an object, the method includes maintaining, in an identification server system, a reference image of an original object, the reference image and provided to represent all equivalent original objects, receiving, in the identification server system, one or more input images of the object to be identified, and generating, by the identification server system, a target image from the one or more input images. The method further includes aligning, by the identification server system, the target image with the reference image and analysing, by the identification server system, the target image in relation to the aligned reference image for identifying authenticity of the object.
US12229782B2
Disclosed is an example approach in which network and non-network features are used to train a predictive machine learning model that is implemented to predict financial crime and fraud. Graphical network features may be generated by applying financial entity risk vectors to a network model with representations of various types of networks. The network model may comprise transactional, non-social, and/or social networks, with edges corresponding to linkages that may be weighted according to various characteristics (such as frequency, amount, type, recency, etc.). The graphical network features may be fed to the predictive model to generate a likelihood and/or prediction with respect to a financial crime. A perceptible alert is generated on one or more computing devices if a financial crime is predicted or deemed sufficiently likely. The alert may identify a subset of the set of financial entities involved in the financial crime and present graphical representations of networks and linkages.
US12229768B2
One or more processors receive a request for a secure digital asset and execute a validation protocol defined for validating the request. The validation protocol may define conditions for fulfilling the request that include one or more conditions related to information about an identified user requesting the request or information indicative of a routing-aspect of the request. The one or more processors attempt to validate the request based on assessment of the conditions specified in the validation protocol. If validation is unsuccessful, the one or more processors instruct the user to undertake one or more multi-factor authentication actions, which may include choices from a plurality of possible multi-factor authentication options and/or certain required multi-factor authentication options, defined by the protocol. The one or more processors validate and fulfil the request responsive to confirming successful undertaking of the one or more multi-factor authentication actions by the user.
US12229753B2
The method 10 for mobile cryptocurrency wallet connectivity can include facilitating a blockchain transaction S100 and establishing an initial connection between a mobile client and a web client S200. The system 20 for mobile cryptocurrency wallet connectivity can include a browser 110, one or more websites 120, a web client 130, a mobile application 140, and a backend server 150.
US12229738B1
A computer-implemented method is provided for a mobile device to detect, by a camera of the mobile device, a plurality of checks; determine, by a processing unit of the mobile device, that the image of the plurality of checks is of sufficient quality; instruct, by a display of the mobile device, a user to take a photograph of the plurality of checks; crop, by the processing unit, the photograph of the plurality of checks into a plurality of images, wherein each of the plurality of images contains one of the plurality of checks; and transmit, by a transmitter of the mobile device, the plurality of images to a server via a network. The plurality of images may be transmitted individually (i.e., one at time), or alternatively, collectively and in one payload.
US12229736B1
A computer implemented method performed by a global transaction processing system includes receiving an information item from an originator and generating an originator profile based on the information item. The method includes receiving a transaction request initiated by the originator, the transaction request including transactional data. The method includes validating the transactional data to determine whether the transaction request includes a defect. The method includes, responsive to determining that the transaction request includes a defect, determining whether the transaction request is automatically repairable. The method also includes, responsive to determining that the transaction request is automatically repairable, generating a repaired processed transaction data packet based on the originator profile.
US12229734B1
Methods and systems for remote check deposit are disclosed. A check for deposit is processed without the need for a server to receive any image of the check initially. Instead, optical character recognition (OCR) data is received at the server from a mobile device. Verification processing for the check is then performed using the OCR data. If the verification process is successful, a confirmation notification is sent to the mobile device. Subsequently, after sending the confirmation notification, a check image is received, from which the OCR data was determined. The check is, in turn, processed for deposit using the received check image.
US12229732B2
Automated vehicle repair estimation by voting ensembling of multiple artificial intelligence functions is provided. A method comprises receiving a plurality of vehicle repair recommendation sets, each identifying (i) at least one component of a damaged vehicle, (ii) a recommended vehicle repair operation for each identified component, and (iii) a score and/or confidence percentage for each operation; when a plurality of the sets identify recommended operations for one of the components, selecting the operation having the highest score, and unselecting the other operations for the component; generating a composite vehicle repair recommendation set, wherein the composite vehicle repair recommendation set identifies the selected recommended vehicle repair operation, and wherein the composite vehicle repair recommendation set does not identify the unselected recommended vehicle repair operation; and providing the composite vehicle repair recommendation set to one or more claims management systems.
US12229728B2
The present disclosure relates generally to utilizing paid time off. In one example, the systems and methods described herein may provide an infrastructure to repurpose paid time off into other uses, such as cash, travel, bill payments, and the like.
US12229726B2
Systems and methods for generating units of work in a collaboration environment are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information including work units records describing units of work assigned to individual users within the collaboration environment, individual sets of work unit records being defined by a record hierarchy, individual units of work including one or more digital content items; obtain user input information conveying user input on, or relating to, individual digital content items of the individual units of work; generate one or more work unit records based on the user input information, such that responsive to the user input information conveying first user input by a first user on, or relating to, a first digital content item, generate a second work unit record describing a second unit of work, the second work unit record being subordinate to a first work unit record; and/or perform other operations.
US12229725B2
A system for generating of posts, the system including: a server; and a network connection for the server; the server to: maintain a database of users and corresponding user behavior when generating a post on a specific topic; match a first user generating a current post and a topic of the current post to user behavior in the database; based on the matching user behavior from the database, identify different versions during development of the current post; and dictate distribution of different versions of the post based on the matching user behavior from the database.
US12229711B2
A method for tracking physical assets can include: receiving a digital asset; determining an asset identifier for the digital asset; generating an asset barcode; optionally facilitating printing and sending of the asset to an asset recipient; determining an asset event for the asset; and notifying a sender of an asset event.
US12229708B2
A method for dynamically rearranging one or more packages for delivery on a delivery vehicle in response to unforeseen changes in a pre-planned delivery route. The method detects, via one or more sensor-enabled shelves in a delivery vehicle, an address and package details of a respective delivery package. The method further integrates the one or more sensor-enabled shelves with a route map that depicts the pre-planned delivery route. The method further assigns new values to the one or more sensor-enabled shelves, in response to a change in the pre-planned delivery route, indicating a new sequence of delivery for each respective delivery package. The method further notifies a delivery person which delivery package is to be delivered at a current stop by illuminating the one or more sensor-enabled shelves containing the respective delivery package.
US12229704B2
Proposed is an apparatus, system, and method for conducting a company-customized work evaluation of employees based on work sincerity and work concentration to induce employees toward the ideal talent pursued by the company. The apparatus may receive an input of setting values for work sincerity and work concentration each including a plurality of evaluation items, setting values for weights for the respective evaluation items, and setting values for satisfaction/violation conditions from a manager terminal. Additionally, the apparatus may receive data on work sincerity and work concentration obtained by collecting and counting event information on satisfaction/violation for each evaluation item according to an employee's work from a plurality of employee terminals. Also, the apparatus may perform work evaluation on a plurality of employees via a work evaluation algorithm that uses the work sincerity and work concentration data and the weights as input values.
US12229697B2
An example operation may include one or more of generating, by a blockchain node, an asset containment world-state by execution of a linear-time ingestion algorithm, detecting, by the blockchain node, an asset aggregation or disaggregation event, updating, by the blockchain node, the world-state based on the asset aggregation or disaggregation event, and computing supply-chain metrics based on the updated world-state.
US12229690B2
A computing device for predicting an expected loss for a set of claim transactions is provided. The computing device predicts, at a first machine learning model, a claim frequency of the set of claim transactions over a given time period and trained using historical frequency data and based on a segment type defining a type of claim, each type of segment having peril types. The computing device also predicts, at a second machine learning model, claim severity of the set of claim transactions during the given time period, the second machine learning model trained using historical severity data and based on the segment type and the corresponding peril types. The computing device then determines the expected loss for the set of claim transactions over the given time period by applying a product of prediction of the first machine learning model and the second machine learning model.
US12229689B2
A method includes receiving first input values for a first parameter of a physical system, calculating first modeled values for a second parameter using a model that represents the physical system, based on the first input values, receiving measured values for the second parameter, training a machine learning model to adjust modeled values generated by the model based on a difference between the first modeled values and the measured values, receiving second input values for the first parameter, calculating second modeled values for the second parameter using the model, generating adjusted values for the second parameter by adjusting the second modeled values using the trained machine learning model, and visualizing the adjusted values for the second parameter as representing operation of the physical system.
US12229680B2
A method comprises receiving an input signal for processing in one or more neurons of a neural network, wherein the neural network has zero bias neurons and includes a plurality of resistive processing unit (RPU) weights and each neuron has an activation function. The method also includes applying an arbitrary amplification factor to activation function outputs of the one or more neurons in the neural network, wherein the arbitrary amplification factor is based on a dynamic range of components in the neural network and compensates for conductance drift in values of the RPU weights. The method also includes performing a calculation with the neural network using the amplified activation function outputs of the one or more neurons.
US12229679B1
A system and methods for upsampling compressed data using a jointly trained Vector Quantized Variational Autoencoder (VQ-VAE) and neural upsampler. The system compresses input data into a discrete latent space using a VQ-VAE encoder, reconstructs the data using a VQ-VAE decoder, and enhances the reconstructed data using a neural upsampler. The VQ-VAE and neural upsampler are jointly trained using a combined loss function, enabling end-to-end optimization. The system allows for efficient compression and high-quality reconstruction of various data types, including financial time-series, images, audio, video, sensor data, and text. The learned discrete latent space can be explored and manipulated using techniques such as interpolation, extrapolation, and vector arithmetic to generate new or modified data samples. The system finds applications in data storage, transmission, analysis, and generation across multiple domains.
US12229669B2
Described herein is a technique for mapping the raw text of a job title of an online job posting to an entity embedding, associated with an entity or entry of a title taxonomy. The raw text of the job title is first encoded to generate a multilingual word embedding in a multilingual word embedding space. Then, the vector representation of the job title, as represented in the multilingual word embedding space is translated, using a neural network, to a vector representation of the job title in the entity embedding space. Finally, a nearest neighbor search is performed to identify an entity embedding associated with an entity or entry in the title taxonomy that has a vector representation that is closest in distance to the vector output by the neural network.
US12229665B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for securely searching for physical resources. Attributes of a plurality of shared physical resources are accessed. An encrypted communication is received and decrypted that provides attributes for a first user. A search is performed, using a first neural network, for physical resources corresponding to attributes of the user to identity a first set of physical resources using decrypted attributes of the user and attributes of the plurality of physical resources. Search match scores are generated for the first set of physical resources. A subset of physical resources that at least one other user has access to is identified. A second neural network identifies users associated with the subset of physical resources that have a temporal usage conflict likelihood with the user. Search match scores may be adjusted. The search results may be ranked using the adjusted search match scores, and the ranked search results may be displayed.
US12229663B2
A system for determining intents associated with human utterances at a voice response system is provided. The system may involve a machine learning classifier and a deep learning classifier. The machine learning classifier may receive labeled training data. The labeled training data may be sample utterances. Each sample utterance may be assigned an intent. The intent may be the label of the utterance. The intent may be included in a predefined plurality of intents. The machine learning classifier may include a feature engineering and extraction module. The feature engineering and extraction module may identify features specific to each intent. The machine learning classifier may label previously unlabeled utterances received in a production environment. The newly labeled utterances received in the production environment may be used as training data to train a deep learning classifier. After being trained, the deep learning classifier may receive and label previously unlabeled utterances.
US12229653B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for tracking weak signal traces under severe noise and/or distortions. A method may include tracking at least one candidate frequency trace from a time-frequency representation of a signal. The method may also include identifying a frequency trace of the signal based on tracking results. In addition, the method may include outputting an estimated frequency vector related to the frequency trace. Further, the tracking may be performed under a noisy condition environment.
US12229646B2
A system for initiating a completed lading request includes a computing device configured to obtain a lading request from a client device, wherein the lading request comprises a communication detail datum, determine an logical route, wherein determining the logical route further comprises receiving a conveyor indicator, identifying a spot signature as a function of the conveyor indicator, training a route machine-learning mode using a route training data correlating the spot signature to the lading request, and determining the logical route as a function of the spot signature and the lading request using the trained route machine-learning model, and initiate the completed lading request, wherein initiating the lading request further comprises receiving an acknowledgment element, and initiating the completed lading request as a function of the acknowledgment element, and initiating the completed lading request as a function of the acknowledgment element.
US12229644B2
An approach is provided for augmenting text of a small class for text classification. An imbalanced dataset is received. A small class is identified. The small class includes initial text records in the imbalanced dataset. A balanced dataset is generated from the imbalanced dataset by augmenting the initial text records by using weighted word scores indicating respective measures of importance of words in classes in the imbalanced dataset. The balanced dataset is sent to a supervised machine learning model. The supervised machine learning model is trained on the balanced dataset. Using the supervised machine learning model which employs the augmented initial text records, a text classification of a new dataset is performed. The domain of the new dataset matches the domain of the imbalanced dataset.
US12229642B2
At a machine learning service, a determination is made that an analysis to detect whether at least a portion of contents of one or more observation records of a first data set are duplicated in a second set of observation records is to be performed. A duplication metric is obtained, indicative of a non-zero probability that one or more observation records of the second set are duplicates of respective observation records of the first set. In response to determining that the duplication metric meets a threshold criterion, one or more responsive actions are initiated, such as the transmission of a notification to a client of the service.
US12229638B2
A learning assistance device according to the disclosure is designed to perform relearning for a processing part including a learning device that has already undergone learning for performing a prescribed output from a prescribed input, the learning assistance device including: an assessment part for assessing an anomaly of the input on the basis of a prescribed reference; and a relearning part for, if the assessment part has assessed that the input is anomalous, carrying out relearning of the learner under a prescribed condition using the anomalous input as additional learning data.
US12229623B1
A method for calibrating a value of an environmental condition derived information supplied by a wireless tag comprises: determining a value of an environmental condition impacting the wireless tag based on (i) information supplied by the wireless tag and (ii) a tag calibration model of the computing system; when a difference between the determined value of the environmental condition and a measurement of the environmental condition made by a user device exceeds a prescribed threshold, updating in real time, the tag calibration model, substituting the measurement of the environmental condition made by the user device for the determined value, and supplying in real time, as an output, the substituted measurement of the environmental condition made by the user device as if it was the value of the environmental condition derived from information supplied by the wireless tag.
US12229622B1
Implementing extended reality (XR) tags in an XR platform is described. A server(s) may obtain, via a user interface of an application executing on a client device, a definition of an XR tag, and may embed information in the XR tag in accordance with the definition of the XR tag. The server(s) may further obtain, via the user interface, one or more rules applicable to the XR tag. The server(s) may further store data representing the XR tag in a data store. In some examples, the definition and/or the one or more rules allow for customizing the XR tag and/or the information embedded in the XR tag to other client devices that are accessing the XR tag, users of the other client devices, and/or a creator of the XR tag.
US12229614B2
A card device and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The card device includes a first substrate, a circuit board, a sensing module and a second substrate. The circuit board is disposed on the first substrate, and the circuit board includes an accommodating recess. The sensing module is disposed in the accommodating recess. The sensing module includes a sensing unit and a protective layer formed on the sensing unit, and the sensing unit is electrically connected to the circuit board. The second substrate is disposed on the circuit board. The second substrate includes an opening, and the opening exposes the protective layer.
US12229612B1
A contactless card may include: a first card portion and a second card portion; a manipulation area between the first card portion and the second card portion, wherein the contactless card may be manipulatable about the manipulation area; a chip storing information; and an antenna in communication with the chip comprising a first antenna portion in the first card portion and a second antenna portion in the second card portion, wherein the first antenna portion and the second antenna portion are electrically connected when the contactless card is in a first orientation such that the information can be read by radio frequency communication from the chip via the antenna, and the first antenna portion and the second antenna portion are electrically disconnected when the contactless card is in a second orientation such that the information cannot be read by radio frequency communication from the chip via the antenna.
US12229608B2
A method for increasing the security of quick response (“QR”) code processing may include creating an inactive QR code. The inactive code may include an algorithmic code and a plurality of dynamic placeholders. The method may retrieve a scan of the inactive QR code using a QR code scanning device and also prevent the scan of the inactive QR code from being processed at the QR code scanning device. The method may receive the scan of the inactive QR code at a central server and interpret the algorithmic code to identify a plurality of non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) for filling the plurality of dynamic placeholders. The method may fetch the plurality of NFTs and complete the incomplete QR code to form a complete QR code. The completing may include filling the plurality of dynamic placeholders with the plurality of NFTs and interpreting the complete QR code.
US12229596B2
A method of storing electronic data performed by a terminal apparatus communicable with an information processing terminal is provided. The method includes: receiving, during a use of a first resource, a notification indicating that reservation of a second resource selected by a user is completed, from the information processing terminal; and in response to receiving the notification indicating that the reservation of the second resource is completed, starting a storing process of storing electronic data output by an electronic device during the use of the first resource.
US12229589B2
Artificial intelligence is an increasingly important sector of the computer industry. However, artificial intelligence is an extremely computationally intensive field such that performing artificial intelligence calculations can be expensive, time consuming, and energy consuming. Fortunately, many of the calculations required for artificial intelligence applications can be performed in parallel such that specialized linear algebra matrix processors can greatly increase computational performance. But even with linear algebra matrix processors; performance can be limited due to complex data dependencies. Without proper coordination, linear algebra matrix processors may end up idle or spending large amounts of time moving data around. Thus, this document discloses methods for efficiently scheduling linear algebra matrix processors.
US12229588B2
Migrating workloads to a preferred environment, including: predicting, for each of a plurality of environments, a performance load on each of a plurality of environments that would result from placing one or more of a plurality of workloads on the environment; determining a preferred environment for each of the plurality of workloads by determining a placement of each of the plurality of workloads that results in a best fit for the plurality of workloads; and deploying each of the plurality of workloads in the corresponding preferred environment.
US12229586B2
A neural processor includes neural engines for performing convolution operations on input data corresponding to one or more tasks to generate output data. The neural processor also includes a data processor circuit coupled to external system memory. The data processor circuit includes a buffer for storing the output data from the neural engines. The neural processor further includes a task manager coupled to the data processor circuit. The task manager receives a context-switch task. The context-switch task specifies a switch of the data processor circuit from handling an outgoing task to an incoming task. The task manager sends configuration data of the context-switch task to cause the data processor circuit to transmit the output data corresponding to the outgoing task from the buffer to the external system memory. The data processor circuit also fetches data corresponding to the incoming task from the external system memory to the buffer.
US12229581B2
Graphics processing systems and methods are described. A graphics processing apparatus may comprise one or more graphics processing engines, a memory, a memory management unit (MMU) including a GPU second level page table and GPU dirty bit tracking, and a provisioning agent to receive a request from a virtual machine monitor (VMM) to provision a subcluster of graphics processing apparatuses, the subcluster including a plurality of graphics processing engines from a plurality of graphics processing apparatuses connected using a scale-up fabric, provision the scale-up fabric to route data within the subcluster of graphics processing apparatuses, and provision a plurality of resources on the graphics processing apparatus for the subcluster based on the request from the VMM.
US12229577B2
VM file management includes detecting a user request to access to a virtual machine (VM) and searching a pre-defined list to determine whether the user requesting access is identified on the list. If so, a file-level snapshot is generated prior to enabling modification of a VM file by the user. The file-level snapshot includes a user attribute and is added as the top layer of a stack. The user attribute indicates a role of the user for whom the file-level snapshot is created. Each layer of the stack contains one or more other file-level snapshots. The VM file is written in the file's entirety to the snapshot in response to the user modifying the VM file. Based on the user attribute of each snapshot, a set of snapshots is selected from the stack, and the VM is modified by merging the VM files belonging to the set of snapshots selected.
US12229569B2
Methods and systems are disclosed using an execution pipeline on a multi-processor platform for deep learning network execution. In one example, a network workload analyzer receives a workload, analyzes a computation distribution of the workload, and groups the network nodes into groups. A network executor assigns each group to a processing core of the multi-core platform so that the respective processing core handle computation tasks of the received workload for the respective group.
US12229568B2
Methods and circuitry for efficient management of local branch history registers are described. An example processor includes a pipeline comprising a plurality of stages and a bit-vector associated with each of in-flight branches associated with the pipeline. The processor includes a recovery counter for tracking a number of bits needing recovery before a local branch history register is valid for participation in branch prediction. The processor includes branch predictor circuitry configured to, in response to an update of a local branch history register by a branch, set a bit in a corresponding bit-vector indicative of the update of the local branch history register. The branch predictor circuitry is configured to, upon a flush, determine a value indicative of an extent of recovery required for each local branch history register affected by the flush, and set a corresponding recovery counter to the value indicative of the extent of recovery required.
US12229565B2
A data processing apparatus and a method for processing data are disclosed. The data processing apparatus comprises: multithreaded processing circuitry to perform processing operations of a plurality of micro-threads, each micro-thread operating in a corresponding execution context defining an architectural state. Thread control circuitry collects runtime data indicative of a performance metric relating to the processing operations. Decoder circuitry is responsive to a detach instruction in a first micro-thread of instructions executed in a first execution context defining a first architectural state, the detach instruction specifying an address, to provide detach control signals to the thread control circuitry. When the runtime data meet a parallelization criterion, the thread control circuitry is responsive to the detach control signals to spawn a second micro-thread of instructions executed in a second execution context defining a second architectural state based on the first architectural state, the second micro-thread of instructions comprising a subset of instructions of the first micro-thread of instructions starting at the address.
US12229563B2
The disclosed system may include a processor configured to detect that a data unit size for an instruction is smaller than a register. The processor may allocate a first portion of the register to the instruction in a manner that leaves a second portion of the register available for allocating to an additional instruction. The processor may also track the register as a split register. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US12229556B2
Processing circuitry to execute load operations, each associated with an identifier. Prediction circuitry to receive a given load value associated with a given identifier, and to make, in dependence on the given load value, a prediction indicating a predicted load value for a subsequent load operation to be executed by the processing circuitry and an ID-delta value indicating a difference between the given identifier and an identifier of the subsequent load operation. The predicted load value being predicted in dependence on at least one occurrence of each of the given load value and the predicted load value during execution of a previously-executed sequence of load operations. The prediction circuitry is configured to determine the ID-delta value in dependence on a difference between identifiers associated with the at least one occurrence of each of the given load value and the predicted load value in the previously-executed sequence of load operations.
US12229555B2
An example system includes a processor to receive an instance of a composite format comprising a masking restriction. The processor can generate a mask for the instance of the composite format based on the masking restriction. The processor can output the generated mask.
US12229551B2
Apparatus and methods to automatically create and implement update and migration workflows are provided. A digital twin auto-coding orchestrator may receive an updated version of a software program. The auto-coding orchestrator may gather infrastructure hardware data and version data. The auto-coding orchestrator may analyze the data. The auto-coding orchestrator may generate a workflow and code to update the older version to the updated version with the least amount of disruption and downtime. The auto-coding orchestrator may implement the workflow and update the software program to the updated version.
US12229541B2
Using a common reference address when processing calls between a native application binary interface (ABI) and a foreign ABI. Based on a caller calling using a reference address, a lookup structure is used to determine whether the reference address is within a memory range storing native code and that the callee is native, or a memory range not storing native code and that the callee is foreign. Execution of a callee is initiated based on one of (i) calling the callee using the reference address within an emulator when the caller is native and the callee is foreign; (ii) calling an entry thunk when the caller is foreign and the callee is native; (iii) calling an exit thunk when the caller is native and the callee is foreign; or (iv) directly calling the callee using the reference address when the caller is native and the callee is native.
US12229534B2
Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for developing a neural network application. The apparatus includes one or more processors and executable memory for storing at least one program executed by the one or more processors. The at least one program receives a target specification and an application specification including user requirements, searches for a neural network model corresponding to the target specification and the application specification in a database, builds an inference engine for performing a neural network operation used by the neural network model, and generates a target image for executing the neural network model to be suitable for a target device using the inference engine.
US12229533B2
A code completion tool uses a neural transformer model to generate candidate sequences to complete a line of source code. The neural transformer model is trained using a conditional language modeling objective on a large unsupervised dataset that includes source code programs written in several different programming languages. The neural transformer model is used within a beam search that predicts the most likely candidate sequences for a code snippet under development.
US12229529B2
The possibility of a desired program being automatically generated is increased by a program generation device including: a storage unit that stores a set of pairs each constituted by a program and natural language that describes a specification of the program; a search unit configured to search for a first program having a structure that is the closest to a structure of a program to be generated, from the set, by inputting natural language that describes a specification of the program to be generated and natural language included in the pairs to a model that has been caused to learn a relationship between natural language describing a specification of a program and similarity of a structure of the program; and a change unit configured to change the first program to generate a second program that satisfies at least one pair of an input value and an output value.
US12229526B2
A smart translation system that translates the input content received from an application based on translation metadata and the application is disclosed. It is initially determined if a translation of the input content exists in a user cache. If it is determined that the translation of the input content exists in the user cache, the translation is retrieved from the user cache. Else, if it is determined that the translation of the input content does not exist in the user cache, the domain and language contexts of the input content are determined and an automatic translation engine is selected based on the contexts and the translation metadata. The translated content is presented to the user via the application while maintaining the look and feel of the application.
