US11763530B2
A system, apparatus, device, or method to output different iterations of data entities. The method may include establishing a first data entity; establishing a first state for the first data entity. The method may include establishing a second state for the first data entity. The method may include storing the first data entity, the first state, and the second state at a storage device. The method may include retrieving a first iteration of the first data entity exhibiting at least a portion of the first state. The method may include retrieving a second iteration of the first data entity exhibiting at least a portion of the second state. The method may include outputting the first iteration and the second iteration at an output time.
US11763507B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus including: first attaching ink lines drawn directly onto characters of the CG animation; first enabling the artist to modify the ink lines using nudges to generate a drawing; first moving the drawing into a UV space and generating first pass training data; second attaching the ink lines onto the characters of the CG animation; second enabling the artist to modify the ink lines; second moving the drawing into the UV space and generating second pass training data; combining the first pass training data and the second pass training data to generate combined data; and creating and outputting a second generation machine learning using the combined data.
US11763504B2
An electronic price tag display method and an electronic price tag display system, a server and a computer readable storage medium. The method is applied to the server, and includes: obtaining basic information of data to be displayed in an image; converting the basic information into bitmap data; and delivering the bitmap data to an electronic price tag in order that the electronic price tag displays the content of the data to be displayed. By implementing the method, the process of manually editing bitmap data by the user is abandoned, the manpower resource and the time cost are saved, the efficiency of display control of the electronic price tag is improved, and the condition that the editing result is affected by human operation error is avoided simultaneously.
US11763503B2
A method for composing context images with user media captures contemplates selecting, at a first location, a context image associated with the first location to incorporate into captured images at a second location. The method further contemplates that the selected context images and user media captures specific to the first location are combined to create a composite image at the second location.
US11763500B2
The present disclosure provides a photoacoustic image reconstruction method for suppressing artifacts, including: acquiring relevant parameters of the system; selecting a suitable pixel size and dividing the imaging area into multiple pixels; traversing each pixel, calculating multiple delay and summations according to the time sequence, and restoring the signal waveform; calculating the signal envelope of the signal recovered from each pixel, performing signal suppression, suppressing artifacts in the signal, and retaining real signal; the real signal value in the suppressed signal is taken as the gray value of the pixel in the image, and is saved in the picture to complete the reconstruction of the image.
US11763499B2
Systems, methods, and devices for generating a corrected image are provided. A first robotic arm may be configured to orient a source at a first pose and a second robotic arm may be configured to orient a detector at a plurality of second poses. An image dataset may be received from the detector at each of the plurality of second poses to yield a plurality of image datasets. The plurality of datasets may comprise an initial image having a scatter effect. The plurality of image datasets may be saved. A scatter correction may be determined and configured to correct the scatter effect. The correction may be applied to the initial image to correct the scatter effect.
US11763494B2
A mobile surveillance apparatus includes: a communication interface configured to receive map data of a preset area; and a processor configured to process the map data by reflecting at least one of unevenness and obstruction on a driving surface of a mobile module, and set a path for the mobile module, based on the processed map data.
US11763490B2
Method of aligning an imaging device with respect to an object, the imaging device comprising two or more optical channels, is disclosed. The method may include aiming the two or more optical channels at corresponding overlapping zones of the object such that the two or more optical channels are oriented at different angles relative to each other and off-axis relative to a central axis of the imaging device. The method may additionally include guiding or focusing the imaging device relative to the object using composite images created by combining separate images from the two or more optical channels.
US11763489B2
Body and hand correlation method, apparatus, device, storage medium and computer program are provided. Method includes: in an image of which an image content includes a body to be correlated and a hand to be correlated, a first correlation probability between a body detection box of the body and a hand detection box of the hand is determined; a second correlation probability between the body and a wrist key point in a key point is determined based on the key point in the body detection box, the key point including the wrist key point and elbow key point belonging to the same arm; a third correlation probability between the hand detection box and the wrist key point is determined based on the wrist key point and elbow key point; and a correlation degree between the body and the hand is determined based on the first, second, and third correlation probabilities.
US11763487B2
A method for an image capturing device includes: acquiring a first image of a target object; extracting coordinate information of a first 2D key point corresponding to the target object; acquiring a second image of the target object; acquiring coordinate information of a second 2D key point in the second image according to the coordinate information of the first 2D key point, the first 2D key point and the second 2D key point being the same key point in the target object; acquiring coordinate information of a 3D key point corresponding to the target object, the 3D key point being a key point obtained after a triangulation operation; and determining camera posture information of the second image according to the coordinate information of the first 2D key point, the coordinate information of the second 2D key point, the coordinate information of the 3D key point, and a 3D-2D projection.
US11763482B2
There is provided a parcel recognition device that recognizes a parcel based on a color image including the parcel, the device including: a processor; and a memory, in which by cooperating with the memory, the processor subtracts a color of a projection image from a color of an image projection surface of the parcel on which the projection image is projected, in the color image, and sets a color obtained by the subtraction as a color of a recognition target, and recognizes the parcel.
US11763481B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a method for performing operations comprising: receiving a video that depicts a person. The operations further include identifying a set of skeletal joints of the person. The operations further include identifying a pose of the person depicted in the video based on positioning of the set of skeletal joints (or detecting a hand pose, detecting a mirror frame, or detecting a mobile device). The operations further include determining, based on the pose of the person (or detecting a hand pose, detecting a mirror frame, or detecting a mobile device), that the video comprises a mirror reflection of the person. The operations further include, in response to determining that the video comprises the mirror reflection of the person, causing display of a 3D virtual object in the video.
US11763461B2
A method of characterizing a serum or plasma portion of a specimen in a specimen container includes capturing a plurality of images of the specimen container from multiple viewpoints, stacking the multiple viewpoint images along a channel dimension into a single stacked input, and processing the stacked input with a single deep convolutional neural network (SDNN). The SDNN includes a segmentation convolutional neural network that receives the stacked input and outputs multiple label maps simultaneously. The SDNN also includes a classification convolutional neural network that processes the multiple label maps and outputs an HILN determination (Hemolysis, Icterus, and/or Lipemia, or Normal) of the serum or plasma portion of the specimen. Quality check modules and testing apparatus configured to carry out the method are also described, as are other aspects.
US11763459B2
Systems and methods for processing spatial structure data are provided. The system accesses spatial structure data, which describes object structure, and which has depth information indicative of a plurality of layers for the object structure. The system further extracts, from the spatial structure data, a portion of the spatial structure data representative of one layer of the plurality of layers. The system identifies, from the portion of the spatial structure data, a plurality of vertices that describe a contour of the layer. Additionally, the system identifies convex corners of the layer based on the plurality of vertices and performs object recognition according to the convex corners.
US11763456B2
The present application includes a method and a software architecture for measuring global longitudinal strain (GLS) and global longitudinal strain rate (GLSr) from 2D echocardiograms. In contrast to conventional GLS computation methods, this approach does not require boundary segmentation and regularization.
US11763450B1
The present disclosure describes a multi-initialization ensemble-based defense strategy against an adversarial attack. In one embodiment, an exemplary method includes training a plurality of conventional neural networks (CNNs) with a training set of images, wherein the images include original images and images modified by an adversarial attack; after training of the plurality of conventional neural networks, providing an input image to the plurality of conventional neural networks, wherein the input image has been modified by an adversarial attack; receiving a probability output for the input image from each of the plurality of conventional neural networks; producing an ensemble probability output for the input image by combining the probability outputs from each of the plurality of conventional neural networks; and labeling the input image as belonging to one of the one or more categories based on the ensemble probability output.
US11763449B2
Systems and methods are provided for monitoring progression of a cardiac disease in a patient by providing cardio-vibrational image matrixes and/or ECG image matrices generated using sensor data supplied by a medical device. In some examples, cardio-vibrational image matrices and/or ECG image matrices are output as image files. In some implementations, systems and methods are provided for using such cardio-vibrational image matrices and/or an ECG image matrices, and/or other clinical information, using machine learning classifiers, to assess cardiac risk in a patient. In some implementations, systems and methods are provided for using cardio-vibrational image matrixes and/or ECG image matrices, and/or other clinical information for real-time analysis of cardiac risk.
US11763448B2
A system for preparing a pharmaceutical compound comprises: a computing device comprising a user interface providing an operator with instructions for preparing the pharmaceutical compound and at least one processor operatively connected to the user interface; a scale operatively connected to the at least one processor; and an image capture device operatively connected to the at least one processor and the scale and positioned to capture an image of at least one of a component used in preparing the pharmaceutical compound and the pharmaceutical compound.
US11763445B2
An inspection system includes circuitry configured to determine whether a predetermined pattern is present in a master image of an inspection target object; acquire an inspection target image of the inspection target object from an image captured by an image capturing device; compare the master image of the inspection target object with the inspection target image, to inspect the inspection target object; and switch a threshold value used in comparing the master image with the inspection target image of the inspection target object depending on a determination result of determining whether the predetermined pattern is present in the master image of the inspection target object.
US11763442B2
A fused imaging device and method are disclosed. The device comprises a light source component, an image capture component, and a control component. The control component may be configured to control the light source component to illuminate a target object based on a preset plurality of first optimal lighting configurations. The control component may further control the image capture component to capture images of the target object to obtain multiple first images, under the illumination of the light source component and generate a target image of the target object, based on the first images. The control component may further adjust the incidence angle, pattern, and wavelength of the light source in the light source component, as well as the exposure, lens focus, and polarization of the image capture component, to detect target object defects in captured images of the target object.
US11763433B2
A depth image generation method includes obtaining a first depth image, based on a binocular image, obtaining a second depth image, using a depth camera, and obtaining a final depth image by performing image fusion on the obtained first depth image and the obtained second depth image.
US11763430B2
In implementations of correcting dust and scratch artifacts in digital images, an artifact correction system receives a digital image that depicts a scene and includes a dust or scratch artifact. The artifact correction system generates, with a generator of a generative adversarial neural network (GAN), a feature map from the digital image that represents features of the dust or scratch artifact and features of the scene. A training system can train the generator adversarially to reduce visibility of dust and scratch artifacts in digital images against a discriminator, and train the discriminator to distinguish between reconstructed digital images generated by the generator and real-world digital images. The artifact correction system generates, from the feature map and with the generator, a reconstructed digital image that depicts the scene of the digital image and reduces visibility of the dust or scratch artifact of the digital image.
US11763425B2
Techniques and systems are provided for high resolution time-of-flight (ToF) depth imaging. In some examples, an apparatus includes a projection system including one or more light-emitting devices, each light-emitting device being configured to illuminate at least one portion of an entire field-of-view (FOV) of the projection system. The entire FOV includes a plurality of FOV portions. The apparatus also includes a receiving system including a sensor configured to sequentially capture a plurality of images based on a plurality of illumination reflections corresponding to light emitted by the one or more light-emitting devices. Each image of the plurality of images corresponds to one of the plurality of FOV portions. An image resolution associated with each image corresponds to a full resolution of the sensor. The apparatus further includes a processor configured to generate, using the plurality of images, an increased resolution depth map associated with the entire FOV.
US11763420B2
A virtual shockwave creation system comprises an eyewear device that includes a frame, a temple connected to a lateral side of the frame, and a depth-capturing camera. Execution of programming by a processor configures the virtual shockwave creation system to generate, for each of multiple initial depth images, a respective shockwave image by applying a transformation function to the initial three-dimensional coordinates. The virtual shockwave creation system creates a warped shockwave video including a sequence of the generated warped shockwave images. The virtual shockwave creation system presents, via an image display, the warped shockwave video.
US11763419B2
This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for GPR optimization in a GPU based on a GPR release mechanism. More specifically, a GPU may determine at least one unutilized branch within an executable shader based on constants defined for the executable shader. Based on the at least one unutilized branch, the GPU may further determine a number of GPRs that can be deallocated from previously allocated GPRs. The GPU may deallocate, for a subsequent thread within a draw call, the number of GPRs from the previously allocated GPRs during execution of the executable shader based on the determined number of GPRs to be deallocated.
US11763415B2
An embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a mask buffer to store a mask, a shader communicatively coupled to the mask buffer to apply the mask to a first shader pass, and a resolver communicatively coupled to the mask buffer to apply the mask to a resolve pass. The resolver may be configured to exclude a sample location not covered by the mask in the resolve pass. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US11763413B2
A method for transforming an input array of pixel data into an output array of data, to yield enhanced expression of a digital watermark signal in the output array. One such method includes, for each pixel in the input array, generating a first datum that indicates a value difference between said pixel and a neighboring pixel in a first direction, the first data thereby collectively comprising a first directional difference array. Similarly, for each such pixel in the input array, generating a second datum that indicates a value difference between said pixel and a neighboring pixel in a second direction, the second data thereby collectively comprising a second directional difference array. One or more transforms to a spatial frequency domain are then performed, using these first and second directional difference arrays as input data. First and second results from the one or more transformations are then combined to yield an output array. The just detailed process causes the digital watermark signal in the output array to exhibit a greater signal-to-noise ratio than in the digital watermark signal in the input array. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
US11763397B2
A method and system for providing recipient recommendations to a user wishing to share content with a contact is provided. A message having the content along with a first contact is received from the user. Profiles from an entire social graph associated with the user and the first contact are searched to determine a shared attributed among both profiles. The shared attribute is used to search for a second contact to receive the content by searching for the shared attribute in a profile associated with the second contact. When a determination is made that the profile associated with the second contact has the shared attribute, the second contact is suggested as a recipient of the content.
US11763395B2
A computer-implemented method for detecting and managing duplicate invoices is provided. The method includes accessing, in a digital storage device, invoices associated with a buyer computer. Candidate invoices having similar attributes are identified from the invoices and nodes representing the candidate invoices are created and stored in computer memory. At least two of the candidate invoices are determined likely to be duplicate invoices and an edge is generated between nodes representing the at least two candidate invoices, indicating that the at least two candidate invoices are likely to be duplicate invoices. A set of filters is programmatically applied using the at least two candidate invoices as inputs. The at least two candidate invoices are determined to be duplicate invoices based on an output of the set of filters and a notification is sent to the buyer computer indicating that the at least two candidate invoices are duplicate invoices.
US11763391B1
A system including a computing device may receive base map information, including attribute information associated with a plurality of road segments, and trip request information. Based on this information, a route for the user to travel may be determined. The system might further calculate a risk score for each road segment forming the route, and generate a risk map based on the risk score and the route. The risk map may then be displayed to a user. The risk map may include markers or other objects depicting potential risks along the route the driver may face. Also, the risk map may be updated based on information collected from a sensor coupled to the vehicle or located at the road segment to reflect actual, real-time risk scores calculated using an equation for providing a risk score for a particular driver driving a particular vehicle on a particular road segment.
US11763387B1
The system and methodology of the present invention operate, in one embodiment, to provide a set of cloud-based applications through which creators, initial investors and secondary investors can all interact so that content catalogs can be valued, initially invested in and traded on a secondary basis. As a result, content creators can source valuable capital for growth and expansion as well as other purposes. Separately, the system and methodologies of the present invention provide the unique opportunity for investors to invest in an interesting asset class which is diverse from other typical investment vehicles. The ability to rely on automated valuations at the time of the initial offering as well as the liquidity provided via secondary trading enhances the desirability of the content catalog asset class as well as the revenue streams associated therewith.
US11763385B2
In various embodiments, an apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The memory is communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory stores software instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive a trading order for a particular quantity of a trading product. The trading order specifies that a first portion of the particular quantity is a displayed quantity and that a second portion of the particular quantity is a reserved quantity. The trading order specifies at least one of a decay rule, a decay interval, a decay rate, decay quantity, and one or more conditions. The software instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to cause the reserved quantity to decay based at least in part on at least one of the decay rule, the decay interval, the decay rate, and the decay quantity, and one or more conditions.
US11763374B2
A tracking-based point-of-sales (POS) system includes a first sensing device, a second sensing device, and a processing device. The processing device is configured to perform location tracking with respect to the one or more customers around the product display section based on location information, perform a first operation to determine a purchasing customer who has performed a product displacement activity based on a result of the location tracking, and perform a product registration. The processing device is configured to perform a second operation to determine a product-returning customer who has performed a product placement activity based on a result of the location tracking, and perform a product deregistration. The processing device is configured to, upon the product deregistration causing an anomalous number of product in a purchase list of the product-returning customer, perform an anomaly operation.
US11763370B2
Various embodiments relate generally to computer science, data science, software, and computer program and platform architectures, including receiving from a device geolocation data and input data, parsing the input data, evaluating the event data and the location data to generate shipment data, parsing the account to identify subscription data, selecting a sample associated with another item, the sample being selected by an adaptive distribution platform, transmitting other data to the device that renders an electronically-displayed message on an interface on the device, calling one or more data services to retrieve item data associated with the item, and generating a retrieval option associated with the item if the threshold, the query, and the additional input data indicates the device is within a numerical range of the first location or an alternative location and retrieval of the item from the first location is indicated.
US11763369B2
A photo design smart assistant system for reducing similar photos for display and product design includes a similarity distance computation module that can calculate hash values of images and to calculate similarity distances between the images using at least the hash values, a burst grouping module that can automatically group the images into a burst based at least in part on the similarity distances of the images, wherein at least one image is automatically selected from the burst of images, an intelligent design creation engine that can automatically create a photo product design using the selected image from the burst, and a printing and finishing facility that can automatically make a physical photo product based on the photo product design.
US11763367B2
The embodiments herein provide an internet-based virtual travel system and method that allows people (viewers or virtual travelers) to explore any destination or location in real-time without having to be physically present at those destinations or locations by means of other people (serving as guides or virtual travel guides) who are physically present at the destinations or locations and use one or more mobile devices and/or wearable devices and/or accessories to stream real-time video. The internet-based virtual travel system enables viewers or virtual travelers to find and hire guides or virtual travel guides, virtually explore any destination or location anywhere in the world in real-time via guides or virtual travel guides, receive personalized recommendations regarding virtual exploration (virtual travel) options, make payments for virtual exploration (virtual travel) sessions, visualize virtual exploration (virtual travel) sessions on an interactive map or other forms of visualization, view promotions or product placements incorporated by guides or virtual travel guides during virtual exploration (virtual travel) sessions, engage in real-time virtual shopping via guides or virtual travel guides, and make bookings for physical trips after virtual exploration (virtual travel) sessions.
US11763351B2
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a set of computer executable instructions for running on a processor that cause the processor to: receive a video link to a video from a third party system. The video has an advertisement with one or more actions. At least one question related to the one or more actions of the advertisement and at least one correct answer to the question and at least one incorrect answer to the question is stored. The question is displayed on a donor system and the donor system is directed to the video via the video link. Then, at least one correct answer and at least one incorrect answer are displayed on the donor system.
US11763350B2
Systems and methods of generating, for display on a graphical user interface (GUI), a personalized advertisement. The systems and methods can include receiving data indicative of initiating a browsing session, aggregating user activity data associated with a user of the application, the user activity data including current session data and/or past session data, applying machine learning on the user activity data to generate one or more excluded products, applying the one or more excluded products to a product database to generate a list of relevant products, ranking, using one or more ranking rules, the list of relevant products to generate a ranked list of relevant products, and sending, to the mobile device, the personalized advertisement including one or more relevant products from the ranked list of relevant products.
US11763333B2
The principles and embodiments of the present invention relate to a system for facilitating an interaction between a person (group or sponsor) and a merchant. In some embodiments, a system is provided in which the person electronically institutes a promise to spend a specific amount of money on purchases with the particular merchant in a specific time period and the merchant electronically institutes a savings offer on transactions made using a credit or debit card in exchange for the customer setting aside the predetermined amount of money. The system can comprise an account management system, user interface, first communication system, merchant interface system, second communication system and payment processor that may be dispersed elements or nodes interconnected by communication lines.
US11763332B2
Methods and systems for blockchain and smart contract-supported decentralized computation are provided. A computation task from a task initiator node is registered on a blockchain, and assigned to an edge computing node within a decentralized computing network, with task details sent by the task initiator to the edge computing node through a secure peer-to-peer connection. The edge computing node determines a solution to the computation task. The solution may be verified on-chain by a smart contract, and a token reward from the task initiator may be given to the edge computing node by the smart contract correspondingly. The solution may alternatively be verified off-chain by the task initiator node, and a token reward may be given to the edge computing node by the smart contract upon solution verification.
US11763331B2
The present disclosure is directed to a system and method to allow sellers of products to establish individual products in a multilevel marketing (MLM) commission system, where the product is offered and sold to a first purchaser—who then actively by requesting a code, or passively, through the purchase of the product, becomes a user of the commission system. This user is provided a code such that the code may be passed onto followers of the registered user. The registered user will be allowed to advertise the product to a second purchaser and the second purchaser will be allowed to purchase the product and provide advertisements to other purchasers. Commissions paid to respective downline purchasers for a single product may be limited by a preset number of defined levels. After a product is purchased, commissions are paid out to each respective purchaser according to the commission plan. The system may identify users that are connected within the system and who use the same social media site. The system may then suggest that these users connect on the social media site based on their existing connections within the system.
US11763326B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for identifying users, records, and/or devices using anonymous source data records associated with consumer activity are described. In general, the consumer activity may relate to consumer interactions with devices and/or content or data through devices. The source data records may be structured, such as associating the source data records with a sequential timeline. Behavioral markers may be generated by the matching system and associated with the source data records. Each behavioral marker may be analyzed across all of the source data records to determine the effectiveness of the behavioral marker to identify unique source data records. One or more of the behavioral markers may be used to generate a behavioral fingerprint. A behavioral fingerprint may be used to identify unique records, devices, and/or users, including identification based on different sets of source data records.
US11763319B1
Disclosed herein are systems and methods capable of establishing a communication session between a customer and an analyst. The contents of the communication session are analyzed to make recommendations of goods and services to the customer. Otherwise, the communication session may be redirected from one channel, for example, chatting to another channel, for example, voice call, to another analyst. The customer's information and the communication session details are retained, and provided to another analyst before the customer is redirected. Such systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products use real-time machine learning scoring algorithm to determine which analyst the customers should be transferred to, and thereby saving a lot of time for both the analysts and the customers, and significantly reduce misroutes by eliminating human errors.
US11763315B2
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for processing electronic payments for customer purchases. In some implementations, a system receives a payment request from a merchant, and transmits payment information to a mobile computing device associated with the merchant. The payment information includes a transaction ID to identify the purchase, a purchase amount, and instructions that cause the mobile computing device to activate a card reader, present a notification of the purchase amount to the customer, receive an acceptance of the purchase amount from the customer, and authorize the card reader to process an electronic payment for the purchase amount. The system receives payment confirmation from the mobile computing device, and provides the parameter confirmation to the merchant.
US11763310B2
A method of reducing financial fraud by operating artificial intelligence machines organized into parallel sets of predictive models with each set specially trained with supervised and unsupervised training data filtered for a particular financial channel. Each set integrates several artificial intelligence classifiers like neural networks, case based reasoning, decision trees, genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic, business rules and constraints, smart agents and associated real-time profiling, recursive profiles, and long-term profiles. Suspicious and abnormal activities in any channel communicate across predictive models for all the financial channels through real-time memory storage updates to the smart agent profiles they all share.
US11763305B1
Techniques are described for managing devices, such as Internet of Things (IoT) devices, using smart contract(s) on a distributed ledger (e.g., blockchain). Smart contract(s) executing on a distributed ledger may control access to one or more devices in a home or other environment. The smart contract(s) may employ information stored on the distributed ledger and information in a transaction sent to the smart contract(s) to determine whether particular user(s) and/or process(es) may access the device(s), issue commands to the device(s), access data generated by the device(s), and/or control the device(s). The smart contract(s) may provide a secure portal through which user(s) and/or service(s) may access device(s) for command and control of such device(s), and secure access may be based on permission information that is specified or provided by an owner or operator of the device(s) and that is stored on the distributed ledger.
US11763303B1
A method includes verifying the identity of an individual. The method further includes receiving non-financial data from the individual and generating a user-level profile. The user-level profiles include the non-financial data received from the individual. The method further includes generating a user-level token unique to the individual. The user-level token is associated with the generated user-level profile. The method also includes provisioning the user-level token to a device associated with the individual. The method further includes receiving an identity verification request comprising the user-level token, wherein the identity verification request is structured as a financial transaction card-originated message, validating the user-level token, and analyzing a context of the received user-level token to determine a relevant non-financial data element included in the non-financial information within the user-level profile. The method also includes transmitting an identity verification approval including the relevant non-financial data element.
US11763302B2
Various exemplary methods and devices for product dispenser electronic communication with a mobile device are provided. In general, a mobile device can request a secure connection with a product dispenser detected in the proximity of the mobile device. The mobile device can transmit request data to a network cloud server to authorize a mobile payment application executed on the mobile device, and can receive response data from the network cloud server indicating that the payment application has been authorized to process a payment for a product dispensable from the product dispenser. The mobile device and the product dispenser establish a secure connection using a secure key included in the response data, regardless of whether or not the product dispenser has established a connection with a network cloud server.
US11763290B2
The present disclosure relates to a point of sale [POS] system (1) for contactless payment of products, comprising a payment processing unit (10) for facilitating electronic payment of products based on payment-facilitating information received from a portable payment device (30), such as a contactless card. The payment processing unit (10) is connected to a plurality of antennas (20a-20d), each associated with a respective product and each configured to read payment-facilitating information from a portable payment device (30) when the portable payment device is brought in the vicinity of the antenna. The payment processing unit (10) is configured to, upon reading of payment-facilitating information by any of the antennas (20a-20d), receive the payment-facilitating information and identify a product to be paid for based on which of the plurality of antennas (20a-20d) read the payment-facilitating information, and to facilitate a financial transaction comprising payment of the identified product using the payment-facilitating information.
US11763289B2
A method of operating a payment device for selectively enabling a payment function according to the validity of a host is provided. The method relates to a method of operating the payment device which includes a near field communication controller (NFCC) and a host communicating with the NFCC. The method selectively enables the payment function according to the validity of the host, thereby preventing illegal or unwanted payment.
US11763287B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for secure generation of one-time passcodes using a contactless card. In one example, an operating system (OS) of a device may receive a uniform resource locator (URL) and a cryptogram from a contactless card. The OS may launch an application associated with the URL. The application may transmit the cryptogram to an authentication server. The application may receive a decryption result from the authentication server indicating the authentication server decrypted the cryptogram. Based on the decryption result, the application may request an OTP. The processor may receive an OTP from an OTP generator. The application may receive an input value and compare the input value to a copy of the OTP. The application may determine that the comparison results in a match, and display, based on the determination that the comparison results in the match, one or more attributes of the account.
