US12266884B2
There is provided a connector including: a housing including a cylindrical wall portion; and a hollow annular front holder attached to the cylindrical wall portion to surround an outer periphery thereof. The front holder includes: a pair of first locking portions and a pair of operating portions arranged that are arranged to face with each other in a radial direction of the front holder. The connecter is configured such that: in a state where the front holder is fitted externally on the cylindrical wall portion, the pair of first locking portions is engaged with the cylindrical wall portion; and in response to an operation of displacing the pair of operating portions to approach with each other in the radial direction, the pair of first locking portions is displaced to release an engagement between the front holder and the cylindrical wall portion.
US12266880B2
A contact insulator for use with high speed cable with differential pairs of contacts. A contact receiving portion has contact receiving slots which open from a first side of the contact insulator. A conductor receiving portion has conductor receiving slots which open from a second side of the contact insulator. A transition portion is positioned between the contact receiving portion and the conductor receiving portion. The transition portion has a contact receiving opening which extends through the contact insulator. The contact receiving opening is dimensioned to allow the contacts to be inserted therethrough. The contact insulator is rotated about the contacts and signal conductors of the high speed cable to position the contacts in the contact receiving slots through the first side of the contact insulator and position the signal conductor in the conductor receiving slots through the second side of the contact insulator.
US12266875B2
Shown is an assembly or securing a printed circuit board to a plug body, having a contact element with a holding face facing against a plugging direction of the contact element, and a securing member, that can be transferred into a securing position, in which the printed circuit board is secured by the securing member in a positive fit manner against the plug direction at the holding face. Further shown is a method of securing a printed circuit board at the plug body, wherein a holding face of a contact element facing against a plug direction is inserted through an opening in the printed circuit board and subsequently a securing member is transferred to a securing position, in which the printed circuit board is secured by the securing member in a positive fit manner against the plug direction at the holding face.
US12266874B2
A control unit having a connection structure for connecting components of the control unit to a base plate which is cost effective, and facilitates heat transfer from a printed circuit board (PCB) to the base plate. The control unit includes circuitry mounted to a PCB, and the PCB is mounted to a base plate. The circuitry is over molded with epoxy material during manufacturing. The epoxy material flows between the PCB and the base plate, such that a layer of the epoxy is disposed between the PCB and the base plate. This layer of epoxy functions as a heat transfer layer, and a connection structure to connect the PCB to the base plate. The epoxy material transfers heat from the surface of the PCB in contact with the layer of epoxy to the surface of the base plate in contact with the layer of epoxy.
US12266867B2
Systems and methods relating to multi-beam forming networks using an antenna array. A matrix circuit for feeding elements of an antenna array to produce multiple beams is provided. To address beam squint issues, beam squint is mitigated by using a series of phase shifters with specific phase-delay performances between the matrix circuit and the antenna array elements. A linearly increasing or decreasing phase difference in the signals fed into adjacent antenna array elements across the array mitigates or eliminates beam squint in the resulting multiple beams. The phase shifters are programmed to provide this increasing or decreasing phase differences.
US12266857B2
A wireless transceiver for a wireless communication network has an offset Gregorian antenna arrangement comprising a primary reflector dish, an electrically conductive reflector member comprising a secondary reflector and a conductive support wall, a planar array of antenna elements arranged as a feed for transmitting radio frequency signals to the secondary reflector and/or for receiving radio frequency signals from the secondary reflector and a conductive support block configured to support the planar array of antenna elements. The conductive support wall is connected directly to the conductive support block, and the conductive support wall is configured to be substantially perpendicular to the planar array of antenna elements.
US12266846B2
A radio frequency package includes a first portion of an antenna array module, a second portion of the antenna array module, and a flexible cable. The first portion of the antenna array module provides a first wireless communication functionality and the second portion of the antenna array module provides a second wireless communication functionality. The flexible cable includes first surface directly coupled to the first portion of the antenna array module. The flexible cable also includes a second surface directly coupled to the second portion of the antenna array module. The flexible cable communicates signals between the first portion of the distributed antenna array module and the second portion of the antenna array module.
US12266845B2
A multi-band antenna has a feed point, a grounding location, a first portion for low band operation, a second portion for low band operation, and one or more portions for high band operation. The ground reference of the feed point for the multi-band antenna is connected to a separate object that may provide a base for the multi-band antenna. The feed point of the multi-band antenna may be spaced above the base and have a space between the feed point and a location for the ground point. The low band portion has multiple resonances that are often odd multiples of the lowest resonant response. The portions that resonant most dominantly in the high band often have multiple resonances that are even multiples of the lowest high band resonance. The multi-band antenna has resonances spaced closely enough to appear to be a wide band antenna above the fundamental high band resonance.
US12266839B2
A radio frequency passband filter is provided comprising a network of half-wavelength planar resonators. At least one of the half-wavelength planar resonators includes a resistor shunted to ground to flatten response in the passband.
US12266831B2
A start control system of a fuel cell includes: a fuel cell configured to generate power upon receiving air and fuel; an air supply system configured to supply air to a cathode of the fuel cell through an air supply line; a fuel supply system configured to supply fuel to an anode of the fuel cell through a fuel supply line that re-circulates fuel discharged from an outlet of the anode of the fuel cell to an inlet of the anode to supply fuel; an air controller configured to control the air supply system such that air flowing into the air supply line bypasses the cathode of the fuel cell when a start ON signal is input; and a fuel controller configured to supply new fuel to the fuel supply line and to control the fuel supply system to purge fuel of the fuel supply line.
US12266829B2
A method for a redox flow battery system may include flowing an electrolyte from an electrolyte storage tank to a multi-stage rebalancing reactor, the multi-stage rebalancing reactor comprising reactor vessels grouped to form stages. Hydrogen gas may be injected into the electrolyte upstream of the multi-stage rebalancing reactor via a gas line and a metal ion of the electrolyte may be chemically reduced by oxidizing the hydrogen gas at a catalyst bed of each of the reactor vessels to maintain a charge balance of the electrolyte and a pH of the electrolyte within a predetermined range.
US12266822B2
The present disclosure relates to a separator for lithium secondary battery, a method for manufacturing same, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The separator laminate according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of separators; and adhesive layers located between mutually adjacent separators among the plurality of separators, wherein the adhesive layers are formed along the edges of the mutually adjacent separators so as to have a separation space between the mutually adjacent separators.
US12266814B2
The present application discloses a battery and an electricity consuming apparatus. The battery includes a plurality of battery cells stacked in a first direction and an isolation assembly. The isolation assembly includes a buffer component arranged between two adjacent battery cells, the spacing between the two adjacent battery cells in the first direction is D, an area of a surface of the buffer component abuts against the battery cell is S1, and a size of the buffer component in the first direction in an uncompressed state is h1; a force F applied by the battery cell to the buffer component meets: 500N≤F≤10000N, in which the stress M of the buffer component obtained according to a stress strain curve of the buffer component is 26*(h1−D)/h1)2−0.09*(h 1−D)/h1 in MPa, and by combining the area S1, the force F is obtained as F=S1*M.
US12266813B2
A hybrid material housing for a battery reduces or minimizes thermal runaway propagation. The housing includes a composite structure for the battery and optionally includes a polymeric matrix selected from the group consisting of: epoxy, phenolic resin, polyester, vinyl ester, and combinations thereof and a reinforcing material selected from the group consisting of: glass fibers, carbon fibers, basalt fibers, aromatic polyamide KEVLAR® fibers, and combinations thereof. A metal layer is disposed along an exterior surface of the composite structure that comprises aluminum, steel, stainless steel, alloys, and combinations thereof. In a first mode, the metal layer contacts the composite structure and in a second mode after exposure to a thermal load of greater than or equal to about 500° C., the metal layer at least partially delaminates from the exterior surface and forms insulating air gaps to define a thermal barrier. Methods of forming the hybrid material housings are also provided.
US12266811B2
A system for a high-performance prismatic lithium-ion battery cell is provided. The system includes a battery cell stack including an electrode sub-assembly including a plurality of pairs of anode electrodes and cathode electrodes and including a planar side. The battery cell stack further includes a polymeric shell disposed around the electrode sub-assembly and configured for providing mechanical protection and electrical insulation to the electrode sub-assembly. The battery cell stack further includes a metal foil sheet attached to the polymeric shell and disposed next to and in contact with the planar side of the electrode sub-assembly, wherein the metal foil sheet is configured for exchanging heat with the electrode sub-assembly.
US12266809B2
A power supply device includes a plurality of batteries and an exterior case. Each of the plurality of batteries includes an exhaust valve configured to open if an internal pressure becomes higher than a predetermined pressure. The exterior case accommodates the plurality of batteries and includes a collision-enhancing gas-releasing path for releasing a gas discharged through the exhaust valve to the outside of the exterior case. The collision-enhancing releasing path includes a first collision plate and a second collision plate configured such the gas collides against the first collision plate and the second collision plate and is then released to the outside of the exterior case. The first collision plate is configured to reflect a flow direction of the gas by collision of the gas against a surface of the first collision plate. The second collision plate faces the first collision plate.
US12266806B2
A battery cell may comprise: an electrode assembly, a housing and an end cap. The electrode assembly may have a first tab. The housing may have an opening for accommodating the electrode assembly. The end cap may be configured to connect with the housing and cover the opening. The end cap may have an abutting surface and a welding groove, the abutting surface may be configured to abut against the first tab, and the welding groove may be recessed from one side of the end cap away from the electrode assembly towards the abutting surface. The end cap may form a connector between the abutting surface and the bottom surface of the welding groove, and the connector is configured for being welded with the first tab. The end cap is provided with a reinforcing structure, and the reinforcing structure is protruded from the bottom surface.
US12266805B2
A pouch case is provided which includes: a forming portion having a predetermined depth, and allowing each of a first end surface and a second end surface of the electrode assembly to be received therein; a notch portion extending from each of opposite ends of the forming portion so as to have a depth gradually decreasing from a depth defined by the thickness of the electrode assembly received in the forming portion; and a storing portion covering a remaining portion other than a portion of the electrode assembly received in the forming portion. By effectively controlling a protruding structure of the pouch case sealed on the first and second end surfaces of the electrode assembly received therein, it is possible to improve contact reliability between the stacked battery cells.
US12266804B2
Compositions, systems, and methods for producing nanoalloys and/or nanocomposites using tandem laser ablation synthesis in solution-galvanic replacement reaction (LASiS-GRR) are disclosed. The method may include disposing a first metal composition within a reaction cell, adding a quantity of a second metal composition into the reaction cell, ablating, with a laser, the first metal composition disposed in the quantity of the second metal composition within the reaction cell, and tuning one or more reaction parameter and/or one or more functional parameter during the tandem LASiS-GRR in order to tailor at least one characteristic of the metal nanoalloy and/or the metal nanocomposite.
US12266800B2
An electrode includes an electrode active material layer, wherein the electrode active material layer includes an electrode active material and a conductive agent, wherein the conductive agent includes a first conductive agent and a second conductive agent, wherein the first conductive agent includes a secondary particle in which a plurality of graphene sheets are arranged in different directions and a portion of one graphene sheet is connected to a portion of adjacent another graphene sheet, the second conductive agent includes a carbon nanotube structure in which 2 to 5,000 single-walled carbon nanotube units are bonded to each other, and the carbon nanotube structure is included in an amount of 0.01 wt % to 0.5 wt % in the electrode active material layer. A secondary battery including the electrode is also provided.
US12266795B2
Provided is a novel positive electrode active material for a sodium-ion secondary battery having a high voltage and a high capacity. The positive electrode active material for a sodium-ion secondary battery is made of crystals represented by a general formula Nax(Co1-aMa)yP2Oz (where M represents at least one transition metal element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Cr, Ni, and Mn, 0.6≤x≤4, 0.3≤y≤2.7, 0≤a≤0.9, and 6≤z<7.5).
US12266794B2
A method of producing a positive electrode active material, the method includes: contacting first particles that contain a lithium transition metal composite oxide with a solution containing sodium ions to obtain second particles containing the lithium transition metal composite oxide and sodium element, wherein the lithium transition metal composite oxide has a layered structure and a composition ratio of a number of moles of nickel to a total number of moles of metals other than lithium in a range of from 0.7 to less than 1; mixing the second particles and a boron compound to obtain a mixture; and heat-treating the mixture at a temperature in a range of from 100° C. to 450° C.
US12266788B2
Provided are a cathode for a secondary battery, a manufacturing method therefor, and a lithium secondary battery comprising same, the cathode comprising: a cathode current collector; a first layer which is arranged on at least one surface of the cathode current collector and which comprises a first cathode active material; and a second layer which is arranged on the first layer and which comprises a second cathode active material, wherein the first cathode active material is represented by the following chemical formula 1, the second cathode active material is represented by the following chemical formula 1 or 2, and the first cathode active material and the second cathode active material are different from each other. LixNiyM1−yO2
US12266779B2
A method for the production of an electrode powder mixture for a battery cell includes filling an active material, a binder and a conductive additive into a filling section of a machine that has a driven screw which extends in the lengthwise direction and which serves for thoroughly blending and conveying a powder in the lengthwise direction. The screw blends the binder, the active material and the conductive additive in order to form a first powder, and the screw makes a second powder out of the first powder in that the binder is fibrillated. The screw produces the electrode powder mixture out of the second powder in that the fibrillated binder is comminuted, and the electrode powder mixture is removed from the machine at a removal opening, whereby the removal opening is at a distance from the filling section in the lengthwise direction.
US12266777B2
A battery module protects an internal configuration from external impact and effectively prevents internal short circuiting. The battery module includes a plurality of can type secondary batteries arranged to be disposed in a horizontal direction; a bus bar at least partially formed of an electrically conductive material to be electrically connected with the plurality of can type secondary batteries; at least two or more module cases with an empty space defined therein to accommodate the plurality of can type secondary batteries therein, the two or more module cases including an outer wall surrounding the empty space inside and at least two or more ribs protruding from the outer wall in an outward direction, and configured to be stacked in a direction in which the can type secondary batteries are disposed; and an internal plate interposed between the two or more module cases and configured to be erected in a direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction in which the module cases are stacked.
US12266774B2
A battery device is provided with: an exterior body having two outer side walls; a plurality of battery cell groups that are arranged in parallel between the two outer side walls and that are each composed of a plurality of laminated battery cells; and holding mechanisms that are arranged between the plurality of battery cell groups and that hold the plurality of respective battery cell groups in the exterior body by applying, to the plurality of battery cell groups, a pressing force in a direction in which the battery cell groups are separated from each other and are pressed towards the two opposite outer side walls.
US12266773B2
A partition member having a thermal insulating material capable of retaining a liquid, and an external package housing the thermal insulating material and the liquid, having a particular set relationship among the internal space area of the external package, the size of the thermal insulating material, the thickness of the thermal insulating material, and the volume of the liquid.
US12266767B2
An energy storage system includes a control container configured to be connected to an external power conversion system (PCS) and an external electrical system; and a battery container including at least one battery rack and configured to be connected to the control container.
US12266765B2
An embodiment of the present application provides an electrode assembly, a battery cell, a battery, and an electrode assembly manufacturing method and device, which belong to the technical field of batteries. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate being wound in a winding direction and forming a winding structure. The positive electrode plate comprises a plurality of first active substance layer regions and at least one first inactive substance layer region; and in an axial direction of the winding structure, the first inactive substance layer region is located between two adjacent first active substance layer regions, wherein, the first inactive substance layer region is provided with a first guide flow through hole, and the first guide flow through hole is configured to penetrate both sides in a thickness direction of the positive electrode plate.
US12266760B2
The present invention relates to a lithium secondary battery which includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution, wherein a patterned gel polymer electrolyte layer is included on one surface or both surfaces of at least one structure of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, or the separator.
US12266753B2
A method of manufacturing a unit cell having a negative electrode, a separator, and a positive electrode are stacked and placed between guide rollers. One of the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The separator is coated with a binder, and the separator is dipped in a solvent to soften a cured binder before the separator is put between the guide rollers. An apparatus for manufacturing a unit cell includes a reservoir in which at least two or more transfer rollers that rotate while the separator passes therethrough are mounted, and a solvent is stored at a predetermined level; and a chamber into which the separator passing through a reservoir is put together with the positive electrode and the negative electrode. Guide rollers are disposed so that the negative electrode and the positive electrode move to both surfaces of the separator, respectively.
US12266743B2
A light-emitting unit is provided. The light-emitting unit includes a light-emitting element, a light conversion layer, and a wall. The light conversion layer is disposed on the light-emitting element. The wall covers a sidewall of the light conversion layer and extends to a portion of an upper surface of the light conversion layer.
US12266734B2
An object is to provide an infrared sensor with a quantum dot optimized. The present invention provides an infrared sensor (1) including a light absorption layer (5) that absorbs an infrared ray, wherein the light absorption layer includes a plurality of spherical quantum dots (21). Alternatively, the present invention provides an infrared sensor including a light absorption layer that absorbs an infrared ray, wherein the light absorption layer includes a plurality of quantum dots and the quantum dot includes at least one kind of PbS, PbSe, CdHgTe, Ag2S, Ag2Se, Ag2Te, AgInSe2, AgInTe2, CuInSe2, CuInTe2, and InAs.
US12266729B2
A method of fabricating an integrated circuit structure comprises depositing an oxide insulator layer over a substrate having fins. A gate trench is formed within the oxide insulator layer with the fins extending above a surface of the oxide insulator layer within the gate trench. A semiconducting oxide material is deposited to conformally cover the oxide insulator layer, including on top surfaces and sidewalls of both the gate trench and the fins. A gate material is deposited to conformally cover the semiconducting oxide material, including on top surfaces and sidewalls of both the gate trench and the fins. An angled etch is performed to remove the gate material selective to the semiconducting oxide material from sidewalls of the gate trench, but not from sidewalls of the fins.
US12266728B2
A semiconductor device and method of manufacture are provided. In embodiments a first liner is deposited to line a recess between a first semiconductor fin and a second semiconductor fin, the first liner comprising a first material. The first liner is annealed to transform the first material to a second material. A second liner is deposited to line the recess, the second liner comprising a third material. The second liner is annealed to transform the third material to a fourth material.
US12266724B2
An Ill-nitride semiconductor based heterojunction power device is disclosed and includes a first and second heterojunction transistors formed on a substrate. The first and second heterojunction transistors include first and second Ill-nitride semiconductor regions formed over the substrate. The first Ill-nitride semiconductor region includes a first heterojunction, a first terminal connected to the first Ill-nitride semiconductor region, a second terminal laterally spaced from the first terminal and connected to the first Ill-nitride semiconductor region, and a first gate region over the first Ill-nitride semiconductor region between the first and second terminals. The second Ill-nitride semiconductor region includes a second heterojunction, a third terminal connected to the second Ill-nitride semiconductor region, a fourth terminal laterally spaced from the third terminal and connected to the second Ill-nitride semiconductor region, first highly doped semiconductor regions of a first conductivity type formed over the second Ill-nitride semiconductor region.
US12266723B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a buffer layer disposed on the substrate, a channel layer disposed on the buffer layer, a barrier layer disposed on the buffer layer, and a passivation layer disposed on the barrier layer. The semiconductor device further includes a device isolation region that extends through the passivation layer, the barrier layer, and at least a portion of the channel layer, and encloses a first device region of the semiconductor device. A damage concentration of the device isolation region varies along a depth direction, and is highest near a junction between the barrier layer and the channel layer.
US12266721B2
A transistor device according to some embodiments includes a semiconductor barrier layer, a surface dielectric layer on the semiconductor barrier layer, and a gate on the surface dielectric layer. The surface dielectric layer includes an aperture therein that is laterally spaced apart from the gate. The device includes an interlayer dielectric layer on the surface dielectric layer that extends over the gate and into the aperture in the surface dielectric layer, and a multiple-stepped field plate on the interlayer dielectric layer. The multiple-stepped field plate is laterally spaced apart from the gate. A recessed portion of the multiple-stepped field plate is above the aperture in the surface dielectric layer, and the multiple-stepped field plate includes a first step adjacent the recessed portion of the field plate on a side of the field plate opposite the gate, and a second step adjacent the first step.
US12266720B2
Transistor structures with monocrystalline metal chalcogenide channel materials are formed from a plurality of template regions patterned over a substrate. A crystal of metal chalcogenide may be preferentially grown from a template region and the metal chalcogenide crystals then patterned into the channel region of a transistor. The template regions may be formed by nanometer-dimensioned patterning of a metal precursor, a growth promoter, a growth inhibitor, or a defected region. A metal precursor may be a metal oxide suitable, which is chalcogenated when exposed to a chalcogen precursor at elevated temperature, for example in a chemical vapor deposition process.
US12266716B2
A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor fin protruding from a substrate and oriented lengthwise along a first direction, a dielectric fin disposed over the substrate and oriented lengthwise along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, where the dielectric fin defines a sidewall of the semiconductor fin along the second direction and where the dielectric fin includes a first dielectric layer disposed over a second dielectric layer that differs from the first dielectric layer in composition, and a metal gate stack disposed over the semiconductor fin and oriented lengthwise along the second direction.
US12266715B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes forming semiconductor fins on a substrate. A first dummy gate is formed over the semiconductor fins. A recess is formed in the first dummy gate, and the recess is disposed between the semiconductor fins. A dummy fin material is formed in the recess. A portion of the dummy fin material is removed to expose an upper surface of the first dummy gate and to form a dummy fin. A second dummy gate is formed on the exposed upper surface of the first dummy gate.
US12266706B2
The present invention relates to a semiconductor device having trench gates. The semiconductor device includes the following: a first semiconductor layer; a first semiconductor region selectively disposed in the upper layer of the first semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor region in contact with the first semiconductor region; a third semiconductor region on the bottom surfaces of the first and second semiconductor regions; gate trenches provided to penetrate the first and third semiconductor regions in the thickness direction of the first and third semiconductor regions to reach the inside of the first semiconductor layer; a field-reducing region on the bottom of each gate trench; and connection layers arranged in the first semiconductor layer at intervals so as to be each in contact with at least one of sidewalls of the gate trenches, the connection layers each electrically connecting the field-reducing region to the third semiconductor region.
US12266696B2
A semiconductor device includes a III-V compound semiconductor layer, a III-V compound barrier layer, a gate trench, and a p-type doped III-V compound layer. The III-V compound barrier layer is disposed on the III-V compound semiconductor layer. The gate trench is disposed in the III-V compound barrier layer. The p-type doped III-V compound layer is disposed in the gate trench, and a top surface of the p-type doped III-V compound layer and a top surface of the I-V compound barrier layer are substantially coplanar.
US12266690B2
A superlattice cell that includes Group IV elements is repeated multiple times so as to form the superlattice. Each superlattice cell has multiple ordered atomic planes that are parallel to one another. At least two of the atomic planes in the superlattice cell have different chemical compositions. One or more of the atomic planes in the superlattice cell one or more components selected from the group consisting of carbon, tin, and lead. These superlattices make a variety of applications including, but not limited to, transistors, light sensors, and light sources.
US12266683B2
A capacitor structure and a method of manufacturing the same, and a memory are provided. The method includes the following operations. A substrate is provided. A first conductive structure with a shape of column is formed on the substrate. A second conductive structure is formed on the substrate. The second conductive structure surrounds the first conductive structure and is spaced with the first conductive structure. The first conductive structure and the second conductive structure together form a bottom electrode. A capacitor dielectric layer is formed. The capacitor dielectric layer covers the surface of the substrate and the surface of the bottom electrode. A top electrode covering the surface of the capacitor dielectric layer is formed.
US12266679B2
A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes light emitting diode chips, each light emitting diode chip includes light emitting units which respectively emit light of different colors, each light emitting unit includes a first electrode, a light emitting layer, a base and a second electrode, and the base and the second electrode are respectively located at both sides of the light emitting layer. In each light emitting diode chip, the light emitting units share the base and the first electrode, the light emitting layers of the light emitting units emit light of the same color, and at least one light emitting unit further includes a first color conversion layer located at a side of the base away from the light emitting layer, so as to convert first color light emitted by the light emitting layer into second color light.
US12266674B2
An image sensor includes a first chip that includes a pixel region and a pad region, and a second chip that is in contact with one surface of the first chip and includes circuits that drive the first chip. The first chip includes a first substrate, an interlayer insulating layer disposed between the first substrate and the second chip, first interconnection lines disposed in the interlayer insulating layer, a conductive pad disposed in the pad region between the second chip and the first interconnection lines, and a recess region formed in the pad region that penetrates the first substrate and the interlayer insulating layer and exposes the conductive pad.
US12266667B2
An imaging device includes a photoelectric conversion layer that includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface and that generates signal charge, at least one pixel electrode located on the first surface of the photoelectric conversion layer, a control electrode located on the first surface of the photoelectric conversion layer, a counter electrode located on the second surface of the photoelectric conversion layer and opposite the at least one pixel electrode and the control electrode, and a charge accumulator that is connected to the at least one pixel electrode and that accumulates the signal charge. There is a line segment connecting two points on the at least one pixel electrode to each other and overlapping the control electrode in plan view.
US12266665B2
The present technology relates to a circuit board, a semiconductor apparatus, and electronic equipment that are configured to make it possible to more effectively suppress the occurrence of noise in signals. A circuit board includes first conductors arranged regularly in a first direction, second conductors arranged regularly in the first direction, and third conductors arranged regularly in the first direction. A first power supply connected to the first conductors, a second power supply connected to the second conductors, and a third power supply connected to the third conductors are different power supplies. The present technology can be applied to a circuit board of a semiconductor apparatus and the like, for example.
US12266662B2
An array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display panel are provided. By disposing first electrodes and second electrodes on top and bottom sides of an active layer, respectively, and disposing a part of each gate electrode among sub-active patterns, the array substrate is formed with vertical-structured thin film transistors. Therefore, a channel resistance can be reduced, and a channel width of the thin film transistors can be reduced, thereby reducing an area of the thin film transistors, reducing impedance of the thin film transistors, and reducing power consumption of the display panel.
US12266661B2
An electronic device, including a substrate, a thin film transistor, a first insulating layer, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode, is provided. The thin film transistor is disposed on the substrate and includes an electrode. The first insulating layer is disposed on the thin film transistor and includes a first opening. The pixel electrode is disposed on the first insulating layer and electrically connected to the electrode through the first opening. The common electrode is disposed on the pixel electrode and in the first opening.
US12266660B2
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods using a substrate, a pillar having a length perpendicular to the substrate, a first conductive plate, a second conductive plate, a memory cell located between the first and second conductive plates and electrically separated from the first and second conductive plates, and a conductive connection. The first conductive plate is located in a first level of the apparatus and being separated from the pillar by a first dielectric located in the first level. The second conductive plate is located in a second level of the apparatus and being separated from the pillar by a second dielectric located in the second level. The memory cell includes a first semiconductor material located in a third level of the apparatus between the first and second levels and contacting the pillar and the conductive connection, and a second semiconductor material located in a fourth level of the apparatus between the first and second levels and contacting the pillar.
US12266657B2
An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a first plurality of active areas extending in a first direction and having a first pitch in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a second plurality of active areas extending in the first direction, offset from the first plurality of active areas in the first direction, and having a second pitch in the second direction. A ratio of the second pitch to the first pitch is 3:2.
US12266656B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate with first and second regions separated from each other, a laminate structure including at least one sacrificial layer and at least one active layer alternately stacked on the substrate, a first isolation insulating layer on the laminate structure on the first region, a second isolation insulating layer on the laminate structure on the second region, the second isolation insulating layer having a same thickness as the first isolation insulating layer, a first upper active pattern spaced apart from the first isolation insulating layer, a first gate electrode surrounding at least a portion of the first upper active pattern, a second upper active pattern spaced apart from the second isolation insulating layer, and a second gate electrode surrounding at least a portion of the second upper active pattern, wherein top surfaces of the first and second isolation insulating layers are at different heights.
US12266645B2
A method for manufacturing an image display device includes: providing a second substrate that comprises a first substrate, and a semiconductor layer on the first substrate, the semiconductor layer comprising a light-emitting layer; providing a third substrate comprising a circuit, the circuit comprising a circuit element; bonding the semiconductor layer to the third substrate; forming a light-emitting element by etching the semiconductor layer; covering the light-emitting element with a light-transmissive insulating member; and forming a wiring layer electrically connecting the light-emitting element to the circuit element; wherein: the light-emitting element has a light-emitting surface opposite to a surface of the light-emitting element that is bonded to the third substrate; and the insulating member is configured to cause light radiated from the light-emitting element to have a light distribution in a normal direction of the light-emitting surface toward a light-emitting surface side.
US12266641B2
A support structure for receiving planar microchips, comprising a planar support substrate and at least two receiving elements. The receiving elements are connected to the carrier substrate and configured in such a way that they detachably hold a flat microchip between the at least two receiving elements in such a way that the microchip can be moved out with a defined minimum force transversely to a support structure plane.
US12266632B2
A package structure includes: 1) a circuit substrate; 2) a first semiconductor device disposed on the circuit substrate; 3) a first insulation layer covering a sidewall of the first semiconductor device; 4) a second insulation layer covering the first insulation layer; and 5) a third insulation layer disposed on the circuit substrate and in contact with the second insulation layer.
US12266627B2
A semiconductor device includes: a die pad having a conductive property; a semiconductor chip; a back surface electrode formed on a back surface of the semiconductor chip; an Ag bonding material containing 50 to 85% Ag and bonding the back surface electrode and the die pad; a terminal connected to the semiconductor chip; and sealing resin having an insulating property and covering the die pad, the semiconductor chip, the Ag bonding material, and a part of the terminal, wherein a distal end of the terminal protruding from the sealing resin includes a substrate bonding surface, a metal burr protrudes from a peripheral portion on a lower surface of the back surface electrode contacting the Ag bonding material, and a thickness of the Ag bonding material is larger than a height in an up-down direction of the metal burr by 2 μm or more.
US12266624B2
A semiconductor die includes a semiconductor surface including circuitry electrically connected to top-level bond pads exposed on a top surface of the semiconductor die, the top-level bond pads including inner bond pads and outer bond pads positioned beyond the inner bond pads. There is solder on at least the inner bond pads. A ring structure is positioned around a location of at least the inner bond pads.
US12266618B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a carrier having a first side and a second side adjacent to the first side. The semiconductor device also includes a first antenna adjacent to the first side and configured to operate at a first frequency and a second antenna adjacent to the second side and configured to operate at a second frequency different from the first frequency. An method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is also provided.
US12266617B2
A chip package includes a substrate, a first die, a second die, and a beam structure. The first die and the second die are disposed on a side of the substrate and are electrically connected to the substrate. The beam structure is disposed between the first die and the second die. A first end of the beam structure is stacked with and fixedly connected to a part of the first die, a second end is stacked with and fixedly connected to a part of the second die, and the beam structure is insulated from and connected to the first die and the second die. A thermal expansion coefficient of the beam structure is less than a thermal expansion coefficient of the substrate.
US12266615B2
A semiconductor device has a semiconductor package including a substrate comprising a land grid array. A component is disposed over the substrate. An encapsulant is deposited over the component. The land grid array remains outside the encapsulant. A fanged metal mask is disposed over the land grid array. A shielding layer is formed over the semiconductor package. The fanged metal mask is removed after forming the shielding layer.
US12266614B2
A semiconductor device has a substrate comprising a carrier and an interposer disposed on the carrier. An electrical component is disposed over a first surface of the interposer. An interconnect structure is disposed over the first surface of the interposer. An encapsulant is deposited over the electrical component, interconnect structure, and substrate. A trench is formed through the encapsulant and interposer into the carrier. A shielding layer is formed over the encapsulant and into the trench. The carrier is removed after forming the shielding layer.
US12266611B2
A semiconductor module includes two or more semiconductor dies and an interconnect structure coupled to the two or more semiconductor dies. The interconnect structure implements a plurality of die-to-die connection pathways having a first density and a plurality of fan-out redistribution pathways having a second density that is different from the first density.
US12266602B2
A method includes forming an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer over a transistor; forming a first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer over the ILD layer; etching a via opening extending through the first IMD layer; forming a first 2-D material layer lining along sides and a bottom of the via opening; depositing a first metal in the via opening and over the first 2-D material layer; performing a chemical mechanism polishing (CMP) process to the first metal until the first IMD layer is exposed; forming a second IMD layer over the first IMD layer; etching a trench in the second IMD layer; forming a second 2-D material layer lining along sides and a bottom of the trench; and depositing a second metal over the second 2-D material layer at a temperature lower than a temperature of depositing the first metal over the first 2-D material layer.
US12266590B2
Implementations of a semiconductor package may include one or more power semiconductor die included in a die module; a first heat sink directly coupled to one or more source pads of the die module; a second heat sink directly coupled to one or more drain pads of the die module; a gate contact coupled with one or more gate pads of the die module; and a coating coupled directly to the die module. The gate contact may be configured to extend through an immersion cooling enclosure.
US12266589B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure may generally relate to systems, apparatuses, techniques, and/or processes directed to packages that include stacked dies that use thermal conductivity features including thermally conductive through silicon vias (TSVs) filled with thermally conductive material located in passive areas of a first die to route heat from a first die away from a second die that is coupled with the first die. In embodiments, the first die may be referred to as a base die. Embodiments may include thermal blocks in the form of dummy dies that include TSVs at least partially filled with thermal energy conducting material such as copper, solder, or other alloy.
