US12341235B2
An antenna module comprises a plurality of directors provided to be spaced apart from each other on the top surface of a first base layer; a second base layer disposed under the first base layer; a plurality of radiation patterns spaced apart from each other at positions corresponding to the respective directors on the top surface of the second base layer and functioning as antennas; an RF chipset disposed on bottom surface of the second base layer to transmit and receive RF signals; a connection pattern comprising a power feeding via electrode penetrating the second base layer and connecting the RF chipset and the radiation pattern; and a grounding via electrode that penetrates a part of the second base layer, is spaced apart from a side surface of the power feeding via electrode, and surrounds at least a portion of the side surface of the power feeding via electrode.
US12341228B2
A method and system of generating electrical power or hydrogen from thermal energy is disclosed. The method includes separating, by a selectively permeable membrane, a first saline solution from a second saline solution, receiving, by the first saline solution and/or the second saline solution, thermal energy from a heat source, and mixing the first saline solution and the second saline solution in a controlled manner, capturing at least some salinity-gradient energy as electrical power as the salinity difference between the first saline solution and the second saline solution decreases. The method further includes transferring, by a heat pump, thermal energy from the first saline solution to the second saline solution, causing the salinity difference between the first saline solution and the second saline solution to increase. The method may include a process of membrane distillation, forward osmosis, evaporation, electrodialysis, and/or salt decomposition for further energy efficiency and power generation.
US12341219B2
Disclosed is a battery pack with increased fabrication efficiency. To achieve the object, the battery pack according to the present disclosure includes at least one battery module including a plurality of secondary batteries placed and arranged in a horizontal direction and electrically connected to each other, and a cell frame having a fixing tube configured to fix the plurality of secondary batteries in a predetermined arrangement, the fixing tube being disposed between the plurality of secondary batteries, extending in the horizontal direction and having two open ends, and a fixing rod extending in a direction and inserted into the fixing tube in the horizontal direction.
US12341217B2
An energy storage device includes a box body, a battery module, and a heat insulation plate. The battery module includes multiple battery cells and a separator arranged on the multiple battery cells. The separator has multiple pressure relief holes arranged corresponding to explosion-proof valves of the multiple battery cells, respectively. The heat insulation plate is arranged between a top of the box body and the battery module. The heat insulation plate has multiple thinned regions. The separator includes multiple protrusions. The multiple protrusions are arranged between the multiple pressure relief holes and the multiple thinned regions, respectively. Each of the multiple protrusions is hollowed to form a communication end and a hollowed-out end. The communication end is in communication with a corresponding one of the multiple pressure relief holes. The hollowed-out end is configured to support a corresponding one of the multiple thinned regions and constructed to be hollowed.
US12341215B2
A battery module includes: a battery cell assembly including one or more battery cells, a rectangular tube-shaped module frame configured so as to house the battery cell assembly and cover four surfaces of the battery cell assembly; and a plurality of first vent holes formed at a corner part where two of the four surfaces meet.
US12341214B2
A battery module for a partially or fully electrically operated vehicle, having a battery housing, which has a main body with at least one open end, and at least one battery cell stack, which has a carrier plate at least at one end. The battery cell stack has been introduced into the main body such that the carrier plate substantially closes off the open end of the main body. On the carrier plate, there is provided an at least sectionally peripheral seal, which projects from the carrier plate and bears at least sectionally against the inner surface of the main body. The seal is of air-permeable form, so that, during the introduction of a fluid of relatively high viscosity into an intermediate space between the battery cell stack and the inner surface of the main body, displaced air can escape from the main body through the seal.
US12341210B2
Disclosed is an energy storage system, in particular for use in a vehicle, preferably for use in a hybrid vehicle, wherein the energy storage system has the following: a multiplicity of lithium ion cells, a housing with an interior space for receiving the lithium-ion cells and having an opening and a cover device. A barrier layer is provided, at least in certain areas, between the interior of the housing and the inner faces of the housing which bound the interior. In this context, the cover device can be or is connected to the housing in such a way that the opening of the housing is or can be closed, specifically in such a way that the cover device forms, at least in certain areas, an outer face of the housing which is closed in this way. The cover device is preferably embodied as a cooling device for regulating the temperature of the energy storage system.
US12341209B2
A casing includes a body for accommodating a battery management system and a mounting member fixed on the body. The mounting member includes a first end and a second end at opposite locations. The first end is provided with an elastic member. The second end is provided with a clamping portion. The clamping portion is configured to be clamped to an assembly bracket. The elastic member is configured to generate a rebound force under limitation of the assembly bracket, so as to fix the mounting member at a location on the assembly bracket.
US12341201B2
A fuel cell or an electrolyser includes at least one electrode and at least one polymer electrolyte membrane. The electrode includes a catalyst system comprising a carrier metal oxide and a catalyst material. The catalyst material is formed by an electrically conductive metal phosphate in the form of a metaphosphate of the general chemical formula Mezn+2(PnO3n+1)z, where Me=metal, z=valency of the metal Me, and n is within the range of 1 to 10.
US12341199B2
A substrate coated with a printable lithium composition is provided. The printable lithium composition includes lithium metal powder; a polymer binder, wherein the polymer binder is compatible with the lithium powder; and a rheology modifier compatible with the lithium powder and the polymer binder, wherein the rheology modifier is dispersible within the composition and provides a three-dimensional support structure for further improvement of the electrochemical performance of the electrode when coated with the composition. The substrate may be incorporated into a battery. In one embodiment, the battery comprises a cathode, an electrolyte and an anode, wherein the cathode, the electrolyte, the separator, the anode, or a combination thereof may each comprise a substrate coated with a printable lithium composition.
US12341193B2
A lithium complex oxide includes a mixture of first particles of n1 (n1>40) aggregated primary particles and second particles of n2 (n2≤20) aggregated primary particles, the lithium complex oxide represented by Chemical Formula 1 and having FWHM (deg., 2θ) of 104 peak in XRD, defined by a hexagonal lattice having R-3m space group, in a range of Formula 1: LiaNixCoyMnzM1-x-y-zO2, [Chemical Formula 1] where M is selected from: B, Ba, Ce, Cr, F, Mg, Al, Cr, V, Ti, Fe, Zr, Zn, Si, Y, Nb, Ga, Sn, Mo, W, P, Sr, and any combination thereof, 0.9≤a≤1.3, 0.6≤x≤1.0, 0.0≤y≤=0.4, 0.0≤z≤0.4, and 0.0≤1×x−y−z≤0.4, −0.025≤FWHM(104)−{0.04+(xfirst particle−0.6)×0.25}≤0.025, [Formula 1] where FWHM(104) is represented by Formula 2, FWHM(104)={(FWHMChemical Formula 1 powder(104)−0.1×mass ratio of second particles)/mass ratio of first particles}−FWHMSi powder (220). [Formula 2]
US12341190B2
The present disclosure provides a method for making a coated single crystalline cathode active material. The continuous hydrothermal manufacturing process may include several steps: a) preheating a metal solution, a lithium solution, and a coating solution; b) generating a first mixture by mixing the metal solution and the lithium solution at below a critical point of the first mixture; c) generating a second mixture by mixing the first mixture and the coating solution above a critical point of the second mixture to synthesize the coated single crystalline cathode active material; and d) filtering out the coated single crystalline cathode active material.
US12341189B2
A lithium-ion rechargeable battery negative electrode active material and a preparation method thereof, a lithium-ion rechargeable battery negative electrode plate, and a lithium-ion rechargeable battery are disclosed. The negative electrode active material includes a carbon core and a coating layer formed on a surface of the carbon core, a material of the coating layer includes amorphous carbon and a doping element, and the doping element includes element nitrogen. The lithium-ion rechargeable battery negative electrode active material has the carbon core, and the coating layer that includes the doping element and the amorphous carbon is provided on the surface of the carbon core.
US12341188B2
The present application provides a silicon-based negative electrode material and a preparation method and use thereof. The silicon-based negative electrode material has a lithium borate coating layer on its surface, which may improve first charge-discharge efficiency of the material. There is a strong chemical bond interaction between the lithium borate coating layer and the borate ester having a specific structure, which may improve the rate capability of the battery. Furthermore, the borate ester has a structure of —(CH2CH2O)n—CO—CR0═CH2, and the negative plate prepared with the silicon-based negative electrode material will undergo a cross-linking reaction during a high-temperature baking of the plate, so that a cross-linking is formed among particles of the silicon-based negative electrode material, thereby effectively ensuring the structural integrity of the silicon-based negative electrode plate during recycling, and improving the cycle performance of the battery.
US12341179B2
The present invention provides a fabrication method of a positive electrode for a secondary battery, including: (a) heating a slurry composition for a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a binder, and a solvent to a temperature lower than a boiling point (Tb) of the solvent; (b) applying the heated slurry composition for a positive electrode onto a current collector; and (c) cooling the applied slurry composition for a positive electrode.
US12341167B2
Provided are a reuse method of electrode scrap and a method of fabricating a recycled electrode using the same. The reuse method of electrode scrap of the present disclosure includes (a) dry milling electrode scrap remaining after punching an electrode sheet including an active material layer on a current collector to obtain milled products; and (b) screening active material layer flakes from current collector fragments in the milled products by sieving the milled products, and collecting the screened active material layer flakes to obtain reusable particles.
US12341156B2
The present invention belongs to the technical field of solid-state lithium batteries, and particularly discloses a hybrid solid-liquid electrolyte lithium battery. The lithium battery includes a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate and a composite solid electrolyte sheet arranged between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate, wherein the composite solid electrolyte sheet includes a solid electrolyte core layer and buffer adhesive layers arranged on both sides of the solid electrolyte core layer, wherein the solid electrolyte core layer is mainly formed by mixing a core layer inorganic solid electrolyte, an electrolyte polymer and an electrolyte additive, and the buffer adhesive layer mainly formed by mixing a buffer adhesive layer inorganic solid electrolyte, a buffer adhesive layer lithium salt and a buffer adhesive layer additive. The lithium battery of the present invention is prepared by combining coextrusion technology and rolling technology to achieve one-time processing and forming, which has the characteristics of a high production efficiency, and a simple operation, and the obtained lithium battery has relatively higher electric cycle performance and safety performance.
US12341153B2
A doped phosphorus-sulfur iodide solid electrolyte, a preparation method therefor, and use thereof. The chemical formula of said solid electrolyte is Li6-xMxP1-xS5I, in which 0
US12341152B2
A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an all solid state battery in which occurrence of short circuit is inhibited. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an all solid state battery including an anode including at least an anode current collector, a cathode, and a solid electrolyte layer arranged between the anode and the cathode; wherein a protective layer containing a Mg-containing particle that contains at least Mg, and also contains a polymer, is arranged between the anode current collector and the solid electrolyte layer; and a contacting area rate in an interface between the solid electrolyte layer and the protective layer is 50% or more.
US12341150B2
A three-dimensionally ordered macroporous (3DOM) metal-organic framework material (MOF)-based quasi-solid-state electrolyte thin film for a safe quasi-solid-state lithium secondary battery are provided by the present invention. In detail, the above quasi-solid-state electrolyte combines 3DOM-MOFs and the electrolytes like polymer and traditional liquid electrolyte. The special pore structures in 3DOM-MOFs could both fill the polymer electrolyte and liquid electrolyte with macropores and micropores, respectively. This unique structure could significantly enhance the Li+ conductivity rate through the different kinds of electrolytes in the corresponding pore structures as well as improve the battery performance. More importantly, this quasi-solid-state electrolyte is much safer than the traditional organic electrolyte. It should be easy to scale-up since the procedures are simple.
US12341148B2
A solid garnet composition includes a bulk composition having a lithium garnet; and a surface composition having a protonated garnet on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the lithium garnet, such that the protonated garnet is uniformly disposed over the at least a portion of the exterior surface of the lithium garnet. A method of making a solid garnet composition includes pre-treating an air sensitive lithium-containing garnet with water to form a uniform protonated garnet surface composition; and contacting the uniform protonated garnet surface composition with an acid to form a porous uniform protonated garnet surface composition.
US12341131B2
A semiconductor package includes: a semiconductor structure including: a first bonding semiconductor chip; a second bonding semiconductor chip on the first bonding semiconductor chip, the second bonding semiconductor chip having a cross-section area in a horizontal direction less than a cross-section area of the first bonding semiconductor chip in the horizontal direction; a chip connection pad between the first bonding semiconductor chip and the second bonding semiconductor chip; and a wire bonding pad on the first bonding semiconductor chip to be outside of the second bonding semiconductor chip; a first stacked semiconductor chip on the semiconductor structure and including a first chip pad on an upper surface thereof; and a second stacked semiconductor chip on the first stacked semiconductor chip to expose the first chip pad and including a second chip pad on an upper surface thereof.
US12341130B2
A method for thinning a semiconductor die includes providing the semiconductor die having electrical contacts electrically connected to and protruding from a top surface of the semiconductor die. The electrical contacts are spaced from one another on the top surface of the semiconductor die. The electrical contacts are encapsulated and a portion of the top surface of the semiconductor die is covered by a semisolid filler. The semisolid filler fills the space between the electrical contacts. An adhesive layer is applied to a top surface of the semisolid filler, and a backgrinding process is performed on a bottom surface of the semiconductor die. The method allows for thin semiconductor dies to be manufactured while reducing the risk of manufacturing defects associated with backgrinding.
US12341129B2
Microelectronic assemblies, related devices, and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly including a substrate having a conductive plane; and a bridge having first contacts at a first surface and second contacts at an opposing second surface, wherein the bridge is embedded in the substrate and coupled to the conductive plane in the substrate via the first contacts, wherein the bridge is coupled to a first die and a second die via the second contacts, and wherein the bridge does not include a silicon substrate.
US12341128B2
Stacked semiconductor dies for semiconductor device assemblies and associated methods and systems are disclosed. In some embodiments, the semiconductor die assembly includes a substrate with an opening extending therethrough. The assembly can include a stack of semiconductor dies attached to the substrate. The stack includes a first die attached to a front surface of the substrate, where the first die includes a first bond pad aligned with the opening. The stack also includes a second die attached to the first die such that an edge of the second die extends past a corresponding edge of the first die. The second die includes a second bond pad uncovered by the first die and aligned with the opening. A bond wire formed through the opening couples the first and second bond pads with a substrate bond pad on a back surface of the substrate.
US12341123B2
A semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first electronic component, a second electronic component, a bonding wire, and an encapsulant. The substrate has a lower surface and an upper surface opposite to the lower surface. The first electronic component is disposed on the upper surface of the substrate. The bonding wire electrically connects the first electronic component and the substrate and extends within the substrate. The second electronic component is disposed on the upper surface of the substrate. The second electronic component has an active surface facing the substrate. The encapsulant is disposed on the upper surface of the substrate. The encapsulant extends within the substrate and encapsulates the bonding wire.
US12341122B2
A semiconductor device of embodiments includes: a die pad including a first region and a second region surrounding the first region and thinner than the first region; a semiconductor chip including an upper electrode, a lower electrode, and a silicon carbide layer between the upper electrode and the lower electrode and provided on an inner side rather than the second region on a surface of the die pad; and a connection layer for connecting the lower electrode to the surface.
US12341118B2
A semiconductor package includes: a lower redistribution structure including a lower insulating layer and a lower redistribution layer; a semiconductor chip disposed on the lower redistribution structure; connection conductors connected to the lower redistribution layer; an encapsulant disposed on the connection conductors; and an upper redistribution structure including an upper insulating layer and upper redistribution layers, wherein the upper insulating layer is disposed on the encapsulant, wherein the upper redistribution layers are disposed on the upper insulating layer, wherein the connection conductors and the encapsulant form a first step, wherein the upper redistribution layers include first and second upper redistribution layers, wherein the first upper redistribution layer does not overlap the connection conductors, wherein the second upper redistribution layer overlaps the connection conductors, wherein the first and second upper redistribution layers form a second step with a height substantially equal to or smaller than that of the first step.
US12341116B2
A chip package structure includes a glass substrate, a routing layer, and a plurality of dies. A first surface of the glass substrate has solder joints and a second surface of the glass substrate has substrate solder balls. The routing layer is located in the glass substrate, and the solder joints are electrically connected to the substrate solder balls by using the routing layer. Each die has chip solder balls, is located on the first surface of the glass substrate, and the solder joints are bonded to the chip solder balls. The embodiments can improve connection reliability between the die and the glass substrate and can reduce a signal transmission loss.
US12341112B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device comprising forming a patterned resist over a stack comprising at least one material and removing a portion of the stack exposed through the patterned resist to form a stack opening. A portion of the patterned resist is laterally removed to form a trimmed resist and an additional portion of the stack exposed through the trimmed resist is removed to form steps in sidewalls of the stack. A dielectric material is formed between the sidewalls of the stack to substantially completely fill the stack opening, and the dielectric material is planarized. Additional methods are disclosed, as well as semiconductor devices.
US12341106B2
A package structure includes at least one integrated circuit component, an insulating encapsulation, and a redistribution structure. The at least one integrated circuit component includes a semiconductor substrate, an interconnection structure disposed on the semiconductor substrate, and signal terminals and power terminals located on and electrically connecting to the interconnection structure. The interconnection structure is located between the semiconductor substrate and the signal terminals and between the semiconductor substrate and the power terminals, and where a size of the signal terminals is less than a size of the power terminals. The insulating encapsulation encapsulates the at least one integrated circuit component. The redistribution structure is located on the insulating encapsulation and electrically connected to the at least one integrated circuit component.
US12341100B2
A copper interconnect with self-aligned hourglass-shaped metal cap comprises a plurality of interconnect lines formed in a dielectric layer of a semiconductor device. The copper interconnect further comprises a metal cap formed on top of each interconnect line of the plurality of interconnect lines, where the metal cap is formed with self-aligning concave sides extending from a top surface of the dielectric layer to a top surface of the metal cap.
US12341094B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure, including: a plurality of metal layers and a substrate, wherein the plurality of metal layers include a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and a third metal layer; a plurality of virtual metal blocks and at least one signal line are disposed on the metal layers; the virtual metal blocks on the metal layers are staggered in a direction perpendicular to the substrate; a second distance between a projection of a target signal line on the substrate and a projection of a second virtual metal block on the substrate is greater than a first distance between the projection of the target signal line on the substrate and a projection of a first virtual metal block on the substrate; the target signal line is located on the first metal layer.
US12341087B2
A packaged semiconductor device includes a wiring substrate with a bonding pad on a first surface, a wiring layer, a first conductive plug extending through the wiring substrate from the wiring layer to the first surface, a second conductive plug extending through the wiring substrate from the wiring layer to a second surface, and a third conductive plug extending through the wiring substrate from the wiring layer to the second surface. A semiconductor chip is mounted on the first surface and has a pad terminal electrically connected to the bonding pad. A first solder ball is on the second surface of the wiring substrate and electrically connected to the second conductive plug. A second solder ball is on the second surface of the wiring substrate and electrically connected to the third conductive plug.
US12341074B2
A semiconductor package including a semiconductor chip, an interposer on the semiconductor chip, and a molding layer covering at least a portion of the semiconductor chip and at least a portion of the interposer may be provided. The interposer includes a interposer substrate and a heat dissipation pattern penetrating the interposer substrate and electrically insulated from the semiconductor chip. The heat dissipation pattern includes a through electrode disposed in the interposer substrate and an upper pad disposed on an upper surface of the interposer substrate and connected to the through electrode. The molding layer covers at least a portion of a sidewall of the upper pad and the upper surface of the interposer substrate. At least a portion of an upper surface of the upper pad is not covered by the molding layer.
US12341067B2
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes the following steps. A semiconductor structure including a substrate, a gallium nitride layer, semiconductor device units, and a scribe line region is provided. The gallium nitride layer is disposed on a first surface of the substrate. The semiconductor device units and the scribe line region are disposed on the gallium nitride layer. The scribe line region is located between the semiconductor device units. A trench is formed at a second surface of the substrate. The trench is formed corresponding to the scribe line region in a vertical direction. The trench penetrates through at least a part of the substrate in the vertical direction. A metal layer is formed on the substrate after the trench is formed. A cutting process is performed to the semiconductor structure after the metal layer is formed for separating the semiconductor device units from one another.
US12341065B2
The present disclosure is directed to semiconductor deposition tools having a specimen support, at least one ion gun directed to a specimen positioned on the specimen support, at least one source, and at least one electron beam gun directed at the source. In an aspect, the electron beam guns, sources, and ion beam guns are positioned below the specimen support and specimen positioned thereon, which has its top surface facing downward. In another aspect, the method includes activating the electron beam gun and depositing the source material in a trench in the specimen and on surfaces adjacent to the opening of the trench and activating the ion beam gun to remove portions of the source material deposited on the surfaces adjacent to the opening of the trench.
US12341057B2
A via opening including an etch stop layer (ESL) opening and methods of forming the same are provided which can be used in the back end of line (BEOL) process of IC fabrication. A metal feature is provided with a first part within a dielectric layer and with a top surface. An ESL is formed with a bottom surface of the ESL above and in contact with the dielectric layer, and a top surface of the ESL above the bottom surface of the ESL. An opening at the ESL is formed exposing the top surface of the metal feature; wherein the opening at the ESL has a bottom edge of the opening above the bottom surface of the ESL, a first sidewall of the opening at a first side of the metal feature, and a second sidewall of the opening at a second side of the metal feature.
US12341056B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor structure and the semiconductor structure are disclosed. The method uses high flow rate of an etchant and an optimized scan pattern, so that the obtained semiconductor structure is a device upside-down bonded to the carrier wafer without any silicon remaining and is ready for subsequent lithography process for back via contact.
US12341055B2
A semiconductor device includes a first interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer disposed over a substrate, a control layer disposed over the first ILD layer and containing silicon and oxygen, and a resistor wire disposed over the control layer. An oxygen concentration of the control layer is greater than an oxygen concentration of the first ILD layer.
US12341053B2
An apparatus for depositing films on a backside of a substrate includes a processing chamber and a substrate support having an annular support surface. A first gas distribution unit includes a plurality of gas delivery openings arranged along the backside surface of the substrate and configured to direct plasma deposition gas to the backside surface. A second gas distribution unit is configured to flow a second gas into the processing chamber such that the front side surface of the substrate is exposed to the second gas. A controller is configured to control flow of the plasma deposition gas from the first gas distribution unit, flow of the second gas from the second gas distribution unit a vacuum system. The controller maintains a gas pressure differential between the front side surface and the backside surface of the substrate sufficient to prevent passage of the deposition gas from the backside surface.
US12341047B2
An overlay measurement device for measuring an error between a first overlay mark and a second overlay mark respectively formed on different layers of a wafer, includes: a light source; an objective lens that concentrates a beam from the light source on a measurement position of the wafer, and gathers the beam being reflected in the measurement positon; a lens focus actuator that adjusts a distance between the objective lens and the wafer such that a focus surface is placed at the first overlay mark or the second overlay mark; an auto focus module that adjusts a focus by adjusting the lens focus actuator; a detector for obtaining an image of the first overlay mark or an image of the second overlay mark; a transmission and receipt part; and a processor connecting to the transmission and receipt part electrically.
US12341043B2
An apparatus including a first base plate, where the first base plate is configured to have at least one linear drive component and/or at least one power coupling component connected to a top side of the first base plate, where the first base plate is configured to be located inside a vacuum chamber; and a plurality of rails or transport guides on the top side of the first base plate. An end of the first base plate includes at least one alignment feature configured to align an end of the first base plate to an end of a second base plate. The first base plate is configured to provide, in combination with the second base plate, a structural platform inside the vacuum chamber for a robot drive to move in the vacuum chamber along the plurality of transport guides.
US12341037B2
Disclosed are a temperature control apparatus for semiconductor processing equipment and a corresponding temperature control method, wherein each heating element in each row or each column in a heating element matrix forms a power return circuit with a same power source, respectively, and a same switch module is provided for the power return circuits of all heating elements in each column or each row of the heating element matrix; the input powers to the heating elements in an entire row or column controlled by each power output port of the power source are adjusted by adjusting the output power magnitude of the corresponding power source, and conduction/disconnection of the power return circuits of an entire column or row controlled by each switch module is controlled by controlling ON/OFF of each switch module. The present disclosure reduces circuit complexity and saves costs; the present disclosure reduces temperature control complexity while guaranteeing temperature control accuracy, thereby achieving a uniform and flexible temperature control result.
US12341035B2
A mounting device 1 is equipped with: two direct-acting voice coil motors 38 in which a movable element 38c reciprocatingly moves along an axis A relative to a fixed element 38b; and a collet 34A mounted on an end part side of the movable elements 38c, the collet 34A holding a semiconductor chip 101 by suction. The plurality of voice coil motors 38 are disposed so as to be set away from each other along a direction intersecting the axes A, and in a manner that the axes A are parallel to each other. The collet 34A is mounted so as to straddle chucks 39 provided at the end parts of the two movable elements 38c.
US12341032B2
Embodiments of methods of performing a selective oxidation process on non-metal surfaces are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of performing a selective oxidation process on non-metal surfaces includes: forming a first mixture of a carrier gas and a liquid in a mixer having a mixing block coupled to one or more control valves with a mixing line disposed therebetween; flowing the first mixture from the mixer to a vaporizer to vaporize the first mixture outside of an RTP chamber; and delivering the vaporized first mixture to the RTP chamber via a gas delivery line to expose a substrate disposed in the RTP chamber with the vaporized first mixture to perform a selective oxidation process on the substrate at a temperature of about 500 to about 1100 degrees Celsius.
US12341025B2
Various embodiments of fanout packages are disclosed. A method of forming a microelectronic assembly is disclosed. The method can include bonding a first surface of at least one microelectronic substrate to a surface of a carrier using a direct bonding technique without an intervening adhesive, the microelectronic substrate having a plurality of conductive interconnections on at least one surface of the microelectronic substrate. The method can include applying a molding material to an area of the surface of the carrier surrounding the microelectronic substrate to form a reconstituted substrate. The method can include processing the microelectronic substrate. The method can include singulating the reconstituted substrate at the area of the surface of the carrier and at the molding material to form the microelectronic assembly.
US12341013B2
A method includes receiving a structure having a dielectric layer over a conductive feature, wherein the conductive feature includes a second metal. The method further includes etching a hole through the dielectric layer and exposing the conductive feature and depositing a first metal into the hole and in direct contact with the dielectric layer and the conductive feature, wherein the first metal entirely fills the hole. The method further includes annealing the structure such that atoms of the second metal are diffused into grain boundaries of the first metal and into interfaces between the first metal and the dielectric layer. After the annealing, the method further includes performing a chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) process to remove at least a portion of the first metal.
US12341010B2
A preparation method for a semiconductor structure and a semiconductor structure are provided. Herein, the preparation method comprises: providing a structure to be processed, wherein the structure to be processed comprises a substrate, and an etching target layer, a bottom mask layer and a first mask layer stacked on the substrate; patterning the first mask layer to form a first pattern, the first pattern exposing parts of the bottom mask layer; forming spacers with vertical sidewall morphology on sidewalls of the first mask layer; removing the first mask layer; filling a gap between the spacers with a filling layer, in which a material of the spacers to a material of the filling layer has a high etching selectivity ratio; and removing the spacers.
US12341006B2
A heat treatment method includes: forming an amorphous silicon film having a hydrogen concentration in a film of 5×1019 atoms/cm3 or more, on a substrate; and irradiating the substrate with microwaves to heat the amorphous silicon film thereby forming a polycrystalline silicon film from the amorphous silicon film.
US12341003B2
A method and system for forming material within a gap on a surface of a substrate are disclosed. An exemplary method includes depositing a soluble layer on a surface of the substrate and exposing the soluble layer to a solvent to thereby form solvated material within the gap. Exemplary methods can further include drying the solvated material and/or converting the solvated or dried material to another material.
US12341001B2
A substrate cleaning method includes: providing a substrate including a low-k layer containing silicon to a substrate support; etching the low-k layer by a plasma generated from a first gas; separating the etched substrate from the substrate support; and removing a reaction product attached to the substrate in the etching by a plasma generated from a second gas. The second gas includes a first carbon-containing gas represented by CxHyFz (y≥0, x/z>¼).
US12340998B2
Systems and methods for ionizing analytes in a sample use an atomizer that generates aerosol particles containing the sample analytes and an emitter having inner and outer capillaries. The outer capillary is arranged about (e.g., concentrically about) the inner capillary, forms an orifice of the emitter, and receives the aerosol from the atomizer. The aerosol particles condense against the inner surface of the outer capillary and/or the outer surface of the inner capillary and form a reservoir of condensate liquid sample at the orifice of the emitter. The emitter receives, within the inner capillary, a nebulizing gas that flows towards the terminal end of the inner capillary. An electrical potential is applied between the emitter and an inlet of a sample analyzer. The nebulizing gas, the supply pressure of the aerosol to the outer capillary, and the electrical potential generate an electrospray plume of electrically charged analyte particles for analysis.
US12340981B2
A gas injection assembly for injecting gas into a processing chamber is provided. In some examples, the gas injection assembly can include an inlet for receiving a gas flow. The gas injection assembly can include a plurality of gas feed ports for distributing the gas flow received from the inlet. The gas injection assembly can include a plurality of subchannels vertically arranged inside of the gas injection assembly, including: an upper subchannel for receiving the gas flow from the inlet and subdividing the gas flow into a set of orifices to form a first gas flow branch and a second gas flow branch, the first gas flow branch corresponding to a first portion of the gas flow passing through a first subset of the set of orifices and the second gas flow branch corresponding to a second portion of the gas flow passing through a second subset of the set of orifices; and a plurality of outlet subchannels for subdividing the gas flow into the plurality of gas feed ports.
US12340979B2
Exemplary semiconductor processing systems may include a processing chamber, and may include a remote plasma unit coupled with the processing chamber. Exemplary systems may also include an adapter coupled with the remote plasma unit. The adapter may include a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The adapter may define an opening to a central channel at the first end, and the central channel may be characterized by a first cross-sectional surface area. The adapter may define an exit from a second channel at the second end, and the adapter may define a transition between the central channel and the second channel within the adapter between the first end and the second end. The adapter may define a third channel between the transition and the second end of the adapter, and the third channel may be fluidly isolated from the central channel and the second channel.
US12340977B2
A plasma source comprising: a plasma generator including a first wall having an opening and a second wall facing the first wall, and forming a plasma generating space; a dielectric window disposed on the first wall to block the opening and configured to transmit electromagnetic waves to the plasma generating space; and a protruding portion disposed on the second wall, protruding from the second wall to be close to the dielectric window, and containing a conductor at least partially. The protruding portion has a gas hole that opens toward the dielectric window.
US12340976B2
A disclosed plasma processing apparatus 10 includes: a chamber 11 having an opening 11a; a stage 12 disposed in the chamber 11, the stage for placing an object to be processed; a dielectric member 13 closing the opening 11a; and a plasma generation unit 16 disposed on the opposite side to the chamber 11 with reference to the dielectric member 13, and configured to, when applied with a high-frequency power, generate a plasma in the chamber 11. The plasma generation unit 16 has a first coil 17 including one or a plurality of first conductors 17a connected in parallel with each other, and a second coil 18 disposed so as to surround the first coil 17 and including a plurality of second conductors 18a connected in parallel with each other. The number of the second conductors 18a is greater than the number of the first conductors 17a.
US12340971B2
A stage fixture comprising a base, clamp, flexible shaft, and a knob/controller. The device attaches to a microscope stage and secures a component cantilevered for analysis. This allows to remotely control the horizontal rotation of components without the need to physically handle the component once it is set it place.
US12340956B2
A DC high-voltage relay with at least one contact pair including a movable contact and a fixed contact, the contact pair having a contact force and/or an opening force of 100 gf or more, having a rated voltage of 48 V or more, the movable contact and/or the fixed contact includes a Ag oxide-based contact material. Metal components contain at least one metal M essentially containing Zn, and a balance being Ag and inevitable impurity metals, and the contact material has a content of the metal M of 0.2% by mass or more and 8% by mass or less based on a total mass. The contact material has a material structure in which one or more oxides of the metal M having an average particle size of 0.01 μm or more and 0.4 μm or less are dispersed in a matrix including Ag or a Ag alloy.
US12340954B2
Provided is an electrode body that exhibits a good cathode side capacitance, and an electrolytic capacitor provided with this electrode body. The electrode body used for a cathode of the electrolytic capacitor has a cathode foil and a carbon layer. The cathode foil is made of a valve acting metal, and an enlarged surface layer is formed on the surface thereof. The carbon layer is formed on the enlarged surface layer. The interface between the enlarged surface layer and the carbon layer has an uneven shape.
