US11587476B1
A flag anti-wrapping device for reducing friction and side loading, which are common causes of flag wrapping. The flag anti-wrapping device includes an inner race, an outer race, a plurality of roller bearings, and a cap. Roller bearings are placed in an annular cavity, which is defined by the outer race having an inner circumference with a diameter larger than an outer diameter of the inner race. Thus, a flag may rotate about a flagpole with reduced friction and side-loading. Thereby, eliminating side load binding and reducing wrapping of the flag about the flagpole.
US11587472B2
A foldable display panel, including an active area and a non-active area disposed around the active area, and a deformation layer disposed in the non-active area of the display panel. A material of the deformation layer includes a force-strained material configured to detect a degree of deformation and a cracking defect of the display panel according to a luminous color and brightness of the force-strained material.
US11587467B2
According to an embodiment, an encryption processing device includes a memory and one or more processors. The memory stores a plurality of divided masks to be applied to an input sentence on which mask processing is performed in unit of processing of a predetermined size corresponding to a size of data obtained by dividing target data of encryption processing into a plurality of pieces, the divided masks having a same size as that of data obtained by further dividing the data of the unit of processing. The one or more processors are configured to: read out the plurality of divided masks from the memory at different respective timings, and generate a plurality of first masks by using the read-out divided masks at different respective timings; and execute arithmetic processing on intermediate data of the encryption processing using the plurality of first masks at different respective timings.
US11587463B2
A reusable safety syringe training device is provided. The device comprises a syringe contained within a syringe protective member. The syringe protective member is movable vertically within an outer protective sheath from a first position to a second position and back to the first position. In the first position, the device is in an injection-ready position with the needle exposed and the syringe protective member in a locked vertical position with respect to the outer protective sheath. In the second position, the device is in a post-injection position such that the syringe protective member is no longer vertically locked with respect to the outer protective sheath and has moved vertically upward thereby rendering the needle within the outer protective sheath. The plunger carries a release flange sufficient to engage release latches that otherwise retain the syringe protective member in the first position. The release flange engages that release latches when the user pushes the plunger down to effectuate the injection. Once pressure is removed from the plunger after the injection has concluded, a springe mechanism drives the syringe protective member upwards to the second position. The user can then turn the plunger such that the release flange is no longer able to engage the release latches and push the plunger back down to lock the syringe protective member in its first position. The user is then able to pull the plunger back up while the syringe protective member remains locked, turn the plunger back to a position where the release flange is in a position to engage the release latches again, and perform another injection.
US11587460B2
Methods and systems provide an adaptive method of language learning using automatic speech recognition that allows a user to learn a new language using only their voice—and without using their hands or eyes. The system may be implemented in an application for a smartphone. Each lesson comprises a series of questions that adapt to the user's knowledge. The questions ask for the translation of a word or phrase by playing an audio prompt in the origin language, recording the user speaking the translation in the target language, indicating whether the utterance was correct or incorrect, and providing feedback related to the user's utterance. Each user response is evaluated in real time, and the application provides individualized feedback to the user based on their response. Subsequent questions in the lesson and future lessons are dynamically ordered to adapt to the user's knowledge.
US11587457B1
The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented process for evaluating user activity, user preference, and/or user habit via one or more personal devices and providing precisely timed and situationally targeted prompts and stimuli for encouraging lifestyle choices and reinforcing health habits. It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a technological solution to the long felt need in health management services caused by the technical problem of procuring timely health management by encouraging healthy choices.
US11587449B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for guiding a vertical takeoff and landing, VTOL, vehicle to an emergency landing zone. The systems and methods include determining, via at least one processor, candidate landing zone data by interrogating an emergency landing zone database based at least on VTOL vehicle location, the candidate landing zone data representing a list of candidate emergency landing zones. A target emergency landing zone is selected from the list of candidate emergency landing zones based at least on VTOL vehicle related issues including at least one of unanticipated yaw issues, ground effect issues and modified trend vector issues, thereby providing target emergency landing zone data. Guidance for the VTOL vehicle is determined based on the target emergency landing zone data.
US11587447B2
Systems and methods provide dynamically modifiable parameters in required time of arrival (RTA) speed regions of an assigned flight path of an aircraft. The system includes a vertical situation display (VSD) rendering thereon a vertical flight profile of the assigned flight path. A control module is coupled to the display system and configured to: demark the vertical flight profile with a plurality of RTA speed regions related to an initial speed profile; render an RTA speed band graphic having demarked sections vertically representing a speed minimum and speed maximum for an respective RTA speed region, the RTA speed band graphic representing a normalized speed range between zero and a maximum value for each respective RTA speed region. The control module accepts user modifications and updates the RTA speed band graphic and the current speed profile to reflect user input.
US11587445B2
An example method can include receiving, at a sensor, a signal associated with a motion of a target, processing the signal via a first filter having a first motion model and a second filter having a second motion model to yield a first tracking output and a second tracking output for the target, and weighting the first tracking output and second tracking output according to how well each of the first motion model and second motion model represents the motion of the target, to yield a first weight for the first tracking output and a second weight for the second tracking output. The method can include combining the first tracking output and second tracking output to yield a fused tracking output and sending, to a fusion system, the fused tracking output, the first weight associated with the first tracking output and the second weight associated with the second tracking output.
US11587434B2
A device and related method are associated with a focus vehicle. The device comprises a sensor that senses area information about an information area usable to assist the focus vehicle and an oncoming vehicle to pass each other, a transmitter that broadcasts the area information via a vehicle-to-vehicle network protocol, and a controller. The controller produces an assisting result from the area information and vehicle information related to the focus vehicle and the oncoming vehicle. The vehicle information includes first distance information of the focus vehicle from the information area, and second distance information of the oncoming vehicle from the information area. The device includes a display that displays virtual traffic information representing at least stopping and proceeding of the focus vehicle onto a windshield of the vehicle.
US11587431B2
A control method and device for a smart seated toilet. The method comprises: by acquiring function usage limitation information of a pre-set function provided by the smart seated toilet, judging whether the function usage limitation information satisfies conditions for allowing a user to use; if so, unlocking the pre-set function; and if not, then locking the pre-set function. By verifying the usage of a smart seated toilet, usage limitations of different functions of the smart seated toilet are realized, and convenience for users is improved.
US11587426B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve an apparatus, systems, and methods for providing intelligent laundering alerts. Example embodiments involve an intelligent garment tag that may be affixed to garments, and may store and provide information about the garment to which it is affixed. The information stored thereon describes various aspects of the garment including color, fabric, and laundering information. The intelligent garment tags further include an alert component for providing laundering alerts (e.g., a flashing or colored light, a warning noise, or a vibration) based on, for example, garment color compatibility or laundering device (e.g., washing machine or clothes dryer) compatibility.
US11587424B1
A laser monitoring system designed to prevent accidental falls of people who are at high risk of falling when they try to get up from a chair, commode, or bed. The system includes a first unit providing a circuit board, a laser emitting device, an alignment indicator, a control button, a communicator, an alarm speaker, an electrical port, and an electrical housing that retains all of the above. The system also includes a second unit providing a circuit board, a laser receiving device, an alignment indicator, and receiver which are all retained inside of an electrical housing. The first unit and second unit form a laser net alarm system that when interrupted provides an audible alarm requesting that the patient wait for medical attention, while at the same time may notify the care giver that their patient is trying to get up unassisted by sending an electronic message to the care giver's electronic device.
US11587423B2
A method and system for detecting a person falling, confirming a potential fall, and taking action to mitigate the effects of a fall.
US11587421B2
Analog signal measurement and related circuitry, systems, and methods are disclosed. Circuitry includes timing circuitry configured to assert a first enable signal at a first time and a second enable signal at a second time. The circuitry also includes an operational amplifier circuit configured to enable responsive to the assertion of the first enable signal. The operational amplifier circuit is configured to receive an analog input signal and, if enabled, generate an amplified analog input signal responsive to the analog input signal. The circuitry further includes signal analyzing circuitry configured to enable responsive to the assertion of the first enable signal, compare the amplified analog input signal to one or more threshold values responsive to the assertion of the second enable signal, and generate an alert signal responsive to a determination that the amplified analog input signal falls outside of the one or more threshold values.
US11587414B2
A geo-locked field device that is situated in a non-moving position and is operable as long as its position, including altitude and direction, is unchanged. If the position of the device is changed or disturbed, then the device will become inoperable. If the position is returned to its former position after being disturbed and rendered inoperable, then the device will continue to be inoperable. Providing a special signal to the device may cause it to become operable.
US11587410B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for using transparent surfaces at an automated teller machine. In one implementation, a method of visualizing a deposit at an automated teller machine includes receiving a command to deposit at least one depository element; determining an amount associated with the command; displaying, on a transparent surface of the automated teller machine configured to allow a user of the automated teller machine to view the at least one depository element, a visual representation of the determined amount; and receiving, concurrent with or after displaying, a verification of the amount.
US11587409B2
A self-service terminal has a bin for storing media items. A mechanism is coupled to the bin that has a pathway for selectively conveying a media item from the bin to a dispenser. A heater device is mounted in the pathway for sanitizing the media item as it is conveyed to the dispenser. The heater device has a heating element set to a predetermined temperature and a roller driven by a motor set to move the media item past the heating element at a predetermined rate of speed. By selecting the predetermined temperature to 116° C. and the predetermined rate of speed to 181 mm/sec, 99.9999% of the viral load of a known type pathogen, i.e., SARS-CoV-2, is eliminated from the media item by the sanitization process.
US11587407B2
A coin funnel spinning well device includes upper and lower sections connected by a midsection suspension system configured for accommodating oscillating movement in three dimensions between the sections. The upper section includes an observation dome mounted on a funnel with a lower funnel discharge. A coin launch assembly is mounted in the observation dome and receives coins through a coin insert opening in the observation dome. A pair of handles are mounted on opposite sides of the upper section and enable an operator to manipulate movement of the upper section to maintain a coin on a spiral trajectory. The coin funnel spinning well device can be automated with a computerized control system for controlling Internet access, lighting, coin sensing, timer, and input and output device functions.
US11587406B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method for increasing the likelihood of obtaining a designated outcome for a play of a game. In certain embodiments, when a triggering event occurs in association with a play of a game, the gaming system increases the likelihood of obtaining a designated outcome for that play of the game. In other embodiments, when a triggering event occurs in association with a play of a game, the gaming system increases the likelihood of obtaining a designated outcome for another play of the game, such as the next play of the game.
US11587402B2
Embodiments of the present invention set forth systems, apparatuses and methods for providing a feature in gaming devices with multiple chances of using an awarded modifier. Accordingly, a gaming device can include a display, and a processor configured to execute operations that include facilitating participation in a first gaming event and determining if a bonus feature is triggered during the first gaming event. When the feature is triggered, the operations further include determining an awarded modifier, and determining if the modifier is to be used in the first gaming event based on whether a predefined condition is satisfied. If the awarded modifier is not used in the first gaming event, the modifier is then applied in a second, subsequent gaming event.
US11587399B2
Aspects of the present disclosure may address a virtual gaming system. The virtual gaming system may present various graphical user interfaces (GUIs) to a user, in conjunction with a device used by the user, in a client-server configuration. The virtual gaming system may facilitate play of games using at least two virtual currencies, where one virtual currency is purchased and has no monetary value and the second virtual currency may not be purchased but has monetary value. Separate sets of games may be provided for play using the at least two virtual currencies. It may also be possible, in some cases, to obtain first virtual currency, second virtual currency, or both, other than by purchase.
US11587389B2
An electronic gaming machine includes a cabinet, a monitor configured to display an electronic game, a mount configured to secure the monitor to the cabinet, the mount including a carriage and a linkage assembly pivotably coupled to the carriage and the cabinet, and a lift assembly for moving the mount relative to the cabinet. The lift assembly includes a harness coupled to the carriage and a drive mechanism coupled to the harness and operable to selectively release and retract the harness for moving the monitor relative to the cabinet.
US11587373B2
In particular embodiments, a computing system may determine a predicted amount of ride requests for a plurality of collectively-managed vehicles and determine an availability of the collectively-managed vehicles to satisfy the predicted amount of ride requests. Subsequent to determining that the availability fails to satisfy one or more predetermined criteria for servicing the predicted amount of ride requests, the system may determine status information associated with the collectively-managed vehicles and determine, based on at least the status information, one or more minimum services for servicing one or more vehicles among the plurality of collectively-managed vehicles at one or more service centers such that the availability satisfies the one or more predetermined criteria. The system may instruct the one or more vehicles that are to receive the one or more minimum services to travel to the one or more service centers to be serviced.
US11587364B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for repairing vehicles. A particular vehicle can be repaired during a repair session using a computing device. The repair session can include the computing device: receiving a functional task setup with first and second identifiers, the first identifier identifying the particular vehicle, and the second identifier identifying a particular functional task for the computing device to perform on the particular vehicle; determining whether the computing device is available to perform the particular functional task; after determining the computing device is available to perform the particular functional task, receiving an input to initiate performance of the particular functional task on the particular vehicle; after receiving the input, sending a message to the particular vehicle to initiate performance of the particular functional task on the particular vehicle; and after sending the message, displaying a notification indicative of performing the particular functional task.
US11587360B2
An augmented reality (AR) device and a method of predicting a pose in the AR device is provided. In the augmented reality (AR) device inertial measurement unit (IMU) values corresponding to the movement of the AR device are obtained at an IMU rate, intermediate 6-degrees of freedom (6D) poses of the AR device are estimated based on the IMU values and images around the AR device via a visual-inertial simultaneous localization and mapping (VI-SLAM) module, and a pose prediction model for predicting relative 6D poses of the AR device is generated by performing learning by using a deep neural network.
US11587339B2
A method for checking the authenticity of products, by checking an image (A) of a product. The proof of authenticity is not visible to the human eye and cannot be copied. This is characterized in that a code stored in a halftone image by manipulation of dots and/or a manipulated field bounded in the halftone image can be read by means of an optical device and compared with a retrievable value in at least one database. In at least one field (F1 to F5) a part of a serial number is determined which describes the structure of the serial number and a hash function used for transmitting the serial number to the database, and this is also characterized in that the serial number is subsequently assembled and encrypted with the corresponding hash function.
US11587332B2
The present application discloses a method, an apparatus, a system, and a storage medium for calibrating an exterior parameter of an on-board camera, relating to the field of autonomous driving technologies. A specific implementation scheme of the method in the application is: preprocessing two frames of images of a former frame and a latter frame collected by the on-board camera; performing feature point matching on the two preprocessed frames of images to obtain matched feature points; determining a moving posture of the on-board camera according to the matched feature points; determining a conversion relationship between a vehicle coordinate system and an on-board camera coordinate system according to the moving posture, and obtaining the external parameter of the on-board camera relative to a vehicle body.
US11587330B2
Visual analytics tool for updating object detection models in autonomous driving applications. In one embodiment, an object detection model analysis system including a computer and an interface device. The interface device includes a display device. The computer includes an electronic processor that is configured to extract object information from image data with a first object detection model, extract characteristics of objects from metadata associated with image data, generate a summary of the object information and the characteristics, generate coordinated visualizations based on the summary and the characteristics, generate a recommendation graphical user interface element based on the coordinated visualizations and a first one or more user inputs, and update the first object detection model based at least in part on a classification of one or more individual objects as an actual weakness in the first object detection model to generate a second object detection model for autonomous driving.
US11587329B2
Techniques are described for estimating intentions of pedestrians and other road users in vicinity of a vehicle. In certain embodiments, the techniques comprise obtaining, by a computer system of a vehicle equipped with one or more sensors, a sequence of video frames corresponding to a scene external to the vehicle, detecting one or more vulnerable road users (VRUs) in the sequence of video frames, wherein the detecting comprises estimating pose of each of the detected one or more VRUs. The techniques further include generating a segmentation map of the scene using one or more of the video frames; estimating one or more intention probabilities using estimated pose of the one or more VRUs and the segmentation map, each intention probability corresponding to one of the detected one or more VRUs, and adjusting one or more automated driving actions based on the estimated one or more intention probabilities.
US11587324B2
A control apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect an object area in an image captured by an image capturing apparatus, a dividing unit configured to divide the image into a plurality of divided areas, a first calculation unit configured to calculate a luminance difference as a difference between a luminance value of the object area and a luminance value of each of the divided areas, a second calculation unit configured to calculate a first amount of change as a difference between luminance values of the object area before and after the image capturing apparatus executes exposure control and a second amount of change as a difference between luminance values of the divided area before and after the image capturing apparatus executes exposure control, and a determination unit configured to determine a photometric area.
US11587322B2
A visible light sensor may be configured to sense environmental characteristics of a space using an image of the space. The visible light sensor may be controlled in one or more modes, including a daylight glare sensor mode, a daylighting sensor mode, a color sensor mode, and/or an occupancy/vacancy sensor mode. In the daylight glare sensor mode, the visible light sensor may be configured to decrease or eliminate glare within a space. In the daylighting sensor mode and the color sensor mode, the visible light sensor may be configured to provide a preferred amount of light and color temperature, respectively, within the space. In the occupancy/vacancy sensor mode, the visible light sensor may be configured to detect an occupancy/vacancy condition within the space and adjust one or more control devices according to the occupation or vacancy of the space. The visible light sensor may be configured to protect the privacy of users within the space via software, a removable module, and/or a special sensor.
US11587321B2
The frame or image of a video stream of a videoconference is divided into a series of segments for analysis. There is a primary grid, which covers the entire frame, and an alternate grid, which is shifted from the primary grid. Each segment is small enough to allow a neural network to efficiently operate on the segment without requiring downsampling. By operating on full resolution images, a participant can be identified at a greater distance from the camera. The entire frame is analyzed at a lower frequency, such as once per five seconds, but each segment containing a participant in the conference is scanned at a higher frequency, such as once per second, to maintain responsiveness to participant movement but also allow the full resolution operation.
US11587308B2
An object determining system, comprising: an optical sensor, comprising a kind determining region and an element analyzing region, wherein the optical sensor acquires first optical data via the kind determining region, and acquires second optical data via the element analyzing region, wherein the kind determining region and the element analyzing region are different regions of the optical sensor; a kind determining circuit, configured to determine an object kind of the object according to the first optical data; and an element analyzing circuit, configured to analyze element of the object according to the second optical data.
US11587304B2
A system and method for occluding contour detection using a fully convolutional neural network is disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: receiving an input image; producing a feature map from the input image by semantic segmentation; learning an array of upscaling filters to upscale the feature map into a final dense feature map of a desired size; applying the array of upscaling filters to the feature map to produce contour information of objects and object instances detected in the input image; and applying the contour information onto the input image.
US11587294B2
Aspects of the invention are directed towards a system and a method for applying augmented reality technique to audits related to a device. One or more embodiments of the invention describe a method comprising steps of receiving audits from a first device by a second device over a communication channel, the audits associated with one or more components of the first device. The method further comprises steps of analyzing the audits by the second device to generate an audit report of a status of each of the one or more components and generating an augmented reality image for the one or more components by the second device based on a pre-generated image, the augmented reality image exhibiting as a status in the audit report of the one or more components of the first device.
US11587283B2
An image processing apparatus acquires information about a three-dimensional display apparatus, acquires a plurality of images based on imaging by a plurality of imaging apparatuses that images a target area from different directions, sets a position of and a direction from a virtual viewpoint in a space associated with the target area, sets positions of and directions from virtual viewpoints of a number corresponding to a configuration of the three-dimensional display apparatus, with the position of and the direction from the virtual viewpoint as a reference, and generates display image data for the three-dimensional display apparatus, based on the plurality of images and the set positions of and the set directions from the virtual viewpoints.
US11587273B2
Methods and apparatus relating to techniques for provision of low power foveated rendering to save power on GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) and/or display are described. In various embodiment, brightness/contrast, color intensity, and/or compression ratio applied to pixels in a fovea region are different than those applied in regions surrounding the fovea region. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US11587262B2
A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: generating predicted position information using position information on three-dimensional points included in three-dimensional reference data associated with a time different from a time associated with current three-dimensional data; and encoding position information on three-dimensional points included in the current three-dimensional data, using the predicted position information.
US11587260B2
A stereo camera calibration method includes: controlling a stereo camera assembly to capture a sequence of stereo image pairs; simultaneously with each capture in the sequence, activating a rangefinder; responsive to each capture in the sequence, updating calibration data for point cloud generation by: detecting matching features in the stereo image pair, and updating a first portion of the calibration data based on the matched features; updating an alignment of the rangefinder relative to the stereo camera assembly, based on the updated first portion of the calibration data, and a detected position of a beam of the rangefinder in a first image of the stereo image pair; and updating a second portion of the calibration data based on the detected position of the beam of the rangefinder in the first image of the stereo image pair, the updated rangefinder alignment, and a depth measurement captured by the rangefinder.
US11587259B2
An apparatus includes an interface and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive pixel data representing respective fields of view of two or more cameras arranged to obtain a predetermined field of view, where the respective fields of view of each adjacent pair of the two or more cameras overlap. The processor may be configured to process the pixel data arranged as video frames and perform a fixed pattern calibration for facilitating multi-view stitching. The fixed pattern calibration may comprise applying a pose calibration process to the video frames. The pose calibration process generally uses (i) intrinsic parameters, a respective translate vector, a respective rotation matrix, and distortion parameters for each lens of the two or more cameras and (ii) a calibration board to obtain configuration parameters for the respective fields of view of the two or more cameras. The pose calibration process may comprise changing a z value of the respective translate vector for each lens of the two or more cameras to at least one of a middle distance value and a long distance value while maintaining the respective rotation matrix for each lens of the two or more cameras unchanged.
US11587254B2
Raycast-based calibration techniques are described for determining calibration parameters associated with components of a head mounted display (HMD) of an augmented reality (AR) system having one or more off-axis reflective combiners. In an example, a system comprises an image capture device and a processor executing a calibration engine. The calibration engine is configured to determine correspondences between target points and camera pixels based on images of the target acquired through an optical system, the optical system including optical surfaces and an optical combiner. Each optical surface is defined by a difference of optical index on opposing sides of the surface. At least one calibration parameter for the optical system is determined by mapping rays from each camera pixel to each target point via raytracing through the optical system, the raytracing being based on the index differences, shapes, and positions of the optical surfaces relative to the one or more cameras.
US11587251B2
This application describes fixture having a body and a plurality of fiducials with at least one of the fiducials having a first state and a second state and able to move to one of the first state and the second state. The fiducials are arranged such that knowledge of the 3D positions of the fiducials in an observing coordinate system is sufficient to determine a first position and a first orientation of the body in the observing coordinate system.
US11587246B2
A metrology system is provided including a projected pattern for points-from-focus type processes. The metrology system includes an objective lens portion, a light source, a pattern projection portion and a camera. Different lenses (e.g., objective lenses) having different magnifications and cutoff frequencies may be utilized in the system. The pattern projection portion includes a pattern component with a pattern. At least a majority of the area of the pattern includes pattern portions that are not recurring at regular intervals across the pattern (e.g., as corresponding to a diverse spectrum of spatial frequencies that result in a relatively flat power spectrum over a desired range and with which different lenses with different cutoff frequencies may be utilized). The pattern is projected on a workpiece surface (e.g., for producing contrast) and an image stack is acquired, from which focus curve data is determined that indicates 3 dimensional positions of workpiece surface points.
US11587245B2
A method for determining a distance to a target object includes transmitting light pulses to illuminate the target object and sensing, in a first region of a light-sensitive pixel array, light provided from an optical feedback device that receives a portion of the transmitted light pulses. The feedback optical device includes a preset reference depth. The method includes calibrating time-of-flight (TOF) depth measurement reference information based on the sensed light in the first region of the pixel array. The method further includes sensing, in a second region of the light-sensitive pixel array, light reflected from the target object from the transmitted light pulses. The distance of the target object is determined based on the sensed reflected light and the calibrated TOF measurement reference information.
US11587223B2
According to one embodiment, an inspection apparatus includes an image generation device which generates a second image corresponding to a first image and a defect detection device which detects a defect in the second image with respect to the first image. The defect detection device is configured to extract a first partial region in which an amount of change of a luminance of the first image and an amount of change of a luminance of the second image have a correlation, and correct, in the first partial region, the luminance of the first image with respect to the luminance of the second image.
US11587219B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for detecting pixel defect of optical module, and a device, where the method includes: graying an image obtained by imaging a test binary image by an optical module in a darkroom environment to obtain a first grayscale image; determining a first grayscale area and a second grayscale area corresponding to two gray levels in the test binary image from the first grayscale image; determining a pixel point not matching a grayscale feature of respective grayscale region from the first grayscale area and the second grayscale area respectively as a pixel defect point; and determining the pixel defect of the optical module according to the pixel defect point. The technical solution provided in the present disclosure can detect accurately a pixel defect of an optical module which is advantageous in optimizing the processing technology of the optical module.
US11587216B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide for mechanisms for identification of objects in images using neural networks. A method of the disclosure includes: obtaining an image, representing each element of a plurality of elements of the image via an input vector of a plurality of input vectors, each input vector having one or more parameters pertaining to visual appearance of a respective element of the image, providing the plurality of input vectors to a first subnetwork of a neural network to obtain a plurality of output vectors, wherein each of the plurality of output vectors is associated with an element of the image, identifying, based on the plurality of output vectors, a sub-plurality of elements of the image as belonging to the image of the object, and determining, based on locations of the sub-plurality of elements, a location of an image of an object within the image.
US11587208B2
A frame processor may generate a mask based on one or more static regions of a first set of frames of a plurality of previous frame and adjust the mask to at least one of determine alpha data or conceal distorted content associated with the one or more static regions of the first set of frames. The distorted content may be caused by extrapolation of a frame from a second set of frames of the plurality of previous frames. The frame processor may generate a composite frame based on application of at least one of the mask or the alpha data to a previous frame of the plurality of frames, and application of the previous frame based on the at least one of the mask or the alpha data to the frame extrapolated from the second set of frames of the plurality of previous frames.
US11587204B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to an autonomous driving system in an vehicle. The autonomous driving system includes a radar system configured to detect a target in a path and a surrounding environment of the vehicle and produce radar data with a first resolution that is gathered over a continuous field of view on the detected target. The system includes a super-resolution network configured to receive the radar data with the first resolution and produce radar data with a second resolution different from the first resolution using first neural networks. The system also includes a target identification module configured to receive the radar data with the second resolution and to identify the detected target from the radar data with the second resolution using second neural networks. Other examples disclosed herein include a method of operating the radar system in the autonomous driving system of the vehicle.
US11587202B2
A method comprising: processing a recording of a scene to recognise a predetermined user command event performed within the scene; and automatically controlling image processing of a captured image of the scene to adapt the captured image, in dependence on said recognition of the predetermined user command event performed within the scene.
US11587201B2
An image processing device and an image processing method are provided. The image processing device comprises a receiving module, a interface conversion module, a selecting module, and a controller. The receiving module is configured to receive image signals. The interface conversion module is configured to convert the image signals into converted image signals with a target image interface. The selecting module is configured to generate at least two selected image signals from the converted image signals according to the first selecting signal. The controller is configured to provide the first selecting signal to selecting module. The image processing device generates the composite image by overlaying the at least two selected image signals.
US11587200B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product enable multiple timeline support in playback of omnidirectional media content with overlay. The method, apparatus and computer program product receive a visual overlay configured to be rendered as a multi-layer visual content with an omnidirectional media content file (30). The omnidirectional media content file is associated with a first presentation timeline. The visual overlay is associated with a second presentation timeline. The method, apparatus and computer program product construct an overlay behavior definition file associated with the visual overlay (32). The overlay behavior definition file indicates a behavior of the second presentation timeline with respect to the first presentation in an instance that a pre-defined user interaction switch occurs during a playback of the omnidirectional media content file.
US11587198B2
A method of initialising rendering at a graphics processing unit configured to perform safety-critical rendering, the method comprising: causing an instruction for initialising rendering of safety critical graphical data at the graphics processing unit to be provided to the graphics processing unit, said instruction comprising a request for response from the graphics processing unit; initialising a timer, said timer being configured to expire after a time period; and monitoring, during said time period, for a response from the graphics processing unit; determining, by a safety controller external to the graphics processing unit, that an initialisation error has occurred if no response is received from the graphics processing unit before the timer expires.
US11587197B2
A method of initialising rendering at a graphics processing unit configured to perform safety-critical rendering within a graphics processing system, the method comprising: generating configuration data for initialising rendering of safety critical graphical data at the graphics processing unit; receiving the configuration data for initialising rendering at the graphics processing unit; configuring the graphics processing unit in accordance with the configuration data for initialising rendering; determining whether the graphics processing unit is correctly configured in accordance with the configuration data; and determining, by a safety controller external to the graphics processing unit, that an initialisation error has occurred in response to determining that the graphics processing unit is not correctly configured in accordance with the configuration data.
US11587189B2
Embodiments relate to a system, program product, and method for smart contract implementation and management. A request for resources is modeled and a reservation of resources is captured in a first computation model interface. A provision of services is modeled as a second computation model interface. Compatibility of the first and second computation model interfaces is verified. Input and output actions are synchronized between the first and second computation model interfaces responsive to the compatibility verification. A smart contract is composed as a third computation model interface to model negotiation of contractual terms, including the captured resources with the provision of services. The composed smart contract is recorded in an operatively coupled immutable venue.
US11587186B2
A system for implementing a trial in one or more fields is provided. In an embodiment, a agricultural intelligence computing system receives field data for a plurality of agricultural fields. Based, at least in part, on the field data for the plurality of agricultural fields, the agricultural intelligence computing system identifies one or more target agricultural fields. The agricultural intelligence computing system sends, to a field manager computing device associated with the one or more target agricultural fields, a trial participation request. The server receives data indicating acceptance of the trial participation request from the field manager computing device. The server determines one or more locations on the one or more target agricultural fields for implementing a trial and sends data identifying the one or more locations to the field manager computing device.
US11587184B2
Systems and methods are described for automatically evaluating a claim submitted to an insurance carrier. Claim information and at least one image associated with the claim may be received, where the image has been submitted to a carrier as supporting evidence of a service performed by a submitter of the claim. The system may provide image data and other claim information from the submitted claim as input to machine learning models configured to identify whether the image data, such as a radiograph, supports the other data in the claim submission, such as a treatment code.
US11587182B1
Methods and systems for maintaining a distributed ledger and/or blockchain of transactions and/or events pertaining to autonomous vehicles and/or smart contracts are provided. One or more processors may monitor one or more sensors associated with an autonomous vehicle. Based upon the outputs of the sensors, a change in condition of the autonomous vehicle may be detected. The condition may relate to operation, or an operational state of the vehicle and/or a condition associated with a smart contract. The processors may generate a transaction describing the detected change in the condition of the vehicle. The transaction may be transmitted to an enforcement server. As a result, an up-to-date ledger of autonomous vehicle and/or smart contract transactions and/or events may be maintained.
US11587179B2
Systems and methods are provided for determining and communicating patient incentive information to a prescriber. The patient incentive information may adjust the patient copay amount for a prescribed medication. The patient incentive information may be determined by evaluating pharmacy identification information and medication identifiers in a received prescription benefit check transaction and/or adjudicated response to a healthcare transaction to determine if an incentive is available to be applied to the current transaction. The incentive amount may be retrieved and the patient copay amount in the adjudicated response may be amended prior to transmitting the adjudicated response to the prescriber of the medication.
US11587173B2
Techniques for displaying market depth information for a financial instrument including a plurality of bid and ask order metrics at corresponding prices. A graphical representation of the market depth information, with axes corresponding to order metrics and price, is aligned with an expected profile, including an expected metric corresponding to one or more metrics including, for example, bid and ask order volume, order count, or order consideration, generated based on the market depth information. The graphical representation of the market depth information and the expected profile are displayed using a display device.