US12229525B2
The presently disclosed embodiments may include a computer readable medium including instructions that when executed by one or more processing devices cause the one or more processing devices to perform a method. The method may include: identifying a location in an electronic document for at least one text insertion; automatically generating one or more text insertion options, based on a syntactic or semantic context of text in the electronic document before or after the identified location, and causing the one or more text insertion options to be displayed to the user; receiving, from a user, a selection of a text insertion option from among the one or more text insertion options; and causing the selected text insertion option to be included in the electronic document at a location that includes the identified location.
US12229516B2
A data processing system receives a natural language communication including an ordered sequence of a plurality of word spellings of a natural human language. A processor of the data processing system parses the plurality of word spelling of the natural language communication utilizing constraint-based parsing to identify a plurality of satisfied parsing constraints. The processor performs semantic analysis based on the plurality of satisfied parsing constraints. Performing semantic analysis includes obtaining at least mid-level comprehension of the natural language communication by identifying in the natural language communication utilizing constraints at least one of the following set: a clausal structure within the natural language communication, a sentence structure of a sentence in the natural language communication, an implied topic of the natural language communication, and a classical linguistic role in the natural language communication.
US12229515B2
The present invention discloses an adaptive knowledge graph representation learning method for integrating a graph structure with text information, including: (1) sampling a neighbor triple of each of a head entity and a tail entity in a target triple; (2) calculating semantic representations of the target triple, and neighbor triples of its head and tail entities; (3) calculating structure representations of the head and tail entities of the target triple; (4) splicing the semantic representation of the target triple with the structure representations of its head and tail entities, inputting a spliced result into an adaptive classification layer, and calculating a classification result and a classification loss; and (5) optimizing the foregoing module based on an optimization algorithm of gradient descent, until a loss value converges, to obtain a final spliced result between the semantic representation of the target triple and the structure representations of its head and tail entities. The present invention can simultaneously capture the semantic representation and graph structure representation of the knowledge graph, and adaptively integrate and fully utilize the semantic and structure information, thereby imparting better robustness to a knowledge graph with insufficient information.
US12229513B2
A technical document scanner disclosed herein determines and categorizes various common issues among a large number of documents. An implementation of the technical document scanner is implemented using various computer process instructions including scanning a technical document to extract content, applying named entity recognition on the extracted content from the technical document to extract named entities, applying relation extraction on the named entities to extract relations between the named entities, and analyzing the relations between the entities to compose lists of high relevance entities for issue checking.
US12229512B2
Various embodiments provide methods, apparatus, systems, computing entities, and/or the like, generating predictions based at least in part on recognizing significant words in unstructured text. In an embodiment, a method is provided. The method comprises: generating a plurality of word-level tokens for an input unstructured textual data object; and for each word-level token: determining a significance type and a significance subtype for the word-level token by using a significance recognition machine learning model, and assigning a significance token label or an insignificance token label to the word-level token. The method further comprises: generating a label-based feature data object based at least in part on a subset of word-level tokens associated with the significance token label; generating a prediction data object for the input unstructured textual data object by providing the label-based feature data object to a first prediction machine learning model; and performing one or more automated prediction-based actions.
US12229504B2
A computer system performs live natural language processing (NLP) on data sources that are complex, remotely stored, and/or large, while satisfying restrictive time constraints. The computer system divides the NLP process into a batch NLP process and a live NLP process. The batch NLP process operates asynchronously over the relevant data set, which may be complex, remotely stored, and/or large, to summarize information into a summarized NLP data model. When the live NLP process is initiated, live NLP process receives as input the relevant information from the summarized NLP data model, possibly along with other data. The prior generation of the summarized NLP data model by the batch NLP process enables the live NLP process to perform NLP within time constraints that could not have been satisfied if the batch NLP process had not pre-processed the data set to produce the summarized NLP data model.
US12229503B2
A user control selection of a web page on the client application is received. The user control is for a service type. The client application was built with the design time tool. A specific service template and a value associated with a service abstraction based on the company and the service type are obtained from the design time tool. A service specific request is created for the company and the service type by modifying the specific service template with the value. The service specific request is transmitted from the client application to a server application associated with the company. Output satisfying the service specific request is received at the client application.
US12229495B2
Systems and methods providing personal, intelligent real-time micro-location communications and information agents for search and other communications. Smart, intelligent sending and receiving agents automatically disambiguate, resolve, and enhance micro-location and other terms and shortcodes in search requests and other communications to automatically provide intelligent, personalized, micro-location search results and communications. Sending and receiving agents analyze and enhance terms included in search requests and communications based on micro-location and other terms, which may include one or more imbedded shortcodes. The intelligent agents and imbedded shortcodes are designed for voice search to facilitate to communications and use more precise micro-locations for proximity and other searches and communications, including current and projected location of one or more users or devices. The smart agents further use known or ascertainable information about the users, search, communications, and use, including the identity of the users and any and all contexts of the use.
US12229492B2
Methods and systems of displaying substring pairs where visual characteristics delineate adjacent substring pairs from each other, specifically in the case of at least one of the primary text string and the secondary text string, the placement of the first substring alternates position on an electronic display above and below the second substring. The method may comprise receiving a plurality of the primary substrings, a plurality of the secondary substrings, and a plurality of visual characteristics, displaying, on an electronic display, the primary substrings and the secondary substrings arranged into substring pairs, and one of the visual characteristics in each of the correspondence areas. Additional desired visual effects may be achieved through the use of specific demarcations, demarcation placements, and substring modifications.
US12229491B2
A method of displaying an electronic form on a mobile device comprises creating one or more repeatable items comprising a plurality of fields to be filled or displayed wherein one or more of the fields may include another one or more repeatable item. A method of displaying an electronic form on a mobile device having a screen and managed by an operating system comprises attaching a visual priority to one or more fields used in the electronic form; obtaining the current mobile device screen size; and adapting the number of fields to be displayed on the screen based on the screen size and on visual priority attached to one or more of the fields. In one implementation, a minimum width is set for each of the one or more fields, and the fields that can meet the minimum width based on the current mobile device screen size are displayed.
US12229481B2
The present disclosure belongs to the field of computational hydraulics and aims at providing a construction method and system for a hydrodynamic joint computation model, a device, and a medium. The present disclosure, by coupling a two-dimensional model and a three-dimensional model in an initial hydrodynamic joint computation model, model parameters of inner boundaries of the two-dimensional model and the three-dimensional model are unified, and the hydrodynamic joint computation model is established, so that the technical effect of accurately depicting change and distribution situations of a water depth and a flow velocity within a range of large-scale reservoirs in a three-dimensional space is achieved based on boundary flow conditions of the large-scale reservoirs and the hydrodynamic joint computation model, the advantages of high efficiency of the two-dimensional model and high accuracy of the three-dimensional model are fully taken, and then, accurate and efficient simulation for reservoir flow fields is achieved.
US12229478B2
Disclosed is an atmospheric information network comprised of a group of low earth orbit satellite-based sensors providing global coverage of the earth, together with one or more ground-based sensor networks, together with one or more mobile sensor networks, all operating to collect near-real-time or real-time data, together with data gathering from other governmental and commercial atmospheric data sources, together with software algorithms and processes for data reduction, data analysis, correlation of information, data fusion, modeling, reporting of near-real-time or real-time atmospheric conditions of air pollution and wind, and prediction of future atmospheric conditions of air pollution and wind. Such information is presented in geospatial and infographic formats on computer or mobile device displays, or electronic billboards.
US12229475B2
Systems and methods for a media content system. A media content provider includes storage for storing and serving video content to subscribers. The media content provider records and or otherwise stores video content from around the world. The system includes display devices configured to identify and tailor content to multiple individual users. Each user may have individual settings which provide for a customized viewing environment and experience. The system is configured to identify users of the system in order to tailor the content as appropriate. In addition, identification of users allows for the identification of the subscription content that corresponds to the user. Based upon identification of a user and corresponding subscription, the user's subscription content may be streamed to any location. In this manner, the users subscribed content may follow the user from home to a friend's house, or elsewhere.
US12229472B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques, including devices and system implementing the techniques, to provide feedback to a user of an event when the user is wearing a wearable device. For example, the wearable device may provide high quality noise canceling audio playback to the user, lowering the user's situation awareness. The techniques include measuring ambient sound using two or more microphones on the wearable device. The measured ambient sound is used to determine a related event worth relaying to the user. Based on the location attribute and sound properties, the nature and/or classification of the event may be ascertained using pattern recognition algorithms according to user threshold settings. Insignificant events that the user prefers to ignore will be ruled out by the algorithm. Upon determining the event that merits the user's attention, the wearable device provides feedback to the user indicating the nature and location of the event.
US12229466B2
An image displaying device includes a planar display panel and a light penetrating unit. The planar display panel displays a plane image. The planar display panel at least includes a first pixel group, a second pixel group and a third pixel group. The second pixel group is located between the first pixel group and the third pixel group. When vision passes through the light penetrating unit toward the planar display panel, the vision acquires a second distance of a second imaging position within the plane image relevant to the second pixel group relative to the planar display panel being greater than a first distance of a first imaging position within the plane image relevant to the first pixel group relative to the planar display panel and a third distance of a third imaging position within the plane image relevant to the third pixel group relative to the planar display panel.
US12229460B2
One disclosed method involves a computing system determining a keyword of interest for an online meeting being presented via a user interface, determining that content of the online meeting corresponds to the keyword of interest, and causing, in response to the content of the online meeting corresponding to the keyword of interest, the user interface to output an indication that the content of the online meeting being presented is potentially of interest. Another disclosed method involves a computing system determining data indicative of a number of client devices, from a plurality of client devices participating in an online meeting, for which a user interface for the online meeting is presented in an active window, and causing, based at least in part on the data, a first client device, from the plurality of client devices, to output an indication that content of the online meeting being presented is potentially of interest.
US12229459B2
Information to be displayed (display information) on a display of an operation unit for use in operating of an image forming apparatus corresponds to each user. Based on a first instruction from the operation unit, the operation unit reads out the display information stored in a second memory provided in the image forming apparatus and stores the display information into a first memory. Based on a second instruction from the operation unit, the display information is transmitted from the operation unit to the image forming apparatus and is stored in the second memory provided in the image forming apparatus.
US12229453B2
A processor of an aspect includes a decode unit to decode an instruction. The processor also includes an execution unit coupled with the decode unit. The execution unit, in response to the instruction, is to determine that an attempted change due to the instruction, to a shadow stack pointer of a shadow stack, would cause the shadow stack pointer to exceed an allowed range. The execution unit is also to take an exception in response to determining that the attempted change to the shadow stack pointer would cause the shadow stack pointer to exceed the allowed range. Other processors, methods, systems, and instructions are disclosed.
US12229452B2
Methods, systems, and devices for a read counter for quality of service design are described. First commands may be assigned to a first queue of a memory die of a memory sub-system, wherein the first queue is associated with a first priority level. The memory die may include a second queue associated with a second priority level different from the first priority level, the second queue comprising one or more second commands assigned. Based at least in part on a counter associated with the first queue and the first and second priority levels, it may be determined that a threshold number of the first commands of the first queue have issued without a command from the one or more second commands having issued. A command from the second commands may issue before issuing a next command of the first commands based at least in part on the counter.
US12229450B2
A semiconductor memory device comprises: a first pad receiving a first signal; a second pad receiving a second signal; a first memory cell array; a first sense amplifier connected to the first memory cell array; a first data register connected to the first sense amplifier and configured to store user data read from the first memory cell array; and a control circuit configured to execute an operation targeting the first memory cell array. The first memory cell array comprises a plurality of first memory strings. The first memory strings each comprise a plurality of first memory cell transistors. In a first mode of this semiconductor memory device, a command set instructing the operation is inputted via the first pad. In a second mode of this semiconductor memory device, the command set is inputted via the second pad.
US12229445B2
Reconfiguration framework for byzantine fault tolerant (BFT) state machine replication (SMR) systems
The present disclosure is directed to a novel reconfiguration framework for a BFT SMR system. With this framework, the configuration of both the system itself and the clients of the system can be modified in a live manner (i.e., without taking the system offline) while preserving correct system operation.
US12229443B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory, a storage area, and a controller. The controller acquires a request from a submission queue included in a host, generates one or more commands to be executed by the nonvolatile memory in accordance with the request, and stores the commands to the storage area. The controller controls throttling of acquisition of requests from the submission queue in accordance with the number of commands in the storage area and the number of requests in the submission queue.
US12229440B2
Computer technology for use with a computer data storage system including a plurality of client computers and a plurality of collector nodes. A file consists of data blocks with each block resides on one of the persistent storage device. Data received at client computers are buffered and then transferred to selected collector nodes depending on which data blocks the data belong to. Location-aware collector node selection is performed by selecting collector nodes, from the plurality of collector nodes, by querying a file system allocation subsystem to determine selected collector nodes for the given data block that owns a persistent storage device on which the given block is allocated. Data for each data block is then sent to and stored in its selected collector nodes.
US12229439B1
A network device, a network interface controller, and a switch are provided. In one example, a shared buffer includes a plurality of cells of memory, one or more ports read data from the shared buffer and write data to the shared buffer, and a controller circuit selectively enables and disables cells of memory of the shared buffer based on an amount of data stored in the shared buffer. Power consumption of the shared buffer is in proportion to a number of enabled cells of memory.
US12229431B2
Techniques are provided for caching data during an on-demand restore using a cloud block map. A client may be provided with access to an on-demand volume during a restore process that copies backup data from a snapshot within a remote object store to the on-demand volume stored within local storage. In response to receiving a request from the client for a block of the backup data not yet restored from the snapshot to the on-demand volume, the block may be retrieved from the snapshot in the remote object store. The block may be cached within a cloud block map stored within the local storage as a cached block. The client may be provided with access to the cached block.
US12229416B2
A data storage device includes a plurality of hold-up capacitors configured to provide back-up power for a non-volatile memory, a controller, and a write cache. The controller is configured to detect one or more failed hold-up capacitors of the plurality of hold-up capacitors; and in response to detecting the one or more failed hold-up capacitors: perform one or more quiesce operations and determine a count of the one or more failed hold-up capacitors. Based on the count of the one or more failed hold-up capacitors, the controller is configured to reallocate the write buffers of the write cache for use in one or more subsequent write operations.
US12229402B2
A storage system is provided. The storage system includes a plurality of non-volatile memory units and a processor operatively coupled to a plurality of non-volatile memory units. The processor is to perform a method including receiving a request to read data from the storage system. The method also includes determining whether a storage operation should be delayed, based on the request to read the data from the storage system. The method further includes in response to determining that the storage operation should be delayed, delaying the storage operation. The method further includes performing a read operation for the request to read the data.
US12229400B2
A handwriting input device includes a display section which includes a display surface and which, in operation, displays handwritten input information that is handwritten on the display surface, a position detection sensor which is disposed such that a position detection area of the position detection sensor is superimposed on a display area of the display surface and which, in operation, detects a position corresponding to the handwritten input information, a memory which, in operation, stores electronic data according to the position that corresponds to the handwritten input information and that has been detected by the position detection sensor, a transmission circuit which, in operation, transmits the electronic data stored in the memory to an external device, and a control circuit which, in operation, controls the transmission of the electronic data stored in the memory to the external device via the transmission circuit.
US12229398B2
A smart desk having one or more touch displays is provided. The smart desk can be programmed with one or more touch or touchless gestures for executing computer commands or manipulating content displayed on the one or more touch displays. Touchless gestures can be executed by the smart desk by tracking a user's movements with a motion sensor. The touch gestures can instruct the smart desk to transfer content between the one or more touch displays, expand content on the one or more touch displays, close a tab or a window, minimize a window, and/or switch between applications. The touchless gestures can include copy, paste, scroll, screen shot, page turn, and/or zoom in or out.
US12229383B2
Described herein are techniques to facilitate vehicular incident reenactment using three-dimensional (3D) representations. The techniques include presenting an image including 3D representations of one vehicle and one non-vehicular object related to a vehicular incident. The operations further include providing a message that requests manipulation of the 3D representations to reenact the vehicular incident. The operations further include receiving input and generating a 3D reenactment of the vehicular incident that includes the 3D representations of the at least one vehicle and at least one non-vehicular object.
US12229370B2
A method of operating a display includes performing a non-synchronized touch scan pattern on a display with a controller coupled to the display. The non-synchronized touch scan pattern schedules touch scans independent of a refresh rate of the display. Upon the controller detecting a first synchronization pulse from a display controller coupled to the controller and the display, a first pulse-checking timer is started. Upon detecting a second synchronization pulse from the display controller and before the first pulse-checking timer expires, a first display refresh rate for the display is obtained from an interval between the first synchronization pulse and the second synchronization pulse. A synchronized touch scan pattern is performed with the controller, and is scheduled to avoid touch scans coinciding with refreshes of the display performed at the first display refresh rate.
US12229351B2
A stylus includes a first sensor configured to receive a first receive signal from a touch sensor of a device, and a second sensor configured to receive a second receive signal from the touch sensor of the device. The stylus includes an amplifier coupled to the first and second sensors and configured to produce a third signal by amplifying the difference between the first receive signal and the second receive signal. The stylus includes a controller configured to decode information encoded in the first receive signal and the second receive signal by processing the third signal.
US12229345B2
Systems and methods for gesture-based control are provided. A system may include a wearable device configured to be worn on a wrist of a person and comprising one or more sensors and a display. The wearable device being configured to obtain at least physiological data being configured to indicate a state of a person's hand and wrist location data comprising information relating to a position of the person's wrist. The system may be configured to transition between states in response to gestures detected based on the physiological data and/or the wrist location data.
US12229344B2
Enabling gesture input includes obtaining hand tracking data based on one or more camera frames, detecting a contact event between a first finger and a second finger based on the hand tracking data, and determining a first contact location on the first finger and a second contact location on the second finger. In accordance with a determination that the first contact location and the second contact location are within a first predefined gesture zone for a first gesture, an input action is enabled corresponding to the first gesture.
US12229342B2
Systems and methods are provided for performing operations comprising: displaying one or more virtual objects on an eyewear device; detecting, by a camera of the eyewear device, a hand within view of the eyewear device; determining that a first finger of the hand is oriented along a same direction as the one or more virtual objects that are displayed; detecting movement of a second finger of the hand relative to the first finger; and controlling the display of the one or more virtual objects in response to detecting movement of the second finger to the first finger.
US12229336B2
Disclosed herein are various methods of calibrating relative orientation between imaging sensor and spatial orientation sensor, and relative orientation between imaging sensors.
US12229335B2
An electronic device includes: at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor which, upon execution of the instructions, configures the at least one processor to function as: an estimation unit configured to estimate a gaze area of a user; a detection unit configured to detect one or more objects present in a gaze direction of the user; and a selection unit configured to select one object from the one or more objects on a basis of the gaze area.
US12229328B2
A technique for sensing involving one or more individual sensing tiles that are physically connected to a frame with electrical and communications wiring integrated into the frame and with corresponding physical, electrical and communication connectors on the tiles and the frame.
US12229326B2
Techniques are provided for multi-cloud data protection using threshold-based file reconstruction. One method comprises obtaining a file comprising metadata and data for storage in a cloud environment; generating a plurality of encrypted file portions from the data; and uploading each of the encrypted file portions with the metadata as cloud objects to multiple different cloud environments. A threshold number of the encrypted file portions are needed from at least two different cloud environments to reconstruct the file. For file reconstruction, the threshold number of encrypted file portions can be validated, merged and decrypted.
US12229314B2
A method, a system, and a computer program product for generating a refined synthetic data from one or more sources of data. One or more source data are received from one or more data sources. One or more encoded source data are generated from the one or more source data. A synthetic data is generated by decoding one or more encoded source data. One or more variables in the synthetic data are selected and one or more predetermined identifiability values and one or more predetermined anonymity values are associated with them. The generated synthetic data including the selected variables is decoded using associated one or more predetermined identifiability values and one or more predetermined anonymity values. The decoded synthetic data is outputted.
US12229311B2
An improved computing tool performs an improved computing tool function to identify sensitive data risks in cloud-based deployments. A knowledge graph is built based on data schema information for a cloud-based computing environment, a set of parsed infrastructure logs, and a set of captured application queries. A set of sensitive flows in the knowledge graph are identified representing paths from a sensitive data element to an endpoint in the knowledge graph. The set of sensitive flows are scored based on a scoring algorithm and an alert is issued to an administrator in response to a score of a sensitive flow within the set of sensitive flows exceeding a threshold.
US12229308B1
A data sharing system may facilitate sharing of data with third party systems. The data sharing request can be identified as being a potential privacy risk. To reduce the potential privacy risk, in one example, requested user data can be modified prior to sharing. The modified user data can be shared with the third party system rather than sharing unmodified user data.
US12229307B2
The disclosed technology provides for secure storage and usage of data at an electronic device. A device may include a hardened data manager that securely stores data associated with users of the device and/or another device. An application that does not have access to the securely stored data can still use the securely stored data by requesting that another system process at the device perform operations on the securely stored data and/or one or more updates to the securely stored data. For example, an application can request rendering of an avatar of a user. A rendering engine, separate from the application, can obtain securely stored base data from the hardened data manager, obtain updates to the securely stored base data, and render the avatar using the updates to the securely stored base data, without exposing the securely stored base data to the application.
US12229305B2
Systems and methods for redacted statement delivery to third-party institutions are disclosed. A method may include: receiving a request for a statement from a third-party backend; retrieving a list comprising a plurality of available statements; providing the list of the plurality of available statements to the third-party backend; retrieving a selection of one of the plurality of available statements; identifying metadata for data fields in a statement template; generate the selected statement using the statement template and embedding the metadata in data fields of the statement; identifying a redaction reason; identifying redaction metadata associated with the redaction reason; redact data fields in the statement having metadata matching the redaction reason metadata; storing the redacted statement in a temporary store; and returning a path for the temporary store to the third-party backend, wherein the third-party backend may retrieve the redacted statement from the temporary store.
US12229301B2
Techniques are provided for access control of protected data using storage system-based multi-factor authentication. One method comprises obtaining, in a storage system, an input/output request for data; determining, by the storage system, whether a multi-factor authentication is required for the requested data; initiating, by the storage system, a multi-factor authentication of a user associated with the input/output request, in response to a result of the determining, to obtain a verification result; and processing, in the storage system, the input/output request for the data based at least in part on the verification result. The data may be marked as protected data using a manual process and/or an automated process that processes one or more smart tags associated with the data. The marking of the data as protected data may comprise marking a partition comprising the data, marking a protected folder comprising the data, and/or marking a protected file comprising the data.
US12229293B2
Techniques for securing client watermarks are described herein. In accordance with various embodiments, a server receives a request from a client device for authorizing rendering a media content item at the client device. A validation engine on the server obtains at least a portion of an image representing a screen capture of rendering the media content item including a client watermark and/or metadata associated with the rendering. The validation engine then validates the watermark based at least in part on at least the portion of the image and/or the metadata. Having invalidated the client watermark, the server causes disruption of rendering the media content item at the client device. On the client side, a watermark engine captures the image of rendering the media content item including the client watermark and requests the server to validate the client watermark and renew the authorization based on the validation.
US12229278B2
Provided are mechanisms and processes for computational risk analysis and intermediation. Security practices information characterizing security measures in place at a first computing system may be received from the first computing system via a network. Computing services interaction information characterizing data transmitted from a second computing system to the first computing system may be received from the second computing system via the network. A processor may determine a risk profile for the first computing system based on the security practices information. Based on the risk profile and the computing services interaction information, the processor may then determine an estimate of the information security risk associated with transmitting the data from the second computing system to the first computing system. A risk assessment message including the estimate of the information security risk may be transmitted to the second computing system.
US12229266B2
An information handling system ransomware protection device has a ransomware protection engine that implements secure snapshot policies in a domain of a storage device by taking a secure snapshot of a data object, by creating a point in time image of a storage object and retaining the point in time image of the storage object until a retention timer has expired. The ransomware protection engine also implements snapshot virtualization in the domain of the storage device by mapping the secure snapshot, and may implement vault semantics and operational controls to data in the domain of the storage device as management functions of the secure snapshot. The ransomware protection device may be, or include, an application specific integrated circuit that includes the ransomware protection engine and is coupled to, or in, the storage device, or a memory controller of the storage device may include the ransomware protection engine.
US12229265B1
Data characterizing a prompt for ingestion by a first generative AI model is received. This received data is input into a second GenAI model to result in a second output. The first GenAI model is a different (e.g., fine-tuned, unrelated aligned model, etc.) version of the second GenAI model. When the second output indicates that guardrails associated with the second GenAI model have been triggered, one or more remediation actions are initiated. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US12229256B2
An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to analyze software code of a software product to identify application programming interfaces (APIs) of software libraries used in the software code of the software product, and to determine whether any of the identified APIs used in the software code of the software product correspond to any APIs of the software libraries having reported vulnerabilities. The processing device is also configured, responsive to determining that at least one of the identified APIs used in the software code of the software product correspond to at least one of the APIs having reported vulnerabilities, to identify impacted software classes of the software product. The processing device is further configured to automate upgrade of the software libraries used in the software code of the software product based on the identified impacted software classes.
