US12315348B2
The present invention relates to a player activity wagering event in which a set of playing cards or virtual gaming elements, which may be or represent a standard playing card deck (i.e., 52 cards, Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen and King of four different suits) or a modified set (with fewer cards, additional cards between 16 and even above 56 cards, and optional specialty cards having specific functions added to the basic 52 cards. Cards are eliminated from an original displayed subset, replaced from residual sets of cards, and awards are given on the basis of progress through the displayed and residual sets, and specific cards remaining. The execution of the game can be performed with real physical gaming elements and virtual gaming elements.
US12315347B2
A method and system which facilitate generation and submission of one or more lottery number entry combinations. The system consists of a smart device operated by a lottery player whereby, the smart device is downloaded with a lottery number generation application and the application is used by the lottery player to communicate via an internet connection to a central system. The central system incorporates a database and database management utility. The central system processes requests from the lottery player to establish a system account, manage monetary funds, and process lottery player's N-tuple number set submissions. The central system will also notify the lottery player by way of the player's email address, text message, or through the application of the final outcome of a lottery drawing previously selected by the lottery player if any number entry submission for the lottery drawing resulted in full or partial winning results.
US12315334B2
A system for electronic gaming is described which includes a plurality of individual game stations each of which is constructed and arranged with a user interface. Upstream from each game station is a third party subsystem which includes a corresponding database. This third party subsystem is in data communication with each game station. Also upstream from the plurality of game stations is a gaming server subsystem which includes a database. A central determinate translator system is constructed and arranged in communication either directly or indirectly with each game station and provides a communication link and interface between the gaming server subsystem and each game station.
US12315329B2
A gaming machine includes a base, a columnar pedestal extending vertically from the base, and a button deck adjustably coupled to the pedestal. The button deck includes an upper surface including a transparent touchscreen element, a lower surface opposite the upper surface, and a button deck body extending therebetween. At least one of the lower surface and the body include one or more transparent display elements, the one or more transparent display elements are configured to generate images of gaming machine control actuators viewable on the upper surface. The transparent touchscreen element is configured to receive touches and gestures indicating control inputs. The gaming machine also includes a player tracking card reader positioned within the button deck and accessible through a slot in a front edge of the button deck, the player tracking card reader communicatively coupled to a player tracking display area of the gaming machine.
US12315328B2
An electronic gaming device comprises a display and a game controller. The game controller sets a count limit for each reel bearing special symbols, the special symbols being borne by up to m−1 reels of a first set of reels. For each base game round, the game controller selects a plurality of symbols. For each occurrence of the special symbol within the displayed symbols, for the reel on which the special symbol appears, control the display to display an increment of a counter up to the count limit for the reel, wherein the count persists for the base game rounds. For a feature game round, the game controller further performs a wild reel substitution for each reel where the reel count satisfies an eligibility criterion to provide a second set of reels. A visual indicator of increased opportunities to win may be displayed for each established extended wild reel eligibility.
US12315326B2
A “dual” gaming unit or machine is configured to implement both one or more traditional casino-style wagering games, such as games having outcomes determined primarily by chance and not skill, and one or more games which are traditionally not casino style games, such as amusement-type games or games having amusement-type game components, such as games where the outcome is determined substantially by skill. The wagering game portion of the gaming machine may award monetary awards to the player for winning wagering game outcomes, and the amusement portion of the gaming machine may be used to award promotional prizes to the player. A player rewards system may include such dual gaming units or other award dispensing mechanisms.
US12315325B2
An example system of the present disclosure is configured to detect (e.g., by a processor of the system), in response to a wireless device being in proximity to a wagering game machine, a request to pair the wireless device with the wagering game machine. The system is further configured to, in response to detection of the request to pair the wireless device with the wagering game machine, automatically obtain, without user input, secret information from either the wireless device or from a configuration device accessible via a network. The system is further configured to generate, based on the secret information, an encryption key, and automatically pair the wireless device with the wagering game machine using the encryption key.
US12315323B2
A document-collecting apparatus of an automated transaction can include a document-retaining spool, a document-retaining-spool shaft, a web-supply spool, a web-supply-spool shaft, a web, and a single motor. The document-retaining-spool shaft can extend through an orifice in a center of the document-retaining spool. The web-supply-spool shaft can extend through an orifice in a center of the web-supply spool. The web can have a first end wound around the document-retaining spool and a second end opposite to the first end and wound around the web-supply spool. The single motor can be operatively connected to and can selectively drive the document-retaining-spool shaft and the web-supply-spool shaft.
US12315318B2
An electronic lockbox with a single sensor that can detect both the position of a key compartment component (or a movable key bin) and the presence of a removable key fob (attached to a building key). The key compartment includes a first magnet and the removable key fob includes a second magnet. The single sensor can detect the presence of neither magnet, the first magnet alone, or both the first and second magnet together. If neither magnet is detected, then the key compartment (movable bin) is open. If only the first magnet is detected, then the key compartment (movable bin) has been closed without the removable key fob. If both the first and second magnets are detected, then the key compartment (movable bin) is closed with the removable key fob inside the movable bin.
US12315306B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus are described that enable a serial bus to be operated in one or more modes that employ additional wires for communicating data. A method includes a method includes providing a first interrogating signal configured to cause a controller in a vehicle that is entering the parking facility to monitor status of the vehicle while the vehicle is present within the parking facility, and measure a duration of time in which the vehicle is parked within the parking facility. The method further incudes providing a second interrogating signal when the vehicle is exiting the parking facility, the second interrogating signal being configured to cause the controller to transmit information that includes the duration of time in which the vehicle was parked within the parking facility.
US12315305B2
A control unit of an information processing apparatus determines, upon determining that a demand for parking in a parking lot is low based on a comparison between a score indicating the demand and a predetermined first threshold value, to set a first area to a parking prohibited state. The first area is at least a part of the parking lot.
US12315300B2
A system and a method for performing unified human motion prediction (HMP) are provided. In operation, the system provides a unified HMP module, which includes an encoder configured to encode a plurality of existing two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) pose sequences into a shared latent space V and a decoder configured to predict a plurality of predicted future 2D and 3D pose sequences based on the encoded shared latent space V, thus forming four pathways of knowledge flow. The system then trains the unified HMP module and the shared latent space V in a weakly supervised manner with input features X with actual future 2D and 3D pose sequences by minimizing a loss between the predicted future 2D and 3D pose sequences and the actual future 3D and 3D pose sequences. Once the training is complete, the unified HMP may be performed using the trained encoded shared latent space V.
US12315286B2
According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a photosensor including light-receiving elements; a front light including a light guide plate and a light source configured to emit light to a first side surface of the light guide plate; and an optical filter layer provided between the light-receiving elements and the front light. The optical filter layer includes light guide paths and a light-blocking portion. A first opening of each light guide path closest to the light-receiving elements is offset in a direction more away from the light source than a second opening of the light guide path farthest from the light-receiving elements. The light guide plate includes a scattering portion on the optical filter layer side. A first peak of an intensity of first light emitted from the detection surface of the light guide plate is observed to be tilted toward a side opposite to the first side surface.
US12315285B2
A display device includes: a display panel including a light emitting element and a photosensitive element; an input sensor comprising a sensing electrode on the display panel; and an anti-reflection layer on the input sensor. The anti-reflection layer includes: a light shielding pattern having a first opening corresponding to the light emitting element and a second opening corresponding to the photosensitive element. The sensing electrode includes a plurality of line portions, the plurality of line portions includes a first line portion overlapping the light shielding pattern and arranged between the first opening and the second opening on a plane. A distance between the first line portion and an edge of the second opening is less than a distance between the first line portion and an edge of the first opening.
US12315282B1
Presented herein are systems and methods for the employment of machine learning models for image processing as may be performed by computing devices associated with an end user. A method may include obtaining video data comprising a plurality of frames including a document of a document type. The method may include executing an object recognition engine of a machine-learning architecture using image data of the plurality of frames, the object recognition engine trained to detect edges of documents. The method may include identifying, based on the edge detection, a plurality of boundaries for the document. The method may include validating, based on the plurality of boundaries, the document as the document type. The method may include transmitting via one or more networks, to a computer remote from the computing device, responsive to the validation of the type of document, the image data for the plurality of frames depicting the document.
US12315278B2
Embodiments of this application provide an image data processing method, apparatus and device and a storage medium. The method includes inputting image data including text information into a text recognition model, and acquiring image representation information corresponding to the image data according to a feature extraction component in the text recognition model; obtaining semantic encoding information corresponding to the image representation information according to an image encoding component; acquiring discrete encoding information corresponding to the image representation information according to code tables included in a discrete encoding module; and correcting network parameters of the text recognition model according to an encoding similarity between the semantic encoding information and the discrete encoding information to obtain a target text recognition model.
US12315274B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for dietary tracking with instant dietary feedback using a portable multi-sensor device are described. An example method may include: obtaining a first machine learning model trained based on a plurality of food images and corresponding labels; receiving a series of images from one or more cameras capturing a user taking food out of a food-serving storage; determining, using the first machine learning model based on the series of images, an identification of the food being taken by the user; determining, using a second machine learning model based on the series of images and the identification of the food, an estimated weight of the food being taken by the user; determining and displaying portion-based food information of the food being taken by the user.
US12315271B2
A method for 3D object detection is described. The method includes concurrently training a monocular depth network and a 3D object detection network. The method also includes predicting, using a trained monocular depth network, a monocular depth map of a monocular image of a video stream. The method further includes inferring a 3D point cloud of a 3D object within the monocular image according to the predicted monocular depth map. The method also includes predicting 3D bounding boxes from a selection of 3D points from the 3D point cloud of the 3D object based on a selection regression loss.
US12315269B2
The disclosure relates to a method for determining reliability of visual detection, the method including: receiving a visually detected lane line parameter; comparing a historical lane line parameter with the received lane line parameter, to calculate a historical shrinkage degree of a lane line; and determining, based on the historical shrinkage degree, whether there is an error in the visual detection. The disclosure further relates to a device for determining reliability of visual detection, a computer storage medium, an autonomous driving system, and a vehicle.
US12315265B2
A method with distance estimation includes detecting a pedestrian region of a pedestrian comprised in a plurality of images received from a camera; determining a static point in the detected pedestrian region; and determining a distance between the pedestrian and the camera based on the static point in each of the images and a position of the camera corresponding to each of the images.
US12315255B2
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and computer-readable media for training a machine learning model to label unlabeled data and/or perform automated actions. In an embodiment, a method comprises receiving unlabeled digital video data, generating pseudo-labels for the unlabeled digital video data, the generating comprising receiving labeled digital video data, training an inverse dynamics model (IDM) using the labeled digital video data, and generating at least one pseudo-label for the unlabeled digital video data, wherein the at least one pseudo-label is based on a prediction, generated by the IDM, of one or more actions that mimic at least one timestep of the unlabeled digital video data. In some embodiments, the method further comprises adding the at least one pseudo-label to the unlabeled digital video data and further training the IDM or a machine learning model using the pseudo-labeled digital video data.
US12315253B2
In various example embodiments, a system and method for using camera metadata for making recommendations are presented. At least one image file having camera metadata is received. The camera metadata of the at least one image file is analyzed to determine improvements to image capture aspects associated with the at least one image file. Feedback related to the improvements to the image capture aspects associated with the at least one image file is generated. In some embodiments, the feedback may be used to generate camera and other product upgrade recommendations.
US12315252B1
A method for identifying similar ground objects with spectral similarity in a remote sensing image based on condition number of matrix includes the steps of: obtaining sample's spectral curve of the ground object to be identified, and constructing the sample spectrum matrix A according to the number of bands of the image and the number of categories of ground objects; sequentially obtaining distance index vectors between the spectrum P of the pixel to be identified and each category of ground objects in A; calculating a distance error of each type of ground object when P is identified; then calculating a distance error threshold vector of A; classifying and identifying the pixels. This method uses linear system of equations and the condition number theory to transform ill-conditioned equations into well-conditioned equations, thereby adding significant identifiable features to the ground objects to improve the identification performance and avoid constructing large training samples.
US12315249B2
Implementations are described herein for obtaining a sequence of high-elevation images capturing a particular geographic area during a particular time period in a plurality of spectral bands; applying the sequence of high-elevation images as input to upstream machine learning model(s) to generate remote sensing embeddings indicating terrain feature(s) of the particular geographic area; applying agricultural data obtained from a local agricultural knowledge graph as input to additional upstream machine learning model(s) to generate agricultural knowledge embedding(s); inferring a natural-language description of a status of the particular geographic area based on generating: an aggregate representative embedding that semantically represents a plurality of agricultural conditions of the particular geographic area, and a natural-language description of one or more of the plurality of agricultural conditions of the particular area using a large language model; and causing a user device associated with an agricultural entity to present the natural-language description of the status.
US12315243B2
The technology of this application relates to an artificial intelligence terminal-based image detection method and apparatus, and an electronic device. The method includes obtaining a to-be-detected image, determining a light source region of the to-be-detected image and a foreground region of the to-be-detected image, and determining a blurring degree of the to-be-detected image based on the light source region and the foreground region. Impact of a light source on clarity of the to-be-detected image is determined by performing light source region detection and foreground region detection on the to-be-detected image, to effectively detect whether an image shot in a backlight condition is blurred.
US12315241B2
A thermal imaging system including at least one thermal imaging device, a server, and at least one mobile device. The thermal imaging device captures thermal images of an environment. The server applies computer vision techniques to the thermal images, detects events of a predetermined type, and generates notifications of the events of predetermined types detected from the thermal images. The mobile device runs a mobile application that is configured to receive the notifications, present user interfaces, receive user annotations of the notifications in the user interfaces, and transmit the annotations to the server. According to the annotations, the server adjusts parameters used in the application of the computer vision techniques and in the generation of the notifications.
US12315237B1
In one implementation, a method of generating a scene graph includes generating the scene graph using an end-to-end scene graph generator comprising an integrated neural network. For example, in various implementations, the method includes obtaining an image representing a plurality of objects. The method includes determining a relationship vector indicating spatial relationships between a particular object of the plurality of objects and others of the plurality of objects. The method includes determining, based on the relationship vector, an object type of the particular object.
US12315236B2
Presented are a method and a device for multi-sensor data-based fusion information generation for 360-degree detection and recognition of a surrounding object. The present invention proposes a method for multi-sensor data-based fusion information generation for 360-degree detection and recognition of a surrounding object, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring a feature map from a multi-sensor signal by using a deep neural network; converting the acquired feature map into an integrated three-dimensional coordinate system; and generating a fusion feature map for performing recognition by using the converted integrated three-dimensional coordinate system.
US12315235B2
A tracking system and method for tracking tools in and nearby a transportation vehicle is provided. The tracking system comprises a vehicle-based detection unit for optically acquiring tool sets in the vehicle loading space from different angles and providing digital image data as well as corresponding range information. An electronic main controller unit is operatively coupled to a communication receiving unit and communicates with the vehicle-based detection unit and a cloud-based computer system of the tracking system. A mobile computing unit includes an optical camera and a LIDAR sensor device and wirelessly communicates with the electronic main controller unit and the cloud-based computer system. The tool detection and tracking is accomplished by combining an image-based detection employing an artificial neural network in the cloud-based computer system and a signal-based detection employing the short-range wireless network communication means.
US12315233B1
A machine-learning system is trained to adapt light transmitted from an array of light emitters in order to disrupt a navigation system that employs a camera. Training comprises receiving image-processing outputs and/or navigation signals from the navigation system; configuring the array of light emitters to occupy a portion of a field of view of the camera; adapting a modulation pattern of light emitted by the array; and determining, from the image-processing outputs and/or navigation signals, if the modulation pattern affects at least one of image processing or navigation control performed in the navigation system.
US12315231B2
Image fingerprints (embeddings) are generated by an image fingerprinting model and indexed with an approximate nearest neighbors (ANN) model trained to identify the most similar fingerprint based on a subject embedding. For image matching, a score is provided that indicates a similarity between the input embedding and the most similar identified embedding, which allows for matching even when an image has been distorted, rotated, cropped, or otherwise modified. For image classification, the embeddings in the index are clustered and the clusters are labeled. Users can provide just a few images to add to the index as a labeled cluster. The ANN model returns a score and label of the most similar identified embedding for labeling the subject image if the score exceeds a threshold. As improvements are made to the image fingerprinting model, a converter model is trained to convert the original embeddings to be compatible with the new embeddings.
US12315230B2
Systems and methods for watermarking machine learning training data for verification thereof, include, for a training data provider, obtaining training data; responsive to verifying the training data based on a use case or application associated therewith, watermarking the training data by adding watermarked data therein; and publishing the watermarked training data. For a machine learning model provider, the systems and methods include obtaining training data to train the machine learning model for an application or use case, to any of make predictions, inferences, and classifications related to the application or use case; obtaining a one-way function associated with the application or use case; checking the training data with the one-way function to determine validity thereof; and, responsive to the validity, utilizing the training data to train the machine learning model.
US12315217B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for recognizing an object. An object recognition method performed by an object recognition apparatus includes receiving reflected light in which light is reflected by a recognition pattern disposed on an object and passes through a lens, identifying the recognition pattern disposed on the object from the reflected light, and comparing the identified recognition pattern with recognition patterns defined for respective objects and determining an object viewed by a user based on a result of the comparison, wherein the recognition pattern is a pattern in which different colors are arranged adjacently.
US12315216B2
The image restoration device has an initialization block that initializes the luminance value of each pixel coordinate to an intermediate value in the luminance array list that stores one of a pair of polarity values and intermediate values as the luminance value for each pixel coordinate. The image restoration device also has an update block that updates the initialized luminance array list according to the pixel coordinates and polarity values for each event, and an output block that outputs the luminance array list updated by the update block over the shooting period as a binary image. By the update performed in the update block, the luminance values of the firing coordinates where the event fired in the luminance array list are overwritten by the polarity values of the event. In addition, the update preserves the luminance values of the non-firing coordinates in the luminance array list, excluding the firing coordinates.
US12315214B2
A device for categorising regions in images is disclosed. The device comprising: an input for receiving a first set of images, and defining one or more regions of for each image of the first set of images and a categorisation for the one or more regions, and a second set of images, and a categorisation for each image of the second set; and a processor configured to train a first machine learning algorithm to categorise features in images by: processing the images of the first and second set using the first algorithm to estimate feature regions in the images and a categorisation for each of the feature regions, and training the first algorithm in dependence on the categorisations received for the images of the first and second sets.
US12315205B2
A device may be configured to perform filtering based on information included in a neural network post-filter characteristics message. In one example, the neural network post-filter characteristics message includes an instance of syntax element specifying a number of interpolated pictures generated by a post-processing filter for each of a number of sublayers associated with the neural network post-filter characteristics message.
US12315200B2
A head-mounted display device (HMD) configured to be worn by a user is provided. The HMD comprises an at least partially see-through display, a front-facing camera operative to capture a first image of a real-world scene, and processing means which is operative to select a calibration object from one or more real-world objects, or parts thereof, which are visible in the first image, and derive a calibration transformation for calculating a display position based on a real-world position, such that a virtual object which is displayed on the display at the display position is aligned with a corresponding real-world object located at the real-world position, as seen by the user.
US12315199B2
Method for calibrating an optical recording device, the method comprises constructing a plurality of scenes so that, for each location of the first set of calibration locations, a calibration indicium of the set of indicia is located in a respective scene of the plurality of scenes at said each location; acquiring a plurality of images, so that each scene of the plurality of scenes is displayed in a respective image of the plurality of images; locating a plurality of calibration loci so that, for each location of the first set of calibration locations, a respective locus of the plurality of calibration loci is comprised in a respective image of the plurality of images; and calibrating the optical recording device by using the loci of the plurality of calibration loci as locations in the image plane of the projection onto the image plane of the first calibration view.
US12315188B2
An image processing device includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain an image including at least one body hair; and an analyzing unit configured to analyze the image to output information indicating an orientation of the at least one body hair included in the image.
US12315186B2
This application provides a pose determining method performed by an electronic device. The method includes: determining a first two-dimensional plane point in a first video frame captured by a camera, in response to a user-selected point within a display region of a target horizontal plane in a real world captured in the first video frame; obtaining first orientation information of the camera when acquiring the first video frame; determining a first three-dimensional space point corresponding to the first two-dimensional plane point in the real world and first coordinates of the first three-dimensional space point in a camera coordinate system; and determining a pose of the camera when acquiring the first video frame in the world coordinate system, according to the first orientation information of the camera and the first coordinates of the first three-dimensional space point in the real world.
US12315171B2
Various embodiments relate generally to computer vision and automation to autonomously identify and deliver for application a treatment to an object among other objects, data science and data analysis, including machine learning, deep learning, and other disciplines of computer-based artificial intelligence to facilitate identification and treatment of objects, and robotics and mobility technologies to navigate a delivery system, more specifically, to an agricultural delivery system configured to identify and apply, for example, an agricultural treatment to an identified agricultural object. In some examples, a method may include, at least, detecting an optical sight to align with an associated agricultural object, tracking the agricultural objects relative to the optical sight, predicting a parameter to track in association with agricultural object, and activating an emitter to apply an action based on the parameter.
US12315161B2
A method and a system for generating a dynamic addictive neural circuit based on weakly supervised contrastive learning are disclosed. The method includes: based on a convolutional neural network, reducing a dimensionality of voxels of multiple groups of fMRI to attributes of brain region nodes, and generating multiple groups of dynamic brain connection maps containing time series based on the attributes of the brain region nodes; extracting spatio-temporal features of brain connections in the dynamic brain connection maps; inputting the spatio-temporal features into an abnormal connection detection network, calculating an abnormal probability of brain connections based on contrastive learning, and obtaining the brain connection with a highest abnormal probability at each time point; and generating the dynamic addictive neural circuit based on neuroscientific prior knowledge and the brain connection with the greatest probability of abnormality.
US12315160B2
A CADx system for analysing medical images to monitor at least one feature on the image to predict at least one of a change of the state or maintenance of the current state of a monitored feature within a time frame is described. The system comprising: an input circuit for receiving at least one medical input image; a feature state change circuit for analysing the received input image and predicting a state change comprising: a state change predictor to predict a state change of the monitored feature within the time frame; and an output circuit to output an indication of the change of state or maintenance of the current state of the monitored feature within the time frame based on the prediction of the feature state change predictor. A method of training a feature state change prediction circuit using Machine Learning is also described.
US12315156B2
A system for preparing and administering a prescribed fluidic pharmaceutical compound, such as a chemotherapy compound, includes a scale having a platen. The scale is in communication with a user display for displaying an output of the scale. An image capture device having a field of view for capturing at least one image of an object placed on the platen is provided in communication with the user display for displaying the captured image. The platen may include a visual identifier for identifying a portion of the field of view of the image capture device. The platen may also include a tackifier or absorbent material. The platen may be formed of a light-transmissible material.
US12315153B2
Provided are apparatus and method for predicting biometrics using a fundus image. The method for predicting biometrics using a fundus image includes steps of preparation of a plurality of learning fundus images, generation of a learning model for predicting corresponding biometrics using the prepared data based on at least one characteristic of the fundus reflected in the prepared plurality of learning fundus images, reception of a prediction target of fundus image, and prediction of the biometrics of the subject of the prediction target of fundus image by using the generated learning model.
US12315140B2
The present disclosure provides for heater failure detection assemblies/systems and related methods of fabrication and use. More particularly, the present disclosure provides for heater failure detection assemblies/systems for aircraft or the like, with the heater failure detection assemblies/systems utilizing thermal images to detect the operation or failure of an aircraft heater.
US12315138B2
An information processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus registers, in a candidate list, in association with an inspection region of the reference image set on the setting screen, font data as a candidate of reference font data as a reference for character recognition at the time of inspection of a printed product, and sets the reference font data on the setting screen in accordance with a user selection from the candidate list. In the registering, among preregistered registration font data, font data whose similarity with a character string of the inspection region of the reference image exceeds a threshold is registered in the candidate list.
US12315136B2
A system including: a memory, an encoder, a decoder, and a processor, the processor being connected to the memory, the encoder, and the decoder. The system is configured to: receive, at the encoder, an input image, divide, by the encoder, the input image into a plurality of image patches, select, by the encoder, codes corresponding to the plurality of image patches of the input image, from a codebook including the codes. The system is further configured to determine, by the encoder, an assigned code matrix including the codes corresponding to the plurality of image patches of the input image, receive, by the decoder, the assigned code matrix from the encoder. The system is further configured to generate, by the decoder, a reconstructed image based on the assigned code matrix.
US12315128B2
A method for detecting defects in appearance of a product from images thereof, applied in an electronic device, obtains positive sample images, negative sample images, and product sample images, divides the product sample images into input image blocks, and inputs the input image blocks into a pre-trained autoencoder to obtain reconstructed image blocks. The electronic device determines corresponding pixel points in the input image blocks, and corresponding pixel difference values, and generates feature connection regions of each input image block according to the positive sample images and the pixel difference values. The electronic device generates a first threshold, selects target regions from the feature connection regions and the first threshold, and generates a second threshold. The electronic device further determines a detection result of a product sample in the product sample image according to an area of the target area and the second threshold.
US12315122B2
The present disclosure relates to an optical fiber image correction method, device and computer readable storage medium. The method comprises: obtaining a current optical fiber image and a central reference position of an optical fiber; in the current optical fiber image, correcting a central position of each optical fiber unit in the current optical fiber image according to a position difference condition between the central reference position of the optical fiber and a target position determined based on gray values in a neighboring range of the central reference position of the optical fiber; correcting brightness of the current optical fiber image that has completed a position correction according to a currently determined brightness correction coefficient.
US12315119B2
A signal processing apparatus for enhancing a digital input signal (I(xi)) recorded by a recording system having a system response (H(xi)), is configured to retrieve the digital input signal (I(xi)) and compute a baseline estimate (ƒ(xi)) of the digital input signal, the baseline estimate representing a baseline of the digital input signal and comprising features of the digital input signal that are larger than a feature length (fl). The apparatus is further configured to remove the baseline estimate from the digital input signal to obtain an output signal comprising spatial features that are smaller than the feature length, retrieve a characteristic length (cl) of the system response (H(xi)) and compute the baseline estimate (ƒ(xi)) using a feature length that is smaller than the characteristic length of the system response (H(xi)).
US12315110B2
A method for enhancing a reference image includes processing the reference image via a generator network to provide an enhanced image by applying a first pre-processing to the reference image and then applying a plurality of first layers of residual blocks to extract features. A first post-processing is then applied. A conversion layer, such as one of a night vision conversion layer and an air pollution conversion layer, is then applied. A plurality of second layers of residual blocks are applied after one of the night vision conversion layer and the air pollution conversion layer are applied, and then a second post-processing is applied which includes upscaling the output of the plurality of second layers of residual blocks, resulting in the enhanced image.
US12315095B2
Techniques and systems are provided for providing recommendations for extended reality systems. In some examples, a system determines one or more environmental features associated with a real-world environment of an extended reality system. The system determines one or more user features associated with a user of the extended reality system. The system also outputs, based on the one or more environmental features and the one or more user features, a notification associated with at least one application supported by the extended reality system.
US12315077B2
Embodiments implement decentralized digitalization of physical objects. A digitalization engine in the cloud, receives two dimensional (2D) image data of a physical object (e.g., pizza slice) located at a first remote location (e.g., restaurant). A local scanning rig in conjunction with an image capture device (e.g., mobile phone), creates an image file comprising the 2D image, depth information, and an identifier. The digitalization engine receives the 2D image file, stores it, and forwards the 2D image file to an image processing resource also remote from the digitalization engine. The digitalization engine then receives from the image processing resource, a three dimensional model file (e.g., created by photogrammetry) of the 2D images. The digitalization engine communicates the 3D model file for consumption (e.g., incorporation of the 3D pizza slice into a virtual menu). By distributing image processing resources across multiple image consumers, embodiments avoid one consumer having to shoulder digitalization costs.
US12315076B1
Systems and methods for four-dimensional analysis of a patient's coronary arteries and myocardial wall. An example method includes accessing angiographic x-ray images of one or more arteries, with the x-ray images depicting the arteries from respective angles, with each x-ray image being associated with a cardiac phase of cardiac phases, and with the cardiac phases being included in a cardiac cycle. A three-dimensional model of the arteries is generated for each cardiac phase based on a subset of the x-ray images which are associated with the cardiac phase. A four-dimensional representation of the arteries is generated throughout the cardiac cycle based on the three-dimensional models for the cardiac phase. Information associated with the four-dimensional presentation is presented.
US12315074B1
A system and associated methods select splats at different fidelities to optimize a requested field-of-view of a three-dimensional (3D) model for presentation on a local device or for streaming to a remote device. The system determines priority values that are associated with parts of the 3D model within the field-of-view, selects first splats that represent a first part of the 3D model at a first fidelity in response to a first priority value being associated with the first part, selects second splats that represent a second part of the 3D model at a second fidelity in response to a second priority value being associated with the second part, and presents or streams the first splats and the second splats in response to the request in order to generate the field-of-view with different fidelities for the first part and the second part of the 3D model.
US12315072B2
Techniques are disclosed for multi-factor prediction of computing resources for algorithm execution. For example, a method comprises obtaining a set of factors associated with an algorithm configured to transform one or more two-dimensional images into one or more three-dimensional models. The method further comprises computing an estimated computing power value based on the set of factors. The method then comprises scheduling execution of the algorithm on one or more computing resources based on the estimated computing power value.
US12315068B2
A method for real-time shadow rendering using cached shadow maps and deferred shading by a video processor of a game console or the like includes, for at least each key frame of video output, determining a viewpoint for a current key frame based on user input, filtering a texel of a frame-specific shadow map based on a dynamic mask wherein the texel is filtered, for a shadowed light, from a static shadow map and a dynamic shadow map or from the static shadow map only, based on the dynamic mask value for the texel, and rendering the current key frame based on the frame-specific shadow map and a deferred-shadow rendering algorithm. The method enables efficient rendering of thousands of shadowed lights in large environments by consumer-grade game consoles.
US12315065B2
A method for three-dimensional (3D) scene generation is provided. The method includes the step of obtaining the first convergence parameter from a configuration file that corresponds to the application program. The method further includes the step of extracting depth information from function calls sent from the application program to the graphics driver, and determining the minimum depth based on the depth information. The method further includes the step of calculating the second convergence parameter based on the first convergence parameter and the minimum depth. The method further includes the step of modifying the function calls to apply the second convergence parameter. The method further includes the step of converting the modified function calls into rendering instructions and sending the rendering instructions to the GPU, by running the graphics driver. The method further includes the step of generating an image pair according to the rendering instructions.
US12315050B2
An image processing method includes: capturing, by a first image capturing device installed at a position located on a side surface outside a vehicle interior of a vehicle and anterior to a rear end of the vehicle, a first image, the first image being an image of a region including a rear lateral side of the vehicle; capturing, by a second image capturing device installed on a rear end of the vehicle, a second image, the second image being an image of a region in a rear of the vehicle; generating a synthetic image serving as an image of a rear view of the vehicle by synthesizing the first image and the second image with each other; and superimposing an outline, the outline being a line segment extending along a contour of a side surface of the vehicle, in the synthetic image.
US12315047B2
A computer-implemented method includes, based on an input dataset defining an input image, determining a reconstructed image using a reconstruction algorithm, and executing a data-consistency operation for enforcing consistency between the input image and the reconstructed image. The data-consistency operation determines, for multiple K-space positions at which the input dataset comprises respective source data, a contribution of respective K-space values associated with the input dataset to a K-space representation of the reconstructed image.
US12315034B2
A method includes, while presenting a representation of a physical environment of the device, obtaining contextual data that indicates a characteristic of the physical environment, the device or a user of the device, and obtaining an indication of historical content associated with the device. The method includes determining, based on the characteristic indicated by the contextual data and the historical content, a user interest value that indicates a user interest level in the physical environment. The method includes storing an image captured by an image sensor in response to the user interest value being greater than a threshold interest value.
