US11575083B2
An apparatus is provided which comprises: a magnetic junction having a magnet with a first magnetization (e.g., perpendicular magnetization); a first structure adjacent to the magnetic junction, wherein the first structure comprises metal (e.g., Hf, Ta, W, Ir, Pt, Bi, Cu, Mo, Gf, Ge, Ga, or Au); an interconnect adjacent to the first structure; and a second structure adjacent to the interconnect such that the first structure and the second structure are on opposite surfaces of the interconnect, wherein the second structure comprises a magnet with a second magnetization (e.g., in-plane magnetization) substantially different from the first magnetization.
US11575079B2
A vibration device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface in an obverse-reverse relationship, a vibration element disposed on the first surface, a lid bonded to the first surface, an integrated circuit disposed on the first surface, a terminal disposed on the second surface, a through electrode which penetrates the semiconductor substrate, and is configured to electrically couple the terminal and the integrated circuit to each other, and a first capacitor which is provided with a first recess provided to the semiconductor substrate and opening in the first surface, an insulating film disposed on an inside surface of the first recess, and an electrically-conductive material filling the first recess, and has a first capacitance between the electrically-conductive material and the semiconductor substrate, wherein the electrically-conductive material does not have contact with the terminal at the second surface side.
US11575074B2
Light-emitting devices are described herein. A device includes a hybridized device having a top surface and a bottom surface and a packaging substrate comprising a metal inlay in an opening on a top surface of the packaging substrate. The metal inlay is thermally coupled to the bottom surface of the hybridized device. The device also includes conductive contacts on the top surface of the packaging substrate and conductive connectors electrically coupled between the top surface of the hybridized device and the top surface of the packaging substrate.
US11575068B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting element includes: forming an active layer made of an aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN)-based semiconductor material on an n-type clad layer made of an n-type AlGaN-based semiconductor material; removing a portion of each of the active layer and the n-type clad layer by dry etching to expose a portion of the n-type clad layer; forming a first metal layer including titanium (Ti) on an exposed surface of the n-type clad layer; forming a second metal layer including aluminum (Al) on the first metal layer; and forming an n-side electrode by annealing the first metal layer and the second metal layer at a temperature not lower than 560° C. and not higher than 650° C. A film density of the second metal layer before the annealing is lower than 2.7 g/cm3.
US11575067B2
A display substrate, a display apparatus, and a manufacturing method for the display substrate are provided. The display substrate includes: a substrate and a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array on the substrate; the pixel unit includes a light emitting diode, a connecting metal pattern, and a thin film transistor arranged in sequence along a direction away from the substrate; the connecting metal pattern is conductively connected to a top electrode of the light emitting diode; an active layer of the thin film transistor is insulated and spaced from the connecting metal pattern, and the drain of the thin film transistor is conductively connected to the connecting metal pattern.
US11575063B2
The invention relates to a method for fabricating a thermal detector (1), comprising the following steps: forming a first stack (10), comprising a thermal detector (20), a mineral sacrificial layer (15) and a thin encapsulation layer (16) having a lateral vent (17.1); forming a second stack (30), comprising a thin sealing layer (33) and a getter portion (34); eliminating the mineral sacrificial layer (15); assembling by direct bonding the thin sealing layer (33), brought into contact with the thin encapsulation layer (16) and blocking the lateral vent (17.1), the getter portion (34) being located in the lateral vent (17.1).
US11575057B2
Discussed is a solar cell including a semiconductor substrate, a conductive region disposed in the semiconductor substrate or over the semiconductor substrate, and an electrode electrically connected to the conductive region. The electrode includes a first electrode part and a second electrode part disposed over the first electrode part. The second electrode part includes a particle connection layer formed by connecting a plurality of particles including a first metal and a cover layer including a second metal different from the first metal and covering at least the outside surface of the particle connection layer.
US11575056B1
A method of repairing a solar cell bonded on a substrate, by bonding a replacement solar cell on top of an existing solar cell, without removing the existing solar cell. The substrate may comprise a flexible circuit, printed circuit board, flex blanket, or solar cell panel. The bonding of the replacement solar cell on top of the existing solar cell uses a controlled adhesive pattern. Electrical connections for the existing solar cell and the replacement solar cell are made using electrical conductors on, above or embedded within the substrate. The electrical connections may extend underneath the replacement solar cell. The method further comprises removing interconnects for the electrical connections for the existing solar cell, and then welding or soldering interconnects for the electrical connections for the replacement solar cell.
US11575054B2
Discussed is a solar cell including a semiconductor substrate having an inclined part; first and second conductivity type regions formed at or on one surface of the semiconductor substrate; a first electrode connected to the first conductivity type region on the one surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a second electrode connected to the second conductivity type region on the one surface of the semiconductor substrate. At least one of the first and second electrodes includes a finger part including a plurality of inner finger parts extending in a first direction, and a plurality of outer finger parts extending in the first direction adjacent to an edge of the semiconductor substrate; and a connection part connecting at least some of the plurality of outer finger parts on one side of the semiconductor substrate adjacent to the inclined part.
US11575048B2
A display device including a plurality of thin film transistors. One of the plurality of thin film transistors includes a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer having a region overlapping the gate electrode, a gate insulating layer between the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode in contact with a surface of the semiconductor layer opposite to the side of the gate insulating layer, and a first shield electrode arranged in a region where the source electrode and the gate electrode overlap, and a second shield electrode arranged in a region where the drain electrode and the gate electrode overlap. The first shield electrode and the second shield electrode are arranged between the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer, and are insulated from the gate electrode, the semiconductor layer, the source electrode, and the drain electrode.
US11575046B2
A method for forming a multi-gate semiconductor device includes forming a fin structure including alternating stacked first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers over a substrate, forming a dummy gate structure across the fin structure, forming a first spacer alongside the dummy gate structure, removing a first portion of the first spacer to expose the dummy gate structure, forming a second spacer between a second portion of first spacer and the dummy gate structure after removing the first portion of the first spacer, removing the dummy gate structure to expose a sidewall of the second spacer, removing the first semiconductor layers of the fin structure to form a plurality of nanostructures from the second semiconductor layers of the fin structure, and forming a gate conductive structure to wrap around the plurality of nanostructures. The gate conductive structure is in contact with the sidewall of the second spacer.
US11575044B2
An integrated circuit device includes a substrate including first and second fin-type active areas, a gate structure on the first and second fin-type active areas, first and second source/drain regions on the first and second fin-type active areas, respectively, a first source/drain contact on the first source/drain region and comprising first and second portions, a second source/drain contact on the second source/drain region and comprising first and second portions, the second portion having an upper surface at a lower level than an upper surface of the first portion, a first stressor layer on the upper surface of the second portion of the first source/drain contact, and a second stressor layer on the upper surface of the second portion of the second source/drain contact, the second stressor layer including a material different from a material included in the first stressor layer.
US11575043B1
A semiconductor device includes a transistor. The transistor includes a gate electrode, a channel layer, a gate dielectric layer, a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region and a dielectric pattern. The channel layer is disposed on the gate electrode. The gate dielectric layer is located between the channel layer and the gate electrode. The first source/drain region and the second source/drain region are disposed on the channel layer at opposite sides of the gate electrode. The dielectric pattern is disposed on the channel layer. The first source/drain region covers a first sidewall and a first surface of the dielectric pattern, and a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall of the dielectric pattern is protruded from a sidewall of the first source/drain region.
US11575040B2
A semiconductor device includes a first MOS structure portion that includes, as its elements, a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a first semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type, a first second-semiconductor-layer of a second conductivity type, first semiconductor regions of the first conductivity type, and first gate insulating films, and a second MOS structure portion that includes, as its elements, the substrate, the first semiconductor layer, a second second-semiconductor-layer, second first-semiconductor-regions of the first conductivity type, and second gate insulating films. First and second portions include all of the elements of the first and second MOS structure portions other than the first and second first-semiconductor-regions and the first and second gate insulating films, respectively. A structure of one of the elements of the first portion is not identical to a structure of a corresponding element of the second portion.
US11575037B2
A transistor includes a plurality of gate fingers that extend in a first direction and are spaced apart from each other in a second direction, each of the gate fingers comprising at least spaced-apart and generally collinear first and second gate finger segments that are electrically connected to each other. The first gate finger segments are separated from the second gate finger segments in the first direction by a gap region that extends in the second direction. A resistor is disposed in the gap region.
US11575036B2
Gallium nitride (GaN) transistors with source and drain field plates are described. In an example, a transistor includes a gallium nitride (GaN) layer above a substrate, a gate structure over the GaN layer, a source region on a first side of the gate structure, a drain region on a second side of the gate structure, the second side opposite the first side, a source field plate above the source region, and a drain field plate above the drain region.
US11575034B2
An integrated circuit (IC) structure with a nanowire power switch device and a method of forming the IC structure are disclosed. The IC structure includes a front end of line (FEOL) device layer having a plurality of active devices, a first back end of line (BEOL) interconnect structure on the (FEOL) device layer, and a nanowire switch on the first BEOL interconnect structure. A first end of the nanowire switch is connected to an active device of the plurality of active devices through the first BEOL interconnect structure. The IC structure further includes a second BEOL interconnect structure on the nanowire switch. A second end of the nanowire switch is connected to a power source through the second BEOL interconnect structure and the second end is opposite to the first end.
US11575027B2
A semiconductor device includes a first device fin and a second device fin. A first source/drain component is epitaxially grown over the first device fin. A second source/drain component is epitaxially grown over the second device fin. A first dummy fin structure is disposed between the first device fin and the second device fin. A gate structure partially wraps around the first device fin, the second device fin, and the first dummy fin structure. A first portion of the first dummy fin structure is disposed between the first source/drain component and the second source/drain component and outside the gate structure. A second portion of the first dummy fin structure is disposed underneath the gate structure. The first portion of the first dummy fin structure and the second portion of the first dummy fin structure have different physical characteristics.
US11575023B2
A semiconductor structure may include one or more metal gates, one or more channels below the one or more metal gates, a gate dielectric layer separating the one or more metal gates from the one or more channels, and a high-k material embedded in the gate dielectric layer. Both the high-k material and the gate dielectric layer may be in direct contact with the one or more channels. The high-k material may provide threshold voltage variation in the one or more metal gates. The high-k material is a first high-k material or a second high-k material. The semiconductor structure may only include the first high-k material embedded in the gate dielectric layer. The semiconductor structure may only include the second high-k material embedded in the gate dielectric layer. The semiconductor structure may include both the first high-k material and the second high-k material embedded in the gate dielectric layer.
US11575020B2
A method of forming a bipolar transistor with a vertical collector contact requires providing a transistor comprising a plurality of epitaxial semiconductor layers on a first substrate, and providing a host substrate. A metal collector contact is patterned on the top surface of the host substrate, and the plurality of epitaxial semiconductor layers is transferred from the first substrate onto the metal collector contact on the host substrate. The first substrate is suitably the growth substrate for the plurality of epitaxial semiconductor layers. The host substrate preferably has a higher thermal conductivity than does the first substrate, which improves the heat dissipation characteristics of the transistor and allows it to operate at higher power densities. A plurality of transistors may be transferred onto a common host substrate to form a multi-finger transistor.
US11575013B2
A semiconductor device and the like with low power consumption are provided. In a semiconductor device including an electrostatic actuator group, an OS transistor and a capacitor are provided in each electrostatic actuator, and a power supply voltage supplied from the outside is boosted in each electrostatic actuator. The use of the OS transistor can retain the boosted voltage for a long period even after the supply of the power supply voltage is stopped. The use of the OS transistor can miniaturize the capacitor.
US11575003B2
Provided are embodiments for a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a nanosheet stack comprising one or more layers, wherein the one or more layers are induced with strain from a modified sacrificial gate. The semiconductor device also includes one or more merged S/D regions formed on exposed portions of the nanosheet stack, wherein the one or more merged S/D regions fix the strain of the one or more layers, and a conductive gate formed over the nanosheet stack, wherein the conductive gate replaces a modified sacrificial gate without impacting the strain induced in the one or more layers. Also provided are embodiments for a method for creating stress in the channel of a nanosheet transistor.
US11575002B2
A semiconductor device including a device isolation region is provided. The semiconductor device includes first active regions disposed on a substrate, and an isolation region between the active regions. The isolation region includes a first portion formed of a first insulating material, and a second portion formed of a second insulating material, having different characteristics from those of the first insulating material. The first portion is closer to the first active regions than the second portion. The second portion has a bottom surface having a height different from that of a bottom surface of the first portion.
US11574995B2
A method forms a first voltage node of a high voltage component of a microelectronic device. The method also forms a plurality of dielectric layers. The method also forms a second voltage node of the high voltage component of the microelectronic device in a fourth position such that the plurality of dielectric layers is between the first voltage node and the second voltage node. During the forming a second voltage node step, a portion of a third layer in the plurality of dielectric layers, in a region outwardly positioned relative to the second voltage node, is removed to expose the second layer, in the plurality of dielectric layers, in the region.
US11574982B2
A slit has ends each close to one of a display area and a terminal. The ends are each formed of a stepwise side face, including etch stop films.
US11574979B2
An opening, which is provided on the inner side of a first pixel electrode, which is a first electrode formed in a display region, is larger than an opening, which is provided on the inner side of a second pixel electrode, which is the first electrode formed in a dummy display region. Further, a light-emitting layer (a first light-emitting layer) formed in the display region has the same shape and the same size as a light-emitting layer (a second light-emitting layer) formed in the dummy display region.
US11574969B2
A thin film transistor array substrate having a pixel arrangement structure includes a first sub-pixel for displaying a first color and a second sub-pixel for displaying a second color alternately located in a first column, and a third sub-pixel for displaying a third color in a second column adjacent to the first column, and via holes of the first through third sub-pixels in a same row are at different positions.
US11574967B2
An organic light-emitting display (OLED) panel, including an OLED layer, a touch sensing layer, and a shielding layer, is provided. The OLED layer is suitable for displaying an image. The touch sensing layer is suitable for sensing a touch event of the OLED panel. The shielding layer is disposed between the OLED layer and the touch sensing layer. The shielding layer is suitable for blocking a mutual interference between the OLED layer and the touch sensing layer.
US11574963B2
A display device having a first substrate including lower electrodes, an upper electrode and a light-emitting layer disposed between the lower electrodes and the upper electrode. A second substrate is combined with the first substrate and defines light-emitting areas. The second substrate includes a color filter layer overlapping the light-emitting areas. A light-blocking member overlaps a light-blocking area surrounding the light-emitting areas. The light-blocking member includes openings overlapping the lower electrodes.
US11574958B2
A memory device according to an embodiment includes a fluid layer extending in a first direction, a particle in the fluid layer, a first control electrode made of a first material, a first insulating film provided between the fluid layer and the first control electrode, a second control electrode made of a second material and provided to be spaced apart from the first control electrode in the first direction, a second insulating film provided between the fluid layer and the second control electrode, a third control electrode made of a third material different from the first material and the second material and provided between the first control electrode and the second control electrode, and a third insulating film provided between the fluid layer and the third control electrode.
US11574949B2
The present disclosure relates to a camera package, a manufacturing method of a camera package, and an electronic device capable of reducing a manufacturing cost for forming a lens. The manufacturing method of the camera package according to the present disclosure includes forming a high-contact angle film around a lens forming region on an upper side of a transparent substrate that protects a solid-state imaging element, dropping a lens material in the lens forming region on the upper side of the transparent substrate, and molding the dropped lens material by a mold to form a lens. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a camera package and the like in which a lens is arranged above a solid-state imaging element.
US11574943B2
A semiconductor package is provided. The package includes a semiconductor chip that includes photoelectric conversion elements provided on an active array region of the semiconductor chip; a transparent member on the semiconductor chip; and a spacer between the semiconductor chip and the transparent member, and horizontally spaced apart from the active array region. The spacer includes: a supporter that extends from a top surface of the semiconductor chip toward a bottom surface of the transparent member; a first adhesive pattern that is between the semiconductor chip and a bottom surface of the supporter; and a second adhesive pattern that is between the transparent member a top surface of the supporter. The spacer protrudes from a lateral surface of the semiconductor chip, and a lateral surface of the spacer is offset from the lateral surface of the semiconductor chip.
US11574937B2
A peeling method at low cost with high mass productivity is provided. A silicon layer having a function of releasing hydrogen by irradiation with light is formed over a formation substrate, a first layer is formed using a photosensitive material over the silicon layer, an opening is formed in a portion of the first layer that overlaps with the silicon layer by a photolithography method and the first layer is heated to form a resin layer having an opening, a transistor including an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region is formed over the resin layer, a conductive layer is formed to overlap with the opening of the resin layer and the silicon layer, the silicon layer is irradiated with light using a laser, and the transistor and the formation substrate are separated from each other.
US11574934B2
The present disclosure provides in some embodiments an array substrate, a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device. The array substrate includes a base substrate, an insulating layer, a via hole and a first blockage pattern; wherein the insulating layer is arranged on the base substrate, the via hole runs through the insulating layer; and an orthographic projection of the first blockage pattern on the base substrate partially or entirely covers an orthographic projection of the via hole on the base substrate.
US11574927B2
A semiconductor device includes a gate electrode, a channel layer, and a ferroelectric layer. The ferroelectric layer includes a monocrystalline region located between the gate electrode and the channel layer to serve as a gate dielectric, and a polycrystalline region located at an edge of the gate electrode. A method for manufacturing the semiconductor device is also disclosed.
US11574911B2
The present application discloses a method for fabricating a semiconductor device with a protruding contact. The method includes providing a substrate; forming a bit line structure on the substrate; forming a capacitor contact structure next to the bit line structure; recessing a top surface of the bit line structure; and forming a landing pad layer covering a portion of a top surface of the capacitor contact structure and an upper portion of a sidewall of the capacitor contact structure.
US11574910B2
A device is disclosed. The device includes a plurality of capacitors, a transistor connected to each of the plurality of capacitors, and a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer on respective adjacent sides of adjacent capacitors of the plurality of capacitors. The first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer include a top portion and a bottom portion, the top portion of the first dielectric layer and the top portion of the second dielectric layer extend from respective directions and meet at a top portion of a space between the adjacent capacitors, the bottom portion of the first dielectric layer and the bottom portion of the second dielectric layer extend from respective directions and meet at a bottom portion of a space between the adjacent capacitors. The device also includes one or more air-gaps surrounded by the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer on respective adjacent sides of the adjacent capacitors, the top portion of the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer between the adjacent capacitors, and the bottom portion of the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer between the adjacent capacitors.
US11574905B2
A resistor including a device isolation layer is described that includes a first active region and a second active region, a buried insulating layer, and an N well region. The N well region surrounds the first active region, the second active region, the device isolation layer and the buried insulating layer. A first doped region and a second doped region are disposed on the first active region and the second active region. The first doped region and the second doped region are in contact with the N well region and include n type impurities.
US11574903B2
A first silicon controlled rectifier has a breakdown voltage in a first direction and a breakdown voltage in a second direction. A second silicon controlled rectifier has a breakdown voltage with a higher magnitude than the first silicon controlled rectifier in the first direction, and a breakdown voltage with a lower magnitude than the first silicon controlled rectifier in the second direction. A bidirectional electrostatic discharge (ESD) structure utilizes both the first silicon controlled rectifier and the second silicon controlled rectifier to provide bidirectional protection.
US11574899B2
The present disclosure provides a stretchable display device. The stretchable display device includes a lower substrate made of a stretchable insulating material and having an active area and a non-active area adjacent to the active area, a plurality of individual substrates spaced apart from each other and disposed in the active area of the lower substrate, pixels disposed on the plurality of individual substrates respectively, and a plurality of connecting lines disposed between the plurality of individual substrates on the lower substrate, and electrically connecting corresponding pads disposed within the plurality of individual substrates respectively. The modulus of the plurality of individual substrates is higher than the lower substrate.
US11574897B2
The disclosure provides an electronic device and a method of manufacturing an electronic device. The electronic device includes a first substrate, a plurality of light-emitting dies, a transparent material layer, a sealing material, and a second substrate. The plurality of light-emitting dies are disposed on the first substrate. The transparent material layer is disposed on the first substrate. The sealing material is disposed on the first substrate and surrounds the transparent material layer. The second substrate is adhered to the first substrate through the transparent material layer and the sealing material.
US11574896B2
A full spectrum white light emitting device comprising: a broadband solid-state excitation source operable to generate broadband blue excitation light; and at least one photoluminescence material which generates green to red light, wherein the device generates white light whose intensity over the blue to cyan region of the spectrum has a maximum percentage deviation from the intensity of light of a black-body or CIE Standard Illuminant D of less than 50%.
US11574890B2
In one example, a semiconductor device comprises a first base substrate comprising a first base conductive structure, a first encapsulant contacting a lateral side of the first base substrate, a redistribution structure (RDS) substrate over the base substrate and comprising an RDS conductive structure coupled with the first base conductive structure, a first electronic component over the RDS substrate and over a first component terminal coupled with the RDS conductive structure, and a second encapsulant over the RDS substrate and contacting a lateral side of the first electronic component. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.
US11574879B2
A device package includes a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device is disposed on a substrate. The device package further includes a covering. The covering is disposed on the substrate and surrounds the semiconductor device. The covering includes a void, a first layer, and a second layer. The void is between an interior surface of the covering and the semiconductor device. The first layer has a first electrical conductivity and a first thickness. The second layer is disposed under the first layer. The second layer has a second electrical conductivity and a second thickness. The first electrical conductivity is greater than the second electrical conductivity. The first thickness is less than the second thickness.
US11574878B2
A semiconductor structure includes a first substrate; a second substrate, disposed over the first substrate; a die, disposed over the second substrate; a via, extending through the second substrate and electrically connecting to the die; a redistribution layer (RDL) disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, including a dielectric layer, a first conductive structure electrically connecting to the via, and a second conductive structure laterally surrounding the first conductive structure; and an underfill material, partially surrounding the RDL, wherein one end of the second conductive structure exposed through the dielectric layer is entirely in contact with the underfill material.
US11574873B2
A semiconductor package includes a package substrate, a lower semiconductor device arranged on the package substrate and including first through electrodes, first lower connection bumps arranged between the package substrate and the lower semiconductor device and electrically connecting the package substrate to the first through electrodes, a connecting substrate arranged on the package substrate and including second through electrodes, second lower connection bumps arranged between the package substrate and the connecting substrate and electrically connecting the package substrate to the second through electrodes, and an upper semiconductor device arranged on the lower semiconductor device and electrically connected to the first through electrodes and the second through electrodes.
US11574872B2
Package structure and method of manufacturing the same are provided. The package structure includes a first die, a second die, a first encapsulant, a bridge die, and a second encapsulant. The first encapsulant laterally encapsulates the first die and the second die. The bridge die is electrically connected to the first die and the second die. The second encapsulant is located over the first die, the second die and the first encapsulant, laterally encapsulating the bridge die and filling a space between the bridge die and the first die, between the bridge die and the first encapsulant and between the bridge die and the second die. A material of the second encapsulant is different from a material of the first encapsulant.
US11574870B2
A microelectronic device comprises pillar structures extending vertically through an isolation material, conductive lines electrically coupled to the pillar structures, contact structures between the pillar structures and the conductive lines, and interconnect structures between the conductive lines and the contact structures. The conductive lines comprise one or more of titanium, ruthenium, aluminum, and molybdenum. The interconnect structures comprise a material composition that is different than one or more of a material composition of the contact structures and a material composition of the conductive lines. Related memory devices, electronic systems, and methods are also described.
US11574865B2
A method (of manufacturing a semiconductor device) includes: forming via structures in a first via layer over a transistor layer; forming a first via structure of a first deep via arrangement in the first via layer; forming conductive segments in a first metallization layer over the first via layer; forming M_1st routing segments at least a majority of which, relative to a first direction, have corresponding long axes with lengths which at least equal if not exceed a first permissible minimum value for routing segments in the first metallization layer; forming an M_1st interconnection segment having a long axis which is less than the first permissible minimum value and which is included in the first deep via arrangement; and forming via structures in a second via layer over the first metallization layer, including forming a first via structure of the first deep via arrangement in the second via layer.
US11574863B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide an integrated circuit (IC) structure, including a device layer including a device on a substrate. A local interconnect layer is over the device layer, and includes a first dielectric material over the substrate. The first dielectric material has a first effective dielectric constant. A second dielectric material is over the device and adjacent the first dielectric material. The second dielectric material has a second effective dielectric constant less than the first effective dielectric constant.
US11574858B2
A foil-based package and a method for manufacturing a foil-based package includes, among other things, a first and a second foil substrate. An electronic component is arranged between the two foil substrates in a sandwich-like manner. Due to the component thickness, there is a distance difference between the two foil substrates between the mounting area of the component and ears outside of the mounting area. The foil-based package and the method provides means for reducing and/or compensating a distance difference between the first foil substrate and the second foil substrate caused by the component thickness.
US11574850B2
A planar fin for use in a heat sink includes turbulent structures extending from the sides of the planar fin. Each turbulent structure defines a longitudinal axis and having a first edge that is parallel to the longitudinal axis and connected to the a planar surface of the fin. Each turbulent structure also includes a second edge opposite the first edged and in free space. The second edge defines a periphery that varies in distance from the first edge along the length of the longitudinal axis. The periphery of each second edge is further shaped such that turbulent flow of a fluid is induced in the flow flowing over the second edge at at least a predefined flow rate.
US11574847B2
A forming method of a semiconductor package includes the following steps. A first die is provided. The first die includes a first bonding structure and a first seal ring, the first bonding structure is formed at a first side of the first die, a first portion of the first seal ring is formed between the first side and the first bonding structure, and a width of the first portion is smaller than a width of a second portion of the first seal ring. A second die is provided. The second die includes a second bonding structure. The first die and the second die are bonded onto an integrated circuit through the first bonding structure and the second bonding structure.
US11574836B2
An apparatus including a drive having motors and at least two coaxial drive shafts; an arm connected to the drive, where the arm is configured to support at least one substrate thereon; and a transmission connected between the drive and the arm, where the transmission includes an eccentric bearing and a linkage, where the linkage is connected between a first one of the coaxial drive shafts and the arm, where the eccentric bearing is connected to a second one of the coaxial drive shafts, where the arm comprises an aperture, where the eccentric bearing is located in the aperture, and where the eccentric bearing is configured to contact the arm in the aperture.
US11574833B2
An electrostatic chuck fixes a substrate and includes a first area and a second area adjacent to the first area. The electrostatic chuck includes a first electrode portion disposed in the first area and a second electrode portion disposed in the second area. The first electrode portion has a first width, and the second electrode portion has a second width smaller than the first width.
US11574832B2
A die attach system is provided. The die attach system includes a verification substrate configured to receive a plurality of die, the verification substrate including a plurality of substrate reference markers. The die attach system also includes an imaging system for determining an alignment of the plurality of die with the verification substrate by imaging each of the plurality of die with respective ones of the plurality of substrate reference markers.
US11574826B2
Exemplary substrate processing systems may include a factory interface and a load lock coupled with the factory interface. The systems may include a transfer chamber coupled with the load lock. The transfer chamber may include a robot configured to retrieve substrates from the load lock. The systems may include a chamber system positioned adjacent and coupled with the transfer chamber. The chamber system may include a transfer region laterally accessible to the robot. The transfer region may include a plurality of substrate supports disposed about the transfer region. Each substrate support of the plurality of substrate supports may be vertically translatable. The transfer region may also include a transfer apparatus rotatable about a central axis and configured to engage substrates and transfer substrates among the plurality of substrate supports. The chamber system may also include a plurality of processing regions vertically offset and axially aligned with an associated substrate support.
US11574816B2
A method for manufacturing electronic chips includes forming, on the side of a first face of a semiconductor substrate, in and on which a plurality of integrated circuits has been formed beforehand, metallizations coupling contacts of adjacent integrated circuits to one another. The method further includes forming, on the side of the first face of the substrate, first trenches extending through the first face of the substrate and laterally separating the adjacent integrated circuits. The first trenches extend through the metallizations to form at least a portion of metallizations at each of the adjacent circuits.
US11574814B2
A substrate includes an etching target film as a target of etching and a first film. The first film is formed on the etching target film and is made of a material having an etching rate smaller than an etching rate of the etching target film. The first film has multiple first openings formed at a first distance therebetween in one direction of a surface of the first film. The first film has a second opening formed at an outside of the multiple first openings in the one direction while being spaced apart from an outermost one of the first openings by a second distance equivalent to the first distance. The second opening has a width larger than a width of the first openings and a depth smaller than a depth of the first openings.
US11574809B2
There is provided a method for manufacturing a nitride semiconductor template constituted by forming a nitride semiconductor layer on a substrate, comprising: (a) forming a first layer by epitaxially growing a nitride semiconductor containing aluminum on the substrate; (b) applying annealing to the first layer in an inert gas atmosphere; and (c) forming a second layer by epitaxially growing a nitride semiconductor containing aluminum on the first layer by a vapor phase growth after performing (b), and constituting the nitride semiconductor layer by the first layer and the second layer.
US11574805B2
Materials and methods for modifying semiconducting substrate surfaces in order to dramatically change surface energy are provided. Preferred materials include perfluorocarbon molecules or polymers with various functional groups. The functional groups (carboxylic acids, hydroxyls, epoxies, aldehydes, and/or thiols) attach materials to the substrate surface by physical adsorption or chemical bonding, while the perfluorocarbon components contribute to low surface energy. Utilization of the disclosed materials and methods allows rapid transformation of surface properties from hydrophilic to hydrophobic (water contact angle 120° and PGMEA contact angle) 70°. Selective liquiphobic modifications of copper over Si/SiOx, TiOx over Si/SiOx, and SiN over SiOx are also demonstrated.
US11574803B2
A method of analysis using mass spectrometry and/or ion mobility spectrometry is disclosed. The method comprises: using a first device to generate smoke, aerosol or vapour from a target comprising or consisting of a microbial population; mass analysing and/or ion mobility analysing said smoke, aerosol or vapour, or ions derived therefrom, in order to obtain spectrometric data; and analysing said spectrometric data in order to analyse said microbial population.
US11574798B2
A plasma processing apparatus includes a container; a stage disposed in the container and including an electrode; a plasma source that generates plasma in the container; a bias power supply that periodically supplies a pulsed negative DC voltage to the electrode; an edge ring disposed to surround a substrate placed on the stage; and a DC power supply that supplies a DC voltage to the edge ring. The DC power supply supplies a first DC voltage in a first time period when the pulsed negative DC voltage is not supplied to the electrode, and supplies a second DC voltage in a second time period when the pulsed negative DC voltage is supplied to the electrode.
US11574790B2
A system for generating X-ray beams from a liquid target includes a vacuum chamber, a diamond window assembly, an electron source, a target material flow system, and an X-ray detector/imager. An electron beam from the electron source travels through the diamond window assembly and into a dynamic target material of the flow system. Preferably, the dynamic target material is lead bismuth eutectic in a liquid state. Upon colliding with the dynamic target material, X-rays are generated. The generated X-rays exit through an X-ray exit window to be captured by the X-ray detector/imager. Since the dynamic target material is constantly in fluid motion within a pipeline of the flow system, the electron beam always has a new target area which is at a controlled operational temperature and thus, prevents overheating issues. By providing a small focus area for the electron beams, the overall imaging resolution of the X-rays is also improved.