US12229255B2
A system for performing code security scan includes a non-transitory computer readable medium and a processor. The non-transitory computer readable medium stores a plurality of identifiers each identifying a software security analysis tool of one of several categories, including SAST, DAST and OSA tools. The processor receives an identification of code to be scanned. The processor selects at least two identifiers from the plurality of identifiers. The at least two identifiers identify at least two select software security analysis tools for execution on the identified code. The processor receives an execution result from each select software security analysis tool after performing execution on the identified code. The processor aggregates the execution result from each select software security analysis tool. A user interface displays an aggregation of the execution result from each select software security analysis tool.
US12229253B2
A system on a chip comprising a set of one-time programmable memory elements that comprises a first valid configuration; a second valid configuration; and a plurality of invalid configurations. The system on a chip also comprises a programming indicator initially comprising a first value and configured to be permanently set to a second value. The system on a chip further comprises a decoder circuit in communication with the set of one-time programmable memory elements to determine whether the set of one-time programmable memory elements is in the first valid configuration, the second valid configuration, or any one of the plurality of invalid configurations. The decoder circuit generates a threat-detection signal when the set of one-time programmable memory elements is in any of the plurality of invalid configurations when the programming indicator is permanently set to the second value.
US12229244B2
The present application relates to a method for manufacturing a battery management system and a method for starting up a battery management system. The battery management system includes a plurality of battery management units, the plurality of battery management units include a first battery management unit and a second battery management unit, the first battery management unit includes a main core micro control unit, a first data transmission micro control unit and a hardware security module, and the second battery management unit includes a second data transmission micro control unit. According to the embodiments of the present application, a comprehensive verification for the battery management system including a plurality of battery management units can be achieved with one hardware security module.
US12229242B2
A mode selector permits deactivating a run-time operational mode and activating a privileged operational mode on a remote terminal unit (RTU). One or more functionalities associated with the privileged operational mode are performed via a local and/or a remote computing device communicatively coupled to the RTU. The functionalities include at least one of developing and deploying content for the RTU, loading security certificates for the RTU, enabling Linux root account access to the RTU, and performing system maintenance on the RTU. The mode selector switch returns the RTU to the run-time operational mode after the functionalities are performed.
US12229241B2
Various embodiments provide methods for validating secure assembly and delivery of an IHS (Information Handling System) by confirming that the detected hardware components of the IHS include only factory installed hardware components. During factory provisioning of an IHS, an inventory certificate is uploaded to the IHS, where the inventory certificate includes an inventory that identifies the hardware components installed during factory assembly of the IHS. An inventory is collected of the detected hardware components of the IHS. The collected inventory is compared against the inventory from the inventory certificate in order to validate the detected hardware components of the IHS as the same hardware components that were installed during factory assembly of the IHS. Embodiments provide a customer receiving an IHS with a capability of validating that a delivered IHS includes only factory installed hardware components.
US12229236B2
A voice signal in a headphone is detected. The voice signal includes a person speaking an audible command. Based on detecting the voice signal a first biometric signature of a user is retrieved. The first biometric signature is compared to one or more biometric features of the person. Based on comparing the first biometric signature to the one or more biometric features an authentication of the user is determined. An authentication action is performed based on the detected voice signal. The authentication action is performed in response to verifying the authentication.
US12229234B2
A data management system (1) for securely managing data transactions comprises a computing system which incorporates, a public key distribution system, a trusted storage system which is in communication with the public key distribution system, the trusted storage system being configured to store a record for each respective party using the system, each record comprising a unique identifier and a public key for a respective party using the system. The system (1) comprises a verification system which is configured to check the identity of a party seeking to participate in a transaction involving an exchange of data. If the verification system is not able to verify the identity of the party seeking to participate in the transaction, the verification system prevents the transaction from being carried out. If the verification system is able to verify the identity of the party seeking to participate in the transaction, the verification system permits the transaction to be carried out and the trusted storage system stores a transaction record comprising a record of the transaction and a record of the party participating in the transaction.
US12229230B2
Methods and apparatuses are described for secure transmission and authentication of a user credential. A device comprising a memory, a processor, and a laser diode identifies a first user credential comprising a sequence of alphanumeric characters, converts the first user credential into a first plurality of analog signals, and activates the laser diode using the first plurality of analog signals to emit light detectable by a emitted light sensor of a second device. The second device comprising a memory, a processor, and an emitted light sensor generates a second plurality of analog signals corresponding to light emitted by the laser diode and detected by the emitted light sensor, converts the second plurality of analog signals into a second user credential, and authenticates the second user credential.
US12229227B2
Described herein is a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer-readable program code stored thereon for causing a computer system to perform a method for processing data, the method comprising: receiving data, processing the data at a fixed code processing engine, wherein operation of the fixed code processing engine is controlled according to stored parameters, and classifying processed data at a fixed code classification engine, wherein operation of the fixed code classification engine is controlled according to the stored parameters.
US12229225B2
An information processing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a storage unit configured to store a plurality of trained models including a first trained model for classifying medical image data into a class belonging to a first class hierarchy, and a second trained model for classifying the medical image data into a class belonging to a second class hierarchy lower than the first class hierarchy, an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about inference, a selection unit configured to select a plurality of trained models having a hierarchical relationship from among the stored plurality of trained models, based on the acquired information about inference, and a notification unit configured to provide a notification of the selected plurality of trained models.
US12229207B2
A data processing system is configured to augment a request for data. The data processing system includes a recommendation engine configured to receive, from a client device over a network, interaction data related to a user interaction with one or more data sources, generate extracted data that includes one or more portions of at least one resource of the one or more data sources. The extracted data is generated based on the interaction data. The data processing system parses the extracted data to identify one or more metrics of the extracted data, and retrieves, from the one or more data sources, the additional data based on the metric. A results compiler is configured to receive a request for data from the client device, and responsive to the request, send the additional data to the client device for presentation.
US12229204B2
An apparatus includes an interface and a processor. The interface sends and receives data over a network. The processor uses the interface to transmit a first series of profiles to a first user that includes recommended profiles for a second user. The processor uses the interface to receive a selection from the first user of a profile corresponding to a third user. The processor uses the interface to transmit a second series of profiles to the third user that includes recommended profiles for the third user. The processor uses the interface to receive a selection from the third user of a profile corresponding to the second user. In response to receiving the selection from the first user of the profile corresponding to the third user and the selection from the third user of the profile corresponding to the second user, the processor enables communication between the second and third users.
US12229203B2
A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computer device and from a user device, a draft social media message; determining, by the computer device and based on the receiving, data of an Internet of Things (IoT) device that is related to the draft social media message; generating, by the computer device and based on the determining, a suggested social media message that includes the data of the IoT device; and transmitting, by the computer device, the suggested social media message to the user device.
US12229200B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are provided for using linked documents. A system may receive, from a computing device, a request for a document. Content of the document may be defined based on state information and stateless information. A system may determine a local replica of the document in a local database. The local replica of the document may be linked to a primary replica of the document. The local replica of the document may include a snapshot of the primary replica of the document. The primary replica of the document may be stored in a remote database which may be accessible through a remote server. The system may subscribe to the primary replica of the document through the remote server, and may provide access to the document to the computing device based at least in part on the subscription to the primary replica of the document.
US12229192B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for generating a response to a query input in a generative artificial intelligence model. An example method generally includes receiving a plurality of sets of tokens generated based on an input prompt and a first generative artificial intelligence model, each set of tokens in the plurality of sets of tokens corresponding to a candidate response to the input prompt; selecting, using a second generative artificial intelligence model and recursive adjustment of a target distribution associated with the received plurality of sets of tokens, a set of tokens from the plurality of sets of tokens; and outputting the selected set of tokens as a response to the input prompt.
US12229185B2
Adjusting virtual environment using recommendations, including: retrieving character information from a character database, where the character information is associated with a character associated with the virtual environment, and the character information includes character appearance information, character position information, and character action information; retrieving profile information from a profile database, where the profile information indicates one or more profile characteristics and at least one profile characteristic is related to music; comparing at least part of the character information with one or more of the profile characteristics to determine a comparison result; generating adjustment information based on the comparison result; sending the adjustment information to a client system through a network; receiving an adjustment reply from the client system through the network; and adjusting information for the virtual environment based on the adjustment reply.
US12229181B2
Embodiments including methods and apparatus to share file and file recommendations are disclosed. Data is received indicating a particular media item from a first service provider, where the particular media item is accessible from the first service provider according to a first pointer. A second pointer is identified in a database according to which the particular media item is accessible from a second service provider. Data indicating the second pointer is transmitted to a media playback system, via at least one of a WAN or a LAN.
US12229176B1
A toolbox application presents a user interface on a client device, and receives a natural language search query provided by a user of the client device that identifies a desired functionality to be performed for the user. The toolbox application determines whether any of a plurality of accessible utility components accessible is capable of performing the desired functionality specified in the search query. Responsive to determining that none of the accessible utility components is capable of performing the desired functionality, the toolbox application sends a request comprising the natural language search query to a server that maintains library of a plurality of utility components.
US12229169B1
The disclosed configurations provide a method (and/or a computer-readable medium or system) for determining, from a table schema describing keys of a data table, one or more clustering keys that can be used to cluster data files of a data table. The method includes generating features for the data table, generating tokens from the features, generating a prediction for each token by applying to the token a machine-learned transformer model trained to predict a likelihood that the key associated with the token is a clustering key for the data table, determining clustering keys based on the predictions, and clustering data records of the data table into data files based on key-values for the clustering keys.
US12229152B2
Systems and methods for generating dynamic interfaces using explore-exploit models is disclosed. A first interface including a first set of content modules selected from a set of candidate content modules is generated and feedback data representative of one or more interactions with the first interface is received. The feedback data includes positive feedback and negative feedback. A set of weights for each content module is generated by a contextual explore-exploit model based on the feedback data. A request for a second interface including a context is received and a set of ranked content modules is selected for the context based on the weights of each of the content modules in the set of candidate content modules. A second interface including a second set of content modules is generated. The second set of content modules includes a predetermined number of top ranked content modules in the set of ranked content modules.
US12229148B2
Techniques are provided for on-demand creation and/or utilization of containers and/or serverless threads for hosting data connector components. The data connector components can be used to perform integrity checking, anomaly detection, and file system metadata analysis associated with objects stored within an object store. The data connector components may be configured to execute machine learning functionality to perform operations and tasks. The data connector components can perform full scans or incremental scans. The data connector components may be stateless, and thus may be offlined, upgraded, onlined, and/or have tasks transferred between data connector components. Results of operations performed by the data connector components upon base objects may be stored within sibling objects.
US12229146B2
A computer system for performing enhanced rules conflict checking is provided. The computer system includes at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device. The at least one processor is programmed to store a plurality of rules for transmitting to a plurality of destination systems and receive a data message for transmission to the plurality of destination systems. The data message is configured to be routed to each of the plurality of destination systems. The at least one processor is programmed to compare the data message to the plurality of rules to validate the data message and if the data message is validated, instruct the requesting system to transmit the data message to the plurality of destination systems.
US12229140B2
Provided are methods and systems for searching event sequences. An example method includes receiving a request including a sequence of queries, the sequence of queries including a first query and a second query, the second query succeeding the first query in the sequence; executing the first query over a first dataset to determine a first event; executing the second query over a second dataset to determine a second event, the second event occurring after the first event; and generating, in response to the request, a further sequence including the first event and the second event. The method may include executing the first query over the first dataset to determine a third event and verifying that the third event has occurred after the second event.
US12229139B2
The technologies described herein are generally directed toward retrieving data from streaming storage. In an embodiment, a method can include receiving an application data request that identifies application data to be retrieved from a sequence of stored data chunks that correspond to a stored stream of data. The method can further include, based on the application data request, estimating a first estimated location of the application data, with the first estimated location including an identified chunk of a sequence of chunks. Further, the method can include, based on the application data request and a characteristic of the identified chunk, retrieving, by the system, a first data block that is estimated to comprise the application data, resulting in a first retrieved data block.
US12229137B1
A system performs efficient startup of executors of a distributed computing engine used for processing queries, for example, database queries. The system starts an executor node and processes a set of queries using the executor node to warm up the executor node. The system performs a checkpoint of the warmed-up executor node to create an image. The image is restored in the target executor nodes. The system may store a checkpoint image for each configuration of an executor node. The configuration is determined based on various factors including the hardware of the executor node, memory allocation of the processes, and so on. The user or restore based on checkpoint images improves efficiency of execution of the startup of executor nodes.
US12229134B2
Method and apparatus for optimized data partition selection for related queries. A query to be executed over a plurality of data records is received. The plurality of data records comprises a first set of data records stored in a first database distributed across a plurality of partitions and a second set of data records stored in a second database. An input vector is generated based on the query, the first and second databases. The input vector is processed using a machine learning (ML) model to predict a cost for executing the query if one or more data records in the second set of data records are loaded to a first partition of the first database. A plan is selected for loading the one or more data records from the second set of data records to the first partition based on the predicted cost for executing the query.
US12229125B2
Systems and methods of processing queries for column-oriented database systems involve processing the queries to identify which of values of column data are to be accessed for the query. A select bitmap is then generated having k bits wherein each bit corresponds to one of the values of the column. The select bitmap is generated such that each bit representing a value of the column data that is to be accessed for the query has a first value and each bit representing a value of the column data that is not to be accessed for the query has a second value. Encoded values are then extracted from memory for each of the values represented in the select bitmap by a bit having the first value. The extracted encoded values are decoded to generate decoded query data. The decoded query data is then processed to generate result data.
US12229109B2
In general, embodiments of the technology relate to a method and system for implementing external content type (ECT) object types in a content management system (CMS). More specifically, embodiments of the technology relate to augmenting the object model with a new class of object type—an external content type (ECT) object type. The ECT object types are a class of object types that are used to manage object (referred to as managed external objects) that are located in external data systems.
US12229108B2
The present disclosure provides systems, methods, and computer program products for providing efficient embedding table storage and lookup in machine-learning models. A computer-implemented method may include obtaining an embedding table comprising a plurality of embeddings respectively associated with a corresponding index of the embedding table, compressing each particular embedding of the embedding table individually allowing each respective embedding of the embedding table to be decompressed independent of any other embedding in the embedding table, packing the embedding table comprising individually compressed embeddings with a machine-learning model, receiving an input to use for locating an embedding in the embedding table, determining a lookup value based on the input to search indexes of the embedding table, locating the embedding based on searching the indexes of the embedding table for the determined lookup value, and decompressing the located embedding independent of any other embedding in the embedding table.
US12229104B2
A method, performed by one or more processors, may comprise receiving a query for performing one or more computational operations on one or more multi-dimensional data sets representing multi-dimensional time series data collected in real-time from one or more sensors associated with one or more technical systems. The method may also comprise identifying the location of the one or more multi-dimensional time series data sets in one or more databases, retrieving the one or more multi-dimensional time series data sets from the identified one or more databases, and performing the one or more computational operations on the retrieved one or more multi-dimensional time series data sets. The method may also comprise generating output based on the result of the one or more computational operations indicative of one or more states of the one or more technical systems with respect to time.
US12229098B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to virtually estimate cardinality with global registers are disclosed. An example apparatus includes processor circuitry to s assign subsets of a sample dataset to a shared global register array, the shared global register array having a first number of registers, the sample dataset selected from a reference dataset of media assets; identify a virtual register array from the shared global register array that includes data elements associated with a label value, the virtual register array including a second number of registers less than the first number of registers; determine a maximum rank value of the label value across the virtual register array; and calculate a cardinality estimate of the label value across the virtual register array based on the second number of registers and the maximum rank value.
US12229088B2
Systems and methods for file transfer and processing in a network environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system may comprise one or more processors. The one or more processors may be coupled to a first device. The one or more processors may be configured to retrieve a file from a file queue. The file may be stored in a local store of the first device. The file may be transferred from a second remote device via Remote Direct Memory Access. The one or more processors may further be configured to determine if the file is complete. The one or more processors may further be configured to remove the file from the file queue, if the file is determined to be complete.
US12229076B2
A board portal system provides the ability to manage multiple boards, where each of the boards may be a separate legal entity. The board portal may provide the ability to establish links between the multiple boards and create parent-child relationships with subsidiary boards. With the board portal, users can create content and make it viewable and accessible across multiple boards that related through a parent-child relationship. At the same time, the board portal maintains a requisite level of separation between the related boards in the portal using encryption and/or other separation techniques. As a result, the board portal facilitates flexible workflow patterns and communication processes based on the proper hierarchical structure that exists between the parent organization and its subsidiaries.
US12229056B2
Caching techniques can include: receiving, from a host, a read I/O operation requesting to read from a logical address; determining whether a mapping cache includes a descriptor corresponding to the logical address; and responsive to determining the mapping cache includes the descriptor corresponding to the logical address, performing read hit mapping cache processing including: obtaining physical location information from the descriptor, wherein the physical location information identifies a physical location on non-volatile storage including first content stored at the logical address; reading, using the physical location information, the first content from the physical location; performing validation processing to validate the first content using a hash value included in the descriptor; and responsive to validation processing successfully validating the first content, returning the first content to the host.
US12229055B2
A method includes receiving a request to write data at a virtual location, writing the data to a physical location on a persistent storage device, and recording a mapping from the virtual location to the physical location. The physical location corresponds to a next free block in a sequence of blocks on the persistent storage device.
US12229048B2
A network interface card (NIC) receives packets corresponding to a read or write request, the packets associated with a datatype descriptor stored in a datatype engine of the NIC, and each packet associated with a precomputed context which indicates a value for each dimension of a multi-dimensional array and a start location of the respective packet within a host memory block. The NIC generates, for a respective packet, a datatype handle corresponding to the datatype descriptor and an offset indicating a position of the respective packet within the packets. The NIC determines, based on the datatype handle and the offset, a cached context for the respective packet and initializes the datatype engine based on the cached context. The datatype engine generates, based on the cached context, read or write requests comprising addresses and lengths, thereby allowing the NIC to process out-of-order packets based on the precomputed and cached context.
US12229018B2
One example method includes receiving, by a first computing entity from a second computing entity, a request for data, providing, by the first computing entity, a compliance API (Application Program Interface) to the second computing entity, receiving, by the first computing entity from the second computing entity, location information and/or data compliance information, by way of the compliance API, consulting, by the first computing entity, a mapping, and determining, based on information in the mapping and the location information and/or data compliance information, whether or not the data is permitted to be transmitted by the first computing entity to the second computing entity, and either transmitting the data to the second computing entity, or not transmitting the data to the second computing entity, based on data tags, the information in the mapping and the location information and/or data compliance information.
US12229012B2
Methods, systems, and devices for data management are described. A data management system (DMS) may determine to generate a backup instance of an application that includes multiple user accounts. The DMS may identify a time window for generation of the backup instance based on a set of backup parameters associated with the application. The DMS may calculate respective runtime durations for the user accounts based on respective quantities of data objects in the user accounts and respective backup job types associated with the data objects. The DMS may determine respective values of a semaphore parameter based on the respective runtime durations and the time window, where the semaphore parameter defines a threshold quantity of data objects to be processed in parallel. The DMS may generate the backup instance of the application based on processing the user accounts in accordance with the respective values of the semaphore parameter.
US12229011B2
In response to determining that continuous data protection is to be enabled for a particular table of a database service, a service component verifies that automated transmission of change records of the table to a log-structured journal has been configured. A given change record comprises a before-image and an after-image associated with a committed database write, and is assigned a unique sequence number. In response to a determination to restore the table as of a specified point in time, a restore record set is identified from the journal with respect to a selected snapshot of the table. The restore record set includes change records which are not represented in the snapshot and are to be represented in the restored table. A restore result table is created using the selected snapshot and the restore record set.
US12229010B2
Techniques are provided for volume group backup, volume group restore, and volume group garbage collection for volume groups backed up to an object store. A volume group workflow is implemented to orchestrate individual consistent volume workflows that are separately and individually implemented by nodes hosting constituent volumes of a volume group. The volume group workflow and the individual consistent volume workflows are performed to back up the volume group to the object store, restore a volume group backup from the object store to a restore destination, and/or perform garbage collection on slots of objects storing data unique to a volume group backup to delete.
US12228991B2
Methods, systems, and devices for architecture-based power management for a memory device are described. Aspects include operating a first memory bank within a memory device in a first mode and a second memory bank within the memory device in a second mode. The memory device may receive a power down command for the first memory bank while operating the first memory bank in the first mode and the second memory bank in the second mode and switch the first memory bank from the first mode to a first low power mode while maintaining the second memory bank in the second mode. The first low power mode corresponds to less power consumption by the first memory bank than the first mode. In some cases, switching the first memory bank from the first mode to the first low power mode includes deactivating circuitry dedicated to the first memory bank.
US12228990B2
Systems and apparatus for delivering power to a BMC include: a rack unit, a PSU providing power to a power supply voltage rail, servers installed in the rack unit, a plurality of BMCs, with each BMC coupled to one of the servers and configured to monitor one or more components of the server, and a BMC voltage regulator system including a power input coupled to the power supply voltage rail, a decoupling diode that includes an input coupled to the power input, a capacitor bank coupled to an output of the decoupling diode, and a buck/boost VRD having an input coupled to the capacitor bank and an output coupled to one of the BMCs.
US12228985B1
A system for providing power from a USB-C PD connection includes a USB-C power delivery (PD) port. The USB-C PD port is configured to provide a number of output voltages. A power cable is configured to be electrically connected with the USB-C PD port. The power cable is configured to transmit at least one voltage of the numerous output voltages to a peripheral device. A housing is coupled with the cable. The housing includes a USB-C connector configured to be removably coupled with the USB-C PD port to electrically connect the power cable with the USB-C PD port. A control circuit assembly is electrically connected with the housing. The control circuit assembly is configured to negotiate an output voltage of the numerous available output voltages between the peripheral device and the USB-C PD port.
US12228984B2
An electronic device according to an embodiment may include: a battery; a connector including multiple pins; and at least one processor, and wherein the at least one processor is configured to: identify an external electronic device electrically connected through the connector, identify, among at least two supportable current values, a current value of power to be supplied to the external electronic device, and supply power of the battery to the external electronic device through the connector based on the identified current value.
US12228983B2
Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented to control operation of a power supply unit (PSU) during a low power state. The disclosed systems and methods may be implemented to control operation of a PSU relay included within the PSU, while the information handling system is operating in a low power state, e.g., such as the modern standby (S0ix) state. The disclosed systems and methods may also be implemented to provide intelligent PSU relay control that may be utilized to control operation of the PSU relay when the information handling system is entering, operating within, and exiting the modern standby (S0ix) state. This intelligent PSU relay control may include at least two operating modes: a modern standby mode and a normal mode of operation, and may be implemented to ensure that the PSU relay remains off during modern standby and returns to normal relay operation upon exiting modern standby.
US12228978B2
A foldable device includes a foldable layer and a hinge mechanism including at least one hinge module. The at least one hinge module includes a first hinge section and a second hinge section that are each rotatable relative to a central hinge axis to move the device between an unfolded and a folded configuration. The first and second hinge sections may each include a first rod that is threadably engaged in a first passage in a corresponding housing of the device, and a second rod that is movably received in a second passage in a corresponding housing of the device. Movement of the first rod within the first passage adjusts a length of the hinge module during folding/unfolding of the device to maintain bending within a neutral layer of the foldable layer, while being guided by movement of the second rod in the second passage.
US12228976B2
This application provides a keyboard apparatus. The keyboard module is stacked on the base and is in sliding fit with the base. The first plate is rotatably connected to one end of the base, where a first rotating part is formed between the first plate and the base. The second plate is rotatably connected to one end of the first plate that is away from the base. A second rotating part is formed between the second plate and the first plate. The third plate is rotatably connected to one end of the keyboard module that is close to the first plate, and is fastened to the second plate. The third plate is configured to carry a tablet device, where a third rotating part is formed between the third plate and the keyboard module. At least one of the rotating parts of the keyboard apparatus is provided with a damping structure.
US12228972B2
A display device according to an embodiment comprises: an elastic member; and at least one panel from among a display panel and a touch panel which are arranged on the elastic member, wherein the elastic member includes one surface and the other surface opposite to the one surface, the elastic member includes a first area and a second area, the first area is defined as a folding area, the second area is defined as an unfolding area, the elastic member has a plurality of first grooves arranged on the one surface in the first area thereof, and the panel is arranged on the other surface of the elastic member via an adhesive layer.
US12228971B2
An e-book reader in which destruction of a driver circuit at the time when a flexible panel is handled is inhibited. In addition, an e-book reader having a simplified structure. A plurality of flexible display panels each including a display portion in which display control is performed by a scan line driver circuit and a signal line driver circuit, and a binding portion fastening the plurality of display panels together are included. The signal line driver circuit is provided inside the binding portion, and the scan line driver circuit is provided at the edge of the display panel in a direction perpendicular to the binding portion.
US12228952B2
An electronic device may include wireless circuitry having digital-to-analog converters, filters, mixers, and current buffers disposed between the filters and the mixers. The current buffers may provide proper resistance termination for the filters. The current buffers may include current mirrors formed from diode-connected n-type transistors and diode-connected p-type transistors, which collectively provide a linear input resistance. The current mirrors may receive a high voltage from a voltage regulator having a replica current mirror and proportional-to-absolute-temperature current sources.
US12228950B2
There is provided a driver-support system for use with a human-operated material-transport vehicle, and methods for using the same. The system has at least one sensor, a human-vehicle interface, and a transceiver for communicating with a fleet-management system. The system also has a processor that is configured to provide a mapping application and a localization application based on information received from the sensor. The mapping application and localization application may be provided in a single localization-and-mapping (“SLAM”) application, which may obtain input from the sensor, for example, when the sensor is an optical sensor such as a LiDAR or video camera.