US11763284B2
A method of routing a payment transaction includes receiving a transaction request message. The message includes a payment token that was previously issued to an account holder. The payment token is translated into a funding account indicator. The funding account indicator is in a format defined for payment card account numbers in a payment account system. The funding account indicator is translated into a bank account number. The bank account number identifies a bank deposit account owned by the account holder. An EFT message is transmitted to initiate an EFT transaction to be funded from the bank deposit account owned by the account holder. The EFT message includes the bank account number.
US11763271B2
A system for determining regenerative carbon footprint in agricultural parcels, including: a sequestration server, having: a management processor that builds first simulation inputs that correspond to baseline management practices, and that builds second simulation inputs that correspond to regenerative management practices; a crop simulation processor, that employs the first simulation inputs to simulate crop growth for a prescribed number of growing seasons to generate first outputs, and configured to employ the second simulation inputs to simulate crop growth for the prescribed number of growing seasons to generate second outputs; and a CO2E determination processor, that employs the first outputs and the second outputs to compute baseline annual carbon dioxide emissions and regenerative annual carbon dioxide emissions, and configured to subtract the baseline annual carbon dioxide emissions from the regenerative annual carbon dioxide emissions to yield a regenerative carbon footprint for the first agricultural parcel.
US11763270B2
Disclosed herein is a method for facilitating generation of a carbon offset based on processing of a recyclable item. Accordingly, the method may include receiving, using a communication device, transportation data associated with transportation of at least one recyclable item from at least one first device. Further, the method may include analyzing, using a processing device, the transportation data. Further, the method may include determining, using the processing device, a carbon value associated with the transportation of the at least one recyclable item based on the analyzing. Further, the method may include generating, using the processing device, a net CO2e offset associated with the at least one recyclable item based on the carbon value. Further, the method may include storing, using a storage device, the net CO2e offset associated with the at least one recyclable item in a distributed ledger.
US11763264B2
Sponsored and organic pieces of content are displayed in accordance with a blending model that is used to first identify a pattern of slots to which to assign either sponsored or organic pieces of content. This blending model is applied to a combination of both sponsored and non-sponsored pieces of content being considered for display to a user. This pattern only determines the slot assignments. The actual ranking of the pieces of content, and more particularly the actual ranking of the organic pieces of content, is determined by an ordering other than the ranking determined by the blending model, such as by using the original ordering of the second list. The pieces of content are then displayed in the order of this actual ranking, but in the slots indicated as having been assigned to be either sponsored or organic in the pattern determined by the blending model.
US11763258B2
Media, methods, and systems are disclosed for generating a document from a workflow within a group-based communication system. A document may be created from a document template in response to a workflow trigger. The document may have a plurality of structured sections and a plurality of unstructured sections. Unstructured input may be received into an unstructured section and saved into the document. Structured input may be received into a structured section. Based on the structured input, a step of a workflow associated with the document may be performed and a result saved into the document.
US11763257B1
Systems and methods to manage surge network traffic to an electronic commerce platform are described. The platform provider generates a static package that is placed in networked storage that is accessible through a web service interface. The package contains the information required to instantiate and render the interface of the service-hosting platform using the processor and resources of the computer that accesses the package via a browser. Based on the contents of the package, the rendered interface presents the services of the service-hosting platform using resources of the customer's computer without making any calls to a server to query a protected backend system. The inventory may be refreshed from time-to-time without causing traffic directed at the service-hosting platform. Access to the protected backend resources and platform resources is gated by threshold actions taken by the user.
US11763256B2
Systems and method are provided for managing inventory by determining product prices based on product characteristics. One method includes, based on a condition of the product and an age of the product, determining a new price of a returned product and modifying the database to assign the new price to the product identifier. Based on a determination that the product is not a returned product from a customer: calculating an inventory rate associated with the product; based on the calculated inventory rate, determining a new price of the product; and modifying the database to assign, to the product identifier, the inventory rate and the new price.
US11763249B2
Systems and methods for creating a data mapping to be used in a subsequent inventorying process to locate objects within an area. The methods comprise: identifying, by a robot, at least one first marker disposed within the area which should be re-programed; autonomously transforming, by the robot, a first programmed state of the at least one first marker to a second programmed state; and autonomously creating, by the robot, the data mapping specifying a current physical location of the at least one first marker which was re-programed and current physical locations of second markers also disposed within the area.
US11763244B2
A system and a method for controlling logistics transportation includes a control server to transmit position information of a trailer to an autonomous tractor, and a trailer managing device to receive information on an identification of the autonomous tractor from the control server and to open a door of a warehouse corresponding to the position information of the trailer, when information on an identification of an autonomous tractor, which is extracted from a surrounding image of the warehouse corresponding to the position information of the trailer is matched with the received information on the identification of the autonomous tractor.
US11763242B2
Automatic evaluation of recorded interactions is disclosed, including: detecting a plurality of signals in an interaction; combining at least a subset of the plurality of signals using a prescribed set of operators into a combined signal; and determining whether an event criterion has been met with respect to the interaction based at least in part on the combined signal.
US11763241B2
In an example embodiment, machine learning is utilized to automatically identify pain points of an entity. More particularly, a random forest search algorithm receives inputs from a number of different outside-in data engines. These inputs are segregated in terms of key performance indexes (KPIs), which is then fed to a random forest decision tree. The random forest search algorithm calculates a p-value for each KPI. This p-value may then be used to identify the most relevant KPIs (such as by ranking the KPIs by their respective p-values). Rules are utilized not to identify the pain points themselves, but instead to define sorting preferences (refine the ranking). Based on a combination of the p-values and the evaluation of the rules, the top-N pain points may be identified.
US11763233B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for programmatically prioritizing a data processing queue are provided. An example method may include retrieving a plurality of data objects in the data processing queue, generating a base data table based at least in part on the plurality of data objects, determining a predictive data model based at least in part on the base data table, and adjusting a queue order of the plurality of data objects in the data processing queue based at least in part on a risk score calculated by the predictive data model.
US11763232B2
A method can include receiving state information for a wellsite system; receiving contextual information for a role associated with a workflow; generating a natural language report based at least in part on the state information and based at least in part on the contextual information; and transmitting the natural language report via a network interface based at least in part on an identifier associated with the role.
US11763231B2
Disclosed are various approaches for workflow service application stating. In some aspects, an application content request is transmitted to a workflow service. The application content request can request updated states from a network service that acts as a back end for the application. The application content can be provided to the client device or other installed applications, without having opened the application on a client device.
US11763226B2
A system and method are disclosed for searching alternate inventory policies from an initial inventory policy of an inventory of one or more supply chain entities to a target inventory policy by receiving a current state of items in a supply chain network determining an initial inventory policy comprising a reorder point and a target quantity, identifying one or more provisional inventory policies calculating a cost, a fill rate, and a no-stockout probability, and transporting items among the one or more supply chain entities to restock the inventory.
US11763215B2
Systems and methods provide a demand forecasting and network optimization for telecommunications services in a network. The systems and methods use classical and quantum computing devices. The computing devices evaluate data types using statistical symmetry recognition and operate between classical and quantum environments. Computing devices receive deposited data, batch data, and streamed data that relates to telecommunications services and segregate the data into spatial and temporal factors. The computing devices receive an analytic request for a forecast of the telecommunications services and conduct a multi-class plural-factored elastic cluster (MPEC) analysis for the telecommunications services using the segregated data. The MPEC analysis includes generating vectors comprised of slopes from plural coefficients to determine demand elasticity from plural features. The computing devices generate, based on the multi-class plural-factored elastic cluster model, a real-time demand-based forecast for the telecommunications services, and output the demand-based forecast.
US11763204B2
Disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention are a method and an apparatus for training an item coding model. The method comprises: acquiring an initial item coding model and a training sample set; using sample user information of training samples in the training sample set as the input for the initial item coding model to obtain the probability of sample item coding information corresponding to the inputted sample user information; adjusting the structural parameters of the initial item coding model to train an item coding model, the item coding model being used for characterizing the correspondence between inputted sample user information and sample item coding information and the correspondence between sample item information and sample item coding information. The present embodiment can use the trained item coding model to implement item recommendation and can use the item coding information as an index to increase retrieval efficiency.
US11763200B2
Systems and methods for determining predictive model types are provided. A method may include generating a predictive model for a web page of a web site, wherein the web page includes a configuration defining one or more objects presented with the web page, and wherein each object is associated with a predictive model. The method may include determining one or more predictive model types that are associated with the predictive model, determining one or more performance indicators that correspond to each determined predictive model type, wherein performance indicators represent one or more benefits to a website, selecting a predictive model type of the predictive model out of the one or more predictive model types, wherein the predictive model type is selected based on a performance indicator corresponding to the selected predictive model type, and determining a configuration of the web page using the selected predictive model type of the predictive model.
US11763186B2
Methods and systems for performing a surface code error detection cycle. In one aspect, a method includes initializing and applying Hadamard gates to multiple measurement qubits; performing entangling operations on a first set of paired qubits, wherein each pair comprises a measurement qubit coupled to a neighboring data qubit in a first direction; performing entangling operations on a second set of paired qubits, wherein each pair comprises a measurement qubit coupled to a neighboring data qubit in a second or third direction, the second and third direction being perpendicular to the first direction, the second direction being opposite to the third direction; performing entangling operations on a third set of paired qubits, wherein each pair comprises a measurement qubit coupled to a neighboring data qubit in a fourth direction, the fourth direction being opposite to the first direction; applying Hadamard gates to the measurement qubits; and measuring the measurement qubits.
US11763183B2
Embodiments described herein provide a processing apparatus comprising compute circuitry to generate neural network data for a convolutional neural network (CNN) and write the neural network data to a memory buffer. The compute circuitry additionally includes a direct memory access (DMA) controller including a hardware codec having encode circuitry and a decode circuitry. The DMA controller reads the neural network data from the memory buffer, encode the neural network data via the encode circuit, writes encoded neural network data to a memory device coupled with the processing apparatus, writes metadata for the encoded neural network data to the memory device coupled with the processing apparatus, and decodes encoded neural network data via the decode circuit in response to a request from the compute circuitry.
US11763180B2
A method collects word-based data corresponding to a first identifier. A first phrase vector is generated for the first identifier by extracting frequency data from the word-based data. A similarity metric is generated corresponding to the first identifier and a second identifier by comparing the first phrase vector of the first identifier to a second phrase vector of the second identifier. A tuple is generated that includes the first identifier and the second identifier using the similarity metric. A machine learning model is trained with the tuple to generate an embedded vector corresponding to the first identifier.
US11763172B2
A management system operates in conjunction with entities to provide component recommendations for objects. The management system trains a machine learning model used to generate the component recommendations. The machine learning model is trained based on historical component entries describing components previously provided and identifiers of the components. The management system generates training data by classifying the historical component entries into predetermined component classifications. After the machine learning model is trained, the management system generates a customized recommendation of components for an object based on likelihoods of selection of the predetermined component classifications.
US11763171B2
A method of controlling dissemination of content to communication devices over one or more communication networks includes receiving, by a content dissemination mechanism, a message reflecting a user-initiated action that is to cause dissemination of a given content item to a plurality of communication devices each associated with a user. Responsive to the message, a group of communication devices is identified to which the given content item is to be disseminated. A first subset of the identified group is determined. The content item is disseminated to a first subset of communication devices in the identified group. The determining is based at least in part on a first ratings formula derived at least in part from ratings of the given content item provided by users to whom the given content item has already been disseminated.
US11763161B2
Enhanced resolution in semiconductor fabrication data acquisition instruments using machine learning
A data set is stored in memory circuitry that is indicative of a state of a semiconductor fabrication process or of semiconductor structure fabricated thereby. Features in the data set are discernable to an extent limited by a data resolution. A machine-learning model comprising parameters having respective values assigned thereto as constrained by a model training process is also stored in the memory circuitry. Processor circuitry communicatively coupled to the memory circuitry generates an output data set from the data set in accordance with the machine-learning model such that features in the output data set are discernable to an extent limited by an output data resolution that is finer than the data resolution of the data set.
US11763158B2
A method includes, for each floating-point layer in a set of floating-point layers: calculating a set of input activations and a set of output activations of the floating-point layer; converting the floating-point layer to a low-bit-width layer; calculating a set of low-bit-width output activations based on the set of input activations; and calculating a per-layer deviation statistic of the low-bit-width layer. The method also includes ordering the set of low-bit-width layers based on the per-layer deviation statistic of each low-bit-width layer. The method additionally includes, while a loss-of-accuracy threshold exceeds the accuracy of the quantized network: converting a floating-point layer represented by the low-bit-width layer to a high-bit-width layer; replacing the low-bit-width layer with the high-bit-width layer in the quantized network; updating the accuracy of the quantized network; and, in response to the accuracy of the quantized network exceeding the loss-of-accuracy threshold, returning the quantized network.
US11763150B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for balanced-weight sparse convolution processing. An exemplary method comprises: obtaining an input tensor and a plurality of filters at a layer within a neural network; segmenting the input tensor into a plurality of sub-tensors; dividing a channel dimension of each of the plurality of filters into a plurality of channel groups; pruning each of the plurality of filters so that each of the plurality of channel groups of each filter comprises a same number of non-zero weights; segmenting each of the plurality of filters into a plurality of the sub-filters according to the plurality of channel groups; and assigning the plurality of sub-tensors and the plurality of sub-filters to a plurality of processors for parallel convolution processing.
US11763149B2
The amount of time required to train a neural network may be decreased by modifying the neural network to allow for greater parallelization of computations. The computations for cells of the neural network may be modified so that the matrix-vector multiplications of the cell do not depend on a previous cell and thus allowing the matrix-vector computations to be performed outside of the cells. Because the matrix-vector multiplications can be performed outside of the cells, they can be performed in parallel to decrease the computation time required for processing a sequence of training vectors with the neural network. The trained neural network may be applied to a wide variety of applications, such as performing speech recognition, determining a sentiment of text, determining a subject matter of text, answering a question in text, or translating text to another language.
US11763143B2
An encoded artificial intelligence (AI) behavior specification is received. A data generation configuration specification is received. And a deep neural network configuration specification is received. A training data set based on the data generation configuration specification is generated. An AI behavior deep neural network that conforms to the deep neural network configuration specification is trained using at least a subset of the generated training data. The trained AI behavior deep neural network is provided from a remote AI add-in service to a development environment.
US11763139B2
A neuromorphic chip includes synaptic cells including respective resistive devices, axon lines, dendrite lines and switches. The synaptic cells are connected to the axon lines and dendrite lines to form a crossbar array. The axon lines are configured to receive input data and to supply the input data to the synaptic cells. The dendrite lines are configured to receive output data and to supply the output data via one or more respective output lines. A given one of the switches is configured to connect an input terminal to one or more input lines and to changeably connect its one or more output terminals to a given one or more axon lines.
US11763128B2
A transaction card construction and computer-implemented methods for a transaction card are described. The transaction card has vector-formatted visible information applied by a laser machining system. In some embodiments, systems and methods are disclosed for enabling the sourcing of visible information using a scalable vector format The systems and methods may receive a request to add visible information to a transaction card and capture an image of the visible information. The systems and methods may capture data representing the image. The systems and methods may also determine an ambient color saturation of the image. Further, systems and methods may translate the image based on the ambient color saturation of the image. The systems and methods may also map the translated image to a bounding box and convert the mapped image into vector format. In addition, the systems and methods may provide the converted image to a laser machining system.
US11763122B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to a method and system for programming wireless sensor tags, and such programmed wireless sensor tags. Embodiments of the method and apparatus can be utilized in food service operations, without utilizing a computing device or smartphone for programming the wireless sensor tag. Embodiments relate to a method and system for programming wireless temperature sensor tags, and such programmed wireless temperature sensor tags. Embodiments of the subject method use NFC-enabled cards with Near Field Communications (NFC) technology to quickly and simply program a wireless temperature sensor tag to read, collect, and report the temperature of a food item or ingredient. The use of this method enables food service operators, such as: quick-serve restaurants (QSRs), school cafeterias, and food service departments within supermarkets, to simplify the collection of temperature data within the retail space, as well as throughout the supply chain of products. The present invention also uses a display and at least one button on the wireless sensor tag for programming the wireless sensor tag.
US11763120B2
A barcode tag includes a base layer having a front side and a back side, an attachment surface disposed on at least a portion of the front side or the back side, and a barcode symbol comprising plural perforations formed entirely through the base layer. Methods and systems for tracking equipment items in an equipment rack using barcode tags are also disclosed.
US11763113B2
In some arrangements, product packaging is digitally watermarked over most of its extent to facilitate high-throughput item identification at retail checkouts. Imagery captured by conventional or plenoptic cameras can be processed (e.g., by GPUs) to derive several different perspective-transformed views—further minimizing the need to manually reposition items for identification. Crinkles and other deformations in product packaging can be optically sensed, allowing such surfaces to be virtually flattened to aid identification. Piles of items can be 3D-modelled and virtually segmented into geometric primitives to aid identification, and to discover locations of obscured items. Other data (e.g., including data from sensors in aisles, shelves and carts, and gaze tracking for clues about visual saliency) can be used in assessing identification hypotheses about an item. Logos may be identified and used—or ignored—in product identification. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
US11763111B2
A system and computer-implemented method is used for tracking crew members on an offshore unit. A static map is created in software and interfaces with a network of receiver nodes physically installed at a predetermined set of measurements to provide coverage to designated areas to locate and identify crew members, who have or wear Bluetooth beacons. During operations, crew members are located and identified in real-time through the network of receiver nodes installed over prespecified coordinates. Cameras and visual recognition processing can operate in the designated areas. The designated areas can include muster stations for crew members to gather in an emergency or can include designated areas in which personnel are restricted while equipment is operating or moving.
US11763104B2
This invention relates to a slide rule style flight computer. The front disc and the back disc are connected and fixed by positioning clips. The front disc includes a front base disc and a front rotary disc. The front rotary disc is rotatably fixed on the front base disc. The front disc includes a front base disc and a front rotary disc. The front rotary disc is rotatably fixed on the front base disc.
US11763097B1
Methods and apparatuses are described for intelligent dialogue recovery in virtual assistant communication sessions. A chat session is established between a virtual assistant (VA) and a remote device. A primary dialogue is created between the VA and the remote device, including (i) requesting from a first natural language processing (NLP) service an intent associated with user messages and (ii) waiting for a corresponding response. A secondary dialogue is created between the VA and the remote device that is synchronized to a state of the primary dialogue. When the response from the first NLP service succeeds, primary messages are generated and transmitted to the remote device in the primary dialogue. When the response from the first NLP service fails, an intent is requested from the second NLP service, and secondary messages are generated and transmitted to the remote device in the secondary dialogue.
US11763094B2
Natural language processing systems and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, digital document information comprising text is received. The digital document information may be processed through word and character encoding operations to generate word and character vectors while retaining document location information for the words and characters. The data may be then be processed by a series of convolution and maximum pooling operations to obtain maximum valued elements from the data. The document location information as well as the maximum values element data may be further processed for semantic classification of the data using a semantic classifier and bounding box regression.
US11763091B2
Dynamic content tags are generated as content is received by a dynamic content tagging system. A natural language processor (NLP) tokenizes the content and extracts contextual N-grams based on local or global context for the tokens in each document in the content. The contextual N-grams are used as input to a generative model that computes a weighted vector of likelihood values that each contextual N-gram corresponds to one of a set of unlabeled topics. A tag is generated for each unlabeled topic comprising the contextual N-gram having a highest likelihood to correspond to that unlabeled topic. Topic-based deep learning models having tag predictions below a threshold confidence level are retrained using the generated tags, and the retrained topic-based deep learning models dynamically tag the content.
US11763082B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for accelerating inference of transformer-based models are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes obtaining a machine learning model comprising a plurality of transformer blocks, a task, and a natural language dataset; generating a compressed version of the machine learning model based on the task and the natural language dataset, wherein the generating comprises: obtaining at least one set of tokens, wherein each token in the set corresponds to one of the items in the natural language dataset, identifying and removing one or more redundant output activations of different ones of the plurality of transformer blocks for the at least one set of tokens, and adding one or more input activations corresponding to the one or more removed output activations into the machine learning model at subsequent ones of the plurality of the transformer blocks; and outputting the compressed version of the machine learning model to at least one user.
US11763077B1
A platform is provided for uniform parsing of configuration files for multiple product types. One method comprises obtaining, by a parser of a given product type, a given request from a message queue based on a metadata message of an incoming configuration file from a remote product of a given product type, wherein the message queue stores metadata messages for a plurality of product types; extracting information from the incoming configuration file based on product-specific business logic obtained from a table store comprising tables for the plurality of product types, wherein the business logic provides a mapping between information extracted from the incoming configuration file and destination database tables; and storing the contents in the destination database tables of a product-specific predefined database schema.
US11763074B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for digital form integration and presentation. The method includes extracting one or more data input fields from a form and generating one or more user prompts to be presented to a user in order to complete at least one of the one or more entries of the one or more data input fields. The method further includes causing the transmission of at least one of the one or more user prompts to the user and receiving a prompt response from the user. The method also includes determining whether the prompt response meets one or more form requirements for a given entry and updating the form upon determination that the prompt response meets one or more form requirements for a given entry. The method further includes displaying to the user the form in an appropriate channel format.
US11763072B2
The invention relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for assessing the quality of a document or a technical memorandum written with a loosely defined template, stereotype and/or outline of key sections or headers. An embodiment of the present invention leverages Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning (ML) techniques to identify key sections in a document using NLP text patterns and further establish, using ML, how closely a given section matches similar sections in other documents that are considered by human Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to be “well-written” for the intended purpose of the overall document. An embodiment of the present invention further ascertains whether the overall flow of the document follows a general outline in terms of the order of sections.
US11763067B2
A web editing application provides a user interface for editing a web page on a client computing device. A characteristic associated with the client computing device is determined. A web page comprising visual elements can be rendered. Layout data describing locations and sizes for individual visual elements of the visual elements can be determined. Cells can be generated based at least in part on the layout data and the characteristic associated with the client computing device. Each of the cells can have a location corresponding to a location of a respective visual element of the visual elements and individual of the cells can be interactable to enable editing of the web page. Based on an interaction with the at least one cell of the cells, an edit to the web page can be determined and the web page can be updated based on the edit to the web page.
US11763063B2
Embodiments are disclosed for propagating modifications made to an object to linked objects in a document. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods comprise receiving a first input creating a first object in a first page of a document, analyzing first parameters associated with the first object, determining that the first object matches second objects in a first linked objects thread stored in a mapping of objects in the document, associating the first object with the first linked objects thread, receiving a second input including a modification to the first object, the modification including alterations to one or more of the first parameters, modifying the first object based on the alterations to the one or more of the first parameters, and automatically applying the modification to the second objects in the first linked objects thread.
US11763060B2
Techniques for generating one or more non-final layouts for an analog integrated circuit are disclosed. The techniques include generating a non-final layout of an analog integrated circuit based on device specifications, partitioning the non-final layout into a plurality of sub-cells, merging the verified sub-cells to form a merged layout of the analog integrated circuit, and performing quality control checks on the merged layout. Additionally or alternatively, generating the non-final layout can include determining an allowable spacing between adjacent cells of different cell types or inserting one or more filler cells into a filler zone in the non-final layout.
US11763052B2
A complete, unified material-to-systems simulation, design, and verification method for semiconductor design and manufacturing may include evaluating effects of semiconductor material or process changes on software algorithms. The method may include generating primitive circuit structures using the material or process changes; performing an electrical characterization of the primitive circuit structures; providing an output of the electrical characterization to a script to generate compact models; generating a digital system based on the compact models; and evaluating a performance of a software algorithm on the digital system to determine an effect of the material or process change for the semiconductor manufacturing process.
US11763049B1
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for generating time series. A time series simulator receives information corresponding to a request for time series. The information is formatted into input data by the time series simulator. The input data comprises at least one continuous condition. A generator network of the continuous condition generative adversarial network (CCGAN) generates the time series based directly on a value of the at least one continuous condition. The time series is provided such that the time series is at least one of (a) provided as input to an analysis pipeline or (b) received by a user computing device wherein a representation of at least a portion of the one or more time series is provided via an interactive user interface of the user computing device.
US11763048B2
Computer implemented techniques for simulating a fluid flow about a surface of a solid, include receiving a coordinate system for representation of a curvilinear mesh that conforms to the surface of the solid, simulating, with a lattice velocity set transport of particles in a volume of fluid, with the transport causing collision among the particles, executing a distribution function for transport of the particles, with the distribution function including a particle collision determination and a change in particle distribution associated with the curvilinear mesh, performing by the computing system, advection operations in the coordinate system under constraints applied to particle momentum values and mapping by the computer system values resulting from simulating onto the curvilinear mesh by translation of the particle momentum values and spatial coordinates determined in the coordinate system into momentum and spatial values in the curvilinear space.
US11763047B2
The present invention relates to a method for parallelized simulation of the movement of a machine component in or near a work object, wherein: a planned trajectory of the machine component is divided into several trajectory portions; a simulation of at least a first trajectory portion and a second trajectory portion is performed at least partly in parallel yielding simulation results, wherein the simulation comprises determining incidents, preferably collisions, along the trajectory portions; at least the simulation results of the first trajectory portion and the second trajectory portion are merged yielding a merged simulation result; and the merged simulation result is outputted.
US11763041B2
A data storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device, a volatile memory device, a data encryption circuit configured to encrypt data outputted from the nonvolatile memory device, a data decryption circuit configured to decrypt encrypted data output from the data encryption circuit and configured to provide the decrypted data to the volatile memory device, and a processor configured to perform a first process that controls installation of a first in-storage program in the data storage device, a second process configured to manage a mapping table storing a relation between a logical address and a physical address of the nonvolatile memory device, and a third process configured to execute the first in-storage program.