US12340951B2
A capacitor and methods of processing an anode metal foil are presented. The capacitor includes a housing, one or more anodes disposed within the housing, one or more cathodes disposed within the housing, one or more separators disposed between an adjacent anode and cathode, and an electrolyte disposed around the one or more anodes, one or more cathodes, and one or more separators within the housing. The one or more anodes each include a metal foil that includes a first plurality of tunnels through a thickness of the metal foil in a first ordered arrangement having a first diameter, and a second plurality of tunnels through the thickness of the metal foil having a second ordered arrangement and a second diameter greater than the first diameter.
US12340947B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body including ceramic layers, first internal electrodes, and second internal electrodes laminated in a height direction, a first external electrode on at least part of a first end surface and on part of a first main surface and not on a second main surface, the first external electrode being electrically connected to the first internal electrodes, a second external electrode on at least part of a second end surface and on part of the first main surface and is not on the second main surface, the second external electrode being electrically connected to the second internal electrodes, at least two penetration portions penetrating the ceramic body between the first and second main surfaces, and a reinforcing layer on at least part of the second main surface, the reinforcing layer covering the at least two penetration portions exposed from the ceramic body.
US12340946B2
A multilayer electronic component including: a body including a capacitance formation portion, cover portions disposed on surfaces on the capacitance formation portion opposing each other in one direction, and margin portions disposed on surfaces of the capacitance formation portion opposing each other in another direction; a first external electrode; a second external electrode, and the cover portions include a first-first buffer layer connected to the first external electrode and a first-second buffer layer connected to the second external electrode, and the margin portions include a second-first buffer layer connected to the first external electrode and a second-second buffer layer connected to the second external electrode, and the first-first buffer layer and the second-first buffer layer are connected to each other, and the first-second buffer layer and the second-second buffer layer are connected to each other.
US12340940B2
The invention relates to a device and a method for winding toroidal cores One aspect includes a substantially circular needle roller which is arranged on a winding plane substantially parallel to the wire, is rotatably mounted, and can be positioned relative to the toroidal core retaining element such that the needle roller winds a wire section located on the winding plane through and about a toroidal core which is guided in the toroidal core retaining element during operation. A deflecting roller may be rotatably mounted on the needle roller in a first recess on the winding plane and may be designed to wind the wire section through and about the toroidal core during operation. A baffle plate arranged on the needle roller may be designed to guide the wire to be wound between the winding plane and a storing plane arranged substantially parallel to the winding plane.
US12340937B2
To improve magnetic characteristics of a coil component having a structure in which an interlayer insulating film is provided between a spiral coil pattern and a magnetic element body. A coil component 1 includes: an interlayer insulating film 41 covering coil patterns CP1 to CP3 from one side in the axial direction of the coil patterns; a magnetic element body M1 filled in the inner diameter areas of the coil patterns CP1 to CP3; and a magnetic element body M2 covering the coil patterns CP1 to CP3 from the one side in the axial direction through the interlayer insulating film 41. The interlayer insulating film 41 has a protruding part 41A radially protruding to the inner diameter area, and the protruding part 41A is curved to the other side in the axial direction. Since the protruding part 41A is curved in the axial direction, the entrance of a magnetic path passing through the inner diameter area is made wider than when the protruding part 41A linearly protrudes to the inner diameter area. This suppresses deterioration in magnetic characteristics due to the presence of the protruding part 41A.
US12340935B2
Heat is less likely to transfer from a terminal electrode to a wire. A coil component includes a core, a first terminal electrode provided on a first flange of the core, a winding portion wound around a winding core of the core, and a first wire having a first end. The first end of the first wire is electrically connected to the first terminal electrode. A part of the first end is spaced apart from the first terminal electrode.
US12340933B2
An example inductor comprises multiple coil parts and each formed by flatwise-winding layers of turns of a flat wire arranged in a radial direction with gaps between each of the layers, and the multiple coil parts are arranged in an axial direction with a clearance. There is provided a clearance between the multiple coil parts, through which air flows, achieving improvement in heat dissipation.
US12340925B2
A chip resistor 10 comprises: a insulating substrate 1; a pair of upper surface electrodes 2; a resistor 3; a pair of lower surface electrodes 5; a pair of resin electrode layers 6 made of synthetic resin materials containing conductive particles and laminated on the pair of lower surface electrodes 5; a pair of end face electrodes 7; and a pair of external electrodes 8, wherein the pair of the lower surface electrodes 5 is made of metal thin film layers formed as thin films on a mounting surface of the insulating substrate 1, respectively, and includes exposed portions 5a exposed from the resin electrode layers 6, respectively, and the pair of external electrodes 8 is in contact with the exposed portions 5a of the lower surface electrodes 5 and entire surfaces of the resin electrode layers 6, respectively.
US12340921B2
The present invention relates to a coaxial cable processing device and a method for processing a coaxial cable. The coaxial cable processing device has a first clamping member provided with a first clamping part; a second clamping member provided with a second clamping part which is opposite to the first clamping part; and a first driving device configured to drive the first clamping member and/or the second clamping member to make the first clamping part and the second clamping part move towards or away from each other in a straight line. When the first clamping member and the second clamping member move towards each other and clamp a shielding layer of a coaxial cable, the first clamping part and the second clamping part respectively surround a part of the coaxial cable in a circumferential direction and apply radial pressure on the shielding layer to flare it. The coaxial cable processing device of the present invention can replace manual operation and has high degree of automation.
US12340907B2
Embodiments described herein include systems for implementing annotation-efficient deep learning in computer-aided diagnosis. Exemplary embodiments include systems having a processor and a memory specially configured with instructions for learning annotation-efficient deep learning from non-labeled medical images to generate a trained deep-learning model by applying a multi-phase model training process via specially configured instructions for pre-training a model by executing a one-time learning procedure using an initial annotated image dataset; iteratively re-training the model by executing a fine-tuning learning procedure using newly available annotated images without re-using any images from the initial annotated image dataset; selecting a plurality of most representative samples related to images of the initial annotated image dataset and the newly available annotated images by executing an active selection procedure based on the which of a collection of un-annotated images exhibit either a greatest uncertainty or a greatest entropy; extracting generic image features; updating the model using the generic image features extracted; and outputting the model as the trained deep-learning model for use in analyzing a patient medical image. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
US12340903B2
An apparatus, including a computer which includes a database which stores a first electronic healthcare record associated with an individual or patient and a master records file. The apparatus facilitates a video call between a user device associated with the individual or patient and a provider device associated with a healthcare provider. Video information is displayed with a portion of the first electronic healthcare record on a display of the provider device. The provider device processes information for updating the first electronic healthcare record. The computer stores the information for updating, and stores an update to, the first electronic healthcare record in the database. The computer utilizes information stored in the master records file and automatically updates a second electronic healthcare record, or automatically updates an electronic medical record, electronic dental record, electronic pharmacy record, electronic behavioral health record, or personal health record, associated with the individual or patient.
US12340901B2
This disclosure relates to remote control of dialysis machines. In certain aspects, a method includes receiving a request for a network connection from a dialysis machine and establishing the network connection with the dialysis machine. The method also includes receiving, from a client device, a request to access the dialysis machine, authorizing the client device to access the dialysis machine, receiving, from the dialysis machine, information pertaining to an operation of the dialysis machine, and providing, to the client device, the received information.
US12340900B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for predicting a likelihood of future failure of components in an ophthalmic medical device and performing preventative maintenance on the ophthalmic medical device. An example method generally includes receiving, from an ophthalmic medical device, measurements of one or more operational parameters associated with the ophthalmic medical device. Using one or more models, a future failure of the ophthalmic medical is predicted. The predictions are generated based, at least in part, on the received measurements of the one or more operational parameters. One or more actions are taken to perform preventative maintenance on the ophthalmic medical device based on the predicted future failure of the ophthalmic medical device.
US12340899B1
A method for evaluating a user's performance of a medical procedure is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a plurality of training measured metrics collected from a sensor worn by the user during training medical procedures, where these metrics include physiological and biomechanical parameters. An algorithm is trained to identify types of medical procedures, procedural segments, and performance benchmarks. During the medical procedure, the sensor collects similar metrics, which are analyzed to identify the procedure type, procedural segments, and deviations from benchmarks. Feedback is provided based on these deviations. Additional steps include using a training model comprising a neural network with machine learning algorithms to analyze metrics, updating the training model with new data, initiating sensor calibration, detecting a predetermined movement pattern to start data collection, and identifying spatial reference points. The method further comprises providing real-time feedback to the user through haptic, auditory, and visual modalities based on performance deviations.
US12340889B2
Example embodiments relate to a system, method, apparatus, and computer readable media configured to generate a multiple renditions of a user interface that is updated based upon athletic movements of two or more users remotely located from each other. The UI may be configured to simultaneously display energy expenditure values in real-time. In further embodiments, a joint energy expenditure values determined from multiple remote users may be simultaneously displayed.
US12340888B2
A system and method for tracking and administering liquid intravenous medications in a hospital, clinic, or patient residence, including recording information onto a short range communication device affixed to a liquid container in a hospital pharmaceutical filling or compounding center, the information including drug information, patient information, and IV administration information, transferring the liquid container to a patient's bedside, programming an infusion course into a bedside IV infusion pump by enabling the pump to read the encoded information on the communication device, and disposing of the liquid container and any residual drug in a smart disposal bin that reads the communication device and weighs the container. The disposal bin may confirm the chemical contents of the container.
US12340879B2
A virtual assistant/chatbot to improve clinical workflow for home renal replacement therapies is disclosed herein. A virtual assistant/chatbot includes a user interface configured to enable a patient to engage in a virtual chat session by typing, speaking, or otherwise providing information regarding a patient request or issue related to their renal replacement therapy. The virtual assistant/chatbot also includes a server configured to provide logic to respond to the patient's requests. The logic defines a sequence of questions and answers for resolving patient queries. The sequence of assistant/chatbot questions and patient answers may be configured in a node arrangement such that certain patient answers/requests lead to additional questions for additional information from a patient. The virtual assistant/chatbot is configured to answer patient requests automatically or determine when the patient request is to be immediately addressed by a clinician or later through a phone call, text, or email communication.
US12340872B2
The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for identifying different parts of enzyme structure that can be engineered and/or assisted by engineered technologies to improve the speed and efficiency of the catalyzed chemical reactions. More specifically, the present disclosure is directed to identifying and modifying distal surface regions that affect catalytic activity. These surface regions are identified and ranked for the impact on enzyme activity, based on the transfer of energy from the surface regions to the active site. Methods are described for improving the catalytic efficiency by improving the energy transfer to overcome the activation energy barrier. The methods described are also applicable for improving the stability of enzymes and development of appropriate enzyme immobilization protocols.
US12340871B2
A circuit includes an array including a plurality of memory cells; a driver operatively coupled to the array and configured to provide an access signal controlling an access to one or more of the plurality of memory cells; and a timing controller operatively coupled to the driver. The timing controller is configured to: receive a control signal; and in response to the control signal transitioning from a first logic state to a second logic state, adjust a pulse width of the access signal within a single clock cycle containing a first phase and a second phase, wherein the first phase includes reading a first data bit stored in a first one of the one or more memory cells and the second phase includes writing a second data bit into the first memory cell.
US12340870B2
A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same, and a memory and a method for forming the same are provided. The method for forming the semiconductor structure includes: providing a substrate, in which a sacrificial layer and an active layer on the sacrificial layer are formed on the substrate; patterning the active layer and the sacrificial layer to form grooves which divide the active layer and the sacrificial layer into a plurality of active areas; filling the grooves to form a first isolation layer surrounding the active areas; patterning the active layer in the active areas to form a plurality of separate active patterns; removing the sacrificial layer via openings between adjacent active patterns to form gaps between bottoms of the active patterns and the substrate; forming bit lines in the gaps; and forming semiconductor pillars on partial tops of the active patterns.
US12340856B2
An electronic device and associated methods including magnonic and electronic circuitry are disclosed. In one example, an array of magnonic elements are interconnected to form a network of spin wave paths, and an electronic pathway is connected to the network of spin wave paths to form a ring circuit.
US12340854B2
The present application discloses a multi-level voltage detector circuit. The voltage dividing circuit includes a first resistor string and a second circuit. The first resistor string is formed by n+1 voltage dividing resistors connected in series and outputs n divisional voltages. The second circuit provides n lower voltage dividing resistors. A kth lower voltage dividing resistor detects kth rise and fall detection points of a power supply voltage. When the kth rise detection point is detected, the second circuit provides a kth lower voltage dividing resistor and short-circuits the kth lower voltage dividing resistor. When the kth fall detection point is detected, the second circuit provides the kth lower voltage dividing resistor to a position between a second end of an nth voltage dividing resistor and the ground. As the value of k increases, the resistance of the kth lower voltage dividing resistor decreases.
US12340852B2
A memory device includes a memory array including memory blocks, and a control circuit coupled to the memory array. The control circuit is configured to when multi-pass program operations are performed, during a non-last pass program of the memory cells in a first memory sub-block of a first memory block, determine verify loop counts of verify operations after programming the memory cells in the first memory sub-block of the first memory block to one or more first target program states; and when programming the memory cells in a second memory sub-block of the first memory block to the one or more first target program states using the same program and verify conditions as for the first memory sub-block of the first memory block, during the non-last pass program, not perform at least the verify operation corresponding to the last of the verify loop counts.
US12340850B2
Control logic in a memory device receives a request to perform a memory access operation on a memory array of the memory device and determines an operating temperature of the memory device. The control logic further modifies a default magnitude of a source voltage signal based on the operating temperature to a form a modified source voltage signal, causes the modified source voltage signal to be applied to the memory array, and performs the memory access operation on the memory array.
US12340849B2
An operation method of a memory device for programming memory cells to a plurality of program states includes providing a series of program pulses to selected memory cells, performing a first verification operation of verifying a target program state among the plurality of program states, performing, when the first verification operation is passed, a second verification operation of detecting fail cells among the selected memory cells to determine if these memory cells have been overprogrammed. When the number of detected fail cells is greater than or equal to a reference value, the program operation may be terminated for that location and the data may be written to another location.
US12340845B2
An embodiment of a memory device may include a full block memory array of a lower tile of 3D NAND string memory cells, a full block memory array of an upper tile of 3D NAND string memory cells, a first portion of a string driver circuit coupled to the full block memory array of the lower tile, a second portion of the string driver circuit coupled to the full block memory array of the upper tile, a first split block memory array of the lower tile coupled to the first portion of the string driver circuit, and a second split block memory array of the upper tile coupled to the second portion of the string driver circuit. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US12340842B2
Systems and methods are provided for employing analog content addressable memory (aCAMs) to achieve low latency complex distribution sampling. For example, an aCAM core circuit can include an aCAM array. Amplitudes of a probability distribution function are mapped to a width of one or more aCAM cells in each row of the aCAM array. The aCAM core circuit can also include a resistive random access memory (RRAM) storing lookup information, such as information used for processing a model. By randomly selecting columns to search of the aCAM array, the mapped probability distribution function is sampled in a manner that has low latency. The aCAM core circuit can accelerate the sampling step in methods relying on sampling from arbitrary probability distributions, such as particle filter techniques. A hardware architecture for an aCAM Particle Filter that utilizes the aCAM core circuit as a central structure is also described.
US12340841B2
Disclosed are a sense circuit and memory structure incorporating the sense circuit. The sense circuit is connected to voltage rails at VDD1 and VDD2, respectively, where VDD2˜½*VDD1. During a sensing operation, VDD1 provides power to develop a voltage differential between Vdata and Vref on sense nodes. A voltage comparator samples Vdata and Vref and, based on a detectable voltage differential (minVdiff), outputs a data output value. To increase the speed at which minVdiff is reached, an equalization process is performed at the initiation of the sensing operation and includes using pre-charge transistors to quickly equalize the sense nodes to VDD2. Following equalization, Vdata and Vref only need to be pulled up or down from VDD2. Thus, minVdiff is reached faster and sampling by the voltage comparator can be performed earlier in time, reducing the overall time required for performing the sensing operation and for powering the sense circuit.
US12340837B2
A static random-access memory (SRAM) cell includes a first inverter and a second inverter being cross-coupled; a first access transistor that accesses an output of the first inverter under control of a word line; a second access transistor that accesses an output of the second inverter under control of the word line; a first passage transistor that passes a common-mode voltage, controlled by the output of the first inverter; a second passage transistor that passes an input signal, controlled by the output of the second inverter; and a capacitor switchably coupled to receive the common-mode voltage and the input signal through the first passage transistor and the second passage transistor respectively.
US12340828B1
According to an embodiment, a controller of a magnetic disk apparatus performs a write operation. In the write operation, the controller performs interpolation using RRO correction values that is obtained by measurement RRO at multiple first positions, and thereby acquires an RRO correction value for performing RRO correction at a position of a target data track. In the write operation, the controller sets WOS on the basis of a write permissible range change determination distance that is a distance between the target data track and one of the multiple first positions that is closest to the target data track.
US12340822B2
A method of audio content identification includes using a two-stage classifier. The first stage includes previously-existing classifiers and the second stage includes a new classifier. The outputs of the first and second stages calculated over different time periods are combined to generate a steering signal. The final classification results from a combination of the steering signal and the outputs of the first and second stages. In this manner, a new classifier may be added without disrupting existing classifiers.
US12340814B2
A system for using an audio watermark to avoid double processing. The decoder inserts the audio watermark during a transient in the audio signal. This avoids the drawbacks of using out-of-band control signals or metadata. The decoder performs detecting a transient in a first audio signal, transforming a portion related to the transient into the frequency domain to compare a first band of the frequency domain data and a second band of the frequency domain data, when the first band is uncorrelated with the second band, the decoder performs processing on the first audio data to generate a second audio data, when the first band is correlated, the first audio data is used as the second audio data without performing any processing.
US12340809B2
A method includes receiving a designated event related to a second application while an execution screen of a first application is displayed on a display. The method also includes executing an artificial intelligent application in response to the designated event. The method further includes transmitting data related to the designated event to an external server, based on the executed artificial intelligent application. Additionally, the method includes sensing a user utterance related to the designated event for a designated period of time. The method also includes transmitting the user utterance to the external server. The method further includes receiving an action order for performing a function related to the user utterance from the external server. The method also includes executing the second application at least based on the received action order. The method further includes outputting a result of performing the function by using the second application.
US12340804B1
Systems and methods to translate a spoken command to a selection sequence are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain audio information representing sounds captured by a client computing platform; analyze the sounds to determine spoken terms; determine whether the spoken terms include one or more of the terms that are correlated with the commands; responsive to determining that the spoken terms are terms that are correlated with a particular command stored in the electronic storage, perform a set of operations that correspond to the particular command; responsive to determine that the spoken terms are not the terms correlated with the commands stored in the electronic storage, determining a selection sequence that causes a result subsequent to the analysis of the sounds; correlate the spoken terms with the selection sequence; store the correlation of the spoken terms with the selection sequence; and perform the selection sequence to cause the result.
US12340801B2
Implementations relate to an automated assistant that can bypass invocation phrase detection when an estimation of device-to-device distance satisfies a distance threshold. The estimation of distance can be performed for a set of devices, such as a computerized watch and a cellular phone, and/or any other combination of devices. The devices can communicate ultrasonic signals between each other, and the estimated distance can be determined based on when the ultrasonic signals are sent and/or received by each respective device. When an estimated distance satisfies the distance threshold, the automated assistant can operate as if the user is holding onto their cellular phone while wearing their computerized watch. This scenario can indicate that the user may be intending to hold their device to interact with the automated assistant and, based on this indication, the automated assistant can temporarily bypass invocation phrase detection (e.g., invoke the automated assistant).
US12340799B2
Implementations described herein identify and correct automatic speech recognition (ASR) misrecognitions. For example, on-device processor(s) of a client device may generate a predicted textual segment that is predicted to correspond to spoken utterance of a user of the client device, and may receive further input that modifies the predicted textual segment to an alternate textual segment. Further, the on-device processor(s) may store these textual segments in on-device storage as a candidate correction pair, and transmit the candidate correction pair to a remote system. Moreover, remote processor(s) of the remote system may determine that the candidate correction pair is an actual correction pair, and may cause client devices to generate updates for a global ASR model for the candidate correction pair. Additionally, the remote processor(s) may distribute the global ASR model to the client devices and/or additional client devices.
US12340797B1
Devices and techniques are generally described for inference reduction in natural language processing using semantic similarity-based caching. In various examples, first automatic speech recognition (ASR) data representing a first natural language input may be determined. A cache may be searched using the first ASR data. A first skill associated with the first ASR data may be determined from the cache. In some examples, first intent data representing a semantic interpretation of the first natural language input data may be determined by using a first natural language process associated with the first skill.
US12340795B2
The present disclosure relates to the development and design of bot interfaces and, more particularly, to one or more components, systems and methods of an intelligent development and design platform configured to assist users in the design, development and deployment of bot applications.
US12340792B2
Some embodiments of the current disclosure disclose methods and systems for training for training a natural language processing intent classification model to perform few-shot classification tasks. In some embodiments, a pair of an utterance and a first semantic label labeling the utterance may be generated and a neural network that is configured to perform natural language inference tasks may be utilized to determine the existence of an entailment relationship between the utterance and the semantic label. The semantic label may be predicted as the intent class of the utterance based on the entailment relationship and the pair may be used to train the natural language processing intent classification model to perform few-shot classification tasks.
US12340791B1
Devices, systems, and methods are provided for voice-based presentation of a user's sentiment. A method may include receiving, by a device, voice data of a person at a time; determining, based on the voice data, an energy level of the person at the time; determining, based on the voice data, a sentiment level of the person at the time; selecting a presentation color indicative of the sentiment level; determining, based on the energy level, a first brightness of the first presentation color; and presenting an indication of the presentation color and the time.
US12340787B2
Embodiments described herein may provide a surface acoustic wave (SAW) device, methods of fabricating the SAW device, and a system incorporating the SAW device. The SAW device may include a piezoelectric substrate and individual resonators may be formed by a plurality of electrodes on the surface of the piezoelectric substrate. A dielectric layer having a positive thermal coefficient of frequency (TCF) may be formed on each of the plurality of electrodes. In various embodiments, temperature compensation may be achieved by providing more or less of the dielectric layer on at least one resonator than on the other resonators based on a configuration of the resonators. In various embodiments, temperature compensation may be achieved by providing at least one resonator with a different duty factor than the other resonators based on a configuration of the resonators.
US12340781B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of electronic music instruments, and provides an electronic cymbal which comprises a support piece and a cymbal body made of a soft elastic material. A through hole is disposed in the center of the cymbal body. A connection portion for connecting the cymbal body is disposed at an upper end of the support piece. The connection portion comprises a head portion and a support rod portion which are disposed from top down and integrally formed with the support piece. A size of an outer diameter of the support rod portion is less than sizes of outer diameters of the head portion and the support piece, and a limiting step is formed at a lower end of the support rod portion. The disclosed electronic cymbal provides a better beat feel, simple structure and ease of mounting.
US12340776B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed for overcoming latency and loss of signal detection in remote control displays. An exemplary system includes a remote control, a host computing device, and one or more target systems communicatively coupled to each other over a wired and/or wireless network. One method includes receiving, by the remote control and from a host computing device, a first video frame captured by a target device, determining a first time corresponding to receipt of the first video frame, receiving, from the host computing device, a second video frame, determining a second time corresponding to receipt of the second video frame, comparing the time difference to a latency threshold, and causing an alert graphic element to be displayed indicating a latency in communication.
US12340772B2
A method for view angle compensation, includes: obtaining initial pixel data of a to-be-displayed image; performing a region detection on the initial pixel data to obtain a target pixel region in which a target pixel corresponding to target pixel data in the initial pixel data is located; pre-processing the initial pixel data to obtain intermediate pixel data; determining to-be-compensated pixel data in the intermediate pixel data based on the target pixel region; and performing a view angle compensation on the to-be-compensated pixel data in the intermediate pixel data to obtain display pixel data.
US12340769B2
A backlight module includes a backlight source and a backlight driving unit. The backlight source includes a white-light source and a compensating light source. The backlight driving unit includes a primary driving module and a compensating driving module. The primary driving module, within a compensation time duration, according to a current environmental temperature, selects a compensation-driving function corresponding to the current environmental temperature; and according to the selected compensation-driving function, supplies a compensation controlling signal to the compensating driving module. The compensating driving module acquires the compensation controlling signal, and according to the compensation controlling signal, supplies a driving signal to the compensating light source. The compensating light source acquires the driving signal, and emits light when driven by the driving signal, whereby a variation value of a white-dot chromaticity coordinate of the displaying module within the compensation time duration is within a preset range.
US12340762B2
A display device includes: a display panel with pixels; a dimming panel with dimming pixels; and a light source. When a pixel is controlled to be lit in white and a predetermined condition is satisfied, a blurring region is formed, and light from the light source is transmitted through the blurring region and the pixel. When a pixel is controlled to be lit up in white and the predetermined condition is not satisfied, the blurring region is not formed, the dimming pixel overlapping the pixel on a straight line along a direction in which the display panel faces the dimming panel is controlled to transmit light, and light from the light source is transmitted through the dimming pixel and the pixel. The predetermined condition is satisfied when the pixel controlled to be lit in white is at a predetermined distance or farther from an outer edge of a display area.
US12340759B2
An electronic device includes: a display panel including a first pad; a data driver including a second pad disposed to overlap the first pad in a thickness direction of the display panel and disposed on the display panel; and an adhesive layer disposed between the display panel and the data driver. The adhesive layer includes: an adhesive resin in contact with the display panel and the data driver; and a conductive particle disposed inside the adhesive resin and in contact with and electrically connected to the display panel and the data driver. The data driver includes a groove defined in a surface thereof facing the display panel, and a length of the groove in a first direction perpendicular to the thickness direction is smaller than or equal to a diameter of the conductive particle.
US12340758B2
A source driving circuit includes a first source driver and a second source driver. The first source driver is configured to convert latched first image data into a plurality of first data voltages in response to a first triggering moment of a first data transmission control signal, and output the plurality of first data voltages based on a second triggering moment of the first data transmission control signal. The second source driver is configured to convert latched second image data into a plurality of second data voltages in response to a first triggering moment of a second data transmission control signal, and output the plurality of second data voltages based on a second triggering moment of the second data transmission control signal. The second triggering moment of the first data transmission control signal and the second triggering moment of the second data transmission control signal have a time difference.
US12340753B2
A driving circuit, a driving method, a driving module and a display device are provided. The driving circuit includes a driving signal generation circuit, a gating circuit, an output control circuit, an output circuit, a voltage control circuit and a third control node control circuit. The third control node control circuit is electrically connected to the first node and the third control node respectively, and is configured to control the potential of the third control node according to the potential of the first node.
US12340746B2
A display device includes first emission areas, second emission areas, and third emission areas for respectively emitting colors of light, first pixel electrodes, second pixel electrodes, and third pixel electrodes overlapping the first emission areas, the second emission areas, and the third emission areas, respectively, first data lines respectively connected to the first pixel electrodes, and overlapping some of the first emission areas, second data lines respectively electrically connected to the second pixel electrodes, overlapping some others of the first emission areas, and being spaced apart from the first data lines, and a demultiplexer configured to divide and output corresponding portions of an input, which is received from one fan-out line, to the first data lines and the second data lines.
US12340742B2
A display driving circuit, a method for driving a display panel, and a display device are provided, relating to display technologies. The display driving circuit includes a first display driving circuit, a second display driving circuit, a power circuit and a TCON circuit. The first display driving circuit is configured to send a first control signal to the second display driving circuit in response to that a level of the first power signal sent by the power circuit reaches a second level, and send a second control signal to the second display driving circuit in response to that a level of the communication indication signal sent by the TCON circuit reaches a fourth level; the second display driving circuit is configured to: turn off the plurality of pixels in response to the first control signal, and drive the plurality of pixels in response to the second control signal in the state of completing initialization.
US12340738B2
A display method for a display panel, and an electronic device. The electronic device stores at least two compensation gray level relationships, a first compensation gray level relationship matches a first gray level range, a second compensation gray level relationship matches a second gray level range, the first compensation gray level relationship is fitted and generated based on an N-nomial algorithm, and the second compensation gray level relationship is obtained in a linear interpolation manner. A gray level value within the first gray level range is greater than a gray level value within the second gray level range. The method includes: obtaining a gray level value of each pixel of an input image; performing gray level compensation on the input image based on the gray level value of each pixel and the at least two compensation gray level relationships; and displaying a compensated image.
US12340735B1
A pixel array substrate includes a substrate, a gate driver circuit, a first conductive pattern, a first dielectric layer, a second conductive pattern, a second dielectric layer, and a third conductive pattern. The first conductive pattern includes a first branch clock signal line which is electrically connected to the gate driver circuit. The first conductive pattern is located between the substrate and the first dielectric layer. The second conductive pattern is located between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer and includes a shielding structure. The third conductive pattern is located on the second dielectric layer and includes a first clock signal line and a data line. The first branch clock signal line electrically connects the first clock signal line to the gate driver circuit and intersects the data line. The shielding structure is located between the data line and the first branch clock signal line.
US12340732B2
The invention provides a pixel driving circuit, a driving method thereof, and a display panel. The pixel driving circuit includes electrically connected light emitting device, driving transistor, pulse amplitude modulation module, and pulse width modulation module. The driving transistor generates a driving current to drive the light emitting device to emit light, and the pulse amplitude modulation module is configured to output a pulse amplitude modulation voltage to the driving transistor to control an amplitude of the driving current. The pulse width modulation module is configured to control a duration for which the driving transistor outputs the driving current based on a swept frequency voltage. By combining the pulse amplitude modulation module and the pulse width modulation module, uniformity of the display panel is compensated without the need to set up an external compensation circuit, which is beneficial to reducing power consumption. The display panel includes the pixel driving circuit.
US12340728B2
The present application provides a method for controlling an offset voltage in a display device, a display device and a storage medium. The method for controlling an offset voltage in a display device comprises: generating a chopper signal based on at least one of a data output control signal and a polarity inversion control signal; and, controlling, according the chopper signal, the polarity of an offset voltage of an operational amplifier in the display device, so that the offset voltage is equivalently eliminated within at least one of a design space range and a design time range. By using the control method of the present application, without using large-size transistors and providing more signals, the display effect can be ensured and the size of the chip can also be reduced.
US12340726B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a processor. The electronic device includes a display including a display panel and a display driver circuit that includes memory. The display driver circuit is configured to identify an event for a display on the display panel. The display driver circuit is configured to, in response to the event of a first type that executes the display through the memory, change, at a timing before a reference time from a start timing of a scan for the display, a state of a signal provided from the display driver circuit to the processor from a first state indicating to enable an image transmission to the display driver circuit to a second state indicating to disable the image transmission. The display driver circuit is configured to, in response to the event of a second type that executes the display by bypassing the memory, change, at the start timing, the state of the signal provided from the display driver circuit to the processor from the first state to the second state.
US12340724B2
A pixel arrangement structure, a display panel, and a grayscale control method are related. In each pixel group of the pixel arrangement structure, a number of first type pixels is equal to a number of second type pixels. A number of high grayscale sub-pixels, a number of first low grayscale sub-pixels, a number of second low grayscale sub-pixels, and a number of third low grayscale sub-pixels are all equal. For each pixel group, a ratio of the high grayscale sub-pixels to the low grayscale sub-pixels is one to three to improve a display color shift.
US12340720B2
A display panel, a detection method thereof, and a tiled display screen are provided. The display panel includes a driving backplane and a light-emitting device disposed on the display panel; wherein the driving backplane has a display area and a non-display area disposed at a periphery of the display area; the light-emitting device is disposed corresponding to the display area; a driving thin film transistor (TFT) and a detecting TFT are disposed in the display area of the driving backplane; and the driving backplane is further provided with a detecting gate wire and a detecting signal wire; wherein the detecting TFT includes a first gate, a first source and a first drain.
US12340709B2
A machine task tutorial system is disclosed that utilizes augmented reality to enable an expert user to record a tutorial for a machine task that can be learned by different trainee users in an adaptive manner. The machine task tutorial system advantageously utilizes an adaptation model that focuses on spatial and bodily visual presence for machine task tutoring. The machine task tutorial system advantageously enables adaptive tutoring in the recorded-tutorial environment based on machine state and user activity recognition. The machine task tutorial system advantageously utilizes AR to provide tutorial recording, adaptive visualization, and state recognition. In this way, the machine task tutorial system supports more effective apprenticeship and training for machine tasks in workshops or factories.
US12340706B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for obtaining drone-based water measurements. One of the methods includes receiving, by a drone management system that controls a drone that is configured to collect water samples, data from a simulator that generates simulation data associated with a body of water; receiving, by the drone management system, an indication that the drone is available to collect one or more water samples from the body of water; determining, by the drone management system and based on the data from the simulator, one or more locations associated with the body of water at which the drone is to collect one or more respective water samples; and; transmitting, by the drone management system, the one or more locations associated with the body of water to the drone.