US12315032B2
A multicore graphics processing unit (GPU) and a method of operating a GPU are provided. The GPU comprises at least a first core and a second core. At least one of the cores in the multicore GPU comprises a master unit configured to distribute geometry processing tasks between at least the first core and the second core.
US12315029B2
An image rendering method including acquiring a current first data to be rendered of a first viewpoint and starting rendering; if the rendering of the first data to be rendered has not been completed at a T2 moment, stopping rendering the first data, and acquiring a current second data to be rendered of the second viewpoint and starting rendering; if the rendering of the first data to be rendered has been completed before the T2 moment, acquiring the second data to be rendered and starting rendering; and at the T2 moment, performing asynchronous time warping on a frame image of the first viewpoint obtained from the last time of rendering and then storing it in a display buffer, and performing asynchronous time warping on a frame image of the second viewpoint obtained from the last time of rendering and then storing it in the display buffer.
US12315020B2
A system can execute an engagement monitor to (i) receive engagement data corresponding to user interactions by each of a plurality of individuals on an interactive user interface concerning an event, and (ii) dynamically adapt a content flow of the interactive user interface based on the engagement data from each of the plurality of individuals to induce user engagement with the interactive user interface. The system may then process contextual information provided by the plurality of individuals through interaction with the dynamic content flows to generate a set of fraud scores for loss information provided by a user in connection with the event.
US12315018B2
Systems and methods provide for configuring and transferring multiple data files including image data files using a mobile device. A mobile device may acquire multiple data files including image files from disparate sources and transmit them to an enhanced image processing server. The enhanced image processing server may analyze the received image files using various techniques. To aid in analysis, the server may also interface with various internal and external databases storing reference images or other reference data of previously analyzed similar data. Further still, the enhanced image processing server may transmit a result of the analysis back to a mobile device.
US12315014B2
System and methods are disclosed for determining, through vehicle-to-vehicle communication, whether vehicles are involved in autonomous droning. Vehicle driving data and other information may be used to calculate an autonomous droning reward amount. In addition, vehicle involved in a drafting relationship in addition to, or apart from, an autonomous droning relationship may be financially rewarded. Moreover, aspects of the disclosure related to determining ruminative rewards and/or aspects of vehicle insurance procurement/underwriting.
US12315013B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for generating vehicle insurance rates based on driver-independent variables and/or driver-dependent variables. Vehicle insurance rates may additionally or alternatively be based on changes in the level of autonomy of vehicles. In some embodiments, a density of vehicles near a target vehicle may be tracked. Vehicle insurance rates may be determined based on the vehicle density. Furthermore, systems and methods are disclosed for analyzing a driver's use of autonomous vehicle features and/or the driver's maintenance of the autonomous vehicle. The driver may also be taught certain driving skills by enabling vehicle teaching features. The driver's response to these teaching features may be monitored, and a reward or recommendation may be generated and provided to the driver based on the driver's response.
US12315010B2
Systems and methods are directed to predicting temporal startup measurements using a machine-trained model. The system determines a training dataset of features associated with different funding, exit, and closure events and corresponding times of the funding, exit, and closure events from historical financial data. A temporal prediction model is trained using the training dataset. The temporal prediction model can comprise a recurrent neural network (e.g., gated recurrent unit). During runtime, the system accesses new data associated with potential future investment opportunities with startups and determines (e.g., compute) company features based, in part, on the new data. The system applies the company features to the temporal prediction model to simultaneously predict a next event and a time of the next event for each startup. A user interface can then be presented that shows the predicted next event and the predicted time of the predicted next event for each startup.
US12315009B2
A method for detecting and tracking tainted cryptographic wallets. The method measures a wallet's propensity to engage in criminal or suspicious activity. Naturally, transacting with a criminal is tantamount either to funding crime or laundering its proceeds, so it is in our collective interest to identify—and then monitor or quarantine—any wallet with criminal association. The method also automatically flags risky withdrawal requests in real-time for further review before committing them to the blockchain. In some embodiments, the exchange can quarantine wallets at a certain AddressScore.
US12315001B2
Provided is an electronic payment system which receives a payment request for electronic payment when a user visits a predetermined place to use a series of services, the electronic payment system including at least one processor configured to: determine, depending on the user, which one of real-time payment to be executed for each payment request or lump-sum payment to be collectively executed for a plurality of payment requests is to be executed; and execute one of the real-time payment or the lump-sum payment based on a result of the determination.
US12314998B1
A processor-implemented method of providing a customizable virtual representation for selection and purchase of construction products and associated installation products, using a computing device is provided. The method includes generating and displaying a personalized set of selection options for the user based on a) a selection received from the user in a current interaction, b) a history of selections by the user in previous interactions, and c) a user preference data from online sources, on a graphical user interface (GUI) of the computing device, receiving a selection from the user in the personalized set of selection options via the GUI, and generating and displaying, a first multi-dimensional virtual representation of construction units with the selected personalized set of selection options, allowing user to modify the personalized set of selection options; and dynamically modifying the first multi-dimensional virtual representation and displaying a second multi-dimensional virtual representation based on modification of personalized set of selection options by user.
US12314994B2
Systems and methods for organizing structured items in an e-commerce system are presented. In some aspects, the systems and methods may include a back-end structured item organizing system associated with a front-end category mapping system which is configured to process use case requests. In some aspects, a use case request may identify an item for classification by the back-end structured organizing system. In some aspects, the described systems and methods may select a listing bucket from a set of listing buckets of the back-end structured organizing system based on attribute values indicated in the use case request, and may cause a user interface of the front-end category mapping system to display one or more characteristics associated with items categorized within the selected listing bucket.
US12314984B2
Method and apparatus for displaying product review information, electronic device and storage medium
Disclosed by the present disclosure are a method and apparatus for displaying product comment information, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method for displaying product comment information is executed by a server and specifically comprises: acquiring product comment information of a user, the product comment information comprising comment text; inputting the comment text into a first model established in advance for error correction processing; determining whether the product comment information further comprises a comment image; if the product comment information comprises a comment image, then inputting the error-corrected comment text and the comment image together into a second model established in advance to detect the consistency of the image and the text, and when the image and the text are detected to be consistent, saving the product comment information in a display list; if the product comment information does not comprise a comment image, then directly saving the error-corrected comment text in the display list; and displaying the product comment information in the display list to the user.
US12314981B2
A method of dynamically binding supplemental content to video content includes receiving the video content at a device and identifying at least one value related to one or more products or services, where the at least one value is associated with the video content. The method also includes obtaining the supplemental content based on the at least one value, where the supplemental content provides additional information about the one or more products or services. In addition, the method includes dynamically binding the supplemental content to the video content and positioning the supplemental content in association with the video content using a supplemental interactive display.
US12314968B2
A method including: receiving one or more datasets indicating call activity corresponding to a phone number; analyzing the one or more datasets to identify unusual call activity; and generating a fraud prediction, based at least in part on the identified unusual call activity, that the phone number will be used for fraud.
US12314967B2
In a familiarity degree estimation apparatus, a first video process unit calculates a time while a hand being viewed, which is a time when a customer is viewing the hand. A second video process unit calculates a time while an item being held, which is a time when the customer is holding an item. A familiarity degree estimation unit calculates a time while the item being viewed based on the time while a hand being viewed and the time while the item being held, and estimates that the longer the time while the item being viewed, the lower the degree of familiarity of the customer with respect to the item.
US12314954B1
The present disclosure provides a multi-factor authentication system for self-service energy replenishing and method thereof. A user may acquire a multi-factor authentication service by an application for experiencing a convenient and safe self-service energy replenishing service. During the registration stage, registration stage upon the user logging into the application of the multi-factor authentication system, the user may complete tasks of identity authentication, account setup (such as obtain a membership of the energy replenishing station), and obtain permission of use for the account, thereby enabling the user to access services provided by the multi-factor authentication service platform. Moreover, during an authentication stage for performing self-service energy replenishing service, the user may obtain the self-service energy replenishing service from the multi-factor authentication service platform in less steps and a much secure manner to improve identity authentication security for the self-service energy replenishing service.
US12314950B2
Various embodiments herein include at least one of devices, systems, methods, and software of communication and signaling devices. One device embodiment includes a visual signaling output, at least one radio transceiver, and a network interface device. This device further includes a processor and a memory device storing instructions executable by the processor to cause the device to perform data processing activities that may include receiving an identifier via the at least one radio transceiver, outputting a work in progress indicator from the visual signaling output, and transmitting the received identifier via the network interface device to a network service. These data processing activities further include receiving a payment success indicator via the network interface device indicating whether a payment was successfully processed with regard to the received identifier. The data processing activities may then output an indication of the received payment success indicator from the visual signaling output.
US12314946B2
A method includes receiving a request to verify a dynamic security code included in a transaction authorization request message. The transaction authorization request message was generated in connection with a payment account transaction. The method further includes performing a verification process with respect to the dynamic security code to generate a verification result. In addition, the transaction authorization request message may be modified by adding the verification result to the transaction authorization request message. Also, the modified transaction authorization request message may be transmitted to an issuer of a payment account designated for use in the payment account transaction.
US12314943B2
A system and a method of payment for services, the system includes a system component, an acquisition device and a security module.
US12314935B2
A device may determine information that identifies a location of a projectable transaction card that is capable of being used to conduct a transaction associated with a merchant. The device may determine that the location of the projectable transaction card matches a location associated with the merchant. The device may identify a virtual transaction number that is unique to the merchant, previously associated with the merchant, unique to an account associated with the projectable transaction card, and to be used in conducting the transaction. The device may provide the virtual transaction number for display on a display screen of the projectable transaction card. The virtual transaction number may not be displayed on the display screen of the projectable transaction card prior to a determination that the location of the projectable transaction card matches the location associated with the merchant.
US12314932B2
The present disclosure is directed to handling communication, including handoffs, between applications on a payment terminal. In some embodiments, a method comprises: receiving, by the first mobile application, a first request from a user to conduct a transaction via the first mobile application and transitioning control from the first mobile application to a second mobile application running on the mobile device to collect a payment for the transaction being processed by the first mobile application in response to receiving the first request to conduct a transaction. Subsequently, after processing the payment for the transaction, the method includes transitioning control back to the first mobile application from the second mobile application as part of sending an indication of results of processing the payment by the second mobile application.
US12314930B2
A payment button on a device capable of making telephone calls, such as a mobile phone, allows a payer to electronically transfer money while in a phone call with a payee. The payment button also allows a payee to initiate an electronic payment transaction while in a phone call with a payer. The payment button may be a clickable or tappable virtual button presented on a display of the phone when being used to make or receive a call. The payer or the payee can simply enter a payment amount on the phone to complete an electronic payment transaction. A notification of payment is instantly transmitted to the phones being used for the phone call, so that the parties can safely and conveniently conclude a purchase and/or payment transaction during one phone call.
US12314927B2
In certain embodiments, an application may be triggered to request data related to a user account associated with a financial entity. In some embodiments, during a time period in which the application is not executing on a user device, identification data of an identification signal (received from a wireless transmitter associated with the financial entity) may be determined to correspond to the wireless transmitter; Based on the determination, the application associated with the financial entity may be determined to (i) execute on the user device and (ii) transmit, to a server system associated with the financial entity, a request for data relating to the user account. The requested data may be presented via a display of the user device.
US12314925B2
The present invention provides a processing apparatus (10) including: an acquisition unit (11) that acquires a plurality of images, captured by a plurality of cameras, of a product held by a customer with a hand; a detection unit (12) that detects an object from each of the plurality of images; a positional information generation unit (13) that generates positional information indicating a position in the image, for the each detected object; a product kind-related information generation unit (14) that generates product kind-related information that determines a product kind, for the each detected object; an extraction unit (15) that extracts a group of a plurality of objects which satisfies conditions with each other, the conditions being related to the positional information and the product kind-related information; and a product recognition result output unit (16) that outputs a product recognition result for the each extracted group.
US12314922B2
A payment terminal includes a magnetic card reader slot having a magnetic head, an IC card reader slot configured to be front of a user, and a first board with a touch area for a contactless payment arranged diagonally upward toward the user. The magnetic card reader slot is arranged toward the user obliquely upward with respect to a direction parallel to the plane. The magnetic card reader slot and the IC card reader slot are arranged, so that a swipe direction of the magnetic card into the magnetic card reader slot and an insertion direction of an IC card into the IC card reader slot are substantially perpendicular to each other. The magnetic card reader slot, the IC card reader slot, and the first board are arranged in this order from the plane in a height direction.
US12314917B2
A rack assembly for use with an automatic retail device. The rack assembly includes a rack body comprising and a load bar configured to mount to the rack body. The rack body includes a fastening element configured to mount the rack body to a portion of the automatic retail device and a main shelf controller disposed within the rack body and in communication with a microcontroller of the automatic retail device. The load bar includes a weight sensor configured to sense a weight of products positioned on the load bar and a circuit board. The circuit board is disposed on the load bar and in electrical communication with the weight sensor and the main shelf controller. The circuit board transmits a signal corresponding to the weight sensed by the weight sensor to the microcontroller via the main shelf controller.
US12314915B2
A communication device for sensing one or more biometric characteristics of a user. The device includes a cover structure, a layer of output pixel elements, a layer of biometric input pixel elements, and a processor. The cover structure includes an exterior surface. The layer of output pixel elements is positioned below the exterior surface and configured to provide an output through the exterior surface toward the user. The output pixel elements being at least one of light emitting pixel elements and piezoelectric-out pixel elements. The layer of biometric input pixel elements is positioned below the exterior surface to receive a reflected biometric input passing from the user through the exterior surface. The biometric input pixel elements being at least one of light detecting and piezoelectric-in pixel elements. The processor is connected to the biometric input pixel elements to process the reflected biometric input.
US12314908B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a data center monitoring and management operation. The data center monitoring and management operation includes: providing the data center asset to a prospective owner; establishing a secure communication channel between an onboarding system and the data center asset; establishing a communication channel between a rendezvous server and the data center asset; exchanging information between the onboarding system and the data center asset via the secure communication channel, the information including a data center asset ownership voucher; maintaining the data center asset ownership voucher at the rendezvous server; and, using the data center asset ownership voucher to associate the data center asset with the prospective owner.
US12314900B2
A mixed parcel packaging system generates packaging instructions for mixed parcel orders, which includes shipping box size, product orientation, and selection and placement of packaging materials. The packaging instructions are based on quantitative product attributes of the products to be shipped, such that the fill volume of the shipping box is minimized subject to product fragility, leakage factors, and external environmental factors.
US12314898B2
Provided is a work planning system including a processor and a storage unit connected to the processor. The storage unit stores a plurality of shipping orders, work network information pertaining to a process for work necessary for shipping, and resource information pertaining to a plurality of resources that can be used for work. The processor classifies work corresponding to the plurality of shipping orders into a plurality of tasks on the basis of a prescribed condition and the work network information, generates a process plan including allocation of the resources to the process for each of the tasks on the basis of the resource information, and outputs the generated process plan.
US12314893B1
Embodiments are disclosed to determine customer's prescription information and their position while waiting in a drive-thru lane. The drive-thru lane may have one or more transmitters installed at predetermined locations. By utilizing an application installed on each customer's mobile computing device, each mobile computing device may transmit customer information and ranging data when within range of one or more of the transmitters. The ranging data may include an indication of a range between each of the customer's mobile computing device and one or more proximate transmitters. By correlating the customer information to prescription information from recently filled and/or called in prescriptions, each customer's prescription order may be retrieved. Furthermore, by analyzing the ranging data, the position of each customer in the drive-thru lane may be determined. A drive-thru computing device is disclosed that may display each customer's position in the drive-thru lane along with their prescription order information.
US12314882B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating SaaS platform element interconnections include maintaining SaaS platform elements and maintaining a permissions manager associating the SaaS platform elements with entities. Each element is associated with an entity utilizing the SaaS platform, and the permissions manager associates a first entity with first and second SaaS platform elements. Operations further include generating a new workflow for the entity, including generating a first workflow block in the new workflow and associating it with a sub-element of the first SaaS platform element, generating a second workflow block in the new workflow and associating it with a sub-element of the second SaaS platform element, interconnecting the first and second workflow blocks, activating the new workflow, and preventing a second entity user from associating the first block with the first platform sub-element, from associating the second block with the second platform sub-element, or a combination thereof.
US12314862B2
A method for image generation based on a Generative AI Network. The Generative AI Network includes a generator and an encoder. The method includes determining, by the encoder, a first encoding E(Y) of a target image Y; generating, by the generator, a generated image G(Z) corresponding to the target image Y, wherein the generated image G(Z) is located in a close vicinity of a target neighborhood of the target image Y, and outputs of the generator are mapped, by the encoder, to a latent space adaptable to manipulate at least one characteristics of images generated by the Generative AI Network; and generating, by the encoder, a second encoding E(G(Z)) of the generated image G(Z) corresponding to the target image Y, wherein the first and second encodings E(Y) and E(G(Z)) map the target image Y and the generated image G(Z) to the latent space.
US12314858B2
The learning unit 81 learns a neural network. The linearization quantity determination unit 82 determines linearization quantity, which is a parameter included in an activation function used in the neural network, and which is a parameter that brings the activation function closer to a linear function by increasing or decreasing itself. The aggregation unit 83 replaces the activation function, which is determined to converge to a linear function by increasing or decreasing the linearization quantity, with the linear function, and aggregating weights among layers using the replaced linear function. The learning unit 81 calculates evaluation value based on output by the neural network in learning the neural network, and the linearization quantity determination unit 82 changes the linearization quantity when the evaluation value satisfies the predetermined criterion.
US12314852B2
A method is provided. The method includes: inputting, to a first neural network, a user feature and an object feature of an object to be recommended, and acquiring a first recommendation result output by the first neural network for the object to be recommended; determining a feature that needs to be reinforced; inputting, to a second neural network, the first recommendation result and the feature that needs to be reinforced, and acquiring a second recommendation result output by the second neural network for the object to be recommended; and determining, based on at least the second recommendation result, a final recommendation result for the object to be recommended.
US12314846B2
A computer-implemented method for answering a cognitive query from sensor input signals may be provided. The method comprises feeding sensor input signals to an input layer of an artificial neural network comprising a plurality of hidden neuron layers and an output neural layer, determining hidden layer output signals from each of the plurality of hidden neuron layers and output signals from the output neural layer, and generating a set of pseudo-random bit sequences by applying a set of mapping functions using the output signals of the output layer and the hidden layer output signals of one of the hidden neuron layers as input data for one mapping function. Furthermore, the method comprises determining a hyper-vector using the set of pseudo-random bit sequences, and storing the hyper-vector in an associative memory, in which a distance between different hyper-vectors is determinable.
US12314843B2
A neural network operation apparatus includes an input register to store an input feature map, a processing element array including a processing element to perform an operation based on the input feature map and a weight matrix, and a controller to map a portion of the input feature map and a portion of the weight matrix, both on which the operation is to be performed, to the processing element.
US12314825B2
In variants, the method can include determining training data, determining a router, and using the router. In variants, using the router can include receiving a runtime prompt, predicting performance scores for the runtime prompt for each of a set of candidate models, optionally predicting operational metrics for responding to the runtime prompt for each of the set of candidate models, selecting a candidate model based on the predicted performance scores and optionally the predicted operational metrics, and optionally determining a response based on the runtime prompt.
US12314809B2
Molecular anti-counterfeiting taggants are made from a plurality of synthetic polynucleotides that collectively encode a bit sequence using the sequences and hybridization states of the polynucleotides. The polynucleotide taggant is placed on an item as a molecular identifier of authenticity. The bit sequence encoded by the polynucleotide taggant is read out using a substrate which has bound polynucleotides complexes that hybridize with the synthetic polynucleotides in the polynucleotide taggant. A detectable signal is present where hybridization occurs. To prevent a bad actor from reverse engineering and creating a copy of the polynucleotide taggant using the results of hybridization to the substrate, multiple versions of the substrate are created. Each version hybridizes to different subsets of the synthetic polynucleotides in the polynucleotide taggant. A detectable pattern on the substrate that is present when exposed to the polynucleotide taggant is used for validating authenticity of the item.
US12314807B2
Specific information is extracted from a semiconductor device in a method with greater versatility. A first reading region on a metal film included in the semiconductor device is identified based on a base point defined on the semiconductor device. A predefined number of largest grains in size are extracted from the first reading region. A second reading region smaller than the first reading region is identified based on a reference point defined from positions of the extracted grains. The specific information on the semiconductor device is generated based on information extracted from appearances of grains in the second reading region.
US12314800B2
A tag reader device for an amusement facility may be positioned on a display module for displaying an image and the display module. The tag reader device includes an antenna substrate on which a radio frequency identification antenna is formed, a protective plate disposed on the antenna substrate, and a storage container for accommodating the display module and the antenna substrate.
US12314799B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems are described for quantifying space within a container using a removable scanning sensor node. In general, the removable scanning sensor node identifies a type of the container, uses at least one depth sensor on the removable scanning sensor node to scan the space within the container to generate scan data, where the removable scanning sensor node is temporarily mounted within the container and above the space within the container, and where the depth sensor is oriented to scan the space within the container from above the space and within the container. The removable scanning sensor node then determines an unoccupied amount of the space within the container based upon the scan data.
US12314796B2
A card reader (100) for reading a smart card (200), the card reader (100) comprising: an antenna (160) for making a wireless connection with a smart card; and a card detector, for determining a location of the smart card (200) relative to the antenna (160); and wherein the card reader (100) has a processor (180) configured to provide communication with the smart card and to allow or provide a first wireless communication when the card (200) is determined to be at a first location (110) of the card reader and to provide a second wireless communication when the card is determined to be at a second, different, location (120) of the card reader (100).
US12314793B2
At least some embodiments are directed to a dynamic card. The dynamic card transmits a first temporary card identification number to a computing device. The dynamic card is without an internal power source and is powered up by an external power source housed within the computing device. The dynamic card determines an absence of unused encrypted card identification numbers and receives a set of encrypted card identification numbers from a server. The dynamic card decrypts a second temporary card identification number from the encrypted card identification numbers and shows the second temporary card identification number on a display, replacing the first temporary card identification number. The second temporary card identification number remains shown on the display after the power from the external power source is discontinued. The second temporary card identification number can be used in a subsequent interaction with another computing device.
US12314782B2
A computing apparatus, including: a hardware computing platform; and logic to operate on the hardware computing platform, configured to: receive a microservice instance registration for a microservice accelerator, wherein the registration includes a microservice that the microservice accelerator is configured to provide, and a microservice connection capability indicating an ability of the microservice instance to communicate directly with other instances of the same or a different microservice; and log the registration in a microservice registration database.
US12314777B2
Systems and methods that enable the efficient and adaptive allocation of resources dedicated to a virtualized resource-based computation (e.g., one or more information processing tasks) are provided. In one embodiment, a reward model is generated based on a set of statistical distributions, for example, in response to receiving a request to launch a set of VCRs. Thereafter, an expected reward is predicting for each configuration of a set of configurations based on the reward model and one or more parameters of the corresponding configuration. The expected reward indicates an efficiency in distribution or allocation of physical computation resources to the set of VCRs. A configuration of the set of configurations is selected based on the predicted expected reward for the configuration. The set of VCRs are then configured with the selected configuration.
US12314775B2
Embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatuses for selecting a first virtualisation engine to execute an application deployment request. A method in a selection engine (104, 700) comprises receiving (300) an application deployment request (101) comprising an identification of an application image (102); selecting (306) the first virtualisation engine from a plurality of virtualisation engines based on a plurality of respective values of at least one characteristic associated with execution of the application image by each of the plurality of virtualisation engines; and initiating (308) execution of the application image by the first virtualisation engine.
US12314765B2
Feature usage profiles of shared global memory are monitored and the profiles are used to allocate computational resources (CPU cores) between thread groups. A global memory monitor is used to monitor global memory metadata to determine the amount of space currently being consumed by a particular feature or service, and dynamically adjusts the amount of computational resources allocated to the thread group responsible for processing IO operations related to the feature or service. By exploiting an inversely proportional relationship between allocated computational resources and usage of shared global memory, it is possible to monitor feature usage profiles of shared global memory to dynamically allocate computational resources to thread groups. By looking at anomalies in usage of slots of shared global memory, and in a targeted way speeding up the processes working on such slots, it is possible to improve overall utilization of shared global memory.
US12314756B2
Disclosed are a thread construction method and device. The method includes: a workload is divided into a plurality of work groups; for any work group, a pattern type that matches a size of the any work group is selected, a target thread construction pattern is determined from a plurality of candidate thread construction patterns corresponding to the pattern type; a plurality of threads are constructed according to the target thread construction pattern; the threads are composed of a plurality of consecutive work items in the any work group; the work item index corresponding to at least one key work item in the work item sequence of each thread is cached and the work item index of each thread is obtained, which is configured to schedule the any work item corresponding to the thread to the processing unit.
US12314753B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for performing preflight checks of a distributed computing system, are described. In one aspect, a method includes assigning a computing workload to a first subset of hardware accelerator machines each having one or more hardware accelerators. A preflight check on the first subset is performed before performing the computing workload to verify the functionality of each machine in the first subset. For each hardware accelerator machine of the first subset, a program code package is installed, including a task action based at least in part on characteristics of the computing workload. The task action including a sequence of operations is performed on the hardware accelerator machine to determine whether the task action fails. Whenever the task action fails, the computing workload is re-assigned to a second subset of hardware accelerator machines different from the first subset.
US12314750B2
Migrating containers across Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) nodes of a processor device is disclosed herein. In one example, a processor device identifies one or more containers each executing on one of a plurality of NUMA nodes of the processor device. For each container of the one or more containers, the processor device determines an allocation of a processing resource to the container by a source NUMA node on which the container is executing, and identifies one or more NUMA nodes of the plurality of NUMA nodes having an availability of the processing resource sufficient to execute the container. The processor device selects a target NUMA node from among the identified one or more NUMA nodes, and migrates the container from the source NUMA node to the target NUMA node.
US12314746B2
An automation application is described herein. The automation application executes on a computing device and accesses a macro for a target application. The macro has been generated based upon a sequence of inputs from a user received by the target application that causes the target application to perform an action, screen states of the target application as the target application receives the sequence of inputs from the user, operating system processes that are performed by an operating system as the target application receive the sequence of inputs from the user, and evidence events representing information obtained from the operating system processes. The automation application executes the macro, wherein executing the macro causes the automation application to mimic the sequence of inputs to the target application, thereby causing the target application to perform the action.
US12314737B2
In some implementations, an event management device may generate a document object model (DOM) associated with a graphical user interface (GUI) that is associated with a platform to cause one or more fields to be included in the GUI. The event management device may provide, to the platform, the DOM to cause the GUI to be displayed. The event management device may receive, via the GUI, an indication of information associated with the event. The event management device may determine that the event satisfies the criteria based on the information received via the GUI. The event management device may store the information associated with the event in a database in connection with an identifier indicating that the event satisfies the criteria. The event management device may transmit an indication of the one or more metrics for display via a client device.
US12314727B2
Described herein is a graphics processor including a processing resource including a multiplier configured to multiply input associated with the instruction at one of a first plurality of bit widths, an adder configured to add a product output from the multiplier with an accumulator value at one of a second plurality of bit widths, and circuitry to select a first bit width of the first plurality of bit widths for the multiplier and a second bit width of the second plurality of bit widths for the adder.
US12314722B1
Various embodiments described herein provide improved functionality for performing tier consolidation for organizations having any type of hierarchical structure, so as to increase flexibility, speed, accuracy, and performance in generating reports and conducting analysis on a company's operations and performance. Consolidation can be performed at any suitable time, such as for example at the end of some period, at which time it may be useful to generate accounting and/or financial reports for the organization. In at least one embodiment, the described techniques improve on conventional tier consolidation mechanisms by employing parallel processing on multiple nodes at the same level. In situations where processing of one node might interfere with processing of another node, a resource locking mechanism is used to prevent such interference, so as to ensure accuracy and avoid corruption of data.
US12314721B2
A branch prediction method includes obtaining an instruction block containing an instruction, performing detection on the instruction block according to branch instruction information stored in a branch target buffer of a branch predictor of a processor, and in response to detecting that the instruction is a branch instruction, detecting a type of the branch instruction. The method further includes, in response to the type of the branch instruction being a type other than a target type, searching for a predicted jump address of the branch instruction in the branch target buffer, and, in response to the type of the branch instruction being the target type, searching for the predicted jump address of the branch instruction in other address areas of the branch predictor. The target type includes at least one of a function call instruction type, a function return instruction type, or a loop instruction type.
US12314719B2
Various example embodiments for supporting a multi-indexed micro-operations cache (MI-UC) in a processor are presented. Various example embodiments for supporting an MI-UC in a processor may be configured to support an MI-UC in which, for a UC line of the MI-UC, multiple indexes into the UC line, for multiple sets of micro-operations (UOPs) stored in the UC line based on decoding of multiple instructions, are supported.
US12314711B2
A quantum computing system (QCS) receives from a computing device a request for a custom software version of a software package that includes a subset of features from a set of features implemented by a version of the software package, the request identifying the software package and the subset of features. The QCS places each qubit of a plurality of qubits in which the version of the software package is stored in a state of superposition. The QCS accesses a data structure to determine a subset of the plurality of qubits. The QCS biases the qubits in the subset. The QCS measures values of each qubit in superposition to extract the subset of features from the plurality of qubits. The QCS generates a custom software package based on the values measured in the plurality of qubits.
US12314709B2
A method and a system for maintaining immutability of evidence that relates to software development life cycle data and that is protected from tampering in order to guarantee data integrity and consistency are provided. The method includes: receiving an evidence item that relates to a software development; encrypting the evidence item; storing the encrypted evidence item in a memory; computing a hash value based on the evidence item; and combining the hash value with a hash tree that relates to the software development. The hash tree includes a set of hash values for which there is a one-to-one correspondence with a set of evidence items that are represented in the hash tree. When tampering, such as content alteration or deletion, occurs with respect to an evidence item, the hash values in the hash tree may be used to determine the evidence item for which the tampering has occurred.
US12314702B2
A method for delivering notifications of software deprecations on an external unmanaged cloud environment is provided. The method may be implemented by at least one processor. The method may include gathering data from data sources hosted on an external unmanaged cloud environment but not serviced by the external unmanaged cloud environment; creating a data feed by aggregating the data gathered based on a predetermined criteria; streaming, via a network, the data feed to an internal managed cloud environment; storing the data feed in a data store on the internal managed cloud environment; joining the data feed with internal application data for at least one internal application on the internal managed cloud environment; and creating, based on the joined data, a backlog for delivering the notifications.
US12314686B2
A method for validating a software component for highly automated driving is disclosed, wherein unprocessed video data, which depict at least one driving situation recorded from a vehicle perspective by a recording vehicle are read by a data processing system and processed into preprocessed video data using a vehicle processor connected to the data processing system for video preprocessing, wherein the vehicle processor is arranged on an adapter board and is connected to the data processing system via standard interfaces, wherein the preprocessed video data are used by the data processing system as input variables for the software component to be validated, and a reaction of the software component to the driving situation depicted in the preprocessed video data as output variables for the software component to be validated are compared by the data processing system with an expected reaction in order to validate the software component.
US12314675B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are related to systems, apparatus, and methods for training a chatbot, such that a user can ask a question and the bot can provide the answer using natural conversation. The solution disclosed herein creates a conversation engine that can be trained automatically by feeding in articles, FAQs, or documents on specific topics. The conversation engine can provide answers to user's questions on the trained topic through a natural conversation. The conversation engine can provide web service endpoints for training the engine on specific topics, and which can also be used during conversation with the user on that topic. When users ask a question on a topic to the chatbot, the chatbot can invoke conversation service endpoints, together with the intents, and the conversation service can provide the response via the chatbot.