US11763037B2
A power glitch signal detection circuit, a security chip and an electronic apparatus are disclosed. The power glitch signal detection circuit includes a voltage sampling module, wherein the voltage sampling module includes: a first metal oxide semiconductor MOS transistor and a capacitor for sampling a power supply voltage, wherein a gate terminal of the first MOS transistor is connected to the capacitor, a source terminal of the first MOS transistor is connected to a ground voltage. The power glitch signal detection circuit further comprises a second MOS transistor and a signal output module. One terminal of the second MOS transistor is connected to a gate terminal of the first MOS transistor, another terminal of the second MOS transistor is connected to the power supply voltage, and a drain terminal of the second MOS transistor is connected to a drain terminal of the first MOS transistor.
US11763027B1
Methods and systems for rules-based data access are described. In some embodiments, a request for access to customer data by a requesting entity is received; the data is categorized; the person's preferences with respect to allowing access to data are compiled; a requesting entity is determined; and the providing entity that collected each requested data item is determined. Data shareability rules are evaluated based on the policies that regulate the access of the customer data and the requesting entity, and the customer data is provided to the requesting entity according to the evaluation.
US11763023B2
An information acquisition method and device includes: acquiring privacy-related information when calling, with a target application (App), an application programming interface (API) to acquire privacy information of a terminal, wherein the privacy-related information is associated with a process of the target App acquiring the privacy information; storing the privacy-related information; and reading, by a designated App, the privacy-related information stored in a preset time period, and uploading, by the designated App, the privacy-related information read to a server side.
US11763020B2
A method for sharing data in a multi-tenant database includes generating a share object in a first account comprising a share role. The method includes associating one or more access rights with the share role, wherein the one or more access rights indicate which objects in the first account are accessible based on the share object. The method includes granting, to a second account, cross-account access rights to the share role or share object in the first account. The method includes receiving a request from the second account to access data or services of the first account. The method further includes providing a response to the second account based on the data or services of the first account.
US11763019B2
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for the steps of receiving an indication that a computer facility has access to a secure data store, causing a security parameter of a storage medium local to the computer facility to be assessed, determining if the security parameter is compliant with a security policy relating to computer access of the remote secure data store, and in response to an indication that the security parameter is non-compliant, cause the computer facility to implement an action to prevent further dissemination of information, to disable access to network communications, to implement an action to prevent further dissemination of information, and the like.
US11763017B2
A system for managing data protection of virtual machines (VMs) hosted by hosts of data clusters includes a data protection manager. The data protection manager identifies a data protection event associated with at least one VM, obtains, in response the data protection event, data protection rules and a protection policy associated with the at least one VM, spawn, by a monitoring engine orchestrator, a monitoring engine to the data cluster, initiates performance of the data protection services for the at least one VM using a first storage of storages, obtains, after the spawning, monitoring information from the monitoring engine, makes a determination that a data protection rule event of the data protection rule events occurred using the monitoring information, and in response to the determination, initiates the performance of a corrective action of corrective actions based on the data protection rules using a second storage of the storages.
US11763015B2
A method includes a data processing system creating a proxy for a virtual vault to access a data owner system in accordance with a temporary credential protocol, where the proxy is the only conduit between the virtual vault and the data owner system. The method continues by the proxy receiving a request from a virtual machine within the virtual vault, requesting data from the data owner system. When the request is valid, the method continues by the proxy creating a data retrieval request based on the request and data access credentials associated with the data owner system. The method continues by the proxy forwarding a data response from the data owner system to the virtual machine. The method continues by the data processing system deleting the proxy and the virtual vault when a data query has been completed, where the request is in accordance with the data query.
US11763008B2
Embodiments herein describe a memory controller that has an encryption path and a bypass path. Using an indicator (e.g., a dedicated address range), an outside entity can inform the memory controller whether to use the encryption path or the bypass path. For example, using the encryption path when performing a write request means the memory controller encrypts the data before it was stored, while using the bypass path means the data is written into memory without be encrypted. Similarly, using the encryption path when performing a read request means the controller decrypts the data before it is delivered to the requesting entity, while using the bypass path means the data is delivered without being decrypted.
US11763007B1
Systems and methods are described herein for performing vulnerability assessment on partially functional software applications (e.g., software applications currently at a phase in the development cycle prior to a user acceptance testing phase). By doing so, the system may detect vulnerabilities, if any, more easily based on the fewer functional components of the application. Additionally or alternatively, curing any vulnerabilities will require fewer modifications to the application's software, architecture, and/or intended functionality (as these characteristics are also earlier in their development cycle).
US11763000B1
A system for detecting malware includes a server and processor that executes instructions to receive, from the server, a first malware detection model and a database of known malicious files; label each file of a training data set as either malicious or clean by comparing each file of the training data set to the database, where if a match is not found to in the database, the model is used to predict maliciousness; train the first malware detection model using the labeled training data set; transmit parameters of the trained first malware detection model to the server; and receive, from the server, a second malware detection model, wherein the second malware detection model is trained by federated learning using the parameters of the trained first malware detection model and additional parameters provided by one or more remote devices.
US11762998B2
A system and a method of prevention and/or detection of adversarial attacks against a classifier may include for example: using a classifier adapted to classify data elements of a specific category; receiving a first data element; applying the classifier on the first data element, to produce a first classification of the data element; using an autoencoder to generate a reconstructed, second data element based on the first data element; applying the classifier on the second data element, to produce a second classification of the data element; and analyzing the first and second classifications to detect and/or prevent an adversarial attack on the classifier.
US11762994B2
Disclosed herein are systems and method for inspecting archived slices for malware. In one exemplary aspect, the method comprises identifying a first slice in a plurality of slices in a backup archive, wherein the first slice is an image of user data at a first time. The method comprises scanning the first slice of the plurality of slices in the backup archive and detecting at least one infected file in the first slice. The method comprises identifying a block of the first slice that corresponds to the at least one infected file. The method comprises mounting, to a disk, a second slice of the plurality of slices. The method comprises tracking the block and determining that the at least one infected file exists on the second slice and removing the infected file from the second slice by generating a respective cured slice of the second slice.
US11762992B2
The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of intrusion detection, specifically provides an intrusion detection method based on an improved immune network algorithm, and an application thereof The method includes: S1, initializing an antibody group; S2, calculating affinities between antigens and antibodies; S3, searching for a pair of inhomogeneous antigens which have the highest affinities and referred to as a duality antigen; S4, determining a boundary antibody set C; S5, determining a neighbor antibody set; S6, cloning and mutating, according to the affinities, obsolete antibodies to update a subnetwork to which the antigens belong; S7, calculating an average affinity between the antibodies in the boundary antibody set C and the antigens in the duality antigen; and S8, inhibiting the network, and simplifying the network to output a result network subset. The solution has relatively high detection accuracy and relatively low false alarm rate.
US11762988B1
Systems and methods for obtaining required information prior to initiation of a transaction are described herein. In an embodiment, a system stores entity data defining a plurality of entities and data record requirement data identifying one or more required data record fields for one or more transactions. The system receives a request to initiate a transaction from a first client computing device corresponding to an account of a first entity. The system subsequently receives a request to view or participate in the particular transaction from a second client computing device corresponding to an account of a second entity. The system determines that the second entity has not provided data for the one or more required data record fields and, in response, restricts the second client computing device from viewing or participating in the transaction until the second entity has provided the data for the one or more required data record fields.
US11762986B2
A computer-implemented method of providing security for a software container, according to an example of the present disclosure includes, receiving a software container image with a software application and security agent that is separate from the software application. An execution entry point of the software container image that was previously configured to launch the software application has been modified to instead launch the security agent. The method includes receiving a request to instantiate the software container image as a software container, launching the security agent based on the request, authenticating the contents of the software container image, and controlling operation of the software application based on the authenticating.
US11762975B2
Aspects and examples are disclosed for improving multi-factor authentication techniques to control access to secured electronic resources. In one example, a decisioning computer system evaluates, based on a passive-dimension decision process, an access request, received from a user device, for a secured electronic resource. The passive-dimension decision process can evaluate dimensions associated with the access request, such as identity or device characteristics, to determine whether the dimensions of the access request are outside of norms for the user. Based on the passive-dimension decision model, the decisioning computing device may communicate to the user device an access decision, the access decision describing one or more of an access authorization, a denial of access, or a supplemental authentication challenge.
US11762974B2
A single sign-on system using blockchain is disclosed. The single sign-on system may interconnect various organization systems over a peer-to-peer network, with each organization system having a blockchain node and an application programming interface (API). The blockchain node invokes and uses a smart contract to write registration credentials to the blockchain during a registration process. During a login process, the blockchain node invokes the smart contract to determine whether login credentials match stored login credentials in the blockchain. In response to matching login credentials, the API may generate a single sign-on token that can be used by a user device to access one or more organization systems connected over the network.
US11762968B2
Data encryption and Human Pose Estimation based on imaging a body segment. A key for encrypting a data file is generated based on image data that represent a unique biometric feature of a body segment of a user or motion of the user. An image engine executes artificial intelligence to identify matching image data for decrypting the data file. The image engine is further trained to predict changes in image data due to aging, stress, and the like. An avatar associated with the user, which is generated based on a movement pattern of the user, is configurable for generating an encryption key and for use in an avatar-based language.
US11762956B2
Embodiments match sensor data output by a sensor to a trained pattern. Embodiments form a plurality of windows of an identified pattern from the sensor data, each of the plurality of windows having a substantially equal window length to a length of the trained pattern. For each of the windows, embodiments generate a corresponding first Symbolic Aggregate approximation (“SAX”) word, determine a Hamming distance between the first SAX word and a second SAX word corresponding to the trained pattern, and determine a final distance score based on coefficients between the first SAX word and the second SAX word. For each of the windows, embodiments determine a number of positions in the first SAX word that do not contribute to the final distance score, update the Hamming distance after eliminating the number of positions and determine an average distance based on the final distance score and the updated Hamming distance.
US11762943B1
A method and system automatically generates a display of symbolic equations from a graphical model (or vice versa) which is readable, parametric, and interactive.
US11762934B2
Embodiments described herein include receiving an application flow defining logic for triggering automated actions for a candidate post on one or more web-based communication channels. An artificial intelligence (AI) powered web crawler may crawl a set of websites for target content. Responsive to identifying target content, machine learning may be leveraged to identify an entity name for an entity that is a subject of the target content and associate the entity with one or more event categories. Based on the event categories, a segment may be generated at runtime for the application flow where segment membership was not known at the time the application flow was defined or before application runtime.
US11762924B2
Technology described herein assigns a reliability score to web content, such as a web site or portion of a website. In one aspect, an output of the technology is a high reliability score and a low reliability score for a web content. The high reliability score represents conformance to high reliability sites, while the low reliability score represents conformance to low reliability sites. The high reliability score may be generated by first identifying high reliability online content within a compressed web graph. In a first iteration, the high reliability score of the seeds is used to score online content that is linked to the seed sites. At a high level, the more links that originate from high reliability sources, the higher the reliability score for the linked content. The low reliability score is similar, but uses outgoing links to low reliability sites instead of incoming links from high reliability sites.
US11762917B2
Techniques and architectures for managing one or more data structures and/or distributing real-time data associated with the one or more data structures are discussed herein. For example, the techniques and architectures may implement data structures to manage data associated with one or more data-streaming events. The techniques and architectures may provide visualizations to view aspects of the data structures, the one or more data-streaming events, and/or other data associated with the data structures. The techniques and architectures may also facilitate control access to the data structures and/or data associated therewith.
US11762916B1
Systems and methods described herein comprise a user interface for searching, analyzing, and interpreting documents obtained from computer databases. Exemplary systems and methods receive a user input and automatically identify, analyze, and interpret unmet technical needs and/or technical problems in specific areas of technology based on that input. Other exemplary systems and methods automatically identify, analyze, and interpret unmet technical needs and/or technical problems across numerous areas of technology based on similar user input. Other exemplary systems and methods receive user input and automatically identify, analyze, and interpret documents associated with a company to determine one or more technical capabilities of that company.
US11762913B2
An example method of cursor seek operations using deleted record spans in memory sub-systems comprises: receiving, by a processing device, a request to search for a first data element of a key-value data store, the request specifying a first key associated with the first data element; determining that the first key is within a range of deleted data elements comprising a plurality of deleted data elements of the key-value data store; identifying a tail key associated with a tail element of the range of deleted data elements; identifying a second data element in the key-value data store, wherein the second data element is associated with a second key that follows the tail key in a specified order of keys; and providing the second data element in response to the request.
US11762900B2
A framework generates a thumbnail to represent a video on a webpage based on a prominent individual appearing in both the video and content of the webpage. Content of a webpage on which a video is to be posted is analyzed to identify individuals represented in the webpage content. Frames of the video are also analyzed to identify individuals in the video. A first individual that appears in both the webpage content and the video is selected based on a score for the first individual determined based on the webpage content. Subsequent to selecting the first individual, frames of the video that include the first individual are analyzed to select a first frame of the video that includes the first individual. A thumbnail to represent the video on the webpage is generated from the first frame, and the thumbnail is provided for presentation on the webpage to represent the video.
US11762898B1
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media that dynamically capture, organize, and utilize digital media clips. For example, in one or more implementations, the disclosed systems can capture and generate digital media clips of content items that include both content metadata of the content items as well as contextual metadata of contextual signals surrounding the content item. Additionally, in some implementations, the disclosed systems analyze contextual metadata to search, retrieve, discover, and organize new and existing digital media clips. Further, in various implementations, the disclosed systems facilitate generating digital media clip libraries as well as the creation of digital media collections, where different types of digital media clips can be combined in a cohesive interactive graphical user interface.
US11762896B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to identifying and quantifying relationships between entities. Data sources can be queried to receive data regarding a party. Entities can be extracted from the data to receive a set of entities, wherein the party is a first entity of the set of entities. An ontological structure can be built that interrelates entities within the set of entities. An initial relationship strength can be determined between the first entity and a second entity based on co-occurrence between the first and second entities, wherein the second entity is a second party. A relationship score can be calculated between the first and second entities based on the initial relationship strength and at least one additional factor.
US11762894B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods, systems, and computer program products for event management. In a method, a plurality of notes that are comprised in a plurality of event records are obtained in a computer system. A plurality of paragraphs that are comprised in the plurality of notes are classified into a plurality of content types based on a content analysis of the plurality of paragraphs. The plurality of notes are classified into a plurality of semantic types based on the plurality of content types and a syntactic parsing to the plurality of notes. A knowledge item is generated for managing an event in the computer system based on a group of notes in the plurality of notes that are classified into the plurality of semantic types. With these embodiments, knowledge items for managing events may be obtained in an easier and more effective way.
US11762890B2
A question answering (QA) system comprising memory for storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to ingest source documents that include structured data and unstructured data to create a knowledge base, wherein the unstructured data includes table data; create table annotations to represent the table data; store the ingested structured data, unstructured data, and the table annotations in the knowledge base; and determine answers to questions using the knowledge base.
US11762884B2
A relational database system may receive, from a client, a query for a data object of a first type. The system may be configured to store a plurality of data objects of a second type such that each data object of the second type is associated with a respective data table and a respective value of a key prefix of an object identifier field. The key prefix may result in an upper limit of data objects supportable by the system. The system may determine that the query is indicative of the data object of the first type of a plurality of data objects of the first type that share a key prefix value such that the upper limit is exceeded. The system may identify a result based on determining that the query indicates data object of the first type and return a query response that indicates the result.
US11762875B2
Systems and method for use in assisting a user in data aggregation tasks. A system determines the type of data needed by the user to complete the data aggregation task and, based on an indication of the data needed, queries multiple data sources. The results from the multiple data sources are then collated and aligned as necessary. Inconsistencies in the data are resolved or flagged to the user for attention. A completed form or a presentation set of data is then presented to the user for validation.
US11762873B2
An importation tool is disclosed that enables importation of configuration item (CI) data into a configuration management database (CMDB) from external services. The CMDB importation tool includes corresponding predefined configurations for particular external services that define how the data collected by the external services is imported into the CMDB, either directly or via one or more transformations, enabling importation of external service data regardless of the format or schema used by the external service. The CMDB importation tool enables relationships to be defined between attributes of the imported data, and ensures that these relationships are enforced during the importation process to provide improved internal consistency of the imported data. Additionally, certain CMDB classes may be modified with specialized fields to enable improved duplicate tracking and management within the CMDB. As such, these techniques enhance both the quantity and quality of CI data stored within the CMDB.
US11762870B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for optimization of memory analytics are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, by a data storage system, a request to generate a visualization of a portion of data stored in the data storage system. The method includes providing, for display, the visualization of the portion of the data. The method includes accessing historical data that includes data indicating actions performed on previously displayed visualizations and corresponding portions of the data. The method includes generating an action to perform on the visualization and the portion of the data. The method further includes performing, in background, the generated action on the visualization and the portion of the data and suppressing results of the generated action. The method includes receiving a user specified action to perform on the visualization and the portion of the data.
US11762861B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for generating a single transaction data stream from multiple database logs. An embodiment operates by assigning a first unique identifier to a first log entry associated with a disk store, a second unique identifier to a second log entry associated with in an in memory row store, and a third unique identifier to a third log entry based on the second unique identifier. The embodiment further operates by determining a first stream package based on the first log entry, a second stream package based on the third log entry, and a replay order for the first stream package and the second stream package based on the unique identifiers. In some embodiments, the operation further includes sending the first stream package and the second stream package to a replicant server in accordance with the replay order.
US11762840B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed that generate staging data independently from the execution of control scripts, which process the staging data, improving the quality, efficiency, and speed of data processing systems. The staging data can be independently loaded, validated, and utilized across multiple control scripts, reducing redundancy in the loading of data and the overhead of executing separate data processing for each control script. The control scripts can be automatically validated, such as by verifying expected output data ranges. Additionally, the complexity of the control scripts can be reduced as the loading of data is not performed by the control scripts. The controls scripts can generate a variety of output data, such as an indication of impacted accounts, and provide notifications based on the output data. A variety of machine learning classifiers may automatically generate the staging data and validate the staging data and/or output data.
US11762839B2
The present disclosure relates to a search technology using a data structure for supporting multi-search in a blockchain-based IoT environment, and a method for providing a search function for blockchain includes receiving block data via a network, verifying transactions included in the received block data, and adding the block data as a node to an index tree of multidimensional index structures based on information about each transaction in the transaction verification.
US11762838B2
A method for table data processing includes retrieving, by at least one hardware processor, first table data associated with a first table version from a plurality of partitions of a storage device. The method further includes detecting, by the at least one hardware processor, an executed transaction causing a modification to the first table data resulting in a second table data associated with a second table version. The second table data is modified to include partition metadata. The partition metadata includes table version information with a mapping of the first table version and the second table version to a plurality of transactions associated with generating the first table data and the second table data.
US11762829B2
A system and method for providing fine-grained access control in a search engine. Access control predicates associated with a search query, including fixed-width and/or variable-width tokens, are received from the search engine, and are formatted in a machine-readable binary format to generate a single byte array. A pre-sorted memory index structure associated with the single byte array is generated, by sorting the access control predicates according to their token width. The pre-sorted memory index structure is merge joined with an uninverted terms index that includes a sorted list of all terms in a field associated with the search query, and a document index mapping each document identifier (ID) to a term ordinal for a specific field.
US11762827B2
A B+ tree access method, apparatus, and a medium include: when a B+ tree creation instruction is acquired, determining whether there is an idle underlying tree file mapped to a Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM); if YES, storing underlying data of a B+ tree in the underlying tree file; if NO, creating a new target underlying tree file, and mapping the target underlying tree file to the DRAM, so as to store the underlying data of the B+ tree in the target underlying tree file; and when a number of layers of the B+ tree is greater than or equal to a preset threshold, storing, in a preset storage area, data of a layer numbered to be greater than or equal to the preset threshold in the B+ tree. Based on a data structure of the B+ tree, data needs to be accessed from the underlying data whenever read.
US11762824B2
Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for determining a confidence factor for a sensitive type. The method includes applying a set of matching procedures to cells in a structured data set, the structured data set comprising columns and/or rows. The method also includes counting hit counts for the cells, the hit counts corresponding to successful matches. The method also includes counting null counts for the cells, the null counts corresponding to cells having null or invalid values. The method also includes counting mishit counts for the cells, the mishit counts corresponding to cells that are not null and do not result in a match. The method also includes calculating the confidence factor based on the hit counts, the null counts, and the mishit counts, the confidence factor providing an effective probability that cells in the structured data set is of the sensitive type.
US11762818B2
The present disclosure relates to apparatus, systems, and methods for providing a location information analytics mechanism. The location information analytics mechanism is configured to analyze location information to extract contextual information (e.g., profile) about a mobile device or a user of a mobile device, collectively referred to as a target entity. The location information analytics mechanism can include analyzing location data points associated with a target entity to determine features associated with the target entity, and using the features to predict attributes associated with the target entity. The set of predicted attributes can form a profile of the target entity.
US11762806B2
A system clock is protected by limiting clock changes, change frequency, and calculating skew. System and secure clocks are initialized to a same time. First and second thresholds are set. The first threshold corresponds to an alert and the second threshold corresponds to an action. At a time interval at which the secure clock is to be updated, a skew is calculated between the system and secure clocks, and a cumulative skew is calculated. Upon a determination that the cumulative skew has reached the first threshold, but not the second threshold, the alert is triggered while deletions of files having retention locks that have expired according to the system clock are allowed to continue. Upon a determination that the cumulative skew has reached the second threshold, the action is triggered. The action includes blocking the deletions of files having retention locks that have expired according to the system clock.
US11762805B2
A file storage application that processes file operations is communicably connected with a block storage application that processes block operations by establishing multiple communication sessions between the file storage application and the block storage application. Multiple logical volumes provided by the block storage application are exposed to the file storage application over the multiple communication sessions established between the file storage application and the block storage application using a total number of logical paths to the logical volumes that is equivalent to the total number of the logical volumes provided by the block storage application to the file storage application.
US11762799B2
The described techniques address deadlocking issues associated with interconnected hardware devices that share bus lines associated with a digital communication interface. A watchdog-based solution is described that may be implemented internally within the interconnected hardware devices or, alternatively, as an external component. The watchdog circuity may monitor a logic state of one or more internal connections of a hardware device and cause one or more portions of the hardware device to reset when a deadlock condition is detected using this internal monitoring.
US11762795B2
The methods and systems may provide a scalable round-robin arbiter tree that performs round-robin arbitration for a plurality of requests received from a set of requestors. The round-robin arbiter may stack a plurality of round-robin cells in stages where an output of a first stage of round-robin cells is an input to a next stage of round-robin cells. The round-robin arbiter may transform an arbitration state at each stage of the arbitration and propagate the arbitration state into the next stage for arbitration. The arbitration state from the final stage round-robin cell is fed back to the first stage of the round-robin cells and used in a subsequent arbitration round.
US11762775B2
Systems and methods that may be used to implement overlapping data caching for object application program interfaces (APIs). A unique identifier may be assigned to each sub-component of an object API request. The unique identifiers may be used to determine if sub-components of one object API request overlaps with a sub-component of a prior different request such that a data response for the prior different request can be retrieved from the cache and used as part of the data response for the current object API request.
US11762774B2
An arithmetic processor including a plurality of core groups each including a plurality of cores and a cache unit, a plurality of home agents each including a tag directory and a store command queue and a store command queue. The store command queue enters the received store request to the entry queue in order of reception, the cache unit stores the data of the store request in a data RAM. The store command queue sets a data ownership acquisition flag of the store request to valid when obtaining a data ownership of the store request and issues a top-of-queue notification to the cache control unit when the flag of the top-of-queue entry is valid. In response to the top-of-queue notification, the cache unit update a cache tag to modified state and issue a store request completion notification.
US11762770B2
One or more aspects of the present disclosure relate to cache memory management. In embodiments, a global memory of a storage array into one or more cache partitions based on an anticipated activity of one or more input/output (IO) service level (SL) workload volumes can be dynamically partitioned.
US11762768B2
A device is provided that includes a first memory and a second memory and an accessing circuit. Actual addresses of the first memory and the second memory alternately correspond to reference addresses of a processing circuit. The accessing circuit is configured to perform the steps outlined below. A read command corresponding to a reference read address is received from the processing circuit to convert the reference read address to an actual read address of the first memory and the second memory. A first read data is read from a first one of the first memory and the second memory according to the actual read address and a second read data is prefetched from a second one of the first memory and a second memory according to a next first read address simultaneously.
US11762763B2
Methods, systems, and devices supporting orchestration for automated performance testing are described. A server may orchestrate performance testing for software applications across multiple different test environments. The server may receive a performance test indicating an application to test and a set of test parameters. The server may determine a local or a non-local test environment for running the performance test. The server may deploy the application to the test environment, where the deploying involves deploying a first component of the performance test to a first test artifact in the test environment and deploying a second component of the performance test different from the first component to a second test artifact in the test environment. The server may execute the performance test to obtain a result set, where the executing involves executing multiple performance test components as well as orchestrating results across multiple test artifacts to obtain the result set.
US11762762B1
Static and automatic realization of inter-basic block burst transfers for high-level synthesis can include generating an intermediate representation of a design specified in a high-level programming language, wherein the intermediate representation is specified as a control flow graph, and detecting a plurality of basic blocks in the control flow graph. A determination can be made that plurality of basic blocks represent a plurality of consecutive memory accesses. A sequential access object specifying the plurality of consecutive memory accesses of the plurality of basic blocks is generated. A hardware description language (HDL) version of the design is generated, wherein the plurality of consecutive memory accesses are designated in the HDL version for implementation in hardware using a burst mode.
US11762748B2
A method of a test controller controlling a test platform to run test applications is provided, wherein an authenticated connection exists between the test platform and a phone home service through which secure tunnel information for the test controller has been obtained. The method including the test controller (i) generating an instruction to load and prepare a test application, the instruction including a URL for a repository that stores the test application as a component executable on the test platform, (ii) transmitting the generated instruction to the test platform over an initiated first secure tunnel between the test platform and the test controller, and (iii) controlling the test platform to perform a requested test using the test application using an established second secure tunnel between (a) the test platform or the test application and (b) the test controller.
US11762747B2
A compute node includes a network-connected device, and a baseboard management controller (BMC) that is connected to the network-connected device by a sideband interface. The network-connected device is configured to communicate with a network. The BMC is configured to configure the network-connected device, via the sideband interface, to engage in a debug session over the network with a remote debug device.