US11574781B2
A system includes a frame and a camera coupled to the frame. The camera includes a switch having an on position and an off position. The switch coupled to the frame wherein when the switch is in an off position a portion of the switch covers the lens and the camera is disable and when the switch is in an on position the portion of switch does not cover the lens and the camera is enabled.
US11574771B2
A provided wireless wallbox dimmer may accommodate a plurality of button configurations. The dimmer may be configured to contain a variable number of controllably conductive devices. The dimmer may include a yoke that defines a first plane and an antenna that defines a second plane that is substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the first plane. The yoke may have a flange that is oriented angularly offset relative to the first plane and provides a plurality of mounting locations for controllably conductive devices. The antenna may provide the dimmer with a first wireless transmission range. The dimmer may include a faceplate that cooperates with the antenna to provide the dimmer with a second wireless transmission range that is broader than the first wireless transmission range. The dimmer may include a button assembly that is supported independently of the yoke.
US11574769B2
Provided is a brace apparatus for a transformer tank and a method for determining the length thereof. The brace apparatus is mounted on a transformer tank so as to reinforce the transformer tank. The brace apparatus has a brace main body forming the exterior thereof, and in order to block the occurrence of resonance in an inner space of the brace main body, the length of the brace main body is set to be at a value at which resonance does not occur in the inner space, or a partition plate is provided to the brace main body so as to block the occurrence of resonance. In present invention, the length of the brace apparatus may be set by means of a simple configuration, thereby enabling the prevention of noise from occurring due to resonance.
US11574768B2
A coil component includes a body having one surface and the other surface facing each other; an insulating substrate embedded in the body, and having one surface substantially perpendicular to the one surface of the body; a coil portion disposed on the one surface of the insulating substrate, and including a coil pattern layer having a coil pattern and a lead-out pattern extending from the coil pattern and exposed from the one surface of the body; an insulating layer disposed on the one surface of the insulating substrate to cover the coil pattern layer; and first and second external electrodes arranged to be spaced apart from each other on the one surface of the body and respectively connected to the lead-out pattern. A thickness of the lead-out pattern is greater than a thickness of the coil pattern, and less than a thickness of the insulating layer.
US11574765B2
A coil component includes a body having one surface and the other surface facing each other, and having one end surface and the other end surface facing each other in one direction; a supporting substrate embedded in the body; a coil portion disposed on the supporting substrate; a first lead-out portion connected to one end of the coil portion and exposed from the body; and a second lead-out portion connected to the other end of the coil portion and exposed from the body. The coil portion has a first pattern region facing the one surface and a second pattern region facing the other surface, each of the first and second pattern regions extends in the one direction, and a distance of the first pattern region in the one direction is shorter than a distance of the second pattern region in the one direction.
US11574764B2
A dust core includes a compact containing a soft magnetic powder and also includes a cover coat for the compact. The cover coat contains a polyamideimide-modified epoxy resin. An electric/electronic component includes the dust core, a coil, and a connection terminal connected to each end portion of the coil. At least one portion of the dust core is placed so as to be located in an induced magnetic field generated by the current flowing in the coil through the connection terminal. An electric/electronic device includes the electric/electronic component.
US11574763B2
A coil component includes a body having both end surfaces opposing each other in a length direction; a support substrate disposed in the body; a coil portion disposed on the support substrate in a width direction of the body, and including first and second lead-out portions each exposed to a first surface and a second surface of the body opposing each other in a thickness direction of the body, respectively, and disposed on the support substrate; and first and second external electrodes disposed on the first surface of the body, spaced apart from each other, and connected to one ends of the first and second lead-out portions exposed to the first surface of the body, respectively.
US11574762B2
A coil component includes a body and a coil portion embedded in the body and having a plurality of turns wound about an axis. Each of the plurality of turns includes a plurality of corner portions adjacent to corners of the body, and at least one connection portion connecting adjacent corner portions among the plurality of corner portions, and a difference in heights, measured in the direction of the axis, between an innermost turn and a turn adjacent to the innermost turn, among the plurality of turns, is greater in the corner portion than in the connection portion.
US11574753B2
The present disclosure provides a support device and a display apparatus. The support device includes: a support platform; a base disposed opposite to the support platform; and a plurality of superconducting magnetic levitation structures, each of the superconducting magnetic levitation structures including a superconductor and a magnet disposed oppositely; in each of the superconducting magnetic levitation structures, one of the superconductor and the magnet is disposed on the support platform, and the other is disposed on the base. The plurality of superconducting magnetic levitation structures are arranged to operate independently of each other without interference, and a repulsive force between the superconductor and the magnet of each of the superconducting magnetic levitation structures is set to be adjustable.
US11574737B2
A multi-communication path selection and security system for a medical device includes a medical device and a computer. The medical device includes a processor, one or more communication interfaces, and a memory that stores configurable settings, medical device policies and profiles associated with a plurality of communication links. The processor establishes a location variable associated with the medical device and when the location variable exceeds a location proximity threshold, the processor alters one or more settings of the medical device based on the medical device policies. The processor establishes a source location variable associated with the computer or an incoming message from the computer, and when the source location variable exceeds a source proximity threshold, the processor alters the incoming message or the settings of the medical device based on the medical device policies.
US11574732B1
Provided are mechanisms and processes for a virtual waiting room. According to various examples, the system includes a medical schedule processor that logs when a medical professional enters an examination room to conduct an examination of a patient and compares this time with scheduling information to predict whether future appointments on that day will be delayed. The scheduling information is cryptographically separated from Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) information. The system also includes a notification interface that sends data including current appointment status of the medical professional, predicted delays, and modified appointment times for each appointment for the day to a medical scheduling management app that is viewable by patients of the medical professional. The predicted delays and modified appointment times are updated periodically.
US11574730B2
A data management system is provided with: a storage unit for storing examination information including at least an examination item, an examination location, a consultation location, and a required examination time, the examination item including examination names of a plurality of examinations; an acquisition unit for acquiring patient information relating to severity and an identifier for identifying the patient to be examined; a calculation unit for calculating, in accordance with the patient, the necessary travel time for traveling from the examination location or consultation location at which a completed examination or consultation was performed to the next examination location or consultation location at which the next examination or consultation subsequent to the examination or consultation is to be performed, based on the patient information and the examination information; and a generating unit for generating a patient examination schedule based on the examination information, the patient information, and the travel time.
US11574729B1
An automated decision support computer system based on data informatics, includes a first computer readable processing component including a plurality of resource attribute data profiles in which the resource attribute data profiles are generated at least partly from a plurality of electronic computer readable destination records. A second computer readable processing component includes a plurality of patient classification attribute data profiles in which the patient classification attribute data profiles are generated at least partly from a plurality of computer readable electronic health records. The automated decision support computer system also includes a decision support classification computer engine for scoring and ranking the plurality of resource attribute data profiles with the plurality of patient classification attribute data profiles to generate a computer readable evaluation attribute data profile for display on a computer screen.
US11574728B2
The present disclosure relates to a medical imaging method for enabling magnetic resonance imaging of a subject (318) using a set of imaging parameters of imaging protocols, the method comprising: receiving information related to the subject; using a predefined machine learning model for suggesting at least one imaging protocol for the received information, wherein the imaging protocol comprises at least part of the set of imaging parameters and associated values; providing the imaging protocol.
US11574721B2
A system and method that identifies delayed infusion programs at an infusion pump or with a first computer and an infusion pump. The first computer receives an infusion auto-program from a remote source, transmits the infusion auto-program to the infusion pump, and sends a stale auto-program to the infusion pump. The infusion pump receives a manual infusion program, saves and executes the manual infusion program, and compares the stale auto-program to the manual infusion program to identify potential matches between the stale auto-program and the manual infusion program. The infusion pump evaluates the potential matches and determines if the potential matches are within a predefined tolerance, continues to execute the at least one manual infusion program on the infusion pump if the potential matches are within the predefined tolerance, and remotely saves differences in the manual infusion program and the at stale auto-program in a remote server for later analysis.
US11574715B2
Disclosed is a method for displaying a health registry-issued vaccination certification of a user on a user-mobile device, said method comprising the steps of: coupling the user-mobile device to a health registry over a network for display of a health registry-issued vaccination certification for the user; and outputting a visual display from the user-mobile device certifying the user's vaccination status.
US11574700B2
A memory device includes a memory cell array including normal memory cells and redundant memory cells; first page buffers connected to the normal memory cells through first bit lines including a first bit line group and a second bit line group and arranged in a first area corresponding to the first bit lines in a line in a first direction; and second page buffers connected to the redundant memory cells through second bit lines including a third bit line group and a fourth bit line group and arranged in a second area corresponding to the second bit lines in a line in the first direction, wherein, when at least one normal memory cell connected to the first bit line group is determined as a defective cell, normal memory cells connected to the first bit line group are replaced with redundant memory cells connected to the third bit line group.
US11574697B2
Devices, systems and methods for improving a decoding operation in a non-volatile memory are described. An example method includes performing a first hard read to obtain a first set of values stored in a plurality of cells, storing the first set of values in a first buffer, performing a plurality of subsequent hard reads on the plurality of cells to obtain a plurality of subsequent sets of values, performing, for each subsequent set of values, the following operations: computing a quality metric, storing, in a second buffer, a difference between the subsequent set of values and the set of values stored in the first buffer, wherein the difference is stored in a compressed format, and storing, in response to the quality metric exceeding a threshold, the subsequent set of values in the first buffer, and generating, based on the first buffer and the second buffer, the log-likelihood ratio.
US11574688B2
A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory configured to execute one of a plurality of read operations, including a first read operation and a second read operation, and a memory controller configured to issue a read command to the nonvolatile memory to cause the nonvolatile memory to execute one of the plurality of read operations. The memory controller is configured to receive a read request, estimate a reliability level of a result of a read operation to be executed by the nonvolatile memory to read data from a physical address specified in the read request, select one of the first and second read operations to be executed first in a read sequence corresponding to the read request by the nonvolatile memory based on the estimated reliability level, and instruct the nonvolatile memory to execute the selected read operation.
US11574686B2
According to the one embodiment, a memory system includes a semiconductor memory device and a memory controller. The semiconductor memory device includes: first and second memory cells stacked above a substrate; a first word line coupled to the first and second memory cells; a first bit line coupled to the first memory cell; and a second bit line coupled to the second memory cell. A first state read operation includes a first read operation for reading data from the first memory cell and a second read operation for reading data from the second memory cell. A first read voltage is applied to the first word line during a first period for executing the first read operation, and a second read voltage is applied to the first word line during a second period for executing the second read operation.
US11574684B2
The present invention relates to a dynamic random access memory and a programming method therefor with two stages. In a first stage, a capacitor of a memory cell of the dynamic random access memory is broken down, so that the dynamic random access memory becomes a one-time programmable memory. In a second stage, a resistance of the capacitor that is broken down is reduced, so that state data of the memory cell can be more easily interpreted.
US11574668B2
Apparatuses and methods are disclosed that include ferroelectric memory and for operating ferroelectric memory. An example apparatus includes a capacitor having a first plate, a second plate, and a ferroelectric dielectric material. The apparatus further includes a first digit line and a first selection component configured to couple the first plate to the first digit line, and also includes a second digit line and a second selection component configured to couple the second plate to the second digit line.
US11574665B2
Methods, systems, and devices for timing chains for accessing memory cells are described to implement some delays at logic circuitry under an array of memory cells. The memory array logic may represent CMOS under array logic circuitry. A bank group logic may generate a first memory operation and a longer delay corresponding to a timing between the first operation and a second operation. The first operation may represent an access operation, a precharging operation, or the like. The memory array logic may be signaled regarding the first operation and may generate one or more smaller delays associated with one or more sub-operations of the first operation. The smaller delays may be tunable, which may support a memory device or controller to implement operations or sub-operations with different timings based on different processes, different memory cell characteristics, or different temperatures, among other examples.
US11574663B2
A data latch circuit includes a first n-channel transistor and a first p-channel transistor. A gate of the first n-channel transistor and a gate of the first p-channel transistor are a common gate.
US11574659B2
A memory system having a processing device (e.g., CPU) and memory regions (e.g., in a DRAM device) on the same chip or die. The memory regions store data used by the processing device during machine learning processing (e.g., using a neural network). One or more controllers are coupled to the memory regions and configured to: read data from a first memory region (e.g., a first bank), including reading first data from the first memory region, where the first data is for use by the processing device in processing associated with machine learning; and write data to a second memory region (e.g., a second bank), including writing second data to the second memory region. The reading of the first data and writing of the second data are performed in parallel.
US11574654B2
In various examples, recordings of gameplay sessions are enhanced by the application of special effects to relatively high(er) and/or low(er) interest durations of the gameplay sessions. Durations of relatively high(er) or low(er) predicted interest in a gameplay session are identified, for instance, based upon level of activity engaged in by a gamer during a particular gameplay session duration. Once identified, different variations of video characteristic(s) are applied to at least a portion of the identified durations for implementation during playback. The recordings may be generated and/or played back in real-time with a live gameplay session, or after completion of the gameplay session. Further, video data of the recordings themselves may be modified to include the special effects and/or indications of the durations and/or variations may be included in metadata and used for playback.
US11574650B1
A method for writing servo information in a disk drive that includes a write head and one or more recording surfaces includes: writing a first portion of a first spiral with the write head on a first recording surface of the one or more recording surfaces while controlling a radial position of the write head with a controller that is configured with a first set of controller parameter values; after the read head crosses a second spiral formed on a second recording surface of the one or more recording surfaces, determining a radial position error for the write head based on information associated with the second spiral; and in response to the radial position error exceeding a disturbance threshold value, writing a second portion of the first spiral with the write head while controlling the radial position of the write head with the controller while the controller is configured with a second set of controller parameter values.
US11574649B1
A magnetic storage device that includes a housing, including a base, a cover, and an interior cavity. The magnetic storage device also includes an actuator controller, located in the interior cavity and configured to generate an actuator command signal. The magnetic storage device further includes an actuatable component, located in the interior cavity, and an actuator, located in the interior cavity and operable to actuate the actuatable component in response to the actuator command signal. The magnetic storage device also includes a vibration sensor, located in the interior cavity and configured to detect a vibration of the cover. The magnetic storage device further includes a sensor feedforward controller, located in the interior cavity and configured to generate a gain signal, based on the vibration of the cover detected by the vibration sensor, and to modify the actuator command signal proportional to the gain signal.
US11574647B1
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) head that includes a near-field transducer (NFT) with a trailing bevel. Also disclosed are sliders and data storage devices comprising those HAMR heads, and methods of manufacturing HAMR heads with NFTs having trailing bevels. A HAMR head comprises a waveguide core, a main pole, and a NFT comprising a trailing beveled edge at an acute angle to an air-bearing surface (ABS) of the HAMR head. A method of fabricating a HAMR head comprises depositing material for a NFT, creating a trailing-side surface of the NFT, and creating a trailing beveled edge in the trailing-side surface of the NFT at the ABS, and forming a dielectric layer over the trailing beveled edge. The trailing beveled edge is at an acute angle to the ABS, and a remainder of the trailing-side surface of the NFT is substantially perpendicular to the ABS.
US11574637B1
Techniques for using a federated learning framework to update machine learning models for spoken language understanding (SLU) system are described. The system determines which labeled data is needed to update the models based on the models generating an undesired response to an input. The system identifies users to solicit labeled data from, and sends a request to a user device to speak an input. The device generates labeled data using the spoken input, and updates the on-device models using the spoken input and the labeled data. The updated model data is provided to the system to enable the system to update the system-level (global) models.
US11574633B1
Enhanced graphical user interfaces for transcription of audio and video messages is disclosed. Audio data may be transcribed, and the transcription may include emphasized words and/or punctuation corresponding to emphasis of user speech. Additionally, the transcription may be translated into a second language. A message spoken by a user depicted in one or more images of video data may also be transcribed and provided to one or more devices.
US11574628B1
Techniques for speech processing using a deep neural network (DNN) based acoustic model front-end are described. A new modeling approach directly models multi-channel audio data received from a microphone array using a first model (e.g., multi-geometry/multi-channel DNN) that is trained using a plurality of microphone array geometries. Thus, the first model may receive a variable number of microphone channels, generate multiple outputs using multiple microphone array geometries, and select the best output as a first feature vector that may be used similarly to beamformed features generated by an acoustic beamformer. A second model (e.g., feature extraction DNN) processes the first feature vector and transforms it to a second feature vector having a lower dimensional representation. A third model (e.g., classification DNN) processes the second feature vector to perform acoustic unit classification and generate text data. The DNN front-end enables improved performance despite a reduction in microphones.
US11574621B1
A system for enabling end user devices to access third party cloud-based resources. For example, the system may include a first party cloud-based resource for converting sound into a format accessible to the third party cloud-based resource, storing and/or maintaining state information related to the an open communication session between the end user device and the third party cloud-based resources, and converting text-based audio announcements into audio that may be output by the end user device. In some cases, the first party cloud-based resource may transmit user responses together with stored state information to the third party cloud-based resources in a manner that the third part cloud-based resources may treat each interaction with the end user as a separate communication session.
US11574618B2
Methods and apparatus for harmonic source enhancement are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes an interface to receive a media signal. The example apparatus also includes a harmonic source enhancer to determine a magnitude spectrogram of audio corresponding to the media signal; generate a time-frequency mask based on the magnitude spectrogram; and apply the time-frequency mask to the magnitude spectrogram to enhance a harmonic source of the media signal.
US11574611B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first surface and a second surface facing in an opposite direction of the first surface, a display exposed through the first surface of the housing and including a plurality of pixels, at least one illumination sensor disposed between the display and the second surface of the housing or disposed in the display, at least one processor electrically connected with the display and the at least one illumination sensor, and a memory electrically connected with the at least one processor, wherein the memory may store instructions configured to, upon execution by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to control to transmit to the display image data to be output through the plurality of pixels of the display, receive illumination-related data obtained by detecting light outside the first surface of the housing using the at least one illumination sensor, and change a brightness of at least a portion of the display based on at least a portion of the transmitted image data and the illumination-related data.
US11574609B2
A display device and data driver are provided. The display device includes a plurality of data drivers provided for a predetermined number of data lines in a plurality of data lines. The plurality of data drivers receive the serialized video data signal from the display controller, generate a modulated data timing signal whose period changes within the one frame period, and supply a gradation voltage signal to each of the predetermined number of data lines for each of data periods based on a data timing of the modulated data timing signal, each of data periods corresponding to the data timing of the modulated data timing signal.
US11574604B2
A display device can include a display panel configured to display images; and a data driver configured to receive digital data signals, determine a difference value between two consecutive data signals for data voltages to be output based on the digital data signals, change a voltage of the data voltages based on the difference value to generate a changed data voltage, and output the changed data voltage.
US11574598B2
Disclosed are a gate driver circuit having a reduced size, and a display device including the same. The gate driver circuit includes a plurality of stage circuits. Each stage circuit supplies a gate signal to each of gate lines arranged in a display panel, and includes a M node, a Q node, a QH node, and a QB node. Each stage circuit includes a gate signal output module configured to operate based on a voltage level of the Q node or a voltage level of the QB node to output first to j-th gate signals based on first to j-th scan clock signals or a first low-potential voltage.
US11574595B2
A pixel circuit, a display panel, a display device, and a driving method. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting element, a driving transistor, a light emitting control circuit, a reset circuit, a threshold compensation circuit, a first data write circuit, and an initializing circuit. The reset circuit includes a first transistor, the first data write circuit includes a third transistor, and a channel length-width ratio of the first transistor is greater than a channel length-width ratio of the third transistor.
US11574591B2
A display device includes pixels connected to scan lines, sensing lines, readout lines, and data lines; a scan driver including stages to supply a scan signal and a sensing signal to the scan lines and the sensing lines; a data driver which supplies a data signal to the data lines; a timing controller which divides one frame into an active period including a scan period in which the data signal is supplied to the data lines and a display period in which the pixels emit light in response to the data signal, and a blank period including a sensing period in which electrical characteristics of the pixels are detected and a reset period in which the stages are reset; and a compensator which generates a compensation value for compensating for deterioration of the pixels based on sensing values provided from the readout lines during the sensing period.
US11574580B2
Systems and methods for a six-primary color system for display. A six-primary color system increases the number of primary colors available in a color system and color system equipment. Increasing the number of primary colors reduces metameric errors from viewer to viewer. The six-primary color system includes Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta primaries. The systems of the present invention maintain compatibility with existing color systems and equipment and provide systems for backwards compatibility with older color systems.
US11574575B2
Provided are a shift register unit, a shift register, a display panel and a driving method thereof. The shift register unit includes: an input circuit electrically coupled to an input terminal, a first voltage terminal and a pull-up node; an output circuit electrically coupled to the pull-up node, a first clock terminal, a first scan control terminal, a first output terminal and a second output terminal; and a scan control circuit electrically coupled to the second output terminal, a second voltage terminal and a second scan control terminal. The input circuit is configured to write a first voltage provided by the first voltage terminal into the pull-up node in response to a start signal inputted to the input terminal. The output circuit is configured to output a first clock signal from the first clock terminal via the first output terminal, when the pull-up node is at the first voltage.
US11574571B2
A display panel includes a second display region and a first display region arranged side by side in a direction in which data signal lines extend, and a source driver provided in a picture-frame region close to the second display region. The display panel further includes a switching signal line disposed between the second display region and the first display region, and a plurality of switches provided at intersecting portions of the data signal lines and the switching signal line. Each of the plurality of switches is connected at a control terminal thereof to the switching signal line, connected at a first conductive terminal thereof to a data signal line disposed in the first display region, and connected at a second conductive terminal thereof to a data signal line disposed in the second display region.
US11574565B2
This present invention relates to a unique flag pole and flag hoisting system capable of displaying a fully-expanded flag despite the lack of wind, and features two hinge connected rods that attach to the top and side edge of a flag, and utilizes a pulley system to expand and secure the flag in place. The system is adjustable to half-mast or any other height along the flag pole as desired, and offers a simple, convenient, and effective method of displaying any type of flag.
US11574564B2
An adhesive-backed floor, wall, or window graphic adapted for installation on a floor, wall, or window, is provided that includes a printed flexible substrate, an adhesive located on a back of the printed flexible substrate, and a back liner system. The back liner system, at least for the adhesive-backed wall and window graphic, includes removable liner dots at least in two upper corners of the adhesive-backed window graphic and in a medial location of the adhesive-backed window graphic, a center removable liner strip that is oriented vertically in an installation orientation of the adhesive-backed window graphic, and a plurality of side removable liner strips located on both sides of the center removable liner strip. An installation method using the adhesive-backed floor, wall, or window graphic is also provided that provides for easier installation with professional results.
US11574546B2
A method maneuvers vehicles in clusters. The method forms a first main cluster, the first main cluster having at least two 1st-order sub-clusters that each have at least one cluster vehicle, and having a first cluster formation with a predefined cluster length. The method determines a first leading vehicle for the first main cluster from the cluster vehicles; and maneuvers the first main cluster. The cluster vehicles of the first main cluster orient themselves to the first leading vehicle. The first cluster formation is maintained for the first main cluster for as long as the maximum length of the first main cluster remains less than or equal to the sum of the predefined cluster length and a tolerance length.
US11574544B1
An impairment analysis (“IA”) computer system for detecting an impairment is provided. The IA computer system is associated with a host vehicle, and includes at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device. The at least one processor is programmed to: (i) interrogate or otherwise scan a target vehicle by using a plurality of sensors included on a host vehicle to scan the target vehicle and a target driver; (ii) receive sensor data including target driver data and target vehicle condition data; (iii) analyze the sensor data by applying a baseline model to the sensor data; (iv) detect an impairment of the target driver or target vehicle based upon the analysis; and/or (v) output an alert signal to a host vehicle controller, or direct collision preventing actions (such as automatically engage vehicle safety systems), based upon the determination that the target driver or target vehicle is impaired.
US11574539B2
A traffic-flow prediction for a roadway segment is obtained at the processing hub by receiving an externally generated prediction, or generating the prediction locally. The prediction is obtained. Traffic-flow prediction data, which is individually collected by multiple traffic probes and associated with the roadway segment, is obtained, and saved as recorded traffic data. A validation module generates a verified traffic-flow prediction based on a subset of the recorded traffic data, wherein the subset of the recorded traffic data. Traffic-flow prediction data collected by a first subset of traffic probes is included, but traffic-flow prediction data collected by a second subset of the traffic probes is specifically excluded. A quality index is generated based on a degree to which the traffic-flow prediction corresponds to the verified traffic-flow prediction. The traffic-flow prediction is conditionally corrected based on the quality index. Traffic messages including the prediction are sent to at least one user device.
US11574536B2
Various embodiments are generally directed to an apparatus, method and other techniques for detecting, by one or more sensor components, at least one sensor input, and executing, by logic, at least one instruction to cause an event on a wearable wireless device, the event comprising at least one of a change in a physical parameter on the wearable wireless device and a wireless communication with a computing device via a transceiver.
US11574494B2
A training system for a neural network system and method of training is disclosed. The method may comprise: receiving, from a sensor, an image frame captured while an operator is controlling a vehicle; using an eye-tracking system associated with the sensor, monitoring the eyes of the operator to determine eyeball gaze data; determining, from the image frame, a plurality of pedestrians; and iteratively training the neural network system to determine, from among the plurality of pedestrians, the one or more target pedestrians using the eyeball gaze data and an answer dataset that is based on the eyeball gaze data, wherein the determined one or more target pedestrians have a relatively-higher probability of collision with the vehicle than a remainder of the plurality of pedestrians.
US11574493B1
Techniques are described for migrating information from a first account to a second account, based on analyzed image(s) of document(s). Image(s) of a document may be generated using an image capture device of a smartphone or other portable computing device. The image(s) may be analyzed, through pattern recognition analysis or barcode scanning, to extract the information from the image(s). The information may then be employed to schedule a transaction, such as payment of a bill described in the information. In some instances, the extracted information may be used as part of an account migration process, in which transactions are migrated from a first account to a second account.
US11574478B2
An edge computing system is deployed at a physical location and receives an input from one or more image/video sensing mechanisms. The edge computing system executes artificial intelligence image/video processing modules on the received image/video streams and generates metrics by performing spatial analysis on the images/video stream. The metrics are provided to a multi-tenant service computing system where additional artificial intelligence (AI) modules are executed on the metrics to execute perception analytics. Client applications can then be run on the output of the AI modules in the multi-tenant service computing system.
US11574476B2
Some embodiments relate to a system and method to increase the speed of a computer determination whether a video contains a particular content. In some embodiments, the quantity of data in the video is first reduced while preserving the searched-for content. Optionally, first, the size of the data is reduced by reducing the resolution, for example resolution may be reduced without searching and/or processing the full data set. Additionally or alternatively, low quality and/or empty data is removed from the dataset. Additionally or alternatively, redundant data may be searched out and/or removed. Optionally, after data reduction, the reduced dataset is analyzed to determine if it contains the searched-for content. Optionally, an estimate is made of the probability of the full dataset containing the searched-for content.
US11574471B2
An information processing device provided with a memory and one or multiple processors. The memory stores a map, information related to equipment installed in a region indicated by the map, and a person who is to work on the equipment in association with each other. The processor is configured to control a display device to display the map and an image of the equipment according to a user. In a case where the image is selected, the processor is configured to control the display device to display information related to work to be performed on the equipment in the image, and in a case where the work is finished, the processor is configured to request the user to take an image of an installed state of the equipment, and cause the memory to store the taken image.
US11574455B1
Disclosed herein is digital object generator that builds unique digital objects based on the user specific input. The unique digital objects are part of a graphic presentation to users. The user specific input is positioned on pre-configured regions of a 3D object such as a polygon. Examples of the pre-configured regions include faces of the 3D object, orbits around the 3D object, or identifiable regions associated with the 3D object. The 3D object is rendered as a part of a social media page and enables social interactions between users. In the social media page, the 3D object rotates displaying regions/faces to page visitors. In some embodiments, the 3D object is implemented as a pet or companion of a user avatar in a virtual, augmented, or extended reality space.
US11574453B2
Techniques are provided for generation of synthetic 3-dimensional object image variations for training of recognition systems. An example system may include an image synthesizing circuit configured to synthesize a 3D image of the object (including color and depth image pairs) based on a 3D model. The system may also include a background scene generator circuit configured to generate a background for each of the rendered image variations. The system may further include an image pose adjustment circuit configured to adjust the orientation and translation of the object for each of the variations. The system may further include an illumination and visual effect adjustment circuit configured to adjust illumination of the object and the background for each of the variations, and to further adjust visual effects of the object and the background for each of the variations based on application of simulated camera parameters.
US11574451B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media containing instructions for moving virtual content between virtual planes in three-dimensional space are provided. In one implementation, the wearable extended reality appliance may present a virtual object at a first location on a first virtual plane; intraplanar input signals may be received for causing the virtual object to move to a second location on the first virtual plane, and in response the wearable extended reality appliance may virtually display an intraplanar movement of the virtual object from the first location to the second location; and interplanar input signals may be received for causing the virtual object to move to a third location on a second virtual plane, while the virtual object is in the second location, and in response the wearable extended reality appliance may virtually display an interplanar movement of the virtual object from the second location to the third location.
US11574447B2
Method for capturing real-world information into virtual environment and related head-mounted device
A method for capturing real-world information into a virtual environment is provided. The method is suitable for a head-mounted device (HMD) located in a physical environment, and includes the following operations: providing the virtual environment, wherein a real-world content within the virtual environment is captured from a part of the physical environment corresponding to a perspective of the HMD; tracking a feature point which located within the physical environment and moved by a user, so as to define a selected plane of the real-world content by projecting a moving track of the feature point onto the real-world content; capturing image information corresponding to the selected plane; and generating a virtual object having an appearance rendered according to the image information, in which the virtual object is adjustable in size.
US11574428B2
A CAD graph plotter and replicator tool may deliver a fast, accurate, and dynamically adjustable CAD graph that can be updated easily in real time when new data is introduced or extant data is updated. Features like scaling, point marking, point addition, smoothening, display of grid lines, range control, and quadrant control may be included to aid the user in generating the graph efficiently. The tool may also enable the user to control line thickness, color, type, legends, and decimal points in axis, among other features.
US11574420B2
A system and method include receiving target image data associated with a target coating. A color model and a local color model are used to predict color differences between the target coating and a sample coating. The color model and local color model includes a feature extraction analysis process that determines image features by analyzing target pixel feature differences within the target coating. Performing an optimization routine upon the color differences for determining automotive paint components for spraying a substrate.
US11574416B2
A method includes obtaining a set of images that correspond to a person. The method includes generating a body pose model of the person defined by a branched plurality of neural network systems. Each neural network system models a respective portion of the person between a first body-joint and a second body-joint as dependent on an adjacent portion of the person sharing the first body-joint. Providing the set of images of the respective portion to a first one and a second one of the neural network systems. The first one and second one correspond to adjacent body portions. The method includes determining, jointly by at least the first one and second one of the plurality of neural network systems pose information for the first respective body-joint and the second respective body-joint.
US11574413B2
An imaging system is disclosed herein. The imaging system includes an imaging apparatus and a computing system. The imaging apparatus includes a plurality of light sources positioned at a plurality of positions and a plurality of angles relative to a stage configured to support a specimen. The imaging apparatus is configured to capture a plurality of images of a surface of the specimen. The computing system in communication with the imaging apparatus. The computing system configured to generate a 3D-reconstruction of the surface of the specimen by receiving, from the imaging apparatus, the plurality of images of the surface of the specimen, generating, by the imaging apparatus via a deep learning model, a height map of the surface of the specimen based on the plurality of images, and outputting a 3D-reconstruction of the surface of the specimen based on the height map generated by the deep learning model.