US11587172B1
Systems and methods for creating an index to track sentiment risk in 1) the economy as measured by expectations for future economic (GDP) growth; 2) in financial markets as measured by sentiment for securities comprising a benchmark financial index; 3) or for individual securities comprising an individual portfolio; by combining multiple data sources including surveys, opinion polls, prediction markets, news, internet content, activity, and search query data, and extracting a common signal from multiple sources. An index can be created aggregating sentiment measures across securities which are the components of a well-known financial market index to track sentiment risk for that index. An index can be created by aggregating sentiment measures across securities which are the holdings in an individual portfolio. Security-specific sentiment measures can be created. Financial instruments—options, futures, options on futures, ETFs, ETNs and other financial instruments can be created to track the sentiment index and the sentiment measures for each underlying component, providing a way to hedge sentiment risk.
US11587170B1
Systems, methods, and devices may enable management of a renewable power asset. A control device may generate a Day-Ahead (DA) pricing model, a Real-Time (RT) pricing model and a renewable generation model for the renewable power asset. Optimal DA commitments may be determined, and an optimal RT schedule estimated. A DA power delivery strategy and an RT power delivery strategy may be determined. The determined DA and RT power delivery strategies may be evaluated based on obtained real power prices. The DA and RT power delivery strategies may be redetermined, and the renewable power asset may be controlled to deliver power the DA and RT power delivery strategies. The value of the renewable power asset may be maximized while bounding financial risks and returns associated with scheduling the renewable power asset as tailored to risk preferences of the renewable power asset owner or operator.
US11587163B1
A hosted web-accessible system, computer program and methods are provided for generating comprehensive vehicle trim and detailed equipment information for clients, including providing comparative estimation based on underlying information regarding a particular vehicle. Comprehensive original vehicle data is obtained from vehicle manufacturers via a vehicle source interface, the data including a unique vehicle identifier for each of one or more vehicles associated with the respective source. A vehicle information request with a vehicle identifier is received from a client, and comprehensive original vehicle data is identified based on the unique identifier and the identifier from the client request. A client response interface displays vehicle data from the identified set of comprehensive original vehicle data. Vehicle valuation may be obtained from third party evaluators according to the vehicle request and based on the original vehicle data.
US11587157B2
A token specifying a payment account is issued to a party to which payments are to be made and the token is installed in a specially configured camera. Whenever a photograph is captured by the camera, a copy of the token, among other things, is embedded in the photograph's metadata. The metadata may also include photo-specific information and a selling price. When a buyer selects the photo for purchase, the token may be used to facilitate a payment to the party, such as the photographer. The buyer may initiate the transaction by simply dragging the selected photograph or photographs onto a purchase application which automatically extracts price and the token for initiating the purchase transaction. The seller can view the purchase details in the payment account.
US11587151B1
Techniques for providing a seamless user experience across electronic and physical retail stores of a retailer include storing, locally with a session corresponding to a user's visit to the retailer's electronic store, indications of items that were viewed and/or focused on by the user at the electronic store. At least some of said indications may be transferred to a centralized data storage of the retailer for persistence after the session is terminated. Subsequently, an electronic device operated by the user may determine its location and determine, based on its location, a particular physical retail store of the retailer. Via communications with one or more retailer servers, items that were recently viewed by the user at the electronic store may be identified, and indications thereof may be presented on the display of the electronic device in conjunction with information corresponding to the recently viewed items at the particular physical store.
US11587149B2
A store having an automated checkout can automatically associate multiple shoppers with a single purchase. For example, a mother and her children can walk independently through the store and select items. Upon checkout, the items selected by the mother and children can all be charged to the mother's credit card in a single purchase. The system and method discussed herein can capture images of multiple shoppers from one or more video streams of a store area, can associate the multiple shoppers with one another from the captured images when the multiple shoppers appear together in a check-in area of the store, can track the movement of the multiple shoppers within the store from the captured images, can track items selected by the multiple shoppers from the captured images, and can initiate a transaction that charges the selected items to an account associated with one of the multiple shoppers.
US11587143B2
Disclosed are systems and methods utilizing neural contextual bandit for improving interactions with and between computers in content generating, searching, hosting and/or providing systems supported by or configured with personal computing devices, servers and/or platforms. The systems interact to make item recommendations using latent relations and latent representations, which can improve the quality of data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. The disclosed systems and methods use neural network modeling in automatic selection of a number of items for recommendation to a user and using feedback in connection with the recommendation for further training of the model(s).
US11587120B2
A mobile device may include a location determination device, a mobile application, a plurality of wireless communication devices, and a user interface for the mobile application. The mobile device may be coupled, via wireless connections, with a wearable device to capture identification information of the object and a remote portal to determine whether a data warehouse coupled with the portal stores a predetermined type of data associating the identification information and the mobile device. If so, the mobile device may generate an alert on the mobile device and prompt the user to accept an operation related to the object. If the user accepts the operation, the mobile application may monitor the location of the mobile device and initiate the operation based on the location of the mobile device.
US11587114B2
Methods and apparatus for delivering content to an audience member via one or more mediums based on an audience member profile are disclosed. Profile data for audience members may be initially collected from an offline source, such as a registration or subscription database. The profile data may be stored in a dedicated database. The initial profile data may be supplemented periodically with data reflecting online activity by the audience member. The combined offline and online profile data may be used to group the audience members into segments. Audience member segments may be used to identify audience members who are targeted to receive like content. An audience member's inclusion in a segment may be indicated by storing a segment-targeting cookie on the audience member computer. Content may be delivered to the audience member based on identification of the segment in the segment-targeting cookie.
US11587106B2
Participation by multiple users in an online game through client computing platforms associated with the users is facilitated. User accounts associated with the users indicate affiliations having a functional significance between users. Presentation of offers to sell virtual items are provided to users having a first affiliation and to users having a second affiliation. The virtual items associated with the offers are distributed to the users having a first affiliation upon an indication that a threshold number of users having the first affiliation have accepted the offer and are not distributed to users having a second affiliation upon an indication that a threshold number of users having the second affiliation have not accepted the offer.
US11587100B2
In an online marketplace, buyers and sellers engage in transactions. Some transactions are fraudulent. The online marketplace uses a fraud detection system that identifies fraudulent transactions before an account holder is defrauded. In some example embodiments of the systems and methods described herein, a fraud detection system uses information that is indirectly associated with a transaction to determine if the transaction is fraudulent. A user interface is provided that shows relationships between accounts and objects. In response to input received via the user interface, the fraud detection system performs an action on an account, an object, or a transaction.
US11587099B2
Systems and techniques are provided for electronic payment network security. Payment data including an origin and a destination for a payment in an electronic payment network may be received. A route of the payment in the electronic payment network may be estimated based on the origin and the destination. The estimated route of the payment in the electronic payment network may be input to a neural network. Fraud probabilities may be determined using the neural network. A fraud probability may include a value indicating a probability of fraud in the payment in the electronic payment network.
US11587093B2
In an example embodiment, information about one or more failed payment attempts via an electronic payment processing system is obtained. One or more features are extracted from the information. Then, for each of a plurality of potential candidate retry time points, the one or more features and the potential candidate retry time point are fed into a dunning model, the dunning model trained via a machine-learning algorithm to produce a dunning score indicative of a likelihood that a retry attempt at an input retry time point will result in a successful payment processing. The dunning scores for the plurality of potential candidate retry time points are used to select a desired retry time point. Then the electronic payment processing system is caused to attempt to reprocess a payment associated with one of the failed payment attempts at a time matching the desired retry time point.
US11587089B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for automated fraud detection and analytics using aggregated payment vehicles and devices, at the individual and/or household level. One method includes receiving an authorization request for a payment transaction originating at a merchant, using a first payment vehicle; receiving device information of a first device used in the payment transaction; retrieving transaction data and identifying information associated with the authorization request before the authorization request is routed to a financial institution; searching and determining payment vehicles and devices associated with the individual using the retrieved identifying information; aggregating transaction data associated with the payment vehicles and devices from the transaction database; retrieving reported fraudulent activities pertaining to the payment vehicles and devices; and generating a profile data for the individual according to the identifying information associated with the authorization request, personally identifiable information (PII), the aggregated transaction data, and reported fraudulent activities.
US11587082B1
A method and apparatus for reconciling electronic transactions facilitated by a commerce platform are described. The method may include receiving, the commerce platform, requests from a merchant system to authorize a plurality of financial transactions. The method may also include transmitting an authorization to the merchant system authorizing the merchant system to perform the financial transaction. The authorization may include a unique transaction identification (ID) corresponding to the request. The method may also include receiving from the merchant system, for each transaction ID, an order number associated with the transaction ID. The method may also include generating a settlement file comprising the transaction IDs. Each transaction ID may be arranged in an order in the settlement file according to its associated order number. The method may also include transmitting the settlement file to the merchant device.
US11587081B2
Fuel dispensing transactions may be accomplished by a variety of systems and techniques. A fuel dispensing device may include a payment module, a data entry device, and a customer display. The payment module may receive a first communication from a point of sale device requesting an encrypted response and receive a second communication from the point of sale device requesting an unencrypted response. The module may match the first communication to a first corresponding library entry, match the second communication to a second corresponding library entry, determine a user response based on one of the first corresponding library entry or the second corresponding library entry, where the user response defines one of the encrypted response based on the first corresponding library entry or the unencrypted response based on the second corresponding library entry, and use the corresponding library entry to generate a visual customer display requesting the user response.
US11587077B2
Systems, methods, and computer readable media are disclosed for providing a hand free interaction between a user and a dispenser device. In embodiments of the invention, a mobile communication device and a beacon device associated with the dispenser device (or the dispenser device operating as a beacon device) may perform mutual authentication with a federated platform. Once the entities are authenticated, the user may be allowed to dispense the resource utilizing the dispenser device. Data associated with the interaction and related to the resource dispensed may be provided to the federated platform via the mobile communication device and the interaction data may be recorded. The federated platform may subsequently provide the interaction data to a resource provider to enable the resource provider to conduct a settlement process.
US11587071B2
A method for acceptance of blockchain payment at a traditional point of sale device direct to a merchant includes: receiving an authorization request for a fiat payment transaction including a transaction account number, transaction amount, and merchant identifier; identifying blockchain payment acceptance for a transaction account associated with the transaction account number; transmitting an address request to an exchange server including the merchant identifier; receiving a destination address associated with the merchant identifier for a blockchain network from the exchange server; transmitting a new blockchain transaction to a blockchain node in the blockchain network including the destination address and a cryptocurrency amount based on the transaction amount; and transmitting an authorization response for the fiat payment transaction to a payment network for routing to a point of sale device, the authorization response including an indication that clearance and settlement of the fiat payment transaction is not required.
US11587067B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems to enable a digital wallet identifier to be present in communications associated with transaction data for transactions that are facilitated by a digital wallet provider. In one embodiment, a communication device of a user receives a request for payment credentials required to conduct a transaction and obtains the payment credentials. The payment credentials include a digital wallet identifier and at least some of the payment credentials are obtained from a trusted execution environment associated with the communication device. The obtained payment credentials are provided to an access device associated with a merchant. The access device is configured to initiate the transaction by generating an authorization request message including the payment credentials for onward transmission to an issuer computer.
US11587066B2
The present disclosure relates to user authentication using a contactless payment instrument. The contactless payment instrument includes a contactless chip and a gesture control module. The user makes one or more gestures at an access device during a card-present transaction scenario and the gestures are validated and the authentication status is determined by matching the gesture made by the user at the time of the transaction with one or more predefined gestures. If the authentication is successful, the payment instrument transmits the payment information required for conducting the transaction.
US11587064B2
A method may include generating, by a computing device, a first dynamic QR code comprising a plurality of QR code frames, each QR code frame transmitted at a first frequency, the plurality of QR code frames comprising non-viable QR code frame(s) and at least one viable QR code frame. The method may include displaying, by the computing device, the first dynamic QR code, the at least one viable QR code frame displayed at a first time. The method may include transmitting, by the computing device, a first pulse to a user device. The method may include capturing, by the user device at the first time and in response to receiving the first pulse, the at least one viable QR code frame. The method may include generating and displaying, by the user device, a second dynamic QR code, causing the computing device to complete a requested transaction.
US11587059B1
A system and related method for completing online transactions via mobile device includes a client-side e-commerce platform executing on the mobile device that identifies candidate items for purchase based on images related to an item desired by the user. The client-side platform determines attributes of the item based on an image captured by an onboard camera or otherwise stored on, or downloaded to, the mobile device. Purchase information for items offered by participating vendors, or third-party vendors, is retrieved by the platform via APIs of the vendor network or automated middleware respectively. The user may select items for purchase and complete the transaction via single click, and the middleware forwards payment details to the third-party vendors and retrieves purchase information and transaction records from the third-party vendors. The client-side platform generates a single transaction and invoice whether the selected items are purchased from in-network or third-party vendors.
US11587058B1
A computer system receives an indication from a user that the user wishes to perform a mobile wallet transaction to transfer funds to a recipient using a mobile device. The transaction is authenticated by the computer system. The authentication includes receiving login credentials manually entered by the user and determining that the login credentials match stored login credentials for the user. The authentication further includes determining that the mobile device has a device token stored thereon that matches a device token stored in a database of the computer system. The device token uniquely identifies the mobile device in the computer system. The authentication further includes determining that the mobile device has a customer token stored thereon that matches the customer token stored in the database. The customer token uniquely identifying the customer in the computer system. The computer system transmits the funds to the recipient responsive to the authenticating step.
US11587053B1
In a method for broadcasting account provisioning information, user datum encryption information is transmitted to a plurality of account processing systems. A request to share account provisioning information is received from a user device associated with an account holder. A user datum of the account holder is encrypted using the encryption information and transmitted to the account processing systems. A response is received from at least one of the account processing systems, the response including an indication that the account holder has a transaction account processed by that account processing system. A request for confirmation that the account provisioning information should be shared is sent to the user device and a confirmation response is received from the user device that includes permission to share account provisioning information. Account provisioning information is then transmitted to one or more of the account processing systems.
US11587052B2
Methods, systems and apparatus are provided for facilitating financial transactions using an IC type financial card via a terminal. A user is provided a list of transaction types, such as PIN-based, signature-based, etc., and a requested transaction is processed via a first selected transaction type. If the transaction is unsuccessful, the terminal automatically presents a list of remaining available transaction types from which the user may select and the transaction is processed by the next selected transaction type. If the transaction is successful, funds are provided to the user, such as in the form of currency/coins or funds transfer.
US11587050B2
A server in a blockchain distribution network includes a processor and a transceiver operatively coupled to the processor. The transceiver is configured to receive bytes of a transaction from a first peer node. The transceiver is also configured to propagate the bytes of the transaction to one or more additional peer nodes and to one or more additional servers in the blockchain distribution network. The transceiver is also configured to receive bytes of a blockchain from a second peer node. The blockchain includes information regarding a plurality of transactions, and the plurality of transactions includes the transaction. The transceiver is further configured to propagate the bytes of the blockchain to the one or more additional peer nodes and to the one or more additional servers in the blockchain distribution network.
US11587040B2
The present disclosure provides a method for identifying, ordering, and contacting candidates for a target position based on a position detail profile for the target position. The method includes determining a position detail profile for the target position based on background details of users currently in a role corresponding to the target position, automatically determining a set of position-detail keywords for a search query to find one or more candidates for the target position, automatically prioritizing the set of position-detail keywords based on at least one of a frequency of occurrence of the keywords in the background details of the users currently to obtain a prioritized set of keywords, executing a search query based on the prioritized set of keywords to obtain a candidate list, determining a compatibility score between candidates in the candidate list, ordering the candidate list based on the compatibility scores of candidates.
US11587023B2
A method and associated system for managing an item in a place. Positional information about an operating object and positional information about the item is monitored at regular intervals by a receiver receiving locational coordinates of a tag associated with the item and a tag carried by the operating object. Based on the positional information, it is detected i) that the item in the place is being moved, (ii) that the operating object inside the place is moving, (iii) a distance between the location of the operating object and the item, and (iv) that the operating object inside the place and the item in the place are within a previously specified distance of each other. After the previous detections, it is determined that the operating object has illegitimately taken the item, which triggers preventing the operating object from removing the item from the place.
US11587020B2
A synchronized delivery system for delivering parcels directly to an alternate delivery location such as a locker bank in lieu of making any delivery attempt at a primary delivery location such as a home or office. The system may deliver parcels directly to the alternate delivery location when a related parcel is currently stored at the alternate delivery location awaiting pickup. A related parcel may include a parcel addressed to the same consignee, to a related consignee (e.g., such as a neighbor, roommate, or spouse), or to another authorized to pick up parcels on behalf of the consignee. When delivering parcels to alternate deliver locations, the system may facilitate a grouping of related parcels in a single locker.
US11587019B2
A computer implemented method allows the storage of tracked data records in a blockchain in order to incentivize airlines, ground handlers, IT Suppliers and airports to invest in tracking points for tracking baggage. The usage of tracking data records is determined by a smart contract. The smart contract causes a specific entry in a wallet and each entry represents the usage of tracking data records.
US11587010B2
Systems and methods of the present disclosure enable user-level activity recordation using population level activity data by receiving operator data including a record of activities performed by users on an operator system. Each entry in the record of activities is parsed to form structured activity entries representing each activity executed on the operator system. Each entry in the record of activities is matched to an individual account in an account database based on an individual identifier of each entry and an account individual identifier identifying the individual account. A statistical metric representing the activity history of the individual account is produced based on each entry matched to the individual account, and an activity history dashboard is displayed on an operator computing device to depicts the statistical metric for the individual account.
US11587008B2
Techniques are disclosed for managing workflows using block chains. An entire workflow may be stored as a finite state machine on a block chain. Each data block of the block chain may correspond to a state and related operation of a workflow. Each data block of the block chain may be used as an input to a subsequent state of the workflow. Thus, any input may be used to compute the workflow even if the input is not designed to be used by a workflow. Nested block chains, each corresponding to a different workflow or different part of a workflow may be used to increase performance of computing the workflows.
US11587004B2
A system and method for placement optimization of public electric vehicle charging stations using telematics data that includes receiving vehicle telematics data from a plurality of vehicles. The system and method also includes analyzing the vehicle telematics data to determine clusters of candidate locations of the public electric vehicle charging stations and selecting a subset of nodes of a fully connected graph structure that are associated with the candidate locations as optimal locations of the public electric vehicle charging stations. The system and method further include controlling an electronic computing system to present a human machine interface to present a visualization of the optimal locations of public electric vehicle charging stations to at least one party.
US11587003B2
A method for creating highly accurate construction and renovation estimates and proposals for a client is described. The computer implemented method includes providing a platform to include all of the items and assemblies required in a construction project that make up the construction proposal, including all labor costs, material costs, and additional costs for taxes and mark ups. The method simplifies a highly complex and usually inaccurate process of having to calculate all of the costs associated with construction and renovation, in particular for residential properties, and allows clients to select desired items and receive a highly accurate, detailed estimate and proposal very quickly. The process further includes the ability to make any changes and upgrades quickly because of the unique system which includes linked dimensions, linked line items, and linked assemblies that allows a selection to affect multiple related elements, and further includes all hidden costs for better accuracy.
US11587000B2
Event organizers must assign volunteers, staff, sub-contractors etc. over multiple roles, multiple shifts, and multiple locations. Assigning individuals, whether a few to hundreds or thousands, requires the user to filter through registration information and align this to the roles/shifts etc. This is further complicated when the registration forms used to acquire user data are custom questionnaires. Embodiments of the invention automatically generates custom filters for subsequently filtering of the entries made by registrants where the user generates custom questions. Further, embodiments of the invention allow the importation of data from other sources wherein if it includes fields not supported by the database into which the data is being imported the system automatically adds new custom fields to the database as well as supporting the establishment of new questionnaires, new custom filters, and triggering registration updates from existing registrants to acquire new data for the new custom fields.
US11586987B2
Methods and systems for dynamically updating machine learning models such as text classifiers. One of the methods includes: receiving first data; producing a first machine learning model using the first data; releasing the first machine learning model for use; receiving second data after receipt of the first data; determining that the second data has a difference metric relative to the first data that exceeds a difference threshold; retraining the first machine learning model using at least part of the second data, the retraining producing a second machine learning model; and releasing the second machine learning model for use.
US11586981B2
A failure analysis device 10 is provided with an identification unit 11 that discriminates whether a predetermined failure has occurred on the basis of a learning model for discriminating the presence or absence of an occurrence of the predetermined failure learned by using a cause attribute which is associated with a cause of the predetermined failure and on the basis of a value of the attribute, and that identifies the cause of the predetermined failure discriminated to have occurred and countermeasures therefor.
US11586980B2
Disclosed is a measure to collect and aggregate performance, sales, call center, custom KPI, and WA data in order to construct a model of correlations and causations between metrics to provide a means to measure associated costs of improving performance metrics for use in an interactive planning model. The interactive planning model allows for allocating budget across performance metrics, leveraging correlations and multiple cost models. The information is provided via a dashboard of IVA performance metrics and allows for comparison of real time IVA performance metrics to target metrics set by the IVA owner and incorporating KPIs provided by the WA owners.
US11586973B2
Embodiments relate to an intelligent computer platform to use ground truth data to rate source reliability, and application of the source reliability. A computer system, computer program product, and computer implemented method apply the ground truth data to evaluate a source, assess source reliability, and dynamically apply the assessed reliability. The assessed reliability is dynamically applied to response data, with the application yielding selective presentation of the response data based on the applied reliability assessment.
US11586969B2
Methods, systems and apparatus for performing windowed quantum arithmetic. In one aspect, a method for performing a product addition operation includes: determining multiple entries of a lookup table, comprising, for each index in a first set of indices, multiplying the index value by a scalar for the product addition operation; for each index in a second set of indices, determining multiple address values, comprising extracting source register values corresponding to indices between i) the index in the second set of indices, and ii) the index in the second set of indices plus the predetermined window size; and adjusting values of a target quantum register based on the determined multiple entries of the lookup table and the determined multiple address values.
US11586962B2
Systems and methods for device type classification system include a rules engine and a machine learning engine. The machine learning engine can be trained using device type data from multiple networks. The machine learning engine and the rules engine can receive data for devices on a network at a first point in time. The data can be submitted to a rules engine and the machine learning engine, which each produce device type probabilities for devices on the network. The device type probabilities from the rules engine and the machine learning engine can be processed to determine device types for one or more devices on the network. As more data becomes available at later points in time, the additional data can be provided to the rules engine and the machine learning engine to update the device type determinations for the network.
US11586961B2
A system and method for selecting one sensor from among a plurality of sensors. For each of the plurality of sensors, a conditional probability of the sensor correctly identifying the target from among a plurality of objects detected by the sensor, given an association event, is calculated, and multiplied by a reward function for the sensor. The sensor for which this product is greatest is selected.
US11586949B2
A state judgment device includes: a data acquisition unit which acquires data related to an industrial machine; an energy state calculation unit which calculates an energy state related to driving of units of the industrial machine on the basis of the data related to the industrial machine acquired by the data acquisition unit; and an abnormal state estimation unit which estimates, on the basis of the energy state related to driving of the units of the industrial machine calculated by the energy state calculation unit, whether operation of the industrial machine is normal or abnormal.
US11586946B2
A non-transitory computer-readable medium includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, are configured to cause the at least one processor to receive an inquiry from a training system, in which the inquiry includes a request for assistance to perform a first operation, retrieve a training profile for the first operation from a database based on the inquiry, and transmit the training profile to the training system, in which the training system is configured to present image data, audio data, or both regarding the first operation based on the training profile. The computer-executable instructions are also configured to cause the at least one processor to receive variant feedback from the training system, generate an updated training profile based on the variant feedback, store the updated training profile in the database.
US11586943B2
Systems, methods and apparatus of optimizing neural network computations of predictive maintenance of vehicles. For example, a data storage device of a vehicle includes: a host interface configured to receive a sensor data stream from at least one sensor configured on the vehicle; at least one storage media component having a non-volatile memory; and a controller. The non-volatile memory is configured into multiple partitions (e.g., namespaces) having different sets of memory operation settings configured for different types of data related to an artificial neural network (ANN). The partitions include an input partition configured to store input data to the ANN. The sensor data stream is applied in the ANN to predict a maintenance service of the vehicle. The memory units of the input partition can be configured for enhanced endurance, cyclic sequential overwrite of a continuous input stream.
US11586940B2
Text is received from a first user. The text is associated with an electronic communication tool for communication to a second user. Candidate answers are generated based on the text using a question answering system. At least one of the candidate answers is provided to the first user.
US11586934B1
Techniques are provided for determining compatibility of first and second candidate code based on functionality. When the first candidate code and the second candidate code are compatible, third candidate code based is determined based on the first candidate code and the second candidate code. The third candidate that was determined based on the first candidate code and the second candidate code is then provided.
US11586931B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training a neural network having a plurality of sub neural networks to assign respective confidence scores to one or more candidate future trajectories for an agent. Each confidence score indicates a predicted likelihood that the agent will move along the corresponding candidate future trajectory in the future. In one aspect, a method includes using the first sub neural network to generate a training intermediate representation; using the second sub neural network to generate respective training confidence scores; using a trajectory generation neural network to generate a training trajectory generation output; computing a first loss and a second loss; and determining an update to the current values of the parameters of the first and second sub neural networks.
US11586926B2
A method and apparatus of accelerating deep learning, and a deep neural network are provided. The method comprises: randomly initializing weights and biases of a deep neural network as n-bit fixed-point numbers; reducing data in a plurality of layers in the deep neural network that have calculation amounts are greater than a first predetermined threshold as m-bit fixed-point numbers, where m and n are integers and m
US11586923B2
The disclosure relates to an artificial intelligence (AI) system for mimicking functions, such as cognition and determination as of the human brain, by utilizing a machine learning algorithm such as deep learning, and an application thereof. Provided are a neural network learning method according to an AI system and applications thereof, the method including extracting, by using a masking filter having an effective value in a specific portion of the masking filter including weight information of at least one hidden layer included in a learning network model, characteristics of input data according to weight information of a filter corresponding to the specific portion, comparing output data with target data, the output data being obtained from the learning network model based on extracted characteristics of the input data, and updating a size of the specific portion having the effective value in the masking filter, based on a result of the comparing.
US11586917B2
A computer-implemented method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for enhancing performance of a first model. The first model is trained with a training data set. A second model receives the training data set associated with the first model. The second model provides the first model with a hardness value associated with prediction of each data point of the training data set. The first model determines a confidence value regarding predicting each data point based on the training data set, and determines a ratio of the hardness value of a prediction of each data point by the second model with respect to the confidence value of the first model. The first model is retrained with a re-weighted training data set when the determined ratio is lower than a value of β.
US11586902B1
Some embodiments provide a method for training a machine-trained (MT) network that processes input data using network parameters. The method maps input instances to output values by propagating the instances through the network. The input instances include instances for each of multiple categories. For a particular instance selected as an anchor instance, the method identifies each instance in a different category as a negative instance. The method calculates, for each negative instance of the anchor, a surprise function that probabilistically measures a surprise of finding an output value for an instance in the same category as the anchor that is a greater distance from the output value for the anchor instance than output value for the negative instance. The method calculates a loss function that emphasizes a maximum surprise calculated for the anchor. The method trains the network parameters using the calculated loss function value to minimize the maximum surprise.
US11586898B2
Various embodiments of high voltage generation circuits, high voltage operational amplifiers, adaptive high voltage supplies, adjustable high voltage incrementor, adjustable reference supplies, and reference circuits are disclosed. These circuits optionally can be used for programming a non-volatile memory cell in an analog neural memory to store one of many possible values.
US11586882B2
A synapse memory and a method for reading a weight value stored in a synapse memory are provided. The synapse memory includes a memory device configured to store a weight value. The memory device includes a read terminal, a write terminal, and a common terminal, the read terminal being configured to receive a read signal, the write terminal being configured to receive a write signal, and the common terminal being configured to output an output signal from the memory device. The synapse memory also includes a write transistor provided between the write terminal of the memory device and a write signal line configured to send the write signal. The synapse memory further includes a common transistor provided between the common terminal of the memory device and one of the dendrite lines.
US11586881B2
A method of generating receiving a valid domain name comprises evaluating a received valid domain name in a neural network trained to generate similar domain names, and providing an output comprising at least one domain name similar to the received valid domain name generated by the neural network. In a further example, a recurrent neural network is trained using valid domain names and observed malicious similar domain names and/or linguistic rules. In another example, the output of the recurrent neural network further comprises a similarity score reflecting a degree of similarity between the valid domain name and the similar domain name, such that the similarity score can be used to generate a ranked list of domain names similar to the valid domain name.
US11586875B2
Systems and methods are provided for selecting an optimized data model architecture subject to resource constraints. One or more resource constraints for target deployment are identified, and random model architectures are generated from a set of model architecture production rules subject to the one or more resource constraints. Each random model architecture is defined by randomly chosen values for one or more meta parameters and one or more layer parameters. One or more of the random model architectures are adaptively refined to improve performance relative to a metric, and the refined model architecture with the best performance relative to the metric is selected.
US11586874B2
Techniques are disclosed for generating an anomaly score for a neuro-linguistic model of input data obtained from one or more sources. According to one embodiment, generating an anomaly score comprises receiving a score indicating how often a characteristic is observed in the input data. Upon receiving the score, comparing the score with an unusual score model to determine an unusualness score and comparing the unusualness score with an anomaly score model based on one or more unusual score models to generate the anomaly score indicating an overall unusualness for the input data.
US11586869B2
In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder is provided, comprising a charge pump and at least one functional component, wherein: the charge pump is configured to convert an input voltage into an output voltage and to supply the output voltage to the functional component; the functional component is configured to perform a function of the RFID transponder using the output voltage of the charge pump; wherein the charge pump comprises a diode or switch transistor and at least one capacitor coupled to said diode or switch transistor, and wherein the capacitor is configured to compensate for a change of an impedance of said diode or switch transistor. In accordance with a second aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding method of operating an RFID transponder is conceived.
US11586868B2
Various embodiments are generally directed to secure generation of barcodes using cryptographic techniques. An application may receive a request to generate a barcode. The application may receive encrypted data from a communications interface of a contactless card associated with an account. The application may receive, from a server, verification of the encrypted data and an encrypted authorization token associated with the account. The application may generate the barcode utilizing the encrypted authorization token.
US11586867B2
Label constructions comprise a first section and a second section that are laminate constructions of a card stock top surface that may include printed indicia, an adhesive layer disposed underneath the card stock, and a removable liner adhered to the adhesive layer and common to the first and second sections. The first section includes an RFID device. The first section may be configured once removed from the liner to fold on itself to form an RFID tag, or to form an RFID adhesive label. The second section once separately removed from the liner forms an adhesive label. The construction first and second sections are positioned adjacent one another and are formed during the same manufacturing process for purposes of manufacturing efficiency. The first and second sections may be treated to facilitate separate removal from the liner to provide labeling flexibility.
US11586864B2
Techniques regarding topological classification of complex datasets are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a system, which can comprise a memory that can store computer executable components. The system can also comprise a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and that can execute the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a quantum computing component that can encode eigenvalues of a Laplacian matrix into a phase on a quantum state of a quantum circuit. The computer executable components can also comprise a classical computing component that infers a Betti number using a Bayesian learning algorithm by measuring an ancilla state of the quantum circuit.
US11586859B2
A system for object and information collection comprises a handheld tool to grab the object. The handheld tool comprises a trigger, a grabber mechanism, and a switch, wherein a user actuates the trigger to pick up an object with the grabber mechanism, and the switch causes transmission of a capture signal to initiate a classification event. A classification application executing on a processor is responsive to receiving the capture signal to capture information associated with the object and assign an object classification to the object based at least in part on the captured information.
US11586855B2
A method is indicated for determining a confidence value of an object of a class detected in an input image with the aid of a trained neural network, including: producing an activation signature for the class of the detected object using a plurality of output images of a layer of the neural network, the input image being provided to the input of the neural network; scaling the activation signature to the dimension of the input image; comparing an object portion of the scaled activation signature with an activation signature distribution of all objects of the same class of a training data set of the neural network in order to determine the confidence value.
US11586854B2
Vehicle navigation control systems in autonomous driving rely on accurate predictions of objects within the vicinity of the vehicle to appropriately control the vehicle safely through its surrounding environment. Accordingly this disclosure provides methods and devices which implement mechanisms for obtaining contextual variables of the vehicle's environment for use in determining the accuracy of predictions of objects within the vehicle's environment.