US11762741B2
A storage system in which a cluster is configured by a plurality of storage nodes is configured to include: a management server configured to store a template including an OS of a storage node, a process program that configures a process, and an installer; a maintenance node VM configured to collect configuration information required for configuring a restore-target storage node from within the storage system; a maintenance node, a management server, and a hypervisor configured to create a VM for a new storage node on the basis of the template and the configuration information; and a cluster controller configured to create a process in the new storage node using the installer and restore the process to a state corresponding to the process of the restore-target storage node.
US11762738B2
A request is received to restore a file at a deduplicated storage system to a client. The file resides at the storage system as a synthetic file based on a base file at the storage system. The request includes an indication that the base file is also present at the client. Metadata generated during a backup of the file to the storage system is reviewed. The metadata includes references to data determined to be in the base file at the storage system, and references to other data determined to not be in the base file at the storage system. The other data determined to not be in the base file is read from the storage system and transmitted to the client. Upon receipt, the client assembles the requested file using the base file present at the client and the other data determined to not be in the base file.
US11762732B2
A memory device, such as a MRAM device, includes a plurality of memory macros, where each includes an array of memory cells and a first ECC circuit configured to detect data errors in the respective memory macro. A second ECC circuit that is remote from the plurality of memory macros is communicatively coupled to each of the plurality of memory macros. The second ECC circuit is configured to receive the detected data errors from the first ECC circuits of the plurality of memory macros and correct the data errors.
US11762731B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for an improved utilization of parity within a data storage device, and manufacturing methods thereof. In some embodiments, a data storage device can implement an improved codeword redundancy process that can be utilized for data storage locations which were not previously scanned for defects. In some embodiments, a data storage device can implement an improved codeword redundancy process to store write data to a data storage location without having to perform a read operation prior to storing the write data to the storage location. The improved codeword redundancy process can include various methods of storing or updating an outer code codeword for the data to be stored.
US11762724B2
Disclosed are devices and methods for improved operations of a memory device. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising periodically recording memory statistics of a dynamic random-access memory in a device, while the device is in a power on state; detecting a command to enter a standby state; analyzing the memory statistics to determine whether a health check should be performed; powering down the device when determining that the health check should be performed; and placing the device in standby mode when determining that the health check should not be performed.
US11762719B2
The present disclosure relates a data distribution system and a data distribution method. The platform includes a channel configuration module and a data engine module, the channel configuration module is connected with an external device, and is configured to convert obtained device data of the external device into preset product model data and store the preset product model data into a second message queue; the data engine module is connected with the channel configuration module and is configured to distribute the preset product model data obtained from the second message queue. In this embodiment, data distribution can be achieved by uniformly analyzing the device data, such that the users of the data distribution system can directly use the device data, which is beneficial to improving the stability, compatibility and portability of the system.
US11762714B2
Embodiments are directed to managing operations over a network. An event associated with network operations may be provided. A hash function may generate key values that correspond to words included in message information associated with the event. A message vector may be generated based on the key values such that each component in the message vector that corresponds to a key value is set to one. Group vectors may be determined such that each group vector is associated with an event group. Similarity scores may be generated for the group vectors based on the message vector and the group vectors such that each group vector corresponds to a separate similarity score. If the similarity scores exceed a threshold, the event may be associated with event groups associated with a group vector that correspond similarity score that exceeds the threshold.
US11762712B2
Some embodiments provide a method for distributing a set of parameters associated with policies for authorizing Application Programming Interface (API) calls to an application. For a previously stored hierarchical first document that comprises a first set of elements in a first hierarchical structure, the method receives a hierarchical update second document that comprises a second set of elements in a second hierarchical structure corresponding to the first hierarchical structure, wherein at least a subset of elements in the first and the second documents correspond to the set of parameters for evaluating API calls. The method receives a first set of hash values for elements of the first document that are not specified in the second document, and generates a second set of hash values for a set of elements specified in the second document. The method generates an overall hash for the second document by using the received first set of hash values and the generated second set of hash values. The method uses the overall hash to validate a signature from an entity that is authorized to specify the set of parameters.
US11762707B2
A computer implemented method and related system determine a current load result of a software container executing on a compute node in a container system. In response to determining that the current load result exceeds a predetermined scale-up threshold for the software container, the method adds a first plurality of replicas of the software container to the compute node, where a quantity of the first plurality of replicas is related to the current load result. In response to determining that the current load result is less than a predetermined scale-down threshold for the software container, the method deletes a second plurality of replicas of the software container from the compute node, where a quantity of the second plurality of replicas is related to the current load result.
US11762705B2
An apparatus includes at least one node device to host a computing cluster, and at least one processor to: use at least one of a level of resource observed to be consumed by operation of the computing cluster or a level of performance observed to be provided by operation of the computing cluster as an input to a pre-existing cluster model to derive a predicted level; compare the predicted level to a corresponding observed level of resource consumed or performance provided; and in response to the predicted level not matching the observed level to within a pre-selected degree, derive a new cluster model from observations of the operation of the computing cluster, and generate a prompt to perform repeat the configuration of the computing cluster using the new cluster model in place of the pre-existing cluster model to generate a new set of configuration settings for the computing cluster.
US11762704B2
[Problem] To achieve resource allocation suitable for both a resource providing side and a using side. [Solution] A resource allocation apparatus 1 includes a filtering unit 12 configured to receive an allocation request specifying an amount of use of a physical CPU to be used by a virtual CPU and a characteristic of the physical CPU for each virtual CPU and select resources for allocation 2 that match the characteristic of the physical CPU specified in the allocation request, a weighting unit 13 configured to choose a physical CPU that is to serve as an allocation destination of a virtual CPU based on an amount of use in which each of the selected resources for allocation 2 is available and an amount of use of the physical CPU specified in the allocation request, and a virtual machine generation unit 14 configured to allocate the virtual CPU specified in the allocation request to the physical CPU chosen as the allocation destination.
US11762699B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to using different process groups to control allocation of execution resources for database connection processes that handle application requests. In disclosed embodiments, a database server receives a request from an application server for database resources, including application information specifying one or more attributes of the request. The server may assign a database connection process to access a database for the request and assign the database connection process to a process group based on the application information. The server may assign execution resources based on resource allocation parameters that are associated with the assigned process group. In disclosed embodiments, tenants that are using inappropriate amounts of resources are identified and requests from the identified tenants may be assigned to process groups whose processes are allocated a smaller amounts of resources per process than other process groups, which may reduce performance degradation in a database system.
US11762696B2
In an example, an apparatus comprises a plurality of execution units comprising at least a first type of execution unit and a second type of execution unit and logic, at least partially including hardware logic, to analyze a workload and assign the workload to one of the first type of execution unit or the second type of execution unit. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US11762690B2
The present disclosure discloses a data processing method and related products, in which the data processing method includes: generating, by a general-purpose processor, a binary instruction according to device information of an AI processor, and generating an AI learning task according to the binary instruction; transmitting, by the general-purpose processor, the AI learning task to the cloud AI processor for running; receiving, by the general-purpose processor, a running result corresponding to the AI learning task; and determining, by the general-purpose processor, an offline running file according to the running result, where the offline running file is generated according to the device information of the AI processor and the binary instruction when the running result satisfies a preset requirement. By implementing the present disclosure, the debugging between the AI algorithm model and the AI processor can be achieved in advance.
US11762682B2
A method for storing data, the method comprising receiving, by an offload component in a client application node, a request originating from an application executing in an application container on the client application node, wherein the request is associated with data and wherein the offload component is located in a hardware layer of the client application node, and processing, by the offload component using an advanced data services pipeline, the request by a file system (FS) client and a memory hypervisor module executing in a modified client FS container on the offload component, wherein processing the request results in at least a portion of the data in a location in a storage pool.
US11762676B2
Some embodiments address unique challenges of provisioning RPA software to airgapped hosts, and in particular, provisioning RPA machine learning components and training corpora of substantial size, and provisioning to multiple airgapped hosts having distinct hardware and/or software specifications. To reduce costs associated with data traffic and manipulation, some embodiments bundle together multiple RPA components and/or training corpora into an aggregate package comprising a deduplicated collection of software libraries. Individual RPA components are then automatically reconstructed from the aggregate package and distributed to airgapped hosts.
US11762673B2
A method and apparatus for an extensible, format-independent middleware message interpreter is disclosed in which a host machine is configured with a universal message service (UMS). The UMS communicates with local and cloud servers and destination devices. The UMS is configured with a plug-in service that can accommodate plug-in libraries of plug-in modules. The UMS receives formatted messages from the local and cloud server applications and destination devices, parses the messages, and identifies a command message type. Based on the command message type, the UMS performs actions including executing the local command on the host machine, relaying the embedded-sub-message data to the at least one destination device as indicated by the destination identification, and relaying the embedded-sub-message data to the plug-in service.
US11762666B2
This application relates to apparatus and methods for booting servers, such as cloud datacenter compute servers. The servers may execute one or more hypervisors, such as stateless hypervisors, with each hypervisor supporting one or more virtual machines. In some examples, each of a plurality of servers are configured to boot from a network. The compute servers may obtain an IP address identifying a location of hypervisor bootable images. Upon a reboot, the servers may request and obtain a hypervisor bootable image from the IP address. The servers may execute the hypervisor bootable image to run a hypervisor. In some examples, the servers also obtain virtual machine images from the network. One or more hypervisors executing on each server may obtain, and execute, one or more of the virtual machine images to run one or more virtual machines.
US11762657B2
Computer-readable media, methods, and systems are disclosed for producing updated software documentation for a software product. A plurality of versioned source code change indications are received corresponding to changes in a plurality of source code files, which are associated with a target version of the software product. A plurality of documentation sources and associated documentation metadata is received corresponding to the plurality of versioned source code change indications. The plurality of documentation sources is merged based on the plurality of versioned source code change indications and the target version of the software product. Based on determining a set of impacted software documentation outputs, a current version of documentation build tools is fetched based on the merged plurality of merged documentation sources. Software documentation output components are built with the current version of documentation build tools. Finally, the software documentation output components are published to a primary container store.
US11762655B2
A vehicle control apparatus including: a storage portion configured to store therein a vehicle control software for controlling a vehicle; a receiving portion configured to receive an update software from an external server; and an updating portion configured to update the vehicle control software stored in the storage portion, to the update software received by the receiving portion. The updating portion is configured to determine whether the vehicle is in a long-time requiring state that requires a long time for making a repair of the vehicle which is needed in case update of the vehicle control software is not successfully completed. The updating portion is configured to execute the update of the vehicle control software when determining that the vehicle is not in the long-time requiring state, and is configured to withhold the update of the vehicle control software when determining that the vehicle is in the long-time requiring state.
US11762651B2
An image of a virtualization software and firmware in a plurality of hosts are upgraded by performing the steps of: in response to a user input, generating a software specification that specifies a desired state of the virtualization software and a desired state of the firmware; based on the software specification, preparing a desired image of the virtualization software that includes software components of a desired version of the firmware; and coordinating an upgrade to the desired image of the virtualization software and the desired version of the firmware in the hosts. The upgrade includes an upgrade in each of the hosts to the desired version of the firmware, and an upgrade in each of the hosts to the desired image of the virtualization software that includes the software components of the desired version of the base image and the software components of the desired version of the firmware.
US11762650B1
A computing device including a first processor configured for generating a directory structure in response to a metadata associated with a software, retrieving an update file, performing the software update on a test system, and verifying the software update. A memory configured for storing the software update in the directory structure. A second processor configured for confirming the validity of the software update, performing the software update on a secure computing system in response to a positive confirmation of the validity of the software update and generating an indication of an update of the secure computing system. A display configured to display the directory structure and the indication of the update of the secure computing system.
US11762648B2
A method may include determining whether a plurality of vehicles, each having an application installed are expected to be present within a predetermined distance of a location of an event. The method may further include comparing versions of the applications among the plurality of vehicles and, in response to determining that the plurality of vehicles are expected to be present within the predetermined distance of the location and determining that the versions of the applications among the plurality of vehicles are different, adjusting a version of the application installed in one or more of the plurality of vehicles.
US11762644B2
A method, a computer program product, and a system for server provisioning and deployment. The method includes receiving a deployment configuration for a server. The deployment configuration includes a requested software build and a requested installation of an application and configuration for the server. The method also includes reconfiguring hardware on the server based on the deployment configuration and via an out-of-band management card on the server and pushing a boot loader on to the server for installation of an operating system. The method further includes performing an installation of the operating system on the server, transmitting an auto configuration file to the server. The auto configuration file provides installation properties relating to the application. The method also includes monitoring a status of the server during the installation of the application using a serial terminal output on the server.
US11762643B2
A system is a system for managing release of a developed program to a production environment, and includes a plurality of servers in which a blockchain is installed, a means for detecting an event related to release of a program, and a means for generating a block of the blockchain, which contains uniqueness information that assures uniqueness of the program when the event was detected, and specification information that specifies the detected event.
US11762619B2
In some exemplary processes for controlling an external device using a computer-generated reality interface, information specifying a function of the external device is received from the external device. First image data of a physical environment that includes the external device is obtained with one or more image sensors. A representation of the physical environment according to the first image data is displayed on a display. While displaying the representation of the physical environment, second image data identifying a gesture occurring between the display and the external device in the physical environment is obtained with the one or more image sensors. A determination is made as to whether the identified gesture satisfies one or more predetermined criteria associated with the function. In accordance with determining that the identified gesture satisfies one or more predetermined criteria associated with the function, the external device is caused to perform the function.
US11762617B2
A display apparatus includes circuitry to receive an input of hand drafted data, display, on a display, an object corresponding to the hand drafted data and an external image that is externally input, perform character recognition on the hand drafted data to convert the hand drafted data into text data, and display, on the display, a search result obtained using at least a part of the external image and at least a part of the text data.
US11762615B2
A printing system includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses capable of mutually communicating with a portable terminal device and a client terminal device. The client terminal device generates a print job that includes print data and job information. The portable terminal device stores job information transmitted from the client terminal device. The image forming apparatus acquires the job information from the portable terminal device, acquires the print data corresponding to the job information from the client terminal device, and execute image output the print data.
US11762614B2
A method for controlling an image forming system includes a shifting process in which a wireless operation unit from a sleep state to a ready state; a connection process in which the wireless operation unit connects individually to each of a first image forming apparatus and a second image forming apparatus via wireless communication without a wireless LAN router in response to the shift of the wireless operation unit to the ready state in the shifting process; and a display process in which the touch panel display displays, side by side, a first return icon to return the first image forming apparatus to a ready state and a second return icon to return the second image forming apparatus to a ready state in response to the execution of wireless communication in the connection process.
US11762613B2
The system according to the present disclosure includes a cloud print service (CPS) connected to a client terminal via a network, and a CPS connected to an image forming apparatus through a network. The CPS receives a job executed by the image forming apparatus from the client terminal, and transmits the job to the CPS. The CPS receives a job transmitted from the CPS, issues a job code for the job, and transmits the job code to the CPS. The CPS receives the job code issued by the CPS, and notifies the client terminal of the job code.
US11762611B2
An image forming apparatus has a user authentication function of performing user authentication and permitting login by a registered user registered in advance. The apparatus includes a communicator, a receiver, a detector, and an image former. The communicator communicates with an external device storing print data of the registered user. The receiver receives the print data sent from the external device. The detector detects whether or not the registered user is logged in. The image former prints an image associated with the print data of the registered user on a recording medium when the detector detects that the registered user is logged in and the receiver receives the print data of the logged-in registered user.
US11762610B2
A communication apparatus can perform an appropriate process in response to a job notification received from a server. The communication apparatus sets an operation mode to a first mode. The first mode is a mode to receive a job notification from a server using a connection established for server-push communication between the communication apparatus and the server. The job notification indicates whether a job to be performed by the communication apparatus is occurring. The communication apparatus disconnects the connection before completion of a first job in response to a first job notification being received from the server using the connection during the first mode. The first job notification indicates occurrence of the first job to be performed by the communication apparatus. The communication apparatus performs the first job in response to the first job notification being received from the server.
US11762607B2
Print driving control method and apparatus, a storage medium, and a program product are provided. The method includes transmitting a converted print task content to a background processing module of an operating system of a terminal device; receiving the print task content processed and transmitted by the background processing module, and caching the print task content in a memory space preset where the print task content includes print data and print identifiers; and determining whether the print identifiers includes a job end identifier to obtain a first determination result, determining a transmitting strategy according to the first determination result, and transmitting the print task content according to the transmitting strategy.
US11762605B2
A display apparatus includes: a first acquisition portion acquiring progress of a plurality of processes for print product produced through the processes based on information transmitted from a printer; a second acquisition portion acquiring the progress in response to an operation of a user to proceed with the production; and a display portion displaying in a distinguishable manner on a display, an automatic transition process and a manual transition process included in the processes, the automatic transition process automatically transitioning to the subsequent process based on the information transmitted from the printer and a manual transition process manually transitioning to the subsequent process in response to the operation.
US11762604B2
A non-transitory computer readable medium stores an application program causing an information processing apparatus to execute a process for printing, an operating system of the information processing apparatus has an automatic function which automatically executes a series of procedures and operations in response to satisfaction of an activation condition, the application program is activated based on a user operation, or activated by the automatic function of the operating system, the information processing apparatus includes a first communication interface. The process includes receiving a selection of data to be printed, acquiring input information in a case where the application program is activated by the automatic function of the operating system, and establishing the first wireless communication with a specific printer using the connection information and outputting the print job to the specific printer using the first wireless communication.
US11762599B2
A memory sub-system configured to iterative calibrate read voltages, where higher read voltages are calibrated based on the calibration results of lower read voltages. For example, a memory device initially determines first read voltages of a group of memory cells. The memory device calculates a second read voltage optimized to read the group of memory cells according to first signal and noise characteristics measured based on at least one of the first read voltages. A third read voltage is estimated based on an offset of the second read voltage from a corresponding voltage among the first read voltages. Second signal and noise characteristics of the group of memory cells are measured based on the third read voltage. The memory device then calculates a fourth read voltage optimized to read the group of memory cells according to the second signal and noise characteristics.
US11762598B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system manages a plurality of first weights that correspond to the plurality of queues, and a plurality of second weights that correspond to the plurality of queues. The memory system selects a queue of a largest or smallest second weight, of the plurality of queues, as a queue of a highest priority, and starts execution of a command stored in the selected queue. The memory system updates the second weight corresponding to the selected queue by subtracting the first weight corresponding to the selected queue from the second weight corresponding to the selected queue or by adding the first weight corresponding to the selected queue to the second weight corresponding to the selected queue.
US11762588B2
An apparatus comprises at least one processing device. The at least one processing device is configured to obtain storage-side performance information maintained by a storage system in conjunction with processing of input-output operations directed to the storage system by a host device over a network, to dynamically select a particular one of a plurality of distinct load balancing policies available in the host device based at least in part on the obtained storage-side performance information, and to apply the selected load balancing policy in directing additional input-output operations from the host device to the storage system. At least one of the load balancing policies comprises a storage cache aware load balancing policy that causes different ones of the input-output operations to be directed to different cache entities of the storage system based at least in part on cache-related performance metrics of the obtained storage-side performance information.
US11762585B2
Methods, systems, and devices related to operating a memory array are described. A system may include a memory device and a host device. A memory device may indicate information about a temperature of the memory device, which may include sending an indication to the host device after receiving a signal that initializes the operation of the memory device or storing an indication, for example in a register, about the temperature of the memory device. The information may include an indication that a temperature of the memory device or a rate of change of the temperature of the memory device has satisfied a threshold. Operation of the memory device, or the host device, or both may be modified based on the information about the temperature of the memory device. Operational modifications may include delaying a sending or processing of memory commands until the threshold is satisfied.
US11762582B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to performing background operations in memory. A memory device can be configured to perform background operations while another memory device in a memory system and/or on a common memory module is busy performing commands received from a host coupled to the memory system and/or common memory module. An example apparatus can include a first memory device, wherein the first memory device can include an array of memory cells and a controller configured to perform a background operation on the first memory device in response to detecting a command from a host to a second memory device.
US11762578B2
A computer-implemented method that includes managing a buffer pool of pages into a ring sub-chain comprising pages linked in a ring, and a linear sub-chain comprising pages linked in a line from a header, and moving a page between the linear sub-chain and the ring sub-chain based on a moving schema evaluating a chain management characteristic.
US11762576B2
According to an embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory blocks including first to m-th guarantee blocks, wherein m is an integer greater than 1; repair logic suitable for generating bad block information by detecting defective memory blocks among the first to m-th guarantee blocks, and determining first to m-th offset values respectively corresponding to the first to m-th guarantee blocks based on the bad block information; and an address decoder suitable for generating a block selection address by reflecting an offset value selected from the first to m-th offset values onto a block address when the block address corresponds to any of the first to m-th guarantee blocks, and by reflecting the m-th offset value onto the block address when the block address corresponds to any of the memory blocks except for the first to m-th guarantee blocks.
US11762574B2
A backup-source storage system extracts, as a pattern, forwarding target data to a backup-destination storage system among data written to a storage apparatus through a volume. The backup-source storage system determines whether the extracted pattern matches with a registered pattern in the backup-source storage system. When a result of the determination is false, the backup-source storage system registers the extracted pattern and forwards the forwarding target data to the backup-destination storage system. When the result of the determination is true, the backup-source storage system does not forward the forwarding target data.
US11762573B2
A method of preserving the contiguity of large pages of a workload during migration of the workload from a source host to a destination host includes the steps of: detecting at the destination host, receipt of a small page of zeros from the source host, wherein, at the source host, the small page is part of one of the large pages of the workload; and upon detecting the receipt of the small page of zeros, storing, at the destination host, all zeros in a small page that is part of one of the large pages of the workload.
US11762571B2
A computer-implemented method includes migrating an item to a cache cluster from a home cluster in a storage system in a cutover process and initiating a data validation process with the home cluster. The method includes enabling at least one tunable parameter on the item on the cache cluster in the storage system. The tunable parameter is configured to adjust the data validation process with the home cluster. The tunable parameter includes at least one condition. The method includes enabling at least one flag on the item on the cache cluster in the storage system. The flag is configured to indicate that the at least one condition of the tunable parameter on the item in the storage system is met. In response to the at least one condition of the tunable parameter being met, the method includes ending the data validation process with the home cluster in the storage system.
US11762567B2
Devices, methods, and media are described for runtime memory allocation to avoid defects. One embodiment includes assigning a plurality of memory blocks of a memory sub-system to a plurality of erase groups, such that each erase group of the plurality of erase groups comprises two or more memory blocks of the plurality of memory blocks. A bad block association is determined for each erase group of the plurality of erase groups. Prior to a memory condition being met, memory resources of the memory sub-system are allocated by erase group based on a first set of criteria which are based at least in part on the bad block association for each erase group in order to prioritize use of erase groups with fewer bad blocks. After the memory condition has been met, the memory resources of the memory sub-system are then allocated by erase group according to a second set of criteria, wherein the second set of criteria allocates the memory resources irrespective of bad block association for each erase group after the determining that the memory condition has been met.
US11762562B2
The present invention aims to specify a bottlenecked resource more accurately in an IT system. In a performance analysis apparatus which includes a processing device, a storage device and an input/output interface and analyzes a performance of an IT system, the processing device creates an overall performance prediction model by using a nonlinear regression algorithm with a first overall performance value being set as an objective variable and with a first resource performance value being set as an explanatory variable, creates an explanatory model by inputting the overall performance prediction model and using an XAI technology and calculates a degree of per-resource influence on the overall performance value which is output by inputting a second resource performance value into the explanatory model.
US11762559B2
In one aspect of write sort management in accordance with the present disclosure, a write sort task related to write sorting a write list of data units to be destaged to storage, is assigned to a storage controller to improve the load balance among plural storage controllers. In one embodiment, available processing capacities of each of the storage controllers is determined by, for example, polling each of the storage controllers. A write sort task may then be assigned to a selected storage controller as a function of determined available processing capacities of each of the storage controllers to improve the load balance among the storage controllers. Other aspects and advantages are provided, depending upon the particular application.
US11762553B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses related to runtime selection of memory devices and storage devices in a disaggregated memory system are described. For example, a controller can be coupled to a plurality of memory device and a plurality of storage devices. The controller can receive signaling indicative of a memory request corresponding to execution of an application. Responsive to receiving the signaling indicative of the memory request, the controller can select a memory device or a storage device, or both, selecting from the plurality of memory devices or the plurality of storage devices, or both, to perform a memory operation associated with the memory request. Responsive to receiving the memory request and selecting the memory device or the storage device, or both, the controller can perform the memory operation using the selected memory device or the selected storage device, or both.
US11762549B1
Systems and methods for dynamic presentation of content items in a user interface are disclosed. An example method includes presenting a plurality of content items on the user interface in a predetermined geometric arrangement, receiving a user selection of a first content item of the plurality of content items, in response to receiving the user selection of the first content item, expanding the first content item while moving the first content item to a predetermined focus position within the geometric arrangement, and presenting, in the expanded first content item, additional information associated with the first content item, where the additional information is not displayed before receiving the user selection of the first content item.
US11762548B2
A touch sensor system includes touch sensors, drive-sense circuits (DSCs), memory, and a processing module. A DSC drives a first signal via a single line coupling to a touch sensor and simultaneously senses, when present, a second signal that is uniquely associated with a user. The DSC processes the first signal and/or the second signal to generate a digital signal that is representative of an electrical characteristic of the touch sensor. The processing module executes operational instructions (stored in the memory) to process the digital signal to detect interaction of the user with the touch sensor and to determine whether the interaction of the user with the touch sensor compares favorably with authorization. When not authorized, the processing module aborts execution of operation(s) associated with the interaction of the user with the touch sensor. Alternatively, when authorized, the processing module facilitates execution of the operation(s).
US11762529B2
A method and device for operating an application icon are provided, so as to prompt a user where a currently operated application icon is located. The method includes: displaying a first screen page of a desktop, wherein the first screen page comprises N application icons, the N application icons comprise a first application icon and at least one first-layer application icon, and the first-layer application icon is located around the first application icon and adjacent to the first application icon; and the first-layer application icon comprises a foreground layer and a background layer; and receiving an operation of a user related to the first application icon; and in response to the operation, displaying the at least one first-layer application icon in a first display manner, wherein the first display manner comprises that a foreground layer of the at least one first-layer application icon moves relative to the first application icon.