US12228949B2
The present disclosure is generally related to systems and methods for redundant communication in an aircraft. The system may include a primary connection, a secondary connection, and a tertiary connection. The system may include a computing device configured to receive at least a state datum and transmit the at least a state datum using at least a data connection of the plurality of data connections. The at least a network switch may be communicatively connected to the plurality of data connections and configured to select the at least a data connection from the plurality of data connections as a function of the at least a state datum.
US12228946B2
A set of commands for each of a plurality of actuators to alter an aircraft's state responsive to one or more inputs is produced. The set of commands is provided to fewer than all actuators comprising the plurality of actuators.
US12228941B2
The present invention proposes an active scene mapping method based on constraint guidance and space optimization strategies, comprising a global planning stage and a local planning stage; in the global planning stage, the next exploration goal of a robot is calculated to guide the robot to explore a scene; and after the next exploration goal is determined, specific actions are generated according to the next exploration goal, the position of the robot and the constructed occupancy map in the local planning stage to drive the robot to go to a next exploration goal, and observation data is collected to update the information of the occupancy map. The present invention can effectively avoid long-distance round trips in the exploration process so that the robot can take account of information gain and movement loss in the exploration process, find a balance of exploration efficiency, and realize the improvement of active mapping efficiency.
US12228940B2
A self-propelled floor processing device with an evaluation unit, which is designed to navigate the floor processing device within an environment based on an area map and, during a movement, to determine a behavior parameter of the floor processing device and a movement path of the floor processing device. The evaluation unit is set up to analyze the behavior parameter and movement path, automatically determine a no-go area which the floor processing device must not traverse depending on the result of the analysis, and enter the determined no-go area in the area map or change a no-go area already entered in the area map.
US12228934B2
Disclosed are a collision avoidance method for a moving device, a collision avoidance apparatus for a moving device, and a computer-readable storage medium. This application relates to the field of artificial intelligence technologies. According to the method, a parking direction of a moving device in an avoidance area is adjusted, so that a startup time used by the moving device after avoidance completes may be reduced. The method includes: determining a target path direction of a moving device; determining a first candidate parking direction and a second candidate parking direction; determining, based on the target path direction, a target parking direction of the moving device from the first candidate parking direction and the second candidate parking direction; and controlling, based on the target parking direction, the moving device to be parked in the avoidance area.
US12228933B2
An autonomous work machine that works in a work area, the autonomous work machine comprising: a storage unit that stores past captured images including one or more markers arranged to define the work area; a specifying unit that specifies a past captured image stored in the storage unit and similar to a current captured image captured by an image capturing unit; and a control unit that controls the autonomous work machine based on the past captured image specified by the specifying unit.
US12228931B2
Example systems and methods are provided herein for managing a position of a first watercraft relative to a second watercraft during a desired maneuver. Such systems include a memory and a processor, and the processor is configured to determine a desired relative positioning of the first watercraft to the second watercraft, determine a first position of the first watercraft, determine a first position of the second watercraft, and then determine a desired second position of the second watercraft such that the first watercraft and the second watercraft comply with the desired relative positioning when the second watercraft is in the desired second position. The processor is also configured to determine instructions to cause the second watercraft to move to the desired second position and then to cause the second watercraft to move to the desired second position.
US12228929B2
The technology relates to detecting and responding to processions. For instance, sensor data identifying two or more objects in an environment of a vehicle may be received. The two or more objects may be determined to be disobeying a predetermined rule in a same way. Based on the determination that the two or more objects are disobeying a predetermined rule, that the two or more objects are involved in a procession may be determined. The vehicle may then be controlled autonomously in order to respond to the procession based on the determination that the two or more objects are involved in a procession.
US12228926B1
Aspects of the invention relate generally to autonomous vehicles. The features described improve the safety, use, driver experience, and performance of these vehicles by performing a behavior analysis on mobile objects in the vicinity of an autonomous vehicle. Specifically, the autonomous vehicle is capable of detecting nearby objects, such as vehicles and pedestrians, and is able to determine how the detected vehicles and pedestrians perceive their surroundings. The autonomous vehicle may then use this information to safely maneuver around all nearby objects.
US12228920B2
There is provided a method of monitoring operational characteristics of an industrial gas plant complex comprising a plurality of industrial gas plants. The method being executed by at least one hardware processor and comprising: assigning a machine learning model to each of the industrial gas plants forming the industrial gas plant complex; training the respective machine learning model for each industrial gas plant based on received historical time-dependent operational characteristic data for the respective industrial gas plant; executing the trained machine learning model for each industrial gas plant to predict operational characteristics for each respective industrial gas plant for a pre-determined future time period; and comparing predicted operational characteristic data for each respective industrial gas plant for a pre-determined future time period with measured operational characteristic data for the corresponding time period to identify deviations in industrial gas plant performance.
US12228919B2
An information translation device, information translation method, and an information translation system based on Modbus are provided. The client module of the information translation device receives an information model file including identity information, receives a sensor signal corresponding to first identity information and Modbus data including memory addresses of Modbus protocol, determines a first memory address corresponding to the sensor signal according to sensed values of the sensor signal and values corresponding to each of the memory addresses and builds a memory address mapping table including the first memory address and the first identity information, and receives a first value of the first memory address and searches the first identity information corresponding to the first memory address according to the memory address mapping table. The server module of the information translation device receives the first value and the first identity information and transmits to an OPC UA device.
US12228916B2
One embodiment includes a monitor module for a first device, wherein the first device is configured to obtain measurement data from a second device, to compare the measurement data to a reference value, and to send a signal when the measurement data in comparison to the reference indicates an error condition. Machine learning can be used, where a head-end is capable of modifying the second device when the reference value so indicates. This enables various embodiments to fix the second device without human intervention.
US12228913B2
A method and a user device (10) for adapting a signaling of the field device (100) that can be displayed via a signal display (102) of a field device (100) are proposed. For this purpose, an user device (10) is used to define a color tone of at least one display element (104) of the signal display (102) of the field device (100), an attribute is assigned to the defined color tone of the at least one display element (104) of the signal display (102), wherein the attribute represents a meaning of the determined color tone for indicating a state of the field device (100), and a control signal is transmitted from the user device (10) to the field device (100), wherein the control signal contains information regarding the determined color tone and regarding the attribute associated with the determined color tone.
US12228910B2
Embodiments relate to a control method, apparatus, system, device and medium for production equipment. The method includes: receiving a recipe upload instruction, and generating a first control instruction in response to the recipe upload instruction to control the production equipment to upload first recipe data; receiving the first recipe data, and parsing the first recipe data to generate a corresponding first recipe file in a preset format; generating a second control instruction during parsing the first recipe data to control the production equipment to upload second recipe data; and receiving the second recipe data, and parsing the second recipe data to generate a corresponding second recipe file in a preset format.
US12228886B2
Dual or multi-modulation display system are disclosed that comprise projector systems with at least one modulator that may employ non-mechanical beam steering modulation. Many embodiments disclosed herein employ a non-mechanical beam steering and/or polarizer to provide for a highlights modulator.
US12228884B2
A resin binder composition for toners, containing a polyester resin A having a constituting unit derived from an alcohol component containing an alkylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A and a constituting unit derived from a carboxylic acid component containing an amorphous acid modified product A of an α-olefin polymer having 4 or more carbon atoms and 18 or less carbon atoms; a resin binder composition for toners containing a polyester resin A which is a polycondensate of an alcohol component containing an alkylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A and a carboxylic acid component containing an amorphous acid modified product A of an α-olefin polymer having 4 or more carbon atoms and 18 or less carbon atoms; and a toner for electrostatic image development, containing these resin binder composition for toners. The resin binder composition for toners of the present invention is suitably used for a toner for electrostatic image development which is usable in development of latent images formed in, for example, electrostatic image development method, electrostatic recording method, electrostatic printing method or the like.
US12228880B2
An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor; an exposure portion configured to include a substrate having a plurality of light emitting portions arranged along a rotation axis direction of the photoreceptor and exposes the photoreceptor to form a latent image on the photoreceptor; a development portion configured to develop a latent image formed on the photoreceptor with toner; an exposure duct configured to guide the airflow generated by a first fan along a longitudinal direction of the substrate; a development duct configured to guide the airflow generated by a second fan along the rotation axis direction of the development portion; and a first duct communicating with the exposure duct and the development duct, the first duct configured to exhaust air introduced from the exposure duct and exhaust air introduced from the development duct.
US12228874B2
An image forming apparatus, having a housing including a first side wall and a second side wall, a sheet tray movable in a first direction, an image forming device to form an image on a sheet, and a chute movable in a second direction, is provided. The sheet tray has a first outer frame, having a first dent denting downward. The chute has a second outer frame. The second outer frame has a second dent denting upward and forming an opening together with the first dent and a handle extending downward from the second dent. At least one of the first outer frame and the second outer frame has a wall shielding a part of the opening at a position upstream from the handle in the second direction.
US12228873B2
An image processing apparatus includes a memory, a scanner, and a processor configured to: control the scanner to read an image formed on a sheet along a reading direction, and store data of the read image in the memory, determine a plurality of regions of the image, select one of the regions based on a whiteness or saturation level of color thereof, and add a first image indicating the reading direction to said one of the regions, and store data of the image to which the first image has been added in the memory.
US12228864B2
A charging device includes: a charging member that rotates in contact with a charged body and charges the charged body; and a cleaning member that comes into contact with the charging member and rotates in conjunction with the charging member, in which the cleaning member includes a foam elastic layer in which a band-shaped foam elastic member is spirally disposed with a pitch, and a diameter of a tip end portion of a cell skeleton protruding to a surface of the foam elastic layer is 50 μm or less, and a peripheral speed ratio of the cleaning member to the charging member is 0.3 or more and 0.7 or less.
US12228862B2
A process of selecting a measurement location, the process including: obtaining pattern data describing a pattern to be applied to substrates in a patterning process; obtaining a process characteristic measured during or following processing of a substrate, the process characteristic characterizing the processing of the substrate; determining a simulated result of the patterning process based on the pattern data and the process characteristic; and selecting a measurement location for the substrate based on the simulated result.
US12228861B2
An apparatus for treating a substrate includes a treating vessel having an inner space, a support unit that supports and rotates the substrate in the inner space, and an exhaust unit that releases an air flow in the inner space. The exhaust unit includes an air-flow guide duct into which the air flow is introduced in a tangential direction with respect to a rotating direction of the substrate supported on the support unit.
US12228856B2
The resist composition includes a base polymer and a salt. The salt consisting of an anion derived from an iodized or brominated phenol and a cation derived from a 2,5,8,9-tetraaza-1-phosphabicyclo[3.3.3]undecane, biguanide or phosphazene compound. The resist composition exerts a high sensitizing effect and an acid diffusion suppressing effect, causes no film thickness loss after development, and is improved in resolution, LWR and CDU when a pattern is formed therefrom by lithography.
US12228853B2
A reflective mask blank, which is a binary reflective mask blank, includes, in order: a substrate; a multilayer reflective film configured to reflect EUV light; and a pattern film. The pattern film has a laminated structure including a total of L layers each having a different refractive index where L is a natural number of 2 or more. When an absorption coefficient of an i-th layer in the pattern film from a side opposite to the substrate is defined as ki, a thickness of the i-th layer in the pattern film from the side opposite to the substrate is defined as di (nm), a total thickness of the pattern film is defined as d, an exposure wavelength is defined as λ (nm), and Pi is defined as 1−exp(−2π/λ*diki), the following formula (1) is satisfied. ∑ i = 1 L ( P i / d ) > 0.012 ( 1 )
US12228842B2
A shooting device that is convenient to fix a shooting terminal includes a first light emitting piece, a first circuit board, and a fixing piece. The first circuit board is electrically connected to the first light emitting piece. The first circuit board is configured to adjust color temperature, and/or color, and/or brightness of the first light emitting piece. The first light emitting piece is disposed on a peripheral side of the fixing piece. The fixing piece includes a top shell, a limiting frame, and a bottom shell. The limiting frame is connected between the top shell and the bottom shell. The shooting terminal is disposed in the limiting frame. A display surface of the shooting terminal abuts against an inner surface of the top shell to maintain fixation of the shooting terminal relative to the fixing piece.
US12228831B2
An array substrate and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes a base substrate, gate lines and a metal layer on the base substrate. The metal layer is located on a side of the gate lines away from the base substrate, and includes data lines, a first connecting portion and a first electrode and a second electrode of a thin film transistor. The first electrode is electrically connected to a pixel electrode by the first connecting portion. A gate line includes a gate line pad which includes a protrusion protruding towards a pixel region relative to the portion of the gate line other than the gate line pad. The metal layer located in the pixel region includes a plurality of traces extending along at least part of a contour of the pixel region and including first traces surrounding the protrusion.
US12228826B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, in particular, to an array substrate and a display device. The array substrate includes: a first substrate; a transistor, formed on the first substrate; an organic insulation layer, formed on the first substrate and covering the transistor; a spacer, formed on a side of the organic insulation layer away from the first substrate, where an orthographic projection of the spacer on the first substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of the transistor on the first substrate.
US12228816B2
A display panel and a manufacture method thereof, and a display apparatus are provided. The display liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other; the light control panel includes a third substrate and a fourth substrate opposite to each other. The second substrate and the third substrate are between the first substrate and the fourth substrate. The light control liquid crystal layer is between the first polarizer and the second polarizer; the first polarizer is between the second polarizer and the third polarizer, and the display liquid crystal layer is between the first polarizer and the third polarizer. The first polarizer, the second polarizer, and the third polarizer are configured to allow backlight to emit out of the fourth substrate after passing through the second polarizer, the first polarizer, and the third polarizer in sequence.
US12228813B2
According to one embodiment, an optical sensor-equipped liquid crystal display device includes a display panel and a driver IC. The display panel includes a display area including pixels, a surrounding area surrounding the display area, peripheral circuits provided in the surrounding area, and an optical sensor outputting a detection signal in response to incident light. The peripheral circuit includes a shift register, and a gate switch group connected to the shift register and including a first gate switch and a second gate switch. The first gate switch is connected to a switching element for driving the pixel via a scanning line. The second gate switch is connected to a switching element included in a sensor circuit for driving the optical sensor via a scanning line for sensor.
US12228812B1
A human-machine interface device of an AC/DC power supply or controller includes a human-machine interface module and a film. The human-machine interface module is mounted on a panel of the AC/DC power supply or controller. A front of the human-machine interface module has a liquid crystal display. The film is located in front of the human-machine interface module and attached to the panel of the AC/DC power supply or controller. The film has a transparent window corresponding to the liquid crystal display. The film further has a status indication region adjacent to an outer side of the window. The status indication region is marked with a plurality of different status messages. When in use, the liquid crystal display displays a light spot corresponding to one of the status messages, allowing a user to directly read the corresponding status message through the location of the light spot.
US12228807B2
The invention discloses a variable tint lens and glasses. The variable tint lens includes a first polarizer, a second polarizer, and a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first polarizer and the second polarizer, a first conductive film arranged between the first polarizer and the liquid crystal layer, and a second conductive film arranged between the second polarizer and the liquid crystal layer, the first conductive film and the second conductive film are also connected to a power supply device. The arrangement direction of the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer changes according to the voltage provided by the power supply device, so that the refractive index of the liquid crystal molecules to the light is changed, and the color of the light passing through the liquid crystal layer is changed. Compared with the prior art, the present invention can continuously change the color of light passing through the variable tint lens and adjust the brightness of the light. It is equipped with automatic adjustment and manual adjustment, which can adjust the color of the light according to actual needs, which improves the user experience.
US12228805B2
A multifocal ophthalmic lens has a surface that varies across at least a portion of the lens to form a surface power map. The surface power map comprises a spiral, with a power that varies substantially periodically both radially outwards from and angularly about an optical axis of the lens. A period of the radial variation is greater than 100 microns and a period of the angular variation is greater than 6 degrees. Methods of making and using the multifocal ophthalmic lens are also described.
US12228800B2
An inventive hinge and fastener design includes a male connector having a plurality of lobes protruding from a pin, as well as a female connector having a plurality of indentations to accommodate the lobes. The male connector may also have an arm that rotates through a channel on the female connector and can be secured within the channel via retention teeth that protrude into the channel.
US12228798B2
An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially disposed in numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system; and a spacer disposed between the sixth and seventh lenses, wherein the optical imaging system satisfies 0.5
US12228797B2
An optical imaging system includes first through seventh lenses. The first lens includes positive refractive power, the second lens includes a positive refractive power, the third lens includes a negative refractive power, an object-side surface thereof being convex, the fourth lens includes a positive refractive power, the fifth lens includes a negative refractive power, the sixth lens includes a negative refractive power, and the seventh lens includes a negative refractive power and having an inflection point formed on an image-side surface thereof. The first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side toward an imaging plane.
US12228787B2
Manufacturing methods for a multi-lens assembly and a camera module with a multi-lens assembly, and the multi-lens assembly and the camera module with a multi-lens assembly manufactured by the corresponding methods are provided. A method for manufacturing a multi-lens assembly includes the following steps: connecting a first lens and a second lens by using first glue; providing an air escape hole; curing the first glue through baking, so that expanded gas is discharged from the air escape hole; and after the first glue is completely cured, sealing the air escape hole by using second glue that can be completely cured without baking.
US12228783B1
The disclosed systems for suspending cable (e.g., fiber optic cable) from an overhead powerline may include a payload subsystem for housing and dispensing a cable along an overhead powerline, a rotation subsystem for winging the cable from the payload subsystem around the powerline, an extension subsystem for moving the payload subsystem to avoid obstacles, an obstacle detection subsystem for automatically detecting obstacles encountered along the powerline, a drive subsystem for driving the system along the powerline, and at least one processor for controlling the payload subsystem, rotation subsystem, extension subsystem, obstacle detection subsystem, and drive subsystem in a manner that avoids obstacles as the system moves along the powerline. Various other related systems, devices, components, and methods are also disclosed.
US12228782B2
A high density fiber enclosure system includes a chassis, cassette trays, an optional unification clip, cassettes, and an optional trunk cable management system. The chassis, cassette trays, and cassettes are configured such that individual cassettes may be installed, removed, and otherwise positioned for easy access by a user. The unification clip allows two adjacent cassette trays to be connected to one other such that cassette trays move as one unit. The trunk cable management system is designed to organize trunk cables and trunk cable furcation legs as well as relieve strain on the trunk cables and trunk cable furcation legs.
US12228779B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to selectable and interchangeable covers, frames, and lids for a plurality of different telecommunications module frames. The selectable covers can vary, for example, with respect to size, shape, and number arrangement, and configuration of ports to provide for different selectable combinations of module assemblies.
US12228772B2
Methods for laser bonding optical elements to substrates and optical assemblies are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method of bonding an optical element to a substrate includes disposing at least one optical element onto a surface of the substrate, electrostatically affixing the at least one optical element to the surface of the substrate, and directing a laser beam into the at least one optical element. The laser beam heats an interface between at least one optical element and the substrate to a temperature that is higher than a lowest temperature of the optical element change temperature and the substrate change temperature, thereby forming a bond between at least one optical element and the substrate at a bond area. The laser beam has a fluence that does not modify the substrate at areas of the substrate that are outside of the at least one optical element.
US12228769B2
Embodiments herein describe combining multiple optical signals so these signals propagate in the same direction in the same optical mode and polarization. In one embodiment, the techniques discussed herein are used to combine a reference laser with a frequency comb so that supercontinuum generation can then be performed to increase the frequency range of the frequency comb so that it includes the frequency of the reference laser.
US12228758B2
A multilayer film and a preparation method thereof is provided, and belongs to the technical field of optical films. The provided multilayer film comprises an ultraviolet blocking material and a cholesteric liquid crystal layer. The cholesteric liquid crystal layer comprises a polymerizable liquid crystal monomer, a polymerizable chiral dopant and a photoinitiator. The multilayer film can filter ultraviolet rays and near infrared rays in natural light, thereby reducing the heat effect of the natural light and harms of the ultraviolet rays to people and objects. In addition, the multilayer film has a high visible light transmission rate, which does not distort the color of the natural light passing through.
US12228732B2
This application provides an image display method and an image display apparatus, and is beneficial to improving uniformity of an image displayed by using a diffractive waveguide, thereby improving user experience. The method is applied to an apparatus including an optical engine and the diffractive waveguide and includes: obtaining uniformity data of a first image obtained by using the diffractive waveguide; determining to-be-compensated data of the optical engine based on the uniformity data; adjusting luminance distribution of a light source in the optical engine based on the to-be-compensated data; and displaying a second image by using the adjusted optical engine and the diffractive waveguide.
US12228730B2
A two-dimensional exit pupil expansion method for waveguide display based on polarization volume gratings (PVGs) is provided. Based on the polarized diffraction properties of the PVGs as waveguide coupling elements, a light beam from a microimage source system is introduced into and then propagates in a waveguide medium. By a composite PVG structure, a light field of a transmitted image is subjected to two-dimensional exit pupil expansion and emission, and finally incident into human eyes to achieve waveguide augmented reality imaging.
US12228722B2
In a computer-implemented method for modifying microscope images, a generative model is trained using a training dataset which comprises a plurality of microscope images. After the training, the generative model is configured to compute a generated microscope image from a feature vector derived from a feature space. It is established which image properties are affected by which feature variables in the feature space. A microscope image to be modified is received and projected into the feature space in order to obtain an associated feature vector. One or more feature variables of the feature vector are modified in order to change one or more image properties, whereby a modified feature vector is generated. The modified feature vector is projected back into an image space by inputting the modified feature vector into the generative model, thereby generating a modified microscope image.
US12228709B2
Folded digital cameras, comprising a lens with N≥3 lens elements Li and having an EFL, an aperture diameter DA, a f-number f/#, a TTL, and a BFL, wherein each lens element has a respective focal length fi and wherein a first lens element L1 faces an object side and a last lens element LN faces an image side; an image sensor having a sensor diagonal (SD); and an optical path folding element (OPFE) for providing a folded optical path between an object and the image sensor, wherein the lens is located at an object side of the OPFE, wherein the EFL is in the range of 8 mm
US12228694B2
Systems and methods for detecting or predicting a seismic event. The methods comprise, by a system: receiving at least one communication signal using a carrier recovery component with a fixed location remote from a source of the at least one communication signal; determining at least one of (i) phase deviations of the at least one communication signal over time and (ii) differential propagation delays over two paths which the at least one communication signal traveled; performing operations to detect patterns in at least one of the phase deviations and differential propagation delays that indicate an occurrence of seismic activity with level(s) of confidence; and using the level(s) of confidence to detect or predict the seismic event.
US12228685B2
An apparatus for protecting a sensor device includes a cover mounted on the sensor device, the cover including a cover portion made from a transparent material that is transparent to sensor signals, the cover portion including an external surface having a wettability that varies according to a wettability gradient in a selected direction along the surface.
US12228678B2
An electronic device detects an object reflecting transmitted waves based on transmitted signals transmitted as the transmitted waves from transmitting antennas and received signals received from receiving antennas as reflected waves obtained by reflection of the transmitted waves. The electronic device determines that the object have been detected when the peak in the result obtained by performing a Fourier transform process on the beat signals generated based on the transmitted and received signals is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold value. The electronic device sets a predetermined threshold value based on an object detection probability.
US12228671B2
Example signal transmission methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer storage media are disclosed. One example method includes obtaining, by a first detection apparatus, a first moment, where the first moment is a start moment of a first time unit, and the first time unit is used for the first detection apparatus to send a first signal. The first signal is sent by the first detection apparatus based on a first periodicity, where the first signal is used to indicate sending resource information of a detection signal, and the first time unit is further used for a second detection apparatus to receive the first signal.
US12228668B2
A method performed by a system (120) for determining a position of a device (140) connected to a communication network (100) is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining a geographical area for the device based on a first position-estimation service, obtaining information on luminosity on the device over a time period, and determining a second position estimation for the device (140) based on the geographical area and on the information on luminosity, by comparing the information on luminosity over the time period to a 3D model of the geographical area, the 3D model comprising models of 3D objects of the geographical area and a model of sunlight shining onto the models of the 3D objects over the time period. Disclosed is further a corresponding system and a position-determining method performed by a communication device.
US12228667B2
In an aspect, a method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a positioning model codepoint (PMC) index of a plurality of PMC indexes, wherein each PMC index of the plurality of PMC indexes is mapped to a corresponding positioning model of at least a subset of a plurality of positioning models configured at the UE; and applying a positioning model, mapped to the PMC index, to one or more RFFP positioning measurements to obtain one or more position parameters corresponding to a location of the UE during a positioning session.
US12228660B2
Proposed is a position measuring device configured to measure a position (distance) by combining a TWR positioning method and a PDOA positioning method. The proposed position measuring device: outputs positioning signals at set time intervals; receives response signals for the positioning signals; measures the distance between a plurality of diversity antennas and an object on the basis of the respective positioning signals and response signals transmitted and received by the diversity antennas; and measures the distance to the object on the basis of the measurement values of the distances between the plurality of diversity antennas and the object.