US11574407B2
An apparatus, system and method for regulating fluid flow are disclosed. The apparatus includes a flow rate sensor and a valve. The flow rate sensor uses images to estimate flow through a drip chamber and then controls the valve based on the estimated flow rate. The valve comprises a rigid housing disposed around the tube in which fluid flow is being controlled. Increasing the pressure in the housing controls the size of the lumen within the tube by deforming the tube, therefore controlling flow through the tube.
US11574404B2
Embodiments include controlling a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising accessing a digitized image of a region of tissue (ROT) demonstrating cancerous pathology; extracting a set of radiomic features from the digitized image, where the set of radiomic features are positively correlated with programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression; providing the set of radiomic features to a machine learning classifier; receiving, from the machine learning classifier, a probability that the region of tissue will experience cancer recurrence, where the machine learning classifier computes the probability based, at least in part, on the set of radiomic features; generating a classification of the region of tissue as likely to experience recurrence or non-recurrence based, at least in part, on the probability; and displaying the classification and at least one of the probability, the set of radiomic features, or the digitized image.
US11574403B2
The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for detecting a feature-of-interest in a video. In one implementation, a computer-implemented system may include a discriminator network and a generative network. The discriminator network may include a perception branch and an adversarial branch, the perception branch being configured to output detections of the feature-of-interest in the video. The generative network may be configured to receive detections of the feature-of-interest from the perception branch of the discriminator network and generate artificial representations of the feature-of-interest based on the detections from the perception branch. Further, the adversarial branch may be configured to provide an output identifying differences between the false representations and true representations of the feature-of-interest, and the perception branch may be further configured to be trained by the output of the adversarial branch so that false representations are not detected by the perception branch as true representations.
US11574397B2
A convolutional neural network performs: a first masking process of masking a pixel region not to be inspected, by computing pixel values of corresponding pixels of an inspection image and of a mask image; an intermediate process for extracting a feature image from the inspection image that has been subjected to the first masking process; and a second masking process of masking the pixel region not to be inspected, by computing the pixel values of corresponding pixels of the inspection image that has been subjected to the intermediate process and of the mask image that has been subjected to a process identical to the intermediate process.
US11574395B2
Systems and methods for detecting hail damage on a vehicle are described including, receiving an image of at least a section of a vehicle. Detecting a plurality of hail damage including, detecting a plurality of damaged areas distributed over the entire section of the vehicle, and differentiating the plurality of damaged areas from one or more areas of noise, processing the received image to classify one or more sections of the vehicle as one or more panels of the vehicle bodywork, and using the detected areas of damage, the classification of the seriousness of the damage and the classification of one or more panels to compute a panel damage density estimate.
US11574391B2
Local detail enhancement (LDE) is an imagery contrast enhancement method applied to visible and uncooled long wave imagery. It enhances local spatial detail through the use of a median based high/band pass filter. The generated detail channel is blended with a histogram-equalized version of the image, creating an image that contains both local detail as well as retaining some amount of global intensity. Retaining global intensity coherency allows for easier target acquisition when compared to fully local forms of contrast enhancement.
US11574385B2
Disclosed is an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes: a memory configured to store information regarding an artificial intelligence model including a plurality of layers; and a processor configured to perform interpolation processing on an input image and to process the interpolated image using the artificial intelligence model to obtain an output image, wherein the processor is configured to be operated in a first mode or a second mode based on an update of parameters used in at least one of the plurality of layers being required, the first mode including a mode in which the output image is obtained based on an image processed using the artificial intelligence model in which the parameters are updated and based on the interpolated image, and the second mode includes a mode in which the output image is obtained based on the interpolated image.
US11574374B2
Systems and methods for providing an impression inventory trading platform are described. A specification of impression inventory for sale is received from a seller, the impression inventory having associated therewith a plurality of attributes. Each attribute is specified as either visible or hidden to a potential impression inventory buyer. The impression inventory specification and visible attributes associated therewith are provided to one or more potential impression inventory buyers via a user interface, and negotiation for purchase of the impression inventory is facilitated between the seller and one or more of the potential impression inventory buyers via the user interface.
US11574372B2
Methods and systems of operating a blockchain mining device using natural gas produced at a hydrocarbon production, storage, or processing site/facility. A generator may be retrofitted to an existing prime mover used to pump the well, and the generator may be used to power the blockchain mining device. Portable mining devices may be hooked up to a casinghead gas supply at a remote, isolated oil facility. Power loading levels may be modulated by adjusting mining transaction levels to correspond with combustible gas production levels.
US11574371B1
Systems and methods are presented for adding system-identified content to a user's content space based on information identified from the user's email account. In operation, after obtaining user authorization to access email items of an email account, the email items are iteratively processed. In processing each of the email items, one or more topics of a currently processed email item are identified. Based on the identified topics and user preferences, one or more content items may be identified for addition to the user's online content space. Additionally, the information identified from processing the one or more email items is used to update the user's preferences.
US11574368B1
Multiple insurance policies may be grouped or segmented into affinity groups, each of which corresponds to a respective risk level. A set of one or more financial instruments corresponding to a particular affinity group of insurance policies may be created and offered. One or more parties may be procured as investors in at least a portion of the set of financial instruments, thereby securitizing the risk associated with the insurance policies. Profits and/or losses generated by the insurance policies of the affinity group corresponding to the financial instruments may be distributed in accordance with the terms of the financial agreement.
US11574363B2
Improved methods and systems are disclosed for processing data records. A method includes receiving data records from a plurality of sources for a plurality of submitters and adjusting the data records by adding fields to the records. The added fields may provide normalized data. The method may also include parsing the added fields to identify a data window within the data records with at least a threshold of data for a subset of the plurality of submitters, determining data statistics of the data for each submitter for the determined data window, and appending flags to the records according to the data statistics.
US11574357B1
Aspects of the disclosure relate to computing platforms that utilize improved mitigation analysis and policy management techniques to improve onboarding security. A computing platform may determine that a predetermined period of time has elapsed since finalizing an onboarding process. The computing platform may receive spot check verification inputs indicative of a user identity and may direct a mitigation analysis and output generation platform to analyze the spot check verification inputs. The computing platform may receive an indication of a correlation between the spot check verification inputs and expected spot check verification inputs. In response to determining that the correlation exceeds a predetermined threshold, the computing platform may determine that an additional verification test should be conducted, and may direct the mobile device to display an interface that prompts for additional onboarding verification inputs.
US11574352B2
An autonomous robotic vehicle includes a conveyance system, a securable compartment configured to autonomously lock and unlock, a customer identification reader, at least one processor, and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the autonomous robotic vehicle to, autonomously: travel to a destination location of a customer; capture, by the customer identification reader at the destination location, a customer identification object; determine that the captured customer identification object matches an identity of the customer; unlock the securable compartment based on the determination; capture, by the product identification reader, a product identifier; and accept a product to be returned by locking the securable compartment. The securable compartment contains a product identification reader.
US11574346B2
A computer-implemented interactive system, methods, and platform are herein disclosed to allow for the aggregation of context based feedback data according to a selected feedback context model. In an illustrative implementation, the computer-implemented interactive system/platform comprises an exemplary server computer environment, an instruction set comprising one or more instructions to request from the one or more other computing environments feedback data (e.g., such requests being made on a temporal basis according to one or more feedback context models), and a data store. The platform may be used to aggregate feedback data for various feedback sponsors/requestors, by way of example, as a user/customer is experiencing a product/service, in real time. The frequency, timing, and trigger for feedback data requests from users, illustratively, can be tailored by the one or more instructions of the one or more feedback context models that take into account a baseline use/experience of given product/service.
US11574342B2
Systems and related methods of providing seamless transactions, including payments and promotion redemptions, are discussed herein. Some embodiments may provide for a system including a communication beacon and one or more servers. The communication beacon may be configured to communicate with consumer devices via a direct wireless connection when the consumer devices are within a wireless direct communicable range of the communication beacon. The one or more servers may be configured to associate the communication with a merchant and receive consumer presence data from the communication beacon such that consumer presence at the merchant may be determined. In response, the one or more servers may be configured to perform a seamless transaction on behalf the consumer that allows the consumer to provide payments or redeem promotions, among other things, simply by self-identifying with the merchant while carrying the consumer device.
US11574339B1
Processor(s) of a client device can: analyze one or more features of an electronic resource that is under consideration for solicitation to a user; determine a notification likelihood that the user will access the electronic resource in response to an unsolicited notification of the electronic resource being output to the user; determine a baseline likelihood that the user will access the electronic resource without being solicited; compare the notification likelihood with the baseline likelihood; and cause, based on the comparing, the unsolicited notification to be output to the user. In some implementations, determining the notification likelihood and/or the baseline likelihood is based on applying data associated with the electronic resource as input across a machine learning model to generate output indicative of the notification likelihood and/or the baseline likelihood. In other implementations, determining the notification likelihood and/or the baseline likelihood is based on past behavior or preference(s) of the user.
US11574330B2
A distributed system that includes a merchant application, a buyer application and a seller or drummer application. The applications reside and run on personal computing devices and operate together to allow a merchant to create an offer, drummers to select, present and share the offer with buyers, and buyers to receive and save the offers in anticipation of a conversion. Upon a conversion, revenue derived from the transaction is provided to the merchant but, some of revenue is shared with one or more drummers involved in pushing the offer.
US11574329B2
Systems and methods to provide utilities based on blockchain-specific populations of unique digital articles in an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may execute instances of a game; manage user accounts, including a first user account having a first account inventory that includes a first unique digital article; receive a first recordation request to record ownership of the first unique digital article on a first decentralized ledger; determine a size of a set or population of unique digital articles that include the first unique digital article; determine a fraction of the set or population of unique digital articles recorded on the first decentralized ledger; receive a first reward request for a first reward; compare the determined fraction with a threshold value; based on the comparison, provide either the first reward or else provide no award or a smaller award.
US11574322B2
An online system predicts whether a location will experience a threshold increase in traffic over the location's historical average amount of traffic. To predict a future deviation over historical traffic, the online system identifies events within a threshold distance of the location and determines an average number of indications that users will attend events within a threshold radius of the location during a prior time interval. The online system determines a total number of indications that users will attend future events within the threshold distance of the location, disregarding locations associated with less than a threshold number of future events and future events for which the online system received less than a threshold number of indications that users will attend, and determines a ratio of the total number of indications to the average number of indications that users will attend received for the prior events during the time interval.
US11574320B1
Techniques for enabling the creation of a digital asset representation of physical goods (e.g., luxury items) produced in limited quantities or heirloom-goods associated with restricted ownership rules. Anti-counterfeiting mechanisms are proposed for both classes of goods. The provenance of both classes of goods is traced using cryptography and decentralized ledger technology. For example, mechanisms to restrict ownership of heirloom-goods are proposed based on the combination of the DNA biological fingerprint of the patron who originated the goods and smart contract technology. The goods can be represented as digital tokens on the blockchain, binding manufacturing evidence to the token. For heirloom-goods that have restricted ownership rules, persons seeking to acquire the good via the digital token and smart contract are required to prove that they satisfy the entitlement rules based on a biological relationship to the patron.
US11574317B2
The disclosure relates to systems and methods for compliance monitoring in a secure facility. A method can include generating, by a mobile radio frequency identification (RFID) device, data regarding a proximate stationary RFID device of stationary RFID devices situated about a correctional facility, the mobile RFID device associated with a user, and comparing, by a server, the generated data to compliance monitoring rules that govern actions to be performed by the personnel in monitoring offender behavior, each of the compliance monitoring rules including an associated timeframe in which an action of the compliance monitoring rule is to be performed, and generating, by the server, an alert to be provided to the mobile RFID device in response to determining a time associated with a compliance monitoring action has already expired or will expire in a specified amount of time.
US11574316B1
A method and apparatus for managing capabilities of an account of a user system at a commerce platform are described. The method may include receiving, at the commerce platform, a request from a user system that identifies an account at the commerce platform and includes a capability requested for the account, where the requested capability corresponds to a desired functionality of the account. The method may also include mapping the requested capability to a compliance plan that defines a set of account data to be collected before activation of the capability for the account by the commerce platform. Furthermore, the method may include transmitting a message, generated by the commerce platform, that comprises a listing of additional data to be provided by the user system before activation of the capability for the account, where the additional data comprises a minimal set of account data defined by the compliance plan less any data already associated with the account at the commerce platform. The method may also include, in response to receiving, by the commerce platform, at least one response from the user system that includes the additional data, activating the capability for the account.
US11574305B1
In one arrangement, a non-transitory computer readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied therein that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to process an electronic transaction using a schema. The schema includes a first unique entity object identifier identifying a sender, a second unique entity object identifier identifying a receiver, and a first transaction object identifier identifying the transaction. The first transaction object identifier is located at a top level of a hierarchy of a plurality of transaction object identifiers. The schema further includes transaction information comprising the first unique entity object identifier, the second unique entity object identifier, and the unique transaction object identifier.
US11574304B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for a dynamic contract payment term (“payterm”) generator. A machine learning algorithm may generate a replacement payment term for a contract based on market-based parameters and blockchain metadata for the contract. The blockchain metadata may encode hierarchical interdependencies between contracts using blockchain encryption. The blockchain metadata may be applied to auto-generate machine learning inputs for related contracts having interdependent payment terms. The machine learning inputs may include contract parameters that have been extracted and encrypted as blockchain metadata, as well as market-based parameters extracted from enterprise sources.
US11574302B2
Embodiment of the invention describe methods and systems for verifying customer supplied financial account information verification using debit and credit transactions. In some embodiments, these methods include electronically transmitting an electronic debit and credit transaction to the customer financial account, based on the customer supplied financial account information. The method also includes electronically transmitting a first statement descriptor, as part of at least one of the electronic debit transaction and the electronic credit transaction, that includes a first verification code. The method also includes electronically receiving, from the customer, a second verification code, and comparing, by the computer system, the transmitted first verification code with the received second verification code with respect to each other. The method also includes verifying, by the computer system, the customer supplied financial account information based on the comparison of the verification codes.
US11574294B2
An information processing method according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: acquiring, from a video, flow line information of a customer; detecting that the customer acquires an item; and storing, in a storage, flow line information of the customer and information on a number of items acquired by the customer, in association with each other.
US11574288B2
The disclosure provides a method, system, and a software program product for assisting a user and/or managing tasks of the user, by a mobile secretary cloud application configured to operate in a mobile client device and cloud server network. The mobile secretary cloud application reads data from another software application and operates at least one of another application and a third application based on the read data. Further, Artificial intelligence is utilized by the mobile secretary cloud application for operating another application and the third application.
US11574282B2
A method, computing system, and computer program product are provided. Items at a source location are detected and classified, with respect to fragility and perishability, based on characteristics of the each respective item and is performed by trained machine learning models. Item boundaries are predicted based on applying respective data regarding points on a surface of the each respective item to a trained second machine learning model to predict the item boundaries. The each respective item is classified into a respective group with respect to an available volume of the cargo space based on sensor data of the cargo space, the classified fragility and perishability, the predicted item boundaries, and a third machine learning model. An arrangement of the items in the cargo space is determined based on the group classifications and a corresponding destination location associated with the each respective item and is visualized relative to the cargo space.
US11574275B2
A method and system for determining sentiment of an employee towards an organization comprises extracting structured and unstructured data from one or more structured data sources comprising structured datapoints and one or more unstructured data sources comprising unstructured datapoints. The method comprises building regression model on the plurality of structured datapoints to determine a relationship of structured datapoints amongst the structured datapoints, creating a first profile of the employee based on said relationship, creating a second profile of the employee by selecting one or more words from each unstructured datapoints by using a prestored vocabulary, assigning one or more scores, corresponding to said words, in context of corresponding each of the unstructured datapoints. Method comprises generating a matrix based on the first profile and the second profile indicating sentiments of employee towards organization.
US11574271B2
The present invention provides methods and systems for determining the play value of a playground, the challenge level of a playground, or both. In some embodiments, the methods and systems may propose modifications to a playground that would result in an effective and efficient increase in the play value of the playground, a desired increase or decrease in the challenge level of the playground, or both. Further, in some embodiments, the methods and systems may be configured to provide comparisons of various playgrounds in order to determine which playgrounds are of greatest play value. In some embodiments, the methods and systems may be incorporated into software that is configured for the design of playgrounds.
US11574270B1
Systems and methods are provided for evaluating workplace risk by associating sensors with individual members of a workforce to measure conditions affecting the individual. Data is obtained from the sensors for reoccurring work periods for each individual so that a risk analysis may be performed to derive a risk score. Probability of injury is calculated aggregating risk scores for multiple reoccurring work periods. The calculated probability of injury is used to quantify workplace risk for the at least one individual and an enterprise risk assessment is provided by combining the quantified risks for each individual.
US11574266B2
A human interaction replacement evaluation system analyzes actions taken by a user with an application on a client device that provides features to replace human interaction services with computer-based services. The results of the action provide an indication of the success of a particular action supported by the application (e.g., whether the action has a positive or negative effect on a key performance indicator) or an indication of how likely the user is to be ready to adopt a particular computer-based service. Recommendations are then provided to the user of the application or a manager of the application indicating actions to use, actions that have negative or positive effects on a key performance indicator, and so forth.
US11574264B2
The inventive system and method address a long felt need for enhancing the efficiency of systems in the interactive conveyance industry for goods and services by providing for the filtering, selection and securing of conveyance services in accordance with one or more of client and representative preferences in substantially real time.
US11574262B2
Embodiments provide techniques, including systems and methods, for improving the accuracy of location information for requestor and provider devices in an dynamic transportation matching system using local communications between computing devices. For example, embodiments allow a provider computing device to identify, pair, and/or communicate with a requestor computing device upon arrival near a request location for a ride matching request. The provider computing device may use signal strength measurements associated with signals received from the requestor computing device to identify a proximity to the requestor computing device and/or to triangulate an accurate location of the requestor computing device. Additionally, the provider computing device may use a combination of the location reported by the ride matching system and the signal strength of the paired connection to identify the location of the requestor computing device.
US11574261B2
A system and method for automatically communicating an identification signal from a vehicle controller of a vehicle that may include receiving trip data from a dispatch controller based on the identification signal that is communicated. Software of the vehicle controller may be updated at a determined time based on the trip data that is received, and movement of the vehicle may be controlled based on movement allowance signals received by the vehicle controller and used by the software of the vehicle controller during the movement of the vehicle to determine whether the vehicle is permitted to enter into segments of one or more routes.
US11574253B2
A computer implemented method trains distributed sets of machine learning models by training each of the distributed machine learning models on different subsets of a set of training data, performing a first layer model synchronization operation in a first layer for each set of machine learning models, wherein each model synchronization operation in the first layer generates first updates for each of the machine learning models in each respective set, updating the machine learning models based on the first updates, performing a second layer model synchronization operation in a second layer for first supersets of the machine learning models wherein each model synchronization in the second layer generates second updates for updating each of the machine learning models in the first supersets based on the second updates such that each machine learning model in a respective first superset is the same.
US11574241B2
In one embodiment, a supervisory service for a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) uses a plurality of different decision thresholds for a machine learning-based classifier, to predict tunnel failures of a tunnel in the SD-WAN. The supervisory service captures performance data indicative of performance of the classifier when using the different decision thresholds. The supervisory service selects, based on the captured performance data, a particular decision threshold for the classifier, in an attempt to optimize the performance of the classifier. The supervisory service uses the selected decision threshold for the classifier, to predict a tunnel failure of the tunnel.
US11574228B2
A quantum write controller includes an in-phase path that includes a first digital to analog converter (DAC) configured to receive an in-phase signal at a first frequency, a first mixer configured to create a third in phase frequency, a first combiner configured to combine an output of the first mixer with an output of a third mixer, and a second mixer configured to mix an output of the first combiner with a fourth in phase frequency. There is a quadrature path that includes a second DAC configured to receive a quadrature phase signal at the first frequency, a third mixer configured to create a third quadrature frequency, a second combiner configured to combine the output of the third mixer with the output of the first mixer, and a fourth mixer configured to mix an output of the second combiner with a fourth quadrature frequency.
US11574226B2
Methods, apparatus, systems to determine a conditional probability based on audience member probability distributions for media audience measurement are disclosed. Disclosed example methods for media audience measurement include determining a first audience probability distribution for a first member of a household and determining a second audience probability distribution for a second member of the household. Disclosed example methods also include calculating probabilities for audience combinations of the first member and the second member of the household based on the first audience probability distribution and the second audience probability distribution. Disclosed example methods further include determining a household audience characteristic probability based on the calculated probabilities of the audience combinations of the household. The household audience characteristic indicates likelihoods of different possible audience compositions of the household for a media event.
US11574223B2
A method for rapid discovery of satellite behavior, applied to a pursuit-evasion system including at least one satellite and a plurality of space sensing assets. The method includes performing transfer learning and zero-shot learning to obtain a semantic layer using space data information. The space data information includes simulated space data based on a physical model. The method further includes obtaining measured space-activity data of the satellite from the space sensing assets; performing manifold learning on the measured space-activity data to obtain measured state-related parameters of the satellite; modeling the state uncertainty and the uncertainty propagation of the satellite based on the measured state-related parameters; and performing game reasoning based on a Markov game model to predict satellite behavior and management of the plurality of space sensing assets according to the semantic layer and the modeled state uncertainty and uncertainty propagation.
US11574217B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a machine learning based identification and classification of database commands. A computing platform may retrieve, by a computing device and from a first database of a plurality of databases, a database command. Subsequently, the computing platform may identify, by the computing device and for the database command and based on a machine learning model, one or more database commands from the plurality of databases, wherein the one or more database commands perform operations similar to the database command. Then, the computing platform may determine, by the computing device and for the database command, a security score indicative of a level of vulnerability associated with the database command. Subsequently, the computing platform may provide, via an interactive graphical user interface, the database command and the security score.
US11574213B1
Systems and methods are provided for obtaining sensor data comprising one or more entities and one or more attributes of the respective one or more entities. The systems and methods may be configured to infer one or more relationships between the respective one or more entities based on the one or more attributes, and update the sensor data based on the inferred one or more relationships.
US11574212B2
An interaction bot system is an interaction answer system that interacts with a user and provides an answer to a question from the user. The interaction bot system includes a first bot device and at least two or more second bot devices. The first bot device includes a first generation unit configured to generate first narrowing down information for specifying the second bot device corresponding to the question from the user on the basis of the question from the user, and a specification unit configured to specify the second bot device on the basis of the first narrowing down information. The second bot device includes a second generation unit configured to generate second narrowing down information for specifying the answer to the question on the basis of the question from the user, and an answer generation unit configured to generate and output the answer to the question from the user on the basis of the second narrowing down information.
US11574208B2
A device can receive fuel information associated with a vehicle and location information associated with the vehicle. The device can determine a home location associated with a user of a client device and a destination location associated with the user. The device can determine an estimated fuel usage, of the vehicle, associated with a route between the home location and the destination location. The device can determine an estimated quantity of trips between the home location and the destination location. The device can generate refueling information, associated with the vehicle, wherein the refueling information includes information identifying at least one of: the estimated quantity of trips between the home location and the destination location, a recommended date and time to refuel the vehicle, or a recommended refueling location. The device can transmit the refueling information to the client device.
US11574203B2
A content explanation method and apparatus applied to content explanation includes identifying, by a content explanation apparatus, an emotion of the user, when identifying a negative emotion showing that the user is confused about delivered multimedia information, obtaining, by the content explanation apparatus, a target representation manner of target content in a target intelligence type, where the target content is content about which the user is confused in the multimedia information delivered to the user by an information delivery apparatus associated with the content explanation apparatus, and presenting, by the content explanation apparatus, the target content to the user in the target representation manner.
US11574193B2
A method and system for training a neural network are described. The method includes providing at least one continuously differentiable model of the neural network. The at least one continuously differentiable model is specific to hardware of the neural network. The method also includes iteratively training the neural network using the at least one continuously differentiable model to provide at least one output for the neural network. Each iteration uses at least one output of a previous iteration and a current continuously differentiable model of the at least one continuously differentiable model.
US11574179B2
A system comprises a memory that stores computer-executable components; and a processor, operably coupled to the memory, that executes the computer-executable components. The system includes a receiving component that receives a corpus of data; a relation extraction component that generates noisy knowledge graphs from the corpus; and a training component that acquires global representations of entities and relation by training from output of the relation extraction component.
US11574177B2
A phototransistor device to act as an artificial photonic synapse includes a substrate and a graphene source-drain channel patterned on the substrate. A perovskite quantum dot layer is formed on the graphene source-drain channel. The perovskite quantum dot layer is methylammonium lead bromide material. A method of operating the phototransistor device as an artificial photonic synapse includes applying a first fixed voltage to a gate of the phototransistor and a second fixed voltage across the graphene source-drain channel. A presynaptic signal is applied as stimuli across the graphene source-drain channel. The presynaptic signal includes one or more pulses of light or electrical voltage. A current across the graphene source-drain channel is measured to represent a postsynaptic signal.
US11574176B2
The present disclosure relates to a neuron for an artificial neural network. The neuron comprises a dot product engine operative to: receive a set of weights; receive a set of data inputs based on a set of input data signals; and calculate the dot product of the set of data inputs and the set of weights to generate a dot product engine output. The neuron further comprises an activation function module arranged to apply an activation function to a signal indicative of the dot product engine output to generate a neuron output; and gain control circuitry. The gain control circuitry is operative to control: an input gain applied to the input data signals to generate the set of data inputs; and an output gain applied to the dot product engine output or by the activation function module. The output gain is selected to compensate for the applied input gain.
US11574166B2
Example implementations described herein involve systems and methods for generating an ensemble of deep learning or neural network models, which can involve, for a training set of data, generating a plurality of model samples for the training set of data, the plurality of model samples generated from deep learning or neural network methods; and aggregating output of the model samples to generate an output of the ensemble models.
US11574162B1
A system and method for evaluating the performance and usage of a cognitive computing tool which answers questions from users. A log file for these interactions includes the questions, the answers and a confidence rating assigned by the tool to each answer. Questions and answers are analyzed to determine validity, accuracy, and categories by subject matter experts or text analytics tools, and the results are added to the log file. Comments and sentiments from users may be analyzed and added to the log file. Additional data about the users, such as identities, demographics, and locations, may be added. Data from the log file may be presented in a dashboard display as metrics, such as trends and comparisons, describing the usage and performance of the cognitive computing tool. Answers may be displayed as they were presented to the users. Selectable filters may be provided to control the data displayed.
US11574160B2
A non-contact communication medium according to one disclosed embodiment includes a memory unit, a power generation unit, a power monitoring unit, and a capacitance control unit. The power generation unit includes a resonant circuit and a rectification circuit, and generates electric power to be supplied to the memory unit. The resonant circuit includes an antenna coil and resonant capacitance unit having a variable capacitance value, and the rectification circuit rectifies a resonant output of the resonant circuit. The power monitoring unit includes a current adjustment element, a reference voltage generation source, and an operational amplifier. The operational amplifier controls the current adjustment element such that an output voltage of the rectification circuit is equal to a reference voltage from the reference voltage generation source. The capacitance control unit is configured to control the resonant capacitance unit on the basis of an output of the operational amplifier.
US11574158B2
An information processing method obtains image data representing an image laid out on a page, and sets, in the image, a target region on which to perform predetermined processing to change a pixel count, based on layout information pertaining to a layout of the image on the page. Based on this setting, the predetermined processing is performed on the target region in the image.
US11574156B2
An apparatus outputs a first number of printed materials, reads the first number of printed materials output to acquire the first number of pieces of scanned image data, the first number being two or more, and controls a density of output printed materials by calculating variations in lightness values in the respective pieces of scanned image data included in scanned image data groups for each scanned image data group having as a unit a second number of pieces of scanned image data consecutive in order of being read among the first number of pieces of scanned image data, the second number being two or more, so that the printed materials are further output until all the variations in the lightness values are less than a first threshold value.
US11574154B2
Systems and methods include control of a nuclear imaging scanner to acquire nuclear imaging scan data of a body, control of a computed tomography scanner to acquire computed tomography scan data of the body, determination of a scanning speed, of the nuclear imaging scanner, associated with each of a plurality of scanning coordinates based on locations of one or more internal volumes associated with radioactivity greater than a threshold level, a classification determined for each of the one or more of the internal volumes indicating a degree of clinical interest based at least in part on the radioactivity associated with the internal volume, and an attenuation coefficient map based on the computed tomography scan data, and control of the nuclear imaging scanner to scan the body over each of the scanning coordinates at the associated scanning speed.
US11574143B2
A system and method relate to providing machine learning predictions with defenses against patch attacks. The system and method include obtaining a digital image and generating a set of location data via a random process. The set of location data include randomly selected locations on the digital image that provide feasible bases for creating regions for cropping. A set of random crops is generated based on the set of location data. Each crop includes a different region of the digital image as defined in relation to its corresponding location data. The machine learning system is configured to provide a prediction for each crop of the set of random crops and output a set of predictions. The set of predictions is evaluated collectively to determine a majority prediction from among the set of predictions. An output label is generated for the digital image based on the majority prediction. The output label includes the majority prediction as an identifier for the digital image.
US11574141B2
Provided are a drug recognizing apparatus, a drug recognizing method, and a drug recognizing program capable of enhancing robustness of a master image in a case where a drug is recognized. The drug recognizing apparatus includes an illumination unit that illuminates a drug; an imaging unit that images the illuminated drug; a storage unit that stores a master image for each drug type; a drug position acquiring unit that acquires a position of the drug on the basis of a captured image obtained by the imaging unit; a master image generating unit that generates the master image from a drug area in the captured image; an updating determination unit that determines whether to update the master image on the basis of the position of the drug acquired by the drug position acquiring unit; and a registration unit that registers the master image in the storage unit in a case where it is determined that the master image is to be updated.
US11574125B2
A system and method for automatically parsing an unstructured conversation to determine target entities for an engagement activity are provided. The method includes (i) obtaining the unstructured conversation associated with an asset using a dialogue manager, (ii) parsing the unstructured conversation using a natural language processing (NLP) model to obtain a target information associated with the asset, (iii) extracting attributes of one or more target entities from the target information using a Natural Language Understanding (NLU) model of domain of the unstructured conversation, (iv) generating, using the attributes of the one or more target entities, a definition of the cohort and at least one criteria for cohort curation for the asset by converting the unstructured conversation to a structured target information, and (v) determining a size of the one or more target entities based on the definition and the criteria for cohort curation for the asset for an engagement activity.
US11574124B2
A method and an apparatus of recognizing a named entity are provided. The method of recognizing a named entity includes: acquiring to-be-processed electronic text, the to-be-processed electronic text including words, characters and/or symbols; generating, based on each word in the to-be-processed electronic text, a corresponding word vector, and generating, based on each character or symbol in the to-be-processed electronic text, a corresponding character vector; generating a feature vector according to the word vector and/or the character vector by using a BiLSTM model; and inputting the feature vector into a random field model to recognize a named entity and acquire a type of the named entity.