US11762525B2
Examples described herein include systems and methods for providing a GUI customization tool for customizing a GUI template. The GUI can provide multiple customization options for altering the appearance of the GUI template. Template previews can be displayed in conjunction with the customization options. The template previews can represent different display platforms, such as a web browser, a desktop application, or a mobile device. The GUI customization tool can receive selections of the customization options. Upon receiving a selection, the GUI customization tool can update the template previews according to the selection made. The template previews can be updated in real time.
US11762516B2
A display device is provided. A display device includes a display unit, and a touch sensing unit disposed on the display unit, wherein the touch sensing unit includes a substrate, a first sensing electrode disposed on the substrate, wherein the first sensing electrode includes a plurality of touch conductive patterns separated from each other, a second sensing electrode disposed on the same layer as the first sensing electrode and insulated from the first sensing electrode, and a connection electrode electrically connecting the touch conductive patterns to each other, wherein the connection electrode includes a first connection electrode overlapping the second sensing electrode and a second connection electrode not overlapping the second sensing electrode.
US11762501B2
An information processing apparatus includes a display unit; a touch panel configured to detect a touch position at which a touch operation is performed on the display unit; a function setting module configured to set at least one area of a first area functioning as a touch screen and a second area functioning as a precision touch pad with respect to a touch panel area where the touch panel is formed; and a polling rate setting module configured to raise a polling rate in an area where the second area is set in the touch panel area when the second area is set for the touch panel area.
US11762498B1
A touch sensor having a visible area and a peripheral area includes a substrate, a metal nanowire layer, a transitional insulating portion, and a silver layer. The metal nanowire layer is disposed on the substrate and defines a plurality of electrode portions corresponding to the visible area and a plurality of wiring portions corresponding to the peripheral area, in which the adjacent wiring portions are spaced apart by a spaced region. The transitional insulating portion is disposed in the spaced region and adjacent and connected to a sidewall of each of the wiring portions, and a gap is between two of the transitional insulating portions that are respectively connected to the adjacent wiring portions. The silver layer is disposed on an upper surface of the wiring portions, and the silver layer and the wiring portions together constitute a plurality of peripheral traces of the touch sensor.
US11762489B2
An array substrate includes a base substrate; a common electrode layer including a plurality of common electrodes, arranged in an array, a part of which being also used as first touch electrodes and another part of which being also used as second touch electrodes; a first conductive layer including a plurality of electrode connecting lines, each row of first touch electrodes being coupled serially by at least one electrode connecting line; and a second conductive layer including a plurality of first touch signal lines and a plurality of second touch signal lines, each row of first touch electrodes being coupled to at least one first touch signal line which is configured to transmit a first touch signal; each second touch electrode or each column of second touch electrodes being coupled to at least one second touch signal line which is configured to transmit a second touch signal.
US11762481B2
In some implementations, an apparatus may include a housing enclosing a circuitry may include a processor and a memory, the housing forming a handgrip. In addition, the apparatus may include a plurality of light sensors arranged in a particular configuration, each of the plurality of light sensors coupled to an exterior the housing via a sensor arm. Also, the apparatus may include one or more controls mounted on the exterior of the housing and electrically coupled to the circuitry. The apparatus can include one or more antenna mounted on an exterior of the housing; and a transmitter connected to the circuitry and electrically connected to the one or more antenna to send data from the apparatus via a wireless protocol. The apparatus can include an electronic device for mounting an electronic device to the housing, the electronic device configured to execute an application for an immersive content generation system.
US11762477B2
Sunshading louver control system and method based on gesture recognition are provided. Indoor images are collected in real time. Based on the indoor images, an action region of gesture motion is positioned and feature extraction is performed thereon to obtain hand motion parameters. The hand motion parameters are analyzed to obtain gesture information. The gesture information is compared with preset gesture information. When the preset gesture information contains the gesture information, corresponding adjustment is performed on a sunshading louver according to a preset operation logic corresponding to the gesture information. When the preset gesture information does not contain the gesture information, the gesture information is determined to be invalid. The lifting and rotation angles of the louver can be automatically controlled according to various gestures of indoor personnel, thereby rapidly realizing regulation of indoor illumination and natural ventilation quantity, and meeting the change of personnel's demand for indoor environment.
US11762471B2
The present invention relates to a haptic feedback system and, particularly, to a device and a method for controlling an actuator for haptic feedback, the method comprising: a first step of controlling the output of an oscillator such that a clock necessary in the generation of a driving signal for driving an actuator is oscillated at a reference clock frequency; a second step of calculating the resonance frequency of the actuator from a cycle of a BEMF signal according to the driving of the actuator; and a third step of calculating a clock frequency for following the calculated resonance frequency of the actuator so as to newly change and set same to the reference clock frequency, thereby controlling the output of the oscillator.
US11762465B2
A wireless position tracking device, a display system, and a wearable device are provided. The wireless position tracking device includes a rigid body, point light sources, a motion sensor, and a wireless transmission module. The rigid body has an inner concave surface, a head, a connecting portion, and a tail. The connecting portion connects the head and tail. The point light sources are fixed to positions outside the inner concave surface. The motion sensor locates in the rigid body for sensing a motion thereof and generating motion information. The wireless transmission module locates in the rigid body and electrically connects the motion sensor for wirelessly transmitting the motion information to the head-mounted device. An image capturing module of the head-mounted device captures a pattern formed by the point light sources. The head-mounted device calculates a relative position of the wireless position tracking device according to the pattern and motion information.
US11762460B2
The invention provides a method for dynamically adjusting user interface, an electronic device and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: displaying a user interface, wherein the user interface partially displays a first block, and the first block includes at least one layer; monitoring a first moving direction of a first specific object; in response to determining that the first specific object moves toward the first block, moving at least one of the at least one layer in the first block toward a reference point in the user interface.
US11762459B2
An apparatus includes a video display to display video images to a user; a gaze detector configured to detect a gaze direction for one or both eyes of the user while the user views the display; a head tracker configured to detect a head orientation of the user; an image processor configured to generate the video images for display by the video display; the image processor being responsive to one or more control functions dependent upon the gaze direction detected by the gaze detector; and a controller configured to detect a predetermined condition and, in response to detection of the predetermined condition, to control the image processor to be responsive to one or more control functions dependent upon the head orientation detected by the head tracker in place of the one or more control functions dependent upon the gaze direction detected by the gaze detector.
US11762458B2
Provided is an electronic device that captures a first image of a user. The electronic device determines a position of eye gaze of the user on a first UI element of a plurality of UI elements displayed on a first display screen of the electronic device, based on the first image. The electronic device selects the first UI element based on a determination of the position of the eye gaze on the first UI element for a time interval. The electronic device transmits a first control signal to a media display device, based on the selection of the first UI element. The electronic device receives a feedback image from the media display device. The feedback image indicates control of the media display device based on the first control signal. The electronic device controls the first display screen to display the feedback image with the plurality of UI elements.
US11762455B2
Augmented reality headgear includes transparent displays that allow a user to simultaneously view the real world and virtual content positioned in the real world and further includes at least one source of coherent light and at least one sensor array for sensing, at a series of times, speckle patterns produced when the coherent light impinges environment surfaces. Circuitry is provided for sensing shifts in the speckle pattern and determining motion which caused the shift of the speckle pattern and adjusting the display of virtual objects displayed by the augmented reality headgear to compensate for the motion.
US11762446B2
The present invention relates to a method and system energy aware scheduling for sensors (Internet of Things (IoT)). More specifically, the method and system relates to energy scheduling of battery powered sensors or sensors powered using energy harvesters such that accurate and up to date information may be received from said sensors and at the same time minimizing the power utilized by said battery powered or energy harvester powered sensors.
US11762441B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed including a capacitor, located in a universal serial bus schematic. The methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture include a controller, include a controller including a state machine and a control signal generator, wherein the controller is configured to be coupled to a connector and to a power supply, the state machine is configured to determine a state of the connector, and the control signal generator is configured to, in response to an indication of a device not connected to the connector, generate a signal to indicate to the power supply to charge a capacitor to a threshold voltage, and wherein the control signal generator is further configured to generate the signal until a second state.
US11762438B2
A method is provided for dynamically controlling fan speed of a computing system during boot and reboot. The method may include receiving an ambient temperature from a sensor by a controller. The method may also include controlling speed for one or more fans dynamically based upon the ambient temperature using a dynamic algorithm during boot and reboot of the computing system. The dynamic algorithm may include a function for the fan speed of the one or more fans based upon the ambient temperature.
US11762433B2
A hinge module according to one embodiment includes a fixed structure including a central portion, a guide portion having an edge facing an edge of the central portion, and a support portion configured to connect the central portion and the guide portion, wherein an interior space is formed between the central portion and the guide portion, a connecting shaft extending into the interior space through the central portion and including a gear formed on at least a part of an outer circumferential surface of the connecting shaft, and a rotary structure disposed in the interior space, the rotary structure including a circular arc shaped gear having a plurality of gear teeth arranged in a circular arc shape and that are engaged with the gear, wherein the rotary structure rotates about a virtual axis of rotation passing through a center of a circular arc of the circular arc shaped gear.
US11762430B2
A hinge structure is provided. The hinge structure includes a first rotary member connected with a first housing, a second rotary member connected with a second housing, a gear structure that makes the first rotary member and the second rotary member operate in conjunction with each other, a first arm connected with the first rotary member, a second arm connected with the second rotary member, a first torque providing member that fastens the first arm and the first rotary member, and a second torque providing member that fastens the second arm and the second rotary member.
US11762429B1
An electronic device may have rigid members such as links in a strap that are joined by rotating joints. The joints may include friction hinges. In a head mounted device, straps may be folded for storage within an interior region in the housing of the head mounted device. A strap coupled to a wristwatch may have portions that fold to hide components mounted on the strap. A strap with two parallel strap portions may be configured to serve as a support for a cellular telephone or other device with a display. A strap can also be configured to tilt a display that is coupled to the strap to a desired viewing angle relative to a user's wrist. An electronic device may have multiple support structures that are joined by a friction hinge. The support structures may be used to clamp the device on a user's finger.
US11762422B1
An electronic device may have a housing that separates an exterior region from an interior region. The housing may have a front layer on a front face of the housing and a rear layer on an opposing rear face of the housing. Sidewall structures may extend between the front and rear layers. The housing may form a head-mounted housing that is configured to be worn on a user's head. An internal frame may be mounted in the interior region. The internal frame may have a nose bridge structure that is coupled to the housing with a coupling member such as a coupling member formed from an elastomeric vibration damping material. Other portions of the frame such elongated laterally extending support members may not contact any portion of the housing and may therefore be isolated from the housing during drop events.
US11762415B2
A thread executing a task at a node in a multi-socket computing system may access a first data structure to obtain a first calibration dataset for the node. The first thread may generate a timestamp based on the first calibration dataset and a first quantity of time measured by a clock at the first node. The real-time duration of the task may be determined based on the timestamp. The first thread may recalibrate the first clock by at least generating, based on the first quantity of time measured by the clock and a second quantity of time measured by a wall clock of an operating system of the multi-socket computing system, a second calibration dataset. The first thread may update the first data structure to include the second calibration dataset while a second thread accesses a second data structure to obtain calibration data.
US11762410B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for producing a compensated voltage reference. The method includes operating a voltage reference circuit. The method also includes activating a first compensation circuit when an operating temperature is less than or equal to a first temperature threshold. The first compensation circuit is configured to extract a first compensation current from the voltage reference circuit. The method further includes deactivating the first compensation circuit when the operating temperature is greater than the first temperature threshold. The method also includes activating a second compensation circuit when the operating temperature is greater than or equal to a second temperature threshold. The second compensation circuit is configured to extract a second compensation current from voltage reference circuit. The second temperature threshold is greater than the first temperature threshold. The method further includes deactivating the second compensation circuit when the operating temperature is less than the second temperature threshold.
US11762409B2
The disclosure provides a voltage regulator with a soft-start effect. The voltage regulator includes an amplifier, a first voltage setting circuit, a voltage selector and a power transistor. The amplifier has two input terminals to receive respectively a reference voltage and a feedback voltage. The amplifier has a current source to provide a current to an output terminal. In a voltage bypass mode, the first voltage setting circuit increases a driving voltage on the output terminal according to the current based on a selection voltage. In the voltage bypass mode, the voltage selector sequentially reduces the selection voltage respectively in multiple time intervals in a startup time interval. The power transistor receives the driving voltage, and generates an output voltage according to the driving voltage based on an operating power supply.
US11762406B2
A system for regulating voltage includes an electronic fuse including a switching component and an active control circuit connected to the switching component, the control circuit configured to open the switching component based on at least an overcurrent condition. The system also includes a voltage regulation component connected to the switching component, the voltage regulation component configured to regulate a voltage across the switching component by applying a voltage to the switching component based on a measured voltage drop across the switching component, and a desired load voltage.
US11762403B2
An arrangement for monitoring an aseptic manufacturing process includes product condition sensors capable of making closely spaced measurements of a product condition such as temperature or humidity. The measurements are made using closely spaced sensors arranged in a linear array on a single probe, which may be used to take measurements at multiple levels within the product. Data from the sensors is transmitted to a data collection point via short range wireless digital communications. The sensors may be used to measure temperature and humidity at a single point. For example, when the sensors are used in pharmaceutical freeze drying, the location of a sublimation front may be calculated for each vial, and the freeze drying process may be controlled using the data.
US11762400B2
A fluid control device includes a fluid pipe section including a fluid inlet and outlet connectable in series to a fluid pipe. A fluid valve is coupled in series within the fluid pipe section separating a fluid inlet and outlet side and controlling a fluid flow. An electric motor is mechanically connected to the fluid valve. A temperature sensor is connected to the fluid pipe section monitoring a temperature of the fluid flow. A pressure sensor is connected to the fluid pipe section monitoring a pressure of the fluid flow. A flow rate sensor is connected to the fluid pipe section monitoring a flow rate of the fluid flow. A control device processor is electrically connected to the electric motor and electrically connected to the sensors. A communication device coupled to the control device processor is for wirelessly connecting to a remotely disposed fluid monitoring and control system.
US11762377B2
Systems and methods for modeling and controlling entities of a building system are provided. An exemplary method includes comparing an input indicating a new entity or connection between entities of a building system to a data model for the building system to determine whether the new entity or connection is represented in the data model, extending the data model to define the new entity or connection in response to determining that the new entity or connection is not represented in the data model, and using the data model with the new entity or connection in a control strategy to generate control decisions for the entities of the building system.
US11762375B2
An industrial information hub (IDH) serves as a single industrial ecosystem platform where multiple participants can deliver repeatable and standardized services relevant to their core competencies. The IIH system is centered around the development of an ecosystem that creates and delivers value to users—including industrial enterprises, OEMs, system integrators, vendors, etc.—through the aggregation of digital content and domain expertise. The IIH system serves as a trusted information broker between the ecosystem and the OT environments of plant facilities, and provides a platform for connecting assets, contextualizing asset data and providing secure access to the ecosystem. Additionally, the IIH system provides tools and support to OEMs and other subject matter experts, allowing those experts to enable their digital assets for use in the ecosystem. The IIH system reduces the cost and risks for digital modeling of industrial assets.
US11762370B2
This system is directed to a computerized system for development of textiles with modified physical properties through stitching and can include a set of non-transitory computer readable instructions configured for: receiving a design pattern representing desired physical properties of a textile having a higher stiffness area and a lower stiffness area; developing a contiguous stitching pattern constrained by a pattern perimeter boundary and having a continuous stitching path, developing a first stiffness area within the contiguous stitching pattern having a first area of density, developing a second stiffness area within the contiguous stitching pattern having a second area of density wherein the first area of density has more stitch density than the second area of density, and transmitting the contiguous stitching pattern to an embroidery machine configured to provide a textile having the contiguous stitching pattern incorporating into the textile.
US11762362B2
A system for managing communication between building management system (BMS) devices includes a memory and a controller. The memory includes instructions stored thereon. The controller is configured to execute the instructions to implement an agent manager, a zone manager, and a channel manager. The agent manager is configured to generate an agent for each of the BMS devices. The zone manager is configured to define at least one zone relating to a physical location zone or a building control zone. The channel manager is configured to generate a communication channel associated with the at least one zone. The channel manager is further configured to manage registration of an agent to the communication channel, wherein an agent is configured to communicate over a communication channel in response to being registered to the communication channel.
US11762360B2
A sensor device includes: a sensor data acquisition unit that acquires sensor data of a measurement target from a sensor; a sensor data analysis unit that analyzes the data acquired by the sensor data acquisition unit; an extraction data setting unit that sets extraction conditions indicating a part desired to be extracted from among all the sensor data; a specific condition extraction unit that extracts a part from among all the sensor data based on an analysis result and the extraction conditions; and a user interface unit that allows a user to input/output information. Further, the user interface unit includes simple condition setting means by which a simple condition being at least one or more of the extraction conditions among the extraction conditions can be set in the sensor data analysis unit, and detection result display means that displays data satisfying the simple condition in the sensor data analysis unit.
US11762356B2
A building management system includes an entity database, a software defined gateway, and an entity service. The entity database stores a plurality of interconnected smart entities including object entities representing a plurality of physical devices, people, or spaces and data entities representing data associated with the plurality of physical devices, people, or spaces. The smart entities are interconnected by relational objects indicating relationships between the object entities and the data entities. The software defined gateway is configured to receive information technology (IT) data and operational technology (OT) data from a plurality of different data sources. The entity service is configured to create a new smart entity in the entity database or update an existing smart entity in the entity database using the IT data and the OT data. The new or existing smart entity includes one or more first attributes having values derived from the IT data and one or more second attributes having values derived from the OT data.
US11762347B2
A control device executes a step of starting a computation processing of a prediction model; a step of computing a remaining processing time until the computation processing is completed after starting the computation processing of the prediction model; a step of determining whether the determination of the command value based on an output obtained from the prediction model is made within a control timing for controlling the operation of manufacturing by the manufacturing device, on the basis of a computed remaining processing time; and a step of stopping, when it is determined that the determination of the command value is not made within the control timing, the computation processing of the prediction model, determining the command value on the basis of a value of an intermediate result of the computation processing, and controlling the operation of the manufacturing device on the basis of the determined command value.
US11762341B2
A display device includes a substrate having a through-hole. The display device also includes a display unit formed on the substrate and surrounding the through-hole, and the display unit is configured to display an image and includes pixels.
US11762339B2
A hands-free visual timer enables a person to wash his or hands for the duration of time recommended by the Center for Disease Control. Upon activation, the timer displays an annular ring of thirty triangles and a first icon. After five seconds have passed, a second icon is displayed indicating the user should apply soap. After twenty-five seconds, a third icon is displayed indicating the user should rinse. After thirty seconds, the screen goes blank and all the triangles have disappeared. The central display of triangles is illuminated by a liquid crystal display. The icons are illuminated by light emitting diodes.
US11762338B2
A non-magnetic watch component (1) comprising a substrate (4) made of a copper alloy, wherein at least one part of the substrate (4) has a surface layer (5) including CuxTiy intermetallics, and a method for manufacturing this watch component.
US11762337B2
A timepiece with a double-sided display, including a first display member and a second display member coaxial to the first display member and integral therewith with a first common arbor. The centers of mass of the first display member and the second display member are, in projection on a plane perpendicular to their common axis. The first display member and/or the second display member is arranged to display a visual animation, and is movable above a back, and, either above a mask partially and incompletely covering the back.
US11762335B2
A crown-push-button (3) provided with a spring (10) disposed within a cage (11) integral in rotation with the movement of the head (4) of the crown-push-button (3), the spring (10) being arranged within the cage (11) so as to be rotated with the cage. The base (13c) of the spring cage is provided with cells (18) cooperating with protuberances (17) formed in a washer (14) disposed on the seat (6a) of the tube (6) of the crown-push-button, the rotation of the crown-push-button being then accompanied by a click as the protuberances (17) pass in the cells (18), which allows the user to ensure that the desired functions have been activated.
US11762321B2
An image forming system includes an image forming unit, a varnish applying unit, a control unit that executes an operation in an image forming mode in which a toner image is formed on a recording material and a varnish image is formed on the recording material on which the toner image is formed, and an input unit that permits input of a line width adjusting value of either one of a line width of a portion of the varnish image overlapping with an image portion and a line width of a portion of the varnish image overlapping with a non-image portion, wherein the varnish image is formed so as to extend over an image portion where the toner image is formed on the recording material and a non-image portion where the toner image is not formed on the recording material.
US11762320B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a circulating member that is a part of a transport path that transports a recording medium; a holding member that is fixed to the circulating member, circulates, and holds a leading end portion of the recording medium; an image forming section that forms an image on the recording medium at an image forming position in a circulation path of the circulating member; and a feeding section that feeds out the recording medium to a holding position where the holding member holds the leading end portion of the recording medium. When a circulation velocity Vg is defined as a velocity at which the circulating member circulates the holding member, a transport velocity of the recording medium is reduced from a first transport velocity V1, which is higher than the circulation velocity Vg, to a second transport velocity V2, which is lower than the first transport velocity V1, before the leading end portion of the recording medium enters the holding position.
US11762319B2
A print control apparatus that improves operability in readjusting a secondary transfer voltage that has been adjusted. The print control apparatus that communicates with an image forming apparatus. The print control apparatus includes an instruction unit that instructs the image forming apparatus to execute a process that prints a predetermined chart, reads the predetermined chart by the reading device, and sets a secondary transfer voltage, a reception unit that receives an adjustment value obtained by the process from the image forming apparatus, and a display control unit that controls a display unit to display an object that prompts a user to adjust at least the secondary transfer voltage based on reception of the adjustment value obtained by the process by the reception unit.
US11762316B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a transferer that transfers a toner image on an image carrier formed by an image former onto a paper sheet; a fixer that heats and thereby fixes the toner image on the paper sheet; a read image acquisitor that acquires read image data of the paper sheet on a downstream side of the fixer in a conveyance direction, the read image data being generated by a reader that reads an image of the paper sheet; and a hardware processor that: controls a conveyance speed of the paper sheet in the transferer and/or the fixer, and changes or updates the conveyance speed based on an image of the acquired read image data.
US11762313B2
A developer storage container includes a container body and a shape forming member. The developer storage container is attached to and detached from any one of three or more mounting portions provided to an image forming apparatus forming an image using a developer. The container body has a side wall portion formed in a mounting direction to the image forming apparatus. The shape forming member is attached to the side wall portion in a mode to correspond to any one of three mounting portions, forming a first non-compatible shape corresponding to this mounting portion.
US11762302B2
Integrated circuits and methods for overlap measure are provided. In an embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a plurality of functional cells including at least one gap disposed adjacent to at least one functional cell of the plurality of functional cells and a first overlay test pattern cell disposed within the at least one gap, wherein the first overlay test pattern cell includes a first number of patterns disposed along a first direction at a first pitch. The first pitch is smaller than a smallest wavelength on a full spectrum of humanly visible lights.
US11762287B2
An onium salt having formula (1) serving as an acid diffusion inhibitor and a chemically amplified resist composition comprising the acid diffusion inhibitor are provided. When processed by lithography, the resist composition exhibits dissolution contrast, acid diffusion suppressing effect, and excellent lithography performance factors such as CDU, LWR and sensitivity.
US11762285B2
According to one embodiment, an imprint lithography template comprises a substrate transparent to ultraviolet light. A first mesa region is on the substrate. A surface of the first mesa region includes a pattern region to be pressed into a photocurable resist film. The pattern region having four sides. A second mesa region is also on the substrate. The first mesa region protrudes from a surface of the second mesa region. A blocking film is adjacent to two sides of the four sides pattern region. The two sides to which the blocking film is adjacent are connected to each other at a corner of the pattern region. The blocking film blocks ultraviolet light.
US11762278B2
Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask blanks, production systems therefor, and methods of reducing roughness are disclosed. The EUV mask blanks comprise a multilayer reflective stack on a substrate comprising a plurality of pairs of alternating layers comprising a first layer and a second layer, the first layer including a first element selected from the group consisting of Si, B, Al, Mg, Zr, Ba, Nb, Ti, Gd, Y, and Ca; and the second layer including a second element selected from the group consisting of Ru, Mo, Ta, Sb, Tc, Nb, Ir, Pt, and Pd. Some EUV mask blanks described herein include interface layer between the first layer and the second layer, the interface layer including an interface element selected from the group consisting of Si, B, C, Al, Mo, and Ru.
US11762272B2
A light-source device includes an excitation light source; a wavelength conversion unit to convert at least some of first color light into second color light; a light mixing element including a rod integrator to mix at least one of the first color light and the second color light from the conversion unit; and an optical element on an optical path of the first color light and having a reflecting surface. A center of the first color light on the reflecting surface intersects with only one of a first light flux of the first color light incident on and a second light flux of the first color light emitted from the conversion unit. An angle formed by a projection straight line of the first color light incident on an incident aperture of the integrator and a predetermined axial line of the incident aperture of the integrator is smaller than 40°.
US11762271B2
A projector includes an image light generator configured to modulate light emitted from a light source to generate image light, a projection optical device configured to project the image light, a polarization switching element disposed at a light exit side of the image light generator and configured to switch a polarization state of the image light emitted from the image light generator, and a controller configured to control the polarization switching element. The controller controls the polarization switching element to switch the polarization state of the image light with a predetermined period.
US11762266B2
An interference lens and a projection ambient lamp are provided. The interference lens includes: an interference sheet with a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first surface being a rough surface; and a reflective film provided at the interference sheet; wherein light is reflected by the reflective film to form an interference pattern. The projection ambient lamp includes the foregoing interference lens, a light source and a focusing lens; light emitted from the light source passes through the interference lens and is reflected by the reflective film to form an interference pattern, which is focused by the focusing lens and projected on a medium. The present disclosure realizes simplification of the structure by providing a reflective film at the interference lens, hence utilization of light energy is higher, power consumption is lower, manufacturing cost is lower, and projection effect is better.
US11762262B1
A cavity-enhanced frequency mixer includes an input optical fiber, a waveguide, and an output optical fiber. The waveguide has an input end and an output end, the input end is connected to the input optical fiber, and a surface of the input end of the waveguide is coated with a highly reflective coating. The output optical fiber is formed with a fiber Bragg grating structure. The highly reflective coating and the fiber Bragg grating structure form a pair of reflective surfaces for resonant optical parametric oscillation under a low threshold situation, so that one of the beams generated by the input beam is reflected inside the partially reflective surfaces. Operated above a pump power threshold, the cavity-enhanced frequency mixer is tantamount to a compact, low-power budget optical parametric oscillator, while below the pump power threshold, it is a bright, compact, single-mode and narrow linewidth single-photon source.