US12314674B2
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology can be used in combination with composable communication goal statements to facilitate a user's ability to quickly structure story outlines in a manner usable by an NLG narrative generation system without any need for the user to directly author computer code. Narrative analytics that are linked to communication goal statements can employ a conditional outcome framework that allows the content and structure of resulting narratives to intelligently adapt as a function of the nature of the data under consideration. This AI technology permits NLG systems to determine the appropriate content for inclusion in a narrative story about a data set in a manner that will satisfy a desired communication goal.
US12314651B1
Aspects of the present disclosure address systems and methods for zigzag detection and handling for integrated circuit designs. Data describing an integrated circuit is accessed. The integrated circuit design comprises a connection path between two or more pins of a net determined based on an initial routing of the net. A zigzag is detected in the connection path based on a local turn density constraint that specifies a ratio of a number of turns to a pathlength that corresponds to zigzagging in the net. In response to detecting the zigzag in the connection path, the zigzag is removed from the connection path by rerouting the net using a routing constraint that defines a maximum number of turns in the connection path.
US12314641B1
Systems and methods are provided for a computer-implemented method for simulating operation of a physical system represented by a plurality of mesh cells. A plurality of pre-simulations of the physical system are performed, where a pre-simulation determines an output metric value for each mesh cell based on a plurality of input metric values. A dimension reduction is performed on results of the pre-simulations to generate condensed training data, and a simulation model is generated using a machine learning algorithm to train a plurality of sub-models for simulating output metric values for the plurality of mesh cells based on the condensed training data. The simulation model is configured to provide simulation inputs to the trained sub-models to generate an output metric value for each of the plurality of mesh cells.
US12314635B2
Systems and methods for rapidly developing annotated computer models of structures and properties is provided. The system generates three-dimensional (3D) models of structures and property using a wide variety of digital imagery, and/or can process existing 3D models created by other systems. The system processes the 3D models to automatically identify candidate objects within the 3D models that may be suitable for annotation, such as roof faces, chimneys, windows, gutters, etc., using computer vision techniques to automatically identify such objects. Once the candidate objects have been identified, the system automatically generates user interface screens which gather relevant information related to the candidate objects, so as to rapidly obtain, associate, and store annotation information related to the candidate objects. When all relevant annotation information has been gathered and associated with model objects, the system can create a list of materials that can be used for future purposes, such as repair and/or reconstruction of real-world structures and property. The system also allows for modeling of water damage of a structure, as well as generating lists of tasks for mitigating the water damage and associated costs.
US12314632B2
The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces and techniques for managing and visualizing sound reduction using a computer system. In accordance with some embodiments, the computer system displays a representation of a noise level including, in accordance with a sound reduction display option being enabled, a first indication of a noise level at a first time and a second indication of a noise level at a time different from the first time. In accordance with some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the sound reduction display option is not enabled, an indication of a noise level at the first time that indicates the noise level.
US12314631B2
A method performed by an audio system comprising a headset. The method sends a playback signal containing user-desired audio content to drive a speaker of the headset that is being worn by a user, receives a microphone signal from a microphone that is arranged to capture sounds within an ambient environment in which the user is located, performs a speech detection algorithm upon the microphone signal to detect speech contained therein, in response to a detection of speech, determines that the user intends to engage in a conversation with a person who is located within the ambient environment, and, in response to determining that the user intends to engage in the conversation, adjusts the playback signal based on the user-desired audio content.
US12314627B1
Embodiments relate to collaborative workspaces using head-mounted displays (HMDs). Collaborative workspaces enable multiple users to collaborate together in a common environment while also viewing content specific to each user using HMDs.
US12314625B2
Systems and methods of controlling graphic displays within a multi-display human machine interface (“HMI”) environment for industrial systems. One system includes an electronic processor configured to determine a display parameter for a header portion of a graphic display of the plurality of graphic displays. The electronic processor may be configured to determine, based on the display parameter, an arrangement for the graphic display, where the arrangement maintains the header portion of the graphic display within a display frame for the graphic display. The electronic processor may be configured to generate the graphic display based on the arrangement. The electronic processor may be configured to display the HMI-client application across the plurality of display devices and display the graphic display within the display frame for the graphic display on a first display device of the plurality of display devices.
US12314624B2
A method includes: receiving a first event, where the first event is used to trigger image quality adjustment of a splicing display; sending N reference pictures including a first reference picture to the splicing display in response to the first event; receiving a first photo obtained by photographing an entire display area of the splicing display when the splicing display displays the first reference picture in full screen as a whole; and generating a first image quality adjustment parameter and a second image quality adjustment parameter based on the first reference picture and the first photo, where the first image quality adjustment parameter and the second image quality adjustment parameter is used to adjust image quality of the first and second display respectively.
US12314623B2
A display apparatus includes a plurality of cabinets configured to be arranged to form a screen of the display apparatus, each cabinet of the plurality of cabinets including at least one display module, the plurality of cabinets disposed to be adjacent to one another to form a screen of the display apparatus, a plurality of wireless communicators provided in each cabinet of the plurality of cabinets, and a processor configured to, based on a first cabinet among the plurality of cabinets receiving a signal from at least one adjacent cabinet that is adjacent to the first cabinet via at least one wireless communicator provided in the first cabinet, transmit the signal to adjacent cabinets that are adjacent to the first cabinet via a plurality of wireless communicators provided in the first cabinet, and based on the plurality of cabinets receiving the signal according to the transmission, control a display module of each cabinet of the plurality of cabinets to display an image corresponding to each cabinet through each cabinet based on the signal.
US12314618B2
An image inspection device that inspects a read image of a recording medium on which an image is formed based on a job, the image inspection device includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor executes a continuity inspection of an identifier in an inspection region in the read image. The hardware processor executes the continuity inspection across a plurality of jobs to be inspected.
US12314612B2
In some examples, a computer receives a command to transport a storage cartridge in a storage system from a physical storage slot to a storage drive, and determines whether the storage cartridge is associated with a restricted transport indication set by a configuration operation in the storage system. In response to determining that the storage cartridge is associated with the restricted transport indication, the computer checks for an indication of receipt of an access secret information, and denies processing of the command to transport the storage cartridge if the indication of receipt of the access secret information is not present.
US12314608B2
A partition command is stored at free memory address location of the local memory corresponding to an index of an address array. The index is associated with an entry in the address array. A last entry in a linked list of entries from a tail register is obtained based on an allocation of the stored partition command to a partition command queue of a plurality of partition command queues. The tail register corresponds to the partition command queue of the plurality of partition command queues. Responsive to obtaining the last entry in the linked list, an entry to the linked list after the last entry is appended. The entry corresponds to the index of the address array associated with the stored partition command.
US12314600B2
The present disclosure provides a complex programmable logic device (CPLD) and a communication method. The CPLD includes a data transmission module, a first in first out (FIFO) memory, and an I2C slave. The data transmission module obtains a first signal of the server, the FIFO memory obtains the first signal transmitted by the data transmission module, and the I2C slave obtains the first signal transmitted by the FIFO memory, so that the baseboard management controller (BMC) reads the first signal from the I2C slave through an I2C bus.
US12314594B2
An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to determine syncing progress metrics for replication sessions established between a source and a destination storage system, each of the replication sessions being associated with a recovery point objective and having an assigned bandwidth quota. The processing device is also configured to identify whether a first replication session is not expected to meet its associated first recovery point objective based at least in part on its determined first syncing progress metric and whether at least a second replication session is expected to meet its associated second recovery point objective based at least in part on its determined second syncing progress metric. The processing device is further configured, responsive to identifying the first and second replication sessions, to update a first assigned bandwidth quota for the first replication session and a second assigned bandwidth quota for the second replication session.
US12314588B2
Methods and apparatuses to control digital data transfer via a memory channel between a memory module and a processor are disclosed. At least one of the memory module or the processor coalesces a plurality of short data words into multicast coalesced block data comprising a single data block for transfer via the memory channel. Each of the plurality of short data words pertains to one of at least two partitioned memory submodules in the memory module. The multicast coalesced block data is communicated over the memory channel.
US12314580B2
Methods, systems, and devices for row address latching for multiple activate command protocol are described. A memory device may receive a first activate command that indicates a first set of bits of a row address and may store the first set of bits to obtain a first delayed signal of the first set of bits. The memory device may receive a second activate command that indicates a second set of bits of the row address and may store the second set of bits to obtain a first delayed signal of the second set of bits. The memory device may store the first delayed signal of the first set of bits to obtain a second delayed signal of the first set of bits and may activate a page of memory addressed according to the second delayed signal and the first delayed signal of the second set of bits.
US12314579B2
An electronic device, a method and a computer program product for selecting at least one of a first energy storage device and a second energy storage device to power at least one power consuming component based on identified environmental factors. The method includes, receiving, via a processor, a first temperature value from a temperature sensor, determining if the first temperature value is less than a threshold temperature value, and in response to the first temperature value being less than the threshold temperature value, detecting, via a sensor, which of a first housing and a second housing is being held. The method further includes in response to detecting the first housing is being held, triggering a power source selection circuit to select a first energy storage device to provide power to at least one power consuming component, and transition from drawing power from a second energy storage device.
US12314577B2
Methods, systems, and devices for dynamic memory management operation are described. A memory system may store data in a first block that includes a first type of memory cells configured to store a single bit of information (e.g., single level cells (SLCs)). The memory system may set a flag associated with the data indicating whether the data includes secure information and is to remain in a block that includes SLCs after a memory management operation (e.g., a garbage collection operation). The memory system may store, as part of the memory management operation for the first block and based on the flag, valid data of the first block in a second block that includes SLCs or a third block that includes a second type of memory cells configured to store two or more bits of information.
US12314573B2
Implementations described herein relate to a two-stage emergency data storing operation. In some implementations, a memory device may detect a power loss notification signal that indicates a power loss condition of the memory device. The memory device may read a mode register bit of the memory device that indicates to perform a data storing operation that includes a first data storing stage and a second data storing stage. The first data storing stage may include storing data associated with the memory device prior to the memory device experiencing a power loss, and the second data storing stage may include storing data and metadata associated with the memory device prior to the memory device experiencing the power loss. The memory device may initiate the data storing operation and may selectively acknowledge the power loss condition based on completing the first data storing stage or the second data storing stage.
US12314572B2
A system and method for mitigating memory transaction conflicts by receiving a first memory transaction from a first processor slice of a processor and a second memory transaction from a second processor slice of the processor. Further, one or more control signals are generated for the first memory transaction and the second memory transaction based on a determination that the first memory transaction and the second memory transaction have a target address associated with a first memory bank of a memory. The first memory transaction is selected to output to the first memory bank based on the one or more control signals.
US12314567B1
Semiconductor devices, packaging architectures and associated methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a chiplet-based multi-chip module (MCM) is disclosed. The chiplet-based MCM includes a package substrate and a first processing integrated circuit (IC) chiplet disposed on the package substrate. A second processing IC chiplet is disposed on the package substrate. At least one first row multi-port memory chiplet is disposed on the package substrate and coupled between the first processing IC chiplet and the second IC processing chiplet. Data transfers between the first processing IC chiplet and a destination IC chiplet are routed through the at least one first row multi-port memory chiplet.
US12314563B2
This application relates to the field of human-computer interaction, and provides a virtual keyboard processing method. The method is applied to an electronic device, where the electronic device is provided with a display. The method includes: selecting, in response to a detected first gesture operation, a first type of virtual keyboard corresponding to the first gesture operation from a plurality of types of virtual keyboards, where virtual keys included in different types of virtual keyboards in the plurality of types of virtual keyboards are not completely the same; and displaying the first type of virtual keyboard by using the display. More virtual keys are provided for a user by different types of virtual keyboards. This improves flexibility of a process in which the user enables the virtual keyboard, and helps provide more abundant virtual keys, so that an additional physical keyboard does not need to be provided.
US12314562B2
A display control device includes a divided-region setting unit for dynamically changing a size of a divided region provided on a screen. A display control unit provides arrangement regions on the divided region and changes a relative positional relationship between the arrangement regions on the same divided region in conformity with change in size of the divided region, each of the arrangement regions on which at least one or more display objects are arranged, and a priority setting unit configured to set relative priority with respect to the arrangement regions provided on the same display region. When the relative positional relationship between the arrangement regions on the same divided region is changed, which causes the arrangement regions to overlap at least partially, the display control unit controls display of the display objects in a unit of arrangement region, based on the priority set for each of the arrangement regions.
US12314561B2
An information input apparatus comprising circuitry to receive input of a handwritten line from an operator, in response to completion of the input of the handwritten line, present one or more straight line candidates inferred based on the handwritten line, provide a user interface (UI) that allows the operator to select one of the one or more straight line candidates, and replace the handwritten line with one of the one or more straight line candidates selected by the operator.
US12314558B2
A force sensing system for determining if a user input has occurred, the system comprising: an input channel, to receive an input from at least one force sensor; an activity detection stage, to monitor an activity level of the input from the at least one force sensor and, responsive to an activity level which may be indicative of a user input being reached, to generate an indication that an activity has occurred at the force sensor; and an event detection stage to receive said indication, and to determine if a user input has occurred based on the received input from the at least one force sensor.
US12314553B2
The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces. In some examples, the electronic device provides for transitioning between simulated lighting effects. In some examples, the electronic device applies a simulated lighting effect to an image. In some examples, the electronic device provides user interfaces for applying a filter to an image. In some examples, the electronic device provides for a reduced filter interface. In some examples, the electronic device provides a visual aid displayed in a viewfinder.
US12314547B2
A video processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium are disclosed. The method includes: displaying current video content on a video playback page; displaying a preset event trigger region on the video playback page in response to swiping the current video content; and performing preset event trigger control on the current video content through the preset event trigger region.
US12314536B1
A system for generating a user-sensitive user interface, wherein the system includes a display device; at least a computing device, wherein the computing device comprises: a memory; and at least a processor connected to the memory, wherein the memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to: generate an execution operation as a function of a task module; display the execution operations in a user interface; receive, through the user interface, user response data corresponding to one or more of the execution operations; determine, as a function of the user response data, an assigned status corresponding the one or more execution operations using a machine-learning model; generate a second execution operation and an assigned node as a function of the assigned status; generate an updated user interface as a function of the second execution operation and the assigned status; and transmit the updated user interface to the assigned node.
US12314535B2
A method comprising: displaying, in a user interface, a snapshot list, the snapshot list identifying a plurality of snapshots of a volume or a group of volumes; detecting a first user input selecting one or more of the snapshots of the plurality of snapshots; calculating a total amount of storage space that would be freed if the selected snapshots were to be deleted; and displaying, in the user interface, an indication of the total amount of storage space that would be freed if the selected snapshots were to be deleted.
US12314525B2
A display device may comprise a substrate including an active area, in which one or more pixels are disposed, and a non-active area outside the active area, the substrate being formed of glass or polyamide; a planarization film disposed over the substrate; an anode electrode disposed on the planarization film; a bank disposed on the anode electrode; and at least one touch sensor disposed on the substrate, a part of the at least one touch sensor being disposed in the non-active area. Here, the anode electrode may comprise at least one first anode hole which at least partially overlaps with a gate signal generation circuit in the non-active area.
US12314516B2
Pen state detection circuit and method inhibiting unexpecterd results from periphery of touch sensor
A pen state detection circuit that is connected to a touch sensor of a capacitance type and adapted to detect a state of an electronic pen in accordance with an output signal from the touch sensor. The touch sensor includes sensor electrodes disposed in a planar manner, and the electronic pen includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The pen state detection circuit includes a processor configured to sequentially and repeatedly: acquire first and second coordinate values in a sensor coordinate system, the coordinate system being defined on a detection surface of the touch sensor, the first coordinate values indicating a projected position of the first electrode, the second coordinate values indicating a projected position of the second electrode; calculate an inclination value indicative of an inclination of the electronic pen from the acquired first and second coordinate values in accordance with calculation rules; and output the inclination value.
US12314505B2
A display device includes a plurality of first sub-pixels configured to display red, a plurality of second sub-pixels configured to display green, a plurality of third sub-pixels configured to display blue, and a plurality of fourth sub-pixels configured to display white, a first signal line coupled to the first sub-pixels, a second signal line coupled to the second sub-pixels, and a third signal line coupled to the third sub-pixels and the fourth sub-pixels, a plurality of detection electrodes arrayed in a matrix (row-column configuration) and each provided overlapping the first sub-pixels, the second sub-pixels, the third sub-pixels, and the fourth sub-pixels, and a plurality of signal supply wires coupled to the respective detection electrodes. The signal supply wires are each provided overlapping at least one of the first signal line and the second signal line and not overlapping the third signal line.
US12314503B2
According to an aspect, a display device with a sensor includes: a substrate including a display region and a peripheral region on a periphery of the display region; detection electrodes arranged in a row-column configuration in the display region; and detection lines coupled to the respective detection electrodes. A shape of the substrate in a plan view includes a curve of a curved portion. The detection electrodes include a first electrode and a second electrode having a shape different from that of the first electrode in a plan view. The second electrode is juxtaposed with the curved portion. The detection lines each include a first line coupled to the first electrode and a second line coupled to the second electrode. The second line passes from the display region across the peripheral region and extends to a position overlapping with the second electrode in a plan view.
US12314501B2
An operation method of an electronic device for sensing an optical signal is provided. The electronic device includes a plurality of optical sensors and a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed adjacent to the plurality of optical sensors. The operation method of the electronic device for sensing the optical signal includes the following steps. The optical signal is provided to a first optical sensor of the plurality of optical sensors. The first optical sensor outputs a driving signal when dimming the plurality of light-emitting elements adjacent to the first optical sensor. Therefore, the accuracy of sensing the optical signal may be effectively increased.
US12314500B2
A display panel with a touch detection function, in which display operation is less affected by touch detection operation, a method of driving the display panel with a touch detection function, a driving circuit, and an electronic unit having the display panel with a touch detection function are disclosed. The display panel with a touch detection function includes: one or more display elements; one or more drive electrodes; one or more touch detection electrodes; and a drive section selectively applying a DC drive signal or an AC drive signal to the drive electrodes.
US12314488B2
A mouse for use with an information handling system comprising a base chassis of the mouse to enclose a mouse microcontroller and a mouse power management unit (PMU) to power the mouse microcontroller, a scroll wheel to receive scrolling input from a user from scroll wheel rotation and a magnetic haptic encoder detecting scrolling input and comprising a grooved ferromagnetic wheel with alternating wheel grooved portions and wheel raised portions for rotating by a magnet such that rotation of the alternating wheel grooved portions and wheel raised portions adjacent to the magnet generate haptic feedback at the scroll wheel for the user and a top housing operatively coupled to the base chassis of the mouse to enclose the mouse.
US12314486B1
A photographed image acquisition unit 212 acquires an image obtained by photographing a device. A sensor data acquisition unit 214 acquires sensor data indicating an acceleration and/or an angular speed of the device. An estimation processing unit 230 estimates a position of the device on the basis of the image obtained by photographing the device. A contact determination unit 232 determines whether or not a user is touching the device. A stationary determination unit 234 determines whether or not the device is stationary on the basis of the sensor data. When it is determined that the user is not touching the device and the device is stationary, the estimation processing unit 230 fixes the estimated position of the device.
US12314482B2
A system and method for providing a touch control system are disclosed. In one aspect a touch screen interface on a mechanical keyboard is disclosed. A touch sensing area on a keyboard having mechanical key mechanisms also provides a touch sensing surface. Touch position on the keyboard is detected and used to control a user interface. Unique touch sensing systems are also disclosed.
US12314481B2
A method, performed by an electronic device for triggering a function of the electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a button which comprises a mechanical switch actuator for triggering a function related to the button, an electromagnetic sensor for sensing touch and/or proximity of an object interacting with the button and a responsive material structure for providing haptic feedback to the object is provided. The electronic device senses touch and/or proximity of the object with the electromagnetic sensor. The electronic device generates a haptic feedback with the responsive material structure in response to sensing the touch and/or proximity of the object. The haptic feedback is associated with the function which is triggered by the mechanical switch actuator. The electronic device triggers the function in response to the mechanical switch actuator being actuated.
US12314480B2
An information processing apparatus is provided which identifies a state of a line of sight of a user, identifies a state of a hand and fingers of the user, and controls a hand object representing the hand of the user in a virtual space, in a manner linked with the state of the hand and fingers of the user. A state of the hand object is controlled according to the state of the line of sight of the user.
US12314479B2
A fluid application system includes a pump unit configured to pump a fluid to a fluid applicator. The fluid application system includes a sensor configured to sense a motion made by a user and generate a sensor signal indicative of the sensed motion. The fluid application system also includes a control system configured to identify a gesture based on the sensor signal and control the fluid application system based on the identified gesture.
US12314478B2
The technology disclosed relates to relates to providing command input to a machine under control. It further relates to gesturally interacting with the machine. The technology disclosed also relates to providing monitoring information about a process under control. The technology disclosed further relates to providing biometric information about an individual. The technology disclosed yet further relates to providing abstract features information (pose, grab strength, pinch strength, confidence, and so forth) about an individual.
US12314470B2
A first device to be attached to a head of a user has a display capable of displaying a CG object that moves according to motion of the hand of the user and a first sensor usable to detect the hand. A second device to be attached to the hand has a second sensor to be used to detect an orientation of the second device. A processing device determines a direction of the CG object based on the estimated orientation of the hand from a detection result by the first sensor in a case where the hand is detectable by the first sensor, and determines a direction of the CG object based on the orientation of the second device detected by the second sensor in a case where the hand is not detectable by the first sensor.
US12314466B2
A wearable or a mobile device includes a camera to capture an image of a scene with a face and a display for displaying an image overlaid on the face. Execution of programming by a processor configures the device to perform functions, including functions to capture, via a camera of an eyewear device, an image of a scene including a face, identify the face in the image of the scene, track positional information of the face with respect to the eyewear device, generate an overlay image responsive the positional information, and present the overlay image on an image display.
US12314458B2
User authentication is performed using a camera to capture the user's identifying information (such as facial features) but the camera remains concealed until needed, thereby eliminating (or at least reducing) anxiety and privacy concerns. For example, the camera, when unneeded for authentication, may be hidden behind a retractable shutter or “smart” barrier that can change its state from translucent to transparent and vice versa.
US12314456B2
According to one embodiment, a communication control device included in a first communication device is provided. The communication control device includes an acquisition unit, a first processing unit, a request unit and a first memory unit. The acquisition unit acquires data transmitted from the first communication device to a second communication device or data transmitted from the second communication device to the first communication device. The first processing unit performs an encryption process or a decryption process on the data by using key data in a case where the data belongs to a flow. The request unit requests transfer of key data for each flow via an internal bus. The first memory unit stores the key data transferred in response to the request.
US12314453B2
A Wiping Service Center Mechanism for remotely conducted processing and onsite verification of data bearing endpoint devices. This Wiping Service Center Mechanism provides onsite tagging, scanning, and tracking with a unique RFID or active identification tag using a secure and proprietary database, processing conducted by remote sanitizer to wipe current data on data bearing endpoint devices using a designated wiping system with requested number of data wiping passes and reset to factory settings based on post-processing intent, and securing the onsite containment of processed devices until verification by onsite verifier.
US12314428B2
Provided are a medical system and an authority management method therefor. The authority management method includes creating a second-level administrator for a hospital and assigning a menu, a function and a data access authority corresponding the second-level administrator to the second-level administrator in response to a role setting operation of a first-level administrator corresponding to a medical group layer, wherein the hospital is a subordinate institution of the medical group layer; and assigning a menu, a function and a data access authority corresponding to a user to the user in response to a role setting operation of the second-level administrator.
US12314425B2
Computing systems, devices, and associated methods of privacy data management in a distributed computing system are disclosed herein. In one example, a method includes receiving a request from a data consumer for privacy information of data stored as digital objects. The digital objects are logically structured according to a data schema defining a property containing a property value representing user information and an annotation to the property containing a privacy classification of the property value of the property. The method also includes inspecting the data schema of the digital objects to identify the privacy classification of the property and transmitting the identified privacy classification to the data consumer to allow the data consumer to configure an application to process the property value of the property in the digital objects according to an organizational, legal, or regulatory processing requirement in one or more jurisdictions.
US12314424B2
A system and method to receive a replicated representation of a data entity and a replicated representation of application specific permissions associated with the data entity, the application specific permissions being defined by a source application sourcing the data entity; store the replicated representations of the data entity and the application specific permissions in a dedicated storage space for the source application within a consolidated cloud storage; automatically generate a secured data entity based on an integration of the replicated representation of the application specific permissions with the replicated representation of the data entity; and store the generated secured data entity in the dedicated storage space for the source application.
US12314421B2
A method for preventing unauthorized access to a filesystem begins by configuring a data table in association with the filesystem. The table comprises a set of metadata for each application registered to access the filesystem. A filesystem driver uses information in the table to manage access to the filesystem. In particular, and in response to receipt of a filesystem access initiated by a requesting application, the driver first verifies the integrity of the data table. If table integrity is verified, the driver then determines whether the requesting application is registered in the data table and is permitted to have access to the filesystem using the particular metadata included in the data table when the application was registered. If evaluation of the set of metadata establishes that the requesting application is registered and is permitted access, the access is permitted; otherwise, the requesting application access is blocked.
US12314414B2
Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for providing policy-based copyright enforcement of media content items streamed to client devices are described. Various aspects discussed herein relate to managing content access rights in an adaptive bitrate environment (e.g., where an asset may be encoded and delivered at multiple different bitrates). The system discussed herein permits differentiated access to the same video, or portions of the same video, where any DRM-type client may read a manifest file including content verification data, which may be video authentication information that is specific to the video. Additional aspects discussed herein provide DRM metadata specific to each frame of a multi-bitrate video to enable the client device to verify the multi-bitrate video on a frame-by-frame basis.
US12314412B2
Aspects of the technology described herein maintain the privacy of confidential information to be communicated to a user through a computing device. The technology keeps confidential information private by assessing the privacy context of the communication. The privacy context can be determined by determining a privacy level of the information to be communicated and the privacy level of the environment into which the information is to be communicated. The privacy context can be used to select an appropriate communication channel for the information. The privacy context can also be used to determine whether all available content is shared or just a portion of it.
US12314410B2
A method for authorizing a pull request from a managed cluster may include generating an encrypted pull secret for a managed cluster, assigning the generated encrypted pull secret to the managed cluster, determining, responsive to receiving a pull request from a managed cluster at the service provider where the pull request has an accompanying encrypted pull secret, whether the pull request was initiated by an intended managed cluster by decrypting the encrypted pull secret assigned to the managed cluster using a decryption key, and authorizing the pull request based on whether the decrypted pull secret is assigned to an intended managed cluster.
US12314408B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to securely storing data in a computing system. In some embodiments, a computing system performs a boot sequence that includes generating ephemeral key data and preventing the generated ephemeral key data from being stored in a non-volatile storage including persisting the generated ephemeral key data in the volatile storage. The boot sequence further includes creating, in the non-volatile storage, an ephemeral data volume and encrypting the ephemeral data volume by using the ephemeral key data persisted in the volatile storage.
US12314402B2
A method for providing a secure user interface on a computing device comprising: receiving, from a user application, a request to utilise a secure user interface on the computing device; obtaining, by a first countermeasure module, first information associated with a security context of the computing device; generating, by the first countermeasure module, a first security assessment based on analysis of the first information; determining, by a security determination module, whether to permit the request to utilise the secure user interface based on the first security assessment; and responsive to a positive determination, enabling access by the user application to the secure user interface.
US12314390B2
A method and system are provided for detecting malicious code using graph neural networks. A call graph is created from the computer code by identifying functions in the computer code and vectorizing the identified functions using a stream of application programming interfaces (APIs) called by the functions and using tokens generated for the functions using a byte pair tokenizer. A trained graph neural network (GNN) and a trained attention neural network are applied to the call graph to generate an output graph with each node representing a function and each node assigned weights based on a probability distribution of the maliciousness of the corresponding function. A graph embedding is generated by calculating a weighted sum of the assigned weights and a trained deep neural network is applied to the graph embedding to generate a malicious score for the computer code identifying the computer code as malicious or benign.
US12314389B2
A system to progressively generate responses configured to mitigate risk associated with row hammer attacks. Between two successive refreshing of memory cells in a memory device, increasing thresholds are used to detect row hammer attacks. For example, after a first alert of row hammer attacks is generated using a first lower threshold, a first operation associated with the first lower threshold is initiated to mitigate risk associated with row hammer attack; and a second higher threshold is used to detect row hammer attacks. After a second alert of row hammer attacks is generated using the second lower threshold, a second operation associated with the second lower threshold is initiated to mitigate risk associated with row hammer attack.
US12314385B1
An anomaly detection system is disclosed capable of reporting anomalous processes or hosts in a computer network using machine learning models trained using unsupervised training techniques. In embodiments, the system assigns observed processes to a set of process categories based on the file system path of the program executed by the process. The system extracts a feature vector for each process or host from the observation records and applies the machine learning models to the feature vectors to determine an outlier metric each process or host. The processes or hosts with the highest outlier metrics are reported as detected anomalies to be further examined by security analysts. In embodiments, the machine learnings models may be periodically retrained based on new observation records using unsupervised machine learning techniques. Accordingly, the system allows the models to learn from newly observed data without requiring the new data to be manually labeled by humans.
US12314382B2
Disclosed in the present application are a model protection method and apparatus, a data processing method and apparatus, and a device and a medium, which are used for improving the security protection of a model. In the present application, a cloud device can determine, from a target model, a first sub-model which is stored in a trusted execution environment (TEE) of a terminal device, and send the first sub-model to the terminal device; the terminal device can store the first sub-model in the TEE of the terminal device; and the TEE can ensure that data processing, etc., are performed in a trusted environment.
US12314381B2
A power control device for controlling the supply of electricity to an electrical apparatus or system. The power control device includes a microcontroller having an operating system with a firmware component that has at least one sandboxed software plug-in slot for accepting a communications protocol software plug-in to configure the microcontroller according to the communications protocol of the communications protocol software plug-in.
US12314380B2
A machine learning model is scanned to detect actual or potential threats. The threats can be detected before execution of the machine learning model or during an isolated execution environment. The threat detection may include performing a machine learning file format check, vulnerability check, tamper check, and stenography check. The machine learning model may also be monitored in an isolated environment during an execution or runtime session. After performing a scan, the system can generate a signature based on actual, potential, or absence of detected threats.
US12314358B2
User accounts for blockchain technology are prone to security risks, such as account take-overs by malicious actors and lost or inaccessible wallets. A data access server system is herein provided to enable strong authentication credentials, such as FIDO2 public and private key pairs that adhere to Fast Identity Online (FIDO) protocols, to be used generate user account. The FIDO2 public key, also herein called a device authenticator public key, is embedded in a code script, and the code script is executed by the data access server system to verify the user using FIDO authentication. The data access server system also provides user tools to create credentials and associate one or more credentials with a blockchain user account. The user tools also enable rekeying of a blockchain user account with different credentials from another blockchain user account, with both accounts belonging to the same user.
US12314357B2
A verifiable credential verifying apparatus and method are disclosed. The verifiable credential verifying method of the verifiable credential verifying apparatus, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, comprises the steps of receiving, by the verifiable credential verifying apparatus, a verifiable credential verification request for receiving approval of using a service provided by a service provider from a first terminal of a service user, verifying verifiable credential of the first terminal by using first verifiable credential of the first terminal, which has been received according to the verifiable credential verification request, and second verifiable credential pre-registered by the first terminal in the verifiable credential verifying apparatus; and transmitting a result of verifying the verifiable credential of the first terminal to the first terminal and a second terminal of the service provider.
US12314354B2
A controller of an image display device generates an access restriction parameter for identifying a user who is using the image display device and a user who is not using the image display device among the users who access the Web page stored in a server device, displays an access display component including information representing the access restriction parameter on the display, and updates display of the access restriction parameter and the access display component in accordance with a usage state of the image display device. Then, operation to the Web page by a user who accesses the Web page by using a parameter different from the access restriction parameter is restricted.