US12266588B2
A temperature-controlled pedestal includes a pedestal, a temperature sensor to sense N temperature in N zones, and N temperature control devices arranged in the N zones, respectively. A voltage source selectively supplies power to the N temperature control devices. A controller is configured to cause the voltage source to control a temperature in the N zones by a) determining a hottest one of the N zones based on the N temperatures; b) if the hottest one of the N zones is not already cooling, increasing cooling to the hottest one of the N zones using one of the N temperature control devices; c) decreasing cooling to the N zones when a temperature of the N zones is less than a first temperature setpoint; and d) repeating a) to c) until all of the N zones have a temperate less than or equal to the first temperature setpoint.
US12266585B2
Various semiconductor chip devices with stacked chips are disclosed. In one aspect, a semiconductor chip device is provided. The semiconductor chip device includes a first semiconductor chip that has a floor plan with a high heat producing area and a low heat producing area. At least one second semiconductor chip is stacked on the low heat producing area. The semiconductor chip device also includes means for transferring heat from the high heat producing area.
US12266582B2
The present disclosure relates to a hermetic package capable of handling a high coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) mismatch configuration. The disclosed hermetic package includes a metal base and multiple segments that are discrete from each other. Herein, a gap exists between every two adjacent ceramic wall segments and is sealed with a connecting material. The ceramic wall segments with the connecting material form a ring wall, where the gap between every two adjacent ceramic wall segments is located at a corner of the ring wall. The metal base is either surrounded by the ring wall or underneath the ring wall.
US12266576B2
A semiconductor device and methods of forming the semiconductor device are described herein and are directed towards forming a source/drain contact plug for adjacent finFETs. The source/drain regions of the adjacent finFETs are embedded in an interlayer dielectric and are separated by an isolation region of a cut-metal gate (CMG) structure isolating gate electrodes of the adjacent finFETs The methods include recessing the isolation region, forming a contact plug opening through the interlayer dielectric to expose portions of a contact etch stop layer disposed over the source/drain regions through the contact plug opening, the contact etch stop layer being a different material from the material of the isolation region. Once exposed, the portions of the CESL are removed and a conductive material is formed in the contact plug opening and in contact with the source/drain regions of the adjacent finFETs and in contact with the isolation region.
US12266564B2
A semiconductor device includes a device layer with a semiconductor element, a first dielectric layer on the device layer, a first conductive line on the device layer and surrounded by the first dielectric layer, and a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer and around the first conductive line. The semiconductor includes a spacer disposed on the first conductive line and abutting a sidewall of the second dielectric layer, and a first conductive via disposed on the first conductive line and the spacer. The first conductive via includes a first segment positioned over the spacer and including a first width, and a second segment positioned between the first segment the first conductive line and including a second width. The first width is larger than the second width.
US12266563B2
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated chip structure. The integrated chip structure includes a substrate. A gate electrode is over the substrate and a spacer structure laterally surrounds the gate electrode. A conductive via is disposed on the gate electrode. A liner is arranged along one or more sidewalls of the spacer structure. The conductive via has a bottommost surface that has a larger width than a part of the conductive via that is laterally adjacent to one or more interior sidewalls of the liner.
US12266555B2
A magnetic transfer apparatus includes: a magnetomotive force source providing magnetic flux, a first magnetic flux distribution circuit connected to one end of the magnetomotive force source, having a single input terminal and a plurality of output terminals, and distributing the magnetic flux, and a second magnetic flux distribution circuit connected to the other end of the magnetomotive force source, having a single output terminal and a plurality of input terminals, and collecting the distributed magnetic flux. The output terminals of the first magnetic flux distribution circuit are disposed to be adjacent to each other to form a pair with the input terminals of the second magnetic flux distribution circuit.
US12266552B2
A system and method for monitoring a semiconductor process includes a plurality of sensors and a microcontroller. The plurality of sensors are disposed within a process chamber. The microcontroller receives data from the plurality of sensors and measures the uniformity of a semiconductor process based on the data received from the plurality of sensors.
US12266547B1
The present disclosure provides a cleaning system for a semiconductor, including a rotating mechanism, a liquid removing mechanism coaxially arranged on a circumferential outer side of the rotating mechanism, and a cavity mechanism arranged around an outer side of the liquid removing mechanism. The rotating mechanism includes a carrier plate for holding a wafer in a horizontal posture and a transmission unit for driving the carrier plate to rotate axially. The liquid removing mechanism includes a hollow shaft driver sleeved on an outer side of the transmission unit and a liquid guiding ring annularly arranged on a circumferential outer side of the carrier plate and controlled by the hollow shaft driver to rotate along an axial direction. The present disclosure realizes that the cleaning waste liquid is thrown into the cavity mechanism for recycling, to completely recycle the cleaning waste liquid.
US12266545B1
A multi-component device package comprising an integrated cooling assembly and methods for manufacturing said multi-component device package. A multi-component device package may comprise a plurality of semiconductor devices encapsulated in a mold material. A portion of the mold material may be removed to expose the backside of at least one semiconductor device of the plurality of semiconductor devices. A first dielectric layer may be formed on the exposed backside of the at least one semiconductor device. A cold plate comprising a base plate may be prepared and then the base plate may be directly bonded to the exposed backside of the at least one semiconductor device.
US12266544B2
A method for processing an integrated circuit includes forming a plurality of transistors. The method utilizes a reversed tone patterning process to selectively drive dipoles into the gate dielectric layers of some of the transistors while preventing dipoles from entering the gate dielectric layers of other transistors. This process can be repeated to produce a plurality of transistors each having different threshold voltages.
US12266542B2
A method for atomic layer etching a metal containing layer is provided. At least a region of a surface of the metal containing layer is modified to form a modified metal containing region by exposing a surface of the metal containing layer to a modification gas, wherein adjacent to the modified metal containing region remains an unmodified metal containing region. The modified metal containing region is selectively removed with respect to the unmodified metal containing region by exposing the surface of the metal containing layer to an inert bombardment plasma generated from an inert gas.
US12266538B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a feature in a dielectric layer disposed on a semiconductor substrate, the dielectric layer including silicon oxide, the feature extending downwardly from a top surface of the dielectric layer and including silicon, a nitride compound, a low-k dielectric material other than silicon oxide, or combinations thereof; and selectively etching the dielectric layer using an etchant composition to form a trench extending downwardly from the top surface of the dielectric layer, the etchant composition including a hydrogen halide and a nitrogen-containing compound represented by Formula (A), wherein R1, R2, R3 are each independently hydrogen, methyl, or ethyl.
US12266536B2
Techniques are disclosed for forming integrated circuit structures having a plurality of semiconductor fins, which in turn can be used to form non-planar transistor structures. The techniques include a mid-process removal of one or more partially-formed fins. The resulting integrated circuit structure includes a plurality of semiconductor fins having relatively uniform dimensions (e.g., fin width and trough depth). In an embodiment, the fin forming procedure includes partially forming a plurality of fins, using a selective etch stop built into the semiconductor structure in which the fins are being formed. One or more of the partially-formed fins are removed via sacrificial fin cut mask layer(s). After fin removal, the process continues by further etching trenches between the partially-formed fins (deep etch) to form portion of fins that will ultimately include transistor channel portion. A liner material may be deposited to protect the partially-formed fins during this subsequent deep trench etch.
US12266531B2
A method for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device according to the technology disclosed in the present specification includes: forming a drift layer on an upper surface of a silicon carbide semiconductor substrate; forming a hard mask on the upper surface of the drift layer by anisotropic etching; and forming a first ion-implanted region in a surface layer of the drift layer by implanting ions into the drift layer in a state in which the hard mask is formed, in which the hard mask includes a sidewall perpendicular to the upper surface of the drift layer.
US12266525B2
A first capping layer is deposited over a substrate. A first capping layer is deposited over a substrate. A network of nanowires is grown over the first capping layer. A second capping layer is deposited over the network of nanowires. The substrate is etched to expose the first capping layer. The first capping layer and the second capping layer are thinned around the nanowires to form a coating on the nanowires.
US12266519B2
A method of manufacturing a CNT paste emitter in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a process of mixing first CNT powder, graphite nanoparticles, SiC nanoparticles, Ni nanoparticles, a dispersant and distilled water and then performing a dispersion process by means of ultrasonication, a process of acquiring second CNT powder by filtering a solution dispersed during the dispersion process, a process of mixing the second CNT powder with a graphite binder and then preparing a CNT paste by means of ball milling, and a process of forming an interface layer on a metal or graphite substrate and then bonding the CNT paste.
US12266509B2
A processing tool, comprising a processing chamber for processing a work piece, the processing chamber including at least one component part that is coated with multi-layer protective coating including (a) an aluminum layer formed on the at least one component part and (b) a ceramic coating formed on the aluminum layer. In various embodiments, the multi-layer protective coating can be applied to at least one component part prior to assembly of the processing chamber or at least partially in situ the processing chamber.
US12266506B2
Embodiments of the disclosure include a method of processing a substrate in a plasma processing system, comprising delivering an RF signal, by an RF generator, through an RF match to an electrode assembly disposed within the plasma processing system, wherein while delivering the RF signal the RF match is set to a first matching point, and delivering a voltage waveform, by a waveform generator, to the electrode assembly disposed within the plasma processing system while the RF signal is delivered to the electrode assembly. The method includes receiving, by the RF match, a synchronization signal from a RF generator or the waveform generator, measuring, by an output sensor of the RF match, a first set of impedance related data of the plasma processing system over a first time period, the first time period beginning after a first delay triggered by a first portion of a first waveform pulse of the synchronization signal, measuring, by the output sensor of the RF match, a second set of impedance related data of the plasma processing system over a second time period, the second time period beginning after a second delay triggered by the first portion of the first waveform pulse of the synchronization signal, calculating, by the RF match, a combined impedance parameter based on the measured first set of impedance related data and the measured second set of impedance related data, and adjusting a matching parameter within the RF match based on the calculated combined impedance parameter to achieve a second matching point.
US12266503B2
A plasma source array is provided. The plasma source array includes a plurality of hybrid plasma sourcelets disposed on a base plate. Each hybrid sourcelet includes a dielectric tube having an inner area and an outer surface; an inductively coupled plasma source for generating a inductively coupled plasma disposed proximate to the outer surface of the dielectric tube; a capacitively coupled plasma source for generating a capacitively coupled plasma disposed within the inner area of the dielectric tube; and a gas injection system configured to supply one or more process gases to the inner area of the dielectric tube. Plasma processing apparatuses incorporating the plasma source array and methods of use are also provided.
US12266500B2
The present disclosure provides a charged particle beam device capable of simultaneously achieving protection of a charged particle source against electrical discharging inside a charged particle gun and highly accurate control of the charged particle gun, for both DC and AC components. A charged particle gun according to the present disclosure is configured such that an extraction voltage and an acceleration voltage are superposed and supplied to a charged particle beam source, a wiring between the charged particle beam source and a voltage circuit is covered with first and second enclosures, the first enclosure is configured to be connected to an extraction electrode, and the second enclosure is configured to be connected to an acceleration electrode and to a reference voltage of the voltage circuit.
US12266493B2
A relay includes an electromagnet, a plurality of springs having contacts which open and close in accordance with operation of the electromagnet and terminals, and a base which supports the springs, wherein at least one of the plurality of springs has a locked part which is locked on the base using resilience of the spring, and the base has a lock part which locks the locked part.
US12266480B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a capacitor main body, and two interposers on both sides in a length direction of a surface of the capacitor main body. When a distance between a side surface of one interposer on one side in the length direction, and a side surface of the capacitor main body is defined as X1, a distance between another side surface of the one interposer, and another side surface of the capacitor main body is defined as X4, a distance between a side surface of another interposer on another side in the length direction, and the side surface of the capacitor main body is defined as X2, and a distance between another side surface of the other interposer on the other side in the length direction, and the other side surface of the capacitor main body is defined as X3; X2>X3 and X1>X4 are satisfied.
US12266465B2
A manufacturing method of a transformer includes: winding a first winding wire around a bobbin, wherein two ends of the first winding wire are connected to a first and a second pin of the bobbin respectively; winding a second winding wire around the bobbin, wherein two ends of the second winding wire are connected to a third and a fourth pin of the bobbin respectively; and winding a third and a fourth winding wire in parallel around the bobbin, wherein two ends of the third winding wire are connected to the second and a fifth pin of the bobbin respectively, and two ends of the fourth winding wire are connected to the fifth and a sixth pin respectively. The first, the third and the fourth winding wires form a primary coil, and the second winding wire is a secondary coil.
US12266459B2
A choke includes at least one winding each having two connections, and a magnetic core having an air gap, wherein a coil body made up of at least two parts is provided for receiving the at least one winding, and a base plate that can be connected to the coil body is also provided. The at least two parts of the coil body and the base plate include first latching elements and second latching elements for tool-free connecting the at least two parts of the coil body and for tool-free connecting the base plate to the coil body, and the magnetic core is built up from sheets stacked one on top of the other, and the base plate is designed to receive the sheets of the magnetic core.
US12266455B2
The present disclosure relates to an electrical wire having a leakage current limiting function, in which, since a neutral line is provided to have a greater cross-sectional area than that of a phase voltage line, a leakage current leaking from the phase voltage line may be limited, and thus the risk of electric shock to the human body due to the leakage current may be minimized.
US12266451B2
The present disclosure provides an artificial intelligence-infected asymptomatic people movement-tracing apparatus and a method which in an emergency such as an epidemic pandemic, use an artificial intelligence movement-tracing apparatus of infected asymptomatic people of the present disclosure which is personally installed in the residence of the tracing target to automatically check whether to match the traffic line of the tracing target and the traffic line of the confirmed case and automatically report to the disease control authority only when the traffic lines match to protect individual privacy compared to the centralized system and automatically search for infected asymptomatic people classified as blind confirmed cases (hidden positive people) and self-quarantine subjects to quickly establish an infectious disease management system for suspected disease patients and efficiently manage the people from the spread of infectious diseases.
US12266446B2
Data associated with one or more workers performing a task is obtained by one or more sensors. One or more machine learning models trained to determine whether the one or more workers correctly performed the task based on the data associated with the one or more workers performing the task are utilized. A notification indicating whether the one or more workers correctly performed the task is outputted.
US12266444B2
A method for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) tag tracking includes: synthetically generating tagged data from natural images combined with programmed tag motion and a full Bloch simulation; training a convolutional neural network (CNN) with the synthetically generated tagged data to generate grid tag motion paths; acquiring MRI images using a tagged imaging method; inputting the acquired images into the CNN to estimate motion paths of tracked points; and determining from the estimated motion paths a path of tag lines through the cardiac cycle from a set of tagged MRI images. The method can calculate strain curves from the estimated motion paths using Ecc derivation.
US12266436B2
An insulin delivery supervisor (IDS) with a safety analysis and supervision function that can reside between the insulin request and the insulin delivery and can intercept any excessive insulin requests before the insulin was delivered. The IDS can be implemented in any system based on insulin pump or pen and will work with either SMBG or CGM modes of blood glucose monitoring.
US12266434B2
A method, computer program product, and computing system for generating a first synthetic dataset including a synthetic transcription and a corresponding natural dictation record using a first machine learning model trained to generate transcriptions from medical records. A second synthetic dataset including a synthetic medical record and a corresponding natural transcription is generated using a second machine learning model trained to generate medical records from transcriptions. The first synthetic dataset and the second synthetic dataset are combined with a natural dataset into a synthetic training dataset.
US12266431B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed herein for a machine learning engine and rule engine that leverage historical and contextual data to intelligently identify, score, and suggest one or more documents for auto-population of a graphical user interface. The machine learning and rule engine employ vectorization and clustering technique to identify, score, and suggest the most factually accurate and contextually relevant documents as selectable candidates for electronic documentation. Further, the selection, rejection, or modification of the candidate documents are ingested by the machine learning engine and/or the rule engine to update a clustering algorithm and/or to update a relevance scoring algorithm, which are then utilized for subsequent instances.
US12266426B2
Provided is a computer-implemented method, including inputting to a trained machine learning classifier genomic information of a non-training subject that includes features from a tumor sample, wherein the trained machine learning classifier trained on features of tumor samples obtained from training subjects and their a responsiveness to checkpoint inhibition treatment and the machine-learning classifier is trained to predict responsiveness to the treatment, and generating a checkpoint inhibition responsiveness classification predictive of the subject's responding to the checkpoint inhibition with the trained machine-learning classifier, and reporting the checkpoint inhibition responsiveness classification using a graphical user interface. Also provided are a computer system for performing the method and a machine learning classifier trained by the method.
US12266424B2
A memory circuit includes a first memory cell on a first layer, a second memory cell on a second layer different from the first layer, a first select transistor on a third layer different from the first layer and the second layer, and a first bit line extending in a first direction, and being coupled to the first memory cell and the second memory cell. The memory circuit further includes a first source line extending in the first direction, being coupled to the first memory cell, the second memory cell and the first select transistor, and being separated from the first bit line in a second direction different from the first direction. memory circuit includes a second source line extending in the first direction, and being coupled to the first select transistor.
US12266415B1
An apparatus for reliable fuse-based storage in an Integrated Circuit (IC) includes a plurality of electronic fuses and processing logic. The electronic fuses store (i) data bits, (ii) parity bits that were generated from the data bits in accordance with an Error Correction Code (ECC) scheme, and (iii) access information required for accessing the data bits and the parity bits. The processing logic receives a read command for reading given data bits from the electronic fuses, based on the read command retrieves access information specifying given electronic fuses storing the given data bits and given parity bits associated with the given data bits, using the access information reads the given data bits and the given parity bits from the given electronic fuses, applies the ECC scheme to the given data bits and the given parity bits, using the ECC module to generate corrected data bits, and outputs the corrected data bits.
US12266414B2
Provided is a memory device including a cell array, a peripheral circuit configured to control a memory operation of the plurality of memory cells, a test logic circuit configured to operate in a test mode and configured to perform a test operation on the plurality of memory cells, a first regulator configured to regulate a first power supply voltage received through a first pad and provide the first power supply voltage to at least one of the cell array and the peripheral circuit, and a power manager between the first pad and an input terminal of the first regulator, and between the first pad and the test logic circuit and configured to provide a test power supply voltage to the test logic circuit. In the test mode, while a first target voltage level of the first regulator fluctuates, a second target voltage level of the power manager is maintained constant.
US12266411B2
An apparatus includes a substrate; circuit components disposed on the substrate; and a location identifier layer over the circuit, wherein the location identifier layer includes one or more section labels for representing physical locations of the circuit components within the apparatus.
US12266407B2
A method includes causing a read operation to be initiated with respect to a set of target cells. For each target cell, a respective group of adjacent cells is adjacent to the target cell. The method further includes obtaining, for each group of adjacent cells, respective cell state information, assigning, based on the cell state information, each target cell of the set of target cells to a respective state information bin, and determining a set of calibrated read level offsets. Each state information bin is associated with a respective group of target cells of the set of target cells, and each calibrated read level offset of the set of calibrated read level offsets is associated with a respective state information bin of the set of state information bins.
US12266404B2
A semiconductor storage device includes word lines extending in first and second directions, and separated from each other in a third direction, sense amplifier circuits that partially overlap the word lines in the third direction, memory strings intersecting the word lines and extending in the third direction, memory-side bit lines extending in the first direction, separated from each other in the second direction, and including first and second adjacent memory-side bit lines, circuit-side bit lines between the word lines and the sense amplifier circuits and partially overlapping the respective memory-side bit lines in the third direction, and contact plugs extending in the third direction and respectively connecting the memory-side bit lines and the circuit-side bit lines. The contact plugs include first and second contract plugs that are electrically connected to the first and second memory-side bit lines, respectively, and are not aligned along the first or second direction.
US12266392B2
Provided is a semiconductor device capable of retaining data for a long time. The semiconductor device includes a cell provided with a capacitor, a first transistor, and a second transistor; the capacitor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a ferroelectric layer; the ferroelectric layer is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and polarization reversal occurs by application of a first saturated polarization voltage or a second saturated polarization voltage whose polarity is different from that of the first saturated polarization voltage; and the first electrode, one of a source and a drain of the first transistor, and a gate of the second transistor are electrically connected to one another. In a first period, the first saturated polarization voltage is applied to the ferroelectric layer. In a second period, a voltage having a value between the first saturated polarization voltage and the second saturated polarization voltage is applied to the ferroelectric layer as a data voltage.
US12266390B2
The present disclosure relates to a hologram recording system that has an optical structure capable of replacing a polarization image sensor, thereby acquiring high-resolution holograms in real time by utilizing a high-resolution general image sensor. The hologram recording system for acquiring an interference pattern formed by self-interference of incident light from a target object is disclosed. The hologram recording system comprises a polarizer array including a plurality of polarizers, an image sensor including a plurality of pixels and an imaging optics disposed between the polarizer array and the image sensor. The imaging optics optically corresponds each of the plurality of polarizers to each of the plurality of pixels.
US12266386B2
Various aspects are directed to a data storage device comprising one or more disks, an actuator mechanism configured to position a selected head among one or more heads proximate to a corresponding disk surface among the one or more disks, and one or more processing devices. The one or more processing devices are configured to detect repeatable runout (RRO) noise components from a measurement of fly height of the selected head above one or more sectors of a fly height measurement track, and remove the detected RRO noise components from one or more per-sector readback signal measurements.
US12266384B2
The present embodiments relate to a tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) element. The TMR element can include a free layer comprising a metallic alloy that is doped using a dopant element. In some instances, the metallic alloy comprises a cobalt-iron (CoFe) alloy. The present embodiments relate to doping a small amount of an element (e.g., hafnium (Hf), tantalum (Ta), Yttrium (Y)) in a high flux CoFe layer of a tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) element. The small amount of dopant can suppress a long-range order in the CoFe film. The amorphous state of a CoFe alloy can be induced by the dopant and result in a magnetically soft layer. A resistance of the TMR element can be modified based on an application of an external magnetic field to the free layer and the pin layer.
US12266369B2
An AI control device, which identifies individual users from a plurality of users to receive input data, and is connectable to a server device that generates a trained model based on input data for each user, includes a control unit, and a communication unit connected to the server device. The control unit acquires input data, associates acquired input data and identifying information used to identify the user of the AI control device, and sends the data and information to the server device via the communication unit. The control unit uses the sent acquired input data to execute a trained model that is generated separately from trained models of other users by the server device, and that learns characteristics of acquired input data and detects input data having the same characteristics from unknown input data.
US12266366B2
A method to transcribe communications may include selecting a first transcription generation technique from among multiple transcription generation techniques for generating transcriptions of audio of one or more communication sessions that involve a user device and obtaining performances of the multiple transcription generation techniques with respect to generating the transcriptions of the audio. The method may also include monitoring comparisons between the performances of the multiple transcription generation techniques and obtaining input from the user with respect to the comparisons. The method may further include selecting a second transcription generation technique from among the multiple transcription generation techniques based on the input from the user.
US12266365B2
Systems and processes for providing textual representations for a communication session are provided. For example, at least one audio input is received at an electronic device, wherein each audio input of the at least one audio input is associated with a respective priority level. A priority level of an audio input detected at a microphone of the electronic device is determined, wherein a highest priority level among the determined priority level and each received priority level corresponding to the at least one audio input is identified. A textual representation of a respective audio input corresponding to the identified highest priority level is obtained, wherein the obtained textual representation is displayed on a display of the electronic device.
US12266361B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method includes analyzing, by a speech detection system, a media file to detect lip movement of a speaker who is visually rendered in media content of the media file. The method additionally includes identifying, by the speech detection system, audio content within the media file, and improving accuracy of a temporal correlation of the speech detection system. The method may involve correlating the lip movement of the speaker with the audio content, and determining, based on the correlation between the lip movement of the speaker and the audio content, that the audio content comprises speech from the speaker. The method may further involve recording, based on the determination that the audio content comprises speech from the speaker, the temporal correlation between the speech and the lip movement of the speaker as metadata of the media file. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed.
US12266357B2
Voice coaching system, voice coaching device, and related methods, in particular a method of operating a voice coaching system comprising a voice coaching device is disclosed, the method comprising obtaining audio data representative of one or more voices, the audio data including first audio data of a first voice; obtaining first voice data based on the first audio data; determining whether the first voice data satisfies a first training criterion; in accordance with determining that the first voice data satisfies the first training criterion, determining a first training session; outputting, via the interface of the voice coaching device, first training information indicative of the first training session.
US12266356B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are drawn to a network device comprising: a microphone configured to detect speech from a user; a memory having an event keyword and a date keyword stored therein; and a processor configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the network device to: store, into the memory, detected speech for a predetermined period of time; parse the stored detected speech; determine a future event of the user based on a detected event keyword in the parsed detected speech that corresponds to the event keyword; determine a date of the determined future event based on a detected date keyword in the parsed detected speech that corresponds to the date keyword; create a calendar for the user; and log the future event into the calendar.
US12266349B2
According to one embodiment, a spoken sentence processing apparatus includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit receives a spoken sentence from a user. The processing circuit estimates an intention expressed by the user based on the spoken sentence. The processing circuit estimates a search condition specified by the user based on the spoken sentence. The processing circuit determines whether the spoken sentence is an invalid speech respectively in a first estimation result related to the estimated intention and a second estimation result related to the estimated search condition.
US12266344B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a text information processing method and apparatus, the method includes: acquiring a phoneme vector corresponding to an individual phoneme and a semantic vector corresponding to the individual phoneme in text information; acquiring first semantic information output at a last moment, wherein the first semantic information is semantic information corresponding to part of the text information in the text information, and the part of the text information is text information that has been converted into voice information; determining a context vector corresponding to a current moment according to the first semantic information, the phoneme vector corresponding to the individual phoneme and the semantic vector corresponding to the individual phoneme; and determining voice information at the current moment according to the context vector and the first semantic information.
US12266334B2
The sound leakage reduction device may include an energy conversion structure, a vibration structure, and a housing. The housing may include a vibration cavity and at least one resonance cavity. The energy conversion structure may be located in the vibration cavity and connected with the vibration structure. The at least one resonance cavity may communicate with the vibration cavity through at least one communication hole. A volume of each resonance cavity may be smaller than a volume of the vibration cavity.
US12266331B2
Disclosed herein is a method for facilitating creating of music in real time by multiple users, in accordance with some embodiments. Accordingly, the method comprises receiving first music segment selections from a first user device, receiving second music segment selections from a second user device, transmitting the first music segment selections to the second user device, and transmitting the second music segment selections to the first user device. Further, each of the first user device and the second user device is configured for retrieving the first music segments, retrieving the second music segments, determining a universal time, synchronizing the second music segments with the first music segments to a common musical beat based on the universal time, mixing the second music segments with the first music segments based on the synchronizing, and generating a mixed music comprising the first music segments and the second music segments based on the mixing.
US12266330B2
Techniques are described for generating music data for accompaniment using machine learning (ML) techniques. In an implementation, MIDI-formatted music data is tokenized as a music token sequence. Based on the input music token sequence of a portion of an original music signal, a trained ML model generates an output music token sequence for a portion of a generated music signal. Such a portion of the generated music signal is temporally ahead of the portion of the original music signal, which was used to generate the portion of the generated music signal.
US12266315B2
A display device includes a driving control circuit that receives an input image signal and outputs an output image signal, a data driving circuit that outputs a data signal corresponding to the output image signal, and a display panel including a plurality of pixels to display an image corresponding to the data signal. The driving control circuit determines an amount of time the input image signal is maintained as a still image, determines a color coordinate gain based on the amount of time and outputs the output image signal based on the color coordinate gain.
US12266314B2
[Object] It is possible to further improve reliability. [Solution] There is provided a display device including: a pixel unit which is configured with a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in a matrix, each of the pixel circuits including a light emitting element and a driving circuit for driving the light emitting element; scanning lines which are interconnections connected to the respective pixel circuits and are provided to extend in a first direction and correspond to respective rows of a plurality of the pixel circuits; and signal lines which are interconnections connected to the respective pixel circuits and are provided to extend in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and correspond to respective columns of a plurality of the pixel circuits. One of the scanning lines and the signal lines, provided for the one pixel circuit, which is larger in number is positioned in a lower-level interconnection layer. An electrode of a capacitance element included in the driving circuit is positioned in the interconnection layer in which either the scanning lines or the signal lines are provided.
US12266313B2
Discussed are a display device and a gate driving panel circuit, and characteristic differences between scan signals can be reduced through differential design between scan bootstrapping capacitors included in scan output buffers for outputting scan signals. The gate driving panel circuit includes an output buffer block including two or more scan output buffers and a logic block. The corresponding scan bootstrapping capacitor included in a specific scan output buffer among the two or more scan output buffers has a different capacitance from the one or more corresponding scan bootstrapping capacitors included in one or more remaining scan output buffers, except for the specific scan output buffer among the two or more scan output buffers.
US12266312B1
A display driving system, configured to control a scan operation of a display, comprising: a scan control circuit, configured to receive a start position signal and to generate a switch selecting signal according to the scan start position signal; and a scan switch circuit, coupled to the display and the scan control circuit, and comprising a plurality of switches, configured to turn on one of the switches according to the switch selecting signal, to control the display to start the scan operation at a scan start position; wherein the display comprises N scan lines, wherein the scan start position is one of the scan lines.
US12266309B2
A display substrate, a driving method thereof, and a display device. The display substrate includes: a first display sub-region including a plurality of first repeating regions each including a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit disposed adjacently, the first pixel unit including a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, and the second pixel unit including a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel; and a second display sub-region including a plurality of second repeating regions each including a third pixel unit and a first transparent pixel, the third pixel unit including a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel; the first transparent pixel is configured such that a pixel density of the second display sub-region is less than a pixel density of the first display sub-region, and a light transmittance of the second display sub-region is greater than a light transmittance of the first display sub-region.
US12266305B2
Embodiments relate to a display device including pixels that compensate a threshold voltage of a driving transistor, the pixels arranged in a plurality of rows. The gate of the driving transistor of each pixel is coupled to a pixel data switch and a reference voltage switch, configured to selectively provide pixel data provided via a data line and a reference voltage provided via a separate reference voltage line to the gate of the driving transistor, respectively. As pixel data and the reference voltage are provided to the driving transistor via separate lines, the compensation period of the pixel may overlap in time with a data writing period of pixels of a previous row of the display device, increasing the rate at which the display device is able to program the pixels of each row.
US12266304B2
A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a sensing circuit to measure a sensing current value of each of the pixels during a frame period, wherein the frame period includes an active period and a blank period following the active period, and a driving controller to calculate a deterioration weight based on the sensing current value and a reference current value, and to generate output image data by applying the deterioration weight to input image data.
US12266297B1
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes circuit rows and pixel circuit columns arranged as an array. Each pixel circuit row includes a first pixel circuit and a second pixel circuit, the first pixel circuit is electrically connected to a first scan line and the second pixel circuit is electrically connected to a second scan line; first pixel circuits in a same column are electrically connected to the first data line, and second pixel circuits in a same column are electrically connected to the second data line; and a first scan signal on the first scan line is configured to control whether a first data signal is written to the first pixel circuit, and a second scan signal on the second scan line is configured to control whether a second data signal is written to the second pixel circuit.
US12266291B2
A display driver is provided. The display driver includes: a plurality of source amplifiers connected to a plurality of source lines of a display panel, wherein one of the plurality of source amplifiers includes an input stage and an output stage configured to output a grayscale voltage to a source line of the plurality of source lines; and a decoder circuit configured to provide at least one of a plurality of gamma voltages to the input stage based on image data. The output stage includes a plurality of unit circuits connected to each other in parallel between the input stage and an output pad connected to the source line. Each of the plurality of unit circuits includes a buffer switch and an output buffer connected to the input stage, and is connected to the output pad through a resistor.
US12266290B2
A system and method for control of user interfaces on electronic devices. The system and method display still and/or video images, in an orientation-agnostic manner that is independent of a physical orientation of the display screen. This provides an interesting visual display effect whereby the image appears to remain in a fixed orientation (e.g., upright) relative to three-dimensional space, (e.g., earth level), untethered to any position or orientation of the display screen and/or device, while the display screen and/or device is changed in position and/or orientation, such that the portion of the viewed image changes according to the dimensions and orientation of the screen relative to an apparent fixed orientation and/or position of the underlying image. Such a system and method for control of user interfaces provides for more efficient use of a display screen having a relatively limited size, as is common for smartphones and tablet computers.
US12266283B2
A display device having a general display region and a camera display region is provided. The general display region includes a first region, and the camera display region includes a second region. The display device includes a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines. An area of the first region is defined by two adjacent ones of the plurality of data lines and two adjacent ones of the plurality of gate lines. An area of the second region is defined by another two adjacent ones of the plurality of data lines and another two adjacent ones of the plurality of gate lines. The area of the second region is greater than the area of the first region.
US12266275B2
Embodiments generally relate to a media device for facilitating learning. The media device comprises a communications module for facilitating communication between the media device and a computing device; a processor; and memory accessible to the processor and storing executable code. When the executable code is executed by the processor, the processor is caused to: receive instructions from the computing device via the communications module and store the instructions to the memory; receive data indicative of user interaction with an identification tag, wherein the data comprises an identification code; determine a response to be delivered to the user based on the identification code; and cause the response to be delivered to the user.