US11586853B2
The disclosure relates to a system and method of configuring and validating multi-vendor and multi-region Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices using reinforcement learning. In some embodiments, the method includes generating a matching table for each of a plurality of IoT sensors based on a plurality of sensor attributes extracted from a product data associated with an IoT sensor; acquiring an identification information and operational information associated with the IoT sensor and a set of neighboring IoT sensors for each of the plurality of IoT sensors; identifying an appropriate set of IoT sensors from the plurality of IoT sensors, based on a user requirement, the matching table, the identification information and the operational information, using a Reinforcement Learning (RL) model; and dynamically configuring each of the appropriate set of IoT sensors based on a vendor type.
US11586852B2
A system includes a training system configured to display first image data and a remote expert system configured to display second image data that corresponds to the first image data, receive feedback data associated with the second image data, and transmit a command to the training system based on the feedback data. The command is configured to modify the first image data presented via the training system.
US11586851B2
Image classification using a generated mask image is performed by generating a mask image that extracts a target area from an input image, extracting an image feature map of the input image by inputting the input image in a first neural network including at least one image feature extracting layer, masking the image feature map by using the mask image, and classifying the input image by inputting the masked image feature map to a second neural network including at least one classification layer.
US11586850B2
The first parameter generation unit 811 generates a first parameter, which is a parameter of a first recognizer, using first learning data including a combination of data to be recognized, a correct label of the data, and domain information indicating a collection environment of the data. The second parameter generation unit 812 generates a second parameter, which is a parameter of a second recognizer, using second learning data including a combination of data to be recognized that is collected in a predetermined collection environment, a correct label of the data, and target domain information indicating the predetermined collection environment, based on the first parameter. The third parameter generation unit 813 integrates the first parameter and the second parameter to generate a third parameter to be used for pattern recognition of input data by learning using the first learning data.
US11586834B2
Implementations described herein relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media to localize dynamic content. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method includes receiving visual content associated with a game from a first client locale, the visual content including text being represented at the first client locale by a first language, converting the text to generate translated text in at least a second language associated with a second client locale, and storing the translated text in a database in association with the visual content.
US11586833B2
A method and machine translation system for bi-directional translation of textual sequences between a first language and a second language are described. The machine translation system includes a first autoencoder configured to receive a vector representation of a first textual sequence in the first language and encode the vector representation of the first textual sequence into a first sentence embedding. The machine translation system also includes a sum-product network (SPN) configured to receive the first sentence embedding and generate a second sentence embedding by maximizing a first conditional probability of the second sentence embedding given the first sentence embedding and a second autoencoder receiving the second sentence embedding, the second autoencoder being trained to decode the second sentence embedding into a vector representation of a second textual sequence in the second language.
US11586823B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a user input comprising a natural-language utterance by an assistant xbot from a client system associated with a user, determining a semantic representation of the user input based on a structural ontology defining a labeling syntax for parsing the natural-language utterance to semantic units comprising actions, objects, and attributes, wherein the semantic representation embeds at least one object within at least one action and declares at least one attribute of the embedded object to be acted upon, sending a request based on the semantic representation to an agent for executing a task corresponding to the user input, receiving results of the executed task mapped to a structure determined by the structural ontology from the agent, and sending from the assistant xbot to the client system instructions for presenting a response based on the results of the executed task.
US11586821B2
A classification code parser and method can include: reading a classification code having a description; reading a required keyword, and a total number of keywords associated with the classification code; reading text of a note; tokenizing the text of the note to create a note token stream, the note token stream having a note token and a position of the note token within the note token stream; creating a keyword map including a total number of matched keywords; determining a match ratio from the total number of the matched keywords and the total number of the keywords; determining a proximity factor based on a shortest span of tokens within the note token stream containing all the matched keywords; and determining a strength of a match between the classification code and the note based on the match ratio being multiplied by the proximity factor.
US11586816B2
Tailoring textual content to a target audience by receiving an input of a user, wherein the input of the user includes textual data, identifying a target audience of the textual data based at least in part on the input of the user, determining a style of the target audience, wherein the style is a variety of language used by the target audience, generating a modification recommendation to the textual data of the input of the user based at least in part on the textual data and the determined style.
US11586811B2
A method may include a obtaining a first data model instance comprising an identifier string and a set of attributes associated with a set of attribute name strings. The method may include obtaining an ontology graph that includes a first label, a second label, and an association between them. The method may include using a prediction model to select the first label based on the first data model instance and determining the second label based on the relationship. The method may include determining a selected set of labels that includes the first label and the second label to associate with the first data model instance. The method may include associating the selected set of labels with the first data model instance in a dataset that includes a plurality of records, where each record is associated with a different data model instance.
US11586804B2
Systems and methods are provided for enhancing text-based electronic communications. In one embodiment, a sending agent automatically, or upon request by a user, disambiguates identifiers and terms included in a communication internally or in collaboration with a remote device or server based on the identity and history of the sending or intended receiving device or user, the content or context of the communication and/or the sending or intended receiving device or user and automatically or at the request of the sender, appends, enhances or provides certain additional information related to the identifier or terms to the message in real time. This additional information is then included or referenced, but not necessarily initially displayed or communicated, in the communication. The integrated system also may include a receiving agent on the receiving device that can disambiguate the identifier or terms and provide additional information and services related to the identifier or terms in the communication.
US11586803B2
The described technology is directed towards a pre-child user interface element in a user interface tree that draws before the parent element draws, (and thus before any conventional child element of the parent draws). For example, based upon current state data such as whether the parent element has focus, the pre-child may draw a highlight or the like before (so as to be beneath) drawing the representation of the parent element, to indicate the focused state (or and/or other current state or states). The user interface tree maintains a property that it is composable because the parent user interface element code is independent of what any of its pre-child element or pre-children elements do when invoked.
US11586799B1
Computer-implemented systems and methods for automatically eliminating connectivity mismatches in a mask layout block are provided. The disclosed systems and methods maintain the process design rules (DRC Clean), connectivity (LVS Clean) correctness, and obey Reliability Verification (RV) and DFM (Design for Manufacturability) constraints. Disclosed systems and methods analyze a physical connection of a selected polygon or net in a mask layout block and obtain connectivity information associated with the selected polygon or net from a netlist or external constraints file. The physical connection of the selected polygon or net is compared with the obtained connectivity information to determine whether there is a connectivity mismatch associated with the selected polygon or net. If there is a determined connectivity mismatch, a violation marker representing the connectivity mismatch is generated and the connectivity mismatch is corrected by placing, moving, or editing the selected polygon or net to modify the physical connection.
US11586797B2
The present disclosure describes structures and methods for a via structure for three-dimensional integrated circuit (IC) packaging. The via structure includes a middle portion that extends through a planar structure and a first end and a second end each connected to the middle portion and on a different side of the planar structure. One or more of the first end and the second end includes one or more of a plurality of vias and a pseudo metal layer.
US11586786B2
A self-contained computerized system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions for causing the self-contained computerized system to perform the process of morphing a finite element mesh of a legacy design to the finite element mesh of a component design and applying measurement variations from the legacy design to the finite element mesh of the component design.
US11586778B2
A hardware memory includes at least one memory cell, peripheral circuitry and randomization circuitry. The memory cell(s) store data, which may be written to, read from and held in the hardware memory. The peripheral circuitry reads and writes data to the memory cell(s) and may perform other functions necessary for facilitating the data read, write and hold. The randomization circuitry randomizes operations performed by the peripheral circuitry to reduce a correlation between the data and the current consumed by the hardware memory.
US11586774B1
Disclosed is a checksum generation and validation system and associated methods for dynamically generating and validating checksums with customizable levels of integrity verification. The system receives a file with data points defined with positional values and non-positional values, and differentiates a first set of the data points from a second set of the data points. The system generates a checksum based on a combination of two or more values from the positional values and the non-positional values of each data point from the first set of data points, and further based on exclusion of the positional values and the non-positional values of the second set of data points from the checksum. The system may use the checksum to verify the integrity of the data associated with the first set of data points.
US11586768B2
A computer-implemented method that receives at an apparatus a request from a first computing device for access to information related to a first user data set; determines, or receives an indication of a determination, whether the first computing device can access the information based on criteria for sharing information, the criteria based on one or more characteristics of the first user data set and a second user data set accessible by the first computing device; and provide a response based on the determination, the response preserving privacy of a user corresponding to the first user data set.
US11586765B2
Disclosed herein is a storage platform for managing privacy compliance in an organization. The storage platform comprises a plurality of storage servers and at least one storage controller. The at least one storage controller receives user data from a user associated with the organization and splits the user data into a plurality of data chunks. Further, each data chunk of the plurality of data chunks are stored on a separate storage server selected from the plurality of storage servers. Also, each of the plurality of data chunks are encrypted using encryption keys stored on a distributed ledger. Thereafter, an authentication token corresponding to the stored user data is generated and provided to the user to enable the user to securely share the stored user data with the organization.
US11586764B2
An application (App)-BOT, scans a context of a user of an application and obtains current scanned user data. The App BOT determines a set of user information entities from the scanned user data containing current information about the user. In a negotiation phase, the App BOT a data access request offer from a mixed reality data (MRD)-BOT. A privacy leak score is estimated that represents a user value attributed to the permission to access the labelled user information entity based on the data access request offer. Responsive to determining that the privacy leak score exceeds a privacy leak score threshold, an acceptance of the data access request offer is sent to the MRD BOT and providing access requested by the data access request. Otherwise, a counteroffer is sent to the offer to the MRD BOT.
US11586756B2
An article management system collects articles from different sources, processes each article to extract information about the article (such as the topics covered in the article), and stores the information in one or more knowledge graphs. The system also maintains user profiles for each of its users. Each user profile includes a user genome representing the user's interests and preferences. The information in the knowledge graphs can be used to select articles to be displayed to users of the article management system. Articles can be displayed as part of the search results for an associated topic or concept, as part of a personalized feed that is generated based on the data in a user's profile, or as part of a feature that displays multiple articles that cover a given topic from multiple different viewpoints. The system can also provide a platform for users to create and publish research collections.
US11586738B2
Systems and methods for evaluating security risks using a manufacturer-signed software identification manifest are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: receive a request to perform attestation of a client device; retrieve, from an agent executed by the client device, a manifest comprising: (i) a signature portion encrypted with a first key, and (ii) a software identification (SWID) portion encrypted with a second key; retrieve the first key from a manufacturer database; retrieve the second key from a customer database; decrypt the signature and the manifest with the first and second keys; and perform the attestation using the decrypted manifest.
US11586735B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to malware clustering based on execution-behavior reports. In some embodiments, a computer system may access malware information that includes a plurality of reports corresponding to a plurality of malware samples. In some embodiments, each of the malware reports specifies a set of features relating to execution behavior of a corresponding malware sample. The computer system may, in various embodiments, process the plurality of reports to generate a plurality of vectors that includes, for each of the malware samples, a corresponding vector indicative of the execution behavior of the corresponding malware sample. Based on the plurality of vectors, the computer system may generate similarity values indicative of a similarity between ones of the plurality of vectors. Further, based on the similarity values, the computer system may assign each of the plurality of malware samples to one of a plurality of clusters of related malware samples.
US11586730B2
Examples associated with ransomware attack monitoring are described herein. One example includes a monitor module to monitor files stored on the system for sequences of file accesses that match a predefined pattern of file accesses. An investigation module is activated based on a sequence of file accesses that match the predefined pattern. The investigation module logs actions taken by processes to modify files. A reaction module pauses a set of processes operating on the system based on the logging performed by the investigation module, and resumes legitimate processes.
US11586725B2
The disclosed technology relates to receiving an executable function from a client device, wherein the executable function is to be executed on a function as a service (FaaS) platform. Upon performing a verification and validation process on the received executable function prior to runtime, it is determined when to execute the received executable function based on based on one or more execution initiation techniques upon performing. The verified and validated executable function is executed at the runtime on the FaaS platform based on the determination.
US11586711B2
A system and method of securing a computing device with a remote computer security service includes: identifying a computing device that is subscribed to a remote computer security service, wherein the computing device comprises an anti-authentication application instance provided by the remote computer security service based on the subscription; identifying an occurrence of an anti-authentication action involving the computing device based on anti-authentication policy set to a subscriber anti-authentication account with the remote computer security service for the computing device; responsively to the anti-authentication action, automatically performing by the remote security service or the anti-authentication application instance one or more anti-authentication protective services by protectively altering the computing device based on the anti-authentication policy, wherein the computing device is altered to a protected state from a normal state based on the performance of the one or more anti-authentication protective services.
US11586709B2
Systems, methods and devices are provided for provisioning a computerized device. The system may include a distributor computer that is connected to the computerized device and is operable to receive a first digital asset and transmit it to the computerized device, and a server that is connected to the distributor computer, and that transmits the first digital asset to the distributor computer when a first authorizing condition is met, the first digital asset being configured to cause the computerized device to become partially provisioned, wherein the server transmits a second digital asset to the computerized device, and the computerized device is functional after the second digital asset is transmitted to the computerized device.
US11586705B2
In an embodiment, a correlated forecast is computer generated by a processor that receives input data for historic values of a first input variable, creates forecast data for future values of the first input variable using the historic values of the first input variable, generates diagnostic data based on a diagnostic analysis of the forecast data, creates a first diagnostic variable that includes a first diagnostic value from a first cognitive process, generates a feature vector based on a second cognitive process that determines the feature vector by identifying a correlation between the first diagnostic variable and a second diagnostic variable, and generates a final forecast using the feature vector as an input for a cognitive forecasting process, where the first cognitive process determines the first diagnostic value based on the diagnostic data.
US11586703B2
A feature transformation apparatus includes at least a combination storage part that stores a combination with respect to a set of features, wherein data is approximately represented as a sum of the combination of the features; and a transformation part that transforms at least the combination so as not to change the sum of the combination of the set of features.
US11586701B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for a circuit configured to add multiple inputs. The circuit includes a first adder section that receives a first input and a second input and adds the inputs to generate a first sum. The circuit also includes a second adder section that receives the first and second inputs and adds the inputs to generate a second sum. An input processor of the circuit receives the first and second inputs, determines whether a relationship between the first and second inputs satisfies a set of conditions, and selects a high-power mode of the adder circuit or a low-power mode of the adder circuit using the determined relationship between the first and second inputs. The high-power mode is selected and the first and second inputs are routed to the second adder section when the relationship satisfies the set of conditions.
US11586699B1
Systems and methods that offer significant improvements to current content processing management systems for heterogeneous and widely distributed content sources are disclosed. The proposed systems and methods are configured to provide a framework and libraries of extensible components that together are designed enable creation of solutions to acquire data from one or more content repositories, possibly distributed around the world across a wide range of operating systems and hardware, process said content, and publish the resulting processed information to a search engine or other target application. The proposed embodiments offer an improved architecture that incorporates manager nodes and worker (processing) nodes, where worker nodes are configured to scan and process data, while manager nodes are configured to handle all allocation of work (including throttling) and control state and failover. Such an arrangement enables the system to perform with greater scalability and reliability.
US11586678B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for analyzing images for generating query responses. One of the methods includes determining, using a textual query, an image category for images responsive to the textual query, and an output type that identifies a type of requested content; selecting, using data that associates a plurality of images with a corresponding category, a subset of the images that each belong to the image category, each image in the plurality of images belonging to one of the two or more categories; analyzing, using the textual query, data for the images in the subset of the images to determine images responsive to the textual query; determining a response to the textual query using the images responsive to the textual query; and providing, using the output type, the response to the textual query for presentation.
US11586661B2
Systems and methods for Documentation Through Gleaning Content [extract content (information) from various sources. collect gradually and bit by bit.] with an enhanced, easy to use and intuitive user interface experience. This is the system to glean the content such as text, image, audio, video in bit by bit from various sources such as web pages, document viewers, word of mouth, SMS, email, internet messenger, social medias etc., and tagged [labeled] to the document/topic in shorter amount of time. At any point of time one or more gleaned content(s) are compiled as a single document without the need of an editor. The team of users can use any type of devices to collaborate, review and publish the document.
US11586653B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for retrieving local information on a user device include detecting itinerary information stored by a first application on a user device, and identifying a travel destination based on the detected itinerary information. The travel destination is communicated to a second application executable on a user device, and the travel destination is stored in association with the second application. The second application is adapted to retrieve local information based on an identified geographic location, and local information for the travel destination is provided through the second application in response to a user interaction with the second application and based on a triggering threshold associated with the itinerary information.
US11586649B2
An embodiment generates, responsive to receiving a declarative replication specification, a logical map comprising a plurality of paths to completing a data replication process identified by the replication specification. The embodiment determines, responsive to generating the logical map, an optimal path to completing the data replication process by searching the plurality of paths of the logical map using a cost-directed search algorithm to find the optimal path from among the plurality of paths. The embodiment also performs, responsive to finding the optimal path, a series of data replication operations for replicating source data on a target database. The embodiment also detects, during a runtime of the data replication process, a predetermined change to a runtime environment of the data replication process. The embodiment also determines, responsive to detecting the predetermined change, a revised optimal path for performing the data replication process in the changed runtime environment.
US11586648B2
Described are systems and methods for storing a variable number of instances of data objects (e.g., 1, 2, 3, or up to N−1 instances, where N is the number of instances of the data object included in primary data) in secondary storage across a data storage network. In some examples, a system for storing a variable number of instances of data objects includes, one or more computing devices storing a set of data objects and multiple storage devices distinct from the one or more computing devices. Each of the multiple storage devices is configured to store at least a single instance of a data object. The system also includes a database configured to store information associated with the data objects. This information includes substantially unique identifiers for the data objects and, for each of the data objects, a number of instances of the data object stored on the multiple storage devices.
US11586647B2
A massively parallel database management system includes an index store and a payload store including a set of storage systems of different temperatures. Both the index store and the storage system each include a list of clusters. Each cluster includes a set of nodes with storage devices forming a group of segments. Nodes and clusters are connected over high speed links. Each cluster receives data and splits the data into data rows based on a predetermined size. The data rows are randomly and evenly distributed between all nodes of the cluster.
US11586640B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for repairing vehicles. A computing device having first and second software executables can determine vehicle identification information (VII) that identifies a vehicle. The computing device can store first and second vehicle identifiers that are based on the VII and are respectively associated with the first and second software executables, where the first vehicle identifier differs from the second vehicle identifier. The computing device can be used to repair the vehicle by at least: receiving a request to activate the first software executable, and activating the first software executable at least by providing the stored first vehicle identifier to the first software executable.
US11586639B2
An information processing device according to the present application includes an acquisition unit, a selection unit, and a search unit. The acquisition unit acquires a search query input by a user. The selection unit selects a type of target information to be searched on the basis of the search query acquired by the acquisition unit. The search unit searches for information corresponding to the search query from the type of target information to be searched selected by the selection unit.
US11586633B2
A method of searching data being directed into a data heap looks for a predetermined element and then tags the data per the found element. The tags are applied by data heap tagging applications or “HeapTagApps” (HTAs), which are small, quickly executing software applications that are each focused on the tagging of data that includes a particular element in order to make the identification process rapid. Multiple HTAs in one or both of horizontal and vertical configurations may be constructed in order to provide any necessary level of speed or take full advantage of an available hardware configuration.
US11586624B2
A system comprises an interface, a processor, and a memory. The interface is configured to receive a query. The processor is configured to: determine a set of nodes for the query; determine whether a node of the set of nodes comprises a first engine node type or a second engine node type, wherein determining whether the node of the set of nodes comprises the first engine node type or the second engine node type is based at least in part on determining whether the node is able to be executed in a second engine; and generate a plan based at least in part on the set of nodes. The memory is coupled to the processor and is configured to provide the processor with instructions.
US11586619B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for processing natural language analytics queries are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes obtaining a natural language query comprising an analytics function; applying domain reasoning using a predefined grammar for a plurality of different predefined categories of analytics functions to assign the analytics function of the natural language query into a given analytics function category; identifying predefined arguments and a predefined sequence of actions associated with the given analytics function category; instantiating the analytics function using the predefined arguments and the predefined sequence of actions; interpreting the instantiated analytics function in the context of a domain ontology to generate a target executable query to implement the instantiated analytics function; and executing the predefined sequence of actions for the given analytics function class on a result of the target executable query to obtain an answer to the natural language query.
US11586607B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a source independent query language. One of the methods includes receiving a first executable statement, the first executable statement referencing a second set of fields in a table in a relational database, the first executable statement having instructions to cause the database to perform operations on data in the table. The method includes generating a second executable statement based on the first set of fields and the first executable statement. The method includes determining a mapping between the first set of fields and the second set of fields. The method includes specifying a derived table using the corresponding values and the mapping. The method includes generating instructions to cause the database to perform the operations on the derived table. The method includes sending the second executable statement to the database.
US11586606B2
In one aspect, a fault intercepting computing device is provided. The fault intercepting computing devices receives a request message including an outdated key value from a client computing device, retrieves an updated key value from a key mapping database, generates a remapped request based on the request message by replacing the outdated key value with the updated key value in the request message, and transmits the remapped request to a host computing device. The fault intercepting computing device further receives an initial response from the host computing device including the updated key value, generates a surrogate response based on the initial response by replacing the updated key value with the outdated key value, appends a key remapped flag to the surrogate response, transmits the surrogate response, including the outdated key value to the client computing device.
US11586597B2
A computer-implemented method for deduplicating records includes generating a block comprising of a group of records. The method also includes creating one or more record pairs from the block, and calculating one or more features based on one or more fields within the one or more record pairs. The method further includes inputting the one or more features into a machine language trained model to predict a probability score. The probability score indicates whether two records are duplicates. The method also includes storing the probability score as links between two vertices in a graph, and displaying one or more duplicate records by querying the graph.
US11586593B2
Mechanism for synchronization of hierarchical data between a mobile device and multi tenant database
Techniques and structures to synchronize hierarchical data, comprising. A conflict between data stored at a computing device and data stored at a service provider database is detected. A synchronization operation is performed to synchronize a plurality of objects within the hierarchical entity data stored at the computing device with hierarchical entity data stored at the service provider database.
US11586591B1
Described herein are methods and system for electronic file management having a central server that periodically scans files accessible to multiple computers to identify every file stored onto multiple electronic data repositories. The central server then executes a predetermined protocol to generate a unique identifier for each identified file. The central server then generates an interconnected nodal data structure computer model where each node represents an identified file and where the nodes are linked based on their respective files having similar unique identifiers. The central server periodically scans the electronic data repositories to identify related data. When a related file is identified, the central server modifies the nodal data structure accordingly. When a user requests access to a file, the central server displays all related data to the requested file.
US11586588B2
A system and methods for bandwidth-efficient cryptographic data transfer, utilizing an encoding endpoint device, a decoding endpoint device, a reference codebook, and a plurality of data to encode and decode, which may use specific algorithms on top of block cipher encryption to achieve higher data security and ease the burden on users with regards to computational power, complexity, and bandwidth for communication.
US11586584B2
Computing systems, apparatuses, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products are disclosed for creating a shared communication channel in a group-based communication platform having a plurality of database shards. An example computer-implemented method includes generating a shared communication channel shard that is assigned a shared communication channel identification, a first set of shared communication channel attributes associated with a first group identification, and a second set of shared communication channel attributes associated with a second group identification. The method further includes generating first and second externally shared group-based shared communication channel interfaces based on the first and second sets of shared communication channel attributes, respectively. The method further includes transmitting the first and second externally shared group-based shared communication channel interfaces to a first client device associated with the first group identification and a second client device associated with the second group identification, respectively.
US11586582B2
A device automatically extracts a data file from an upstream source based on ingestion parameters. The data file is in a first format that is not readable by a downstream data analysis utility and includes a plurality of data records. Each record includes one or more entries. The ingestion parameters include a file identifier, transformation instructions, and storage instructions for the extracted data file. The device generates table(s) based on the extracted data file by, determining, based on the transformation instructions, a table in which to store each entry and a row and column of the determined table in which to store the entry. Entries are input into the determined tables, rows, and columns. The table(s) are stored in a second format that is readable by the downstream data analysis utility.
US11586580B2
A parallel processor system for machine learning includes an arithmetic unit (ALU) array including several ALUs and a controller to provide instructions for the ALUs. The system further includes a direct-access memory (DMA) block containing multiple DMA engines to access an external memory to retrieve data. An input-stream buffer decouples the DMA block from the ALU array and provides aligning and reordering of the retrieved data. The DMA engines operate in parallel and include rasterization logic capable of performing a three-dimensional (3-D) rasterization.
US11586576B2
A method for controlling screen rotation of an electronic reading device that includes processing circuitry, an accelerometer, and a display screen. The method including: receiving, by the processing circuitry, a request to access a menu for initiation of a screen-rotation lock function for the electronic reading device; displaying, on the display screen, the menu for the initiation of the screen-rotation lock function; receiving, by the processing circuitry, a selection of one particular screen orientation for the display screen from among a plurality of screen orientations; rotating, the electronic reading device, 90 degrees; detecting, by the accelerometer, the 90 degree rotation; and maintaining a screen that is displayed on the display screen in the selected one particular screen orientation.
US11586573B2
A system includes a programmable logic control (PLC) module, an input/output (IO) network bus coupled to the PLC module and provided at facets of a mainframe. A first process chamber attached to a first facet of the facets. A chamber interface IO sub-module is attached to the first facet and coupled to the IO network bus and to a process chamber IO controller of the first process chamber. The chamber interface IO sub-module is to: convert interlock relay signals, received via dry contact exchange with the process chamber IO controller, to digital signals; combine the digital signals into network packets adapted for communication using a protocol of the IO network bus; and transmit the network packets to the PLC module over the IO network bus.
US11586567B2
A virtual machine (VM) has direct access to an I/O device having physical and virtual functions and a mailbox register, and includes a guest driver for controlling the virtual functions. The VM runs on system software that includes a physical driver for controlling the physical function (PF) and maintains VM page tables, which include an entry that references a memory space into which the mailbox register is mapped. The system software registers a callback function with the physical driver, which the physical driver invokes upon receiving a trigger for communication with the guest driver. In response, the system software alters the page tables so that access to the mailbox register causes a PF intercept, and the callback function handles the communication with the guest driver. After completion of the communication, the system software alters the page tables so that access to the mailbox register does not cause a PF intercept.
US11586566B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to a memory protocol with command priority. An example apparatus can execute a command that includes a read identification (RID) number based on a priority assigned to the RID number in a register. The apparatus can be a non-volatile dual in-line memory module (NVDIMM) device.
US11586563B2
A processor distributes memory timing parameters and data among different memory modules based upon memory access patterns. The memory access patterns indicate different types, or classes, of data for an executing workload, with each class associated with different memory access characteristics, such as different row buffer hit rate levels, different frequencies of access, different criticalities, and the like. The processor assigns each memory module to a data class and sets the memory timing parameters for each memory module according to the module's assigned data class, thereby tailoring the memory timing parameters for efficient access of the corresponding data.
US11586558B2
In an example, an apparatus comprises a plurality of compute engines; and logic, at least partially including hardware logic, to detect a cache line conflict in a last-level cache (LLC) communicatively coupled to the plurality of compute engines; and implement context-based eviction policy to determine a cache way in the cache to evict in order to resolve the cache line conflict. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US11586557B2
Methods, systems, and devices for cache management in a memory subsystem are described. A device may determine to perform an eviction procedure for a bank of a volatile memory that operates as a cache for a non-volatile memory. The eviction procedure may save data from the bank of the volatile memory to the non-volatile memory. The device may determine an activity status for at least one buffer in a pool of buffers that are coupled with the volatile memory and the non-volatile memory. The device may select the at least one buffer in the pool of buffers for the eviction procedure for the bank of the volatile memory based at least in part on the activity status for that buffer.
US11586555B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing flexible dictionary sharing techniques for caches are disclosed. A set-associative cache includes a dictionary for each data array set. When a cache line is to be allocated in the cache, a cache controller determines to which set a base index of the cache line address maps. Then, a selector unit determines which dictionary of a group of dictionaries stored by those sets neighboring this set would achieve the most compression for the cache line. This dictionary is then selected to compress the cache line. An offset is added to the base index of the cache line to generate a full index in order to map the cache line to the set corresponding to this chosen dictionary. The compressed cache line is stored in this set with the chosen dictionary, and the offset is stored in the corresponding tag array entry.
US11586553B2
A memory device for storing data comprises a memory bank comprising a plurality of addressable memory cells, wherein the memory bank is divided into a plurality of segments. The memory device also comprises a cache memory operable for storing a second plurality of data words, wherein further each data word of the second plurality of data words is either awaiting write verification or is to be re-written into the memory bank. The cache memory is divided into a plurality of primary segments, wherein each primary segment of the cache memory is direct mapped to a corresponding segment of the plurality of segments of the memory bank, wherein each primary segment of the plurality of primary segments of the cache memory is sub-divided into a plurality of secondary segments, and each of the plurality of secondary segments comprises at least one counter for tracking a number of valid entries stored therein.
US11586542B2
A method and a system detects a cache line as a potential or confirmed hot cache line based on receiving an intervention of a processor associated with a fetch of the cache line. The method and system include suppressing an action of operations associated with the hot cache line. A related method and system detect an intervention and, in response, communicates an intervention notification to another processor. An alternative method and system detect a hot data object associated with an intervention event of an application. The method and system can suppress actions of operations associated with the hot data object. An alternative method and system can detect and communicate an intervention associated with a data object.
US11586538B2
Provided is a storage device including a power management integrated circuit chip; multiple non-volatile memories configured to receive power from the power management integrated circuit chip; and a controller configured to control the non-volatile memories, wherein the controller checks a state of the power during a read operation and a write operation on the non-volatile memories and, when a power failure is detected in at least one of the non-volatile memories, implements a power failure detection mode regarding the read operation and the write operation on all of the non-volatile memories.
US11586526B2
Examples herein include an incident workflow graphical user interface (“GUI”) that visualizes workflows for solving application performance issues. An analytics server can process alerts based on application performance notifications. An administrative console GUI can display an issue pane that organizes alerts and remedial actions of an individual underlying issue. Alerts can be organized in a first region with actions organized in a second region. The alerts can visually update as they become resolved. Issue assemblies can be stored for future retrieval, allowing a recommendation engine to help populate future issue panes based on similar issues.
US11586525B2
Disclosed techniques relate to tracing a subsidiary thread of a web page application. In an example, a method includes providing a web page application to a web browser. The method further includes creating, from the web page application, a global tracer configured to log tracing data for the web page application and a span. The method further includes instantiating, from the web page application, a wrapper for a subsidiary thread. The wrapper is configured to execute shim code before executing the subsidiary thread. The method further includes passing, from the wrapper to the shim code, configuration data of the global tracer. The method further includes creating a subsidiary tracer from the shim code and the configuration data. The subsidiary tracer configured to log tracing data for the subsidiary thread and a thread span.
US11586522B2
A model-based approach to determining an optimal configuration for a data center may use an environmental chamber to characterize the performance of various data center configurations at different combinations of temperature and altitude. Telemetry data may be recorded from different configurations as they execute a stress workload at each temperature/altitude combination, and the telemetry data may be used to train a corresponding library of models. When a new data center is being configured, the temperature/altitude of the new data center may be used to select a pre-trained model from a similar temperature/altitude. Performance of the current configuration can be compared to the performance of the model, and if the model performs better, a new configuration based on the model may be used as an optimal configuration for the data center.
US11586520B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer system, a computer program product, and a method that comprises generating a baseline prediction for each database in a plurality of databases, wherein the generated baseline prediction includes datapoints for each performance feature of a respective database in the plurality of databases; generating a linkage matrix using a dimension reduction algorithm in an equal-dimensional feature space based on a measured difference between actual performance datapoints of each respective database and respective datapoints associated with generated baseline prediction for each database in the plurality of databases; linking one or more databases in the plurality of databases based on the measured difference within the generated linkage matrix reaching a predetermined threshold of measured performance; and generating a design using the linked databases for a computer system capable of being displayed through a user interface.