US12314353B2
A configurable, customizable privacy-protecting tool permits users to specify a personal/corporate privacy charter which is used to engage with digital service providers (DSPs) and similar entities. The privacy charter can be adapted to reflect individual and corporate goals and requirements for data treatment across a number of domains and in accordance with different standards/thresholds.
US12314343B2
An image classification method, a neural network training method, and an apparatus are provided, and relate to the field of artificial intelligence, and specifically, to the field of computer vision. The image classification method includes: obtaining a to-be-processed image; and obtaining a classification result of the to-be-processed image based on a pre-trained neural network model, where the classification result includes a class or a superclass to which the to-be-processed image belongs. When the neural network model is trained, not only labels of a plurality of training images but also class hierarchy information of the plurality of training images is used. That is, more abundant information of the training images is used. Therefore, images can be better classified.
US12314338B2
Disclosed are a multi-URI-based queue management device and a method thereof. Access to a target server in one queue is integrated and managed even though the same website or web page is accessed through various platforms when the target server is overloaded, thereby securing equity/fairness between users (connectors).
US12314335B2
An artificial intelligence (AI) search system can build or include one or more knowledge graphs and databases of indexes. The knowledge graphs can encode information and relationships from a variety of domains. The databases of indexes can store pointers to public and/or private data and raw content in those domains. An example of a domain includes fields requiring or handling geospatial data. The AI search system can receive a user query and process the query with AI models, including language models and knowledge graphs to identify data matching the intention and context of the user query. The AI search system can present relevant results in an assortment of user interfaces.
US12314333B1
Described are example systems and methods generally directed to systems and methods for a real-time content recommendation service employing active guidance to facilitate efficient and effective recommendations of content to a user. A plurality of characteristic information associated with content items from a corpus of content items can be obtained and used to generate a content graph and a discovery map/decision tree. The discovery maps/decision trees may include content items and/or segments of content items that are arranged and connected in the discovery maps/decision trees based on their associated characteristic information to facilitate guided recommendations of content based on user interactions. The discovery map/decision tree may then be accessed to provide guided recommendations of content.
US12314331B2
The present disclosure generally relates to obtaining details regarding an image based on search intent and, further, to determining royalty distributions and credits for projects. In an example, a computer-implemented method includes: searching, via a computing device, at least one piece of information associated with a song that is currently playing on the computing device; and displaying, via the computing device, the at least one piece of information on a display of the computing device.
US12314328B2
A document management system trains a machine learned model configured to facilitate contract generation. The document management system generates a training set for the machine learned model using user input. From a first set of agreement documents, the document management system identifies a first set of sentences relevant to clause terms input by the user. The document management system identifies, from a second set of agreement documents, a second set of sentences similar to the first set of sentences. In response to user feedback about the second set of sentences, the document management system updates the training set. The document management system retrains the machine learned model using the updated training set.
US12314325B1
An apparatus and method for generating a data structure for operational inefficiency are disclosed. The apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor, wherein the memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive raw data related to a process from one or more data sources, cluster each datum of the raw data into a plurality of data clusters, aggregate a plurality of operational consumptions from the raw data in each of the plurality of data clusters, determine an operational inefficiency of each of the plurality of data clusters as a function of the aggregated operational consumptions and generate an operation data structure as a function of the operational inefficiency.
US12314317B2
A video generation method is provided. The video generation method includes: obtaining global semantic information and local semantic information of a text, where the local semantic information corresponds to a text fragment in the text; searching, based on the global semantic information, a database to obtain at least one first data corresponding to the global semantic information; searching, based on the local semantic information, the database to obtain at least one second data corresponding to the local semantic information; obtaining, based on the at least one first data and the at least one second data, a candidate data set; matching, based on a relevancy between each of at least one text fragment and corresponding candidate data in the candidate data set, target data for the at least one text fragment; and generating, based on the target data matched with each of the at least one text fragment, a video.
US12314314B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide an image data processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining, in response to an expression image trigger operation of a target user, an operation object associated with the expression image trigger operation on a session page of an instant messaging application; based on the operation object being image data, extracting a target object feature in the image data, and obtaining a first image set associated with the target object feature from an object feature library; and determining a target expression image in response to a selection trigger operation of the target user in the first image set, and displaying the target expression image on the session page.
US12314306B2
A data processing system includes: a server having a processor and a network interface; and a memory comprising programming instructions including a prompt generation engine. When executed by the processor, alone or in combination with other processors, the instructions cause the server to implement a service to: receive multiple media files from a presentation application on a client device; restructure content of the media files into a form compatible with a generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool; with the prompt generation engine, structure a prompt to the generative AI tool using the content of the media files in the form compatible with the generative AI tool, the prompt comprising an instruction to generate new content by fusing content from the multiple media files; receive the new content from the generative AI tool; and transmit the new content to the presentation application on the client device to augment a presentation being generated with the presentation application.
US12314292B1
One embodiment of the invention provides a method for creating an inverted index. The method comprises receiving documents to be indexed, classifying the documents to determine document types of the documents, and analyzing the documents to identify crucial portions of the documents. The method further comprises generating, based on the analyzing, inverted indexes corresponding to indexing words contained in the documents. Each inverted index corresponding to each indexing word includes a document type tier identifying at least one document type of at least one document containing the indexing word, and the inverted index further includes a crucial list identifying each document which contains the indexing word in a crucial portion of the document if the indexing word occurs in the crucial portions of the documents. The method further comprises selectively caching each inverted index based on whether the inverted index includes a crucial list.
US12314290B2
A computer-implemented method for treating post-modeling data includes computing, sequentially for each category of a feature, a category importance (CI) value. The CI value is based on a model accuracy change when records of a category being examined are reassigned to a remaining set of categories of the feature according to a cumulative distribution of records among the remaining set of categories of the feature, wherein the remaining set of categories include all categories of the feature, except for the category being examined. A post-modeling category is performed to merge of each category having the CI value less than a CI value threshold.
US12314289B2
Presented herein are systems and methods for aggregating data from disparate sources to output information. A computing system may transform a first plurality of datasets of a plurality of data sources by converting a first format of the corresponding data source for each of the first plurality of datasets to generate a second plurality of datasets in a second format of the computing system. The computing system may identify, from the second plurality of datasets, a subset of datasets using a feature selected for evaluation of a utility of the feature. The computing system may apply a machine learning model configured for the selected feature to the subset of datasets to generate an output that measures a likelihood of usefulness. The computing system may cause a visualization of the output for the feature to be displayed for presentation on a dashboard interface based on a template configured for the feature.
US12314284B2
Techniques for database replication include a method performed by at least one hardware processor of a resource management node. The method includes detecting a request that a database instance of a database stored at a first network deployment is available at a second network deployment. Responsive to the request, the second network deployment is provisioned with a plurality of data objects. A first data object of the plurality of data objects includes a database shell. The database shell is reconfigured as the database instance of the database based on pushing data of the database into the database shell. Access to the database instance at the second network deployment is authorized based on at least a second data object of the plurality of data objects.
US12314281B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a system for verifying high-performance table data consistency between remote DBMS tables, which can minimize operational service downtime by verifying data consistency within a short period of time in a table unit during migration, perform consistency verification even for data from DBMSs having different character sets, without separate processing in an operating DB, and automate a process of manually verifying the consistency of hundreds to thousands of tables. In order to achieve the above purpose, the system for verifying high-performance table data consistency between remote DBMS tables according to a first embodiment of the present invention is characterized by comprising: a source DBMS; a target DBMS of the same type as the source DBMS; and a first consistency verification tool for verifying data consistency by comparing data of the source DBMS and the target DBMS in a table unit.
US12314266B2
The present disclosure relates to a method, a device, and a product for searching data. The method includes: encoding a search input into a first dense vector based on a first multi-modal search model; determining, based on the first dense vector, a distilled data item corresponding to the search input from a distilled dataset corresponding to the first multi-modal search model; encoding, based on the first multi-modal search model, an original data item in an original data subset corresponding to the distilled data item in an original dataset corresponding to the distilled dataset into a second dense vector; and determining, based on the second dense vector, an original data item from the original data subset as a search result corresponding to the search input. The method for searching data according to the present disclosure can improve the efficiency and security of data storage, model reproduction, and multi-modal data management.
US12314239B2
A system for administering regionally-based data storage and control is provided. The system may include a computer processor and a distributed memory. The distributed memory may be distributed across a plurality of regions. The distributed memory may provide data storage. The system may build a plurality of artificial intelligence (AI) models. Each of the models may correspond to a set of data rules. Each of the data rules governs the storage of data in each of the plurality of regions. The system may further create, or otherwise access, a plurality of data keys. Each of the data keys preferably corresponds to one of the regions. The system preferably centralizes the location of the plurality of data keys in a central location such that control of the data in the plurality of regions can be administered by the processor, via the plurality of data keys, from the central location.
US12314237B2
A method performed by a computing device includes obtaining impaired content for a topic that includes a series of words, and determining a set of identigens for each word of the series of words to produce sets of identigens. The method further includes interpreting, using identigen pairing rules of a knowledge database, the sets of identigens to determine a most likely meaning interpretation of the impaired content and produce an interim entigen group. The method further includes recovering an improved entigen group for the topic from the knowledge database utilizing the interim entigen group and based on a knowledge defect of the interim entigen group caused by an impairment of the impaired content.
US12314234B1
When a request to transition use of a first data store to a second data store is identified (e.g., when a new regional computing stack is to be brought online in a network), tables in the second data store are created that correspond to respective ones of tables of the first data store. Data items are then accessed from the first data store and translated into a format interpretable by a remote data storage service. Thereafter, a network-based application programming interface (API) call is performed to store the data items in the remote data storage service using the data items in the second format. The data items as stored in the remote storage service are accessed and imported into the second data store.
US12314228B2
A cloud-based application is implemented on a processing system in communication with a media automation system via a communications network. The cloud-based application includes instructions to obtain user information associated with a user of the cloud-based application, to transmit the user information through the communications network to the media automation system, and to transmit a request for available media items through the communications network to the media automation system, which selects available media items in accordance with the user information. In response to its request for available media items, the cloud-based application receives from the media automation system a message identifying at least one media item to be delivered to the user. The cloud-based application transmits the at least one media item to the user of the cloud-based application via the communications network.
US12314226B2
Embodiments for providing adaptive namespace verification with high efficiency. The verification process is used in modern filesystems to check the integrity of key data structures, such for backup systems where providing thorough and efficient mechanisms for verification is critical. Embodiments accelerate the verification process by selectively applying continuous, differential, and integral verification techniques for startup and runtime repair purposes to overcome present problems for system capacities that exceed the petabyte range and impose significant time requirements using existing verification methods. Embodiments work with both single-node and distributed filesystems.
US12314218B2
Techniques in advanced deep learning provide improvements in one or more of accuracy, performance, and energy efficiency. An array of processing elements performs flow-based computations on wavelets of data. Each processing element has a compute element and a routing element. Each compute element has memory. Each router enables communication via wavelets with at least nearest neighbors in a 2D mesh. Routing is controlled by respective virtual channel specifiers in each wavelet and routing configuration information in each router. A compute element conditionally selects for task initiation a previously received wavelet specifying a particular one of the virtual channels. The conditional selecting excludes the previously received wavelet for selection until at least block/unblock state maintained for the particular virtual channel is in an unblock state. The compute element executes block/unblock instructions to modify the block/unblock state.
US12314211B2
The memory capacity for storing address information etc. of an I2C communication instrument, as well as the number of encoders and decoders can be reduced. A communication device to establish communication between a first I2C communication instrument and a second I2C communication instrument connected to a communication partner device, includes: an encoder that generates Header Packet Data including a target ID of the communication partner device and I2C Packet Data including a slave address and an offset address of the second I2C communication instrument; a communication unit that transmits a transmission packet including the Header Packet Data and the I2C Packet Data generated by the encoder to the communication partner device by a TDD communication scheme and receives a reception packet from the communication partner device by the TDD communication scheme; and a decoder that generates the I2C Packet Data from the reception packet.
US12314209B2
A method for data transmission is applied to a first terminal device configured to store data received from a second terminal device into a cache space of the first terminal device, and transmit the data stored in the cache space to a third terminal device. This method includes: obtaining a target value of the amount of data transmission when a data read event is monitored; determining, if the target value of the amount of data transmission is greater than a value of an amount of cached data, a theoretical transmission time according to the target value of the amount of data transmission and the value of the amount of cached data; transmitting data to the third terminal device according to the target value of the amount of data transmission and the value of the amount of cached data within a range of the theoretical transmission time.
US12314205B2
A rack-mounted system includes a chassis, a switchless board disposed in the chassis, a midplane, and a plurality of device ports. The switchless board includes a baseboard management controller (BMC), a network repeater configured to transport network signals, and a PCIe switch configured to transport PCIe signals. Each of the plurality of device ports is configured to connect a storage device to the midplane and carry the network signals and the PCIe signals over the midplane. The storage device is configurable to operate in one of multiple storage protocol modes based on a type of the chassis. The network repeater of the switchless board is swappable with an Ethernet switch to provide a switching compatibility to the chassis using the same midplane. The storage device can operate in single-port and dual-port configurations.
US12314200B2
An interrupt delivery mechanism for a system includes and interrupt controller and a plurality of cluster interrupt controllers coupled to respective pluralities of processors in an embodiment. The interrupt controller may serially transmit an interrupt request to respective cluster interrupt controllers, which may acknowledge (Ack) or non-acknowledge (Nack) the interrupt based on attempting to deliver the interrupt to processors to which the cluster interrupt controller is coupled. In a soft iteration, the cluster interrupt controller may attempt to deliver the interrupt to processors that are powered on, without attempting to power on processors that are powered off. If the soft iteration does not result in an Ack response from one of the plurality of cluster interrupt controllers, a hard iteration may be performed in which the powered-off processors may be powered on.
US12314194B2
Enabling communication between multiple storage controllers and a single-ported storage device, including determining, by an arbiter, that a first storage system controller of a plurality of storage system controllers has gained exclusive access to a single-ported storage device having a plurality of lanes; and in response to the determination, enabling communication between the first storage system controller and the storage device; and preventing communication between the storage device and at least one other storage system controller of the plurality of storage system controllers.
US12314188B2
The platform data aging for adaptive memory scaling described herein provides technical solutions for technical problems facing power management for electronic device processors. Technical solutions described herein include improved processor power management based on a memory region life-cycle (e.g., short-lived, long-lived, static). In an example, a short-term memory request is allocated to a short-term memory region, and that short-term memory region is powered down upon expiration of the lifetime of all short-term memory requests on the short-term memory region. Multiple memory regions may be scaled down (e.g., shut down) or scaled up based on demands for memory capacity and bandwidth.
US12314183B2
A method for preserving a media access control (MAC) address of a virtual server is provided. The method includes assigning a physical computing resource to a virtual server, assigning a physical storage memory resource to the virtual server, and assigning a physical network resource to the virtual server. The method includes assigning a virtual MAC address to the virtual server, the virtual MAC address to remain with the virtual server despite reassignment of one or more of the physical computing resource, the physical storage memory resource or the physical network resource, wherein at least one method operation is performed by a processor. A computing and storage system is also provided.
US12314182B2
A method of operating a cache system is disclosed. An update to an entry in one cache of the cache system triggers updates to plural related entries in another cache of the cache system. The entries may be related to each other by virtue of caching data for the same compression block.
US12314178B2
Examples described herein relate to a network interface device. In some examples, the network interface device includes a device interface; input/output circuitry to receive Ethernet compliant packets and output Ethernet compliant packets; circuitry to monitor a particular page for a rate of data copying among nodes within a group of two or more nodes; and circuitry to perform one or more actions based, at least in part, on the rate of data copying among the nodes within the group of two or more nodes to attempt to reduce a number of copy operations of the data among the nodes within the group of two or more nodes, wherein the group of two or more nodes are part of a distributed shared memory (DSM).
US12314177B2
A total count for an address mapping table is maintained, wherein the total count reflects a total number of updates to the address mapping table, and wherein the address mapping table comprises a plurality of sections. Respective section counts for the plurality of sections are maintained, wherein each respective section count reflects a total number of updates to a corresponding section. It is determined that the total count for the address mapping table satisfies a threshold criterion. A first section of the plurality of sections with a highest section count is identified based on the respective section counts. The first section of the address mapping table is written to a non-volatile memory device.
US12314175B2
Various embodiments include techniques for managing cache memory in a computing system. The computing system includes a sectored cache memory that provides a mechanism for software applications to directly invalidate data items stored in the cache memory on a sector-by-sector basis, where a sector is smaller than a cache line. When all sectors in a cache line have been invalidated, the cache line is implicitly invalidated, freeing the cache line to be reallocated for other purposes. In cases where the data items to be invalidated can be aligned to sector boundaries, the disclosed techniques effectively use status indicators in the cache tag memory to track which sectors, and corresponding data items, have been invalidated by the software application. Thus, the disclosed techniques thereby enable a low-overhead solution for invalidating individual data items that are smaller than a cache line without additional tracking data structures or consuming additional memory transfer bandwidth.
US12314174B2
A method for memory address mapping in a disaggregated memory system includes receiving an indication of one or more ranges of host physical addresses (HPAs) from a compute node of a plurality of compute nodes, the one or more ranges of HPAs including a plurality of memory addresses corresponding to different allocation slices of the disaggregated memory pool that are allocated to the compute node. The one or more ranges of HPAs are converted into a contiguous range of device physical addresses (DPAs). For each DPA, a target address decoder (TAD) is identified based on a slice identifier and a slice-to-TAD index. Each DPA is mapped to a media-specific physical element of a physical memory unit of the disaggregated memory pool based on the TAD.
US12314171B2
A computer-implemented method, according to one approach, includes: monitoring performance in NVRAM having a plurality of memory blocks. Moreover, a change in the flow rate of I/O requests received at the NVRAM is identified as a result of the monitoring. In response to identifying the change is an increase in the flow rate of received I/O requests, the percentage of invalid pages in a given block of NVRAM that triggers garbage collection to be performed on the given block is increased. However, in response to identifying the change is a decrease in the flow rate of received I/O requests, the percentage of invalid pages in a given block that triggers garbage collection to be performed on the given block is decreased.
US12314168B2
Disclosed is a method of adjusting the performance of a wear leveling operation depending on the pattern of a workload according to a command inputted to a storage device, thereby managing a difference in the count of erase operations between storage areas included in a memory not to exceed a limit value and enabling a wear leveling operation to be performed.
US12314166B2
Methods, systems, and devices for mapping descriptors for read operations are described. A memory device may include a first cache may include a mapping table between the logical addresses and the physical addresses, and a second cache may include one or more descriptors of one or more physical addresses of the memory array. A descriptor may include a starting logical address, a starting physical address, and a quantity of addresses in the descriptor, and may be configured to identify addresses or sets of address that are frequently accessed. When an access command (e.g., a read command) is received, the first cache may be queried and then the second cache may be queried (if there is a cache miss at the first cache). The physical address of the data of the memory array may be determined (and accessed) based on the descriptors stored in the second cache.
US12314165B2
Writing data in a storage system that includes a first type of storage device and a second type of storage device, including: selecting, for one or more unprocessed write requests, a target storage device type from the first type of storage device and the second type of storage device; issuing a first group of write requests to the first type of storage device, the first group of write requests addressed to one or more locations selected in dependence upon an expected address translation to be performed by the first type of storage device; and issuing a second group of write requests to the second type of storage device, the second group of write requests addressed to one or more locations selected in dependence upon a layout of memory in the second type of storage device.
US12314163B2
A die-aware scheduler that has a hierarchical queue is suitable for use in data storage systems. The hierarchical queue includes a priority queue, a die queue, a write queue and a power token queue, and may also include an admission queue. The die queue, the write queue and the power token queue have a width and lanes corresponding to dies in solid-state storage. The hierarchy of queues has dynamic adjustability of a ratio relating to handling queue items in the hierarchy of queues, to optimize latency and throughput.
US12314154B2
A large language model, previously pre-trained on multiple source code modeling tasks, is pre-trained, through curriculum learning, to learn to predict a code execution trace given a source code program. The model is pre-trained using a variety of pre-training datasets consisting of pairs of a source code sample and a corresponding execution trace. The curriculum pre-training starts with a pre-training dataset of single line executions and adds in additional pre-training datasets with more increasing complex behaviors. The pre-training datasets include mutation-augmented source code samples and their corresponding execution traces.
US12314153B2
An information processing device includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to divide targets into a plurality of units for each predetermined identifier, define a set of a first predetermined number of said units as a sub-block from each of the units for the plurality of units; encode the sub-block by predetermined conversion, and obtain a code; and use the code as a key, and detect existence of another sub-block having identical content with the sub-block corresponding to the code when duplication of the key is detected.
US12314152B2
The invention relates to a system and method for providing remote services, the system comprising: at least one (industrial) printer (110) for use in a production site (140); at least one detecting device (110; 143) for real-time monitoring and detecting a functional parameter of the printer; an edge node comprising an edge computing device (120), the edge computing device comprising one or more processors (1102) configured by programming instructions on non-transient computer readable media; a cloud node comprising a cloud computing device (132), the edge computing device comprising one or more processors (1202) configured by programming instructions on non-transient computer readable media, the one or more processors (1102) being configured to: receive real-time data from the printer and/or detecting device; process and analyze received real-time data and compare with internally stored data to generate a response to the received data; transmit the response to the at least one printer; transmit the response and received real-time data to the cloud node; the cloud computing device being configured to: process and analyze the real-time data from the printer and the response from the edge computing device by comparing them with historical data and generate a response with respect to the historical data; and provide the response to a user and/or the edge node.
US12314148B2
The present disclosure discloses a data storing method, an apparatus, an electronic device and a readable storage medium, wherein the method includes: constructing a data region and an external source-tracing region in a magnetic disk of a distributed storage system in advance, wherein the data region and the external source-tracing region have a corresponding relation, and in an internal memory, simultaneously constructing an internal source-tracing region that corresponds to the external source-tracing region; when it is detected that the data region is written with a target datum, writing source-tracing information corresponding to the target datum into the internal source-tracing region; and downwardly swiping the data of the internal source-tracing region to the external source-tracing region, to store the source-tracing information of the data region by the external source-tracing region. Therefore, the data may be accurately and efficiently recovered, and the reason for data loss is timely determined.
US12314146B2
Systems and methods provide witness sled hardware that may be installed in a chassis and that is configurable using management resources of a chassis in which the witness sled is installed. The chassis may include data storage devices and Information Handling Systems (IHSs), each including one or more CPUs (Central Processing Units) that execute instructions that cause a respective IHS to store data redundantly to the plurality of data storage devices, such as part of a vSAN (Virtual Storage Area Network). The witness sled is configured to provide witness functions, such as arbitrating discrepancies in the redundantly stored data. The chassis includes a management controller that is configured to interface with the witness sled to set up high-speed network connections supported by the witness sled in order to configure the witness sled for providing witness functions within the vSAN, while accounting for the limited resources of the compute sled.
US12314143B2
In a distributed replicated storage system, an active server may, during normal operation, service requests from clients, and back up its persistent storage to a backup server. The backup server may be configured to become an active server autonomously if the active server fails. If a network connection between the active server and the backup server fails, severing the connection between the active server and the backup server, the backup server may become a second active server and begin to service requests from clients, and the original active server may continue to service requests from clients. This may result in inconsistencies in the persistent storage of the original active server and of the second active server. As such, a system and method for intelligent merging of primary and backup data in a distributed replicated storage system are provided.
US12314137B2
Described screenshot verification systems and methods for automatically verifying the integrity of a backup image or other process-of-interest using a screenshot verification system, as well as disaster recovery systems including said systems and performing said methods. In accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure, a virtual machine is booted and screenshots of the boot process are taken, which are used by a trained model, such as a convolutional neural network, to determine a boot state consistency. The systems and methods described deliver over 99% accuracy and do not involve regular expression analysis typical of conventional methods.
US12314133B2
A storage system includes: an interconnector; a plurality of storage devices connected to the interconnector and configured to store data; a host device connected to the interconnector, and configured to: set a plurality of erasure coding schemes that are different from each other, and determine a target erasure coding scheme corresponding to original data to be stored in the plurality of storage devices among the plurality of erasure coding schemes, based on device characteristics of the plurality of storage devices or data characteristics of the original data; and an erasure coding controller configured to: divide the original data into a plurality of data blocks corresponding to the target erasure coding scheme, and generate one or more parity blocks corresponding to the target erasure coding scheme, by encoding the plurality of data blocks.
US12314117B2
Systems and apparatus for adjusting power caps for computing system components includes: a power subsystem, one or more components, and a BMC (baseboard management controller) configured to: receive, from the power subsystem, an over-power signal indicating a draw on the power subsystem exceeding one or more limits of the power subsystem, and reduce, by a predetermined amount, a power cap for the one or more components.
US12314116B2
A system on chip (SOC) comprising: first memory block and a second memory block; a processing unit coupled to the first memory block and the second memory block; a first power multiplexor disposed between the first memory block and the second memory block and coupled to a first power rail configured to provide an operating voltage to both the first memory block and the second memory block; and enable logic circuitry disposed at a periphery of the SOC away from the first memory block and the second memory block, the enable logic being coupled to control terminals of the first power multiplexor.
US12314114B2
Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with current control for a multicore processor are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a multicore processor may include a plurality of analog current comparators, each analog current comparator to measure current utilization by a corresponding one of the cores of the multicore processor. The multicore processor may include one or more processors, devices, and/or circuitry to cause the cores to individually throttle based on measurements from the corresponding analog current comparators. In some embodiments, a memory device of the multicore processor may store instructions executable to operate a plurality power management agents to determine whether to send throttle requests based on a plurality of histories of the current measurements of the cores, respectively.
US12314113B2
A memory controller component of a memory system stores memory access requests within a transaction queue until serviced so that, over time, the transaction queue alternates between occupied and empty states. The memory controller transitions the memory system to a low power mode in response to detecting the transaction queue is has remained in the empty state for a predetermined time. In the transition to the low power mode, the memory controller disables oscillation of one or more timing signals required to time data signaling operations within synchronous communication circuits of one or more attached memory devices and also disables one or more power consuming circuits within the synchronous communication circuits of the one or more memory devices.
US12314109B2
Various embodiments illustrated herein disclose a computing device comprising a wake-up detect circuit configured to detect a state change of a link light emitting diode (LED) associated with the computing device. The wake-up detect circuit is configured to transmit a wakeup trigger signal to a processor to transit from a sleep mode to a wake-up mode in response to the detection of the state change of the link LED. The processor is configured to establish a connection between the computing device and another computing device via a communication link in the wake-up mode, the other computing device corresponds to a device that has caused the state change of the link LED.
US12314099B2
A system for performing predictive run-time thermal mitigation in a processor uses at least a first temperature sensor and a first power sensor or meter to measure a junction temperature, TJUNC, value and power consumption, PTOTAL, value in the processor and predicts what a temperature, TEMPPRED, value of the processor will be in a later clock cycle of the processor based at least in part on the TJUNC and PTOTAL values. If the TEMPPRED value exceeds a preselected temperature threshold, THTEMP, value, one or more thermal mitigation actions are taken to ensure that a future TJUNC value measured n sample periods from the current sample period k of the processor will not exceed the THTEMP value.
US12314092B2
A display panel has light-transmitting holes arranged in a first direction and a display region surrounding the light-transmitting holes. The display panel includes first-type signal lines located in the display region and each extending along the first direction, and at least one first connection line. At least one first-type signal line each includes first A segments and at least one first B segment. Each first B segment is located between two adjacent light-transmitting holes, and each first A segment is located at a side of an outermost light-transmitting hole away from the at least one first B segment. One first connection line has a first end electrically connected to one first B segment, and a second end electrically connected to one first A segment or another first B segment, and one first connection line has at least one part located in the display region.
US12314090B2
A foldable display device, includes: a flexible display module including a first non-bendable portion, a second non-bendable portion spaced from the first non-bendable portion in a first direction, and a bendable portion disposed between the first non-bendable portion and the second non-bendable portion; and a support disposed on the flexible display module, the support including a patterned portion having a first pattern and a second pattern alternatively disposed along a second direction intersecting the first direction, wherein the first pattern includes a first discontinuity having a first shape, and the second pattern includes a second discontinuity having a second shape different from the first shape.
US12314084B2
A display module and an electronic device are provided. The display module includes a display and a support. The display includes a first non-bending region, a bending region, and a second non-bending region. The support is fastened to a non-display side of the display. The support includes a first metal plate, a third metal plate, a second metal plate, and a first buffer. The first metal plate is disposed facing the first non-bending region. The second metal plate is disposed facing the second non-bending region. The third metal plate is disposed facing the bending region, and the third metal plate can be bent. The first buffer is located between the first metal plate and the second metal plate.
US12314081B2
[Problem] To provide a completely new smartphone. [Solution Means] A plurality of smartphones are combined.
US12314079B2
As sensor readings are received from a hardware sensor, each sensor reading is stored within a buffer along with a system timestamp of a system clock indicating when the sensor reading was received. Each sensor reading includes a sensor timestamp of a sensor clock indicating when the sensor reading occurred at the hardware sensor. Responsive to receipt of each sensor reading, a synthetic timestamp compensating for skew between the system clock and the sensor clock is generated and applied to the sensor reading. The synthetic timestamp is generated based on an average skew of the sensor readings within the buffer and an initial system timestamp indicating when a first sensor reading was received.
US12314069B2
Methods of powering a radio that is mounted on a tower of a cellular base station are provided in which a direct current (“DC”) power signal is provided to the radio over a power cable and a voltage level of the output of the power supply is adjusted so as to provide a substantially constant voltage at a first end of the power cable that is remote from the power supply. Related cellular base stations and programmable power supplies are also provided.
US12314055B2
An information processing apparatus including at least one memory storing instructions and at least one processor that, upon execution of the instructions, is configured to acquire, based on a measurement value measured by a sensor attached to a moving object, information about a position and an orientation of the moving object and a reliability of position/orientation estimation, generates, based on the position and the orientation and the reliability, a reliability map including the reliability for each orientation of the sensor, and determines the orientation of the moving object with the sensor such that the reliability increases, based on the generated reliability map.
US12314052B2
A device detects a trigger to dispense a product at a using a tool operably coupled to a tractor. The device determines whether the tractor is in an automated mode, the automated mode enabling autonomous speed and direction navigation of the tractor. Responsive to determining that the tractor is not in the automated mode, the device determines whether the tool is in a ready state, and responsive to determining that the tool is in the ready state, commands the tool to dispense the product, wherein the tool is not commanded to dispense the product until the tool is in the ready state. Responsive to determining that the tractor is in the automated mode, the device commands the tool to dispense the product without determining whether the tool is in the ready state.
US12314049B2
A self-moving device, moving and working in a working area, includes: a housing; a moving module, mounted to the housing, and configured to drive the housing to move; a main working module, mounted to the housing, and configured to perform a main working task; an auxiliary working module, mounted to the housing, and configured to perform an auxiliary working task; a control module, configured to control the moving module, the main working module, and the auxiliary working module. The self-moving device includes a wireless communication module, configured to receive a control signal generated by user operation. The self-moving device includes an automatic working mode and an auxiliary working mode, in the auxiliary working mode, the control module controls the auxiliary working module at least based on the control signal to work; the control module controls the auxiliary working module based on an interruption of the control signal to stop working.
US12314047B2
The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for predicting failure event occurrence for a machine asset. Run-to-failure sequences of time series data that include an occurrence of a failure event for the machine asset are received. One or more candidate cut-off values are determined based on iterative evaluation of a plurality of potential cut-off points. A candidate cut-off value is identified as substantially corresponding to a local peak point for calculated distances between relative frequency distributions of positive and negative sub-sequences. A failure prediction model is iteratively trained to iteratively extract sets of relevant features to determine a prediction horizon for an occurrence of the failure event for the machine asset. A candidate cut-off value associated with a model of highest quality from a set of failure prediction models determined during the iterations is selected to determine the prediction horizon for the machine asset.