US12340702B2
A method for managing a longitudinal position a follower aircraft following a leader aircraft by: obtaining a position and speed of the leader aircraft and a real longitudinal position and speed of the follower aircraft; determining a target longitudinal position of the follower aircraft with respect to the longitudinal position of the leader aircraft; calculating a difference between the target longitudinal position of the follower aircraft and the real longitudinal position of the follower aircraft; comparing the value of the difference with at least one predefined threshold; choosing a control law for controlling the speed of the follower aircraft, from among at least two separate control laws, on the basis of the comparison; and, applying the chosen control law so as to manage the real longitudinal position of the follower aircraft with respect to the position of the leader aircraft.
US12340699B2
A device, system, and method for incident air space management is provided. A system includes a controller and a signaling unmanned aerial vehicle (SUAV) associated with a public-safety entity. The controller dispatches the SUAV to a location of a public-safety incident and generates a restricted airspace boundary for airspace, associated with the incident, within which the SUAV operates. The controller activates a restricted airspace beacon of the SUAV that correlates with the restricted airspace boundary. The SUAV broadcasts the restricted airspace beacon, indicating the restricted airspace boundary, relative to a current location of the SUAV. The restricted airspace beacon is operational in at least two modes: a stationary incident mode, during which the SUAV and the restricted airspace boundary are stationary relative to a fixed location of incident; and a mobile incident mode, during which the SUAV and the restricted airspace boundary are mobile and tracking a moving incident location.
US12340695B2
A vehicle dispatch device includes a change information receipt unit, and a re-matching unit. The change information receipt unit receives change information that indicates that a customer without a reservation other than a customer with a reservation takes a taxi that is instructed to be dispatched to the customer with a reservation. The re-matching unit in a case where the change information is received by the change information receipt unit executes re-matching between the customer with a reservation and a taxi and executes notification of a vehicle dispatch instruction to a taxi that is based on a result of re-matching.
US12340686B2
Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for predicting a passage time and a driving time of vehicles in a waiting line section, which pass through the waiting line section disposed behind an intersection. The apparatus inputs information on speeds of the vehicles to a trained prediction model and more accurately predicts the time for users to arrive at his or her destinations.
US12340683B2
The present invention relates to a control device for a robot cleaner providing functions and user interfaces (UI) for increasing user convenience, and according to the control device of the present invention, the user convenience can be increased by providing various user interfaces capable of receiving set values for controlling the robot cleaner.
US12340680B2
A method, network device, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided for facilitating displaying an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a network device. During operation, the system detects an activation of an IP light-emitting diode (LED) mode on the network device, wherein the network device includes a set of numbered ports each with a corresponding LED indicator. Responsive to detecting the activation, the system initiates a sequence which indicates an IP address of the network device by: for each digit of the IP address, turning on and off the LED indicator for one of the numbered ports, the number of which corresponds to the value of the digit; and for each dot of the IP address, turning off all the LED indicators. Responsive to determining that the sequence is complete, the system returns to a default LED mode on the network device.
US12340673B1
A fall monitor has a first wireless communications receiver and a second wireless communications receiver. The second receiver receives wireless communications according to a different communications protocol than the first receiver. A fall detection pad includes a wireless communications module having a first pad transmitter configured to communicate with the first receiver to transmit a pairing communication when the fall detection pad is placed in proximity to the first receiver and a second pad transmitter configured to communicate with the second receiver when the fall detection pad is paired with the fall monitor display unit to transmit the fall alarm communication when the fall detection pad determines that a patient has removed pressure from the fall detection pad. A clinician key may be provided that is configured to communicate with the first receiver to provide a hold status for the alarm signal of the display unit.
US12340667B2
The present application describes a system and method for mitigating false alarms caused by fast moving objects in a scene.
US12340666B2
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for generating investigations of user behavior. In an example embodiment, the system includes a video camera configured to capture video of user activity, a video analytic module to perform real-time video processing of the captured video to generate non-video data from video, and a computer configured to receive the video and the non-video data from the video camera. In some embodiments, the video camera is at least one of a traffic camera or an aerial drone camera. The computer includes a video analytics module configured to analyze one of video and non-video data to identify occurrences of particular user behavior, and an investigation generation module configured to generate an investigation containing at least one video sequence of the particular user behavior. In some embodiments, the investigation is generated in near real time. The particular user behavior may be defined as an action, an inaction, a movement, a plurality of event occurrences, a temporal event and/or an externally-generated event.
US12340656B2
An application program interface (API) provides functionality to store device data from multiple protocols. A collection server hosting the API is configured to receive a data structure from a first sending device comprising first sending device data, wherein the data structure comprises a static portion and a dynamic portion, wherein the static portion comprises identifying information for the sending device, and where in the dynamic portion comprises the device data; and store the device data in accordance with the data structure.
US12340653B2
A system includes a plurality of stationary gaming tables positioned at a plurality of respective locations, a moveable table game device, one or more processors, and a server. Each gaming table includes a table transceiver. The table game device includes a device transceiver that receives data signals including identification data from the table transceivers via a first communication network. The processors determine an identity of the gaming tables based on the identification data, calculate a relative distance between the table game device and each gaming table based on at least one characteristic of a respective data signal, and generate location data indicating a relative location of the gaming device as a function of the calculated relative distances. The server collects the location data via a second communication network and stores the location data for analysis and location tracking.
US12340647B2
Provided are an imaging unit capable of imaging a banknote processing device and a periphery of a transaction operation clerk who is operating the banknote processing device and a recording unit that records imaging data of the imaging unit, an identification number that is visually identifiable is inscribed on at least one surface of a partition card, the imaging unit is capable of imaging the identification number, and the recording unit records imaging data of the imaging.
US12340640B2
A method of assembling a recreational vehicle includes providing a structural panel for installation in the recreational vehicle, which has a surface and a readable image in or internal to the structural panel, with the readable image being located at or near a location on the surface of the structural panel for installing a component at the location. The readable image has to-be-installed component information about the component to be installed at the location and is readable at the surface of the structural panel. The method further includes reading the readable image to determine the to-be-installed component information about the component that is to be installed at the location on the surface of the structural panel.
US12340639B2
An autonomous driving recorder and an operation method thereof, may include a storage including a secure world, an authenticator that stores an authentication key, and a data logger that writes information related to a running state of a vehicle during autonomous driving. The data logger accesses the secure world using the authentication key and writes data associated with a trigger signal among the information related to the running state in the secure world.
US12340637B2
An implement management system detects implement wear and monitors implement states to modify operating modes of a vehicle. The system can determine implement wear using the pull of the implement on the vehicle, the force and angle of which is represented by an orientation vector. The system may measure a current orientation vector and determine an expected orientation vector using sensors and a model (e.g., a machine learned model). Additionally, the implement management system can determine an implement state based on images of the soil and the implement captured by a camera onboard the vehicle during operation. The system may apply different models to the images to determine a likely state of the implement. The difference between the expected and current orientation vectors or the determined implement state may be used to determine whether and how the vehicle's operating mode should be modified.
US12340632B2
A system, method, and computer readable medium for toll service activation using an on-board unit in a third party transport comprises, a third party entity, a toll rental entity, and an on-board unit communicably coupled to the third party entity and to the toll rental entity, wherein the on-board unit, receives a position signal, initiates a toll service request, converts the position signal to a toll usage, and stores the position signal, the toll service request and the toll usage.
US12340628B2
The embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for hand tracking. The method includes following steps. A first image of a hand is obtained through a head-mounted device. A first pose of a first part of the hand is determined through a processor based on the first image. A second image of the hand is obtained through a hand-held device. A second pose of a second part of the hand is determined through a processor based on the first image. The first part and the second part complementarily form an entirety of the hand. A gesture of the hand is determined through the processor based on the first pose and the second pose.
US12340625B2
An in-vehicle apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: estimated walking path acquisition means for acquiring an estimated walking path, which is a path in which it is estimated that a driver will walk; and drinking determination means for determining whether or not the driver is drunk based on a walking pattern of the driver in the estimated walking path.
US12340623B2
Disclosed is a computing device, which includes a processor, a camera that captures RGB image data, a memory that stores image data including the RGB image data, and a pupil detection device that detects a pupil from the RGB image data stored in the memory in response to a request of the processor. The pupil detection device includes an image converter that receives the RGB image data, detects first eye area data including eye area information from the received RGB image data, and converts the first eye area data into second eye area data having IR (InfraRed) image characteristics by using a deep neural network, a pupil candidate detector that detects pupil candidate data from the second eye area data, and a pupil boundary detector that detects pupil boundary data from the pupil candidate data.
US12340621B2
A method of detecting an object in an image includes (i) processing, with a machine-learned model, pixel intensities of a pixel pair in a first region of the image, to determine a first confidence score representing a likelihood of the object being present within the first region, and (ii) determining, based on the first confidence score, presence of the object in the first region.
US12340616B2
The laminated structure includes a protective layer, a linear polarizing layer, and a quarter-wave plate that are laminated in sequence. The protective layer is used for polarizing light to form linearly polarized light. An angle between an absorption axis of the protective layer and an absorption axis of the linear polarizing layer is zero degrees. An angle between the absorption axis of the linear polarizing layer and an absorption axis of the quarter-wave plate is 45 degrees. There is no difference between a direction of the absorption axis of the protective layer and a direction of the absorption axis of the linear polarizing layer.
US12340615B2
A system and a method of tracking an input sign for an extended reality are provided, wherein the method including: obtaining an image; detecting for a handheld device and a hand in the image; in response to a first bounding box of the hand and a second bounding box of the handheld device being detected, detecting at least one joint of the hand from the image; performing a data fusion of the first bounding box and the second bounding box according to the at least one joint to obtain the input sign; and outputting a command corresponding to the input sign via the output device.
US12340609B2
A method for recognizing handwritten text is disclosed. The method comprises receiving data comprising a sequence of ink points; applying the received data to a neural network-based sequence classifier trained with a Connectionist Temporal Classification (CTC) output layer using forced alignment to generate an output; generating a character hypothesis as a portion of the sequence of ink points; applying the character hypothesis to a character classifier to obtain a first probability corresponding to the probability that the character hypothesis includes the given character; processing the output of the CTC output layer to determine a second probability corresponding to the probability that the given character is observed within the character hypothesis; and combining the first probability and the second probability to obtain a combined probability corresponding to the probability that the character hypothesis includes the given character.
US12340606B2
Embodiments are disclosed for providing customizable, visually aesthetic color diverse template recommendations derived from a source image. A method may include receiving a source image and determining a source image background by separating a foreground of the source image from a background of the source image. The method separates a foreground from the background by identifying portions of the image that belong to the background and stripping out the rest of the image. The method includes identifying a text region of the source image using a machine learning model and identifying font type using the identified text region. The method includes generating an editable template image using the source image background, the text region, and the font type.
US12340605B2
A document management system performs optical character recognition (OCR) on a high resolution version of an image of a document, obtaining a first set of text representative of the text of the document. The document management system applies a machine-learned model on a low-resolution version of the image of the document, producing a denoised image that is of a higher resolution than that input into the machine-learned model. The document management system performs OCR on the denoised image, obtaining a second set of text representative of the text of the document. The document management system compares the first and second sets of text in the form of an objective loss function. The document management system subsequently generates a feature vector from the comparison of the sets of text and retrains the machine-learned model with the generated feature vector.
US12340598B2
A compute system includes: a control circuit configured to: a control circuit configured to: capture a sensor data stream provided by optical sensors, extract lane lines from the sensor data stream, optimize an extrinsic parameter and an extrinsic parameter based on the extract of the lane lines, and compile optimized parameters including the extrinsic parameter and the extrinsic parameter; and a communication circuit, coupled to the control circuit, configured to receive an optical sensor alert for displaying on a device.
US12340593B2
This application discloses a vehicle drivable area detection method, an autonomous driving assistance system, and an autonomous driving vehicle. The method includes: processing, by using a neural network, image data obtained by a camera apparatus, to obtain a first probability distribution of an obstacle; obtaining a second probability distribution of the obstacle based on a time of flight and an echo width of a radar echo signal; and obtaining, based on the first probability distribution of the obstacle and the second probability distribution of the obstacle, a drivable area of a vehicle represented by a probability, where the probability is a probability that the vehicle cannot drive through the area. The autonomous driving assistance system includes a camera apparatus, at least one radar, and a processor. The system is configured with the technical solutions that can implement the method. The autonomous driving vehicle includes the foregoing autonomous driving assistance system.
US12340590B2
An imaging apparatus includes a display device and a camera configured to generate image data reproducible as a series of images of a scene. Each of the series of images has a maximum field of view. A processor is configured to receive the image data, display at least a portion of the series of images, analyze the image data to determine if an object is recognized in each of the series of images, and generate a history of the series of images. The history is indicative of whether each of the series of images includes the object. Based at least in part on the history, the processor is configured to cause the display of the at least a portion of the series of images to be modified to: zoom in on the object, pan within the maximum field of view, zoom out on the scene, or any combination thereof.
US12340576B2
A system and method are disclosed for determining a classification and sub-classification of an aircraft. The system receives an aerial image of a geographic area that includes one or more aircrafts. The system inputs the aerial image into a machine learning model. The system receives an output from the machine learning model for each aircraft of the one or more aircrafts. Based on the output for each aircraft, the system determines a set of geometric measurements. The system compares the set of geometric measurements to a plurality of known sets of geometric measurements. Based on the comparison, the system identifies a known set of geometric measurements from the plurality of known sets of geometric measurements. The known set is mapped by a database to a sub-classification. The system outputs the sub-classification.
US12340570B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for image segmentation. The method may be executed by a trained image segmentation model. The method includes: obtaining a to-be-processed image, wherein the to-be-processed image includes objects of a plurality of categories. The method further includes: selecting a to-be-discarded category in the to-be-processed image according to a recall rate of each of the plurality of categories obtained in advance. The method further includes: processing the to-be-processed image based on a plurality of remaining categories in the plurality of categories other than the to-be-discarded category to obtain a segmented image. Through the method, computing resources required for a segmentation processing task can be greatly reduced, a processing amount of image data can be reduced, and an image processing speed can be increased.
US12340564B2
Provided are a model generation method and apparatus, an object detection method and apparatus, a device and a storage medium. The method includes acquiring multiple scaling coefficients of a batch normalization layer in an initially-trained intermediate detection model, where the intermediate detection model is obtained by training an original detection model based on multiple training samples, and each training sample includes a sample image and a sample annotation result of a known object in the sample image; screening a to-be-pruned coefficient from the multiple scaling coefficients according to values of the multiple scaling coefficients; and screening a to-be-pruned channel corresponding to the to-be-pruned coefficient from multiple channels of the intermediate detection model and performing channel pruning on the to-be-pruned channel to generate an object detection model.
US12340560B2
Systems and methods for generating a classification model using primary and secondary loss functions
A method is proposed for sample processing. A first group of data are received, here data in the first group of data comprises a sample and a classification of the sample, and the classification belonging to a first group of classifications in a plurality of classifications associated with the data. A plurality of data with the classification are selected from the first group of data. A first and a second loss function are determined for training a classification model that represents an association relationship between samples and classifications of the samples based on a plurality of samples comprised in the plurality of data and the classification, the first and second loss functions represent classification accuracy and a feature distribution for the classification model. The classification model is trained based on the first and second loss functions. Therefore, the accuracy of the classification model may be increased.
US12340535B2
A computer-implemented method of estimating a 6D pose and shape of one or more objects from a 2D image, comprises the steps of: detecting, within the 2D image, one or more 2D regions of interest, each 2D region of interest containing a corresponding object among the one of more objects; cropping out a corresponding pixel value array, coordinate tensor, and feature map for each 2D region of interest; concatenating the corresponding pixel value array, coordinate tensor, and feature map for each 2D region of interest; and inferring, for each 2D region of interest, a 4D quaternion describing a rotation of the corresponding object in the 3D rotation group, a 2D centroid, which is a projection of a 3D translation of the corresponding object onto a plane of the 2D image given a camera matrix associated to the 2D image, a distance from a viewpoint of the 2D image to the corresponding object, a size, and a class-specific latent shape vector of the corresponding object.
US12340530B2
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to an improved approach to training a depth model to derive depth estimates from monocular images using cost volumes. In one embodiment, a method includes predicting, using a depth model, depth values from at least one input image that is a monocular image. The method includes generating a cost volume by sampling the depth values corresponding to bins of the cost volume. The method includes determining loss values for the bins of the cost volume. The method includes training the depth model according to the loss values of the cost volume.
US12340528B2
Methods and image processing systems are provided for determining a dominant gradient orientation for a target region within an image. A plurality of gradient samples are determined for the target region, wherein each of the gradient samples represents a variation in pixel values within the target region. The gradient samples are converted into double-angle gradient vectors, and the double-angle gradient vectors are combined so as to determine a dominant gradient orientation for the target region.
US12340525B2
A high-definition map creation method includes: obtaining point cloud data collected with respect to a target region, the point cloud data including K frames of point clouds and an initial pose of each frame of point cloud, K being an integer greater than 1; associating the K frames of point clouds with each other in accordance with the initial pose to obtain a first point cloud relation graph of the K frames of point clouds; performing point cloud registration on the K frames of point clouds in accordance with the first point cloud relation graph and the initial pose to obtain a target relative pose of each frame of point cloud in the K frames of point clouds; and splicing the K frames of point clouds in accordance with the target relative pose to obtain a point cloud map of the target region.
US12340521B2
Training a multi-object tracking model includes: generating a plurality of training images based at least on scene generation information, each training image comprising a plurality of objects to be tracked; generating, for each training image, original simulated data based at least on the scene generation information, the original simulated data comprising tag data for a first object; locating, within the original simulated data, tag data for the first object, based on at least an anomaly alert (e.g., occlusion alert, proximity alert, motion alert) associated with the first object in the first training image; based at least on locating the tag data for the first object, modifying at least a portion of the tag data for the first object from the original simulated data, thereby generating preprocessed training data from the original simulated data; and training a multi-object tracking model with the preprocessed training data to produce a trained multi-object tracker.
US12340518B2
Systems and methods for three-dimensional object category modeling can utilize figure-ground neural radiance fields for unsupervised training and inference. For example, the systems and methods can include a foreground model and a background model that can generate an object output based at least in part on one or more learned embeddings. The foreground model and background model may process position data and view direction data in order to output color data and volume density data for a respective position and view direction. Moreover, the object category model may be trained to generate an object output, which may include an instance interpolation, a view synthesis, or a segmentation.
US12340503B2
An image processing apparatus compares a target image and a reference image and thereby detects an anomaly in the target image, and includes an anomaly detecting unit. The anomaly detecting unit is configured to (a) generate a first characteristic map obtained by performing a filter process for the target image and a second characteristic map obtained by performing the filter process for the reference image, (b) derive a correction amount on the basis of a deviation between an object in the first characteristic map and an object in the second characteristic map, and (c) correct the target image and/or the reference image with the correction amount and thereafter compare the target image and the reference image and thereby detect an anomaly in the target image.
US12340495B2
Methods include generating a scanner aerial image using a neural network, where the scanner aerial image is generated using a mask inspection image that has been generated by a mask inspection machine. Embodiments also include training the neural network with a set of images, such as with a simulated scanner aerial image and another image selected from a simulated mask inspection image, a simulated Critical Dimension Scanning Electron Microscope (CD-SEM) image, a simulated scanner emulator image and a simulated actinic mask inspection image.
US12340491B2
Guided filtering is applied, with a camera raw image as a guidance image, to a first image to generate an intermediate image. A dynamic range mapping is performed on the intermediate image to generate a second image of a different dynamic range. The second image is used to generate specific local reshaping function index values for selecting specific local reshaping functions. The specific local reshaping functions are applied to the second image to generate a locally reshaped image.
US12340490B2
An image processing method and apparatus belong to the technical field of communication. The method comprises: acquiring a target image including a shadow; and removing the shadow from the target image based on a target model, to acquire an image after shadow removal, wherein the target model is a model trained based on a target image sample including a shadow and a shadow image sample corresponding to the target image sample, the target image sample is a sample generated based on a captured shadow-free image sample and a preset emulated imaging condition, and the shadow image sample is a sample determined based on the target image sample and the shadow-free image sample.
US12340488B2
The present disclosure provides example apparatuses, methods, and devices for denoising an image. One example apparatus performs operations including receiving an input image. A trained artificial intelligence model is implemented to form an estimate of a noise pattern in the input image and form an output image by subtracting the estimate of the noise pattern from the input image, where the model is configured to form the estimate of the noise pattern, and the estimate of the noise pattern is representative of a noise pattern that is characteristic to a specific image sensor type.
US12340485B1
Techniques are disclosed relating to geometry processing in graphics processors. In some embodiments, geometry processing circuitry is configured to execute multiple segments of a segmented set of geometry work at least partially in parallel using multiple geometry processing pipelines, execute a single-segment set of geometry work using a single geometry processing pipeline, and identify a group of multiple sets of geometry work that includes the segmented set and the single-segment set. Fragment processing circuitry may be configured to initiate execution of a single set of fragment processing work that consumes output data from the multiple sets of geometry work in the group. The geometry processing circuitry may utilize disclosed techniques to process the segmented and single-segment sets in a manner than mitigates overhead associated with segmented processing.
US12340476B2
A method of learning a target object by detecting an edge from a digital model of the target object and setting a sample point according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, which is performed by a computer-aided design program of an authoring computing device, includes: displaying a digital model of a target object that is a target of image recognition; detecting edges on the digital model of the target object; classifying the detected edges according to a plurality of characteristics; obtaining sample point information on the detected edges; and generating object recognition library data for recognizing a real object implementing the digital model of the target object based on the detected edges, characteristic information of the detected edges, and the sample point information.
US12340475B2
Systems, methods, devices, and media for anamorphosis systems to generate and cause display of anamorphic media are disclosed. In one embodiment, an anamorphosis system is configured to identify a set of features of a space, determine relative positions of the set of features, determine a perspective of the mobile device within the space based on the relative positions of the set of features, retrieve anamorphic media based on the location of the mobile device, and apply the anamorphic media to a presentation of the space at the mobile device. The anamorphic media may include media items such as images and videos, configured such that the media items are only visible from one or more specified perspectives. The anamorphic media may include a stylized text string projected onto surfaces of a space such that the stylized text string is correctly displayed when viewed through a user device from a specified perspective.
US12340471B2
In some examples, a head-mounted device (HMD) includes a display device to present an augmented reality (AR) view. The HMD receives first output information generated by a first type of quantification instrument that is to perform a first quantification of a collection of physical objects, and second output information generated by a second type of measurement instrument that is different from the first type of measurement instrument to perform a second quantification of the collection of physical objects. The HMD presents, on the display device, the first output information and the second output information in the augmented reality view of a physical environment in which the collection of physical objects being quantified objects is provided.
US12340466B2
A hierarchical data structure has sets of nodes representing a 3D space of an environment at different granularity levels. Sets of neural networks at different granularity levels are trained. For a portion of an output image, a granularity level at which the portion is to be reconstructed is determined. A corresponding node is identified; the node having sets of child nodes. A set of child nodes is selected at the granularity level at which the portion is to be reconstructed. For a child node, a cascade of neural networks is utilised to reconstruct the portion. Granularity level of N+1th neural network is higher than that of Nth neural network. Input of a neural network includes outputs of at least a predefined number of previous neural networks.
US12340465B2
An interference point determining method is provided. The method includes: obtaining a target point cloud corresponding to a highly reflective object from a target channel; obtaining a to-be-determined point cloud at the same pixel position as the target point cloud from each channel other than the target channel based on the target point cloud; based on a distance value and a reflectivity of each to-be-determined point cloud, and distance values and reflectivities respectively corresponding, to other point clouds in a neighborhood of each to-be-determined point cloud, determining whether each to-be-determined point cloud is a suspected interference point; and based on a variance between distance values of the other point clouds in the neighborhood of one to-be-determined point cloud and the one to-be-determined point cloud, or based on an interference point range determined for the one to-be-determined point cloud, determining whether the one to-be-determined point cloud is the interference point.
US12340462B2
A wearable terminal device is configured to be used by being worn by a user. The wearable terminal device includes at least one processor. The at least one processor causes a display to display a virtual image that is located inside a space and has a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side from the first surface. The at least one processor determines whether the first surface or the second surface is easier for the user to see. When the second surface is determined to be easier to see, the at least one processor causes an image of the first surface of the virtual image to be displayed on the second surface of the virtual image.
US12340454B2
The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for displaying lyric effects, an electronic device, and a computer-readable medium. The method includes: obtaining, based on a lyric effect display operation of a user, an image sequence and music data to be displayed, the music data including audio data and lyrics; determining a target time point, playing at least one target image corresponding to the target time point in the image sequence, and determining target lyrics corresponding to the target time point in the lyrics; and adding animation effects on the at least one target image, displaying the target lyrics on the at least one target image, and playing a part of the audio data corresponding to the target lyrics.
US12340453B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system for providing an AR try-on experience for a friend. The system accesses a plurality of images that depict one or more persons. The system receives input that identifies a given person of the one or more persons who is depicted in an individual image of the plurality of images. The system extracts features of the given person depicted in the individual image. The system applies a machine learning model to the extracted features of the given person to generate an avatar that resembles the given person. The system applies one or more augmented reality (AR) fashion items to the avatar to generate an image that resembles the given person wearing the one or more AR fashion items.
US12340450B2
Systems and methods described herein provide for retrieving, from a storage device, first image data previously captured by a client device. The systems and methods further detect a selection of a first image processing operation and perform the first image processing operation on the first image data to generate second image data. The systems and methods further detect a selection of a second image processing operation and perform the second image processing operation on the second image data to generate third image data. The systems and methods generate a message comprising the third image data.
US12340449B2
A method and system for generating a random graphic training dataset and a hologram is disclosed, which relates to the technical field of image processing. The method for generating a random graphic training dataset includes: randomly generating a plurality of graphic datasets, where each of the graphic datasets includes a square, a circle and an equilateral triangle; for any graphic dataset, performing gradual filling on each graphic in the graphic dataset to obtain a gradual graphic dataset; and performing translation transformation on each graphic in the gradual graphic dataset for a predetermined number of times to obtain random graphics corresponding to the graphic dataset, and determining random graphics corresponding to all graphic datasets as a random graphic training dataset. More comprehensive training data can be provided and a training effect of a model can be improved.
US12340437B2
A method is provided that includes receiving a video timing pulse, determining, in response to receiving the video timing pulse, a video engine is busy processing a previous frame, and storing settings for a current frame in a pending queue in response to determining the video engine is busy processing the previous frame. The method further includes configuring the video engine with the settings for the current frame from the pending queue after the video engine has completed processing of the previous frame, and processing, using the configured video engine, the current frame.
US12340434B2
A method, computer program product, and computing system for: identifying a piece of content within a first content platform to be monitored for propagation; and determining a likelihood of propagation for the piece of content, wherein the likelihood of propagation concerns the piece of content propagating with respect to the first content platform.
US12340429B2
Provided are a distributed energy storage planning method and system for a power distribution network. The method includes a step S1 of setting a mathematical indicator for quantitatively evaluating superiority and inferiority of construction positions of distributed energy storage assemblies as a location evaluation indicator in a distribution area of a distributed power supply, a step S2 of planning an optimal laying path of the distributed energy storage assemblies in a planning area based on the location evaluation indicator and a step S3 of constructing the distributed energy storage assemblies according to the optimal laying path and connecting the distributed energy storage assemblies to the power distribution network to perform an energy storage operation so that the distributed power supply performs orderly energy storage on the distributed energy storage assemblies in the power distribution network.
US12340425B2
A recycling kiosk for recycling and financial remuneration for submission of an electronic device such as a mobile phone is disclosed herein. The recycling kiosk includes electrical connectors and an inspection area with an upper chamber, a lower chamber, a transparent plate and at least one camera in order to perform a visual analysis and an electrical analysis of the electronic device for determination of a value of the electronic device. The recycling kiosk also includes a processor and a display for user interaction.
US12340424B2
An exercise apparatus includes a motor, an operating member driven by the motor, a sensor operable to detect engagement of a user with the operating member, and a controller in communication with the operating member and the sensor. The controller is configured to generate exercise use data when the operating member is driven by the motor. A communication interface is in communication with the controller. In response to the controller determining that the user is engaged with the operating member, the controller is configured to report the exercise use data to the communication interface. In response to the controller determining that the user is not engaged with the operating member, the controller is configured to stop reporting the exercise use data to the communication interface. The communication interface is configured to communicate the reported exercise use data to a third party.
US12340416B2
An electronic trading system is configured to create speculative orders based on real orders. The speculative order differs from the real order by the price, quantity, or the type of financial instrument. The match engine chooses one or more speculative orders in an attempt to predict the next real order. Even though processing multiple trades at the same time is impossible, the use of speculative orders can permit the match engine to perform the calculations involved with the trade and generate the messages associated with the trade ahead of time. If the prediction was correct and the next order received by the match engine corresponds to one of the speculative orders, some of the matching activity has already been performed. This in effect, allows the match engine to process trades more efficiently and increases the total trading volume that can be handled by the electronic trading system.
US12340415B2
A computerized system for metals trading comprising: a commodity trading and risk management (CTRM) enterprise system comprising: a firewall comprising a network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on a set of predetermined security rules, a gateway comprising a network node configured for interfacing with another network that uses different communication protocols; wherein the CTRM enterprise system is configured to implement a set of trade capture and pricing requirements for a metals commodity, wherein the CTRM enterprise system is configured to use a plurality of application server nodes to perform a plurality of tasks comprising: managing a complex quality-based contract pricing for the metals commodity; calculating and managing a complex formula-based contract penalty with respect to the quality-based contract pricing of the metals commodity; and implement a set of microservice modules that independently perform a set of microservice related to the quality-based contract pricing and the complex formula-based contract penalty of the metals commodity.
US12340414B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein that compute trading signals with low latency and high throughput using highly parallelized compute resources such as integrated circuits, reconfigurable logic devices, graphics processor units (GPUs), multi-core general purpose processors, and/or chip multi-processors (CMPs). For example, a liquidity estimation that estimates an amount of hidden liquidity for a financial instrument can be generated from streaming financial market data.
US12340411B2
Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques utilizing computers to determine one or more locations for a customer to pickup a product based on a trained models. Embodiments may also include generating a code that may be utilized to obtain the product and perform a verification operation.
US12340407B2
One or more methods or systems of facilitating electronic communications are provided. An initial electronic communication is initiated and then finalized, and subsequently one or more additional communications are generated in response to the initial communication.
US12340405B2
An online concierge system selects content for presentation to a user by using a product scoring engine. The product scoring engine generates a user embedding for user data and a query embedding for query data. The product scoring engine generates an anchor embedding based on the user embedding and the query embedding, where the anchor embedding is an embedding in a product embedding space. The product scoring engine compares the anchor embedding to a set of product embeddings to score a set of products for presentation to a user.
US12340404B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for generating memorial products using a memorial product design and ordering system (the “design system”). The design system may generally be configured to provide users with a platform, tools, design elements, automated processes, and/or the like for designing, customizing and ordering memorial products. The design system may be configured to present users with graphical or virtual representations of physical memorial products (“virtual product templates”) that may be customized by specifying product characteristics and adding various design elements. In some embodiments, the virtual product templates may be and/or may include photo-realistic and/or three-dimensional (3D) representations of the actual physical memorial products. In this manner, the design system may be configured to provide a customer with a realistic user experience from a virtual and/or online design tool.
US12340402B2
The disclosed systems and methods may request a merchant identifier associated with a merchant from a third party, receive the merchant identifier, retrieve or receive a first uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the merchant, and store the merchant identifier and the first URL in a database. In response to a web browser extension detecting that a user is preparing to make an online purchase associated with the merchant, the system may receive an age request for an age of the merchant from a user device and identify the merchant identifier in the database based on a second URL included in the age request. The system may then request the age of the merchant from the database based on the merchant identifier, receive the age of the merchant from the third party, and transmit the age of the merchant to the user device for display.
US12340401B2
Smart gesturing may facilitate smart shopping and other contactless experiences by enabling a user to perform a natural gesture toward one or more desired items with or while wearing a wearable or non-wearable electronic device. The electronic device may identify the smart gesture, and determine the one or more desired items are indicated by the smart gesture. The electronic device may identify the desired items by receiving location data of multiple items, determining a vector based on a first position a second position of the smart gesture, extending the vector to a location, and using the location data to determine which item or items correspond to the location. If more than one item is indicated by the smart gesture, the electronic device may enable selection of the items and, if at least one item is selected, provide information on the selected items or enable additional interaction with the selected items.