US12266273B2
An augmented reality system for developing and providing augmented reality learning experiences is disclosed. The augmented reality system advantageously combines augmented reality with the capabilities of cloud technology to provide a pull-based collaborative model, in which students and instructors collaborate by uploading, sharing, and downloading augmented reality learning content. The augmented reality system enables students to improve the augmented reality learning content by adding contributions to the original augmented reality learning content that was created by an instructor.
US12266270B2
The present invention discloses an autonomous aerial vehicle system to provide a plurality of autonomous delivery vehicle, such as drone with a weight carrying capacity. The components of drone are disposed in the frisbee like shell which facilitates to take flight in the same manner and capacity as of a frisbee. The drone provides 360-degree rotation and the pioneering velocity driven movement capabilities. The system further includes a management server in communication with the plurality of autonomous aerial vehicle via a wireless network to schedule a flight plan for the plurality of autonomous aerial vehicle. Each autonomous aerial vehicle includes a control module in communication with the management server is configured to operates the autonomous aerial vehicle according to the flight plan data. The control module receives data includes position data, battery status data, location data of the aerial vehicle to aid the autonomous vehicle to execute the flight plan.
US12266250B2
The present invention relates to a novel package alarm device. The device is a storage box or door mat for delivered packages. The device comprises a base component with pressure sensors, such that when a package is placed on the base component, the weight and time of the package delivery is identified. Further, the base component comprises an alarm system with several flashing alarms that activate if motion is detected near the base component to prevent theft of a package left on its surface. The base component can be activated or deactivated with a remote and may be used in conjunction with a smart doorbell system. Further, the base component can comprise its own camera and notification system and can send a text message and a photo/video of the delivery to the user and/or the delivery service through a smartphone application.
US12266244B2
Location based wagering method sand systems. An online wagering service can be invoked via a mobile device. A determination can then be made regarding the location of the mobile device and a jurisdiction (e.g., state, county, city, etc.) associated with that location. The mobile device and hence a user can be authorized to access the online wagering service based on the location of the mobile device. Based on the location, it can also be determined if use of the online wagering service is allowed in the jurisdiction along with prescribed limitations of use in that jurisdiction. Wagering options are then presented via the mobile device, which conform to the laws and/or regulations of the jurisdiction.
US12266241B2
A communal gaming system provides a communal game to players of electronic gaming devices. The system includes a plurality of EGMs, each EGM includes a trigger condition identifying when the player is awarded participation in the communal game. The system also includes a communal game display configured to display a communal game play area. The system (a) begins a game cycle for a game instance of the communal game; (b) receives, from a first device and in response to detecting the trigger condition, a communal participation trigger message; (c) awards a participation entry in the game cycle to the player; (d) transmits, to the first device, a participation award message indicating successfully entry of the player in the game cycle; (e) conducts the communal game, thereby generating an award outcome of the communal game for the player; and (f) awards the player based on the generated award outcome.
US12266228B2
Systems/techniques that facilitate artificially intelligent provision of post-vehicular-collision evidence are provided. In various embodiments, a system can be onboard a vehicle and can capture, via one or more cameras or microphones of the vehicle, vicinity data associated with a vicinity of the vehicle. In various instances, the system can generate, via execution of a deep learning neural network on the vicinity data, a classification label indicating whether a vehicular collision not involving the vehicle has occurred in the vicinity of the vehicle. In various cases, the system can record, in response to the classification label indicating that the vehicular collision has occurred and via the one or more cameras or the one or more microphones, post-collision evidence associated with the vicinity of the vehicle. In various aspects, the system can broadcast the classification label and the post-collision evidence to an emergency service computing device.
US12266221B2
Provided is a system and method of operating an airport security screening assistant using a flight manifest, the method including: obtaining, by at least one of at least one processor, a baggage source message (BSM) associated with an arrival of a luggage item of a passenger, the BSM including travel data of a first mode of travel of the luggage item on an air carrier; matching, by at least one of the at least one processor, a passenger name of the passenger in the received BSM with a passenger name in a flight manifest; extracting, by at least one of the at least one processor, an International Air Transport Association (IATA) license plate number from the BSM; based on matching the passenger name in the BSM with the passenger name in the flight manifest, triggering, within at least one of the at least one processor, a security screening integration assistant (SSIA) process including accessing and assembling security screening image and related data captured during a first mode of travel security screen using the IATA license plate number and communicating the assembled security screening image and related data to an integrated security screening station; receiving, by at least one of the at least one processor, a response of a security analysis from the integrated security screening station; and causing, by at least one of the at least one processor, a printer device to print a marker configured to bypass security screening, wherein the marker includes the results of the security analysis.
US12266214B2
A liveness detection method and apparatus, and a facial verification method and apparatus are disclosed. The liveness detection method includes detecting a face region in an input image, measuring characteristic information of the face region, adjusting the measured characteristic information in response to the characteristic information not satisfying a condition, and performing a liveness detection on the face region with the adjusted characteristic information upon the measured characteristic information not satisfying the condition.
US12266208B2
Provided are a biometric information recognition module and an electronic device. The biometric information recognition module includes an optical path guide layer and an optical sensor; the optical path guide layer includes a plurality of optical channels, and the optical sensor includes a plurality of photosensitive pixel units, at least two adjacent photosensitive pixel units forming a photosensitive pixel unit group; the biometric information recognition module further includes a gap region disposed between at least two photosensitive pixel unit groups, and light beams carrying biometric information above the gap region are received by at least one photosensitive pixel unit through the optical channels. The electronic device includes a display screen and a biometric information recognition module disposed under the display screen.
US12266203B2
A method that includes extracting image features of a document image, executing an optical character recognition (OCR) engine on the document image to obtain OCR output, and extracting OCR features from the OCR output. The method further includes executing an anomaly detection model using features including the OCR features and the image features to generate anomaly score, and presenting anomaly score.
US12266199B2
An article image data acquirer acquires article image data as a target of optical character recognition (OCR). An inference result data generator generates first inference result data and second inference result data by inputting the article image data as the target of the OCR into a trained model. An inference result data outputter outputs the first inference result data and the second inference result data. An image filter generator generates a first image filter based on the first inference result data and a second image filter based on the second inference result data. An image filter outputter outputs the first image filter and the second image filter.
US12266196B2
Provided is a method for analysing a pathology image, which is performed by at least one processor and includes acquiring a pathology image, inputting the acquired pathology image into a machine learning model and acquiring an analysis result for the pathology image from the machine learning model, and outputting the acquired analysis result, in which the machine learning model is a model trained by using a training data set generated based on a first pathology data set associated with a first domain and a second pathology data set associated with a second domain different from the first domain.
US12266186B2
A method includes receiving, from a subscriber device, a request including virtual region characteristics and an occupancy threshold, and determining, using image data captured by a camera and the virtual region characteristics, a virtual region corresponding to a portion of a physical region within a field of view of the camera. The virtual region is smaller than the physical region. The method also includes determining, using the image data, an occupancy of the virtual region and determining that the occupancy of the virtual region satisfies the occupancy threshold. In response to determining that the occupancy of the virtual region satisfies the occupancy threshold, the method also includes generating a notification to the subscriber device.
US12266182B2
The disclosure relates improving correctional officer safety. A system can include a first camera facing a region of a correctional facility including monitored objects, the first camera configured to generate first pixel data including first pixels corresponding to the objects, a second camera in the correctional facility and facing away from the region, the second camera configured to generate second pixel data including second pixels corresponding to a person that approaches the region, and a server configured to receive the first and second pixel data through a network connection, transmit the received data to a recognition service through the network, and receive an alert from the alert service that indicates a monitoring rule associated with an object of the objects is violated, an identification associated with the person, a last known location of the person or the object, and an indication of the monitoring rule violated.
US12266168B2
Embodiments are a method for controlling a lens module, an aerial vehicle, and an aircraft system, wherein the method for controlling a lens module is applied to the aerial vehicle, the aerial vehicle is provided with a tripod head to mount the lens module thereon, and the method includes: acquiring model data of the lens module if the lens module is adapted to the aerial vehicle; determining a lens model of the lens module according to the model data; identifying the lens module corresponding to the lens model to control the lens module. Following the method, the model data of the lens module is acquired, the lens module adapted to the corresponding aerial vehicle is identified, and a control program is called to control the lens module. Therefore, the aerial vehicle can identify and enable drive control over a new lens module.
US12266145B1
Presented herein are systems and methods for the employment of machine learning models for image processing. A method may include a capture of a video feed including image data of a document at a client device. The client device can provide the video feed to another computing device. The method can include, by the client device or the other computing device object recognition for recognizing a type of document and capturing an image exceeding a quality threshold of the document amongst the frames within the video feed. The method may further include the execution of other image processing operations on the image data to improve the quality of the image or features extracted therefrom. The method may further include anti-fraud detection or scoring operations to determine an amount of risk associated with the image data.
US12266137B2
A method and a system for optimizing the alignment of an optical system, such as a telescope, using a multi-degree-of freedom (DOF) actuator/hexapod and star field images. The method iteratively adjusts the hexapod in all DOFs using the damped least squares (DLS) optimization algorithm and dynamically changes the size of pixel windows to measure ensquared energy (ES) as a closed loop feedback.
US12266123B1
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for monitoring tailgating when a vehicle follows another vehicle at an unsafe distance. A method for enhancing a Following Distance (FD) machine learning (ML) model is disclosed. The method includes providing a management user interface (UI) for configuring FD parameters, followed by receiving FD events. A UI for manual FD annotation and another for customer review of filtered FD events are also provided. Annotations and customer review information are collected to improve the training set for the FD ML model. The FD model is then trained with the new data and downloaded to a vehicle. Once installed, the FD model is utilized to detect FD events within the vehicle, thereby enhancing the vehicle's safety and performance in driving scenarios by improving the accuracy and reliability of FD event predictions or detections.
US12266120B2
An image fusion system provides a predicted alignment between images of different modalities and synchronization of the alignment, once acquired. A spatial tracker detects and tracks a position and orientation of an imaging device within an environment. A predicted pose of an anatomical feature can be determined, based on previously acquired image data, with respect to a desired position and orientation of the imaging device. When the imaging device is moved into the desired position and orientation, a relationship is established between the pose of the anatomical feature in the image data and the pose of the anatomical feature imaged by the imaging device. Based on tracking information provided by the spatial tracker, the relationship is maintained even when the imaging device moves to various positions during a procedure.
US12266119B2
Computer vision systems and methods for automatic alignment of parcels with geotagged aerial imagery
Computer vision systems and methods for automatic parcel alignment are provided. The system receives a geotagged aerial image, parcel information, and semantic information where each of the parcel and semantic information are overlaid on the geotagged aerial image. The system cleans the parcel information and the semantic information. The system optimizes the parcel information by grouping geo-registered parcels present in the geotagged aerial image into a plurality of islands and generating a plurality of parcel alignment solutions for each island of the plurality of islands. The system refines the plurality of parcel alignment solutions for each island and regularizes each island. The system generates a composite parcel alignment solution based on the refined plurality of parcel alignment solutions for each regularized island to align the geo-registered parcels of each regularized island with the geotagged aerial image.
US12266118B2
A method and device for digital signal processing are provided, particularly relating to video image processing. The device obtains image data comprising a plurality of pixels. The image data comprises a plurality of sequentially captured images. The device estimates, for a target image, a set of backward motion vector fields (backward MVFs) based on the target image, and a first set of images captured before the target image. The device further estimates a set of forward MVFs based on the target image and a second set of images captured after the target image. Depending on the estimating for the target image, the device generates an output image based on a merging procedure of the target image and the first set of images and the set of backward MVFs, and/or the second set of images and the set of forward MVFs.
US12266110B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for predicting a region-specific cerebral cortical contraction rate on the basis of a CT image. The present invention may comprise: a deep learning step of a deep learning network learning, by selecting and using CT images of a plurality of patients and segmentation information thereof, a correlation between the CT images and the segmentation information; a feature extraction step of extracting, on the basis of each piece of the segmentation information, semantic feature information corresponding to the CT images; a machine learning step of a machine learning model learning, after a plurality of region-specific cerebral cortical contraction rates corresponding to each piece of the semantic feature information are additionally acquired, a correlation between the semantic feature information and the region-specific cerebral cortical contraction rates; a segmentation step of, when an image to be analyzed is input, acquiring segmentation information corresponding to the image to be analyzed, through the deep learning network; and a prediction step of predicting and reporting, after semantic feature information corresponding to the image to be analyzed is extracted on the basis of the segmentation information, a region-specific cerebral cortical contraction rate corresponding to the semantic feature information through the machine learning model.
US12266101B2
A method may process an electronic image corresponding to a medical sample associated with a patient. The method may include receiving a selection of one or more artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, receiving one or more whole slide images of a medical sample associated with a patient, performing a task on the whole slide images, using the one or more selected AI algorithms, the whole slide images being stored in a first container, the whole slide images being originated from a first user, the task comprising determining a characteristic of the medical sample in the whole slide images, based on the characteristic of the whole slide image, generating metadata associated with the whole slide image, and storing the metadata in a second container.
US12266100B2
An imaging method is described for generating image data of an examination region of an object that is to be examined. First X-ray projection measurement data of the examination region is acquired using a first X-ray energy spectrum and at least second X-ray projection measurement data of the examination region is acquired using a second X-ray energy spectrum which is different from the first X-ray energy spectrum. A priori image data is reconstructed based on at least the first X-ray projection measurement data and a location-dependent distribution of X-ray attenuation values. A basis material decomposition is performed based on the first X-ray projection measurement data and the at least second X-ray projection measurement data. A location-dependent weighting of the basis materials is determined as a function of the location-dependent distribution of the X-ray attenuation values. An image for the examination region is determined by reconstructing virtual basis-material-weighted image data.
US12266085B2
A method for creating a composite image provides for determining, based on orientation sensor data sampled in association with each frame in an image sequence, camera orientation information indicating an orientation of the camera at a time that the frame was captured. Based at least in part on the orientation sensor data, a subset of orientationally-similar frames from the sequence fare identified and combined together to create the composite image.
US12266075B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for display processing. For example, disclosed techniques facilitate regional processing of images for under-display device displays. Aspects of the present disclosure can identify a subsection of a set of frame layers, the identified subsection corresponding to a lower pixel density region, relative to at least one other region, of a display. Aspects of the present disclosure can also blend first pixel data for each frame layer corresponding to the identified subsection to generate second pixel data. Further, aspects of the present disclosure can populate a buffer layer based on the second pixel data. Additionally, aspects of the present disclosure can blend pixel data from the set of frame layers and the buffer layers to generate a blended image. Aspects of the present disclosure can also transmit the blended image for presentment via the display.
US12266074B2
A method and an apparatus for generation a high definition map, a device and a computer storage medium, which relate to automatic driving and deep learning technologies in the field of artificial intelligence technologies, are disclosed. An implementation includes: acquiring point cloud data and front-view image data which are collected respectively by a plurality of collecting devices at a plurality of location points to obtain a sequence of point clouds and a sequence of front-view images; performing registration of the front-view images and the point clouds on the sequence of point clouds and the sequence of front-view images; transforming the sequence of front-view images into a top-view image based on the result of the registration and determining coordinate information of each pixel in the top-view image; and identifying map elements of the top-view image to obtain the high definition map.
US12266068B2
A system and method are provided for updating electronic content by selectively replacing virtual 3D objects being displayed in an electronic environment. The method includes in one example, presenting augmented reality (AR) content, the presented AR content showing a set of objects, at least some of the objects of the set of objects being rendered 3D objects; receiving an input identifying one of the objects of the set of objects; and responsive to the input, providing updated AR content, the updated AR content replacing at least one of the objects with a different rendered 3D object, wherein the replaced at least one of the objects is determined based on the identified one of the objects of the set of objects.
US12266064B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for the see-through computer display systems with an extended field of view.
US12266060B2
Systems, methods, and computer readable media for remote annotations, drawings, and navigation instructions sent to an augmented reality (AR) wearable device from a computing device are disclosed. The AR wearable device captures images and sends them to the remote computing device to provide a real-time view of what the user of the AR wearable device sees. A user of the remote computing device can add navigation instructions and can select an image to annotate or draw on. The AR wearable device provides 3-dimensional (3D) coordinate information within a 3D world of the AR wearable device for the selected image. The user of the remote computing device then annotates or draws on the selected image. The remote computing device determines 3D coordinates for the annotations and drawings within the 3D world of the AR wearable device. The annotations and drawings are sent to the AR wearable device with associated 3D coordinates.
US12266056B2
According to an embodiment, at least one processor of a wearable device may display, based on an input for entering a virtual space, on a display the virtual space. The at least processor may display within the virtual space a first avatar which is a current representation of a user and has a first appearance. The at least processor may display within the virtual space a first avatar together with a visual object for a second avatar which is a previous representation of the user and has a second appearance different from the first appearance of the first avatar. For example, the metaverse service is provided through a network based on 5G (fifth generation), and/or 6G (sixth generation).
US12266052B2
When performing tile-based rendering a first, pre-pass operation in which primitives in a sequence of primitives for a tile are processed to determine visibility information for the sequence of primitives, the visibility information being usable to determine whether or not fragments for a primitive in the sequence of primitives should subsequently be processed further for the render output, is performed. Thereafter a second, main pass operation is performed in which the further processing of fragments for primitives that were processed during the first, pre-pass operation is controlled based on the determined visibility information for the sequence of primitives, such that for fragments for which the visibility information indicates that the fragments should not be processed further for the render output some or all of the processing during the second, main pass is omitted. The visibility information indicates which primitives should be rendered for which sampling positions of the render output.
US12266051B2
Various embodiments set forth systems and techniques for generating seams for a 3D model. The techniques include generating, based on the 3D model, one or more inputs for one or more trained machine learning models; providing the one or more inputs to the one or more trained machine learning models; receiving, from the one or more trained machine learning models, seam prediction data generated based on the one or more inputs; and placing one or more predicted seams on the 3D model based on the seam prediction data.
US12266039B2
Certain aspects and features of this disclosure relate to rendering images using target-augmented material maps. In one example, a graphics imaging application is loaded with a scene and an input material map, as well as a file for a target image. A stored, material generation prior is accessed by the graphics imaging application. This prior, as an example, is based on a pre-trained, generative adversarial network (GAN). An input material appearance from the input material map is encoded to produce a projected latent vector. The value for the projected latent vector is optimized to produce the material map that is used to render the scene, producing a material map augmented by a realistic target material appearance.
US12266038B2
There are provided an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a program, and a recording medium capable of seamlessly restarting editing of a layout even in a case where a device is changed from a terminal device of a user having an image group to a terminal device of the user not having the image group. In the image processing apparatus, the image processing method, the program, and the recording medium, a combination image of which a layout is created is displayed on a first terminal device, candidate images available for the combination image in a case where editing of the layout is restarted on a second terminal device are selected from an image group based on a predetermined reference while the layout is being edited on the first terminal device, the candidate images being some images other than use images being in use for the combination image, and the use images, the candidate images, and an additional image which is newly added to the combination image from the image group other than the use images by editing the layout on the first terminal device, which are transmitted from the first terminal device and received by a server are stored in the server.
US12266036B2
A control circuit accesses a memory having stored therein total detected computed tomography image signal information in a projection domain for an object, a first model representing object scatter, a second model representing background scatter, and a third model representing detector crosstalk. Prior to a reconstruction step, the control circuit processes the total detected computed tomography image signal information in the projection domain for the object as a function of each of the first model, the second model, and the third model to thereby compensate for object scatter, background scatter, and detector crosstalk by providing scatter and crosstalk-corrected computed tomography image signal information in the projection domain for the object. The control circuit can then carry out a reconstruction step using the scatter and crosstalk-corrected computed tomography image signal information in the projection domain for the object.
US12266029B2
The system obtains a unique identifier of the vehicle and a unique identifier of a driver of the vehicle. The system generates an OTP using the unique identifier of the vehicle and the unique identifier of the driver of the vehicle and sends the OTP to the UE of the driver of the vehicle. The system authenticates the vehicle and the driver of the vehicle by receiving the OTP from the unique identifier of the UE. The system creates in a database an association between the unique identifier of the vehicle, the unique identifier of the driver of the vehicle, and the UE of the driver of the vehicle. The system detects that the UE is proximate to the parking garage where the vehicle is parked. Upon detecting that the UE is proximate to the parking garage, the system identifies the vehicle of the UE and delivers the vehicle.
US12266025B2
Provided are a meter reading device, an attachment member, and a remote meter reading system. The meter reading device includes a recognition unit configured to recognize a measurement value measured by a meter device from an image picked up by a camera and generate numerical data indicating the recognized measurement value, a transmission unit configured to transmit the numerical data generated by the recognition unit to a storage device installed on a network, a mirror arranged so as to be opposed to a display surface at a given angle, and other components. The attachment member enables attachment of the meter reading device to the meter device. The remote meter reading system allows the measurement value displayed on an existing meter device to be checked at a remote location.
US12266024B2
A content server (250) for managing a digital content item (80) sold in a content market (65) includes a content communication device (52) that communicates with a member terminal (40) including a display (40a) and a content control device (251) that causes the display (40a) to display an analytical graph (201a) through the content communication device (52). The analytical graph (201a) includes two or more nodes (202) representing different entities extracted from sales data and contract information and an edge (203) representing a relationship between the two or more nodes (202). The analytical graph (201a) includes the edge (203) extending from a node (202), as a center, representing identification information of the digital content item (80) to a node (202) representing an entity different from an entity for the digital content item (80).
US12266020B2
According to some embodiments, a risk monitoring data store may contain a set of electronic data records, with each electronic data record being associated with a stream of sensor data received via a communication network from a remote set of sensor systems located at a risk monitoring site. A risk analytics platform computer may receive information associated with the sensor data in substantially real-time and analyze the received sensor data, using at least one risk analytics algorithm, to detect an abnormal pattern associated with a predicted elevated level of risk at the risk monitoring site. The risk analytics platform computer may also automatically transmit a result of the analysis to a risk operations platform. The risk operations platform may then implement an active risk mitigation adjustment at the risk monitoring site responsive to the result of the analysis.
US12266019B2
A method and system for scanning claims data, the method comprising receiving, by a computing system, contract details associated with claims, receiving, by the computer system, prescription transactions data associated with the claims, parsing, by the computer system, the transactions data into column values, and executing, by the computer system, analytics on the parsed transactions. The analytics include comparing the parsed transactions against the contract details for accurate pricing, fees, and accepted treatment protocols concerning dose and quantity, comparing the parsed transactions with independent pricing data that is based on third-party pricing data and drug information, identifying material errors in the parsed transactions, determining withholdings from payment of the claims for a portion above a tolerance level based on the identified material errors. The method further comprising presenting, by the computer system, results of the execution of the analytics to a portal.
US12266012B2
Dunning a debtor according to an essentia instance of the debtor. Debtor data of the debtor is received from a creditor. The debtor is mapped to an essentia to create an essentia instance for the debtor based on debtor characteristic variables identified by the debtor data and essentia characteristic variables identified by essentia data. Essentia specific dunning decisions corresponding to the essentia to apply when dunning the debtor are determined. The debtor is dunned according to the essentia specific dunning decisions.
US12266005B2
An online concierge system suggests replacement items when an ordered item may be unavailable. To promote similarity of sources between the replacement item with the ordered item, candidate replacement items are scored, in part, based on a source similarity score based on a source of the candidate replacement item and a source of the ordered item. The source similarity score may be determined by a computer model based on user interactions with item sources. The similarity score may be based on source embeddings that may be determined based on respective item embeddings or may be determined by training source embeddings directly from user-source interactions. The similarity score for a candidate replacement item may be combined with a replacement score indicating the user's likelihood of selecting the candidate replacement item as a replacement to yield a total score for selection as suggestion as a replacement for the ordered item.
US12266000B2
A computerized exchange network enables verifying vehicle image alterations, such as altering images to remove objects from a background or to include indicia, for example. In some embodiments, a system for verifying image alterations is configured to acquire an image, alter the image, add the image to a website, and record the alteration and adding. In other embodiments, a method for verifying image alterations involves acquiring an image, generating an altered image, adding the image to a website, and recording the alteration and adding.
US12265997B2
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful for user engagement with a retailer. In some embodiments, a system includes an application including a set of computer program code configured to be executed by a mobile electronic device associated with a customer of the retailer. The application includes a first component and a second component. A first server includes a first control circuit and communicatively coupled to the application and configured to: communicate with the first component. A second server includes a second control circuit and communicatively coupled to the application and configured to: facilitate purchase of products for sale at an ecommerce website; and switch, upon an activation of the second component, control by the first server of a first user interface provided by the first component to control by the second server of the second user interface provided by the second component.
US12265995B2
An information technology platform for personalizing an experience of a visitor at a non-profit venue, the platform comprising: a network; a server in communication with the network; a mobile computing device to be carried by the visitor, the mobile computing device in communication with the server via the network, wherein an information technology platform determines personalized information about the visitor; a recommendation engine associated with the server, wherein the recommendation engine is to receive the personalized information about the visitor and to output a suggestion for a personalized experience for the visitor, wherein the information technology platform conveys the suggestion for the personalized experience to the visitor, wherein the personalized experience is to encourage philanthropic activity; and a management system for managing the platform, wherein the management system includes a management interface for creating multimedia asset selections or sequences to be included as part of the output suggestion.
US12265993B2
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for utilizing a content recommendation system powering a streaming media publisher channel to enhance an ad creative being shown to the user via awareness or performance campaigns. This method allows the platform to present the most relevant hyper-personalized in-channel content to the publisher platform users in endemic banners that run on the platform which then correspondingly helps drive user reach. An example embodiment operates by implementing personalized content banners that may act as a hook for channel users opening their streaming device, both active and lapsed, to enter back into the channel.
US12265990B2
A method of detecting a brand theft according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: acquiring protected object data related to a brand to be protected, the protected object data including brand character data and brand logo image data related to a brand, and CDN keyword data indicating a source in which the brand logo image data is stored; acquiring crawled data by crawling an e-commerce web page; parsing the crawled data to acquire first data corresponding to a title or content of the web page, second data corresponding to an image, and third data related to a source of the image; analyzing each of the first data, the second data, and the third data to detect whether the protected object data is included in the crawled data for the web page; and monitoring e-commerce websites based on the detection result.
US12265989B2
A software and/or hardware facility for scoring the quality of traffic to a site accessible via the Internet or other network. The facility may generate training set data and use the training set data to identify parameters indicative of fraudulent traffic to a site and reduce the effect of fraudulent traffic advertisers and publishers. The facility may score the quality of traffic and determine combinations of parameters that are indicative of the quality of traffic to the site. Traffic to the site may be scored based on the combination of parameters associated with the one or more sessions. Lower scores are indicative of traffic having little value to a publisher, advertiser, or third party; higher scores are indicative of traffic having greater value.
US12265983B2
A device may receive, from a client device of a customer, item data identifying a price of an item and customer data identifying the customer, where the item data may be received by a transaction card from a price tag of the item. The device may receive price data identifying prices associated with multiple items and other data identifying locations, availabilities, and terms of the multiple items, and may process the item data, the price data, and the other data, with a machine learning model, to identify an optimal price for the item. The device may provide, to the client device, data identifying the optimal price and data identifying a merchant associated with the optimal price, and may receive transaction data identifying the item, the optimal price, and the merchant when the customer purchases the item. The device may perform actions based on the transaction data.
US12265973B2
The disclosed embodiments can be used to automate the acquisition and management of user consents for one or more campaigns, thus reducing the possibility of unintended violations of consent requirements as compared with existing systems. In accordance with the disclosed embodiments, each user consent may be associated with at least three different values. The consent management system may be configured to filter consent values for various users and send user-consent requests to certain users based on their filtered user-consent values. In some disclosed embodiments, a user may provide consent to allow communications of the user's information to certain “connected parties.” The connected parties, moreover, may need to separately provide user consent(s) as necessary to effectuate communications for a campaign in compliance with one or more laws, rules, or regulations.
US12265970B2
A mobile terminal includes: a display, a wireless communication interface configured to perform wireless communication with a home appliance or an external server, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the display to display an automatic registration guide screen displaying one or more home appliances according to execution of a home appliance management application, receive an automatic registration request for automatic registration of a first home appliance among the one or more home appliances, and control the display to display an automatic registration process screen indicating automatic registration progress of the first home appliance in response to the received automatic registration request.
US12265967B2
Provided herein is a computing system for detecting compromised merchants in a payment card network. The computing system includes a processor in communication with a memory, and the processor is configured to: (i) receive historical transaction data associated with historical transactions carried out at merchants, (ii) determine historical values for key merchant variables for each merchant, (iii) store the historical key merchant variable values, (iv) receive current transaction data associated with current transactions carried out at a selected merchant, (v) determine current values for key merchant variables for the selected merchant, (vi) compare the current key merchant variable values with the historical key merchant variable values for the selected merchant, (vii) identify abnormalities between the current key merchant variable values and the historical key merchant variable values for the selected merchant, and (viii) determine that the selected merchant is a compromised merchant based upon the identified abnormalities.
US12265963B1
Systems and methods for identifying blockchain address owners using test funds are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method for identifying blockchain address owners using test funds may include: identifying, by an identity identification computer program executed by an electronic device, a room identifier for an application deployed to a test blockchain network for a main blockchain network; fetching, by the identity identification computer program, chat messages for the room identifier; extracting, by the identity identification computer program, identifying information from the chat messages; and outputting, by the identity identification computer program, the identifying information.
US12265953B1
The present invention generally relates to computer systems, methods and program products that allow a digital asset exchange to provide an option to customers to lend all or a portion of the digital assets associated with at least a first blockchain and held by the exchange on behalf of the customer in exchange for payments such as interest.
US12265948B2
In one example embodiment, a plurality of objects selected by a user on a user interface for a collaboration tool are identified. The plurality of objects include at least two different types of objects. One or more collaboration actions to perform are determined by a computing device based on the types and contextual information for the plurality of objects. The one or more collaboration actions are presented on the user interface. A presented collaboration action is initiated from the user interface.
US12265942B2
A method and system are disclosed for automatic replenishment of a retail enterprise store, and a computer-readable storage medium. In the method of the present disclosure, historical operational transaction data of at least one store of the same type as the retail enterprise store is used to obtain four indicators of each product of the at least one store, a plurality of target features having an impact on an indicator matrix composed of the four indicators are extracted to provide replenishment suggestions, and the indicator matrix composed of the four indicators is automatically adjusted to update a replenishment model. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a set of algorithm models can be optimized and customized according to the historical operational transaction data of the store and external environments such as weather changes, business circle customer flow, discount events, etc., so that each store can be provided with SKU-level high-precision demand prediction and replenishment suggestions to generate replenishment suggestions, improving the processing efficiency of the server, and further realizing the artificially controllable intelligent replenishment decision-making function.
US12265937B2
A method and system for providing energy audits or energy retrofits with plural auditors. An energy audit or energy retrofit is conducted in plural parts by plural different auditors on plural different energy audit applications on plural different network devices for energy consuming components (e.g., lighting, heating, ventilation, air condition, etc.) and energy producing components (e.g., solar, wind, water, etc.). The plural audit parts are automatically synchronized to a server network device allowing energy audits or energy retrofits to be completed at different dates and times by different auditors.
US12265936B1
Systems and methods to assess entities based on custom risk profiles defined through a user interface are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain user profiles associated with users; generate user interface information defining a user interface through which risk profiles are defined by compliance organizations; effectuate communication of the user interface information to computing platforms associated with the compliance organizations; obtain user input information conveying user input into the instances of the user interface by the compliance organizations including definitions of valuation information and weighting information of individual risk profiles; obtain requests to verify the users; generate sets of weighted risk parameter values; generate aggregate risk parameter values; and/or perform other operations.
US12265930B2
According to one embodiment, a work estimation apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires video data on a predetermined area, estimates a work state of a worker included in the video data based on the video data, and outputs display data including a graph related to the work state.
US12265914B2
A method includes training a recurrent neural network by monitoring data in a memory of a first server as the first server executes jobs and by determining an amount of computing resources used by the first server while executing the jobs and applying the recurrent neural network to data in the memory to predict an amount of computing resources that the first server will use when executing a first future job. The method also includes, in response to determining that execution of the first future job did not meet a performance criterion, making a change to the first server. The method further includes further training the recurrent neural network using a reinforcement learning technique, applying the recurrent neural network to determine that the change should be made to a second server, and in response, making the change to the second server before the second server executes a second future job.
US12265912B2
A deep neural network training accelerator includes an operational unit sequentially performing first and second operations on a plurality of input data of a sub-set according to a mini-batch gradient descent, a determination unit determining each of the input data as one of skip data and training data based on a confidence matrix obtained by the first operation, and a control unit controlling the operational unit to skip the second operation with respect to the skip data.
US12265893B2
A learning device 80 is a learning device for learning a model applied to a device that performs processing using a specific model, includes an input unit 81 and an imitation learning unit 82. The input unit 81 receives input of a functional form of a reward. The imitation learning unit 82 learns a policy by imitation learning based on training data. The imitation learning unit 82 learns a reward function depending on the input functional form of the reward by the imitation learning.