US11762259B2
According to the present invention, a pulsed laser output section outputs a laser beam having a predetermined wavelength as first pulses. An optical path determining section receives the first pulses and determines one or more among two or more optical paths for each of the first pulses for output. A wavelength changing section receives light beams travelling, respectively, through the two or more optical paths and, when the power of the traveling light beams exceeds a threshold value, changes the light beams to have their respective different wavelengths for output. A multiplexer multiplexes outputs from the wavelength changing section. The optical path determining section allows for change in the power ratio between a first power of the light beam traveling through one of two among the two or more optical paths and a second power of the light beam traveling through the other of the two optical paths.
US11762246B2
According to one embodiment, a display device comprises first and second substrates. The first substrate comprise first and second common electrodes, and a first pixel electrode including a pair of first sides arranged in a first direction. The second common electrode includes first and second trunk portions, and a first branch portion extending from the second trunk portion toward the first trunk portion. The first pixel electrode is located between the trunk portions. The first branch portion overlaps with the first pixel electrode between the first sides. A width of the first pixel electrode between the first sides becomes smaller toward the second trunk portion.
US11762238B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a printed circuit, a backlight unit, and a display device. The printed circuit on which a light source is mounted can be easily manufactured in a single form, by depositing and arranging a wiring layer on a substrate and mounting the light source on the wiring layer. Further, the printed circuit is arranged so that the wiring layer includes a plurality of bonding metal layers and a plurality of wiring metal layers, and a part of the bonding metal layer positioned between the plurality of wiring metal layers and disposed in an area overlapping a pad portion of the light source is removed. Therefore, even though the main metal layer of the wiring layer is removed during reworking, it is possible to provide the printed circuit capable of electrically connecting to the light source by the sub-metal layer of the wiring layer.
US11762235B2
A backlight module and a display device are disclosed. The backlight module includes a light emitting element array including a plurality of light emitting elements that emit blue light; a quantum dot film disposed on a light-emergent side of the light emitting element array and having a middle area and an edge area, the edge area surrounding the middle area; and a light conversion layer disposed on the light-emergent side of the light emitting element array, wherein an orthographic projection of the light conversion layer on the quantum dot film is located in the edge area of the quantum dot film, a material of the light conversion layer includes a first light conversion material configured to emit red light under excitation of light from the light emitting element and a second light conversion material configured to emit green light under excitation of light from the light emitting element.
US11762229B2
In one example, a crystal cell comprises: a first substrate, a second substrate, first spacers and second spacers sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate to define a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first spacers being fixedly bonded to each of the first substrate and the second substrate, the second spacers being movable between the first and second substrates, a sealant sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate and enclosing the first spacers and the second spacers, and a liquid crystal enclosed by the sealant, the first substrate, and the second substrate. Examples of a dimmable glass incorporating liquid crystal cells and methods of manufacturing the liquid crystal cells are also provided.
US11762228B2
A display device in the present disclosure includes: a display panel having a display on a front surface; a flexible circuit board connected to the display panel; and a panel chassis supporting a rear surface of the display panel. On an outer side of a lateral end of the display panel, the panel chassis has a flexible circuit board guide projected from the rear surface side of the display panel to the front surface side thereof. The flexible circuit board is provided along the flexible circuit board guide in a manner to extend on an outer side thereof.
US11762226B2
A display device is provided. The display device includes a display module and a privacy module. The display module includes a light source that emits an input light. The privacy module is disposed on the display module and for receiving the input light. The privacy module includes a first polarizing element for absorbing light in a predetermined direction.
US11762224B2
Techniques for providing eyewear with electrical components are disclosed. The electrical components can provide electrical technology to eyewear without having to substantially compromise aesthetic design principles of the eyewear. The electrical components can be partially or completely internal to eyewear, such as within an extended endpiece. The electrical components can also be attached to the eyewear as an after-market enhancement. The electrical components can operate independently or together with other electrical components provided elsewhere. Apparatus for presenting after-market electrical components are also disclosed.
US11762222B2
A visual perception device is described. The visual perception device has corrective optics for viewing virtual and real-world content. An insert for the corrective optics is attached using a magnetic set, pins and/or a nose piece. Interchangeable nose pieces allow for height adjustments to accommodate different users. The visual perception device has pliable components to absorb forces exerted on a nose piece and a protective barrier for limiting electric shock or ingress of dirt.
US11762221B2
Some embodiments provide a lens including a lens body and an optical filter configured to attenuate visible light in certain spectral bands. At least some of the spectral bands can include spectral features that tend to substantially increase the colorfulness, clarity, and/or vividness of a scene. In certain embodiments, eyewear incorporates an optical filter that enhances chroma within one or more spectral bands. In some embodiments, a wearer of the eyewear can perceive the increase in chroma when viewing at least certain types of scenes.
US11762218B2
An optical unit with a shake correction function includes a fixed body, a movable body having an optical element, a swing support mechanism swingably supporting the movable body, a magnetic drive mechanism structured to swing the movable body, and a magnetic spring structured to return the movable body to a home position where a predetermined axial line and an optical axis of the optical element are coincided with each other. The magnetic spring includes a home position returning magnet disposed in one of the movable body and the fixed body, and an attracted member disposed in the other of the movable body and the fixed body so that a magnetic attraction force acts between the attracted member and the home position returning magnet. The attracted member and the home position returning magnet are disposed on the optical axis and face each other in a direction of the optical axis.
US11762212B2
A diffuse illumination system for reducing diffusion-related illumination inhomogeneities includes an array of vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) emitters and a diffusing element including a transparent substrate and an array of nanostructures. A dimension and a shape of each nanostructure is configured to retard phases of two orthogonal polarization states of light incident on each nanostructure from the emitters for reducing illumination inhomogeneities in the output.
US11762208B1
Systems for cooling a virtual reality (VR) headset, including a viewing module that includes a VR display; and a cooling module that includes: a Peltier element having a cold side and a hot side; a blower mounted on the cold side of the Peltier element and configured to draw air across the cold side of the Peltier element and into a first duct; and a fan mounted on the hot side of the Peltier element and configured to draw air from a second duct, where a portion of the first duct and a portion of the second duct are positioned within the viewing module, and where each of the portions includes multiple openings.
US11762205B1
An augmented reality system is disclosed that includes an image source configured to generate an image, and a display element configured to display the image. The system further includes an optical relay configured to project the image onto the display element. The system further includes a light sensor configured to quantify an amount of ambient light passing through, the display element. The system further includes a tracker processing unit operatively coupled to the light sensor, the image source, and the optical relay. The tracker processing unit includes a processor, and a memory configured to store instructions executable by the processors. The processors are instructed to receive sensor data from the light sensor, receive the image from the image source, update a pixel characteristic for one or more pixels of the image based on the sensor data, and transmit an updated image to the optical relay.
US11762202B1
Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for using a flexible electronic device to selectively interact with an eyewear device. A portable eyewear device includes a processor, a memory, and a display projected onto at least one lens assembly. A flexible electronic device includes an integrated circuit, a plurality of input sensors, and a power system, all mounted on a flexible substrate that is sized and shaped to conform to a graspable object such as a ring. The flexible electronic device operates according to a power budget, operating on a sensor power budget until it detects a first interaction with at least one of the input sensors. If the first interaction exceeds a sensitivity threshold, the flexible electronic device sends a wake signal to a nearby eyewear device. In response to the wake signal, the eyewear device presents a graphical user interface (GUI) on the display. The eyewear device further presents a cursor along a path on the display that is substantially correlated to the course traveled by the flexible electronic device in motion along a course.
US11762201B2
According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a wearable display device having good background visibility, a wide visual angle capable of viewing projected images, and a simple structure. The wearable display device includes at least a transparent screen and a projection device which projects an image on the transparent screen, in which a magnifying lens for viewing the image reflected from the transparent screen is disposed on a viewing side to cover at least a part of the transparent screen.
US11762189B2
A liquid lens can have a chamber configured to improve the performance of the liquid lens, such as by improving the tilt response time and/or by reducing optical aberrations. The chamber can have sidewalls that conform to a shape of a truncated cone. The cone angle, and wide end diameter, and narrow end diameter can be selected by balancing competing factors. The liquid lens can include two fluids, and the fluid fill ratio can be selected to improve the performance of the liquid lens. In some embodiments, the sidewalls can conform to a portion of a sphere.
US11762187B2
The present invention relates to a reflective eyepiece optical system and a head-mounted near-to-eye display device. The system includes: a first optical element and a second optical element arranged successively in an incident direction of an optical axis of human eyes, and a first lens group located on an optical axis of a miniature image displayer. The first optical element is used for transmitting and reflecting an image light from the miniature image displayer. The second optical element includes an optical reflection surface. The first optical element reflects the image light refracted by the first lens group to the second optical element, and then transmits the image light reflected by the second optical element to the human eyes.
US11762183B2
A system and method for generating reflective dark field illumination in an imaging system that includes a set of elementary illuminators, each of the set of elementary illuminators including a light source, a lens assembly and an illuminator aperture; and a bright field/dark field (BD) lens. The set of elementary illuminators are positioned in a ring-like shape to direct light towards a port of the BD lens. Depending on an application of the imaging system, a lens assembly focal distance and a distance between a light source and a lens assembly are determined based on the application.
US11762175B2
Methods and apparatus for seamlessly transitioning between lens projections. In one exemplary embodiment, a piecewise lens projection is composed of three (3) functions: (i) a first polynomial-based lens projection, (ii) a second “joining” lens projection, and (iii) a trigonometric lens projection. The piecewise lens projection characterizes virtualized lens distortion as a function of FOV; image data can be dynamically projected based on the virtualized lens distortion, regardless of FOV. In this manner, a user may achieve the visually familiar effects associated with a first lens definition for a first FOV, while still smoothly animating transitions to other lens projections (e.g., a larger FOV using stereographic projections).
US11762174B2
An optical system for a camera may include a lens group having a plurality of lenses, a prism, and an image sensor. The prism may be positioned, optically, between the plurality of lenses and the image sensor along the optical transmitting path of the light. The prism may include at least four surfaces, which may fold the light within the prism at least four times to guide the light from the plurality of lenses passing through the prism to the image sensor. The prism may include multiple prisms joined together using an optical cement. The prism may include one or more aperture masks inside the prism to reduce flare.
US11762160B2
In an aspect of the present disclosure, a submarine device includes a main tail cable connected to a submarine cable, a first branch tail cable including a first group of optical fibers among a plurality of optical fibers included in the main tail cable, a second branch tail cable including a second group of optical fibers among the plurality of optical fibers, a branch member that couples the main tail cable to the first and second branch tail cables and including therein a through hole for branching the plurality of optical fibers included in the main tail cable into the first group and the second group, and a device main body including a first introduction part for introducing the first branch tail cable into the device main body and a second introduction part for introducing the second branch tail cable into the device main body.
US11762157B2
The present disclosure relates to a method including arranging multiple optical fibers between a die and a lid, wherein the die is bent and comprises multiple grooves, each optical fiber in or close to a separate groove; bonding the lid to the die to hold the multiple optical fibers in place in the multiple grooves, wherein the bonding comprises applying a bonding force non-uniformly across the lid to conform the lid to the bent die. A corresponding system is also disclosed herein.
US11762153B2
A receiver optical assembly includes: an optical platform, a receiver optical port and a wavelength division multiplexer being arranged along an optical path on the optical platform; a circuit board, a photodetector array being disposed on the circuit board; a mounting block, a focusing lens and an optical path shifter being disposed on t the mounting block, the mounting block being fixed on the circuit board, and the optical path shifter being placed above the photodetector array. Incident light containing a multi-channel optical signal enters through the receiver optical port, and the wavelength division multiplexer divides the incident light into a plurality of single-channel optical signal beams. The single-channel optical signal beams are coupled to photodetectors on the photodetector array after passing through the focusing lens and the optical path shifter on the mounting block.
US11762152B2
A connection system may include fiber optic connectors and an optical receptacle into which the connectors are plugged. The fiber optic connectors are constructed so that the width of the connectors is small. Eight fiber optic connectors can be received in an opening of a QSFP style transceiver.
US11762150B2
Embodiments include a fiber to photonic chip coupling system including a collimating lens which collimate a light transmitted from a light source and an optical grating including a plurality of grating sections. The system also includes an optical dispersion element which separates the collimated light from the collimating lens into a plurality of light beams and direct each of the plurality of light beams to a respective section of the plurality of grating sections. Each light beam in the plurality of light beams is diffracted from the optical dispersion element at a different wavelength a light beam of the plurality of light beams is directed to a respective section of the plurality of grating sections at a respective incidence angle based on the wavelength of the light beam of the plurality of light beams to provide optimum grating coupling.
US11762131B2
A variable focus optical device (100) can include first optically transparent membrane (102) and a second membrane (104) that at least partially define a chamber (106) retaining an optically transparent liquid. A transparent piston (110) is attached to the second membrane (104). At least one actuator (112a-c) is operatively coupled to the transparent piston (110) and configured to move to change a focal length of the variable focus optical device (100) via actuation of the transparent piston (110). Three curved bimorph actuators (112a-c) can surround and be coupled to the piston (110) for actuation of the piston (110) to generate a plano-convex or plano-concave lens via the membranes (102, 104). A smart eyeglasses system includes a pair of variable focus optical devices (100), an object distance sensor, a battery, optional eye-tracking camera(s), and a microcontroller, collectively used for purposes of sensing distance of objects and adjusting said focal length via the variable focus optical devices (100).
US11762126B2
Surface modification control stations and methods in a globally distributed array for dynamically adjusting the atmospheric, terrestrial and oceanic properties. The control stations modify the humidity, currents, wind flows and heat removal rate of the surface and facilitate cooling and control of large area of global surface temperatures. This global system is made of arrays of multiple sub-systems that monitor climate and act locally on weather with dynamically generated local forcing & perturbations for guiding in a controlled manner aim at long-term modifications. The machineries are part of a large-scale system consisting of an array of many such machines put across the globe at locations called the control stations. These are then used in a coordinated manner to modify large area weather and the global climate as desired. The energy system installed at a control stations, with multiple machines to change the local parameters of the ocean, these stations are powered using renewable energy (RE) sources including Solar, Ocean Currents, Wind, Waves and Batteries to store energy and provide sufficient power and energy as required and available at all hours. This energy is then used to do directed work using special machines, that can be pumps for seawater to move ocean water either amplifying or changing the currents in various locations and at different depths, in addition it will have machineries for changing the vertical depth profile of the ocean of temperature, salinity and currents. Control stations will also directly use devices such as heat pumps to change the temperatures of local water either at surface or at controlled depths, or modify the humidity and salinity to change the atmospheric and oceanic properties as desired. The system will work in a globally coordinated manner applying artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to learn from observations to improve the control characteristics and aim to slow down the rise of global surface temperatures. These systems are used to reduce the temperatures of coral reefs, arctic glaciers and south pacific to control the El Nino oscillations.
US11762116B2
A method is disclosed that includes: obtaining a seismic data volume for a subterranean region of interest; transforming, by a computer processor using a non-stationary series analysis, the seismic data volume into a seismic spectral volume where the seismic spectral volume includes a seismic spectrum for each of a plurality of voxels; and determining a seismic attribute volume composed of a seismic attribute for each of the plurality of voxels. The seismic attribute for a voxel of the plurality of voxels is based, at least in part, on an integral of the seismic spectrum for the voxel over a range bounded by a first frequency and a second frequency. The method further includes determining a presence of hydrocarbon in the subterranean region of interest based on the seismic attribute volume. A system for performing the method is also disclosed and described.
US11762113B2
A method for calculating a velocity vp(f, Topt) of a spatially aliased wave that propagates along a cable includes tensioning the cable, wherein plural sensors are distributed along the cable; measuring with the plural sensors a parameter that is associated with vibrations that propagate along the cable; calculating a phase velocity vp(f) of the spatially aliased wave that propagates along the cable, as a function of a time frequency fin a spatial-temporal frequency domain FK; calculating a model-based velocity vp(f, T) of the spatially aliased wave as a function of the time frequency f and a tension T in the cable; and calculating the velocity vp(f, Topt) of the spatially aliased wave using a model-guided regression, which is based on the phase velocity vp(f) and the model-based velocity vp(f, T). The velocity vp(f, Topt) is a function of the temporal frequency f.
US11762108B2
A gamma-ray detector includes a plurality of modular one-dimensional arrays of monolithic detector sub-modules. Each monolithic detector sub-module includes a scintillator layer, a light-spreading layer, and a photodetector layer. The photodetector layer comprises a two-dimensional array of photodetectors that are arranged in columns and rows. A common printed circuit board is electrically coupled to the two-dimensional array of photodetectors of the plurality of modular one-dimensional arrays of monolithic detector sub-modules of a corresponding modular one-dimensional array. The two-dimensional array of photodetectors can be electrically coupled in a split-row configuration or in a checkerboard configuration. The two-dimensional array of photodetectors can also have a differential readout.
US11762107B2
The invention relates to a combined detector (660) comprising a gamma radiation detector (100) and an X-ray radiation detector (661). The gamma radiation detector (100) comprises a gamma scintillator array (101x, y), an optical modulator (102) and a first photodetector array (103a, b) for detecting the first scintillation light generated by the gamma scintillator array (101x, y). The optical modulator (102) is disposed between the gamma scintillator array (101x, y) and the first photodetector array (103a, b) for modulating a transmission of the first scintillation light between the gamma scintillator array (101x, y) and the first photodetector array (103a, b). The optical modulator (102) comprises at least one optical modulator pixel having a cross sectional area (102′) in a plane that is perpendicular to the gamma radiation receiving direction (104). The cross sectional area of each optical modulator pixel (102′) is greater than or equal to the cross sectional area of each photodetector pixel (103′a, b).
US11762106B2
A scintillator array includes: a structure having at least one scintillator segment and a first reflective layer, the at least one scintillator segment and the first reflective layer having a first surface and a second surface, the at least one scintillator segment having a sintered compact containing a rare earth oxysulfide phosphor, and the first reflective layer being configured to reflect light; and a second reflective layer provided above the first surface via an adhesive layer, the adhesive layer having a thickness of 2 μm or more and 40 μm or less, and the second reflective layer having a film configured to reflect light.
US11762101B2
A relative position of a mobile terminal with respect to a vehicle is measured. The mobile terminal includes a position-measurement-necessity determining unit and a position-measurement control unit, and the position-measurement-necessity determining unit determines whether it is necessary to measure the relative position depending on whether the mobile terminal is in a predetermined state when the mobile terminal enters from the outside to the inside of an out-vehicle communication area of a first vehicle communication unit. The position-measurement control unit causes a position measuring unit provided in the vehicle to measure the relative position when the position-measurement-necessity determining unit determines that it is necessary to measure the relative position.
US11762100B2
An information processing apparatus includes a positioning signal acquisition unit configured to acquire a positioning signal transmitted from a positioning satellite and a parameter acquisition unit configured to calculate a parameter preset based on the positioning signal. The information processing apparatus further includes an accuracy index calculation unit configured to calculate a positioning accuracy index from the parameter, and an output unit configured to output the positioning accuracy index.
US11762089B2
Acoustic imaging systems can include an acoustic sensing array, an electromagnetic imaging tool, a display, and an audio device. A processor can receive data from the acoustic sensor array and the electromagnetic imaging tool to generate a display image combining acoustic image data and electromagnetic image data. Systems can include an audio device that receives an audio output from the processor and outputs audio feedback signals to a user. The audio feedback signals can represent acoustic signals from an acoustic scene. Systems can provide a display image to a user including acoustic image data, and a user can select an acoustic signal for which to provide a corresponding audio output to an audio device. Audio outputs and display images can change dynamically in response to a change in pointing of the acoustic sensing array, such as by changing a stereo audio output.
US11762086B2
A vehicle, radar system for a vehicle and a method of detecting a parameter of an object is disclosed. The radar system includes a base radar and a frequency converter. The base radar generates a first frequency source signal within a first frequency range and is receptive to a first frequency reflected signal within the first frequency range. The base radar is configured to determine a parameter of an object from the first frequency reflected signal. The frequency converter is configured to convert the first frequency source signal to a second frequency source signal within a second frequency range and to convert a second frequency reflected signal within the second frequency range to the first frequency reflected signal.
US11762083B2
The invention relates to a method for determining a position of an object, which comprises at least one non-linear component, in particular one semiconductor component, which, when irradiated with high-frequency transmitted signals from at least two different positions, produces and emits object signals having twice and/or three times the frequency of the respective transmitted signals.
US11762082B2
A method, system and computer program product for intelligent tracking and transformation between interconnected sensor devices of mixed type is disclosed. Metadata derived from image data from a camera is compared to different metadata derived from radar data from a radar device to determine whether an object in a Field of View (FOV) of one of the camera and the radar device is an identified object that was previously in the FOV of the other of the camera and the radar device.
US11762064B2
A lidar sensor comprising a laser, an optical sensor, and a processor. The lidar sensor can determine a distance to one or more objects. The lidar sensor can optionally embed a code in beams transmitted into the environment such that those beams can be individually identified when their corresponding reflection is received.
US11762058B2
A radar system for generating a fast frequency hopping output for frequency agility using a transmitter block and a receiver block. The transmitter block is configured to (i) modulate a digital signal using a first digital mixer, (ii) convert a modulated signal into an inphase analog signal and provide the inphase analog signal to at least one of a first RF IQ mixer or a third RF IQ mixer, (iii) convert the modulated signal into a quadrature analog signal provide the quadrature analog signal to at least one of the first RF IQ mixer or the third RF IQ mixer, and (iv) generate the fast frequency hopping output radar signal by mixing the inphase analog signal and the quadrature analog signal with an inphase RF local oscillator signal and a quadrature RF local oscillator signal.
US11762055B2
A system and method is provided to establish a global positioning service with massive availability of “position-learning” radio communication nodes. Each communication node learns of its geographic coordinate in a global sense by harvesting location information from neighboring communication nodes. By conducting telemetry multiple times and implementing an error index, each communication node maintains its geographic coordinate with a precision that improves progressively over time.
US11762049B2
According to one embodiment, a medical data processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires first data pieces obtained by sparse sampling. The processing circuitry generates first compressed data pieces lower in number than the first data pieces by multiplying the first data pieces by each of sets of weight coefficients and adding each of the multiplied first data pieces. The processing circuitry performs first processing of outputting second compressed data pieces by applying a trained model to the first compressed data pieces, the trained model being trained by receiving first compressed data pieces based on sparse sampling and outputting at least one of second compressed data pieces based on full sampling.
US11762041B2
A connector detecting device for a connector includes a test vehicle, including a plurality of detecting points, to assemble with the connector; and a function module, formed an electrical connection with the test vehicle, configured to determine a conduction status between the connector and the test vehicle according to a loop of the plurality of detecting points and the connector.
US11762020B2
A ground and test (G&T) device includes a test device housing having load and line conductors and a plurality of upper terminals and plurality of lower terminals carried by the test device housing and configured to engage the load and line conductors when the test device housing in installed within the compartment of the switchgear frame. A lower ground bus bar is carried by the test device housing and a plurality of grounding bars selectively connect either the upper terminals to the lower ground bus bar or connect the lower terminals to the lower ground bus bar. A ground shoe assembly is connected to the lower ground bus bar and configured to engage a grounding circuit carried by the switchgear frame.
US11762019B2
A method can be used to test an electronic circuit. The method includes applying a test stimulus signal to the input node, collecting a sequence of N-bit digital test data at the output port. The N-bit digital test data is determined by the test stimulus signal applied to the input node. The method also includes applying N-bit to R-bit lossless compression to the N-bit digital test data to obtain R-bit compressed test data (R is less than N) and making the R-bit compressed test data available in parallel format over R output pins of the circuit.
US11762010B2
A computer system that includes a processor device and a storage device is configured to determine a base load at a utility customer site using power usage data for the utility customer site, to determine a variable load at the utility customer site during a range of temperature independent days using the power usage data, and to determine a temperature dependent load at the utility customer site that exceeds the variable load and the base load using the power usage data. The computer system is further configured to assign a flag to each time interval that the temperature dependent load exceeds a power usage threshold and to determine if the utility customer site has an equipment malfunction based on a number of the flags assigned within a time period.
US11762009B2
A chamber module and a test handler including the same are disclosed. The chamber module includes a soak chamber providing a temperature adjusting space for adjusting a temperature of semiconductor devices, an elevating member disposed in the soak chamber and for elevating a tray in which the semiconductor devices are accommodated, a guide member extending in a vertical direction in the soak chamber and for guiding movement of the elevating member, and a temperature adjusting part for adjusting a temperature of the guide member.
US11762008B2
A connecting device for inspection includes a probe head configured to hold electric contacts and optical contacts such that tip ends of the respective contacts are exposed on a lower surface of the probe head, and a transformer including connecting wires arranged therein and optical wires penetrating therethrough. The respective proximal ends of the electric contacts and the optical contacts are exposed on an upper surface of the probe head, and tip ends on one side of the connecting wires electrically connected to the proximal ends of the electric contacts and connecting ends of the optical wires optically connected to the proximal ends of the optical contacts are arranged in a lower surface of the transformer. A positional relationship between the tip end of the respective electric contacts and the tip end of the respective optical contacts on the lower surface of the probe head corresponds to a positional relationship between an electrical signal terminal and an optical signal terminal of a semiconductor device.
US11762002B2
The inventive wrist-band voltage detector provides a wearable device for detecting the presence of AC voltage without interference with work activities. Embodiments of the inventive wrist-band voltage detector include monopole aerials positioned in each side of the wrist band. A thin flexible dielectric layer may sit between the aerials and inside of the wrist band, acting as an electrical barrier between the aerials and the user's wrist. The aerials are connected to conventional voltage detector circuitry on a circuit board located on the top side of the wrist band. The circuit board is grounded to the user's wrist, which enhances the circuitry's ability to detect the presence of nearby AC voltage at a safe distance.
US11762000B1
A measurement device and methods for detecting distortion or interference in an environment are described herein. The measurement device comprises a transmitter and a receiver attached to a rigid body such that a position and orientation (P&O) of the receiver with respect to the transmitter is fixed. When measuring distortion, the transmitter transmits electromagnetic waves over one or more frequency channels and measures electromagnetic waves over the channel(s) and a P&O of the receiver relative to the transmitter may be computed. Based on the computed P&O and the known P&O of the receiver with respect to the transmitter, the system determines a level of distortion that would cause the change in position and orientation. When measuring interference, the transmitter does not transmit electromagnetic waves and the receiver measures the electromagnetic waves in the environment. The measurement device is moved to identify locations where the measurements of distortion and/or interference are below a threshold value.