US11586516B2
An object of the present invention is to realize a proper storage operation in accordance with the state of a storage devices which constructed remote copy pair via a network. A first storage device for providing a first volume and a second storage device for providing a second volume as a remote copy destination of the first volume, includes: a storing unit for policy sets that is a regulation group relating to the service quality of the second volume; and a policy selection unit for selecting a policy set to be used from the plurality of policy sets in accordance with the states of the first volume and the second storage device. According to such a configuration and operation, it is possible to properly operate the storage device by selecting a policy set before and after the failover or according to the presence or absence of degeneration.
US11586515B1
Described herein are techniques for improving disaster recovery, in particular disaster recovery pertaining to data transfer requests. The data transfer request can be received by each of multiple deployments; however, only a primary deployment can process the request. The data transferred by the primary deployment may be replicated in the secondary deployments. In response to a failover event, one of the secondary deployments can be designated as the new primary development and continue the data transfer based on the data transfer request and the replication information received from the old primary deployment prior to the failover.
US11586514B2
A fault tolerant computer system and method are disclosed. The system may include a plurality of CPU nodes, each including: a processor and a memory; at least two IO domains, wherein at least one of the IO domains is designated an active IO domain performing communication functions for the active CPU nodes; and a switching fabric connecting each CPU node to each IO domain. One CPU node is designated a standby CPU node and the remainder are designated as active CPU nodes. If a failure, a beginning of a failure, or a predicted failure occurs in an active node, the state and memory of the active CPU node are transferred to the standby CPU node which becomes the new active CPU node. If a failure occurs in an active IO domain, the communication functions performed by the failing active IO domain are transferred to the other IO domain.
US11586501B2
A memory system uses a dynamic RAID scheme to dynamically encode RAID address space geometries. The dynamic RAID scheme solves issues with the algorithmic layout approach and flat virtual address space used in conventional RAID systems. The dynamic RAID scheme can be used for any RAID algorithm and does not require static mapping. In other words, there is no requirement that each strip be located in the same relative location in memory devices and there is no requirement that stripes use the same combination of memory devices.
US11586488B2
Systems and methods provide for managing faulting network devices. A first network device can receive an error. The first network device can generate one or more frames including data indicative of the error. The first network device can broadcast the one or more frames to one or more neighboring network devices. It may be determined that the first network device is inaccessible. The first data can be retrieved and presented from a second network device among the one or more neighboring network devices. In some embodiments, a network management system can utilize the first data to generate a machine learning model that classifies whether network devices are instances of network devices designated for a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) process. In some embodiments, the network management system can apply the first data to a machine learning classifier to determine whether to initiate the RMA process for the first network device.
US11586485B2
Methods and systems for generating notifications are described. A notification of a given notification type is provided in a manner defined according to a first notification category to which the given notification type is assigned. A user interaction associated with the notification is detected. A mismatch is identified between the user interaction and the first notification category. In response to identifying the mismatch, the given notification type is assigned to a second notification category that defines a second, different manner for providing a subsequent notification of the given notification type. The subsequent notification of the given notification type is provided according to the second notification category.
US11586464B2
A W-graph system comprising a server connected with a plurality of clients via a network. Each client/user performs a design task via a design application while the server collects timestamped event data. The server generates a plurality of W-graphs for a plurality of tasks based on the collected event data. Each W-graph comprises one or more representative workflows, each representative workflow comprising at least one merged node representing nodes from different workflows for different users performing the same task. A W-graph for a task selected by the user may be viewed in a W-graph GUI. A user may also select a W-suggest function to have a current workflow for a task analyzed for optimization based on a W-graph generated for the same task. A modified current workflow is generated that highlights user techniques in the current workflow that are less efficient than user techniques in the W-graph.
US11586460B2
Methods and systems for improved integration functions for applications are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a request to execute an application. The request may specify a primary container image for the application and a secondary container image for an integration function used by the application. A primary container may be created for execution of the primary container image and a secondary container image may be created for execution of the secondary container image. The primary and secondary containers may be executed to implement the application.
US11586458B2
A hypervisor identifies a memory address associated with a device slot of a communication bus; determines that the device slot of the communication bus is not associated with any of one or more devices; generates a memory page for the memory address, wherein the memory page comprises a value that indicates that the memory address is not associated with any of the devices; maps, in a page table, a page table entry for the memory page to the memory address, wherein the page table entry indicates that the memory page is read only for a guest operating system (OS) of a virtual machine (VM); and causes the memory page to be provided to the guest OS of the VM in view of a read access of the memory address by the guest OS.
US11586456B2
A method for applying agency and regulation modeling in a multi-tenant architecture system includes accessing merchant's representation in an identity manager. The merchant is managed via a full representation by an original identity manager. The method includes performing a first service for the merchant via the representation, and determining, based on results of the first service and on policies of the first service provider, that performance of a second service is required for completion of the first service. The second service is provided by a second service provider onboarded into the first service provider, where the second service amends policy requirements of the first service provider. The method includes accessing a first subservice of the second service using the representation to generate second results for use at a second subservice of the second service, the second subservice configured to use transaction resources of the first representation.
US11586449B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for associating digital media with physical device. A method for controlling a hardware state input based on uniform resource locator (URL) data can include identifying URL data associated with a web browser, comparing the identified URL data to stored URL data, identifying stored hardware device data based on the comparison, generating a control signal based on the determined hardware device data, and/or transmitting the control signal to a microcontroller communicatively coupled to a hardware device. The microcontroller can adjust a hardware state of the hardware device based on the received control signal. A method for navigating to a URL location based on hardware device data can include receiving hardware device data from a microcontroller communicatively coupled to a hardware device, comparing the received hardware device data with stored hardware device data, identifying URL data based on the comparison, and causing a browser to navigate to a URL location based on the URL data.
US11586445B2
Various implementations described herein are related to a device having multiplier circuitry with an array of summation result cells that holds summation bit values for shifted arrays added together. The device may include latch circuitry having one or more gated elements disposed between the summation result cells, and the gated elements may be adapted to provide a portion of the summation bit values based on a gating signal.
US11586439B2
Disclosed in some examples are systems, methods, devices, and machine-readable mediums to detect and terminate programmable atomic transactions that are stuck in an infinite loop. In order to detect and terminate these transactions, the programmable atomic unit may use an instruction counter that increments each time an instruction is executed during execution of a programmable atomic transaction. If the instruction counter meets or exceeds a threshold instruction execution limit without reaching the termination instruction, the programmable atomic transaction may be terminated, all resources used (e.g., memory locks) may be freed, and a response may be sent to a calling processor.
US11586434B2
Described embodiments provide systems and methods for selecting a version of an application to launch for a client device according to a context of the client device. A computing device can receive a request from a client device to launch an application. The request can include an identifier that indicates multiple versions of the application are accessible in which to launch the application. The computing device can select, using the identifier, a version of the application according to a context of the client device. The computing device can provide the client device with access to the selected version of the application, so as to enable the client device to launch a version of the application compatible with the context of the client device.
US11586432B1
As organizations scale analytics, a challenge is the huge increase in number of analytics pipelines to be maintained by developers. In here, lies an example method and modular software architecture to assemble analytics pipeline from reusable components. (1) Reusable components can be utilities where each utility is versioned and has a collection of programming functions, also known as nodes, that follow “data-in-data-out” convention. As nodes are building blocks of a pipeline, an assembly instruction and human readable configurations can now be created to define a project pipeline from a repository of pipelines and well-versioned utilities. (2) By separating out re-usable functionalities from pipelines and data layers, this layered architecture can now support upgrades of functionalities overtime without re-writing of pipelines. (3) As reusable components become functionally exhaustive, these assembly instructions and configurations can then be decoupled from pipelines as knowledge which developers can conduct meta-analysis of configurations used across projects.
US11586428B1
One or more software products/services may be installed on a cloud deployment. Product versions of such services can be upgraded (or rolled back) based on a deployment plan comprising tasks adapted to reach a target deployment state. A central upgrade server can forward tasks to an upgrade agent for execution, the tasks being based on a current operational state of the cloud deployment (obtained by the upgrade agent) and one or more constraints. In multiple node deployments, some nodes may be upgraded to a new product version, while other nodes are kept at a current product version until stability of the new product version is determined. Traffic across nodes can be shaped to ensure a deployment is healthy before upgrading other nodes/deployments. If the health of a node/deployment does not meet specified criteria, an upgrade can be stopped, an alert can be triggered, and the node/deployment can be rolled back.
US11586426B2
Systems and methods are directed to release tools and deployment tools for software applications. A computing device includes a processor operatively coupled to a memory. The processor identifies one or more environments and a plurality of deployment operations to be performed to deploy a software application to the one or more environments. The processor generates a deployment plan having instructions to execute the one or more deployment operations. The processor executes the deployment plan to deploy the one or more release environments. The processor sends signals to a display to display progression through the deployment plan during deployment of the one or more release environments.
US11586416B2
Embodiments are provided for communicating notifications and other textual data associated with applications installed on an electronic device. According to certain aspects, a user can interface with an input device to send (218) a wake up trigger to the electronic device. The electronic device retrieves (222) application notifications and converts (288) the application notifications to audio data. The electronic device also sends (230) the audio data to an audio output device for annunciation (232). The user may also use the input device to send (242) a request to the electronic device to activate the display screen. The electronic device identifies (248) an application corresponding to an annunciated notification, and activates (254) the display screen and initiates the application.
US11586413B2
The various implementations described herein include methods and systems for synchronous audio playback. In one aspect, a method is performed at each of a plurality of electronic devices, each having an audio system, an internal clock, processors and memory storing programs for execution by the processors. Each device is configured for two-way communications with a server and associated with a user account. The device receives an identification of a first device as a common clock device that has a first internal clock being designated as a master clock. The device receives a synchronized audio playback command that includes audio data to be output and a future playback time. In response to receiving the audio data, the device determines a synchronized audio playback time. If the determined synchronized audio playback time has not yet occurred, the electronic device outputs the audio data based on the determined synchronized audio playback time.
US11586409B1
A wireless conferencing system for wirelessly connecting a computerized device with a display device includes at least a data transmitter. The data transmitter includes a transmitter self-powered unit, a data transmission module electrically powered by the transmitter self-powered unit, and a computer interface communicatively lined to the data transmission module, wherein when the computer interface is configured for detachably connecting to the computerized device, the data transmission module is powered and ready for wirelessly transmitting data from the computerized device to the display device without consuming power of the computerized device.
US11586407B2
An electronic device includes sensors configured to detect an orientation of a display, driver logic, and a speaker array. The driver logic processes the audio data received by an interface to form audio output data, and forms driver signals representing the audio output data based on the orientation of the display detected by the one or more sensors. The speaker array receives the driver signals formed orientation of the display, and renders the audio output data for playback based on the driver signals.
US11586402B2
Systems and methods relate generally to contextual features for a printing device. In an example method thereof, features of a printing device configuration are queried by a firmware service. The features obtained by a first dynamic scheduling service associated with the printing device are packaged. The features packaged are retrieved to provide a features list thereof by a second dynamic scheduling service for a driver associated with the printing device. Dynamic scheduling data is generated by an artificial intelligence service including deactivating one or more of the features responsive to a policy. The generating of the dynamic scheduling data includes filtering the features using the policy by the artificial intelligence service. A dynamic user interface is created by the second dynamic scheduling service responsive to the dynamic scheduling data.
US11586401B2
By using the present disclosure, for example, a notification of an error that has occurred in a device can be received even in cloud printing. Some embodiments provide a method performed by executing an application using an information processing apparatus that transmits print data to be transferred to a printing apparatus by a server system, the method including transmitting, to the server system, a request to check a processing status of the print data in the printing apparatus, receiving the processing status of the print data from the server system having responded to the request, and displaying the received processing status on a display unit of the information processing apparatus.
US11586392B2
A system and method for satisfying Quality of Service (QoS) attributes for a stream using a storage device with multi-stream capability is described. The storage device may include memory to store data. A host interface may receive requests, some of which may be associated with a stream. A host interface layer may schedule the requests in a manner that may satisfy the QoS attribute for the stream.
US11586391B2
A technique efficiently migrates a live virtual disk (vdisk) across storage containers of a cluster having a plurality of nodes deployed in a virtualization environment. Each node is embodied as a physical computer with hardware resources, such as processor, memory, network and storage resources, that are virtualized to provide support for one or more user virtual machines (UVM) executing on the node. The storage resources include storage devices embodied as a storage pool that is logically segmented into the storage containers configured to store one or more vdisks. The storage containers include a source container having associated storage policies and a destination container having different (new) storage policies. The technique enables migration of the live vdisk from the source container to the destination container without powering down the UVM and halting input/output accesses to the vdisk, and while maintaining uninterrupted servicing of data from the live vdisk during the migration transparent to the executing UVM.
US11586386B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses related to memory operation with on-die termination (ODT) are provided. A memory device may be configured to provide ODT at a first portion (e.g., rank) during communications at a second portion (e.g., rank). For example, a memory device may receive a first command instructing a first portion to perform a first communication. The device may transmit, from the first portion, a signal instructing a second portion to enter an ODT mode. The device may perform, with the first portion, the first communication with a host while the second portion is in the ODT mode. The signal may be provided at an ODT I/O terminal of the first portion coupled to an ODT I/O terminal of the second portion.
US11586383B2
Methods, systems, and devices for command block management are described. A memory device may receive a command (e.g., from a host device). The memory device may determine whether the command is defined by determining if the command is included within a set of defined commands. In the case that a received command is absent from the set of defined commands (e.g., the command is undefined), the memory device may block the command from being decoded for execution by the memory device. In some cases, the memory device may switch from a first operation mode to a second operation mode based on receiving an undefined command. The second operation mode may restrict an operation of the memory device, while the first mode may be less restrictive, in some cases. Additionally or alternatively, the memory device may indicate the undefined command to another device (e.g., the host device).
US11586374B2
Methods and systems for index lifecycle management are provided. Exemplary methods include: receiving an ILM policy; determining a first condition and a first action for a first phase using the ILM policy; performing the first action for the first phase when the first condition is met; transition from the first phase to a second phase; determining a second condition and a second action for the second phase using the ILM policy; performing the second action for the second phase when the second condition is met; transition from the second phase to a third phase; determining a third condition and a third action for the third phase using the ILM policy; performing the third action for the third phase when the third condition is met; transition from the third phase to a fourth phase; and deleting the index during the third phase.
US11586364B2
A memory management method is provided according to the invention. The method includes: reading a physical unit and updating a read count of the physical unit; scanning the physical unit if the updated read count is not less than a read count threshold; and adjusting the read count threshold according to the read count and a read error bit. Therefore, a data unit that needs to be scanned can be determined to reduce unnecessary data scanning.
US11586356B1
A processing device controls delivery of input-output (IO) operations from a host device to a storage system over selected paths through a network, and maintains counts of IO operations for each of a plurality of initiator-target pairs, the initiators being implemented on the host device and the targets being implemented on the storage system, each initiator-target pair being associated with a corresponding subset of the paths. Responsive to detection of at least a threshold number of errors relating to the IO operations for a given one of the initiator-target pairs, the processing device determines whether or not the detected errors satisfy one or more specified conditions based at least in part on the maintained count for that initiator-target pair, and responsive to the detected errors for the given initiator-target pair satisfying the one or more specified conditions, the processing device updates link performance issue information for the given initiator-target pair.
US11586350B2
A cursor controlling method includes: A starting position on which a touch signal triggered by an object on the touch panel is detected, and a starting coordinate of the starting position is calculated; a cursor is display at a first coordinate on a display screen corresponding to the starting coordinate. A first vector of the object moving from the starting position to a first steering position on the touch panel is detected. The cursor is moved along a first moving vector corresponding to the first vector, with a first speed on the display screen, until the object is stopped on a first steering position of the touch panel, to make the cursor ended up at a first virtual position having a first virtual coordinate. The cursor is shifted from the first virtual coordinate to a second coordinate on the display screen and corresponding to the first steering position.
US11586348B2
A portable multifunction device displays a first user interface object and a second user interface object on a touch screen display. Upon detecting a finger-down event at the first user interface object and one or more finger-dragging events on the touch screen display, the device moves the first user interface object on the touch screen display along a path determined by the finger-dragging events until the first user interface object at least in part overlaps the second user interface object. Upon detecting a finger-up event at the second user interface object, the device visually replaces the second user interface object with the first user interface object.
US11586346B2
A method displays a chart including visual marks representing a dataset. The chart is based on content of displayed shelf regions, each determining a respective characteristic of the visual marks. The method generates a visual analytic object by applying a first analytic operation to the dataset, and displays the visual analytic object over the chart. The method detects user input to select the displayed visual analytic object and place an icon representing the visual analytic object onto a first shelf region. The first shelf region defines a first characteristic of the visual marks. In response to the user input, the method updates content of the first shelf region to specify association with the first analytic operation and updates the first characteristic of the visual marks in the chart based on values of the set of data represented by the visual marks relative to values computed by the first analytic operation.
US11586345B2
The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for interaction control of a display page. The method includes: obtaining a sliding operation performed by a user on the display page and a sliding parameter corresponding to the sliding operation, the display page including a plurality of pieces of display content; controlling the display page to move in accordance with the sliding operation, and predicting, based on the sliding parameter, a position of current display content on the display page when the display page stops; determining whether the position of the current display content meets a predetermined requirement; and correcting, when it is determined that the position of the current display content does not meet the predetermined requirement, the position of the current display content, such that the position of the current display content meets the predetermined requirement when the display page stops.
US11586344B1
A creator establishes a media program including a plurality of media files or content in accordance with a broadcast plan. Mixing systems establish connections with a mobile device of the creator, and with sources of the audio files or content, either manually or automatically in response to instructions of the creator. Broadcast systems establish connections with computer devices of listeners and a mixing system. Conference systems establish connections with the mobile device of the creator and a mixing system. The connections established may be one-way or two-way channels. The media program may include live or previously recorded audio content including words or sounds of the creator, as well as advertisements, music, news, sports, weather, or other programming. The media program may also include live or previously recorded interviews or other conversations with guests, including but not limited to one or more listeners.
US11586341B2
A system and method for grouping and organizing structured responses in a communication application at a computing device. A structured question in a plurality of messages can be detected based on a structured question model trained via machine learning. A structured question can be a question predicted by the structured question model to have a number of possible answers fewer than a threshold. A user interface element, corresponding to the structured question, can include a structured summarization that includes one or more answers to the structured question present in the plurality of messages from the plurality of users, and/or a structured response template in which at least a subset of possible answers are presented and are selectable. A command to include the generated graphical user interface element in a record of the communication session in a graphical user interface corresponding to the communication application.
US11586340B2
An apparatus and method for setting a menu environment in a mobile terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a controller for switching to an environment setting mode of a menu according to a type of a gesture having occurred on the menu.
US11586334B2
A display device includes a display portion, a display driver, a touch sensing portion, and a touch driver. The display portion includes data lines, scan lines, and pixels connected to the data lines and the scan lines. The display driver provides data signals to the data lines and sequentially provides scan signals to the scan lines. The touch sensing portion includes sensing electrodes. The touch driver senses a touch input based on a change of a capacitance between the sensing electrodes and calculates a movement speed of the touch input. When the movement speed of the touch input is greater than a reference speed, a first period in which the scan signals and the data signals are provided is reduced in a frame period in which a frame image is displayed.
US11586333B2
A touch device includes: a touch panel including a plurality of X-touch lines and a plurality of Y-touch lines crossing each other; an X-touch driving part simultaneously transmitting at least two of a plurality of X-self signals to the plurality of X-touch lines and sequentially transmitting a plurality of X-mutual signals to the plurality of X-touch lines; and a Y-touch driving part simultaneously transmitting at least two of a plurality of Y-self signals to the plurality of Y-touch lines and transmitting at least two of a plurality of Y-mutual signals to the plurality of Y-touch lines.
US11586330B2
A touch sensing module includes: a first sensing coil and a second sensing coil, each having inductance varying in response to an applied force touch; a first pad having capacitance varying in response to an applied contact touch, disposed closer to the second sensing coil than to the first sensing coil, and electrically connected to the first sensing coil to constitute a first resonance circuit; and a second pad having capacitance varying in response to the applied contact touch, disposed closer to the first sensing coil than to the second sensing coil, and electrically connected to the second sensing coil to constitute a second resonance circuit.
US11586321B2
An electronic device with fingerprint sensing function including a fingerprint sensing array, multiple fingerprint sensing signal readout lines, multiple touch driving lines, a touch driving circuit, and a read circuit is provided. The fingerprint sensing array includes multiple fingerprint sensing units arranged in array. The fingerprint sensing signal readout lines are respectively coupled to a column of fingerprint sensing units of the fingerprint sensing array. The touch driving lines are respectively interleaved with the fingerprint sensing signal readout lines. The touch driving circuit is coupled to the touch driving lines, and provides multiple touch driving signals to the touch driving lines. The read circuit is coupled to the fingerprint sensing signal readout lines. In response to the touch driving lines outputting the touch driving signals, the read circuit determines a touch position of a touch object based on multiple read signals output by the fingerprint sensing signal readout lines.
US11586320B2
A handwritten data capture method creates handwritten data including a plurality of pieces of stroke data that is based on writing performed on each page of a paper medium having a plurality of pages. The handwritten data capture method includes: acquiring the plurality of pieces of stroke data created based on the writing sequenced in a writing order; displaying the pieces of stroke data together on a display device; accepting an input of a break position of the pieces of stroke data; identifying a continuous portion of the pieces of stroke data based on the break position and the writing order; updating the display device to display the identified continuous portion of the pieces of stroke data in the writing order; and repeating the accepting, the identifying, and the updating until a given operation is received.
US11586319B2
A display device includes: a display panel configured to display an image; an input sensor on the display panel; an approach sensing electrode arranged around the input sensor; and a sensor controller connected to the input sensor and the approach sensing electrode, wherein the sensor controller is configured to drive the input sensor in a first driving mode during a first input sensing frame and to drive the input sensor in a second driving mode during a second input sensing frame, and the sensor controller is further configured to provide an uplink signal to the approach sensing electrode in response to the input sensor operating in the first or second driving mode.
US11586315B2
A display substrate is provided. The display substrate includes a plurality of organic material film layers and a plurality of inorganic material film layers, wherein the plurality of organic material film layers and the plurality of inorganic material film layers are provided with a functional hole, and the functional hole is disposed in an aperture area of the display substrate. An organic material is provided on an inner side wall of the functional hole in at least one of the inorganic material film layers.
US11586314B1
The disclosure provides a border touch module, including a cover plate, a shielding layer, a first adhesive layer, a sensing electrode layer, a second adhesive layer, an opaque adhesive, and a backlight layer. The shielding layer is disposed below the cover plate. The first adhesive layer is disposed below the shielding layer. The sensing electrode layer is disposed below the first adhesive layer. The second adhesive layer is disposed below the sensing electrode layer. The opaque adhesive is disposed below the sensing electrode layer. The backlight layer is disposed below the opaque adhesive and is in the same plane as the second adhesive layer. The shielding layer has a backlight pattern, and the opaque adhesive has a light source hole. When the backlight layer is in the state of driving backlight, the light illuminates the backlight pattern of the shielding layer through the light source hole.
US11586310B2
A display device includes multiple gate lines, multiple source lines, multiple pixel electrodes provided respectively in regions defined by the multiple gate lines and the multiple source lines, and multiple common electrodes provided to face the multiple pixel electrodes and used for both image display and touch detection. A second drive circuit supplies a touch drive signal to each of the multiple common electrodes. A touch detection circuit performs detection of a touch by an object on the display device, based on a touch detection signal received from each of the multiple common electrodes. The display device includes multiple touch detection regions. Among the multiple common electrodes, multiple common electrodes are arranged in each of the touch detection regions. In the display system, touch detection is performed in part of the multiple touch detection regions, and touch detection is not performed in rest of the multiple touch detection regions.
US11586309B2
A touch screen display includes a display, a video graphics processing module, electrodes integrated into at least a portion of the display, and drive-sense circuits coupled to the electrodes. The drive-sense circuits, when enabled and concurrent with the display rendering frames of data into the visible images, detect changes in electrical characteristics of electrodes. At least some drive-sense circuits monitor sensor signals on at least some electrodes. A sensor signal includes a drive signal component and a receive signal component. The at least some drive-sense circuits generate the drive signal components of the sensor signals. The receive signal component is a representation of a change in an electrical characteristic of an electrode of the at least some electrodes when a corresponding drive signal component is applied to the electrode. The change in the electrical characteristic of the electrode is indicative of a proximal touch to the touch screen display.
US11586286B1
A system receives, from an augmented reality device, a first image of a web application, where the first image shows a first element of the web application. The system receives eye tracking information that indicates eye movements of a user as the user is looking at different elements of the web application. The system determines that the user is looking at a first location coordinate on the first image of the web application. The system determines that the first element is located at the first location coordinate. The system identifies first element attributes associated with the first element. The system generates an augmented reality message comprising the first element attributes. The system generates an augmented reality display in which the augmented reality message is presented as a virtual object. The system transmits the augmented reality display to the augmented reality device.
US11586280B2
Embodiments are disclosed for head motion prediction for spatial audio applications. In an embodiment, a method comprises: obtaining motion data from a source device and a headset; obtaining transmission delays from a wireless stack of the source; estimating relative motion from the relative source device and headset motion data; calculating a first derivative of the relative motion data; forward predicting the estimated relative motion over the time delays using the first derivative and second derivative of relative motion; determining, using a head tracker, a head pose of the user based on the forward predicted relative motion data; and rendering, using the head pose, spatial audio for playback on the headset.
US11586276B2
A system for generating complementary data for a visual display that includes one or plurality of wearable sensors that collect tracking data for a users position, orientation, and movement. The sensor(s) are in communication with at least one processor that may be configured to receive tracking data, identify missing tracking data, generate complementary data to substitute for missing tracking data, generate a 3D model comprised of tracking data and complementary data, and communicate the 3D model to a display. Complementary tracking data may be generated by comparison to a key pose library, by comparison to past tracking data, or by inverse kinematics.
US11586269B1
A method and a system for impact detection in a stationary vehicle are provided. The method includes putting a telematics device into a sleep mode and performing a first micro wakeup. In response to determining that a first value read from a sensor during the micro wakeup is greater than a noise threshold, increasing a frequency of the micro wakeups and a sampling rate of the sensor. The method also includes reading a second value from the sensor during a second wakeup, performing a regular wakeup, and sending the first and second values during the regular wakeup.
US11586266B1
Data may be transferred from a volatile memory to a non-volatile memory using a persistent power enabled on-chip data processor upon detecting a power loss from a primary power source. The one or more emergency power supplies are attached to the volatile memory, the non-volatile memory, and the persistent power enabled on-chip data processor to assist with the transferring of data.
US11586262B2
A method for environmentally managing a computing device of an information handling system includes monitoring an environmental corrosion risk associated with a component of the computing device, a corrosion management component that reduces a rate of corrosion of the component due to an ambient environment in which the component resides by removing condensation from the component is associated with the component; making a determination that the component is associated with the corrosion management component; in response to the determination: estimating a corrosion risk of the component based on: the environmental corrosion risk, and a risk reduction factor associated with the corrosion management component; making a second determination that the corrosion risk of the component indicates a premature failure of the component; and remediating, in response to the second determination, the corrosion risk of the component.
US11586259B2
A cooling system for a computing device includes an outer chassis of the computing device, a heat spreader, a heat bridge, and a heat dissipating structure. The outer chassis of the computing device is configured to support heat generating modules. The heat spreader is integrated into the outer chassis. The heat bridge couples the heat spreader to a corresponding heat generating module at a first location in the computing device. The heat dissipating structure is coupled to the heat spreader at a second location in the computing device. The second location is positioned in the computing device to experience higher airflow than the first location.
US11586256B2
Methods and systems for data center management include collecting sensor data from one or more sensors in a rack; determining a location and identifying information for each asset in the rack using a set of asset tags associated with respective assets; communicating the sensor and asset location to a communication module; receiving an instruction from the communication module; and executing the received instruction to change a property of the rack.
US11586243B2
A portable information handling system folds a flexible display over a hinge and selectively engages a brake that restricts hinge movement if a predetermined condition exists, such as a predetermined thermal state associate with potential damage to the flexible display. Heating and cooling elements increase or decrease the flexible display thermal state to fall within a constraint that supports folding and releases the hinge brake.
US11586235B2
A linear power supply circuit includes: an output stage including a first output transistor and a second output transistor, which are provided between an input terminal to which an input voltage is able to be applied and an output terminal to which an output voltage is able to be applied and are connected in parallel to each other; a driver configured to drive the first output transistor and the second output transistor based on a difference between a voltage based on the output voltage and a reference voltage; a resistor inserted between a gate of the first output transistor and a gate of the second output transistor; a capacitor having one end connected to the input terminal and the other end connected to a connection node between the resistor and the gate of the second output transistor; and a clamp element connected in parallel to the resistor.
US11586231B2
A reaction compensation device includes a drive mechanism driving a first movable part with respect to a base, a reaction mass drive mechanism driving a second movable part with respect to the base; and a first relative position sensor measuring a relative position between the first movable part and the base. There is also a second relative position sensor measuring a relative position between the second movable part and the base, a first control system controlling the drive mechanism by taking in a signal outputted from the first relative position sensor as a feedback signal in response to a command value, and a second control system correcting the command value using a correction parameter for adjusting a difference between mass properties of the drive mechanism and reaction mass drive mechanism and for controlling the reaction mass drive mechanism.
US11586230B2
Semiconductor processing systems and methods are provided in which an amount or concentration of a chemical in a chemical mixture contained in a tank is automatically controlled based on a sensed properties of the chemical mixture. In some embodiments, a semiconductor processing system includes a processing tank that is configured to contain a chemical mixture. A chemical sensor is configured to sense one or more properties of the chemical mixture. The system further includes an electrically controllable valve that is configured to adjust an amount of the first chemical in the chemical mixture based on the sensed one or more properties of the chemical mixture.
US11586219B2
An optical beacon may include a housing, an optical emitter at least partially disposed within the housing, and an optical identifier generator optically coupled to the optical emitter. Light incident on the optical identifier generator may be shaped into at least one optical identifier. The optical identifier may be associated with an action capable of being carried out by a robotic cleaner such that detection of the optical identifier by the robotic cleaner causes the robotic cleaner to carry out the action.
US11586218B2
A method and apparatus for positioning a vehicle. The method may include: acquiring an identification element and non-identification elements of a current vehicle. The method can further include matching the identification element of the current vehicle with position elements in a high-precision map to determine an initial position of the current vehicle. The method can further include using at least one position element in the high-precision map to perform observational constraints on the non-identification elements of the current vehicle to acquire position elements corresponding to the non-identification elements of the current vehicle. The method can further include adjusting the initial position of the current vehicle using the position elements corresponding to the non-identification elements of the current vehicle to obtain a target position of the current vehicle.
US11586206B2
A sensor detects a shape of a shore arrival location and a positional relationship of the shore arrival location and a boat body and outputs environment information indicating the shape of the shore arrival location and the positional relationship. A controller receives the environment information and generates an instruction signal to control a propulsion device to cause the boat body to move toward the shore arrival position set based on the environment information and to push the boat body to the shore arrival location.
US11586204B2
A vehicular driving assist system includes an electronic control unit (ECU). When the equipped vehicle is driving in the autonomous mode, driving of the vehicle is controlled by the ECU without human intervention. When the vehicle is being driven in a non-autonomous mode, a particular driver at least partially drives the vehicle. The vehicular driving assist system learns a driving style of the particular driver and, when the vehicle is being driven in the non-autonomous mode by the particular driver, the system restricts learning of the driving style of the particular driver responsive to determination by the system that the particular driver is (i) driving the vehicle erratically and/or (ii) performing an illegal driving maneuver. When the vehicle is driving in the autonomous mode, and responsive to the particular driver being present in the vehicle, the vehicle drives in accordance with the learned driving style of the particular driver.
US11586199B2
A vehicle includes an ADK that creates a driving plan, a VP that carries out vehicle control in accordance with various commands from the ADK, and a vehicle control interface that interfaces between the VP and the ADK. A power supply structure for the ADK is provided independently of a power supply structure for the VP.