US12314045B2
Some implementations of the disclosure are directed to a method, comprising: receiving tapped data that was tapped from a controller of an industrial control system (ICS) while the controller executed first control code to control ICS devices of the ICS, the tapped data used during execution of the first control code, and the tapped data comprising input data obtained from one or more input components of the controller communicatively coupled to the ICS devices, or output data obtained from one or more output components of the controller communicatively coupled to the ICS devices; and after receiving the tapped data, executing, using at least the tapped data, second control code that provides an emulation of the controller, the emulation comprising running, using at least the tapped data, a process of the first control code at a faster rate than it is run by the controller executing the first control code.
US12314042B2
An adaptive-learning intelligent scheduling unified computing frame and system for industrial personalized customized production that are based on a deep neural network and reinforcement learning. An optimization algorithm is selected by automatic decision-making for a global customized production task with an industrial big data module at the bottom as an information basis, and a global optimal static scheduling plane is generated; a current dynamic event is monitored in real time; if not monitored, the global optimal static plan is executed sequentially; when a dynamic event impact requiring dynamic scheduling optimization is monitored, information of the current dynamic event is interpreted and classified, and corresponding optimization algorithms are automatically selected for dynamic scheduling optimization; and a dynamic scheduling scheme is evaluated by a subsequent module, an optimization scheme is regenerated or a most suitable optimization algorithm is automatically decided, and an equipment deployment sequence is generated for an automatic deployment.
US12314035B1
A program causes a simulation device to function as an acquirer that acquires an execution program executable by a programmable controller and system configuration information indicating a configuration of a factory automation system, and a simulator that performs simulations of an operation of the programmable controller and an operation of the factory automation system by synchronizing, in predetermined cycles, a first simulation time of a virtual controller corresponding to the programmable controller and a second simulation time of a virtual system built based on the system configuration information and causes the virtual system to operate based on a virtual output acquired from the virtual controller executing the execution program.
US12314028B2
An inductor driving device includes multiple switching elements and a control circuit, wherein an inductor is driven according to switching of the multiple switching elements. The control circuit is arranged to generate a control signal for controlling the multiple switching elements. In a first mode, the control signal has a constant frequency. In a second mode, the control circuit adjusts a frequency of the control signal and continuously changes a current direction of the inductor, to generate one of multiple audio signals through the inductor.
US12314024B2
A control system configurable by a configuration application and comprising one or more control processors, one or more gateways, a communication network, a portable electronic device executing the configuration application and one or more controllable devices wherein the controllable device is represented by one or more virtual devices.
US12314006B2
A lighting device, in particular a rear luminaire, for a vehicle is provided. The lighting device has a hologram and a light source for illuminating the hologram. An image, more particularly a real image, is thereby generated, which can also lie outside the physical boundaries of the lighting device.
US12314003B2
An electrostatic image developing toner includes a toner particle including a binder resin and a colorant. The net intensity NS of sulfur included in the toner particle and the total net intensity NA of an alkali metal and an alkaline-earth metal included in the toner particle, which are measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis, satisfy 1.0
US12314000B1
Disclosed in the present disclosure is a process cartridge that has: a frame with a developing frame and a drum frame; a developing roller supported on the developing frame; a photosensitive drum supported on the drum frame; and a first coupling provided at a first end of the frame in a first direction, and being capable of receiving a driving force from the outside of the process cartridge to transmit the driving force to the developing roller. A driving side cover is provided at one end of the drum frame in the first direction, a first avoidance opening is provided in the driving side cover to expose the first coupling to the outside of the process cartridge, and the first avoidance opening is communicated with the outside of the process cartridge in a direction perpendicular to the first direction.
US12313994B2
An image forming apparatus controls the number of rotations of a photosensitive drum based on information related to the use of the photosensitive drum and a suspension time in a rotation operation of rotating the photosensitive drum after a lapse of the suspension time between a first image forming operation of forming an image on a transfer material and a second image forming operation performed after the first image forming operation.
US12313980B2
An inspection system that include a selective deposition tool configured to receive a sample and selectively deposit a material onto the sample, an inspection tool configured to perform an inspection process on the sample provided with the deposited material, and an enclosure configured to enclose the selective deposition tool and the inspection tool.
US12313974B2
A resist underlayer composition includes a polymer including a structural unit represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a solvent. A method of forming patterns uses the resist underlayer composition under a photoresist pattern to enhance the sensitivity of the photoresist to an exposure light source, thereby providing enhanced resolution and faster processing times.
US12313972B2
A resist underlayer film forming composition contains a reaction product of an aromatic compound (A) having 6 to 60 carbon atoms and a compound represented by formula (B), and a solvent. (In the formula, X represent an oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom; Y represents a single bond, an oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom; X and Y may combine with each other to form a ring; and each of R1, R2, R3 and R4 independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cyclic alkyl group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms or an aromatic group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms; provided that R2 is present only in cases where X is a nitrogen atom, and R4 is present only in cases where Y is a nitrogen atom.)
US12313971B2
A method of forming a pattern, the method comprising applying a layer of a coating composition over a substrate; curing the applied coating composition to form a coated underlayer; and forming a photoresist layer over the coated underlayer, wherein the coating composition comprises a first material comprising two or more hydroxy groups; a second material comprising two or more glycidyl groups; an additive comprising a protected amino group; and a solvent.
US12313966B1
A video pipe inspection system may include a push-cable, camera head, and/or pipe guide.
US12313959B2
An image capturing device comprises a first elongated body portion formed of a first material and a second elongated body portion coupled to a proximal end of the first body portion. The second body portion is formed of a second material having a greater heat conductivity than the first material. The device further comprises an imaging window coupled to a distal end of the first body portion, a first housing within the first body portion, an image sensor mounted to the first housing, and an image processor mounted to the first housing and coupled to receive electrical signals from the image sensor. The device further comprises a second housing within the first body portion. The second housing is coupled to the first housing and to the window such that heat generated by the image sensor and image processor is transmitted through the second housing to the window.
US12313939B2
Each pixel includes first through fourth liquid crystal domains. The first through fourth liquid crystal domains are arranged in this order along the pixel longitudinal direction. The reference alignment direction of the second liquid crystal domain and the reference alignment direction of the third liquid crystal domain are respectively essentially the 135° direction and essentially the 315° direction, or respectively essentially the 45° direction and essentially the 225° direction. The pixel electrode includes a first through fourth slitted regions corresponding to the first through fourth liquid crystal domains, and a boundary region located between the second and third slitted regions. The boundary region includes n boundary slits (where n≥3) extending essentially in parallel to the pixel transverse direction; (n-1) first bridging portions each located between two adjacent boundary slits; and (n-2) dent patterns each located between two adjacent first bridging portions.
US12313938B2
A display apparatus includes: light sources and board bars on which the light sources are mounted, the board bars spaced apart from each other along a first direction, wherein each of the board bars comprises: a central extending portion extending in a second direction; first protrusions protruding from one side of the central extending portion with respect to the first direction, and arranged along the second direction, wherein first side light sources from among the light sources are on the first protrusions; first recess portions between adjacent pairs of the first protrusions, respectively; second protrusions protruding from another side of the central extending portion, opposite of the one side, and arranged along the second direction, wherein second side light sources from among the light sources are on the second protrusions; and second recess portions between adjacent pairs of the second protrusions, respectively.
US12313926B2
A display panel, a method of making the same, and a display device are disclosed. The method of making the display panel includes: forming a display motherboard including at least one metal trace, the at least one metal trace being connected to all uncut display panels on the display motherboard; cutting the display motherboard along a cutting line to form at least two display panels, where the at least one metal trace is exposed on at least one side of each of the at least two display panels; dripping a concentrated acid solution to an exposed position of the at least one metal trace to react for a preset time, thus corroding the at least one metal trace at the exposed position thus forming an insulating metal salt structure.
US12313925B2
A micro LED transparent display has a first display surface and a second display surface, which are opposite to each other. The micro LED transparent display includes a substrate, pixels and at least one grating layer. The first display surface and the second display surface are located on two opposite sides of the substrate, respectively. The pixels are arranged in arrays on the substrate, each of the pixels includes micro LEDs, and the micro LEDs are electrically connected to the substrate. The grating layer is disposed on the substrate, and the micro LEDs are located between the grating layer and the substrate. Lights generated from the micro LEDs of the pixels can be controlled by the grating layer, and the lights partially penetrate through the first display surface and are partially reflected and penetrate through the second display surface.
US12313923B2
The present disclosure provides a light shielding plate assembly and a control method thereof, a control device, and a vehicle. The image collecting module in the light shielding plate assembly is configured to obtain image information of the transparent panel and the human eye; the control module is configured to determine target position information of a gaze point of the human eye positioned on the transparent panel according to the image information, and determine a target control area corresponding to the target position information on the transparent panel; the detection module is configured to: detect optical information when the light passes through the target control area and arrives at the human eye; the control module is further configured to: adjust the light transmittance of the transparent panel in the target control area according to the optical information, so that the optical information is within a preset range.
US12313920B2
An electro-optic device is described. The electro-optic device includes at least one optical material having an electro-optic effect. Further, the optical material(s) include lithium. The optical material(s) have a slab and a ridge waveguide. The slab has a top surface. The slab includes free surfaces. Each of the free surfaces is at a nonzero angle from the top surface of the slab and mitigates stress in the slab.
US12313919B2
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electro-optic plasmonic device comprising: a slot waveguide that is defined by a first metallic electrode, a second metallic electrode and dielectric material in a slot between the first and second metallic electrodes. The device is configured to utilize the electric field induced Pockels effect.
US12313907B2
There is provided an imaging lens with small telephoto ratio and excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of the downsizing, the low-profileness and the low F-number. An imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, a fifth lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, and a sixth lens having a convex surface facing the image side, and a below conditional expression is satisfied: 0.60
US12313889B2
A multi-fiber, fiber optic connector may include a reversible keying arrangement for determining the orientation for plugging the connector into an adapter to thereby allow for a change in polarity of the connection to be made on site. The connector housing may be configured to engage with a removable key that may be engaged with the housing in at least two different locations to provide the plug-in orientation, or the housing may have slidably displaceable keys movable between multiple positions on the housing.
US12313878B2
An optoelectronic device. The device comprises: a silicon-on-insulator platform, including a silicon waveguide, formed in a silicon device layer, a silicon substrate, and a cavity; a III-V semiconductor based device, located within the cavity of the silicon-on-insulator platform and containing a III-V semiconductor based waveguide which is coupled to the silicon waveguide. A region of a bed of the cavity, located between the III-V semiconductor based device and the substrate, includes a patterned surface, which is configured to interact with an optical signal within the III-V semiconductor based waveguide of the III-V semiconductor based device.
US12313875B2
A lighting device includes a housing, a light source, a light guide panel, and a lens. The housing includes a base, a first side wall, a second side wall, a first bumper protruding from an outer surface of the first side wall, and a second bumper protruding from an outer surface of the second side wall. The first bumper and second bumper to aid in positioning the housing within a slot formed in an external structure. The light guide panel is configured to diffuse light emitted by the light source. The lens is coupled to the housing and includes a base, a first side wall, a second side wall, a first wing protruding from an inner surface of the first side wall, and a second wing protruding from an inner surface of the second side wall.
US12313870B2
In some implementations, an optical interference filter includes a substrate and one or more sets of layers that are disposed on the substrate. Each set of layers includes: a first layer that comprises at least tantalum and oxygen (e.g., a tantalum pentoxide (Ta2O5) material); a second layer that comprises at least aluminum and nitrogen (e.g., an aluminum nitride (AlN) material); and a third layer that comprises at least hydrogen and silicon (e.g., a hydrogenated silicon (Si:H) material). The second layer is disposed between the first layer and the third layer. In some implementations, a first surface of the second layer is disposed on a surface of the first layer, and a second surface of the second layer is disposed on a surface of the third layer.
US12313869B2
An optical filter 1a has a first transmission spectrum satisfying the following requirements (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) at 25° C. (i) A minimum of a transmittance in a wavelength range of 450 nm to 600 nm is 70% or more. (ii) A maximum of the transmittance in a wavelength range of 300 nm to 370 nm is 5% or less. (iii) A maximum of the transmittance in a wavelength range of 800 nm to 1000 nm is 5% or less. (iv) A minimum of the transmittance in a wavelength range of 1500 nm to 1700 nm is 60% or more.
US12313854B2
A display region has a curved surface shape having upper and lower end portions disposed at positions closer to a visual field than a reference plane, and a central portion disposed at a position farther from the visual field than the reference plane. A first convergence angle difference between a convergence angle from the eye position to the upper end portion and a convergence angle from the eye position to a first point on the reference plane through the upper end portion, a second convergence angle difference between a convergence angle to the central portion and a convergence angle to a second point on the reference plane through the central portion, and a third convergence angle difference between a convergence angle to the lower end portion and a convergence angle to a third point on the reference plane through the lower end portion respectively fall within four milliradians.
US12313850B1
A projector design for a microLED augmented reality (AR) display system. The AR display includes a light engine comprising a microLED panel and a set of plates that oscillate out of phase. The system also includes a waveguide with an input coupler (IC) having an entrance pupil. The entrance pupil of the IC is substantially coplanar with the exit pupil of the light engine. This configuration allows for coupling of light from the light engine into the waveguide, enabling the display of augmented reality content. A set of plates are configured to rotate either about a common axis or their individual axes. These rotations may be facilitated by actuators such as voice coils, piezo actuators, or others, each capable of linear or rotary movement. The plates may be either driven individually but synchronized for cohesive operation, or jointly propelled by a shared actuator for collective movement.
US12313848B2
A head-up display system includes a projector adapted to project an image, a primary reflector, and an exit pupil replicator, the primary reflector adapted to reflect an image projected by the projector to the exit pupil replicator, and the exit pupil replicator adapted to split the projected image into a two-dimensional array of identical projected images having equal intensity.
US12313846B2
Implementations of a display device of the present disclosure include a transparent light guide plate in which a light guide plate image that is an original video of an aerial image is formed on a bottom portion, a light source configured to emit light L from a side portion of the light guide plate toward the inside of the light guide plate, a polarization beam splitter disposed in parallel with the light guide plate and above the light guide plate, a λ/4 plate disposed below the light guide plate, and a retroreflective member disposed in parallel with the light guide plate and below the λ/4 plate, which retroreflects the light guide plate image to display the aerial image.
US12313843B2
A light scanning apparatus for causing a mirror to oscillate to scan with light reflected by the mirror includes an interconnect formed of gold; a protective film for covering the interconnect; and an adhesive film formed between the interconnect and the protective film.
US12313837B2
The invention relates to a telescope optics for a telescopic observational instrument having an objective lens, having a prism erecting system and having an eyepiece lens, wherein an image of an object generated by the objective lens is located between the prism erecting system and the eyepiece lens, and wherein the objective lens, in an order starting from the object side, comprises a first lens group G1 with a positive refractive power, a second lens group G2 with a negative refractive power and a third lens group G3, and wherein the second lens group G2 is adjustable in parallel to an optical axis for focusing, and wherein at least one lens with a negative refractive power of the third lens group G3 is adjustable perpendicularly to the optical axis for changing the position of the image, and wherein the third lens group G3 has a negative refractive power.
US12313835B2
Methods and systems are provided autofocusing an imaging system. In one example, a method includes identifying a target focal plane of a field-of-view (FOV) of each objective of the imaging system, the imaging system including two or more objectives, adjusting a vertical position of each objective relative to the target focal plane based on a light shape generated from a laser beam, and aligning a focus of each objective according to a power level detected by a sensor.
US12313823B2
The present invention discloses a camera optical lens including, from an object side to an image side in sequence: a first lens having a negative 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, and a fifth lens having a positive refractive power. The camera optical lens satisfies the following conditions: 12.00≤TTL/f≤15.00, 2.00≤f45/f≤6.00, 0≤(R3+R4)/(R3−R4)<1.00, and 8.00≤d4/d6≤30.00. The camera optical lens according to the present invention has excellent optical characteristics, such as large aperture, wide angle, and ultra-thin.
US12313814B2
Provided is an electromagnetic dielectric material (1). The electromagnetic dielectric material (1) is a column structure. The electromagnetic dielectric material (1) includes an inner core (11), a first foam layer (12) and a second foam layer (13) sequentially arranged from inside to outside on the cross section of the column structure. The first foam layer (12) and the second foam layer (13) are each a layer formed from a foam material foamed. The electromagnetic dielectric material further includes metal wires (14). The metal wires (14) are disposed in the longitudinal direction of the column structure, are not in contact with each other and are evenly distributed on the periphery of the first foam layer (12). Further provided is a method for producing an electromagnetic dielectric material (1).
US12313800B2
A machine-implemented method, at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, and a computing system are provided for attenuating noise. A computing system receives a seismic image and generates a first image using a first neural network configured to identify low-frequency ground roll in a seismic image, and a second image using a second neural network configured to identify reflections in the seismic image. A combined image is generated by combining the first image and the second image. The first neural network and the second neural network are adjusted to reduce a difference between the combined image and the seismic image using frequency constraint to guide separation of the seismic image into the first image and the second image.
US12313778B2
A vehicle window with an integrated sensor module, includes a pane main body having a cutout, a sensor module designed as a prefabricated assembly with a module housing, which forms a hollow space, in which at least one sensor is accommodated, wherein the module housing forming the hollow space is inserted into the cutout and is fastened on the pane main body, wherein, together, an outer surface of the module housing and an outer surface of the pane main body form an outer surface of the vehicle window.
US12313765B2
The invention describes a method for reducing interference effects in a radar system, which has at least two transceiver units (S1, S2), which are in particular spatially separated from one another, wherein the method comprises the following steps: —a transmission step (VS1), in which a first transmission signal (sigTX1) of the first transceiver unit (S1) is sent and received to and by a second transceiver unit (S2) and a second transmission signal (sigTX2) of the second transceiver unit (S2) is sent and received to and by the first transceiver unit (S1) via a radio channel (T), wherein the transmission signals (sigTX1, sigTX2) are modulated according to an orthogonal frequency multiplex method; and—a pre-correction step (VS2), in which correction values (γ1, γn, γ2) are determined from the received transmission signals (sigTX1, sigTX2) and in particular are exchanged between the transceiver stations (S1, S2), wherein the received transmission signals (sigRX1, sigRX2) are postprocessed on the basis of the correction values (γ1, γn, γ2), so that influences of interference variables, in particular of phase noise and/or a time offset and/or unknown initial phase positions, are reduced.
US12313764B2
A mechanism is provided to reduce interference between vehicular radar systems through communicating radar parameters and physical orientation between vehicles and then using directional information to form clusters of radars, which will have consistent modulation parameters. Radar modulation parameters, such as starting frequency, center frequency, bandwidth, slope, ramp direction, timing, and the like for frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radars, are adjusted to reduce or eliminate inter-cluster direct interference between clusters oriented in different directions. For other types of radars, in some embodiments, other operational parameters can be adjusted. In some embodiments, some modulation parameters also can be adjusted to reduce or eliminate intra-cluster indirect interference.
US12313754B2
Disclosed is a digital association and high precision positioning and tracking system for multimodal transport container, comprising a carrier terminal, a container terminal, and a remote digital monitoring platform; the carrier terminal is activated when the a container is in an associated state, and is used to collect high-precision positioning information and other status information of the container and send it to the remote digital monitoring platform; the container monitoring terminal is enabled when the container is in a non-associated state, and is used to collect container status information and send it to the remote digital monitoring platform; the remote digital monitoring platform is used to record and visualize relevant information; the carrier-container association and binding module sends instructions to the carrier terminal and the container monitoring terminal to complete the container-carrier association and unbinding, ensuring the security and positioning accuracy of the container during the multimodal transport process.
US12313748B2
Disclosed is a method for global navigation satellite system (GNSS) positioning and an electronic device performing the method. According to an example embodiment, the method includes monitoring whether an error of the GNSS positioning occurs, determining, when the error of the GNSS positioning is detected, whether a first output frequency of a first phase locked loop (PLL) used for demodulating a GNSS signal received from a satellite for the GNSS positioning is stable, and changing, when the first output frequency of the first PLL is unstable, a frequency used for demodulating the GNSS signal to a second output frequency of a second PLL or a basic frequency input to the first PLL and the second PLL.
US12313746B2
The present application discloses a method, an apparatus for superimposing laser point clouds and a high-precision map and an electronic device, comprising: when superimposing the laser point clouds and the high-precision map for visualization, first performing dilution processing on non-road laser point clouds in the laser point clouds to be fused to obtain target non-road laser point clouds, which effectively reduces the amount of data of the laser point clouds to be fused; and performing segmentation processing on the map to be fused to obtain multi-level map data corresponding to the map to be fused, which effectively reduces the amount of data of the map to be fused. In this way, when superimposing the laser point clouds and the high-precision map for visualization, both non-road information may be visualized through the laser point clouds, and road information may be visualized through the high-precision map.
US12313724B2
False detection of a ghost is prevented. A radar apparatus includes: transmission circuitry, which, in operation, transmits a radar signal; main reflective object detection circuitry, which, in operation, detects a main reflective object in a detection area using a reflected wave of the radar signal; in-area determination circuitry, which, in operation, determines a main area where a ghost caused by a reflective object outside the detection area and the main reflective object is located, the main area being inside the detection area; and auxiliary reflective object detection circuitry, which, in operation, detects a position of an auxiliary reflective object in the main area using a reception signal of the reflected wave of the radar signal, the auxiliary reflective object being located farther than the main reflective object on an extension of a line connecting the radar apparatus and the main reflective object.
US12313714B2
Techniques are provided for performing three-dimensional diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging. A diffusion gradient is applied by controlling a gradient coil arrangement of an MRI system and, during an acquisition period after the application of the diffusion gradient, a readout gradient is applied by controlling the gradient coil arrangement and MR data is acquired. For applying the readout gradient, the gradient coil arrangement is controlled such that the MR data is acquired at least along a trajectory segment of a three-dimensional k-space trajectory, wherein a k-space center is sampled by the trajectory segment multiple times during the acquisition period.
US12313713B2
The present document describes methods and systems for exciting magnetic resonance in a sample using trains of pulsed, oscillating magnetic fields that are modulated in their phase and amplitude according to a source waveform derived from the known or estimated magnetic response of a sample. Also disclosed are methods and systems for acquiring a response signal from the sample wherein data acquisition events are synchronized or interleaved with said modulated pulse trains. Further disclosed are methods and systems for identifying one or more of the presence, absence, amount, and concentration of a target substance in a sample. Also disclosed is a magnetic resonance device which uses such pulse trains and synchronized acquisition to improve the selectivity of magnetic resonance data.
US12313712B2
A magnetic resonance tomography system with a sensor for detecting spikes and with a gradient coil. Nuclear spins of an object under observation are excited by a magnetic alternating field of the magnetic resonance tomography system. A gradient field is generated by the magnetic resonance tomography system using the gradient coil. A magnetic resonance signal is acquired using a receiving antenna of the magnetic resonance tomography system and an interference signal using the sensor. From the magnetic resonance signal an image is reconstructed as a function of the acquired interference signal of the sensor.
US12313708B2
A magnetic sensor includes a sensor chip mounted on a substrate such that an element formation surface thereof is perpendicular to the surface of the substrate and a magnetism collecting member mounted on the substrate such that a surface thereof faces the element formation surface. The magnetism collecting member has a surface positioned on the side opposite to the surface, and both the surfaces are flattened. This reduces a gap between the element formation surface and the magnetism collecting member and reduces variations among products. In addition, since the surface is also flattened, the magnetism collecting member has no directionality with respect to the sensor chip when it is mounted on the substrate, so that working efficiency during assembly can be improved.
US12313700B2
An electric-electric-leakage detection device includes an electric-leakage detection module, a switch module and an indicator. The electric-leakage detection module is configured for converting an AC electric-leakage voltage into a DC electric-leakage voltage. The switch module is electrically connected to the electric-leakage detection module and configured for being turned on or turned off according to the DC electric-leakage voltage. The indicator is electrically connected to the switch module and configured for outputting an indication signal according to conduction of the switch module.
US12313692B2
An information processing device includes: a state information acquisition unit that acquires state information representing a state of a battery mounted on an electric device driven by the battery; an association information acquisition unit that acquires association information representing an association between the state of the battery and a deterioration rate of the battery; a deterioration information deriving unit that derives deterioration information related to the deterioration rate of the battery, based on the state information and the association information; and an output unit that outputs the deterioration information.
US12313690B2
A mid-string voltage sensor is disposed in proximity to a storage-battery string and determines an error signal between the expected mid-string voltage and the actual mid-string voltage to aid in detecting faults in one or more of the batteries of the string. Each sensor is connected to or close to the battery string terminals and to a terminal at the midpoint of the group of batteries connected in series. The arrangement suppresses errors due to common-impedance coupling, and the measured voltages are decoupled from the battery system, prior to determining the error. A fractional error voltage is derived using a logarithmic ratio amplifier so that the error signal determination is performed at the sensor, with the resultant error signal suitable for coupling to a battery health monitor.
US12313688B2
An electrical circuit that enables a determination of a first voltage present inside a battery cell includes an oscillating circuit having a coil and a component, the electrical capacity of which depends on the voltage present on the component, and a reference electrode. The component can be a varactor diode. A method for determining a first voltage which is present within the battery cell and an arrangement having an additional electrical circuit outside the battery cell housing for reading out the first voltage present inside a battery cell are also provided.
US12313687B1
In one aspect, non-invasive methods are described in which combinations of certain battery parameter values are used to identify whether metal plating (e.g., lithium plating) has occurred during charging of a battery. In response to the detection of metal plating and/or conditions associated with metal plating, one or more characteristics of a charge process may be adjusted or adapted to maintain battery parameter values within a specified range. In some cases, after detection of metal plating, a battery charge process may be adjusted or adapted to remove metal plating from a battery's anode by a discharge pulse.
US12313686B2
An inspection system includes a battery pack, an intake duct, an exhaust duct, at least one chloride-ion detection sensor, and a first controller. The battery pack is configured to accommodate a battery equipped in a vehicle. The intake duct is configured to guide air outside the vehicle into the battery pack to air-cool the battery. The exhaust duct is configured to guide air inside the battery pack outward from the vehicle. The at least one chloride-ion detection sensor is disposed inside the battery pack and is configured to detect a chloride ion. The first controller includes at least one first processor and at least one first memory coupled to the at least one first processor. The at least one first processor is configured to execute a process including performing an inspection of corrosion of the battery pack based on a detection value detected by the chloride-ion detection sensor.
US12313679B2
An electrical leakage test structure and an electrical leakage testing method are disclosed. The electrical leakage test structure comprises: a substrate; a first well region and a second well region, which are both formed in the substrate; a first shallow trench isolation structure formed between the second and first well regions; a first source/drain region formed in the first well region; a plurality of second source/drain regions formed in the second well region; and a test gate formed on the substrate. In the electrical leakage testing method, a plurality of electrical leakage test structures with different designed dimensions are tested to perform leakage current evaluation on each electrical leakage test structure, and a designed dimension vs. leakage current relationship is developed based on the leakage current evaluation on each electrical leakage test structure, which reflects whether the internal design of a corresponding semiconductor device is associated with any problem such as parasitic leakage.
US12313678B2
An apparatus for testing a package-on-package (POP) type semiconductor package that includes a vacuum picker that has vacuum holes that communicate with an insulation pad hole, the vacuum picker includes a body part made of silicone or rubber, and a socket contact part and a package contact part made of any one of polyimide film, engineering plastic, and synthetic resin, and the socket contact part is attached to a mounting groove by an adhesive tape, such that the vacuum picker is coupled to an upper socket.
US12313677B2
A pressurizing device for semiconductor testing includes a tension block, a first pusher block extending through the tension block, a base plate on the first pusher block, a second pusher block on the tension block and extending through the base plate, a first spring connected to each of the first pusher block and the second pusher block, a second spring connected to each of the tension block and the base plate, a press plate on the base plate, and a press shaft coupled to the press plate. The press shaft includes a shaft hole.
US12313670B2
A product line testing method includes acquiring identity information of at least one to-be-tested product and identity information of a current testing station; acquiring target testing station information of the at least one to-be-tested product according to the identity information of the at least one to-be-tested product; and comparing the target testing station information with the identity information of the current testing station to generate a comparison result and, according to the comparison result, executing the testing flow of the current testing station or outputting testing prompt information. The technical solutions improve the efficiency of product testing.
US12313667B2
A test control port (TCP) includes a state machine SM, an instruction register IR, data registers DRs, a gating circuit and a TDO MX. The SM inputs TCI signals and outputs control signals to the IR and to the DR. During instruction or data scans, the IR or DRs are enabled to input data from TDI and output data to the TDO MX and the top surface TDO signal. The bottom surface TCI inputs may be coupled to the top surface TCO signals via the gating circuit. The top surface TDI signal may be coupled to the bottom surface TDO signal via TDO MX. This allows concatenating or daisy-chaining the IR and DR of a TCP of a lower die with an IR and DR of a TCP of a die stacked on top of the lower die.
US12313666B2
A device for early warning of a device under test (DUT) failure during an electromagnetic susceptibility (EMS) test is provided. The device is configured to gradually increase perturbation of a DUT during the EMS test. The device is further configured to receive a monitoring result from the DUT being exposed to the increased perturbation, and to determine, by a machine learning (ML) model evaluating the monitoring result, a probability value of the monitoring result corresponding to a faultless operation mode of the DUT. The ML model was trained based on monitoring results obtained during undisturbed operation of the DUT.
US12313655B2
A testing head apt to verify the operation of a device under test integrated on a semiconductor wafer includes a plurality of contact elements, each including a body that extends between a first end portion and a second end portion, and a guide provided with a plurality of guide holes apt to house the contact elements. The guide includes a conductive portion that includes and electrically connects the holes of a group of guide holes to each other and is apt to contact a corresponding group of contact elements apt to carry a same type of signal.
US12313654B2
An injection device is utilized to inject a liquid onto a test area of a semiconductor element. The injection device includes a height-adjusting base, a reservoir, a first testing pipe, a cleaning pipe, a liquid-draining pipe, and an electrode rod. The reservoir is provided with a dropping port. The dropping port is against the test area of the semiconductor element. The first testing pipe, the cleaning pipe and the liquid-draining pipe are connected to the reservoir. The electrode rod penetrates through the reservoir and contacts and ionizes a testing liquid. A semiconductor testing system utilizing the injection device and its testing method are also provided herein.
US12313647B2
A sensor unit includes: a substrate; a first sensor module that is disposed at the substrate and that includes a first acceleration sensor; and a second sensor module that is disposed at the substrate and includes a second acceleration sensor, in which the first sensor module and the second sensor module are arranged to be adjacent to each other at one surface side of the substrate, the first acceleration sensor is eccentrically disposed at the second sensor module side in the first sensor module, and the second acceleration sensor is eccentrically disposed at the first sensor module side in the second sensor module.
US12313637B2
The invention relates to antibodies, antibody fragments and binding agents that specifically recognize TDP-43 associated with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), but not TDP-43 associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or TDP-43 associated with healthy human brain tissue, and antibodies, antibody fragments and binding agents that specifically recognize TDP-43 associated with ALS, but not TDP-43 associated FTD or TDP-43 associated with healthy human brain tissue.
US12313632B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for the diagnosis and treatment or prevention of cancers that exhibit elevated expression and/or amplification of the ABCB1 (MDR1) transporter, optionally for reasons related to development of chemotherapeutic resistance having occurred during treatment with an initial chemotherapeutic drug. In particular, the instant disclosure provides for identification of a cancer as possessing elevated ABCB1 expression and/or exhibiting resistance to a non-tepoxalin chemotherapeutic drug, and selecting and/or administering tepoxalin, a tepoxalin derivative and/or metabolite thereof as a therapeutic agent for such a cancer and/or subject having or at risk of developing such a cancer. Methods and compositions for therapies that combine such tepoxalin or tepoxalin-related compounds with other cancer therapies and/or chemotherapeutic agents are also provided.