US11761998B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a conductivity value of a measurement medium using a conductivity sensor. The method includes providing a conductivity sensor with at least one transmitting unit, at least one receiving unit, and a control unit having a storage module, and transmitting a stimulation signal into the measurement medium at the transmitting unit by the control unit. The method also includes receiving a detection signal at the receiving unit, determining a signal quality indicator by the control unit based on the detection signal, and determining a conductivity signal corresponding to the detection signal. The method further includes storing the conductivity signal, determining a dynamic factor by the control unit based on the conductivity signal, filtering the conductivity signal using a filter function depending on the determined signal quality indicator and the dynamic factor, and outputting a filtered measured value of the filtered conductivity signal.
US11761995B2
Test system for an intelligent electronic device in an electric sub-station. Examples of a test switch unit are described. Each test switch unit may be utilized for opening of the trip circuit, the shorting of the CT and subsequently isolation of the VT circuits, respectively. Once the trip circuits have been opened, and the CT/VT circuits have been shorted and isolated, respectively, the IED may be tested by providing the appropriate test signals.
US11761987B2
A circuit interrupter includes separable contacts; an operating mechanism; an electronic trip unit; and a current sensor assembly including: a harvester circuit having a primary conductor through which input current passes, a secondary winding and a harvester core structured to saturate at a first input current level, a Rogowski coil structured to measure voltage at an output of the Rogowski coil, the measured voltage indicative of output current of the Rogowski coil, where linearity of the output of Rogowski coil deviates more than a deviation tolerance based at least in part on saturation of the harvester core at the first input current level, and a compensation coil arranged at 180 degree opposite to the secondary winding of the harvester core, the compensation coil structured to delay saturation of the harvester core until the input current reaches a second input current level higher than the first input current level.
US11761977B1
A MEMS sensor includes a central anchoring region that maintains the relative position of an attached proof mass relative to sense electrodes in the presence of undesired forces and stresses. The central anchoring region includes one or more first anchors that rigidly couple to a cover substrate and a base substrate. One or more second anchors are rigidly coupled to only the cover substrate and are connected to the one or more first anchors within the MEMS layer via an isolation spring. The proof mass in turn is connected to the one or more second anchors via one or more compliant springs.
US11761976B2
A sensing element is provided for use in a system for measuring fluid flow, such as, turbulent air flow. The sensing element comprises a sensor body and a first load cell arrangement connected to the sensor body. The sensor body has a three dimensional shape which is rotationally symmetric about a longitudinal axis passing through the first load cell arrangement and the sensor body. The first load cell arrangement is configured to measure the force exerted on the sensor body by fluid flow in at least an xy plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. A system for measuring fluid flow comprising the sensing element and a method for measuring fluid flow using the sensing element and the system are also provided.
US11761974B2
A cell and medicament dispensing device for drug screening is configured to dispense minute amount of cells and medicaments. The device has a base, a transfer plate serving mechanism, a transfer plate positioning mechanism, an injection mechanism, a cell culture plate positioning mechanism, and a dispensing mechanism. The transfer plate serving mechanism moves a transfer plate to the transfer plate positioning mechanism. The injection mechanism injects cells and medicaments into recesses in the transfer plate. A cell culture plate is fixed in the cell culture plate positioning mechanism. The dispensing mechanism moves back and forth between a position above the transfer plate and a position above the cell culture plate to dispense the cells or medicaments from the transfer plate to the cell culture plate. As a result, the process of drug screening is automated to reduce labor and improve quality significantly.
US11761972B2
The objective of the present disclosure is to provide a technique for reducing a quantity of magnetic particles remaining on a reaction vessel wall surface in a cleaning step for reducing, in a stepwise manner, an amount of a magnetic particle solution in the reaction vessel. The automated analysis device according to the present disclosure causes an agitating mechanism to operate in such a way that a magnetic substance remaining on the wall surface of the vessel in the previous cleaning step is captured by a cleaning solution in the next cleaning step.
US11761954B2
A method of detecting the presence of an NBOMe in a sample which comprises of contacting the sample with an activated p-quinone such as 2,3,5,6-tetrachloro-1,4-benzoquinone (TCBQ) and an aldehyde, for example acetaldehyde, and optionally a buffer and observing a colour change, which when present, correlates with the presence of an NBOMe. The ingredients may be provided in the form of a kit which can include a colour standard or comparison chart.
US11761950B2
Disclosed are methods, materials and devices for approximation of blood volume in a fluid, such as in a biological fluid collected during a surgical procedure. The method and devices include the use of a RBC flocculant, such as polyDADMAC, and an approximate blood hematocrit for the type of animal, as well as a calculated RBC packing ratio corresponding to the collection device being used. Also provided is a Blood Indicator Panel (BIP), comprising a series of markings calculated from an observed red blood settlement volume, the average animal type hematocrit, and a calculated RBC packing ratio “η” value for the collection device. Pediatric (about 200 ml or 250 ml size container), adult human (about 1,000 ml-1,500 ml) and veterinary (about 500 ml-2,500 ml) collection containers are also disclosed, that include a RBC flocculant, for use in approximating blood volume in a fluid.
US11761948B2
The present invention provides methods, compositions, kits, and devices for detecting heavy metals in dried blood (e.g., dried blood spots). For example, the present invention provides: 1) dried blood spot paper that is detectably free of heavy metals and methods of preparing such paper using organic acid; 2) dried blood extraction solutions optimized for heavy metal detection (e.g., extraction solutions containing acetic acid and/or gold); 3) methods for estimating venous blood volume from dried blood mass; and 4) kits and kit components optimized for heavy metal detection in dried blood (e.g., kits with paper detectably free of heavy metals, heavy metal free skin wipes, metal free collection case, etc.).
US11761942B2
A system and method for environmental sampling and analysis system are described. The system and method provide for concurrent collection and sampling of subsurface materials and sensing of one or more subsurface environmental conditions. In particular, the system and method provide for high resolution environmental site characterization.
US11761940B1
A computer system including sensor technology for detecting environmental pollution levels in a water source and alerting users in real-time of the environmental pollution levels within the water source is provided. The computer system may be configured to receive pollution data from at least one sensor, analyze the received pollution data, and determine a level of environmental pollution in the water source based upon the analysis. The computer system may be also configured to determine, based upon the analysis of the pollution data, whether the water source is polluted, and generate an alert including information of the polluted water source. The computer system is further configured to generate a user list including at least one user of the water source, and transmit the alert to one or more client devices associated with the at least one user to notify the at least one user that the water source is polluted.
US11761939B1
A health exposure sensor system includes a housing, a monitoring platform in the housing, and a power source. The monitoring platform includes at least one modular gas sensor, a circuit board having a microcontroller, and data ports for connecting the modular gas sensor to the circuit board. The housing includes manifolds to direct atmospheric air to the modular gas sensor. The modular gas sensor includes a gas detector and a gas sensor circuit board having a gas sensor microcontroller. The gas sensor microcontroller includes at least one on-chip universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter peripheral and at least one on-chip USB peripheral, where both peripherals include input/output functionality and are connected to a single data port interface for external communication. An associated method of operating the same includes selectively enabling individually either the UART peripheral or the USB peripheral via digital I/O configuration of the microcontroller.
US11761938B2
A sensor system includes an unmanned vehicle system is provided that includes a housing, and an environmental sensor system coupled to the housing, the environmental sensor system configured to detect one or more environmental conditions of an environment in operational contact with the unmanned vehicle system. The environmental sensor includes a sensing element that includes a sensing material to detect and quantify at least one analyte gas by measuring impedance of the sensing element at one or more frequencies of the different frequencies during exposure of the sensing material to the at least one analyte gas. A control unit includes one or more processors coupled with the environmental sensor and configured to receive a detector signal from the detector circuit of the environmental sensor indicative of the one or more environmental conditions, and control the movement of the unmanned vehicle system based on an operation signal of a remote device, instructions received at a vehicle controller, the detector signal, or in response to detected route conditions.
US11761933B2
A fluid supply device for a fluid chromatograph includes a storage container, a pump device, a filter, a guide and a heat dissipation device. The pump device supplies a mobile phase to a column. The storage container stores the pump device and the filter and has an intake port. The guide guides gas that has been introduced into the storage container through the intake port to the filter. A heat dissipation device dissipates heat generated from the pump device to the outside of the storage container together with the gas inside of the storage container. The storage container includes a door having a front surface directed forwardly of the fluid supply device. The intake port is provided at the door to be directed sidewardly of the fluid supply device.
US11761926B2
In DM-SWATH a plurality of CoVs and a precursor ion mass range are received. A processor performs an iterative series of steps for each CoV of the plurality of CoVs. For each CoV of the plurality of CoVs, the CoV is applied to the DMS device to select a group of precursor ions. A mass filter is instructed to select precursor ions of the group that are within the precursor ion mass range, producing a subgroup of precursor ions. A fragmentation device is instructed to fragment the subgroup of precursor ions, producing a group of product ions. A mass analyzer is instructed to measure the intensity and m/z of the group of product ions, producing a product ion spectrum for each CoV of the plurality of CoVs. DM-SWATH is further used to validate if a known compound is in a sample.
US11761919B2
A system for low power chemical sensing can include a voltage shift unit which receives a voltage signal from a chemical sensor unit. The voltage signal can be determined by a concentration of an analyte. The voltage shift unit can transform the voltage signal to an input voltage signal, and send the input voltage signal to a plurality of frequency selective surface (FSS) units of an FSS array. The FSS array can communicate a radio frequency (RF) signal in an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) S band with a resonant frequency based on the input voltage to provide the concentration of the analyte.
US11761918B2
A solid-liquid contact electrification-based self-driving chemical sensor includes a container, a contact liquid, an electrode, a solid triboelectric layer, a rectifier, a load, and a displacement device. The contact liquid is placed in the container. The electrode may be actively or passively moved into the container to be immersed in or emerged from the contact liquid. The solid triboelectric layer surrounds and covers a surface of the electrode. The solid triboelectric layer includes a sensing layer which becomes a reacted sensing layer by reacting to a target analyte. The rectifier and the load are connected to the electrode. The displacement device is connected to the electrode or the container to perform a periodic reciprocating motion, so that the solid triboelectric layer is in contact with and separated from the contact liquid, thereby generating a surface charge transfer to generate an electrical output signal.
US11761916B2
A method for manufacturing a gas sensor may be provided, the method comprising the steps of: preparing a metal nanowire; manufacturing a thermoelectric composite by adding a polymer bead to the metal nanowire, and then mechanically mixing same; manufacturing a thermoelectric layer by hot-pressing the thermoelectric composite; forming a first electrode on the upper surface of the thermoelectric layer, and forming a second electrode on the lower surface of the thermoelectric layer; and disposing a heating catalyst layer on the first electrode.
US11761908B2
Inspection methods, apparatuses, and techniques are described herein for identifying defects in a plugged honeycomb body (100). The inspection apparatuses and methods herein utilize reduced distortion imaging to identify the defects in the plugged honeycomb body. Backlit and/or directly illuminated images (by e.g. first light source 308) of the plugged honeycomb body (100) can be captured (by e.g. camera 302) and analyzed to align (by e.g. actuators 306) the plugged honeycomb body (100) in an imaging apparatus and to identify the defects.
US11761902B2
To provide a means that is less likely to misidentify a crack as a foreign substance during an image checking in which a vibration is applied to a powder contained in a bag-like container. A foreign substance checking system includes a vibration device configured to apply a vibration to a container, a photography device configured to optically photograph the inside of the container through a transparent region from the outside, and a determination device configured to determine whether a foreign substance is present inside the container based on an image of the container photographed by the photography device. The vibration device includes a rotating shaft and a hammer rotating in conjunction with the rotating shaft and colliding with the container. A portion of an outer surface of the hammer to abut on the container has a flat surface.
US11761897B1
A surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate and its method of formation is disclosed. The surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate comprises a solid support, a first noble metal nanoparticles is disposed on the solid support, a porous oxide layer comprising transition metal oxide nanoparticles is disposed on the first noble metal nanoparticles and a second noble metal nanoparticles is disposed on the porous oxide layer. The porous oxide layer prevents contact between the first noble metal nanoparticles and the second noble metal nanoparticles and has a mean pore size of 2 to 30 nm.
US11761890B2
An occurrence space 32A which is provided in a light shielding space 3A shielded from light from an outside and into which a detection target flows, a first light emitting unit 61A and a second light emitting unit that emit detection light along a first light emitting-side optical axis 611A and a second light emitting-side optical axis toward an occurrence space 32A, a light receiving unit that receives scattered light generated when detection light emitted from the first light emitting unit 61A and the second light emitting unit is scattered by a detection target flowing into the occurrence space 32A along a light receiving-side optical axis intersecting the first light emitting-side optical axis 611A and the second light emitting-side optical axis, and a smoke detection unit cover-side inclined portion 43A that primarily reflects the detection light emitted from the first light emitting unit 61A and the second light emitting unit in a direction intersecting a plane defined by the first light emitting-side optical axis 611A, the second light emitting-side optical axis, and the light receiving-side optical axis are included.
US11761888B2
An infrared thermal desorber includes a desorption housing; an infrared source receiver that receives an infrared emission source; an infrared absorber receiver that receives an infrared absorber, such that the infrared absorber receiver produces thermal energy emission; an analyte target receiver that receives an analyte target, such that the analyte target receiver is in infrared communication with the infrared absorber disposed in the infrared source receiver so that the analyte target receives the thermal energy emission from the infrared absorber, desorbs the adsorbed analyte as volatilized analyte from the analyte target in response to receipt of the thermal energy emission from the infrared absorber, and communicates the volatilized analyte from the analyte target; and an effluent communicator that receives the volatized analyte.
US11761886B2
The present disclosure provides a detection system for detecting matter and distinguishing specific matter from other matter. The detection system comprises at least one light source arranged to emit one or more light beams having a known wavelength or wavelength range. Further, the detection system comprises at least one optical element configured to direct the one or more light beams onto a plurality of locations within an area of interest including the matter. The detection system also comprises a detector for detecting intensities of the one or more light beams reflected at the plurality of locations within the area of interest including the matter. In addition, the detection system comprises an outcome determination system. The system is arranged to obtain information indicative of at least a portion of a shape of at least some of the matter based on detected light intensities of the one or more light beams reflected at the plurality of locations. The system is also arranged to obtain information indicative of a spectral intensity distribution based on detected light intensities of the one or more light beams reflected at the plurality of locations. The outcome determination system is arranged determine whether the matter is specific matter based on the information indicative of at least a portion of a shape of at least some of the matter and based on the information indicative of a spectral intensity distribution.
US11761881B2
A system for microscopic examination of a sample has a microscope and an incubation environment conditioning unit connected to the microscope. The microscope has a microscope housing enclosing an illumination optics, a microscope stage and an imaging optics, an integrated sample chamber located within the microscope housing and formed by a separated housing section within the microscope housing. The housing section has a microscope interface for connecting the incubation environment conditioning unit to the sample chamber and/or to a stage top chamber for placing within the sample chamber and for receiving the sample. The system provides a first and a second incubation modes. In the first incubation mode the sample chamber is incubated by supply of a first incubation atmosphere by the incubation environment conditioning unit. In the second incubation mode the stage top chamber is incubated by supply of a second incubation atmosphere by the incubation environment conditioning unit.
US11761874B2
A method includes determining a critical micelle concentration (Ccm assumed) of a sample with an unknown concentration (Cs) of a surfactant based on an assumed surfactant concentration (Cassumed) of the sample, providing a benchmark solution with a known concentration of the surfactant, determining an actual critical micelle concentration (Ccm) of the surfactant from the benchmark solution, and calculating the unknown concentration (Cs) of the surfactant in the sample from the following equation: Cs=Ccm/(Ccm assumed/Cassumed).
US11761872B2
There are provided a viscometer that can accurately measure a bulk viscosity of a small amount of a liquid sample such as 100 μL or less, and a method for measuring viscosity. A viscometer (1) comprises a fixing member (31), an upper unit (10), a lower unit (11), and an information processing unit (50). A method for measuring viscosity comprises measuring a viscosity of the sample by measuring a response voltage during resonance from a detecting means (19) that detects displacement of a leaf spring (17) in one direction due to vibration of the upper unit (10) through applying an AC voltage to a piezoelectric element (15) while changing a frequency by the information processing unit (50).
US11761864B2
A method includes preparing a rocklike core sample for compressive testing, the rocklike core sample defining a longitudinal axis and having first and second axial ends. Preparing the rocklike core sample includes providing a throughhole in the rocklike core sample, the throughhole extending between a first opening at the first axial end and a second opening at the second axial end, wherein the first opening and the second opening are dimensioned differently. The rocklike core sample is mounted in a compressive testing apparatus, and a compressive test is performed on the rocklike core sample in the compressive testing apparatus. The compressive test includes compression in axial and radial directions. A related system includes a compressive testing apparatus and a sample preparation apparatus which prepares a rocklike core sample for compressive testing in the compressive testing apparatus, via providing a throughhole in the rocklike core sample.
US11761858B2
A computer-implemented method enables vehicle tire wear prediction based on minimal input data points. Information is aggregated in a hierarchical data structure regarding historical tread values for multiple tires, and respective values associated with the historical tread values for each of multiple parameters that are hierarchically defined from highest to lowest levels. A current tire tread value is provided from a sensor associated with a first tire, and respective values associated with the current tire tread value are provided for each of the multiple hierarchically defined parameters. The current tire tread value is matched with information from the hierarchical data structure corresponding to matching values for one or more of the hierarchically defined parameters having at least a predetermined threshold number of available tread values, and a tire wear rate is predicted for the first tire based at least in part on the matched information from the hierarchical data structure.
US11761857B1
The device for rotating and inspecting tires includes a housing having opposed upper and lower surfaces, with a ramp portion of the upper surface being inclined and a support portion of the upper surface having a depression formed therein. A pair of spaced apart slots are formed through the upper surface within the depression. A pair of rollers are mounted within the housing beneath the pair of spaced apart slots. Each of the rollers has an adjustable height such that the pair of rollers may be selectively raised and lowered through the pair of spaced apart slots. The rollers are driven to rotate by motors or the like such that, in use, each tire may be lifted off the upper surface of the housing by raising the rollers, and the rollers may be driven to rotate the tire. Optical sensors are provided to inspect the tire.
US11761856B2
A method comprising: inspecting an engine during a first period of time to identify damage, the engine being associated with an aircraft; receiving three-dimensional data of one or more components of the engine, the three-dimensional data being generated during the first period of time; determining, during the first period of time, whether the identified damage exceeds a threshold; providing instructions to release the aircraft for operation in a second period of time, subsequent to the first period of time, if the identified damage does not exceed the threshold; and inspecting the received three-dimensional data during the second period of time to measure damage.
US11761854B2
A particle sensor for detecting particles in a flow of a measuring gas for detecting soot particles in an exhaust gas channel of a burner or of an internal combustion engine. The particle sensor includes a device for generating or for supplying laser light, a device for focusing laser light, and a device for detecting or transferring thermal radiation. The particle sensor includes at least one optical access, which separates an area exposed to the measuring gas from an area facing away from the measuring gas not exposed to the measuring gas, the device for generating or supplying laser light and/or the device for detecting or for transferring thermal radiation being situated in the area facing away from the measuring gas, wherein the particle sensor removes a sub-flow from the measuring gas flow and supplies it to the laser focus and further fluidically shields the optical access from the sub-flow.
US11761851B1
A drive system includes a motor having a rotatable output shaft that is operably coupled to a lead screw by a transmission that converts rotary output of the motor into linear translation of the lead screw. The drive system further includes a position sensor configured to sense a position of the lead screw. A method for determining a backlash of the drive system includes the steps of sensing an initial position and driving the lead screw in a first direction to a calculated second position by controlling the motor to rotate the output shaft an amount that corresponds to a distance between the initial position and the calculated second position. The method further includes the steps of sensing an actual second position of the lead screw; and determining a backlash value according to a difference between the calculated second position and the actual second position.
US11761848B2
A method is disclosed for determining mechanical robustness of an overhead stowage bin for an aircraft includes repeatedly effecting an impact of a test body against an impact surface of the overhead stowage bin with a predefined impact force by a robotic arm of a manipulator, and investigating damage parameters of the overhead stowage bin.
US11761841B2
Disclosed is a gas leakage prevention cooling box for a pipe flange connection, which includes: a main body casing having an inner chamber in which connection flanges of a first pipe and a second pipe are located at a center portion of the main body casing, a pipe mounting hole in which the pipes connected around the flange are located on front and rear sides of the inner chamber, and a first half main body and a second half main body coupled to face to each other with the connection flanges of the first and second pipes therebetween and supported by the connection between the first pipe and the second pipe; and a cooling fan installed in the first half main body of the main body casing and configured to supply external air to the inner chamber.
US11761835B2
The object is to provide a mounting structure for a torque sensor capable of improving a detection accuracy of a torque sensor. A torque sensor includes a first structure, a second structure, a third structure provided between the first structure and the second structure, and at least two sensor units provided between the first structure and the second structure. A plurality of contact portions are provided on one of the first structure and the first attachment portion and one of the second structure and the second attachment portion, and are in contact with another of the first structure and the first attachment portion and another of the second structure and the second attachment portion.
US11761833B2
A stress measurement device includes a first obtaining unit obtaining thermal data including information indicating a temperature of a measuring region, a second obtaining unit obtaining data related to stress occurring in one part of the measuring region, and a controller finding stress occurring in the measuring region from the thermal data and the data related to the stress. The controller finds, first waveform data respectively on the one part and a part other than the one part based on a change with time of the thermal data, and second waveform data based on a change with time of the data related to the stress. The controller finds, disturbance data through a deduction of the second waveform data from the first waveform data on the one part, and stress data indicating stress occurring in the part through a deduction the disturbance data from the first waveform data on the part.
US11761830B2
There is provided a force sensor including a substrate and a polymer material layer. The substrate has a circuit layout that includes a first electrode and a second electrode configured to form a capacitor therebetween. The polymer material layer covers at least on a space between the first electrode and the second electrode, and is used to change capacitance of the capacitor while being pressed. The force sensor is arranged inside a stem of an earphone for detecting the user input.
US11761829B2
A sensor placement optimization device is provided, which may include a preprocessing circuit and an operational circuit. The preprocessing circuit may perform a pre-process for the sensing signals of a plurality of temperature sensors, installed on a machine tool, to generate a pre-processed data. The operational circuit may execute a normalization for the pre-processed data to generate a normalized data, perform a principal component analysis for the normalized data to generate a dimensionality-reduced data and implement a principal component regression for the dimensionality-reduced data to obtain the contributions of the temperature sensors. Then, the operational circuit may rank the temperature sensors according to the contributions thereof to generate a ranking result and execute a screening process according to the ranking result to select at least one redundant sensor from the temperature sensors; afterward, the operational circuit may remove the redundant sensor from the temperature sensors.
US11761820B2
An image sensor includes on a support a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels intended to detect an infrared radiation emitted by an element of a scene. Each of the pixels includes a bolometric membrane suspended above a reflector covering the support, wherein the reflector of each of the first pixels is covered with a first dielectric layer, and the reflector of each of the second pixels is covered with a second dielectric layer differing from the first dielectric layer by its optical properties.
US11761810B2
A fuel storage system has a tank access chamber with improved monitoring, servicing and maintenance capabilities. In particular, the chamber includes a sump monitored by a liquid sensor whose proper function can be automatically checked remotely, e.g., via an electronic controller or remote manual operation. In cases where such a check indicates a need for physical inspection of the sump sensor, the present system provides for sensor removal and installation by service personnel from a location outside the tank access chamber. Thus, the present system facilitates regular inspection and routine or unplanned maintenance without the need for a person to physically enter the tank access chamber.
US11761801B2
The present disclosure provides a multi-layer open channel portable flow measuring device based on a water impulse principle and a flow measuring method; an instantaneous water head height of a water-carrying section, namely, a water level H is measured through a pressure sensor at a bottom of a U-shaped hollow tube; at the same time, layered multi-point velocity measuring components in equidistant layout include a series of position “current meters” composed of tension sensors, hollow punching lightweight steel balls and lightweight elastic steel ropes to measure velocities V1-n of different points, n depends on the layer decided to be arranged according to a channel depth, an instantaneous flow value of the whole water-carrying section is further acquired through multi-layer flow accumulation, and with a simple structure, intelligent control, easy operation and convenient carrying, the present disclosure may further improve the flow measuring precision.
US11761797B2
An optical fiber with one or more microgratings is disclosed. Methods and apparatus are described for making an optical fiber with one or more microgratings. Methods and apparatus are described for an optical fiber with one or more microgratings Optical sensing methods and an optical sensing system effectively decouple strain range from the laser tuning range, permit the use of a smaller tuning range without sacrificing strain range, and compensate for ambiguity in phase measurements normally associated with smaller tuning ranges.
US11761796B2
An apparatus for measuring a position according to an embodiment includes a light source emitting light to an inner surface of a pipe, a first lens receiving reflected light from which light emitted by the light source is reflected by the inner surface and converting the reflected light into parallel light parallel to an optical axis, a second lens disposed on an optical path of the parallel light and converting the parallel light into a convergent refracted light, an image sensor disposed on an optical path of the refracted light, one or more elastic members disposed between the first lens and the second lens, and a plurality of wheels that are coupled to a side surface of the first lens and are in close contact with the inner surface to be rotated by movement of the moving body.
US11761784B2
The technology involves communicating the reachability status associated with an autonomous vehicle to a user such as a rider within the vehicle, a person awaiting pickup, or a customer that scheduled a package deliver. Reachability information about pickup and/or drop off locations is presentable via an app on a user device, which helps set expectations with customers about where the vehicle is most likely to be able to perform a pickup and/or drop off. This may include indicating how much variance there may be based on current congestion, parking or idling regulations, or weather conditions. The reachability information may be presented via one or more visualization tools to indicate the uncertainty and/or likely final location. Presenting such contextual information may be done based on real time information, and the presentation may be updated as needed. Historical information about the location may also be used to lower the level of uncertainty.