US12340385B2
Example methods and apparatus for associating media devices with a demographic composition of a geographic area are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus are to obtain a plurality of Internet Protocol addresses assigned to a media device associated with a panel member. Disclosed example apparatus are also to determine a most used Internet Protocol address from the plurality of Internet Protocol addresses, determine a geographic location corresponding to the most used Internet Protocol address, associate a geographic area with the media device in response to a determination that the geographic location corresponds to a location of an internet service provider, determine a demographic profile associated with the geographic area, and associate the demographic profile with the media device.
US12340382B2
Data integration and distribution systems. A system includes a graphical user interface (GUI). Weather and market data are collected. A weather symbology including symbol elements linked to segments of the collected weather data and rules for generating weather symbology instructions are stored. The GUI is generated for display on a user device. A weather symbology instruction is determined based on at least one requested symbol element indicated in a weather data request and the rules. A weather forecast dataset is created from among the collected weather data based on the weather symbology instruction. A presentation package including the weather forecast dataset and the collected market data is generated such that the weather forecast dataset is integrated with the collected market data. The presentation package is presented on the GUI and updated concurrent with changes to at least one of the weather data, the market data and user input.
US12340367B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for generating and augmenting digital instruments that implement electronic transfers. The system converts instruments to a digital format and applies electronic augmentations in the form of metadata or layered optically perceptible data that can be verified or edited. The electronic augmentations are integrated with the digital instrument prior to transmitting the instrument to a third party to initiate transfer execution.
US12340365B2
A distributed ledger system may include a first distributed ledger node associated with a first participant bank that maintains a first participant bank deposit account on a blockchain-based distributed ledger in a distributed ledger network; a second distributed ledger node associated with a second participant bank that maintains a second participant bank deposit account on the blockchain-based distributed ledger; and a third distributed ledger node associated with a liquidity provider that maintains a liquidity provider deposit account on the blockchain-based distributed ledger. A consensus algorithm operates on the distributed ledger nodes and updates the blockchain-based distributed ledger in which multiple copies of the blockchain-based distributed ledger across the distributed ledger nodes, and transactions involving the first participant bank deposit account, the second participant bank deposit account, and/or the liquidity provider deposit account are added to a block to the blockchain-based distributed ledger.
US12340363B2
An apparatus, computer-readable medium, and computer-implemented method to provide data services over a decentralized network in accordance with a smart contract. Node computing platforms of the decentralized network include a node module to execute the network protocol and a router module to route service data and proofs thereof. The disclosed architecture and method fully leverage the advantages of decentralized networks to transform data services into decentralized commodities that can be offered, sold, provided and managed in a decentralized manner.
US12340346B1
Aspects of the disclosure relate to computing platforms that utilize machine learning to perform output generation based on intent identification. The computing platform may train intent orchestration models (e.g., intent identification, output generation, or communication channel) using historical data. The computing platform may data corresponding to an individual. Based on the data, the computing platform may select intent identification models, and may use them to identify an intent. Based on the intent of the individual, the computing platform may select engagement output generation models, and may use them to generate a customer engagement output. The computing platform may use a communication channel model to identify a communication channel. The computing platform may send commands directing display of the customer engagement output, which may cause a user device to display the customer engagement output using the communication channel.
US12340345B2
An inventory management system for managing inventory ownership in a shared inventory space is described. The system includes receivers configured to receive data from sources external to the inventory management system. Transmitters are configured to transmit data to sources external to the inventory management system. A bundle generation is configured to receive transfer data from a first user via the one or more receivers indicating a group of items to be made available for a transfer of ownership. The transfer of ownership of the group of items is to be made as a single transaction. The system processes the received transfer data and generates a bundle data record of data parameters based on the transfer data. A transaction management processor provides information identifying available groups of items available for transfer of ownership and a transaction fulfilment processor provide the item data to the transaction management processor.
US12340337B2
Implementations include receiving demand data representing types of material and quantities of material demanded for each of a plurality of locations within a geographical area; receiving vessel data representing availabilities and capacities of each of a plurality of vessels; processing the demand data and the vessel data through a capacity optimization model to provide a first output comprising initial voyage plans for the plurality of vessels; receiving weather data representing predicted weather conditions within the geographical area; and processing the first output and the weather data through a sequence optimization model to provide a second output comprising updated voyage plans. Each initial voyage plan and each updated voyage plan defines a type of material, quantity of material, vessel, and sequence of locations. Implementations include transmitting instructions that cause an adjustment of one or more settings of respective maneuvering systems of the vessels to voyage under the updated voyage plans.
US12340336B2
Techniques for automatically providing a package for pickup are presented. The techniques can include: receiving, at a publicly-accessible terminal, a code associated with the package; validating the code with data in a database communicatively coupled to the terminal; retrieving, by a robot communicatively coupled to the publicly-accessible terminal, the package from a publicly-inaccessible package staging site; delivering, by the robot, the package to a customer interface repository; obtaining confirmation that the package has been removed from the customer interface repository; and storing data, by at least one server, indicating the package has been removed.
US12340335B2
In some examples, a computer-implemented collaboration assessment model identifies actions of each of two or more individuals depicted in video data, identify, based at least on the identified actions of each of the two or more individuals depicted in the video data, first behaviors at a first collaboration assessment level, identify, based at least on the identified actions of each of the two or more individuals depicted in the video data, second behaviors at a second collaboration assessment level different from the first collaboration assessment level, and generate and output, based at least on the first behaviors at the first collaboration assessment level and the second behaviors at the second collaboration assessment level, an indication of at least one of an assessment of a collaboration effort of the two or more individuals or respective assessments of individual contributions of the two or more individuals to the collaboration effort.
US12340327B2
Systems for supply chain management are provided. The systems perform capturing, formatting, processing, analysis, storage, and sharing of supply chain event data. The systems store the supply chain event data relating to an execution of a supply chain process therein and on a distributed ledger.
US12340319B2
Systems and methods may be used to generate and use a structured form representation and structured metadata. The structured form representation and structured metadata may include information relevant to a particular context and may be used to update document templates, import new documents and update document versions into software, automate data entry for document completion, update records to include new and or updated information, and provide other functionality of an information service.
US12340312B2
Systems and methods for automatic detection of surgical specialty type and procedure type are disclosed. One or more classification networks may be applied to automatically process input surgical image data in order to recognize and determine a surgical specialty type and a surgical procedure type depicted in the input image data. Based on the determination made by the system, one or more output indications may be generated and one or more surgical devices may be automatically controlled, such as by being optimized for use during the surgical procedure type and/or surgical specialty type represented by the input image.
US12340310B2
Embodiments described herein include a process for detecting energy tool activations. The process can begin by receiving a surgical video of a surgical procedure involving energy tool activations. The process then applies a sequence of sampling windows to the surgical video to generate a sequence of windowed samples of the surgical video. Next, for each windowed sample in the sequence of windowed samples, the process applies a deep-learning model to a sequence of video frames within the windowed sample to generate an activation/non-activation inference and a confidence level associated with the activation/non-activation inference for the windowed sample. As a result, a sequence of activation/non-activation inferences and a sequence of associated confidence levels are generated. The process subsequently identifies a sequence of activation events in the surgical video based on the sequence of activation/non-activation inferences and the sequence of associated confidence levels.
US12340306B2
The present invention relates to a method for training a neural network for object detection. The method includes receiving a detection target image, splitting the detection target image into unit images having a predetermined size, defining an output of the neural network for the split unit images as a first label value, generating a first deformed image by deforming the unit image according to a first rule, and training the neural network by using an output of the neural network for the first deformed image and a loss of the first label value. According to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently train a neural network for detecting an object in a large screen.
US12340305B2
Provided are a training method for an air quality prediction model, a prediction method and apparatus, a device, a program, and a medium. The method includes the steps described below. A target monitoring range is divided into a plurality of regions; the air quality prediction model is pre-trained by adopting a pre-training sample and a pre-training objective function, where the pre-training sample includes measurement values; and the pre-trained air quality prediction model is trained by adopting a formal training sample and a formal training objective function, where the formal training sample includes the measurement values. The air quality prediction model is configured to predict air quality of the plurality of regions according to spatial information, historical information and environmental information.
US12340303B2
Computer-implemented method and device for generating frequency component vector of time-series data
A computer-implemented method generates a frequency component vector of time series data, by executing a first process and a second process in each unit step. The first process includes: receiving first data; and processing the first data using a first neural network to generate intermediate data. The second process includes: receiving the generated intermediate data; and generating a plurality of component values corresponding to a plurality of frequency bands based on the generated intermediate data such that: a first component value corresponding to a first frequency band is generated using a second neural network based on the generated intermediate data; and a second component value corresponding to a second frequency band different from the first frequency band is generated using the second neural network based on the generated intermediate data and the generated first component value corresponding to the first frequency band.
US12340295B2
An Internet of Things (IoT) device can include a switch module configured to control a power supply for at least one powered device, a WiFi module configured to perform wireless communication and occupancy activity sensing, and a processor configured to determine human activity recognition WiFi measurements from the WiFi module based on the occupancy activity sensing and generate corresponding commands for the switch module based on the determined human activity recognition WiFi measurements.
US12340293B2
Mechanisms are provided to implement a machine learning framework that operates to register a plurality of machine learning algorithms used to train machine learning models to perform related tasks, and to index the machine learning algorithms to generate and store a machine learning algorithm metadata model for each machine learning algorithm. The machine learning framework receives a user specification of an analytics pipeline task for which a machine learning model is to be trained, and converts the user specification to machine learning algorithm search criteria used to search the index to identify matching machine learning algorithms having a corresponding machine learning algorithm metadata model that matches the machine learning algorithm search criteria. The machine learning framework outputs information describing the matching machine learning algorithms.
US12340285B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide computer-implemented methods, computer program products and computer systems. Embodiments of the present invention can, in response to receiving information, generate a data profile for a model that includes metadata for data requirements, model specific requirements, and data quality metrics. Embodiments of the present invention can generate one or more perturbations for training data associated with the received information and validate at least one perturbation of the one or more perturbations of training data as relevant test data based, at least in part on context associated with the model. Embodiments of the present invention can then generate one or more test scenarios based on the at least one validated perturbation and varying hyperparameters of the model and generate a test report based on an execution of at least one generated test scenario of the generated one or more test scenarios.
US12340284B2
An information processing device 100 of the present invention includes an analysis unit 121 and an encoding unit 122. The analysis unit 121 extracts a partial time-series data set obtained by dividing a time-series data set that is a set of time-series data including a plurality of elements at given time intervals, and calculates correlation data representing a correlation between elements of time-series data included in the partial time-series data set. The encoding unit 122 generates coded data based on the time-series data of the partial time-series data set and the correlation data.
US12340281B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for selecting a model are described. A method includes receiving a request to perform model selection and evaluating multiple models by generating various metrics for each trained model. These metrics include a forewarning time (how much in advance of a failure an alert can be raised), an event recall metric (how many failure events were alerted to in advance), an event precision metric (ratio of true and false positives, and an area under a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. For each trained model, a weighted harmonic mean is calculated from these metrics. A model is then selected based on the calculated means and a report on the selected model is generated and provided.
US12340275B2
A method is presented, which includes trapping a charged particle at a first position using an electromagnetic trap and providing a static magnetic field at the first position such that a qubit transition of the charged particle is defined, and providing, using an entangling electrode, an oscillating magnetic field. The oscillating magnetic field present at the first position does not contain a polarisation component which directly couples to the qubit transition. The oscillating magnetic field has a spatial gradient at the first position, of the polarisation component of the oscillating magnetic field which couples the qubit transition to the motion of the charged particle.
US12340273B2
A superconducting quantum processor unit for quantum computing is provided. The processor unit is formed from the union of a qubit chip and a wiring chip with superconducting bonding bumps and spacers. The bumps may be densely distributed around active elements between the two chips and effectively form a Faraday-Cage around the qubits, control signal waveguides etc. The qubit chip has strategically spaced qubits and an inductively coupled probe line and the wiring chip has a bus coupling resonator with a number of voltage nodes and anti-nodes, a resonator pump and at least one SQUID. Magnetic flux applied through the SQUIDs changes their impedances and modifies the microwave boundary conditions of the bus. This allows in-situ shifting of electric field distributions of the resonance modes of the bus along the length of the bus. This tunes the coupling rates of the bus to all qubits simultaneously.
US12340266B2
The disclosure provides a method for forming a core layer for at least one information carrying card, and resulting products. The method includes forming an inlay layout, and dispensing a crosslinkable polymer composition over the inlay layout and contacting the inlay layer so as to form the core layer of the information carrying card. The inlay layout includes at least one inlay layer coupled with a first thermoplastic layer. The first thermoplastic layer comprises a thermoplastic material, and defines at least one hole therein. The at least one inlay layer is disposed at least partially inside a respective hole.
US12340264B1
Techniques are provided for reducing the form factor of smart labels. An example smart label includes a flexible circuit board comprising two or more layers, a communications circuit including at least one transceiver disposed on one of the two or more layers, an antenna tuning circuit disposed on one of the two or more layers and configured to receive radio frequency signals from the communications circuit, at least one flexible battery disposed on a first layer of the two or more layers and configured to provide power to the communications circuit, and an antenna element disposed on a second layer of the two or more layers and proximate to the at least one flexible battery, wherein the antenna element is configured to receive the radio frequency signals from the antenna tuning circuit.
US12340261B2
A serverless computing system executes user-submitted code in sandboxed environments such as virtual machines or containers. To support execution of parallel applications that require data transfer between instances of the application, the serverless computing system implements an ephemeral mesh network that allows instances of the parallel application to communicate with each other while executing in their respective sandboxes. In some embodiments, a controller or parent application may also connect to the ephemeral mesh network to coordinate execution of the parallel applications. In other embodiments, the parent application may be external to the serverless computing system. The serverless computing system may connect and disconnect sandboxed environments from the ephemeral mesh network as parallel applications start and stop executing, and may remove the network and terminate the parallel applications when the parent application stops executing.
US12340252B2
An online system performs load shedding in case of system overloads. The system maps each request to a tier and a cohort. The tier is determined based on a type of request and the cohort is determined based on the user. Each tier includes multiple cohorts. The tiers and cohorts are ranked by priority. If the system determines that the system is overloaded, the system determines a threshold tier and a threshold cohort for load shedding. The threshold tier and threshold cohort indicate a threshold priority of requests that are processed. If the system determines that the unprocessed request has a priority below the threshold priority indicated by the threshold tier and the threshold cohort, the system rejecting the unprocessed request. The system executes unprocessed requests that are not rejected.
US12340242B2
Provided is a method and system for collecting user information according to a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) service. A user information collection system may include a service provisioning manager configured to manage provisioning of a VDI service provided from a VDI service provider; a charging manager configured to manage charging information according to a use of the VDI service by a user; a policy manager configured to manage a policy for the VDI service; a user manager configured to manage information of the user using the VDI service; a VDI service lifecycle manager configured to manage a lifecycle of the VDI service provided from the VDI service provider; and a multi-tenant connection manager configured to manage connection infrastructure information between at least one of a cloud environment for providing the VDI service and external software as a service (SaaS) and the VDI service provider.
US12340241B2
An example method of hypervisor lifecycle management in a virtualized computing system having a cluster of hosts includes: receiving, from a user at a lifecycle manager executing in the virtualized computing system, identification of a seed host; obtaining, by the lifecycle manager, a software specification from the seed host, the software specification describing a running image of the hypervisor executing on the seed host; generating, by the lifecycle manager, a software image from metadata and payloads stored on the seed host; setting, by the lifecycle manager, a host desired state for the cluster based on the software specification; and storing, by the lifecycle manager, the software image in a software depot in association with the host desired state.
US12340238B1
Artificial intelligence (AI) agents for user interface (UI) automation to application programming interface (API) automation, and vice versa, are disclosed. The operations performed by a UI automation on the back-end can be captured by an AI agent, including what communications are sent and the context thereof. A robotic process automation (RPA) activity can then be built in an RPA workflow that replaces the UI automation with an API automation. Alternatively, an API automation is replaced with a UI automation. The AI agent employs a fine-tuned generative AI model to understand the context of the communications. The AI agent may also find obsolete duplicates of UI automations and replace these with API automations, or vice versa.
US12340236B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing foldably connected with the first housing, a flexible display disposed on the first housing and the second housing, at least one sensor, a memory, and at least one processor operatively connected to the flexible display, the at least one sensor, and the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured, when instructions stored in the memory are executed, to control the flexible display to display a first execution screen of a first application, based on an angle between the first housing and the second housing, which is identified using the sensor, falling within a predetermined range, identify whether the first application supports changing of an execution screen according to a change in angle, control the flexible display to display a second execution screen of the first application associated with the predetermined range.
US12340234B2
An application sharing method and an electronic device are provided. An exemplary method includes: receiving a first input; displaying N second electronic device identifiers in a first display region in response to the first input, where N is a positive integer; receiving a second input; displaying a running interface of a target application in a virtual screen in response to the second input; and sharing the running interface of the target application with L first target electronic devices. Electronic device identifiers corresponding to the L first target electronic devices are contained in the N second electronic device identifiers.
US12340213B2
An extensible platform-as-a-service (PaaS) system is used during the software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes of an application. The system, according to various embodiments, receives indications that changes are made to one or more templates or software bundles stored in a software library and coordinates how changes to a particular template will be applied to applications for an enterprise system. Specifically, the system may identify applications that are using the template and determine an ordering for a plurality of application groups that indicates a sequence in which the updates will be applied to the applications. In this manner, template updates can be automatically and systematically deployed to applications without significant involvement by users of the PaaS system.
US12340210B2
Systems and methods provide multi-channel transmission of a firmware image to a hardware component of an IHS (Information Handling System), where the firmware image is transmitted by a remote access controller of the IHS that supports remote management of the IHS. Upon a firmware being initiated, the remote access controller determines an available bandwidth of a first signaling pathway of the hardware component and also determines an available bandwidth of a second signaling pathway of the hardware component. One portion of the firmware image is transmitted to the hardware component using the first signaling pathway, where a size of that portion is selected based on the available bandwidth of the first signaling pathway. Another portion of the firmware image is transmitted to the hardware component using the second signaling pathway, where a size of that portion is selected based on the available bandwidth of the second signaling pathway.
US12340207B2
A computing system running a host operating system and a virtual machine (VM). The computing system includes at least one device that is directly assigned to the VM. The computing system is configured to execute one or more first VM components and one or more second VM components. The one or more first VM components are configured to manage the one or more second VM components via one or more identification pointers. While the one or more second VM components remain loaded in a system memory, and the directly assigned device remains attached to the VM and remains configured to communicate with the one or more second VM component, the one or more first VM components are shut down and restored.
US12340205B2
A system, method and non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions executable by one or more processors to display, a listing of one or more Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) units; receive, by an orchestrator tool, a first user selection of a first set of O-RAN units; receive a first user entry of a version identifier of a first upgrade; receive a second user entry of a path associated with the first upgrade; receive a first request to deploy the first upgrade to the first set of O-RAN units; and in response to receiving the first request, prepare a first standardized configuration payload. The first standardized configuration payload includes the version identifier of the first upgrade; and the path associated with the first upgrade. The instructions cause transmission of the first standardized configuration payload in a first configuration file to a configuration management module or service.
US12340201B2
A server and an updating method for a MAC address are provided in the present application. The server includes: a network chipset having a preset first MAC address; a first non-volatile memory storing the first MAC address of the network chipset; a second non-volatile memory storing a first BIOS code data; a central processing unit coupled to the network chipset and the second non-volatile memory; and a baseboard management controller coupled to the central processing unit, the first non-volatile memory, and the second non-volatile memory. The baseboard management controller reads the first non-volatile memory to obtain the first MAC address and stores a second BIOS code data including the first MAC address to the second non-volatile memory, causing the first BIOS code data to be overwritten by the second BIOS code data.
US12340199B2
The present disclosure relates to a touch system and a method for updating firmware and, more specifically, relates to a touch system and a method for eliminating errors that may occur when updating firmware by storing header data of update-data of the firmware and verifying the validity thereof after storing body data thereof and verifying the validity thereof.
US12340198B2
In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises using a script automation processor that is hosted using a virtual compute instance and a virtual storage instance associated with one or more second non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing one or more second sequences of instructions defining an API implementation of the API, a graph server, and one or more programming language runtime interpreters, receiving a user pipeline automation script comprising one or more first sequences of instructions specifying one or more API calls to an application programming interface (API), and a user application; using the script automation processor, creating and storing one or more programmatic containers in memory of the script automation processor, the containers corresponding to functions that user pipeline automation script and user application invoke; using the script automation processor, creating and storing a directed acyclic graph (DAG) in the memory of the script processor, the DAG comprising nodes and edges corresponding to dependencies of the containers; using the script automation processor, interpreting the user pipeline automation script using a particular programming language runtime interpreter among the one or more programming language runtime interpreters; using the script automation processor, running the user pipeline automation script to automatically build, test, or deploy the user application in a cloud computing service.
US12340197B2
Disclosed are various implementations for distributing and installing packages in response to user logon events. A logon event associated with a user account is detected for a client device. A query containing a respective user account identifier is sent to a provisioning service to retrieve a set of packages to install on the client device. The set of packages are received from the provisioning service and installed on the client device.
US12340192B2
An embodiment of a method can create a directed acyclic graph (DAG) from a programmer specified set of computation units to solve, in a computer program, physics based simulations of physical systems, and the DAG can be used to analyze and debug the computer program. In this method, the computer program can be created by automatically determining dependency relationships in the set of computation units and automatically schedule their execution. The method can also automatically allocate memory for the computation units.
US12340188B1
A first request may be received from a loader to create a first file handle corresponding to a first library, where the first request may include a first identifier corresponding to the first library, and where the loader may be part of an operating system of a computer system. It may be determined that the first library is to be proxied by a second library. The first identifier in the first request may be replaced with a second identifier corresponding to the second library. The first file handle may be created based on the first request. The first file handle may be provided to the loader. An export section of a first image corresponding to the first file handle may be customized when the first image is mapped into a memory.
US12340184B2
The disclosed technology is generally directed to the conversion of text to tables. In one example of the technology, input text that includes at least three rows is received. A plurality of characteristics of the input text is determined. Each characteristic of the plurality of characteristics is associated with a uniformity between the rows of the input text. The plurality of characteristics includes at least one characteristic that is associated with a delimiter count. A determination is made as to whether the input text is suitable for conversion to table based on the plurality of characteristics. Upon determining that the input text is suitable for conversion to a table, a machine learning model is used to convert the input text into a table.
US12340183B2
A method is described that includes receiving a request to translate source content from a first language to a second language. The method includes processing the source content to generate first anonymized content by automatically anonymizing confidential information in the source content. The method also includes providing the first anonymized content to a first service provider to provide anonymization input and processing the first anonymized content with the anonymization input to generate second anonymized content. The method further includes obtaining a machine translation of the second anonymized content from the first language to the second language and providing the machine translation to a second service provider to provide translation input. The method further includes processing the machine translation with the translation input to generate translated content.
US12340167B2
A system for creating an output comprises a processing unit, a user input module operably connected to the processing unit, and a display operably connected to the processing unit. The processing unit provides on the display: a grid image comprising multiple cells, each cell representing a duration of time; and a selection area comprising multiple select icons, each select icon representing a source data file. The processing unit is configured such that a user can create a grid layout representing the correlation between individual selected source data files and one, two, or more of the multiple cells. The processing unit produces the output based on the correlation.
US12340162B1
Systems and methods for electronic design are provided. Embodiments may include causing a display of an electronic design at a graphical user interface and receiving via the graphical user interface, a user input connecting a first group including one or more scalar nets or buses with a symbolic representation of a second group including one or more scalar nets or buses. The first group and the second group may have an asymmetric structure. Embodiments may include performing an automatic connection assignment between the members of the first group and the second group.
US12340151B2
A method of digital content generation is disclosed. A description of a smart volumetric layout is accessed. The smart volumetric layout includes an arrangement of one or more smart volumetric shapes. Smart shape data is associated to a volumetric shape of the one or more volumetric shapes. The smart shape data includes one or more properties and one or more behaviors. A presence of one or more digital objects is detected in the smart volumetric shape. One or more properties and the one or more behaviors associated with the smart volumetric shape are applied to the one or more digital objects.
US12340149B2
A character input device converts an input character string into a corresponding conversion character string, and includes a first input unit accepting input of a first character string by a first input method; a second input unit accepting input of a second character string by a second input method; and a character string combination unit that, when the input of the first character string is accepted after the input of the second character string, generates an input character string candidate by connecting the first and the second character string accepted for input this time. The character string combination unit extracts an identical character string as a duplicate character string at a tail of the first character string and a head of the second character string; and generates a character string formed by connecting the first and the second character string without the duplicate character string by the duplicate character string.
US12340148B2
A method for voice input using head control includes: making a head control pointing cursor stay at a position of an input control portion in a voice input interface for a first preset time according to a first head-turning motion of a user; performing speech recognition to generate an input text in a speech conversion result text box; determining whether the head control pointing cursor moves to the speech conversion result text box within a second preset time according to the first head-turning motion; and adding the input text to the input control portion.
US12340145B2
Technologies are disclosed for managing one or more audio components of media content, perhaps using devices that may be in communication with one or more speakers. For example, a media control device may receive a first media content, where the first media content may have at least a first audio component. A second media content may be received, where the second media content may have at least a second audio component. The first audio component may be assigned to at least a first speaker of the one or more speakers. The assignment may effectively restrict the second audio component from at least the first speaker of the one or more speakers. The first audio component may be provided via at least the first speaker of the one or more speakers. The second audio component may be provided via at least a second speaker of the one or more speakers.
US12340144B2
An apparatus and method for controlling an in-vehicle infotainment system are provided. The apparatus includes: a vehicular-information input device to input a vehicular state; a communicator for mirroring with a mobile terminal; an input and output device to display output information based on information input thereinto; a memory having an executable program stored therein; and a processor operatively coupled to the vehicular-information input device, the communicator, the input and output device, and the memory. The processor is configured to control the communicator to establish a connection to the mobile terminal, compare the vehicular state, input from the vehicular-information input device, with a user-set state of a mirror function, activate the mirroring function of mirroring with the mobile terminal, and output a screen of the mobile terminal through the input and output device.
US12340142B1
The subject technology receives, by one or more hardware processors implementing a local wireless network, a request from a client device to mirror media content displayed on a screen of the client device on a wearable device. In response to the request, the subject technology causes a display of the media content in a mirroring lens of the wearable device. While the media content is being displayed in the mirroring lens of the wearable device, the subject technology tracks hand gestures of a user wearing the wearable device and viewing the media content displayed in the mirroring lens of the wearable device. The subject technology processes navigational or manipulation data based on the tracked hand gestures and sends a navigation or manipulation instruction to the client device or a mirroring lens processor of the wearable device based on the tracked hand gestures.
US12340137B2
The present disclosure relates to: an image display device having an EOTF for an HDR image which can maximize the expression or vividness of an HDR image output in the image display device even if the output brightness range according to the hardware performance of the image display device is narrower than the brightness range of the HDR image; and a control method therefor. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, an image display device may be provided, the image display device comprising: a display; a storage unit for storing a plurality of EOTF curves for displaying an HDR content image; and a control unit for causing the content image to be displayed by using EOTF curves, from among the plurality of EOTF curves, corresponding to the maximum output brightness of the display and the maximum content brightness of the content.
US12340134B2
A server may receive, from a terminal device, user identification information and a service request for requesting that provision of the service be started and receive, from a printer, cartridge information indicating a type of a cartridge currently attached in the printer. The server may, in a case where the user identification information and the service request are received from the terminal device and the cartridge information indicates a first type of cartridge supplied with the printer at time of sale of the printer, grant a first benefit to a user identified by the user identification information. In a case where the user identification information and the service request are received from the terminal device and the cartridge information indicates a second type of cartridge that was not supplied with the printer at the time of sale of the printer, the first benefit may not be granted.
US12340131B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor, in which the processor causes a display, in a case where a shared access right is set to data to be processed, the data being stored in an external apparatus, to display information indicating that the data is stored in the external apparatus, before a user logs in to an apparatus that processes the data, and the processor causes the display, in a case where the shared access right is not set to the data and an access right of a specific user is set to the data, not to display the information before login, but display the information after the specific user logs in to the apparatus.
US12340130B2
An image forming device includes a memory; and at least one processor in communication with the memory. The at least one processor of the image forming device is configured to perform: receiving job information for executing a function of the image forming device from a terminal, the job information including user information; based on the user information included in the received job information, logging a user into the image forming device; executing a job based on the received job information; and based on execution of the job, logging out the user from the image forming device.
US12340126B2
A method performed by a processing device receives a plurality of write operation requests, where each of the write operation requests specifies a respective one of the memory units, identifies one or more operating characteristic values, where each operating characteristic value reflects one or more memory access operations performed on a memory device, and determines whether the operating characteristic values satisfy one or more threshold criteria. Responsive to determining that the operating characteristic values satisfy the one or more threshold criteria, the method performs a plurality of write operations, where each of the write operations writes data to the respective one of the memory units, and performs a multiple-read scan operation subsequent to the plurality of write operations, where the multiple-read scan operation reads data from each of the memory units.
US12340103B2
In some embodiments, storage operation routing in a container system may include receiving, by a container storage system executing on a node within a container system, a storage operation configured to be performed with respect to a storage resource; determining whether the storage resource is locally accessible at the node; and routing the storage operation based on the determining of whether the storage resource is locally accessible at the node. For example, the routing may be performed such that when the storage resource is not locally accessible at the node, the routing is by way of both a kernel space and a user space of the node, and when the storage resource is locally accessible at the node, the routing is contained within the kernel space of the node. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
US12340098B2
To provide a data sharing system and a data sharing method that make it easy to suppress the disclosure of data whose disclosure is restricted according to the location where the data exists, in accordance with the provision of the disclosure restriction. A data sharing system comprising a storage node having virtual volumes accessed by a readout device, the data sharing system comprising: the storage node comprises: an access setting unit configured to restrict a target readout device from reading data from a target virtual volume in accordance with information on a location of the target readout device accessing the data sharing system and information on a location of the target virtual volume from which the target readout device attempts to read data.
US12340095B2
Systems and methods are disclosed including a memory device and a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device. The processing device can perform operations including running sample data through each of a set of error-handling operations performed on data residing in a segment of the memory device in an existing order; and determining an optimized order of the set of error-handling operations based on probability data and latency data, wherein the probability data is associated with a result of running the sample data, and wherein the optimized order comprises an adjustment to an order of one or more error-handling operations of the set of error-handling operations in the existing order.
US12340093B2
A memory system includes a memory device including a plurality of planes each including a plurality of memory blocks; and a memory controller for controlling the memory device to perform an operation on target blocks among the plurality of memory blocks, to store, in a replacement block, data stored in a bad block, on which the operation fails among the target blocks, and control the memory device to temporarily store, in a backup block, data stored in the other blocks except the bad block among the target blocks according to a number of free blocks included in the memory device.
US12340092B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a storage, a volatile memory, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to identify temperature information based on a temperature of the volatile memory and a temperature of the processor, to identify a first temperature section corresponding to the temperature information among a plurality of predetermined temperature sections, to perform calibration of the volatile memory to acquire an operation parameter corresponding to the first temperature section, and to adjust a timing between signals for controlling an operation of the volatile memory based on the operation parameter.
US12340091B2
An information processing system includes processing circuitry, a first storage, and a second storage. The processing circuitry stores the same specific data in the first storage and the second storage. The processing circuitry compares the specific data stored in the first storage with the specific data stored in the second storage. The processing circuitry determines that one of the first storage and the second storage has reached end-of-life on condition that the specific data stored in the first storage and the specific data stored in the second storage do not agree with each other.
US12340090B2
Methods based on polyhedron models using computational operations for distributing data and parities among different data storage media. Devices, systems, and methods that split data into data strips, wherein the number of data strips equals the number of vertices of a polyhedron and respective ones of the number of the data strips correspond to respective ones of the number of vertices of the polyhedron; construct a number of parities, wherein the number of parities equals the number of faces of the polyhedron and respective ones of the number of parities correspond to respective ones of the number of parities of the polyhedron, wherein respective ones of the number of parities are constructed by computationally operating the data strips corresponding to vertices respectively associated with a face of the polyhedron corresponding to the respective parity; and distribute subsets of data strips and subsets of parities to subsets of storage media.
US12340080B2
Implementations of various computer methods to couple a computerized ball device which acts as a mobile computing device to record the users environment and project light towards waveguide eyeglasses or contacts which then allows a user to view imbedded light structure holograms in the waveguide while viewing the actual world. The computer ball device additionally has the ability to be docked in a drone cradle which creates a database map of the user's environment while not being utilized by the user for an immediate task. The device may also attach to a wrist band for mobility. The device also has the ability to couple the projected light structures so that a plurality of users may view the same light structure content to build an environment of trust. The device decouples the traditional design of head mounted virtual and mixed reality that place together the camera with the head mounted device.