US12313628B2
Methods of detecting a target in a sample are provided. Kits for performing the methods described herein are also provided.
US12313625B2
A living tissue model device includes: a first liquid compartment storing a liquid composition; a second liquid compartment storing a liquid composition; and a cell layered body disposed between the first liquid compartment and the second liquid compartment, as a partition between both compartments. A vascular wall model includes: a porous membrane having a honeycomb structure; a vascular endothelial cell layer disposed on one face of the porous membrane; and a smooth muscle cell layer, or a mesenchymal stem cell layer, disposed on another face of the porous membrane. A vascular wall model device includes: a first liquid compartment storing a liquid composition; a second liquid compartment storing a liquid composition; and a vascular wall model disposed between the first liquid compartment and the second liquid compartment, as a partition between both compartments. Applications of these models or model devices are also provided.
US12313624B2
Provided are ex vivo systems and methods of predicting the response of a drug or other agent on a tissue. In some embodiments, the systems and methods comprise cutting a tissue into tissue fragments, adding a drug or other agent to the tissue fragments based on an estimated tumor content, and performing an ex vivo measurement on the tissue fragments.
US12313623B2
There is provided a device and method for separation of blood, including sedimentation of plasma using PVA. The device comprises an inner container enclosed in an outer container, wherein upon alignment of respective openings, allows sample to exit from the inner container into a reaction structure. The reaction structure comprises one or more layers, each with one or more portions each containing concentrations of one or more chemicals.
US12313604B2
A testing arrangement includes a test specimen that is formed of a fiber composite that has first, second, and third groups of fiber ply layers. Each fiber ply layer is curved so as to have an elbow. The elbows are joined back-to-back at a central region to form first, second, and third arms that extend outwardly from the central region. The elbows define a space in the central region, and there is a space-filler within the space. The test specimen is mounted in a testing fixture such that the first and second arms are in four-point bend loading and the third arm is oriented vertically. The testing fixture is actuatable to apply an actuated load. There is an applied load on the third arm. The applied load and the actuated load cause stress in the space-filler for evaluating mechanical behavior of the space-filler.
US12313602B1
A method for determining a compressive strength of compression-cast rubber fine aggregate concrete is provided. The method includes: first strength information of normal cast concrete, second strength information of corresponding normal cast rubber fine aggregate concrete, and third strength information of compression-cast rubber fine aggregate concrete; a target equation between a compressive strength of the normal cast concrete, a compressive strength of the compression-cast rubber fine aggregate concrete, the rubber substitution rate and a compression stress is constructed according to the first strength information, the second strength information and the third strength information; target parameters of the compression-cast rubber fine aggregate concrete are acquired, and the target parameters are inputted into the target equation which outputs a current compressive strength of the compression-cast rubber fine aggregate concrete. The compressive strength of the compression-cast rubber fine aggregate concrete can be accurately determined.
US12313595B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods for pipeline condition assessment using phased array ultrasonic transducers are disclosed. A sensing module for assessing pipeline condition comprises a body; and one or more phased array ultrasonic transducers (PAUTs) assembled on the surface of the body, each PAUT configured to emit multi-channel ultrasonic waves for scanning a pipe wall.
US12313593B2
A method for determining antifreeze content in a fluid of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes receiving, in a processor, measurement data of the fluid, the measurement data comprising a measured temperature of the fluid and a measured speed of sound in the fluid, calculating, in the processor, for each of a plurality of antifreeze concentration values a fitting parameter, using the measurement data and one or more of previous measurement data or previous antifreeze concentration data, and determining, in the processor, an antifreeze concentration in the fluid by selecting the antifreeze concentration value with an optimal fitting parameter.
US12313587B2
Provided herein is an apparatus for gel electrophoresis comprising a cassette and a comb having at least one wedge-shaped tooth.
US12313577B2
According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a first element including a first resistance member and a first conductive member, a second element including a second resistance member, and a third resistance member connected in series with the second resistance member. An absolute value of a third temperature coefficient of a third resistance of the third resistance member is smaller than an absolute value of a first temperature coefficient of a first resistance of the first resistance member. The absolute value of the third temperature coefficient is smaller than an absolute value of a second temperature coefficient of the second resistance member. The third resistance is lower than the second resistance.
US12313570B2
A disclosed leaky coaxial resonant sensor system and methods. In use, the system includes at least one split-ring resonator (SRR) embedded within a material of the component. The at least one SRR is formed from a composite material. Additionally, the at least one SRR is configured to resonate at a first frequency in response to an interrogation signal from a leaky coaxial cable antenna. In some aspects, each SRR may resonate at a first frequency in response to an electromagnetic ping when the composite material is in a first state, and may resonate at a second frequency in response to the electromagnetic ping when the composite material is in a second state. A resonant frequency of the composite material may be based on physical characteristics of the composite material.
US12313568B1
An embodiment provides a light reflection support and a through hole inspection system including the same, wherein the light reflection support stably fixes and supports a glass substrate, an inspection target, and reflects illumination light to a lower part of a glass substrate arranged on the opposite side of an imaging part to increase inspection precision from a clear imaged image of a through hole. The light reflection support is used in a device that images a through hole formed in a substrate and inspects whether the through hole is normal from the imaged image, and includes a transparent support part and a reflection layer part. The transparent support part supports the substrate and has a suction hole that extends to a solid area of the substrate where the through hole is not formed.
US12313564B2
An inspection device includes: a first acquisition unit for acquiring a first defect probability calculated using a first learning model from data regarding an inspection target processed in a first manufacturing process; a second acquisition unit for acquiring a second defect probability calculated using a second learning model from data regarding the inspection target processed in a second manufacturing process after the first manufacturing process; and a determination unit for determining a defect in the inspection target if the acquired second defect probability is greater than or equal to a second threshold value, the determination unit being configured to change at least one of the second learning model and the second threshold value into a condition for enhancing inspection accuracy if the acquired first defect probability is greater than a predetermined first threshold, compared to if the first defect probability is less than or equal to the first threshold value.
US12313560B1
A visual turbidity detection device and detection method thereof includes an observing box, an observing assembly, and a light assembly. The observing box includes a box, at least one side of the box defines an observing window, and at least one side of the box is capable of being disassembled to define an opening for taking and placing a sample to be tested. The observing assembly includes a first base and a first rotation shaft. An end of the first rotation shaft is rotatably connected to a bottom wall of the box, a shaft body of the first rotation shaft is fixedly connected to the first base, another end of the first rotation shaft extends out of a top wall of the observing box, and the first base is configured to place the sample to be tested. The light assembly is disposed on an inner wall of the observing box.
US12313554B2
A change in a substance in a depth direction of an analyte is easily estimated. An analysis and observation device includes: a library holding section that holds a substance library in which a substance is associated with a type of an element constituting the substance and a content of the element; and a component analysis section that estimates a type of an element constituting a substance and a content of the element based on a spectrum, and estimates the substance based on estimated characteristics and the substance library. The component analysis section estimates a type of an element constituting a substance, a content of the element, and the substance at each of a plurality of positions having different analysis depths.
US12313546B2
A composition includes a 1,8-naphthalimide fluorophore, a spacer bound to the 1,8-naphthalimide fluorophore and a thiazole-based receptor having an unsaturated heterocycle ring bound to the spacer. The composition may be employed as a chemosensor configured to capture an ion in a fluid medium. The chemosensor may further be incorporated into a sensing device configured to detect the ion and calculate a concentration of the ion in the fluid medium.
US12313540B2
One or more embodiments relates to a system for simultaneously detecting vibration and the presence of a target gas having a tunable fiber ring laser in electronic and optical communication with a vibration sensor and a gas detection sensor. One or more embodiments relate to a method for simultaneously measuring vibration and detecting the presence of a target gas in an environment having the steps of providing a system for simultaneously measuring vibration and detecting a target gas into an environment; sending an optical signal to a vibration sensor and gas detection sensor; and collecting and analyzing modified signals from the vibration sensor and gas detection sensor.
US12313539B2
An asymmetric S-shaped complementary metasurface biosensor for sensing glucose concentration includes a metallic sheet for receiving a glucose sample, a first arm, and a second arm. The first arm is configured as an S-shaped slot. The second arm is configured to be an S-shaped slot which is a smaller mirror image of the first arm. Electromagnetic coupling between the asymmetric S-shaped slots leads to the excitation of the resonances. An asymmetric resonance is excited that features a very small bandwidth when a terahertz radiation is swept across the metallic sheet. A redshift in the response is indicative of a glucose concentration in the glucose sample.
US12313530B2
In a method for calibrating a gas sensor—for determining a gaseous species concentration in a gas, which species absorbs light in an absorption spectral band—the gas sensor includes a chamber for containing the gas; a light source through which a supply electrical current is passable to raise the light source to a temperature; a measurement photodetector for measuring—in a measurement spectral band comprising the absorption spectral band—a measured intensity of a light beam emitted by the light source and transmitted by the gas in the chamber; and a reference photodetector for measuring a reference intensity of a reference light beam emitted by the light source in a reference spectral band. A non-linear calibration function is determined to estimate an intensity, measured in the measurement spectral band by the measurement photodetector in the absence of gaseous species, from a reference intensity measured in the reference spectral band.
US12313529B2
A fluid analyzer (214) that analyzes a sample (12) includes an analyzer frame (236); a test cell assembly (242) that receives the sample (12); a laser assembly (238) that generates a laser beam (239A) a signal detector assembly (232) and a self-check assembly (230). The self-check assembly (230) includes (i) a check frame (230A); (ii) a check substance (230E) with known spectral characteristics; and (iii) a check frame mover (230B) that selectively moves the check frame (230A) between a self-check position (231 B) and a test position (231 A) relative to the analyzer frame (236). In the self-check position (231 B), the laser beam (239A) is directed through the check substance (230E) to evaluate the performance of the fluid analyzer (214). In the test position (231 A), the laser beam (239A) is directed through the sample (12) in the test cell assembly (242) to evaluate the sample (12).
US12313524B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include systems for detecting light from a particle in a flow stream by spectral discrimination. Systems according to certain embodiments include a light source configured to irradiate a particle propagating along a flow stream through an interrogation region, a light detection system that includes a wavelength separator component configured to pass light having a predetermined spectral range across the wavelength separator, a light adjustment component configured to continuously convey light from the irradiated particle across the wavelength separator as the particle is propagated along the flow stream through the interrogation region and a photodetector configured to detect light conveyed across the wavelength separator. Systems also include a processor for generating a photodetector signal pulse in response to light detected from the wavelength separator. Methods and kits for detecting light with the subject systems are also described.
US12313523B2
Methods and systems for a deep-learning platform for sorting cell populations. An example method includes executing a software-platform associated with analyzing received flow cytometry data obtained via an acquisition device in communication with the computing system, and the software-platform sorting cell populations indicated in the flow cytometry data. User input is received indicating selection of a deep-learning module, the deep-learning module being obtained via a network to supplement the software-platform. The flow cytometry data is analyzed and a machine learning model is selected which was trained based on similar phenotype information as indicated in the flow cytometry data. The machine learning model is applied based on the flow cytometry data, the information being normalized based on the UMI counts associated with the flow cytometry data. A graphical representation of cell populations indicated in the flow cytometry data is presented, the graphical representation sorting the cell populations according to phenotype information.
US12313520B2
Systems for detecting light (e.g., in a flow stream) are described. Light detection systems according to certain embodiments include a wavelength separator configured to generate first, second and third predetermined spectral ranges of light from a light source and first, second and third light detection modules configured to receive each of the first, second and third predetermined spectral ranges of light, the light detection modules having a plurality of photodetectors and an optical component that conveys light having a predetermined sub-spectral range to the photodetectors. Systems and methods for measuring light emitted by a sample (e.g., in a flow stream) and kits having three or more wavelength separators, a plurality of photodetectors and an optical component are also provided.
US12313517B2
A method and system of determining air quality are disclosed. In examples, a method comprises identifying one or more aerosol particle types based on an absorbance spectra of aerosol particles captured on a filter and determining a mass concentration of each of the one or more aerosol particle types based on the absorbance spectra and the aerosol particle type. The method further comprises detecting a median particle size of each of the one or more aerosol particle types based on a rate of change of the absorbance spectra and the aerosol particle type. The method further comprises determining an air quality metric based on the identified one or more aerosol particle types, the determined mass concentration of each of the one or more aerosol particle types, and the determined median particle size of each of the one or more aerosol particle types.
US12313514B2
The present invention provides a system and method of particle size and concentration measurement that comprises the steps of: providing a focused, synthesized, structured laser beam, causing the beam to interact with the particles, measuring the interaction signal and the number of interactions per unit time of the beam with the particles, and using algorithms to map the interaction signals to the particle size and the number of interactions per unit time to the concentration.
US12313508B2
A purification method for detection of a strontium isotope in a silk cultural relic. The method includes: (1) enrichment of the strontium isotope: after cleaning the silk cultural relic, adding the silk cultural relic to a digestion agent for microwave digestion, and conducting evaporation drying; and adding a dried product to a nitric acid solution for centrifugal separation, and extracting a supernatant; and (2) purification of the strontium isotope: first, mixing 4′,4″(5″)-di-tert-butyldicyclohexano-18-crown-6 and a defoamer and adsorbed to a purified resin separation column, and pre-cleaning the purified resin separation column with a nitric acid solution; next, injecting the supernatant in step (1) into the purified resin separation column with a nitric acid solution as a carrier solution; and then, injecting an 84Sr solution and an elution solution into the purified resin separation column in sequence to obtain a separated and purified strontium solution.
US12313501B1
A method for leak monitoring a high-pressure vessel includes the following steps: (a) pumping and compressing a liquefied gas via a pump from a source of liquefied gas so as to obtain a pressure of 500 to 1000 bar, (b) vaporizing the liquefied gas, (c) compressing a tracer gas to a pressure of 500 to 1000 bar, (d) mixing the vaporized liquefied gas obtained in step (b) with the compressed tracer gas obtained in step (c) in a buffer tank, (e) filling the high-pressure vessel to be monitored with the mixture obtained in step (d), then (f) checking for tracer gas leaks on the high-pressure vessel to be monitored.
US12313500B2
A leakage quick-detection device for drainage pipes comprises an operating rod assembly, a development module and a probe assembly. The development module comprises a receiving shell. A development board is fixedly connected into the receiving shell. A receiving and transmitting antenna is fixedly connected to the receiving shell and is electrically connected to the development board. The probe assembly comprises a composite platform. Four threaded through-holes are vertically and regularly formed in the composite platform. The change of water flow and water quality can be quickly reflected by ultrasonic data, conductivity data and flow data; compared with a traditional visual detection method, the detection dimensions are richer, the working time of personnel is shortened, more water flow information can be obtained, the labor intensity is reduced, and the troubleshooting accuracy is improved.
US12313496B2
A method for regulating the physical properties of slide bearings during operation. The method controls the bearing modulus (Hersey number) s of a slide bearing and includes the steps of: (a) determining the temperature dependence of the dynamic viscosity of the bearing lubricant; (b) determining the mixed-film lubrication to hydrodynamic lubrication transition temperature of the bearing; (c) determining, on the basis of the temperature dependence of the dynamic viscosity of the lubricant, the temperature dependence of the bearing modulus λ(T) and the value of the bearing modulus λcr of the mixed-film lubrication to hydrodynamic lubrication transition of the bearing; (d) measuring the operating temperature of the bearing; (e) regulating the value of the operating temperature of the bearing in order to keep the operating value of the bearing modulus λperf close to λcr in a range corresponding to the transition between mixed-film lubrication and hydrodynamic lubrication.
US12313492B2
A low-cost, data-fitting-free robust methodology configured to distinguish the coupling condition of an arbitrary resonance, applicable in one example to a micro-resonator of a multi-micro-resonator optical integrated circuit. The method includes registering the resonator cavity response to a rapid-phase shift of the on-resonance pump field. From the registered feature of the time-dependent transmission characteristic acquired with an optical detector, the sign of a difference between the values of intrinsic loss of the cavity and the coupling rate (γi−γc) is directly read out, thereby resulting not only in a more accurate estimation of the intrinsic loss as compared with related art, but also in facilitating practically-realizable inspection of massively integrated photonic platforms with micro-resonators.
US12313488B2
A capacitance diaphragm gauge (CDG) assembly includes a CDG sensor positioned within a vacuum enclosure, which is maintained at a vacuum. The CDG sensor generates sensor signals responsive to a pressure of an applied gas. The vacuum enclosure provides thermal insulation around the CDG sensor. The CDG sensor is maintained at a selected operating temperature using an internal heater positioned on the CDG sensor. The internal heater is responsive to external heater control signals. The temperature of the CDG sensor is monitored using an internal temperature sensor mounted on the CDG sensor. The temperature sensor generates a temperature signal. The vacuum enclosure includes an end cap that seals the vacuum enclosure. Connectors positioned through the end cap communicate the sensor signals, the heater control signals and the temperature signals through the end cap. The connectors are hermetically sealed to the end cap to maintain the vacuum within the vacuum enclosure.
US12313485B2
A component has an integrated sensor device for an optical, multi-axis measurement of a force applied to the component. The component includes a cavity and a first support element having one or more first optical elements and a second support element having one or more second optical elements. The first support element and the second support element are formed in the cavity and partially inserted into the component. A transmission device generates at least two beams in independent directions when connected to a power source. The beams pass through the cavity between the first optical elements and the second optical elements. The first optical elements and the second optical elements are adapted to generate information about a relative positional change of the first support element with respect to the second support element based on the at least two beams. The transmission device provides the information for measuring the force application.
US12313481B2
A stretchable strain sensor includes a light-emitting element, an optical structure, and a photo-detective element. The stretchable strain sensor is located in a path of light emitted from the light-emitting element. The optical structure is configured to have optical properties that change in response to stretching of at least a portion of the stretchable strain sensor. The photo-detective element is configured to detect light transmitted through the optical structure or reflected through the optical structure.
US12313478B2
Low drift force sensing conductors include small conductive balls in the ink used to create the conductor. The use of conductive balls reduces sensor drift while avoiding unwanted side-effects like temperature sensitivity. The conductive balls are made of sized synthetic graphite, a derivative of petroleum pitch or coal tar or any other suitable substance. Force sensors incorporating these balls also demonstrate enhanced sensitivity to low forces.
US12313463B2
A method for calibrating at least one optical sensor of a laser machining head is provided. The laser machining head comprises a first optical sensor, a deflection device, and a focusing device. A laser beam path of the first optical sensor passes through the deflection device and the focusing device. The method comprises the steps of: deflecting the beam path of the first optical sensor by the deflection device to a first position on a first reference; generating a first optical measurement signal based on measurement light received by the first optical sensor from the first position on the first reference; and determining a correction value for calibrating the first optical sensor based on the first optical measurement signal and according to a deviation of the first position on the first reference from a first target position, which is specified relative to a position of the machining laser beam.
US12313457B2
An optical sensor, comprising: a sensor array, comprising a bright region with at least one bright pixel and comprising a dark region with at least one dark pixel, wherein the dark pixel generates a sensing signal that is non-relevant to light emitted to the sensor array; a power noise detection circuit, configured to compute a power noise level of the sensing signal from the dark pixel; and a power noise compensation circuit, configured to control the optical sensor to perform a power noise compensation operation according to the power noise level. A related power noise reduction method is also disclosed. Based on the present invention, the power noise of the optical sensor can be reduced without increasing the power consumption, and the power noise for a low switch frequency can also be improved.
US12313447B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for contactless power converter aging detection. An example method may include receiving, from a microphone, first acoustic data associated with a power converter. The example method may also include converting the first acoustic data into second acoustic data, wherein the first acoustic data is time domain data and the second acoustic data is frequency domain data. The example method may also include determining, by a machine learning model and based on the second acoustic data, a remaining useful life value associated with the power converter.
US12313446B2
A windshield for a balance is provided, and the windshield to be attached to a balance to define a weighing chamber, includes openable and closable doors constituting portions of the weighing chamber, opening and closing mechanisms configured to open and close the doors, sensors configured to detect movement of the doors, and a control unit configured to command the opening and closing mechanism to open and close the door when a movement of the door from a stationary state is detected by the sensors. When an operator slightly moves the door from a stationary state to open or close the door, the sensor detects this, and the door is automatically opened or closed.
US12313439B2
A method of determining a filling level of a product in a tank, comprising the steps of: generating an electromagnetic transmit signal exhibiting a measurement sweep across a time series of piece-wise constant frequencies being within a measurement frequency range starting at a first frequency, and ending at a second frequency higher than the first frequency, a difference between frequencies in each pair of adjacent frequencies in the frequency range being equal to the first frequency; guiding the transmit signal towards and into the product in the tank; guiding an electromagnetic reflection signal back towards the transceiver; mixing the reflection signal with an electromagnetic reference signal, resulting in a mixer output indicative of a difference between the reflection signal and the reference signal; forming a measurement signal based on the mixer output; and determining the filling level based on the measurement signal.
US12313438B2
A radar fill level measurement device includes an arrangement having at least one radar chip which has a plurality of transmitting channels and a plurality of receiving channels. In addition, the device includes an antenna arrangement having a plurality of transmitting elements and receiving elements. The device has more transmitting channels than transmitting elements and/or more receiving channels than receiving elements.
US12313437B2
An autonomous field device for process automation, having a sensor, a wireless module, and a fastening device to fasten the field device on a wall, wherein the fastening device has at least a two-part design and is formed such that a first, sensor-side part of the fastening device can be installed from a first side of the wall and a second part of the fastening device can be installed from a second side of the wall, wherein the parts of the fastening device form a mechanical first interface penetrating the wall in order to fasten the field device on the wall.
US12313432B2
A sensor, method and integrated circuit for optically sensing the relative displacement of an object. The sensor may generate optical patterns of light and employ a multielement photodetector to detect the light and output corresponding analog signals proportional to the light detected. The sensor may achieve a sample rate that is orders of magnitude greater than conventional systems. The sensor may also achieve image resolution that is orders of magnitude greater than conventional systems. The sensor is useful for applications including the measurement of linear displacement and rotation, force, torque, or strain with respect to multiple degrees of freedom.
US12313420B2
A route from a first physical location to a second physical location is divided into a set of segments using a route optimization engine. Using a user response analysis model, a response to a physical environment associated with a segment in the set of segments is scored, the scoring resulting in a score. Using a content generation model and the score, the physical environment is augmented, the augmenting combining the physical environment and a generated environment.
US12313413B2
A system for routing a vehicle based on clearance height of the vehicle includes a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) for determining a geographical location of the vehicle, a vehicle communication system for communicating with external systems, and a controller in electrical communication with the GNSS and the vehicle communication system. The controller is programmed to receive a navigation request from an occupant of the vehicle and determine a vehicle clearance height. The controller is further programmed to determine a navigation route using at least the GNSS and the vehicle communication system in response to receiving the navigation request, where the navigation route is based at least in part on the vehicle clearance height.
US12313411B2
A method and a system for place recommendation in the smart city based on an Internet of Things are provided. The method is implemented by a management platform. The method includes: obtaining place information and pedestrian flow information of places, the place information including a count of the places, at least one distance between the places, and control measures for entrances and exits in each place, and control measures for passages, and the control measures include whether the entrances, exits, and passages in each place are closed; determining a plurality of candidate control schemes for the places based on the place information and the pedestrian flow information of the places; and determining a target control scheme of the places based on the plurality of candidate control schemes.
US12313409B2
There is disclosed a computer-implemented method performed in a tracking system for tracking the motion of a body, as a function of time, the method comprising: (a) during a first time period, obtaining first data related to the motion of a body from at least one primary positioning unit, wherein said at least one primary positioning unit is mounted on a first platform carried on the body, or wherein said at least one primary positioning unit is separate to the body, said primary positioning unit being operational during the first time period; (b) during the first time period, obtaining second data from one or more secondary sensors configured to make measurements from which position or movement may be determined, said one or more secondary sensors being mounted on one or more second platforms carried on the body; (c) generating first training data comprising the first data and second data; (d) during a second time period, obtaining third data from the one or more secondary sensors, and; (e) analysing the third data to estimate at least one first metric related to the motion of the body during the second time period using a first algorithm trained using the first training data. A tracking system for tracking the motion of a body, as a function of time, is also disclosed.
US12313404B2
In order to calculate an actual distance between coordinates in an image, a regular image for an original image may be generated based on an intrinsic parameter of a camera and pose information of the camera, based on first coordinates in the regular image that are received, first world coordinates corresponding to the first coordinates may be calculated in a world coordinate system, based on second coordinates in the regular image that are received, second world coordinates corresponding to the second coordinates may be calculated in the world coordinate system, and a distance between the first world coordinates and the second coordinates may be calculated.
US12313403B2
A mat for carrying out a photogrammetry method, having an upper side with a scanning surface, on which an object to be captured by means of the photogrammetry method can be placed, wherein a plurality of markers which can preferably be distinguished from one another is arranged on the scanning surface, said markers being detectable when carrying out the photogrammetry method, so as to be used during the creation of a 3D model of the object being captured by means of the photogrammetry method. The invention further specifies the use of the mat for carrying out a photogrammetry method, a computer-implemented method for the photogrammetric creation of a 3D model of an object, and a computer-readable storage medium.
US12313388B2
Devices and methods for shotshell cartridges, particularly shotshell cartridges with biodegradable components. One or more of the casing, shot wad, spacer, and powder wad may be formed of biodegradable materials. A biodegradable shot wad is manufactured of cellulosic fibers and wax to provide obturation and gas seal properties at high pressures with high reliability.
US12313384B2
A less-lethal projectile includes a cylindrical flexible body. The body includes a nose, a conical tail, and a tubular sidewall. The tail and sidewall extend rearwardly away from the nose. The sidewall defines an interior space around the tail. A flowable medium is received in the interior space around the tail. The flowable medium is configured to deform the sidewall upon impact of the nose with a target such that a portion of the sidewall contacts the target around the nose. Impact of the nose with the target causes the flowable medium to move forward in the interior space around the tail and expand the sidewall radially outward and forward such that the sidewall contacts the target around the nose.
US12313374B2
A one-piece gunstock for firearm and the relevant manufacturing method are described, said one-piece gunstock being composed of a frame (1) having two half-shells (1a, 1b) extended longitudinally and defining a recess inside the frame (1), a plurality of seats (31,32) and a space (42) for housing respective mechanical components formed between said half-shells and delimited by a transversal structural connection element (33) of said half-shells (1a, 1b), characterized in that said half-shells (1a, 1b) and said transversal connection element (33) are made in a single piece of an advanced composite material by a vacuum-bag moulding technology.
US12313368B2
A magazine for large ammunition includes a plurality of ammunition holders, with each ammunition holder being configured to operatively interface with a single round of ammunition. Each ammunition holder comprises an outer body, and an inner body configured to interface with the single round of ammunition. The inner body is transitional relative to the outer body between a first position and a second position, with the inner body extending out of the outer body as the inner body transitions from the first position toward the second position. The inner body is configured to release the single round of ammunition in response to the inner body being transitioned to the second position. The magazine additionally includes a plurality of links, with each link being coupled to a pair of the plurality of ammunition holders.
US12313367B2
An adjustable gas system for a firearm includes a one-piece gas block body, configured to be fixed to a barrel of the firearm, and a partial annular gas regulator. The gas block includes a gas flow hole that receives a gas tube of the firearm. The gas block body also includes a gas block body bulge and a ring at one end of the gas flow hole. The gas block body clamps to a barrel of the firearm by: (i) set screw(s), and (ii) direct/physical contact of the gas block body bulge and the ring. The gas regulator, when installed on the barrel, rotatably and partially surrounds the barrel such that, as the gas regulator is rotated around the barrel from a first position to a second position, a diameter of a resultant gas port hole changes as controlled by allocation holes on the gas regulator.
US12313364B2
A breechblock assembly for a firearm includes a breechblock extending along a central axis and configured to reciprocate along a receiver of the firearm between a recoil position and a battery position. A lever on the breechblock is movable from a blocking position to a non-blocking position in response to the breechblock moving from the recoil position to the battery position. A spring biases the lever to the blocking position. When the lever is in the blocking position the lever prevents the firearm from firing.
US12313362B2
A low recoil firearm 1 provided with counterweights 22, the number of counterweights 22a, 22b is two or more, and a kinetic energy of the bullet received by a barrel 11 is transferred and distributed to the counterweights 22a, 22b. A stop mechanism separately stops the counterweights 22a, 22b from each other. Although the kinetic energy transmitted to one counterweight is eliminated in the conventional technology, the kinetic energy distributed to two counterweights 22a, 22b is eliminated in the present invention.
US12313356B2
A data logger device for monitoring operation of a flexible lance drive apparatus is disclosed that includes a cylindrical housing removably connected to an air fluid pressure line to the drive apparatus, a circuit board mounted in the housing, a pressure sensing switch mounted on the circuit board and communicating with the fluid in the pressure line, and a processor and memory on the board operable to log time at which the switch changes state between two predetermined states.
US12313336B2
A unit for producing argon by cryogenic distillation, suitable for connection to a double air separation column consisting of first and second columns interconnected thermally, comprises an argon separation column surmounted with a top condenser and a denitrogenation column, means for withdrawing an argon-rich and nitrogen-depleted product (LAR) at the bottom of the denitrogenation column, means for connecting the top of the argon separation column to the denitrogenation column, means for sending a top gas from the argon separation column to the atmosphere, means for withdrawing a nitrogen-rich fluid from the top of the denitrogenation column, an analyser for measuring the nitrogen content at the top of the argon separation column, and means for opening and closing the means for connecting the top of the argon separation column to the denitrogenation column depending on the nitrogen content detected by the analyser.
US12313334B2
A home appliance includes a refrigerator. The home appliance includes a cabinet configured to define a storage space with a front surface opened, a door configured to open and close the storage space, and a speaker disposed on a top surface of the cabinet and configured to communicate with an external device, where the speaker includes a sound output portion configured to output sound. The sound output portion is inclined with respect to the top surface of the cabinet.
US12313330B2
A refrigerator includes: a cabinet having a storage space; a hinge bracket coupled to the cabinet; a door which is rotatably coupled to the shaft provided at the hinge bracket and which open/close the storage space; and an automatic closing device which is provided on the door at a position spaced away from the rotational center line of the door, and which is operated together with the hinge bracket when the door is being closed to automatically close the door. The automatic closing device includes a lever and an elastic member for elastically supporting the lever, and the hinge bracket includes: a bracket body including the shaft; and a cam member which is separably coupled to the bracket body and which has a contact surface that comes in contact with the lever when the door is being closed.
US12313318B2
A refrigeration system having a low stage and a high stage circuit. Each stage having a compressor, an evaporator or a condenser. The low stage includes a low stage refrigerant comprising R744. The high stage includes a high stage refrigerant having a GWP less than 500. The system further includes a heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the low stage refrigerant to the high stage refrigerant allowing the circuits to provide cooling in two stages.
US12313317B2
Disclosed herein is a refrigerator for a refrigerating vehicle using an ejector and a method for controlling the same. According to the present invention, a refrigerator for a refrigerator vehicle comprises a vapor compressor system where a compressor, a condenser, a refrigerant tank, an expansion valve, and an evaporator are connected through a flowing line, an ejector refrigerant system whose one end connected to an outlet of the refrigerant tank and whose other end connected to an inlet of the compressor, a flow control valve for distributing a refrigerant flowing between the ejector refrigerant system and the outlet, and a controller connected to an engine of a refrigerating vehicle connected to control the flow control valve if an RPM of the engine exceeds a setting value. The flow control valve distributes a gaseous refrigerant of a high temperature and a high pressure to the ejector of the ejector refrigerant system and the expansion valve of the vapor compressor system.