US12228657B2
A wireless device includes a satellite receiver to receive data from multiple satellites. The wireless device also includes processing circuitry and memory. The memory stores one or more neural network models. The processing circuitry is operative to identify a neural network model that has been trained to adapt to a region in which the wireless device operates, classify satellite raw measurements from each satellite at a given time into a corresponding quality level using the neural network model, and identify satellite raw measurements with a quality level higher than a threshold. The location of the wireless device is calculated using the identified satellite raw measurements.
US12228656B2
A method and apparatus resiliently despreads terrestrial navigation signals in which the spreading code duration is equal to an underlying baseband symbol rate, including ground beacons based on civil GNSS waveforms, and malicious spoofers. Symbol-rate synchronous channelizers exploit the baseband symbol rate, and means for blindly and resiliently detecting and determining geo-observables of those signals are described. Disclosed techniques can despread signals in arbitrary multipath, and subject to near-far interference in which the relative strength of the interferer is much higher than the despreading gain of the receiver, including near-far tonal and narrowband co-channel interference.
US12228654B2
A node of a satellite constellation system includes a global positioning receiver configured to receive first signaling from a first plurality of non-LEO navigation satellites of a constellation of non-LEO navigation satellites in non-LEO around the earth. A transceiver is configured to send and receive inter-node communications with other nodes of the satellite constellation system. At least one processor is configured to execute operational instructions that cause the at least one processor to perform operations that include: determining a state of the node of the satellite constellation system based on applying precise point positioning (PPP) correction data to the first signaling, wherein the PPP correction data is received separately from the first signaling; and generating a navigation message based on the state of the node. A navigation signal transmitter is configured to broadcast the navigation message to at least one client device, wherein the client device is space-based, the navigation message facilitating the at least one client device to determine an enhanced position of the at least one client device based on the navigation message.
US12228651B2
A method for processing data provided by a lidar. Obtaining, for measurement points of a lidar, data representative of a diffuse intensity and a distance between the measurement point and the lidar; determining an angle of incidence of the lidar at each measurement point; calculating, for each measurement point, reflectivity from the angle of incidence, the distance and the diffuse intensity; identifying spatially adjacent measurement points having a reflectivity within a given range of values to form common reflectivity zones; defining a cost function for at least one common reflectivity zone, the cost function including a first diffuse intensity and a second diffuse intensity, the angle and the distance of the measurement point in question; minimizing the cost function in order to update at least one of the angle, the distance and the reflectivity at the measurement point, for each of the measurement points belonging to a common reflectivity zone.
US12228647B2
A generation unit (2) generates a plurality of transmission pulses of which the strength of an optical signal changes in a pulse-like manner. Note that the generation part (2) generates a plurality of transmission pulses having frequency offsets different from each other. The transmission unit (4) repeatedly transmits transmission pulses generated by the generation unit (2). The reception part (6) receives reflected pulses of the respective transmission pulses reflected on a distance-measurement-target object. The detection unit (8) detects the frequency offsets of the reflected pulses received by the reception unit (6). The distance calculation unit (10) calculates a distance to the distance-measurement-target object based on the receiving timings of the reflected pulses received by the reception unit (6) and the transmitting timings of the transmission pulses corresponding to the frequency offsets detected from the reflected pulses.
US12228643B2
Techniques are described herein that are capable of providing a modularized acoustic probe that includes multiple acoustic transducers that have discrete substrates. A first acoustic transducer is configured to generate an acoustic signal and to transmit the acoustic signal toward an object. The second acoustic transducer is configured to detect a reflected acoustic signal, which results from the acoustic signal reflecting from the object, and to convert the reflected acoustic signal to an electrical signal. The first and second acoustic transducers have respective discrete substrates. In an example, the second acoustic transducer may not be configured to generate acoustic signals. In another example, the first and second acoustic transducers may be in respective first and second rows of a two-row transducer array. In accordance with this example, the first and second acoustic transducers may be designed to have an acoustic parameter having respective first and second parameter values.
US12228633B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to radar transmissions and related componentry. As may be implemented in accordance with various embodiments, radar signals are generated and transmitted using both scanning and fixed beam analog signal codes concurrently/as combined for each radar signal. Reflections of the radar signals from a target are processed for ascertaining positional characteristics of the target.
US12228631B1
A multistatic backscatter system may comprise unsynchronized devices. The unsynchronized device may comprise two or more spatially separated transmitter devices to transmit carrier signals, a transmitter device being configured to transmit carrier signals over a frequency set of two or more different frequencies; at least one backscatter device configured to frequency-shift the carrier signals, modulate data on at least some of the carrier signals, and backscatter modulated frequency-shifted carrier signals as backscatter signals, and at least one receiver device configured to receive the carrier signals and the backscatter signals, to process them to obtain the data and determine ranging information for the backscatter device.
US12228630B2
A device includes a controller configured to determine a first periodic priority function based on a first emitter signal periodicity of a first emitter type. The controller is also configured to determine a second periodic priority function based on a second emitter signal periodicity of a second emitter type. The controller is further configured to generate a scan schedule of a receiver system based on at least the first periodic priority function and the second periodic priority function.
US12228626B2
A multidirectional vent or a plurality of multidirectional vents can be integrated into eyewear to allow venting of eyewear. The vents can be ramped and angled in different directions for increased airflow and multidirectional venting. Grooves can be created on the lens of the eyewear and/or the frame portion such that when the lens are joined to the frame portion, vents are formed. The vents may also comprise ribs extending from the frame portion to allow the air to be directed in a controlled and precise manner.
US12228618B2
Systems and methods for identifying and managing stress conditions, risk state or aging state associated with capacitors associated with electrical equipment in an electrical power system are disclosed herein. In one aspect, a method for identifying and managing stress conditions, risk state or aging state associated with at least one capacitor includes detecting at least one of motion of and sounds associated with the at least one capacitor, and analyzing at least the detected at least one of motion of and sounds associated with the at least one capacitor to identify possible stress conditions, risk state or aging state associated with the at least one capacitor and associated components. In response to identifying possible stress conditions, risk state or aging state, probable impacts of the possible stress conditions, risk state or aging state on the at least one capacitor and associated components may be determined.
US12228605B2
A module type sensor includes a casing including a casing upper surface, a first casing side surface which is bent downward from the casing upper surface and has a lower end upwardly separated from a path through which a transmission line passes, and a second casing side surface which is bent downward from the casing upper surface and has a fixing bracket extending by being outwardly bent; a body unit fixedly installed inside the casing, formed of an insulator, supported by the printed circuit board at a lower end, and having, at a center, an opening which is open toward the transmission line; and a sensing substrate unit fixedly installed on an upper portion of the body unit, and including a voltage sensing circuit which is capacitively coupled to the transmission line exposed through the opening and a current sensing circuit which is inductively coupled to the transmission line.
US12228590B2
An wafer probe device is provided, including a holder, and a probe card. The holder has a holding surface for holding a wafer. The probe card has a probing side for probing the wafer. Wherein the holder and the probe card are disposed on the ground, and the holding surface of the holder and the probing side of the probe card are perpendicular to the ground. Wherein when the holder holds the wafer to move upwardly toward the probe card into a probing position, the probed surface of the wafer is in contact with the probe card, and the probe surface is perpendicular to the ground.
US12228587B2
Methods and apparatuses for indicating the presence of a directional differential pressure between separated adjacent spaces are provided. At least one movable element may be movable within an inclined conduit from a first vertically lower region to a second vertically higher region in response to a differential pressure between a first space and a second space separated by a barrier. The inclination of the conduit may be adjustable along a plane transverse to the barrier.
US12228586B2
There is provided a sample ejection system for ejecting a sample from a flow of fluid, the system comprises: a fluid flow channel for receiving, in use, the flow of fluid; a fluid inlet channel connected to the flow channel and arranged to receive, in use, pressurised fluid; a fluid outlet channel connected to the flow channel at a location downstream in the flow direction of the flow of fluid and comprises an outlet. The system is arranged such that, in use, pressurised fluid is applied to the fluid flow channel via the fluid inlet channel to drive fluid from the region of the fluid flow channel between the fluid inlet and outlet channels through the fluid outlet channel and out of the outlet.
US12228560B2
A method for predicting a dissolved oxygen level in treated seawater includes directing raw seawater from a fluid channel into a deaerator, directing an inert gas and an oxygen scavenger solution into the deaerator, thereby removing dissolved oxygen from the raw seawater such that the treated seawater exits the deaerator, receiving information about a plurality of input parameters comprising a raw seawater flow rate, an inert gas flow rate, and an oxygen scavenger flow rate, implementing a neural network trained to predict the dissolved oxygen level of the treated seawater based on the plurality of input parameters and predicting, with the neural network, the dissolved oxygen level of the treated seawater based on the plurality of input parameters.
US12228552B2
A test fixture for mechanically testing breast implants includes a frame, a base plate coupled with the frame, and a first actuator coupled with the base plate for providing reciprocating motion to the base plate along a first axis. The test fixture includes a compression plate coupled with the frame that opposes the base plate, a second actuator coupled with the compression plate for providing reciprocating motion to the compression plate along a second axis that intersects the first axis, and a third actuator coupled with the compression plate for providing reciprocating motion to the compression plate along a third axis that intersects both the first axis and the second axis. The test fixture includes a control system in communication with the first, second, and third actuators for controlling the movement of the base plate along the first axis and the movement of the compression plate along the second and third axes.
US12228549B2
An acoustic field diffusion type electromagnetic acoustic transducer with improved periodic permanent magnets is provided, which includes periodic permanent magnets, a transducer framework, improved racetrack shaped coils and a transducer connector.
US12228542B2
The present disclosure relates to a composition for a crosslinking agent for the preparation of a sensing layer or a diffusion control layer of an electrochemical biosensor comprising genipin or a derivative thereof, in which due to the properties of genipin that can be extracted and used from plants, not only it has high biocompatibility compared to conventional crosslinking agents with high toxicity, but also it can easily confirm the progress of the reaction by measuring UV or measuring the amount of amine groups present when reacting with a compound having an amine group, for example, an electron transport medium, and additionally, it has the advantage of suppressing a rapid decrease in sensor life due to high concentration of glucose while maintaining an appropriate sensitivity to glucose.
US12228540B2
The present disclosure provides a biochemical test chip, including an insulating substrate, an electrode unit, a first insulating septum, a reactive layer and a second insulating septum. The electrode unit is located on the insulating substrate. The electrode unit includes a working electrode and a counter electrode. A current density of the counter electrode is greater than a current density of the working electrode. The first insulating septum is located on the electrode unit. The first insulating septum has an opening, which at least partially exposes the electrode unit. The reactive layer is located in the opening and is electrically connected to the electrode unit. The second insulating septum is located on the first insulating septum.
US12228530B2
Moisture content in a sample material undergoing elemental activation analysis (EAA) is determined. The sample material contains a sample element which during EAA forms an activation product. A reference material, distinct from the sample element, is positioned in vicinity of the sample material. The reference material contains a reference element having a thermal neutron capture cross-section. The reference material is selected such that its product isotope of a thermal neutron capture reaction is a radioisotope that emits gamma-rays. The sample material and the reference material are irradiated with a source of fast neutrons to produce thermal neutrons in the sample material. Signals are generated representative of detected gamma-rays emitted from the reference material. A factor, R, proportional to the thermal neutron flux, is calculated based on the generated signals. From a relationship relating moisture content to R, the moisture content in the sample material is determined.
US12228526B2
A focusing grating device (100) is described comprising a substrate (402) and a grating comprising a plurality of grating features (408) positioned on the substrate (402). The grating features (408) are positioned non-perpendicular to the substrate surface, thereby inducing a first focusing direction. The substrate (402) is curved, thereby inducing a second focusing direction, which is different from the first focusing direction. An X-ray system (300) comprising such a focusing grating device (100) as well as a method for producing such a focusing grating device (100) are also described.
US12228522B1
An asset management mapping system including a microphone recording the audio of the asset inspector and a condition signal generator generating an audio condition signal based on asset inspector input from a keypad including condition selectors recorded into a global positioning system audio and video recorder that associates the audio and video with a gps location to create a pavement condition database. The database is interpreted to generate a condition output map of the areas inspected.
US12228519B2
The invention relates to a method, and a corresponding system, capable of checking whether genuine SERS or SERRS taggants having a unique characteristic surface enhancement scattering feature are present or not on a machine-readable marking applied on a value document by using a Raman spectrometer adapted to perform a Raman Spectroscopy analysis of the marking. The method according to the invention allows a reliable and fast detection of a presence of the SERS/SERRS taggants, and is particularly suitable for checking authenticity of value documents, e.g. such as banknotes, moving with respect to the Raman spectrometer with a given speed, and possibly with a high speed, or briefly exposed to the Raman spectrometer.
US12228505B2
The invention relates to a device for generating temporally spaced light pulses. Said device comprises a first light source which emits a first train of light pulses, a second light source which emits a second train of light pulses, and a phase-locked loop which regulates the relative phase of the light-pulse trains towards a target value. When the two light-pulse trains each pass through an optical transmission path to an application site that is spatially remote from the light sources, fluctuating phase differences in the light-pulse trains at the application site occur due to external influences along the transmission paths. The object of the invention is to provide an improved device for generating temporally spaced light pulses. In particular, the above-mentioned fluctuating phase differences are intended to be prevented. To do this, the invention proposes a detection apparatus that interacts with the phase-locked loop and detects a phase difference in the light-pulse trains at the application site caused by propagation-time differences along the transmission paths. In particular, the phase difference in the light-pulse trains at the application site is derived from light pulses that are reflected from the application site and pass through the transmission paths in the return direction. The detected phase difference can then be compensated for by the existing regulation of the relative phase of the light-pulse trains. In addition, the invention relates to a method for generating temporally spaced light pulses.
US12228500B2
A composition sensor for measuring composition of fluid mixtures is presented. The composition sensor includes a plurality of high-brightness emission sources having respective spectrally narrow wavelength emission bands in the infrared region. The wavelength emission bands overlap absorption wavelength bands of the composition. The wavelength emission bands are wavelength multiplexed and time multiplexed prior to emission through a fluid mixture. A single optical detector senses the emitted light. The composition sensor includes arms that can rotate to measure composition at different angular position of a pipe in a lateral section of an oil well. Rotation of the arms is provided by rotation of an element of a mobile vessel to which the arm is rigidly coupled. The rotation of the arms is provided by a rotation of a nose of the mobile vessel that rotates independently from a main body of the mobile vessel.
US12228498B2
The invention is a device and method for detecting an analyte in a medium. An exciting light source produces an exciting light wave, which propagates to the medium and heats the latter. The device comprises a transducer for detecting the heating of the medium. According to one embodiment, the transducer is a thermal transducer, configured to detect a variation in the temperature of the medium. According to another embodiment, the transducer is an acoustic transducer, configured to detect a photoacoustic wave propagating from the medium. Whatever the embodiment, the transducer employs a membrane, on which a waveguide is placed. The waveguide comprises a resonant optical cavity. Transduction is achieved by analyzing a variation in a resonant wavelength of the optical cavity.
US12228496B2
Provided is an apparatus for cell particle sorting based on microfluidic-chip flow, by using a design in which Dean flow focusing occurring in a spiral channel and hydrodynamic filtration are coupled. The apparatus comprises a first substrate including a spiral channel having an inner surface and an outer surface based on a radius of curvature, a sample solution inlet, a medium inlet, and a spiral inner-outlet and a spiral outer-outlet both for discharging the particles, and a second substrate including a main channel in which the sample solution discharged from the first substrate and passing through an inter-substrate way flows and a cut-off width WC is set, a side channel allowing a medium introduced into the medium inlet to flow to focus the sample solution on a sidewall of the main channel, a plurality of branch channels connected to the sidewall of main channel and configured to receive the particles from the main channel, a main channel outlet, and at least one branch channel outlet.
US12228493B2
A microfluidic impedance cytometry apparatus, for position determination and impedance measurement of particle/s in a fluid carrying particles, comprising: a microfluidic impedance flow channel for allowing flow of said fluid; an upstream section; a downstream section; a sensing region to receive said channeled fluid, to sense one or more parameters of said fluid, said sensing region comprising one or more sets of pairs of electrodes, each pair forming a current path from an operative top to an operative bottom, each of said pairs being formed by an operative top electrode and an operative bottom electrode, electric potential being applied on said operative top electrode/s, each electrode for a particular pair being parallel-aligned and being symmetric, with respect to each other, same positive electric potential being applied on each of said top electrodes and each of said bottom electrodes is virtually grounded, for a pair; and a configuration of amplifiers.
US12228488B2
The device (100) comprises a cavity (101) and at least two microporous membranes (102), wherein the microporous membranes (102) are arranged in series in the cavity (101) and divide the cavity (101) into a plurality of chambers (1011); each of the microporous membranes (102) is provided with micropores (103), and two adjacent chambers (1011) are in communication via the micropores (103); and each of the chambers (1011) is provided with an electrode (1012).
US12228486B2
A method for verifying a density and/or viscosity measuring device in a measuring station of a process installation during ongoing operation, in which a medium flows through a main channel of the process installation, comprising steps: providing a side channel, which is connected as a bypass of the main channel, wherein the side channel is fluidically connected to the main channel via two regions of the main channel with mutually differing diameters; providing a MEMS-based master or control density measuring device in the side channel such that the MEMS-based master or control density measuring device is flowed through by the medium; performing at least one verification measurement with the MEMS-based master or control density measuring device; and verifying the density and/or viscosity measuring device based on the at least one verification measurement performed by the MEMS-based master or control density measuring device.
US12228484B2
Systems and methods for operating a broad ion beam (BIB) polisher in a sample preparation workflow having improved uptime, are disclosed. An example method for operating a broad ion beam (BIB) polisher having improved uptime according to the present invention comprises causing a first BIB source to emit a first broad ion beam towards a sample positioned within an interior volume of the BIB polisher while the first BIB source is in emitting the first broad ion beam towards the sample, removing a second BIB source from the BIB polisher that is configured to emit a second broad ion beam towards the sample when in use.
US12228481B2
A technique for expansion microscopy (ExM) utilizing anchorable derivatives of hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stained tissue specimens within tissue samples, in order to achieve high resolution detection of biomolecules with precise morphological features of cells and nuclei, which in turn, allows for effective for accurate early stage disease diagnosis including various cancers. Staining with H&E employs anchorable derivatives that can be cross-linked into the ExM hydrogel matrix.
US12228472B2
A system and method for real world autonomous vehicle perception simulation are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: configuring a sensor noise modeling module to produce simulated sensor errors or noise data with a configured degree, extent, and timing of simulated sensor errors or noise based on a set of modifiable parameters; using the simulated sensor errors or noise data to generate simulated perception data by simulating errors related to constraints of one or more of a plurality of sensors, and by simulating noise in data provided by a sensor processing module corresponding to one or more of the plurality of sensors; and providing the simulated perception data to a motion planning system for the autonomous vehicle.
US12228470B2
The present disclosure provides a conductive paste for preparing flexible porous piezoresistive sensor, a method for making the same, and application thereof. The conductive paste includes a conductive carbon material, a sacrificial template and a high molecular polymer matrix. The high molecular polymer matrix includes a high molecular polymer and an organic solvent, and the mass ratio of the high molecular polymer to the organic solvent is 1:2 to 1:3; and based on the total mass of the conductive carbon material, the sacrificial template and the high molecular polymer, the mass percentage of the conductive carbon material is 2%-5%, the mass percentage of the sacrificial template is 75%-85%, and the mass percentage of the high molecular polymer is 10%-23%. This disclosure uses a sacrificial template with adjustable particle size to prepare conductive paste, greatly increasing number of nanopores or micropores after conductive paste is formed into a film.
US12228454B2
A light detection module, a light detection method and a display device are provided. The light detection module includes N light sensing circuits, a control circuit, a conversion circuits and a detection circuits; N being a positive integer; the N light sensing circuits respectively sense light signals of different colors to generate corresponding photocurrents; the control circuit is configured to control to provide the photocurrents generated by the light sensing circuits to the conversion circuit in a time division manner, and to control a transfer coefficient of the conversion circuit; the conversion circuit is configured to convert the photocurrent according to the transfer coefficient to obtain an analog output voltage; the detection circuit is configured to obtain characteristics of the light signal according to the analog output voltage.
US12228437B2
A system includes a pipe, a multiphase fluid, and a measurement unit. The multiphase fluid is disposed within the pipe. The measurement unit is connected to the pipe and includes a cylindrical structure, a first magnet, a second magnet, a first coil, and a second coil. The cylindrical structure is submersed in the multiphase fluid and has a first end and a second end. The first magnet is connected to the first end of the cylindrical structure, and the second magnet is connected to the second end of the cylindrical structure. The first coil is wound around the outer circumferential surface of the pipe in a location corresponding to a location of the first magnet disposed within the orifice. The second coil is wound around the outer circumferential surface of the pipe in a location corresponding to a location of the second magnet disposed within the orifice.
US12228432B2
An apparatus is provided and includes a rotary encoder that comprises a stator, a rotor, and a controller. The stator has an opening adapted to surround a first portion of a rotatable shaft, a transmit region, and a receive region. The rotor has an opening adapted to surround a second portion of the rotatable shaft, an annular conductive region, and at least one conductor electrically coupled with the annular conductive region. The controller has an input coupled to the receive region and has an output coupled to the transmit region. The controller is configured to transmit a first signal on the output of the controller and to the transmit region of the stator, receive a second signal on the input of the controller and from the receive region of the stator, and determine, based on the second signal, a proximity of the at least one conductor to the receive region.
US12228426B2
Methods, systems, and programing of one tactile sensor are presented. In one example, magnetic sensors containing one or more layers are formed on a base substrate for sensing a magnetic field generated by one ferromagnet present in close proximity to the magnetic sensors. The ferromagnet is embedded in an elastomer matrix. When an external force is applied to the elastomer matrix, it deforms and displaces the ferromagnet. As a result, the magnetic field generated by the ferromagnet changes. This change is sensed by the magnetic sensors to in turn quantify the applied force.
US12228411B2
Location information is used to build a database of locations having associated audio, video, image, or text data. In some implementations, a device includes a touch-sensitive display and collects data associated with a geographic location of interest. The geographic location of interest can be displayed on a map using an indicator. A touch selection of the indicator provides access to the data through an interface displayed on the touch-sensitive display. One or more locations of interest can be displayed and grouped together by an attribute.
US12228408B2
Sensor data fusion systems that provide noise reduction and fault protection. The sensor data fusion system fuses data acquired by respective accelerometers having different attributes. For example, one accelerometer has low noise and high bias, while another accelerometer has high noise and low bias when measuring specific force. The high-noise, low-bias accelerometer may be a gravimeter. Gravimeters and traditional accelerometers measure the same physical variable, i.e., specific force. By combining an expensive gravimeter and low-cost accelerometers, a synthetic sensor having both low noise and low bias may be achieved. Such synthetic sensors may be utilized in a gravity anomaly-referenced navigation system to achieve improved navigation performance.
US12228407B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for delivery using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In an aspect, the present disclosure provides an unmanned aircraft system, comprising: a communications unit; and a UAV comprising: a non-transitory computer-readable medium; a lift system comprising lift mechanisms to propel the UAV; a sensor system to obtain sensor information related to the UAVs environment; a processor to control operation of the lift system and the sensor system; an object detection module to detect potential mobile landing structures within the UAVs environment based on the sensor information; a mobile landing area recognition module to identify a mobile landing area on a mobile landing structure based on the sensor information; and a navigation module to estimate a real-time state of the mobile landing area based on the sensor information or the mobile landing area and to land the UAV onto the mobile landing area.
US12228402B2
Calibrating an unstable sensor of a mobile device. Systems and methods for calibrating a sensor of a mobile device determine a first estimated position of the mobile device without using any measurement from the sensor of the mobile device, generate a second estimated position of the mobile device using a measurement from the sensor, estimate a sensor error of the sensor using the first estimated position and the second estimated position, and use the sensor error to determine a calibration value for adjusting one or more measurements from the sensor.
US12228396B2
An apparatus for applying pressure to a pipe and measuring internal pressure. The apparatus including jacket disposed on the pipe, one or more of a first set of strain gauges disposed on a wall of the pipe, one or more of a second set of strain gauges disposed on the wall of the pipe, and a temperature sensor disposed on the wall of the pipe. The pipe has an inner diameter, an outer diameter, and a length.
US12228395B2
Methods and apparatus for substrate position calibration for substrate supports in substrate processing systems are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for positioning a substrate on a substrate support includes: obtaining a plurality of backside pressure values corresponding to a plurality of different substrate positions on a substrate support by repeatedly placing a substrate in a position on the substrate support, and vacuum chucking the substrate to the substrate support and measuring a backside pressure; and analyzing the plurality of backside pressure values to determine a calibrated substrate position.
US12228394B2
A measurement device and/or system for measuring a material length, such as for a human-operated cutting device, includes an elongate band located in a band housing. The elongate band can be extended from the band housing under tension in response to a catch attached to an end of the elongate band grabbing onto an end of a material that is extended beyond an opening at which the catch is located. A computing unit can calculate a length of the material using length data acquired by one or more length acquisition devices, and a measurement interface can provide a user with information corresponding to the calculated length in order to assist the user with accurately cutting the material at a desired location.
US12228385B2
An automatic ammunition reloading system includes an actuation assembly in communication with a control system. The actuation assembly is joined to a reloading press by attaching to a control segment of the ammunition press so as to put the reloading press in operative relation with the actuation assembly. The control system receives input from one or more press position sensors to determine an actuation distance of the control lever for a full stroke of the reloading press. The control system controls operation of the actuation assembly so as to power the reloading press.