US12265888B1
A system and method for performing machine learning in a mobile computing device which is configured to be coupled with a cloud computing system is disclosed. The method may include activating, on the mobile computing device, a machine learning application, which accesses a local machine learning system including a local machine learning model, periodically updating the local machine learning system based upon updates for the local machine learning system received from a global machine learning system hosted by the cloud computing system, performing machine learning based on received training data, and periodically transmitting changes to the local machine learning system from the mobile computing device to the global machine learning system hosted by the cloud computing system.
US12265879B2
A single piece light pipe is designed to provide dual-field, multi-color, multi-directional illumination. The light pipe is combined with a single PCB having a plurality of LEDs to create a compact illuminator that can selectively provide dark field and bright field with red, green, blue color, broad spectrum, or combination of any color in horizontal, vertical, diagonal, or combination of any direction. The single piece light pipe is compact in size and light in weight. The non-closed form option not only can further reduce the weight but also can allow arrange opening area clearance for: (1) visual aiming and alignment in application, especially for hand held application; (2) reducing illumination crosstalk to unwanted directions; and for (3) mechanical integration. The improvements allow the illuminator to read direct product marking (DPM) type of barcodes.
US12265878B2
An assisted aimer for rapid, accurate, and low-cost imaging of barcodes, includes a hand-held device, such as a smart phone or tablet, having a digital camera with built-in flash, a specialized software application executing on the phone, and an aimer apparatus attached in front of the flash aperture for forming an aimer beam at a predetermined distance. The aimer beam assists a user in accurately pointing the device at a target barcode. The aimer is attachable directly to the smart phone or camera, or is made a part of an enclosure that accepts the smart phone or tablet into a self-aligning receiving space. Aiming beam assistance enables the camera, its auto-focus, and the installed software application image processing to deliver rapid, snappy, barcode imaging.
US12265877B2
Disclosed is a dispenser for controlling at least one container including a medical product, the at least one container being provided with an electronic tag, the dispenser including: a plurality of inner walls delimiting a storage volume, the plurality of inner walls including side walls delimiting a single access opening for the storage volume, the dispenser being suitable for receiving at least one container; and a reader capable of reading the at least one information item stored in the memory of each electronic tag, the reader including a plurality of loop-shaped antennas, each side wall including a support able to house at least one part of one of the antennas.
US12265875B2
An RFID tag 1 for a rubber product is provided with a coupling transformer 40, an RF chip 10 connected to a secondary side of the coupling transformer, a printed circuit board 20 on which the RF chip is mounted, and an antenna 30, wherein the antenna comprises a coil section 31, a first element 32 extending from one end of the coil section, and a second element 33 extending from another end of the coil section in parallel with the first element and shorter than the first element, the coil section has fewer windings than the coupling transformer 40 on the secondary side, and the printed circuit board 20 is held in a gap between strands of the coil section such that the coil section forms a primary side of the coupling transformer.
US12265862B2
A system includes a host device; a storage device including an embedded processor; and a bridge kernel device including a bridge kernel hardware and a bridge kernel firmware, wherein the bridge kernel device is configured to receive a plurality of arguments from the host device and transfer the plurality of arguments to the embedded processor for data processing.
US12265853B2
Arranging computational sub-tasks in a hybrid-computing environment is provided. The method comprises receiving input of a number of nodes, wherein each node represents a computational sub-task, and wherein the nodes are grouped into different sets according to differing computing resources used by the nodes. A computational objective is also received as well as initial data inputs and desired final outputs. A directed graph network is generated comprising the nodes and directed edges connecting the nodes. An optimization problem is then solved to determine a best path through the directed graph network for deriving the desired final outputs from the initial data inputs according to the computational objective. The best path comprises a subset of nodes and directed edges within the directed graph network. The best path to achieve the computational objective and estimated computational resources required for the best path are output to a user.
US12265851B2
Systems and techniques for managing and executing digital workflows are described. A technique described includes obtaining a job record from a job queue from a first server; assigning a node associated with a second server to handle a task indicated by the job record; operating, at the second server, a first action block in the node to produce output results in response to executing the task and to forward the output results to batch blocks; operating, at the second server, the batch blocks in the node to respectively accumulate different batch groups of the output results; operating, at the second server, the batch blocks in the node to respectively forward the different batch groups of the output results to respective second action blocks; and operating, at the second server, the second action blocks in the node to respectively process the different batch groups of the output results.
US12265837B2
Methods and systems for emulating an application include generating a log template to match one or more patterns in a set of application logs collected from an original application. Semantic state representations are learned for the original application from the log template. A classifier is trained to predict a next action template based on a sequence of prior action templates. A regressor is trained to generate a parameter value for a template based on a sequence of prior action templates and a particular semantic state of the original application.
US12265836B1
A system and method of a localization middleware for localizing datasets using textual replacement techniques. The method includes receiving a request for a particular dataset that is stored in a data store, the particular dataset includes a plurality of textual strings in a non-regional version. The method includes determining a regional version for the particular dataset based on the request. The method includes identifying a library of translations associated with the non-regional version and the regional version. The method includes performing, by a processing device based on the library of translations and the particular dataset, a string replacement procedure to generate a localized dataset including one or more textual strings in the regional version.
US12265831B2
A method is provided of swapping code execution among multiple microcontroller code banks. The microcontroller has computer-readable memory, a central processing unit, and an interrupt controller. The method comprises executing an instruction to process a first pointer storing an address location of a first application within a first code bank of computer-readable memory. The first application is executed based on processing the first pointer. The method also comprises replacing the address location of the first application stored within the first pointer with an address location of a second application stored with a second code bank of the computer-readable memory. The instruction to process the first pointer is executed to process the address location of the second application to execute the second application without stopping operation of the interrupt controller.
US12265821B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to reporting Electronic Control Unit (ECU) errors or faults to a remote monitoring server. Operations may include receiving operational data from a plurality of ECUs in the vehicle, the operational data being indicative of a plurality of runtime attributes of the plurality of ECUs; generating, through a machine learning process, a statistical model of the operational data; receiving live, runtime updates from the plurality of ECUs in the communications network of the vehicle; identifying an ECU error associated with an ECU in the communications network of the vehicle, the ECU error being determined by a comparison of the live, runtime updates with the statistical model of the operational data to identify at least one deviation from the operational data; and wirelessly sending a report to the remote monitoring server based on the live, runtime updates, the report identifying the ECU and the identified ECU error.
US12265819B2
Disclosed are a code updating method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a Non-Volatile computer-readable storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring a target character string, wherein the target character string is a common code of source codes of at least two products, first line spacings in the source codes of the at least two products are the same; matching the target character string with source codes of a first product, and taking a line where a character string, that matches the target character string, in the first product is located as a first line of first target codes of the first product; generating a patch file for the first target codes of the first product; and respectively applying the patch file to the first target codes of the at least two products.
US12265818B2
Dynamically updating, or retraining and updating, artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) models in digital processes at runtime is disclosed. Production operation may not need to be stopped for AI/ML model update or retraining and update. The update steps and/or retraining steps for the AI/ML model may be included as part of the digital process. The AI/ML model update may be requested from internal logic (e.g., from the evaluation of a condition, by an expression that calls for the AI/ML model, etc.), external requests (e.g., from external triggers in a finite state machine (FSM), such as a file change, database data, a service call, etc.), or both. Automation of AI/ML model updates or retraining and updates may be provided, where the software reloads/reinitializes/re-instantiates with a retrained and/or updated AI/ML model after (and possibly immediately after) the AI/ML model becomes available.
US12265813B2
An apparatus and method for generating a neural network executable image are disclosed. The apparatus receives user requirements including a default neural network model and training result data for generating a neural network executable image required by a user, checks whether the default neural network model included in the user requirements is capable of being supported in a target system in which the neural network executable image is to be installed, converts the default neural network model into a neural network model executable in the target system, converts the training result data by reconfiguring the data format set of the training result data, and generates a neural network executable image by combining the converted neural network model and the converted training result data.
US12265812B2
One example method includes creating an image definition file, using the image definition file to create an image that is deployable to an edge device, copying an agent into the image, stripping any user passwords out of the image, and removing any unnecessary packages from the image, and after the stripping and the removing, the image becomes an immutable image. The immutable image may then be deployed to a group of edge devices, and one or more layers of the immutable image may be updated by the agent.
US12265810B2
A vehicle control system includes a vehicle control unit which includes a first memory and controls a function unit installed in a vehicle by executing a program stored in the memory and a master control unit which is connected with the vehicle control unit, and the master control unit includes a second memory, stores writing data for writing the program to the first memory in the second memory, is capable of executing a writing process of writing the program to the first memory provided to the vehicle control unit based on the writing data, selects a processing target control unit, which is set as a target of the writing process, from plural vehicle control units based on a predetermined selection condition, transmits a wake-up request to the processing target control unit, and subsequently performs the writing process for the processing target control unit.
US12265805B2
Techniques are described herein for segmenting source code into syntactically coherent sequences of tokens that satisfy constraints inherent in sequence-to-sequence networks. In various implementations, source code may be processed to generate one or more graphs representing the source code. One or more of the graphs may then be traversed to identify one or more sequences of tokens within the source code that satisfy an input constraint of a sequence-to-sequence network. The source code may be segmented into the identified one or more sequences of tokens. The one or more sequences of tokens may then be processed using the sequence-to-sequence network.
US12265804B2
Implementations are described herein for identifying related source code edits to perform, or to aid in the performance of, various programming tasks. In various implementations, a first edit made to a first source code snippet in a source code editor may be detected. Based on the first edit, a second source code edit to be made to a second source code snippet may be identified. The identifying may include: traversing one or more graphs to determine one or more edge sequences between nodes corresponding to the first and second source code snippets, comparing the one or more edge sequences to a plurality of reference edge sequences between nodes corresponding to historical co-occurrences of the first and second code edits, and identifying the second edit based on the comparing. The source code editor may provide output that includes a recommendation to implement the second edit.
US12265798B2
Systems and methods for adding process actions to the design of a robotic software process. A context-recognition module recognizes a current state of a process being designed, and passes information on that current state to a recommendation module. The recommendation module evaluates the current state and identifies at least one suitable process action to recommend in response to that current state. The recommendation module then recommends the at least one process action to the human designer. If the designer accepts the recommendation, a design module adds the process action to the process design. The recommendation module may also use information about previous actions in the process and in other processes when identifying suitable process actions. The context-recognition module and the recommendation module may each comprise at least one machine learning module, which may or may not be neural network based.
US12265797B2
Adder circuits and associated methods for processing a set of at least three floating-point numbers to be added together include identifying, from among the at least three numbers, at least two numbers that have the same sign—that is, at least two numbers that are both positive or both negative. The identified at least two numbers are added together using one or more same-sign floating-point adders. A same-sign floating-point adder comprises circuitry configured to add together floating-point numbers having the same sign and does not include circuitry configured to add together numbers having different signs.
US12265792B2
Methods and systems are provided for facilitating generation and utilization of a commonsense contextualizing machine learning (ML) model, in accordance with embodiments described herein. In embodiments, a commonsense contextual ML model is trained by fine-tuning a pre-trained language model using a set of training path-sentence pairs. Each training path-sentence pair includes a commonsense path, identified via a commonsense knowledge graph, and a natural language sentence identified as contextually related to the commonsense path. The trained commonsense contextualizing ML model can then be used to generate a commonsense inference path for a text input. Such a commonsense inference path can include a sequence of entities and relations that provide commonsense context to the text input. Thereafter, the commonsense inference path can be provided to a natural language processing system for use in performing a natural language processing task.
US12265790B2
Disclosed are a method for correcting a text, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a text to be corrected; acquiring a phonetic symbol sequence of the text to be corrected; and obtaining a corrected text by inputting the text to be corrected and the phonetic symbol sequence into a text correction model, in which, the text correction model obtains the corrected text by: detecting an error word in the text to be corrected, determining a phonetic symbol corresponding to the error word in the phonetic symbol sequence, and adding the phonetic feature corresponding to the phonetic symbol behind the error word to obtain a phonetic symbol text, and correcting the error word and the phonetic feature in the phonetic symbol text to obtain the corrected text.
US12265783B2
Embodiments described herein provide a multi-modal search-and-summarize tool for message platforms. Specifically, the multi-modal search-and-summarize tool may monitor conversational content of different formats, e.g., text, image, video, etc., and use multi-modal summarization models to generate a summary of the conversation channel. The summarization may be conducted via a search-and-summarize process in response to a specific user query, e.g., a user may enter “what did John and Josh say about the presentation tomorrow?” The multi-modal summarization model would first search for relevant conversation messages between user John and user Josh, identify communication files of different format (e.g., text messages, emojis, multimedia attachments, etc.), and then input the communication files to respective text or image encoders to generate a summary of the communication content.
US12265779B2
A processing system for validating a circuit design, the processing system includes a flow processor, and an evaluation system coupled with the flow processor. The flow processor generates instructions from the circuit design. The evaluation system includes instruction memory circuitry receives the instructions from the flow processor and generate control signals, and interconnect circuitry receives the control signals routes a plurality of values based on the control signals. Each of the plurality of values having one of four states. The evaluation further includes operation circuitry that receives the plurality of values and the control signals, performs one or more operations of the circuit design with the plurality of values based on the control signals, and outputs operation values based on performing the one or more operations, the operation values indicative of an error within the circuit design.
US12265771B2
A method for dividing a graphical simulation model up into a first sub-model and a second sub-model includes: identifying at least one first block as belonging to the first sub-model and identifying at least one second block as belonging to the second sub-model based on a sampling time and/or a resource allocation; searching for cyclic groups of blocks, wherein a cyclic group whose blocks all have the same sampling time is deemed to be atomic; identifying non-cyclic groups of blocks; allocating individual blocks from the cyclic groups of blocks and the non-cyclic group of blocks to either the first sub-model or the second sub-model, wherein all blocks of an atomic cyclic group are allocated to the same sub-model; generating program code for the processor from the first sub-model; and generating a configuration bitstream for the programmable logic module from the second sub-model.
US12265769B2
A method, system, and computer program product for parallel regression to bypass regression process interruption are provided. The method identifies an RTL design. The RTL design is converted into a control data flow graph having a plurality of nodes and a plurality of arcs. A mapping table is generated with a machine learning database from a set of test cases based on the control data flow graph. The method selectively calls one or more test cases of the set of test cases to merge a branch to a main repository to bypass a portion of a regression process.
US12265764B2
A computerized method for generating a 3D Computer-Aided Design (CAD) is provided. The method comprising: receiving an input comprising requirements for a new design; processing the input to generate a CAD design using a trained AI model, wherein the CAD design is an assembly of at least two separate components; and outputting the CAD design.
US12265762B1
Described is a system for improving machine operation performance. The system assigns and displays, on an interface having multiple interactive controls, a performance score for each skill of a sequential task in a simulation of operation of a machine. Based on the performance scores, one or more skills to improve with targeted training are identified and displayed on the interface. A training scenario of skills to perform via the interactive controls in a subsequent simulation is recommended to improve the performance scores. Following performance of the training scenario in the subsequent simulation, the system assigns and displays, on the interface, a new performance score for each skill performed. The training scenario is adapted based on the new performance scores.
US12265759B2
An image construction method and system for a heating area is provided. The method includes: obtaining an initial image according to a heating structure diagram and a building structure diagram of the heating area; segmenting the initial image according to heating attribute of the heating area to obtain a plurality of segmentation sub-graphs; performing first collection on a surface temperature of a heating pipeline according to pre-deployed surface devices corresponding to the segmentation sub-graphs, and setting first heating labels corresponding to the segmentation sub-graphs, and meanwhile, performing second collection on a regional temperature of a sub-area of the heating pipeline being located according to a pre-deployed monitoring device corresponding to the segmentation sub-graphs, and setting second heating labels; performing position and temperature analysis on a label setting result of each of the segmentation sub-graphs to obtain a heating image of the heating area.
US12265756B2
Methods and devices for sampling applications using a touch input are described herein. In some embodiments, an electronic device detects a touch input, which may cause the electronic device to send identifiers to a backend system. The backend system may then determine an application and sample audio request associated with the received identifiers. The backend system may then receive text data representing the sample audio request and text data representing a response to the sample audio request. The backend system may generate audio data representing the received text data and send the audio data to the electronic device. If, the touch input is still occurring, the backend system may find and send more sample audio requests and the responses thereof. If the touch input stops occurring during the sample, the backend system may send instructions to the electronic device to stop outputting the sample.
US12265743B2
A print job processing apparatus that processes print jobs for nesting printing to arrange images of the received print jobs side by side in a width direction of a sheet, calculate a margin width of the sheet for already-arranged images and replace a replaceable image with an image of a newly-received print job in a case where the image of the newly-received print job is not arrangeable in a margin with the margin width calculated for the already-arranged images, in which the replaceable image is an image included in the already-arranged images, and is such an image that the margin width after replacement of the replaceable image with the image of the newly-received print job is equal to or longer than zero and is shorter than the margin width before the replacement.
US12265736B2
A storage device includes: a storage controller to receive data from a host device, and to store the data in storage memory; and a reconfigurable integrated circuit communicably connected to the storage controller, and to accelerate logic operations executed on the data stored in the storage memory, the reconfigurable integrated circuit including: a first logic block to execute a static logic operation from among the logic operations; a second logic block to execute one or more dynamic logic operations from among the logic operations; and a plurality of memory buffers configured to store inputs and outputs of the first and second logic blocks.
US12265732B1
A data processor that is operable to be coupled to a memory includes a memory operation array, a controller, a refresh logic circuit, and a selector. The memory operation array is for storing memory operations for a first power state of the memory. The controller is responsive to a power state change request to execute a plurality of memory operations from the memory operation array when the first power state is selected. The refresh logic circuit generates refresh cycles periodically for the memory. The selector is for multiplexing the refresh cycles with the memory operations during a power state change to the first power state.
US12265731B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for memory systems that support partial row refresh operation of a memory system. In a first aspect, a method of refreshing a memory array includes obtaining, by a memory controller from a host device through a channel, partial row refresh information associated with a first row in a memory array and refreshing, by the memory controller, a portion of the first row in the memory array based on the partial row refresh information. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US12265726B2
A user can select a capacity setting for a transitional partition that determines the allocation between a low-density partition and a high-density partition in the transitional partition. The transitional partition can dynamically change among multiple settings having different capacities for the low-density partition. If the current setting of the transitional partition does not efficiently utilize the available storage space based on the user's preferences for storing different types of data in the low-density partition and the high-density partition, then the user can choose to change the transitional partition to a different setting that better suits the individual user's storage allocation preferences. Therefore, valuable storage space will not be under-utilized but instead will be repurposed for more efficient use by converting a low-density partition to a high-density partition, and vice versa.
US12265704B2
An electronic device comprising one or more touches on a region of the touchscreen display that includes the application content of the first application. In response to detecting the input comprising the one or more touches, the electronic device, in accordance with a determination that the one or more touches correspond to a system gesture for switching applications, replaces display of the first application with a second application without delivering information corresponding to the one or more touches to the first application; and in accordance with a determination that the touches do not correspond to a system gesture, delivers the information corresponding to the one or more touches to the first application.
US12265687B2
A computer system displays, in display area outside of a system user interface region, a first user interface. In accordance with a determination that the system user interface region is displayed in a first display state, the computer system displays the system user interface region with a first visual edge treatment and displays a background of an interior portion of the system user interface region with a first appearance. In accordance with a determination that the system user interface region is displayed in a second display state distinct from the first display state, the computer system displays the system user interface region with a second visual edge treatment that is distinct from the first visual edge treatment and displays the background of the interior portion of the system user interface region with the first appearance.
US12265681B2
The present disclosure provides a display device. The display device includes a transparent cover plate, a display panel, a frame assembly and an infrared touch assembly. The frame assembly includes an outer frame and a light filtering strip. The light filtering strip is provided with a light filtering part that presses at a front side edge of the transparent cover plate. The outer frame includes an outer frame body, a front frame wall and a rear frame wall. An outer side end of the front frame wall is connected to the outer frame body. An inner side end of the front frame wall presses on a front side surface of the light filtering part. An outer side end of the rear frame wall is connected to the outer frame body. The infrared touch assembly is fixed between the front frame wall and the rear frame wall.
US12265675B2
According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detecting function includes: a display area in which pixels each composed of a plurality of color areas are arranged in a matrix; a touch detection electrode including a first conductive thin wire extending in a first direction; and a dummy electrode including a plurality of second conductive thin wires; a drive electrode having capacitance for the touch detection electrode. Each of the second conductive thin wires includes a plurality of thin wire pieces extending in a direction different from the first direction and is divided by a slit between the thin wire pieces. A color area in the display area with which the slit overlaps has a different color from a color area in the display area with which a slit closest to the slit in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction overlaps.
US12265668B2
Provided is a pen state detection circuit for detecting a state of an electronic pen based on a signal distribution detected by a touch sensor including a plurality of sensor electrodes arranged in a plane shape, the electronic pen including at least one electrode, the pen state detection circuit, in operation, acquires, from the touch sensor, a first signal distribution and a second signal distribution, generates a two-dimensional signal distribution by synthesizing the first signal distribution and second signal distribution, or generates a two-dimensional feature distribution by synthesizing a first feature distribution relating to a shape of the first signal distribution and a second feature distribution relating to a shape of the second signal distribution, and estimate a position indicated by the electronic pen or a posture of the electronic pen from the two-dimensional signal distribution or two-dimensional feature distribution.
US12265662B2
Devices, systems, and methods for reproducing or simulating a heartbeat pattern in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. In particular aspects, a device is configured to reproduce a tactile, auditory, and/or visual output representing a heartbeat pattern of a loved one. A user may perceive, during operation, the reproduced heartbeat pattern reproduced by the device. For example, the user may touch the device (e.g., may wrap a hand around the device, may pressed the device against any part of the user's body, etc.), the device may be activated (e.g., by the user's touch) and may reproduce an output (e.g., tactile, auditory, and/or visual) causing the user to perceive the heartbeat pattern. The heartbeat pattern may be one stored in the device, an external device and provided to the device via a link, or generated by the device dynamically during operation.
US12265659B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include creating a computer-generated model for a haptic feedback system including a plurality of actuators arranged in a first layer of the haptic feedback system, and a plurality of channels routed in a second layer of the haptic feedback system, the second layer being below the first layer, printing a three-dimensional wax mold structure of the computer-generated model, and forming the haptic feedback system in a single step using the three-dimensional wax mold structure. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US12265658B2
The present disclosure provides an evaluation method, device, and storage medium for intelligent human-machine cooperation system, the method comprises the following steps: recording a real-time objective data of subject during an execution of the intelligent human-machine cooperation system test; inputting the objective data into a pre-trained fitting model to predict and obtain a subjective evaluation of a prediction, the pre-trained fitting model is based on a recorded objective data and subjective evaluation fitting, and the subjective evaluation is obtained based on a first subjective evaluation result of the subject after executing the intelligent human-machine cooperation system test for pre-training; obtaining a real-time human-machine cooperation score based on a predicted subjective evaluation.
US12265656B2
An apparatus and a method are described herein related to the art of monitor virtualization. A monitor-virtualization system, such as a head-mountable device, an ophthalmic device or an intraocular implant, can render a virtual monitor in augmented reality. A dimmable occlusion matrix can be operated such as to make the image of the virtual monitor substantially opaque. A coordinator module can synchronize the activities of monitor positioning and occlusion masking. The virtual monitor can be anchored to real-world artifacts. Various dimming modes of the occlusion matrix reduce operator fatigue. The apparatus may operate in smart sunglass mode when the virtual monitor function is paused. The virtual monitor can be hidden or visualized differently when thresholds in terms of user geolocation or viewing angle are breached.
US12265643B2
Systems and methods utilize a data change repository that supplements existing data in a database by storing various data labels for each record. Each data label comprises a first data characteristic comprising a stateless value and a second data characteristic that comprises a modification characteristic of the stateless value. The systems and methods may then use these additional labels to identify and/or validate the underlying data. As the labels are used for the identification and/or validation (as opposed to the underlying data itself), the systems and methods do not affect, and function despite, security protocols, access restrictions, and/or viewing rights.
US12265642B2
A data encryption or decryption method includes obtaining a data processing request carrying to-be-processed data; selecting one of a first processing manner and a second processing manner as a processing manner for the to-be-processed data. In the first processing manner, processing is performed by an encryption/decryption chip. In the second processing manner, processing is performed by a software program running on a central processing unit.
US12265641B1
Captures or recordings of sensitive information or data displayed on screens or displays are detected by generating unique identifiers of users and embedding linked codes including such identifiers into the information or data. When the information or data is accessed by a user and displayed on a screen, and an image of the information or data is captured by a camera of a mobile device or other system, the camera detects a code within the images and requests to access a page or other networked resource associated with a link embedded in the code. Upon detecting a request to access such a page, the request may be attributed to the user. Upon detecting a unique identifier within an image depicting sensitive information, the image may be attributed to the user.
US12265632B2
According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a dynamic key distribution system is provided. The dynamic key distribution includes computer-executable instructions to encrypt, using a first Security Protocol and Data Model (SPDM)-enabled device conforming to a SPDM specification, an original Pre-Shared Key (PSK) with a SPDM identity certificate of the first SPDM-enabled device, wherein the original PSK is associated with a second SPDM-enabled device. The instructions are also configured to provision the encrypted PSK in the second SPDM-enabled device, and authenticate the second SPDM-enabled device by decrypting the encrypted PSK to obtain the original PSK using an SPDM protocol.
US12265631B1
A system and method to analyze security across digital environments is provided. The system includes a report generation module to generate reports stating vulnerabilities in a software delivery pipeline. A recommendation engine is configured to perform a comprehensive analysis of the reports, verifies by cross-referencing with a CVE database to provide a rationalized and comprehensive view of the vulnerabilities. Further, the recommendation engine is configured to conduct an impact analysis using a ML model to determine the consequence of fixing the vulnerabilities and generates a score matrix based on a predefined threshold limit. Recommendations are provided to resolve the vulnerabilities based on the score matrix generated and impact analysis. The system includes a vulnerability remediation module to utilize the threshold limit to initiate automated vulnerability remediation thereby ensuring a secure and reliable development process.
US12265623B2
Techniques are provided for firmware protection using multi-chip storage of firmware images. One method comprises obtaining a firmware image; encrypting the firmware image; splitting the encrypted firmware image into a plurality of encrypted firmware image portions; and storing the plurality of encrypted firmware image portions on a plurality of recovery chips, wherein a threshold number of the encrypted firmware image portions from at least two different recovery chips are needed to reconstruct the firmware image. The threshold number of the encrypted firmware image portions can be obtained from the at least two different recovery chips and a validation can be applied to the obtained encrypted firmware image portions. The threshold number of encrypted firmware image portions may be obtained in response to a chip that stores the firmware image being inactive.
US12265621B2
Ransomware activity detection and data protection is implemented by a remote R2 storage array on an asynchronous remote data replication facility, on which data from a primary R1 storage array is replicated to the remote storage array. Write operations on storage volumes in a remote data replication group are collected in a capture cycle on the primary storage array, along with IO pattern metadata describing both read and write operations on the storage volumes. At the end of the capture cycle, the update and metadata is transmitted to the remote storage array. The remote storage array receives the update and metadata and temporarily stores the update prior to applying it to its copy of the storage volumes. Ransomware anomaly detection is implemented using the update and metadata, and if ransomware activity is detected, the data on the remote R2 storage array is protected, and the update is not applied.
US12265620B2
At an advertising server: adding tracking code to advertisements served by the advertising server, wherein the tracking code is configured to cause web browsers displaying the served advertisements to transmit their contents to a security server. At the security server: scanning the received advertisements to detect presence of malicious code, and storing results of the scanning in a database. At the advertising server: prior to serving a new advertisement that has won in RTB, querying the database for scan results associated with the new advertisement. When the scan results indicate a malicious advertisement, preventing a serving of the new advertisement. When the scan results indicate a safe advertisement, allowing a serving the new advertisement. When no scan results are available for the new advertisement, adding the tracking code to the new advertisement and serving it, such that its contents are scanned by the security server.
US12265615B2
Human-readable (HR) code may be derived from a binary. The HR code may be configured to have statistical properties suitable for machine-learned (ML) translation. The HR code may comprise source code, intermediate code, assembly code, or the like. A machine-learned translator may be configured to translate the HR code into labels comprising semantic information pertaining to respective functions of the binary, such as a function name, role, or the like. Execution of the binary may be blocked in response to translating the HR code to a label associated with malware, such as cryptocurrency mining malware or the like. Conversely, the binary may be permitted to proceed to execution in response to determining that the translation is free from labels indicative of malware.
US12265614B2
Described are techniques for automated labeling of cybersecurity incidents. The techniques include generating a set of labels for a received cybersecurity incident based on features of the received cybersecurity incident. The techniques further include prioritizing the set of labels to generate a subset of labels, and associating the subset of labels to the received cybersecurity incident.
US12265613B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media for mitigating laser-based fault injection attacks against one or more processing devices. Techniques may include generating a corresponding representation of at least one of data or a component of a processing device, locating the corresponding representation on a die of the processing device adjacent to a location on the die of at least one of the data or the component, and executing, based on a determination that the corresponding representation is different than at least one of the data or the component of the processing device, a mitigation procedure. One example may include hashing, using a secure hashing function, security data to generate integrity data corresponding to the security data and storing the security data and the integrity data in adjacent memory locations in a memory device.
US12265610B2
An apparatus and method is described comprising: classifying service ticket data relating to a service request into a service topic, wherein the service ticket data is obtained from the service request relating to a device; determining, for the service request, an extent to which the service topic matches a telemetry data class, wherein the telemetry data class relates to activities at the device; and providing an output according to said determination.
US12265594B2
Data processing method of simulating changes to categorical features of subjects are described. A method of simulating changes to categorical features of subjects comprises: receiving a current categorical feature set for the subject, the current categorical feature set for the subject comprising a plurality of categorical features for the subject, each categorical feature indicating a category from a plurality of possible categories into which the subject falls; inputting categorical features from the current categorical feature set for the subject into a set of trained machine learning models, each trained machine learning model of the set of trained machine learning model being configured to predict a respective outcome value for the subject from one or more of the categorical features for the subject, and thereby generating a set of current predicted outcome values for the subject; generating a plurality of simulated categorical features sets for the subject by varying respective categorical features for the subject; inputting categorical features from the simulated categorical feature sets for the subject into the set of trained machine learning models, and thereby generating a plurality of simulated sets of predicted outcome values for the subject; and storing a predicted outcome dataset for the subject, the predicted outcome dataset comprising the set of current predicted outcome values for the subject and the plurality of simulated sets of predicted outcome values for the subject.
US12265592B2
A computer-implemented method is provided for policy evaluation. In the method, the utility of the given decision-making policy is estimated based on a dataset of state-action-reward-state tuples, a set of candidate bootstrapping estimators of the fitted Q-evaluation (FQE) algorithm, and a criterion function. The method automatically selects the best bootstrapping estimator from the candidates based on the criterion function and, when the criterion function is appropriately designed, it produces a good policy-value estimate such that the estimation error is small (below a threshold).
US12265588B1
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing search results to an agent that are organized and streamlined to allow for quick and efficient navigation by the agent. The database responds to a search query with a plurality of search results. Certain configurations allow these data entries to include tags included within their metadata that identify a type associated with those entries. The entries are then categorized based on their respective types. Once categorized, the categories are then analyzed for relevance to determine which of the categories should be displayed. Once this has been determined, then each of the different panes are sized and positioned based on their respective relevancy. Further, entries within the different panes can be emphasized based on their relevance to provide the agent with a short list of highest relevance entries for review.
US12265578B1
Embodiments of a system may comprise databases and a processor that receives a first filter item and a database filter item, generates a first database based on the first filter item, integrate data from the first database into the user database to create an updated plurality of user records, generate a second database based on a selected set of records, in the updated plurality of user records, corresponding to the database filter item, determine metrics that correspond to the second database, generate a model to segregate the second database using the metrics, receive criteria, compare the segregated second database with the criteria to remove records that do not meet the criteria, cause a subsequent update to the updated second database to integrate data from the event database to create an updated diminished second database, and generate a notification including information included in the updated diminished second database.
US12265573B2
Systems and methods for automated local story generation and curation are described. In one example embodiment, a server computer receives content from client devices, and processes the content to identify content characteristics. Stories are then generated based on the characteristics of the received content, and the stories are communicated to client devices. In certain embodiments, selection at a client device of an individual piece of content within a story may further be used by the system to provide the client device with a sub-story that includes pieces of content sharing content characteristics with the characteristics of the selected image or video.
US12265560B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating subqueries from a query. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining a query, generating a set of two subqueries from the query, where the set includes a first subquery and a second subquery, determining a quality score for the set of two subqueries, determining whether the quality score for the set of two subqueries satisfies a quality threshold, and in response to determining that the quality score for the set of two subqueries satisfies the quality threshold, providing a first response to the first subquery that is responsive to a first operation that receives the first subquery as input and providing a second response to the second subquery that is responsive to a second operation that receives the second subquery as input.