US12313314B2
A solid-state refrigeration device includes a solid-state cooler, first and second heat exchangers, a heat medium circuit, a reciprocating transport mechanism to transport a heat medium of the heat medium circuit, and an operation switching mechanism. The operation switching mechanism is configured to switch between a heating operation and a defrosting operation. In the heating operation, the heat medium heated by the solid-state cooler is caused to release heat in the first heat exchanger, and the heat medium cooled by the solid-state cooler is caused to absorb heat in the second heat exchanger. In the defrosting operation, the heat medium cooled by the solid-state cooler is caused to absorb heat in the first heat exchanger, and the heat medium heated by the solid-state cooler is caused to release heat in the second heat exchanger.
US12313311B2
A plate-type refrigerant pipe includes: a first plate; and a second plate. The first plate and the second plate are joined to form a refrigerant flow path. The first plate includes a first recessed groove that forms at least part of the refrigerant flow path and that has an arc shape in a cross section of the refrigerant flow path. A center of the arc shape of the first recessed groove is on a side of the first plate with respect to a joining surface where the first plate and the second plate are joined.
US12313306B1
A portable thermoelectric adaptive environment device is disclosed. The device includes a vessel for holding temperature sensitive goods, a thermoelectric heat pump in thermal contact with the vessel, a housing, and a temperature control system communicatively coupled to the thermoelectric heat pump and a battery. The temperature control system includes a microcontroller and a plurality of sensors configured to monitor an internal temperature and an ambient temperature. The microcontroller is configured to maintain the vessel at a target temperature by requesting a voltage and a current from the battery with a request made using a two-way communication protocol and powering the heat pump at the voltage and the current provided in response to the request. The microcontroller may be communicatively coupled to the battery through at least one trigger configured to communicate with the battery using the two-way communication protocol.
US12313304B2
Managing charge allocation and optimizing multi-mode performance of air-source integrated heat pumps
An improved heat pump including an integrated system for the management of refrigerant charge is provided. The integrated system actively adjusts charge allocation and thereby optimizes operational efficiencies in all modes of operation. In one embodiment, the integrated system includes three four-way valves, two expansion valves, two one-way check valves, and a suction line accumulator to optimize charge allocation. The four-way valves dictate the mode switch and refrigerant flow directions, and the expansion valves automatically allocate refrigerant mass in active components and store excess charge in an idle heat exchanger and suction line accumulator by controlling the compressor discharge pressure (equivalent to controlling condenser subcooling degree) as a function of the entering air and water temperatures. The integrated system provides seven working modes and is uniquely suited for spacing cooling, spacing heating, and water heating in both residential and commercial applications.
US12313303B2
An air conditioner includes an outdoor unit in which refrigerant circulates; an indoor unit in which water circulates; a heat exchange device including a heat exchanger connecting the outdoor unit to the indoor unit and performing heat exchange between the refrigerant and the water; a first outdoor unit connection pipe connecting the outdoor unit and the heat exchange device, a high-pressure gaseous refrigerant flowing in the first outdoor unit connection pipe; a second outdoor unit connection pipe connecting the outdoor unit and the heat exchange device, a low-pressure gaseous refrigerant flowing in the second outdoor unit connection pipe; a third outdoor unit connection pipe connecting the outdoor unit and the heat exchange device, a liquid refrigerant flowing in the third outdoor unit connection pipe; a bypass pipe communicating the third outdoor unit connection pipe and the second outdoor unit connection pipe; and a bypass valve provided in the bypass pipe.
US12313294B2
A heating apparatus is disclosed. The heating apparatus comprises a PTC heating element, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first protection layer, a second protection layer, a first interlayer, and a second interlayer. A hardness of the first protection layer is greater than that of the first interlayer. A hardness of the second protection layer is greater than that of the second interlayer.
US12313293B2
An indoor unit for an air conditioner in which the water level of a steam generator is linked with the water level of a supply chamber for supplying water to the steam generator, and a supply floater, which is lowered or raised according to the water level of the supply chamber, opens and closes a supply flow channel for supplying water to the supply chamber. The indoor unit for an air conditioner can control the water supply through the level of water stored in the steam generator.
US12313290B2
A semiconductor manufacturing system has a turbine disposed inside a semiconductor manufacturing clean room. A controller is disposed outside the semiconductor manufacturing clean room and is coupled to the turbine through a first cable. A first computer is coupled to the controller through a second cable. The first computer has a web server configured to communicate with the controller via the second cable. A second computer is disposed in the semiconductor manufacturing clean room and is connected to the web server of the first computer. The web server hosts a web page including a reset button configured to issue a reset command to the controller. The web page also displays a status of the turbine.
US12313289B2
A dehumidifier includes a machine body having a dehumidification function and a water tank including a receiving cavity that includes a support boss on an inner side wall of the receiving cavity. The dehumidifier has a working state, in which a bottom of the machine body is above an upper surface of the support boss and abuts against the support boss. The dehumidifier has an idle state, in which the bottom of the machine body is below the upper surface of the support boss. A height of the dehumidifier in the working state is greater than a height of the dehumidifier in the idle state.
US12313271B2
Embodiments include overflow sensor assemblies for water heaters, HVAC systems, and other devices for which temperature control systems may be used. An example overflow sensor assembly for detecting fluid leaks at a device may include a sensor probe configured to be in electrical communication with a power supply, and a sensor mounting bracket that forms a ground, where the sensor mounting bracket is configured to be adjustably coupled to a mounting surface on the device, such that the sensor mounting bracket can deflect about the mounting surface. The sensor probe is suspended from the sensor mounting bracket.
US12313269B2
An indoor unit of an air conditioner includes a housing having an opening, a heat exchanger arranged in the housing to heat exchange air drawn into the housing, a fan arranged in the housing and rotatable around a rotation axis. The rotation axis formed to extend along a direction toward the opening and a diffuser placed at the opening and through which heat exchanged air blown by the fan is discharged. The diffuser including a plurality of vanes configured to guide the heat exchanged air blown by the fan. The diffuser being further configured to be selectively rotatable in the same direction as a rotation direction of the fan. The fan and the plurality of vanes being arranged to guide the heat exchanged air blown by the fan in the rotation direction of the diffuser while the diffuser is rotated.
US12313268B2
A method for controlling a distribution temperature of domestic hot water implemented in a management unit of an installation for producing domestic hot water and including steps for obtaining mean temperatures of the distributed hot water, determined by time ranges and measured by one or more divisional distribution meters in the course of a reference period; obtaining a minimum value and a maximum value of these temperature averages in order to determine a temperature condition of the distributed hot water from at least the maximum value or the minimum value, and from at least one predefined temperature threshold, and, if the distribution condition determined is met, sending a sequence controlling the production temperature to the production installation. Also, a distribution installation, a distribution meter and a unit for managing the distribution of domestic hot water.
US12313267B2
A film type planar heating element for preventing electromagnetic waves is configured in a form of multiple layers of films to generate heat, the film type planar heating element comprising: a base film made of synthetic resin and mounted on a floor in a form of sheet film; a carbon heating unit made of carbon materials and arranged in multiple rows to generate heat planarly on a top side of the base film; a pair of center-adjacent copper foil busbars disposed in a center area of the base film, applying current to the carbon heating unit, and facing each other in a close distance so that intensities of electromagnetic waves and magnetic field are mutually canceled each other when the current is applied; a pair of center silver busbars formed between the carbon heating unit and the center-adjacent copper foil busbars and made of silver materials allowing the current, which is applied to the center-adjacent copper foil busbars, to smoothly flow to the carbon heating unit, and a Lamirex film coated on the top side of the base film to protect the carbon heating unit and the center-adjacent copper foil busbars.
US12313264B2
A coupling assembly for a turbine engine. The coupling assembly includes a cold side component, a hot side component, and a fastening mechanism. The cold side component and the hot side component together at least partially form a combustion chamber. The fastening mechanism couples the hot side component to the cold side component. The fastening mechanism includes a stud disposed through the cold side component and a cap positioned on the stud. The cap defines a hollow interior and includes one or more first cap cooling holes. The one or more first cap cooling holes operably direct cooling air into the hollow interior such that the hollow interior provides a cushion of air between the combustion chamber and the stud.
US12313256B2
The present application discloses a combustion device and a cooking apparatus. The combustion device includes a combustion assembly, the combustion assembly includes a first combustion assembly, and the first combustion assembly includes a box, a first combustor, a top plate and a fire splitting assembly. The box is provided with an opening and a set of intake holes; the first combustor is arranged in the box; the top plate is matched with the box and closes the opening, and is provided with a set of exhaust holes; and the fire splitting assembly is arranged in the box; an intake passage is formed between the fire splitting assembly and an inner bottom surface of the box, one end of the intake passage communicates with the set of intake holes.
US12313230B2
The present disclosure discloses a skate-bear-shaped projection lamp, and relates to the technical field of projection lamps. The skate-bear-shaped projection lamp includes a projection head portion; a lower body of the skate bear is movably connected to the projection head portion; a center column, a lower end of which is fixedly connected to an inner cavity of the lower body of the skate bear, is mounted in a center inside the projection head portion; an inner annular picture plate and an outer annular picture plate which are adjusted in any angle for combined projection surround an upper end of the center column in sequence from inside to outside; an inner ring plate and an outer ring plate which are capable of being adjusted in any angle are respectively fixed at upper ends of the inner annular picture plate and the outer annular picture plate.
US12313229B1
A water-stirring lantern related to a technical field of water-stirring lanterns and includes a bottle body. A sealing cover is installed on a bottom end of the bottle body. A first groove is defined in the bottom end of the sealing cover. A driving assembly is installed in the first groove. The driving assembly is disposed in a sleeve. A water outlet pipe is installed on one side of the sleeve. A fixed bottom support base is fixedly installed on an upper end of the sleeve. Protruding blocks around a notch portion of the bottom end of the bottle body are respectively snapped in snapping grooves of the sealing cover, which facilitates assembly and disassembly of the bottle body and the sealing cover. Water-stirring blades are installed on a sleeving piece, and the water-stirring blades are disposed on the driving shaft and driven by the driving motor.
US12313228B1
A flashlight assembly that includes a tubular main body portion, a tail portion that is removable from the tubular main body portion, a battery assembly, and an alignment system. The main body portion and tail portion cooperate to define a battery assembly interior. The tail portion includes a first charging opening that communicates the battery assembly interior with the exterior of the tail portion. The battery assembly is positioned in the battery assembly interior and includes a battery housing defining a battery housing interior, a rechargeable battery cell disposed in the battery housing interior, and at least a first charging receptacle associated with the battery housing. The alignment system includes one of a first protrusion or a first recess associated with the battery housing and the other of the first protrusion or the first recess associated with the battery assembly interior. The first protrusion is received in the first recess and the first charging receptacle is aligned with the first charging opening.
US12313227B2
An LED light bulb is provided. The LED light bulb includes a lamp housing, a bulb base, a stem, two conductive supports, a driving circuit, and a flexible LED filament. The flexible filament includes a first LED section, a second LED section, a conductive section, a first conductive electrode, and a second conductive electrode. The first LED section is bent in a first three-dimensional curve shape. The second LED section is bent in a second three-dimensional curve shape. The conductive section includes a center point of the flexible LED filament. The flexible LED filament is bent in a third three-dimensional curve shape including the first three-dimensional curve shape, the conductive section, and the second three-dimensional curve shape. A polarity of the conductor is opposite to polarities of the first conductive electrode and the second conductive electrode.
US12313221B2
A handle actuator device for barriers or protection panels comprises a shell (3) having means for anchoring to the access (A) and provided with a handle portion (4) adapted to be grasped by a user for moving the access (A), an actuator (5) associated with the shell (3) and provided with a first transmitting or receiving element (6) adapted to interact with the fixed receiving or transmitting device (2) placed on the fixed frame (T) of the access (A) at the closing thereof to enable/disable one or more operations of the machine or plant to be monitored, wherein the shell (3) comprises a housing (7) shaped to accommodate said actuator (5) according to at least two configurations wherein the first element (6) is oriented according to at least two different positions and is facing two different faces (8, 9) of the housing (7).
US12313220B2
A rotary machine includes a fixed internal body, a rotating external body and a lubrication system to lubricate one or more components of the internal body or external body during rotation. The lubrication system includes: an inlet conduit for a lubricant, formed in the internal body; one or more distribution conduits for the lubricant; a lubricant collection chamber between the external body and the internal body; and an outlet conduit communicating with the collection chamber.
US12313219B1
A hanging bracket device includes an L-shaped main body having shaft housing positioned along the top surface at a location adjacent to the back end. The housing includes a pair of channels extending from the front end to the back end of the housing body. A pair of engagement posts each having a handle an elongated shaft, and a latch portion are positioned within the channels such that the latch portions extend outward from the back end of the housing at a location adjacent to the bend. The engagement posts are positioned to align with a pair of spline channels on a screen enclosure frame member and rotate between a locked position and an unlocked position. In the locked position, the posts secure the main body onto the frame member, and a hook receives items to be suspended from the frame member.
US12313213B2
A case for a portable electronic device includes a cavity defined by a plurality of sidewalls and a rear wall and configured to support the portable electronic device therein, and a kickstand arrangement coupled to the rear wall, the kickstand arrangement comprising a first kickstand rotatable about a first rotational axis between a stowed position and a support position and a second kickstand rotatable about a second rotational axis transverse to the first rotational axis, wherein the second kickstand is configured to rotate into an auxiliary support position in which the second kickstand extends between the rear wall and the first kickstand.
US12313203B2
A flow dampener for dampening pulsation in a fluid flow includes a body shell, a flexible membrane, and two flow ports. The body shell has an interior surface and an elongate groove formed on the interior surface. The flexible membrane is sealed to the interior surface of the body shell and covers the elongate groove. In some embodiments, the flexible membrane is over-molded onto the body shell. The flexible membrane cooperates with the elongate groove to form an elongate flow path for the fluid flow. The flexible membrane has a thickness in a range from 0.5 mm to 6 mm. As the membrane is flexible, it vibrates as the fluid flows through the elongate flow path, absorbs kinetic energy in the fluid flow, and thereby dampens pulsation in the fluid flow.
US12313201B2
A housing is constructed and arranged to be mounted to a curtain. The housing can include an aperture. Upon installation of the housing to the curtain, a portion of the curtain is removed in the region of the aperture. A flexible air duct can be presented through the aperture.
US12313199B2
A system including an annular socket body for tightening a lock ring around a threaded end of a conduit connector extending through an opening in a wall of a junction box is provided. To facilitate capturing of the lock ring by the socket body without interference, the wrench lugs of the socket body each have a circumferential extent that is less than 50% of a circumferential extent between teeth of the lock ring, and there are half as many wrench lugs than teeth. Flat side faces of the wrench lugs are disposed at an angle of between about 15° and 40° relative to sides of the teeth of the lock rings so that the wrench lugs engage the lock ring teeth in a sliding point contact that promotes uniform engagement between the wrench lugs and the lock ring teeth when torque of about 1400 inch-pounds is applied to the socket body.
US12313197B1
A hose connector with an adjustment structure to securely connect patient interface components to a machine in Continuous Positive Airway Pressure therapy. The hose connector includes a first connector end to connect an external tubular connector, a second connector end to connect a hose, and a sidewall that encircles and forms the first connector end and the second connector end. The sidewall has an interior and an exterior, with a gripping portion on the exterior. The first connector end, which is configured to connect to the external tubular connector, includes a portion of the sidewall, a chamber that is configured to accommodate the hose connector, an opening, an abutment surface, and a retaining structure. At least one adjustment structure is provided on the opening. Furthermore, the first connector end of the hose connector with the adjustment structure is made of a resilient first material.
US12313193B2
A screw part with an annular cross-section and having a base element that is hollow, cylindrical and at least partially injection-molded from a plasticized polymeric mass containing fibers. The base element includes at least one internal and/or external thread and an inner channel for arranging and/or passing through a conduit system element. The inner channel has at least one sealing section for sealing with the conduit system element and/or at least one support section for supporting and/or guiding the conduit system element and/or at least one retaining section for directly or indirectly locking the conduit system element. An insertion sleeve is arranged in the base element coaxially with the inner channel. The insertion sleeve is at least partially encapsulated by the polymeric mass with the polymeric mass facing radially towards the inner channel and radially away from the inner channel. A process for manufacturing such a screw part.
US12313188B2
A valve assembly, includes a valve body having an inlet portion, an outlet portion, and a constriction portion; a shaft positioned within the valve body and extending along a longitudinal axis of the valve body; a cone provided within the inlet portion and configured to move along the shaft; a spring configured to bias the cone away from the constriction and positioned between a first piston fixed to the cone and a second piston fixed to the shaft; and an adjustable spacer positioned between a fixed position on the shaft and the second piston. The adjustable spacer is adjustable in length to change an effective length of the adjustable spacer and change a position of the second piston on the shaft.
US12313187B2
A rotary valve includes a valve body including an opening formed therein, a rotary component received within the opening of the valve body with the rotary component configured to rotate relative to the valve body about an axis of rotation thereof, and a sealing assembly including a hard sealing structure and a soft sealing structure disposed between the valve body and the rotary component. The hard sealing structure is formed from a substantially rigid material and is configured to sealingly engage the rotary component. The hard sealing structure includes a support feature to reinforce the soft sealing structure. The soft sealing structure is formed from a resiliently deformable material and is configured to sealingly engage the hard sealing structure and the valve body.
US12313185B2
A valve assembly has a housing and a valve shaft rotatable in the housing. A sensor assembly detects the position of the valve shaft. The sensor assembly has an indicator on the housing; and a position sensor on the valve shaft configured to detect a feature of the indicator to determine the position of the valve shaft.
US12313184B2
A cover for a valve handle comprises an elongate base including a front side and a rear side, a protrusion for being inserted into a corresponding hole of the valve handle. The protrusion projects from the rear side of the base. A retaining element extends opposite to the rear side and is fixed to the base. The base and the retaining element together define a receiving space including an opening for receiving a free end of the valve handle. The opening is located at a distance from the protrusion in longitudinal direction of the base and directed to the protrusion.
US12313182B2
Solenoid valve system having a solenoid valve and further having a controller, wherein the solenoid valve includes a valve housing through which a fluid channel passes, in which fluid channel a valve member for temporarily sealing a valve seat formed in the fluid channel is movably accommodated, and including a solenoid drive which has a magnetic circuit with a solenoid coil and a linear-movable armature which is coupled to the valve member, the controller provides a coil current to the solenoid coil and is connected to a sensor which provides a sensor signal which is dependent on a movement of the armature, the controller analyzes the sensor signal to determine a movement of the armature, wherein the controller provides a closed loop control for the coil current in the presence of the armature movement.
US12313179B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a valve core transmission member, a valve controller, and a valve control method. The valve core transmission member includes a drive gear and a spindle, wherein the drive gear is configured to drive the spindle to rotate around a spindle axis and the drive gear is an incomplete gear with an effective engagement angle. The drive gear is capable of rotating around the spindle axis relative to the spindle and have a free rotation angle relative to the spindle; and the effective engagement angle of the drive gear is greater than a free rotation angle.
US12313177B2
An electromagnetic valve includes a flow path forming portion, and a solenoid housing. The flow path forming portion includes a first component and a second component. The solenoid housing, the first component, and the second component are arranged in this order in the axial direction. The first component is provided with a connection portion. The solenoid housing and the second component are provided with supporting portions. Each of the supporting portions includes a first lock portion. When a first end portion and a second end portion are defined on at least one of sides of the first component that is present in a cross section passing through the connection portion, the first lock portion is located on a first end portion side, and a space through which the connection portion passes is provided from the first lock portion to a second end portion side.
US12313176B2
Butterfly valve housing for a butterfly valve having a closing element mounted rotatably in the housing, wherein receiving openings are arranged in the housing between the two flange connection discs and between the reinforcement structure, wherein the receiving openings are directed from the outer circumference in the direction of the vertical centre axis, into which the inserts can be inserted into the housing, wherein the inserts are arranged form-fittingly in the receiving openings.
US12313174B2
A pressure relief valve for reducing pressure arising in a cell-like cavity, such as a battery cell, including a cover which has a seal for sealing a housing opening up to a predetermined cell pressure and is provided with a holding device in order to hold said cover on the housing opening, the holding device having a spring clip which is attached to the lower face of the cover that faces the housing opening and has a plurality of radially outwardly directed spring tongues which, at the ends thereof, are provided with spring portions which, when the cover is pressed onto the housing opening, can be moved back resiliently in the radial direction through the opening edge and, after passing through the housing opening, snap back under a wall region around the opening edge, wherein a bearing device, which is separate from the cover prior to mounting and to which the spring clip is fixed by a support part, is connected to the cover on the lower face thereof that faces the housing opening, a connection adapter being connected to the center of the bearing device, wherein a central opening of the spring is placed on the connection adapter and wherein the support part is connected to the connection adapter, thus fixing the spring clip.
US12313171B2
A manual reset actuator includes a main drain, a diaphragm release aperture fluidly coupled to a flow control valve, an upper chamber, a control port, a control orifice, an upper chamber supply orifice, and a sealing assembly, which includes a button, and a plunger. A pressure in the upper chamber exerts a downward force on the plunger. A spring exerts an upward force on the plunger. The fluid in the upper chamber is released via the control orifice, which lowers the pressure in the upper chamber, decreasing the downward force exerted on the plunger. When the downward force is less than the upward force, the spring forces the plunger upwards into an open configuration, which unseals the diaphragm release aperture. When the upward force is less than the downward force, the plunger remains in a closed configuration, which keeps the diaphragm release aperture sealed.
US12313169B2
A control valve, includes a valve body, a valve core, and a sealing component. The control valve includes communication ports; the communication ports are communicated with a valve cavity (101); the communication ports comprise first communication ports; the first communication ports are arranged along the height direction of a side wall portion and the circumferential direction of the side wall portion; two first communication ports is arranged on the side wall portion along the circumferential direction of the side wall portion; the sealing component includes a sealing body portion; the sealing body portion is located between the valve core (20) and the side wall portion; the sealing body portion has through holes.
US12313166B2
A valve body of an expansion valve for an air-conditioning system, a battery cooler, and/or an oil cooler of a motor vehicle may comprise a valve needle and a spring. The valve needle and the spring may be integrally provided as a single component.
US12313161B2
A mounting assembly for a coupler mechanism of a motor vehicle has at least a plurality of components which are to be mounted during mounting of the coupler mechanism as the latter is being assembled. A shifting element corresponds to one of the components which is configured to shift a clutch of the coupler mechanism. A first spring element corresponds to one of the components which is received displaceably on the shifting element and which is configured for at least indirect spring force-preloaded support on a housing of the coupler mechanism. The mounting assembly also has a mounting device which is separated from the components in the finally produced state of the coupler mechanism and has a securing element with a first securing element end and a second securing element end. The first securing element end is reversibly coupled releasably to the shifting element and, as a result, secures the first spring element against sliding off the shifting element during mounting.
US12313155B2
A gear unit includes a housing having a lower part and a cover part, e.g., fitted onto the lower part, and an output shaft and a driving shaft. The lower part includes a first support, a second support, a base plate, and side walls. Each side wall is connected, e.g., welded, the first and second supports. The first support is a closed annular structure, e.g., a closed ring. The second support is an open annular structure, e.g., an open ring. A first bearing, e.g., a double bearing, for rotatably supporting the output shaft is received in the base plate. A second bearing for rotatably supporting the output shaft is received in the bearing receiving part. The base plate is connected, e.g., welded, to the second support and to the bearing receiving part.
US12313154B2
A strain wave drive includes an elliptical wave generator shaft rotatable about an axis (X), a flexible tubular flex spline mounted around the wave generator shaft and a ring gear assembly mounted around the flex spline. The ring gear assembly includes an output ring gear having a circular inner periphery and is sandwiched between two earth ring gears each having a circular inner periphery. The flex spline has a first number of radially outwardly extending teeth around its outer periphery; and wherein each earth ring gear has the first number of radially inwardly extending teeth to engage with the teeth of the flex spline; and wherein the output ring gear has a second number of radially inwardly extending teeth, wherein the second number is greater than the first number.
US12313151B2
There is provided a drive power transmitting mechanism that can transmit drive power losslessly and can be used in environments where silence is required. The drive power transmitting mechanism includes a rotor having a first outer circumferential surface and rotatable about a first rotational axis, a rotor having a second outer circumferential surface pressed against the first outer circumferential surface and rotatable about a second rotational axis due to a frictional force produced between the second outer circumferential surface and the first outer circumferential surface, a gear rotatable in unison with the rotor about the first rotational axis, and a gear rotatable in unison with the rotor about the second rotational axis, in which the gear and the gear are brought into mesh with each other when the second outer circumferential surface slips against the first outer circumferential surface.
US12313146B1
A gear assembly in accordance with at least some embodiments of the present technology includes first and second supports extending circumferentially around an axis in first and second planes, respectively. The gear assembly further includes a first transfer member including first lobes and first troughs circumferentially alternating around the axis in a third plane. The gear assembly also includes a second transfer member including second lobes and second troughs circumferentially alternating around the axis in a fourth plane. The planes intersect the axis with the third and fourth planes between the first and second planes. The gear assembly further includes first and second pins circumferentially interspersed around the axis and extending between the first and second supports. The gear assembly transfers torque at least primarily via contact between the first pins and the first lobes and via contact between the second pins and the second lobes.
US12313145B2
A drive belt includes a foamed undercord layer having void spaces located throughout the foamed undercord layer. The void spaces extend from a backing layer of the undercord layer to an exterior surface of the backing layer, and may include some void spaces at the exterior surface that are open to the external environment. The foamed undercord layer may exhibit a 20% reduction in specific gravity as compared to an unfoamed version of the undercord layer. The manufacturing process for making the foamed undercord layer can include incorporating foaming agent in the undercord layer such that the undercord layer both foams and cures when heat and pressure are applied to the undercord layer. The foamed drive belt incorporating the foamed undercord layer may exhibit reduced bending stiffness and improved energy efficiency.
US12313142B2
A shock absorber includes a mechanical stop for torque converter that prevents the exterior springs from reaching the solid length. The shock absorber with mechanical buffer stop includes a drive plate; at least one exterior spring; and a driven plate, the driven plate additionally includes at least one mechanical stop which is configured to make contact with the drive plate when the drive plate compresses each exterior spring, and each mechanical stop is located such that it prevents each exterior spring from reaching a solid-length condition.
US12313139B2
A method and a system for monitoring wear of a braking frictional pad of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle including a brake device acting on a vehicle wheel, the brake device including a braking frictional pad that is non-rotatable relative to the vehicle wheel and is linearly movable parallel to a rotational axis of the vehicle wheel; a brake piston configured to drive the braking frictional pad; and an electric parking brake or an electric mechanical brake, the electric parking brake or the electric mechanical brake having a drive motor and a piston driving part driven by the drive motor to be linearly movable, the piston driving part being configured to, when the motor vehicle is braking, drive the brake piston to contact the braking frictional pad and in turn drive the braking frictional pad to move.
US12313137B2
A drive device for a braking system of a motor vehicle. The drive device includes a housing and an electric machine that includes a rotatably supported drive shaft. The drive shaft is connected or connectable to an actuator element of the braking system via a planet wheel gear situated in the housing. The drive shaft is rotatably supported in a bearing shield situated in the housing. The bearing shield is made of plastic.
US12313119B2
A shaft assembly includes a composite tube and an impact shield. The composite tube has a longitudinal centerline axis and the impact shield may be disposed around the composite tube and may extend along a length of the composite tube. A gap may be defined between the composite tube and the impact shield. Generally, shaft assembly is configured to inhibit impact damage to the composite tube and/or facilitate visual detection of damage from impacts. The shaft assembly may further include a shock absorbing sleeve disposed in the gap between the composite tube and the impact shield.
US12313117B2
A bearing device includes a bearing provided with an inner ring and an outer ring that rotate concentrically relative to one another. A vibration sensor measures vibrations of the bearing. The bearing device includes a first determining means (10) for determining values of at least a first statistical parameter and a second statistical parameter (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6), a modelling means (11) for modelling the values of the first and statistical parameters with normal distributions, a second determining means (12) for determining a detection threshold (Sd) from the normal distributions during the training period, a third determining means (13) for determining a score (Sc) during normal operation of the machine (1) from the values of the two statistical parameters and the normal distributions, and a comparing means (14) for determining the failure of the bearing (4) from the detection threshold (Sd) and the score (Sc).
US12313112B2
A male element for a device for attaching a first part to a second part, a male element comprising: a flange for retaining the second part; a pin intended to be axially inserted into a cavity of a female element attached to the first part, a foot being provided with a male assembly member intended to axially hold the pin in the female element, the body having a groove. The flange has: an axial opening for receiving the pin and enabling the flange to be moved axially on the pin from a first position to a second position; a retaining member configured to resiliently engage in the groove and hold the flange on the pin in the first position; and a radial rib abutting against the head when the flange is in the second position.
US12313109B2
An end nut assembly comprising a nut body defining a first portion and a second portion, a first opening is adjacent the first portion and a second opening is adjacent the second portion, and an axial bore extends between the first opening and the second opening. A bite ring defines an outer ring and a plurality of teeth extends radially inwardly from the outer ring, and a spacer defines an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the inner surface defines a cavity centrally located within the spacer. The end nut assembly does not contain an o-ring.
US12313105B2
A piece of furniture, comprising a first and second furniture part, which are coupled to each other at an angle by means of mechanical coupling means. A female part is made as an oblong slot in the second furniture part with an insertion opening for introducing a male part. When coupling the first furniture part and the second furniture part to each other, the male part is brought from an insertion position in the insertion opening to an end position in the female part by moving the male part and the female part along each other. The male part is situated on a narrow end of the first furniture part and is positioned with its center line between the central plane of the first furniture part and the inner side of the first furniture part. The slot is realized in the inwardly directed flat side of the second furniture part.
US12313100B2
A hydraulic arrangement (1) including a supply port (P), a return port (T), a working port arrangement (L, R), and a valve (2) controlling a supply of hydraulic fluid from the supply port (P) to the working port arrangement (L, R), wherein the valve (2) includes a housing (4) and a spool (3) movable in lengthwise direction in the housing (4) and forming together with the housing (4) at least one flow path the resistance of which depends on the position of the spool (3) in the housing (4), and the spool (3) is actuated by a hydraulic pilot pressure (21, 22) in a pressure chamber (7, 8). In such a hydraulic arrangement a safety functionality should be achieved in a simple way. To this end the housing (4) includes a pilot pressure relief port (20) connected to the return port (T) via a shut-off valve (10) and the spool (3) after a predetermined stroke (13, 14) opens a connection between the pressure chamber (7, 8) and the pilot pressure relief port (20).
US12313086B1
A mounting and demounting structure includes a blade hub and multiple fan blades. Multiple mounting seats are disposed on the blade hub along a circumferential direction of the blade hub. The multiple fan blades are connected to the multiple mounting seats respectively. A locking leaf is rotatably connected to each mounting seat. The locking leaf is in a locked state of engaging with the each mounting seat and an unlocked state of disengaging from the each mounting seat.
US12313080B2
An impeller includes a hub having an axial direction as a rotation axis and extending from a first end to a second end, and including an end surface and a first wall. The end surface is positioned at the first end of the hub, one end of the first wall extends around an entire periphery of the end surface and radially outwardly extends at an angle toward the second end in the axial direction. A length of extension of the first wall is greater than 50% of a length of extension of the hub. The impeller further includes a plurality of blades, the proximal ends of which extend from the periphery of the hub in a radial direction. A predetermined range of angle is formed between the first wall and the axial direction, and the predetermined range of angle is between 3 degrees and 45 degrees.
US12313076B2
The present invention relates to a multistage fluid compressor including a motor housing having a fluid injection port, a stator coupled to the inside of the motor housing, a rotor configured to penetrate the inside of the stator and having two opposite sides based on an axial direction, the two opposite sides being rotatably coupled to the motor housing, an impeller housing coupled to the motor housing and configured to communicate with the inside of the motor housing, the impeller housing having a fluid discharge port configured to connect the inside and outside thereof, and first and second impellers provided in the impeller housing and coupled to one end of the rotor, in which the compressor may be directly cooled by using a fluid intended to be compressed, and components of the compressor including a thrust bearing, the stator, and the rotor may be efficiently cooled.