US12228378B2
The instant disclosure seeks to a wearable communications and ballistics protection system that includes a carrier, communications hub, and antenna element(s). The hub is affixed to the carrier and includes an antenna port(s). The antenna element(s) is affixed to the carrier. Each antenna port conductively couples to an antenna element as well as demountably and conductively couples to a portable radio. The carrier holds ballistic plates and is configured to be worn on the user's torso and provide ballistic protection thereto. Antenna elements are formed using a graphene-polymer conductive composition. The carrier includes first and second panels that hold ballistic plates and are pivotably coupled together at a top end. The first and second panels are also laterally held together via demountable fasteners. The antenna elements and/or the panels include EM shielding material to shield the user from EM that emanates from antenna elements.
US12228372B2
A protective lens cover assembly is provided. A protective lens cover assembly comprises a body, a first lens cover and a second lens cover. The first and second lens covers are connected to the body. The first lens cover has a first set of securing structures and a second set of securing structures. The second lens cover also has a first set of securing structures and a second set of securing structures. The first set of securing structures of one of the first lens cover and second lens cover is configured to engage the second set of securing structures of the other of the first lens cover and second lens cover.
US12228369B2
A detector for detecting the removal and/or insertion of a firearm out of and/or into a holster. The detector may transmit a message each time the firearm is removed from the holster. A recording system may receive the message and determine whether or not it will begin recording the data it captures. A detector may detect the change in a magnitude of an inductance and/or an impedance of a circuit to detect insertion and removal of the firearm into and out of the holster. A placement mode may be invoked to determine an optimal mounting location of the detector relative to the holster. The optimal mounting location may be a location of maximum sensitivity of the detector with respect to the weapon and/or a location wherein the measurements obtained via the detector exceed a threshold. The detector may provide indicia corresponding with the optimal mounting location.
US12228363B2
Provided is an increased capacity firearm ammunition magazine with a metallic body. The body is dimensioned to compatibly replace a (OEM) polymer or polymer over metal single stack magazine. The body has walls with exterior dimensions compatibly matching those of the OEM magazine and that are thinner than those of the OEM magazine. The thinner walls allow an at least partially laterally offset arrangement of cartridges therein. A longitudinal exterior ridge extends along a forward wall of the body and is configured from the metallic body walls and sized to compensate for forward-to-aft dimensioning difference compared to that of the OEM magazine.
US12228362B2
A conversion kit for converting a firearm to fire only non-lethal training ammunition comprises a barrel assembly and a slide assembly wherein the barrel assembly includes a barrel having a projection and the slide assembly includes a gate which interacts with the projection. The gate includes a member which is movable between a first ‘safe’ position wherein a firing pin of the firearm is blocked from impacting on a cartridge to a second ‘fire’ position wherein the firing pin is not blocked from impacting upon a cartridge in the chamber.
US12228358B2
A fire control assembly is disclosed. The fire control assembly contains a pivotable shaft containing a first end and a second end and a first selector member removably coupled with the first end of the pivotable shaft, wherein the first selector contains a first protrusion configured to partially envelop the first end of the pivotable shaft; wherein the first selector member is configured to rotate the pivotable shaft from a safe position to a firing position and back to the safe position.
US12228357B2
Systems and methods are provided for the making safe of a handgun. A safety system includes a lock mechanism coupled to an engagement member and a user interface. The engagement member is movably coupled to the handgun and includes a contact face that is in contact with the slide of the handgun. The engagement member transfers a portion of a force to the slide and moves between a lock position and an unlock position. The lock position corresponds to a separation distance between a distal end of a primer actuator of the handgun and a primer activation plane. The engagement member is configured to transition between the lock position and the unlock position while remaining movably coupled to the handgun. Movement of the engagement member from the lock position is restricted by the lock mechanism until disengaged via the user interface.
US12228348B2
A plate heat exchanger and a method of manufacturing a plate heat exchanger are disclosed. The plate heat exchanger comprises plurality of plates, each comprising a central area with a corrugation of ridges and valleys extending between an upper level and a lower level. Each of four porthole areas comprises an annular flat area located at the upper or lower level. The plates comprise heat exchanger plates and an end plate. Each heat exchanger plate comprises four portholes through the respective porthole area. Each porthole area of the end plate is closed by a plate portion. A number of protrusions project from the annular flat area of the end plate to one of the lower level and the upper level. The protrusions, that project to the upper level, abut the annular flat area of the adjoining heat exchanger plate.
US12228335B2
A low cost and efficient design is used to convert a propane recovery process based on low nitrogen content feed gas to an ethane recovery process based on a high nitrogen feed gas while achieving over 95 mole % ethane recovery while maintaining a 99% propane recovery, and achieved without additional equipment.
US12228331B1
An egg storage and dispensing device and system provides a dispenser basket for holding eggs in a conveniently accessible position. The dispenser basket is further configured to suspend from a refrigerator shelf via suction cup pressure, for space saving.
US12228323B2
A method controls a refrigerator including first and second trays defining an ice chamber, a driving unit for moving the second tray, an ice bin for storing ice produced in the ice chamber, and an ice-fullness detection means for detecting whether or not the ice bin is full of ice. The method includes supplying water to the ice chamber when the second tray is at a water-supply position, making ice after the second tray has moved to an ice-making position in an inverse direction after the water supply has been completed, determining whether the ice bin is full of ice after the ice making is completed, moving the second tray to an ice-separating position and then rotating in the inverse direction if it is not determined whether or not the ice bin is full of ice, and determining again whether the ice bin is full of ice after ice separation is completed.
US12228317B2
Disclosed are a refrigerator cooling system and a method for defrosting a refrigerator. The refrigerator cooling system includes a refrigerant circulation flow path provided with a compressor, a condenser, a throttling device and an evaporator. The throttling device has a throttling working mode for cooling and a defrosting working mode not used for cooling. The throttling working mode and the defrosting working mode are switched with each other. The condenser has a first heat release mode corresponding to the throttling working mode and a second heat release mode corresponding to the defrosting working mode, and a heat release amount of a refrigerant flowing through the condenser in the second heat release mode is lower than a heat release amount of the refrigerant flowing through the condenser in the first heat release mode.
US12228305B2
An air handler includes a housing with a heat exchanger core. The housing includes a faceplate, a roof panel, a base panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel. A first tunnel and a second tunnel are connected to the housing at the faceplate. A septum protrudes from the faceplate and connects the core at a front edge. The air handler further includes a first recirculation path and a second recirculation path inside the housing. The first and second recirculation paths are defined by the septum, the housing, and the core. The first and second recirculation paths are configured to direct a portion of airflow from the first tunnel to the second tunnel. The air handler further includes a first damper and a second damper disposed on the faceplate and configured to obstruct the first recirculation path and the second recirculation path respectively.
US12228293B2
A heating system including a water conductor, a valve configured to cooperate with a fluid moving device which together operable to selectively circulate a heat transfer fluid in at least one of a first fluid circuit and a second fluid circuit, a heat exchanger and a blower operable to supply a stream of fluid over the heat exchanger, wherein the heat exchanger is fluidly connected to the first fluid circuit, wherein the heat exchanger being disposed to transfer heat between the heat transfer fluid and the heat exchanger, a coil fluidly connected to the second fluid circuit, wherein the coil is configured to be disposed on a drainage tube to transfer heat between the heat transfer fluid and the coil, a final heat exchanger configured for thermally coupling the first fluid circuit and the water conductor and the second fluid circuit and the water conductor.
US12228292B2
A knob assembly and an appliance having a knob assembly are provided. The knob assembly may include a knob configured to be rotatably installed, a knob ring configured to surround the knob and to be rotated independently from the knob, a spring configured to provide an elastic force so as to return the knob ring toward an initial position when the knob ring is rotated to a position spaced apart from the initial position, and a magnetic force provider configured to provide a magnetic force to return the knob ring to the initial position when the knob ring is at a position adjacent to the initial position.
US12228291B2
A cooking appliance includes a self-closing user control for a cooking element that is capable of automatically returning to an off position whenever it is released by a user in a portion of the movable range of positions for the self-closing user control, yet also is capable of maintaining its position in another portion of the movable range of positions for the self-closing user control.
US12228288B1
The present invention relates to an enhanced design of a HeatSaver which improves the effectiveness of your gas fire pit by redistributing the heat laterally towards those sitting around gas fire pit. HeatSaver which is versatile, with leg attachment locations and leg extensions that allow HeatSaver to work in a variety of operating environments. The dish can be tilted to provide more directional heat, raised/lowered to match heating needs, used in a convex or concave fashion, and can act as a cover for your gas fire pit when not in use.
US12228284B2
In one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a nozzle assembly comprises a first fuel conduit defined between a nozzle body and a fuel swirler and extending along a longitudinal axis from an inlet of the first fuel conduit to an outlet of the fuel nozzle assembly. A second fuel conduit is defined between the fuel swirler and a heat shield and extending along the fuel swirler along the longitudinal axis from an inlet of the second fuel conduit to the outlet of the fuel nozzle assembly. An air conduit extends through the heat shield along the longitudinal axis from an inlet of the air conduit to the outlet of the fuel nozzle assembly.
US12228264B2
A light fixture assembly includes an elongated tray comprising a base comprising a first side, a second side and a first opening therethrough. The elongated tray further includes a first longitudinally extending wall extending from the second side of the base and a second longitudinally extending wall extending from the second side of the base. The first longitudinally extending wall has a first coupler. The second longitudinally extending wall has a second coupler. The light fixture assembly has a light assembly and a coupling assembly coupling the light assembly to the tray. The coupling assembly is positioned around the opening and adjacent to the second side around the first opening. A baffle is coupled within the coupling assembly.
US12228258B2
A linear luminaire includes a linear channel defining an interior space and a linear light inset configured for being inserted into the channel in the interior space. The light inset includes a cover and a printed circuit board fixed to the cover. The printed circuit board supports a plurality of light emitting diodes. The cover base wall includes a translucent portion. The light emitting diodes are arranged for emitting light through the translucent portion. The cover includes two cover connectors, each configured for being snapped into the channel to hold the cover in the interior space. The cover connectors are on an opposite side of the printed circuit board as the translucent portion.
US12228251B2
An apparatus that allows for the distribution of gas from one or more high-pressure tanks into a gas supply system that includes multiple controllers, multiple piping sections, a high-pressure accumulator, a mid-pressure accumulator, a compressor, one or more valves, one or more indirect heaters, and pressure gauges. The controllers controlling the gas supply within the gas supply system and determining which group of valves should provide distribution and control of gas. The gas supply system provides 100% redundancy between one set of valves and the controller and another set of valves and another controller.
US12228249B2
Disclosed are gas cylinder assemblies for containing pressurized gas. The gas cylinder assembly has a polymeric liner and a low-permeability barrier layer. The polymeric liner a first end portion, a second end portion and a central body. The central body comprises an outer surface and an inner surface disposed between the first end and the second end. The gas cylinder assembly comprises a reinforcement structure wound over the central body. The gas cylinder assembly further comprises a metal foil interposed between the reinforcement structure and central body. The metal foil is configured to reduce permeation of contents of the polymeric liner.
US12228246B2
A beam assembly includes a first beam member and a second beam member. The first and second beam members are both flexible when separated from each other. The first and second beam members each include compression and tension elements. The first and second beam members can be joined to form a stiff beam by interleaving the compression elements of the first and second beam members.
US12228245B2
Leaks in an oil lubrication circuit, in particular through a heat exchanger communicating with another circuit, are measured by the movements of a piston that is sensitive to variations in flow rates and pressure drops at two calibrated ports on either side of the predicted location of the leak. In one intended application, the second circuit contains overpressurised fuel which is used to constantly cool the oil.
US12228236B1
A mounting system capable of mounting objects to support structures. The mounting system includes a wall mount including a display bracket configured to hold the object, a fixed support bracket coupleable to a vertical support structure, and a linkage assembly. The linkage assembly has a low-profile stowed configuration in which the object is held in a raised position close to the support structure. Tilt adjustment mechanisms are used to adjust the tilt of the display bracket.
US12228234B2
An inflatable sleeve including one or more tubular portions including zones having different dimensions (e.g. thickness and/or diameter) and/or physical properties (e.g. elastic modulus) to enable control over the inflation characteristics of each zone, and a method of manufacturing same. The present invention further relates to a pipe junction sealing packer incorporating such an inflatable sleeve.
US12228219B2
The present invention relates to an expansion valve intended to be arranged in a fluid passage between an upstream conduit and a downstream conduit, the expansion valve comprising: —a tubular valve body which is provided, in an upstream axial end section, with at least one upstream orifice intended to be in communication with the upstream conduit and, in a downstream axial end section, with at least one downstream orifice intended to be in communication with the downstream conduit, the downstream orifice and the upstream orifice being connected by a main channel, —a shut-off device which is movable between a closed position and an open position with respect to the downstream orifice. The shut-off device includes a slider which is mounted to slide axially on the downstream axial end section of the valve body.
US12228210B2
A material that includes traceable particles that retain information about the fabrication of the material, which can be used to trace the origin thereof. The material may form gaskets, which are used to seal flanged joints in the food and beverage industry, and compression packings, which are used for sealing near valve stems, pump shafts, and similar machines.
US12228207B1
A system for modifying an automatic transmission of a vehicle which has a plurality of clutch packages to provide a low gear and a plurality of high gears and a transmission control module equipped to run the transmission in a normal start gear mode with shifting beginning from low gear and progressing to the higher gears and a higher start gear mode beginning at one of the higher gears, wherein the system includes a clutch brake mechanism connected to the transmission which when actuated on during initiation of the higher start gear mode, applies increased pressure on a predetermined clutch package creating a temporary clutch brake to keep in check clutch packages engaged for the higher start gear mode, and upon actuating off releases the predetermined clutch package thereby enabling enhanced take off speed with the high gear clutch packages being engaged.
US12228197B2
An electromechanical actuator (EMA) includes a plurality of modes and includes an electrical motor having a motor shaft extending along an axis (A) and that drives the shaft to rotate about the axis and a gear assembly mounted around, and in geared connection with the shaft, to rotate with the shaft. The EMA output is connected to the gear assembly such that rotation of the motor shaft causes rotation of the output via the gear assembly, the output rotating at a speed which is a predetermined fraction of the speed of rotation of the motor shaft based on the gear ratio of the gear assembly. The EMA also includes a synchroniser comprising a first conical portion connected to an end of the motor shaft, and a second conical portion connected to a ratchet. The synchroniser has an engaged position and a disengaged position.
US12228196B2
An electric drive system has a group transmission with a main group and a range group with a planetary gear set. First and second input shafts of the main group are respectively coupled with first and second electric engines. An output shaft of the main group is coupled with a first element of the planetary gear set and a second element of the planetary gear set is coupled with an output drive shaft of the group transmission. Two idler wheels are disposed coaxially to the first input shaft and two further idler wheels are disposed coaxially to the second input shaft. The first and second input shafts are coupled with the output shaft via two fixed gears. A first fixed gear engages with the first and third idler wheels and a second fixed gear engages with the second and fourth idler wheels.
US12228195B2
An electrified vehicle includes a front axle, a rear axle, an engine, a pump, a battery, a first electric motor electrically coupled to the battery, a second electric motor electrically coupled to the battery and configured to drive at least one of the front axle or the rear axle, a first clutch positioned between the engine and the first electric motor, and a second clutch positioned between the first electric motor and the pump. With the first clutch engaged and the second clutch disengaged, the engine is configured to drive the first electric motor to generate electricity to charge the battery. With the first clutch disengaged and the second clutch engaged, the first electric motor is configured to drive the pump. With the first clutch engaged and the second clutch engaged, the engine is configured to drive the pump.
US12228194B2
A multi-speed transmission including a plurality of planetary gearsets and a plurality of selective couplers to achieve at least eight forward speed ratios is disclosed. The plurality of planetary gearsets may include a first planetary gearset, a second planetary gearset, a third planetary gearset, and a fourth planetary gearset. The plurality of selective couplers may include a number of clutches and a number of brakes. The multi-speed transmission may have four planetary gearsets and six selective couplers. The six selective couplers may include two clutches and four brakes.
US12228193B2
A transmission unit for a drivetrain of an agricultural towing vehicle including a first clutch, a second clutch, a first input shaft, a second input shaft, and an output shaft, wherein the first clutch is connected to the first input shaft and the second clutch is connected to the second input shaft. The transmission unit includes a plurality of gear sets for establishing a plurality of gear ratio stages. Each of the plurality of gear sets including a shift wheel rotatably mounted on the output shaft and a fixed wheel arranged on one of the first and second input shafts. The shift wheels of a second gear set and a third gear set of the plurality of gear sets can be selectively coupled to a shift element such that at least one winding path gear ratio stage can be formed via the second and the third gear sets.
US12228181B2
A piston retraction tool is provided. The tool can be operated with one hand. When an operating handle is operated, the helical movements of a first external thread and a second external thread drive a first pressure plate and a second pressure plate to extend and move away from each other. First engaging pieces of first L-shaped elastic plates and second engaging pieces of second L-shaped elastic plates are distributed in the roots and on the crests of the first and second external threads. The helical movements of the first and second external threads don't interfere with each other because the first and second engaging pieces of the first and second L-shaped elastic plates are configured to jump along the first and second external threads independently. The helical movements of the first and second external threads will not be locked.
US12228163B2
A nut for threading onto a reinforcing bar, wherein the nut includes a female thread for threading onto a male thread of the reinforcing bar, wherein the nut includes a port arranged such that, when the nut is in situ on the reinforcing bar the port provides a passage for injection of fluid material to flow into a cavity defined by an external surface of the reinforcing bar and an internal surface of the nut.
US12228156B2
The quick connect vehicle attachment as disclosed herein generally includes a bayonet lug having a series of threads that engage a tow hook boss on one end and a locking pin protruding out opposite sides of an interface shoulder on another end for select slide-in reception into a bayonet housing and along a cam slot for locking engagement therewith in a pair of slotted receptacles under a spring-biased preload.
US12228144B2
A fan assembly includes a volute and a fan wheel. The volute includes a volute body and a volute tongue connected at an opening of the volute body. The fan wheel is arranged at least partially in the volute body. The volute tongue includes a flow diffusion portion and a flow-passing part. The flow-passing part is located at two sides of the flow diffusion part in an axial direction of the fan wheel. The flow-passing part is located at a higher position than the flow diffusion part.
US12228142B1
A compressor section includes a compressor disk having a slot receiving a blade with an airfoil extending from a platform and the compressor disk having an upstream end and a downstream end. A cover plate at one of the upstream end and the downstream end covers an area between the blade and the compressor disk across a circumference of the compressor disk. The cover plate covers an area between an inner peripheral surface of the platform to a radially innermost end of the slot in the disk. The compressor disk has hooks, and there is a retention ring mounted in a cavity between the hooks and the compressor disk. The cover plate is mounted between the retention ring and the compressor disk. The retention ring retains the cover plate against the compressor disk. A gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
US12228140B2
The invention relates to an impeller receptacle, in particular for an impeller of a fan, comprising at least one rotationally symmetrical body. The rotationally symmetrical body has a first end face, a second end face and a lateral face, wherein at least one radial bore extends radially from the lateral face into the rotationally symmetrical body and an assembly recess extends from the first end face into the radial bore. A detent ball having a ball diameter and a spring are arranged in the at least one radial bore, wherein the detent ball can be pressed radially outwards by means of the spring. The radial bore has at least one first, inner radial bore diameter and a second, outer radial bore diameter, the second, outer radial bore diameter being smaller than the ball diameter.
US12228136B2
Disclosed is a motor (14) for a ventilation device (10) of a heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning system of a motor vehicle, comprising a base (34) for mounting the motor (14) on a support (16); a stator (22); a rotor (20) comprising a shaft (30); at least one bearing (74; 80) around the shaft (30) of the rotor (20); and a decoupling ring (58). The decoupling ring (58) comprises an outer part (60) secured to the mounting base (34), an inner part (62) secured to the stator (22) and forming a recess (72; 76) for receiving the bearing (74; 80) around the shaft (30) of the rotor (20), and elastomer material (64) between the inner part (62) and the outer part (60).
US12228127B2
A pump fluid end having a reciprocating element a discharge valve assembly, a suction valve assembly, and a suction valve stop. The reciprocating element is disposed at least partially within a reciprocating element bore of the pump fluid end. The suction valve assembly is coupled with a front end of the reciprocating element. The suction valve stop is positioned within the reciprocating element bore such that the suction valve stop contacts and applies a closing force to the suction valve assembly when the suction valve assembly is stuck open at the end of a discharge stroke of the reciprocating element.
US12228118B2
A device for use by an individual for sexual pleasure varying in form, i.e. shape, during its use and allowing for the user to select multiple variations of form either discretely or in combination and for these dynamic variations to be controllable simultaneously and interchangeably while being transparent to the normal use of the device, including the ability to insert, withdraw, rotate, and actuate the variable features manually or remotely. According to embodiments of the invention localized and global variations of devices are implemented using fluidics and electromagnetic pumps/valves wherein a fluid is employed such that controlling the pressure of the fluid results in the movement of an element within the device or the expansion/contraction of an element within the device.
US12228114B1
A deployable panel is provided comprising a first subpanel, a second subpanel, and a shape memory alloy hinge connecting the subpanels. The shape memory alloy hinge enables the subpanels to move between a position in which the first and second subpanels are folded over each other and an unfolded position in response to an energy source that changes the shape of the shape memory alloy hinge, wherein the unfolded position is trained into the shape memory alloy hinge to ensure precise kinematic mating between the subpanels. Shape memory alloy springs are connected to the first subpanel and respective tethers connect the shape memory alloy springs to the second subpanel. The shape memory alloy springs contract in response to a second energy source to pull the subpanels together via the tethers when the subpanels are in the unfolded position to produce a seamless, featureless surface of the deployable panel.
US12228099B2
There is provided an air cleaner configured to be disposed inside a vehicle body frame, the air cleaner including: an air cleaner case in which an intake chamber is formed; an air filter disposed in the intake chamber; an inlet tube configured to take in air to the intake chamber; and an outlet tube configured to send out the air from the intake chamber. The inlet tube extends in a front-rear direction. The inlet tube has a bottom wall curved downward in a side view to form a concave curved portion below a discharge port of the inlet tube. The concave curved portion is formed with a drain hole.
US12228093B2
An airway structure, a cylinder cover and a Miller-profile engine are provided. The airway structure includes an intake duct and an intake valve arranged on an intake side, and an exhaust duct and an exhaust side roof arranged on an exhaust side. An angle of an axis of an intake valve stem relative to an assembly bottom surface of the cylinder cover is a1; an angle between a revolution cone surface of an intake valve disc and the axis of the intake valve stem is a2, an angle between a plane where the exhaust side roof is located and the assembly bottom surface is a3, a lower guide surface of the intake duct close to an intake throat is inclined downward at an angle of a4 relative to the assembly bottom surface. The airway structure satisfies: a3-3°≤a1-a2≤a3+3°; and/or, a4-3°≤a1-a2≤a4+3°.
US12228089B2
A method executed by at least one server, comprising: receiving, from a first monitored system comprising an internal combustion engine and a first sensor, a first signal associated with a first occurrence and a second occurrence of an internal combustion engine event and first measurement data of the first sensor; determining a first measurement from the first measurement data and a second measurement from the first measurement data based on the first and second occurrences, respectively; determining a reference measurement; determining a first reference deviation; determining a second reference deviation; after determining the first reference deviation is less than a first reference threshold and the second reference deviation is less than a second reference threshold, determining a measurement deviation; comparing the measurement deviation to a measurement threshold; and after determining the measurement deviation satisfies the measurement threshold, determining a first exhibited useful life of the first sensor.
US12228085B2
A method and system for correlating engine thrust and engine thrust lever angle (TLA) during operation of a gas turbine engine powered aircraft is provided. The method includes: a) providing current flight conditions including a Mach number of the aircraft, altitude of the aircraft, and a TLA; b) determining a corrected fan speed value based on a sensed fan speed and flight conditions; c) determining a first corrected net thrust value based on the corrected fan speed value and the Mach number; d) determining a compensation factor using the corrected fan speed value, the Mach number, and the corrected net thrust value; e) determining a second corrected net thrust value as a function of the TLA; and f) correlating an engine fan speed to the TLA using the second corrected net thrust value as a function of the TLA and the compensation factor.
US12228075B2
Example systems and methods for integrating an air-cooled oil cooler into an inlet frame of an engine are provided. An example gas turbine engine comprises an inlet frame including an inlet plenum at a first end of an inlet frame flow path, the inlet frame defining an airflow entrance to a compressor; the compressor to provide an airflow through the inlet frame; a pump to circulate a fluid; a plurality of struts supporting the inlet frame flow path; and a fluid core connected to the pump and built at least partially into the inlet frame of the gas turbine engine, the fluid core to route the fluid through the inlet plenum.