US12265553B2
Provided herein are methods and systems for identifying a related data values in a plurality of datasets. The method can include extracting data from the plurality of datasets, identifying potential linking categories, and determining a validity of the potential linking categories. One or more linking categories can be selected from the potential linking categories based on the validity, and related data values can be identified between the plurality of datasets based on the selected linking categories. Also provided herein are methods and systems for classifying data values as reconciled or non-reconciled. The method can include identifying a plurality of related data values in a plurality of datasets. For each of the plurality of related data values, a similarity score and confidence score can be determined, and the plurality of related data values can be classified as reconciled or non-reconciled based on the similarity score and/or the confidence score.
US12265552B2
A processor may filter data to generate a subset of the data less than an entire set of the data. The subset may include at least one string and at least one numeric value. The processor may match the at least one string and the at least one numeric value to one of a plurality of archetypes by applying a clustering algorithm. Each archetype may include a subset of archetype data less than an entire set of archetype data. The processor may compare the entire set of data to the entire set of archetype data to identify at least one difference between the entire set of data and the entire set of archetype data. The processor may apply at least one optimization to address the at least one difference.
US12265542B2
Generating reports from database is conventionally performed manually which requires skilled persons, time consuming and prone to errors. Thus, embodiments of present disclosure provide a no-code platform for generating reports as a transaction. User selects a slice object, its information attributes, report attributes, and optionally filters, grouping, splitting, and sorting conditions which are displayed by the no-code platform. Further, a database query is generated based on the user selection by the no code platform. The database query is then executed to retrieve data from a database. Finally, a report is generated based on the retrieved data and the report attributes. Thus, users can obtain reports as a transaction by just specifying their requirements. They need not know the complex structure of the database. Also, the method can be used to generate any type of report from any type of database irrespective of the internal data organization of the database.
US12265541B2
Systems and methods for executing queries on tensor datasets are disclosed. A system can identify a query for a multi-dimensional sample dataset. Each sample of the multi-dimensional sample dataset can include one or more tensors. Each tensor of the one or more tensors can be associated with a respective identifier that is common to each sample of the multi-dimensional sample dataset. The query specifying a first identifier of a first tensor of the multi-dimensional sample dataset and a first range of a first dimension of the first tensor, or one or more operations such as sampling, grouping, ungrouping, or transformation operations, to perform on the first tensor of the multi-dimensional sample dataset. The system can parse the query, and execute the query to generate query results. The system can provide the query results as output.
US12265534B2
A database system is operable to determine a request to implement a K Nearest Neighbors (KNN) algorithm to generate classification data for a set of new records. A query operator execution flow is determined for the request that includes a KNN-join operator. A query resultant that indicates classification data for the set of new records is generated by performing a plurality of operator executions in accordance with the query operator execution flow based on, for each record of the set of new records, generating a plurality of similarity measures by performing a similarity function on the each record and each of a set of previously-classified records; identifying a proper subset of the set of previously-classified records that includes exactly a predefined number of records; and joining the each record with the proper subset of the set of previously-classified records.
US12265533B2
A database system operates by: determining a first query that indicates a first request to generate a K nearest neighbors (KNN) model; executing the first query to generate KNN model data for the KNN model, wherein the KNN model data is set as a reduced dataset for one of a plurality of training iterations; determining a second query that indicates a second request to apply the KNN model to input data; and executing the second query to generate model output of the KNN model for the input data based on, for each row in the input data, identifying a classification label for the each row from the discrete set of labels based on performing the KNN classification algorithm to classify the each row in the input data by applying the reduced data set.
US12265525B2
A query coordinator can receive a query and identify a first portion of the query to be processed by a first data processing system and a second portion of the query to be processed by a second data processing system. The query coordinator can obtain a modified query based on identifying the first portion and the second portion of the query. The query coordinator can define a query processing scheme according to the modified query and provide the query processing scheme to the second data processing system. Based on providing the query processing scheme, the query coordinator can obtain an output of the second data processing system. The query coordinator can identify a second query based on the output and provide the second query to a component of the first data processing system.
US12265523B2
A computer-implemented method for a node of a blockchain network comprising receiving or generating data for distribution in the blockchain network, said node having a plurality of interfaces, said data corresponding to an object such as a transaction or a block. The transaction can be a Bitcoin transaction for recordal in a blockchain. The method determines a correlation matrix having correlation coefficients representing the correlation between data processed at each interface of said node. From the correlation matrix a correlation index for each interface is determined. A threshold or indicator is calculated and data or objects such as Bitcoin transactions are relayed from nodes via interfaces according to a set of correlation coefficients of interface receiving the data. An indicator or threshold can derived from the correlation matrix and data is relayed if the correlation between the receiving interface and the other interface is lower than the indicator.
US12265522B2
The disclosed technology is generally directed to a distributed query-and-command system. In one example of the technology, in a trusted execution environment (TEE) of a first node, database code of the first node and distributed ledger code of the first node is executed, such that execution of the distributed ledger code of the first node instantiates a first instance of a distributed ledger of a consortium blockchain, and such that execution of the query-and-command code of the first node instantiates a first instance of a query-and-command system. The consortium blockchain is distributed among a plurality of nodes, and the query-and-command system is distributed among the plurality of nodes. A first transaction that is associated with modifying the query-and-command system is received. The first transaction is executed. Changes associated with the first transaction to the distributed ledger are persisted.
US12265517B1
Servicing database requests using derivations of canonicalized tables including maintaining a canonical table repository of canonicalized tables, wherein each canonicalized table is a transformed version of a table previously retrieved from a database; receiving, from a client computing system, a request for a table from the database; generating a description of a canonical version of the requested table; determining that the canonical version of the requested table is derivable using a canonicalized table in the canonical table repository; and in response to determining that the canonical version of the requested table is derivable using the canonicalized table in the canonical table repository: transforming the canonicalized table in the canonical table repository based on the received request for the table, including deriving a portion of the requested table using the canonicalized table in the canonical table repository; and providing, to the client computing system, the transformed canonicalized table.
US12265514B1
The present disclosure provides techniques and solutions for sorting data. In a particular implementation, a sorting technique is provided that places values in a sorted order by adding an offset value to values that are not in a sorted order. The resulting sorted set of values is not truly sorted, in that the set of modified values is sorted, but the underlying data itself is not sorted. In another implementation, a sorting technique can use multiple streams or sets. When an out of order element is encountered, it can be added to a new stream, if such a stream is available. The sorting techniques can be used for a variety of purposes, including provided sorted data for use in generating summary data, or for providing sorted data to be used in determining an intersection between two datasets.
US12265511B2
A method for reconciling data includes separating a first table into a plurality of first chunks, each first chunk including a plurality of first rows, and second table into a plurality of second chunks, each second chunk including a plurality of second rows. Each second chunk corresponds a first chunk. For each first chunk, the method includes: computing a first hash based on the first chunk and a second hash based on a second chunk corresponding to the first chunk; comparing the first hash with the second hash; in response to the first hash being different from the second hash, retrieving the plurality of first rows and the plurality of second rows and comparing the plurality of first rows to the plurality of second rows; in response to the first rows being different from the second rows, generating executable code configured to reconcile the first table with the second table.
US12265507B2
The present specification describes a computer-implemented method. According to the method, an electronic file to be stored is received and a first context determined for the electronic file. The electronic file is split into multiple segments such that the first context of the electronic file is not discernible from any segment. The multiple segments are then distributed amongst multiple remote storage devices.
US12265499B2
The invention relates to a method for migrating a customer communication document from a first customer communication management platform to a second customer communication management platform. The method automates or at least semi-automates the migration of documents between customer communication management platforms by automating the generation of an intermediate document. The method automatically detects the dynamic information and the static information displayed on a set of documents, which is a crucial point to generate the intermediate documents.
US12265497B2
Disclosed are apparatuses, systems, and techniques that improve efficiency and decrease latency of remote direct memory access (RDMA) operations. The techniques include but are not limited to unified RDMA operations that are recognizable by various communicating devices, such as network controllers and target memory devices, as requests to establish, set, and/or update arrival indicators in the target memory devices responsive to arrival of one or more portions of the data being communicated.
US12265481B2
A method and system for communicating between Apple mobile device and Apple peripheral. The Apple application runs a first script and sends a credential creating request to a server; when the first script receives a challenge code returned by the server, takes data to be processed as a parameter of user information and a parameter of server information to generate the user information and the server information, sets values of a first extension and a key storing identification to preset values; the Apple application generates register data and sends the register data to the Apple peripheral; the Apple peripheral obtains the data to be processed from the register data and processes the data to be processed, takes the obtained processing result as a second extension to generate a register response; the first script obtains the processing result from the register response.
US12265475B2
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a virtual address from a request to access a memory of the computing device, where virtual addresses are translated to physical addresses of physical memory in the computing device using an N-level page table, and the lowest level of the page table contains page-table entries specifying the physical address of a frame of physical memory. The method includes searching, using the virtual address, a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) including a plurality of TLB entries, each TLB entry including (1) a tag identifying a virtual address associated with the entry and (2) a page-table entry specifying the physical address of a lower-level page table or of a frame of physical memory associated with the virtual address identified in the tag; and iteratively performing, until the virtual address is translated to a physical address, an address-translation procedure that depends on the cached TLB entries.
US12265467B1
Enhanced methods for memory context restore are described. A device may include a physical layer (PHY) having an interface to support communication of command signals and data with a physical memory. The PHY implements a training mode to train the interface, detect values of a plurality of parameters as part of training the interface, and store the detected values as initial training data. The PHY also implements a retraining mode to use the initial training data as seed data to retrain the interface.
US12265461B2
An approach for intelligent optimization of machine learning models for a target environment may be provided herein. The approach may include extracting metadata from a training pipeline for a first machine learning model that has been configured to operate within a first computing environment. The approach may also include mapping the extracted metadata to one or more constraints associated with a second machine learning model that has been configured to operate within a second computing environment. The approach may also include training the second machine learning model configured to the second computing environment, with the dataset that was used to train the first machine learning model, based on the mapped constraints. The approach may also include comparing performance metrics of the first machine learning model to corresponding metrics of the now trained second machine learning model.
US12265456B2
An electronic apparatus is configured to generate current capability parameters associated with a software object executing on the electronic apparatus. The current capability parameters include an indication of resources required to execute the software object. The electronic apparatus determines whether the resources required to execute the software object are approaching a limit. The determination may be made by comparison to a threshold value. If the resources required to execute the software object are approaching the limit, then the electronic apparatus identifies a suitable target host based on the current capability parameters and initiates a migration of the software object to the suitable target.
US12265439B2
Disclosed herein are techniques to coordinate power management between a platform and a panel. Provided are apparatuses, techniques, and circuitry to determine whether to initiate power management features in a panel and send a signal from a platform to the panel including an indication that no frame updates are expected and power management functions can be initiated.
US12265438B2
A system for a given device may include a plurality of systems on a chip (SOCs). Each SOC may include an interface circuit and a bridge circuit for communicating with other SOCs. The interface circuit of an SOC may include a plurality of communication devices to transfer data packets from/to the SOC to the other SOCs. The bridge circuit may provide various control functions for the interface circuit. An indication may be generated when the system enters an idle mode. In response, the bridge circuit may generate signal(s) to cause some of the communication devices of the interface circuit into a low power state. The interface circuit may obtain the signal(s) and accordingly transition some of the communication devices to the low power state.
US12265420B2
A display device includes a folding area and a non-folding area divided into a first non-folding area and a second non-folding area spaced apart in a first direction with the folding area therebetween. The display device includes a display module, a window on a first surface of the display module, and a support plate on a second surface of the display module. At least one of the window and the support plate includes a folding part corresponding to the folding area and including a plurality of first sub film layers stacked in the first direction, and a non-folding part corresponding to the non-folding area and including second sub film layers stacked in the first direction. A second sub film layer of the second sub film layers has a storage modulus larger than a storage modulus of a first sub film layer of the plurality of first sub film layers.
US12265411B2
A middle-range (mid) low dropout (LDO) voltage has both sinking and sourcing current capability. The mid LDO can provide a voltage reference in active mode and power mode for core only design to work in a Safe Operating Area (SOA). The output of mid LDO can track IO power and/or core power dynamically. The mid LDO can comprise a voltage reference generator and a power-down controller connected to an amplifier, which output is connected to a decoupling capacitor. The provision of a high ground signal allows the mid LDO provide the sinking and sourcing currents.
US12265402B2
A method for controlling the velocity of a pipeline pig, the method including, introducing a pressurized gas into a section of pipeline to be treated and maintaining the velocity of a smart pipeline pig at a predetermined velocity by regulating the pressurized gas to a predetermined volume. A method for controlling the velocity of a pipeline pig, the method including fluidically connecting a first skid to a first end of a section of pipeline to be treated, fluidically connecting a second skid to a second end of the section of pipeline to be treated, introducing a pressurized gas into the section of pipeline to be treated via the first skid, launching a smart pipeline pig into the section of pipeline to be treated, and maintaining the velocity of the smart pipeline pig at a predetermined velocity by regulating the pressurized gas to a predetermined volume.
US12265399B2
An automatic working system, a turning method thereof, and a self-moving device. When the self-moving device reaches a boundary, a control module controls a movement module to turn to leave the boundary. In addition, the control module may control, based on coverage values corresponding to each movement range when the self-moving device reaches the boundary, the movement module to turn to a movement range with a coverage value that meets a preset requirement.
US12265391B1
A propulsion control system for a marine vessel includes at least one image sensor positioned on the marine vessel and configured to image an area behind the marine vessel, and multiple drive units configured to propel the marine vessel. Each of the drive units is steerable about a vertical steering axis. The propulsion control system further includes a controller configured to receive a prompt to perform an obstacle clearance procedure, and in response to the prompt, steer at least one of the drive units about its vertical steering axis to increase visibility of the area behind the marine vessel by the at least one image sensor.
US12265390B2
Systems, methods, tangible non-transitory computer-readable media, and devices for operating an autonomous vehicle are provided. For example, the disclosed technology can include receiving state data that includes information associated with states of an autonomous vehicle and an environment external to the autonomous vehicle. Responsive to the state data satisfying vehicle stoppage criteria, vehicle stoppage conditions can be determined to have occurred. A severity level of the vehicle stoppage conditions can be selected from a plurality of available severity levels respectively associated with a plurality of different sets of constraints. A motion plan can be generated based on the state data. The motion plan can include information associated with locations for the autonomous vehicle to traverse at time intervals corresponding to the locations. Further, the locations can include a current location of the autonomous vehicle and a destination location at which the autonomous vehicle stops traveling.
US12265388B2
This invention describes a tactical advanced robotic engagement system (ARES) (100) for combat or rescue mission by employing advanced electronics, AI and AR capabilities. In ARES, a user carries a weapon or tool (102) equipped with a hand-operable controller (150) for controlling an associated UGV (170), UAV (180) or UUV. The UGV (170) provides a ground/home station for the UAV (180). The UGV, UAV is equipped with a camera (290) to obtain real-time photographs or videos and to relay them to a heads-up display (HUD) (110) mounted on the user's helmet (104). The HUD (110) system provides intuitive UIs (132) for communication and navigation of the UGV, UAV; AR information reduces visual cognitive and mental loads on the user, thereby enhancing situation awareness and allowing the user to maintain heads-up, eyes-out and hands-on trigger readiness. The HUD (110) also provides intuitive UIs to connect up with peers and/or a Command Centre (190).
US12265385B2
Systems, devices, and methods are described for controlling, and communicating with, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over a millimeter wave (mmWave) communication network established between a base station and the UAVs. A communication system may include one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The communication system may further include one or more base stations including millimeter wave (mmWave) antennas configured to generate control signals to the one or more UAVs over an mmWave communication network.
US12265384B2
Methods and system for minor loop feedback fallback are disclosed. An example method includes controlling a process control device using first values from a first sensor; comparing the first values to reference values to identify a difference; and in response to the difference being outside of a threshold, controlling the process control device using second values from a second sensor.
US12265379B2
An electronic device manufacturing system capable of obtaining metrology data associated with a deposition process performed on a substrate according to a process recipe, wherein the deposition process generates a plurality of layers on a surface of the substrate. The manufacturing system can further obtain an expected profile associate with the process recipe, wherein the expected profile comprises a plurality of values indicative of a desired thickness for a plurality of layers of the process recipe. The manufacturing system can further generate a correction profile based on the metrology data and the expected profile, wherein the correction profile comprises a deposition time offset value for at least one layer of the plurality of layers. The manufacturing system can further generate an updated process recipe by applying the correction profile to the process recipe and cause a deposition step to be performed on the substrate according to the updated process recipe.
US12265349B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet based on image forming condition, a reader configured to convey the sheet and read a test image on the sheet while the sheet is conveyed, and a controller configured to control the image forming unit to form the image and the test image on a same sheet, control the reader to read the test image on the same sheet, and generate the image forming condition for adjusting a density of an image to be formed by the image forming unit, based on a reading result of the test image by the reader.
US12265341B2
A developing cartridge includes a housing for accommodating a toner, a developing roller rotatably mounted in the housing, a doctor blade in contact with the developing roller, and a driving device located at a longitudinal end of the housing. The driving device includes a driving force receiving part for receiving a driving force from the outside of the developing cartridge, and is configured to drive the developing roller to rotate. The doctor blade is in contact with a surface of the developing roller to adjust a thickness of a toner layer on the surface of the developing roller. When viewed along a longitudinal direction of the developing cartridge, at least the driving force receiving part does not overlap with the doctor blade.
US12265336B2
An exposure tool is configured to remove contaminants and/or prevent contamination of mirrors and/or other optical components included in the exposure tool. In some implementations, the exposure tool is configured to flush and/or otherwise remove contaminants from an illuminator, a projection optics box, and/or one or more other subsystems of the exposure tool using a heated gas such as ozone (O3) or extra clean dry air (XCDA), among other examples. In some implementations, the exposure tool is configured to provide a gas curtain (or gas wall) that includes hydrogen (H2) or another type of gas to reduce the likelihood of contaminants reaching the mirrors included in the exposure tool. In this way, the mirrors and one or more other components of the exposure tool are cleaned and maintained in a clean environment in which radiation absorbing contaminants are controlled to increase the performance of the exposure tool.
US12265332B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first resist layer over a substrate, and forming a second resist layer over the first resist layer. The second resist layer is patterned to expose a portion of the first resist layer to form a second resist layer pattern. The first resist layer is exposed to extreme ultraviolet (XUV) radiation diffracted by the second resist layer pattern. Portions of the first resist layer exposed to the XUV radiation diffracted by the second resist layer are removed.
US12265329B2
An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a resin having a solubility in a developer, which changes by the action of an acid, a compound that generates an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation; and an acid diffusion control agent, in which a molecular weight of the acid diffusion control agent is 420 or more, and a distance Ra between a Hansen solubility parameter of the acid diffusion control agent and a Hansen solubility parameter of the air satisfies 15≤Ra≤45.
US12265327B2
A method, comprising forming a material layer over a substrate; illuminating at least one region of the material layer with a light; recording strength of the light reflected from the at least one region; and determining a thickness of the material layer in the at least one region according to the strength of the light.
US12265323B2
A pellicle for an EUV photo mask includes a first layer; a second layer; and a main layer disposed between the first layer and second layer and including a plurality of nanotubes. At least one of the first layer or the second layer includes a two-dimensional material in which one or more two-dimensional layers are stacked. In one or more of the foregoing and following embodiments, the first layer includes a first two-dimensional material and the second layer includes a second two-dimensional material.
US12265322B2
An extreme ultraviolet mask including a substrate, a reflective multilayer stack on the substrate and a capping layer on the reflective multilayer stack is provided. The reflective multilayer stack is treated prior to formation of the capping layer on the reflective multilayer stack. The capping layer is formed by an ion-assisted ion beam deposition or an ion-assisted sputtering process.
US12265319B2
A laser source assembly is provided. The laser source assembly includes a plurality of lasers, a light combining assembly and a fly-eye lens. The fly-eye lens is disposed on a light exit side of the light combining assembly, and is configured to homogenize laser beams. The fly-eye lens includes a plurality of first microlenses located on a light incident surface thereof and a plurality of second microlenses located on a light exit surface thereof. A sine value of a divergence angle of a laser beam in a fast axis direction is greater than a sine value of an aperture angle of a first microlens in a slow axis direction, and a sine value of a divergence angle of the laser beam in the slow axis direction is greater than a sine value of an aperture angle of the first microlens in the fast axis direction.
US12265318B2
The present disclosure discloses a multi-directional control device applied to a waterproof case of a camera, which includes a direction button driving mechanism, wherein the direction button driving mechanism is provided with a first toggle knob, a trigger lever, a transmission rod, and a transmission sliding block; the trigger lever has a fulcrum; the trigger lever is provided with an action section that rotates around the fulcrum; the action section is provided with a trigger part and a load-bearing part; the first toggle knob is connected with a first rotary rod; the first rotary rod is provided with a first push block; the transmission rod is provided with a roller; and the transmission sliding block is provided with a pressing part.
US12265313B2
Video display systems comprising a video display and a camera assembly are shown and described. In one example, video cameras may be stowed in and deployed from a compartment proximate the upper surface of the display and configured to deploy in an arc-like motion and for rotation about a center of the video camera housing itself. In other examples, video cameras may be aligned with openings in the frame of the television screen and operatively connected to shutter plates that selectively admit light to or block light from the camera. In a further example, video cameras may be provided on motorized mounts that are attached to the frame to collect multiple images for video processing tasks to enhance the video image in a variety of ways.
US12265306B2
A light adjustment device includes a panel unit including a plurality of light adjustment panels stacked in a first direction. The light adjustment panels each include a first substrate, a second substrate overlapping the first substrate in a first direction, a first alignment film provided on the first substrate, a second alignment film provided on the second substrate and overlapping the first alignment film in the first direction, a liquid crystal layer filling a gap between the first alignment film and the second alignment film, a seal material provided between the first substrate and the second substrate and on the outer side of the first alignment film and the second alignment film, and a conductive member providing conduction between a first electrode provided on the first substrate and a second electrode provided on the second substrate.
US12265303B2
A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel; a light guide plate behind the liquid crystal panel; a light source adjacent to a thickness surface of the light guide plate and configured to emit light toward the thickness surface of the light guide plate; a rear chassis behind the light guide plate; and a holder coupled to the rear chassis and supporting the light guide plate, wherein the holder includes: a first tooth; a first tooth groove next to the first tooth; a second tooth facing the first tooth; and a second tooth groove next to the second tooth, wherein in a first state, the first tooth is disposed outside the second tooth groove and the second tooth is disposed outside the first tooth groove, and in a second state, the first tooth is inserted into the second tooth groove and the second tooth is inserted into the first tooth groove, and wherein the holder is configured to elastically deform between the first state and the second state.
US12265301B2
An electronic device includes a substrate, a sidewall, a plurality of light emitting elements and an optical element. The sidewall is connected to the substrate. The plurality of light emitting elements are disposed on the substrate. The optical element covers at least two of the plurality of light emitting elements, wherein, in a cross-sectional view of the electronic device, a portion of the optical element is disposed between two adjacent ones of the plurality of light emitting elements, and a height of the sidewall is greater than a thickness of the optical element.
US12265294B2
A semiconductor apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in a plan view with respect to the primary face of a semiconductor device, includes at least a part of an outer edge of a color filter layer being located between an effective pixel region and a joining member, and the distance from the effective pixel region to at least a part of the outer edge is greater than the distance from the color filter layer to a light transmission plate in the effective pixel region.
US12265287B2
A device (1) for modulating a physical property of a light beam in response to an electrical signal is provided, comprising at least one light modulating element (13) capable of modulating a physical property of a light beam in response to an electrical signal and an enclosure (10) enclosing the at least one light modulating element (13). The enclosure (10) is configured to be integrated on a printed circuit board (40, 100).
US12265286B2
An electro-absorption modulator (EAM) is configured to include an on-chip AC ground plane that is used to terminate the high frequency RF input signal within the chip itself. This on-chip ground termination of the modulation input signal improves the frequency response of the EAM, which is an important feature when the EAM needs to support data rates in excess of 50 Gbd. By virtue of using an on-chip ground for the very high frequency signal content, it is possible to use less expensive off-chip components to address the lower frequency range of the data signal (i.e., for frequencies less than about 1 GHz).
US12265280B2
The present disclosure relates to a technical field of optical lenses, and discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes seven lenses. An order of the seven lenses is sequentially from an object side to an image side, which is shown as follows: a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a refractive power, a fourth lens having a refractive power, a fifth lens having a refractive power, a sixth lens having a positive refractive power, and a seventh lens having a negative refractive power. While the camera optical lens has good optical performance, the camera optical lens further meets design requirements of large aperture, wide-angle, and ultra-thinness. In addition, on-axis and off-axis chromatic aberrations are fully corrected and the camera optical lens has excellent optical characteristics.
US12265274B2
A cable enclosure assembly includes an enclosure, a cable spool and a length of fiber optic cable. The enclosure defines an interior region, a first opening and a second opening aligned with the first opening. The first and second openings provide access to the interior region. The cable spool is disposed in the interior region of the enclosure and is rotatably engaged with the enclosure. The cable spool includes a drum and a flange engaged to the drum. The flange has an outer peripheral side, a cable management portion and an adapter bulkhead portion. The adapter bulkhead portion extends outwardly from the cable management portion and forms a portion of the outer peripheral side. The length of the fiber optic cable is dispose about the drum of the cable spool.
US12265273B2
A central electrical cabinet unit is designed and assembled as a pre-assembled unit for installation at a client site for designing/building a custom electronic data center cabinet design or layout. The pre-assembled unit includes a central patch panel in a central cabinet for electronic devices. The central patch panel includes specified connections for components using the specified connections. Central patch panel connecting cables with central patch panel connectors include reciprocal connectors are connectible to client specified connections in a client cabinet. Power cables and electrical cables have electrical connections to the central patch panel. The electrical cables are configured to have reciprocal connectors connectable to compatible client electrical connectors on client electrical cables in the client cabinet, thereby the central patch panels in the central cabinet are a pre-assembled unit for installation at a client site and for connecting client cabinets thereto.
US12265267B2
Systems and methods for angle polishing of the end faces of a plurality of optical connectors are provided. Systems are provided that include a connector defining a longitudinal axis, and at least two ferrules mounted with respect to the connector and arranged in a side-by-side orientation. The end faces of the connectors are movable relative to the connector and such movement facilitates lateral orientation of the angle polished end faces of the ferrules relative to the connector when in the mating position. Various mechanisms and methods for facilitating movement of the ferrules relative to the connector are disclosed to achieve the desired lateral polish orientation of the ferrule end faces.
US12265264B2
The present disclosure relates to fiber optic adapters that are convertible between different configurations corresponding to different polarity schemes. The present disclosure also relates to fiber optic adapters having internal shutters integrated within end caps.
US12265263B2
An optical grating coupler includes a primary layer formed of a material having a first refractive index. A first plurality of scattering elements is formed within the primary layer. The first plurality of scattering elements has a second refractive index that is different than the first refractive index. A secondary layer is formed over the primary layer. The secondary layer is formed of a material having a third refractive index. A second plurality of scattering elements is formed within the secondary layer. The second plurality of scattering elements has a fourth refractive index that is different than the third refractive index. The fourth refractive index is different than the second refractive index. At least some of the second plurality of scattering elements at least partially overlap corresponding ones of the first plurality of scattering elements.
US12265254B1
A self-aligned fabrication process for aligning photonic waveguide layers of a 3D photonic structure such that light may be efficiently transferred between the two layers is described. The self-aligned fabrication process comprises using a mask to pattern both photonic waveguide layers, such that they are aligned three-dimensionally via a single lithographic processing step, and thus fabricating a photonically coupled region of the 3D photonic structure. Selective etching may also be used to taper a given photonic waveguide layer for adiabatic coupling, and/or to produce other non-trivial geometric shapes in the photonic waveguide layers. Such 3D photonic structures may be fabricated for use in quantum memory devices, in which one of the photonic waveguide layers may host quantum memories and another photonic waveguide layer may interface with an optical fiber, such that light may be transferred between an optical fiber and respective ones of the quantum memories.
US12265253B2
Low loss fiber-to-chip interfaces for lithium niobate photonic integrated circuits are provided. An optical circuit includes a waveguide comprising an electro-optical material. The waveguide includes an elevated ridge and a slab underlying the elevated ridge, the elevated ridge and the slab extending along a central axis toward an optical interface. The elevated ridge and the slab each have a plurality of cross-sections along the central axis, each cross-section having a width measured perpendicular to the central axis, wherein the width of elevated ridge is smaller than the width of the slab for every cross-section along the central axis. The elevated ridge includes a tapered portion having a first taper, wherein the cross-section of the elevated portion decreases along the central axis toward the optical interface. The slab includes a tapered portion having a second taper, wherein the cross-section of the slab decreases along the central axis toward the optical interface. The slab extends beyond the elevated ridge along the central axis to the optical interface.
US12265243B2
A curved reflective has at least one location having a radius of curvature in a range from about 6 mm to about 1000 mm. Each location on the reflective polarizer has a maximum reflectance greater than about 70% for a block polarization state, a maximum transmittance greater than about 70% for an orthogonal pass polarization state, and a minimum transmittance for the block polarization state. For a continuous first portion of the reflective polarizer extending between different first and second edges of the reflective polarizer and defining disjoint second and third portions of the reflective polarizer, the minimum transmittance of the reflective polarizer for the block polarization state is higher at each location in at least 70% of the first portion than at each location in at least 70% of the second portion and at each location in at least 70% of the third portion.
US12265242B2
An optical system (200) includes an emissive display (220) and a reflective polarizer (100) disposed on the display (220). The display (220) includes a blue pixel (222b) emitting light having a peak at a wavelength λb. For substantially normally incident light: for the wavelength λb, the reflective polarizer (100) reflects at least 30% of the incident light having a first polarization state (b) and transmits at least 75% of the incident light having an orthogonal second polarization state(a); and for at least one wavelength λ1 greater than λb, λ1-λb≤50 nm, the reflective polarizer (100) transmits at least 75% of the incident light for each of the first and second polarization states. For the wavelength λb, the reflective polarizer (100) has a maximum optical transmittance Tmax for light incident at a first incident angle, and an optical transmittance Tmax/2 for light incident at a second incident angle greater than the first incident angle by less than about 50 degrees.
US12265240B2
A mirror, a mirror substrate, a method for producing are provided. The mirror substrate is made of a material having a coefficient of mean linear thermal expansion of less than or equal to 1*10−6/K. The mirror substrate includes at least one feature selected from a group consisting of: a ratio of a lateral dimension to a maximum thickness of at least 100, a ratio of the lateral dimension to the maximum thickness of at least 150, a ratio of the lateral dimension to the maximum thickness of at least 200, a ratio of the lateral dimension to the maximum thickness of at least 300, a weight per unit area of 100 kg/m2 or less, a weight per unit area of 50 kg/m2 or less, a weight per unit area of 30 kg/m2 or less, a weight per unit area of 15 kg/m2 or less, a mirror surface with a roughness (Ra) of at most 3.5 μm, and a mirror surface with a roughness (Ra) of less than 1.2 μm.
US12265237B2
Plasmonic substrates are provided which may be used in a variety of optoelectronic devices, e.g., biosensors and photodetectors. The plasmonic substrate may comprise a layer of graphene and a plurality of discrete, individual transition metal chalcogenide nanodomes distributed on a surface of the layer of graphene, each nanodome surrounded by bare graphene. Methods for making and using the plasmonic substrates are also provided.
US12265231B2
The present disclosure provides an optical identification module and a display panel. The optical identification module includes a substrate, an identification structure and a collimation optical path structure, where the identification structure is arranged on the substrate, the collimation optical path structure is arranged on a light entering side of the identification structure, the optical identification module further includes a non-visible light filtering structure, and the non-visible light filtering structure is arranged in the collimation optical path structure and configured to filter non-visible light irradiated to the identification structure.
US12265213B2
A microscope may receive a fiber optic connector via a connector adapter of the microscope, wherein the connector adapter includes an opening and a shaped reflective surface surrounding the opening. The microscope may align a ferrule of the fiber optic connector with the opening of the connector adapter of the microscope, wherein the ferrule includes a ferrule chamfer or a ferrule radius. The microscope may transmit direct light onto the shaped reflective surface and may receive reflected light from the ferrule chamfer or the ferrule radius and with a camera of the microscope.
US12265209B2
The present subject matter described an optical microscopy device (2) for a portable imaging system, such as a smartphone. The optical microscopy device (2) comprises an optical lens assembly with ten to sixteen lens elements. The optical lens assembly has an optical magnification in a range of about 1× to about 3×, an airy radius in a range of about 3.2 micron to about 15 micron, a depth of field in a range of about 28 micron to about 133 micron, a numerical aperture in a range of about 0.025 to about 0.176, a half field of view in a range of about 10 degrees to about 39 degrees, and a length in a range of about 6.8 millimeter (mm) to about 18 mm.