US12340068B2
Disclosed is an electronic device that includes a display that outputs execution screens of a plurality of applications, a memory that stores the plurality of applications, and a processor electrically connected with the display and the memory. The processor retrieves a history of one or more applications among the plurality of applications that were previously executed in the electronic device, in response to a user input detected by the electronic device and outputs the history on the display based on information about the one or more applications and information about layouts of execution screens of the one or more applications. If at least one of the one or more applications is selected from the history, the processor outputs an execution screen of the selected application on the display according to the corresponding layout.
US12340066B2
Described are methods, systems, and techniques to implement an improved map interface that displays updatable geographic information and that enables users to request one or more data products for a geospatial asset corresponding to a region of a geographic area. In some embodiments, a GIS application can be configured to interface with third party geospatial data suppliers that provide different types of data products displayable in the map interface. One or more of these data products can be requested by the user and may be associated with a recurring time interval to provide the user with expanded display views that are up to date and complete.
US12340052B2
Methods and computing devices for estimating a finger force exerted on a touchpad are disclosed. In one example, a method comprises calculating a plurality of forces produced by a palm at a plurality of capacitive force sensors of the touchpad, where at least one of the sensors is saturated. After calculating the forces produced by the palm, the method determines that the touchpad is being contacted by the palm and a finger. The method uses the forces produced by the palm to determine the finger force exerted on the touchpad by the finger.
US12340049B2
The invention provides a touch display panel and a manufacturing method therefor. The touch display panel comprises a substrate; a display region disposed on the substrate; a first touch electrode disposed in the display region; a second touch electrode disposed in the display region; and a third touch electrode disposed in the display region, the first touch electrode, the second touch electrode and the third touch electrode arranged adjacently, and the third touch electrode and the second touch electrode electrically disconnected; wherein the second touch electrode is electrically connected to the first touch electrode, and an area of the third touch electrode is greater than an area of the first touch electrode and/or an area of the second touch electrode.
US12340047B2
A display panel and a display device. The touch signal line is in the non-display region, surrounds the display region, is on a side of the light shielding layer close to the display region, and provides touch signals to the display region; the light shielding line is in the non-display region, surrounds the display region, and is at a side of the touch signal line away from the display region; the light shielding line is along the direction from the display region to the non-display region, the orthographic projections of the first part of the light shielding line and the light shielding layer overlaps each other, and the orthographic projection of the second part of the light shielding line is between the edge of the orthographic projection of the light shielding layer close to the display area and the edge of the touch signal line away from the display area.
US12340041B2
A system includes: a substrate including an edge supported by a chassis; a first electrode spanning a first area of the substrate and arranged proximal a center of the substrate; and a second electrode spanning a second area, greater than the first area, on the substrate and interposed between the first electrode and the edge of the substrate. The system further includes a first coupling region: facing the first electrode; and electrically coupling to the first electrode to yield a first electrical value at the first electrode responsive to application of a first force magnitude proximal the center of the substrate. The system also includes a second coupling region: facing the second electrode; and electrically coupling to the second electrode to yield a second electrical value, approximating the first electrical value, at the second electrode responsive to application of the first force magnitude proximal the center of the substrate.
US12340035B2
An electronic pen cartridge includes a pen tip that is configured to protrude outside of an electronic pen electronic pen casing through an opening of the electronic pen casing, an electronic circuit that transfers signals to a position detecting sensor, and a first connector that is joined to a second connector disposed in the electronic pen casing. The first connector includes plural terminals insulated from each other, and each of the terminals is electrically connected to the electronic circuit. The first connector and the second connector are joined through insertion of a fitting protrusion of a first one of the first connector and the second connector into a fitting recess of a second one of the first connector and the second connector in an axis center direction of the electronic pen casing, and circular annular conductor contacts are included in the first connector or the second connector.
US12340032B2
An instrument panel includes a frame defining an opening, a plurality of cards, and an HMI. The cards have a front face, a rear face, one or more circuits, and a data interface on the rear face in communication with the circuits. The cards include one or more first cards and one or more second cards. The first cards front face have a vertical dimension approximately equal to a vertical dimension of the opening. The second cards have a body, a nose projecting from the body defining the second cards front face, and a recess between the nose and body. The HMI includes a front face received within the opening. The first cards are positioned with the front face visible within the opening. The second cards are positioned with the nose visible within the opening and a depth of the HMI received within the recess.
US12340007B2
An apparatus to facilitate enabling late-binding of security features via configuration security controller for accelerator devices is disclosed. The apparatus includes a security controller to manage security and configuration of the apparatus, wherein the security controller comprises a programmable portion and a non-programmable portion, and wherein the security controller is further to: initialize the programmable portion of the security controller as part of a secure boot and attestation chain of trust; receive configuration data for the programmable portion of the security controller, the programmable portion comprising components of the security controller capable of re-programming; verify and validate the configuration data as originating from a secure and trusted source; and responsive to successful verification and validation of the configuration data, re-program, during runtime of the apparatus, the programmable portion of the security controller using configurations that are based on a security threat model for a given deployment.
US12340002B2
A device includes: an input/output unit configured to receive input of the binary of the software to be monitored in which a tamper detection feature and tamper detection feature calling functions are embedded; a CFG (control flow graph) generation unit configured to generate a CFG based on the binary; and an allowed list creation unit configured to determine the monitoring range for the tamper detection feature calling functions based on the CFG. The allowed list creation unit sequentially selects the tamper detection feature calling functions on the CFG, adds a node to the monitoring range for the selected tamper detection feature calling functions according to a predetermined rule, searches for the tamper detection feature calling function to be be executed next to the added node according to the predetermined rule, and adds the found tamper detection feature calling function to the monitoring range for the selected tamper detection feature calling functions.
US12339998B1
A method and system for implementing user purchasing while remaining anonymous. The method includes receiving information from a potential user by an onboarding system including one or more wants, needs, and desires for attaching the user to one or more communities with similar wants, needs, and desires, receiving one or more search terms from the user related to a good or service the user wishes to purchase, performing a search based upon the received search terms and the one or more communities to which the user is attached, and displaying the response to the search to the user. The method then further includes confirming a user preference to the presented response by a preference receiving system, and dynamically updating the communities to which the user is attached, and updating the wants, needs, and desires of the communities to which the user is attached in response to the user preference.
US12339993B2
Confirmation of data selection in a zero-trust environment is provided. In some embodiments, a synthetic data steward and/or a traditional data steward can receive the dataset(s). Additionally, a script is received from the algorithm developer. The dataset(s) and script(s) reside within a secure computing node and are therefore inaccessible by any party. The script(s) are executed, resulting in at least one confirmation about the data within the dataset(s). The script(s) complete any of confirming a format for data in the at least one dataset, the expected class values for data within the at least one dataset, an overall characterization and completeness of the at least one dataset, and/or an expected class membership for different data attributes within the at least one dataset.
US12339992B2
Client devices can send access request messages to resource management computers to request access to a resource. A data security hub can provide centralized routing between different client devices, resource management computers, and authentication data processing servers. The data security hub can reduce the risk of sensitive authentication information from leaking (e.g., due to a breach) by limiting the amount or types of authentication information distributed to the data processing servers. The data security hub can limited the authentication information being distributed based on its sensitivity, the trust level of the client device, and the security level of the requested resource. The data security hub can also evaluate the client devices and data processing servers to identify security breaches and can cancel or reroute access requests accordingly. Thus, the data security hub can maintain resource security while better preserving the privacy of the client device's authentication information.
US12339985B2
An apparatus includes a memory device and a microcontroller device integrated with the memory device. The microcontroller device is adapted to be communicatively coupled to a processor device and is configured to manage access by the processor device to data stored on the memory device. Managing access by the processor device to the data stored on the memory device includes setting an access permission for controlled data stored by the memory device based on authorization data stored in the memory device. Managing access by the processor device further includes receiving, from the processor device, a request to access the controlled data. Managing access by the processor device further includes determining whether to initiate access to the controlled data by the processor device based on the access permission.
US12339978B2
A network interface controller (NIC) to interact with virtual environments when they are within a trusted environment protected by a cryptography scheme. The NIC performs encryption of data in accordance with the cryptographic scheme of a target trusted environment prior to copying the data for access by the target trusted environment.
US12339974B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus comprising interface circuitry to interface with a device that is to be provisioned by the apparatus; and secure enclave circuitry. The secure enclave circuitry is configured to: maintain provisioning data with which the device is to be provisioned; establish a secure connection with the device; perform, with the device and via the secure connection, an attestation process in respect of said provisioning data; and subsequent to successfully completing said attestation process, provisioning the device with the provisioning data, via the secure connection.
US12339973B2
In one aspect, a system that provides a context-aware code security solution within a continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline is disclosed. During operation, the system can receive a set of security vulnerabilities generated by a set of security tools incorporated with the CI/CD pipeline. The system further receives contextual data associated with the set of security vulnerabilities from a set of DevOps tools used by the CI/CD pipeline. Next, the system augments the set of security vulnerabilities with the received contextual data. The system next prioritizes the augmented security vulnerabilities to identify a subset of high-priority vulnerabilities within the set of security vulnerabilities. The system subsequently notifies the owners of the identified subset of high-priority vulnerabilities to cause the subset of high-priority vulnerabilities to be fixed by the owners.
US12339971B2
An onboard computer (100) to which data is input from outside a vehicle via a communication interface (10), the onboard computer (100) comprising: a risk evaluation unit (21) configured to evaluate, based on data information of the input data, a risk when an abnormality occurs due to the data; a security strength adjustment unit (22) configured to adjust a security strength for the data based on the risk evaluated by the risk evaluation unit (21); and a security setting unit (23) configured to set security for the data with the security strength adjusted by the security strength adjustment unit (22).
US12339970B2
A secure boot device includes a counter, a storage device and a comparator. The counter receives a clock. When the processor performs a verification of a firmware for the first time, the counter counts a first verification time taken by the processor to perform the verification of the firmware for the first time based on the clock to generate a first-time verification count value. When the processor performs the verification of the firmware for the non-first time, the counter counts a second verification time taken by the processor to perform the verification of the firmware at least once for the non-first time based on the clock to generate a count value. The storage device stores the first-time verification count value. The comparator is electrically connected to the counter and the storage device. When the processor performs the verification of the firmware for the non-first time, the comparator compares the count value with the first-time verification count value, and generates a comparison result. The comparison result is used to indicate whether the processor executes the firmware.
US12339964B2
Disclosed is a method of extracting file feature information, the method being performed by a computing device including at least one processor, the method including: converting input data in a form of a binary file into data with a preset size; and extracting feature information of the input data from the data with the preset size. The representative drawing may be FIG. 2.
US12339958B2
A ransomware protection smart network interface controller (SmartNIC) is configured to implement data protection in a domain of the SmartNIC by taking a secure snapshot, a point in time image of a storage object, and retaining the point in time image of the storage object until a retention timer has expired, and implementing vault semantics and operational controls. The ransomware protection SmartNIC is also configured to implement ransomware detection in the domain of the SmartNIC by implementing inline ransomware attack detection and/or near-line ransomware attack detection, using periodic snapshots, by evaluating probability of a ransomware attack based, at least in part, on a delta change set in consecutive snapshots. The ransomware protection SmartNIC is further configured to implement ransomware protection policies in the domain of the SmartNIC by implementing policies of when the secure snapshots are taken.
US12339954B2
A Hybrid TEE device allows a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) by incorporating hardware comprising a Cache Purging Controller, a Memory Isolation Gateway, and a Memory Clean Up into a System on a Chip device, a general purpose computing device, or a special purpose or proprietary computing or electronic device. The addition of the hardware enables a method of protecting the Trusted Execution Environment and thus reducing vulnerability to malicious software or other program code.
US12339953B2
Runtime observability can be enabled for applications hosted in a secure workspace. An observability service can be included in a secure workspace deployed on a user computing device and can be selectively enabled at runtime to observe one or more applications hosted in the secure workspace. The observability service can gather information about any application it observes and provide the information to a workspace agent that is also executed in the secure workspace. The workspace agent can then relay the information to a host agent that runs on the user computing device which in turn can relay the information to a management service hosted on a management server. An administrator can then use an observability solution to analyze the information.
US12339949B2
Methods and systems for authenticating data processing systems throughout a distributed environment without user intervention are disclosed. To authenticate data processing systems without user intervention, a system may include a network core and one or more data processing systems. The network core may attempt to authenticate data processing systems using a security questionnaire. Security questions in the security questionnaire may be based on telemetry data obtained from the data processing system prior to a loss of a root of trust. To conserve computing resources, only telemetry data with a security score that exceeds a security score threshold may be retained. The network core may provide the data processing system with a security questionnaire and the data processing system may use similar telemetry data to respond to the security questionnaire. If the answers to the security questions are considered accurate, the data processing system may be re-authenticated.
US12339946B2
Whether a connected drive is an unauthorized drive or not can be judged before it becomes possible for the connected drive to access a memory for a storage controller. When a storage device is connected, an information processing apparatus forms a first communication channel via a first interface incapable of accessing a built-in memory even when the communication connection is established; and a second communication channel via a second interface capable of accessing the built-in memory when the communication connection is established. At a specified timing when the communication connection via the second communication channel is not established, a processor executes authenticity verification processing for verifying authenticity of the storage device on the basis of information acquired from the storage device by using the first communication channel and permits establishment of the communication connection via the second communication channel when the authenticity is confirmed by the authenticity verification processing.
US12339939B2
Provided is an information processing apparatus acquiring a recipient user who is a delivery destination, determining whether or not to use already issued authentication information for receiving a package based on the recipient user and authentication information stored in a storage unit, the storage unit storing the already issued authentication information in association with a user who is an issuing destination, issuing new authentication information as the authentication information used for receiving the package and storing the issued authentication information in association with the recipient user in the storage unit when it is determined that the already issued authentication information is not used for receiving the package, and acquiring the authentication information stored in the storage unit as the authentication information used for receiving the package when it is determined that the already issued authentication information is used for receiving the package.
US12339930B2
A method comprising obtaining a thickness for each of one or more sediment packages of a subsurface formation. The method comprises generating a thickness profile of each of the one or more sediment packages based on the thickness. The method comprises obtaining one or more properties of each of the one or more sediment packages based on the thickness profile. The method comprises generating, via a learning machine, one or more sediment package classifications based on the one or more properties. The method comprises and performing a subsurface operation based on the one or more sediment package classifications.
US12339925B2
The present disclosure provides a data analysis apparatus including a time series analysis state memory unit configured to store a state of a time series data analysis; a time series analysis unit configured to analyze input data points belonging to time series data generated by a plurality of data sources and update the state stored the time series analysis state memory unit; and a filtering apparatus including: a data fetching unit configured to fetch data points from the data sources; a quality target memory unit; and a data point selection optimization unit configured to select data points based on a quality target stored in the quality target memory unit and data input from the time series analysis state memory unit.
US12339922B2
In this non-linear characteristic calculating method, a non-linear characteristic of a non-linear device is calculated using a non-linear model consisting of non-linear equations obtained by changing constant coefficients of a linear state space representation that are also coefficients of a transfer function into functions of one state variable.
US12339920B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for creating and hosting static and dynamic applications. The system is configured for receiving one or more inputs from at least one user, wherein the one or more inputs are associated with creation of one or more applications, extracting one or more templates and present the one or more templates to the at least one user, selecting a template of the one or more templates, automatically selecting a server from one or more servers to host the one or more applications, establishing a connection to the server and extract a data set from the server, rendering data in the data set and apply the data to the template, via an artificial intelligence engine, generating one or more template previews based on applying the data to the template, and displaying the one or more template previews to the at least one user.
US12339918B2
A method of automated database element processing includes training a wide machine learning model with historical feature vector inputs to generate a wide ranked element output. The method includes training a deep machine learning model with the historical feature vector inputs to generate a deep ranked element output. The method includes generating a set of inputs specific to an individual entity, obtaining a set of current article database elements, and creating a feature vector input according to the set of inputs and the set of current article database elements. The method includes processing the feature vector input with the wide machine learning model to generate a wide ranked element list, processing the feature vector input with the deep machine learning model to generate a deep ranked element list, and merging database elements of the wide and deep ranked element lists to generate a ranked element recommendation output.
US12339902B2
In one embodiment, a system includes a hardware accelerator to receive video data of multiple video frames, divide each of the video frames into respective blocks, compute encoding assist data including at least one video encoding parameter type for each of the respective blocks of each of the video frames, and store respective portions of the encoding assist data across respective database tables, and an interface to provide the respective database tables to video encoding software running on a processor.
US12339886B1
The systems and methods disclosed herein relate to querying data using artificial intelligence models. A generalized model receives an output generation request and partitions it into segments mapped to specific domains, where each domain indicates associated databases and guidelines. The segments are routed to domain-specific models trained on domain-specific data, which generate query fragments by comparing performance metrics and system resource usage metrics. The query fragments are aggregated into an overall query that satisfies guidelines across domains. The systems and methods can include a feedback loop to adjust the domain-specific models using user interactions and performance metrics to dynamically adapt to a skill level or experience of the user.
US12339881B2
In an example embodiment, a system is provided that takes a knowledge graph as input and generates multiple question templates based on predefined query types. These query types may be, for example, SPARQL query types and may also be configurable. The system repeatedly presents a single randomly or pseudo-randomly picked question template to a user, and asks the user to type a corresponding natural language question. The system persists the answer provided by the user with the question in a specialized format. Then, for each typed question, the system creates additional linguistic variations and asks users to rate them.
US12339873B2
A CDS system including a controller extracting EHRs of an IHG and selecting SMs to form a target patient database, capturing a time interval between each subsequent record for each of the measurements defined by the SMs, computing hospital level features including statistics on the distribution of the captured time intervals for each of the measurements, clustering the plurality of hospitals of the IHG in accordance with the computed hospital level features, determining whether an other hospital is within a threshold distance to a closest one of the plurality of clusters; placing the other hospital in the closest cluster when it is determined that the other hospital is within the threshold distance, and placing the other hospital in a new cluster when it is determined that the other hospital is not within the threshold distance.
US12339872B2
A follower system and a leader system store records for a plurality of users. Each of the follower system and the leader system stores at least a record for a user. Each of the follower system and the leader system stores a private log and a public log. The public log is periodically synchronized across the follower system and the leader system. The private log of each system is maintained independent of the other system. The follower system transmits information stored in the public logs to the leader system for synchronizing the public logs of the follower system and the leader system in response to updating the public logs with information describing the second set of transactions.
US12339868B2
A system is described that generates descriptive insights in a manner that does not require observations to be made by a visually-impaired user and that can present insights in a form perceptible by such a user. A structured dataset or a digital visual graph may include business intelligence or other types of data. In the case of a graph, the graph is converted to the structured dataset. Parameter names in the dataset are encoded using parameter metadata. Relationships among the data of the dataset are identified based on the encoded parameter names and content of the parameters. The relationships are evaluated based on domain knowledge to generate insights. The insights are applied to automatically-selected text templates to generate descriptive insights. The descriptive insights may be presented to a user in a user interface (e.g., in a BI dashboard) or converted to a form perceptible by a visually-impaired user (e.g., speech).
US12339865B2
Various methods and processes, apparatuses/systems, and media for processing of multiple files having different formats and structures are disclosed. The method includes identifying a plurality of data files each having a predefined file format and structure and viewing corresponding file status. The plurality of data files being received from various data sources. The method implements a generic single ETL processor for front loading of ETL in a manner such that user input is received to configure the plurality of files and transmit to multiple downstream systems for further processing via UI mapping. Data file configuration screen can be used to search list of files configured under any report masters along with its status. This configuration screen can be also used to configure new external source files or edit an existing one thereby providing, among others, user controlled data loads, reducing tech dependency, providing reusability and scalability, and eliminating manual overrides.
US12339852B2
Arrangements for execution of programs after import for configuration changes are provided. One or more execution of programs after import objects may be generated based on one or more database table definitions. Metadata configured by a user via a configuration interface of a user device may be received. The metadata may be associated with an update to at least a portion of data included in one or more data structures stored in one or more database systems. An execution of programs after import object associated with the update may be executed by identifying a scenario associated with the update, generating a WHERE clause including one or more conditions associated with the identified scenario, executing the WHERE clause, and automatically replacing, based on the received metadata, an old data value with a new data value.
US12339849B1
A computer-implemented method includes receiving a graph pattern matching query, determining that the query is an unbounded recursive path query (RPQ), and initializing an unbounded root vertex match operator (UBRM) using a starting vertex as input to the UBRM; the UBRM is configured to compute multiple hops between vertices on the graph. The method also includes performing a first reachability search using the UBRM; the UBRM traverses the graph to identify all vertices reachable from the starting vertex. The method further includes generating first level vertices of a path pattern that computes the RPQ; and adding the first level vertices to a first level context for processing by a successor match operator; the successor match operator comprises an unbounded intermediate neighbor match operator (UBNM), the UBNM is configured to compute multiple hops between vertices on the graph and to identify neighbors for each of the first level vertices.
US12339828B2
A database system is operable to maintain lock state data that includes a mapping of a plurality of lock state structures to a plurality of lock scope identifiers. Each of the plurality of lock state structures maintains a set of lock requests based on storing a queue of pending lock requests and a set of granted lock requests. A lock management function is executed to update the lock state data for one of the plurality of lock state structures. In response to executing the lock management function, an evaluation function is executed to further update the one of the plurality of lock state structures based on moving at least one lock request from the front of the queue of pending lock requests to the set of granted lock requests based on determining to move the at least one lock request.
US12339825B2
A building management system includes one or more computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive threats, the threats each indicating an incident affecting a dynamic risk score associated with an asset, wherein one or more of the threats are current threats that are active at a current point in time and one or more of the threats are historic threats that were active at one or more past times. The instructions cause the one or more processors to generate, based on the one or more current threats, the dynamic risk score at the current point in time, generate, based on the one or more historic threats, a baseline risk score, and cause a user interface to display an indication of the dynamic risk score at the current point in time and an indication of the baseline risk score.
US12339820B2
A computerized method manages entity identifiers (EIDs) of data records in a database, including restricting and releasing EIDs associated with deactivated data record entities. An EID uniquely identifies the deactivated data record entity among a group of data record entities. The obtained EID is restricted from being assigned to another data record entity, and interaction data associated with the EID and deactivated data record entity is obtained. The interaction data is associated with interactions of the deactivated data record entity prior to deactivation. A release time of the EID is determined using the obtained interaction data. The EID is later released for assignment based on the determined release time and then assigned to a new data record entity. The dynamic calculation of the release time reduces the time intervals during which EIDs are restricted, and increases the rate at which EIDs can be reused with new data record entities.
US12339810B2
This application discloses a data compression method and a computing device. The disclosed method is applied to the computing device. The method includes receiving, by the computing device, to-be-compressed data, and identifying a data type of the to-be-compressed data. The method further includes selecting one or more data compression models based on the identified data type and compressing the to-be-compressed data based on the selected one or more data compression models.
US12339794B2
Techniques in electronic systems, such as in systems comprising a CPU die and one or more external mixed-mode (analog) chips, may provide improvements advantages in one or more of system design, performance, cost, efficiency and programmability. In one embodiment, the CPU die comprises at least one microcontroller CPU and circuitry enabling the at least one CPU to have a full and transparent connectivity to an analog chip as if they are designed as a single chip microcontroller, while the interface design between the two is extremely efficient and with limited in number of wires, yet may provide improved performance without impact to functionality or the software model.
US12339793B2
Operating IO-Link system having wirelessly connected IO-Link masters and several IO-Link devices divided into groups wirelessly connected by control system, at least one master with different configurations, one master with first configuration to operate first group of devices; a first process loop connected between at least one master and first group devices, checking communication status of connected devices of first group; at least second process loop reading devices of first group, setting configuration values for operation of first group devices, at least one master with at least second configuration operates at least second group of devices; at least third process loop connected between at least one master and devices of at least second group devices, checking communication status of connected devices of at least second group devices; at least fourth process loop reading devices of at least second group, setting configuration values for operation of at least second group devices.
US12339792B2
A method for controlling aggregation for HRAM comprises a processing device, using a buffer manager, to receive instructions that include smaller-sized block write instructions from a host system. The processing device, using an aggregation engine, aggregates the smaller-sized block write instructions from the buffer manager into a plurality of larger-sized write instructions. The processing device issues a burst write instruction comprising the larger-sized write instructions to the memory component via the interface. The memory component can be HRAM and the interface can be a modified DDR-L5 interface for HRAM. Other embodiments are described herein.
US12339790B2
An information handling system detects whether the system is in a 360-degree orientation, and detects whether the system is in the desktop mode. In response to determining that the system is in the 360-degree orientation, that the system is in the desktop mode, and that an external display device is connected, the system enables an input/output device and disables a display device.
US12339786B2
A method includes retrieving, in a kernel space of an operating system executing on a computing device, a first value from a first clock source, retrieving, in a user space of the operating system executing on the computing device, a second value from a second clock source, generating a unique process identifier (UPID) associated with a process identifier (PID) of a process executing in the operating system, wherein the UPID is based on the first value of the first clock source and the second value of the second clock source, and tracking process activity of the process executing in the operating system by utilizing the UPID.
US12339781B2
A technique for managing transient snapshots identifies an instruction to create a transient snapshot with an indicator and attempts to delay, based on the indicator, flushing of the instruction from cache to a mapping subsystem at least until the cache receives an instruction to delete the transient snapshot.
US12339780B2
Various example embodiments for supporting processor capabilities are presented herein. Various example embodiments for supporting processor capabilities may be configured to support a multi-mode indexed cache for a processor. Various example embodiments for supporting a multi-mode indexed cache for a processor may be configured to support a multi-mode indexed cache configured as a set associative cache having a plurality of sets, where the cache is configured to support multiple indexing modes for indexing memory blocks such that, for a memory operation for a memory block, the multiple indexing modes are configured to cause selection of different ones of the plurality of sets of the cache for the memory operation for the given memory block.
US12339770B2
The invention relates to a method of operating a memory device comprising memory cells for storing information on N voltage levels separated by N−1 threshold voltages, the method comprising: obtaining a plurality of threshold voltage shift (TVS) patterns, each comprising N−1 TVS reference values representing expected shifts of the threshold voltages of a set of memory cells having a specific physical condition; assigning a matching TVS pattern to the set of memory cells; storing differences between actual TVS values of the memory cells and corresponding TVS reference values of the matching TVS pattern as TVS residual values; upon a reading instruction for a specified memory cell, determining restored TVS values by combining the matching TVS pattern of the corresponding set of memory cells with corresponding TVS residual values; and reading the information from the specified cell using the restored TVS values.
US12339769B2
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a memory device is provided. The memory device may include a memory cell array. The memory device may include a peripheral circuit coupled to the memory cell array. The peripheral circuit may be configured to receive a first instruction indicating to write dummy data at a specified location in the memory cell array. The peripheral circuit may be configured to generate the dummy data to be written in response to the first instruction. The peripheral circuit may be configured to write the dummy data to be written at the specified location.
US12339768B2
Memory controllers and related methods for implementing an address-based dynamic page close policy are described. An example method includes using a first tracker, having entries indexed by a hash of system memory addresses for a physical memory region, tracking page hits associated with the physical memory region to develop a historical record of page hits to the physical memory region. The method further includes using a second tracker, having entries indexed by a hash of system memory addresses for the physical memory region, tracking page hits to the physical memory region to develop a current record of page hits to the physical memory region. The method further includes predicting whether to close a page or keep the page open based on a comparison of the historical record of page hits to the physical memory region with the current record of page hits to the physical memory region.
US12339764B2
A technique of training a model for determining a test case for software testing is presented, wherein the software testing is based on a set of test cases built for a set of software modules comprised by a software to be tested. The technique uses artificial intelligence and comprises obtaining log information resulting from execution of each of the test cases, wherein the log information is obtained per software module and per executed test case, and performing supervised machine learning based on the log information obtained per software module and per executed test case as input to train a model for predicting the executed test case.
US12339763B2
An automated test generation system includes a processing system and a memory system in communication with the processing system. The memory system stores instructions of an automated test generator that when executed result in parsing a test input sheet to identify one or more inputs, outputs, and expressions that define software requirements in a logical form with respect to the inputs, accessing a data dictionary to determine limits of the inputs, applying test case generation rules to produce test cases to test whether a software configuration item under test meets the software requirements, and applying test script generation rules to produce test scripts that implement the test cases by setting values of the inputs to the software configuration item under test based on the limits and the expressions to verify the outputs.
US12339756B2
A method for execution by an analysis unit includes obtaining a collection of data for a particular evaluation of a system aspect. The method further includes acquiring data analysis parameters regarding the particular evaluation of the system aspect. The method further includes determining at least one of: one or more evaluation perspectives based on the data analysis parameters. The method further includes determining one or more evaluation modalities based on the data analysis parameters. The method further includes determining one or more evaluation metrics based on the data analysis parameters. The method further includes evaluating the collection of data in accordance with the at least one of the one or more evaluation metrics, the one or more evaluation perspectives, and the one or more evaluation modalities to produce one or more evaluation outputs.
US12339754B1
Methods and systems for managing operation of a deployment comprising data processing systems are disclosed. The operation of the deployment may be managed by reducing a likelihood of failure of services to a data processing system. The likelihood of the failure of the services may be reduced by assigning a pod to a data processing system based on identifying fault zones and implementing a fault zone policy. The fault zones may be identified by determining data processing systems that are managed by an infrastructure component. The fault zone policy may be implemented by limiting the assignment of the pod to any number of data processing systems within a fault zone.
US12339752B2
Improved techniques for disaster recover within storage area networks are disclosed. Embodiments include replicating a LIF of a primary cluster on a secondary cluster. LIF configuration information is extracted from the primary cluster. A peer node from a secondary cluster is located. One or more ports are located on the located peer node that match a connectivity of the LIF from the primary cluster. One or more ports are identified based upon one or more filtering criteria to generate a candidate port list. A port from the candidate port list is selected based at least upon a load of the port. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US12339745B1
A system and method for providing compression and error correction coding (ECC) in a solid-state drive (SSD). A method is provided that includes: determining whether a data item is to be written to flash memory using a general-purpose mode or a zero-padding mode: in response to a determination that a data item is to be written into flash memory using the zero-padding mode: padding the data item with an all-zero tail to form an LBA data block of a predefined size; performing ECC coding on the LBA block to generate an ECC codeword; removing the all-zero tail from the ECC codeword to generate a shortened ECC codeword; and storing the shortened ECC codeword in flash memory.
US12339741B2
Aspects of the disclosed technology include techniques and mechanisms for an efficient error correction coding scheme that can detect and correct data errors that may occur in a memory. In general, the scheme comprises segmenting the data that would be transferred as part of a data request into different parts and applying error correction codes to the separate parts.
US12339736B2
A computer implemented method can obtain, in a data transfer system, a plurality of data records from data sources and monitor operating status of a target application running on a target machine. Responsive to finding that the target application stops operating, the method can send one or more first data records from the data transfer system to the target machine and store the first data records in a target buffer on the target machine. Responsive to finding that the target application resumes operating, the method can send one or more second data records from the data transfer system to the target machine and directly store the second data records in a data repository. While sending the one or more second data records, the method can transfer the one or more first data records from the target buffer to the one or more target databases.
US12339734B2
A computing device including: more than two Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports configured to be connected respectively to more than two mobile devices simultaneously; at least one processor coupled to the USB ports; and a memory storing instructions configured to instruct the at least one processor to reprogram, through the more than two USB ports, the more than two mobile devices simultaneously.
US12339730B2
A head mounted display includes a transmissive display, an image capturing part acquires field of view range image, and an additional information presence/absence analysis part that analyzes the acquired field of view range image, confirms whether there is an information terminal included in the field of view range of user and whether a display image of an information terminal included in the field of view range of the user is one in which additional information is superimposed on the main image. An additional information acquisition part requests the information terminal to send additional information, and receives the additional information. A display controller detects an information terminal visual recognition area that is an area where the information terminal is viewed in the transmissive display, and displays the received additional information in a position that does not overlap with the information terminal visual recognition area of the transmissive display.
US12339726B2
A method for system switching, a wearable device, and a storage medium are provided. The method is performed by a wearable device at least equipped with a first processor and a second processor. The second processor has higher power consumption than the first processor. The first processor is configured to run a first system, and the second processor is configured to run a second system. The method includes the following. A first event is processed with the first system when the second processor is in a dormant state. In response to a second event being triggered and the first processor failing to meet a processing capacity required for the second event, the second processor is switched to a wake-up state, and the second event is processed with the second system.