US11574110B2
A method of fabricating an integrated circuit structure includes placing a first set of conductive structure layout patterns on a first layout level, placing a second set of conductive structure layout patterns on a second layout level, placing a first set of via layout patterns between the second set of conductive structure layout patterns and the first set of conductive structure layout patterns, and manufacturing the integrated circuit structure based on at least one of the layout patterns of the integrated circuit. At least one of the layout patterns is stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and at least one of the placing operations is performed by a hardware processor. The first set of conductive structure layout patterns extends in a first direction. The second set of conductive structure layout patterns extends in the second direction, and overlap the first set of conductive structure layout patterns.
US11574105B1
Any primitive cells or blocks can be represented physically by a Barycenter compact model (or Barycenter model), and any black box model can also be physically represented by a Barycenter compact model physically. A boundary condition between blocks is formulated by the Barycenter compact model. Boundary condition problems between blocks can be limited within two levels only if using the Barycenter compact model.
US11574102B2
A parameter estimation apparatus of an embodiment of the present invention is provided with a model reduction processor and a parameter estimator. The model reduction processor generates reduced order models by reducing order of a simulation model on the basis of measurement data sets and conditions for model order reduction possibility. The parameter estimator estimates values of parameters of the reduced order models on the basis of the reduced order models and the measurement data sets corresponding to the reduced order models. Further, after estimating a first value for a first parameter of a first reduced order model based on a first measurement data set, the parameter estimator applies the first value to the first parameter of a second reduced order model based on a second measurement data set.
US11574100B2
Systems, devices, and methods related to a Deep Learning Accelerator and memory are described. For example, an integrated sensor device may be configured to execute instructions with matrix operands and configured with: a sensor to generate measurements of stimuli; random access memory to store instructions executable by the Deep Learning Accelerator and store matrices of an Artificial Neural Network; a host interface connectable to a host system; and a controller to store the measurements generated by the sensor into the random access memory as an input to the Artificial Neural Network. After the Deep Learning Accelerator generates in the random access memory an output of the Artificial Neural Network by executing the instructions to process the input, the controller may communicate the output to a host system through the host interface.
US11574099B2
A method comprises creating an electronic module design having a plurality of electronic components and defining a model of functional behavior of a subset of the plurality of electronic components, the subset of the plurality of electronic components excluding a first electronic component. Functional behavior of the first electronic component is defined in a user-defined functional design intent file based on a first template, and a power behavior of the first electronic component is defined in a user-defined power design intent file based on a second template. A simulation file is generated based on the model of functional behavior and based on the functional behavior and the power behavior of the first electronic component. The simulation file is run to simulate operation of the electronic module design. A performance status is determined of the electronic module design in response to running the simulation file.
US11574096B1
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for generating time series. A time series simulator receives information corresponding to a request for time series. The information is formatted into input data by the time series simulator. The input data comprises at least one continuous condition. A generator network of the continuous condition generative adversarial network (CCGAN) generates the time series based directly on a value of the at least one continuous condition. The time series is provided such that the time series is at least one of (a) provided as input to an analysis pipeline or (b) received by a user computing device wherein a representation of at least a portion of the one or more time series is provided via an interactive user interface of the user computing device.
US11574086B2
The present disclosure is directed to a software tool that facilitates the presentation of a three-dimensional view of a construction project as well as the generation of various types of two-dimensional technical drawings based on this three-dimensional view. In one implementation, the software tool causes a computing device to engage in the following operations. The computing device may receive a user input identifying at least one first mesh and at least one second mesh, determine portions of each identified mesh that intersect with a two-dimensional plane, and generate a two-dimensional drawing including a display of relevant dimensioning information based on the determined portions.
US11574081B2
User interface (UI) manipulation techniques are disclosed that can allow a user device to hide and obscure sensitive information displayed on a flexible, foldable, or otherwise reconfigurable display from onlookers whilst maintaining or improving its accessibility exclusively to the primary user. Examples of the disclosed techniques can manipulate the UI in a way such that it is largely only viewable as intended when the user device is physically configured to a certain folding angle (and/or viewing angle). In some examples, the UI can be customized such that it promotes a certain device configuration (e.g., folding angle) that can provide an optimum security configuration for the user's current surroundings. The UI displayed on the display screen can change in form factor (e.g., an intended size as viewed by the user) to adapt to the current surroundings and/or based on the sensitivity in the displayed content.
US11574077B2
Systems and methods for censoring text characters in text-based data are provided. In some embodiments, an artificial intelligence system may be configured to receive text-based data and store the text-based data in a database. The artificial intelligence system may be configured to receive a list of target pattern types identifying sensitive data and receive censorship rules for the target pattern types determining target pattern types requiring censorship. The artificial intelligence system may be configured to assemble a computer-based model related to a received target pattern type in the list of target pattern types. The artificial intelligence system may be configured to use a computer-based model to identify a target data pattern corresponding to the received target pattern type within the text-based data, identify target characters within the target data pattern, and to assign an identification token to the target characters.
US11574073B2
A method for sharing read access to a document stored on memory hardware. The method includes receiving a shared read access command from a sharor sharing read access to a sharee for a document stored on memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, and receiving a shared read access request from the sharee. The shared read access command includes an encrypted value and a first cryptographic share value based on a write key, a read key, a document identifier, and a sharee identifier. The method also includes multiplying the first and second cryptographic share values to determine a cryptographic read access value. The cryptographic read access value authorizes read access to the sharee for the document. The method also includes storing a read access token for the sharee including the cryptographic read access value and the encrypted value in a user read set of the memory hardware.
US11574070B2
A schema for a hierarchical data structure may include application specific extensions to the schema applied to a hierarchical data structure. Class may be added to the schema by individual applications granted access to a hierarchical data structure. When an access request for an object of the hierarchical data structure is received, the class may be identified in the schema and applied to process the access request to the object. Different classes may be added by different applications without disrupting the utilization of the schema for accessing the hierarchical data structure of other applications.
US11574062B2
An application development assistance system in which optimal security measures can be taken at positions in need of security measures under an application development environment using a flow diagram analyzes an input application description file and outputs application data information and module information. A data importance level judgment unit decides importance levels of data exchanged between modules on the basis of the application data information. A module exploitability judgment unit decides an exploitability score of each module on the basis of the module information and exploitability information read out from a module exploitability database; and a security function disposal position judgment unit decides disposal positions of security functions on the basis of data importance level information decided by the data importance level judgment unit, the exploitability score of each module decided by the module exploitability judgment unit, and security measure information read out from a security measure information database.
US11574060B2
An initial program load of a system component of a computing environment is performed. A determination is made as to whether one or more signatures of one or more signed binary code components relating to the system component are verified. Based on determining that the one or more signatures are verified, additional verification is performed. The additional verification includes obtaining a select binary code component of one or more binary code components relating to the system component and determining whether the select binary code component is a particular signed binary code component. Based on determining that the select binary code component is the particular signed binary code component, a check is performed. The initial program load is continued based on a successful check.
US11574055B2
Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed toward validation and installation of a file system. A method for mitigating security breach for a circuit platform subject to compromise by unauthorized changes to a file system includes abstracting the file system into an encrypted file with cryptographically signed components. The file system may have instruction code or other data for an operating system and may be stored by or on behalf of the circuit platform. During boot time of the operating system, an unencrypted version of the operating system and the encrypted file may be accessed and used by validating a signature associated with the file system. In response to validating the signature, the file system is installed into a transient, non-persistent storage circuit. As such, the operating system executes instruction code via a central processing unit (CPU) circuit under authorization based on the validated signature.
US11574043B2
In one implementation, a method for providing security on an externally connected controller includes launching, by the controller, a security layer that includes a whitelist of permitted processes on the controller, the whitelist including (i) signatures for processes that are authorized to be executed and (ii) context information identifying permitted controller contexts within which the processes are authorized to be executed; determining, by the security layer, whether the particular process is permitted to be run on the controller based on a comparison of the determined signature with a verified signature for the particular process from the whitelist; identifying, by the security layer, a current context for the controller; determining, by the security layer, whether the particular process is permitted to be run on the controller based on a comparison of the current context with one or more permitted controller contexts for the particular process from the whitelist.
US11574036B2
Systems and methods for authenticating a user in an authentication system using a computing device configured to capture authentication biometric identity information. The authentication biometric identify information captured during an authentication session. The authentication biometric identify information may comprise or be derived from one or more images of the user being authenticated. The authentication biometric identify information is compared to root identify biometric information. The root identify biometric information is captured from a trusted source, such as trusted devices located at trusted locations, such as a government entity, financial institution, or business. Identity verification may occur by comparing the trusted root identify biometric information to the biometric identify information captured during an authentication session. Liveness determination may also occur to verify the user is a live person. Liveness determination may include comparing two images of the user such that the two images are captured at different distances from the user.
US11574029B2
Systems and methods are provided for improving web-based document retrieval and object manipulation. In an implementation, objects within web documents (e.g., a web page) are manipulated when the objects are visible through a viewport of a user's web browser. According to a method, an object selected from a web document is manipulated when that selected object is displayed within the viewport of the user's browser. The manipulation may include downloading content associated with the stored object and additionally, or alternatively, executing a script associated with the stored object. Additionally, or independently, methods may be provided for blocking the download of an object in a retrieved web document until that object is displayed or visible in the user's browser viewport.
US11574021B2
Provided, in an aspect, is a method for improved visualization of transaction data from a financial services computer network. The method includes receiving, at a computing device, a plurality of experience sets; presenting, on a display of the computing device, a graphical user interface (GUI); and updating the GUI in response to receiving a revision to the plurality of experience sets. Each experience set contains one or more transactions that relate to each other. The GUI includes a scrollable list having at least a portion of the experience set name for experience sets within a selected time period; and a calendar for the time period showing, for each day with at least one experience, a graphical element indicative of a total of all experience set amounts in that day.
US11574020B1
Systems and methods for identifying content for an input query are presented. A mapping model is trained to map elements of an input query embedding vector for a received query into one or more elements of a destination embedding vector. In response to receiving an input query, an input query embedding vector is generated that projects into an input query embedding space. The input query embedding vector is processed by the mapping model to map the input query embedding vector into one or more elements of a destination embedding vector in a destination embedding space, resulting in a partial destination embedding vector. Items of a corpus of content are projected into the destination embedding space and the partial destination embedding vector is also projected into the destination embedding space. A similarity measure determines the most-similar items to the partial destination embedding vector and at least some of the most-similar items are returned in response to the input query.
US11573994B2
A computer-implemented method for performing cross-document coreference for a corpus of input documents includes determining mentions by parsing the input documents. Each mention includes a first vector for spelling data and a second vector for context data. A hierarchical tree data structure is created by generating several leaf nodes corresponding to respective mentions. Further, for each node, a similarity score is computed based on the first and second vectors of each node. The hierarchical tree is populated iteratively until a root node is created. Each iteration includes merging two nodes that have the highest similarity scores and creating an entity node instead at a hierarchical level that is above the two nodes being merged. Further, each iteration includes computing the similarity score for the entity node. The nodes with the similarity scores above a predetermined value are entities for which coreference has been performed in input documents.
US11573992B2
A method for generating a relationship of events includes: obtaining a statement of a first event and a statement of a second event; generating a word sequence vector with first granularity and a word sequence vector with second granularity based on the statement of the first event; generating a word sequence vector with third granularity and a word sequence vector with fourth granularity based on the statement of the second event; generating a first fusion vector based on the word sequence vector with first granularity and the word sequence vector with second granularity; generating a second fusion vector based on the word sequence vector with third granularity and the word sequence vector with fourth granularity; and determining a relationship between the first event and the second event based on the first fusion vector and the second fusion vector.
US11573990B2
Improved intelligent personal assistant (IPA) software agents are disclosed that are configured to interact with various people, service providers, files, and/or smart devices. More particularly, this disclosure relates to an improved Natural Language Processing (NLP) Intent Determination Service (IDS) that is able to determine the likely best action to take in response to generic user commands and queries. The improved NLP IDS disclosed is said to be ‘search-based’ because, rather than attempt to parse incoming user commands and queries up front, the incoming user commands and queries are searched against a pre-generated database of exemplary user commands (e.g., having associated action or parsing identifiers) to determine the most relevant search result(s). The associated system actions and known grammar/parsing rules of the most relevant search result(s) may then be used to process the incoming user command or query—without having to actually parse the incoming user command or query from scratch.
US11573984B2
There is provided an information processing device including a display control unit configured to display pieces of content at a first position of a screen, a condition setting unit configured to set a clustering condition for the pieces of content in accordance with a user operation, and a clustering unit configured to classify the pieces of content into a cluster in accordance with the clustering condition. The display control unit moves a display of the pieces of content from the first position toward a second position corresponding to the cluster.
US11573974B2
Systems and methods for automatic error rejection are provided. Systems and methods described herein bypass the creation of a staging table at the outset and, instead, attempt a direct merge from a source data location to a target data location. In the event that the merge fails, then a temporary/staging table can be loaded where errors can be logged, validations can be performed, and erroneous data can be corrected.
US11573967B2
Examples described herein generally relate to a computer system including a knowledge graph storing a plurality of entities. A mining of a set of enterprise source documents within an enterprise intranet is performed, by a plurality of knowledge mining toolkits, to determine a plurality of entity names. The plurality of entity names are linked based on entity metadata by traversing various relationships between people, files, sites, groups, associated with entities. An entity record is generated within a knowledge graph for a mined entity name from the linked entity names based on an entity schema and ones of the set of enterprise source documents associated with the mined entity name. The entity record includes attributes aggregated from the ones of the set of enterprise source documents associated with the mined entity name.
US11573964B2
A processing system including at least one processor may obtain a first set of performance records of a database system, train a machine learning model in accordance with the first set of performance records, where the machine learning model that is trained in accordance with the first set of performance records is configured to predict a latency of a query transaction for a designated time period, present a user interface with a plurality of settings of the database system that are user-adjustable, where the plurality of settings is associated with at least a portion of the first set of performance records, calculate a first predicted latency of a query transaction at the designated time period via the machine learning model in accordance with a set of values of the plurality of settings, and present the first predicted latency via the user interface.
US11573963B2
A method includes defining a set of context types; defining a set of source types, each comprising context types; defining, for each source type, and for each context type included in the events from data sources having the source type, a context definition comprising a set of fields, in events from the data sources, that are associated with the context type; receiving a query comprising a first field value and a time period; retrieving a plurality of events that include the first field value and the time period; for each retrieved event, and for each context definition defined for a source type and a context type of a data source from which the retrieved event originated, determining field values of fields in the set of fields of the context definition; aggregating, for each context type, determined field values from the events; and generating an output.
US11573958B2
The present invention relates to an in-document search method and device for a query vector, and an object of the present invention is to improve the accuracy of a response by generating sentence data corresponding to data in a table form stored in database. The in-document search method for a query vector includes a step A of receiving a user query from a user terminal, a step B of generating a user query vector for the user query, a step C of extracting candidate table data based on the user query vector in a data storage module, a step D of searching for a response corresponding to the user query vector in the candidate table data, and a step E of providing the response to the user terminal.
US11573957B2
A system and method for translating questions into database queries are provided. A text to database query system receives a natural language question and a structure in a database. Question tokens are generated from the question and query tokens are generated from the structure in the database. The question tokens and query tokens are concatenated into a sentence and a sentence token is added to the sentence. A BERT network generates question hidden states for the question tokens, query hidden states for the query tokens, and a classifier hidden state for the sentence token. A translatability predictor network determines if the question is translatable or untranslatable. A decoder converts a translatable question into an executable query. A confusion span predictor network identifies a confusion span in the untranslatable question that causes the question to be untranslatable. An auto-correction module to auto-correct the tokens in the confusion span.
US11573956B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for proving feedback on database instructions, identifying, for example, existing patterns and providing suggested replacement instructions. This may have the effect of improving the efficiency of instructions used to create and/or manipulate databases. According to some aspects, these and other benefits may be achieved by parsing received instructions into an organizational structure, traversing the organizational structure for known patterns, and suggesting replacement patterns. In implementation, this may be effected by receiving one or more sets of known patterns and corresponding replacement patterns, parsing received instructions, comparing the known patterns with the parsed instructions, and providing suggested replacement patterns based on one or more known patterns matching the parsed instructions. A benefit of may include reducing Cartesian products during the merging of tables.
US11573954B1
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, techniques are utilized that allow answers to be provided to end users such as health care consumers, based on benefit book documents. The benefit book documents, which do not initially contain machine-readable structural or semantic information, are processed in order to detect structure and create semantic content based on the structure. This semantic content may then be added to a graph that represents the information contained in the benefit book document. A computing device may then use the nodes of this graph to answer questions received from consumers, where templates that provide answers to the questions reference the nodes of the graph.
US11573953B2
A device configured to receive a first current status for a user account from the provisioning service device. The device is further configured to send a query to a plurality of data control devices to determine a second current status for the user account from the status logs of the plurality of data control devices. The device is further configured to determine the first current status for the user account from the provisioning service device does not match a second current status of the user account from a status log of a first data control device from among the data control devices. The device is further configured to update one of the status log of the first data control device and the provisioning service device in response to determining that the first current status for the user account does not match the second current status of the user account.
US11573951B2
Systems, methods, and storage media for creating an interface between a smart contract to be executed on a decentralized architecture and a user component, the method comprising: receiving code corresponding to the smart contract at an interface server; the interface server parsing an application binary interface (ABI) corresponding to the smart contract; the interface server constructing an enhanced application binary interface (EABI) based on the ABI; and the interface server creating a REST API interface specific to the smart contract based on the EABI.
US11573939B2
A method and apparatus for selecting database items from a database, where the database items are indexed by a list of item identifiers. The item identifiers may be in the form of text. An initial display is generated which includes one or more parts of the item identifiers. Selection of the one or more parts may be made and results in the generation of a display of a further one or more parts for selection. The further one or more parts may be selected in order to add to the selected one or more parts to build a larger part or whole of an item identifier. Selection from a large list of item identifiers may be carried out in a relatively short time period.
US11573936B2
The present disclosure relates to a computer implemented method for loading data in a target database system. The method comprises: determining that a load of a source table is expected to occur in the target database system. A future target table may be provided in advance in accordance with a defined table schema, and thereafter a load request for loading the source table may be received. Data of the source table may be loaded into the future target table.
US11573935B2
A schema for a dataset is identified by identifying a dataset comprising data and relationships between data pairs. An original schema is identified for the dataset. This original schema comprises an organizational structure. An initial fit between the dataset and the original schema is determined. The initial fit quantifying a conformity of the data in the dataset to the organizational structure of the original schema. A plurality of additional schemas are identified. Each additional schema is a distinct organizational schema. The dataset is partitioned into a plurality of subsets. Each subset comprises a modified fit quantifying a modified conformity of subset data in each subset to one of the original schema and the additional schemas. The modified fit is greater than the original fit.
US11573929B2
Deduplication of encrypted data using multiple keys includes responding to a request to store a predetermined set of data in an electronic data store by receiving a hash corresponding to the predetermined set of data, receiving encrypted data generated by encrypting the predetermined set of data using an encryption key, and receiving a key index corresponding to the encryption key. The hash may be determined to match a previously stored hash, the previously stored hash indicating that a previously encrypted version of the predetermined set of data is stored at a physical location in the electronic data store. Based on determining that the hash matches a previously stored hash, the hash, encrypted data, and key index are discarded.
US11573928B2
Techniques for processing data may include: receiving a data block stored in a data set, wherein a hash value is derived from the data block; determining, in accordance with selection criteria, whether the hash value is included in a subset; responsive to determining the hash value is included in the subset, performing processing that updates a table in accordance with the hash value and the data set, and determining, in accordance with the information in the table, whether to perform deduplication processing for the data block to determine whether the data block is a duplicate of another stored data block. The table may include an entry for the hash value. The entry may include information identifying data sets referencing the data block and, for each of the data sets, may specify a reference count denoting a number of times the data set references the data block.
US11573925B2
Techniques described and suggested herein include distributed deletion request processing and verification. For example, incident to migration of original data from a first data store to a second data store, verifications and confirmations related to removing the original data from the first data store may be performed so as to ensure the integrity of the original data represented on the second data store prior to removing the actual original data on the first data store. In some embodiments, the verifications and confirmations performed in connection with a deletion request may be apportioned to multiple entities, each of which may not fully trust the others. As a result, in some embodiments, a given deletion request may only be fulfilled if all of the entities involved in the verification process individually provide authorization to execute the deletion request.
US11573922B2
In one approach, a set of data blocks or files is tracked for changes between snapshots. This may be done by a file system filter running in kernel mode. The data blocks or files that are tagged as unchanged are not transferred to backup because there is no need to update since the last backup. Other data blocks and files may be first tested for change, for example by comparing digital fingerprints of the current data versus the previously backed up data, before transferring to backup.
US11573915B2
A method of operating a storage device includes receiving, from a host, a first packet containing a buffer address indicating a location of a data buffer selected from among a plurality of data buffers in the host, parsing the buffer address from the first packet, and transmitting a second packet containing the buffer address to the host in response to the first packet.
US11573908B1
A mapping table management method, a memory control circuit unit, and a memory storage device are provided. The method includes: receiving a read command from a host system, wherein the read command indicates reading a first data stored in at least one first logical address; and searching whether a relation management information reflects that a first group static mapping table recording the first logical address is related to a dynamic mapping table. In response to a search result reflecting that the first group static mapping table is related to the dynamic mapping table, the dynamic mapping table is searched to obtain a first physical address mapped by the first logical address. And if not related, the first group static mapping table among group static mapping tables is searched to obtain a second physical address mapped by the first logical address.
US11573905B2
Examples described herein include systems and methods for retaining information about bad memory pages across an operating system reboot. An example method includes detecting, by a first instance of an operating system, an error in a memory page of a non-transitory storage medium of a computing device executing the operating system. The operating system can tag the memory page as a bad memory page, indicating that the memory page should not be used by the operating system. The operating system can also store tag information indicating memory pages of the storage medium that are tagged as bad memory pages. The example method can also include receiving an instruction to reboot the operating system, booting a second instance of the operating system, and providing the tag information to the second instance of the operating system. The operating system can use the tag information to avoid using the bad memory pages.
US11573893B2
A storage system and method for validation of hints prior to garbage collection are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided comprising receiving a command from a host to store data in a memory; storing, in the memory, the data and a hint that characterizes the data; determining whether the hint is still valid; and in response determining that the hint is still valid, using the hint in performing garbage collection. Other embodiments are provided.
US11573884B2
In various embodiments, a network emulation application emulates network conditions when testing a software application. In response to a request to emulate a first set of network conditions for a first client device that is executing the software application, causing a kernel to implement a first pipeline and to automatically input network traffic associated with the first client device to the first pipeline instead of a default bridge. In response to a request to emulate a second set of network conditions for a second client device that is executing the software application, causing the kernel to implement a second pipeline and to automatically input network traffic associated with the second client device to the second pipeline instead of the default bridge. Each of the pipelines perform one or more traffic shaping operations on at least a subset of the network traffic input into the pipeline.
US11573880B2
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating performance simulation for selected platforms for web products in database systems according to one embodiment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes evaluating metadata associated with contents relating to a web product to be delivered through one or more platforms, where the metadata identifies the one or more platforms, and analyzing the one or more platforms to host the web product to deliver the contents. The method may further include identifying one or more performance factors associated with the web product and the one or more platforms, where the one or more performance factors are identified based one or more parameters associated with the one or more platforms to enhance performance associated with the web product when delivering the contents, and facilitating adjustments to one or more virtual dials to facilitate one or more modifications to the one or more parameters.
US11573876B2
A method for processing data exactly once using transactional stream writes includes receiving, from a client, a batch of data blocks for storage on memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware. The batch of data blocks is associated with a corresponding sequence number and represents a number of rows of a table stored on the memory hardware. The method also includes partitioning the batch of data blocks into a plurality of sub-batches of data blocks. For each sub-batch of data blocks, the method further includes assigning the sub-batch of data blocks to a buffered stream; writing, using the assigned buffered stream, the sub-batch of data blocks to the memory hardware; updating a storage log with an intent to commit the sub-batch of data blocks using the assigned buffered stream; and committing the sub-batch of data blocks to the memory hardware.
US11573861B2
A reference snapshot of a storage is stored. Data changes that modify the storage are received. The data changes are captured by a write filter of the storage. The received data changes are logged. The data changes occurring after an instance time of the reference snapshot are applied to the reference snapshot to generate a first incremental snapshot corresponding to a first intermediate reference restoration point. The data changes occurring after an instance time of the first incremental snapshot are applied to the first incremental snapshot to generate a second incremental snapshot corresponding to a second intermediate reference restoration point.
US11573858B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for operation retry. The system may determine whether a retry is allowed for a target operation based on a retry strategy included in a retry proxy component. In response to determining that the retry is allowed for the target operation, the system may execute the target operation. The system may detect whether there is an exception associated with the execution of the target operation. In response to determining that there is the exception associated with the execution of the target operation, the system may determine whether a retry is needed for the target operation based on the retry strategy. In response to determining that the retry is unneeded for the target operation, the system may stop the target operation.
US11573842B2
Techniques for determining reliability of a workload migration activity are disclosed. In one embodiment, sub-tasks associated with the workload migration activity may be determined. Further, statistical data associated with an execution of the sub-tasks corresponding to different instances of the workload migration activity may be retrieved. Furthermore, a reliability model may be trained through machine learning using the statistical data to determine reliability of the workload migration activity. Then, the reliability of a new workload migration activity may be determined using the trained reliability model.
US11573839B1
This disclosure describes systems, devices, and techniques for migrating virtualized resources between the main region and edge locations. Live migration enables virtualized resources to remain operational during migration. Edge locations are typically separated from secure data centers via the Internet, a direct connection, or some other intermediate network. Accordingly, to place virtualized resources within an edge location, the virtualized resources must be migrated over a secure communication tunnel that can protect virtualized resource data during transmission over the intermediate network. The secure communication tunnel may have limited data throughput. To efficiently utilize resources of the secure communication tunnel, and to reduce the impact of migrations on virtualized resource operations, virtualized resource migrations may be carefully scheduled in advance. For instance, virtualized resources may be selectively migrated at times-of-day in which they are likely to be relatively idle, or at times when the communication tunnel is predicted to have sufficient bandwidth.
US11573835B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for estimating resource requests for workloads to offload to host systems in a computing environment. A calculation is made required resources of computational resources required to complete processing a plurality of unfinished workloads that have not completed. A determination is made of allocated resources that are not yet provisioned to workloads. The required resources are reduced by the allocated resources not yet provisioned to determine resources to provision. The resources to provision for the unfinished workloads are requested.
US11573831B2
Embodiments for optimizing resource usage in a distributed computing environment. Resource usage of each task in a set of running tasks associated with a job is monitored to collect resource usage information corresponding to each respective task. A resource unit size of at least one resource allocated to respective tasks in the set of running tasks is adjusted based on the resource usage information to improve overall resource usage in the distributed computing environment.
US11573827B1
A location history manager may be configured to determine a location history associated with a user, and a resource usage manager may be configured to determine a computing resource usage history associated with the user. A location monitor may be configured to determine a location of the user. A resource predictor may be configured to generate a prediction of a computing resource, based on the location history, the computing resource usage history, and the location. A resource provider may be configured to provide the computing resource, based on the prediction.
US11573826B2
A control system includes a management unit configured to control a power supply device toward a target value for an output performance value of the power supply device that supplies power to a predetermined device, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire information related to a post-shutdown task scheduled to be executed after a shutdown condition of the predetermined device is satisfied, in which the management unit refers to the information acquired by the acquisition unit, and, when the post-shutdown task is scheduled to be executed, sets the target value to a second target value which is higher than a first target value set when the post-shutdown task is scheduled to be executed, before the shutdown condition is satisfied.
US11573822B2
A system and method for generating a context block using system parameters. The system parameters include objective parameters, functionality parameters, and interface definitions. Context field definitions are received. The system parameters and context fields definitions may be used to determine context fields and context entries. The system parameters may be used to determine context fields and number of context entries. The context module hardware description may be created using context fields, number of context entries, and context field definitions.
US11573819B2
A computer-implemented method for reducing service disruption times in a network functions virtualization, NFV, network infrastructure includes at least one universal customer premise equipment, uCPE, having hardware resources used for running virtual network functions, VNFs, on virtual machines, VMs. In response to a request for substituting an implemented virtual network function, VNF, linked to other virtual network functions, VNFs, in a VNF service chain by another substitution VNF resource allocation ratios of available hardware resources of the universal customer premise equipment, uCPE, are automatically increased from a default value by oversubscription to provide the hardware resources required by the substitution VNF.
US11573811B2
A networked system includes a plurality of endpoint devices that each include a compute device and a display device. A virtual desktop configuration system is coupled to the plurality of the plurality of endpoint devices via a network and is configured to retrieve display device characteristics associated with the display device in at least one of the plurality of endpoint devices, configure virtual desktop display characteristics for a virtual desktop based on the display device characteristics, and transmit virtual desktop images having the virtual desktop display characteristics to the compute device in the at least one of the plurality of endpoint devices to cause that compute device in that endpoint device to display the virtual desktop images on the display device in that endpoint device.
US11573795B1
In various examples, a VPU and associated components may be optimized to improve VPU performance and throughput. For example, the VPU may include a min/max collector, automatic store predication functionality, a SIMD data path organization that allows for inter-lane sharing, a transposed load/store with stride parameter functionality, a load with permute and zero insertion functionality, hardware, logic, and memory layout functionality to allow for two point and two by two point lookups, and per memory bank load caching capabilities. In addition, decoupled accelerators may be used to offload VPU processing tasks to increase throughput and performance, and a hardware sequencer may be included in a DMA system to reduce programming complexity of the VPU and the DMA system. The DMA and VPU may execute a VPU configuration mode that allows the VPU and DMA to operate without a processing controller for performing dynamic region based data movement operations.
US11573790B2
Techniques for code analysis are provided. User code is received, and an import statement is identified in the user code. A first empty object is generated based on the import statement, and the first empty object is named based on the name of an import reference included in the import statement. A knowledge graph is generated based at least in part on the first empty object.
US11573789B1
Systems and methods for automatic self-configuration of deployments of sets of enterprise software applications to users are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: store information, including executable code for a set of enterprise software applications and a configuration database including deployment-specific configuration settings and corresponding setting values; monitor and quantify operations of a deployment of the set of enterprise software applications; assess whether a system-initiated modification of the deployment is likely to improve a particular monitored and quantified operation; automatically generate a system-initiated modification database based on the system-initiated modification; and modify the deployment in accordance with the system-initiated modification database.
US11573788B2
A method of executing computer-readable code for interaction with one or more data resources on a data processing platform, the method performed using one or more processors, comprising: receiving a request message including an identifier identifying executable code stored in a data repository; determining, using the identifier, an execution environment of a plurality of stored execution environments mapped to the identified executable code, wherein determining the execution environment mapped to the identified executable code comprises: accessing mapping data identifying a mapping between the identifier and the execution environment of the plurality of stored execution environments, the mapping data including configuration data associated with the identifier, wherein the configuration data identifies one or more convention-based data libraries particular to the execution environment; configuring the determined execution environment to access the one or more convention-based data libraries during execution; executing the identified executable code using the determined execution environment; and passing requests made with the identified executable code to the one or more data resources via a proxy.
US11573781B2
Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses are described for sending different update times corresponding to a same version of a resource. A computing device may provide a version of a resource in response to requests from a plurality of different devices, and may indicate different update times for the version of the resource. The different update times may be based on times associated with the requests from the plurality of different devices.