US12265207B2
A laser processing head transmits a laser beam to a process zone. An input lens fixedly mounted in the head images the beam from an input with a first (negative) focal length along an optical axis. An intermediate lens is movably mounted in the head in connection with an actuator, which can move the intermediate lens along the axis at a variable lens distance relative to the input lens. The intermediate lens images the beam with a second (positive) focal length. An output lens fixedly mounted in the head images the beam with a third (positive) focal length along the axis to a focal point. The third focal length is greater than the second focal length and provides a large working distance. The focal point can be varied at a variable focal distance along the axis in relation to the variable lens distance by which the intermediate lens is moved.
US12265204B2
The present disclosure relates to a technical field of optical lenses, and discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes six lenses. An order of the six lenses is sequentially from an object side to an image side, which is shown as follows: a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power, a fifth lens having a positive refractive power, and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera optical lens provided by the present disclosure has excellent optical characteristics, and further has characteristics of large aperture, wide-angle, and ultra-thin, especially suitable for mobile phone camera lens assemblies and WEB camera lenses, which are composed of camera components having high pixels, such as CCD and CMOS.
US12265203B2
To provide an antireflection member which not only has a low reflectance, but also is enhanced in scratch resistance, and an image display device comprising the antireflection member. An antireflection member 100 comprising a low refractive index layer 130 on a transparent substrate 110, in which the low refractive index layer 130 includes a binder resin and silica particles 132 and 134, a ratio of Si element attributed to the silica particles, obtained by analysis of a surface region of the low refractive index layer 130 by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, is 10.0 atomic percent or more and 18.0 atomic percent or less and a ratio of C element under the assumption that the ratio of Si element is defined to be 100 atomic percent is 180 atomic percent or more and 500 atomic percent or less.
US12265202B2
To appropriately suppress reflection of far-infrared rays, and appropriately form an antireflection film. A far-infrared ray transmission member (20) includes a base material (30) that transmits far-infrared rays, and a functional film (32) that is formed on the base material (30) and includes a low refractive index layer (34) containing oxide as a principal component and having a refractive index equal to or smaller than 1.5 with respect to light at a wavelength of 10 μm. The low refractive index layer (34) contains MgO as a principal component, and a content of MgO is equal to or larger than 50 mass % and equal to or smaller than 100 mass % with respect to the entire low refractive index layer (34).
US12265188B2
An apparatus includes a plurality of pixels each including a conversion element, and a shielding layer covering the conversion element, wherein the shielding layer is provided to cover at least a part of an aperture of the conversion element so that an aperture modulated transfer function (MTF) at a predetermined frequency of a signal obtained from the conversion element becomes less than or equal to a predetermined value.
US12265186B2
A robotic cleaning appliance includes a housing to which is coupled a surface treatment item and a sensor assembly with first and second transducers and an acoustic interface. The first sonic transducer transmits sonic signals through an acoustic interface and out of a first acoustic opening toward a surface beneath the robotic cleaning appliance. The sonic signals reflect from the surface as corresponding returned signals received by the second sonic transducer via a second acoustic opening port of the acoustic interface. A first annular ring is defined around the first acoustic opening port and a second annular rings is defined around the second acoustic opening port. The annular ring attenuate direct path echoes between the acoustic opening ports. The first and second acoustic opening ports are coupled the first and sonic transducers, respectively, via first and second horns; and the horns are tilted from orthogonal with the surface.
US12265184B2
An apparatus, a method, and computer-implemented media. The apparatus is to receive, simultaneously, electrical signals based on respective reflected frequencies of a reflected ultrasonic waveform reflected from a target object as a result of a transmitted ultrasonic waveform; compound information from the electrical signals to generate compounded electrical signals; and cause generation of an output image on a display based on the compounded electrical signals.
US12265182B2
A ladar system capable of operating in a ladar mode and an optical communication mode is disclosed. When operating in the ladar mode, a ladar transmitter and ladar receiver cooperate to transmit ladar pulses that are used for ranging to targets in a field of view. When operating in an optical communication mode, ladar pulses are used to transmit data messages to locations in the field of view that are determined to have devices that are capable of receiving the optically communicated data messages.
US12265181B2
A scanner and coaxial and non-coaxial lidar systems with the scanner are provided. The scanner includes a wafer substrate, optical switches, and grating antenna groups; optical switches and the grating antenna groups are fixed on an upper end of the wafer substrate, one grating antenna group is optically connected to one optical switch port; the grating antenna groups are distributed in an array to form a grating part, and an upper side of the grating part is covered with a lens module. Two-dimensional scanning is performed by the scanner, combined with distance information in the third dimension calculated by the system, achieving three-dimensional imaging. Through joint participation of an optical amplifier and grating antenna groups, noise removal is realized, reducing external interference on detection results. The system is integrated on a chip, has a small size and is easy to install, which is convenient for cost reduction and mass production.
US12265172B2
This document describes techniques and systems for a vertical microstrip-to-waveguide transition. A radar system may include a monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MIMIC) to generate electromagnetic signals and a printed circuit board (PCB) that includes a first surface, a microstrip, and a grounding pattern. The microstrip can be located on the first surface and operatively connect to the MIMIC. The grounding pattern is located on the first surface and made of conductive material. The radar system also includes a transition channel positioned over the grounding pattern, which includes a vertical taper between a bottom surface and a top surface. The transition channel defines a dielectric-filled portion formed by the grounding pattern and its interior surface. The described vertical transition can reduce manufacturing costs and support a wide bandwidth by tolerating an air gap at the transition-to-waveguide interface.
US12265166B1
The invention discloses a method for acoustic indoor positioning based on CDMA, which comprises: generating a BPSK signal; The BPSK signal was detected, the collected signal was de-carrierized and low-pass filtered, and then the data was down-sampled to the design code rate, and then the coarse position of the identification code was determined by the prefix code. Finally, the data with the same length as the identification code was intercepted from the data for matching filtering through the coarse position. Four base stations were designed in each area to obtain three TDOA observations generated by four TOA information, and the terminal position could be obtained through the three TDOA observations. Different areas are distinguished by different identification codes to achieve wide area coverage. The invention provides an effective means for accurate positioning in an indoor environment.
US12265163B2
Location may be determined in a way that does not primarily rely on jam-able or spoof-able techniques. For example, an apparatus may have multiple location-determining units, each unit having a different level of trust. One unit may have a first (e.g., highest) level of trust, a second such unit may have a second (e.g., medium) level of trust lower than the first level of trust, and a third such unit may have a third (e.g., lowest) level of trust lower than the first and second levels of trust. The apparatus may generally prefer to determine its location using the highest level of trust unit that is available at any given time.
US12265162B2
A machine learning approach can be used such as to synthesize geomagnetic maps having enhanced resolution versus lower resolution survey data. An on-board magnetometer can be used to measure a local magnetic field intensity, and a measured magnetic field intensity can be compared to the enhanced-resolution geomagnetic map. An indicium of a position of a vehicle on the enhanced-resolution geomagnetic map can be used, along with other sensor data, to provide an enhanced position estimate (or more generally, a state variable estimate) using a particle filtering technique supported by a deep reinforcement learning approach. Such a “geomagnetic-aided navigation” approach can be robust and need not rely on other navigational aids such as Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) or terrestrial transmitters.
US12265158B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide magnetic sensing systems and methods for a polygon scanner. An exemplary magnetic sensing system includes a disc permanent magnet configured to provide a magnetic field. The magnetic sensing system further includes a Hall sensor configured to generate a voltage proportional to the strength of the magnetic field as the Hall sensor and the disc permanent magnet move relatively to each other when the polygon mirror rotates. One of the disc permanent magnet and the Hall sensor locates on and rotates with the polygon mirror and the other locates off the polygon mirror. The magnetic sensing system also includes at least one controller configured to determine a rotation angle of the polygon mirror based on the generated voltage by the Hall Sensor.
US12265150B2
Some aspects relate to an apparatus, method and/or system of radar tracking. For example, a radar tracker may be configured to generate target tracking information corresponding to a plurality of targets in an environment of a radar device. For example, the radar tracker may include a processor configured to determine the target tracking information based on a plurality of multi-target density functions corresponding to a respective plurality of target types, and to update the plurality of multi-target density functions based on detection information corresponding to a plurality of detections in the environment. For example, the radar tracker may include an output to output the target tracking information.
US12265146B2
A calibration circuit may include a calibration signal generator configured to receive an oscillator signal provided by an oscillator and generate a calibration signal based on the oscillator signal. The calibration signal may be generated to have a predetermined amplitude. The calibration circuit may include a calibration peak detector configured to detect a peak amplitude of the calibration signal. The calibration circuit may include a logic circuit configured to calibrate a peak detector connected to the oscillator based at least in part on the peak amplitude of the calibration signal.
US12265145B2
Systems and methods of deep learning for large-scale dynamic magnetic resonance image reconstruction
A method for performing magnetic resonance imaging on a subject comprises obtaining undersampled imaging data, extracting one or more temporal basis functions from the imaging data, extracting one or more preliminary spatial weighting functions from the imaging data, inputting the one or more preliminary spatial weighting functions into a neural network to produce one or more final spatial weighting functions, and multiplying the one or more final spatial weighting functions by the one or more temporal basis functions to generate an image sequence. Each of the temporal basis functions corresponds to at least one time-varying dimension of the subject. Each of the preliminary spatial weighting functions corresponds to a spatially-varying dimension of the subject. Each of the final spatial weighting functions is an artifact-free estimation of the one of the one or more preliminary spatial weighting functions.
US12265144B2
Nuclear spins are excited in a region of interest in an object under examination by a radio-frequency pulse. During at least one phase of the radio-frequency pulse, excitation fields are transmitted while magnetic field gradients are simultaneously applied so that the magnetization of the nuclear spins moves on a trajectory through a transmission k-space. In a first phase of the at least one phase of the radio-frequency pulse, the trajectory moves at a radial distance around the center of the transmission k-space. The radial distance corresponds to the radius of a sphere superimposed with at least one radial harmonic.
US12265143B2
A novel radio frequency sequence, suitable for performing Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of 2-dimensional (2D) slices of samples exhibiting short magnetization coherence times (i.e., hard tissues). The SS-ZTE pulse sequence contains the following steps: a) magnetizing all spins in the sample from a longitudinal direction to the transverse plane; b) exciting the 2D slice of interest, which comprises the selective locking of said 2D sample slice magnetization while spoiling the magnetization in the rest of sample volume; c) making the magnetization of the selected 2D slice impervious to reconfigurations of the magnetic field gradients from slice selection to encoding and readout; d) reading out of the free induction decay signal of the sample; e) repeating steps (a-d) with different readout directions, so as to gather a corresponding number of radial spokes of the plane defined by the 2D sample slice.
US12265140B2
A magnetic sensor includes a sensor chip mounted on a substrate such that an element formation surface thereof is perpendicular to the substrate and a magnetism collecting member mounted on the substrate such that a surface thereof faces the substrate and a surface thereof faces the element formation surface. The arithmetic mean waviness Wa of the surface of the magnetism collecting member is 0.1 μm or less. When the arithmetic mean waviness Wa of the surface of the magnetism collecting member that faces the element formation surface is set to 0.1 μm or less, it is possible to significantly suppress a deterioration in detection sensitivity due to the presence of a gap between the element formation surface and the magnetism collecting member and to significantly reduce variations in detection sensitivity among products.
US12265139B2
A magneto-resistive element includes a first element section including a first unit element and a second element section including a second unit element. The first element section is connected to the second element section in series. The first unit element includes a first reference layer with a magnetization that is fixed in an in-plane direction, and a first free layer including a vortex magnetization. The second unit element includes a second reference layer with a magnetization that is fixed in an in-plane direction, and a second free layer including a vortex magnetization. A direction of the fixed magnetization of the first reference layer is opposite to that of the second reference layer.
US12265129B2
A battery monitoring apparatus includes: battery state detection devices configured to detect states of battery modules: a control device wirelessly connected to a plurality of the battery state detection devices to manage the states of the battery modules; and a processing unit configured to give, to the battery state detection devices to which identification information is to be given, an identification information indicating arrangement positions of the battery state detection devices based on a plurality of wireless communication strengths among wireless communication strengths between the battery state detection devices to which the identification information is to be given and other battery state detection devices, and wireless communication strengths between the battery state detection devices to which the identification information is to be given and the control device.
US12265125B2
A system to classify signals includes an input to receive incoming waveform data; a memory, and one or more processors configured to execute code to cause the one or more processors to: generate a ramp sweep signal from the incoming waveform data, locate a data burst in the incoming waveform data using a burst detector, receive a signal from the burst detector to cause the memory to store cyclic loop image data in the form of the incoming waveform data as y-axis data and the ramp sweep signal as x-axis data, and employ a machine learning system to receive the cyclic loop image data and classify the data burst. A method of classifying signals includes generating a ramp sweep signal from incoming waveform data, locating a data burst in the incoming waveform data, storing cyclic loop image data for the data burst in the form of the incoming waveform data as Y-axis data and the ramp sweep signal as X-axis data, and using a machine learning system to receive the cyclic loop image and classify the data burst.
US12265120B2
An error rate measurement apparatus includes a display control unit, an operation display unit, and a control unit. The display control unit displays a firsts coefficient value in a selectable manner by tabs of a number corresponding to a Full Swing value, performs matrix display on a display screen by using each one of combinations of each second coefficient value and each third coefficient value in the first coefficient value on the selected tab, and displays each coefficient value on the display screen in a three-dimensional bird-eye view by using each second coefficient value and each third coefficient value as a combination of a horizontal direction coordinate axis and a vertical direction coordinate axis and using the first coefficient value as a depth direction coordinate axis. The operation display unit selects a range including at least one cell as a scanning target in the matrix display or a bird-eye display.
US12265115B2
A dual-stage source measure unit (SMU) has a user interface to allow a user to input one or more target values, at least two terminals to couple to a device under test (DUT), a current loop having a current digital control loop (DCL), a current digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a sense resistor, a current analog-to digital converter (ADC), and a common ADC, the current DCL to receive inputs from the current ADC, from the common ADC, and a target value for the output current, and to control a first output stage to produce the output current, and a voltage loop having a voltage DCL, a voltage DAC, a voltage ADC, and the common ADC, the voltage DCL to receive inputs from the voltage ADC, from the common ADC, and a target value for the output voltage, and to control a second output stage to produce the output voltage.
US12265109B2
A device for measuring a microwave surface resistance of a dielectric conductor deposition interface includes: a test platform, a calibration component, a sealing cavity and a support plate; wherein the test platform comprises: a shielding cavity having an open bottom, a dielectric rod, an input coupling structure, an output coupling structure, and a dielectric supporter; the dielectric conductor test sample and the test platform form a TE0m(n+δ) mode dielectric resonator; the calibration component and the dielectric conductor test sample are mounted on the test platform to measure corresponding quality factors, thereby calculating the microwave surface resistance of the deposition interface of the dielectric conductor test sample. The present invention requires no pre-measurement of relative permittivity and loss tangent of the dielectric conductor test sample. After calibration, the microwave surface resistance of the dielectric conductor deposition interface can be obtained by only one non-destructive measurement.
US12265107B2
The resistance detection sensor is configured to detect the electrical resistance value of a liquid. This resistance detection sensor includes a pair of electrodes, a DC voltage application unit, an AC voltage application unit, and a control unit. The pair of electrodes are immersed in a liquid. The DC voltage application unit applies a DC voltage having a first polarity between the pair of electrodes. The AC voltage application unit applies an AC voltage between the pair of electrodes. The control unit calculates the electrical resistance value of the liquid, in a state where the DC voltage is applied between the pair of electrodes by the DC voltage application unit. The control unit controls the AC voltage application unit so as to apply an AC voltage starting from a second polarity opposite to the first polarity at a predetermined time interval between the pair of electrodes. The time period for which the AC voltage is applied between the pair of electrodes by the AC voltage application unit is not an integer multiple of the cycle of the AC voltage applied between the pair of electrodes.
US12265106B2
The present disclosure provides a power control system for motor preheating including a current sensor, a power calculation module, a power error calculation module, a power control module, a current control module and a voltage control module. The current sensor senses a motor current output by the motor. The power calculation module calculates an output power of the motor according to the voltage command and the motor current. The power error calculation module calculates a power error according to a power command and the output power. The power control module outputs a current braking command according to the power error. The current control module calculates a voltage command according to the current braking command and the motor current. The voltage control module outputs a three-phase voltage according to the voltage command, and the motor is operated in a stationary state, and the stator of the motor is preheated.
US12265104B2
A voltage detection circuit including a threshold setting module and a voltage conversion module, and a voltage detection method are provided. In the threshold setting module, a first input end is configured to receive a voltage to be detected, a second input end is configured to receive a threshold regulation signal, a power supply end is connected to a first voltage and is configured to set a voltage regulation range according to the threshold regulation signal, determine a first voltage regulation value in the voltage regulation range according to the voltage to be detected, and generate a control voltage according to the first voltage and the first voltage regulation value. The voltage conversion module is configured to output a first level when the control voltage is greater than a preset value and output a second level when the control voltage is less than or equal to the preset value.
US12265102B2
A non-contact electric potential meter system to determine voltage between an AC conductor and a reference potential without direct electrical contact to the conductor. A housing provides a shielded measurement region that excludes other conductors and holds power supply means; an AC voltage sensing mechanism includes a conductive sense plate and an electrical connection to the reference potential. Waveform-sensing electronic circuitry obtains an AC voltage waveform induced by capacitive coupling between the conductor and the conductive sense plate. Capacitance-determining electronic circuitry obtains a scaling factor based on the coupling capacitance formed between the conductor and the conductive sense plate. Signal processing electronic circuitry uses the AC voltage waveform and the coupling capacitance-based scaling factor to obtain the voltage between the conductor and the reference potential.
US12265097B2
In variants, the method for determining dispensing volume for a liquid handler 110 can include: dispensing a droplet using the liquid hander 110, sampling a set of measurements of the droplet, determining the droplet volume based on the set of measurements, and/or any other suitable steps. In variants, the system 100 can include: the liquid handler 110, a droplet vessel 130, a measurement system 150, and/or any other suitable components.
US12265096B2
Reagent delivery systems, which can include a reagent trough and a pump system, are useful for delivering liquids to a laboratory workbench. Processing samples on the laboratory workbench can result in a large amount of liquid waste. Described herein are reagent troughs, pump systems, reagent delivery systems, waste management systems, and methods of using the same.
US12265094B2
A sample tube includes a barcode split into components at the bottom of the sample tube. Each barcode component stores less than the full data output from the barcode, but the components combine to full data output. Redundant diagonal components provide for error checking. A center region between the barcode components supports an electrical circuit or an optical or acoustic window. The sample tube may have a sidewall with a substantially cylindrical open end and non-cylindrical end closed with a bottom, the non-cylindrical end orienting the sample tube in a rack. Additional non-cylindrical surfaces are provided to orient the sample tube relative to complementary surfaces at a gripper. The sample tube of a particular application is positioned in an acoustic dispensing system where acoustic waves are transmitted through a center window for surveying and dispensing.
US12265093B2
An automatic analyzer includes a control unit that performs a process when a sample necessary to perform measurement for measurement content selected on an item selection screen is not arranged in a sample-container array unit. The process includes referring to the measurement content selected on the item selection screen and availability information that is information indicating whether each position in the sample-container array unit is available. A position in the sample-container array unit at which a container containing the sample necessary to perform measurement for the selected measurement content is to be arranged is specified in accordance with a specified arrangement rule, and information on the specified position in the sample-container array unit is displayed on a display unit.
US12265087B2
Provided are an odorant receptor marker of microglia and a use thereof, and according to the odorant receptor marker of microglia and a use thereof according to one aspect, microglia may be detected by measuring an activity or expression level of a protein of an odorant receptor (OR) Olfr110 or Olfr111, and OR ligands of microglia may be selected using them, and an inhibitor or activator against the interaction between the OR and 2-pentylfuran is effectively used in treatment of a neuroinflammatory disease or meningitis.
US12265086B2
Methods of identifying an individual as being a slow gingivitis responder or a high gingivitis responder are disclosed. Some methods are based on IL-1β levels in the individual's GCF at the site of inflammation. Some methods are based on MIF and/or CCL-1 levels in the individual's GCF in healthy tissue distant from the site of inflammation. Some disclosed methods are based on temporal differences in IL-8, IL-6 and/or TNFα levels in the individual's GCF in healthy tissue distant from the site of inflammation during the development of plaque induced inflammation. Methods of treating an individual who has gingivitis and methods of preventing gingivitis are also provided. The treatment and prevention methods comprise determining if individual is a slow gingivitis responder or a high gingivitis responder and applying oral care compositions to the individual's oral cavity.
US12265082B2
The disclosed technology relates to chemical entities for the detection of wounds, e.g., chronic wounds or infected wounds, including compositions, substrates, kits, dressing materials, and articles, and systems containing such compounds. The disclosed technology further relates to methods of using these compositions, kits and systems in diagnostic assays, and in the diagnosis and/or detection of chronic or infected wounds based on enzymatic action on specific moieties and/or reaction sites. The disclosed technology additionally relates to detection of pathogenic, e.g., bacterial and/or viral substances, such as enzymes and substrates, at the wound situs. Additional disclosure relates to methods of characterizing wounds based on expression of a plurality of markers and using such information to treat, manage, and follow-up patients suffering from chronic or infected wounds.
US12265075B2
Apparatuses and methods for monitoring curing of photocurable material are disclosed. The methods generally include directing an ultraviolet cure light into a photocurable material, wherein the ultraviolet cure light causes the photocurable material to cure; directing a probe light into the photocurable material through an optical fiber during the cure; collecting a back reflection signal from the photocurable material with the optical fiber; and determining a refractive index change of the photocurable material during the cure.
US12265071B2
Embodiments relate generally to a gas detector test fixture that recycles test gas. A portable gas detector test fixture, comprises a test chamber, a processor, a docking connector communicatively coupled to the processor, an output device communicatively coupled to the processor, a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and an application stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor, is configured to conduct a bump test on a portable gas detector plugged into the docking connector and to output the bump test result to the output device. The test fixture further comprises an inflow line configured to connect to a test gas supply line of a test gas container, where the inflow line is coupled to the test chamber, and an outflow line configured to connect to a test gas return line of the test gas container, where the outflow line is coupled to the test chamber.
US12265065B1
The invention provides a fracture opening simulation device for hard brittle mudstone and shale with organic matter, it includes a simulated support, the lower part of the simulated support is connected with a storage bucket bottom block plate through a screw, the middle of the simulated support is provided with a support socket with a circular structure, the upper surface of the storage bucket bottom block plate is provided with a circular convex structure of a block plate boss, the block plate boss is closely inserted in the support socket, the upper surface of the simulated support is fixed connected with a core column storage barrel.
US12265063B2
Many construction materials are chemically active materials whose structural properties parameters, physical-mechanical properties, etc. need to be determined. By exploiting embedded wireless sensors within these materials from initial wet manufactured state to final solid capillary-porous material assessment of initial and subsequent properties can be established allowing determination of current and future performance of the construction material. Embedded sensors can also monitor lifetime properties to identify performance degradations in the construction material as well as other construction elements embedded within or around the construction material. Further, the data accumulated from initial manufacturing to extended lifetime allows for additional assessments and improvements with respect to selection of construction material mix for a particular project at a particular location and time, improving the assessment of proactive repair and/or remedial work, quality control monitoring, cost reduction etc.
US12265052B2
There is presented an electrochemical sensor (100) for sensing an analyte in an associated volume (106), the sensor comprising a first solid element (126), a second solid element (128) being joined to the first solid element, a chamber (110) being placed at least partially between the first solid element and the second solid element, a working electrode (104) in the chamber (110), a reference electrode (108), and wherein one or more analyte permeable openings (122) connect the chamber (110) with the associated volume (106), and wherein the electrochemical sensor (100) further comprises an analyte permeable membrane (124) in said one or more analyte permeable openings, wherein the one or more analyte permeable openings are placed at least partially between the first solid element and the second solid element.
US12265051B2
A residual chlorine meter for measuring the concentration of residual chlorine in sample water includes an indicator electrode and a counter electrode to be immersed in the sample water and a controller that measures the concentration of residual chlorine in the sample water based on a diffusion current flowing between the indicator electrode and the counter electrode in a case in which a voltage is applied between the indicator electrode and the counter electrode. The controller detects a degree of deterioration of a replaceable component of the residual chlorine meter based on a motor current, flowing through a motor that rotates the indicator electrode in the sample water, and/or the diffusion current.
US12265049B2
A manufacturing method for an electrochemical sensor includes an electrode forming step of forming an electrode, made of a porous material with electroconductivity, on an insulating substrate, and a resist forming step of coating a coating region on the electrode by a resist with non-electroconductivity in a solution state, and permeating communicating pores of the porous material with the resist, thereby adjusting a resistance value of the electrode.
US12265038B2
A wafer defect detection device adapted for detecting a sample to be tested including two detection features is provided. The wafer defect detection device includes a stage adapted for holding the sample to be tested, a light source module configured to output a detection light to the sample to be tested and reflect a reflected light, and an image sensor disposed on a path of the reflected light and adapted for receiving an image frame. The detection light includes spectra of a first light and a second light, which have two different peak wavelengths. The spectrum of the first light is adapted for detecting one of the detection features. The spectrum of the second light is adapted for detecting other one of the detection features. Luminous intensities of the first light and the second light are independently controlled. The reflected light includes the image frame, which displays the detection features.
US12265037B2
A cylindrical shell detection method includes generating a first and a second terahertz transmitting electromagnetic waves; detecting a plurality of first terahertz reflected electromagnetic waves reflected by the first terahertz transmitting electromagnetic wave incident in a plurality of inner interface layers of a cylindrical shell; detecting a plurality of second terahertz reflected electromagnetic waves reflected by the second terahertz transmitting electromagnetic wave incident in a plurality of outer interface layers of a cylindrical shell; measuring a plurality of first characteristic signals according to the first terahertz transmitting electromagnetic waves and the first terahertz reflected electromagnetic waves to determine a plurality of first characteristics of the plurality of inner interface layers; and measuring a plurality of second characteristic signals according to the second terahertz transmitting electromagnetic waves and the plurality of second terahertz reflected electromagnetic waves to determine a plurality of second characteristics of the plurality of inner interface layers.
US12265032B2
A method for determining ciprofloxacin in a meat product based on an enzyme-linked upconversion fluorescence and potassium titanium oxalate system is provided. An enzyme-linked upconversion nanoparticle solution is mixed with an aptamer-bound magnetized polydopamine solution to obtain a fluorescence-ultraviolet dual-signal detection system. A fluorescence standard curve and a colorimetric standard curve for the ciprofloxacin content determination are created through the fluorescence-ultraviolet dual-signal detection system in combination with potassium titanium oxalate and hydrogen peroxide. A fluorescence intensity signal characteristic value and an ultraviolet absorbance signal characteristic value of a meat sample solution are determined. A ciprofloxacin content in the meat sample is calculated according to the fluorescence standard curve and the colorimetric standard curve.
US12265026B2
A phase gradient calculation unit calculates a phase gradient on a plane intersecting an irradiation direction of light corresponding to an optical coherence tomography signal indicating a state of a sample for each of sample points arranged on the plane. A bulk phase error calculation unit integrates, for each of plurality of paths from an origin that is a sample point where a bulk phase error is determined to a destination that is a sample point where the bulk phase error is not determined, the phase gradient for each of the sample points along each of the plurality of corresponding paths to calculate a path specific phase error at the destination, and combines the path specific phase errors among the plurality of corresponding paths to determine the bulk phase error at the destination.
US12265020B2
A food selection method includes obtaining one or more spectra corresponding to each of one or more foods, the one or more spectra being a result of measurement of each of the one or more foods using a spectral camera, comparing desire information indicating an attribute of a food desired by a user and a state of each of the one or more foods based on the one or more spectra, and selecting a food that suits the user's desire on a basis of a result of the comparing.
US12265004B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods that allow lipid membranes to be imaged optically at nanoscale resolution via a lipid-optimized form of expansion microscopy, also referred to as membrane expansion microscopy (mExM). mExM, via a post-expansion antibody labeling protocol, enables protein-lipid relationships to be imaged in organelles such as mitochondria, the endoplasmic reticulum, the nuclear membrane, and the Golgi apparatus. mExM may be of use in a variety of biological contexts, including the study of cell-cell interactions, intracellular transport, and neural connectomics.
US12265003B2
Devices and methods for the deposition of reagents onto cells or tissue samples are disclosed. Also disclosed are reagent compositions suitable for dispensing via a droplet-on-demand system.
US12264998B2
A vibration control device, while applying Gaussian vibration that matches a target vibration physical quantity PSD to a test piece, makes a corresponding vibration physical quantity non-Gaussian. Using a response vibration physical quantity PSD and a target vibration physical quantity PSD, a control vibration physical quantity PSD calculation generates a control vibration physical quantity PSD for generating a drive signal. A PSD conversion converts the control vibration physical quantity PSD into a control corresponding vibration physical quantity PSD of another dimension. Using the control corresponding vibration physical quantity PSD, a control corresponding vibration physical quantity waveform calculation calculates a control corresponding vibration physical quantity waveform that is non-Gaussian. At least based on the control characteristics and the control corresponding vibration physical quantity waveform, a drive waveform calculation generates a next drive waveform such that vibration that matches the control corresponding vibration physical quantity waveform is applied to a test piece.
US12264994B2
Aspects of the subject technology relate to a device including a pressure sensor to measure a pressure level in a port cavity. A port allows equalization of air pressure between the port cavity and an outside environment. A vent port within the port cavity allows equalization of air pressure between the port cavity and an internal volume of a housing of the device. A tool is used to activate a heat-generating component of the device while the port is obstructed for a predetermined time duration to enable detecting a sealing efficacy of the housing.
US12264991B2
A method and apparatus are for maintaining a structure for carrying a fluid. In addition, a method, apparatus and system are for detecting leakage from a structure carrying a fluid. The methods include: providing a jacket covering at least a portion of a structure carrying a fluid, the jacket forming a pocket between the jacket and the structure, the pocket having an inlet and an outlet; injecting a drive fluid into the pocket in a flow through the inlet; and moving a potentially harmful fluid in the pocket with the flow of injected drive fluid out of the pocket through the outlet. The method may further include detecting the potentially harmful fluid by use of a detector downstream of the pocket. The described apparatuses and/or the system may be for performing one or more of the methods.
US12264982B2
A light emitting structure emits light in response to a load applied to an object from a load object. In the light emitting structure are formed contacting portions which are provided on a supporting surface of the object, and which have a predetermined length from the surface of the supporting surface in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the object, wherein a stress-luminescent material is included in at least a portion of the supporting surface and the surface of the contacting portions.
US12264969B1
A temperature detector is provided that is particularly suited towards the differential measurement of foot temperatures in diabetics. A radiation sensor views a surface area of the body and provides a radiation sensor output. Electronics coupled to the radiation sensor and an ambient temperature sensor compute a normalized surface temperature of the area normalized to a specified ambient temperature as a function of a sensed ambient temperature and a sensed radiation.
US12264967B2
Systems and methods include a display assembly that displays paint color chips at paint color chip locations that each have a divider tab. A light-emitting diode (LED) control circuit is in communication with each LED of an LED array and in communication with a computing device that determines a particular paint color chip based on received input, determines a particular paint color chip location of the particular paint color chip, identifies a particular LED associated with the particular paint color chip location, and transmits an activation signal to the LED control circuit. The LED control circuit receives the activation signal and activates the particular LED to illuminate the divider tab located at the particular paint color chip location within the display assembly.
US12264953B2
An HVAC flow measurement system (1) comprises an ultrasonic flowmeter (10) for measuring a flow of gas through a channel (2). The ultrasonic flowmeter (10) comprises ultrasonic s transducers (11, 12) arranged at a distance from each other in flow direction (f) and configured to emit an ultrasonic pulse into the channel (2) and to receive an ultrasonic pulse in the channel (2). The flow measurement system (1) further comprises a processor (100) connected to the two ultrasonic transducers (11, 11a, 11b, 12, 12a, 12b) and configured to determine and store transit times of ultrasonic pulses propagating in and against flow direction (f) along one or more than one path (R1, R2) in the channel (2), and to determine the flow of gas using the transit times. A damper system (40) having a damper blade (4) arranged in the channel (2) is provided downstream of the ultrasonic flowmeter (10).
US12264943B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a system for predicting an accuracy risk of a smart gas meter based on Internet of Things (IoT). The method includes: acquiring gas attribute data of gas passing through a metering device based on a distributed sensor deployed in a gas pipeline network; determining a first accuracy risk of the metering device through performing pre-diagnosis on the metering device; in response to the first accuracy risk of at least one metering device satisfying a preset risk condition, constructing an accuracy diagnosis map based on metering devices in a gas area; determining, based on the accuracy diagnosis map, a second accuracy risk of the at least one metering device in the gas area through a pipeline network diagnosis model; and displaying detection indication information to a smart gas device management platform based on the second accuracy risk and a risk threshold.
US12264935B2
The technology relates to a navigation system that provides one or more routes from a starting location to a destination location, including a candidate parking location at or near the destination location. The starting location may be the current location of a user or the parking location from a previous navigation session. In some examples, the current location of the user may be the same location as the parking location from the previous navigation session. Each route suggestion may include one or more segments. For example, a route may include a first segment from the location of the user to the candidate parking spot and a second segment may be from the candidate parking location to the destination location. In some examples, there may be a third segment from the user's current location to the parking location from the previous navigation session.