US11586198B2
A charging system includes a charging station having: a base underwater; a pole extending in an upper-lower direction; and a power supplying portion. An AUV includes: an underwater main body; a power receiving portion; a holding device including a pair of guide and holding portions, the pair of guide portions guides the pole to a holding position after the pole contacts the guide portions from a proceeding-direction, the holding portion holds the pole to be rotatable relative to the pole; a thrust generating apparatus generates in a horizontal direction; and a control device controls the thrust generating apparatus. A light emitter at one of the base and the underwater main body, and a light receiver is provided at the other. The control device controls the thrust so the underwater main body reaches a rotational position where the light receiver receives light emitted, the rotational position set relative to the pole.
US11586188B2
An apparatus, methods and systems for data collection in an industrial environment are disclosed. A monitoring system can include a data collector communicatively coupled to each one of a plurality of input channels utilizing one of a plurality of collector routes, wherein each input channel includes data corresponding to an element of a first industrial machine, and wherein each of the plurality of collector routes includes a distinct data collection routine, a data storage circuit structured to store a plurality of detection values that corresponds to the plurality of input channels, and a data marketplace circuit structured to communicate at least a portion of the detection values to a data marketplace, wherein the data marketplace circuit performs at least one of self-organizing the data marketplace and automating the data marketplace.
US11586187B2
System includes an article supply location that includes a plurality of articles to be sorted, first and second transport vehicles, each having a first position in which an article is stowed about the vehicle and a second position in which the article is deposited into a proximal container, and one or more removal devices that transport the container to a location of further processing. System further includes a control system configured to receive an order for a plurality of disparate articles, determine one destination container of a plurality of destination containers to direct the transport vehicle to deposit a selected article, direct the first transport vehicle to transport a selected article to the destination container, deposit the article in the destination container, and transport the destination container to a location for further processing by manipulation of the removal device.
US11586177B2
A system for selection and configuration of a robotic process includes a data input module to receive a stream of inputs relating to a user engaged in a task of interest, an input analysis module to analyze the stream of inputs and provide a series of timestamped actions and associated action parameters, and a component selection module to select a component of an AI solution for use in an automated robotic process, based on, at least in part, an action of the series of actions, the associated action parameters, or the components ability to simulate one or more of the actions in the series of actions.
US11586175B2
A tool is equipped with a torque sensor, suited for a tightening task of a fastening component of a device such as a fluid control system that requires a large number of fastening components for assembly and has a narrow space for access to the fastening components, and capable of automatically detecting a tightening torque. The tool includes a torque sensor capable of detecting a tightening torque for tightening a fastening component acting on a bit. The torque sensor initiates measurement of the tightening torque when the tightening torque detected exceeds a set threshold value, completes measurement when the tightening torque detected falls below the set threshold value and a set time elapses, and outputs torque-related data formed on the basis of measurement data from measurement initiation to measurement completion and including a measurement time. The torque-related data includes a peak value of the measurement data.
US11586174B2
The present invention has an object of providing a controller, a program, and a wireless communication device that can perform update or a setting operation of software more easily. A controller includes: a control program storage unit that stores a control program for controlling an operation of an industrial machine; a detection unit that detects a wireless communication device connected to a connection terminal; a control program acquiring unit that acquires a control program for storing in the control program storage unit via the wireless communication device; a storage executing unit that executes storing of an acquired control program in the control program storage unit; and an operation changing unit that allows the control program acquiring unit and the storage executing unit to be operated on a basis of detection of the wireless communication device.
US11586169B2
A production management device, such as a production management computer, determines a production sequence of plural types of substrates in order to produce the substrates consecutively on a product type-by-type basis by using a component mounter including component supply devices. The production management device includes a main control unit for determining a production sequence of substrates such that, where a time from start to completion of off-line setup of all the component supply devices to be used for a single product type of substrate is defined as an off-line setup time, a sum of the off-line setup times for two product types of substrates to be consecutively produced is balanced over an entire period of consecutive production.
US11586168B2
A PLC system construction support program for creating a system configuration diagram depicting a configuration of a PLC system constructed causes a computing terminal to function as: an image acquisition section that acquires image data of an image of the PLC system; a system configuration recognition section that creates system configuration information including arrangement information and selected unit information; a system configuration diagram generation section that creates a system configuration diagram based on the system configuration information; and a system configuration diagram editor section that performs display processing for displaying the system configuration diagram on a display section.
US11586162B2
An aspect of this specification discloses a method of, based on a control input to a controlled object and on a control output from the controlled object, updating a value of a parameter in an estimator configured to estimate external force that acts on the controlled object. The method includes: determining whether the controlled object is in a particular state in which external force that acts on the controlled object is known; during a period in which it is determined that the controlled object is in the particular state, calculating, as a learning value, the value of the parameter that reduces an error between the known external force and estimated external force, the estimated external force being estimated by the estimator based on the control input and the control output; and updating the value of the parameter in the estimator with the calculated learning value.
US11586159B2
In an exemplary embodiment, a vehicle system is provided that includes a sensor, a memory, and a processor. The sensor is configured to at least facilitate obtaining vehicle data pertaining to one or more conditions of the vehicle. The memory is configured to at least facilitate storing historical data pertaining to a user's operation of the vehicle. The processor is coupled to the sensor and the memory, and is configured to at least facilitate: (i) generating one or more predictions of one or more needs for the user, using the vehicle data and the historical data as inputs for a machine learning model; and (ii) providing instructions to implement a vehicle action that accomplishes the one or more needs for the user based on the generated predictions via the machine learning model.
US11586150B2
A watch formed by a mechanical movement incorporating a mechanical resonator, including a display displaying the actual time, a correction device formed by a device for detecting the passage of at least one hand through at least one reference time position and by an electronic correction circuit allowing an overall time error for the display to be determined, and a device for braking the mechanical resonator. The correction device is arranged such that it can correct the actual time displayed as a function of the overall time error (loss or gain) previously determined. For this purpose, the correction device is arranged such that the braking device can act on the mechanical resonator during a correction period to vary the running of the drive mechanism of the display, in order to correct the actual time displayed.
US11586143B2
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a development device, a fixing device, an apparatus main body, and a fan including a rotating shaft that extends in a longitudinal direction of the photosensitive drum and a blade around the rotating shaft. The development device develops a toner image on the photosensitive drum. The fixing device fixes the toner image from the photosensitive drum to a recording material. The apparatus main body is provided with a discharge port from which the toner-fixed recording material is discharged. A length of the fan rotating shaft in the longitudinal direction is longer than a diameter of a rotational trajectory of the blade. The fan is provided on a downstream side of the fixing device in a discharge direction in which the recording material is discharged from the discharge port and overlaps a part of the development device when viewed in a vertical direction.
US11586139B2
An opening-closing member of an image forming apparatus includes: an external opening-closing member that configurates a part of an outer surface of the image forming apparatus and that is openable and closable; an internal opening-closing member that faces an inner surface of the external opening-closing member and that is openable and closable together with the external opening-closing member; and a container that defines a containment space by protruding from the internal opening-closing member toward the external opening-closing member and that enables a member contained in the containment space to be taken out when the external opening-closing member and the internal opening-closing member are opened.
US11586124B2
An example method of operating an image forming apparatus includes measuring a toner concentration supplied to a developing apparatus and increasing a driving speed of the developing apparatus based on the toner concentration not reaching a target toner concentration. The toner concentration is measured in a state where the driving speed of the developing apparatus is increased, and, based on the toner concentration not reaching the target toner concentration based on the driving speed of the developing apparatus being increased, an operating state of the image forming apparatus is determined based on a remaining amount of toner.
US11586120B2
A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image contains toner particles containing at least one binder resin, a release agent, and a coloring agent, and a cross-sectional image of the toner particles meets requirements (1) and (2): requirement (1), an average of ten or more domains, per toner particle, of the release agent have an area of 0.5% or more and 5.0% or less of the area of the toner particle; requirement (2), in a Voronoi tessellation generated from the centroids of the domains of the coloring agent, the mean area of the Voronoi cells is 0.020 μm2 or more and 0.060 μm2 or less, and the standard deviation of the areas of the Voronoi cells is 0.010 μm2 or less.
US11586119B2
Electrophotographic photoconductor, method of manufacturing the same, and electrophotographic device
Provided are an electrophotographic photoconductor being resistant to abrasion even in long-term use, having highly sensitive electric characteristics, being capable of maintaining a high retention rate, and being capable of providing a stable image without filming, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electrophotographic device. The photoconductor includes an electroconductive substrate (1), a charge generation layer (3), and a charge transport layer (4); the charge transport layer contains a hole transport material, a resin binder, an electron transport material, and an inorganic oxide; the charge generation layer contains a charge generation material; the masses of the hole transport material, the resin binder, the electron transport material, and the inorganic oxide in the charge transport layer respectively denoted by a to d satisfy 1.5≤b/a≤5.7, 0.005≤c/a≤0.35, 0.05≤d/a≤0.70, a≥c+d, and c/d≥0.01; the hole transport material contains a compound expressed by formula (A-1); and the charge generation material contains titanyl phthalocyanine having an exothermic peak at 251±5° C., a half-value width of the exothermic peak equal to or less than 15° C., and a heating value equal to or greater than 1.0 mJ/mg when a temperature rise condition is 20° C./min in differential scanning calorimetry, and having an X-ray diffraction peak at 27.2±0.3°.
US11586117B2
A lamp having a fin provided in a periphery of a metal base. The fin includes a first surface close to a bright spot of a light-emitting tube and a second surface far from the bright spot on an opposite side of the first surface. A distance between a first inner edge of the first surface and a bright spot plane as a plane orthogonal to a center axis of the metal base including the bright spot is shorter than a distance between the bright spot plane and a first outer edge of the first surface. A distance between the first inner edge and the first outer edge of the first surface is not shorter than a distance between a second inner edge and a second outer edge of the second surface.
US11586115B2
A method of operating a semiconductor apparatus includes generating an electric field in peripheral areas of a first covering structure and a second covering structure; causing a photomask to move to a position between the first and second covering structures such that the photomask at least partially vertically overlaps the first and second covering structures and such that particles attached to the photomask are attracted to the first and second covering structures by the electric field; and irradiating the photomask with light through light transmission regions of the first and second covering structures.
US11586114B2
A method for determining a wavefront parameter of a patterning process. The method includes obtaining a reference performance (e.g., a contour, EPE, CD) of a reference apparatus (e.g., a scanner), a lens model for a patterning apparatus configured to convert a wavefront parameter of a wavefront to actuator movement, and a lens fingerprint of a tuning apparatus (e.g., a to-be-matched scanner). Further, the method involves determining the wavefront parameter (e.g., a wavefront parameter such as tilt, offset, etc.) based on the lens fingerprint of the tuning apparatus, the lens model, and a cost function, wherein the cost function is a difference between the reference performance and a tuning apparatus performance.
US11586111B2
A resist composition including a compound (D0) represented by general formula (d0) and a resin component (A1) has a structural unit (a0) in which a compound represented by general formula (a0-1) has a polymerizable group within the W1 portion converted into a main chain (in formula (d0), Rd01 represents a fluorine atom or a fluorinated alkyl group; In formula (a0-1), W1 represents a polymerizable group-containing group; Ct represents a tertiary carbon atom, and the α-position of Ct is a carbon atom which constitutes a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond; R11 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group; or a chain hydrocarbon group; R12 and R13 each independently represents a chain hydrocarbon group, or R12 and R13 are mutually bonded to form a cyclic group).
US11586109B2
The present invention relates to a chemically-amplified-type negative photoresist composition, and more particularly to a chemically-amplified-type negative photoresist composition suitable for use in a semiconductor process, which includes a specific organic acid additive, thereby improving a processing margin in a short-wavelength exposure light source compared to conventional negative photoresists.
US11586105B1
A head-up display includes a picture generation unit configured to project image light, a hexagonal optical reflection element arranged on a light path of the image light and including a hollow hexagonal cylinder, a concave mirror and an image display plate. The hollow hexagonal cylinder has a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a third sidewall, a fourth sidewall, a fifth sidewall and a sixth sidewall which are sequentially connected to form a closed hexagonal column. The second sidewall is transparent, and the first sidewall and the fifth sidewall opposite to the second sidewall are configured to reflect the image light. The concave mirror is disposed on the light path of the image light and configured to receive the image light reflected from the hollow hexagonal cylinder. The image display plate is configured to receive image light reflected from the concave mirror.
US11586097B2
A camera module includes a lens barrel, a housing, a shield cover, and a buffer member. The lens barrel incudes a flange portion extending in a direction intersecting an optical axis. The housing is configured to accommodate the lens barrel and has a step portion configured to face a lower portion of the flange portion. The shield cover is coupled to the housing and configured to cover an upper edge of the lens barrel. The buffer member is configured to couple to a groove of the flange portion and protrude in opposing directions from the flange portion to selectively contact the shield cover and the step portion.
US11586095B2
A lens apparatus includes an imaging optical system, a movable member that holds at least one lens and is movable in a direction including component perpendicular to an optical axis of the imaging optical system, a coil, a first magnet, and a shield member that covers at least a portion of the coil viewed in an optical axis direction from an image plane side, covers at least a portion of the coil viewed in a first direction perpendicular to the optical axis from one side of the movable member, and covers at least a portion of the coil viewed in the first direction from the other side of the movable member.
US11586092B2
The present invention provides devices, systems, and methods for producing bi-photons without the need for complex alignment or source design by the user. The invention provides a tunable source of high-brightness, high-visibility, bi-photons that can be configured for a number of applications.
US11586067B2
Processing methods may be performed to form a pixel material in a semiconductor substrate. The methods may include forming a lithographic mask overlying the semiconductor substrate. The lithographic mask may include a window. The method may include forming a via in the semiconductor substrate by a dry etch process through the window. The method may also include forming the pixel material by depositing a fill material in the via.
US11586065B2
The present disclosure relates to display systems and, more particularly, to augmented reality display systems. A diffraction grating includes a plurality of different diffracting zones having a periodically repeating lateral dimension corresponding to a grating period adapted for light diffraction. The diffraction grating additionally includes a plurality of different liquid crystal layers corresponding to the different diffracting zones. The different liquid crystal layers have liquid crystal molecules that are aligned differently, such that the different diffracting zones have different optical properties associated with light diffraction.
US11586063B2
A display module and a method for driving the same, a display apparatus, and a vehicle are provided. The display module includes a backlight component, and a display component and a light-adjusting component that are located at a side of the backlight component facing toward a light-emitting direction of the display module. The backlight component includes a first light guide structure and a light regulating structure. The light-adjusting component includes first and second electrodes, and a first liquid crystal. The display module has a sharing mode and an anti-peeping mode. In the sharing mode, the first electrode and the second electrode are not energized, and the first liquid crystal is in a wide viewing angle state. In the anti-peeping mode, the first electrode and the second electrode drive the first liquid crystal to be in a narrow viewing angle state.
US11586059B2
An optical modulator includes a rib; and a slab interconnected to both sides of the rib; wherein the rib is dimensioned relative to the slab to support guiding of a Transverse Magnetic (TM) mode with a main lobe that propagates orthogonal to the slab and with the main lobe substantially excluded from the slab. The rib guides wavelengths in an infrared range in the TM mode. A height of the rib, relative to the slab, is about half of a width of the rib, between the slab.
US11586057B2
Eyewear including an optical functional member, control electronics, and a sealed electrical connective element connecting the electronics to the optical functional member. The connective element can directly connect the electronics to the optical functional member, or can connect through an intermediate contact, e.g., a plug-and-receptacle. The connective element can be muted from the electronics, around a rimlock of the eyewear to the optical functional member. The connective element can be a conductive compressible member, such as conductive rubber. In some embodiments, the connective element can be a multiconductor cable.
US11586048B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to modular expansion systems for use in head-worn computing systems. In an head-worn computer, an electrical connector is adapted to electrically connect with a modular expansion module, wherein the modular expansion module adds a capability to the head-worn computer and is removeably mounted to the head-worn computer, and a mount is adapted to physically secure the modular expansion module to the head-worn computer.
US11586047B2
There is provided a head-up display device including: a display configured to emit a display light ray therefrom, a reflection member configured to pivot around a rotation axis and reflect the display light ray to project a display image; and a housing configured to accommodate the reflection member. The reflection member has a plurality of ribs protruding from a surface on an opposite side to a reflection surface which reflects the display light ray, and the plurality of ribs have a portion in which a height on an outer side in a rotational direction centered at the rotation axis is lower than that on an inner side in the rotational direction.
US11586043B2
An imaging system includes a light source configured to generate a light beam. The system also includes first and second light guiding optical elements having respective first and second entry portions, and configured to propagate at least respective first and second portions of the light beam by total internal reflection. The system further includes a light distributor having a light distributor entry portion, a first exit portion, and a second exit portion. The light distributor is configured to direct the first and second portions of the light beam toward the first and second entry portions, respectively. The light distributor entry portion and the first exit portion are aligned along a first axis. The light distributor entry portion and the second exit portion are aligned along a second axis different from the first axis.
US11586041B2
A diffractive optical element exerts a diffractive action on a display light that is emitted from a display unit. A folding mirror is provided on the opposite side of the diffractive optical element from the display unit to reflect the display light. The diffractive optical element includes a transmissive action part and a diffractive and reflective action part. The transmissive action part exerts a transmissive action to transmit therethrough the display light, which is incident from the display unit and is in a first polarization state, toward the folding mirror. The diffractive and reflective action part exerts a diffractive and reflective action to diffract and reflect the display light, which is reflected by the folding mirror and is in a second polarization state opposite to the first polarization state, toward the projection portion on an optical path.
US11586038B2
An image projection device includes: a light source emitting a light beam; an image input unit inputting image data; a control unit generating an image light beam based on the input image data, and controlling emission of the image light beam from the light source; a scan unit scanning the image light beam emitted from the light source; and a projection optical member illuminating a retina of an eyeball of a user with the image light beam scanned by the scan unit, and projecting an image onto the retina, wherein a diameter of the image light beam at a time when the image light beam enters a cornea of the eyeball is not smaller than 310 μm and not larger than 800 μm, and a user having an original visual acuity in a range of 0.04 to 1.2 has an acquired visual acuity of 0.4 or higher.
US11586033B2
A variable focal length optical assembly may include a deformable entry lens element, a deformable first reflective element and a deformable second reflective element. Using a controller coupled to the deformable elements, an external force such as a mechanical, electrical, electromechanical, or electromagnetic force is applied to the deformable elements to provide any number of different focal lengths. Since the deformation of the deformable elements, and consequently the changes in focal length, occur much faster than the playback frame rate, a number of sub-frames, each containing an image obtained at a different focal length, are associated with each playback frame. The availability of multiple images in the form of sub-frames permits the selection of an optimal image for inclusion in the final playback frame sequence. The availability of multiple images in the form of sub-frames at different focal lengths also permits the seamless incorporation of zoom-in and zoom-out effects.
US11586027B2
A method for imaging a sample using a light-sheet microscope includes illuminating the sample from two different illumination directions using two light sheets, which have different polarization states and are superimposed on one another in a coplanar manner in a target region of the sample. An image of the illuminated target region is generated using an imaging optical unit of the light-sheet microscope. An interference pattern is generated using the two light sheets in the illuminated target region, whereby an image modulation corresponding to the interference pattern is applied to the image of the target region. The image modulation is evaluated. The illuminated target region is aligned in dependence on the evaluated image modulation in relation to a focal region of the imaging optical unit.
US11586020B2
An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens having positive refractive power; a sixth lens; a seventh lens; an eighth lens; and a ninth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The imaging lens has a total of nine lenses. The first lens has at least one aspheric surface. The ninth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has an aspherical shape. The ninth lens has a specific focal length.
US11586018B2
An imaging 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, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The first lens element with positive 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 seventh lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The image-side surface of the seventh lens element has at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof. An object-side surface and the image-side surface of the seventh lens element are aspheric. At least one of an image-side surface of the fourth lens element and an image-side surface of the fifth lens element has at least one inflection point.
US11586010B2
An optical imaging lens includes a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth, and a sixth lens elements from an object side to an image side arranged in order along an optical axis. The six lens elements are the only lens elements having refracting power in the optical imaging lens. An optical axis region of an object-side surface of the third lens element is concave. A periphery region of an image-side surface of the fourth lens element is concave. An optical axis region of an image-side surface of the sixth lens element is concave.
US11586007B2
A camera module comprises: a movable lens including a first movable lens movably arranged in an optical axis direction, and a second movable lens arranged under the first movable lens; a fixed lens arranged under the movable lens; a driving unit including a body unit arranged on one side of the movable lens so as to move the movable lens in the optical axis direction; and a sensing unit for detecting the position of the movable lens, wherein the sensing unit respectively comprises: an upper sensing unit arranged on an upper end portion in the optical axis direction of the body unit; and a lower sensing unit arranged on a lower end portion in the optical axis direction of the body unit.
US11586003B2
Provided is a lens apparatus, including: a fixed barrel; a first optical member supported by the fixed barrel and configured to be driven in a direction of an optical axis; a second optical member supported by the fixed barrel and undriven in the direction of the optical axis; a driving mechanism supported by the fixed barrel and configured to be rotated about the optical axis and drive the first optical member in the direction of the optical axis; and a first elastic member arranged between the first optical member and the second optical member and configured to apply an elastic force in the direction of the optical axis to the first optical member and the second optical member.
US11586002B2
An optical member driving mechanism is provided. The optical member driving mechanism includes a movable portion and a fixed portion. The movable portion includes a holder for holding an optical member with an optical axis. The movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The fixed portion has a housing and a base. The housing is disposed on the base, and includes a top surface and a side surface. The top surface extends in a direction that is parallel to the optical axis. The side surface extends from an edge of the top surface in a direction that is not parallel to the optical axis. The side surface has a rectangular opening.
US11586001B2
An optical system is provided. The optical system includes a first optical module with a first light-entering hole, a second optical module with a second light-entering hole, and a third optical module with a third light-entering hole. The second light-entering hole is close to the first light-entering hole and the third light-entering hole. The focal length of the second optical module is different from the focal length of the first optical module and the focal length of the third optical module.
US11585998B2
The present invention discloses an optical fibre cable clamping apparatus (100) for clamping an optical fibre cable attached to a base comprising an upper clamp member and a lower clamp member, a grooved fibre extension for placing optical fibre elements and two grooved strength member extensions formed in the upper clamp member and the lower clamp member. In particular, the two grooved strength member extension is coupled to attach two strength members.
US11585992B2
In an embodiment, a package structure including an electro-optical circuit board, a fanout package disposed over the electro-optical circuit board is provided. The electro-optical circuit board includes an optical waveguide. The fanout package includes a first optical input/output portion, a second optical input/output portion and a plurality of electrical input/output terminals electrically connected to the electro-optical circuit board. The first optical input/output portion is optically coupled to the second optical input/output portion through the optical waveguide of the electro-optical circuit board.
US11585989B2
An optical connector holding two or more LC-type optical ferrules is provided. The optical connector includes an outer body, an inner front body accommodating the two or more LC-type optical ferrules, ferrule springs for urging the optical ferrules towards a mating connection, and a back body for supporting the ferrule springs. A removable inner front body for polarity change is disclosed. A multi-purpose rotatable boot assembly for polarity change is disclosed. The multi-purpose boot assembly can be pushed and pulled to insert and remove the micro connector from an adapter receptacle.
US11585978B2
The wavelength response of an arrayed waveguide grating can be tuned, in accordance with various embodiments, using a beam sweeper including one or more heaters to shift a lateral position of light focused by the beam sweeper at an interface of the beam sweeper with an input free propagation region of the arrayed waveguide grating.
US11585977B2
A semiconductor laser has a mirror formed in a gain chip. The mirror can be placed in the gain chip to provide a broadband reflector to support multiple lasers using the gain chip. The mirror can also be placed in the gain chip to have the semiconductor laser be more efficient or more powerful by changing an optical path length of the gain of the semiconductor laser.
US11585972B2
A manufacturing process that allows for the transfer of labels formed from polarizer film to end-use products. The polarizer film is covered by a masking layer that is typically die cut to create the labels from the continuous sheet of film. Here, an additional covering layer (or layers) of a relatively stiff material is disposed over the masking layer. The addition of the covering layer results in the processed polarizer film being less susceptible to damage (related to unwanted bending) during further processing and/or shipment. Advantageously, the covering layer improves the ability to remove individual labels from the film, particularly with respect to attempting to peel off the thin masking layer.
US11585964B2
An electro-plasmonic array is disclosed. The electro-plasmonic array includes a substrate and a plurality of nanoantennas disposed on a surface of the substrate, each of the electro-plasmonic nanoantennas including a conductive nanodisk and a conforming biocompatible electrochromic polymer layer.
US11585957B2
Systems and methods for automated security inspection and routing of in-transit objects are described. In one embodiment, a plurality of security screening devices are provided, each operable to output screening data of an in-transit object, including a first screening device located in a sealed environment of a vehicle for transporting the object towards a conveying system, including one or more measuring devices operable to measure screening parameters of the object when located in the sealed environment, and a second screening device in combination with conveying and routing components of the conveying system used to transport said objects from an ingress point through a conveyor junction to reach the second screening device. A control unit is assigned to the conveyor junction, wherein the control unit is configured to receive security data assigned on the basis of the screening data from the first screening device to the object upstream of the conveyor junction, and in response, to determine and set a routing direction on the basis of the assigned security data, whereby the object is directed downstream to a screening route for further screening by the second screening device, or to a loading route for objects cleared for loading. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US11585956B2
A method is disclosed for radiaiiy profiling shear velocities of flexural wave modes in a formation. The method includes establishing sensitivity kernels with two non-dimensionalized parameters and using said sensitivity kernels to perform an inversion for radial shear wave velocity profiles. This method may be used for LWD, MWD, or wireline logging operations.
US11585953B2
The present disclosure may provide a detector module of an imaging apparatus. The detector module may include a detector assembly configured to detect a signal associated with an object; a cover assembly configured to accommodate the detector assembly; and at least one cooling assembly operably coupled to the cover assembly. The at least one cooling assembly may be configured to cool the detector assembly by providing a cooling medium to the cover assembly.
US11585945B2
A method for the satellite-supported determination of a position of a vehicle includes identifying a plurality of satellites which may be usable for determining a position of a vehicle and receiving data which characterize movable reception obstacles in a vicinity of the vehicle. The method includes determining a reduced selection of satellites from the plurality of satellites, based on the received data, and determining the position of the vehicle using signals which have been transmitted from the reduced selection of satellites.
US11585940B2
A method of measuring a distance to a satellite, which is performed by an electronic device, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the method comprises receiving a linearly polarized photon from and angular momentum per unit mass of the satellite the satellite; measuring an amount of rotation of the polarized photon, the rotation being induced by a space-time warpage due to gravity; and calculating a distance to the satellite by using the rotation amount of the polarized photon and the angular momentum per unit mass of the satellite. The distance to the satellite may be calculated by the following equation, sin Θ ( r ) ≅ - l obs rr s 1 - r s r , wherein ‘2Θ’ is the rotation amount of polarized photon, ‘lobs’ is the angular momentum per unit mass of the satellite, ‘r’ is the distance to the satellite, and ‘rs’ is the Schwarzschild radius of the Earth.
US11585921B2
Provided are a sonar system and transducer assembly for producing a 3D image of an underwater environment. The sonar system may include a housing mountable to a watercraft having a transmit transducer that may transmit sonar pulses into the water. The system may include at least one sidescan transducer array in the housing that receives first and second sonar returns with first and second transducer elements and converts the first and second returns into first and second sonar return data. A sonar signal processor may then generate a 3D mesh data using the first and second sonar return data and at least a predetermined distance between the transducer elements. An associated method of using the sonar system is also provided.
US11585919B2
Certain aspects provide a method for radar detection by an apparatus. The method generally includes transmitting a radar waveform in sets of transmission time intervals (TTIs), using a common set of radar transmission parameters in each set of TTIs, to perform detection of a target object, varying at least one of the common set of radar transmission parameters between sets of TTIs, and identifying interfering signals based on observed changes in monitored parameters of received signals across sets of TTIs due to the varying.
US11585911B2
A sonar system and method enable performing angled-looking sonar (ALS) by emitting sonar waves in a forward and downward direction from sonar transducers located at an underwater vessel. The sonar waves may be received by sonar transducers located al the underwater vessel. Additionally, a variable geometry sonar system and method enable performing side scan sonar (SSS) and ALS by moving al least one sonar transducer to perform both SSS and ALS. The variable geometry sonar system may be used with an underwater vessel to perform mine countermeasure (MCM) missions by using ALS for a homing phase on a target.
US11585899B2
Examples of a three-dimensional (3D) optical sensing system for a vehicle include a modular architecture. Light can be transmitted to an optical signal processing module, which can include a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) that can create one or more signals with tailored amplitude, phase, and spectral characteristics. The plurality of optical signals processed by the optical signal processing module can be sent to beam steering units distributed around the vehicle. The steering units can direct a plurality of optical beams towards targets. The return optical signal can be detected by a receiver PIC including an array of sensors and using a direct intensity detection technique or a coherent detection technique. The return optical signal can be converted into an electrical signal by the array of sensors, which can then be processed by the electronic signal processing unit, and information about the location and speed of the targets can be quantified.
US11585896B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to a radar system in an autonomous vehicle for object detection and classification. The radar system has a radar module having a dynamically controllable beam steering antenna and a perception module. The perception module includes a machine learning module trained on a first set of data and retrained on a second set of data to generate a set of object locations and classifications, and a classifier to use velocity information combined with the set of object locations and classifications to output a set of classified data.
US11585895B2
A sensor signal processing unit (100) arranged to detect a configuration of parking slots (1a,1b,1c,1d) based on radar detections received from a radar-based sensor system (120). The unit includes a histogram unit arranged to generate a representation of a spatial distribution of a set of radar detection coordinates, and a detection unit arranged to detect the configuration of parking slots. The detection unit is arranged to detect the configuration of parking slots based on a Fourier transform of the representation of spatial distribution.
US11585894B2
A method for training a trainable module for evaluating radar signals. The method includes feeding actual radar signals and/or actual representations derived therefrom of a scene observed using the actual radar signals to the trainable module and conversion thereof by this trainable module to processed radar signals and/or to processed representations of the respective scene, and using a cost function to assess to what extent the processed radar signals are suited for reconstructing a movement of objects or to what extent the processed representations contain artifacts of moving objects in the scene. Parameters, which characterize the performance characteristics of a trainable module, are optimized with regard to the cost function. A method is also provided for evaluating moving objects from radar signals.
US11585888B2
A geolocationing system and method for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, such as a hospitality environment or educational environment, are presented. In one embodiment of the geolocationing system, a vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices is provided. Each gateway device includes a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location within the multi-space environment. Each gateway device includes a wireless transceiver that receives a beacon signal from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device. The gateway devices, in turn, send gateway signals to a server, which determines estimated location of the wireless-enabled personal location device with angle of arrival modeling.
US11585884B2
A correction method for reducing temperature-related deviations in a gradient response of an MR pulse sequence in MR imaging is provided. An MR pulse sequence that includes at least one nominal test gradient is run. A gradient response to the at least one nominal test gradient is repeatedly acquired by a magnetic field measurement in an examination region. A gradient system transfer function is determined based on the gradient response. A corrected MR pulse sequence is determined based on the gradient system transfer function and of the at least one nominal test gradient.
US11585881B2
In vivo methods for non-invasively imaging (or measuring without spatial localization) of neuro-electro-magnetic oscillations are achieved by a pulse sequence of radio frequency (RF) irradiation and magnetic field gradients. These RF and gradient pulses create an intermolecular zero-quantum coherence (iZQC), the frequency of which is: 1) controlled by one or more magnetic field gradients; and 2) made to match the frequency of the targeted neuro-electro-magnetic oscillation.
US11585878B2
An MRI system RF transmit antenna arrangement 3 including an antenna 5 including a length of coaxial cable 51 with an electrically conductive core 52 and an electrically conductive outer shield 53 through which the core runs, with the core having a feed point 52a arranged for electrical connection to an RF source and at least one break 53a being provided in the electrically conductive outer shield partway along the length of coaxial cable so as to divide the electrically conductive outer shield 53 into at least two axially spaced shield portions such that at least one of the shield portions acts as a radiating element when an RF source is connected to the feed point 52a.