US11573775B2
A code converter uses machine learning to determine conflicts and redundancies in software code. Generally, the code converter uses machine learning to convert software code into vectors that represent the code. These vectors may then be compared with other vectors to determine similarities between code. The similarities may be used to detect conflicts and/or redundancies created during the development process (e.g., when a developer attempts to change the code).
US11573764B2
A framework for generating and presenting verbal command suggestions to facilitate discoverability of commands capable of being understood and support users exploring available commands. A target associated with a direct-manipulation input is received from a user via a multimodal user interface. A set of operations relevant to the target is selected and verbal command suggestions relevant to the selected set of operations and the determined target are generated. At least a portion of the generated verbal command suggestions is provided for presentation in association with the multimodal user interface in one of three interface variants: one that presents command suggestions as a list, one that presents command suggestions using contextual overlay windows, and one that presents command suggestions embedded within the interface. Each of the proposed interface variants facilitates user awareness of verbal commands that are capable of being executed and teaches users how available verbal commands can be invoked.
US11573747B2
Systems and methods for redirecting one or more printers from a virtual computing device to a physical computing device. The method includes initiating a printing application on a virtual computing device and exporting at least one printer configuration. The at least one printer configuration corresponds to one or more printers communicatively coupled to a physical computing device. The method also includes storing the at least one printer configuration to a data file on the virtual computing device and copying the data file from the virtual computing device to the physical computing device. The method further includes invoking the data file on the physical computing device such that the at least one printer configuration is imported on the physical computing device. The method also includes generating for display on the virtual computing device at least one indication of the one or more printers communicatively coupled to the physical computing device.
US11573744B2
Storage managers are used in data storage management systems for license distribution, compliance, and updates. A licensed quota is managed at an aggregate level applicable to a collective plurality of storage operation cells and not by licensing each individual storage operation cell. A multi-cell environment belonging to a given customer is licensed by using an enhanced storage manager in each cell. One storage manager is a “license server” to the other storage managers or “child licensees.” A licensor issues a global license to the customer's designated license server, which distributes child licenses and manages other licensing aspects. Rather than licensing usage for individual storage operation cells, licensed usage is managed at an aggregate level using the license server and child licensees in a “self-service” model.
US11573739B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a first memory; a second memory different in processing speed from the first memory; and a processor including: a memory controller that is coupled to the first memory and the second memory and that controls an access to the first memory and an access to the second memory; and a plurality of controllers that access to the first memory or the second memory. The processor is configured to suppress a writing frequency of data into the second memory by controlling one or more first controllers that access the second memory among the plurality of controllers in accordance with a result of monitoring a state of writing the data into the second memory.
US11573737B2
A method and apparatus for performing disk management of an all flash array (AFA) server are provided. The method may include: utilizing a disk manager module among multiple program modules running on any node of multiple nodes of the AFA server to trigger a hardware layer of the any node to perform disk switching control in HA architecture of the AFA server, for controlling the any node to enable a set of disk switching paths between the any node and a group of storage devices among multiple sets of disk switching paths between the multiple nodes and multiple groups of storage devices; and utilizing the disk manager module to perform multiple groups of operations respectively corresponding to multiple disk pools in a parallel processing manner, for managing the group of storage devices with the multiple disk pools, wherein the multiple disk pools may include active, inserted, and failure disk pools.
US11573736B2
Techniques are provided for managing host connectivity to a data storage system. A host connectivity management system receives a request from a host system to connect to a data storage system. The data storage system includes storage nodes which include storage volumes, and each storage node includes multiple ports to enable connection to the storage node. The host connectivity management system determines a subset of ports, among all available ports of the storage nodes, to assign to the host system for use by the host system for connecting to the storage nodes of the data storage system to access the storage volumes. The host connectivity management system sends connection information to the host system to enable the host system to connect to the data storage system, wherein the connection information includes port identifiers associated with the subset of ports assigned to the host system.
US11573735B2
Technologies for media management for column-based memory systems include a memory controller including an indirection table. The memory controller receives a memory access to a column-addressable memory indicative of a memory row address. The memory controller determines a logical sub-block identifier based on the memory row address and looks up a physical sub-block identifier in the indirection table. The memory controller issues a redirected memory access indicative of the physical sub-block identifier to the column-addressable memory. The memory access may include a column read. The memory controller may perform a media management operation by copying or moving data from a source physical sub-block to a destination physical sub-block. The memory controller updates the indirection table with the destination physical sub-block for the associated logical sub-block identifier. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11573726B1
A device may include a plurality of data processing engines. Each of the data processing engines may include a memory pool having a plurality of memory banks, a plurality of cores each coupled to the memory pool and configured to access the plurality of memory banks, a memory mapped switch coupled to the memory pool and a memory mapped switch of at least one neighboring data processing engine, and a stream switch coupled to each of the plurality of cores and to a stream switch of the at least one neighboring data processing engine.
US11573725B2
A storage system includes an object storage server and a storage client, the object storage server obtains an object migration policy of a source bucket, where the object migration policy indicates a condition for migrating an object from the source bucket to a destination bucket in a plurality of buckets, and the object storage server migrates a first object in the source bucket to the destination bucket according to the policy migration policy when determining that the first object meets the object migration policy of the source bucket.
US11573716B2
A system-on-chip is connected to a first memory device and a second memory device. The system-on-chip comprises a memory controller configured to control an interleaving access operation on the first and second memory devices. A modem processor is configured to provide an address for accessing the first or second memory devices. A linear address remapping logic is configured to remap an address received from the modem processor and to provide the remapped address to the memory controller. The memory controller dorms a linear access operation on the first or second memory device in response to receiving the remapped address.
US11573713B1
Methods, computer readable media, and devices for identifying and preventing invalid memory access. A method may include defining a dynamic scope for an operation, receiving a request to allocate a portion of the range of shared memory, allocating a monotonically increasing portion of the range of shared memory such that a subsequent request to allocate memory is allocated a different portion of the range of shared memory, receiving a request to deallocate the allocated portion of the range of shared memory, deallocating the allocated portion of the range of shared memory by protecting the deallocated portion of the range of shared memory from any subsequent access, and in response to an access of the protected deallocated portion of the range of shared memory by one of the one or more threads or processes of the operation, trapping and terminating the one thread or process.
US11573706B2
A data storage device and method for efficient image searching are provided. In one embodiment, a data storage device is provided comprising a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to store a plurality of images and a plurality of keys in the memory, wherein each key of the plurality of keys is generated from a respective image of the plurality of images; receive, from a host, a key generated from a target image desired by the host; and return, to the host, an image from the stored plurality of images that is associated with a key that matches the key received from the host. Other embodiments are provided.
US11573702B2
Devices and techniques are disclosed herein to extend a range of an effective delay of a delay circuit having a configurable delay limited to a first range of delay values with respect to a first edge of a clock signal. A selection circuit can selectively apply the configurable delay to a subsequent, second edge of the clock signal to extend the range of the effective delay of the delay circuit beyond the first range of delay values.
US11573694B2
A method for invoking a procedure by a first network node in a computer system comprising the first network node and a second network node is provided. The method includes detecting a gesture or a user interaction event contacting a plurality of locations on a screen space of the first network node, obtaining an identification of a workflow procedure in dependence upon an interpretation of the gesture, the workflow procedure having an input parameter, mapping locations, included in the plurality of locations contacted by the gesture, to the location of the graphical object on the screen space, to obtain, from a data set, an identification of corresponding information associated with the graphical object, obtaining an identification of the input parameter of the identified workflow procedure in dependence upon the identified corresponding information, and invoking the identified workflow procedure according to the identified input parameter.
US11573692B2
An information processing system includes circuitry that causes a first scrolling of a displayed content region within its boundaries in response to a first user operation. The circuitry of the information processing system also causes a second scrolling of the displayed content region beyond its boundaries in response to a second user operation.
US11573685B2
A display data generation method used in a computer including an output module, includes generating display data of page numbers for scrollably displaying page numbers of a plurality of pages each containing predetermined item information, to output the display data of page numbers from the output module, retrieving page information indicating a same number of pages as a number of page numbers displayed in a distance corresponding to a distance between two points in a display region in which the page numbers are displayed when the two points are specified by the user, wherein the number of page numbers are calculated based on the distance between the two points and the distance between adjacent page numbers displayed in the display region, and generating item display data for displaying item information contained in the pages indicated in the retrieved page information, to output the item display data from the output module.
US11573683B2
A method includes displaying a message within an interface of a group-based communication platform on a device associated with a user; receiving, from the user, a selection of a first reactive emoji having a first skin tone for display in association with the message; and in response, displaying a first instance of the selected first reactive emoji having the first skin tone in a first grouping with at least a second instance of the first reactive emoji having a second skin tone different than the first skin tone, wherein the first grouping of the first instance and the at least the second instance is displayed in association with the message.
US11573676B2
A method and system for managing contextual views within an application interface are disclosed. The method includes displaying a first view within an application interface that provides information about a user selected vehicle. The method also includes displaying a second view within an application interface that provides information about an environment. The second view may present an interactive three-dimensional model that provides an immersive experience. The application may switch between the first view and the second view according to user input.
US11573672B2
User interface sessions in a user interface device are initiated or resumed according to stored state data. A session request is received from a first client device. A user profile associated with the session request is identified and a determination made as to whether a previous session exists. If no previous session exists, a new session is instantiated using a default session configuration. If a previous session exists, a new session is instantiated according to the previous session.
US11573664B1
A touch-screen system comprises adjacent first and second touch-screen sensors, first and second digitizers, and synchronization, tracking, and return logic. Each of the first and second digitizers is coupled electronically to the respective touch-screen sensor and configured to provide a pen signal responsive to action of a pen on the touch-screen sensor. The synchronization logic is configured to synchronize the pen to the first and second digitizers and to enable pen tracking by any of the first and second digitizers conditionally, based at least partly on the first and second pen signals. The tracking logic is configured to define a region of precision scanning of the first or second touch-screen sensor by the respective first or second digitizer, based at least partly on the first and second pen signals. The return logic is configured to expose a result of the precision scanning to an operating system of the touch-screen system.
US11573663B1
A method for operating an electronic device includes rotating a first portion of a flexible touchscreen with respect to a second portion of the flexible touchscreen around a folding axis; detecting, self-capacitances sensed in a folding area of the flexible touchscreen using a self-sensing scan, where a first side of the folding area is on the first portion of the flexible touchscreen and a second side of the folding area is on the second portion of the flexible touchscreen, and the first side and the second side are separated by a folding axis; determining, a current strength sensed by the flexible touchscreen in the folding area based on the self-capacitances in the folding area; and determining, a folding angle of the first portion of the flexible touchscreen with the second portion of the flexible touchscreen around the folding axis based on the current strength in the folding area.
US11573659B2
An electronic device includes: a display panel configured to display an image; an input sensor on the display panel; and a sensor controller configured to detect a first input by at least one of a plurality of input devices through the input sensor, and wherein the sensor controller is configured to detect the first input during an input detection frame, wherein the input detection frame includes a search section in which a plurality of search signals are provided to the input sensor, and wherein the plurality of search signals include two or more search signals capable of communicating through two or more different protocols, respectively.
US11573655B2
A display device, includes: a display panel having short sides and long sides; and a touch sensor on the display panel and including a sensing area and a non-sensing area around the sensing area, wherein the touch sensor includes: a first touch electrode unit including a plurality of first touch electrodes in the sensing area, arranged in a direction in which the short sides of the display panel extend, and each including a first opening; a second touch electrode unit including a plurality of second touch electrodes in the sensing area, arranged in a direction in which the long sides of the display panel extend, and each including a second opening; and a pressure sensor including a strain gauge, at least a part of the strain gauge being located in the sensing area.
US11573654B2
A display device includes a display panel, a first force sensor, a first vibration generator, and a first electromagnetic wave shielding member. The first force sensor is disposed under the display panel. The first vibration generator is disposed under the display panel and adjacent to the first force sensor. The first electromagnetic wave shielding member surrounds side surfaces of the first vibration generator.
US11573651B2
An electronic device including an input sensing unit configured to sense an external input. The input sensing unit includes first electrodes including first patterns including normal patterns and notch patterns and first connection patterns connecting the first patterns, a second electrode, a first trace line connected to one of the normal patterns, and a connection trace line connected to at least two of the notch patterns.
US11573642B2
Wearable devices, methods and processor-readable media for multi-finger mid-air gesture recognition are described. A smart ring wearable device having an array of proximity sensors located about the circumference of the ring is used, in conjunction with a motion sensor such as an accelerometer, to sense and recognize multi-finger mid-air gestures. The proximity sensors may be used to sense the relative positions and shapes of the fingers of the user's hand. The motion sensor may be used to detect gross movements of the finger, hand, and arm, and to detect other movements such as finger collisions using high-frequency sampling of accelerometer data to sense bio-acoustic vibrations. A gesture-sensing system may be operated by the wearable device, a gesture-controlled device, or another device to recognize the gestures based on the sensor data using a trained support-vector machine as a classifier.
US11573636B2
A haptic actuator may include a housing, a stator coupled to a medial interior portion of the housing, and a field member within the housing and having an opening receiving the stator therein. The field member may include a frame, and at least one permanent magnet carried by the frame. The at least one permanent magnet may include side-by-side magnetic segments having alternating magnetic polarizations with at least one non-vertical magnetic polarization transition zone between adjacent magnetic segments.
US11573631B2
The present invention provides improved methods and systems for assisting a user when interacting with a graphical user interface by combining gaze based input with gesture based user commands. The present invention provide systems, devices and method that enable a user of a computer system without a traditional touch-screen to interact with graphical user interfaces in a touch-screen like manner using a combination of gaze based input and gesture based user commands. Furthermore, the present invention offers a solution for touch-screen like interaction using gaze input and gesture based input as a complement or an alternative to touch-screen interactions with a computer device having a touch-screen, such as for instance in situations where interaction with the regular touch-screen is cumbersome or ergonomically challenging. Further, the present invention provides systems, devices and methods for combined gaze and gesture based interaction with graphical user interfaces to achieve a touchscreen like environment in computer systems without a traditional touchscreen or in computer systems having a touchscreen arranged ergonomically unfavourable for the user or a touchscreen arranged such that it is more comfortable for the user to use gesture and gaze for the interaction than the touchscreen.
US11573629B2
An image processing and displaying method, AR device, image processing device, and a display system are provided. The image processing and displaying method is applied to a display system, wherein the display system includes an Augmented Reality (AR) device and an image processing device, and the image processing and displaying method includes: acquiring, by the AR device, a real-time image of a current view field of a user wearing the AR device in a real environment; sending, by the AR device, the real-time image to the image processing device; receiving, by the AR device, a display direction, an imaging distance, and a target image sent by the image processing device, and displaying, by the AR device, the target image in a virtual display area according to the display direction and the imaging distance.
US11573622B2
Systems and methods for discrete power control of components within a computer system are described herein. Some illustrative embodiments include a system that includes a subsystem with a plurality of components (configurable to operate at one or more power levels), a control register (coupled to the plurality of components) including a plurality of bits (each uniquely associated with a one of the plurality of components), and a power controller coupled to, and configurable to cause, the plurality of components to operate at the one or more power levels. The power controller asserts a signal transmitted to the subsystem, commanding the subsystem to transition to a first power level. A first of the plurality of components, associated with an asserted bit of the control register, operates at a second power level corresponding to a level of power consumption different from that of the first power level indicated by the power controller.
US11573606B2
In a flexible display device including a non-bending area and a bending area, the flexible display device may include a circuit structure, a display structure on the circuit structure, and an organic layer under or over the circuit structure, the organic layer including a groove corresponding to the bending area.
US11573603B2
An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. The display may have an array of display pixels that provide image light to a user. The array of display pixels may form an active display structure with a rectangular shape. The rectangular active display structure may be surrounded by an inactive border region. Optical structures such as upper structures formed from a sheet of glass and lower optical structures that lie beneath the sheet of glass may be configured to bend light from the display pixels along the periphery of the active display structure. The upper optical structures may have an area that is larger than the area of the active display structure, so that the presence of the optical structures may serve to enlarge the apparent size of the display. The lower and upper optical structures may have curved surfaces for bending the light.
US11573599B2
An electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture and a display assembly at least partially positioned in the aperture. The display assembly can include a substrate having a conductive portion, a display layer having pixels, a touch sensitive layer positioned on a first side of the substrate, an operational component positioned on a second side of the substrate opposite the first side, and a flexible electrical connector electrically coupled with the conductive portion and the operational component. The flexible electrical connector can include an electromagnetic antenna. A transparent cover can overlay the display assembly and can be secured to the housing.
US11573594B2
A method for providing a reference clock signal, comprising: generating, by an oscillator, a first clock signal having a first frequency, the first clock signal being coupled to a frequency synthesizer; generating, by the frequency synthesizer, a second clock signal based on the first clock signal, the second clock signal having a second frequency different from the first frequency; outputting a reference clock signal to one or more components of an electronic device, the reference clock signal being one of the first clock signal or the second clock signal; identifying one or more spurious frequency components; and monitoring the reference clock signal for a presence of the one or more spurious frequency components, the monitoring comprising: in response to determining the presence of at least one of the one or more spurious frequency components, selecting a different one of the first clock signal or the second clock signal to be the reference clock signal.
US11573592B1
An adaptive joystick preferably includes a rotatable cylinder bar, an outer base ring, an inner ring and an industrial joystick base. An adaptive controller receives an output from the adaptive joystick and outputs a control signal to a valve solenoid to control a hydraulic cylinder. Angle, depth and pressure sensors are preferably used to monitor a position of the hydraulic cylinder. The sensor outputs are fed into the adaptive controller. An inward wrist curl of the rotatable cylinder bar combined with a forearm pull rearward of the outer base ring are used to cause a digging motion. An outward wrist curl of the rotatable cylinder bar combined with a forearm push forward of the outer base ring are used to cause a dumping motion. A hand movement to the left is associated with swinging the excavator left. A hand movement to the right is associated to swinging the excavator right.
US11573581B2
A thermostatic integrated faucet includes a valve assembly having an upper valve body and a lower valve body defining a mixing chamber therein, the mixing chamber configured to receive hot water through a hot water inlet and cold water through a cold water inlet. The thermostatic integrated faucet further includes a diaphragm assembly fluidly coupled to the mixing chamber, a sensor operatively coupled to the diaphragm assembly, a thermostatic unit disposed within the mixing chamber of the valve assembly, and a cam shaft coupled to the thermostatic unit. The thermostatic unit is configured to control a water temperature within the valve assembly and the cam shaft configured to control a range of the water temperature within the valve assembly. In various embodiments, the thermostatic unit includes a wax actuator configured to engage with the cam shaft and a mixing shuttle coupled to the wax actuator.
US11573578B2
According to some examples of the presently disclosed subject matter there is provided a system and method for deploying a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by an airborne carrier aircraft for dispersing payload material, each UAV comprising at least one container containing payload material and being configured to disperse the payload material at a designated dispersion area in an event site.
US11573567B2
A system includes one or more sensor systems, a controller-circuit, a first module, and a second module. The sensor systems are configured to determine position relationship data between a roadway and a host vehicle. The sensor system includes at least one of a computer-vision system, a radar system, and a LIDAR system. The controller-circuit is configured to receive and transform the position relationship data to effect steering control of the host vehicle. The first module is controlled by the controller-circuit to effect the steering control when the steering control transitions from a manual-mode to an automated mode. The second module is controlled by the controller-circuit to effect steering control of the host vehicle after control by the first module and upon meeting a prescribed condition.
US11573561B2
This application provides methods and systems for automated condition-based maintenance of mechanical systems. Example systems may at least one memory coupled to one or more computer processors that are configured to receive first data from the mechanical system indicative of performance of a first component of the mechanical system, determine, using the first data, a first performance metric for the first component, determine, using the first performance metric, a probability value that a fault has occurred at the first component, and determine, using the probability value, a predicted length of time until failure of the first component.
US11573554B2
A drive system (10), in particular for process automation, includes: a trajectory planning unit (3), which is adapted to provide a trajectory signal (xd) on the basis of a setpoint signal (xs), and an actuator unit (2) having an actuator member (1), in particular a valve member, which actuator unit (2) is adapted to control and/or regulate a position of the actuator member (1) on the basis of the trajectory signal (xd). The trajectory planning unit (3) is adapted to provide the trajectory signal (xd) with a first signal section (s1) and a second signal section (s2), the first signal section (s1) having a straight signal form and the second signal section (s2) having a signal form asymptotic to the setpoint signal (xs).
US11573546B2
A method of remotely obtaining metadata from a building management system at a building site includes utilizing an intelligent gateway that is disposed at the building site and that is operably coupled with the building management system. A request for the intelligent gateway to obtain metadata from the building management system is received at the intelligent gateway, which applies the metadata request to individual components of the building management system. The intelligent gateway receives the requested metadata from the individual components of the building management system and translates the received metadata into a predetermined format. The intelligent gateway communicates the translated metadata to the remote server.
US11573544B2
In some examples, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) employs one or more image sensors to capture images of a scan target and may use distance information from the images for determining respective locations in three-dimensional (3D) space of a plurality of points of a 3D model representative of a surface of the scan target. The UAV may compare a first image with a second image to determine a difference between a current frame of reference position for the UAV and an estimate of an actual frame of reference position for the UAV. Further, based at least on the difference, the UAV may determine, while the UAV is in flight, an update to the 3D model including at least one of an updated location of at least one point in the 3D model, or a location of a new point in the 3D model.
US11573538B2
A layer configuration prediction method is provided and includes: a specimen production step of producing multiple specimens by depositing layers of a material in configurations different from each other; a specimen measurement step of performing, on each specimen, measurement to acquire a texture parameter corresponding to a texture; a learning step of causing a computer to perform machine learning of a relation between each of the specimens and the texture parameter; a setting parameter calculation step of calculating a setting parameter corresponding to the texture set to a computer graphics image; and a layer configuration acquisition step of providing the setting parameter as an input to the computer having been caused to perform the machine learning, and acquiring an output representing the layering pattern of layers of the material corresponding to the setting parameter.
US11573537B2
A non-transitory, computer-readable recording medium stores a program of reinforcement learning by a state-value function. The program causes a computer to execute a process including calculating a temporal difference (TD) error based on an estimated state-value function, the TD error being calculated by giving a perturbation to each component of a feedback coefficient matrix that provides a policy; calculating based on the TD error and the perturbation, an estimated gradient function matrix acquired by estimating a gradient function matrix of the state-value function with respect to the feedback coefficient matrix for a state of a controlled object, when state variation of the controlled object in the reinforcement learning is described by a linear difference equation and an immediate cost or an immediate reward of the controlled object is described in a quadratic form of the state and an input; and updating the feedback coefficient matrix using the estimated gradient function matrix.
US11573530B2
An adjustment member for a watch including a fixed structure extending substantially perpendicularly to an axial direction, the adjustment member including a regulating member with a balance arranged to pivot about a balance axis, this balance is pivoted by magnetic pivots in a carriage, arranged to pivot about a carriage axis, and comprised in a device for annulling variations in rate in the vertical positions, formed by a tourbillon or a carrousel, comprised in the adjustment member, and the carriage carrying magnets defining the balance axis which is perpendicular or oblique to the carriage axis.
US11573527B2
A phase modulation structure includes a recording surface including phase angle recording regions in a plurality of calculated element regions corresponding to reconstruction points of an image on a one-to-one basis, each phase angle recording region being formed of a plurality of unit blocks in each of which a phase angle is recorded, the phase angle being calculated based on a phase that is a sum of a plurality of phases of light from the corresponding reconstruction points; and a representative area that is one of divisions of the calculated element region, the representative area being obtained by radially dividing the calculated element region centered on a point on the calculated element region, the point being obtained by extending a normal line from the corresponding reconstruction point to the calculated element region on the recording surface.
US11573524B2
A cartridge includes a developing roller, a downstream side drive transmission member, an upstream side drive transmission member, an elastic member for urging the downstream side drive transmission member toward a blocked position from a transmission position, and a maintaining member for maintaining the downstream side drive transmission member in the transmission position against an elastic force of the elastic member. The downstream side drive transmission member is coupled to the upstream side transmission member when the downstream side drive transmission member is in the transmission position, and the downstream side drive transmission member is not coupled to the upstream side transmission member when the downstream side drive transmission member is in the blocked position.
US11573511B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming part, a fixing device, a fixing temperature sensor, a drive device, a printed sheet number counting part, a fixing voltage power supply, a controller, and an apparatus external temperature sensor. The controller can perform a cooling mode in which, when a number of continuous printed sheets at a reference speed exceeds an upper limit number, a number of printed sheets per unit time is gradually decreased to suppress an increase of an apparatus internal temperature. The controller sets the upper limit number based on a temperature difference between the fixing temperature detected by the fixing temperature sensor and the apparatus external temperature detected by the apparatus external temperature sensor.
US11573510B2
A fixing device for fixing an image comprising a liquid developer on a recording material includes a feeding belt for feeding the recording material; a plurality of air vents, provided in a region of the feeding belt on which the recording material is fed, for sucking the recording material onto the feeding belt; a fan for sucking the recording material toward the feeding belt; and a heating source for heating the image on the recording material fed by the feeding belt, by radiant heat, and satisfies the following equation: db·Φb·K<44.9, wherein K: ρb·cb/λp·ρp·dp·cp cp: specific heat of developer and recording material (J/g·K) ρp: density of developer and recording material (g/cm3) dp: thickness of developer and recording material (mm) λp: thermal conductivity of developer and recording material (W/(m·K)) cb: specific heat of belt (J/g·K) ρb: density of belt (g/cm3) db: thickness of belt (mm) Φb: diameter of air vent of belt (mm).
US11573509B2
A heating device includes a heating unit that heats in a non-contact manner an upper surface of a transport material that is transported; and a blowing unit that blows air against a lower surface of the transport material via multiple blowing holes that open with respect to the lower surface, the multiple blowing holes being disposed so that blowing holes that are closest and adjacent to each other in a transport direction of the transport material are shifted from each other in an intersection direction that intersects the transport direction.
US11573494B2
A photoresist film is patterned into an array of island shapes with improved critical dimension uniformity and no phase edges by using two alternating phase shifting masks (AltPSMs) and one post expose bake (PEB). The photoresist layer is exposed with a first AltPSM having a line/space (L/S) pattern where light through alternating clear regions on each side of an opaque line is 180° phase shifted. Thereafter, there is a second exposure with a second AltPSM having a L/S pattern where opaque lines are aligned orthogonal to the lengthwise dimension of opaque lines in the first exposure, and with alternating 0° and 180° clear regions. Then, a PEB and subsequent development process are used to form an array of island shapes. The double exposure method enables smaller island shapes than conventional photolithography and uses relatively simple AltPSM designs that are easier to implement in production than other optical enhancement techniques.
US11573486B2
A notebook computer including a screen, a body, and a camera module is provided. The body is pivotally connected to the screen so that the screen is opened and closed relative to the body. The camera module is stored in one of the screen and the body and includes a photosensitive element and a first polarizer. The first polarizer is disposed between the screen and the photosensitive element. The screen includes a display panel and a second polarizer. The second polarizer is disposed between the display panel and the first polarizer. The first polarizer and the second polarizer have different polarization directions.
US11573481B1
A revolving photography studio is disclosed. The revolving photography studio includes a stationary circular track surrounding a product setup location and an upright wall coupled to a frame defining a studio backdrop, being of a curved configuration, at least partially surrounding the product setup location, and following the stationary circular track for undergoing revolvable movement along the track using wheels. The wall comprises a defined opening for entrance into the product setup location. The revolving photography studio also includes a linear horizontal crossbar across a top of the opening and coupled to the frame. The revolving photography studio additionally comprises a plate coupled to the linear horizontal crossbar. The plate is configured to receive a camera mount.
US11573470B2
The present disclosure relates to a display panel and a display device. The display panel comprises: a display liquid crystal panel comprising a plurality of sub-pixels defined by a first grid structure and arranged in an array; a dimming liquid crystal panel located on a light incident side of the display liquid crystal panel and stacked with the display liquid crystal panel, the dimming liquid crystal panel comprising a plurality of dimming pixels defined by a second grid structure and arranged in an array; wherein the second grid structure comprises a plurality of shading lines which extend in a waveform along a row direction and have the same period, and a waveform phase difference Δϕ of any two adjacent shading lines meets: 0<|Δϕ|<π.
US11573462B2
A manufacturing method of a display panel and the display panel are provided, wherein the display panel includes a base substrate, a first metal layer, an insulation layer, an active layer, a second metal layer, and a passivation layer. The passivation layer corresponding to a bonding area further includes hole structures. Surface materials of the second metal layer corresponding to the hole structures are a third metal material. Reducing materials are introduced to make a surface of the second metal layer form the third metal material during a preparation.
US11573455B2
According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a light source module, and a reflector opposed to the light source module. The reflector includes a plurality of incidence openings on which light from the light source module is made incident, a plurality of emission openings opposed to the incidence openings, a plurality of reflective surfaces extending from the incidence openings to the emission openings, respectively, and reflective films formed on the reflective surfaces. The reflector includes a plurality of blocks, and the blocks are bonded to each other to form the reflector.
US11573452B2
Processing methods may be performed to forming a pixel material in a semiconductor structure. The methods may include forming a sacrificial hardmask overlying an uppermost layer of an optical stack of the semiconductor structure, the uppermost layer having a thickness. The methods may include forming a via through the sacrificial hardmask in the optical stack by a first etch process unselective to a metal layer of the semiconductor structure. The methods may include filling the via with a fill material, wherein a portion of the fill material extends over the sacrificial hardmask and contacts the metal layer. The methods may include removing a portion of the fill material external to the via by a removal process selective to the fill material. The methods may also include removing the sacrificial hardmask by a second etch process selective to the sacrificial hardmask while maintaining the thickness of the uppermost layer.
US11573447B2
A display device is provided and includes first display area including first pixel; second display area including second pixels and provided next to first display area; light shield surrounding first and second display areas separately, first slit provided in light shield, first sealant surrounding first and second display areas; and second sealant located between first and second display areas, wherein second sealant comprises at least one opening which communicates first and second display areas to each other, and first slit is provided along outer circumference of first display area and outer circumference of second display area, and overlaps base end of second sealant which is connected with first sealant.
US11573442B2
The present disclosure relates to a module structure of a liquid crystal display, the module structure includes a panel glass assembly, a backlight assembly and a display housing retaining wall; an accommodating space formed by the display housing retaining wall accommodates the panel glass assembly and the backlight assembly; the panel glass assembly includes a front glass sheet, a rear glass sheet and a sealant for sealing a liquid crystal accommodating space between the front glass sheet and the rear glass sheet. The module structure is characterized in that, a filling gap is provided between outer peripheral surfaces of the front glass sheet and the rear glass sheet of the panel glass assembly and an inner peripheral surface of the display housing retaining wall facing the outer peripheral surfaces; and a panel edge protective adhesive is filled in the filling gap. The present disclosure also relates to a manufacturing process of the module structure.
US11573418B2
An apparatus including a first substrate including a first incoupling diffractive optical element configured to couple light into the first substrate, and a first outcoupling diffractive optical element configured to output, from the first substrate, light that has been coupled into the first substrate; and a second substrate including a second incoupling diffractive optical element configured to couple light into the second substrate, and a second outcoupling diffractive optical element configured to output, from the second substrate, light that has been coupled into the second substrate; wherein the first and second incoupling diffractive optical elements are substantially inverse of each other and the first and second outcoupling diffractive optical elements are substantially inverse of each other.