US12264921B2
A method for preprocessing a set of feasible transfers within a multimodal transportation network of predetermined stations, comprising, for each trip in the multimodal transportation network hereafter called origin trip: (a) for each station (pti) of the origin trip (t), computing at this station (pti) an earliest arrival/change time associated with all transportation modes (m) of the multimodal transportation network; (b) for at least one transfer of the set of feasible transfers from a station (pti) on the origin trip (t) to a reachable station (puj) on a target trip (u), computing, at each station (puk>j) of the target trip (u) after the reachable station (puj), a value of the earliest arrival/change time specifically associated with the transportation mode (mu) of the multimodal transportation network used by the target trip (u); (c) removing the transfer only if determining that each computed value of the earliest arrival/change time is not improved by the transfer; (d) outputting the set of feasible transfers for computing at least one itinerary in the multimodal transportation network; and (e) performing a routing optimization algorithm so as to build, among the itineraries having a main part from an initial trip belonging to the set of possible initial trips to a final trip belonging to the set of possible final trips, at least one optimal itinerary according to the earliest arrival time and the number of transfers or the latest departure time and the number of transfers, when considering only trips from the set of possible trips using the selected transportation modes, and only transfers from the subset of feasible transfers between considered trips.
US12264920B2
A system and method for detecting tracking vehicles are provided. The method includes determining that a second vehicle is a tracking vehicle for a first vehicle by applying at least one tracking vehicle determination rule to data captured by the first vehicle with respect to the second vehicle, wherein each tracking vehicle determination rule defines a combination of parameters such that the second vehicle is determined to be the tracking vehicle when the data captured by the first vehicle includes the combination of parameters for at least one of the at least one tracking vehicle determination rule; generating a notification upon determination that the second vehicle is the tracking vehicle; and executing a resolution process based on determination that the second vehicle is the tracking vehicle.
US12264917B2
According to one embodiment, an attitude angle derivation device includes an acquisition part, a storage, and a processor. The acquisition part is configured to acquire a rotation angle related to a first coordinate system. The rotation angle is obtained from an angle sensor located in an object. The storage is configured to store the rotation angle and an attitude angle. The attitude angle is related to a second coordinate system of the object. The processor is configured to acquire the rotation angle and the attitude angle, update the attitude angle based on a temporal change of the rotation angle derived from the rotation angle, and output the updated attitude angle.
US12264906B2
A firing method for a set of electronic detonators includes receipt, by a receiving device associated with one or more electronic detonators, of an ignition command from a transmitted sequence of ignition commands including at least two ignition commands, a synchronisation delay being associated with each ignition command. A counting down, from the time of receipt of the ignition command, of the synchronisation delay associated with the received ignition command, and a counting down of an ignition delay associated with each electronic detonator from a synchronisation time corresponding to the time at which the countdown of the synchronisation delay is complete, are carried out. Each electronic detonator is ignited once the countdown of the ignition delay is complete. An electronic detonator includes a reception device, first and second countdown devices and a firing device.
US12264901B2
A camouflage apparatus using a reflective display is disclosed. The camouflage apparatus includes a camouflage sheet configured to cover an object, thereby hiding the object, and to avoid detection of electromagnetic waves, a plurality of reflective display type panels coupled to one surface of the camouflage sheet and configured to outwardly display a visible-light and infrared camouflage pattern, and a control module configured to control the panels.
US12264900B2
Systems, methods and apparatus are described for a HERF weapon that may emit high-energy radio waves at a target based on locational information and a frequency associated with the target. The HERF weapon may receive the frequency and locational information from a sensing system. The HERF weapon may emit a high energy pulse toward the target and on the frequency associated with the target to disable or destroy the target without affecting nearby devices. The HERF weapon may allow the user to avoid detection by using a frequency that corresponds to the target's operating frequency.
US12264890B2
A pistol with buffer has a frame defining an upper horizontal slide plane, having a forward muzzle end, and defining a receptacle, a slide rail module removably received in a rear portion of the frame receptacle and having a front face, a cross pin engaging the slide rail module to the frame, a buffer received in the frame receptacle and having a rear face abutting the front face of the slide rail module, and a retention portion of the slide rail module configured to contact the buffer to prevent extraction of the buffer when the slide rail module is received in the frame receptacle. The retention portion may be positioned above a selected portion of the buffer to prevent removal of the buffer from the frame when the slide rail module is engaged to the frame by the cross pin. The slide rail module may define a vertical front surface.
US12264888B2
A trigger unit for a firearm, including a rotatable trigger lever in which the trigger lever has a trigger bar which lies below the trigger axis and is moved when the trigger bar is actuated against a barrel direction, and a fire-control/safety selector for selecting at least one “safe” and one “fire” position, where a locking lever rotatably mounted about a locking lever axis is arranged in the trigger unit and is biased in a circumferential direction by a locking lever spring, and that the locking lever axis, when viewed in the barrel direction, is arranged behind the trigger axis, and the locking lever is designed to releasable fix the fire-control/safety selector in a selectable position.
US12264886B2
Systems for universally locking a trigger of a firearm are provided that require authentication to transition the firearm to an unlocked state. In general, examples of the systems for universally locking a trigger of a firearm described herein are located in an interchangeable grip portion of the firearm or mounted to an accessory rail of the firearm. Embodiments of the system generally include trigger interference or blocking members to prevent actuation of the trigger until the authentication system has authorized the user to fire the firearm. Once the system is authenticated, embodiments of the system remain in an unlocked state while the user is grasping the firearm. When the user removes their hand from the firearm, embodiments of the trigger locking system automatically returns to a locked state, reducing or eliminating unauthorized use of the firearm.
US12264879B2
A kiln system is provided, including a drying section, a preheating section, a firing section, a soaking section, a cooling section, and a decarburization section arranged between the drying section and the preheating section. The decarburization section includes an ignition zone, a hot air combustion/pyrolysis zone, and a waste heat recovery pipeline. A heat source is introduced into the ignition zone so that the temperature of the ceramsite of the raw materials with heating values in the zone is 400° C. to 900° C. The hot air combustion/pyrolysis zone is configured for combusting or pyrolyzing carbon-containing materials and organic components in the raw materials with heating values in the ceramsite. The waste heat recovery pipeline is configured for discharging decarburization exhaust gas and recovering heat released after the raw materials with heating values in the ceramsite are combusted or pyrolyzed in the decarburization exhaust gas.
US12264868B2
An appliance cabinet includes an outer wrapper that encloses an inner liner. The outer wrapper defines an integrally formed machine compartment. A vacuum insulated structure is defined between the outer wrapper and the inner liner. A selectively removable side access panel is removably coupled to the outer wrapper. The selectively removable side access panel includes a central body with support ribs and an arcuate offset flange that extends orthogonally from the central body. Vertical supports are operably coupled to the top and the bottom of a frame and define at least one retention slot. The selectively removable side access panel includes at least one retention tab selectively disposed within the at least one retention slot.
US12264866B2
A refrigeration appliance includes a cabinet that defines a cabinet outlet and a cabinet inlet in fluid communication with a freezer compartment. A door is coupled to the cabinet. The door defines a door inlet in fluid communication with the cabinet outlet and a door outlet in fluid communication with the cabinet inlet when the door is in a closed position. An icemaker compartment is disposed in the door. The icemaker compartment is fluidly coupled with the freezer compartment. A retainer is at least partially disposed in each of the door inlet and the door outlet. Each retainer includes a rim that defines ribs. Each rib is spaced apart from adjacent ribs. A gasket is coupled to each retainer. Each gasket includes an abutment surface that abuts a cabinet surface when the door is in the closed position to seal airflow passages between the freezer compartment and the icemaker compartment.
US12264861B2
Provided is a controller, an air conditioner, and a high-pressure protection circuit. The controller includes a first rectifier unit, a power conversion unit, a high pressure switch (HPS) wiring terminal, a low-voltage control unit, and a high-voltage operating unit. An input end of the first rectifier unit is capable of being electrically connected to an input power supply. An output end of the first rectifier unit is electrically connected to an input end of the power conversion unit. An output end of the power conversion unit is electrically connected to a power supply end of the low-voltage control unit. The HPS wiring terminal is connected to the front end of the power supply end of the low-voltage control. The controller has a function of high-pressure protection.
US12264860B2
A water chiller, a water output adjustment method, and an air conditioning system. The water chiller includes: at least two cooling towers used in parallel, a water pressure balance adjustment circuit, and a main control hoard, where each of the at least two cooling towers includes a water pressure pre-adjustment circuit, the main control board is configured to control the water pressure pre-adjustment circuit to realize real-time water output adjustment of the each of the at least two cooling towers, and control the water pressure balance adjustment circuit to achieve a water output balance adjustment among-multiple cooling towers.
US12264850B2
A geothermal installation for collecting heat for the generation of electricity is provided. The installation includes a fluid transport system comprising at least one fluid injection bore extending from a thermoelectric generator located at or near the Earth's surface to a depth below the Earth's surface sufficient such that energy collected can produce electricity. In particular, a depth of at least 500 m, preferably at least 1500 m, and more preferably at least 3000 m is sufficient to see benefits. The fluid injection bore is connected at the said depth, respectively to a plurality of micro-tunnels which extend outwardly substantially horizontally or diagonally downwardly from a horizontal plane passing through the said depth, preferably interconnected in at least one array. The micro-tunnels in turn are connected with fluid return bores which return a heat transfer fluid to the thermoelectric generator. The fluid transport system is adapted for the flow therethrough to and from the thermoelectric generator of the heat transfer fluid.
US12264849B2
A clamp assembly for use with a solar module includes a first clamping arm operably coupled to a first portion of a solar module, a second clamping arm operably coupled to a second portion of the solar module and operably coupled to the first clamping arm and disposed in juxtaposed relation thereto, and a fastener operably coupled to a respective portion of each of the first and second clamping arms. The fastener is configured to draw each of the first and second clamping arms towards one another from a first, open position, where the solar module is free to move relative to first and second clamping arms to a second, closed position, where the solar module is inhibited from moving relative to the first and second clamping arms.
US12264848B2
A crimper for joining truss leg components to form a unitary truss foundation with the ground without needing mechanical fasteners. A crimping tool has upper and lower crimp guides that register the position of jaws on the crimping tool with respect to grooves formed in a connecting portion of a truss cap and in a driving coupler of a driven screw anchor. Registering the position of the jaws ensures that blind crimps between the upper leg and screw anchor and upper leg and truss cap are performed consistently each time.
US12264846B2
A hygiene management device for an entrance hall includes a fan assembly which generates an air blowing force, a function module which provides a storage space, an air discharger which discharges air toward a person, and an opening/closing unit which selectively stops an air flow. Particularly, the opening/closing unit is configured such that air is supplied into at least one of the function module and a duct unit or simultaneously into both the function module and the duct unit.
US12264844B2
The invention relates to an air purification device comprising a casing (1) that houses a fan (2) and a filter (3) placed in front of said fan (2), such that air passes through said filter (3) and exits the casing (1) by means of said fan (2), and is characterised in that said filter (3) is placed in a replaceable part (4) mounted in a detachable way in said casing (1), said replaceable part (4) comprising material with volatile substances (5). It allows an air purification device to be provided which allows for the purification of air and the diffusion of volatile substances at the same time.
US12264834B2
An air conditioner includes a heat exchanger provided in an indoor unit, a drain pan that receives drain water generated in the heat exchanger, an irradiation unit that irradiates the drain pan with ultraviolet rays, and a control unit that controls ultraviolet intensity of the irradiation unit. The control unit controls the irradiation unit to make the ultraviolet intensity after a cooling operation is larger than the ultraviolet intensity during the cooling operation.
US12264830B2
A controller is configured to operate a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system based on a first plurality of particulate matter measurements and a second plurality of particulate matter measurements. The controller is configured to determine an air filter efficiency for an air filter based on the received first plurality of particulate matter measurements and the received second plurality of particulate matter measurements. The controller is further configured to determine if a quantity of particulate matter in an airflow exceeds a first threshold value based on the received second plurality of particulate matter measurements. In response to determining that the quantity of particulate matter in the airflow does exceed the first threshold value, the controller is configured to transmit a notification indicating an action to inspect the air filter.
US12264829B2
The present invention provides a system for detecting an amount of R-32 refrigerant in an air temperature controller using an R-32 refrigerant, and a method of installing a configuration of R-32 sensors in the air temperature controller using an R-32 refrigerant. The system includes an R-32 control board, a first R-32 sensor, and a second R-32 sensor. The first R-32 sensor and the second R-32 sensor are coupled in series and electrically coupled to the R-32 control board. Each of the first R-32 sensor and the second R-32 sensor include sensing components configured to detect the amount of R-32 refrigerant.
US12264826B2
An air conditioner includes an indoor unit and an outdoor unit. The outdoor unit includes a housing, a compressor, a first damping member, and a second damping member. The compressor is provided with a pipe. The first damping member and the second damping member each are disposed on the pipe. The second damping member is located at a preset position of the pipe. The first damping member and the second damping member are configured to change a natural resonant frequency of the pipe to a target frequency. The second damping member includes a housing assembly and a clamping groove. The clamping groove is disposed on a side of the cavity proximate to the pipe, so that a center of gravity of the second damping member deviates from a center of gravity of a portion of the pipe connected with the damping groove.
US12264823B1
A lighting system is provided for illuminating a cooking cavity in a cooking appliance. The lighting system includes a light guide rod configured to guide an illumination and a reflective element optically coupled to the light guide rod for reflecting the illumination from the light guide rod toward the cooking cavity. A guide for insertion of the light guide rod extends longitudinally between an insertion end and a reflective element connection end coupled to the reflective element. The guide defines an inner surface that is tapered, becoming narrower from the insertion end towards the reflective element connection end, for guiding the light guide rod during optical coupling with the reflective element.
US12264821B2
An aircraft engine incudes: a catalyst, e.g. platinum, applied to turbine blades (580c, 590c) and/or to a catalytic grid downstream of the engine's combustion chamber. An exhaust fluid additive injection system is incorporated upstream of the catalyst via a line 560, in a stator blade within the engine. The catalyst is used to reduce NOx emissions from the engine by a Selective Catalytic Reduction reaction.
US12264796B2
The present techniques include a plurality of laser lamp modules. In an example, the plurality of laser lamp modules includes a high beam wide lamp module, a high beam narrow lamp module, a low beam cut lamp module, and a low beam wide lamp module, each of which has a blue laser, and is sealed from an outside environment for reliability.
US12264790B2
The invention provides a light generating system (1000) comprising a first light generating device (110), a second light generating device (120), a first luminescent material (210), a window element (400), and a light mixing chamber (500), wherein: (A) the first light generating device (110) is configured to provide first device light (111); wherein the first light generating device (110) comprises one or more of a laser and a superluminescent diode; (B) the second light generating device (120) is configured to generate second device light (121); wherein the second light generating device (120) comprises a solid state light source; (C) the light mixing chamber (500) is at least partly defined by the window element (400); (D) the window element (400) comprises (i) a first window element part (410) comprising the first luminescent material (210), wherein the first window element part (410) is configured in a light receiving relationship with the first light generating device (110), and (ii) a second window element part (420), wherein the second window element part (420) is translucent for the second device light (121), and wherein the second window element part (420) is configured in a light receiving relationship with the second light generating device (120); wherein the first window element part (410) and the second window element part (420) are configured in thermal contact with each other, wherein the first window element part (410) and the second window element part (420) differ in material composition; and (E) the first luminescent material (210) is configured to convert at least part of the first device light (111) into first luminescent material light (211).
US12264788B1
A solder-free LED bulb comprises a bulb shell, a conductive base and a light-emitting member, wherein the light-emitting member is arranged in the bulb shell; the bulb shell has at least one open end, the inner side of the open end is set as a mounting area, and a mounting base is arranged in the mounting area; wherein, the mounting base comprises a mounting part, a slot is arranged on the mounting part, and a conductive member is hooked on the slot; the light-emitting member comprises a circuit board with one end plugged into the slot, and at least one side of the circuit board is printed with a circuit.
US12264785B2
A control system having a primary run and a trim run, each run including an inlet coupled to a main gas supply line, a pneumatically actuated control valve positioned downstream of the inlet, a pneumatic pressure controller having variable deadband adjustment, and an outlet feeding into a gas supply line to the facility. The control valve of the primary run is preferably high-capacity, while the control valve of the trim run is low-capacity. Further, the system and method for controlling gas supply to the facility has a total flow capacity through the primary run and trim run to the facility being defined by CX, which is the total flow capacity of the primary run (CP) plus the total flow capacity of the trim run (CT), and an actual gas flow to the facility being defined by FX, which is the actual flow of the primary run (FP) plus the actual flow of the trim run (FT) and wherein FX is less than CX, CT is less than CP and FX is either stable, increasing, or decreasing based on a demand from the facility.
US12264783B2
A pressure vessel, in particular a cryogenic pressure vessel, has an inner vessel, an outer vessel and a chamber that can be evacuated at least partly. A motor vehicle includes such a pressure vessel.
US12264781B2
Provided is a nozzle assembly including a valve assembly configured to be coupled to a tank, the valve assembly including a valve body having a first end, a second end, and a first passage extending therebetween, and a valve disposed in the first passage, and a regulator assembly configured to be coupled to the valve assembly, the regulator assembly including a regulator body having a first end, a second end, and a second passage extending therebetween, a nozzle coupled to the regulator body and having an outlet in communication with the second passage, a spindle having a first end disposed in the second passage and a second end surrounded by the nozzle, and a piston assembly disposed in the second passage.
US12264779B2
A pressure vessel for containing pressure, for example, high pressure associated with storage of compressed gaseous fuels, includes a wall which surrounds an interior space. The wall includes an arrangement of wall threads and a matrix. An internal structure having a number of internal threads is provided for bracing, the internal threads having portions embedding in the matrix adjacent to the wall threads. A method for producing a pressure vessel of this type is also provided.
US12264773B1
Tripod mounting plates for mounting a tracking device on a to-be-tracked device comprise a housing and a coupler. The housing is configured to be operatively coupled to a tripod, and the housing defines a recess configured to selectively receive and retain the tracking device. The coupler is operatively coupled to the housing and configured to be operatively coupled to the to-be-tracked device. In some examples, the to-be-tracked device comprises a camera and/or any other suitable device configured to be mounted on the tripod. The tripod mounting plates are configured to facilitate mounting the tracking device on the to-be-tracked device and mounting the to-be-tracked device on the tripod.
US12264770B2
A cable puller and associated methods are shown. Useful example methods include pipe bursting using cable pullers as shown. Cable pullers and methods shown provide a mechanical advantage that increases an amount of cable pulled in one cycle. Selected examples are shown that include a pulley located on a distal end of a moving portion of an extending and contracting beam. The pulley and the mechanical advantage it supplies helps to improve the efficiency of the cable puller and reduce manufacturing cost of the cable puller.
US12264762B2
A fitting assembly includes a jaw fitting comprising a body, a first jaw extending from the body, and a second jaw extending from the body, the first jaw oriented substantially parallel to the second jaw, the jaw fitting defining a bore formed through the body and a hole formed through the first jaw, the jaw fitting further defining a slot between the first jaw and second jaw; a first fastener engaged with the hole and extending into the slot, the first fastener configured to couple a brace member to the jaw fitting; and a concrete wedge anchor engaged with the bore and oriented perpendicular to the first fastener.
US12264761B2
A line routing device for guiding a plurality of lines, such as cables, hoses, or the like, particularly for hanging applications, such as supplying a vertically traveling power head of a drill. The line routing device has a flexible carrying strand and a plurality of guide bodies arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction of the carrying strand. According to the invention, adjacent guide bodies can be deflected spatially toward each other and each guide body has a central part having a center axis, which extends coaxially to the carrying strand, and an outer part having at least one circumferential element. The outer part delimits a receiving region, which is open in the axial direction, for the lines, radially to the outside.
US12264760B2
An expansion joint includes: an outer tube including first and second ends and extending therebetween, the outer tube including first and second flanges, the first being located at the first end, the second being located at the second end and connectable to a downstream pipe; an inner tube including third and fourth ends and extending therebetween, the inner tube being located inside the outer and including third and middle flanges, the third flange being located at the third end and connectable to the upstream pipe, the middle flange being located at a middle portion between the third and fourth ends; and a closure including an outer peripheral portion connected to the first flange, an inner peripheral portion connected to the middle flange, and an elastic portion connecting the outer and inner peripheral portions. The first end is spaced from the third and located between the third and fourth ends.
US12264756B2
An illustrative valve block includes a plate, a fluid transfer block, and a diaphragm. The plate includes a channel configured to receive a first fluid and a recess connected to the channel. The fluid transfer block includes an inlet connection configured to receive a second fluid and an outlet connection. The fluid transfer block also includes a plurality of valve inlet bores connected to the inlet connection. The plurality of valve inlet bores are distributed along at least part of a first curved shape. The fluid transfer block further includes a plurality of valve outlet bores each fluidly connected to the outlet connection. The plurality of valve outlet bores are distributed along at least part of a second curved shape. The diaphragm is between the pressure plate and the fluid transfer block. The plurality of valve inlet bores and the plurality of valve outlet bores adjoin the recess.
US12264753B2
A solenoid valve includes: a movable iron core; a solenoid molded body disposed outside the movable iron core in a radial direction and including a coil; a solenoid casing accommodating the movable iron core and the solenoid molded body; a fixed iron core disposed inside the solenoid molded body in the radial direction to generate a magnetic force between the fixed iron core and the movable iron core when the coil is energized; and a valve unit that opens and closes a flow passage in accordance with a movement of the movable iron core. A magnetic material separate from the solenoid casing is disposed at an axial end portion of the coil outside the solenoid casing.
US12264747B2
A loadlock apparatus includes a loadlock chamber including a first opening and a second opening separated in a vertical direction; a first slit valve including a first valve plate configured to move between a first open position where the first opening is open and a first closed position where the first opening is closed, the first open position being a position moved downward from the first closed position; and a second slit valve including a second valve plate configured to move between a second open position where the second opening is open and a second closed position where the second opening is closed, the second open position being a position moved upward from the second closed position.
US12264741B2
A combined machine with selective actuation includes: support frame and ground support; an engine including a drive shaft; a driven shaft connected to the drive shaft by the engine; first and second operating machines connected to the driven shaft; and a set for selectively transmitting motion from the driven shaft to the operating machines. The transmission set includes: first and second belted transmissions operationally connecting the driven shaft to the first or second operating machine; and a movement unit to selectively move the driven shaft from idle to a first or second operating position. In operation, when the driven shaft is in the first operating position, the first belted transmission is under tension, actuating the first operating machine. When it is in the first operating position, the second belted transmission is under tension, actuating the second operating machine. In idle, both belted transmissions are slack, halting both operating machines.
US12264729B2
A differential gear for transmitting a torque to an axle of a motor vehicle including a differential basket, a bevel gear, first and second output shafts, and a multi-plate clutch. The bevel gear includes inner and outer circumferential surfaces. The bevel gear is supported by a contact surface of the differential basket with respect to a radial direction. The output shafts have a common rotary axis, the first output shaft forming a positive connection with the bevel gear with respect to a circumferential direction via a outer circumferential surface of the first output shaft and the inner circumferential surface of the bevel gear. The multi-plate clutch provides for selectively connecting the first output shaft with the differential basket and includes an inner plate carried by a section of the outer circumferential surface of the bevel gear and an outer plate carried by the differential basket.
US12264708B2
An oil collecting bushing for a bearing. The bushing is used for guiding lubricating oil into a roller path of a bearing, and includes a cylindrical bushing main body and a plurality of oil claws. An oil collecting groove for collecting the lubricating oil is formed on an inner circumferential part of the bushing main body, and the bushing main body is provided with a plurality of openings which penetrate the bushing main body and which are in communication with the oil collecting groove. The plurality of oil claws are arranged at the parts of the bushing main body where the openings are formed, and each oil claw is formed so as to warp radially outwards from the bushing main body. Therefore, under the centrifugal force generated during the rotation of an oil collecting bushing the lubricating oil from the oil collecting groove can be guided into the roller path by the oil claws via the corresponding openings. With the oil collecting bushing, the bearing is not only effectively lubricated, but is also cooled down. Further provided is a transmission comprising the oil collecting bushing.
US12264706B2
The present invention relates to a flow control method for a high-accuracy and high-stiffness hydrostatic device, comprising: a main body and an auxiliary body; the upper surface of the main body forms a first flow channel, and a lug boss is formed on the first flow channel; the upper surface of the main body forms a second flow channel; the middle of the main body is concave down to form a pressure stabilizing cavity; the end of the first flow channel is provided with first throttling holes; the second flow channel is provided with a main oil hole; the first flow channel is provided with an oil distribution channel; the lug boss is provided with a second throttling hole; a bump matched with a bearing platform is formed on the bottom of the auxiliary body; a film sheet is arranged between the bump and the bearing platform; and the surface of the bump is provided with a groove. The present invention can complete flow control by a mechanical mode without any control module, and the oil film rigidity is high, which greatly reduces the use cost and improves the use reliability. The present invention has extremely high practicability. The present invention can be applied to relevant devices that need to apply flow control.
US12264699B2
A device which is attachable to a fastener stack, the device comprising: an attachment element made of shape memory material; and a cap comprising a base having an aperture and a shell having an interior space in fluid communication with the opening, wherein the base supports the shell and is coupled to the attachment element.
US12264691B2
An artificial muscle includes a housing including an electrode region, an expandable fluid region, a first film layer, and a second film layer. The first film layer and the second film layer each include an inner protective layer having a first elasticity, an outer protective layer having a second elasticity, and a reinforcing layer provided between the inner protective layer and the outer protective layer, the reinforcing layer having a third elasticity greater than the first elasticity of the inner protective layer and the second elasticity of the outer protective layer. The artificial muscle further includes an electrode pair positioned in the electrode region of the housing and between the first film layer and the second film layer, and a dielectric fluid housed within the housing.
US12264687B2
An air amplifier for directing airflow from a fan assembly, and a fan assembly including an air amplifier. The air amplifier includes an inlet for receiving airflow from a fan assembly, and an airflow cavity. The airflow cavity includes a first wall and a second wall that define an airflow passageway extending towards an exhaust outlet for emitting air. A divider body is provided within the passageway. The divider body divides the airflow passageway into a first exhaust passageway and a second exhaust passageway. The divider body tapers towards the exhaust outlet.
US12264685B1
A bleed valve assembly includes a manifold coupled to a case of a compressor of a gas turbine engine to control a flow of bleed air exiting the compressor, a valve housing coupled with the manifold, a piston configured to move selectively relative to the valve housing and the manifold, and one or more shims located between the valve housing and the piston.
US12264684B2
An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus has a first housing having a first cavity, a second housing disposed in the first housing and including a second cavity and at least one aperture, a first fan assembly configured to generate a first airflow through the first housing, and a second fan assembly configured to generate a second airflow from the second cavity to the first cavity via the at least one aperture.
US12264681B2
Disclosed is a dual pressure-boosting high wind speed fan, including a driving motor, a fan housing and a fan blade. An air duct of the housing is formed inside the fan housing; the fan blade is provided with a shaft mounting portion and a blade assembly, wherein the shaft mounting portion is tightly mounted on a power output shaft of the driving motor through a shaft mounting hole; and the fan housing includes a cylindrical wall of the housing, a spherical portion and a motor fixing portion. The dual pressure-boosting high wind speed fan features novel structural design, high working wind speed, small turbulent flow and noise and good mute effect.
US12264674B2
An axially flexible compressor includes a stationary scroll, a movable scroll and a gas-discharge cover. The stationary scroll mates with the movable scroll. The stationary scroll includes a first spiral wall. The stationary scroll mates with the gas-discharge cover. The stationary scroll is located at least partially in the gas-discharge cover. The compressor includes a sealing member and an elastic member. The sealing member is located between a circumferential side wall of the stationary scroll and an inner wall of the gas-discharge cover. The stationary scroll defines a gas-discharge hole. An outer wall is located at a position away from the first spiral wall and away from the gas-discharge hole. The elastic member is located between the gas-discharge cover and a side of the stationary scroll away from the movable scroll. The elastic member is in contact with the stationary scroll and the gas-discharge cover.
US12264665B2
A sample probe system has a sample probe assembly, an air supply assembly, and a control system. The sample probe assembly has a transducer and a sample probe. The air supply assembly has a piezoelectric pump configured to supply an air flow to the sample probe assembly such that the air flow exits the sample probe. The control system determines a relative location of the sample probe based on pressure changes in the air flow detected by the transducer.
US12264661B2
A high pressure pump. The pump comprises a fluid end assembly supported on a power end assembly. The power end assembly is modular and held together by a first set of stay rods. The fluid end assembly comprises a plurality of fluid end sections positioned in a side-by-side relationship. Each fluid end section comprises a housing made of multiple-piece construction. One or more pieces of the housing are configured to having a second set of stay rods attached thereto. The second set of stay rods interconnect the fluid end assembly and a power end assembly and a vertically offset from the first set of stay rods.
US12264655B2
Previous electrochemically-powered yarn muscles cannot be usefully operated between extreme negative and extreme positive potentials, since strokes during electron injection and during hole injection partially cancel because they are in the same direction. Unipolar-stroke carbon nanotube yarn muscles are described in which muscle strokes are additive between extreme negative and extreme positive potentials, and stroke increases with potential scan rate. These electrochemical artificial muscles include an electrically conducting twisted or coiled yarn and a material that dramatically shifts the potential of zero charge of the electrochemically actuated yarn.
US12264645B1
A hydroponic container growing system is provided. The growing system provides a closed growing environment providing climate and other growing conditions suitable for year-round plant production. The growing system may include a container having a plurality of subsystems therein. The plurality of subsystems may include a plant production system, an environmental regulation system, an energy capture system, a control system, and a dosage system. The plant production system may include an Ebb and Flow irrigation system and one or more Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) irrigation systems. A single reservoir may supply the Ebb and Flow irrigation system and a NFT irrigation system to provide a dual technique, single nutrient supply source irrigation system for plant production. An energy capture system which utilizes the kinetic energy of flowing liquid to generate electrical energy may be integrated into one or more irrigation systems within the plant production system.
US12264644B2
A gas injector for injecting a gaseous fuel. The gas injector includes: a magnetic actuator having an armature, an inner pole and a coil; a closing element, having a valve needle, the closing element opening and closing a gas path at a sealing seat, the armature being connected to the closing element; a closed off lubricant chamber which is filled with a lubricant and in which the armature is arranged, the lubricant ensuring lubrication of the armature; a flexible sealing element sealing the lubricant chamber with respect to the gas path; a restoring element which resets the closing element to a closed starting position; and a first needle guide formed between a guide sleeve and the valve needle. The first needle guide is arranged in the lubricant chamber radially inside the flexible sealing element, and the restoring element is arranged in the lubricant chamber inside the flexible sealing element.
US12264641B2
Fuel vaporizers and methods of use are disclosed herein. The fuel vaporizer comprises a housing, a fuel absorber, and an ultrasonic transducer. The housing defines a fuel absorption chamber, an equalization chamber, a fuel inlet port, and a fuel outlet port. The fuel inlet port is in fluid communication with the fuel absorption chamber. The fuel outlet port is in fluid communication with the equalization chamber. The fuel absorber is positioned within the fuel absorption chamber. The ultrasonic transducer is in contact with the fuel absorber and is positioned between the fuel absorption chamber and the equalization chamber.
US12264637B2
The invention relates to a propulsion system (1, 1) for an aircraft, comprising a rotor (2) and a nacelle failing (3) that extends around said rotor in relation to an axis (X) and includes an upstream portion (10) forming an inlet section (BA) of the nacelle fairing (3) as well as a downstream portion (20), a downstream end (21) of which forms an outlet section (BF) of the nacelle fairing (3); and characterized in that the downstream portion (20) has a radially inner wall (20a) and a radially outer wall (20b), both of which are made of a deformable shape memory material, and in that the downstream end (21) includes pneumatic or hydraulic actuators (23, 23′) extending in different consecutive angular sectors about said axis (X), each actuator being independently actuatable and being configured to deform, in a direction that extends radially in relation to said axis (X) and is centered angularly in relation to its angular sector, under the effect of a predetermined control pressure.
US12264633B1
An internal combustion engine system includes an internal combustion engine, an exhaust aftertreatment system with a catalytic converter configured to receive exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine, and a light-off catalyst system including an electrolyzer configured to perform an electrolysis of water to produce a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen gases. A conduit is in fluid communication between the electrolyzer and an intake of the internal combustion engine. A controller is configured to supply the mixture of hydrogen and oxygen gases to the engine intake during a cold start to facilitate rapidly warming the catalytic converter to a light-off temperature.
US12264630B2
A gas turbine engine includes a bypass duct, an inlet cowl, and a heat-exchanger assembly. The bypass duct is configured to direct air through a flow path to provide thrust to propel the gas turbine engine. The inlet cowl is located in the bypass duct and configured to collect a portion of the air flowing in the bypass duct. The heat-exchanger assembly is removably coupled with the inlet cowl and configured to receive the portion of the air from the inlet cowl.