US12339724B2
A power supply control method is applied to the server, where the server includes a plurality of power supply modules. The power supply control method includes a detection step, which includes: detecting whether there is an abnormal power supply module among a plurality of power supply modules; if so, turning off all the power supply modules, and recording the number of times of turning off; if the number of times of turning off all the power supply modules is less than a pre-set number of times, powering on all the power supply modules again, and cyclically executing the detection step; and if the number of times of turning off all the power supply modules is greater than or equal to the pre-set number of times, maintaining all the power supply modules in a turned-off state.
US12339723B2
In an embodiment, a processor includes a core domain with a plurality of cores and a power controller having a first logic to receive a first request to increase an operating voltage of a first core of the core domain to a second voltage, to instruct a voltage regulator to increase the operating voltage to an interim voltage, and to thereafter instruct the voltage regulator to increase the operating voltage to the second voltage. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US12339714B2
The present disclosure is drawn to housings for electronic devices. In one example, a housing for an electronic device can include a rigid substrate having an exterior surface including a recessed region positioned at an opening extending through the rigid substrate connecting the recessed region to an interior surface of the rigid substrate. A conductive metal antenna is conformally carried by the recessed region and positioned at the opening.
US12339712B1
The charging station for charging devices, such as tablets, smart phones, mobile electronic devices, mobile computing devices, and other electronic devices accepts insertion of the device into a storage aperture. Insertion of the device into the storage pushes a receiver rearward towards a charging base. A locking finger locks the receiver into position to overcome biasing devices that bias the receiver towards the storage aperture. The locking finger maintain the position of the receiver. The locking finger also releases the receiver to push the device outwards towards the exit. A conductive contact within the storage aperture contacts the device to charge and communicate with the device. A blocking finger extends across the device to also limit removal of the device from the storage aperture.
US12339707B1
A flexible display device is provided with improved heat dissipation efficiency. The flexible display device includes: a support frame having an accommodating space formed therein; a display panel disposed in the accommodating space of the support frame; a heat dissipation plate disposed on the rear surface of the display panel; and a cushion portion disposed between the heat dissipation plate and the support frame and formed to be elastically deformable.
US12339706B2
A foldable display device assembly being foldable about a folding axis, including a flexible display module, a first plate below the flexible display module, a second plate below the first plate and including first and second portions spaced apart with the folding axis therebetween, a first adhesive film between the first and second plates and including first and second sections spaced apart with the folding axis therebetween, a second adhesive film and a third adhesive film between the first and second plates and spaced apart from the first adhesive film, in which the second and third adhesive films are closer to the folding axis than the first adhesive film, the third adhesive film overlaps the second adhesive film, and a sum of a thickness of the second and third adhesive films is substantially the same as a thickness of the first adhesive film.
US12339700B2
Circuits that include one or more transmission lines to propagate a signal through a serially-arranged plurality of repeaters, and one or more control circuits to propagate control pulses to the repeaters, wherein a timing and duration of the control pulses is configured to operate the repeaters in current-mode signaling (CMS) mode during a state transition of the signal at the repeaters and to operate the repeaters in voltage-mode signaling (VMS) mode otherwise.
US12339695B2
A sensor system may include an object, a magnet, and a magnetic sensor. The magnet may be connected to the object such that a center of the magnet is offset from an axis of the object. The magnetic sensor may include a first three-dimensional (3D) sensing pixel and a second 3D sensing pixel. The magnetic sensor may be arranged such that the first 3D sensing pixel and the second 3D sensing pixel are at different distances from a tilt point of the object. The magnetic sensor may be arranged such that the first 3D sensing pixel and the second 3D sensing pixel are at different distances from the center of the magnet.
US12339692B2
Solar power systems and methods utilize DC power transmission and centralized power inversion. The solar power systems include a photovoltaic (PV) bus system and a fixed bus system. The PV system utilizes a control mode handoff control method, which includes determining that a local maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control is enabled; in response to determining that the local MPPT control is enabled, starting an MPPT mode timer; performing local MPPT; determining that the MPPT mode timer is greater than a predetermined period; and, in response to determining that the MPPT mode timer is greater than a predetermined period, handing off MPPT control to the next MPPT controller. The distributed MPPT control method may include sequential MPPT control, adaptive ΔV MPPT control, and/or power limiting control. The fixed bus system includes PV string-level MPPT controllers and a fixed DC input central inverter or multiple fixed DC modular inverters.
US12339689B2
Regulator circuitry for producing a regulated output voltage in an implantable stimulation device and associated methods are disclosed. The regulator circuitry is particularly useful where a load current drawn from the output voltage involves transients, such as occurs when the output voltage is used to power a charge pump that creates a higher power supply voltage (e.g., a compliance voltage) in the device. The output current is sampled and downscaled in the regulator, and is further mirrored and filtered. This filtered current provides a control voltage in which transients are minimized and smoothed, and which is more suitable for use as a feedback voltage when producing the output voltage.
US12339682B2
In order to prevent unnatural behavior of a calculated flow rate, provided is a fluid control device in which a fluid control valve and upstream and downstream pressure sensors are provided on a flow path. The device includes a calculation unit configured to calculate a flow rate based on measured pressures; and an output unit configured to output the calculated flow rate, and exhibit a zero output function of outputting a zero value regardless of the calculated flow rate when the valve is in a closed state. The device is further configured to switch between execution and stop of the zero output function, and when the valve is in an open state and a difference between the measured pressures of the pressure sensors is larger than a threshold, stop the zero output function and cause the flow rate output unit to output the calculated flow rate.
US12339681B2
There is provided a control device that controls a controlled variable of a control target to a target value by controlling a flow rate of gas supplied to and discharged from the control target by a spool type flow control valve. The control device includes a controller that generates a spool position command of the spool type flow control valve, based on the target value, and a non-linear compensator that applies a correction for linearly compensating for non-linear flow rate characteristics of the spool type flow control valve to the generated spool position command, and outputs the command to the spool type flow control valve.
US12339664B1
Some aspects provide a media storing instructions that when executed by a processor of a robot effectuates operations including: capturing first data indicative of a position of the robot relative to objects within the workspace and second data indicative of movement of the robot; generating or updating a map of the workspace based on at least one of: at least a part of the first data and at least a part of the second data; segmenting the map into a plurality of zones; transmitting the map to an application of a communication device; receiving an updated map; generating a movement path based on the map or the updated map; and actuating the robot to traverse the movement path.
US12339659B1
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a system that includes a memory storing a queue for arranging tasks, a plurality of self-driving systems for controlling an autonomous vehicle, and one or more processors. The one or more processors may receive a non-passenger task request with a priority level of the non-passenger task request. When the non-passenger task request is accepted, the one or more processors may insert the task in the queue based on the priority level of the task request. Then, the one or more processors may provide instructions to one or more self-driving systems according to the non-passenger task request. Having received updates of the status of the autonomous vehicle, the one or more processors may determine that the task is completed based on the updates. After determining that the task is completed, the one or more processors may remove the task from the queue.
US12339651B2
A method may include generating visualizations via a control system that controls one or more operations of one or more industrial devices. Each of the visualizations is representative of one or more live operational parameters associated with the one or more industrial devices. The method may also include continuously streaming one or more of the visualizations to a first computing system via the control system and receiving the one or more of the visualizations via a second computing system. Additionally, the method may include identifying one or more data fields in the one or more of the visualizations and retrieving values from each of the one or more data fields over a period of time via the second computing system. Each value may correspond to one or more frames of image data including the one or more of the visualizations. Furthermore, the method may include storing the values in a database.
US12339637B2
In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method of controlling a semiconductor manufacturing process is provided. A computing system generates predicted metrology values for a current run and a next run by providing metrology forecast inputs to a metrology forecast model. The computing system generates an updated recipe for executing at least one semiconductor manufacturing process step using the predicted metrology values for the current run and the next run.
US12339635B2
Disclosed herein are AI-based platforms for enabling intelligent orchestration and management of power and energy. In various embodiments, a machine learning system is trained on a set of energy intelligence data and deployed on an edge device, wherein the machine learning system is configured to receive additional training by the edge device to improve energy management. In some embodiments, the energy management includes management of generation of energy by a set of distributed energy generation resources, management of storage of energy by a set of distributed energy storage resources management of delivery of energy by a set of distributed energy delivery resources, management of delivery of energy by a set of distributed energy delivery resources, and/or management of consumption of energy by a set of distributed energy consumption resources.
US12339634B2
A rechargeable energy storage system includes battery cell(s) and a battery management system (BMS) for detecting cell damage prior to the cell(s) entering an irreversible thermal runaway. The BMS includes gas sensor array(s) for detecting gas(es) vented by the cell(s). Each sensor detects a trace amount of one vented gas indicative of cell damage insufficient to trigger an irreversible thermal runaway. The BMS also includes a controller receiving from the sensor array(s) data indicative of the detected gas trace amounts. The controller compares the detected trace amount with a threshold margin relative to an amount indicative of cell damage that triggers irreversible thermal runaway. The controller additionally identifies damaged cell(s) when the detected trace amount is within the threshold margin. The controller further commands a corrective action to mitigate further damage to the damaged cell(s) and reduce a likelihood of the subject cell(s) entering the irreversible thermal runaway.
US12339630B2
Systems and methods of sensor data fusion including sensor data capture, curation, linking, fusion, inference, and validation. The systems and methods described herein reduce computational demand and processing time by curating data and calculating conditional entropy. The system is operable to fuse data from a plurality of sensor types. A computer processor optionally stores fused sensor data that the system validates above a mathematical threshold.
US12339623B2
Method for adjusting the rate of a basic oscillator of a watch arranged to oscillate at a nominal frequency N0, with a master oscillator generating an excitation frequency NE approximately equal to an integer multiple of this nominal frequency N0, the master oscillator subjecting the watch to excitation or a modulated motion during a transition phase after which the basic oscillator is stabilised at the excitation frequency NE, and a state of display correction method with a winder for mechanical or automatic watches, moving a support carrying the watch and comprising a state of display correction oscillator, having a lower variation of rate value than the initial variation of rate value DI of this basic oscillator, and oscillating at a correction frequency NC to impose oscillation or a motion on the watch, during a state of display correction phase whose duration is adjusted to exactly correct a state of display error measured at the initial moment of actuation.
US12339609B2
A control unit of an image forming apparatus can perform a density correction mode to correct toner density, based on detection results of toner density of a plurality of reference images formed with density gradations changed sequentially in a plurality of steps, detects presence or absence of a change in the voltage in each density gradation, based on the toner density detection value detected in the density correction mode, and if the density gradation has a specific density gradation in which a change in the voltage is detected, it corrects the toner density of the specific density gradation, using the detection values of density gradations before and after the specific density gradation.
US12339604B2
A fixing device includes a belt that rotates in a rotation direction and a heater that heats the belt. A conductive member contacts an inner face of the belt and pivots. The conductive member includes one end portion in the rotation direction of the belt, a contact portion that contacts the belt, and an outboard portion that is disposed outboard from the contact portion in the rotation direction of the belt. A holding portion holds the one end portion of the conductive member. A pivot restrictor contacts the outboard portion of the conductive member. The pivot restrictor restricts pivoting of the conductive member about the one end portion of the conductive member.
US12339579B2
The present disclosure describes a method of patterning a semiconductor wafer using extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL). The method includes receiving an EUVL mask that includes a substrate having a low temperature expansion material, a reflective multilayer over the substrate, a capping layer over the reflective multilayer, and an absorber layer over the capping layer. The method further includes patterning the absorber layer to form a trench on the EUVL mask, wherein the trench has a first width above a target width. The method further includes treating the EUVL mask with oxygen plasma to reduce the trench to a second width, wherein the second width is below the target width. The method may also include treating the EUVL mask with nitrogen plasma to protect the capping layer, wherein the treating of the EUVL mask with the nitrogen plasma expands the trench to a third width at the target width.
US12339562B2
An optical modulator includes a plurality of optical modulation units having a Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide consisting of two optical waveguides and a high-frequency line pair arranged along the two optical waveguides and consisting of two signal electrodes for applying a pair of differential high-frequency signals, and a plurality of high-resistance conductive films are provided between adjacent high-frequency line pairs separated from the high-frequency line pair.
US12339560B2
A method for driving an electro-optic display, the display having at least one display pixel coupled to a storage capacitor, the method include applying a waveform sequence to the at least one display pixel and connecting the storage capacitor to a first bias voltage, and maintaining a last frame voltage level on the display pixel after the completion of the applied waveform.
US12339558B2
According to one embodiment, an array substrate includes a semiconductor layer, a first electrode in contact with the semiconductor layer, a second electrode separated from the first electrode and in contact with the semiconductor layer, a first insulating layer which covers the first electrode and the second electrode, a gate electrode disposed above the first insulating layer and opposing the semiconductor layer, and the semiconductor layer comprising an aperture located between the first electrode and the second electrode in plan view.
US12339552B2
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a display area. The display area includes multiple pixel areas and multiple light transmissive areas arranged in an array. The display panel further includes a dimming part and at least one photosensitive component. Along a thickness direction of the display panel, at least a part of the dimming part at least partially overlaps with the light transmissive areas. The photosensitive component is electrically connected to the dimming part. With the display panel and a display device according to the present disclosure, a display effect of the display panel can be effectively improved.
US12339550B2
An active-matrix liquid crystal display (AM LCD), which uses controlled resistors with memory instead of capacitors as memory elements for pixels. The voltage control on the liquid crystal cell is performed by means of a voltage divider on the controlled resistors.
US12339548B2
An electro-optical device includes a substrate, a transistor including a semiconductor layer including a drain region, a source region, and a channel region and extending in a first direction, and a gate electrode, a scanning line, and a first light-blocking part, wherein the substrate, the semiconductor layer, the gate electrode, and a layer at which the scanning line is provided are arranged in a second direction, the first light-blocking part includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, and a length of the first portion in the second direction, a length of the second portion in the second direction, and a length of the third portion in the second direction are longer in this order.
US12339543B2
An electronic device including a substrate, a signal line, and a spacer is provided. The signal line is disposed on the substrate and includes at least one curve segment. The spacer is disposed on the substrate and is disposed corresponding to the at least one curve segment.
US12339540B2
A driving assembly includes a main control chip, a circuit selection chipset and a channel chipset. The circuit selection chipset includes more than one circuit selection chip used to be electrically connected with each light source voltage line in one-to-one correspondence, and is configured to enable each circuit selection chip to load the light source voltage to the connected light source voltage line one by one under control of the main control chip; the channel chipset includes more than one channel control chip, each channel control chip is used to be electrically connected with one or more channel lines; the channel chipset is configured to enable the channel control chip to control driving current on each connected channel line under control of the main control chip.
US12339539B1
A display module and a display device are provided. The display module includes a backlight module and a liquid crystal panel disposed oppositely to the backlight module. The liquid crystal panel is disposed on a side of a light-emitting surface of the backlight module. The display module includes a display surface. The display surface is located on a side of the liquid crystal panel away from the backlight module. A side of the liquid crystal panel facing the display surface includes a first polarizer, and a side of the liquid crystal panel away from the display surface includes a second polarizer. At least one of the first polarizer and the second polarizer is a reflection polarizer.
US12339532B2
An electrical driver can be used to provide electrical drive signals to a first and second electrically controllable optical privacy glazing structures. A first electrical drive signal can be applied to the first privacy glazing structure and a second electrical drive signal can be applied to the second privacy glazing structure. Applying the first and second electrical drive signal can comprise temporally staggering delivery of the first and second electrical drive signals such that a peak power draw and/or a peak current draw from the first privacy glazing structure is temporally offset from a peak power draw and/or a peak current draw from the second privacy glazing structure. Staggering can include delaying the application of one electrical drive signal relative to the other, phase shifting one electrical drive signal relative to the other, or a combination thereof.
US12339529B2
An optical modulator with which electrical connection between a signal electrode and signal wiring of a wiring substrate can be reliably made even in a case where a width of the signal electrode in an action portion of an optical control substrate is narrow is provided. An optical modulator includes an optical control substrate (1) that includes an optical waveguide (OW) including at least a branched waveguide which branches one light wave into two light waves, and that includes a control electrode for applying an electrical field to the branched waveguide, and a wiring substrate provided with a wiring which relays an electrical signal to be applied to the control electrode or with a wiring which terminates the electrical signal, in which the control electrode is provided with a signal electrode(S), the wiring is provided with signal wiring, and in a part (Sc) in which electrical connection is made between the signal electrode(S) and the signal wiring, a clearance (W1) in which the branched waveguide (OW) sandwiches the signal electrode is wider than a clearance (W2) in which the branched waveguide sandwiches the signal electrode in an action portion in which the control electrode applies the electrical field to the branched waveguide.
US12339527B2
The invention provides an axisymmetric soft contact lens having aspheric and/or spheric geometrical design for use in correcting an ocular refractive error of an eye.
US12339525B2
An ophthalmic lens includes an optic with a first surface, a second surface, and a phase-shift structure having one or more phase-shift regions. A method for fabricating an ophthalmic lens includes designing an optic with a first surface, a second surface, and a phase-shift structure having one or more phase-shift regions. The phase-shift regions may be adapted to generate respective chromatic focal shifts such that an incident radiation in a respective wavelength range at least partially converges towards a respective selected wavelength. The method includes determining a chromatic aberration target for the optic and determining the quantity of the phase-shift regions meeting the chromatic aberration target. The optic is formed with the phase-shift regions having respective optimal heights obtained based in part on an overall interaction effect. The phase-shift structure may be adapted to increase a depth-of-focus of the optic in the direction of extension.
US12339507B2
An optical fiber cable including a central strength member, a first plurality of tight-buffered ribbon stacks, a binder film, and a cable sheath. The central strength member extends along a longitudinal axis of the optical fiber cable. The tight-buffered ribbon stacks are SZ-stranded around the central strength member. An interstitial space is provided between adjacent tight-buffered ribbon stacks. A binder film continuously and contiguously surrounds the first plurality of tight-buffered ribbon stacks along the longitudinal axis. The binder film includes first portions and at least one second portion. Each of the at least one second portion of the binder film extends into one of the interstitial spaces of the first plurality of tight-buffered ribbon stacks. The cable sheath continuously and contiguously surrounds the binder film along the longitudinal axis, and the cable sheath is coupled to the first portions of the binder film.
US12339484B2
A light source apparatus includes a light source, and a light guide member which a light beam from the light source enters. The light guide member includes a reflector configured to reflect the light beam on a first surface of the light guide member, and a separator configured to separate the light beam on a second surface of the light guide member different from the first surface into a reflected light beam and a transmitting light beam. The light beam incident on the light guide member is reflected by each of the reflector and the separator and propagates in a first direction. Among light beams propagated through the light guide member, the light beam separated by the separator is emitted from the light guide member. An incident angle of the light beam incident on the second surface of the light guide member is smaller than a critical angle.
US12339477B2
A multilayer film structure, and method of making such a multilayer film structure, which includes a first layer consisting essentially of a first material and a second layer consisting essentially of a second material. In embodiments, the multilayer film structure includes a plurality of first layers alternating with a plurality of second layers. The layers are constructed by applying a N2-based reactive sputtering methodology so that the layers maintain a largely amorphous microstructure and a stable and high reflectivity upon annealing at temperatures up to 800° C. for 1 hour.
US12339467B2
A display assembly is provided. The display assembly includes a fixing housing, a plurality of first lens structures, and a plurality of display modules. The fixing housing is provided with a plurality of through holes. The plurality of first lens structures one-to-one correspond to the plurality of through holes, and the plurality of display modules one-to-one correspond to the plurality of first lens structures. The plurality of display modules include at least two display modules being spliced with each other, and light emitted by each of the display modules is emitted through a corresponding first lens structure.
US12339465B2
A novel class of imaging systems that combines diffractive optics with 1D line sensing is disclosed. When light passes through a diffraction grating or prism, it disperses as a function of wavelength. This property is exploited to recover 2D and 3D positions from line images. A detailed image formation model and a learning-based algorithm for 2D position estimation are disclosed. The disclosure includes several extensions of the imaging system to improve the accuracy of the 2D position estimates and to expand the effective field-of-view. The invention is useful for fast passive imaging of sparse light sources, such as streetlamps, headlights at night and LED-based motion capture, and structured light 3D scanning with line illumination and line sensing.
US12339463B2
A head-mounted device may have a head-mounted support structure that is configured to be worn on a head of a user. The head-mounted support structure may include a flexible rear portion that at least partially defines a central opening through which the displays in the head-mounted device are viewable. The flexible rear portion may conform to a face of the user when the head-mounted device is worn by the user. A removable cushion may be selectively attached to the flexible rear portion of the head-mounted support structure. The removable cushion may conform to and directly contact the face of the user when the head-mounted device is worn by the user. The removability of the cushion may allow for the cushion to be easily cleaned, easily replaced when worn, and customized to a user's aesthetic and comfort preferences.
US12339457B2
A line-of-sight detection device according to the present invention includes: an eyepiece lens; an image sensor disposed on an edge of the eyepiece lens and configured to capture an image of an eye facing the eyepiece lens; a plurality of first light sources disposed along the edge of the eyepiece lens; a plurality of second light sources disposed along the edge of the eyepiece lens, wherein on a plane that intersects vertically with an optical axis of the eyepiece lens, a distance from a position of each of the plurality of second light sources projected on the plane to the optical axis is longer than a distance from a position of each of the plurality of first light sources projected on the plane to the optical axis.
US12339456B2
A near-eye display device is disclosed. The near-eye display device includes: a plurality of display screens for image display; the plurality of display screens at least including: a first display screen, a second display screen and a third display screen; and an imaging lens group configured to image displayed images of the display screens; the imaging lens group including at least: a first lens and a second lens; where the first lens and the second lens are both on a light-emitting side of the first display screen, and the second lens is on a side of the first lens away from the first display screen; the second display screen and the third display screen are on a side of the first lens away from the first display screen.
US12339455B2
An augmented reality display device, used for wearing in front of an eye of a user, which includes an image source, a polarizer, a first wave plate, a transflective element, a first lens, a second wave plate, a reflective polarizer, a second lens, a light guiding unit, and a curved transflective film. The image source is used for emitting an image light beam. The polarizer, the first wave plate, the transflective element, the first lens, the second wave plate, the reflective polarizer, and the second lens are sequentially disposed on a path of the image light beam. The light guiding unit has a reflective surface. The curved transflective film is disposed on the light guiding unit. After being incident on the light guiding unit, the image light beam is sequentially reflected by the reflective surface and the curved transflective film to the eye of the user.
US12339452B2
A waveguide including at least a first photopolymer layer and a second photopolymer layer having a barrier layer therebetween and a first transparent layer and second transparent layer overlaying the first and second photopolymer layers, respectively. The waveguide can further include at least one holographic incoupler and at least one holographic outcoupler, each configured to be responsive to light within a first waveband and unresponsive to light outside of the first waveband, and further configured to be transmissive or reflective.
US12339448B2
An object is to provide a head-up display projector that uses a reflection member having a selective reflection layer and that can suppress the decrease in brightness of a projection image and the loss of color balance of a projection image even when the wavelength of a light beam has varied. The object is achieved by having: a light source for forming a projection image; and a reflection member having a selective reflection layer that reflects visible light and is constituted by two or more layers having selective reflection center wavelengths different from each other and an interference suppression layer that has a thickness of 10 μm or more, wherein in the reflection member, the interference suppression layer is located closer to the side on which light from the light source is incident than the selective reflection layer is.
US12339439B2
Fiber positioning unit of SCARA type comprising an alpha (1,2,3) and a beta mechanism (4,5); the alpha mechanism successively comprising a motor (1), a driving shaft (2) and a rotatable shaft (3), the rotation of the rotatable shaft (3) being carried out by the alpha motor (1) via the driving shaft (2); the beta mechanism comprising a motor (4) and a fiber holding element (5) that may be rotated by the beta motor (4); both mechanisms being mechanically connected in a way to allow a rotation of the beta mechanism (4,5) by the rotatable shaft (3); the alpha mechanism (1,2,3) being furthermore adapted to be partially located within a focal plate (6), characterized by the fact that the alpha motor (1) is adapted to be located on one side of the focal plate (6) while the rotatable shaft (3) and the beta mechanism (4,5) are adapted to be located on the other side of the focal plate (6).
US12339432B2
Methods and systems are provided for an adaptive illumination system. In one example, an adaptive illumination system comprises an adaptive illuminator comprising at least three optical elements including a first optical element, a second optical element, and a third optical element, wherein a distance between the first optical element and the second optical element is adjustable.
US12339422B2
The present invention discloses a camera optical lens with six-piece 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 positive refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power, a fifth lens having a positive refractive power, and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera optical lens satisfies the following conditions: −6.00f4/f5−2.00, R5/R3−50.00; and 3.00f2/f6.00. The camera optical lens according to the present invention has excellent optical characteristics, such as large aperture, wide angle, and ultra-thin.
US12339405B1
A laser radar-camera online calibration method and system based on a reflectance map includes: data preprocessing, generating data that meets the input of the neural network part; inputting the preprocessed data into the trained neural network; the neural network will output the edge point features of the reference image and the reflectance map, that is, the reference image and the reflectance map descriptor; by comparing the similarity of the reference image and the reflectance map descriptor, find the matching relationship between the reference image feature and the reflectance map feature point; use the mapping relationship between the reflectance map and the 3D point cloud to find the matching relationship between the reference image and the point cloud; use the EPnP algorithm to estimate the transformation matrix from the given 2D-3D point pair to complete the calibration process.
US12339401B2
A time-of-flight, ToF, camera for measuring distance information for objects of a scene. The ToF camera comprises a light source for illuminating the objects, an image sensor for acquiring light signals reflected from the objects, a processing unit for processing first portions of the reflected light signals modulated with oscillations of a first frequency, and for processing second portions of the reflected light signals modulated with oscillations of a second frequency. The second frequency is higher than the first frequency and a second distance measurement value range is smaller than a first distance measurement value range. The second frequency is a non-integer multiple of the first frequency. The processing unit is adapted to restrict, on the basis of a spacing, the determining of the second distance measurement value range to the zeroth repetition of a predetermined number of repetitions of the first distance measurement value range.
US12339400B2
An optical device includes: a first mirror having a first reflecting surface extending in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a second mirror having a second reflecting surface; an optical waveguide layer that is located between the first and second mirrors and propagates light in the first direction; and an optical element that is disposed on the first mirror and emits incident light in a direction different from an incident direction. The optical element emits (1) incident light entering from the optical waveguide layer through the first mirror in a direction whose first direction component is smaller than that of an incident direction of the incident light by refraction and/or diffraction or (2) incident light entering from the outside in a direction whose first direction component is larger than that of an incident direction by refraction and/or diffraction.
US12339398B2
A partition plate includes a material that blocks transmission of light and partitions an internal space of an enclosure into a light-projecting space where a light projector is disposed and a light-receiving space where a light receiver is disposed. A light shielding plate is configured by a material that blocks transmission of light, is provided between a light-projecting deflector, which is a portion of a deflecting mirror used for light projection, and a light-receiving deflector, which is a portion of the deflecting mirror used for light reception, and integrally rotates with the deflecting mirror. Further, the partition plate has, with respect to at least a part of a peripheral portion of the light shielding plate, an overlap portion where a plate surface of the partition plate and a plate surface of the light shielding plate overlap without being in contact with each other.
US12339397B2
In one embodiment a temperature sensor has a first sensing unit operable to provide a first pseudo-differential unipolar analog signal representing a first temperature value of a power unit, an interface circuit operable to provide a second pseudo-differential unipolar analog signal representing a second temperature value of a powered unit, a multiplexer circuit which is operable to provide a pseudo-differential unipolar multiplexed analog signal comprising the first analog signal or the second analog signal, and a first analog-to-digital converter, ADC, component operable to provide a first digital signal from the multiplexed analog signal, the first digital signal comprising a digital representation of the first analog signal or the second analog signal. Therein, the operation of the first ADC component is synchronized with a control signal designed for activating the power unit.
US12339387B2
Aspects presented herein may improve joint communication-radar system by providing a radar reference signal with GI-FMCW waveform. Aspects presented herein may be compatible with communication-centric waveforms and thereby may apply to UEs or network entities with minimal changes if specified. In one aspect, a wireless device transmits a set of communication signals. The wireless device configure one or more parameters associated with a set of radar reference signals for radar sensing based on the set of communication signals, each radar reference signal in the set of radar reference signals including a guard interval. The wireless device transmits the set of radar reference signals associated with the one or more parameters.
US12339383B2
A method for estimating position of a mobile device which includes receiving, from a network server, observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) assistance data for a first plurality of cells from a base station almanac (BSA) accessible to the network server. The OTDOA assistance data is stored, within a memory of the mobile device, as a first micro-BSA. A position estimate for the mobile device is determined based upon time difference of arrival (TDOA) measurements associated with an initial subset of the first plurality of cells and initial OTDOA assistance data corresponding to the initial subset of the first plurality of cells. The initial OTDOA assistance data may be generated by the micro-BSA based upon an initial seed estimate.
US12339380B2
Systems, methods, and devices for establishing a confidence level for local operational data for a device within a technological ecosystem, such as the V2X ecosystem. The systems, methods, and devices may perform operations that include: obtaining local operational data for the device; obtaining messages from multiple external devices participating in the ecosystem, wherein each of the messages includes external operational data for the transmitting external device; determining, based on the local operational data and the external operational data from the messages, a confidence level for the local operational data; and executing a remedial action when the confidence level falls below a threshold for the confidence level. The systems and devices may include a local data source that stores the local operational data and a communication interface.
US12339379B2
A target tracking device to estimate a position of a target with high accuracy will be provided. The target tracking device is provided with a communication device and a processor. The communication device performs communication with a plurality of observation satellites that observe the target. The processor executes a selection of satellites, a setting of a schedule and an estimation. The selection of satellites includes selecting two or more selected satellites that observes the target among the plurality of observation satellites. The setting of the schedule includes determining an observation schedule for each of the two or more selected satellite to observe the target and transmitting an observation request signal that represents the determined observation schedule to a corresponding selected satellite. The estimation includes estimating the position of the target based on two or more pieces of high-precision observation information respectively observed by the two or more selected satellites.
US12339373B2
Some embodiments of the invention pertain to generating (s10) and providing (s20) ionospheric disturbance information from navigation satellite system (NSS) reference stations or reference station system to NSS receivers or NSS receiver systems. Station-specific and/or satellite-specific ionospheric disturbance information may be obtained (s40) on the receiver side for mitigation purposes (s60, s70, s80) in the context of estimating parameters useful to determine a position. The ionospheric disturbance information may for example comprise ionospheric amplitude scintillation information, ionospheric phase scintillation information, and/or ionospheric delay gradient information. Systems, vehicles, and computer programs are also disclosed.
US12339366B2
A method is provided for beam management. The method includes obtaining, by a Light Detection and Radar (LiDAR) sensor having one or more LiDAR cameras performing ray-tracing, out-of-band infrared measurements of a surrounding environment. The method further includes selecting, by a base station, a transmission and reception beam pair for use in the surrounding environment from a plurality of available transmission and reception beam pairs responsive to the out-of-band measurements of the surrounding environment.
US12339365B2
A method and a system for stripping a part which includes visualizing a zone to be stripped on a screen using a camera, aligning a center of the zone to be stripped with a pattern overlaid on the screen, defining a stripping dimension around the center of the zone to be stripped and controlling a laser source to have the laser source strip the zone to be stripped within that dimension. Such a method makes it possible to correctly visualize the positioning of the laser source with respect to the zone to be stripped before the stripping operation.
US12339360B2
An absolute distance measuring method and device including a transmission unit having a laser array comprising multiple measurement laser emitters arranged along a laser array axis and a receiver unit having at least one receiver array comprising multiple measurement receivers arranged along a receiver array axis for measuring of an absolute distance based on a respective detected transmission beam and the principle of time-of-flight. The laser array comprises at least a first reference laser emitter and the receiver array comprises at least a first reference receiver. The reference laser emitter and reference receiver define an internal absolute distance reference beam path for calibration of the device with respect to said measuring of absolute distance.
US12339352B2
The present disclosure provides an electromagnetic imaging device for an active microwave and millimeter wave security inspection apparatus, including: a two-dimensional multiple-input multiple-output array panel including at least one sub-array, wherein each sub-array includes a plurality of transmitting antennas arranged linearly and a plurality of receiving antennas arranged linearly, the plurality of transmitting antennas arranged linearly being intersected with the plurality of receiving antennas arranged linearly; a signal processing device; a display device; and a ranging radar. In each sub-array, a midpoint of a connection line between each transmitting antenna and a corresponding receiving antenna serves as a virtual equivalent phase center of a pair of the each transmitting antenna and the corresponding receiving antenna, and the plurality of transmitting antennas and the plurality of receiving antennas are arranged to generate an equivalent phase center web. A distance between adjacent transmitting antennas or a distance between adjacent receiving antennas is equal to a wavelength of the electromagnetic wave with the specific frequency, and a distance between adjacent equivalent phase centers in the equivalent phase center web generated ranges from 30% to 70% of the wavelength of the electromagnetic wave with the specific frequency.