US12228072B2
A system includes a gas turbine having a turbine stage disposed in a combustion gas path, wherein the turbine stage includes turbine vanes disposed upstream from turbine blades. The system includes an isothermal expansion system coupled to the turbine stage. The isothermal expansion system includes multi-fluid injectors configured to vary axial positions of combustion within a turbine stage expansion of the turbine stage to reduce temperature variations over the turbine stage expansion, wherein at least one of the multi-fluid injectors is coupled to each of the turbine vanes. Each of the multi-fluid injectors includes a fuel port configured to inject a fuel, an oxidant port configured to inject an oxidant, and a barrier fluid port configured to inject a barrier fluid between the fuel and the oxidant, wherein the barrier fluid is configured to delay mixing between the fuel and the oxidant.
US12228070B2
A reconfigurable hybrid solar gas turbine system includes a turbocharger (TC), a gas turbine engine, and a solar energy module. The TC and engine each include a compressor and a turbine joined by a turboshaft. The engine further includes a burner, a mixer, a generator, and a flow control valve. The system operates in a semi-open cycle in which the TC receives inlet ambient air. The burner receives pressurized air from the TC and fuel, for example from an NG source. The mixer combines hot gas flows from both the burner and the solar energy module to form a combined flow, whose mixing ratio is determined by a position of the flow control valve, thereby reconfiguring the system in response to variations in incident solar irradiance. Electrical power is generated by the engine generator and an optional TC generator. The engine and/or solar energy module may include a recuperator.
US12228059B2
A gas turbine facility includes: a gas turbine; an ammonia supply device that supplies ammonia to a combustor of the gas turbine; a flow path forming frame forming an exhaust gas flow path through which exhaust gas from the gas turbine flows; a sprinkling device having a sprinkler that sprinkles water into the exhaust gas flow path; and a sprinkling controller that controls an operation of the sprinkling device. The sprinkling controller instructs the sprinkling device to start sprinkling the water on condition that an instruction to start supply of the ammonia to the combustor from the ammonia supply device or an instruction to stop the supply of the ammonia is received.
US12228056B1
A device for reducing emissions from an internal combustion engine having a close-coupled catalyst including an electrically-heated catalyst and a hydrocarbon trap disposed downstream of the close-coupled catalyst. The device includes a heat exchanger and a liquid water knockout disposed downstream of the close-coupled catalyst. The device includes a valve-less system configured to dynamically adjust a flow path of exhaust from the internal combustion engine through the electrically-heated catalyst and the hydrocarbon trap to reduce emissions. A method for reducing emissions including feeding an exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine to the close-coupled catalyst, producing a catalyzed exhaust gas. The method includes flowing the catalyzed exhaust gas from the close-coupled catalyst to the valve-less system.
US12228051B1
Components having coating systems that include mud cracks, methods for forming the coating systems, and vehicles including the components are provided. The components include a substrate having silicon nitride and a coating system on a surface of the substrate. The coating system includes a first layer of a first coating material on the substrate, wherein the first coating material includes a rare earth silicate and has a first thickness measured in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate, and a second layer of a second coating material on the first layer, wherein the second coating material includes a rare earth silicate and has a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness. The second layer includes mud cracks that extend from an exterior surface thereof toward the substrate, and the mud cracks have widths in a range of about 50 to 200 micrometers.
US12228049B2
Baffles for installation within airfoils include a baffle body defining a feed cavity and extending between inner and outer diameter ends. A forward standoff shelf is formed along an exterior surface of the baffle and defined by a depression, bend, or channel in a material of the baffle body extending between the inner and outer diameter ends. The forward standoff shelf is configured to engage with a forward rail of the airfoil body, and an aft standoff shelf is formed along an exterior surface of the baffle body and configured to engage with an aft rail of the airfoil body. A surface of the baffle body between the forward standoff shelf and the aft standoff shelf defines a side channel surface extending in a radial direction along the baffle body between the outer diameter end and the inner diameter end.
US12228047B2
A flow metering apparatus for a passage in a turbomachine component, the turbomachine component, and a method of using the apparatus, are provided. The apparatus may include a pre-sintered preform (PSP) sealing device with a sealing body. The sealing body has an opening defined therethrough having a first cross-sectional area. A hollow member is fixed within the opening defined through the sealing body. The hollow member has a second cross-sectional area smaller than the first cross-sectional area of the opening, and is made of a material having a melt temperature higher than a melt temperature of the PSP material. The method includes positioning the sealing device and brazing the sealing device in place. The hollow member maintains fluid communication through the sealing device after the brazing, and allows customized metering of the coolant flow therethrough.
US12228044B1
A turbine shroud assembly includes a first shroud segment, a second shroud segment, and a plurality of seals. The first shroud segment includes a first carrier segment and a first blade track segment having a first shroud wall. The second shroud segment includes a second carrier segment and a second blade track. The plurality of seals extend circumferentially into the first shroud segment and the second shroud segment to block gases from escaping the gas path radially between the first shroud segment and the second shroud segment.
US12228037B1
A guide vane assembly for a nacelle of a gas turbine engine includes a forward vane and an aft vane. The aft vane is located aft of the forward vane and forward of a plurality of fan blades. The forward vane defines a fixed pitch angle and the aft vane is movable between a first pitch angle and a second pitch angle.
US12228035B2
A hybrid turbofan engine for an aircraft, comprising a fan, an electric motor/generator and a gas generator, the engine comprising, between the fan and a splitter that separates the flows, an internal wall for delimiting an air duct, situated upstream of inlet guide vanes of a primary duct, and, upstream of outlet guide vanes, an internal upstream wall for delimiting a secondary duct, the motor/generator having a stator carried by a stator support fixed to a stator part of the engine. According to the invention, a plurality of heat pipe for cooling the motor/generator are provided, each heat pipe having an evaporation section fixed to the stator support, and a condensation section fixed to the internal wall or the internal upstream wall.
US12228026B2
Permeability in earth models has three components: natural fracture, distinctive matrix permeability and porosity correlated matrix permeability. While matrix permeability is usually predictable from porosity and diagenesis effects, fracture permeability can be a highly uncertain parameter. The earth model permeability components are calibrated by determining fracture distribution and estimating fracture properties through an iterative optimization process. The calibration proceeds iteratively until the current estimate of calculated reservoir flow capacity is within acceptable accuracy limits to reservoir flow capacity indicated from production logging tool measurements.
US12228021B2
A bottom tubing cap attached to a string of tubing, below the downhole pump of an oil well, includes a protective plug made of an alloy of aluminum or comparable material. The alloy is melted and cast into an internally threaded collar. In some examples, the collar screws onto a combination bull plug, which in turn is coupled to a perforated section of tubing. In some examples, a polymeric coating covers an interface where the protective plug meets the collar.
US12228014B2
A system for selective fluid treatment of formation areas to remove formation damage may include an access module configured to access log data associated with a well. The system may include one or more hardware processors configured to identify a formation area as a treatment candidate area based on at least one of a permeability value associated with the formation area or a porosity value associated with the formation area. The one or more hardware processors may be configured to determine, based on reservoir modelling, a current depth of invasion value associated with the formation area, determine a volume of drilling mud buildup in the formation area based on the current depth of invasion value, and determine a treatment fluid volume value that identifies a volume of treatment fluid for application to the formation area to remove the formation damage from the formation area during a formation damage removal process.
US12228010B1
A method includes running a eutectic alloy system downhole in a wellbore including a first casing string and a second casing string therein, activating a differential valve tool within the second casing to generate a primary annular seal within a casing-casing annulus defined between the first casing string and second casing string, pumping a flushing fluid into the casing-casing annulus above the primary annular seal via a first ported collar, melting a eutectic alloy blanket into a molten alloy within the flushing fluid in the casing-casing annulus via a heater, solidifying the molten alloy to establish a supplemental seal above the primary annular seal in the casing-casing annulus between the first casing string and second casing string, and pumping cement into the casing-casing annulus above the supplemental seal to form a cement column in the casing-casing annulus via a second ported collar.
US12228002B1
A downhole tool for repairing a tubular disposed in a wellbore includes a main body assembly configured to be positioned within the tubular, a cladding feed assembly configured to dispose a cladding material on an interior surface of the tubular, and a laser head assembly configured to direct a laser beam towards the cladding material disposed on the interior surface to thereby weld at least a portion of the cladding material to the interior surface the laser head assembly further configured to selectively adjust an area of the laser beam incident on the cladding material disposed on the interior surface of the tubular.
US12228001B2
A system for rigid locking of components in a wellhead assembly is also disclosed. The system includes a wellhead housing, a hanger, a lockdown ring, and an actuating member. The lockdown ring has a first lockdown ring surface with lockdown ring stepped tapers. The actuating member has a first actuating member surface with actuating member stepped tapers that correspond to the lockdown ring stepped tapers. The lockdown ring stepped tapers and the actuator ring stepped tapers are configured to mate when positioned between the wellhead housing and the hanger.
US12227996B2
A snap latch or collet for connecting two components together is provided. In one embodiment a latch for connecting a first wellbore element and a second wellbore element includes multiple tensile fingers and multiple collet fingers. The multiple collet fingers include at least two collet fingers disposed circumferentially between a pair of circumferentially neighboring tensile fingers. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
US12227994B2
A cutting element includes a substrate and a volume of polycrystalline diamond (PDC) on the substrate. The PDC volume has a front cutting face, a lateral side surface, and a cutting edge between the front cutting face and the lateral side surface. The cutting edge has a cutting apex and extends between a first side flat surface and a second side flat surface. The side flat surfaces are disposed on opposing sides of the cutting apex. The cutting edge further includes a first chamfer surface and a second chamfer surface, which are located adjacent to one another and oriented at a first angle relative to one another at the cutting apex. The cutting edge includes one of: an arcuate edge having a radius of curvature; and a linear edge having discrete linear edges adjacent one another and separated by a second angle.
US12227992B2
A configurable step assistant is provided that includes a first portion configured to be attached to a structure, a second portion pivotally connected to the first portion, the second portion being moveable between a first position and a second position with respect to the first portion, a third portion pivotally connected to the second portion, the third portion being moveable between a first position and a second position with respect to the second portion, wherein, when the second portion is in the second position and the third portion is in the second position, the second portion defines a step for accommodating a user. An associated method is also provided.
US12227984B2
Disclosed is a panic bar with a door closer, the panic bar having a locking device installed at a front end of a case and a door closer provided at a rear end of the case. The locking device is released upon pushing of the push bar provided in the case. An air cylinder is installed inside the case. A guide member is installed in one side of the air cylinder and a cylinder sealing cap is installed in the other side of the air cylinder. One side of a piston rod having a piston for compressing and expanding air inside the air cylinder passes through the guide member. A spring disposed between the piston and the guide member is installed on the piston rod.
US12227981B2
A spindle drive for a closure element of a motor vehicle including a downstream spindle/spindle nut mechanism, a spindle, a spindle nut and a spindle guide tube, for producing drive movements along a drive axis. A number of drive connections adjustable with respect to one another to transmit the drive movements, the first drive connection axially fixed to the spindle guide tube, a second drive connection axially fixed to the spindle, a drive spring configured to produce drive movements along the drive axis, the spindle guide tube has a first outer radius extending along at least one axial portion and on a side facing the first drive connection, a tube end portion with a tube end edge, that the tube end portion is widened radially so that the tube end edge has an outer end edge radius which is greater than the first outer radius.
US12227976B2
A locking device for connecting a first housing to a second housing is provided, wherein the first housing and the second housing are arranged along a first direction. The locking mechanism includes a first hook, a second hook, a movable member, and a driving member. The first hook and the second hook are affixed to the first housing, and respectively have a first engaging recess and a second engaging recess. The first engaging recess and the second engaging recess are arranged along the first direction. The movable portion has an engaging portion. The driving member is connected to the second housing and the movable member, and is configured to drive the movable member to move relative to the second housing. When the first housing is affixed to the second housing via the locking mechanism, the engaging portion is accommodated in the first engaging recess.
US12227969B2
The present disclosure describes locking mechanisms comprising a locking component and a latching component. The locking component is within or otherwise connected to a first structure, such as a sliding door, and the latching component is within or connected to a second structure, such as a door jam. The latching component comprises a latch structure comprising features that can accept a portion of the locking component to lock the first structure to the second structure. In some embodiments, the latching component comprises a recess within the latching component. In some embodiments, the locking component comprises a rotating engagement structure configured to engage the latching component.
US12227968B2
The present disclosure provides a smart door lock and a method for controlling the smart door lock. The method may be implemented on a computing apparatus including a processor and a storage device. The method may include obtaining user information and determining whether the user information passes a verification. The method may further include in response to a determination that the user information passes the verification, controlling the smart door lock to perform an unlock operation. The method may further include determining whether the door on which the smart door lock is installed has a preset action within a preset time period and in response to a determination that the door has the preset action within the preset time period, controlling at least one component of the smart door lock to perform at least one operation.
US12227967B2
An exemplary catch assembly is configured for installation into a spindle, and generally includes a holder, a first catch, a second catch, and a bias mechanism. The holder is configured for mounting within the spindle. The first catch is mounted for movement relative to the holder between a first projected position and a first depressed position. The second catch is mounted for movement relative to the holder between a second projected position and a second depressed position. The bias mechanism biases the first catch toward the first projected position and biasing the second catch toward the second projected position.
US12227966B2
A key for an electromechanical locking device includes a key bow, and with the key bow includes a housing and an, in particular single, button. The housing includes an actuating section for actuating the button and a support section for supporting the actuating section, with the actuating section and the support section being configured in one piece with one another.
US12227965B2
A vehicle elevator device for vertical parking for individual households of collective building includes, a private parking lot attached to an individual private space; a vehicle elevator unit that transports vehicles between a waiting vehicle space and the private parking lot; a sliding moving means for horizontally transferring the vehicle between the private parking lot and the inside of the vehicle elevator; a control unit specifying vehicles that needs to be entered or by managing the reservation of enter and exit, controlling the operation of the elevator unit and sliding moving means.
US12227961B2
The present invention relates generally to the field of recreational accessories. More specifically, the present invention relates to a water surface skimmer device that has a frame assembly with at least one horizontal frame member, at least one vertical frame member, at least one angled corner member, at least one T-shaped member and a net. In addition, a mounting assembly is provided having a base and at least one horizontal frame member. The device also includes a mounting assembly that may attach to a deck, concrete walkway, or side wall of the water feature. In this manner, the device can be applied to any water feature such that debris may be collected from the water's surface.
US12227960B1
A post has an elongate shaft and a flat base. The base has the general shape of a non-rectangular parallelogram from which scoops and scallops have been excised. Excisions include a set of aligned scallops from each of two opposed first sides, and a single scoop from each of two opposed second sides. The shape of the bases permits the posts to be interlocked and stacked. The upper end of the shaft of one stacked post is cradled by the scoop of an adjacent post. The scallops of posts at one level of a stack cradle the shafts of posts stacked at a higher level. The effective surface area of the base may be increased with a flat ground mat that interlocks with the base. The posts, with or without ground mats, may be assembled with sheets of infill material to form a barrier, such as a temporary fence.
US12227955B2
The fastening arrangement for fastening a pole of an access or destination control device to a floor structure comprises a threaded fastening rod attachable to the floor, a fastening sleeve comprising a flange, a sleeve portion, and an internal thread configured to be engaged with the thread of the rod, the sleeve portion comprising coupling means for allowing the sleeve to be engaged in a form-locking manner for rotation of the fastening sleeve, a fastening block at a lower end of the pole comprising a fastening hole extending from a lower surface to an upper surface for receiving part of the fastening rod and at least part of the sleeve portion so that the fastening block is supported by the flange of the fastening sleeve, and clamping means configured to be engaged with the upper surface of the fastening block and the thread of the fastening rod for clamping the fastening block between the flange and the clamping means.
US12227953B1
A board spacing tool that is configured to provide consistent spacing of boards being laid adjacent to each other in applications such as but not limited to deck and dock board installation. The invention includes an elongated body that is comprised of segments wherein the segments are releasably secured to each other. The body includes a first end and a second end wherein the body further includes a lower edge that is superposed boards during use of the board spacing tool. The lower edge has formed therein a multitude of spacing member receiving slots wherein the spacing member receiving slots have a calibrated distance therebetween same sized spacing member receiving slots. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the spacing member receiving slots are provided in three alternate sizes. Spacing members are releasably secured to the spacing member receiving slots and have a portion that extends downward from the body.
US12227946B2
A frame truss made of two walls and a roof structure. Each of the two walls have an outer and inner chord. The outer and inner chords of each respective wall are not parallel, but the inner chords of the two walls are parallel to each other. The arrangement of the inner and outer chords of each wall creates an exterior overhang with respect to the ground. Each of the walls converge at their bases and are attached at their bases to a plate. The roof structure attaches to the top of each of the walls and spans between them creating a frame that can be assembled in conjunction with similar frames to construct a building system.
US12227942B2
A steel-structure building envelope includes a building body, floor slabs, and external walls. The building body has H beams and decks. The decks are assembled onto the H beams. The floor slabs have RC slabs laid on the decks. The external walls each have an RC curb formed on the RC slab by means of casting, two steel C profiles, one of which is installed on the RC curb with an opening thereof facing upward, and the other of which is mounted on the deck with an opening thereof facing downward; and an outer wall panel and an inner wall panel, attached to opposite sides of the RC curb and the two steel C profiles, respectively, so that a hollow space is formed between the outer wall panel and the inner wall panel. Thereby the external walls have a two-layer structure and are affixed directly to the floor slabs.
US12227939B1
A portable acoustical blocking system is disclosed for use with a support comprising a sheet of acoustical blocking material bound by material edge. A reinforcing tape is affixed to the sheet of acoustical blocking material adjacent to the material edge. A decorative component comprising a flexible substrate with a decorative image is located adjacent to the acoustical blocking material. A plurality of hangers are secured to the sheet of acoustical blocking material and extending through the reinforcing tape and the sheet of acoustical blocking material for hanging the sheet of acoustical blocking material and the decorative component from the support for inhibiting the flow of acoustic energy between the first and second sides of the acoustical blocking material.
US12227930B2
A chemical feeding device according to the present invention is for attaching to a water tank of a toilet having a tank main body that has an opening is an upper portion and a lid body that covers the opening of the tank main body, the chemical feeding device including a chemical container storing a chemical solution, a flexible tube through which the chemical solution in the chemical container is fed to the water tank, and an attachment member that supports the tube and is configured to be attachable to an edge of the upper opening of the tank main body. The attachment member has a disposition part that is where the tube is disposed and that guides the tube into the water tank, and the disposition part is formed by at least one of a straight part and a curved part so as to not have a corner.
US12227928B2
A sensor faucet includes a control assembly, a proximity sensor and a processing unit. The proximity sensor is configured to radiate a radio wave, receive a reflected radio wave, and output a sensing signal according to the reflected radio wave. The processing unit is electrically connected to the proximity sensor and a solenoid valve, and is configured to output a control signal according to the sensing signal. The sensor faucet is configured to perform: determining whether a voltage in response to the reflected radio wave in a second continuous number satisfies a predetermined condition when a first continuous number of the reflected radio wave exceeds a first threshold, operating the solenoid valve if the predetermined condition is not satisfied, continuously determining whether the second continuous number of the reflected radio wave exceeds a second threshold, and determining to output a sleep signal or a second control signal.
US12227923B2
Provided herein are refrigerator systems integrated with an atmospheric water harvesting unit, as well as methods using such systems. The atmospheric water harvesting unit serves as a water supply for the refrigerator system by capturing water from surrounding air. For example, the water capture materials may be metal organic frameworks. The systems and methods desorb this water in the form of water vapor, and the water vapor is condensed into liquid water and collected. The liquid water is suitable for use as drinking water.
US12227906B2
In a system comprising construction machine, transport vehicle with loading space and image recording device, wherein the image recording device is arranged at the construction machine and aligned, as a minimum, also towards the loading space of the transport vehicle, it is specified for the following features to be achieved: that a reception and display device is arranged at or in the transport vehicle, wherein the data recorded by the image recording device are transmitted to the reception and display device via a transmission device arranged at the construction machine.
US12227893B2
A laundry drying machine includes: a cabinet, a drum disposed inside the cabinet and configured to accommodate a target object, a driving unit configured to rotate the drum, and an electric field generator spaced apart from the drum and configured to generate an electric field inside the drum. The drum includes: a drum body having a cylindrical shape and accommodating the target object, a ground electrode that is in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the drum body, and a support roller that is in contact with the outer circumferential surface and that is configured to, based on the drum body rotating, support the drum body in a direction of the ground electrode, and a shortest distance between a central axis of the support roller and the ground electrode is less than a sum of a diameter of the drum body and a radius of the support roller.
US12227889B2
Provided is a washing machine including a main body having an opening and a door assembly disposed at the opening, wherein the door assembly includes a door that opens and closes the opening and an auxiliary washing unit having an auxiliary washing space in which hand-washing can be performed, and provided to pivot about one side of the door in an inside of the door. Through this configuration, separated washing spaces can be provided and separate hand-washing can be performed. Also, pressure of washing water supplied into the washing machine can be regulated so that water supply efficiency can be improved and a flow rate of the washing water can be adjusted.
US12227887B2
A method to generate a non-woven fabric includes prearranging at least one thread guide arranged to guide at least one textile thread, prearranging moving means for actuating the thread guide according to at least one degree of freedom, prearranging at least one rigid support and handling each thread guide by the moving means for arranging at least one first portion of each textile thread along at least one first trajectory γ_1 on each rigid support. Each thread guide is handled by the moving means for arranging at least one second portion of each textile thread along at least one second trajectory γ_2 on each rigid support. Each second trajectory γ_2 overlaps with each first trajectory γ_1 at least at one intersection point P_i, joining each second portion of each textile thread with each first portion of each textile thread at each intersection point P_i.
US12227883B2
A machine and method are presented for continuously forming a woven composite with controllable internal fabric geometry. The machine may include one or more spools for dispensing one or more warp filaments, a roller assembly configured to receive a composite weave, a warp rack having warp heads for engaging the warp filaments and vertically adjusting position to dynamically create a weave pattern in response to the insertion of one or more weft filaments by a weft inserter stack.
US12227878B2
The present disclosure provides methods, compositions, kits, and systems useful in the determination and evaluation of the immune repertoire using genomic DNA from a biological sample. In one aspect, target-specific primer panels provide for the effective amplification of sequences of T cell receptor and/or B cell receptor chains with improved sequencing accuracy and resolution over the repertoire. Nucleic acid sequences of variable regions associated with the immune cell receptor are determined to effectively portray clonal diversity of a biological sample and/or differences associated with the immune cell repertoire of a biological sample.
US12227877B2
An apparatus for growing a crystal includes a growth chamber and a melt chamber thermally isolated from the growth chamber. The growth chamber includes: a growth crucible configured to contain a liquid melt; and a die located in the growth crucible, the die having a die opening and one or more capillaries extending from within the growth crucible toward the die opening. The melt chamber includes: a melt crucible configured to receive feedstock material; and at least one heating element positioned within the melt chamber relative to the melt crucible to melt the feedstock material within the melt crucible to form the liquid melt. The apparatus also includes at least one capillary conveyor in fluid communication with the melt crucible and the growth crucible to transport the liquid melt from the melt crucible to the growth crucible.
US12227875B2
In a SiC wafer according to the present embodiment, a crystal surface has an offset angle of 0.5° or more and 10° or less in a first direction with respect to a surface of the SiC wafer, dislocations are confirmed when a first measurement point is confirmed through X-ray reflection topography using (3-3016) as a diffraction surface, the first measurement point is a point shifted by a length of ½ of a radius of the SiC wafer in the first direction from the center of a measurement region that is 5 mm or more inside from the outer circumferential end of the SiC wafer, the dislocations include first dislocations having an aspect ratio of 5 or more and second dislocations having an aspect ratio of less than 3, where the aspect ratio is obtained by dividing a long axis length of a rectangle that circumscribes the dislocation and has the smallest area by a short axis length, and at the first measurement point, the density of the first dislocations is higher than the density of the second dislocations.
US12227871B2
A quartz crucible and a crystal puller for growing a crystal ingot are provided. The quartz crucible includes: a crucible base made of silicon dioxide material; and a coating plated on a part of an inner surface of the crucible base, the coating is configured to prevent oxygen atoms of a coated part of the crucible base from precipitating during the growing process of the crystal ingot; a plating area of the coating gradually decreases along a direction from an opening of the crucible base to a bottom of the crucible base.
US12227860B2
Disclosed is a purification method of electrolytic gas generated from an electrolysis cell having a cathode and an anode. In a step of performing electrolysis of an electrolyte solution supplied into the electrolysis cell and repeating the electrolysis while circulating the electrolyzed electrolyte solution via an circulation tank disposed outside the electrolysis cell, a bag-shaped membrane pack, which is made from a specific porous membrane material, is of a shape having an opening at a top end thereof and closed at an entire side wall and entire bottom wall thereof and has a large permeation area at the entire side wall and entire bottom wall, is disposed in an interior of the circulation tank, thereby enabling to perform the electrolysis while purifying the electrolyte solution in which a portion of the electrolytic gas generated by the electrolysis is dissolved and bubbles of another portion of the electrolytic gas coexist.
US12227857B2
A metal sulfate manufacturing system comprising an electrochemical dissolution system having, an anode electrode that holds metal raw material, a cathode electrode, an electrolyte bath having an inlet to receive an initial acid or metal-acid complex solution and an outlet to discharge the treated metal sulfate solution, stirring equipment that mixes the electrolyte bath, a temperature control system, and a rectifier that supplies current at constant voltage between the anode and cathode electrode.