US11585874B2
The disclosed technology relates generally to semiconductor devices and more particularly to magnetic tunnel junction devices. According to an aspect, an MTJ device comprises a spin-orbit-torque (SOT)-layer. The MTJ device additionally comprises a first free layer, a second free layer, a reference layer and a tunnel barrier layer arranged between the second free layer and the reference layer. The MTJ device further comprises a spacer layer arranged as an interfacial layer between the first free layer and the second free layer. The SOT-layer is adapted to switch a magnetization direction of the first free layer through SOT. The first free layer is adapted to generate a magnetic stray field acting on the second free layer such that a magnetization direction of the second free layer is responsive to a magnetization direction of the first free layer. According to another aspect, a circuit comprises the MTJ device.
US11585870B2
Nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in diamond combine exceptional sensitivity with nanoscale spatial resolution by optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR). Infrared (IR)-absorption-based readout of the NV singlet state transition can increase ODMR contrast and collection efficiency. Here, a resonant diamond metallodielectric metasurface amplifies IR absorption by concentrating the optical field near the diamond surface. This plasmonic quantum sensing metasurface (PQSM) supports plasmonic surface lattice resonances and balances field localization and sensing volume to optimize spin readout sensitivity. Combined electromagnetic and rate-equation modeling suggests a near-spin-projection-noise-limited sensitivity below 1 nT Hz−1/2 per μm2 of sensing area using numbers for contemporary NV diamond samples and fabrication techniques. The PQSM enables microscopic ODMR sensing with IR readout near the spin-projection-noise-limited sensitivity, making it appealing for imaging through scattering tissues and spatially resolved chemical NMR detection.
US11585868B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for magnetic field sensors with self-test include a detection circuit to detect speed and direction of a target. One or more circuits to test accuracy of the detected speed and direction may be included. One or more circuits to test accuracy of an oscillator may also be included. One or more circuits to test the accuracy of an analog-to-digital converter may also be included. Additionally, one or more IDDQ and/or built-in-self test (BIST) circuits may be included.
US11585865B2
A transformer fault detection, where the transformer includes a primary winding coupled to a medium voltage power line and a secondary winding providing a stepped down voltage of the medium voltage. The detection system includes a switching device, where the switching device includes a first voltage measuring device for measuring the voltage on the primary winding, a controller for processing measured voltages and a transceiver for receiving and transmitting messages. The detection system also includes a second voltage measuring device for measuring the stepped down voltage on the secondary winding, where the second voltage measuring device includes a transmitter for transmitting the measured step down voltage to the switching device. The controller uses the measured voltages to calculate a transformer turns ratio (TTR) of the transformer to determine whether a transformer fault.
US11585864B2
A high-speed signal subsystem testing system tests a processor transmitter and receiver coupled to a connector via a transmitter trace and a receiver trace, respectively. A transmitter test circuit on a testing board coupled to the connector compares a transmitter voltage received from the transmitter via the transmitter trace and the connector to a common mode voltage range and, in response to the transmitter voltage being outside the common mode voltage range, provides a transmitter trace issue signal. A receiver test circuit on the testing board coupled to the connector transmits a first test voltage towards the receiver, compares a second test voltage detected at the receiver test circuit in response to transmitting the first test voltage towards the receiver to a reference test voltage and, in response to the second test voltage being above the reference test voltage, provides a receiver trace issue signal.
US11585861B2
Techniques are described for monitoring the degradation of electrochemical cells. A battery monitoring system monitors, for each of one or more cells of a plurality of cells in a battery, an amount of mechanical deformation using one or more measuring devices. The battery monitoring system determines a number of cells of the plurality of one or more monitored cells for which the monitored amount of mechanical deformation exceeds a deformation threshold. The battery monitoring system determines whether the determined number of cells exceeds a threshold number of cells with an amount of mechanical deformation exceeding the deformation threshold. Responsive to determining the determined number of cells exceeds the threshold number of cells, the battery monitoring system sends a notification that the battery is degraded beyond an acceptable limit.
US11585857B2
A method is described for determining the state of a vehicle equipped with an electric charge accumulator assembly adapted to power at least one starter device of a thermal engine and/or accessory devices of the vehicle and rechargeable by means of the kinetic energy of said engine, including the detection of the voltage available across the electric charge accumulator assembly of the vehicle in a predetermined succession of moments in time; at least one binary classification of the voltage value available across the accumulator assembly by comparison with a reference voltage value; and the determination of the operating state of the vehicle as a function of the outcome of the binary classification of the value of the voltage available across the accumulator assembly.
US11585856B2
A battery condition monitoring apparatus includes a measurer configured to measure a charging current which is an internal current of a converter and is charged into a sub-battery, a charging voltage of the converter, and an ambient temperature of a vehicle, an impedance calculator configured to an impedance of the sub-battery on basis of a voltage and a current each measured by the measurer, and a determiner configured to determine a condition of the sub-battery by using the ambient temperature of the vehicle and the impedance of the sub-battery.
US11585836B2
A current sensing method measures a fractional current through a coil having a plurality of coil windings by using a current sensing resistor to measure a current through a subset of the plurality of coil windings and using a voltage sensor to measure a voltage drop across the current sensing resistor. The measured current and voltage values are provided to a processor to determine the fractional current and phase of the coil. For example, the fractional current and phase of the coil may be determined by calculating a total current of the coil as I=n(V/Rx), where n is the number of coil windings of the coil, V is the measured voltage, and Rx is the impedance of the current sensing resistor. The coil may be a secondary winding used in a wireless power transfer system.
US11585835B2
A system having a host unit and a plurality of stacked modules which are electrically connected to the host unit. The host unit communicates with the plurality of stacked modules through a RS-485 interface. Upon power up, each module of the plurality of stacked modules is powered and enumerated in sequence, allowing the host unit to know the sequence the plurality of stable modules are connected.
US11585834B2
A circuit for a bus system. The circuit includes: a measuring circuit, which is configured to measure a first resistance value between two bus-side terminals of the circuit; an ascertainment circuit, which is configured to ascertain a second resistance value as a function of the first resistance value; and a resistive circuit, which is configured to set a resistor connectable between the two bus-side terminals to the second resistance value.
US11585825B2
Disclosed is a wind speed sensor based on a flexible inductor and a silicon-based inductor, which relates to a MEMS device and belongs to the field of measurement and testing technologies. The wind speed sensor is a double-layer inductor structure composed of a flexible inductor and a silicon-based inductor. A metal layer of the flexible inductor and a metal layer of the silicon-based inductor face to each other and form, between them, an air cavity sufficient for mutual induction of electromotance. A contact block constituting a measuring port is deposited in the metal layer of the silicon-based inductor. The present invention has a light structure, and implements wind speed detection based on the Bernoulli effect and the coil mutual inductance effect.
US11585814B2
The invention described herein provides biological markers for the diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring of prostate cancer.
US11585809B2
Multi-use biosensors are disclosed that include enzymes coupled to nanobeads; the multi-use biosensors are used to detect analytes in fluidic biological samples, and the biosensors also maintain their enzyme activity after many uses. Multi-sensor arrays are disclosed that include multiple biosensors. Also disclosed are methods of producing and using these devices.
US11585808B2
Devices, methods, and kits for detecting at least two analytes present within a small volume single fluid sample obtained from patient for the creation of a multiplexed panel of the various analytes present within the single fluid sample are disclosed.
US11585804B2
An exemplary urinalysis device for non-clinical use is described as having: a housing; a touchscreen on the housing; a test strip holder, which is removably, slidably engaged with the housing; at least two light emitting diode (LED) light sources, housed in the housing and including a white LED and a red-blue-green (RBG) LED; a camera module housed in the housing, both the plurality of LEDs and the camera module directed to an illumination and detection zone; a timer system; and/or a computational system in electronic communication with the plurality of LEDs, the camera module and the timer system, the computational system including a processor and a memory. Related methods and systems also are described.
US11585798B1
The invention is directed towards dielectric materials, BaTiO3, BaZrO3, and/or BaTi1-xZrxO3, such that 0≤x≤1, for detecting, sensing, filtering, reacting, or absorbing toxic chemicals, such as chemical warfare agents (“CWAs”) and their structural analogs, toxic industrial chemicals and narcotics, wherein the dielectric material is incorporated into a sensor for detecting, sensing, filtering, reacting, or absorbing the toxic chemicals.
US11585797B2
Systems and method for automatically determining offset correction values in a differential measurement system, and for correcting measurement offsets between two measurement devices in the differential measurement system. A method for determining real-time offset corrections in a gas analysis system having first and second gas analyzers includes for each of a plurality of gas concentrations within a range of gas concentrations: a) supplying the concentration of gas to the first and second gas analyzers through first and second gas flow lines, respectively; b) measuring a first gas concentration value using the first gas analyzer; and c) measuring a second gas concentration value using the second gas analyzer. The method may also include determining an offset value between each corresponding first and second gas concentration value, and determining a functional relationship between the offset values and gas concentration measurements of the first gas analyzer.
US11585795B2
An optical detection type chemical sensor includes a light source, a detection element and a photodetector. The detection element is constituted of a laminate in which a multilayer film including a chemical detection layer, an optical interference layer, and a half mirror layer is formed on a transparent substrate. At least one of the layers includes a magnetic material. Light from the light source is applied to the detection element under the condition that the light enters inside of the detection element from the rear surface of the transparent substrate on which the laminate is not formed and multiple reflection occurring in the laminate intensifies the magneto-optical effect. A subject is detected by using the photodetector to detect a magneto-optical signal indicating a change in reflected light from the laminate resulting from a change in an optical property resulting from a reaction in the chemical detection layer.
US11585793B2
The present disclosure relates to a kit and method for testing harmful heavy metals onsite, which can determine the presence or absence of harmful heavy metals and the degree of contamination with harmful heavy metals dissolved in water or contained in sediment, soil, deep-sea mining tailings and the like. The kit includes a receiving member and a diagnostic solution containing a biosurfactant, which is accommodated in the receiving member and undergoes an ion exchange reaction with a liquid including harmful heavy metals or a solid sample from which harmful heavy metals are leached in a liquid phase.
US11585790B1
A sample may be prepared and then analyzed using a liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry system to determine presence and concentration of herbicide(s) present in the sample. In some examples, the method involves providing a sample containing one or more herbicides and adding a base to the sample. The base may increase the pH of the sample to ≥12, thereby hydrolyzing esters of the one or more herbicides. The method may further involve, subsequent to hydrolyzing the esters of the one or more herbicides, adding an acid to the sample so as to lower the pH of the sample to ≤3. Once prepared, the sample can be injected into a liquid chromatography instrument to separate the herbicide molecules from other molecules present in the sample before being ionized and characterized by mass-to-charge ratio and relative abundance using one or more mass spectrometers.
US11585787B2
A detection device, a detecting method for the detection device, and a detecting system are provided. The detection device includes: a first interdigital transducer and a second interdigital transducer, wherein the first interdigital transducer is arranged opposite to the second interdigital transducer, and a surface wave of the first interdigital transducer is transmitted in a direction toward the second interdigital transducer; and a reaction layer arranged between the first interdigital transducer and the second interdigital transducer.
US11585786B2
The present disclosure provides a high-frequency magnetoimpedance testing apparatus and method. A testing platform in the apparatus is arranged within a Helmholtz coil and connected to a modulating electric current source and a high-frequency impedance analyzer, respectively; the Helmholtz coil is connected to a DC power source; a processor is connected to the high-frequency impedance analyzer and the DC power source separately; the testing platform includes a first double-sided copper-clad plate, and mode transition switches and connection terminals that are arranged on the first double-sided copper-clad plate; one end of the first double-sided copper-clad plate is connected to the high-frequency impedance analyzer, while the other end of the same is connected to a load; the mode transition switches are connected to the modulating electric current source. The present disclosure can realize in-situ current modulation of metallic fibers and high-frequency magnetoimpedance testing, and improve the testing accuracy.
US11585778B2
A biosensor for the rapid, inexpensive, quantitative, and convenient detection of SARS-CoV-2 biomarkers, methods of manufacturing, and methods of using the same, to identify a patient's prognosis and past/present SARS-CoV-2 infection status, wherein the biosensor comprises a microfluidics layer, a multimodal sensing layer comprising two or more working electrodes, and a logic circuit that may include a processor and non-transitory memory with computer executable instructions embedded thereon.
US11585777B2
The present disclosure provides a biosensor for detecting the presence of and/or the amount of at least one fungal plant pathogen in a sample, comprising: a support structure; at least two interdigitated electrodes coupled to the support structure, wherein at least one of the interdigitated electrodes is functionalized with a linker coupled to at least one biological component that recognizes the at least one fungal plant pathogen; and an impedance measurement circuit coupled to the at least two interdigitated electrodes. The present disclosure also provides methods of detecting the presence of and/or the amount of at least one fungal plant pathogen in a sample, methods of making the biosensor described herein, as well as methods and uses of using the herein described biosensor for detecting the presence of and/or amount of at least one fungal plant pathogen.
US11585775B2
A method and system for integrity testing of sachets. The method comprises the steps of disposing at least a portion of the sachet relative to an electrode structure; applying an AC bias voltage to the electrode structure; measuring an electrical property of the portion of the sachet over a frequency range, and determining the integrity based on the measured electrical property over the frequency range.
US11585772B2
Microfluidic method and device that can be used for sensing and measurement of properties of liquids, gases, solutions, and particles is proposed, wherein the measurable liquid or gas (with or without particles) flow in at least one channel through a measurement chamber (cell) formed between at least two isolated electrodes is used for electrical impedance measurement. The proposed solution is characterized in that the cross-section of at least one pair of similar spatial electrodes decreases smoothly towards the tiny measurement chamber (cell) in order to increase the sensitivity and accuracy of the measurement. Typically, a device with multiple similar channels is advantageous to use for comparative measurement and differential measurement schemes.
US11585764B1
Methods and systems for multi-level RF pulse monitoring and RF pulsing parameter optimization at a manufacturing system are provided. A radio frequency (RF) signal is pulsed within a processing chamber in accordance with a set of RF pulsing parameters. Sensor data is received from one or more sensors that indicates a multi-level RF pulse waveform detected within the processing chamber based on the RF signal pulsing. One or more peaks are identified in the detected multi-level RF pulse waveform. Each identified peak corresponds to at least one RF signal pulse of the RF signal pulsing within the processing chamber. A determination is made, based on the identified one or more peaks, whether the detected multi-level RF pulse waveform corresponds to the target multi-level RF pulse waveform. An indication of whether the detected multi-level RF pulse waveform corresponds to the target multi-level RF pulse waveform is provided to a client device.
US11585763B2
Low-cost devices and methods for measuring radar transmission and/or reflectance of coated articles, as well as methods for forming coatings on articles are provided. An exemplary low-cost radar transmission and reflection measurement device includes a radar transmitter that emits a radar signal, a radar target to which the radar signal is directed, and a radar receiver that receives the radar signal. Further, the exemplary low-cost device includes a sample holder located between the radar transmitter and the radar target and between the radar target and the radar receiver. The sample holder receives a sample including a coating. The low-cost device also includes a controller connected to the radar transmitter and radar receiver. The controller measures a radar signal loss due to the coating.
US11585760B2
An apparatus for detecting an optical signal emissions includes signal transmission fibers. Each fiber includes cores having the same spatial core arrangement at each end. The first ends are configured to be optically coupled to the signal emission sources. Each fiber is configured to transmit an optical signal between the first end and the second. The apparatus can also include a frame assembly securing the first ends of the fibers in a first spatial fiber arrangement corresponding to a spatial arrangement of the signal emission sources. The frame assembly can also secure the second ends of the fibers in a second spatial fiber arrangement different from the first spatial fiber arrangement. The apparatus can also include at least one signal detector configured to be optically coupled to the second ends of the fibers, and configured to detect an optical signal emitted by each signal emission source.
US11585759B2
Cell counting device A cell counting device and a method of using a cell counting device are disclosed. The cell counting device comprises a chamber for receiving a sample, at least one light source to emit light towards a section of the chamber. The section of the chamber comprises a sub-sample of the sample. The cell counting device also comprises a light detector to receive a light emitted from the section of the chamber and to generate an electronic signal associated with the received light, and a controller. The controller is configured to estimate the number of photoactive cells in the sample by calculating the distribution of variable fluorescence [Fv] values of a predetermined number of sub-samples about the mean Fv value.
US11585755B2
A system and associated method measures anomalous diffusion of biomolecules in cell membranes of intact cells and includes a laser that illuminates a cell membrane within an intact cell to express fluorescently tagged biomolecules. The laser photobleaches a region of interest and illuminates the region of interest over time. A detector detects the fluorescence recovery over time within the region of interest to yield fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) data. A controller computes the mean square displacement (MSD) of diffusing biomolecules and a time-dependent diffusion coefficient D(t) from a plurality of time points of the FRAP data and determines the anomalous diffusion in the cell membrane.
US11585754B2
A particle detection device includes a detection tube, a light emitter, a light receiver, and a processing unit. The detection tube is for a detection solution to pass through. The light emitter generates a detection light and emits the detection light to the detection solution. The light receiver receives the detection light scattered from the detection solution. The processing unit generates a received light intensity value according to the detection signal generated by the light receiver, and determines whether the received light intensity value is greater than a first threshold value: if greater, generating a detection result of particles; otherwise, generating a detection result of no particles. Then it provides a basis for semiconductor manufacturing companies to evaluate whether the detection solution can be used in a high-precision manufacturing processes, thereby optimizing the manufacturing process and improving the yield rate of the high-precision manufacturing process.
US11585749B2
This relates to systems and methods for measuring a concentration and type of substance in a sample at a sampling interface. The systems can include a light source, optics, one or more modulators, a reference, a detector, and a controller. The systems and methods disclosed can be capable of accounting for drift originating from the light source, one or more optics, and the detector by sharing one or more components between different measurement light paths. Additionally, the systems can be capable of differentiating between different types of drift and eliminating erroneous measurements due to stray light with the placement of one or more modulators between the light source and the sample or reference. Furthermore, the systems can be capable of detecting the substance along various locations and depths within the sample by mapping a detector pixel and a microoptics to the location and depth in the sample.
US11585747B2
A cuvette for arrangement in an optical measuring device includes a receiving chamber for a measuring medium having an inlet. The receiving chamber is delimited at least in some regions by two opposing plane-parallel side surfaces. Two opposing metallic electrodes are arranged in the receiving chamber on the opposing side surfaces.
US11585743B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for using downhole plasma discharge effects to determine porosity and/or permeability of formation material. In some embodiments, a method includes determining a concentration of at least one chemical reaction product in a drilling fluid that has interacted with a plasma discharge proximate formation material. A relation between arc and spark of the plasma discharge is determined based, at least in part, on the at least one chemical reaction product, and at least one of porosity and permeability of the formation material is determined based, at least in part, on the relation between arc and spark.
US11585741B2
Provided herein are portable apparatus as well as methods of analyzing a fluid using these portable apparatus. In some embodiments, the injection fluid can contain a polymer, but a polymer is not necessary. For example, the portable apparatus and methods may be used to determine viscosity, long term injectivity, filter ratio, or any combination thereof of the injection fluid. Advantageously, the surrogate core is temperature controlled.
US11585737B2
Contemplated herein is an automated microscope slide antigen recovery and staining apparatus and method that features a plurality of individually operable miniaturized pressurizable reaction compartments for individually and independently processing a plurality of individual microscope slides. The apparatus preferably features independently movable slide support elements each having an individually heatable heating plate. Each slide support element may support a microscope slide. Each microscope slide can be enclosed within an individual pressurizable reaction compartment. Pressures exceeding 1 atm or below 1 atm can be created and maintained in the reaction compartment prior to, during or after heating of the slide begins. Because of the ability to pressurize and regulate pressure within the reaction compartment, and to individually heat each slide, each slide and a liquid solution or reagent thereon can be heated to temperatures that could not be obtained without the enclosed pressurized environment of the reaction compartment. A reagent dispensing strip having a plurality of reconfigurable reagent modules may also be used.
US11585730B2
Support structure adapted to form a collision object for use when testing a subject vehicle to simulate a real traffic environment, the support structure comprising a plurality of panels having a bending stiffness according to ISO 5628:2012 of 20 Nm to 60 Nm, such as 30 Nm to 50 Nm, such as 35 Nm to 45 Nm. A support structure adapted to form a collision object for use when testing a subject vehicle to simulate a real traffic environment, the support structure comprising a plurality of panels made from cardboard, is also provided. A collision object for use when testing a subject vehicle to simulate a real traffic environment is also provided.
US11585725B2
A feed axis diagnostic device for a machine tool is provided. The machine tool machines a workpiece while driving a moving body with feed axes along a guide surface of a rolling guide mechanism. The feed axis diagnostic device includes a feed axis diagnostic unit configured to detect an abnormality in the rolling guide mechanism in the machine tool. The feed axis diagnostic unit is configured to acquire a feed speed during non-machining and a load applied to the feed axes at the feed speed. The abnormality is detected based on an approximate function calculated from relationships between a plurality of the feed speeds and a plurality of the loads acquired under a plurality of different feed speed conditions in a predetermined period.
US11585719B2
A leak detection system comprising: an adapter configured to be coupled to a conduit and direct leakage from the conduit to a leakage sensor, wherein the adapter comprises a wick comprising: a hydrophilic material, a cationic polymer material, an anionic polymer material, a hydrophilic non-ionic material, or any combination thereof. A leak detection system comprising: a laminate adapted to transport leaked fluid from a conduit to a leakage sensor, wherein the laminate comprises: a wick adapted to transport the leaked fluid; and an adhesive adapted to secure the wick to the conduit. A leak detection system comprising: a wick disposed on a substrate and adapted to transport leaked fluid from a conduit to a leakage sensor, wherein the wick comprises a plurality of fluid channels in a matrix arrangement.
US11585717B2
In a substrate processing system according to an exemplary embodiment, gas supply units are configured to supply gases to chambers through first gas flow channels thereof, respectively. Chamber pressure sensors are configured to measure pressures in the chambers. A second gas flow channel is connected to the first gas flow channel of each of the gas supply units. A reference pressure sensor is configured to measure a pressure in the second gas flow channel. In a method according to an exemplary embodiment, each of the chamber pressure sensors is calibrated by using a measurement value thereof and a measurement value of the reference pressure sensor which are obtained in a state where pressures in a corresponding chamber, the first gas flow channel of a corresponding gas supply unit, and the second gas flow channel are maintained.
US11585709B2
A sensing system and method utilizes measured flywheel speed variations to determine engine torque. The measured engine torque can be used to control vehicle transmissions, clutches, and other vehicle components and systems.
US11585707B2
An embodiment relates to a sensing device comprising: a housing; a stator disposed within the housing; and a rotor disposed within the stator, wherein the stator comprises a body and a stator tooth coupled to the body, the housing comprises a first surface corresponding to a bottom surface of the stator tooth, and the first surface comprises a curved surface protruding toward the stator tooth. Accordingly, noise can be reduced by reducing the amount of contact between the stator and the housing.
US11585697B2
Systems and methods for thermal radiation detection utilizing a thermal radiation detection system are provided. The thermal radiation detection system includes one or more Indium Antimonide (InSb)-based photodiode infrared detectors and a temperature sensing circuit. The temperature sensing circuit is configured to generate signals correlated to the temperatures of one or more of the plurality of infrared sensor elements. The thermal radiation detection system also includes a signal processing circuit.
US11585694B2
The invention relates to a sensor for a terahertz imaging system, comprising an array of terahertz radiation receivers; and an array of terahertz radiation transmitters having the same pitch as the array of receivers, located between the array of receivers and an analysis zone located in the near field of the transmitters, and configured such that each transmitter emits a wave towards both the analysis zone and a respective receiver of the array of receivers.
US11585693B2
The invention relates to a single photon detector device for detecting an optical signal comprising an optical fiber and at least one nanowire, wherein the optical fiber comprises a core area and a cladding area and is designed to conduct the optical signal along an optical axis, wherein, with respect to the optical axis, a first area of the optical fiber is an entrance area for the optical signal and a second area of the optical fiber is a detector area, and wherein the nanowire becomes superconducting at a predetermined temperature and is designed in the superconducting state to generate an output signal as a function of the optical signal. It is provided that in the detector area of the optical fiber the nanowire extends essentially along the optical axis of the optical fiber. A single photon detector device is thus provided which has a simple structure, a high efficiency, a high detection rate and a high spectral bandwidth.
US11585685B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product provide data collection via a plurality of sensors, user authentication, data storage, and sensor replacement and configuration. The sensors may be integrated in or on various types of devices and/or household objects and may provide a wide range of data regarding users, use of the respective items, and/or their environments. Sensor data may be processed by the disclosed apparatus to generate application output data. Replacement sensors may be manually or automatically detected and configured. Multiple users may use a sensor and/or associated device, and may be authenticated with biometric data or/and other forms of authentication. The data may therefore be associated with the intended user. Authentication, data storage, application computer program code hosting, analytical processing, and/or the like may be performed on computing devices that are remote from the disclosed apparatus. Cost effective updates and replacements of sensors and/or devices may be provided.
US11585676B2
A magnetic field measuring device having a semiconductor body with a first surface running in an x-y plane, with a first and second magnetic field sensor disposed on the surface, and an axis of symmetry, which runs perpendicular to the first surface in the z-direction and to which the magnetic field sensors are positioned in a mirrored fashion, first and second magnets, which are spaced apart from one another and in each case have an axis and a polar surface running perpendicular to the axis and facing the semiconductor body. The magnetic polarity changes along the axes on a surface, whereby the axes run in the direction of the axis of symmetry, whereby the axis of symmetry runs between the axes of the magnets, whereby the surfaces of the magnets in each case are spaced apart in the z-direction to the first surface of the semiconductor body.
US11585672B1
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media configured to provide three-dimensional representations of routes. Locations for a planned movement may be obtained. The location information may include tridimensional information of a location. Route information for the planned movement may be obtained. The route information may define a route of one or more entities within the location. A three-dimensional view of the route within the location may be determined based on the location information and the route information. An interface through which the three-dimensional view of the route within the location is accessible may be provided.
US11585668B2
A system described herein may provide a technique for the generation of a node map using contraction hierarchy techniques in a manner that accounts for constraints that apply to nodes or links between nodes in the node map. Candidate shortcut links, that represent paths through multiple links in the node map, may be evaluated to determine whether such candidate shortcut links are less restrictive than less costly paths having the same starting and ending nodes as the candidate shortcut links. Candidate shortcut links may be added to the node map in situations where less costly paths are available, but are more restrictive than the shortcut links. At query time, the shortcut links may apply to certain queries having parameters that violate constraints associated with the less costly paths but do not violate any applicable constraints of the shortcut links.
US11585662B2
A mapping system, comprising an inertial measurement unit; a camera unit; a laser scanning unit; and a computing system in communication with the inertial measurement unit, the camera unit, and the laser scanning unit, wherein the computing system computes first measurement predictions based on inertial measurement data from the inertial measurement unit at a first frequency, second measurement predictions based on the first measurement predictions and visual measurement data from the camera unit at a second frequency and third measurement predictions based on the second measurement predictions and laser ranging data from the laser scanning unit at a third frequency.
US11585661B2
A method, system and computer program tie physical events to virtual events by analyzing motion information from a detecting device or analyzing contextual information, initiating a virtual event with a display device in response to detecting an impending change in center of mass motion of a user from analyzing the motion information or contextual information, and associating a virtual event with subsequent motion information from the detecting device.
US11585656B2
A control unit of the sensor control device controls sensor based on the planimetric feature information related to the planimetric features and the sensor information related to the sensors. Thereby, while the sensors are appropriately operated as necessary, and the detailed current information of the planimetric feature is acquired by the sensors, the total data size of the information acquired by the sensors can be reduced.
US11585655B2
A coupling element for receiving a probe tip in a probe measuring apparatus has a journal at one end with a first connecting/coupling region. A screw insert has a first connecting/coupling region at one end with a recess, in particular for connecting to the coupling element 16. The journal of the coupling element forms, on an outer surface, or the recess of the screw insert forms, on an inner surface, multiple thread segments or respectively which do not adjoin one another in a radial circumferential direction. A probe measuring apparatus includes the coupling element, the screw insert, a coupling arm/measuring shaft, and a probe insert connected to the coupling arm by way of the coupling element and the screw insert.
US11585653B2
Systems and methods for optically measuring a position of a measurement surface relative to a reference position. The system is a wireless network comprising a centrally located data acquisition computer and a multiplicity of remotely located sensor modules mounted at different locations within wireless communication range of a central receiver. Each sensor module is mounted to a clamp that is made specific to a control surface location and embedded with an RFID tag to denote clamp location. The optical components of the sensor modules are selected to enable indication of the linear position of a measurement surface relative to a reference position and then broadcast the measurement results. The broadcast results are received by the central receiver and processed by the data acquisition computer, which hosts human interface software that displays measurement data.
US11585642B2
The present invention relates to systems and methods for accurately and safely directing the movement of shooting range targets, and more specifically, to provide self-calibration and synchronicity to programmable target carriers and automatically resetting targets.
US11585639B1
According to exemplary inventive practice, a personal armor system includes a textile-based layer not exceeding ½-half-inch thickness, and an elastomeric coating not exceeding ⅛-inch thickness. The textile-based layer includes a fiber reinforcement and a resin binder. The combined areal density of the textile-based layer and the elastomeric coating does not exceed 2.5 psf. According to a first mode of inventive practice, the elastomeric coating is essentially a strain-rate-sensitivity-hardening elastomer, and the areal density of the textile-based layer does not exceed 2.3 psf. According to a second mode of inventive practice, the elastomeric coating is essentially a microparticle-filled strain-rate-sensitivity-hardening elastomeric matrix material, and the areal density of the textile-based layer does not exceed 1.7 psf. The microparticles (e.g., spherical glass microparticles) do not exceed, by weight, 30 percent of the strain-rate-sensitivity-hardening elastomeric matrix material. The textile-based layer affords ballistic protection; the elastomeric coating affords protection against sharp/pointed objects.
US11585634B2
The present invention relates to devices for carrying firearms, including rifles, and methods for making and using devices of the present invention.
US11585625B2
The invention relates to a gun barrel mounting for a gun barrel, comprising a cradle with at least one gun mounting for mounting the gun barrel and a base part that can be connected to the gun barrel.
US11585624B2
A shooting rest for different weapons provides ends that are offset from the central portion of the rest to provide a space that accommodates a portion of the weapon being used with the rest. The shooting rest can be used with one or two supports that engage the weapon being used with the rest. Each support can be rotationally adjusted about a vertical axis and tilted about a horizontal axis. Each support can be tilted inwardly to a storage position for storage and transport of the rest. When in use, the entire rest can be tilted about its main support. A support assembly includes an adjustable arm that carries the shooting rest from the top of a monopod that is anchored to allow repositionable use without interference with the hunter's legs.
US11585620B2
A mount for a firearm has a body having a first clamp configured to engage a first edge of the rail, a jaw movably connected to the body and having a second clamp opposed to the first clamp and operable with the respective clamps to engage respective opposed lateral edges of the rail, a spring biasing the jaw toward the body, and at least a portion of the spring being between the clamps. There may be a pushrod connected to a first one of the body and the jaw and slidably received by the other of the body and the jaw. The spring may be laterally positioned to one side of the pushrod. The spring may be a coil spring having a spring axis offset from a pushrod axis defined by the pushrod.
US11585607B2
A store (1) for thermal energy, the store comprising: a housing (5) defining an internal chamber having an inlet and an outlet; and a plurality of receptacles (7) provided within the internal chamber and spaced from one another so that heat transfer fluid can flow over and around the receptacles (7) as the fluid moves from the inlet to the outlet; wherein each said receptacle (7) defines an internal cavity (9) for the storage of phase change material (PCM) so that thermal energy can transfer between the stored PCM material and the heat transfer fluid as the fluid passes over and between the receptacles.