US12339351B2
The disclosure provides ranging methods and apparatuses. One example method includes that a first device sends a first signal on a first channel. The first device receives, on a second channel, a second signal from a second device, where the second signal is a signal obtained after frequency conversion is performed on the first signal. The first device calculates a distance between the first device and the second device based on a phase difference between carriers of the second signal.
US12339348B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for user equipment (UE) positioning using one or more intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs). A method that may be performed by a UE includes for each IRS of the one or more IRSs: identifying a first IRS reflection center, measuring a first impulse response from the IRS to obtain a first measured impulse response representation, determining a first impulse response for a first ray reflected from the first IRS reflection center of the IRS, estimating a first position of the UE based on, at least, the first IRS reflection centers for each of the one or more IRSs and the first impulse responses for each of the one or more IRSs, and estimating a second position of the UE in an iterative manner until one or more conditions are satisfied.
US12339340B1
In some embodiments, a first image may be captured by an imaging device using a first parameter. Using a prediction model, (i) an action to be taken for the first image and (ii) a second parameter of the imaging device may be determined based on the first image. Based on the action, a request may be transmitted to the imaging device to capture a second image using the second parameter. In response to the imaging device capturing the second image, the first image may be replaced with the second image.
US12339338B2
Systems for an integrated photonic responsive material sensor are described herein. In certain embodiments, a system includes a carrier wafer that includes a cavity formed in the carrier wafer. The carrier wafer also includes a responsive waveguide coupled to the cavity, the responsive waveguide formed from responsive material responsive to a force by shifting a resonance frequency of point defects in the responsive material in response to the force, wherein a pump light is directed to the responsive waveguide to prepare the responsive waveguide to absorb a probe light when exposed to a radio frequency at the point defect resonance frequency. Additionally, the system includes components coupled to the carrier wafer, wherein the components include a probe light source that generates the probe light, wherein the components are positioned in relation to the carrier wafer to couple the probe light into the cavity.
US12339330B2
A novel magnetic field sensor (MFS) may be created with an organic light emitting diode (OLED) made from an organic semiconductor material and an organic photodetector (OPD) built directly on top (or below) of the OLED, wherein one layer is made from a magnetically isotropic material, and which material has a magneto-resistive or magneto-electroluminescent signal that varies with the magnitude of a magnetic field to allow for measuring only the magnitude of the external magnetic field without regard to magnetic field direction.
US12339327B2
A battery monitoring system monitors states of at least two secondary batteries. In the system, a data acquiring unit acquires a plurality of types of monitoring data to monitor the state of each of the secondary batteries. A failure determining unit determines whether the secondary battery has failed. The failure determining unit performs sparsity regularization using the acquired monitoring data of each of the secondary batteries as variables and calculates a partial correlation coefficient matrix of the monitoring data. The failure determining unit calculates, as an abnormality level, a difference in a partial correlation coefficient, which is a component of the partial correlation coefficient matrix, between two partial correlation coefficient matrices respectively calculated using the monitoring data of the two secondary batteries. The failure determining unit determines that either of the two secondary batteries has failed when the calculated abnormality level exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US12339314B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for repairing a probe card in which a defect has occurred in an alignment symbol or a peripheral region thereof by using a high reflection chip for alignment. The present invention is provided with a probe 16 for contacting an inspection object, a wiring substrate 14 to which the probe 16 is attached, and a high reflection chip 4 for alignment provided to a probe installation surface 17 of the wiring substrate 14. The high reflection chip 4 includes a metal plate having a fixing through-hole 41, and has an affixing surface to be attached to the probe installation surface 17 with an adhesive 6 and a mirror-finished high reflection surface on the other side from the affixing surface. The adhesive 6 formed on the affixing surface has a ridge 61 that extends into the fixing through-hole 41.
US12339310B1
In a method for monitoring a degradation mechanism of a switch device in a power conversion circuit. When individually determining the degradation mechanism of internal defects of the switch device, it is determined through a change trend of a real-time current change rate that internal defect degradation is caused by an increase of an oxide layer defect density or an interface defect density. It is confirmed through a decrease in the real-time current change rate that internal defect degradation is caused by the increase of the oxide layer defect density. When the real-time current change rate increases, it is determined through a secondary testing including the on-state resistance and low-frequency noise testing that degradation is caused by accurate packaging and/or the increase of the interface defect density.
US12339301B2
The present disclosure provides an alternating current (AC)/direct current (DC) voltage detection circuit, which includes a rising edge trigger circuit and a detection and output circuit connected to an output terminal of the rising edge trigger circuit. When the operating voltage is higher than the preset voltage, the determination circuit activates the detection and output circuit to detect the change of the operating voltage and the target flip.
US12339296B2
A system comprises a pressure air data system comprising non-optical air data sensors that interrogate a region of interest outside of a vehicle to determine a first set of air data measurements comprising a first static air pressure. The system also includes an optical air data system comprising optical air data sensors that interrogate the region of interest to determine a second set of air data measurements comprising a second static air pressure. The second static air pressure is determined using conversion coefficients. A processor receives and processes the first static air pressure; receives and processes the second static air pressure; dynamically recalibrates the conversion coefficients by computing a correction factor; sends the correction factor to the optical air data system to update the second static air pressure; and outputs an optimized static air pressure based on the first static air pressure and the updated second static air pressure.
US12339278B2
A lateral flow assay (LFA) device includes a capillary pad and a sample port that holds the sample fluid before a hole is made in a cavity surface of the sample port. The LFA device includes a breaker with a tip to make a hole in the cavity wall of the sample port causing the sample fluid held inside the compartment to be applied to the capillary pad after the start of a test.
US12339272B2
A disclosed construction structure unit may include at least one split-ring resonator, which may be embedded within a material. The split ring resonator may be formed from a three-dimensional (3D) monolithic carbonaceous growth and may detect an electromagnetic ping emitted from a user device. The split ring resonator may generate an electromagnetic return signal in response to the electromagnetic ping. The electromagnetic return signal may indicate a state of the material in a position proximate to a respective split ring resonator. In some aspects, the split-ring resonator may resonate at a first frequency in response to the electromagnetic ping when the material is in a first state, and may resonate at a second frequency in response to the electromagnetic ping when the material is in a second state. A resonant frequency of the 3D monolithic carbonaceous growth may be based on physical characteristics of the material.
US12339270B1
A neural network-based water quality monitoring device for a marine ranch includes a floating board and a host computer monitor. The host computer monitor is disposed on a top of the floating board, and the host computer monitor is provided with a water quality monitoring system, and the water quality monitoring system is configured to collect water quality parameters of the marine ranch and analyze collected water quality parameters. The environmental monitoring unit is configured to use a hyperspectral water quality multiparameter monitor to monitor continuous spectral segments within a target wavelength range in water body in the marine ranch to monitor in real time data including a concentration of dissolved substances in the water, growth of algae, water pollution, water color, and presence of solid floating objects on water surface. The device can apply multiple water quality tests to improve the effectiveness and accuracy of water quality monitoring.
US12339267B2
A system and method for simultaneously running a plurality of air quality sensor units using a centralized station and software to test for field performance upon factory return from field installations, automatically identify preventative maintenance requirements, and automatically calibrate the sensor units and generate quality metric reporting. The centralized station and software include a computer, a manifold, tubes, and cables. A test gas is supplied, wherein the manifold distributes the test gas. Once powered and supplied with test gas, the sensor units are tested simultaneously. The computer runs software that compares the test data collected from the sensor units to determine if any of the sensor units fail standards or produce data that deviates from a mean average range. Sensor units that do not require maintenance are calibrated using test gasses to generate calibration coefficients which are stored within the sensors' firmware.
US12339263B2
A breath alcohol device calibration system includes a computerized calibration module operable to calibrate a breath alcohol device, and an interface operable to couple the breath alcohol device to a remote server. The interface uses a connection employing a cryptographic function such that data stored on the breath alcohol device can be securely transferred from the breath alcohol device to the remote server using the calibration system. The interface is further operable to transfer data stored on the breath alcohol device from the breath alcohol device to the remote server directly without storing the data in nonvolatile storage on the calibration station.
US12339256B2
A glass strength evaluation apparatus includes a support unit, a plate disposed on the support unit and including a surface on which a glass article, which is a target to be tested, is disposed, a fixing jig disposed on the plate and a power unit lifting up or down the fixing jig in a vertical direction toward the surface of the plate. The fixing jig includes a body portion, which extends in the vertical direction and lower fixing bolts. A press-fitting member insertion opening is recessed from a bottom of the body portion to extend in an upward direction, lower fixing bolt insertion holes penetrate the body portion, from one side of the body portion, in a first horizontal direction intersecting the vertical direction, to be extended to the press-fitting insertion opening, and lower fixing bolts are coupled into the lower fixing bolt insertion holes.
US12339247B2
Disclosed is a semiconductor structure including a device (e.g., a field effect transistor (FET), a biosensor FET (bioFET) or an ion-sensitive FET (ISFET)) with a fluid-based gate. The structure includes a substrate, an intermediate layer on the substrate, and a semiconductor layer on the intermediate layer. The device includes, within the semiconductor layer, a source region, a drain region, and a channel region between the source and drain regions. The structure includes, for the fluid-base gate, a cavity within the intermediate layer below the channel region and lined with a dielectric liner. Optionally, the exposed surface of the dielectric liner within the cavity is functionalized. Additional dielectric layers are stacked on the semiconductor layer and at least one port extends essentially vertically through the dielectric layers, the semiconductor layer and the dielectric liner to the cavity so as to allow fluid for the fluid-based gate to flow into the cavity.
US12339246B2
A biomimetic leaf wetness sensor includes a capacitive sensor and a non-conductive polymer layer disposed over the capacitive sensor. The layer includes a replica molded surface corresponding to a plant leaf.
US12339243B2
A quality diagnostics system for lubricant/coolant fluid includes a lubricant supported electric motor including a stator and a rotor defining a gap therebetween, with the lubricant/coolant fluid disposed in the gap for supporting the rotor while allowing the rotor to rotate relative to the stator. An inverter includes a plurality of power switches configured to supply an alternating current (AC) power to the motor for driving the rotor to rotate. A passageway conveys the lubricant/coolant fluid between the motor and the inverter. A lubricant quality sensor includes a set of sensor plates disposed along the passageway, an excitation source configured to apply an AC excitation voltage to a first sensor plate, and an electrical sensor configured to measure a response to the AC excitation voltage. A controller determines, based on a sensor signal from the electrical sensor, at least one of metal contamination and water contamination in the lubricant/coolant fluid.
US12339240B2
The present disclosure provides a method for detection of soil heavy metal pollution using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and an X-ray fluorescence (XRF) technology. Based. Based on hardware equipment such as the UAV, XRF analyzer, and embedded equipment, the present disclosure develops an altitude hold module of the system and a ground-contact monitoring module, and assists the UAV to achieve safe and accurate fixed-point hovering, and develops a driving device for data acquisition to replace manual control and realize the automatic acquisition of XRF data. The data inversion method is realized by using embedded equipment, and after the data is acquired by the portable XRF analyzer near the ground, the algorithm research of inversion processing of contents of heavy metal elements in soil is realized, such that the portable XRF analyzer can automatically and accurately detect the contents of heavy metals in soil at a certain distance.
US12339223B2
A measuring apparatus includes a first beam splitter, a diffraction grating, an optical illumination system, an optical condensing system configured to condense an electromagnetic wave EH radiated from the specimen, a time domain detector configured to detect the electromagnetic wave EH, for each time when the trigger beam, light path length of which has been changed in a delay mechanism, is incident, and a controller configured to lock-in detect the electromagnetic wave EH with a driving frequency of an amplitude modulation element, wherein the controller obtains a magnitude and a direction of an electric field of the measurement portion by Fourier transforming a time domain waveform of the detected electromagnetic wave EH to obtain a frequency domain waveform, and filtering a frequency band from the obtained frequency domain waveform.
US12339208B2
The present application discloses a material handling system and a monitoring system and a monitoring method for particles in a traveling area of overhead hoist transfers, wherein the monitoring system for particles in the overhead hoist transfer traveling area comprises gas sampling modules, a particle counter and a monitoring device. The gas sampling module is configured to obtain the gas to be tested around traveling wheels of each overhead hoist transfer (OHT). The particle counter is configured to test the gas to be tested for the size and number of particles in the gas to be tested. The monitoring device is electrically connected to the particle counter, and is configured to acquire the size and number of the particles tested and alarm when determining that the content of particles does not meet a preset standard.
US12339202B2
A method of failure analysis for locating open circuit defect in a metal layers, comprising: providing a chip sample having a metal layer, with an open circuit defect; delaminating the chip to expose the metal layer; depositing a metal conductive layer on the metal layer; removing a portion of the metal conductive layer to expose the metal layer; depositing a non-conductive protective layer to cover the exposed metal layer and any remaining portions of the metal conductive layer; preparing a TEM slice sample which comprises the metal layer, the remaining portions of the metal conductive layer, and the non-conductive protective layer; performing a VC analysis on the TEM slice sample to determine the defect position of the open circuit defect; and analyzing the defect position of the open circuit defect.
US12339199B2
Provided is a TBM tunneling test bench for microwave-assisted rotary rock breaking including a tunneling test bench body and a microwave-assisted rock breaking system, wherein the tunneling test bench body includes a base, a turnover bracket, a movable bracket, turnover oil cylinders, a pushing oil cylinder and a cutter head; the turnover bracket is hinged to the base; the turnover oil cylinders are connected between the base and the turnover bracket; the movable bracket coaxially sleeves the turnover bracket; the pushing oil cylinder is connected between the turnover bracket and the movable bracket; the cutter head is coaxially located in the movable bracket, and rotates freely; cutter head rotation driving motors are mounted in the movable bracket; the microwave-assisted rock breaking system is mounted between the movable bracket and the cutter head; and a rock sample bearing and placing box is arranged on the turnover bracket on an opposite side of the cutter head.
US12339196B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus for determining oil leakage of a gearbox and an associated robot. The apparatus comprises a swellable ring arranged surrounding an output shaft of a motor coupled to the gearbox, the swellable ring, when contacting oil, swells to apply a radial force to the output shaft; and a controller configured to detect the oil leakage by detecting at least one of the following caused by the applied radial force: a torque change on the output shaft, or a change in a current for driving the motor. With the apparatus, before oil leaks into the motor, the user already knows or the motor has already been stopped. In this case, the robot using the apparatus can be operated more safely.
US12339194B2
Methods for compensating measurements of devices under test (DUTs) captured through prescription lenses (and associated imaging systems, devices, and methods) are described herein. In one embodiment, a method for characterizing focus quality of a DUT through a prescription lens includes adjusting an optical power of a measurement device to compensate for optical power provided by the prescription lens. The method further comprises imaging, using the measurement device, a test pattern through the prescription lens, wherein the test pattern is displayed by the DUT; measuring contrast of an edge in the test pattern at a point of interest within the imaging of the test pattern; and determining focus quality of the DUT based at least in part on the contrast measurement.
US12339191B2
A pressure sensor chip includes a base, a first layer including a first cavity and joined to an upper surface of the base, a second layer joined to an upper surface of the first layer, a third layer including a second cavity and joined to an upper surface of the second layer, and a fourth layer including a third cavity and joined to an upper surface of the third layer. The second layer includes a first diaphragm between the first and second cavities. The fourth layer includes a second diaphragm between the second cavity and a space in communication with outside. A top end of the third cavity is in communication with outside. The bottom end of the third cavity is in communication with the second cavity. The first cavity is sealed. The pressure in the first cavity is lower than the pressure in the second cavity.
US12339189B2
A contact detection apparatus includes a bumper beam, an absorber, a contact detection sensor, a tube holder, a cover, and first and second protrusions. A pressure tube is held in a groove of the tube holder. The cover is attached to a front end of the tube holder. A pressing member of the cover is disposed inside an opening groove of the groove and in front of the pressure tube. The pressure tube includes first and second protrusions on its outer periphery. The first protrusion projects in a frontward direction, faces the pressing member in frontward and backward directions, and has a pair of upper and lower surfaces inclining in respective directions to come closer to each other as the upper and lower surfaces extend in the frontward direction as seen in a vehicle width direction. The second protrusion is disposed above the first protrusion in an upward direction.
US12339186B2
A measuring device for arranging in tubular cavities of machine elements has a deformation body with a deformation region. A respective press-in ring element is secured to two opposite ends of the deformation body. The deformation body can be introduced into a tubular cavity of a machine element through a press-in opening using a press-in force such that mechanical effects acting on the machine element can extend to the deformation region by the press-in ring elements and can be detected by a sensor secured to the deformation region. The press-in ring elements have a ring element thickness that is so low that the deformation body can be reliably introduced into the tubular cavity and can be stored therein in a force-fitting manner while the cavity circumference of the tubular cavity is designed to have a non-circular shape, or has high tolerance variations, such as those found in pipes for example.
US12339166B2
A broadband super-Rayleigh speckle correlated imaging spectral camera based on dispersion compensation is provided. The imaging scheme comprises, but is not limited to, a pre-compensation scheme, a post-compensation scheme, or a pre-post joint compensation scheme. The device comprises components such as a pre-imaging module, a light filter, a phase modulation module, a relay imaging module, an area array detector, and a computer. According to the present invention, the super-Rayleigh speckle modulation in a broadband is realized by matchining the dispersion characteristic of the pre-imaging module or the relay imaging module with the phase modulation module, which is applied to the correlated imaging spectral camera, so that the imaging quality of the correlated imaging spectral camera at a low signal-to-noise ratio is improved.
US12339158B2
A modular weighing device includes a basic base module and a plurality of extension modules mechanically and electrically connected to the basic base module in a disconnectable manner. Each extension module includes an add-on base module and a connection module. The extension modules are arranged adjacent to one another and are each mechanically and electrically connected to one another in a disconnectable manner to form a stack of extension modules and the basic base module is electrically and mechanically connected to one of the outer extension modules of the stack in a disconnectable manner. The connection modules can comprise electronic evaluation and/or control units for weighing components or can comprise weighing cells.
US12339143B2
This application discloses a tactile sensor, a detection method for a touch event, a sensing device and a robot, and belongs to the field of sensor design. The tactile sensor includes: a sensing unit, an elastomer support housing and a base; the sensing unit is disposed in an inner cavity enclosed by the elastomer support housing and the base; and the sensing unit includes at least two light sources, a photo detector and a reflector, where the photo detector is disposed on base, the at least two light sources are disposed around the periphery of the photo detector on the base, and the reflector is disposed at the top of an inner cavity of the elastomer support housing. By adopting the combination of a plurality of light sources and one photo detector, the number of photo detectors for use is reduced, so that the volume of the tactile sensor is reduced.
US12339138B2
A position sensor system is arranged for determining a position of a sensor device movable along a predefined path relative to a magnetic source. The system includes the magnetic source and the sensor device. The magnetic source has a first plurality of magnetic pole pairs arranged along a first track and a second plurality of magnetic pole pairs arranged along a second track, centrelines of the tracks are spaced apart by a predefined track distance. The sensor device is configured for measuring at least two orthogonal magnetic field components at a first sensor location, and at least two second orthogonal magnetic field components at a second sensor location. The first and second sensor location are spaced apart by a predefined sensor distance smaller than the predefined track distance, in a direction transverse to the tracks.
US12339135B2
A system accesses a three-dimensional map of a geographic region and generates a two-dimensional projection of the road based on the three-dimensional map. The two-dimensional projection comprises a plurality of points along the road and each point is assigned a score measuring a navigability of the point. Based on the navigability score of each point and history of vehicle positions on the road, the system identifies a plurality of navigable points on the two-dimensional projection of the road. Based on the plurality of navigable points, the system determines a navigable surface corresponding to a physical area over which a vehicle may safely navigate and navigable surface boundaries surrounding that area. The navigable surface area and boundaries on the two-dimensional projection are converted into a three-dimensional representation, which the system uses to generate an updated three-dimensional map of the geographic region.
US12339132B2
An autonomous vehicle system that provides a playlist of potential paths for a user to select and implement so that an autonomous vehicle can follow the playlist of potential paths from one path to another path to another path is disclosed. The playlist may include one or more paths repeated any number of times. In addition, one cycle of a playlist may be repeated one or more times. The paths may be created, for example, by a user in an autonomous vehicle command and control system. The playlist of potential paths, once created, may be communicated to an autonomous vehicle for execution.
US12339130B2
A vehicle communication control device includes a processor configured to acquire disaster information, control a communication state between a vehicle and an information distribution server; and restrict communication between the vehicle and the information distribution server when the vehicle is located in a disaster-stricken area.
US12339129B2
A method and server for generating a prediction score by a Machine Learned Algorithm (MLA). The method includes: acquiring route data, generating a plurality of route scores for the plurality of routes based on the route data, acquiring driver data, generating a plurality of driver scores for the plurality of drivers based on the driver data, and for a given route-driver pair: generating by the MLA a given prediction score indicative of a likelihood of the given driver having an accident on the given route within a predetermined amount of time after initiating the given route. The method also includes assigning, by employing a dispatching algorithm based on the prediction score, the given route to the given driver for providing a transportation service to the user.
US12339125B2
A method for processing measurement data from an environment sensor of a vehicle. Measurement data that describes an environment of the vehicle is received from the environment sensor, and driving planning data that describes a future movement of the vehicle during semiautomated operation is also received. Vehicle data describing a position and/or movement of the vehicle is determined, and the measurement data is processed based on the vehicle data. Vehicle data is also predicted for at least one point in time during the future movement of the vehicle based on the vehicle planning data, and the measurement data for the at least one point in time is processed based on the predicted vehicle data.
US12339116B1
An apparatus for indicating a misalignment of an optical axis of a lens system including a lens, a front end and a rear end, the lens having a front surface and a rear surface, the apparatus including a light source, a first mirror, a first beam splitter, and an image plane, wherein a laser beam of the light source is configured to be directed at the first beam splitter to result in a first and a second beam, the first beam is redirected at the first mirror before being redirected by the first mirror through the first beam splitter to cast a first spot at the image plane, and the second beam is disposed through the first beam splitter to be directed at the front surface of the lens system before being redirected by the first beam splitter to cast a second spot at the image plane.
US12339113B2
An apparatus and method for radiation measurement are used to determine clearance of a rotating gas turbine component. The apparatus includes a probe body on a stationary component outward of the rotating component and a pair of sensor assemblies coupled to the probe body. Each sensor assembly includes a plurality of prisms coupled to the probe body Each prism of the plurality of prisms has a distinct angular orientation to direct radiation from the focusing lens to the rotating component surface off-axis with respect to an axis of the respective radiation source of the pair of radiation sources and with less directional variation than radiation from the respective radiation source.
US12339109B1
An improved bullet feeder and seating die device for progressively inserting bullets into mouths of cartridge casings is disclosed. The bullet feeder device includes a seating die having a main die body having a threaded portion and a clearance cut and a passageway extending through the threaded portion to a bore of the main die body. A die lock having a threaded inner surface is provided to receive the threaded portion of the main die body. The die lock has a clearance slot alignable with the clearance cut in the main die body. A feed assembly is provided to sequentially supply bullets to the seating die and a activation assembly is provided to operate the feed assembly. A mounting assembly is provided to hold the seating die, feed assembly and a activation assembly together.
US12339107B2
Metallic, non-leaded projectile for muzzle-loading firearms and methods of making and using the same
A projectile for muzzle-loading firearms is made completely from a non-lead metal or alloy. It includes a pair of grooves to incorporate O-rings around a circular cylinder. A threaded well may be bored into the forward facing of the cylinder to facilitate insertion and/or removal of the projectile from the barrel via a cooperating ramrod. The projectile is then wrapped in a cloth patch to cover the sidewalls and bottom facing of the cylinder. A method of forming a plurality of the projectiles from standardized bar stock is also contemplated.
US12339104B2
An aerosol self-defense spray canister container including a pistol grip shaped housing configured to house an aerosol self-defense spray canister. The housing defines a finger-receiving opening thorough which a user's pointer finger can securely grasp the container for use, and a grip handle around which one or more of the user's other fingers can grasp the container for use. The container also includes an aerosol dispenser housed within the housing and movable between an inactivated position and an activated position to selectively dispense an aerosol self-defense spray from the housed aerosol self-defense spray canister.
US12339103B2
A multilayer ballistic barrier comprising at least one barrier plate (1) having a thickness of up to 250 mm, made of an elastomeric material containing butadiene and a binder, and a fill (2) having a minimum thickness of 50 mm in the form of mineral aggregates of various fractions ranging from 0.5 to 80 mm. The application also relates to a method of making the multilayer ballistic barrier and its use for the construction of bullet-proof walls and floors intercepting projectiles with a kinetic energy up to 50 000 J.
US12339102B2
Shooting scopes displaying virtual shooting targets are envisaged. When a virtual shooting target is visualized and shot using the shooting scope attached to a firearm, a pre-programmed computer-based processing element cooperating with the shooting scope determines a theoretical gunshot trajectory based on the position and orientation of the firearm. The processing element correlates the theoretical gunshot trajectory with the information indicative of the positioning of the virtual shooting target and thereby determines the accuracy with which the virtual gunshot was fired. The processing element also determines the shooter's consistency based on the proximity between the points of impact for a predetermined number of shots fired by the shooter and the center of the virtual shooting target. Based on the shooter's accuracy and consistency, the complexity associated with the virtual shooting targets are varied, and such virtual shooting targets having varying complexities are presented to the shooter for target shooting practice.
US12339101B2
A device to capture pressure data from a weapon's foregrip during live fire, the weapon having a Picatinny accessory rail, the device comprising a plurality of sensor bodies that are mountable to the Picatinny accessory rail, each sensor body having a pressure sensitive region that can capture pressure data placed on the pressure sensitive region, each sensor body having channels that correspond to the Picatinny accessory rail, retention latch system that attaches the sensor body to the weapon; and, a communication assembly that allows data communication between the plurality of sensor bodies and a computer.
US12339099B1
A point blank delta scope reticle, wherein all range and yardage solutions (horizontal x) may be removed and/or ignored and only the vertical Y component is utlized. A vital zone of a target is viewed as a Y value and a ballistic curve can be calculated that will pass thru the determined Y value. The Y value becomes a constant in all calculations. The constant then yields one or more unique ratios that all ammunition follows since the vertical Y component is the constant. The aiming reticle includes a reticle and one or more subsequent or successive reference marks formed in an aligned fashion between the reticle and a last reference mark, wherein a relative distance between each adjacent pair of the subsequent or successive reference marks decreases as the subsequent or successive reference marks are formed from the reticle to the last of the subsequent or successive reference marks.
US12339098B2
The disclosure is related to an enclosed reflex sight for one or more firearms. The enclosed reflex sight may be provided as part of an assembly including a mounting interface. The enclosed reflex sight includes a rearward bottom portion that houses an adjustment assembly, wherein the rearward bottom portion includes a lowermost surface of the enclosed reflex sight. The enclosed reflex sight includes an upper bottom surface forward of the rearward bottom portion of the enclosed reflex sight, the upper bottom surface comprising an abutment surface for the mounting interface. When the assembly is secured to an upper mounting surface of a firearm then the lowermost surface of the rearward bottom portion of the enclosed reflex sight is closer to the upper mounting surface of the firearm than the upper bottom surface of the enclosed reflex sight.
US12339092B2
An arrow rest with a decoupled launch assembly comprises a rest rotatably mounted to a shaft and coupled to the shaft via a biasing device. An actuator connects the shaft to a portion of a bow allowing movement of the bow to actuate the decoupled launch assembly between a raised state and dropped state by rotation of the shaft. The biasing device flexibly couples movement of the rest and shaft permitting the shaft to further rotate after a dropped state has been achieved.
US12339090B2
A tension fixation device for a compound bow. The tension fixation device includes an engagement device, a hitch lock, and a retainer stopper. The engagement device is formed as a disk, fixed to pulleys of the compound bow, and rotatable therewith. The disk includes a recess and a protrusion. The hitch lock is configured, during tensioning of the compound bow, to engage and disengage from the engagement device. Upon storing a desired tension in a resilient element of the compound bow, the hitch lock is configured to engage the recess in the engagement device thereby to prevent rotation of the pulleys to release the tension in the bow. The retainer stopper is mounted onto the body of the bow, and is configured to prevent motion of the hitch lock, until the retainer stopper is released.
US12339088B1
An air gun includes a barrel through which a projectile is fired, and a chamber fluidly connected to the barrel. The air gun also includes a valve assembly including a valve body, a primary spool, and a secondary spool.
US12339084B1
A firearm platform and method of connecting an upper receiver to a lower receiver. The upper receiver has a pivot lug and a takedown lug with perimeter openings in opposite directions. The lower receiver has a locking member that pushes against the takedown lug which causes the upper receiver to displace forward. As a result of the forward displacement, a pivot pin in the lower receiver exerts an opposing force against the pivot lug. The locking member is displaced between a locked and unlocked position through a lever located on an exterior surface of the lower receiver. When the locking member is in the locked position, the lower receiver and uppers receiver form a connection that is tight and free from slop.
US12339083B2
A firearm, comprises a bolt carrier group comprising a bolt carrier and a bolt, an upper receiver configured to carry the bolt carrier; a magazine well configured to receive a magazine; wherein the magazine is configured to house cartridges and comprise a spring exerting a force to the cartridges from the magazine towards the bolt carrier group; and a reverse movement of the bolt carrier group is configured to unload a used cartridge from the bolt and a forward movement of the bolt carrier group is configured to load a new cartridge from the magazine. The upper receiver comprises at least two receiver contact surfaces at a region defined by the bolt carrier group trajectory and the magazine well; a first receiver contact surface is at a first positive inclined angle against the force exerted by the spring, via the cartridge, to the bolt carrier group.
US12339077B2
A heat exchanger tube block is stacked on another heat exchanger tube block in an upper-lower direction and connected to the another heat exchanger tube block. The heat exchanger tube block includes: a duct casing wherein exhaust gas containing dust flows in the upper-lower direction; a heat exchanger tube in the duct casing extends horizontally; an inlet header connects to the heat exchanger tube inlet; an outlet header connected to an outlet of the heat exchanger tube; and a vibration transmitting member transmitting vibration, applied to an upper end part of the vibration transmitting member, to the heat exchanger tube to make the dust accumulating on the heat exchanger tube fall. A lower end of the duct casing is formed horizontally. The inlet header is located higher than the lower end of the duct casing. The outlet header is located higher than the lower end of the duct casing.
US12339076B2
An HVAC heat exchanger with an array of tubes including one or more dead tubes is provided. In one embodiment, the heat exchanger is a microchannel heat exchanger operable to exchange heat with air in an HVAC system via refrigerant passing through the microchannel heat exchanger. The microchannel heat exchanger includes an array of flat tubes arranged between a first manifold and a second manifold. The array of flat tubes includes multiple tubes coupled in fluid communication with the first manifold and the second manifold to convey refrigerant between the first manifold and the second manifold through microchannels of the multiple tubes. The array of flat tubes also includes one or more dead tubes that do not convey refrigerant between the first manifold and the second manifold. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
US12339074B1
A heat exchanger tubing assembly for insertion into a channel in a conductive casing, so that thermal treatment applied to the conductive casing may be transferred through the heat exchanger tubing assembly to a liquid passing through the heat exchanger tubing assembly. The heat exchanger tubing assembly having two conductive segment having and elevated thermal conductivity value and being short enough to fit within the conductive casing. The conductive segments having barbed end portions and a flange that extends radially outward from the conductive segment. The flanges engage with flange receiving voids in the conductive casing to help position the heat exchanger tubing assembly within the conductive casing. The conductive casing having compression rings to press down on portions of flexible tubing that engages with the conductive segments to form enhanced barbed connections. The flexible tubing having lower thermal conductivity than the conductive segments.
US12339073B2
Shell-and-tube devices typically require regular maintenance. Described herein is an automated method for tracking the status of individual tubes during maintenance activities and recording status data for review and analysis. Status data may optionally be reported in real-time summary format and/or used to predict time-to-completion. The method minimizes omission errors and helps to reduce the expense of performing maintenance activities in shell-and-tube devices, including shell-and-tube reactors and heat exchangers.
US12339072B2
A heat exchange system and a method for determining whether flow of cooling medium passing through a heat exchanger is too low. The heat exchange system includes a refrigerant flow path in which refrigerant circulates; a cooling medium flow path in which cooling medium circulates; and a heat exchanger connected to both the refrigerant flow path and the cooling medium flow path so that the refrigerant and the cooling medium exchange heat in the heat exchanger. The heat exchange system includes a first temperature sensor arranged at a cooling medium inlet of the heat exchanger, a second temperature sensor at a cooling medium outlet of the heat exchanger, and a controller in communication with the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor. The controller is configured to determine whether the flow of cooling medium in the heat exchanger is too low based on a temperature difference.