US12227850B2
Process for pickling polyamide, comprising the steps a) contacting the polyamide with a pickling solution comprising a mixture of at least two inorganic acids MHF2, where M is an alkali ion or an ammonium ion a monocarboxylic acid with 1 to 5 carbon atoms b) contacting with an organic solvent having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein steps a) and b) take place consecutively or simultaneously.
US12227841B2
A ruthenium film forming method includes: causing chlorine to be adsorbed to an upper portion of a recess at a higher density than to a lower portion of the recess by supplying a chlorine-containing gas to a substrate including an insulating film and having the recess; and forming a ruthenium film in the recess by supplying a Ru-containing precursor to the recess to which the chlorine is adsorbed.
US12227836B2
Provided is a cutting tool including a base material and a coating layer provided on the base material, the coating layer including a titanium carbonitride layer provided on the base material, an intermediate layer provided on the titanium carbonitride layer in contact therewith, and an alumina layer provided on the intermediate layer in contact therewith, the intermediate layer being composed of a compound made of titanium, carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen, the intermediate layer having a thickness of more than 1 μm, when PC1 atomic % represents an atomic ratio of the carbon in an interface between the intermediate layer and the alumina layer, and PC2 atomic % represents an atomic ratio of the carbon at a point A away from the interface by 1 μm on a side of the intermediate layer, a ratio PC1/PC2 of the PC1 to the PC2 being more than or equal to 1.03.
US12227835B2
Methods and vapor deposition assemblies of selectively depositing material comprising silicon and oxygen on a first surface of a substrate relative to a second surface of the substrate by a cyclic deposition process are disclosed. The methods comprise providing a substrate into a reaction chamber, providing a metal or metalloid catalyst into the reaction chamber in a vapor phase, providing a silicon precursor comprising an alkoxy silane compound into the reaction chamber in a vapor phase and providing a plasma into the reaction chamber to form a reactive species for forming a material comprising silicon and oxygen on the first surface. The methods may comprise subcycles for, for example, adjusting the proportions of material components.
US12227828B2
Provided are a structure for producing a high-quality single crystal diamond, and a method for manufacturing the structure for producing diamond. A structure for producing a diamond is composed of a base substrate and an Ir thin film formed on the base substrate. The thermal expansion coefficient of the base substrate is 5 times or less of the thermal expansion coefficient of diamond and the melting point of the base substrate is 700° C. or higher. The peak angle in the X-ray diffraction pattern of the Ir thin film is different from the peak angle in the X-ray diffraction pattern of the base substrate.
US12227826B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a steel plate for a pressure vessel having excellent hydrogen-induced cracking resistance and a method of manufacturing same, the steel plate comprising, in weight %, 0.2 to 0.3% of carbon (C), 0.05 to 0.50% of silicon (Si), 0.1% to 0.5% (exclusive) of manganese (Mn) , 0.005 to 0.1% of aluminum (Al), 0.010% or less of phosphorus (P) , 0.0015% or less of sulfur (S), 0.001 to 0.03% of niobium (Nb), 0.001 to 0.03% of vanadium (V) , 0.001 to 0.03% of titanium (Ti), 0.01 to 0.20% of chromium (Cr), 0.01 to 0.15% of molybdenum (Mo) , 0.01 to 0.50% of copper (Cu) , 0.05 to 0.50% of nickel (Ni), 0.0005 to 0.0040% of calcium (Ca), and the balance of Fe and other inevitable impurities, wherein the average grain size of ferrite is 5-20 μm.
US12227814B2
A steel material for line pipes has a specific composition. The metallic microstructure of the steel material at a ⅛-plate thickness position below the surface includes bainite of an area fraction of 85% or more, polygonal ferrite of an area fraction of 10% or less, and martensite-austenite constituent of an area fraction of 5% or less. The 0.23% compressive strength of a portion of the steel material which extends from the surface to the ⅛-plate thickness position in a transverse direction is 340 MPa or more. The temperature at which a percent ductile fracture of the steel material measured in a DWTT test becomes 85% or more is −10° C. or less.
US12227811B2
A primer group for simultaneous detection of 15 porcine pathogens through high-throughput targeted amplicon sequencing and use thereof are provided. The primer group for simultaneous detection of 15 porcine pathogens through high-throughput targeted amplicon sequencing includes: primers having nucleotide sequences set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 to SEQ ID NO: 302. The nucleotide sequences of pathogenic target genes are set forth in SEQ ID NO: 303 to SEQ ID NO: 344. The primer group of the present invention is used for amplicon sequencing detection analysis method for 42 target genes of 15 porcine respiratory pathogens, has the technical advantages of rapidness, high efficiency, high targeting, strong specificity, and the like, and is suitable for rapid and accurate simultaneous diagnosis of multiple pathogens of diseased pigs in pig farms.
US12227810B2
The disclosure provides methods for identifying genomic loci (e.g., vimentin and/or SqBE18) that are differentially methylated in metaplasias (e.g., Barrett's esophagus) and/or neoplastic cancers (e.g., esophageal cancers). Identification of methylated genomic loci has numerous uses, including for example, to characterize disease risk, to predict responsiveness to therapy, to non-invasively diagnose subjects and to treat subjects determined to have gastrointestinal metaplasias and/or neoplasias.
US12227809B2
A method of determining the risk of metastasis of breast or lung cancer in a human subject who has or had breast or lung cancer is disclosed herein. The method is based on detecting in a sample from the subject the number of copies per cell of genes and/or genomic regions of a metastatic gene signature set disclosed herein, and determining alternations in the number of copies per cell of the genes and/or genomic regions in the signature set, as compared to the number of copies per cell in non-cancer cells, thereby determining the risk of breast/lung cancer metastasis.
US12227804B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus are provided for determining whether a nucleic acid sequence imbalance exists within a biological sample. One or more cutoff values for determining an imbalance of, for example, the ratio of the two sequences (or sets of sequences) are chosen. The cutoff value may be determined based at least in part on the percentage of fetal DNA in a sample, such as maternal plasma, containing a background of maternal nucleic acid sequences. The percentage of fetal DNA can be calculated from the same or different data used to determine the cutoff value, and can use a locus where the mother is homozygous and the fetus is heterozygous. The cutoff value may be determined using many different types of methods, such as sequential probability ratio testing (SPRT).
US12227790B2
A method of enriching nucleic acid, including mixing a sample with a solid phase extraction material; and separating the solid phase extraction material; wherein the solid phase extraction material is glass beads or magnetic beads modified with reduced graphene oxide. Also disclosed is a method of detecting nucleic acid, including mixing a nucleic acid sample enriched by the method above with a probe; and amplifying and detecting an amplification product by electrophoresis.
US12227787B2
A method evaluates a quality of a dephosphorylation reagent, the method including the steps of: providing a dephosphorylation reagent containing an alkaline phosphatase and a peptide fragment derived from the alkaline phosphatase; and evaluating the dephosphorylation reagent as having a high quality if a content ratio of the peptide fragment to the alkaline phosphatase is a predetermined reference value or less.
US12227783B2
In various aspects and embodiments, the invention relates to bacterial strains and methods for making terpene and terpenoid products. The invention provides bacterial strains with improved carbon flux through the MEP pathway, to thereby increase terpene and/or terpenoid product yield by fermentation with carbon sources such as glucose.
US12227781B2
Methods using photothermal nanoparticles in rapid nucleic acid amplification and photothermal nanoparticles include forming a reaction mixture comprising a nucleic acid template, a polymerase enzyme, and a heating media. The heating media comprises a plurality of photothermal nanoparticles suspended in a solution, fabricated on a microchip, or on a surface of a well in a multi-well plate. The photothermal nanoparticles are nanoparticles having a particular geometric shape and comprise a single component or a multi-component. The plurality of photothermal nanoparticles are further categorized by surface plasmon resonance with a resonance wavelength in a particular range to convert energy absorbed from a light source to sufficiently heat a volume of a composition for the transcription of the new nucleic acid strand. The particular geometric shape of the photothermal nanoparticles is selected from the group consisting of: polyhedral, spheroid, torus, and hollow shapes.
US12227779B2
Modified DDAH polypeptides and their uses thereof are provided. Exemplary embodiments provide DDAH polypeptides which include one or more amino acid substitutions, additions, or deletions with natural or non-naturally encoded amino acids, and/or linkage to other biologically active molecules including other DDAH polypeptides, as well as PKEM. Additionally, use of said DDAH polypeptides for treatment of disease, such as heart failure or renal disease, is also provided.
US12227763B2
Provided herein, in some embodiments, are methods and compositions (e.g., cell compositions) for the treatment of cancer.
US12227754B2
An adenovirus expression vector is provided. The adenovirus expression vector may include: a) one or more mutations that render the adenovirus replication incompetent and b) at least one nucleotide sequence encoding a protein or an RNA is provided. A method of synthesizing an adenovirus vector is also provided. The synthesis may include: a) producing a plurality of overlapping adenovirus sub-fragments, each sub-fragment comprising a portion of the full genome of the adenovirus; b) circularizing the sub-fragments to form plasmid structures; and c) assembling the circularized sub-fragments into a linear structure, wherein the vector comprises a combination of two or more sub-fragments. A mammalian cell line configured to replicate adenoviral vectors, wherein the cell line comprises nucleotide sequences expressing E1A and E1B gene products but is devoid of other adenovirus sequences is also provided.
US12227749B2
The present invention provides for methods to obtain multiple information-rich samples at different time points from the same cell while minimally disrupting the cell. The subject matter disclosed herein is generally related to nucleic acid constructs for continuous monitoring of live cells. Specifically, the subject matter disclosed herein is directed to nucleic acid constructs that encode a fusion protein and a construct RNA sequence that induce live cells to self-report cellular contents while maintaining cell viability. The present invention may be used to monitor gene expression in single cells while maintaining cell viability.
US12227745B2
The present disclosure relates to a compound including a nucleic acid sequence conjugated to an anti-microRNA or a microRNA-mimic or a compound including a modified anti-microRNA sequence, compositions of such a compound, and method of treatment of a disease, and method of suppressing microRNA activity by the disclosed compound or composition.
US12227739B2
A method and a device are provided for facilitating the disaggregation of a plurality of solid phase substrate as the plurality of solid phase substrate are transferred from a first location to a second location. A plurality of solid phase substrate are deposited at the first location and a plurality of particles are added to the plurality of solid phase substrate. A force is generated to draw the plurality of solid phase substrate from the first location to a second location. The plurality of particles causes clumps of the plurality of solid phase substrate to break apart as the plurality of solid phase substrate are moved in response to the force.
US12227731B2
Provided is a flow electroporation device, including a bracket and an electrode device, wherein the electrode device is planar electrode, and the bracket and the planar electrodes jointly restrict the channel for fluid flow; the material of the electrode device is one or several of following materials: titanium-plated platinum, platinum, rhodium-plated molybdenum, rhodium-plated ruthenium, iridium-plated niobium and platinum-plated iridium; the making process of the flow electroporation device is simple and the product can be manufactured in a standardized process. Compared to other similar devices, the single batch processing volume of cell suspension is larger, the transfection efficiency and the cell viability are higher, the stability is better, and the device is easy to operate.
US12227724B2
A cell culture chip that enables observation of interactions between cells with a direction without additionally using a driving mechanism is provided. A cell culture chip includes a first culture chamber capable of culturing a cell; a second culture chamber capable of culturing a cell independently from the first culture chamber; a first well connected to the first culture chamber and capable of storing a liquid; a second well connected to the second culture chamber and being capable of storing a liquid; and a connecting portion that, when a liquid level of a first liquid stored in the first well reaches a predetermined height position or higher, allows the first liquid to flow from the first well into the second well.
US12227716B2
The present disclosure relates to a driveline for an electric or hybrid-electric vehicle including an electric motor with an insulated magnet wire and a lubricating and cooling fluid configured to maintain the durability of the magnet wire.
US12227707B2
In accordance with one or more embodiments herein, an integrated process for upgrading a hydrocarbon oil feed stream utilizing a gasification unit, steam enhanced catalytic cracker, and an aromatics complex includes solvent deasphalting the hydrocarbon oil stream; processing the heavy residual hydrocarbons in a gasification unit to form syngas and gasification residue; hydrotreating the deasphalted oil stream to form a light C5+ hydrocarbon stream and a heavy C5+ hydrocarbon stream; steam enhanced catalytically cracking the light C5+ hydrocarbon stream; steam enhanced catalytically cracking the heavy C5+ hydrocarbon stream; passing at least a portion of the light steam enhanced catalytically cracked stream, the heavy steam enhanced catalytically cracked stream, or both to a product separator to produce a olefin product stream, a naphtha product stream, and a BTX product stream; and processing the naphtha product stream in the aromatics complex to produce benzene and xylenes.
US12227706B2
In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a multi-stage process for upgrading a mixed pyrolysis oil comprising polyaromatic compounds to benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX) includes combining light pyrolysis oil with heavy pyrolysis oil to form the mixed pyrolysis oil; upgrading the mixed pyrolysis oil in a slurry-phase reactor zone to produce intermediate products, wherein the slurry-phase reactor zone comprises a mixed metal oxide catalyst; and hydrocracking the intermediate products in a fixed-bed reactor zone to produce the BTEX, wherein the fixed-bed reactor zone comprises a mesoporous zeolite-supported metal catalyst.
US12227705B2
Proposed is a process of producing a high-quality lube base oil using a refined oil fraction obtained from waste lubricant as a feedstock. The process includes purifying waste lubricant to obtain a refined oil fraction, pretreating the refined oil fraction, and blending the pretreated refined oil fraction with unconverted oil (UCO), before or after vacuum distillation and catalytic dewaxing of the unconverted oil, or between the vacuum distillation and the catalytic dewaxing of the unconverted oil.
US12227703B2
An apparatus for converting heavy hydrocarbons to light hydrocarbons includes an inlet capable of supplying a pre-foaming mixture comprising a hydrocarbon to be processed and a processing gas, wherein the processing gas is dissolved in the hydrocarbon to be processed; a foam generator configured to receive the pre-foaming mixture at a first pressure, compress the pre-foaming mixture to a second pressure that is higher than the first pressure by routing it through a nozzle; and generate a foam by allowing the pre-foaming mixture at the second pressure to expand in a chamber at a third pressure that is lower than the first or second pressures; a plasma reactor, wherein the plasma reactor is capable of receiving the foam and comprises at least one pair of spark gap electrodes capable of subjecting the foam to a plasma discharge to yield a processed mixture; and an outlet capable of receiving the processed mixture.
US12227702B2
Method for treating a partially desulphurised sulphur-containing hydrocarbon feedstock from a preliminary hydrodesulphurisation step in the presence of a catalyst comprising an active phase comprising a group VII metal and a mesoporous and macroporous alumina support comprising a bimodal distribution of mesopores, wherein: —the volume of mesopores having a diameter greater than or equal to 2 nm and less than 18 nm is between 10 and 30% by volume of the total pore volume of the support; —the volume of mesopores having a diameter greater than or equal to 18 nm and less than 50 nm is between 30 and 50% by volume of the total pore volume of the support; —the volume of macropores having a diameter greater than or equal to 50 nm and less than 8000 nm is between 30 and 50% by volume of the total pore volume of the support.
US12227698B2
A method of hydraulic fracturing of a subterranean formation having a well bore includes steps of sequentially injecting different slurries with nano, micro and then macro sized proppants generated from coal ash into the well bore in order to enhance oil and gas production from fracking. A slurry useful in the method includes (a) water, (b) coal combustion fly ash particles that have a mean particle size (d50) of about 6 microns and (c) a surfactant.
US12227688B2
A liquid-crystal (LC) medium containing one or more dyes and one or more polymerizable compounds, its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in colour LC displays of the PSA (polymer sustained alignment) or SA (self-aligning) mode containing a quantum dot colour filter (QDCF), an LC display of the PSA or SA mode containing the LC medium and containing a QDCF, and to a process of manufacturing the LC display.
US12227687B2
A quantum dot comprising a core comprising a first semiconductor nanocrystal comprising zinc, selenium, and optionally tellurium; and a shell disposed on the core and comprising a second semiconductor nanocrystal having a different composition from the first semiconductor nanocrystal, and comprising zinc and at least one of sulfur and selenium, wherein the shell comprises at least three branches extending from the core, wherein at least one of the branches has a length of greater than or equal to about 2 nm, the quantum dot emits blue light comprising a maximum emission peak at a wavelength of less than or equal to about 470 nm, a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the maximum emission peak is less than about 35 nm, and the quantum dot does not comprise cadmium.
US12227682B2
Paper wrapping materials and method to securely wrap a rolled-up High Expansion Force product. The materials include a kraft paper layer encircling a circumference of the product with a leading end of the paper layer adhered to a tail end of the product by a first hotmelt adhesive. A tail end of the paper layer is adhered to a middle portion of the paper layer with a second hotmelt adhesive encircling the product. The paper layer has: (i) a Basis Weight from about 68 pounds per 3000 feet squared to about 84 pounds per 3000 feet squared, (ii) a Tensile Strength (MD) from about 55 pounds per inch to about 70 pounds per inch, (iii) a Stretch (MD) from about 7% to about 11%, and (iv) a fiber content of at least 70% virgin fibers. The second hotmelt adhesive is between about 15% and about 25% thermoplastic elastomer.
US12227669B2
Provided are a resin composition including a pigment, a resin including a repeating unit represented by Formula (1), and a solvent; a film formed of the resin composition; a color filter; a solid-state imaging element; an image display device; a resin; and a compound.
US12227665B2
Provided herein are coated substrates. Also provided herein are methods for attaching phosphonates, phosphonic acids, or derivatives thereof to an organic or an inorganic substrate (e.g., a metal oxide substrate) via phosphonate chemistry to form the coated substrates provided herein.
US12227655B2
An organopolysiloxane is provided. The organopolysiloxane is represented by a general formula. In the general formula, R1 are the same or different aliphatic unsaturated monovalent hydrocarbon groups having 2 to 12 carbon atoms, R2s are the same or different monovalent hydrocarbon groups having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and not having an aliphatic unsaturated bond, R3s are the same or different alkyl groups having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, “n” is an integer of from 1 and 500, and “a” is 0 or 1. A thermally conductive silicone composition having the organopolysiloxane as a component is also provided. The organopolysiloxane can be used as a surface treatment agent for a thermally conductive filler. The organopolysiloxane provides for favorable handling/workability of compositions even if such compositions are highly loaded with a thermally conductive filler.
US12227647B2
A thermoplastic composition includes a thermoplastic polymer and a polyaryletherketone polymer in admixture with the thermoplastic polymer.
US12227645B2
A polyamide resin composition of the present invention comprises: approximately 100 parts by weight of a polyamide resin comprising approximately 5 to 40 weight % of an aromatic polyamide resin and approximately 60 to 95 weight % of an aliphatic polyamide resin; approximately 30 to 70 parts by weight of an inorganic filler; and approximately 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of modified polyalkylene glycol. The modified polyalkylene glycol comprises an isocyanate group, a succinimide group or an epoxy group at one terminal of polyalkylene glycol. The polyamide resin composition exhibits excellent adhesiveness with other materials, excellent antifouling properties, impact resistance, stiffness, injection moldability and the like.
US12227632B2
A cellulose ester composition having high fluidity, the cellulose ester composition containing a cellulose ester (A), an adipate-based compound (B), and a citrate-based compound (C). When a total of the component (A), the component (B), and the component (C) is 100 mass %, a content of the component (B) is from 7 to 20 mass %, a content of the component (C) is from 1 to 14 mass %, a total content of the component (B) and the component (C) is from 21 to 30 mass %, and the remainder is the component (A).
US12227627B2
Novel PBI films which may be used in electrochemical cells, such as redox flow batteries, are disclosed. Additionally, disclosed herein are membranes which comprise the novel PBI films which may be free from an organic solvent, and have a tensile strength at break of at least 25 MPa after drying.
US12227622B2
A rapid, centrifugal method to prepare polysilazanes and separate them from their ammonium halide-anhydrous, liquid ammonia by-product is coupled with several, alternative methods to recover ammonium halide and anhydrous, liquid ammonia from the by-product. Some reactive modes of by-product recovery lead to sodium chloride as the sole waste product or, optionally, to ammonia borane as a secondary product of the process.
US12227618B2
The presently claimed invention relates to polyalkyleneimine-based polymers that are useful as dispersants and a process for the preparation thereof. The presently claimed invention is also directed to dispersants that are useful in solvent-based dispersion systems as well as in water-based dispersion systems.
US12227614B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing polyoxyalkylene polyester polyols by reacting a starter compound having Zerewitinoff-active H atoms, a cyclic dicarboxylic acid anhydride and a fatty acid ester with an alkylene oxide in the presence of a basic catalyst. The invention further relates to polyoxyalkylene polyester polyols resulting from the method and to a preparation method for polyurethanes by reaction of the polyoxyalkylene polyester polyols according to the invention.
US12227608B2
A method for producing low-molecular-weight polytetrafluoroethylene which includes: (1) irradiating high-molecular-weight polytetrafluoroethylene with radiation to a dose of 250 kGy or higher substantially in the absence of oxygen to provide low-molecular-weight polytetrafluoroethylene having a melt viscosity at 380° C. of 1.0×102 to 7.0×105 Pa·s. Also disclosed is a powder containing the low-molecular-weight polytetrafluoroethylene, the powder being substantially free from any of perfluorooctanoic acid and salts thereof.
US12227607B2
A method of producing modified vinyl alcohol-based polymer particles, includes mixing vinyl alcohol-based polymer particles with a mixed medium containing unsaturated carboxylic acid, an acid catalyst, and water, wherein, by mixing the vinyl alcohol-based polymer particles with the mixed medium, the vinyl alcohol-based polymer particles are reacted with the unsaturated carboxylic acid to obtain modified vinyl alcohol-based polymer particles containing a vinyl ester unit represented by a formula (2) below, having a vinyl alcohol unit content based on the total constitutional units from 95 to 99.99 mol %, and having an average particle diameter from 50 to 2000 μm. The production method does not cause the problem of the residual sulfur content derived from a liquid medium used for reaction and is also capable of modifying the vinyl alcohol-based polymer particles while maintaining the particle shape.
US12227606B2
The present invention relates in part to a photocurable resin composition comprising a first compound formed from the reaction of a diisocyanate and an isocyanate reactive compound comprising a double bond, a second compound comprising one or more double bonds susceptible to polymerization, and a photoinitiator. The invention also relates in part to a method of making the photocurable resin composition. The invention also relates in part to a method of fabricating an article comprising the steps of providing a photocurable resin composition comprising a first compound formed from the reaction of a diisocyanate and an isocyanate reactive compound comprising a double bond, a second compound comprising one or more double bonds susceptible to polymerization, and a photoinitiator; 3D printing the photocurable resin to form an article; and curing the article. The invention also relates in part to a 3D printed resin article.
US12227598B2
A biomedical device having a coating on a surface thereof, where the coating includes a glycophospholipid polymer which is a reaction product of one or more glycosaminoglycans and one or more phospholipids.
US12227594B2
The invention relates to novel bispecific antibodies consisting of two fusion polypeptides comprising two antigen binding domains capable of specific binding to a first target and one antigen binding domain capable of specific binding to a second target, and to methods of producing these molecules and to methods of using the same.
US12227575B2
Provided are methods and compositions for treating cancer using an effective amount of a PD-1 antagonist (e.g., an antibody) in combination with a TIM-4 antagonist (e.g., an antibody).
US12227571B2
The present invention provides a continuous upstream manufacturing process for the production of bispecific antibody products, which comprise at least two binding domains. The process comprises at least the steps of (i) providing in a perfusion bioreactor at least one mammalian cell culture, which is capable of expressing the bispecific antibody product, (ii) growing the mammalian cell culture at a first perfusion rate until a set point viable cell density is reached, and (iii) maintaining perfusion culture at a second perfusion rate, wherein the bispecific antibody product concentration in the bioreactor is kept below a threshold value. The bispecific antibody product is then subject to subsequent downstream processing. Moreover, the invention provides a bispecific antibody product produced by the continuous upstream manufacturing process.
US12227569B2
The present invention provides antibodies having improved stability. Included are antibodies that are capable of binding to KIR3DL2 polypeptides. The antibodies are suitable for the treatment of disorders characterized by KIR3DL2-expressing cells, particularly CD4+ T cells, including malignancies such as Mycosis Fungoides and Sezary Syndrome, and KIR3DL2-expressing autoimmune disorders.
US12227568B2
The present disclosure is generally directed to compositions that include antibodies, e.g., monoclonal, chimeric, humanized antibodies, antibody fragments, etc., that specifically bind one or more epitopes within a Siglec-7 protein, e.g., human Siglec-7 or a mammalian Siglec-7, and have improved and/or enhanced functional characteristics, and use of such compositions in preventing, reducing risk, or treating an individual in need thereof.
US12227552B2
Disclosed herein are cell signaling complexes such as chimeric cytokine complexes and uses thereof. In some embodiments, a chimeric cytokine complex comprises a protein cage polypeptide, a plurality of engineered Fc antibody domains bound to the protein cage polypeptide, and one or more cytokines linked to each of the plurality of engineered Fc antibody domains. Also disclosed are Fc-cytokine complexes and uses thereof. In some embodiments, an Fc-cytokine complex comprises an engineered Fc antibody domain and one or more cytokines linked to the engineered Fc antibody domain.