US11585598B2
A method for improved operation of a natural gas liquids stabilizer column, particularly a small-scale, is provided. The method can include the steps of: introducing a first feed stream comprising heavy hydrocarbons and natural gas to a stabilizer column to produce a top gas and a bottoms liquid, wherein the top gas has a higher concentration of natural gas as compared to the first feed stream, and the bottoms liquid has a higher concentration of heavy hydrocarbons as compared to the first feed stream; introducing a second feed stream into the stabilizer column, wherein the second feed stream has a higher concentration of natural gas as compared to the first feed stream, wherein the second feed stream is at a warmer temperature than the first feed stream when introduced into the stabilizer column, wherein the second feed stream is a gaseous stream; withdrawing the top gas from a top portion of the stabilizer column; withdrawing the bottoms liquid from a bottom portion of the stabilizer column; and sending at least a portion of the bottoms liquid to a liquid storage tank.
US11585591B2
A vacuum adiabatic body includes a first plate; a second plate; a seal; a support; a heat resistance unit; and an exhaust port, wherein the heat resistance unit includes a conductive resistance sheet connected to at least one of the first and second plates, the conductive resistance sheet resisting heat conduction flowing along a wall for the third space, the conductive resistance sheet includes a mounting part mounted on the first or second plate and a curved part having at least one portion depressed into the third space, a coupler that fixes the conductive resistance sheet to the first or second plate is formed on the mounting part, and the curved part includes a first curved part depressed toward the third space and a second curved part extending from the first curved part, the second curved part surrounding an edge portion of the first or second plate.
US11585586B2
An instant freezer apparatus able to freeze consumable fluids and food having a freezing point lower than water is disclosed. The apparatus and method of the present invention is directed to a freezer typically able to instantly freeze consumable fluids and food without altering their chemical compositions. The instant freezer apparatus generally comprises a main frame and a removable freezing module. The apparatus may further comprise a freezing fluid injection system such as a liquid carbon dioxide tank or a liquid nitrogen tank fluidly connected to the main frame. At least two freezing cells comprising the fluid to be frozen may be included, the freezing cells being independently removable from the freezing module and other freezing cells. A semi-flexible mat for receiving and supporting varying shapes of freezing cells may be included.
US11585582B2
A cooling member for a mobile ice rink includes a plurality of pipes for transporting a coolant, wherein the pipes comprise at least two sections coupled by a connector. Cooling elements are provided at the locations of the connectors.
US11585577B2
The disclosure relates to a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a shell and heat exchange tube bundles located in the shell, the shell has an inlet and an outlet, and a refrigerant flows in through the inlet, exchanges heat with a fluid in the heat exchange tube bundles, and then flows out from the outlet, and the outlet is provided with an extension section that extends into an interior of the shell and has a receiving portion configured to receive at least a part of a liquid in the refrigerant flowing toward the outlet after heat exchange. The disclosure is easy to manufacture, install and maintain, and has a low cost. By optimizing the structure of an outlet pipeline of the heat exchanger, the influence of liquid carryover can be effectively controlled, and the overall performance, safety and reliability of the system can be enhanced.
US11585575B2
Systems and methods for improved heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems incorporating a plurality of refrigerant circuits. The system can include a compressor having a first compression chamber, a second compression chamber, and a motor. The system can further include a heat exchanger having a first set of microchannel coils and a second set of microchannel coils. The system can have a first circuit fluidly coupled between the first compression chamber and the first set of microchannel coils and a second circuit fluidly coupled between the second compression chamber and the second set of microchannel coils. Further, the first circuit comprises a first refrigerant and the second circuit comprises a second refrigerant.
US11585574B2
In a method for operating a heating device, fluid is initially introduced into a fluid chamber, then the heating elements of the heating device are switched on and a leakage current is detected as a temperature-dependent current flow through a dielectric insulation layer. A supply voltage of the heating devices is measured and is taken into account in an evaluation of the temperature at the fluid chamber as a function of the leakage current. The leakage current is converted into a leakage voltage by means of a resistor, which is then divided by the measured supply voltage. Subsequently, the quotient obtained may be multiplied by a compensation value in order to obtain a normalized leakage signal, which is normalized to a base value of the supply voltage. The normalized leakage signal is used, if a particular absolute value of the leakage signal is exceeded or if a particular slope of the profile of the leakage signal is exceeded, in order to top up the fluid chamber with more fluid and/or to reduce the heating power of at least one heating element.
US11585569B2
An air conditioner includes a housing including an inlet and an outlet, and a blade rotatably provided to open and close the outlet. A blade drive device is connected to one end of the blade in a longitudinal direction of the blade to rotate the blade. A blade support unit is configured to rotatably support the other end of the blade in the longitudinal direction of the blade. The blade support unit includes a coil spring configured to apply torque to the blade and a blade holder is coupled to the other end of the blade. A first coupler is coupled to the coil spring, and is configured to penetrate the coil of the coil spring. A case is configured to accommodate the first coupler of the blade holder and is mounted to the housing. The air conditioner is capable of reducing deformation and noise in a blade.
US11585557B2
A computer-implemented method for anomaly detection in a data processing system comprising a processor and a memory comprising instructions which are executed by the processor. The method includes receiving a plurality of real-time airflow patterns acquired by a plurality of airflow alerters, wherein each real-time airflow pattern corresponds to a different airflow alerter; comparing each real-time airflow pattern with a predetermined airflow pattern, wherein each real-time airflow pattern corresponds to a different predetermined airflow pattern; when there is any real-time airflow pattern different from the corresponding predetermined airflow pattern, identifying a group of airflow alerters among the plurality of airflow alerters, wherein a real-time airflow pattern of each airflow alerter in the group is different from the corresponding predetermined airflow pattern; and identifying a location of an anomaly based on the group of airflow alerters.
US11585555B2
A computer implemented method for controlling the environmental conditions of a building in accordance with feedback from the occupants of the building is provided. The method includes detecting, by one or more processors, an occupant within a building space, and transmitting, by the one or more processors, a notification message to an occupant device associated with the occupant. The notification message includes a request to provide occupant feedback. The method includes receiving, by the one or more processors, an occupant feedback message from the occupant device. The occupant feedback message includes one or more quality ratings associated with one or more building conditions. The method includes assigning, by the one or more processors, a weighting factor to the occupant feedback message and performing an action to modify at least one of the building conditions responsive to the weighted occupant feedback message.
US11585552B2
A thermostat of an HVAC system receives active event parameters from a utility provider. The active event parameters include a start time, a stop time, and a predefined temperature setpoint for the active event, which is associated with a requirement to decrease energy consumption between the start time and the stop time. Following the start time, the thermostat adjusts a setpoint temperature of the HVAC system to the predefined setpoint temperature.
US11585550B2
A control method and a control device for an air conditioner, the control method including: determining a current control mode of the air conditioner (S202), the control mode including at least a screen-independent mode configured to represent a mode, in which the air conditioner is independent of a display screen but can operates normally; when the control mode is the screen-independent mode, controlling the air conditioner to operate according to a current operating state (S204).
US11585549B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for performing thermal modeling. In one aspect, a method includes receiving monitoring data comprising temperature data measured inside a site, mode data, and state data, receiving weather data descriptive of weather at the site, and aligning the received temperature data, mode data, and state data with the received weather data. The method also includes determining an internal heat gain representing an amount of heat generated at the site irrespective of the heating or cooling system, determining at least one of a thermal product for the site or a thermal potential for the heating or cooling system, generating, based on the internal gain and the thermal product or the thermal potential, a thermal model for the site, and providing, as output, the generated thermal model.
US11585543B2
Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a control system for controlling an HVAC device where the control system includes a temperature sensor that provides a signal indicative of a temperature associated with the HVAC device, an orientation sensor that provides a signal indicative of an operating orientation of the HVAC device, and control circuitry that receives the temperature signal and the orientation signal from the orientation sensor. The control circuitry selects an operating thermal control set point from a plurality of stored thermal control set points based at least in part on an orientation signal, determines a temperature sensor input based on the temperature signal and compares the temperature sensor input to the operating thermal control set point, and operates the HVAC device based at least in part on that comparison.
US11585539B2
There is provided a method of converting a kitchen having one of the slide-in and the drop-in appliance electrically coupled to a range receptacle, to a kitchen having built-in appliances. The method includes removing the one of the slide-in and the drop-in appliance from the range receptacle. The method includes installing at least two kitchen appliances into at least one of preexisting countertops and cabinetry of the kitchen. Each of the kitchen appliances includes a range plug. The method includes providing a power strip apparatus comprising a range plug and a power strip having a plurality of range sockets electrically coupled to the range plug of the power strip apparatus. The method includes inserting the range plug of the power strip apparatus into the range receptacle and inserting the range plugs of the kitchen appliances into respective ones of the range sockets of the power strip.
US11585538B2
A cooking appliance includes a body that defines a cooking chamber therein, a door rotatably connected to the body and configured to open and close at least a portion of the cooking chamber, a hinge mechanism that rotatably connects the door to the body, and a control device disposed in the door. The control device includes a control housing that is configured to accommodate one or more components of the control device and that includes a first sidewall that defines an air inlet, and a second sidewall that defines an air outlet, an inlet-side cooling fan disposed at a first position of the control housing closer to the air inlet than the air outlet, and an outlet-side cooling fan disposed at a second position of the control housing closer to the air outlet than the air inlet.
US11585530B2
This disclosure presents a clean burning flare stack, or gas flare, especially the tip portion thereof. The gas flare tip is air assisted to ensure clean burning. The disclosed gas flare tip provides smokeless clean burning of released gases. For example, the gas flare tip burns the released gases in a lean burning condition such that sufficient air is supplied to the surges of gases. In addition, the gas flare tip, by using a low pressure blower mixing chamber, is capable of handling low pressure gases and high pressure gases. As such, different flow rates may be provided to the gas flare tip when different amounts of low pressure and high pressure flammable gases are mixed with sufficient blower air to provide a clean burning condition. The disclosed smokeless gas flare is thus environmentally friendly and aesthetically appealing.
US11585526B2
A lighting apparatus including an enclosure, a printed circuit board mounted to the enclosure, and an upwardly directed primary light emitting diode in electrical communication with the printed circuit board. The lighting apparatus additionally includes a power source for supplying electrical power to the printed circuit board. The lighting apparatus further includes a transparent dome situated atop the enclosure and covering the printed circuit board, wherein the transparent dome includes an optically unobstructed region in vertical alignment with the primary light emitting diode for passage of an upwardly directed light beam emitted from the primary light emitting diode when powered.
US11585518B1
An attachable lighting apparatus is presented for readily repositioning said lighting apparatus as attached to a viewing surface without detachment. The apparatus comprises a light housing section that adjusts to face a top surface of a viewing object, a side section attached to the light housing section that faces a side surface of the viewing object, a bottom section attached to the side section that faces a bottom surface of the viewing object, and a first roller device positioned about a mounting element, a portion of said first roller device protruding through an aperture within the light housing section, wherein a switch is triggered to activate one or more lighting elements of the light housing section when the light housing section faces the top surface of the viewing object.
US11585515B2
Lighting controller including control system having first control facility and second control facility. First and second control facilities respectively are for controlling first and second visible-light sources including first and second pluralities of semiconductor light-emitting devices spaced apart from and along longitudinal axis. First and second visible-light sources respectively are positioned for directing first and second beams of first and second visible-light emissions from first and second pluralities of semiconductor light-emitting devices in first and second beam directions. First and second control facilities respectively are programmed for controlling first and second intensities of first and second beams of first and second visible-light emissions. Control system is programmed for modulating first intensity of first beam and second intensity of second beam in manner for causing first and second beams of first and second visible-light emissions to collectively emulate progression of ambient sunlight. Lighting systems and lighting control methods.
US11585514B2
A ring flash light diffusion device includes a first converter ring configured to connect to a camera lens and a diffuser adapter. The diffuser adapter can be connected to a first end of the first converter ring. It also includes a flash ring connected to the diffuser adapter at a position along the length of the diffuser adapter and a ring flash connected to the flash ring. It further includes a light diffuser connected to the diffuser adapter such that light emitted from the ring flash passes through the light diffuser.
US11585512B2
The invention relates to a heat sink (1, 100) for a light source of a motor vehicle light module, wherein: the heat sink (1, 100) comprises a main body (2) and cooling plates (3, 300) which can be arranged on the main body (2); when the cooling plates (3, 300) are connected to the main body (2), the cooling plates (3, 300) are in heat-conducting contact with the main body (2), each cooling plate (3, 300) having a base side (31, 310); the main body (2) has fastening elements (21) on a surface (22), the surface (22) facing the base sides (31, 310) of the cooling plates (3, 300); counter elements (32) mating with the fastening elements (21) are arranged on each base side (31, 310), the fastening elements (21) being designed to engage in the counter elements (32); the fastening elements (21) are arranged in a grid (23); the counter elements (32) are arranged on the respective base sides (31, 310) at regular distances (d1) from one another, and the grid (23) has a grid spacing (d2), the grid spacing (d2) being greater than the distance (d1) between the counter elements (32).
US11585506B2
A turn light, a position light and a driving light are provided inside a same headlight unit, a first lens for which a first light source for the turn light and a second light source for the position light and the driving light are alternately arranged and a second lens which is arranged below the first lens and on which light from the first light source and the second light source is made incident are provided, a first diffusion part is provided on a light exit surface of the light of the first lens, and a second diffusion part is provided on a light exit surface of the light of the second lens.
US11585504B2
A device comprising an organic light-emitting diode comprising an organic layer sequence, a radiation exit area and an encapsulation, wherein the organic layer sequence comprises at least one radiation-emitting region which generates electromagnetic radiation in the spectral range from infrared radiation to UV radiation during operation, and wherein the encapsulation forms a seal of the organic layer sequence against environmental influences, at least one touch-sensitive operating element, wherein the at least one touch-sensitive operating element comprises at least one touch sensor, wherein the device is flexible.
US11585503B2
A street light allows an electronic device installed therein to work properly. The street light has an internal chimney structure for dissipating heat from the electronic device and preventing any liquid from flowing into a space where the electronic device is accommodated. This allows the street light to internally provide both a dry environment and a heat dissipation mechanism for the electronic device, without closing an internal space of the street light, so as to greatly improve the above undesirable structural drawbacks of the conventional street light.
US11585501B2
Disclosed is a junction device for joining adjacent housing sections of a light fixture housing assembly, having a junction body structure formed from at least one junction body segment. A plurality of coupling units, each with at least one first boundary including at least one male portion or at least one female portion. The male and/or female portions are configured to enable each corresponding portion a first of the coupling units to receive the male portion of a second of the coupling units. Each of at least two of the coupling units including a first segment formed with the at least one junction body segment at respective first boundaries with the corresponding male or female portions extending therefrom. Each of the male and female portions is configured to be associated with a first locking structure to lock the female and male portions together to form the assembled light fixture housing.
US11585498B2
A channel system that includes a first channel section, a second channel section, and a hinge joint between the first and second channel sections is disclosed. The hinge joint allows the first channel section to fold against the second channel section for storage and shipping of the channel system. In one embodiment, the hinge joint itself includes a hinge member that extends between the two channel sections and bends hingedly to allow movement and two intermediate endcaps, which cap the channel sections on either side of the hinge joint. The hinge joint may be designed to “snap back” to a fully extended position. Mechanical securement structure may be added to the first channel section and the second channel section to improve force and retention during the “snap back” movement.
US11585493B2
A subject of the invention is the source of LED lighting that improves human cognitive performance during work activities or in any activity and simulates sun radiation in the biologically beneficial range 460 to 660 nm, for more than 90%. The whole system of the LED lighting source is set in such a way that 4.5 to 6% of blue and turquoise light radiation is added to the light radiation emitted from white LED chips, and it is advantageous if of equal radiation intensity. This measurement will provide for balancing of radiation intensity to 90% of the sunshine level. The generated combined light radiation of the cognitive LED lighting source has CRI 98 and correlated colour temperature 4000 to 4700 K, the sun radiation has correlated colour temperature 4982 K and CRI 99.5.
US11585492B1
Disclosed are a light emitting assembly and a light emitting device. The light emitting device includes a first light emitting element, a first light transmission portion and a driving portion, The first light emitting element emits a first light beam. The driving portion can drive the first light emitting element or the first light transmission portion, such that a position relationship between the first light emitting element and the first light transmission portion is switchable between a first state and a second state. In the first state, the first light beam passing through the first light transmission portion presents a first pattern; in the second state, the first light beam passing through the first light transmission portion presents a second pattern which is different from the first pattern.
US11585488B2
A pressure vessel is disclosed comprising an inner vessel with a rotationally symmetrical middle part with an axis of symmetry along the middle part and two dome-shaped polar caps which close off the middle part, and an outer layer, wound on the inner vessel to reinforce it, made of fiber composite material made of a plurality of plies of fibers embedded in a matrix material which are arranged one above another, which run as a fiber band made of a number of fibers with a location-dependent and position-dependent fiber orientation across the inner vessel, wherein the fiber band at least in some of the plies enters from the middle part at a respective entry fiber angle relative to the axis of symmetry into the region of the dome-shaped polar caps.
US11585487B2
A spud greasing system includes a spudwell and a spud configured to slidingly engage with the spudwell between a deployed position and an undeployed position. The spud includes an access window configured to align and correspond with a window of the spudwell when the spud is in the undeployed position. A sheave assembly is mounted in the spud and includes a first sheave and a second sheave rotationally mounted proximate a front end and a back end of the housing, respectively. When the spud is in the undeployed position, a grease supply is configured to be selectively connected to a supply pipe through the window and access window of the spudwell and spud thereby supplying grease to the first sheave of the sheave assembly without removing the spud from the spudwell.
US11585481B2
A wall mount type display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a main body on which a display is provided, a wire having opposite ends connected to the main body, and a wall mount assembly which is fixed to a wall and to which the wire is hung to support the main body. The wall mount assembly may include a pair of supporting bars which support the wire and extend in a direction closer to each other toward the upper side, a first link rotatably connecting upper end portions of the pair of supporting bars to each other, a long hole formed through the supporting bar and extending in a longitudinal direction of the supporting bar, a second link located at a height lower than the first link, a protrusion protruding from opposite ends of the second link and inserted into the long hole, and a fixing member fixed to the wall through the protrusion.
US11585471B2
A seal assembly includes a connector body having an open end configured for receiving a free end of a pipe and an adaptor for securing at the free end of the pipe. The adaptor has a first ring, configured to be mounted around the circumference of the free end of a pipe, and a second ring configured to cooperate with the first ring in order to drive the first ring into engagement with an outer surface of the pipe. A mechanical interlock arrangement is configured for driving the adaptor in the direction of the connector body, when the adaptor is secured at the free end of the pipe. The mechanical interlock arrangement is further configured for preventing or limiting axial movement of the pipe relative to the connector body, when the adaptor is secured to the outer surface of the pipe and when the free end of the pipe is in sealing contact with a metal seal surface of the connector body.
US11585468B2
The invention relates to a thermoplastic elastomeric bellow duct (10) having a corrugated duct segment (12) interposed between two elbowed segments (14, 18), wherein at least one of the elbowed segments (18) is made of thermoplastic elastomeric and connected to an end section (22) of the corrugated duct segment (12) by overmolding the elbowed segment (18) over the end section (22) of the corrugated duct segment (12), and wherein the end section (22) of the corrugated duct segment (12) includes a guiding and sealing arrangement (50) pointing away from the corrugated duct segment (12) in a radial direction (32). The invention further relates to an air duct (80) having such a thermoplastic elastomeric bellow duct (10).
US11585467B2
Trenchless methods for forming a curved hole channel with a steel sleeve and pipeline lifting are provided, including steps of: (T1) drilling a straight hole channel, and inserting the steel sleeve into the straight hole channel; (T2) inserting a guiding pipe into the steel sleeve, and determining a bending direction of a hole channel to be formed; and (T3) inserting a flexible steel-wire pipe into the guiding pipe, and punching to form the curved hole channel. With applying the creative trenchless method for forming the curved hole channel, a specially-made grouting pipe is accurately inserted to a bottom of a subsiding pipeline section, so that a polymer material is conveniently injected to a bottom of a disease position. Though utilizing an expansion force generated by the polymer material, the subsiding pipeline section is uplifted, so as to realize trenchless repairing.
US11585465B2
Modular conduit alignment and resultant conduit systems are disclosed herein. An example system includes a plurality of modular sections, one of which connects to an terminal enclosure, each of the plurality of conduit assemblies having at least one coupler assembly having a first plurality of conduit interfaces extending from a first side of the at least one coupler assembly and a second plurality of conduit interfaces a second side of the at least one coupler assembly. The first plurality of conduit interfaces and the second plurality of conduit interfaces are aligned and form pathways that allow wiring to extend through the plurality of modular sections when the plurality of modular sections are arranged in series.
US11585459B2
An apparatus for use in marine platform jacking is disclosed herein. In one aspect, a jetting valve includes a valve body with a piston assembly disposed therein. The piston assembly is selectively operated to open and close the valve. A biasing member is coupled to the piston assembly. The piston assembly includes a first piston and a second piston. The dual pistons, in cooperation with the biasing member, allow the valve to self-seal thereby preventing entry of a fluid which is external to the valve.
US11585457B2
A valve drive with a snap function includes a rotary drive input, a lead screw connected to or formed by the rotary drive input, a slide in threaded engagement with the lead screw to form a screw thread, the slide being mechanically connected or connectable to a valve body and being movable in the direction of a longitudinal axis. A bearing housing is provided in which the lead screw is mounted so as to be rotatable about the longitudinal axis and stationary in the direction of the longitudinal axis. The bearing housing is held against a displacement along the longitudinal axis by a releasable locking device, countering the preload force of a snap spring.
US11585452B2
A fuel nozzle metering valve that includes a spool having an inlet port and an outlet flow port, and a retainer assembled to one end of the spool. A valve liner houses a portion of the spool. The spool is configured to move back and forth within the valve liner. The metering valve is biased in a closed position in which the outlet flow port is disposed entirely within the valve liner. The valve is opened when the spool slides within the valve liner such that some portion of the outlet flow port extends beyond an end of the valve liner. The retainer has a stepped portion configured to abut an end of the retainer at a fuel flow pressure below the expected maximum fuel flow pressure to be used in the fuel nozzle metering valve.
US11585447B2
A valve seat for a ball valve. The valve seat having a valve seat body with a circumferential concave seating surface configured to mate with a curvature of the valve ball. A seal pocket formed within the valve seat body, the seal pocket having (i) an throat formed in the concave seating surface, (ii) an outer pocket sidewall, and (iii) an inner pocket sidewall. A retaining groove positioned below the throat on either the outer pocket sidewall or the inner pocket sidewall and a flexible seal element shaped for positioning in the seal pocket. The seal element includes (i) an extended lip configured to rest within the retaining groove when the seal element is seated in the seal pocket, and (ii) a sealing face with an upper end laying below the valve seat's concave seating surface and a mid-portion extending upward above a curvature path of the concave seating surface.
US11585444B2
Apparatuses for controlling gas flow are important components for delivering process gases for semiconductor fabrication. These apparatuses for controlling gas flow frequently rely on effectively sealed flow restrictors which can eliminate leakage of process gas around the flow restrictors. In one embodiment, a seal for a flow restrictor is disclosed, the seal comprising a plastic cylinder which is shrink fit onto a sealing portion of the flow restrictor. In another embodiment, a seal for a flow restrictor is disclosed, the seal having a first sealing ring with a flow aperture, a flow restrictor installed into the flow aperture.
US11585439B2
An edge-welded bellows, including a plurality of diaphragms and a guide part for guiding on the outer surface of a rod extending through an inner through-opening of the bellows or for guiding on the inner surface of a tube surrounding the bellows. The guide part has a retaining fin, which, at the edge thereof, lies between the edges of adjacent diaphragms and is welded thereto, and a guide sleeve, which surrounds the longitudinal central axis and has a guide surface for guiding the bellows on the outer surface of the rod or the inner surface of the tube. The guide sleeve has a wall thickness that is more than three times that of the retaining fin. The guide sleeve has a step having a contact surface. The retaining fin lies, in a region adjoining the edge thereof, on the contact surface and is form-fittingly secured against being lifted off from the contact surface.
US11585435B2
A device for a gear shift system for a vehicle, the gear shift system comprising a gear shift member, the device comprises a device member, and a member connector configured to connect to the gear shift member and thereby connect the device to the gear shift system so that, in use, one of the device member and the gear shift member is beneath a rider's foot to provide a first member, and the other of the device member and the gear shift member is above the rider's foot to provide a second member, wherein in use downwards movement of the first member effects a first gear shift and in use upwards movement of the second member effects a second gear shift.
US11585434B2
To reduce assembly man-hours of a planetary gear device by devising a structure of a carrier, disclosed is a carrier of a planetary gear device 1 is formed with a gear housing space for housing a sun gear and a planetary gear. The gear housing space is formed between a pair of gear support parts rotatably supporting the planetary gear by a gear support shaft. The pair of gear support parts are integrally connected by a plurality of beams. The beam has a virtual plane orthogonal to a rotation axis of the sun gear as an x-y plane, and a radial direction of a direction extending radially from the rotation axis along the x-y plane is formed along a radial direction at a radially outer position of the sun gear. The planetary gear is located between the beams.
US11585433B2
A gear wheel is connectable to a transmission shaft of a vehicle gear transmission arranged in a gearbox housing. The gear wheel being configured to be lubricated by a lubricant in a lubricant reservoir of the gearbox housing, wherein the gear wheel comprises a first axial end surface; a second axial end surface arranged on an opposite side of the gear wheel relative to the first axial end surface; and a plurality of gear teeth arranged circumferentially on the gear wheel and positioned between the first and second axial end surfaces; wherein the first axial end surface comprises a plurality of angularly spaced protrusions extending axially from the first axial end surface in a direction of a surface normal of the first axial end surface.
US11585430B2
A method for operating a motor vehicle that has an internal combustion engine and an automated manual transmission, connected between the engine and a drive output. The transmission includes a shifting element group with a plurality of shifting elements. The transmission further includes an oil pump and an electric machine, both of which are integrated in the transmission and coupled to an input shaft of the transmission. The oil pump delivers a flow of transmission oil for cooling the shifting element group and cooling the electric machine, and the shifting elements of the shifting element group are controlled and shifted by an actuator system that is independent of the oil pump. When the motor vehicle is at rest, the oil pump is driven by the electric machine in order to cool the electric machine while the motor vehicle is at rest.
US11585426B2
A power transmission device includes: a gear; a case receiving the gear; and a baffle plate positioned between the gear and the case; the baffle plate including a guide portion arranged to guide an oil scooped up by the gear, into between the baffle plate and the case, and the guide portion being disposed above an oil level within the case, the guide portion being adjacent to an axial side surface of the gear, the guide portion being positioned in the baffle plate on an upstream side in a rotation direction of the gear, and the guide portion including a first bent portion which is positioned on a tip end side, and which is bent in a direction from the case toward the gear.
US11585424B2
A modular pinion shaft that includes a tubular member having a first end and a second end, a first pinion gear member secured to the first end by a plurality of fasteners, and a second pinion gear member secured to the first end by a plurality of fasteners. Gear teeth of each of the pinion gear members are aligned by one or more indexing members disposed between the tubular member and each pinion gear member.
US11585409B1
Interlocking hook assemblies for elastic and rigid straps and cords including a strap member and a pair of similar interlocking hook devices connected to each end of strap member which can be adjusted to desired length. Each interlocking hook device is provided with apertures which are fixedly attached to the distal end of the hook body opposite the hook. Each hook device can be connected, preferably in a locking manner, onto the other hook device creating a closed hook assembly thereby disabling the hooks to prevent entanglement of elastic or rigid straps when not in use or during storage and/or transportation. Multiple straps can be connected end-to-end forming an elongated elastic or rigid strap of desired length having closed central hooks with open hooks on each end. Interlocking hook assemblies for elastic or rigid straps and cords including two similar interlocking hook devices with a connector groove and a dual bar adjustable webbing slider for elastic or rigid straps and cord members. Each interlocking hook device is provided with a connector groove designed to allow each hook to engage the other within their respective grooves and to releasably lock them together.
US11585408B2
A device for retaining a cord comprises a body having a first surface and a second surface. The second surface is spaced from or disposed at an angle relative to the first surface. The body defines a recess disposed on and extending along the first surface. The body defines a first opening and a second opening. The first opening is disposed adjacent the recess and the second opening is disposed on the second surface. The body defines a bore that extends between the first opening and the second opening to allow the cord to extend through the body. A plurality of teeth extend from opposing walls of the recess for engaging the cord to retain the cord in a taut position.
US11585404B1
A vibration damping actuator provided by the present disclosure uses a magnet system or a spring system to introduce controllable negative stiffness characteristics into a semi-active system, so as to couple a controllable negative stiffness actuator on the basis of the semi-active actuator (controllable damping actuator). Based on the coupling and integration of the semi-active actuator (controllable damping actuator) and the controllable negative stiffness actuator, the vibration damping actuator may realize four-quadrant mechanical characteristics of an active actuator, improve the vibration damping effect of the semi-active system on the basis of ensuring the advantages of low power consumption, low cost, stability and reliability, and simple structure of the vibration control system of the semi-active actuator (controllable damping actuator), and improve the vibration isolation effect of the semi-active system to a level close to that of an active system.
US11585397B2
In some examples, a brake system includes a piston configured to cause a compression of a disc stack. The piston includes a piston body configured to compress a cap face of a piston cap against a pressure plate to cause the compression of the disc stack. The cap face may define a convex surface. The piston cap may be configured such that the convex surface reduces it curvature when the cap face is compressed against the pressure plate. In examples, the piston cap is configured to elastically deform to cause the cap face to reduce the curvature when the cap face is compressed against the pressure plate.
US11585395B2
This transmission device includes a mode changeover switch (59) on which a mode changeover operation between a manual mode (M2) and an automated mode (M1) is externally performed, other operation unit (80) on which a predetermined shift operation is externally performed separately from the mode changeover switch (59), and a control unit (60) configured to control a mode changeover between the manual mode (M2) and the automated mode (M1). The control unit (60) executes the mode changeover between the manual mode (M2) and the automated mode (M1) on the basis of the mode changeover operation on the mode changeover switch (59). When the shift operation on the other operation unit (80) has been performed, the control unit (60) executes the mode changeover between the manual mode (M2) and the automated mode (M1).
US11585393B1
Methods and systems for a transmission are provided herein. In one example, a hydraulic system includes a lubrication valve included in a lubricant line and designed to adjust a flow of lubricant to a multi-disc wet clutch. The hydraulic system further includes a clutch line coupled to a clutch control valve, where the clutch line is in fluidic communication with a hydraulic fluid to a clutch actuator of the multi-disc wet clutch and a passive adjustment device of the lubrication valve and where the passive adjustment device transitions the lubrication valve between a limited flow state and an open flow state based on a pressure of the hydraulic fluid in the clutch line.
US11585380B2
A seal member is provided in which lip wear is suppressed and resistance to muddy water is increased, as well as a bearing device for a wheel, provided with the seal member. An encoder (63) and an elastic member (65) form a labyrinth section (8) between an outer peripheral surface (61a) of a turned-back section (613) and an inner peripheral surface (64a) of an inner fitting section (641). The labyrinth section (8) extends axially outward and radially outward, and an inner peripheral surface (63c) of the encoder (63) that covers an inner peripheral surface (61c) of the turned-back section (613) is sloped axially inward and radially outward.
US11585376B2
A rubber bush with an inner part (2) which extends in an axial direction (x), an outer sleeve (3) which surrounds the inner part (2) at a spacing and comprises two half shells (4, 5) which are configured as identical parts, and a rubber body (6) which is arranged between the inner part (2) and the outer sleeve (3), wherein the half shells (3, 4) are connected to the inner part (2) by the rubber body (6) and, at their circumferential-side ends which face one another, have projections (7, 8) and depressions (9, 10), into which the projections (7, 8) are insertable.