US12339059B2
A refrigerator including a controller for controlling a cooling system of the refrigerator. The controller configured to have at least two modes, wherein in a first mode the controller controls the cooling system to achieve a desired temperature within a fresh food compartment without respect to a temperature in a temperature-controlled drawer, and in a second mode the controller controls the cooling system to achieve a desired temperature within the temperature-controlled drawer without respect to the temperature in the fresh food compartment.
US12339056B2
The present invention provides a refrigerator. The refrigerator has side-by-side doors including a first door and a second door, the first door has a rotatably provided middle post which has a locking mechanism for preventing rotation of the middle post, the locking mechanism has a release mechanism for releasing locking, the middle post is switched between a first position where the middle post is located when the first door is opened and a second position where the middle post is located when the first door is closed by opening and closing the first door, and the locking mechanism is released by the release mechanism during rotation from the first position to the second position; the locking mechanism has a projecting portion, and the projecting portion reduces an amount of rotation of the middle post when the middle post is in the first position and the release mechanism is not released.
US12339054B2
The present invention provides a refrigerator door with a replaceable door panel, comprising: a foam door body, and a door panel detachably connected with the foam door body; the foam door body comprises: a foam main body, and a hook-catching portion embedded from a front surface of the foam main body; the door panel comprises a door panel face and a hook disposed in engagement with the hook-catching portion; the hook-catching portion comprises a first groove formed by recessing from the front surface of the foam main body towards an interior of the foam main body, where a first sliding groove disposed inclinedly and a second sliding groove connected to the first sliding groove are formed in the first groove; the hook comprises: a first sliding rod and a second sliding rod that engage the first sliding groove and the second sliding groove, respectively.
US12339038B2
A flowmeter for measuring flow of a conductive liquid includes a structure (20, 220) defining a flow path, electrodes in the flow path and electrodes (34a, 34b, 234a, 234b) exposed within the flow path. An electrical circuit (40, 240) applies a voltage between the electrodes so that an electrical current flows along a conduction path between the electrodes within a liquid flowing in the flow path. Means such as temperature sensors (56, 58, 256, 258) are provided for determining a value representing a temperature rise in the liquid passing through a sensing region of the flow path which encompasses at least a part of the. A monitoring circuit (60, 207) determines a value representing the flow rate based on the value representing the temperature, rise the voltage and the current. The flowmeter may be incorporated in an ohmic heater and elements of the ohmic heater may serve as elements of the flowmeter.
US12339034B2
A dehumidification system includes a primary evaporator, a primary condenser, a secondary evaporator, a secondary condenser, a superheat control evaporator, and a modulating valve. The superheat control evaporator is disposed parallel to the secondary evaporator and is configured to receive one of the inlet airflows and output a first airflow to the primary evaporator. The secondary evaporator is configured to receive another one of the inlet airflows and output a second airflow to the primary evaporator. The primary evaporator receives the first and second airflows and outputs a third airflow to the secondary condenser. The secondary condenser receives the third airflow and outputs a fourth airflow to the primary condenser. The primary condenser outputs a dischargeable airflow. The modulating valve directs the flow of refrigerant to the secondary condenser or to the primary evaporator, depending on the mode of operation.
US12339032B2
An air moving device (AMD) includes a housing that dampens noise and routes airflow. The AMD housing includes a focal-bearing surface that has an associated focal point. The focal-bearing surface routes airflow through the AMD housing and reflects and concentrates noise to the focal point. The AMD housing further includes a noise dampening structure at the focal point to reduce, absorb, and/or dampen the concentrated noise. Because the noise is concentrated, a relatively smaller size noise dampening structure may effectively or adequately reduce or dampen AMD noise. The smaller size noise dampening structure relatively reduces airflow impedance. As such, AMD housing may provide for both reduced AMD noise and relatively reduced airflow impedance therein and/or therefrom.
US12339027B2
An HVAC system includes a blower, a variable-speed compressor, an indoor air temperature sensor that measures an indoor air temperature (IAT) of an enclosed space, and a controller. The controller stores an indoor temperature setpoint and a default discharge air temperature setpoint. The controller receives the IAT. The controller determines that the IAT is not within a threshold range of the indoor temperature setpoint. The controller then determines an adaptive discharge air temperature setpoint. The controller determines a compressor speed at which to operate the variable-speed compressor based on the adaptive discharge air temperature setpoint. The controller causes the variable-speed compressor to operate at the determined compressor speed.
US12339026B2
An air-conditioner including a main refrigerant circuit having a compressor, a heat-source-side heat exchanger, an expansion valve, and a utilization-side heat exchanger, a bypass path, another expansion valve that decompresses refrigerant flowing in the bypass path, an internal heat exchanger, an opening degree adjuster, and a setter that sets the target temperature difference on the basis of the degree of subcooling of the utilization-side heat exchanger.
US12339021B2
A method for monitoring and controlling an environment of an internal space including: providing conditioned air to the internal space using a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system; detecting one or more environmental parameters within the internal space using at least one sensor; receiving a report request from an individual through a computer application of a computing device, the report request includes a focus area selection that selects one or more focus areas, wherein the one or more focus areas include at least one of an indoor air quality, a thermal comfort, or an airborne transmission; generating a performance report for the focus area based on at least the environmental parameters and specifications of the HVAC system, the performance report evaluating at least a performance of the HVAC system; and displaying the performance report on the computing device.
US12339015B2
Certain embodiments of an indoor unit (e.g., an indoor unit for a heat pump system) include: a housing comprising an exit-point on a wall-side of the housing, the exit point comprising a refrigerant line and the housing having a height of less than 11 inches; a heat-exchanger connected to the refrigerant line, wherein a portion of the refrigerant line that is external to the heat exchanger, and that runs internal to the housing and between the heat exchanger and an outdoor unit, runs substantially within a height-depth plane of the housing prior to exiting the housing and traverses less than 25% of a width of the housing; and a fan, wherein the indoor unit is configured to exchange at least 8000 BTUs/hour with a room and wherein the indoor unit produces a noise of 48 dBA or less.
US12339013B1
A plasma stove includes a carrier, an electric fire assembly, an electric control device, and an electrical connecting assembly. The carrier includes a housing and a support platform on the housing. The electric fire assembly includes a plasma needle, an electrode tip connected to the plasma needle, and an ignition head. The plasma needle and the ignition head are arranged on the housing and in the support platform. The electric control device in the housing includes a circuit board and a step-up transformer connected to the circuit board. The plasma needle and the ignition head are connected to the circuit board through the electrical connecting assembly. The electrical connecting assembly includes a conductive connector connected to the plasma needle and a flexible conductor. The flexible conductor includes a first connecting end detachably connected to the connector and a second connecting end detachably connected to the circuit board.
US12339001B2
A system includes a gas turbine having a turbine shaft disposed along a rotational axis, a turbine casing disposed circumferentially about the turbine shaft, a combustion gas path disposed between the turbine shaft and the turbine casing, and a turbine stage disposed in the combustion gas path. The turbine stage includes a plurality of turbine vanes disposed upstream from a plurality of turbine blades. The gas turbine includes an isothermal expansion system coupled to the turbine stage, wherein the isothermal expansion system includes a plurality of flame stabilizers configured to vary axial positions of combustion within a turbine stage expansion of the turbine stage to reduce temperature variations over the turbine stage expansion. The flame stabilizers are disposed in different axial positions over an axial length between leading and trailing edges of the turbine blades, wherein at least one flame stabilizer is coupled to a plurality of the turbine blades.
US12338991B2
A pressurized fluidized bed combustor (PFBC) and method of operation. A heated diluent is used alone or in combination with adjustments to a combustor gas velocity, to manage the bed temperature and keep it within allowable ranges. The diluent can be taken from the combustor flue gas, and recycled and reheated through the fluidized bed.
US12338987B2
A heatsink includes: a base plate thermally connected to a heat-generating unit; a plurality of heat radiation fins erected on a surface of the base plate, and arranged with gaps in a first direction along the surface; and a partition member provided to intersect the plurality of heat radiation fins, and partitioning the plurality of heat radiation fins in a second direction along the surface and intersecting the first direction. The partition member partitions the plurality of heat radiation fins such that more air passes through in the second direction between the plurality of heat radiation fins on a base plate side than on a side opposite to the base plate side.
US12338983B2
One example includes an illumination device. The illumination device can include at least one electric light source and a transceiver configured to communicatively interface with a remote device. The illumination device can further include a processor configured to obtain a real-time clock and present calendar day reference from the remote device via the transceiver. The processor can further be configured to at least one of activate and deactivate the at least one electric light source at respective predefined times associated with at least one religious ceremony based on the real-time clock and the present calendar day reference.
US12338982B2
A light emitting diode (LED) lighting fixture includes a lamp having a tube with at least one LED lamp positioned therein and operatively connected with external electrical contacts. The lamp has at least one communication protocol address associated therewith. A communication protocol converter is associated with the lamp and is configured to receive an instruction from a communication protocol controller, determine if the instruction is intended for the associated at least one communication protocol address, and if so, control the at least one LED lamp based on the instruction.
US12338974B2
A light source unit includes a light emitting module which has a printed wiring board and a plurality of light emitting diode elements mounted on the board, and a light-transmissive light distribution adjustment portion which covers the light emitting module, in which the board has a fluorescent layer containing fluorescent particles over a surface on which the light emitting diode elements are mounted, and the light distribution adjustment portion includes a portion having a convex shape outward from the board side, is spaced apart from the plurality of light emitting diode elements and from the fluorescent layer, commonly covers the plurality of light emitting diode elements and the fluorescent layer, and diffuses and distributes emission light from the light emitting diode elements and luminescence from the fluorescent layer.
US12338968B2
A tail light assembly for a vehicle includes a stop/turn lighting element that includes an output lens having a first region and a second region having an elongated shape. The stop/turn lighting element also includes a first illuminator portion configured to direct light from a first light source out of the first region of the output lens. The stop/turn lighting element also includes a second illuminator portion including an input element disposed along the second region of the output lens and a light pipe having an elongated shape extending parallel to and spaced apart from the input element. The second illuminator portion is configured to direct light from a second light source out of the second region of the output lens.
US12338959B1
A water-resistant, push-in type decorative-lighting assembly, including: a reflector defining a reflector cavity; an LED assembly including a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs); a pair of conductive connectors electrically connected to the LED assembly, including a first conductive connector electrically connected to a first end of the LED assembly and a second conductive connector electrically connected to a second end of the LED assembly; a base portion including a body portion, a projection portion projecting from a bottom end of the body portion, and an LED support portion; and a lamp socket defining an upper cavity receiving the body portion of the base portion and a lower cavity receiving the projection portion of the base portion and ends of the first and second conductive connectors.
US12338955B2
A triple containment tank includes: a tank foundation; a triple shell including an outer tank, an intermediate tank, and an inner tank; a first anchor strap extending through a first inter-tank region and a second inter-tank region and coupling an inner tank side plate and the tank foundation; and a second anchor strap extending through the second inter-tank region and coupling an intermediate tank side plate and the tank foundation. The first anchor strap includes: a first end portion coupled to the inner tank side plate; a second end portion coupled to the tank foundation; a first intermediate portion located between the first end portion and the second end portion and coupled to an inner wall-side portion of the intermediate tank; and a second intermediate portion located between the first end portion and the second end portion and coupled to an outer wall-side portion of the intermediate tank.
US12338947B2
A lubrication system includes a progressive distributor that is configured to dispense lubricant to a consumer. The lubrication system also includes a control device and at least one sensor that is configured to determine at least one lubricant pressure inside the lubrication system. The control device is configured to receive measured values from the at least one sensor and to recognize a lubrication cycle based on the measured values and also to determine an average pressure of the lubrication cycle, to perform a comparison of the average pressure and at least one normal pressure of the lubrication system, and to determine a state of the lubrication system based on a result of the comparison.
US12338943B2
An apparatus includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a first front side wall, a first rear side wall, a top wall, and at least one pivotal pin structure extending from the first rear side wall. The at least one pivotal pin structure comprises a base, a shaft, and a head having a non-circular cross-sectional shape. The second portion includes a second front side wall, a second rear side wall, a bottom wall, and at least one pin holder extending from the second rear side wall. The at least one pin holder defines an opening for accepting the head of the at least one pivotal pin structure at an alignment. The head of the at least one pivotal pin structure extends through the opening. The first portion and the second portion are pivotally movable between an open configuration and a closed container configuration.
US12338925B2
A fitting for connecting pipes, in particular flexible pipes, includes a first tubular element, provided with a first inlet/outlet opening and at its interior defining a first duct, and a second tubular element, provided with a second inlet/outlet opening and at its interior defining a second duct. The two tubular elements are connected together in a manner such that the first and second ducts are in communication. The first tubular element is provided with at least one through opening, between an external surface thereof facing outwards and an internal surface directed towards the first duct. The through opening defines a respective empty space between the external surface and the internal surface of the first tubular element. The fitting operates in an insertion condition, in which it allows a pipe to be fitted around said first tubular element, and a clamping condition, in which the pipe is pressed and stably locked on the first tubular element. In the clamping condition, the empty space defined by the through opening is occupied by a portion of the pipe pressed on the first tubular element.
US12338916B2
A marine hose has a twist coefficient 1900≤K≤2900 of fiber cords constituting a fiber reinforced member with three or four twisted filaments made of polyester, an interrelationship R between a predetermined elongation ratio E2 of a plurality of types of the fiber cords having different specifications and a hose elongation ratio E1 in a predetermined expansion test of each of marine hoses in which the fiber reinforced member including the respective fiber cords as constituent members is embedded as reinforcing layers is determined in advance. A threshold Th of the ratio E2 is set based on a standard value of hose elongation ratio E1 in the predetermined expansion test and the interrelationship R and the predetermined elongation ratio E2 of the fiber cords used as the reinforcing layers is set to the threshold Th or less.
US12338915B2
A seal assembly for a multi-port valve assembly, the seal assembly including a plurality of beads integrally formed as part of a rotor, at least one seal element in sliding contact with one or more of the beads, and at least one lip seal integrally formed as part of the seal element. One or more of the beads applies force to the seal element, such that the force is transferred to the lip seal. The beads include at least one circumferential bead which circumscribes the rotor, and the circumferential bead continuously applies force to the seal element when the rotor is in each of a plurality of orientations. The beads also include at least one tangential bead extending along an outer surface of the rotor, and the tangential bead applies force to the seal element when the rotor is in one of a plurality of orientations.
US12338909B2
An electronic control actuator of the disclosure includes: a lower housing and an upper housing, the lower housing or the upper housing including a plurality of first matching holes, and the lower housing and the upper housing cooperating to form an installation space; an isolation plate disposed between the lower housing and the upper housing, the isolation plate including a plurality of second matching holes, and a plurality of locating pins respectively passing through the plurality of first matching holes and the plurality of second matching holes; and a compact gear assembly and a drive motor both disposed in the installation space, and the compact gear assembly being cooperatively connected to the drive motor.
US12338905B2
A component for a ball valve that is configured to reduce noise. The component or “shoe” can install into the valve body, for example, on a downstream side of a throttling ball. In one implementation, the embodiments comprise an annular ring with an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface is cupped to receive a portion of the throttling ball. The outer surface may have a stepped profile with portions of the annular ring that have concentrically-decreasing diameter. This stepped profile sits in a corresponding recess in the valve body. Welds can be used to secure the shoe in place in lieu of fasteners, like bolts or screws.
US12338901B2
A multi-way valve for a motor vehicle, having a housing, in which a lower and upper chamber are disposed one above the other along an axis of rotation and are separated from each other by a separating wall. A lower valve body is disposed in the lower chamber for rotation about the axis of rotation. An upper valve body is disposed in the upper chamber for rotation about the axis of rotation. A drive shaft drives the lower and upper valve bodies. The drive shaft is torque-transmittingly connected to one of the two valve bodies and said valve body is torque-transmittingly connected to the other of the two valve bodies. A checking device checks for a correct alignment, and, in the event of an incorrect relative alignment of the two valve bodies in the peripheral direction, a reaction to the incorrect alignment can be automatically triggered.
US12338894B2
A tensioner for a belt has a fixed part provided with a pivot defining an axis (A), an eccentric arm rotatably mounted on the pivot about the axis (A), a pulley rotatable about an axis (B) defined by the arm and configured to cooperate with a timing belt, a first spring-damper assembly interposed between the arm and the fixed part, and a second spring-damper assembly configured to act between the arm and the fixed part from a predetermined angle of rotation of the arm with respect to the fixed part.
US12338886B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a drive pulley for a continuously variable transmission including a stationary sheave with a stationary shaft, a movable sheave axially movable relative to the stationary sheave and in contact with the stationary shaft; a spider in contact with at least the moveable sheave and stationary shaft; a spring member, biasing the movable sheave axially away from the stationary sheave; at least one centrifugal actuator including an arm pivotally connected to one of the movable sheave and the spider, the arm pivoting away from the one of the movable sheave and the spider as a speed of rotation of the drive pulley increases, the arm pushing against another one of the movable sheave and the spider as the arm pivots away from the one of the movable sheave and the spider, thereby moving the movable sheave axially toward the stationary sheave, the at least one centrifugal actuator being disposed radially outward of the stationary sheave shaft; and a torque transfer assembly operatively connected to at least one of the spider and the movable sheave, the torque transfer assembly transferring torque between the spider and the movable sheave, the torque transfer assembly including, a torque bearing assembly and at least one roller assembly, positioned on a helixed torque pin, the torque pin connected to the spider; wherein as the roller assembly wears, the at least one roller assembly tracks along a helixed path of the torque pin in a distal direction from the bearing assembly.
US12338885B2
This invention provides a gear component with high hardness of a surface layer in a tooth root and with the excellent bending fatigue strength. The gear component of the invention comprises a surface layer of a tooth root including a region in which the area percentage of carbides is 10% or lower and the number density of carbides is 6 pieces/10 μm2 or lower.
US12338871B2
A hydraulic mount assembly includes a first track insert (or shell), a second track insert (or shell), and a separating diaphragm (e.g., rubber membrane) as part of a body (e.g., a rubber body) disposed between the first track insert and the second track insert. In embodiments the separating diaphragm forms a seal between a first chamber disposed between a portion of the first track insert and the separating diaphragm, and forms a seal between a second chamber disposed between a portion of the second track insert and the separating diaphragm.
US12338870B1
A device for an extensible and compressible friction-based damper which selectively resists stroking in a first direction while freely sliding in the opposite direction. Resistance is proportional to an adjustable and pre-settable value, which provides and adjustable static-hold capability. Sliding resistance being substantially independent of the relative position, velocity, acceleration or jerk (d3x/dt3) imposed upon it. Dampers according to the present disclosure can eliminate resonance amplification when combined with other conventional suspension components. The damper may be used in applications such as isolation mounts. Also disclosed is a method for a high-performance isolation mount to protect a Payload (persons or equipment) from mechanical shock and vibration, incorporating one or more dampers according to the present disclosure together with one or more elastic elements. A device made according to the present disclosure is dubbed a Smooth Transient Excursion Non-Resonant (STEN-R) Damper.
US12338868B2
A method for forming a friction material includes mixing a fibrous base material and filler particles to form a substrate; saturating the substrate with a silane solution including a silane to form a uniformly impregnated silane matrix; curing the uniformly impregnated silane matrix to form a cured uniformly impregnated silane matrix; saturating the cured uniformly impregnated silane matrix with a non-silane binder solution to form a uniformly impregnated silane, non-silane matrix; and curing the uniformly impregnated silane, phenolic resin matrix to form the friction material.
US12338866B2
A brake pad may have at least one plate. The plate may be provided with a first slot. The first slot may have a first slot edge adapted to accommodate a first pin. The first slot edge may have a first portion and a second portion, in which the brake pad has a tangential center-of-gravity plane. The first and second portions may be crossed by the tangential center-of-gravity plane so that under a reverse braking condition the brake pad rests against the first pin in at least a first contact point of the first slot. Under a forward braking condition the brake pad rests against the first pin in at least a second contact point of the first slot in which the second contact point of first slot lies in the tangential center-of-gravity plane.
US12338862B2
A booster clutch includes a pilot-control clutch, a booster output side, a booster input side, a rocker element, a first energy storage element and a drum. The pilot-control clutch has a friction pack and a torque is frictionally transmittable when the friction pack is in a pressed state. The booster output side is torsionally fixed to a pilot-control input side and the booster input side is arranged to be torsionally fixed to an input shaft. The first roller is arranged via a ramp pairing between the rocker element and the booster input or output side. The first energy storage element is arranged between the rocker element and the booster output or input side, or is arranged to transmit a radial force to the rocker element. The first roller applies a predetermined torque over the booster input and output side, and presses the rocker element radially against the drum.
US12338842B2
A valve block body for arranging on a drive mount includes multiple process fluid ducts, between which valve seats are arranged. Multiple drive connection sections are assigned to the valve seats, which are arranged on at least one side of the valve block body. Multiple clamping sections are arranged facing away from at least one side of the valve block body.
US12338841B2
A hydraulic arrangement for a utility vehicle. The arrangement may include a hydraulic displacement pump which is connected via a pump output to a supply connection as a hydraulic interface for supplying hydraulic consumers of the utility vehicle. In addition, the device may include a hydraulic auxiliary pump and an auxiliary supply connection as a hydraulic interface for alternatively supplying at least some of the consumers. The device may include a displacement control unit which is dependent on an output pressure of the auxiliary pump for displacing the displacement pump in such a manner that a hydraulic working connection of a displacement cylinder of the displacement control unit is connected to an output of the auxiliary pump.
US12338836B1
A magnetic suction fan includes a fan and a bracket, the bracket is connected below the fan, a power supply male terminal and a power supply female terminal are arranged on a side surface of the bracket, one power supply male terminal is matched with and electrically connected to a power supply female terminal of another bracket, and magnetic suction components I and magnetic suction components II are arranged on two sides of an interior of the bracket. Through the above technical solutions, the splicing and electrical connection between several brackets can be achieved, only one external power interface is needed to supply power to brackets and fans above the brackets. The magnetic suction fan not only has less power interface requirements, but also the bracket has no bulges, when used alone, it can not cause insufficient space because of the bulges.
US12338833B2
A radial continuous-flow machine with cooling and lubrication by means of a medium flowing through the machine, wherein the medium flows from a high-pressure side to a low-pressure side of the radial continuous-flow machine, having a housing assembly and a rotor assembly that is rotatably mounted in an interior of the housing assembly, wherein at least one first bearing is provided for mounting the rotor assembly in the housing assembly, wherein the rotor assembly includes a rotor of an electric motor and an impeller, wherein the motor includes, in addition to the rotor, a stator that is a part of the housing assembly, wherein the rotor of the motor is arranged in a first region of the rotor assembly, and the stator is arranged in a first region of the housing assembly, wherein the first region of the housing assembly encloses the first region of the rotor assembly.
US12338829B2
A counter-rotating supersonic compressor. A first subsonic rotor includes a plurality of unshrouded impulse rotor blades operating at sub-sonic conditions. A second, supersonic rotor includes a fixed second rotor portion and an adjustable second rotor portion. The fixed second rotor portion includes a plurality of supersonic passageways having converging-diverging sidewalls, and internal boundary layer bleed passageways. The adjustable second rotor portion includes a plurality of centerbodies which are disposed in the supersonic passageways. Helical movement (circumferential and axial) movement of the adjustable second rotor portion with respect to the fixed second rotor portion enables upstream and downstream movement of the centerbodies in the supersonic passageways. This movement facilitates ease of supersonic startup, and automatic adjustment for changes in operation conditions, such as pressure, temperature, or mass flow rate of a working fluid such as carbon dioxide.
US12338825B2
A rotary machine includes a rotor having a cylindrical shape and having a main oil feed hole through which lubricating oil passes and that is provided in an axial direction and a slide bearing provided outward in a radial direction with a gap between the rotor and the slide bearing and configured to hold the rotor so that the rotor rotates around an axis. The rotor is provided with a branch oil feed hole through which the gap and the main oil feed hole communicate with each other and through which the lubricating oil passes. A foreign matter separating portion configured to separate foreign matter from the lubricating oil is provided further backward in a direction of rotation of the rotor than the branch oil feed hole.
US12338823B2
An electric motor, in particular for a vacuum pump, with two magnetically coupled shafts. A correction force can be set on each shaft by means of adjusting magnet devices, whereby negative effects due to errors in the magnetic coupling can be compensated.
US12338813B2
A system for cooling plungers which operate in high pressure pumps. The system uses a plunger having a blind bore formed therein. The blind bore may receive a number of different objects, some of which are fixed to the plunger. A heat exchanger may be installed within the blind bore. The heat exchanger may have internal passages or openings which allow for the circulation of fluid within the blind bore, thus cooling the plunger. The heat exchanger may be formed of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than the material used to form the plunger. This allows the heat exchanger to cool the plunger more effectively than if the plunger were solid or filled with an empty air space. The heat exchanger may be sealed within the bore of the plunger, or exposed.
US12338812B2
A pump assembly includes a pneumatic pump with a pump body having a discharge passage. The pump is operable to discharge compressed air through the discharge passage. The pump assembly also includes a cap adjacent the pump body and at least partially enclosing a first volume in communication with the discharge passage, and a casing at least partially surrounding the pump. The pump assembly further includes a second volume defined between the casing and the cap, the second volume in fluid communication with the first volume via an opening in the cap, and a casing outlet in fluid communication with the second volume. The pump assembly is configured such that the compressed air flows through the first volume and the second volume before being discharged from the casing through the casing outlet.
US12338809B2
The invention relates to a high pressure diaphragm compressor for pressurizing a gaseous fluid to a pressure of at least 10 MPa, the compressor including a compressor head having an oblong shaped chamber.
US12338807B2
A reciprocating compressor may include a discharge muffler that attenuates discharge noise of a discharge gas discharged after being compressed in a cylinder of a compression unit, and two or more discharge hoses coupled to the discharge muffler and that discharges the discharge gas outside of the compression unit through a discharge pipe. As the reciprocating compressor has two or more discharge hoses that connect the discharge muffler and the discharge pipe, while a rigidity is reduced by reducing an inner diameter of the discharge hose, clogging of the discharge gas during high-speed operation may be suppressed or prevented and pulsation may be effectively reduced.
US12338806B2
An easy-to-assemble floor pump comprises a base, a cylinder unit, and a pressure gauge. The cylinder unit is installed on the base and has a cylinder body, a through hole, a non-return seat, and a piston, the cylinder body has a first flow channel, the pressure gauge is installed at a second end of the cylinder body, the pressure gauge has a head part, a manifold part with a second flow channel formed inside, and an air outlet part disposed on the manifold part and forming a third flow channel inside; reciprocating movement of the piston causes air in the cylinder body to be capable of entering into the second flow channel and the third flow channel respectively through the first flow channel. Structural configuration of the floor pump is capable of reducing parts assembly procedures and easily replacing damaged parts.
US12338804B2
An apparatus for ionizing and accelerating a fluid comprises at least a pair of spaced-apart electrodes arranged coaxially and each comprising a planar, electrically conductive body locating a plurality of apertures arranged to substantially uniformly distribute electric charge across the body and to permit passage of the particles of the fluid therethrough. At least a leading one of the electrodes of the adjacent pair includes one or more electrically conductive projections electrically coupled to and extending generally axially in a common direction from a common side of the electrode body. The projections are arranged at spaced locations on the side of the electrode body. The projections of the leading electrode point towards a trailing one of the electrodes and define a direction of movement of the fluid.
US12338801B2
A method of controlling an aero wind power generation device, includes take-off preparation process of preparing for take-off of the aero wind power generation device; a gas injection process of injecting gas into a buoyancy generation unit of the aero wind power generation device; a take-off process of taking off the aero wind power generation device using a drone unit and the buoyancy generation unit of the aero wind power generation device; and a charging process of charging a battery connected to the aero wind power generation device using the aero wind power generation device.
US12338798B2
A method for performing uptower maintenance of a wind turbine in order to replace the main bearing on the turbine shaft is disclosed. Embodiments of this method to perform maintenance may include installing a rotor lock to resist rotation of the main shaft during maintenance, providing a lifting device in order to elevate the main shaft, removing the main bearing from its main bearing housing, and installing a replacement split main bearing. A crane may also be installed uptower to assist in the maintenance.
US12338792B2
A method for installing a rotor assembly is disclosed. The method may include attaching a mast bottom end to a tower, and unhooking a first blade-arm bundle. The method may further include laterally extending a blade such that the blade may be disposed at a predefined distance from the mast. The method may further include unhooking a first arm-brace bundle, and attaching a first bracing member distal end to the mast between a mast top end and the mast bottom end. The method may further include unhooking a second blade-arm bundle, and attaching a second arm distal end to the mast. The method may further include unhooking the second arm-brace bundle, and attaching a second bracing member distal end to the mast between the mast top end and the mast bottom end.
US12338783B2
A resource extraction and/or injection system includes an injection system configured to direct a fluid into a reservoir via a well for storage in the reservoir to facilitate extraction of resources from the reservoir and a generator configured to convert potential energy of the fluid into electrical energy via flow of the fluid through the well.
US12338782B2
An air cleaner includes an air cleaner case, an element disposed in the air cleaner case, and an intake port disposed in the air cleaner case. With respect to an imaginary plane extending in opposite first and second directions, opposite third and fourth directions, and opposite fifth and sixth directions that are perpendicular to each other, the air cleaner case includes a first half located at a side of the fifth direction and a second half located at a side of the sixth direction, with respect to an imaginary plane in which the first to fourth directions extend. The intake port is formed in the first half of the air cleaner case. The air cleaner case includes a closed wall at a position substantially symmetric to a position of the intake port with respect to the imaginary plane.
US12338781B2
A canister includes two or more chambers in which an adsorbent configured to adsorb an evaporated fuel is placed, a case, an inflow port, an atmosphere port, and outflow port. The case forms a main chamber that is one of the two or more chambers. The inflow port and the outflow port are provided to a first end of the main chamber. The case includes at least one reduced part that is a wall-like part forming an area in the main chamber in the vicinity of the first end. In the at least one reduced part, an area of a cross-section of the main chamber orthogonal to flow directions of a fluid is reduced towards the first end.
US12338763B2
An opposed-piston engine is configured to use hydrogen fuel. The opposed-piston engine has at least one cylinder and a pair of pistons disposed for opposed motion in a bore of the cylinder. Hydrogen fuel is directly side-injected into the cylinder in a compression stroke of the opposed-piston engine, mixed with charge air in the cylinder, and auto-ignited in a combustion chamber formed in the cylinder between the pistons during the compression stroke. A method of operating the hydrogen opposed-piston engine includes switching between a first ignition mode using an externally-generated ignition impulse to ignite the mixture of hydrogen fuel and charge air, and a second ignition mode using compression to ignite the mixture.
US12338762B2
An exhaust gas treatment system including: an internal combustion engine comprising an exhaust gas outlet; a first three way catalyst downstream of the exhaust gas outlet, wherein the first three way catalyst receives an exhaust output from the exhaust gas outlet; a hydrocarbon trap downstream of the first three way catalyst, wherein the hydrocarbon trap receives an exhaust output from the first three way catalyst; an exhaust heating unit downstream of the hydrocarbon trap, wherein the exhaust heating unit receives an exhaust output from the hydrocarbon trap; and a second three way catalyst downstream of the exhaust heating unit, wherein the second three way catalyst receives an exhaust output from the heating unit, wherein an air injection port is configured to selectively deliver a stream of air upstream of the hydrocarbon trap and downstream of the first three way catalyst.
US12338757B2
A method for increasing a temperature of an exhaust gas to a target temperature is provided. The method includes determining, by a controller, a target energy of the exhaust gas and determining, by the controller, a target emissions based the target energy. The method further includes determining, by the controller, a tradeoff in a performance of an engine corresponding to one or more of the target emissions, an engine speed, and a driver demand power and determining, by the controller, an allowable heater power based on the tradeoff. The method further includes operating, by the controller, a heater with a heater power command not exceeding the allowable heater power to heat the exhaust gas to the target temperature.
US12338753B2
A variable cam timing phaser includes a housing and a rotor defining a plurality of chambers, a first end plate, and a second end plate. The variable cam timing phaser additionally includes at least one air vent located at a center of rotation region of at least one of the housing, the rotor, the first end plate, or the second end plate. The at least one air vent is fluidly coupled to the plurality of chambers and is configured to vent air from the plurality of chambers. The variable cam timing phaser also includes a reservoir fluidly coupled to the at least one air vent. The reservoir is configured to retain hydraulic fluid and is configured to reduce air from being ingested through the at least one air vent and into the plurality of chambers.