US11573415B2
This disclosure is directed to a system and method for changing an angle of incidence of a filter or filter wheel.
US11573407B2
An image capturing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The second and third lens elements have refractive power. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The image capturing lens assembly has a total of six lens elements with refractive power.
US11573406B2
An image capturing optical lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element has refractive power. The third lens element with refractive power has a concave image-side surface. The fourth lens element has refractive power, and at least one surface thereof is aspheric. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, and the surfaces thereof are aspheric. The sixth lens element with refractive power has a convex object-side surface, and an image-side surface changing from concave at a paraxial region thereof to convex at a peripheral region thereof, and the surfaces are aspheric.
US11573404B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of optical lenses and provides a camera optical lens sequentially including, from an object side to an image side, first to sixth lenses. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 3.00≤(d1+d2)/d3≤4.00; 1.50≤(d9+d10)/d11≤3.00; and −5.00≤R9/R11≤−4.60, where d1, d3, d9 and d11 denotes on-axis thicknesses of the first, second, fifth and sixth lenses, respectively; d2 denotes an on-axis distance from an image side surface of the first lens to an object side surface of the second lens; d10 denotes an on-axis distance from an image side surface of the fifth lens to an object side surface of the sixth lens; and R9 and R11 denote curvature radiuses of object side surfaces of the fifth and sixth lenses, respectively. The camera optical lens according to the present disclosure can achieve high optical performance while satisfying design requirements for ultra-thin, wide-angle lenses having large apertures.
US11573401B2
The application discloses an optical imaging system. The system sequentially comprises the following components from an object side to an image side along an optical axis: a first lens having refractive power, an image side surface of which is a convex surface; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having refractive power, the image side surface of which is a concave surface; a fourth lens having refractive power; a fifth lens having refractive power, the object side surface of which is a convex surface; a sixth lens with positive refractive power, the object side surface of which is a convex surface; a seventh lens having refractive power; an effective focal length f of the optical imaging system and an entrance pupil diameter EPD of the optical imaging system meet the condition that f/EPD is less than 2; the effective focal length f of the optical imaging system, an effective focal length f1 of the first lens, and an effective focal length f2 of the second lens satisfy 0.1
US11573400B2
An imaging lens system includes a plastic lens element. The plastic lens element includes an optical effective portion and an outer ring portion. The optical axis passes through the optical effective portion. The outer ring portion surrounds the optical effective portion and includes an annular groove structure, a conical surface, a flat abutting portion and a full-circle connecting portion. The annular groove structure is tapered off. Each of the conical surface and the flat abutting portion is located closer to the optical effective portion than the annular groove structure. The flat abutting portion is in physical contact with an optical element. The full-circle connecting portion is connected to the annular groove structure and located farther away from the optical effective portion than the annular groove structure. The annular groove structure has an annular bottom end surface extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the optical axis.
US11573396B2
A multi-axis gimbal actuator includes a first tilt frame tiltably coupled to a second tilt frame. The second frame is tiltably coupled to a reference frame. The first tilt frame is offset from the second tilt frame and approximately parallel to the second tilt frame while in a neutral position. An optical element is mounted on the first tilt frame.
US11573381B2
A connector for optically connecting an optical fiber to an optical fiber port, the connector defining a first length, L1, as measured between a leading edge and a trailing edge of the connector when the connector is in a locked configuration, and a second length, L2, as measured between the leading edge and the trailing edge of the connector when the connector is in an unlocked configuration, wherein L1 is different than L2. In an embodiment, L2 is greater than L1. In another embodiment, the connector comprises a boot and a housing, and the boot and housing are configured to float relative to one another.
US11573379B2
Methods, devices, and systems for welding optical fibers and perforated elements by pulsed laser beam are provided. In one aspect, a method includes focusing a pulsed laser beam onto a region of a joining surface formed by an outer circumference of an optical fiber and an inner circumference of a hole of a perforated element, a beam direction of the pulsed laser beam running in an axial direction of the joining surface, and moving a laser focus of the pulsed laser beam in the region axially in or counter to the beam direction to produce at least one weld seam in the region. The optical fiber and the perforated element are locally melted in the region by the pulsed laser beam focused into a material of the optical fiber and a material of the perforated element and are thereby welded to one another.
US11573375B2
Photonic devices are disclosed including a first cladding layer, a first electrical contact comprising a first lead coupled to a first dielectric portion, a second electrical contact comprising a second lead coupled to a second dielectric portion, a waveguide structure comprising a slab layer comprising a first material, and a second cladding layer. The slab layer may be coupled to the first dielectric portion of the first electrical contact and the second dielectric portion of the second electrical contact. The first dielectric portion and the second dielectric portion may have a dielectric constant greater than a dielectric constant of the first material.
US11573364B2
A backlight module and an electronic device including the same are provided. The electronic device includes: a panel; and a backlight module opposite to the panel and including: a light guide plate; a first optical unit disposed on the light guide plate and having a first prism structure; a second optical unit disposed on the first optical unit and having a second prism structure; and a third optical unit disposed on the second optical unit and having a third prism structure, wherein the first prism structure faces the light guide plate, and the second prism structure and the third prism structure face the panel.
US11573359B2
A method for producing a polarizing plate including a polarizer and a substrate film is provided. The method comprises: stretching a primary film to obtain a polarizer material film; providing an unstretched substrate film on the polarizer material film to obtain a layered body; and stretching the layered body to obtain the polarizing plate. The polarizer includes a dichroic material and has a thickness T of 20 μm or less. A phase difference Re in an in-plane direction of the substrate film in the polarizing plate is 20 nm or less.
US11573349B2
Methods, tools, and systems for determining porosity in an earth formation are disclosed. Neutrons are emitted into the formation to induce inelastic scattering gamma rays and thermal capture gamma rays in the formation. The induced gamma rays are detected at a proximal gamma detector and a far gamma detector, which are spaced at different axial distances from the neutron source. A measured proximal-to-far inelastic ratio (a ratio of inelastic scattering gammas detected at the proximal and far detector) and a proximal-to-far thermal capture ratio (a ratio of thermal capture gammas detected at the proximal and far detector) are determined and used to calculate the formation porosity. Techniques are disclosed for removing borehole and casing configuration effects from the measured proximal-to-far thermal capture ratio, leaving only porosity dependence.
US11573339B2
A method and system for providing improved timing calibration information for use with apparatuses performing Time of Flight Positron Emission Tomography scans. Relative timing offset, including timing walk, within a set of processing units in the scanner are obtained and corrected using a stationary limited extent positron-emitting source, and timing offset between the set of processing units is calibrated using an internal radiation source, for performing calibration.
US11573338B1
Scintillators that can support up to 20 MHz count rates, which is significantly faster than the required 100K counts/second needed for single crystal diffractometers and methods for fabricating them.
US11573327B2
A light detection and ranging system is provided for improving imaging accuracy and measurement range. The light detection and ranging system may comprise: a light source configured to emit a multi-pulse sequence into a three-dimensional environment, in which the multi-pulse sequence comprises multiple light pulses having a temporal profile; a photosensitive detector configured to detect light pulses returned from the three-dimensional environment and generate an output signal indicative of an amount of optical energy associated with a subset of the light pulses; and one or more processors electrically coupled to the light source and the photosensitive detector, and the one or more processors are configured to: generate the temporal profile based on one or more real-time conditions; and determine one or more parameters for selecting the subset of light pulses.
US11573325B2
A method of pose calculation for a portable three-dimensional scanning device including a first sensor and a second sensor the method including utilizing data from the first sensor and data from the second sensor to acquire data defining six degrees of freedom of the scanning device to optimize a first pose calculation, receiving data comprising one of data from the first sensor and data from the second sensor, selecting a subset of the six degrees of freedom of the scanning device, utilizing the data from the first sensor and the received data for the selected subset of six degrees of freedom to optimize a second pose, wherein the unselected degrees of freedom are retained from the first pose and storing received data associated with the second camera pose in a point cloud database.
US11573323B2
A LIDAR array is provided which includes a plurality of LIDAR systems. The first LIDAR system is spatially spaced apart from the second LIDAR system. A first laser beam of the first LIDAR system and a second laser beam are synchronized with one another in such a way that the first laser beam and the second laser beam mutually amplify one another in the shared far range.
US11573318B1
A situational awareness system for aerial refueling is disclosed. In embodiments, the situational awareness system may include one or more millimeter wave devices of a tanker aircraft configured to transmit one or more emitter signals toward an aircraft to be refueled, and receive one or more reflected signals reflected from the aircraft to be refueled. In embodiments, the situational awareness system further includes a controller communicatively coupled to the one or more millimeter wave devices and the display device, the controller configured to determine a distance between a refueling assembly of the tanker aircraft and the aircraft to be refueled based on the one or more reflected signals, and generate one or more control signals configured to cause a display substrate of a display device to display at least one of a metric or image indicative of the determined distance.
US11573309B2
An ultrasound device, including a profile generator, an encoder configured to receive a profile signal from the profile generator, and an attenuator configured to receive a signal representing an output of an ultrasound sensor and coupled to the encoder to receive a control signal from the encoder, the attenuator including a plurality of attenuator stages, the attenuator configured to produce an output signal that is an attenuated version of the input signal.
US11573307B2
The invention relates to an optical acquisition device (3) for a motor vehicle (1), having a housing (8) of the optical acquisition device (3), in which a light source unit (10) of the optical acquisition device (3) is arranged, wherein light beams (6) can be emitted by means of the light source unit (10) through a housing part (9) of the housing (8) into surroundings (4) of the motor vehicle (1), wherein the optical acquisition device (3) comprises a checking unit (16), by means of which a functional state of the housing (8) is checkable, and if an actual functional state of the housing (8) deviating from a reference functional state of the housing (8) is detected, a control signal can be generated. The invention furthermore relates to a motor vehicle (1) and a method.
US11573305B2
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide accurate and reliable target information when there is relative motion between a remote sensing system and the target. A remote sensing system includes a multichannel ranging sensor assembly and a controller. The ranging sensor assembly includes multiple sensor channels configured to emit modulated sensor beams towards a target and to detect corresponding reflected beams reflected from the target, where the modulated sensor beams are selected to be correlated to each other and mutually incoherent with respect to each other. The controller is configured to receive reflected beam sensor signals corresponding to the detected reflected beams, to determine Doppler components associated with the reflected beams based, at least in part, on the first and second reflected beam sensor signals, and to generate target information based, at least in part, on the determined Doppler components.
US11573298B2
An OPA-based laser radar transceiver antenna and a distance measurement method; the OPA-based laser radar transceiver antenna comprises a distance measurement module based on a single-point transceiver, a signal processing module, a central controller and a laser driving module; the laser driving module and the signal processing module are both connected to the central controller. The distance measurement module comprises a single-point transmitting unit and a single-point receiving unit; the laser driving module drives the single-point transmitting unit to emit a light beam, and controls the light signal transmission direction of the light beam; the single-point receiving unit receives the light signal reflected by a detected object and transmits same to the signal processing module for processing so as to calculate the displacement of the detected object. The single-point transmitting unit and the single-point receiving unit can be a transmissive OPA and can also be a reflective OPA; the central point of the emitted light and the received light can be on the same optical axis or can be on different optical axes, such that the design of the transceiver antenna of the laser radar system achieves solid-state imaging scanning, providing the advantages of low cost, high signal-to-noise ratio, etc.
US11573295B2
Methods and systems for using a MEMS mirror for steering a LiDAR beam and for minimizing statically emitted light from a LiDAR system are disclosed. A LiDAR system includes a light source that emits a light beam directed at a MEMS device. The MEMS device includes a manipulable mirror that reflects the emitted light beam in a scanning pattern. The MEMS device also includes a substrate positioned adjacent to and at least partially surrounding the mirror. An attenuation layer is disposed on a top surface of the substrate and is configured to attenuate light reflected by the substrate.
US11573293B2
An apparatus comprises an array of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. Each of the vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers is configured to be a source of light. The apparatus also comprises an optical arrangement configured to receive light from a plurality of the vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers and to output a plurality of light beams.
US11573289B2
A telescopic sensor system for an autonomous vehicle enables sensors located on movable telescopic apparatuses to obtain sensor data when an object obstructs an area scanned by fixed sensors. An example method of controlling a movable telescopic apparatus on an autonomous vehicle includes obtaining, from a first sensor located on the autonomous vehicle, a first sensor data of a first area relative to a location of the autonomous vehicle, performing, from the first sensor data, a first determination that a view of the first area is obstructed, causing, in response to the first determination, a second sensor coupled to the movable telescopic apparatus to extend to a pre-determined position, and obtaining, from the second sensor, a second sensor data of a second area relative to the location of the autonomous vehicle, where the second area includes at least some of the first area.
US11573277B2
An electromagnetic property measuring device includes a magnetic conductive structure, a coil, and a scattering parameter measuring unit. The magnetic conductive structure includes a first side facing a sample to be tested and a second side opposite to the first side, and the first side has a magnetic gap. The coil surrounds the magnetic conductive structure to generate a magnetic field with the magnetic conductive structure. The scattering parameter measuring unit is disposed at the first side and located within a range of the magnetic field.
US11573272B2
A method for calculating the process capacity at a specific temperature of a lithium secondary battery includes a correction to a process capacity (Q3) at a specific temperature (T2) is performed using a value (Q1−Q2) obtained by subtracting the charge capacity (Q2) at the time of the shipping charge from the discharge capacity (Q1) measured at a discharge temperature (T1). A system for calculating a process capacity of a lithium secondary battery is provided.
US11573262B2
Disposing a DUT between a cold plate and an active thermal interposer device of the thermal management head. The DUT includes a plurality of modules and the active thermal interposer device includes a plurality of zones, each zone of the plurality of zones corresponding to a respective module of the plurality of modules and operable to be selectively heated. Receiving a respective set of inputs corresponding to each zone of the plurality of zones. Performing thermal management of the plurality of modules of the DUT by separately controlling temperature of each zone of the plurality zones by controlling a supply of coolant to a cold plate, and individually controlling heating of each zone of the plurality zones.
US11573255B2
The invention relates to a method (MTH) for estimating the coverage area of a directive antenna of a local positioning system while setting up said system, said antenna being located in the vicinity of an area of interest, the method (MTH) comprising the following steps: —Distributing (DIS_TR) a plurality of transponders over the area of interest—Performing (MSD_SS) measurements of signal strength between the antenna and said transponders—Estimating (EST_CV) the coverage area by using said measurements.
US11573247B2
Systems and methods for manufacturing multiple integrated tip probes for scanning probe microscopy. According to an embodiment is a microscope probe configured to analyze a sample, the microscope probe including: a movable probe tip including a terminal probe end; a first actuator configured to displace the movable probe tip along a first axis; and a detection component configured to detect motion of the movable probe tip in response to an applied signal; where the moveable probe tip comprises a metal layer affixed to a supporting layer, at least a portion of the metal layer at the terminal probe end extending past the supporting layer.
US11573245B2
A sensor may be automatically calibrated during manufacture by providing a sensor processing unit having an integrated sensor, performing a check to determine if the integrated sensor has been previously calibrated upon a reset. When it has been determined the integrated sensor has not been previously calibrated, an automated calibration pattern may be imparted to the sensor so that a calibration parameter is determined.
US11573244B2
Various embodiments include a system having a pipetting chamber, a set of pipettor cartridges docked in the pipetting chamber, a gantry system mounted on a ceiling within the pipetting chamber, the gantry system including at least one stationary track aligned in a first direction, and a movable track aligned in a second direction distinct from the first direction, the movable track coupled to the at least one stationary track, and a carrier configured to transport each of the set of pipettor cartridges to a pipetting location within the pipetting chamber, the carrier configured to move each pipettor cartridge in a third direction perpendicular to both the first and second directions.
US11573237B2
A method for analyzing or detecting methimazole (“MTZ”) comprising contacting a sample suspected of containing MTZ with the dendrimer-stabilized silver nanoparticles and performing surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). Graphene-dendrimer-stabilized silver nanoparticles (G-D-Ag).
US11573235B2
A method for generating an image of a region of interest in a biological sample comprising the steps of: generating a first image including the region of interest of the biological sample having undergone a first protocol but not a second protocol; and generating a second image including the region of interest of the biological sample after having undergone a second protocol; wherein the region of interest is smaller than said sample. Also provided is a method of analyzing a biological sample, comprising providing an image of the biological sample according to the method for generating an image of a region of interest in a biological sample, and analyzing the biological sample from the image. Further provided are system and kit that comprise the means for executing the novel methods.
US11573224B2
The present invention relates, in part, to methods of using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry for analyzing (e.g., measuring) the binding of a soluble target to an insoluble material.
US11573216B2
The present invention relates to a quick quantitative analysis method and analyzer for mixture concentration information. A quick quantitative analysis method for a mixture based on spectral information includes: collecting a sample of a mixture solution, and injecting into a DAD to obtain DAD data; then, calculating a spectral library by a quick qualitative analysis method based on a vector error algorithm to obtain a spectral error vector; determining a spectral curve of a component included in the data corresponding to the sample, according to a value of the error vector; and calculating a content flag value of each component in the sample and concentration information of each substance.
US11573215B2
A system and method for analyzing a gas in a drilling fluid involves a degasser operable to separate the gas from the drilling fluid. A gas analyzer in fluid communication with the degasser receives a sample of the separated gas and determines a property of the gas. A controller in communication with the gas analyzer automates the operation of the gas analyzer by adjusting a parameter of the separated gas sample as the gas sample is supplied to the gas analyzer.
US11573214B2
Identification of unknown compounds by using a novel retention index system in liquid chromatography
A method for the identification of unknown compounds based on a novel Retention Index System having a TAGs homologous series, wherein such identification is performed by means of liquid chromatography (LC), or liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (LC-MS) is disclosed.
US11573213B2
A method is disclosed for adjusting the time scale of chromatography-mass spectrometry data sets, wherein a time scale of a first data set is used as a reference time scale and wherein a time scale of at least one second data set is adapted to the reference time scale. The steps of the method include identifying feature groups in the first data set by evaluating intensities of consecutive points of the first data set; identifying feature groups in the second data set by evaluating intensities of consecutive points of the second data set; matching feature groups of the first data set to feature groups of the second data set, and determining a corrected time scale for the second data set based on time differences between feature groups in the first data set and matching feature groups in the second data set.
US11573210B2
Described is a dual mode sample manager for a liquid chromatography system. The dual mode sample manager includes a sample needle, a sample loop, a metering pump, a needle seat and first and second valves. Each valve is configurable in two valve states to enable two modes of operation. In one mode, sample acquired and stored in the sample needle is injected into a chromatography system flow and, in the other mode, sample acquired through the sample needle and stored in the sample loop is injected into the chromatography system flow. The automated switching of the sample manager between the two modes of operation avoids the need for maintaining two separate liquid chromatography systems or manual reconfiguration of a chromatography system for users desiring the capability of both modes of operation.
US11573205B2
Apparatus for performing multiple different measurements on a small specimen sample, enabling testing and diagnoses in real time at the point of care are described. The core of the apparatus includes an ultrasonic resonator cavity where acoustic resonances are used to determine the speed of sound and sound attenuation in a single droplet. Acoustic measurements are made in the reflection mode using electrical impedance of a small piezoelectric crystal transducer that operates in the thickness longitudinal mode. Combination of this technology with electromagnetic, electrical, and magnetic fields permits multiple types of measurements to be made using the same resonator cavity.
US11573203B2
In a described example, an apparatus includes: at least one electrode having a base on a first surface of a substrate and extending away from the base to an end; a counter-electrode spaced from the end of the at least one electrode, having a first conductive surface facing the end; and a package having a cavity containing the at least one electrode, the substrate, and the counter-electrode, the package having at least one opening configured to allow an atmosphere to enter the cavity.
US11573199B2
Devices that may couple two or more apparatuses, such as an organ-on-a-chip device and a microfluidic device. Devices that include an organ-on-a-chip device, a microfluidic device, and a cap that couples the organ-on-a-chip device and the microfluidic device. Systems that include the devices and a detection unit. Methods for quantitation of insulin.
US11573197B2
A gas sensor includes a sensor element, a tubular body made of metal, and a sealing material. The sensor element has a surface. The tubular body has a through hole which is formed along the axial direction and through which the sensor element is inserted. The sealing material is placed inside the through hole and between the inner peripheral surface of the through hole and the sensor element. The sealing material covers a part of the surface of the sensor element. When the sensor element is viewed in cross section from a second direction perpendicular to a first direction corresponding to the longitudinal direction of the sensor element, the sealing material forms a first inclination angle of not less than 10° and not more than 80° with respect to the surface.
US11573189B2
Systems and methods for monitoring copper corrosion in an integrated circuit (IC) device are disclosed. A corrosion-sensitive structure formed in the IC device may include a p-type active region adjacent an n-type active region to define a p-n junction space charge region. A copper region formed over the silicon may be connected to both the p-region and n-region by respective contacts, to thereby define a short circuit. Light incident on the p-n junction space charge region, e.g., during a CMP process, creates a current flow through the metal region via the short circuit, which drives chemical reactions that cause corrosion in the copper region. Due to the short circuit configuration, the copper region is highly sensitive to corrosion. The corrosion-sensitive structure may be arranged with less corrosion-sensitive copper structures in the IC device, with the corrosion-sensitive structure used as a proxy to monitor for copper corrosion in the IC device.
US11573185B2
A method and device for detecting pyrethroid pesticide residues in crops. Reaction membrane is arranged on a bottom plate and provided with a check-up line and a quality control line; a first mounting block and a second mounting block are arranged on the bottom plate; a first slide is arranged in the first mounting block, a second slide is arranged in the second mounting block; a sample pad and a bonding pad are arranged in the first slide; a water absorption pad is arranged in the second slide; a liquid inlet provided with a pipe is formed in the first mounting block, a pressing hole provided with a press block is formed in the second mounting block; protrusions are respectively formed on the pipe and the press block; sliding grooves are formed in the liquid inlet and the pressing hole; and first springs are arranged between the protrusions and the sliding grooves.
US11573173B2
Apparatus and method for detecting a dissolved gaseous impurity in an aqueous environment, comprises a tube for isolating liquid surface, or a sampler for obtaining a liquid sample from the aqueous environment, a vacuum pump located to exert a vacuum, leaving the surface to evaporate into the vacuum; and a holding compartment for holding evaporated gas which may then be analyzed using electrochemical or spectroscopic methods. The apparatus is useful for detecting levels of ammonia in fish ponds or indeed any impurity that may be dissolved in the water.
US11573170B2
A determination method includes: using a microchip, including a capillary flow path and a sample reservoir connected to the capillary flow path at an upstream side, to fill the capillary flow path with a first solution for electrophoresis, and supply the sample reservoir with a second solution containing an analyte; applying a voltage between the sample reservoir supplied with the second solution and the inside of the capillary flow path filled with the first solution, to move a component contained in the second solution in the capillary flow path and separate the component in the capillary flow path; optically detecting a value related to a component difference between the first solution and the second solution, other than a value related to the analyte, for the separated component; and determining whether the optical detection is favorable or poor by comparing the optically detected value with a predetermined threshold value.
US11573166B2
A method for calibrating a contaminant detection device includes fluidly connecting the contaminant detection device in series to a test reservoir and a light-obscuration-type particle counter, pumping low-end, intermediate, and high-end test dust dilutions through the contaminant detection device and the particle counter until a particle count measured by the particle counter for each of the successive test dust dilutions stabilizes, and setting a low-end gain, an intermediate gain, and a high-end gain for the contaminant detection device based on the stabilized particle counts for each of the test dust dilutions using a first-sized test dust grade. A bubble counting gain of an aeration threshold for the device may be set according to a second test dust grade greater in size than the first-sized test dust grade, and associated with a voltage signal produced by the contaminate detection device indicative of the presence of an air bubble contained within the fluid during use of the fluid in heavy machinery.
US11573163B2
The invention relates to a density monitor (10) for monitoring a gas density in a gas chamber (20). The density monitor (10) comprises a measuring apparatus (12) having a first measuring device (24) and a second measuring device (28), the two measuring devices (24; 28) being coupled together. The first measuring device (24) is designed to measure a first pressure range (62) in relative terms with respect to an atmosphere, and the second measuring device (28) is configured to measure a second pressure range (64) in absolute terms. The density monitor (10) further comprises an indicator device (50), which is designed to indicate the two pressure ranges (24; 28). The density monitor (10) also comprises a movable drive element (48), which is designed to drive the indicator device (50), wherein at least one of the two measuring devices (24; 28) is designed to move the drive element (48) in order to drive the indicator device (50), wherein the indicator device (50) comprises an indicator element (58) which is designed to indicate the two pressure ranges (62, 64).
US11573162B2
The present disclosure relates to a density meter for slurry which is transported through a pipe, the density meter may include a frame; a pipe part; flexible pipe couplings arranged between the frame and either end of the pipe part for coupling the pipe part to the frame and to a feed pipe and a discharge pipe; a first accelerometer arranged on the pipe part for measuring the accelerations of the pipe part; an actuator arranged between the pipe part and the frame for imparting force on the pipe; a controller for controlling the actuator; and a computing means having a mathematical model to ultimately calculate the density of the slurry in the pipe part.
US11573158B2
The present invention relates to a steam sample concentrator and conditioning (SSCC) system. The SSCC finds use in concentrating impurities carried in steam (e.g., used in power generation and other industrial processes) and facilitating steam analysis. A device for determining steam purity includes an isokinetic flow control device that maintain isokinetic flow of a steam sample stream through a nozzle, and a pump that prevents the steam sample stream from becoming superheated after the isokinetic flow control device. A contactor condenses the steam sample stream, and a separator that separates a condensate sample stream from a residual steam stream sample. A flowmeter measures a flowrate of the condensate sample stream and an analyzer is configured to measure impurities.
US11573157B2
An air sampling actuator and associated method are disclosed. The air sampling actuator may include a housing configured to mount on a canister, a motor configured to be accommodated in the housing, and an adaptor. The motor may generate a mechanical action, in response to a control signal received by the motor. The adaptor may be coupled to the motor, and configured to interface with a valve-controlling knob of the canister. In a first configuration of the air sampling actuator, the adaptor may be uncoupled from the valve-controlling knob of the canister, and the hook portion may be unengaged with the canister. In a second configuration of the air sampling actuator, the adaptor may be coupled with the valve-controlling knob of the canister, and the hook portion may be engaged with the canister.
US11573150B2
A fluid leakage control apparatus has at least one primary sensor (3), and at least one secondary sensor (5) connected together to communicate with a computer processor unit (13), to open at least one fluid flow valve (such as a solenoid valve), through which fluid such as water or gas can flow. It can be made using flow sensors connected to one or more of motion and sound sensors, and powered by AC mains power or batteries, to form a communication network with a computer or microcomputer. The apparatus may be installed along domestic or industrial piping systems, to monitor and prevent water wastage in the event of a burst pipe by closing off a mains valve (2). Also disclosed is a method of fluid leakage control to monitor sensors to ascertain a burst state, and close off a mains valve (2), preventing fluid wastage.
US11573148B2
A water heater system includes a gas burner configured to selectively produce flue gases, and a heat exchanger for heating water in the water heater system. The water heater system is operable in a heating mode, and a standby mode. An exhaust assembly is in communication with the heat exchanger, and includes a condensate collector configured to receive the flue gases and condensate. A first temperature sensor is positioned to sense a temperature of the condensate within the condensate collector. The first temperature sensor is configured to detect a rate of temperature change of the condensate. A controller is configured to determine a leakage when the rate of temperature change adjusts from a first state to a second state when the water heater system is in the standby mode after the water heater system was in the heating mode.
US11573147B2
A temperature compensated differential pressure system is provided. The system includes a pair of flanges affixed together each having a flange diaphragm therein, wherein a plurality of capillary tubes extends between the pair of flanges and a pair of opposed remote diaphragm housings. The remote diaphragm housings include a remote diaphragm therein, wherein the remote diaphragm displaces a fill fluid in pressure capillaries to displace each flange diaphragm to detect a differential pressure between each location of the remote diaphragm housings. A compensating capillary extends from the remote diaphragm housings to an opposing flange diaphragm, wherein the compensating capillary is not in operable communication with the remote diaphragms. As such, any fluctuation in fill fluid volume of the compensating capillaries due to temperature fluctuations is applied to an opposing flange diaphragm to cancel temperature effects from the differential pressure determination.
US11573145B2
A method of fabricating a capacitive micromechanical electrical system (MEMS) pressure sensor includes the steps of forming a backing wafer, forming a diaphragm wafer that includes a diaphragm configured to deflect from an applied force and a pressure cavity configured to produce on the diaphragm the applied force which is indicative of a system pressure; fusing the diaphragm wafer to the backing wafer thereby forming a base wafer, forming a top wafer, joining the top wafer to the base wafer, thereby forming a detector wafer. The diaphragm defines a first capacitor surface and the top wafer defines a second capacitor surface. A void separates the second capacitor surface from the first capacitor surface by a separation distance which is a capacitor gap. A capacitive MEMS pressure sensor is also disclosed.
US11573143B2
A pressure sensing element, including a substrate, a device layer coupled to the substrate, a diaphragm being part of the device layer, and a plurality of piezoresistors coupled to the diaphragm. A plurality of bond pads is disposed on the device layer, and an electrical field shield is bonded to the top of device layer and at least one of the bond pads. At least one stress adjustor is part of the electrical field shield, where the stress adjustor is a cut-out constructed and arranged to reduce thermal hysteresis of the pressure sensing element caused by stress relaxation of the electrical field shield during a cooling and heating cycle. The stress adjustor may be a thin film deposited on top of the electrical field shield, which may apply residual stress to the piezoresistors. The pressure sensing element may include a cavity integrally formed as part of the substrate.
US11573141B2
A motor casing and a combination of a motor casing and a plug connection, the motor casing being designed for a drive of movable components of a vehicle, in particular sunroofs, blinds or roofs of convertible. A plug is inserted in the motor casing and a gap is provided between the motor casing and the plug connection. According to the disclosure, at least one projection is provided in the area of the gap and avoids play between the motor casing and the plug connection.
US11573139B2
A method of estimating torque includes disposing at least one measurement assembly at a downhole component, the at least one measurement assembly including a first set of directional sensors disposed at a first axial location along the downhole component, and a second set of directional sensors disposed at a second axial location along the downhole component. The method also includes collecting directional measurement data from the first set of directional sensors and the second set of directional sensors during rotation of the downhole component, and estimating, by a processing device, an amount of torque on the downhole component based on the directional measurement data.
US11573138B2
Systems and methods for providing low-power sensing, identification, and sweep detection for items on a sensor mat are provided. Item detection sensors are provided in grid on a sensor mat. A first subset of the item detection sensors are sensed at a first time, and a second subset of the item detection sensors are sensed at a second time. The item detection sensors of the first and second subsets are chosen such that they span the surface of the sensor mat, and so that the sensors of the chosen subsets include all of the sensors of the mat after multiple sensing steps have been completed.