US12264627B2
A heat exchanger is provided. The heat exchanger includes one or more exchanger units that each have a core and manifolds. The core of an exchanger unit is formed by multiple unit cells coupled together in flow communication to create a flow distribution grid. Each unit cell has at a first primary channel, a second primary channel, a first secondary channel in flow communication with the first primary channel, and a second secondary channel in flow communication with the second primary channel. The first secondary channel traverses through the second primary channel and the second secondary channel traverses through the first primary channel. Each manifold includes two chambers for separating fluids flowing through the heat exchanger, with one chamber being in flow communication with one of the primary channels and having one or more tubes traversing therethrough to provide flow communication between the other primary channel and the other chamber.
US12264621B2
The present disclosure relates to a gas turbine plant which decomposes ammonia into a decomposition gas including hydrogen and supplies the decomposition gas as fuel to a combustor of the gas turbine. The gas turbine plant supplies sufficient heat to the ammonia in order to thermally decompose the ammonia effectively and separates the residual ammonia present in the decomposition gas and supplies the decomposition gas to a combustor of the gas turbine.
US12264616B1
A rotary engine, has: housings secured to one another, the housings including a first side housing, a second side housing, and a rotor housing disposed between the first side housing and the second side housing; and a rotor rotationally received within a rotor cavity defined by the first side housing, the second side housing, and the rotor housing; wherein the first side housing, the rotor housing, and the second side housing are cooled in parallel via respective coolant passages including: a first side housing coolant passage extending through the first side housing; a second side housing coolant passage extending through the second side housing; and a rotor housing coolant passage extending through the rotor housing, and wherein the coolant passages are free of inter-passage connection between the housings.
US12264608B2
The present invention relates to a catalyzed particulate filter and methods comprising the filter for treatment of an exhaust gas from a gasoline engine, the catalyzed particulate filter comprising a gasoline particulate filter (GPF); a major catalytic layer coated onto or within an inlet side, an outlet side, or both sides of the GPF surfaces, the major catalytic layer comprising a first composition, wherein the first composition comprising a first support material; and a first platinum group metal (PGM); and a minor functional material layer placed onto or within an inlet side, an outlet side, or both sides of the GPF surfaces; the minor catalytic layer comprising a second composition; wherein the major catalytic layer has a higher loading than the minor functional material layer; the minor functional material layer is placed on top of the major catalytic layer, or the major catalytic material layer is placed on top of the minor functional layer. The catalyzed particulate filter provides an improved catalytic efficiency in conjunction with an efficient filter.
US12264599B2
A power plant system is disclosed. The power plant system includes a combustor configured, a turbine configured to generate electricity, a heat exchanger and a steam turbine, a carbon capture system configured to remove at least a portion of carbon-based gasses from the flue gas downstream from the heat recovery steam generator, and a thermal storage system including a hot storage unit configured to store thermal energy at a hot temperature, the hot temperature greater than ambient temperature. The power plant is configured to operate in at least a first mode for storing thermal energy in the thermal storage system and a second mode for releasing the stored thermal energy from the thermal storage system and during the second mode, heat stored in the hot storage unit is transferred to the carbon capture system.
US12264597B2
A component for a gas turbine engine. The component includes a continuous fiber blade including an airfoil extending radially between a root and a tip and a blade attachment feature positioned at or adjacent to the root. The component further includes a platform coupled to the root of the continuous fiber blade. The platform includes a plurality of chopped fibers. Additionally, the component includes a thermoplastic polymer contained in both the continuous fiber blade and the platform. Moreover, the continuous fiber blade and platform are coupled together such that the continuous fiber blade and platform form a monolithic composite body.
US12264590B2
A fan assembly for an engine has a fan blade, a disk having a disk segment, a trunnion mechanism having a trunnion extending at least partially through the disk segment, and first and second attachment systems. The trunnion has a platform and a shaft. The fan blade is adjacent to the platform of the trunnion. The trunnion is attached to the disk segment using the first attachment system along a preload path. The first and second attachment systems further include first and second retention features, respectively, separate from the preload path. During normal operation of the fan assembly, the first attachment system retains the trunnion within the disk along a first load path. Upon a failure in the trunnion, the first and second retention features together retain the trunnion within the disk segment along a second load path, the first load path being different than the second load path.
US12264585B2
The invention provides an adaptor for connecting a drill bit to a hollow shank of a self-drilling rock bolt, the adaptor including a body which extends in an axial direction between a distal end and a proximal end, a tubular conduit which extends between the ends, an abutment surface formed in an outer surface of the body that divides the body into a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein at least a part of the proximal portion includes a first taper which tapers towards the proximal end, wherein at least a part of the distal portion includes a second taper which tapers towards the distal end, and wherein the first taper and the second taper are adapted for friction fit in a bore of the shank and a recess in the drill bit respectively.
US12264574B2
A visual inspection system intended for inspection of the difficult to reach lateral wellhead ports and annulus is provided. The inspection of the annular ports is carried out prior to running a simplified annulus intervention system. The imaging assembly of the visual inspection system of the present invention can be manoeuvred to view and capture images of remote, inaccessible, difficult to reach locations in the lateral access port and the adjacent annular region, prior to running of annulus intervention system, thus enhancing the success rate of carrying out annulus interventions and increasing safety by increasing the efficiency of well intervention operations and reducing the risk of unintended incidents.
US12264562B2
A method may include obtaining data representing flow rates for a plurality of flow control devices. The method also includes determining total molar rates for a plurality of flows through pipe segments associated with each of the flow control devices based on the obtained data. The method also includes determining initial flow control device constraints based on the total molar rates for the plurality of flow control devices. The method also includes determining that one or more wellhead constraints would be violated based on the flow control device constraints. The method also includes determining adjusted flow control device constraints that result in the satisfaction of one or more wellhead constraints or constraints of others of the plurality of flow control devices. The method also includes determining an adjusted flow rate based on the adjusted device constraints that satisfy the wellhead and the flow control device constraints.
US12264558B2
The device for covering an opening of a wellbore includes a housing having a central opening. The housing is configured to be secured within a well center opening. Covers are arranged around the central opening and are configured to move to an open-cover position, a partially-closed-cover position, or a closed-cover position. The covers cover at least a portion of the central opening n the partially-closed cover position or the closed-cover position. An actuator extends and retract the covers. A controller sends signals to the actuator to extend and retract the covers. The controller uses motion data and diameter data of a tubular to determine the partially-closed-cover position for a cover opening time and sends signals to extend and retract the plurality of covers to the partially-closed-cover position for a cover opening time.
US12264555B2
A system for relieving pressure in a wellbore annulus of a hydrocarbon recovery well includes a wellhead, a production line extending from the wellhead, and an annulus relief line extending between the wellhead and the production line. A first pressure gauge measures fluid pressure in the wellbore annulus, a second pressure gauge measures fluid pressure in the production line. A well control system is in communication with the first pressure gauge, second pressure gauge and a check valve disposed in the annulus relief line. The well control system opens and closes the check valve in response to a determined difference between fluid pressure measured by the first pressure gauge and fluid pressure measured by the second pressure gauge. A related method includes measuring the fluid pressure in the wellbore annulus and in the production line, and opening and closing the check valve in response to the determined pressure difference.
US12264554B2
A valve arrangement for a wellhead of a hydrocarbon well comprises a valve for mounting in a port of a wellhead, and an actuator device for actuating the valve to move to an open position. The actuator device comprises a housing having a through channel extending between a first end, at which the valve is mounted, and a second end. The housing comprises at least one first port that leads into the through channel. The actuator device further comprises an actuator rod that is movably arranged in the through channel and configured to open the valve by the actuator rod being movable between at least a first position and a second position, and a control device arranged to control the movement of the actuator rod.
US12264552B1
An all-metal bridge plug with a self-contained ball adapted to casings with various specifications, including a locking cap, an upper cone, a sealing ball, a metal sealing ring, a locking joint, a lower cone, a slip spider, a base, and a pull rod. One end of the pull rod may be connected with a seating tool, and the other end of the pull rod may be connected with the base through a first outer thread. The locking cap, the upper cone, the locking joint, the lower cone, and the slip spider may be sleeved on the pull rod sequentially from left to right along an axial direction of the pull rod. The upper cone, the sealing ball, the metal sealing ring, the locking joint, the lower cone, the slip spider, and the base may be manufactured from magnesium-based and aluminum-based dissolvable metal materials that dissolve automatically after fracture is completed.
US12264546B2
A tool includes a main body configured to be disposed within a tubular string within a wellbore, such that a location of the tool within the tubular string is changeable between a surface location and a downhole location. The tool includes one or more sensors configured to measure downhole parameters from which the physical properties of the wellbore can be determined. The tool further includes a flapper configured (a) to, in response to the position of the tool changing from the surface location to the downhole location, pivot radially from a closed position in which the flapper is aligned with the main body to an open position in which the flapper is away from the main body, and (b) to, in response to the position of the tool changing from the downhole location to the surface location, pivot radially from the open position to the closed position.
US12264545B2
A technique facilitates utilization of a running tool system for use with a tubing hanger deployed at a wellhead. The running tool system may comprise a running tool which may be coupled to a hanger. The running tool may include a first sleeve which may be coupled to the hanger for moving the hanger in an axial direction. According to an embodiment, the running tool also may include a second sleeve which may be coupled to an adjustable landing ring disposed about the hanger. The second sleeve may be used to rotate the adjustable landing ring so as to lock the hanger in position.
US12264542B2
A drill bit for drilling a borehole in an earthen formation has a central axis and a cutting direction of rotation. The bit includes a bit body configured to rotate about the axis in the cutting direction of rotation. The bit body includes a bit face. The bit also includes a blade extending radially along the bit face. In addition, the bit includes a first cutter element mounted to a cutter-supporting surface of the blade and a second cutter element mounted to the cutter-supporting surface of the blade. The first cutter element has a central axis and includes a first forward-facing cutting face including a first cutting tip distal the cutter supporting surface and a first planar surface extending radially from the first cutting tip toward the central axis of the first cutter element. The first planar surface is oriented at a first effective backrake angle measured between the cutter supporting surface and a surface vector of the first planar surface. The second cutter element has a central axis and comprises a second forward-facing cutting face including a second cutting tip distal the cutter supporting surface and a second planar surface extending radially from the second cutting tip toward the central axis of the second cutter element. The second planar surface is oriented at a second effective backrake angle measured between the cutter supporting surface and a surface vector of the second planar surface. The second effective backrake angle is greater than the first effective backrake angle.
US12264539B2
In example implementations, a guide member is provided. The guide member includes a first portion to receive a first fastener to a second guide member to form a guide assembly having a gap, wherein an endlock of a fire shutter is positioned within the gap, a second portion to receive a second fastener to a wall, a third portion folded against the second portion, a fourth portion bent at 90-degrees or greater to the third portion.
US12264533B2
A spacer for an insulated glazing unit (IGU) is provided herein, along with an IGU and methods of making the spacer and IGU. The spacer imparts high thermal insulation to the IGU. Also provided are methods of preparing an insulating glazing unit, as well as methods of preparing a spacer for an IGU.
US12264524B2
A rotation device includes a base seat, an axle unit and a restoring unit. The axle unit includes an upper axle that extends into the base seat. The restoring unit permits the upper axle to extend therein. The restoring unit is for restoring the upper axle to its original position after the upper axle is rotated.
US12264518B2
An escape hatch stay system for an aircraft and methods of using the escape hatch stay system. An escape hatch stay system includes a first stop arm, a second stop arm, and a gas strut. The first stop arm is rotatably coupled to the second stop arm, and the second stop arm is pivotably coupled to the gas strut. The first and second stop arms are lockable to preclude relative movement therebetween to lock the escape hatch in an open position. When the escape hatch is in the open position, the escape hatch may not be closed shut without manual intervention. When the escape hatch is in the open position, a load applicable to push the escape hatch open past the open position is damped by the gas strut.
US12264506B2
A latching device may include an actuator configured to actuate between an actuated state and an unactuated state, a first rod including a threaded end, and a first rod coupler operatively coupled to the actuator and the first rod and configured to transfer force between the actuator and the first rod. The first rod coupler may include a rod receptacle configured to rotate about a first axis and to at least partially receive and engaged the first rod. The first rod coupler may also include a rod adjuster rotatably coupled to the rod receptacle and configured to rotate about a second axis to rotate the rod receptacle about the first axis. The rotation of the rod receptacle may change the position of the first rod relative to the actuator.
US12264504B2
A locking mechanism for a door has a lever that is mounted on the door that can be rotated on the door to enable the door to be opened or closed. A first disc, located on the door, is triggered by moving the lever. A shaft is located on the door in contact with the first disc and moves along an extension direction when the first disc is triggered. A slot is located on the body in the direction that the shaft extends, and into which the shaft is inserted in a removable way. The locking mechanism has an open position (I) in which the shaft is located far from the slot and the door can be opened by the user and a lock position (II) that limits the movement of the door, in which the shaft is almost completely contained in the slot.
US12264499B2
A lock core includes a shell, a plug within and rotatable relative to the shell between a first position and a second position about a longitudinal axis of the plug, and a lock. The lock has a first locked position preventing rotation of the plug relative to the shell, an unlocked position allowing rotation of the plug relative to the shell and a second locked position different from the first locked position preventing rotation of the plug relative to the shell. The lock is moveable from the first locked position preventing rotation of the plug relative to the shell to the unlocked position with a first movement of the lock, the first movement having a vector component along the longitudinal axis of the plug and a vector component along an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the plug.
US12264498B2
A key device (10) includes a generally elongate shaft portion (12), and at least one magnetic key combination element (20) disposed in the shaft portion (12), which is rotatable about a rotation axis (22).
US12264497B2
A door assembly includes a door having opposing first and second surfaces and a hole defined in the door and extending between the first and second surfaces, a cylinder lock mounted to the second surface at the hole, and a cylinder dry lock assembly mounted to the door at the hole adjacent the first surface. The cylinder dry lock assembly including a main body that defines a central orifice, a low-friction member received within the central orifice, and an actuation mechanism extending from the low-friction member and engageable with the cylinder lock. Actuating the cylinder lock rotates the actuation mechanism, and the cylinder dry lock assembly generates a sealed interface at the hole that prevents water from migrating between the first and second surfaces at the hole.
US12264495B1
Embodiments of methods and systems for replacing a fixed roof of a storage tank. An embodiment of a method includes pre-assembling a roof on a floor of a tank basin in the form of modules, assembling the modules on a top of the tank, and welding the modules together to form the roof of the tank. An embodiment of a system for replacing the fixed roof of a storage tank includes a template, a coil support, a plurality of roof modules, a plurality of eyelets, a walking beam, and a hauler.
US12264492B2
Disclosed is a foldable tent with central lifting and automatic opening and closing structure, including a central bracket group and inclined frames. The central bracket group includes an upper frame and a base bracket. The inclined frame includes a first inclined rod hinged with the upper frame at one end, and a second inclined rod hinged with the first inclined rod at one end. The upper frame includes an upper top and a middle piece. The upper top is provided with a mounting hole in a non-circular structure. The middle piece is provided with an upper section and a lower section both in a non-circular structure. The lower section is provided with a spring pin. The base bracket is provided with an insertion hole in a non-circular structure. The side wall of the insertion hole is provided with a pin hole capable of locking the spring pin.
US12264491B1
This application relates to beach sunshades, particularly a beach sunshade canopy. It addresses prior issues where canopies were unstable in sand, prone to tilting, and difficult to secure and retract, resulting in a poor user experience. The solution includes a support pillar with a spiral fixing base at the bottom. A through hole on the side of the pillar contains a rotating shaft, to which an installation rod is fixed. The rod connects to a first arc-shaped plate at the bottom and a second arc-shaped plate at the top. Two opposing slots are provided at both ends of the through hole. This design ensures the canopy remains stable, preventing tilting and allowing for easy securing and retraction, enhancing the user experience.
US12264472B2
A catch basin system includes a first tube, a second tube, a basin, and an access port. The first tube is aligned along a first axis. The second tube is aligned along a second axis. The basin is disposed between opposing ends of the first and second tubes. The basin intersects the first and second tubes. The basin extends downward from the first and second tubes. The access port is aligned along a third axis. The access port is disposed above the basin. The access port is disposed between opposing ends of the first and second tubes. The access port intersects the first and second tubes. The access port extends upward from the first and second tubes. The access port is configured to provide access to the basin.
US12264471B2
A toilet seat hinge assembly for a toilet bowl, including a toilet seat configured with a hinge receptor proximate an axis about which toilet seat rotates when moving between open and closed states, a hinge block with a hinge member extending therefrom and configured to be received by the hinge receptor of the toilet seat so as to rotatably couple the toilet seat to the hinge block, at least one resistance member disposed between the toilet seat hinge receptor and the hinge block to resistively inhibit the toilet seat from pivoting when the toilet seat is raised or lowered relative to the toilet bowl.
US12264470B2
The invention provides a water supply system of a toilet tank, comprising a trigger switch, a water inlet pipe set and a drain pipe set. The inlet pipe set comprises a divergent water channel and a valve. The drain pipe set comprises a main drainpipe, an overflow manifold, a drain valve, and a drain valve actuator. The drain valve comprises a water stoppage valve cover and a rubber valve seat comprising a baffle which has a first state not affected by water entering the main drainpipe, and a second state affected by the water entering the main drainpipe. The main drainpipe communicates with the overflow manifold in the first state; and the junction between the main drainpipe and the overflow manifold is blocked by the baffle in the second state. The actuator drives the water stoppage valve cover when the channel is communicated.
US12264469B2
A drain cleaning machine for moving a snake in a drain. The drain cleaning machine includes a housing, a motor configured to move the snake in the drain, a switch trigger configured to move between a first switch trigger position and a second switch trigger position, an actuating lever moveable between a deactivated position and an activated position, and a switch linkage configured to be moved by the actuating lever between a first switch linkage position and a second switch linkage position. In response to the actuating lever moving from the deactivated position to the activated position, the switch linkage is moved from the first switch linkage position to the second switch linkage position, and in response to the actuating lever moving from the activated position to the deactivated position, the switch linkage is moved from the second switch linkage position to the first switch linkage position.
US12264468B2
An example sink is provided. The example sink includes a basin having a rear wall, a front wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a bottom, having a top flange connected to the basin. The basin of the sink defines a top ridge below the top flange, the top ridge extending inward from the rear wall, and extending along the rear wall from the first side wall to the second side wall. The basin of the sink also defines one or more bottom ridges extending inward from the rear wall, the front wall, and one of the first side wall and the second side wall.
US12264466B2
Various embodiments include components (e.g., a processor in a vehicle advanced driver assistance system) configured to identify subsystems that require testing in order to verify their compliance with a safety requirement. The components may determine whether verification of compliance requires that the subsystems be tested at PON, at POFF, during runtime or a combination thereof, dynamically determine the achievable parallelism for testing the identified subsystems, dynamically determine coverage level requirements for performing or executing built in self tests (BISTs) on each identified subsystem, and perform or execute the BISTs on the subsystems at the determined level of parallel and at the determined coverage level.
US12264462B2
Apparatuses and methods for liquid control are provided. A liquid control apparatus may be for selectively treating and/or substituting a liquid flow from at least one of a plurality of supply lines. The ultimate liquid flow is for dispensing to a user by way of a liquid supply fixture such as a tap. The apparatus comprises a liquid conditioning module for connection in-line with at least one of the plurality of supply lines. The liquid conditioning module receives a diverted liquid flow of the at least one supply line from an upstream portion of the supply line. It then outputs a selectively treated and/or substituted liquid flow for returning to a downstream portion of the supply line for dispensing to the user. The apparatus has at least one flow sensor, each flow sensor associated with one of the plurality of supply lines. It has a controller, the controller configured to receive information indicative of the liquid flow of at least one of the plurality of supply lines from the at least one flow sensor. The controller, upon the occurrence of a predetermined flow characteristic, is operable to activate the liquid conditioning module to treat and/or substitute the liquid flow from one or more of the liquid conditioning module connected supply lines in order to provide a treated and/or substituted liquid flow at the liquid supply fixture.
US12264455B2
A construction equipment includes: a lower traveling body; an upper rotating body rotatably supported on the lower traveling body; a work machine comprising a boom rotatable with respect to the upper rotating body, an arm rotatable with respect to the boom, a bucket rotatable with respect to the arm, a tilt rotator having a tilting actuator for supporting the bucket to tilt with respect to the arm, and a rotating actuator for supporting the bucket to rotate with respect to the arm; an operation lever for outputting an operation signal; a location information providing unit providing location and posture information of the work machine; a work setting unit for setting and providing plane information of a work area; and an electronic control unit controlling the work machine and the posture of the bucket so that the rotating axis of the bucket is vertically aligned with respect to the work area.
US12264450B2
A hydraulic excavator tool adapted to be secured to the distal working end of an excavator boom including a main tool assembly with a tool framework, a spaced apart pair of connection flanges fast with the tool framework, and, a structural tubular casing integral with the tool framework extending across and through the tool framework and through the flanges, plus a rotary hydraulic actuator within the tubular casing extending between the connection flanges and providing a rotational drive motion to a drive axle extending between the connection flanges adapted to provide a controlled rotary drive motion of the axle adjacent the connection flanges, and a working tool framework fast to the axle adjacent each of the connection flanges for relative controlled rotation of the working tool framework about the drive axle between the tool framework and a working position.
US12264449B2
A coupler including a housing with a top part for attachment to an excavator arm of an excavator, and a bottom part for attachment to an accessory for the excavator, such as an excavator bucket, the bottom part including a front jaw open to a front of the coupler for receiving a first attachment pin of an accessory and a rear pin receiving area for receiving a second attachment pin of the accessory, a latching member for the rear pin receiving area, the latching member including a body, a further jaw extending below the body, a release member extending forward of the body, an attachment point for an end of an actuator and a hole through the body into which a sprung member is located, wherein the sprung member extends through and to under the body and into or partially across a mouth of the further jaw.
US12264446B2
A road obstacle warning system (A) includes a plurality of road units (1) and a power supply means for powering the road unit (1) through a main supply line (7). The road units (1) are disposed one adjacent to another on a road surface and configured to interconnect with each other. The road unit (1) includes a top body (2) and at least two shanks (3). The system (A) also includes at least one lighting element (4) comprising optical parameters for carrying light internally in order to glow the entire lighting element (4). The power supply means include any external power source include a solar power system, a step down power supply, a stored battery power supply or any other generated power supply. The road unit (1) is also powered by a wireless power source through induction means.
US12264443B2
The present invention relates to an earth working method for removing earth material by means of a tool (14) rotating around a working axis (R); the rotating tool (14) being carried by a machine frame (20) of an earth working machine (10); the machine frame (20) standing on a substrate (U) by way of a rollable propelling unit (13) and being driven by a propulsion drive apparatus (25, HM) to perform a propelled motion relative to the substrate (U) in a propulsion direction (VR); the propulsion direction (VR) enclosing with the working axis (R) an angle (β) different from 90°; and the present invention further relates to an earth working machine embodied to execute the earth working method.
US12264442B2
A levelling system for a road construction machine, especially for a paving machine or a road milling machine, includes a first height sensor arrangement, a second height sensor arrangement, a first controller, a second controller and an additional sensor. The first controller includes a first controller loop configured to control a height position of the first side of the tool or of the first side of the machine chassis based on the first actual value and a first setpoint. The second controller includes a second controller loop configured to control a height position of the second side of the tool or of the second side of the machine chassis based on the second actual value and a second setpoint. The first and/or the second controller are configured to adapt the setpoint based on the actual reference value, wherein a setpoint adaption takes place only either on the first side or on the second side of the tool or of the machine.
US12264439B2
Disclosed am multi-ply tissue products, particularly creped and through-air dried facial tissue products, having improved strength and softness. For example, the products have a geometric mean tensile strength (GMT) greater than about 1,2000 g/3″, a geometric mean tensile energy absorption (GM TEA) of about 20 g·cm/cm2 or greater and a TS7 value less than about 16.0. In certain instances, the tissue products also have a low degree of stiffness and a relatively smooth surface, such as a Stiffness Index less than about 8.00 and a TS750 value less than about 15.0. The tissue products may be prepared from webs manufactured by a print-crepe process that deposits a latex polymer on at least one of the outer surfaces of the tissue web.
US12264435B2
Provided is a pulp molding production line, comprising at least one molding machine and pulp molding robot and at least one press, wherein the molding machine, the pulp molding robot and the press are sequentially arranged, a transfer device is installed on the pulp molding robot, the transfer device comprises a wet pulp transfer mold provided with a sealed gas chamber therein, the front of the wet pulp transfer mold is provided with at least one recessed matching chamber that can fit over the external of a wet pulp product and is recessed to the sealed gas chamber side, the recessed matching chamber matches the wet pulp product, several interfacing apertures for communicating or connecting the recessed matching chamber with the sealed gas chamber are respectively formed on the inner wall of each recessed matching chamber and the bottom of the recessed matching chamber, a moving rack parallel to the wet pulp transfer mold is connected to the back of the wet pulp transfer mold through a guide mechanism, a driver is connected between the back of the wet pulp transfer mold and the moving rack, the driver drives the moving rack to move relative to the wet pulp transfer mold, and several evenly spaced vacuum chucks are provided on the moving rack.
US12264434B2
There is provided a synthetic resin leather having excellent durability against wrinkling and favorable texture without impairing flexibility of a synthetic resin layer when seated. A synthetic resin leather which is used as a skin material for a seat or chair, including: a base cloth layer formed of a knit fabric; and a synthetic resin layer which has flexibility and is joined to one surface of the base cloth layer, wherein the knit fabric is made of filament yarn having a thickness of 111 to 444 dtex and a surface side of the knit fabric is adhered to a back surface side of the synthetic resin layer.
US12264409B2
A heater assembly is for a single crystal puller. The single crystal puller includes a puller body. A crucible assembly is arranged in the puller body, and a bottom of the crucible assembly is supported by a support structure. The support structure includes a support shaft, and the crucible assembly is driven by the support shaft to rotate. The heater assembly includes a heating part and a conductive part. The heating part covers an outer surface of the crucible assembly, and the heating part is able to rotate synchronously with the crucible assembly. The heating part includes a plurality of connecting electrodes. The conductive part is arranged on the support shaft, and includes a plurality of annular conductive members connected to the plurality of connecting electrodes respectively. External electrodes are connected to the plurality of annular conductive members respectively.
US12264406B2
A plating module includes: a plating tank configured to accommodate a plating solution; a substrate holder configured to hold a substrate with a surface to be plated facing downward; an elevating mechanism configured to elevate the substrate holder; a cover member arranged above the plating tank and having a side wall surrounding an elevating path of the substrate holder; an opening/closing mechanism configured to open and close an opening formed in the side wall of the cover member; a substrate cleaning member for discharging a cleaning liquid toward a surface to be plated of a substrate held by the substrate holder; and a driving mechanism configured to move the substrate cleaning member between a cleaning position between the plating tank and the substrate holder and a retracted position retracted from between the plating tank and the substrate holder, through the opening.
US12264399B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to the electrochemical separation of target gases from gas mixtures are provided. In some cases, a target gas such as carbon dioxide is captured and optionally released using an electrochemical cell (e.g., by bonding to an electroactive species in a reduced state). Some embodiments are particularly useful for selectively capturing the target gas while reacting with little to no oxygen gas that may be present in the gas mixture. Some such embodiments may be useful in applications involving separations from gas mixtures having relatively low concentrations of the target gas, such as direct air capture and ventilated air treatment.
US12264396B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes: a mixer configured to mix sulfuric acid as a first component and a second component different from the first component to prepare an etchant; a nozzle configured to eject the etchant to a substrate; a first component supplier including a first flow path that supplies the first component to the mixer, a first instantaneous flowmeter and a first flow rate controller provided in the first flow path; a second component supplier including a second flow path different from the first flow path and configured to supply the second component to the mixer, a second instantaneous flowmeter and a second flow rate controller provided in the second flow path; and a controller configured to control the first and second flow rate controllers using average flow rates of the first component and the second component during the ejection of the etchant to the substrate.
US12264395B2
To provide a magnesium alloy with improved corrosion resistance by surface modification, and a production method thereof. (1) The surface-modified magnesium alloy comprising: a magnesium alloy having an arbitrary shape; a magnesium fluoride layer formed by fluorination of the surface of the magnesium alloy; and a diamond-like carbon layer formed on the magnesium fluoride layer. (2) The method comprising: subjecting a surface of a magnesium alloy having an arbitrary shape to fluorination treatment to form a magnesium fluoride layer on the surface of the magnesium alloy, and then subjecting the magnesium alloy with the magnesium fluoride layer to be placed in a high-frequency plasma CVD device such that a source gas containing carbon is introduced to form a diamond-like carbon layer on the magnesium fluoride layer.
US12264391B2
An apparatus for manufacturing a display device includes a mask assembly, the mask assembly including a silicon substrate having a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a first opening portion penetrating the first surface and the second surface, and a support substrate on the second surface, the support substrate having a second opening portion connected to the first opening portion. The first opening portion at the first surface is less in width than the first opening portion at the second surface.
US12264390B1
This pure copper material includes Cu in an amount of 99.96 mass % or more, either one or both of one or more A-group elements selected from Ca, Ba, Sr, Zr, Hf, Y, Sc, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu, and one or more B-group elements selected from O, S, Se, and Te are included in a total amount of 10 mass ppm or more and 300 mass ppm or less, an average crystal grain size in a rolled surface is 15 μm or more, and a high-temperature Vickers hardness at 850° C. is 4.0 HV or more and 10.0 HV or less.
US12264389B2
An Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon reduced in iron loss, less deformed, and highly productive in a condition of a magnetic flux density of 1.45 T is provided. One aspect of the present disclosure provides an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon having first and second surfaces, and is provided with continuous linear laser irradiation marks on at least the first surface. Each linear laser irradiation mark is formed along a direction orthogonal to a casting direction of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon, and has unevenness on its surface. When the unevenness is evaluated in the casting direction, a height difference HL×width WA calculated from the height difference HL between a highest point and a lowest point in a thickness direction of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon and the width WA which is a length of the linear irradiation mark on the first surface is 6.0 to 180 μm2.
US12264388B2
Electric-resistance-welded steel pipe or tube for hollow stabilizer and method of manufacturing same
Provided is an electric-resistance-welded steel pipe or tube for hollow stabilizer excellent in corrosion fatigue resistance having: a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.15% or more and less than 0.20%, Si: 0.1% or more and 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.1% or more and 2.0% or less, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 0.10% or less, Ti: more than 0.05% and 0.1% or less, B: 0.0005% or more and 0.005% or less, Ca: 0.0001% or more and 0.0050% or less, and N: 0.0050% or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; and a microstructure containing TiS and MnS particles which each have a particle size of 10 μm or more, the TiS and MnS particles having a cleanliness of 0% or more and 0.1% or less as measured by a point counting method according to JIS G 0555.
US12264386B2
In an embodiment a FeCoV alloy is provided with a composition consisting essentially of 30 wt %≤Co≤55 wt %, 0.4 wt %≤V≤1.5 wt %, 0. wt %≤Nb≤0.15 wt %, 0.0 wt %≤Ta≤0.20 wt %, 0.04 wt %≤Nb+0.5·Ta≤0.15 wt %, max. 0.02 wt % C, 0.0 wt %≤Si≤0.50 wt %, 0.0 wt %≤Al≤0.50 wt %, max. 0.5 wt % Mn, max. 0.5 wt % Cr, max. 0.5 wt % Ni, max. 0.5 wt % W, max. 0.5 wt % Mo, max. 0.5 wt % Zr, the rest Fe and up to 1 wt % of other impurities, and having a phase transition from a ferritic α-phase region to a mixed ferritic/austenitic α+γ-region that takes place at a transition temperature T(α/α+γ), where T(α/α+γ)≥900° C., preferably ≥920° C., preferably ≥940° C.
US12264384B2
A composite material contains a metallic phase, a non-metallic phase and a specific element. At least 90 mass % of the metallic phase is composed of at least one selected from the group consisting of Ag and Cu. The non-metallic phase includes a coated core material. The coated core material includes a core material and a carbide layer that covers at least a part of a surface of the core material. The core material contains at least one carbon-containing material selected from the group consisting of diamond, graphite, carbon fibers, and silicon carbide. The carbide layer contains a carbide of at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Cr, Ta, and V. The specific element is at least one selected from the group consisting of Y and Mg. A total content of the specific element is 0.0004 mass % to 1.3 mass %.
US12264379B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a wire rod and a method of manufacturing same. The wire rod comprises, by weight %, 0.3-0.5 wt % of C, 0.02-0.4 wt % of Si, 1.0-1.5 wt % of Mn, 0.3-0.7 wt % of Cr, 0.003 wt % or less (exclusive of 0 wt %) of B, less than 0.03 wt % (exclusive of 0 wt %) of Ti, 0.03 wt % or less (inclusive of 0 wt %) of P, 0.01 wt % or less (inclusive of 0 wt %) of S, 0.02-0.05 wt % of Al, 0.001-0.01 wt % of N, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein a microstructure is a complex structure having a main phase of ferrite+pearlite, with at least one of bainite or martensite accounting for 5 area % or less (inclusive of 0%), and has a cementite average aspect ratio of 35 or less in an area covering ⅖-⅗ of the diameter.