US11585375B2
A damper bearing includes: a bearing portion that supports a rotary shaft; and a tubular portion that is located around an outer circumference of the bearing portion, and has an outer surface attachable to a structural member. The bearing portion can be a hydrostatic bearing that supports the rotary shaft with a predetermined bearing clearance therebetween. The tubular portion includes a plurality of planar slits arranged circumferentially at predetermined intervals in the tubular portion. Each slit extends radially from an open end at the outer surface, and extends circumferentially in an arc to a predetermined point in a region between the outer and inner surfaces. The tubular portion includes a bearing fluid supply hole that is formed in a region where none of the planar slits is situated, and extends from the outer surface of the tubular portion to the bearing portion without passing through any of the planar slits.
US11585370B1
A spring loaded pin blocks the closed gate's opening path at the location where the gate's opening end engages the carabiner body. The spring serves to normally position the pin so that a portion of the pin protrudes into the opening path of the gate thereby blocking its movement. An open gate pushes the pin aside as it closes. Alternately, the spring can be replaced with a friction member that holds the pin either locked or unlocked when the gate is closed. The gate is unlocked by using a finger to manually push the pin out of the path of the gate end. Although ideally incorporated on wiregate carabiners, the inventive locking mechanism can also be adapted to block the opening end of both straight and bent rigid gate carabiners.
US11585363B1
A rivet assembly for securing a wire in electrical communication with a substrate having a hollow cylindrical body with a first opening at a proximal end and a second opening at a distal end. The rivet assembly further includes a wire with a portion in electrical communication with the cylindrical body. The rivet assembly yet further includes a compression mechanism configured for use selectively compressing the cylindrical body along an axial direction. Compression of the cylindrical body can cause diametric expansion of an outer diameter of the cylindrical body to retain the cylindrical body within a substrate. The rivet assembly additionally includes wire retention structure configured for holding the wire in electrical contact with the compressed cylindrical body.
US11585362B2
A connecting element for a mechanical joint includes a base part, and a connector part protruding from the base part. The connector part includes a protrusion portion, and a contacting portion extending from the protrusion portion to a direction of the first end of the base part such that a gap is formed between the contacting portion and the front surface of the base part and such that a bottom of the gap is formed by the protrusion portion. The contacting portion includes a front surface which is parallel to the portion of the front surface of the base part in the area of the gap and a back surface facing toward the front surface of the base part.
US11585349B2
A blower unit for a portable handheld blower apparatus has a housing section and a tubular receiving space, formed in the housing section, with a first axial end and a second axial end and with a longitudinal center axis. Arranged in the receiving space of the housing section is an axial blower for generating a blower air flow, the axial blower being driven by a drive motor. The receiving space has an intake opening at its first axial end and a discharge opening at its second axial end. In order to reduce operating noise, an air guide plate is arranged at an axial distance in front of the intake opening, the air guide plate having external dimensions that are greater than the external dimensions of the intake opening. An annular gap that supplies intake air is formed between the air guide plate and an outer periphery of the housing section.
US11585344B2
The present disclosure relates to a compressor including a branch part for reducing vibration and noise caused by a refrigerant flowing inside a muffler by expanding an enclosed space formed by a compression part and the muffler in the direction of a rotation axis.
US11585343B2
A rotary compressor includes a compression mechanism having a cylinder, a piston, and a Helmholtz muffler. The Helmholtz muffler has a resonance chamber in the compression mechanism and a communication groove formed on an end face of the cylinder to connect the cylinder and resonance chambers. The communication groove is open at the end face of the cylinder and has a pair of side wall portions and a bottom wall portion between the side wall portions. Each side wall portion has a first portion adjacent an open end of the communication groove and a second portion adjacent the bottom wall portion. A surface of the first portion is a flat or bowed surface. A surface of the second portion is a bowed surface having a predetermined curvature so as to be connected to the surface of the first portion and a surface of the bottom wall portion.
US11585330B1
Systems and methods for harvesting geothermal energy use temperature-based flow control to optimize the extraction of thermal energy from a geothermal reservoir. In one example, a thermal transport fluid is flowed into a wellbore traversing a thermal reservoir of a formation. Flow of the thermal transport fluid into and out of the thermal reservoir is dynamically controlled at each of a plurality of injection and/or return locations in response to a downhole parameter such as temperature. For example, flow may be controlled so that the flow into the thermal reservoir is greater at the injection locations where the temperature is hotter and that the flow out of the thermal reservoir is greater at the return locations where the temperature is hotter. The thermal transport fluid produced from the return locations is then conveyed to surface to extra the thermal energy.
US11585328B2
An energy storage and delivery system includes a crane elevator cage, where the crane or elevator cage is operable to move one or more blocks from a lower elevation to a higher elevation to store energy (e.g., via the potential energy of the block in the higher elevation) and operable to move one or more blocks from a higher elevation to a lower elevation (e.g., by gravity) to generate electricity (e.g., via the kinetic energy of the block when moved to the lower elevation). The energy storage system can, for example, store electricity generated from solar power as potential energy in the stacked blocks during daytime hours when solar power is available, and can convert the potential energy in the stacked blocks into electricity during nighttime hours when solar energy is not available, and deliver the converted electricity to the electrical grid.
US11585327B2
The present invention provides a spring return device comprising a rotatable drive coupling configured for releasably engaging a rotatable drive part on a first side of the device and configured for releasably engaging a rotatable drive part on an opposite second side of the device. A spring is engaged with the drive coupling, and a retainer retains the spring. The drive coupling is rotatable relative to the retainer, wherein rotation of the drive coupling relative to the retainer in a first direction causes mechanical energy to be stored in the spring. The spring return device further comprises a limiter element that is arranged to rotate with the drive coupling, and one or more stopping surfaces comprising a first stopping surface arranged to abut a first limiter surface on the limiter element when the drive coupling is in a first predetermined rotational position, to thereby limit rotation of the drive coupling relative to the retainer in a second direction, the second direction being opposite to the first direction. The spring return device of the invention may facilitate reversing the direction of operation of the spring return device.
US11585325B2
A method and system are provided for cooling a heat-exchanger in a wind turbine that has an electric generator with a cooling air flow directed therethrough. Effluent cooling air flow from the electric generator is directed into an air ejector pump and acts as motive air through the air ejector pump. Cold air is drawn into the air ejector pump by the vacuum generated by the motive air moving through the air ejector pump. The heat exchanger is disposed in-line with the cold air flow so that the cold air is drawn through the heat-exchanger, removes heat from the fluid circulated through the heat-exchanger, and becomes heated air that is combined with the motive air and discharged from the nacelle.
US11585323B2
Provided is an apparatus and method for cooperative controlling wind turbines of a wind farm, wherein the wind farm includes at least one pair of turbines aligned along a common axis approximately parallel to a current wind direction and having an upstream turbine and a downstream turbine. The method includes the steps of: a) providing a data driven model trained with a machine learning method and stored in a database, b) determining a decision parameter for controlling at least one of the upstream turbine and the downstream turbine by feeding the data driven model with the current power production of the upstream turbine which returns a prediction value indicating whether the downstream turbine will be affected by wake, and/or the temporal evolvement of the current power production of the upstream turbine; c) based on the decision parameter, determining control parameters for the upstream turbine and/or the downstream turbine.
US11585314B1
The system utilizes fluid pressure achieved by increasing depth as a primary component for generation of energy. The system operates by varying its depth through changes in buoyancy. The ballast changes are controlled by electronics powered by a battery charged by a generator driven by a hydraulic system. Rather than utilizing a motor driven pump to generate pressure in the hydraulic system, a piston-like cylinder is applied pressure by the change in hydrostatic pressure as depth increases and draws fluid back into the cylinder as pressure decreases. As the system sinks, outside pressure forces hydraulic fluid to power a generator that charges a battery and powers a pump to deballast. As the system rises, the lowering of ambient pressure, and other internal forces, causes the hydraulic fluid to return to its initial state, where once the ballast begins to take in fluid, the whole process will continue to repeat.
US11585309B2
The disclosure is directed to a system and method for providing supplemental power to start one or more cranking motors. The supplemental starting system includes a starting-signal isolator configured to connect to one or more electrical starting-signal wires providing starting signal to one or more cranking motors, a resetting relay electrically connecting to the starting-signal isolator, a programmable logic controller (PLC) electrically connecting to the resetting relay, a supplemental battery relay electrically connecting to the starting-signal isolator and the PLC, a supplemental battery electrically connecting to the supplemental battery relay, and a positive output-terminal electrically connecting to the supplemental battery relay. When an output of the starting-signal isolator is higher than a threshold voltage, the resetting relay and the supplemental battery relay are configured to be in a close state, so that the supplemental starting system is configured to provide electricity to one of the one or more cranking motors.
US11585286B2
A data processing method of variable measurement data in an electronic control unit (ECU) is provided. The ECU that processes the data processing method calculates a filtering frequency based on a delay time frequency based on a transmission timing cycle of the measurement data and a processing timing cycle of the measurement data in the ECU, and also based on a pulsation frequency of the measurement data, and removes, from the measurement data, a component of the filtering frequency calculated in the calculation of the filtering frequency.
US11585282B1
A method of identifying a fuel contained in a fuel tank of an aircraft and arranged to power a gas turbine engine of the aircraft is performed by processing circuitry of the aircraft and includes: obtaining at least one fuel characteristic of any fuel already present in the fuel tank prior to refuelling; determining at least one fuel characteristic of a fuel added to the fuel tank on refuelling; and calculating at least one fuel characteristic of the resultant fuel in the fuel tank after refuelling. The method may further controlling the propulsion system of the aircraft based on the calculated at least one fuel characteristic of the resultant fuel in the fuel tank after refuelling.
US11585281B2
A control device includes a load fuel quantity calculation unit, an allowable fuel quantity calculation unit, a flow rate low value selection unit, a basic drive quantity calculation unit, a fuel deviation calculation unit, and a correction unit. The load fuel quantity calculation unit determines a load fuel quantity based on a required output. The allowable fuel quantity calculation unit determines an allowable fuel quantity to protect a gas turbine. The flow rate low value selection unit selects a minimum fuel quantity from among the determined fuel quantities. The basic drive quantity calculation unit determines a basic drive quantity of an air intake quantity regulator. The fuel deviation calculation unit determines a fuel deviation between the allowable fuel quantity and the minimum fuel quantity. The correction value calculation unit determines a correction value corresponding to the fuel deviation which is then used to correct the basic drive quantity.
US11585271B2
A seal system for a bearing compartment of a gas turbine engine includes an annular rotating seal seat in contact with the seal element to form a dry seal interface therebetween to separate am oil-wetted zone from a dry zone. The annular rotating seal seat forms a dry zone annular space adjacent to the annular seal element and the rotating component. The annular rotating seal seat having an oil return passageway through the rotating seal seat to provide a communication path from the dry zone annular space outboard of the rotating component back to the oil-wetted zone.
US11585262B2
Methods and systems are provided for maintaining combustion stability in a multi-fuel engine. In one example, a system may include first and second fuel systems to deliver liquid and gaseous fuels, respectively, to at least one cylinder of the engine, and a controller. The controller may be configured to supply the gaseous fuel to the at least one cylinder, inject the liquid fuel to the at least one cylinder to compression ignite the liquid fuel and combust the gaseous fuel in the at least one cylinder, and retard an injection timing of the injection of the liquid fuel based on a measured parameter associated with auto-ignition of end gases subsequent to the compression-ignition of the liquid fuel. In some examples, the controller may further be configured to adjust an amount of the gaseous fuel relative to an amount of the liquid fuel based on the measured parameter.
US11585256B2
An exhaust gas/reactant mixing arrangement is for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine for mixing exhaust gas and reactant. The mixing arrangement includes an exhaust gas guide housing extending in the direction of a housing longitudinal axis and a housing wall. The housing wall surrounds and defines an exhaust gas duct accommodating a flow of exhaust gas. A mixing zone is formed between an upstream end wall and a downstream end wall arranged downstream of the upstream end wall. The mixing zone includes a first chamber and a second chamber as well as a reactant dispensing unit carried on the exhaust gas guide housing for dispensing reactant into the first chamber in a reactant main dispensing direction oriented substantially along a reactant dispensing line.
US11585243B2
An energy storage system converts variable renewable electricity (VRE) to continuous heat at over 1000° C. Intermittent electrical energy heats a solid medium. Heat from the solid medium is delivered continuously on demand. An array of bricks incorporating internal radiation cavities is directly heated by thermal radiation. The cavities facilitate rapid, uniform heating via reradiation. Heat delivery via flowing gas establishes a thermocline which maintains high outlet temperature throughout discharge. Gas flows through structured pathways within the array, delivering heat which may be used for processes including calcination, hydrogen electrolysis, steam generation, and thermal power generation and cogeneration. Groups of thermal storage arrays may be controlled and operated at high temperatures without thermal runaway via deep-discharge sequencing. Forecast-based control enables continuous, year-round heat supply using current and advance information of weather and VRE availability. High-voltage DC power conversion and distribution circuitry improves the efficiency of VRE power transfer into the system.
US11585236B2
A bearing support designed to be secured to a stationary turbojet element for supporting a journal, including a cone which widens from a central portion for supporting the journal to a portion for securing to the stationary element, a cylindrical body extending the portion for securing to the stationary element while surrounding the cone, an upstream skirt carried by the cone for defining an upstream enclosure for the central portion, and at least one downstream revolution element carried by the cone for defining a downstream enclosure for the central portion. The bearing support can be made as a single part produced by additive manufacturing.
US11585233B2
A turbocharger for a combustion engine has an adjusting device for matching its operating behavior to the operating behavior of the combustion engine, an actuating actuator, and a transmission element. The transmission element is coupled between the actuating actuator and the adjusting device. The transmission element has a one-part component body, which in each case extends from a first coupling point to a second coupling point along a longitudinal axis and, in each of its end regions, has a coupling element for coupling to the actuating actuator and to the adjusting device. The respective coupling element is designed as an integral part of the component body in the form of a ball receptacle of a ball joint connection in the component body.
US11585232B2
Systems and methods associated with electrical systems of aircraft are disclosed. A method disclosed herein comprises generating electricity using an electric generator operatively coupled to an engine of the aircraft, supplying the electricity generated using the electric generator to a baseline power bus; generating electricity using an electric starter generator operatively coupled to the engine; and supplying the electricity generated using the electric starter generator to a supplemental power bus independent from the baseline power bus.
US11585231B2
A device is provided comprising an expansion machine for generating mechanical energy by expanding vapor of a working medium; a generator connected to a shaft of the expansion machine and used for generating electric energy from mechanical energy of the expansion machine; wherein the expansion machine and the generator form a structural unit with an exhaust vapor chamber between the expansion machine and the generator, and wherein, when the expansion machine is in operation, working medium expanded into the exhaust vapor chamber contacts the generator; and means for feeding, in particular injecting, a liquid working medium into the exhaust vapor chamber. Also provided is an ORC device comprising the device and a method for operating the device.
US11585229B2
The invention relates to a bladed disk (1) of a fan, comprising: a hub (10) comprising an outer radial platform (13) designed so as to define an inner gas flow stream in the turbomachine, a plurality of blades (20) comprising a root (23) connected to the platform (13), a leading edge (21) and a trailing edge (22), a groove formed in the platform (13) around part of the root (23) of each blade (20) in an area adjacent to the leading edge (21) and/or the trailing edge (22), and a joint (30) placed in the groove (15) in such a way that it extends in the extension of the radially outer face (14) of the platform (13) in order to ensure a continuity of the inner flow stream.
US11585228B2
A turbine vane is provided. The turbine vane may include an inner shroud having an upper surface and a lower surface, a seal unit disposed in the lower surface of the inner shroud and defining a first region and a second region in the lower surface of the inner shroud, a first impingement unit arranged in the first region and comprising a first impingement plate facing the inner shroud defining a first impingement chamber therebetween, wherein the first impingement plate is configured to receive cooling air and form impingement jet directed to the first impingement chamber, a second impingement unit arranged in the second region and comprising a second impingement plate facing the inner shroud defining a second impingement chamber therebetween, and at least one connector flow channel configured to direct cooling air from the first impingement chamber to the second region, wherein the second impingement plate is configured to receive cooling air from the at least one connector flow channel and form impingement jet directed to the second impingement chamber.
US11585224B2
A method of forming a gas turbine engine component, the method including forming a plurality of cooling apertures in a preform structure of the component, the plurality of cooling apertures of the preform structure comprising a first cooling aperture and a second cooling aperture, wherein cross-sectional shapes of the first and second cooling apertures of the preform structure are different from one another, as measured in a same relative plane; and applying a coating to at least a portion of the preform structure to form the component, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the first and second cooling apertures of the component are approximately the same as one another, as measured in the same relative plane.
US11585223B2
A curved contour of the lateral surface of a blade arrangement includes in at least one meridian section on mutually opposite sides of a blade airfoil an intersection point that is closer to the blade airfoil front edge, and an intersection point that is closer to the blade airfoil rear edge, and a best-fit line of least square distances from the curved contour. The curved contour includes first and/or the second contour section which meet specified conditions.
US11585222B1
A cryogenic oil-free direct drive turbogenerator for gas liquefaction plant applications is described. The pressure energy from cryogenic gas is expanded through a turbine and the power generated is converted into electricity through a directly driven generator and a power electronics arrangement. The machinery can withstand very cold temperature operation (e.g., <−425° F.) by isolating the cold turbine side from the warmer side of the machine turbine end and has a hermetically sealed design wherein the process gas is fully contained from leaking at operating pressures. A unique gas injection scheme uses seal gas segregation, thrust bearing cooling and pressure balance for thrust control which is accomplished through a pressure regulator arrangement. Also described is an algorithm for speed control and overspeed protection through the power electronics system. The rotating components of the turbogenerator are supported on foil gas bearings for oil-free operation eliminating extraneous lubrication.
US11585215B2
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a system for removing road material. In an embodiment, the system may include a milling drum and at least one pick mounted on the milling drum. The pick may include polycrystalline diamond at least partially forming one or more working surfaces of the pick.
US11585204B2
A crash avoidance system or crowding avoidance sub (CAS) may be a dedicated or adapted subassembly (sub) in a bottom hole assembly (BHA), such as somewhere above the motor and bit, or between a drill string and BHA. With data lines in a modified housing and flex lines for relative, linear, axial motion between movable parts of a single sub, sensors are contemplated to put a CAS ahead of a cushion, jar, or shock sub, even a motor. However, sensors are best connected to an Intellisys™ data connection system providing a data stream to a computer on the surface. Certain preprocessing may be done down hole, but need not be. Control of the drive system of the hook feed rate is directly controlled in real time by a data station receiving, and operating based on, certain information received from the down hole sensors of the CAS.
US11585203B2
A downhole closed loop method for controlling a curvature of a subterranean wellbore while drilling includes controlling a direction of drilling such that the drilling attitude is substantially equal to a setpoint attitude. A setpoint rate of penetration is processed in combination with a setpoint dogleg severity to compute a setpoint attitude increment. The setpoint attitude may be adjusted by the setpoint attitude increment. The setpoint attitude may be incremented at some interval to control the curvature of the wellbore while drilling.
US11585201B2
A method for fracking a hydrocarbon formation. An actuating member, flowable along a production string, is provided. A unique key portion thereon engages a desired sliding sleeve covering an associated port in the production string. Applying uphole fluid pressure causes the sliding sleeve and actuating member to move so as to uncover the associated port. After fracking and cessation of supply of pressurized fracturing fluid, a compressed spring on the actuating member decompresses so as to reposition a sand screen immediately beneath the port so as to prevent sand from flowing into the production string. Flowable insertion of additional “keyed” actuating members allows similar opening of additional successive uphole ports and fracking in the regions of such additional opened ports, with similar location of sand screens at each opened port. Plug members on each actuating member thereafter dissolve or are successively burst to thereby allow production.
US11585199B2
A frac manifold isolation tool configured to connect to a zipper spool, and comprising a mandrel that is axially movable and a hydraulic setting tool configured to move the mandrel from an open position, in which fracturing fluid is allowed to flow from a zipper spool to a connected frac tree, to a closed position, in which the mandrel and its associated cup tool prevent fracturing fluid from flowing to the connected frac tree.
US11585193B1
Double barrier gas lift flow control devices that utilize first and second check valve assemblies disposed in series. A check valve assembly configured for disposition within an interior of a gas lift flow control device, the check valve assembly having flow channels disposed radially outward from a valve head of the check valve assembly. A check valve assembly configured to engage a nose end of gas lift flow control device.
US11585190B2
Two control strategies may be implemented to optimize mud circulation in a drilling mud circulation system. In a networked control strategy, the mud circulation system does not involve any centralized controller yet all the local controllers can exchange information in real-time via a central data storage. The master-slave control strategy involves a centralized optimizer, and the subsystems are treated as slave systems and are driven by a visual master control system.
US11585169B2
An apparatus includes a variable orifice choke disposed within a riser. The riser is connected between a drilling platform and a wellbore. A control unit is in signal communication with the variable orifice choke. The control unit is operable to control a flow area of the variable orifice choke such that a selected fluid pressure is maintained in the wellbore.
US11585158B2
An isolated lubrication system for a drill bit is disclosed. The system comprises a body having a cutting arm with a journal and a rotary cutter mounted on the journal. The system also comprises a reservoir in a body to contain a fluid lubricant that isolated from communication outside the body. The system also comprises multiple conduits in communication with the reservoir and with respect to each other. The multiple conduits facilitate lubrication between the journal and the rotary cutter, including the bearings, by means of a gravitational force and/or a centrifugal force acting of the fluid lubricant. Further, the system comprises a sealing system. The sealing system includes a sealing cap provided to the reservoir, a seal provided between the journal and the rotary cutter, and a stepped passageway provided in a clearance between the rotary cutter and a cutting arm of the body.
US11585157B2
A tool for drilling a borehole through a formation. The tool comprises a body, blades having rotationally leading surfaces extending from the tool body, cutting elements secured at least partially within cutting element pockets, and linear or rounded transition surfaces between the cutting element pockets and the rotationally leading surface of the blades. The rounded transition surfaces have a radius of curvature between about 3 and 150 millimeters. The disclosure also includes a method of manufacturing an earth-boring downhole tool comprising: providing a tool body and blades comprising a rotationally leading surface extending from the tool body; Forming cutting element pockets into the blades proximate the rotationally leading surface of the blades; Forming linear or rounded transition surfaces between the cutting element pockets and the rotationally leading surface of the blades, the rounded transition surfaces having a radius of curvature between about 3 and 150 millimeters; And securing cutting elements at least partially within the cutting element pockets.
US11585148B2
A clip for supporting a muntin grid, a muntin grid, and a method of assembly is disclosed herein. The clip includes coupled together lateral and longitudinal members, each supporting bosses, and first and second arms respectively. The clip for coupling to the first and second muntin bars via first and second notches in the respective muntin bars. The muntin bars are formed by pre-notching and then roll forming, wherein the bosses support the first and second muntin bars when the clip is coupling the first muntin bar to the second muntin bar.
US11585140B2
A shock-absorbing braking device (10) for sliding doors (88) or for wardrobe panels is combined with a carriage (12) provided with rollers (14) sliding in an extruded profile (16), with a bottom base provided with a longitudinally extending slot (18) from which a pin or bolt (20) protrudes suitable to connect said carriage (12) to the sliding door or panel (88). The device comprises a containment shell (24), formed of opposite and complementary elements (28), in which at least one helical spring (26) and a shock-absorbing piston (30) acting in conjunction with a shaped cam (56) are placed, provided with an appendage forming a traction hook (62) suitable to abut with an activator (78) extending in said extruded profile (16). The shaped cam (56) is provided on opposite sides with a pin (64), destined to slide along a mixtilinear cavity (66, 66′) extending longitudinally along the inner face of each of the elements (28) forming the containment shell (24).
US11585137B2
A door opening assembly is provided for moving a door of a vehicle between an open position and a closed position. The assembly includes a frame member coupled to the vehicle, a link is coupled to the frame member, and a link arm pivotally coupled to the link. A pivot arm is pivotally coupled to the frame member and a pivot bracket is pivotally coupled to the door and the pivot arm. The pivot bracket includes a slot such that a pin on the link arm slides therethrough. The assembly includes a gear rack and a gear operably coupled to the gear rack. The gear is driven by a motor as the door moves between its open and closed positions. The assembly further includes a guide track coupled to the vehicle and a roller rotatably driven along the guide track as the door moves between its open and closed positions.
US11585128B2
A vehicle includes a compartment mounted to a frame of the vehicle. The compartment includes a box coupled to the frame in a fixed position relative to the frame and a latch system coupled to the box to allow a user to access the box. The latch system includes a shape-memory alloy wire guided by a pulley during actuation of the latch system.
US11585124B1
An anti-theft device for a package is a two-part securing mechanism for packages. The first part is a ball that is attached to the package at the order processing facility. The second part is a matching locking rod with an integral locking mechanism. This locking rod is in turn securely fastened onto a stationary object like a railing, porch post, or other fixed object. The look may be opened by use of a key.
US11585120B2
An electric strike system including a housing, a keeper, an actuator, and a plurality of ramp members. The keeper is pivotally mounted to the housing, and is pivotable about a longitudinal axis between a closed position and an open position. The actuator is operable to selectively retain the keeper in the closed position. Each ramp member is operable to be mounted to the housing and includes a corresponding and respective channel. The plurality of ramp members includes a first ramp member and a second ramp member. With the first ramp member mounted to the housing, the channel of the first ramp member has a first longitudinal position relative to the housing. With the second ramp member mounted to the housing, the channel of the second ramp member has a second longitudinal position relative to the housing. The second longitudinal position is different from the first longitudinal position.
US11585119B2
A joint lock comprises a lock body that accommodates a combination locking mechanism; and a jointed bar hoop. The combination locking mechanism has a plurality of code rings rotatable about an axis of rotation and a latch that is preloaded along the axis of rotation in the direction of a locked position. The lock body has an introduction opening through which the locking bar of the jointed bar hoop can be introduced into the lock body along an introduction direction that is oriented transversely to the axis of rotation of the code rings, with the locking bar introduced into the lock body being locked to the lock body when the latch is in the locked position and is blocked. The latch and/or the locking bar of the jointed bar hoop has/have at least one slope that is configured to effect an urging back of the preloaded latch from the locked position into a release position on a removal of the locking bar from the introduction opening of the lock body and/or on an introduction of the locking bar into the introduction opening of the lock body.
US11585114B2
A vinyl fence rail remover for use where the rail is held in the fence post via tabs cut into the rail and rail tabs must be depressed to remove the rail from the hole cut into the fence post. The fence remover has a handle/tube on a first end, a metal “U” shape section, a straight section, and a tapered second, opposing end from the handle/tube. The handle/tube is as long as necessary to reach the bottom rail through the inside of the fence post. The “U” shaped middle piece is ⅛ inch to ¼ inch smaller than the exact size of the fence rail. The open end of straight section extending from the “U” shaped section is tapered or bent outward to allow it to slip over the tabs of a fence rail as the device is driven over the rail inside the fence post.
US11585112B2
A portable enclosure includes a plurality of corner brackets, a suspension ring, a plurality of cords respectively connecting each of the plurality of corner brackets and the suspension ring, a plurality of rigid rods respectively connecting each of the plurality of corner brackets, a plurality of rigid rod cords respectively connecting each of the plurality of rigid rods, a privacy curtain, a zipper in the privacy curtain, the zipper configured to permit ingress and egress from the privacy curtain, a plurality of grommeted elastic connectors connecting the privacy curtain and each of the plurality of corner brackets, and a webbing configured to restrain the bottom of the privacy curtain.
US11585111B2
Canopy structures and methods for erecting the same include a main support that is attached to a foot at a first pinned hinge point. A hub is attached to the main support at a second pinned hinge point. One or more arms are attached to the hub. One or more purlins are attached to the one or more arms. An upper surface mounted on the one or more purlins.
US11585105B2
A joist for a formwork grid construction component system is disclosed. Typical joists (sometimes referred to as secondary beams) span a distance of approximately six feet (when fully connected). By strengthening the joist using an altered profile while maintaining interoperable external dimensions, the span distance may be increased. That is, by forming the joists with the disclosed profile, joists can be made longer (e.g., have an eight foot connected span) and maintain appropriate strength or even have an increased weight tolerance. Formwork grid systems are used in construction of buildings and other structures. Interoperability with existing components is maintained by the disclosed joist profile adhering to the same external functional form factor as existing joists. The external form factor being the same allows joists constructed in accordance with this disclosure to properly function with existing formwork grid construction components.
US11585101B2
Described herein are methods for installing field-assembled flooring systems wherein the underlayment is a hybrid design that includes a combination of structural board and cementitious product. The hybrid design is configured to reduce or eliminate the curing time requirement after pouring the cementitious product (e.g., gypsum concrete). The field-assembled flooring systems can reduce or eliminate the chances of the onset of mold due to high moisture levels by removing the cementitious product from the prone areas and replacing it with structural boards. The structural boards (e.g., cellulose fiberboards) can be installed in non-critical areas such as underneath cabinets, around the perimeter of the floor, under bathtubs, in non-walk-in closets, anywhere drywall reaches the floor, or the like.
US11585085B2
A precursor to form an impaling clip, and an impaling clip formed therefrom. The impaling clip is configured for mounting an acoustic panel on a structural component, e.g., a wall stud, of a building. The impaling clip includes a base member from which a pair of prongs project upward perpendicular to the plane of the base member. The base member includes at least one hole for receipt of a fastener, e.g., a screw, to fixedly secure the base member of the clip to the structural component. Each prong includes a leg portion terminating in pointed head and outwardly projecting under-cut barbs configured to pierce through the back surface of the panel to lock the prong within the panel so that it is resistant to removal.
US11585083B2
A panelized pre-finished siding system with a locking edge. The device is a pre-finished stucco siding panel system that can be installed in any weather condition without extra preparation or consideration. The system has “SL” trim lock system that can be installed by professionals or can be used by the DIY (do-it-yourselfer). It provides a weather tight cladding system that adds beauty and insulation value to the building envelope.
US11585082B2
An automated system and method for construction and assembly of walls, floors and ceilings are disclosed. The automated system comprises at least one robotic arm, at least one material gripper tool, at least one sliding, rising and rotating system, and tongue-and-groove interconnection elements.
US11585070B2
De-trenching apparatus (100) for extracting a buried line, such as a cable or pipeline, is disclosed. The de-trenching apparatus comprises a channel (112) configured to receive a buried line to be extracted, the channel comprising a first flared opening (114) at a front end of the de-trenching apparatus and a second flared opening (115) at the rear end of the de-trenching apparatus, the first and second flared openings each having a curved surface (111) configured to support the line during extraction, and material removal means for removing material from around the buried line ahead of the de-trenching apparatus.
US11585066B2
System and means soil stabilization and moisture control for building foundations including methods and systems for stabilization moisture in a site for building foundation by applying soil moisture stabilization material in various forms, a preferred stabilization material being a mixture of aluninosilicate Pozzolan mineral and granular material such as sand.
US11585065B2
A concrete slab underlayment product is used at an excavation area at which a concrete foundation slab is to be poured. The underlayment combines a vapour barrier layer with a set of foam insulation bodies. The vapour barrier layer spans fully over the entire set of foam insulation bodies, which are spaced apart from one another at least at lower ends thereof opposite the vapour barrier layer. This leaves drainage/air spaces open between the foam insulation bodies when laid in an installed position atop the floor of an excavated area. In use under a concrete slab, the vapour barrier layer forms a gas and moisture barrier, and the foam insulation bodies and the drainage/air spaces therebetween form a combination of void spaces, drainage channels and insulation blocks between the concrete slab and the floor of the excavation area.
US11585060B2
A fender mounting assembly includes a backing plate and a branch. The backing plate is configured to attach to a slip wall to mount the fender mounting assembly to the slip wall. The branch is configured to hold a fender a predetermined distance away from the slip wall. The branch extends from the backing plate and includes a first section and a second section. The first section has a first end and a second end. The first end is attached to the backing plate. The second section has a third end and a fourth end. The third end is attached to the second end of the first section. When the fender mounting assembly is attached to the slip wall in an upright position via the backing plate, the second section of the branch extends downwardly from the first section of the branch.