US11573137B2
Provided are a surface stress sensor that enables deterioration in measurement precision to be suppressed and a method for manufacturing the same. A surface stress sensor includes: a membrane configured to be bent by applied surface stress; a frame member configured to surround the membrane with gaps interposed therebetween when viewed from the thickness direction of the membrane; at least a pair of coupling portions configured to couple the membrane and the frame member; a flexible resistor configured to be disposed on at least one of the coupling portions and have a resistance value that changes according to bending induced in the coupling portion; and a support base member configured to be connected to the frame member and overlap the frame member when viewed from the thickness direction of the membrane, in which a cavity portion is disposed between the membrane and the support base member.
US11573134B2
A semiconductor device includes a first temperature sensor module, a second temperature sensor module, a first temperature controller, and a second temperature controller. The first temperature sensor module includes a bandgap reference circuit that outputs a plurality of divided voltages, and a first conversion circuit that performs analog-to-digital conversion processing on one of the plurality of divided voltages to generate a first digital value. The second temperature sensor module includes a second conversion circuit that performs analog-to-digital conversion processing on the one of the plurality of divided voltages to generate a second digital value. The first temperature sensor controller converts the first digital value to a first temperature. The second temperature sensor controller converts the second digital value to a second temperature. The semiconductor device determines whether the first and second temperature modules operate normally based on a difference between the first temperature and the second temperature.
US11573130B2
A system has a first temperature sensor located at a first location. A second temperature sensor is located at a second location. A control is configured to determine a difference between voltages indicated of a temperature sensed by each of the first and second sensors. A method is also disclosed.
US11573128B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a radiation temperature measuring device capable of preventing reduction in the accuracy of temperature measurement due to an electromagnetic wave reflected by a measurement target. A radiation temperature measuring device includes a reflective polarizing plate configured to reflect a polarized wave of one direction in an electromagnetic wave radiated from an object to be measured and transmit or absorb a polarized wave of a direction perpendicular to the one direction and an infrared sensor configured to detect the polarized electromagnetic wave of the one direction reflected by the reflective polarizing plate.
US11573122B2
A resistive element array circuit includes word lines, bit lines, resistive elements, a selector, a differential amplifier, and a ground terminal. The word lines are coupled to a power supply. The resistive elements are each disposed at an intersection of corresponding one of the word lines and corresponding one of the bit lines. The selector is configured to select one word line and one bit line. The differential amplifier includes a positive input terminal configured to be coupled to the selected one of the bit lines which is selected by the selector, a negative input terminal configured to be coupled to non-selected one of the bit lines which is not selected by the selector and to non-selected one of the word lines which is not selected by the selector, an output terminal being coupled to the negative input terminal. The ground terminal is coupled to the positive input terminal.
US11573121B2
A sensor element comprises: a first substrate; a detector disposed on the first substrate; and a second substrate surrounding the first substrate and supporting the first substrate. The second substrate is thicker than the first substrate. The second substrate has a connection part which is connected to the first substrate and a non-connection part which is not connected to the first substrate. The detector is located in the vicinity of the connection part.
US11573118B2
Provided are systems and methods for line volume calibration, and measurement of fluid samples delivered to an interrogation point. In various embodiments, a known fluid volume comprising a sample line fluid and a secondary fluid is delivered to a fluid boundary sensor. The fluid boundary sensor assists in determining the position of the boundaries between the various fluids, and the positions of these boundaries are used to determine the sample line fluid volume.
US11573115B2
A radar based, fill-level sensor comprising at least one semiconductor element, including at least a semiconductor chip and a chip package, in which the at least one semiconductor chip is arranged, wherein the at least one semiconductor chip has at least one coupling element, which serves as a signal gate for electromagnetic waves, preferably in the millimeter wave region, characterized in that at least one first resonator structure is arranged on a surface portion of the chip package.
US11573112B2
A dosing device for dispensing a predetermined amount of liquid, in particular a predetermined amount of water, has a housing with a liquid inlet, a liquid outlet, and a flow channel therebetween. A valve element in the flow path can be opened and closed. A measuring device measures the flow rate through the flow channel in the direction of the liquid outlet. A controller has an operating unit or is coupled to an operating unit for signal transmission. The dosing device is actuatable by the operating unit. The controller is further coupled in terms of control technology to the valve element and to the measuring device, the controller holding the valve element in an open position or moving it to an open position when the dosing device is actuated.
US11573100B2
The invention relates to a sensor for determining an output value, the sensor having: a detection unit configured to detect a sensor signal; a preprocessing unit configured to determine an intermediate signal on the basis of the sensor signal and of a predefined reference signal; and an evaluation unit that is trained in accordance with a machine learning method and that is configured to determine the output value on the basis of the intermediate signal.
US11573098B1
A method for detecting non-technical losses in an electrical power system includes measuring an area under a squared RMS current curve for a power cable in the electrical power system over at least one time interval, measuring an active and a reactive energy for the power cable over the at least one time interval, and characterizing a cable reactance and a cable resistance using the active energy, the reactive energy, and the area under the squared RMS current curve. The method further includes determining an active energy loss and a reactive energy loss over the at least one time interval using the area under the squared RMS current curve and the reactance and the resistance of the cable, and detecting a non-technical loss in the electrical power system based on the active energy loss and the reactive energy loss over the at least one time interval.
US11573094B2
Natural language directions are received and a set of maneuver/context pairs are generated based upon the natural language directions. The set of maneuver/context pairs are provided to a routing engine to obtain route information based upon the set of maneuver/context pairs. The route information is provided to an output system for surfacing to a user.
US11573092B2
A control system for a hybrid vehicle includes: an electric heater configured to heat a catalyst of an internal combustion engine; a position determination unit configured to determine whether the hybrid vehicle is located in an exit area of a low emission zone where operation of the internal combustion engine is supposed to be restricted, the exit area being an area adjacent to a boundary of the low emission zone; and a heater control unit configured to turn on the electric heater when the position determination unit determines that the hybrid vehicle is located in the exit area.
US11573086B2
An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, and a processor configured to compare geomagnetic data of the geomagnetic sensor and gyro data of the gyro sensor and correct the gyro data, determine a first value based on a principal component analysis (PCA) of acceleration data of the acceleration sensor, and determine a second value based on a PCA of the gyro data, and estimate a moving direction of the electronic apparatus based on the first value and the second value.
US11573084B2
A method and system for determining a heading of a vehicle. The method may include receiving, from a mobile computing device, a request for determining the heading of the vehicle. The method may also include retrieving, at least in response to the request, sensor data generated by a magnetometer of the mobile computing device within one or more first time slots, and obtaining a classifier trained to determine a predicted heading of the vehicle. The method may further include, for the sensor data of each of the one or more first time slots, obtaining a feature vector by extracting features from the sensor data, and determining, based on the obtained feature vector, a predicted heading by inputting the feature vector into the classifier. The method may also include determining the heading of the vehicle based on the obtained one or more predicted headings.
US11573079B2
A lighting system is described that includes a first lighting device, a second lighting device and a pattern element. The first lighting device includes at least one individual light-emitting element configured to emit light with a first beam profile. The second lighting device includes at least one individual light-emitting element configured to emit light with a second beam profile such that a third beam profile, different from the first beam profile and the second beam profile, is provided as a combination of the first beam profile and the second beam profile. The pattern element is configured to generate a pattern on at least one of the first beam profile and the second beam profile and a pattern on the third beam profile.
US11573069B1
A powered projectile having a nose portion, a body portion, a tail portion, and a central axis. In various embodiments a collar is rotatably mounted to a control support portion with a plurality of aerodynamic surfaces thereon for despinning the collar. An alternator configured as an axial flux machine with a stator arranged can be axially adjacent to one or more rotors, the stator including a plurality of windings and the one or more rotors each including a plurality of permanent magnets arranged about the face of the respective one or more rotor. In various embodiments the projectile includes an assembly of projectile control circuitry. In one or more embodiments, upon relative motion of the rotor with respect to the stator, magnetic flux from the magnets interacts with the windings of the stator and passes through an air gap between the one or more rotors and stator.
US11573068B1
A projectile with a payload protection mechanism protects, prior to and during firing, a fragile payload, where the payload must be positioned forward in the nose of the projectile, within a frangible ogive which provides little protection to rough handling, at time of downrange function. The payload protection mechanism allows the payload to move axially within the projectile, and initially slid rearward in the more robust metal body of the projectile. The payload is retained within the body by a locking and release mechanism, until the launching of the projectile triggers (by environmental forces such as setback or spin) the release of a locking and release mechanism. Unlocking the mechanism allows the payload to slide forward within the projectile into the ogive so the payload can function as required.
US11573062B2
An energy storage system for a bow, the system defined at least in part by a riser, a first and second limb each having a first end coupled to the riser, a first and second wheel disposed at a second end of respective first and second limbs, a first and second power cord each having a first end coupled to the riser and a second end coupled to respective first and second wheels, and a string extending between and coupled to the first and second wheels.
US11573057B2
Heat exchanger comprising at least a first plate (11) and at least a second plate (12) overlapping and reciprocally joined to each other in correspondence with respective coupling surfaces (13). Between the coupling surfaces (13), at least one passage channel (14) for a heat-carrying fluid is made, by deforming at least one of the two plates (11, 12).
US11573056B2
A heat exchanger, a heat exchanger unit, and a refrigeration cycle apparatus in which frost melt water is inhibited from reaching an upper surface of a header include: heat transfer tubes arranged in parallel with each other; a fin connected to one of the heat transfer tubes; and a header connected to the heat transfer tubes and having a header end surface along a direction in which the heat transfer tubes are arranged in parallel. The fin has an edge facing the header and extends in a first direction perpendicular to the axes of the heat transfer tubes. An end portion of the fin projects in the first direction relative to the header end surface, and another end portion of the fin in the first direction is positioned closer in the first direction to the heat transfer tubes than the header end surface is.
US11573048B2
A vacuum adiabatic body includes a first plate; a second plate; a seal; a support; and an exhaust port, wherein an extension tab extending toward the third space to be coupled to the support is provided to at least one of the first and second plates, and the extension tab extends downward from an edge portion of the at least one of the first and second plates.
US11573046B2
A refrigerator including a refrigerator main body having a refrigerating chamber therein, a cold air passage duct disposed within the refrigerator main body and provided with a cold air passage therein to discharge the cold air into the refrigerating chamber, a control case coupled to one surface of the cold air discharge duct and having a cold air discharge opening through which the cold air is discharged, and a shutter disposed between the cold air passage duct and the control case, and reciprocally movable in one direction to open and close at least part of the cold air discharge opening, and a knob link rotatably connected to the cold air passage duct to press the shutter such that the shutter is reciprocally movable.
US11573044B2
A refrigerator according to the present disclosure includes at least one storage chamber and uses an electromagnetic wave to heat a stored object inside the storage chamber. A first electromagnetic wave shield is provided on a door of the storage chamber, and a second electromagnetic wave shield is provided on a housing part of the refrigerator that is in contact with the door while the door is closed. This makes it possible to provide a structure capable of exhibiting a function as an electromagnetic wave shield even for a refrigerator door in which wiring to a grounding part is difficult.
US11573042B2
A refrigerator includes a cabinet, an ice maker configured to make spherical ice, and an ice bin for storing the ice. The ice maker includes an upper assembly including a plurality of hemispherical upper chambers, a lower assembly disposed below and pivotably coupled to the upper assembly, wherein the lower assembly includes a plurality of hemispherical lower chambers that are configured to come in contact with the plurality of hemispherical upper chambers to define a plurality of spherical ice chambers, a driver configured to pivot the lower assembly, and an ice-full state detection lever that is coupled to and configured to be pivoted by the driver, wherein the ice-full state detection lever is configured to pivot in the same direction as the lower assembly to detect whether the ice bin is in an ice-full state.
US11573038B2
A system comprising a compressor, a first valve coupled to the compressor and coupled to a first coil, a first expansion valve coupled to the first coil, a second coil, and a second expansion valve. The second expansion valve coupled to a third coil, a second valve coupled to the compressor and the third coil. A controller operable to operate the first valve, the first expansion valve, the second expansion valve, and the second valve. The second coil is coupled to the compressor and the refrigerant flows from the second coil to the compressor.
US11573035B2
An air conditioning device includes a plurality of ejectors which have a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator, are connected in parallel to the refrigerant circuit, and are formed so as to each have a different maximum refrigerant flow, and a control unit which, according to a driving condition of the air conditioning device, controls so that the refrigerant flows to one ejector among the plurality of ejectors, and the refrigerant does not flow to the rest of the ejectors.
US11573025B2
A server is provided. The server includes a communicator and a processor configured to receive driving information of a plurality air conditioning devices through the communicator, identify an opening and closing cycle of a valve included in a pipe connected to each indoor unit of the plurality of air conditioning devices to control flow of a refrigerant, based on the driving information, group each indoor unit of the plurality of air conditioning devices into a plurality of groups based on the opening and closing cycle of the valve, based on a power consumed by the plurality of the air conditioning devices reaching a reference power amount, identify at least one group among the plurality of groups based on information about a control priority, and transmit a signal for driving control to at least one indoor unit included in the at least one group through the communicator.
US11573022B2
A device configured to operate a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system and to receive an audio signal from a microphone while operating HVAC system. The device is further configured to generate a representation of the audio signal, to compare one or more audio signatures to the representation of the audio signal, and to determine that an audio signature from among the one or more audio signatures is not present within the representation of the audio signal. The device is further configured to determine a fault type that is associated with the audio signature that is not present within the representation of the audio signal, to identify a component identifier for a component of the HVAC system that is associated with fault type, and to output the component identifier.
US11573020B2
An air-conditioning apparatus includes a drain pan that receives water, and a detector including an ultrasonic sensor that emits and receives ultrasonic waves. The detector analyzes a response signal from the ultrasonic sensor to detect a contaminant generated in the drain pan. A bottom flat surface portion that forms a bottom of the drain pan is located parallel to a flat surface portion that forms a receiving surface of the ultrasonic sensor.
US11573012B2
A tempered hot water delivery system configured to prevent or reduce colonisation of Legionella bacteria in tempered water delivered from the system to one or more outlets in a facility. The system comprises: a thermostatic mixing valve comprising; a hot water inlet for connection to a supply of hot water at a temperature of at least 60° C., a cold water inlet for connection to a supply of cold water, a tempered water outlet for supplying tempered water obtained from mixing the supplied hot water and cold water to provide tempered water at a temperature of between 36° C. to about 53° C. to at least one tempered water outlet of a facility, a recirculating inlet for connection to a recirculating water line circuit; and a recirculating water line circuit comprising a circulating return line connected to a circulating return outlet from the facility and to a water inlet feed line for connection to an inlet of a water heater and storage tank for providing the supply of hot water, the recirculating water line circuit further comprising a thermostatic element configured to introduce hot water to the recirculating water line circuit to maintain the temperature of water in the recirculating water line circuit during periods of little or no draw-off.
US11573011B2
A building envelope, in particular a wall, a floor, or a roof of a building with at least two shells spaced some distance apart from one another, which encloses an intermediate space, said space being essentially empty with the exception of weight-bearing and/or construction-engineering elements or being filled at least in sections with porous, open-celled material and sealed from the interior and exterior of the building, wherein controllable sealing means are provided for sealing the intermediate space from the interior and exterior and optionally separated building envelope sections from one other.
US11573002B1
A lampshade and lamp includes a cover body and a plurality of hooks, which are respectively arranged on inner sides of upper and lower ends of the cover body. The cover body is an elongated carrier sheet that is foldable, the ends on both lateral sides of the cover body are provided with matching Velcro, and the cover body is connected in a circle through the Velcro at the ends on both lateral sides. Each hook includes an inserting piece and a spring arm. The inserting piece is vertically arranged in the cover body, and the bottom end of the inserting piece is provided with an inward extending spring arm. The spring arm includes an elastic section, a collision section and a circular arc end.
US11572998B2
A vehicle lamp includes a lamp unit which in turn includes a first lamp unit and a second lamp unit each provided with a light transmitting member and is configured to irradiate light emitted from a light emitting element toward a front of the vehicle lamp through the light transmitting member. In each of the first and second lamp units, the light transmitting member includes a direct light controller that directly emits light incident from the light emitting element onto the light transmitting member, toward the front of the vehicle lamp, and a total reflection controller that totally reflects the light and then emits the light toward the front of the vehicle lamp. A total reflection surface of the total reflection controller is divided into a plurality of reflection regions in a circumferential direction around the direct light controller.
US11572991B2
The present disclosure discloses a lamp for projecting a nebula and a starry sky comprising a housing, a light source assembly, a laser assembly, a rotating assembly, a control board, a base seat, and a power source port. The light source assembly and the laser assembly are disposed in the housing and penetrate through the housing, and the rotating assembly and the control board are disposed in the housing. The rotating assembly is configured to drive a rotating optical sheet and a diffraction sheet to rotate. The light source assembly comprises a light source board, a light reflecting cup, the rotating optical sheet, and a lens assembly having a frosted surface with an array of protrusions. The light source board, the light reflecting cup, the rotating optical sheet, and the lens assembly are successively disposed along a path in which light rays emitted by the light source board move.
US11572981B2
A non-frangible load release assembly having a pre-set tension for release is presented. The load release assembly comprises a snap shackle having a quick release and a link, a spring having a spring rate, and an actuating line with a length selected based on the spring rate to provide the pre-set tension for the load release assembly. The spring is attached to the link of the snap shackle. The actuating line is connected to the quick release of the snap shackle.
US11572975B2
A device for supporting an electronic display includes a base, a display mount having a first position and a second position relative to the base, and a connection mechanism positioned between the base and the display mount. The connection mechanism is configured to rotate and translate the display mount from the first position to the second position according to a torque curve. The torque curve includes a discovery stage adjacent the first position, an initiation stage rotationally after the discovery stage, and an approach stage rotationally after the initiation stage. The connection mechanism applies a force toward the first position in the discovery stage. The connection mechanism having an initiation force applied toward the first position that is greater than the force in the discovery stage. The approach stage having an approach force applied toward the second position.
US11572974B2
A display module comprises a support, a plurality of light-emitting elements coupled to the support and a latch mechanism to removeably couple the support to a chassis. The latch mechanism includes a movable member, a latch member, and a linkage mechanism. The movable member is moved from a first position to a second position when magnetically engaged by a tool magnet. The latch member moves between a first latch member position and a second latch member position and can engage a chassis mating structure when in the first latch member position. The linkage mechanism mechanically connects the movable member to the latch member so that they move together such that the latch member is in the first latch member position when the movable member is in the first position and is in the second latch member position when the movable member is in the second position.
US11572965B2
A system includes a gas distribution network having sub-networks including a first sub-network, each sub-network including a pipe section having a gas safety device coupled to a gas safety valve. The gas safety device includes a pressure sensor, a shut off controller configured to shut off the gas safety valve, a computing device, and a communications module. A server is communicably coupled to the communications modules of the gas safety devices for that implements artificial intelligence (AI) which based on a current threat condition to the gas distribution network determines affected sub-networks. The server is for sending of a valve closing instruction signal to the gas safety device in the first sub-network during the current threat condition when the current threat condition is determined to affect the first sub-network. Responsive to the valve closing instruction signal, the gas safety device shuts off the gas safety valve in the first sub-network.
US11572959B2
The arrangement includes a pressure relief hatch for closing an opening in a wall in an electric cabinet, which. includes a body having an outer surface, an opposite inner surface, an outer perimeter, and a thickness. The body includes a centre portion with a first thickness, an intermediate portion with a second thickness, and an outer portion with a third thickness. The first thickness is greater than the third thickness and the second thickness decreases in a radially outward direction from the first thickness to the third thickness. A spring keeps the pressure relief hatch in a closed position in the opening during normal operation of the electric cabinet.
US11572943B2
A housing member for a power transmission device connected to a driving source via a torque converter housed in the housing member includes a torque converter side mating face closer to the torque converter. The torque converter side mating face has a single-wall structure and a double-wall structure, wherein two adjacent fastening regions are connected circumferentially by a wall in the single-wall structure, and wherein two adjacent fastening regions are connected circumferentially by each of two walls in the double-wall structure. The torque converter side mating face includes: an upper half region in which the double-wall structure has a greater proportion in area than the single-wall structure; and a lower half region in which the double-wall structure has a less proportion in area than the single-wall structure.
US11572939B2
In a transmission structure according to this invention, speed change ratios of input side first and second transmission mechanisms are set so that the rotational speed of a planetary second element is the same when an HST output is set to a second HST speed in either a first transmission state or a second transmission state, and the rotational speed of a planetary first element is the same when the HST output is set to the second HST speed in either the second transmission state or the first transmission state. The speed change ratios of an output side first and second transmission mechanisms are set so that the rotational speed developed in a speed change output shaft when the HST output is set to the second HST speed is the same in either the first or second transmission states.
US11572925B2
Brake slack adjuster having sensing piston with orifice and systems, components, and methods thereof
A slack adjuster assembly and systems, components, and methods can comprise a sensing piston assembly that includes a housing, a piston slidably provided in the housing, and a biasing member provided in the housing. The biasing member can be configured to bias the piston away from an end wall of the housing. The piston can have an end wall opposite the end wall of the housing, where the end wall of the piston can have at least one orifice that extends from a first side of the end wall of the piston to a second side of the end wall of the piston.
US11572918B2
A pivot mechanism for guiding in rotation comprises a mobile element connected to a fixed element through flexible connections; with the flexible elements being configured to guide the mobile element according to a rotational movement in a plane, around a pivoting axis perpendicular to the plane; with each of the flexible connections comprising an intermediary junction provided with an expansion slot, the expansion slot being configured to expand during the rotation of the mobile element, so that the mobile element can pivot according to a second angular amplitude that is greater than a first angular amplitude achieved without said expansion slot; with the intermediary junctions being connected to one another by a coupling member; each of the coupling members being configured so as to prevent a movement out of the plane and a lateral movement in the plane of the mobile element. The pivot mechanism has a very high rotational amplitude.
US11572910B2
A fastener structure is provided, including a hollow sleeve, a rod body, and a hook assembly. The hollow sleeve is assembled on a first plate, and the rod body is inserted into the hollow sleeve. The hook assembly is rotatably assembled on the first plate, and includes a hook component and an elastic component. The hook component is adapted for being fastened to a positioning opening portion of a second plate, where a first side of the rod body is adapted to lean against the hook component. A first end of the elastic component leans against the first plate, and a second end of the elastic component is fixed on the hook component.
US11572879B2
A device to assist the performance of a heart with at least one pump that is formed as a rotary pump and driven via a magneto coupling.
US11572877B2
Disclosed herein is a user interface that can be universally mounted to a combination variable speed pump and a drive assembly therefor. The user interface is universally configured to be selectively mounted to the drive assembly and/or to an environmental surface that is remotely located from the drive assembly. The user interface is universally configured to be selectively mounted to the drive assembly in any one of a plurality of available positions relative thereto.
US11572873B2
A thin profile gas transporting device includes a gas collecting plate, a valve sheet, a discharge sheet, and a gas pump. The gas pump is disposed on the gas collecting plate. The gas collecting plate, the valve sheet, and the discharge sheet are stacked and assembled sequentially. Through simplifying the structures of the gas collecting plate and the discharge sheet, the thicknesses of the gas collecting plate and the discharge sheet can be reduced. Moreover, through the arrangement of several pressure relief holes, the pressure relieving operation can be performed rapidly and quietly.
US11572872B2
A pump includes a vibrating plate, a flow path forming member, a pump chamber, and a film valve. The vibrating plate is provided with a piezoelectric element, vibrates due to distortion of the piezoelectric element, and has a gap on an outer periphery. The flow path forming member is disposed so as to face the vibrating plate, and has a hole in a portion facing the vibrating plate. The pump chamber is surrounded by the vibrating plate and the flow path forming member, and has a central space communicating with the hole and an outer edge space communicating with the gap. The film valve is disposed in the pump chamber. The film valve is in contact with the vibrating plate and the flow path forming member when a pressure in the central space is lower than a pressure in the outer edge space.
US11572868B1
A system and method are provided for reducing vibrations and loads in one or more rotor blades on a rotor hub of a wind turbine when the rotor hub is in a locked or idling condition. An electronically tunable mass damper is attached to a fixed location on one or more of the rotor blades. The mass damper is maintained on the rotor blades during the locked or idling condition of the rotor hub. The method includes sensing movement of a mass component of the mass damper from vibrations or oscillations induced in the rotor blade. The mass damper is automatically tuned based on the sensed movements of the mass component by automatically varying an electrical characteristic of the mass damper.
US11572864B2
A method for controlling an inclination of a floating wind turbine platform to optimize power production, or to reduce loads on the turbine, tower, and platform, or both, includes receiving data associated with the inclination of the floating wind turbine platform and wind speed and direction data. An angle of difference between the turbine blade plane and the wind direction is determined, where the angle of difference has a vertical component. A platform ballast system is then caused to distribute ballast to reduce the vertical component to a target angle chosen to optimize power production, or reduce turbine, tower, and platform loads, or both.
US11572850B2
An acoustic panel is provided that includes a perforated first skin, a second skin and a core. The core includes a first wall, a second wall and a stiffener. The core forms a plurality of cavities that extend vertically between the perforated first skin and the second skin and that extend laterally between the first wall and the second wall. The plurality of cavities include a first cavity. The stiffener projects partially into the first cavity and is connect to the first wall and the second wall.
US11572845B1
Systems and methods are provided for diagnosing cylinders. In one example, a system includes an engine having a plurality of cylinders coupled to a crankshaft, a crankshaft speed sensor, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive a first output from the crankshaft speed sensor during nominal engine operation, receive a second output from the crankshaft speed sensor during engine operation where a fueling disturbance is introduced to a cylinder of the plurality of cylinders, indicate that the cylinder is unhealthy responsive to a difference between the first output and the second output being less than a threshold difference, and adjust one or more operating parameters of the engine in response to the indication.
US11572842B2
A coupling arrangement is disclosed for rotationally coupling a drive element of a pivoting drive of an exhaust-gas flap for the exhaust-gas flow to a pivot shaft that is rotatable about a pivot axis. A first coupling element has a coupling region coupled to the pivot shaft for conjoint rotation about the pivot axis and a second coupling element has a coupling region coupled to the drive element for conjoint rotation about the pivot axis. A preload element acts on the first coupling element and the second coupling element substantially in a peripheral direction with respect to one another. One of the coupling elements has two rotational coupling projections which extend radially outward with respect to the coupling region of the coupling element. The other coupling element includes, so as to be assigned to each rotational coupling projection, a rotational coupling cutout which receives the corresponding rotational coupling projection.
US11572841B2
This single-shaft combined cycle plant comprises: a power generator; a gas turbine; a steam turbine that is driven by using waste heat from the gas turbine, and is connected to the power generator by a clutch when the rotational speed syncs with the rotational speed of the gas turbine; a steam turbine over-rotation prevention device; a gas turbine over-rotation prevention device; and a control device. The control device sets the power generator to an unloaded state and, whilst maintaining the rotational speed Ng of the gas turbine so as to be higher than the rotational speed Ns of the steam turbine and lower than the maximum rotational speed Nglim of the gas turbine, increases the rotational speed Ns of the steam turbine to the maximum rotational speed Nslim of the steam turbine (time t2-t4) and tests whether or not the steam turbine over-rotation prevention device operates normally.
US11572833B2
An aircraft engine assembly includes a dual-flow turbine engine, a pylon for mounting the turbine engine, thrust-absorbing rods connecting the turbine engine to the pylon, and an inter-flow compartment housing a lubricant tank. In order to facilitate the filling of the tank, a lubricant supply path is fluidly connected to the tank, this path passing through an inner hollow region of at least one of the two thrust-absorbing rods.
US11572830B2
Methods and systems are provided for an air system. In one example, a system includes a boost device configured to be driven by exhaust air from a plurality of cylinder in order to compress ambient air. The compressed ambient air is delivered to a tank configured to store compressed gases.
US11572823B2
A variable capacity turbocharger includes a variable nozzle unit having a shroud-side ring in which a first bearing hole is provided, a hub-side ring in which a second bearing hole is provided, a nozzle flow path formed between the shroud-side ring and the hub-side ring, and a nozzle vane disposed in the nozzle flow path and supported by both the first bearing hole and the second bearing hole. A turbine housing having a scroll flow path is connected to the nozzle flow path, in which the first bearing hole penetrates the shroud-side ring and communicates with the scroll flow path through a gap between the shroud-side ring and the turbine housing. Additionally, an opening of the first bearing hole on the gap side is smaller than an opening of the first bearing hole on the nozzle flow path side.
US11572792B2
The present invention provides an airfoil 110 with the squealer tip cooling system 50 for a turbine blade 100 at the blade tip 113, wherein the squealer tip cooling system 50 comprises a cooling passage 170 arranged within a squealer tip 117, wherein the cooling passage 170 at least partly extends toward a terminal end 74 of the squealer tip 117, and a pocket 172 at a lateral surface 75, 76 of the squealer tip 117, open externally and extending inwardly at least partly across the cooling passage 170. The pocket 172 intersects the cooling passage 170 and the pocket 172 comprises an impingement surface 70 facing the cooling passage 170, on which a cooling medium expelled through the cooling passage 170 impinges before being discharged externally through the pocket 172.
US11572779B2
A method for wellbore construction management includes measuring at least one drilling operating parameter during drilling of a wellbore. At least one well state parameter is calculated from the measured drilling operating parameter. A difference between the calculated well state parameter and a predetermined value of the well state parameter is determined. When the difference exceeds a selected threshold a modified well plan is calculated comprising at least one drilling task to enable construction of at least part of the wellbore to conform to the modified well plan. The at least one drilling task is displayed to a user.
US11572778B2
The invention concerns a computer implemented method for underbalanced drilling. In one embodiment, the method includes determining a plurality of gas injection rate versus bottom hole pressure curves for a plurality of liquid injection rates for a specified minimum and maximum gas injection rate and a minimum and maximum liquid injection rate. Next, the method determines a set of four interception curves including a minimum motor equivalent liquid rate interception curve, a minimum vertical liquid velocity intercept curve, a minimum horizontal liquid velocity intercept curve, and a maximum motor equivalent liquid rate intercept curve for a specified minimum and maximum mud motor rate range and a minimum horizontal and vertical annulus velocity.
US11572775B2
An operation method of a turbine fracturing device and a turbine fracturing device are provided. The turbine fracturing device includes a turbine engine, a speed reducer, a brake mechanism, and a fracturing pump, the method includes: driving, by the turbine engine, the fracturing pump to perform a fracturing operation through the speed reducer so as to keep the fracturing pump in an operating state, the fracturing pump being configured to suck fluid of a first pressure and discharge fluid of a second pressure, the second pressure being greater than the first pressure; and in response to an idling instruction, the turbine engine entering an idling state and triggering a brake operation so as to keep the fracturing pump in a non-operating state.
US11572765B2
This disclosure relates to a method and a system for sequestering carbon-containing materials in underground wells. An example method includes: obtaining a material comprising a carbon-containing liquid; optionally testing the material for compatibility with an underground well; optionally adjusting a property of the material to improve the compatibility; and providing the material for injection into the underground well.
US11572763B2
A collapsible bullnose assembly may include a mandrel, a bullnose secured to a distal end of the mandrel, a lower ramp disposed about the mandrel adjacent the bullnose and having a first ramped surface, and an upper ramp slidably disposed around and releasably secured to the mandrel. The upper ramp may have a second ramped surface axially offset from the first ramped surface. The collapsible bullnose assembly may further include a collapsible guide member having opposing ends initially supported on the first and second ramped surfaces and protruding radially outwardly of the bullnose. The collapsible guide member may be actuatable to a radially collapsed orientation in response to axially shifting the upper ramp along the mandrel to a released position away from the lower ramp.