US12313075B2
A highly efficient circulator system is provided, useful for hydronic systems, including both heating and cooling systems. The stand-alone circulator motor is controllable by input from certain sensors, preferably thermal sensors, which provide data enabling the controller of the brushless pump motor to vary its flow output to meet changes in systems loads. The circulator has a ceramic permanent magnet rotor, such as a ferrite, with an electronically, preferably sinusoidally, commutated, electro-magnetic stator controlling the input of electrical power.
US12313068B2
The invention relates to an internal gear machine (10) having a housing (12) which forms a cavity (14) in which an internally toothed ring gear (18) and an externally toothed pinion (16) are arranged, the toothings (24, 26) of which are in meshing engagement with one another in certain regions and the axes of rotation (20, 22) of which run parallel to and spaced apart from one another, wherein at least one filler piece (30, 30′) rests against the first and second toothings (24, 26), which divides the cavity (14) into two fluidically separate regions. It is provided that the toothing (24, 26) is designed as helical toothing or arrow toothing.
US12313063B2
A cartridge assembly for use in a high pressure pump according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a cartridge housing. A bore extends through the cartridge housing from a valve end to a packing end. A valve assembly is arranged in the valve end of the bore and configured to abut a valve seat. The bore has a constant diameter between the valve assembly and the packing end. The cartridge assembly is designed to be used in a fluid pump at a fluid pressure of at least 30,000 psi.
US12313060B2
The present disclosure relates to a zeroing device comprising a piston movable along an axis, at least one biasing member for biasing the piston along the axis, and an axially displaceable zeroing member limiting axial movement of the at least one biasing member. The present disclosure further relates to a variable displacement hydraulic unit including said zeroing device.
US12313057B2
In some implementations, a powertrain for powering a fluid pump may include a power source configured to rotate a first drive shaft at an approximately constant speed. The powertrain may include a mechanical transmission. The mechanical transmission may include one or more gearboxes associated with a set of fixed gear ratios, a second drive shaft coupled to the first drive shaft, and a third drive shaft coupled to an input drive shaft of the fluid pump and configured to rotate the input drive shaft at variable speeds or with variable torque based on using different gear ratios from the set of fixed gear ratios. The powertrain may include a torque converter disposed between the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft to enable the first drive shaft to be coupled to the second drive shaft.
US12313048B2
A fluid end assembly having a plurality of fluid end sections positioned in a side-by-side relationship. Each fluid end section has a housing made of multiple-piece construction. One or more pieces of the housing have a plurality of stay rods attached thereto. The stay rods interconnect the fluid end assembly and a power end assembly.
US12313044B2
A system for utilizing excess heat during a subsea field operation can include a subsea manifold configured to transfer a subterranean resource to a pipeline located subsea, where the subterranean resource radiates the excess heat after being transferred out of the subsea manifold. The system can also include a subsea power generation system that receives the excess heat from the subterranean resource as the subterranean resource is transferred from the subsea manifold to the pipeline, where subsea power generation system uses the excess heat to generate electrical power.
US12313035B2
An offshore wind turbine installation vessel includes a crane provided with a computerized crane control system. The computerized crane control system is linked to the slew drive, the luffing drive, and the hoisting winch of the crane, and is programmed to perform a foundation pile installation routine providing a coordinated pattern of slew motion of the superstructure and of luffing motion of the boom structure, as well as operation of the hoisting winch so that the load connector of the crane moves from a foundation pile pick up position thereof, where the load connector is connected to the top end of a horizontally oriented foundation pile stored on a storage deck, to a foundation pile overboarding position thereof, wherein the foundation pile is in vertical suspended from the load connector, outside of the hull.
US12313027B2
A method for harnessing wave energy includes providing a vehicle to a body of water, the vehicle. The method includes submerging the vehicle to a depth in the body of water. The method includes operating the motor-generator of the vehicle in the first quadrant of the motor-generator. The method includes detecting a phase of a wave in the body of water based information from the processor of the detected phase. The method includes orienting the vehicle to lag the phase of the wave based on the detected phase of the wave. The method includes synchronizing an inertial acceleration of the vehicle to movement of the wave. The method includes switching the motor-generator to the second quadrant for generation mode to convert energy from the movement of the wave to electrical energy. The method includes storing the energy from the wave in the rechargeable battery source.
US12313018B2
Provided herein is a control system for a vehicle. The control system includes an engine including cylinders, each of the cylinders including a fuel injector associated therewith, a vehicle exhaust system coupled in fluid communication with the engine for receiving exhaust gas therefrom, a sensor coupled to the vehicle exhaust system to detect an air-to-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas, and an engine electronic control unit (ECU) communicatively coupled to the sensor and the fuel injector of each cylinder, the ECU including memory and a processor. The ECU is configured to store a sequence of operating states of the cylinders, determine, based on the stored sequence of operating states, expected air-to-fuel ratio (ATFR) value data, receive, from the sensor, actual air-to-fuel ratio (ATFR) value data, determine a difference between the expected and actual ATFR value data, and control operation of the fuel injector based on the determined difference.
US12313010B2
Methods and systems for adjusting a modulation characteristic of a bleed-off valve of a gas turbine engine are described. The method comprises obtaining a first setpoint configuration associated with a first modulation characteristic of the bleed-off valve, obtaining operating conditions of the gas turbine engine, determining an adjustment factor based on the first setpoint configuration and the operating conditions of the gas turbine engine, and adjusting the bleed-off valve to a second setpoint configuration associated with a second modulation characteristic based on the first setpoint configuration and the adjustment factor, the second modulation characteristic being different from the first modulation characteristic.
US12313000B1
An apparatus is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine apparatus includes an air-debris separation structure, and the air-debris separation structure includes a first air-debris separator, a second air-debris separator and a separation structure outlet. The first air-debris separator includes a first separator inlet and a first separator outlet out from the air-debris separation structure. The first air-debris separator fluidly couples the first separator inlet to the first separator outlet and the separation structure outlet in parallel. The second air-debris separator includes a second separator inlet and a second separator outlet out from the air-debris separation structure. The second air-debris separator fluidly couples the second separator inlet to the second separator outlet and the separation structure outlet in parallel.
US12312998B1
An assembly is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This assembly includes an inner wall structure, an outer wall structure, a splitter and an actuation system. The inner wall structure extends axially along a first axis to an inner wall upstream end. The outer wall structure extends axially along the first axis to an outer wall upstream end. The splitter extends axially along the first axis to a leading edge. An inner section of the splitter is connected to the inner wall structure at the inner wall upstream end. An outer section of the splitter is connected to the outer wall structure at the outer wall upstream end and meets the inner section of the splitter at the leading edge. The actuation system is mechanically coupled to the splitter and is configured to move the leading edge radially relative to the first axis.
US12312994B2
A control device for an exhaust gas turbocharger includes a closing device with a closing element and an element lever, pivoting around an axis. The closing element is designed to open and close a first flow cross-section formed by a partition wall between two spiral channels in the exhaust gas-conducting section. Additionally, there is a second flow cross-section associated with a bypass duct designed to direct flow around a turbine wheel. The closing element comprises two parts: one for the first flow cross-section and another for the second flow cross-section. The element lever features an arm that fits into a cavity in the closing element. This cavity has an inner surface, and the arm's outer surface matches the cavity's shape but with differing dimensions. The arm's peripheral surface includes multiple distinct sections, enhancing the engagement with the closing element's cavity.
US12312989B2
A method for the manufacture of a Gasoline Particulate Filter is disclosed. The method comprises forming a washcoat slurry, coating a wall-flow filter substrate with the washcoat slurry to form a washcoated substrate, and calcining the washcoated substrate to form a Gasoline Particulate Filter. The washcoat slurry comprises a platinum group metal component consisting of Pt and Rh, an oxygen storage capacity material, and a carboxylate ion.
US12312986B2
A connection unit connects an electrical supply line to a connection element of a heatable exhaust gas system. The connection unit has a housing having a connection element receiving region extending in the direction of a first housing axis (G1) and a supply line receiving region extending in the direction of a second housing axis (G2). The connection element receiving region is open in a first axial connection element receiving region end region for receiving the connection element protruding from an exhaust gas system and is closed off in a second axial connection element receiving region end region. The supply line receiving region is open to the connection element receiving region in a first axial supply line receiving region end region and is open in a second supply line receiving region end region for receiving an electrical supply line.
US12312982B1
A valve for an overhead cam engine includes a valve sleeve, a valve cylinder, and a valve spring. The valve sleeve is cylindrical and has an annular shoulder and ports designed to permit flow of fuel and gases into and out of an internal combustion chamber. The valve cylinder includes a cylindrical body and a top cap. The top cap includes a contact surface to be engaged by a cam lobe and an annular projection. The valve spring is positioned about the cylindrical body and between the annular projection and the annular shoulder. The valve spring is designed to expand and move the valve cylinder partially out of the valve sleeve to unblock the ports and open the valve. The valve spring is designed to be compressed to permit the cam lobe to move the valve cylinder into the valve sleeve to block the ports and close the valve.
US12312978B2
A guide vane optimized for fully reversible turbomachinery where the guide vane is substantially planar, and has a profiled first edge and an opposite symmetrical second edge. The profiled first edge may include a first arc and a second arc, where the first and second arc differ from one another in their shape characteristics (e.g., arc length, arc height, curvature, radius, etc.). The second edge may be symmetrically rounded. When the guide vane is disposed downstream from the impeller, the profiled first edge serves as a leading edge of the guide vane, and is configured to efficiently convert rotational flow coming from the impeller into axial flow. When the guide vane is disposed upstream from the impeller, the profiled first edge serves as a trailing edge of the guide vane, and is configured to maintain the axial flow as the flow enters the impeller.
US12312976B2
The present invention relates to a gas turbine blade having a shelf squealer tip, the gas turbine blade including an airfoil-shaped blade housing, and a squealer tip extending from an edge portion of a tip surface that is an end surface of the blade housing, in which the squealer tip is formed only on a part of the edge portion of the tip surface. According to the present invention, it is possible to maximize film-cooling performance on the tip surface and additionally reduce an aerodynamic loss by suppressing high-temperature main flow reattachment and swirl flow generation on the tip surface.
US12312969B2
Airfoil include a body extending along a spanwise direction between a root end and a tip end, the body comprising a plurality of acoustic cavities each having an inlet on the airfoil; and at least one cooling channel having an inlet section an outlet section and a middle section within the airfoil extending between the inlet section and the outlet section; and at least one porous face sheet positioned on at least one inlet of the plurality of acoustic cavities.
US12312965B2
An air cycle machine includes a turbine section, a compressor section, and an axial flux magnetic gear system electromechanically coupling the turbine section to the compressor section. The axial flux magnetic gear system includes a stator, two rotors, a winding system, and a control module. The stator includes stator pole sections and is oriented about a stator axis. Each rotor includes magnets arranged radially about a rotational axis which is aligned with the stator axis. Each rotor interacts with the stator such that the rotor rotates at a rotational speed when the axial flux magnetic gear system is exposed to an electrical current. The winding system stabilizes the position of the rotors along their rotational axes. The control module is configured to supply the electrical current to at least one of the winding system, the stator, and the rotors to drive rotation of the rotors.
US12312961B2
A guide vane assembly for a turbomachine extending about an axis and having at least one stator vane which extends from a platform, a first flange extending radially inwards from the platform, a sealing element being mounted on the first flange by way of a sliding means that allows the sealing element to move radially with respect to the first flange, the sliding means having at least one pin mounted on the sealing element and/or on the first flange and engaged in at least one oblong orifice extending radially and formed in the first flange and/or in the sealing element, wherein the pin and/or the orifice are covered, at least partially, by a cover plate situated axially opposite of at least a part of the pin.
US12312941B2
An improved typelog alignment for automated or interactive geosteering may use multi-stage penalized optimization.
US12312934B2
Disclosed are a wireless remote control method and system for controllable rotary sliding guiding drilling. An upper end of a controllable rotary sliding guiding drilling mechanism is provided with a drill rod; and the wireless remote control system for controllable rotary sliding guiding drilling further comprises: an MWD arranged at a lower end of the controllable rotary sliding guiding drilling mechanism; a bent screw drill tool mounted at a lower end of the MWD; a drill bit mounted at a lower end of the bent screw drill tool, the drill bit being connected with the bent screw drill tool through a connector; and a clutch module mounted on the controllable rotary sliding guiding drilling mechanism, the clutch module comprising an electromagnetic valve, a processor, an internal pipe pressure sensor, an external pipe pressure sensor and a wireless data transmission module.
US12312930B2
The present disclosure provides a fracturing system comprising fracturing equipment. The fracturing equipment comprises a power supply platform, a gas turbine engine, one or more rectifiers, and a power system comprising at least one of the following: a generator, an energy storage, and an electricity supplier. At least two of the gas turbine engine, the power system, and the one or more rectifiers are arranged on the power supply platform. A first end of the power system is connected to the gas turbine engine. A second end of the power system is connected to the one or more rectifiers. The power system is configured to output a voltage to the one or more rectifiers directly without passing through a rectifier transformer.
US12312924B2
A loading tube is configured to receive one or more shaped charges to form a perforating gun. The loading tube includes a tubular body extending along a longitudinal axis; a cord passage formed into the tubular body; a retention cutoff formed into the tubular body and configured to receive a detonator cord; and a holding element extending into the retention cutoff and being integrally made with a wall of the tubular body, wherein the holding element is configured to hold the detonator cord into the retention cutoff. The cord passage is configured to receive the detonator cord from a bore of the tubular body and to direct the detonator cord outside the bore of the tubular body.
US12312923B2
In general, in one aspect, embodiments relate to a charge tube assembly that includes a charge tube, a detonator housing interlocked with the charge tube, an end alignment interlocked with the charge tube, and a detonation cord extending from the detonator housing to the charge tube.
US12312922B2
A jacket may include a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, an open front portion opposite the back wall portion, an internal cavity configured to receive the shaped charge via the open front portion, a key configured to be received within one of a plurality of orientation slots formed in a shaped charge carrier; and a retention latch extending from an internal surface of at least one of the top wall, the bottom wall, the first sidewall or the second sidewall. The retention latch may extend toward the internal cavity and is configured to secure the shaped charge within the internal cavity.
US12312920B1
A method and system for recovering, processing, and transporting sand for well fracturing operations. The method and system (i) deliver the sand from a sand source location to a remote site of distribution or use via a sand slurry pipeline which also produces a high level of attrition for liberating clay from the sand, (ii) eliminate the need to use an attrition scrubber for removing the clay, and (iii) reduce fuel consumption and emissions, and provide greater safety, by eliminating the need to transport the sand using trucks which must be driven long distances over hazardous routes.
US12312914B2
In the context of downhole tools, bulkhead igniter assemblies having snap-on insulators are disclosed. In some embodiments the bulkhead igniter assemblies have a bulkhead with a first end formed with at least one ridge or groove, a pressure block, a setting tool, and a snap-on insulator. The snap-on insulator has an annular body having a tubular channel through a center portion. Ridges or groves on the snap-on insulator mate with ridges or grooves on the bulkhead igniter to hold the snap-on insulator in place on the bulkhead igniter by interaction of the ridge or groove of the snap-on insulator with the ridge or groove on the first end of the bulkhead igniter. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12312894B2
A method for pulling a tubular out of a subterranean well including the steps of: i) lowering a work string into the well which includes a perforating tool and a tubular pulling tool; ii) connecting the tubular pulling tool to the tubular and apply a pulling tension to the tubular; iii) activating the perforating while the applied pulling tension to the tubular is maintained; iv) immediately upon activating the perforating tool and while maintaining pulling tension to the tubular, pulling the tubular on the work string out of the subterranean well; wherein a cut in the tubular is formed prior to or simultaneously with step iii); and wherein the cut is arranged such that the tubular can be pulled out of the subterranean well during step iv). Further, a system for pulling a tubular was also disclosed.
US12312885B2
A wellbore assembly that includes a drill string and a housing. The drill string defines a first fluid pathway extending from the drill string, through the drill bit, and out the drill bit to flow a first lost circulation material. The housing stores a second lost circulation material including at least one parameter different from the first lost circulation material. The drill string defines a second fluid pathway extending from the drill string, through the housing, and out the housing to direct, with the first fluid pathway blocked, fluid along the second fluid pathway to flow the second lost circulation material out the housing to a lost circulation zone of the wellbore. The drill string directs, with the second fluid pathway blocked, fluid along the first fluid pathway to flow the first lost circulation material out the drill bit to the lost circulation zone to plug the lost circulation zone.
US12312884B2
A fingerboard includes a first finger and a second finger that are laterally offset from one another. A slot is defined between the first and second fingers. The fingerboard also includes a latch coupled to the first finger and configured to actuate from an open latch position into a closed latch position, and a panel coupled to the first finger and configured to actuate from an open panel position into a closed panel position. A tubular member in the slot prevents the panel from actuating into the closed panel position. The latch in the open latch position prevents the panel from actuating into the closed panel position. The panel in the closed panel position extends laterally between the first finger and the second finger so as to provide a surface across the slot.
US12312881B2
Systems and methods include a computer-implemented method for the operation of an intelligent powerslip including interfacing with a powerlock system. Measurements from multiple sensors are monitored using an interface between a powerlock and a powerslip of a well. The measurements measure weights, pressures, and temperatures corresponding to use of the powerslip and a grappling device during operation of the well. The measurements from the multiple sensors are compared to pre-determined tolerances to verify that an appropriate engagement exists between the tubular, powerlock and the powerslip. In response to verifying the appropriate engagement and logic, either one of the grappling device or the powerslip can be released depending on the ongoing operation.
US12312880B2
The present invention pertains to the technical field of oil and gas; more specifically to the field of risers and flow line connections to offshore structures, and describes a pull-in cable deflector system in keelhauling of rigid risers comprising: a deflector assembly including a deflector device housed in a structural block, a sliding structure, at least two rails. The deflector device installed in the structural block is moved through a sliding structure on rails installed forward of the URB to the different pull-in or pull-out positions in keelhauling of rigid risers. The structural block is slidably mounted on a base frame by means of a system of sliding supports to perform a first adjustment of the transverse distance from the deflector device to the URB. The deflector device is then rotated around the vertical line depending on the azimuth of the support tube. A second adjustment of the transverse distance of the deflector device is performed during the pull-in operation.
US12312877B2
A centraliser (10; 110) for centralising tubing (T) in a bore (B) comprises a body (12; 112), one or more blades (14; 114) extending radially outwards from the body (12; 112). One or more of the blades (14; 114) receives a blade standoff (20; 120) which is disposed on and extends radially outwards from the blade (14; 114) with which it is associated. The blade standoff (20; 120) is configured to space the blade (14; 114) from the bore (B) and is configured to form a galvanic inhibitor between the blade (14; 114) and the bore (B).
US12312870B2
A system includes production tubing installed in the well and a female component connected to the production tubing comprising a female component body located in a housing, primary coils wound through the female component body, and a borehole delineated by an inner circumferential surface of the female component body and having a borehole axis. The borehole outlines a shape. The system also includes a male component electrically connected to the electrically powered tool and configured to be inserted into the borehole of the female component. The male component includes a male component body having an external surface formed in the shape, secondary coils wound through the male component body, and a conduit extending through the male component body and having a conduit axis. The borehole axis and the conduit axis line up when the male component is inserted into the borehole of the female component. The system further includes a split downhole transformer formed by installation of the male component into the female component. Formation of the split downhole transformer allows power to transfer from a surface location to the electrically powered tool installed in the production tubing downhole in the well.
US12312862B2
A spring loaded screen fabric retention device in the form of a motor and spring combination for a hurricane screen fabric. The combination overcomes the change in torque for use with a motor driven hurricane screen fabric system, allowing the motor to operate if there is a change in the initial torque which otherwise will interrupt motor operation. The device allows vertical deployment of screen fabric when the motor is idle, which prevents the base slat from lifting during high wind loads. A spring torque between 100% to 150% of the curtain weight is maintained on the tubular motor used for lifting and deploying of the hurricane screen fabric.
US12312857B2
A door actuation system may include an actuation device to move a first door leaf and a second door leaf between an open and a closed position. The actuation device may provide an open preload force in the open position. The actuation device may provide a closed preload force in the closed position. The system may include one or more of: a first engagement member that may contact the actuation device and may allow movement of the actuation device to adjust the open and closed preload force; or the actuation device may be coupled with the first door leaf by a first rod and the second door leaf by a second rod, at least one of the first or second rod may adjust a length of the first or second rod to maintain the open preload force in the open position and the closed preload force in the closed position.
US12312849B2
A hinge assembly including a drive device and a hinge having a hinge arm for moving a pivoting element of an appliance or piece of furniture. The pivoting element is mounted movably on a body of the appliance or furniture by means of the hinge. One side of the hinge is attached to the body and another side of the hinge is attached to the pivoting element. The drive device has a drive motor unit with an end section coupled to the hinge arm. First and second flange components arrange the drive motor unit on the pivoting element. The drive motor unit is arranged on the pivoting element by the first and second flange components. The first and second flange components each have an attachment section for fastening the respective flange component and each have a coupling section for coupling the drive motor unit to the respective flange component.
US12312841B2
Emergency access device for a vehicle opening leaf, including: —a graspable pull rod that is movable between a retracted position and a deployed position; —a retention needle that is movable transversely to the pull rod between a position for blocking the pull rod in its retracted position and a position for releasing the pull rod; —an electric ejector designed to release the pull rod; —a mechanical ejector designed to release the pull rod; the pull rod including an oblique path designed to cause the retention needle to move from its blocking position to its releasing position during a movement of the pull rod in translation.
US12312840B2
A vehicle door lock release mechanism includes a plate assembly coupled with a vehicle, sliding plates that slide in opposite directions, an elastic member coupled with the plate assembly, and electromagnets coupled with the plate assembly. One electromagnet may be energized to prevent movement of a first sliding plate while a second sliding plate may move responsive to a release cable being pulled. The second electromagnet may be energized to magnetically couple with and prevent movement of the second sliding plate once the second sliding plate reaches the second electromagnet. The elastic member may be stretched and store energy from the release cable being pulled while both the first and second electromagnets remain energized. The first electromagnet may be de-energized to permit movement of the first sliding plate and release the energy stored in the elastic member for opening a door of the vehicle.
US12312839B2
A latch assembly includes a rose, a handle rotatably coupled to the rose and rotatable around a rotation axis, and a latch. A biasing member is disposed within the rose and engaged with the latch. The biasing member being selectively connectable to the rose. When the biasing member is connected to the rose, the latch is pivotable around the rotation axis between a latched position and an unlatched position via the handle. The latch biased towards the latched position. When the biasing member is disconnected from the rose, the handle and the latch are rotatable together around the rotation axis between at least a left-handed configuration and a right-handed configuration. The biasing member connecting to the rose to secure the handle and the latch in either the left-handed configuration or the right-handed configuration.
US12312837B1
A lock with multiple switchable operating modes has a first operating mode and a second operating mode. In the first operating mode, a moving member can trigger a first switch member, so that a control module can control the electric clutch mechanism to work only when receiving specific identification information, thereby limiting a condition that the lock can be opened. In the second operating mode, the moving member can drive a blocking member to move so as to prevent a first clutch member and a driving member from being engaged, in this case, any identification information input cannot achieve electric unlocking, and a mechanical lock cylinder can only be unlocked using a key.
US12312836B2
A safety switch includes a detection unit, an output unit, an input unit; and a display unit. The detection unit is configured to detect presence or absence of abnormality. The output unit is configured to output an abnormality detection signal indicating a detection result of the presence or absence of the abnormality. The input unit is configured to input a display control signal. The display unit is configured to perform display based on the display control signal.
US12312831B2
A woven pool cover fabric that includes a repeating geometric pattern with a plurality of first lines in a warp direction and plurality of second lines in a fill direction that cross one another to form a plurality of repeating geometric shapes. The plurality of geometric shapes being a first geometric shape and a second geometric shape that alternate across each of the first lines and second lines. The woven pool cover fabric further includes a water flow rate of about 10 gallons/minute per square foot to about 200 gallons/minute per square foot as measured by ASTM D4491 test method, and has a shade coverage of about 80% to about 99%.
US12312829B2
The solution is directed to a bleacher step access prevention system. The system is configured to be locked in place over a stairway of a retracted bleacher system in order to prevent climbing of the stairway when the bleacher system is in a retracted state. Certain embodiments are configured to accommodate handrails of the bleacher system so that handrails do not have to be removed from the stairwell when the bleacher system is in a retracted state.
US12312824B2
A deployable tent including a frame including a first pole, a first and a second base part pivoting between a folded position and an unfolded position, the tent including a first canopy delineated from a canvas body by a connecting line having first and second connecting line portions, the first canopy further including a free distal edge having first and second edge portions, the tent including a first reinforcement configured to pivot into the deployed position when the frame is unfolded, such as to deploy the first canopy.
US12312817B2
A floor panel arranged to be installed according to the fold-down principle, with a first pair and a second pair of edges. The second pair of edges coupling parts are arranged to be coupled to each other by a downward movement with two contact zones at opposite sides of a male part which fits into a female part. The ratio between the horizontal distance between the middle of the first contact zone and the middle of the second contact zone, and the vertical distance between the middle of the first contact zone and the middle of the second contact zone is more than 5, and/or wherein well-defined support points are applied.
US12312812B2
A roof mount assembly mounts a structure to a roof having a rafter and a substrate supported by the rafter. The roof mount assembly includes a piece of flashing positioned on the substrate. The flashing includes a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface and an aperture extending through the flashing. A fastener extends through the flashing aperture. A bracket is connected to the flashing via the fastener, and the bracket is sized to support at least one roof-mounted structure on the roof. A seal is positioned between the flashing aperture and the fastener. The seal is sized to form a water-tight seal with the aperture to inhibit flow of fluid through the aperture. The seal includes a first portion and a second portion, in which the first portion is positioned to abut the flashing first surface and the second portion is positioned to extend through the aperture.
US12312810B2
Prefabricated wall panels simplify the constructive of building units and other structures. The prefabricated wall panels can include a set of conduits pre-installed within the wall panels that enable simplified installation and conduit routing within a building unit or structure. The set of conduits can include electrical conduit, plumbing conduit, HVAC conduit, networking conduit, fire alarm conduit, and fire sprinkler conduit. The prefabricated wall panels can include above-door cavities to assist with structure design and coupling conduits between prefabricated panels. The prefabricated panels can additionally include dual-headed fire sprinklers that enable one fire sprinkler conduit to spray into multiple rooms, reducing the overall number of fire sprinkler conduits required within a structure.
US12312809B2
The present invention is to provide a gypsum-based load-bearing board for wood structural load-bearing walls which is capable of increasing the co-efficient of effective wall length without additionally using reinforcement materials or stiffening materials, and without increasing the specific gravity and/or the thickness of the gypsum-based load-bearing board. The gypsum-based load-bearing board for wood structural load-bearing walls includes a main member or a core member formed from a board-shaped hardened gypsum containing an inorganic fiber and an organic-based strength enhancer that exert a lateral nail resistance of 500 N or more, and a paper covering at least front and back sides of the main member or the core member to constitute the load-bearing board.
US12312806B2
A lighting assembly for use in suspended T-Bar ceiling grid systems is provided comprising two linear lighting modules in a novel parallel arrangement. End plates are used to connect, support, and enclose longitudinal ends of the elongate body of each linear lighting modules at a predetermined and configurable spacing apart while simultaneously functioning as reflective faces for internal and external optical cavities. The configured gap spacing between individual linear lighting modules can be used to house and support components such as additional light sources, acoustic or decorative ceiling panels, HVAC components, or power systems, controls or sensors. Additional end plate embodiments can be configured to allow a T-bar to be placed in the configured gap spacing thereby enabling the mounting of the assembly in-line upon the longitudinal axis of a ceiling grid T-bar. Embodiments of linear lighting modules are presented comprising LED light sources, transmissive optical elements, light shaping lenses, reflectors and other functional components supported and housed within the elongate body. The transmissive optical elements may be backlit or edgelit from one or two sides and aligned horizontally or tilted relative to the ceiling grid plane. The linear lighting modules can provide a range of useful symmetric, asymmetric and tilted non-lambertian lighting distributions.
US12312805B2
A multifunctional lighting assembly is configured with optical components such as lenses and reflectors mounted within an elongate body that serves as a cross tee within a T-bar grid arrangement. Protrusions of the elongate body are used to position optical components and embodiments provide for the slidable mounting of optical components. Further embodiments provide for the support of ceiling panels within a suspended ceiling system, connection to a structural ceiling, and inclusion of further components such as sensors, electronic controllers, and wireless modules.
US12312801B2
A bracket assembly comprising a bracket member, and a backer. The bracket member comprises a plurality of fibers contained within a resin matrix. The at least one bracket member includes a body wall and at least one end wall oriented one of oblique and perpendicular to the body wall along at a first end thereof. The bracket member defines a bracket member stiffness. The backer is positioned over a portion of at least one of an inner surface and an outer surface of the at least one end wall. The backer comprises a metal member, and the backer defining a backer stiffness. The bracket member stiffness is between two and twenty times greater than the backer stiffness.
US12312796B2
A system is provided for constructing a building structure, and specifically a wall of the structure, using a toolpath generation system and method to compensate for an uneven or unlevel foundation surface on which the wall is additively formed. The system includes a printing assembly and a mechanism for measuring a three dimensional topology of the surface. A processor is provided to receive a measured topology and to generate one or more sublayers and corresponding sub toolpaths. A nozzle mounted on the printing assembly can then extrude a sublayer bead in select recess or valley portions of the surface and below a subsequently extruded bead placed on high portions of the foundation surface. The sublayer beads compensate for the uneven foundation surface to produce a more even or level ensuing foundation surface using the additive printing process itself.
US12312776B2
A wear member includes a body having a forward closed portion, and a rear open portion defining a cavity. The wear member also includes an exterior surface, an interior surface defining the cavity, and a retaining mechanism receiving aperture. The retaining mechanism receiving aperture includes an interior portion defined by the interior surface, an exterior portion defined by the exterior surface, and a ring dividing the interior portion from the exterior portion and defining a thru-slot that is in communication with the interior portion and the exterior portion.
US12312766B2
A fan structure is provided with a fan, a fan support, a base, and a motor. The fan is provided with a rotational shaft rotatable about a rotational shaft, and a blade coupled to the rotational shaft to rotate about the rotational axis together with the rotational shaft. The fan support rotatably supports the rotational shaft. The base slidably supports the fan support so as to be slidable in the sliding direction. The motor includes a motor main body supported by a fan support opposite to the rotational shaft of the fan in the axial direction along the rotational axis, and a motor rotational shaft connected to the rotational shaft so as to rotate the rotational shaft.
US12312765B2
A mining machine includes a boom, a handle coupled to the boom, a dipper coupled to the handle, and a dipper door pivotally coupled to the dipper. The mining shovel also includes a dipper door trip assembly including a trip motor coupled to the boom, a trip drum coupled to the handle, a linkage assembly coupled to the dipper door, a first actuation element extending directly from the trip motor to the trip drum, and a second actuation element extending directly from the trip drum to the linkage assembly.
US12312759B2
A snow plow assembly has a push frame, a lift frame, and a coupling configured to attach the push frame to a lift frame. The coupling attaches the left and right sides of the push frame to the corresponding left and right sides of the lift frame, and each coupling being independently vertically floatable to allow the push frame to float vertically relative to the lift frame, while also allowing the push frame to rotate relative to the lift frame to accommodate for irregular or uneven ground surfaces. The couplings each include a bearing block that extends through an opening in the push frame and a retaining member that extends through an opening in the bearing block for operatively coupling the push frame to the lift frame. The bearing block facilitates distribution of load between the push frame and retaining member to reduce wear on the push frame.
US12312752B2
A compactor includes a plate and an electric motor coupled to the plate and configured to impart vibration thereto. The electric motor including a stator and a rotor defining a rotational axis and having a center of mass that is not intersected by the rotational axis.