US11572762B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a combined multicoupler for connecting a tool to a top drive. The combined multicoupler includes a load frame comprising a frame body having a load shoulder, and a side door coupled to the frame body. The side door opens from the frame body to allow a tool sliding horizontally into the load shoulder, and the side door closes to lock the tool in the load frame. The combined multicoupler further comprises a drive stem movably coupled to the load frame, wherein the drive stem moves vertically to connect and disconnect with the tool in the load frame.
US11572758B2
The present invention relates to an annular barrier to be expanded in an annulus between a well tubular metal structure and an inside wall of a borehole downhole for providing zone isolation between a first zone and a second zone of the borehole, comprising a tubular metal part for mounting as part of the well tubular metal structure, an expandable metal sleeve surrounding the tubular metal part, each end of the expandable metal sleeve being connected with the tubular metal part, an expandable space between the expandable metal sleeve and the tubular metal part, and an expansion opening in the tubular metal part through which fluid enters in order to expand the expandable metal sleeve, wherein the annular barrier further comprises a pressure-intensifying unit. The invention also relates to a downhole system comprising a well tubular metal structure and an annular barrier.
US11572756B2
The present disclosure relates to a drive system for a blowout preventer (BOP). The drive system includes a first pseudo direct drive (PDD) motor assembly having a first PDD motor and a second PDD motor assembly having a second PDD motor. The first PDD motor is configured to engage with a first shaft coupled to a first ram of the BOP and the second PDD motor is configured to engage with a second shaft coupled to a second ram of the BOP. The first PDD motor and the second PDD motor are operable to induce translation of the first shaft and the second shaft, respectively, to drive the first ram and the second ram toward one another along a longitudinal axis to reach an engaged configuration in the BOP.
US11572755B2
A sealing arrangement for an oil and/or gas well, including a rotation portion and a sealing portion. Rotation of the rotation portion causes the sealing portion to engage a surface of the oil and/or gas well so as to substantially form a seal therebetween.
US11572754B2
An assembly disposed within a subterranean wellbore can include a first dislodging tool coupled to a bottom end of a tubing string, wherein the first dislodging tool, when enabled at a first time, performs a first action to free at least one service tool, disposed below the first dislodging tool in the subterranean wellbore, from being stuck.
US11572736B2
A recyclable polyethylene man-door comprises an interior panel and an exterior door panel, each panel having a horizontal pattern of cut-outs and optionally comprising a blend of mineral additives that do not adversely affect the recyclability of the finished product.
US11572733B1
Systems and apparatuses for safety deposit box access using a smart table and a locker are described herein. A safety deposit box access system includes a smart table and a locker. The smart table includes a processing circuit configured to receive an appointment request from a customer user device. The processing circuit is further configured to authenticate the customer, verify the customer is authorized to access the safety deposit box, release the safety deposit box from the locker, measure the change in weight of the safety deposit box, lock the locker, and transmit a notification to the customer when the safety deposit box has been returned to the vault.
US11572730B2
A spindle drive, a spindle nut for the spindle drive, and a louvre window or louvre shutter having a spindle drive for moving louvre elements. The spindle nut is constructed in multiple parts including a screw nut part, having an internal thread to engage on an external thread of the threaded spindle, and a bearing part in which the screw nut part is mounted. The screw nut part includes a driver structure for transmitting a drive force applied by the threaded spindle to the spindle nut onto an element to be driven. Furthermore, the screw nut part is rotatably mounted in the bearing part in such a way that the screw nut part executes a relative movement in relation to the bearing part, and a directional component of the movement is transverse to a thread longitudinal axis of the internal thread.
US11572729B2
A protector with a sensor couples to a sliding door. A first end of an insert made of a non-conductive material is inserted in and fills up a space on a hollow part of the protector, and a terminal part is into die molding. The insert includes at least two feeding ports to receive and feed molding material into the insert during die molding. The feeding ports are spaced from each other and formed along a direction in which a wire harness extends. Covered parts are exposed from the wire harness where the covered parts are faced with the feeding ports.
US11572725B2
The invention relates to a shutter for furniture, cabinets, shelf units and the like, having at least two shutter parts which are arranged next to one another, which shutter parts can be pivoted on the furniture carcass about an axis of rotation, can be transferred by means of an inner guide from a common plane into two mutually parallel planes and can then be slid over one another, wherein the first shutter part, which is furthest away from the axis of rotation, interacts with the second shutter part, which is closer to the axis of rotation, by way of at least two guide means arranged on inner sides thereof, and wherein an outward thrusting mechanism interacts with the first shutter part, wherein the outward thrusting mechanism can be moved from an inoperative position into an operative position.
US11572720B2
A closet unit for a vehicle and a threshold assembly for use with a door are provided. The threshold assembly includes a threshold body that is coupleable to a frame of the closet unit with the threshold body including an opening formed therethrough. The threshold assembly further includes a striker component, in which the striker component includes a plate removably coupleable to the threshold body and a cup coupled to and offset from a center of the plate with the cup positionable through the opening of the threshold body. The threshold assembly further includes a fastener to removably couple the plate of the striker component to the threshold body.
US11572718B2
A hatch arrangement for a motor vehicle including a hatch leaf pivotably coupled to a vehicle body being movable between an open hatch position and a closed hatch position, a hatch drive arrangement for moving the hatch leaf, a hatch lock arranged on the hatch leaf, the hatch lock comprising a hatch lock catch, and a cinching system configured to move the hatch lock catch from the secondary latch position to the primary latch position. The hatch arrangement includes, a force transfer arrangement for transferring a force exerted by the hatch drive arrangement to the hatch lock catch, and including a transfer element coupled to the hatch drive arrangement and a Bowden cable connecting the transfer element with the hatch lock catch, and in the closed hatch position of the hatch leaf the hatch arrangement is free from pulling forces between the transfer element and the vehicle body.
US11572717B2
An electric lock for a motor vehicle opening leaf includes a bolt, a pawl, a central opening lever, and an actuator with three abutment positions and capable of interacting with the central opening lever, the actuator including a driver. The driver includes a toothed driving wheel and a driven wheel. The driven wheel includes a second driving member, a motor intended for driving the actuator, a central transfer lever able to be moved by the driven wheel of the driver by the second driving member and the movement of which is capable of being transmitted to the central opening lever in order to move the pawl into its retracted angular position. One of the wheels of the driver includes a first circle-arc shaped oblong slot and the other wheel includes a first driving member extending through the first circle-arc shaped oblong slot.
US11572716B2
A device and a method for opening and closing a motor vehicle door having a door lock. The device includes an electric opening actuator and an electric closing actuator, by means of which the door lock can be brought from a pre-locking position into a final-locking position. A control device controls the opening and closing actuators. The control device, in the event of a door opening request during operation of the closing actuator, first switches the closing actuator into a reversing mode, in which the door lock can be moved again in the opening direction and the opening actuator is triggered after a predetermined period of time.
US11572715B2
A motor vehicle lock, in particular for a vehicle rear door, having a lock cover and a locking mechanism consisting essentially of a rotary latch and at least one pawl, also comprising at least one coupling element, and at least one electric drive, wherein the coupling element can assume different positions, and the coupling element interacts with a drive element of the drive and a central locking mechanism, wherein the coupling element is connected to the drive element in order to take up its positions.
US11572710B2
An improved mechanism of electric lock for door, comprising a case, on both side of the opening of the case arranged keeper arms, drive rods, and rotate member, and a drive mechanism connected to a drive member and a brake member; to achieve lock mode, the drive member drive the brake member to be engaged with the rotate member, making the keeper arms and drive rod unable to rotate, so the keeper arms can block the latch bolt from going through the opening; to achieve unlock mode, the drive member drive the brake member to be separate from the rotate member, making the keeper arms and drive rod able to rotate, so the latch bolt is able to go through the opening.
US11572709B2
An industrial locking switch comprises multiple locking tongue entry slots formed on adjacent sides of the locking switch housing, thereby supporting receipt of the corresponding locking tongue from multiple directions of approach without the need to mechanically modify the switch's head or to reorient the switch itself. The locking switch houses locking bolt detection circuity comprising multiple series connected RFID coils configured to detect an RFID tag mounted on the locking tongue when the locking tongue is inserted into any of the entry slots.
US11572707B2
An example system includes a deadbolt assembly including a housing, a traveler positioned in the housing, and a bolt including a ramp arm engaged with the traveler. The housing may include a first deadlocking component, and the traveler may include a second deadlocking component. The bolt is movable between a distal extended position and a proximal retracted position. When the bolt is pushed in the distal direction by an external force, the ramp arm urges the traveler in a lateral direction, and the first and second deadlocking components engage, deadlocking the bolt.
US11572704B2
A gazebo with a two-dimensional cover and a rod assembly, which is connected to the cover and holds the cover in a three-dimensional shape. The rod assembly is formed of a main rod assembly and a secondary rod assembly, wherein the main rod assembly has one or more resilient rods, which connect end portions of two opposing gussets of the cover. The secondary rod assembly has one or more resilient rods to connect in each case center regions of the edge between two adjacent gussets of the cover with each other. At least one tensioning element to increase at least the spacing between the ends of a rod of the rod assembly to hold the gazebo in its three-dimensional shape. The gazebo has no center rod which supports the gazebo from the ground and which in particular provides no variation in spacing.
US11572699B2
An improved manner of marking concrete is provided by an embedded concrete marking. The embedded concrete marking is made of concrete that is different than the concrete into which the marking is embedded. A method of creating an embedded concrete marking comprises identifying a location on the surface of concrete where an embedded concrete marking is to be created, cutting a trench into the surface of the concrete at the identified location, pouring a concrete mixture into the trench to a level where a float height of the concrete mixture is above the surface of the concrete, the concrete mixture being different when dry than the concrete into which the trench has been cut, letting the concrete mixture at least partially harden, and removing a portion of the hardened concrete mixture to create a top surface of the concrete mixture that will form an embedded concrete marking.
US11572698B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to modular wall systems and methods of installing modular wall systems in hygienic environments. In one aspect, gap cover apparatus are disclosed. In one aspect, backplate arrangements are disclosed. In one aspect, non-progressive installation methods are disclosed. The modular wall systems can eliminate protruding ledges while maintaining structural integrity and hygienic properties.
US11572695B2
A method for bending a vinyl floor plank to form a stair nose plank. A first bending gap is established between two blending blocks and a second bend gap is established between two second bending blocks. Heat is applied to a vinyl floor plank along a first bend location. The vinyl floor plank is then placed into the first bend gap. A user presses downward on the vinyl floor plank to form a first right angle bend. Heat is applied to a vinyl floor plank along a second bend location. The vinyl floor plank is then placed into the second bend gap. The user presses downward on the vinyl floor plank to form a second right angle bend. The first right angle bend and the second right angle bend combine to form a U-shaped bend to form a stair nose plank. In a preferred embodiment the stair nose plank includes a locking mechanism along its edges. In a preferred embodiment heat is applied by utilization of an acrylic bending machine.
US11572694B2
A roof equipment support includes a platform, a pair of sidewalls extending from the platform, and a top wall extending between the pair of sidewalls and offset from the platform. The platform, the pair of sidewalls, and the top wall define an interior cavity that extends a length of the support from a first end to a second end. A pair of strut extensions extend above the top wall, and each of the pair of strut extension include a hook at a distal end. The pair of strut extensions and the top wall define a substantially U-shaped channel that extends at least a portion of the length of the support, and the platform, the pair of sidewalls, the top wall, and the pair of strut extensions are unitarily formed.
US11572689B1
A decorative and/or protective sleeve configured to cover a wooden beam includes a textured decorative surface, and an opening through which the beam may be inserted. The sleeve may have a faux wood surface texture to provide a fresh wood appearance and may further protect the beam from damage.
US11572681B2
A flush toilet includes a toilet main body made of ceramics and a rear storage configured to store at least a part of a control unit. The rear storage includes a supporting wall that divides a storage region into upper and lower regions and that joins left and right side walls of the skirt and the water discharge trap. The supporting wall includes a horizontal wall that extends in a horizontal direction from a joining portion between the supporting wall and the water discharge trap, and left and right lower walls that are provided outside the horizontal wall in a left-right direction and below the horizontal wall and that are joined to the left and right side walls of the skirt. The left and right lower walls on a rear side are separated in the left-right direction by the horizontal wall.
US11572678B1
A valve controller device for controlling a set of one or more solenoid valves is provided. The valve controller comprises an accelerometer for making acceleration measurements in three directions comprising acceleration measurements in a vertical direction. The valve controller comprises a processing unit that determines the arrival of seismic P-waves when the ratio of vibrations' power in the vertical direction with respect to a sum of the vibrations' power in the three directions exceeds a first threshold. The processing unit then determines the arrival of seismic S-waves when the vector sum of the vibrations' power in the three directions exceeds a second threshold. The processing unit then determines the arrival of seismic surface waves when the vector sum of the vibrations' power in the three directions exceeds a third threshold. The processing unit then sends one or more signals to close the set of solenoid valves.
US11572669B2
A control system for a grading machine includes a circle angle sensor coupled to a circle. The circle is coupled to and supports a grading blade, and the circle angle sensor is configured to measure an angular position of the circle. The control system also includes a blade load sensor configured to measure a load on the grading blade. The control system also includes a circle drive system including a circle drive motor and a controller. The circle drive motor is configured to engage with and rotate the circle around a circle axis, and the controller is configured to control the rotation of the circle under a circle rotation command by monitoring the angular position of the circle and the load on the grading blade.
US11572668B2
A mechanical hammer that includes a support and an elongated member. The support defines a linear guide track. The elongated member is laterally confined by the support while being movable back and forth along the linear guide track between an extended position extending from the support and a retracted position relatively retracted within the support. A rack and pinion drive assembly is provided to selectively drive the elongated member along the linear guide track.
US11572663B2
A control device may obtain sensing data related to a paving material mat region laid by a screed assembly of a road paver. The control device may determine, based on the sensing data, a respective texture value and/or a respective height value associated with each portion of two or more portions of the paving material mat region. The control device may determine, based on the respective texture values and/or the respective height values of the paving material mat region, a finish value associated with the paving material mat region. The control device may cause, based on the finish value of the paving material mat region, one or more actions to be performed.
US11572660B2
Present embodiments relate to a tie plate orientation device. More specifically, but without limitation present embodiments relate to a tie plate orientation device that orients tie plates in a desired orientation for subsequent feeding, including an optional handheld magnetic device for manual assisted manipulation of the tie plates.
US11572658B2
A method for manufacturing microfibrillated cellulose, a particulate grinding medium suitable for use in said method, a material which wears rough, and a method for making said particulate grinding medium.
US11572655B1
A laundry retrieval device enables a method of inserting and method of retrieving laundry from a laundry machine using gravity to facilitate the process. The drum of the laundry machine is rotated to cause laundry to fall out of the laundry retrieval device for insertion and onto the laundry retrieval device for retrieval. An exemplary laundry retrieval device has a panel of material that extends within a resilient and flexible hoop component. The panel drapes within the hoop and one or more apertures between the panel and the hoop component forms handles for picking up and manipulating the laundry retrieval device. The hoop component is resilient and flexible to enable the laundry retrieval device to be folded around the laundry for insertion through the door opening and retrieval through the door opening of a laundry machine.
US11572649B2
A method of controlling a washing machine that includes a drum rotatably provided in a tub that receives water, at least one nozzle spraying water into the drum, a washing motor rotating the drum, and a circulation pump circulating water within the washing machine, the method including: operating the washing motor to rotate the drum in a first rotational direction while repeatedly alternating between an acceleration and a deceleration of the drum so that laundry in the drum alternates between maintaining contact with an inner surface of the drum during acceleration, and separates from the inner surface of the drum during deceleration; and operating a circulation pump motor in the circulation pump, while the drum rotates in the first rotational direction, to accelerate a pump speed of the circulation pump during the acceleration of the drum, and to decelerate the pump speed during deceleration of the drum.
US11572641B2
Woven fabric, particularly a warp faced fabric, such as a denim fabric, comprising a front and a back, a plurality of picks extending in weft direction and a plurality of warp yarns extending in warp direction and bypassing picks at their front side to define over portions and bypassing picks at their back side to define under portions, wherein said plurality of warp yarns comprise frontside warp yarns and backside warp yarns, and the under portions of the backside warp yarns bypass more picks than the under portions of the frontside warp yarns.
US11572637B2
Disclosed herein are methods of high-throughput mapping of viral neutralizing antibody epitopes. Also disclosed are in vitro immunoprecipitation-based adeno-associated virus Barcode-Seq-based methods of mapping viral neutralizing antibody epitopes. In some embodiments, a method of high-throughput mapping of viral NtAb conformational epitopes can be utilized, which may comprise HP scanning of mutant viral libraries, immunoprecipitation (IP), and/or next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology. In some embodiments, a method of identifying one or more dominant epitopes in a viral vector may comprise contacting a mutant capsid of a virus with serum from a subject previously exposed to the virus and immunoprecipitating serum immunoglobulins from the serum. In various embodiments, the viral vector may be an AAV vector.
US11572636B2
Filled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and methods of synthesizing the same are provided. An in situ chemical vapor deposition technique can be used to synthesize CNTs filled with metal sulfide nanowires. The CNTs can be completely and continuously filled with the metal sulfide fillers up to several micrometers in length. The filled CNTs can be easily collected from the substrates used for synthesis using a simple ultrasonication method.
US11572626B2
A coated steel substrate has a steel substrate having a surface. A coating layer is atop the surface. The coating layer includes: aluminum activated by indium; and a ceramic binder. The coating also may comprise of multiple layers with different properties to facilitate the galvanic protection capability.
US11572623B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes processing parts performing substrate processing on target substrates, respectively, substrate mounting tables mounting the target substrates thereon in the respective processing parts, gas introducing members introducing processing gases into processing spaces, a common exhaust mechanism evacuating the processing spaces at once and further performing pressure control for the processing spaces at once, and a pressure measuring part configured to selectively monitor a pressure in any one of the plurality of processing spaces by using a pressure gauge. The pressure measuring part includes pipelines having pressure-measuring pipelines configured to connect the processing spaces to the pressure gauge and dummy pipelines configured to communicate with the processing spaces, which adjust a difference between a volume of the pipelines communicating with a monitored processing space of the processing spaces and a volume of the pipelines communicating with each of non-monitored processing spaces.
US11572620B2
A method for selectively depositing an amorphous silicon film on a substrate comprising a metallic nitride surface and a metallic oxide surface is disclosed. The method may include; providing a substrate within a reaction chamber, heating the substrate to a deposition temperature, contacting the substrate with silicon iodide precursor, and selectively depositing the amorphous silicon film on the metallic nitride surface relative to the metallic oxide surface. Semiconductor device structures including an amorphous silicon film deposited by selective deposition methods are also disclosed.
US11572615B2
A preparation method of a zirconium-titanium-based alloy embedded aluminized layer includes putting a zirconium-titanium-based alloy and an aluminiferous penetrant into a mould from bottom to top in a sequence of a first penetrant layer, a first zirconium-titanium-based alloy, a second penetrant layer, a second zirconium-titanium-based alloy and a third penetrant layer, and compacting to obtain a mixed sample; sequentially covering a surface of a mixed sample with activated carbon powder and alkali metal halide, and then carrying out heating and cooling treatments to obtain a zirconium-titanium-based alloy embedded aluminized layer. The preparation method does not need to adopt a special heating furnace or carry out heat treatment under a vacuum condition in an actual application, which simplifies operation process and condition and is suitable for large-scale production and application due to few technical difficulties and low equipment investment cost.
US11572614B2
The multi-chamber heat treatment device includes intermediate conveyors connected together, each treatment conveyor of the intermediate conveyors is attached with a treater that applies predetermined heat treatment to a treatment object and conveys the treatment object to the treater, and each treater is either one of a main treater that applies main treatment to the treatment object, a preheater that applies preheating treatment to the treatment object before the main treatment, and a cooler that applies cooling treatment to the treatment object after the main treatment.
US11572611B2
Described are processes for shaping age hardenable aluminum alloys, such as 2XXX, 6XXX and 7XXX aluminum alloys in T4 temper, or articles made of such alloys, including aluminum alloy sheets. The processes involve heating the sheet or article before and/or concurrently with a forming step. In some examples, the sheet is heated to a specified temperature in the range of about 100-600° C. at a specified heating rate within the range of about 3-600° C./s, for example about 3-90° C./s. Such a combination of temperature and heating rate results in an advantageous combination of sheet properties.
US11572601B2
This coated steel member includes: a steel sheet substrate having a predetermined chemical composition; and a coating formed on a surface of the steel sheet substrate and containing Al and Fe, in which the coating has a low Al content region having an Al content of 3 mass % or more and less than 30 mass % and a high Al content region formed on a side closer to a surface than the low Al content region and having an Al content of 30 mass % or more, a maximum C content of the high Al content region is 25% or less of a C content of the steel sheet substrate, a maximum C content of the low Al content region is 40% or less of the C content of the steel sheet substrate, and a maximum C content in a range from an interface between the steel sheet substrate and the coating to a depth of 10 μm on a side of the steel sheet substrate is 80% or less of the C content of the steel sheet substrate.
US11572600B2
A structural steel having excellent brittle crack propagation resistance, according to one aspect of the present invention, comprises, by wt %, 0.02-0.12% of C, 0.01-0.8% of Si, 1.7-2.5% of Mn, 0.005-0.5% of Al, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein an outer surface part and an inner center part thereof are microstructurally distinguished in the thickness direction, and the surface part comprises tempered bainite as a base structure, comprises fresh martensite as a second structure and can comprise austenite as a residual structure.
US11572598B2
Provided is a martensite-based stainless steel component that has a nitride layer on a surface of a martensite-based stainless steel with a constituent composition including, in percent by mass, 0.25 to 0.45% of C, 1.0% or less of Si, 0.1 to 1.5% of Mn, 12.0 to 15.0% of Cr, and 0.5 to 3.0% of Mo, with a remainder being Fe and impurities, wherein hardness at a position of a depth of 0.1 mm from a surface of the martensite-based stainless steel component is 650 HV or more, and a number density of carbide with an equivalent circle diameter of 1 μm or more is 100 particles/10000 μm2 in a sectional structure at the position of the depth of 0.1 mm from the surface of the martensite-based stainless steel component. Also, a method for manufacturing the martensite-based stainless steel component is provided.
US11572597B2
The use of pellets comprising one or more thermoplastic material(s) of more than 40%, based on the total dry weight of the pellets and one or more cellulosic material(s) of more than 20%, based on the total dry weight of the pellets, as a reducing agent in a process for making pig iron in a blast furnace. The pellets can be provided in unground form, as a partial replacement of coke through the top of the blast furnace, or can be provided as reducing agent in the raceway in an amount of higher than 10 kg/ton iron.
US11572593B2
The present invention relates to a method of selectively amplifying at least one nucleic acid sequence of at least one microorganism and/or virus in a sample of a subject, wherein k-mers 3 are applied that show a difference in frequency and/or context in the genome 2 of the at least one microorganism and/or virus compared to the genome of the subject 1.
US11572587B2
Disclosed herein are methods for diagnosing acute cellular rejection (ACR) of an allograft by analysis of predictive gene sets and kits for practicing these methods.
US11572571B2
The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a benzoxazinone-derivative herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.
US11572566B2
Control Devices are disclosed including RNA destabilizing elements (RDE), RNA control devices, and destabilizing elements (DE) combined with Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CARs) or other transgenes in eukaryotic cells. Multicistronic vectors are also disclosed for use in engineering host eukaryotic cells with the CARs and transgenes under the control of the control devices. These control devices can be used to optimize expression of CARs in the eukaryotic cells so that, for example, effector function is optimized. CARs and transgene payloads can also be engineered into eukaryotic cells so that the transgene payload is expressed and delivered after stimulation of the CAR on the eukaryotic cell.
US11572563B2
A method of capturing human immunoglobulin Fc domains in a biofluid sample is provided. The method includes providing an affinity capture device. The affinity capture device includes a surface having an aptamer that is at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO 1 immobilized onto the surface of the affinity capture device. The biofluid sample is diluted with a binding buffer. The binding buffer includes (A) tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (Tris), trimethylamine (TES), 2-ethanesulfonic acid (MES), or 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid (HEPES); (B) a magnesium cation at a concentration between about 10 μM to about 20 mM; and (C) a total monovalent cation concentration from 0 to no greater than 100 mM. The human immunoglobulin Fc domains in the biofluid sample are adsorbed to the aptamer with the binding buffer.
US11572559B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions for treating cancer, including cancer that is not responsive to immunotherapy. In one aspect, the methods of treatment comprise administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a β-catenin inhibitor and a therapeutically effective amount of an immunotherapeutic agent. Another aspect is directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a β-catenin inhibitor for use in treating cancer, wherein the composition is administered in combination with an immunotherapeutic agent. Yet another aspect is directed to a method of potentiating the therapeutic effect of immunotherapy against a cancer using a β-catenin inhibitor, such as a β-catenin nucleic acid inhibitor molecule.
US11572551B2
The present invention provides a novel hydrolase that can industrially produce optically highly pure (1S,2S)-1-alkoxycarbonyl-2-vinylcyclopropane carboxylic acid with high efficiency at low costs, and a production method using the hydrolase.
US11572540B2
Provided is a method of inducing oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) through direct reprogramming from human somatic cells into which a nucleic acid molecule encoding an Oct4 protein or Oct4 protein-treated human somatic cells. The method of inducing OPCs by treating Oct4-overexpressing human somatic cells with a low molecular weight substance may establish OPCs with high efficiency in a short period of time through direct reprogramming without via neural stem cells, and thus the OPCs are useful as a cell therapeutic agent for an intractable demyelinating disease.
US11572537B2
The cell handling device includes a container having a section to store cells; a cell detection unit for detecting a cell stored in the section; a head device for conducting picking of cells, and transfer and release of the picked cells; a control unit; and a determination unit for making a determination of a cell state including at least one of the number, properties, and arrangement of the cells based on a detection result of the cell detection unit. The control unit causes the head device to execute, according to a state determination result obtained by the determination unit, one operation selected from among operation of picking all the cells stored in the section, operation of picking a part of the cells stored in the section, operation of picking a new cell and releasing the cell in the section, and operation of terminating processing of the section.
US11572525B2
A lubricating oil composition may include a base oil (A), an olefin copolymer (B), and a poly(alkyl(meth)acrylate) (C), in which a weight average molecular weight of the olefin copolymer (B) is 10,000 to 80,000, a content of the olefin copolymer (B) is 0.01% to 0.23% by mass based on the total amount of the lubricating oil composition, and a content of the poly(alkyl(meth)acrylate) (C) is 0.02% to 0.40% by mass based on the total amount of the lubricating oil composition.
US11572513B2
An entirely water-based, energy self-sufficient, integrated in-line waste management system is provided for comprehensive conversion of all organic fractions of municipal and wider community waste to fuels suitable for use in transportation, with all solid residues converted to high nutrition compost. The system is based on a combination of pre-treatment, involving alkaline hydrolysis and saponification; three-way separation of the pre-treated waste into different streams that are each directed to suitable further processing including fuel production; which includes biodiesel generation in a continuous-flow catalytic esterification unit, and anaerobic digestion to produce methane or other small molecule biofuel. Remaining solids are converted to compost in a quasi-continuous process.
US11572509B2
Disclosed herein is an oil dispersant composition that contains an acyl amino acid ionic liquid, a dicationic ionic liquid, a fruit acid ionic liquid, a polyacid ionic liquid, and an ethoxylate oleyl ether ionic liquid. The composition may also be diluted with water. The composition is useful for dispersing an oil spill in a body of water, while being less toxic to the aquatic environment and also acting to stimulate bacterial growth in said aquatic environment.
US11572506B2
A method for producing a fluoride fluorescent material comprises: preparing fluoride particles having a composition containing at least one element or ion A selected from the group consisting of alkaline metal elements and NH4+, at least one element M selected from the group consisting of Group-4 elements and Group-14 elements, Mn4+, and F, in which a molar ratio of A in 1 mol of the composition is 2, a total molar ratio of M and Mn4+ is 1, a molar ratio of Mn4+ is in a range of more than 0 and less than 0.2, and a molar ratio of F is 6; subjecting the fluoride particles to a first heat treatment at a temperature of 500° C. or more in an inert gas atmosphere; washing the first heat-treated fluoride particles with a washing liquid; and bringing the washed fluoride particles into contact with a fluorine-containing substance and subjecting the resulting fluoride particles to a second heat treatment at a temperature of 400° C. or more.
US11572501B2
Well treatment operation comprises introducing nanosized particulates into a formation. The nanosized particulates are synthesized by combining PMIDA, a calcium source, a pH adjusting agent, and an aqueous medium. This combination results in a degradable (i.e., dissolvable) solid that can be used in heterogeneous formations like shale type rock reservoirs, as well as sedimentary rock formations like clastic, siliclastic, sandstone, limestone, calcite, dolomite, and chalk formations, and formations where there is large fluid leak-off due to stimulation treatments. The disclosed particulates may also be used for acidizing treatments in mature fields and deep water formations commonly characterized by high permeability matrices. The solubility of the particulates advantageously allows the material to act as a temporary agent having a lifespan that is a function of temperature, water flux, and pH, making it adaptable to various reservoir conditions with minimal to no risk of adverse effects on the reservoir.
US11572477B2
Antibacterial coatings and methods of making the antibacterial coatings are described herein. A first branched polyethylenimine (BPEI) layer is formed and a first glyoxal layer is formed on a surface of the BPEI layer. The first BPEI layer and the first glyoxal layer are cured to form a crosslinked BPEI coating. The first BPEI layer can be modified with superhydrophobic moieties, superhydrophilic moieties, or negatively charged moieties to increase the antifouling characteristics of the coating. The first BPEI layer can be modified with contact-killing bactericidal moieties to increase the bactericidal characteristics of the coating.
US11572461B2
The present invention is directed to a multimodal polyethylene copolymer comprising a first and a second copolymer of ethylene and at least two alpha-olefin comonomers. Such multimodal copolymers are highly suitable for conversion processes that require a high Draw Down Ratio, like the production of thin films. Such multimodal polyethylene copolymers provide a good impact strength in the sense of a high Dart drop impact strength (DDI) and good isotropy of the films produces thereof. The invention further presents final articles such as films made therefrom.
US11572458B2
A rubber composition is based on at least one elastomer comprising epoxide functions, a crosslinking system comprising a polycarboxylic acid and an imidazole and at least one phenolic compound, the aromatic nucleus of said phenolic compound being substituted with at least a carboxyl group, a hydrogenocarbonyl group, an amino group or an aminoalkyl radical.
US11572457B2
This cellulose acetate has a total degree of acetyl substitution of 1.75 or more and 2.55 or less, and a degree of acetyl substitution at 2-position or a degree of acetyl substitution at 3-position is 0.7 or less. This cellulose acetate composition includes the cellulose acetate and an additive. The additive is one or more selected from the group consisting of (a) substances of which a pH of a 1 wt. % aqueous solution at 20° C. is 8 or more, (b) substances that dissolve in water at 20° C. in an amount of 2 wt. % or more, and (c) substances that exhibit biodegradability in seawater.