US11761780B1
Techniques for determining map data for localizing a vehicle in an environment are discussed herein. A vehicle can capture sensor data such as image data and can detect objects in the sensor data. Detected objects can include semantic object such as traffic lights, lane lines, street signs, poles, and the like. Rays based on a pose of the sensor and the detected objects can be determined. Intersections between the rays can be determined. The intersections can be utilized to determine candidate landmarks in the environment. The candidate landmarks can be utilized to determine landmarks and to eliminate other candidate landmarks. The map data can be determined based on the three-dimensional locations and utilized to localize vehicles.
US11761778B2
Systems and methods for generating calm or quiet routes are provided. When a user requests navigation directions and indicates a preference for a calm route, a plurality of routes between the origin location and the destination location requested by the user may be identified. Historical sensor data (e.g., including heart rate data, exterior vehicle noise level data, accelerometer data) and traffic data associated with route segments of each of the routes may be analyzed to identify indications of calmness associated with each route segment. Current traffic data associated with the route segments may be analyzed to assign a traffic score representing a level of congestion along the segment and corresponding to a level of insurance risk associated with traversing the segment. Based at least in part upon the indications of calmness and the traffic score associated with each route segment, a route may be selected and presented to the user.
US11761776B2
Charging scheduling systems and methods for electric buses for use in at least one electric bus and a cloud management module are provided. First, a current location of the electric bus is obtained by a positioning unit of the electric bus and a current power state of a battery module of the electric bus is detected by a battery detection unit of the electric bus. A route corresponding to the electric bus is obtained by the cloud management module, wherein the route includes at least one charging point, and records a location of the charging point and a charging efficiency of at least one charging equipment installed at the charging point. Then, the cloud management module determines whether the electric bus needs to be charged with the charging equipment at the charging point according to the current location and the current power state of the electric bus.
US11761774B2
A method for determining a vehicle get-on-and-off place includes receiving a first destination and a first origin along with a vehicle call request from a first user terminal, setting first candidate get-on places within a predetermined distance from the first origin and first candidate get-off places within a predetermined distance from the first destination, generating first get-on-and-off pairs by combination of first candidate get-on places and first candidate get-off places, determining a passenger moving time based on the first origin, the first destination, and each entire path, with respect to each in entire paths based on each in first get-on-and-off pairs, determining a vehicle running time based on each entire path, with respect to each in entire paths, and determining a total travel time based on an expected demand, the passenger moving time, and the vehicle running time with respect to each in entire paths.
US11761770B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer readable media, and methods for detecting and providing a digital notification of whether a ridership error exists. For instance, a ridership error detection system identifies a transportation match between a requestor device and a provider device. The ridership error detection system determines one or more sets of provider-requestor consistency signals from the requestor device and the provider device across ride stages. For instance, the ridership error detection system analyzes location signals, IMU signals, audio signals, local wireless signals indicating distances between the requestor device and the provider device, and other signals to determine whether a ridership error exists. The ridership error detection system provides digital notifications to the provider device and the requestor device based on the ridership error determination.
US11761767B2
A cloud-based trajectory map generation method, device, apparatus and application. The method includes: acquiring first trajectory map data and second trajectory map data; performing a map-initializing treatment to align the two trajectory map data to obtain an initial value of a transformation relationship therebetween; interpolating the two trajectory map data to obtain corresponding data at preset interpolation points thereto; determining a residual equation based on the corresponding data at the preset interpolation points and the initial value of the transformation relationship to obtain an optimal solution of the transformation relationship based thereon; and generating a trajectory map based on the optimal solution of the transformation relationship. The trajectory map data are obtained using two different mapping schemes over a same moving trajectory, or using a same mapping scheme over two substantially identical moving trajectories, within a same region, which are optimized to thereby obtain a high-precision trajectory map.
US11761766B2
The present invention relates to method of localisation for devices. More particularly, it relates the use of both local and remote resources to provide substantially real time localisation at a device. According to an aspect, there is provided a method of determining a location of a device having one or more sensors comprising the steps of: sending a localisation request to a server system, the localisation request comprising at least a portion of data from the one or more sensors; receiving localisation data from the server system in response to the localisation request; and determining a location of the device from the received localisation data. Optionally, the method includes the further step of estimating a location of the device based on data from the one or more sensors and wherein the step of determining a location of the device includes determining the location of the device using the estimated location.
US11761755B2
In one embodiment, a method includes inspecting a fiber weave for use in a printed circuit board with an automated optical inspection tool and identifying a distance between fiber bundles in the fiber weave. The fiber weave comprises a plurality of the fiber bundles woven to form the fiber weave and a portion of the fiber bundles comprise markers and identifying a distance between the fiber bundles in the fiber weave comprises measuring a distance between the markers.
US11761749B2
A strain magnification apparatus can have a first section and a second section coupled with the first section. The second section can have a lower stiffness relative to the first portion and a strain gauge coupled thereto. The first section is operable to be coupled to a tool experiencing strain and the tool is formed from a material having lower elasticity than the second section.
US11761748B1
A system and method for aligning multiple pieces of rotary machinery equipment by coupling rotating shafts extending from at least one of the multiple pieces of rotary machinery equipment. The system includes mounting a first piece of rotary machine equipment to a device comprising two U-shaped plates that are interlocked with each other. The alignment method includes a process for adjusting the first piece of rotary equipment with respect to a first U-shaped plate to correct for either a vertical offset or angular misalignment.
US11761746B2
A method for rapidly measuring the roller pass major semi-axis of a three-roller reducing mill to improve the outer-diameter precision and surface quality of a steel pipe includes selecting a corresponding value of the average diameter of an elliptical pass, a value of a first major semi-axis, and a value of a minor semi-axis according to a rack station number of a special numerical control lathe; calculating a value of a first line segment according to an elliptic equation, the obtained value of the first major semi-axis, and the obtained value of the minor semi-axis; calculating a value of a second major semi-axis according to the right-angle triangle theorem and the value of the first line segment; and measuring a value of the first dimension by attaching three claws of a three-claw internal micrometer to three roller gaps.
US11761745B2
A measuring tape device may include a housing having an aperture, a reel assembly, a blade, and a piezoelectric bimorph layer. The reel assembly may be enclosed within the housing, and may be configured to alternately allow the blade to be withdrawn from the reel assembly through the aperture or received in the aperture onto the reel assembly. The blade may have a first end configured to extend from the housing through the aperture and a second end configured to be wound on the reel assembly. The piezoelectric bimorph layer may be disposed over at least a portion of the blade.
US11761743B2
Embodiments of a low-voltage, non-primary explosive detonator (110) may include a detonator shell (120) having an open end (122), a closed end (124), and a hollow interior (125) between the open and closed ends. Some embodiments include a reinforcement area of the detonator shell. A pyrotechnical material is disposed within the hollow interior, and a main explosive load is disposed within the hollow interior in between the pyrotechnical material and the closed end. In some embodiments, one or both of the pyrotechnical material and the main explosive load may be multilayered, for example with a density gradient configured to accelerate deflagration. The detonator may further include a fuse head disposed at the open end and in proximity to the pyrotechnical material within the detonator shell.
US11761741B2
A projectile including: a shell; a rotating shaft; and a screw which can be rotated by the rotating shaft. The screw and the shell include, respectively, a stop and a counter-stop opposite each other. The screw is capable of sliding axially between a first position, in which a non-zero clearance is provided between the stop and counter-stop, and a second position, in which the stop and counter-stop are in contact. An elastic return element reversibly deformable between a first and a second state of stress which correspond to the first and second positions of the screw, respectively, the stress of the first state being lower than the stress of the second state.
US11761738B2
The present invention provides biodegradable projectiles for toy launchers that contain viable seeds. When lost outdoors the projectiles do not pollute the environment but instead degrade naturally and the seeds grow into plants that enhance the landscape.
US11761709B2
A heat exchanger extends between a first end and a second end and includes: a central core; and a heat exchange section; wherein the heat exchange section comprises: a primary flow inlet; a secondary flow inlet; a primary flow outlet; a secondary flow outlet; a plurality of primary flow tubes for conveying a primary flow from the primary flow inlet to the primary flow outlet; and a plurality of secondary flow tubes for conveying a secondary flow from the secondary flow inlet to the secondary flow outlet. The primary flow tubes and the secondary flow tubes are grouped together to form at least one strand; and wherein the at least one strand is helically wrapped around the central core.
US11761705B2
Provided herein are systems and methods for utilizing a natural gas letdown generator at a natural gas regulating station. The system utilizes the gas letdown generator to generate electricity by converting high pressure inlet gas to low pressure outlet gas, which in turn creates low temperature outlet gas. Electricity generated can power a data center. Heat may be transferred, using a heat exchanger, from dielectric fluid of the data center to the natural gas prior to entering the gas letdown generator. Heat may be further transferred, using a second heat exchanger, from the dielectric fluid to the natural gas at the output of the gas letdown generator. The heat exchange may substantially cool the dielectric fluid for transmission to the data center and may heat the low temperature outlet gas for transmission to an end user.
US11761689B1
A method for recovering heat (i.e., thermal) energy produced by computer hardware in blockchain (e.g., cryptocurrency) mining operations and utilizing that recovered heat energy in cooling modules. Also, a system for recovering heat energy produced by computer hardware in blockchain (e.g., cryptocurrency) mining operations and utilizing that recovered heat energy in absorption cooling modules which are an ammonia-water absorption refrigerator module and/or an absorption immersion cooling module.
US11761679B2
A furnace for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a first set of heat exchanger tubes positioned within an air flow path of the furnace through which an air flow may be directed, a second set of heat exchanger tubes positioned within the air flow path of the furnace, and a deflector baffle positioned within the air flow path and configured to direct a portion of the air flow toward the second set of heat exchanger tubes. The first set of heat exchanger tubes, the deflector baffle, and the second set of heat exchanger tubes are each respectively offset from one another in a direction of the air flow along the air flow path.
US11761678B2
A heat exchange cell includes a casing, a heat exchanger in which a first heat transfer fluid flows, a feeding zone, and first and second collection chambers for a second heat transfer fluid. The casing can include rear, front, and peripheral side walls. The heat exchanger can be helically-shaped, mounted in the casing, and include at least one tubular duct for the flow of the first heat transfer fluid. The tubular duct can be coiled about a longitudinal axis and define a helix. The feeding zone of the second heat transfer fluid can be defined in the casing coaxially and internally with respect to the helix. The first chamber can be defined externally with respect to the heat exchanger by a radially outer wall thereof and the peripheral side wall. The second chamber can be at least partially delimited by at least one separating element.
US11761677B2
A water heater includes an inner water tube coil and an outer water tube coil separated by a drum baffle. The inner and outer coils extend above a top edge of the drum baffle by at least a full turn of each coil. A flue gas bypass path is defined between a top edge of the drum baffle and a top insulation layer above the inner and outer coils. Flue gases flow radially though the inner coil, up along the drum baffle, through the flue gas bypass path, and downwardly over the outer coil to heat water flowing through the inner and outer coils. The water flows into the outer coil at the bottom of the coil, winds upwardly through the outer coil in countercurrent flow with respect to the flue gases, then down through the inner coil.
US11761675B1
A control system includes a cleaner dispensing system and a computing device. The cleaner dispensing system includes a cleaner dispensing apparatus having a dispenser device configured to operate to dispense a cleaning composition. The cleaner dispensing system includes a cartridge configured to detachably couple with the cleaner dispensing apparatus to provide a cleaning composition held in a cartridge reservoir to the dispenser device. The cartridge includes a cartridge indicator configured to indicate a particular cartridge identifier code associated with the cartridge. The computing device is configured to detect the particular cartridge identifier code based on obtaining cartridge information from the cartridge indicator and to transmit an apparatus enable command signal to the cleaner dispensing apparatus, to cause the cleaner dispensing apparatus to selectively enable operation of at least the dispenser device, in response to a determination that the particular cartridge identifier code matches an authentic cartridge identifier code.
US11761670B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include a primary air chamber configured to receive primary air, an induced air chamber configured to receive secondary air, a heating coil disposed in the induced air chamber, wherein the heating coil is removable from the induced air chamber without disassembling at least a portion of the induced air chamber, and the heating coil does not receive the primary air, a fan disposed in the induced air chamber, wherein the fan is configured to blow the secondary air received via the induced air chamber toward the heating coil and the heating coil heats the secondary air.
US11761667B2
The present disclosure relates to a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system that includes a heat exchanger configured to circulate a working fluid therethrough, a valve configured to regulate a flow rate of the working fluid through the heat exchanger, and a valve controller configured to modify a valve position control signal received from an external controller, separate from the valve controller, based on a temperature differential of the working fluid entering and exiting the heat exchanger.
US11761662B2
Various ways to control the ambient temperature of a room in a structure are described. In one embodiment, a method for intelligently controlling an ambient room temperature in a structure is described, comprising receiving a future outdoor temperature forecast related to a geographic area where the structure is located, and altering a temperature profile for controlling the ambient room temperature based on the future outdoor temperature forecast.
US11761655B2
There is described a zone controller and method for identifying a root cause failure at a zone. The zone controller determines whether a temperature measurement deviates from a temperature setpoint of the temperature sensor, and generates a first repair code, a second repair code, and/or a third repair code. The first repair code replaces a temperature sensor in response to detecting that a reading of the temperature sensor has failed. The second repair code releases an operator override on the reading of the temperature sensor in response to detecting that the reading of the temperature sensor has been overridden. The third repair code releases an operator override on a setpoint of the temperature sensor in response to detecting that the setpoint of the temperature sensor is outside the predetermined setpoint range. One or more of these repair codes are provided to a remote device.
US11761651B1
Air cleaning apparatus includes: a tank; a detergent inlet into the tank; a water inlet into the tank; an air inlet into the tank; at least one sparger in fluid communication with the air inlet; a vacuum pump; an air outlet in fluid communication with the vacuum pump; and at least one valve between the air outlet and the vacuum pump and configured to control flow of fluids through the air outlet. The apparatus is configured to conduct a method to pull polluted external air into the tank through the air inlet to the at least one sparger, sparge bubbles of the polluted air from the at least one sparger into a mixture of the water and the nonfoaming detergent in the tank, remove pollutants from the air as it rises through the mixture, extract clean air from the mixture into a cavity in the tank above the mixture and extract the clean air from the cavity through the air outlet to an external environment with the vacuum pump.
US11761650B2
An attic ventilation system that works universally with existing attic vents. The ventilation apparatus is mounted to the surface of an existing roof vent. The ventilation apparatus is connected to a power source such as a solar panel. The system and apparatus comprise a shroud comprised of a single piece.
US11761644B1
A cooling and desalination system, and a method for concurrent cooling and desalination are provided. The cooling and desalination system includes a humidification-dehumidification (HDH) system including a humidifier for humidifying a carrier gas using saline water, and a dehumidifier for dehumidifying the carrier gas to obtain desalinated water. The cooling and desalination system further includes a vapor-absorption refrigeration (VAR) system including an evaporator for evaporating a refrigerant and providing cooling effect, an absorber for absorbing the refrigerant by an absorbent, a desorber for heating the refrigerant and the absorbent to obtain vapors of the refrigerant, and a condenser for condensing the vapors of the refrigerant. Herein, the HDH system and the VAR system are connected at the absorber and the condenser so that the carrier gas, after passing through the humidifier, is configured to absorb heat from the absorber and the condenser, before entering the dehumidifier.
US11761638B2
A home cooking appliance includes a housing, a cooking compartment in the housing and accessible through a door in the housing, a cooling air system conveying air through the housing, and an air channel in fluid communication with the cooling air system, the air channel having an outlet exhausting a portion of the air from the cooling air system along a rear wall of the housing.
US11761631B2
A dome structure for a combustor of a gas turbine includes a frame structure extending circumferentially about a combustor centerline axis, and a plurality of integrated dome-deflector plate members mounted to the frame structure. Each of the plurality of integrated dome-deflector plate members includes a dome wall, a deflector wall, and a plurality of side walls connecting the dome wall and the deflector wall to each other. A cavity is defined by the dome wall, the deflector wall, and the plurality of side walls.
US11761630B2
A furnace system of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a burner assembly having a burner enclosure configured to receive a fuel for ignition to generate heated combustion byproducts. The furnace system also includes a controller configured to detect a value associated with a wave signal transmitted through the burner enclosure and operate the furnace system based on a comparison between the value and a threshold value.
US11761624B2
Powered and non-powered kits for the treatment of fluid in boiler and cooling systems, both open and closed recirculating are disclosed. The kits generally include a fluid container, a fluid connector configured to engage the fluid container, a hose configured for fluid communication with the fluid connector, a port, a fluid container suspension means, and a hose end support member. The fluid container is configured to enclose chemical agents and/or solutions. The port may be formed along the fluid container and be configured to receive the fluid connector. The hose end support member may support at least one portion of the hose at a desired height above the standing fluid to be treated. In embodiments, a metering pump is included with the kits, the metering pump configured to cause a predetermined amount of the chemical agents or solutions to be dispersed from the fluid container.
US11761618B2
Wearable devices for monitoring light sources, and light fixtures are presented. For instance, a device includes a light detection sensor, a user interface device, and a controller operably coupled to the light detection sensor and the user interface device. The controller configured to: monitor a plurality of light sources for an availability status indication; determine, from the status data availability indication, that status data of the equipment is available from the light source; receive a modulated light signal from the light source; decode the modulated light signal into decoded status data; determine a status of the equipment based on the decoded status data; process the decoded status data to determine a diagnosis of the equipment; and indicate via the user interface device the diagnosis of the equipment and a diagnostic action related thereto. The light fixture includes a light source and a controller operably coupled to the light source, The controller is configured to receive status data from equipment, encode the status data in a modulated light signal, and output the modulated light signal using the light source.
US11761604B2
A motor vehicle headlamp system with a first and a second motor vehicle headlamp, wherein each motor vehicle headlamp comprises a first and a second light module, which first light module comprises light pixels, and is arranged to generate a first light distribution (100), and wherein the second light module comprises light pixels, and is arranged to generate a second light distribution (200), wherein each light distribution (100, 200) is formed from several pixel light segments (101, 201), wherein a pixel light segment (101, 201) corresponds to a light pixel and is able to be produced through this, wherein each light distribution (100, 200) is arranged to generate a first pixel light segment group (110, 210) with a first column width (110a, 210a), to generate a second pixel light segment group (120, 220) with a second column width (120a, 220a), which corresponds to ½ of the first column width (110a, 210a), to generate a third pixel light segment group (130, 230) with a third column width (130a, 230a), wherein in the first light distribution (100), in vertical direction, the first pixel light segment group (110) is arranged above the second pixel light segment group (120) and the third pixel light segment group (130) is arranged beneath, and wherein the second light distribution (200) is arranged mirrored vertically with respect to the first light distribution (100), wherein the first motor vehicle headlamp is arranged to overlap the first and the second light distribution (100, 200) by a vertical offset (301) of half of the third column height (130b, 230b) with formation of a first headlamp light distribution (310), wherein the second motor vehicle headlamp is arranged to overlap the first and the second light distribution (100, 200) with formation of a second headlamp light distribution (320), wherein the second headlamp light distribution (320) is mirrored horizontally with respect to the first headlamp light distribution (310), wherein the first headlamp light distribution (310) and the second headlamp light distribution (320) are arranged overlapping one another by a horizontal offset (401) of ½ of the first column width (110a, 210a) with formation of a motor vehicle headlamp system light distribution (400).
US11761603B2
A system includes a first primary optics that receives light from a first light source and projects it onto a transparent shutter and a secondary optics. A second primary optics receives light from the second light source and projects it onto the transparent shutter. The transparent shutter receives light from the first light source via the first primary optics and prevents a lower part of it from entering the secondary optics. The transparent shutter further receives light from the second light source via the second primary optics and projects it onto the secondary optics. The secondary optics receives light from the first primary optics and the transparent shutter and projects it onto a road in front of the vehicle. The transparent shutter includes an air-exposed slit that redirects the light received by the transparent shutter from the second light source toward a middle axis of the transparent shutter.
US11761602B2
The present invention relates to an automotive optical system; the optical system includes one or more first optical elements that reflect light rays emitted from a number of first light sources that are configured to perform a first lighting function and a second optical element; the second optical element is configured to project a light beam from the first optical elements configured to perform the first lighting function where a portion of the second optical element is made of a diffusive material. Furthermore, the optical system includes a number of secondary light sources where the second optical element is configured to receive light ray emissions from the secondary light sources and perform a second lighting function by scattering light rays received from secondary light sources.
US11761590B2
Technologies for producing efficient investigation routes for identifying gas leak locations include a mobile compute device. The mobile compute device includes circuitry configured to obtain route data indicative of a route to be traveled along to identify a location of a gas leak. The circuitry is also configured to present the route data to a user to guide the user along the route.
US11761584B2
An automatic obstruction device for closing a filling circuit for filling a tank with fluid includes: a movable element movable between a non-obstruction position of the filling circuit, in which the movable element offers resistance to the fluid compatible with the filling of the tank, and an obstruction position of the filling circuit, in which the movable offers a resistance to the fluid that is incompatible with the filling of the tank; a holding element of the movable element holding the movable element in the non-obstruction position, and allowing movement of the movable element toward the obstruction position; and a first device of non-reversible movement or of non-reversible modification of the holding element allowing movement of the movable element toward the obstruction position, and being controllable by a control device.
US11761576B1
A portable, collapsible support for holding electronic equipment including programmable logic controllers (PLC), human machine interfaces (HMI), instruments, switches, Din rail mounting devices, and other equipment when testing, demonstrating, programming, or repairing such devices at remote job sites, testing labs or facilities, trade shows, training centers, and other places. The portable, collapsible support includes a base having a holding bar in parallel with a back bar forming a holding recess to hold HMIs, a cover including a Din rail, and a pair of mounting pegs for holding the electronic equipment, and a pair of locking arms for releasably, pivotably locking the cover in an open, vertical position while holding the electronic equipment, or for closing the cover to easily carry and transport the collapsible support from one location to another.
US11761569B2
A breakaway assembly including a first connector and a second connector releasably coupleable to the first connector, wherein the assembly is movable between a first configuration in which the first and second connectors are releasably coupled and together define a fluid path through which fluid is flowable, and a second configuration in which the first and second connectors are not coupled together. The assembly is configured to move from the first configuration to the second configuration when a predetermined separation force is applied to the assembly. The assembly includes a closure valve positioned in one of the first or second connectors, wherein the closure valve is configured to be in an open position when the assembly is in the first configuration to allow fluid to flow therethrough, and to move to a closed position when the assembly moves to the second configuration to generally block the flow of fluid therethrough. At least part of one of the first or second connectors is axially movable relative to a remaining portion of the one of the first or second connectors, or is axially movable relative to the other one of the first or second connectors, when the assembly is in the first configuration and while the closure valve remains open, to accommodate force spikes.
US11761567B2
A method of protecting the end fittings of a tube or hose includes the steps of providing an end fitting that is attached to a hose or tube. Providing a heat shrinkable plastic capsule having a tubular portion with an open end and a closed end. Placing the plastic capsule over the end fitting until the closed end of the capsule is in contact with end of the fitting. Placing a magnet at the outer face of the capsule to maintain the end of the capsule in contact with the end of the fitting and heat shrinking the capsule onto the fitting. Removing the magnet from the end of the capsuled fitting.
US11761563B2
An improved end connector for a high-pressure reinforced hose that is subjected to high frequency of pressure cycles and that provides for a low compression deformation of the reinforced hose is discussed. This unique end connector has a stem and ferrule that includes a gripper or cable lock region near a coupler, or outboard end and a substantially smooth length on an outer diameter (OD) of the stem and ferrule that extends from about the gripper region to a hose receiving, or inboard, end.
US11761560B2
An apparatus for supporting one or more pipes is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first tower, a second tower, and each tower includes four vertical columns, and a first set of horizontal beams. Each beam is configured to span and connect two of the vertical columns via biaxial moment connecting collars. The towers are aligned to support a first pipe on beams from both towers along a primary pipe support axis, and none of the columns in the first tower is connected to a column of the second tower by a biaxial moment connecting collar.
US11761559B2
A device adapted for holding one or more discrete cables includes: a flexible main body formed of a polymeric material having a length, a width, a thickness, and a longitudinal axis, the main body including a wrapping portion and a mounting portion, wherein the wrapping portion is configured to be wrapped such that the main body circumscribes the one or more discrete cables, and wherein a plurality of undulations are present between the mounting portion and the wrapping portion; a securing feature attached to or integral with the mounting portion of the main body and configured to be secured to a mounting structure; and a plurality of apertures along the longitudinal axis of the wrapping portion of the main body. The securing feature is configured to be received through one of the plurality of apertures when the main body is wrapped around the one or more discrete cables. At least one of the undulations varies in height, width and/or thickness from at least one of the other undulations.
US11761550B1
A relief valve device having a spring, a valve bonnet, a valve stem, a disc holder, a valve disc, a huddling chamber, a blowdown ring, and a nozzle. In the valve device, the valve disc is positioned above the nozzle; the spring is disposed in the valve bonnet; the spring surrounds the valve stem such that a longitudinal axis of the spring and a longitudinal axis of the valve stem are coaxial; the disc holder surrounds an outer periphery of the valve disc and is adjacent and in direct contact with a surface of the valve disc around an entire perimeter of the valve disc; the blowdown ring is disposed at a top section of the nozzle; a bottom section of the nozzle is connected to a bottom surface of a valve body and the top section of the nozzle is connected to the valve disc; and the disc holder is filled with oil.
US11761540B2
Systems and methods include providing an annular seal stack for an assembly. The seal stack is disposed within an annulus formed between a probe and a housing of the assembly and configured to provide a radial seal between the probe and the housing. The seal stack includes a first support retainer, a first lipseal, a first seal support system comprising at least one support ring disposed between the first support retainer and the first lipseal, a second support retainer configured to support the first lipseal, a second lipseal, a second seal support system comprising at least one support ring disposed between the second support retainer and the second lipseal, and a third support retainer configured to support the second lipseal.
US11761538B2
A sealing unit for a drive shaft driving a working fluid; the sealing unit comprising a sleeve attached to the drive shaft and a gland attached to the housing, a static seal ring attached to the gland and in close proximity to the sleeve, and a stuffing box about the static seal ring, fibrous packing seal blocking the distal and proximal ends of the stuffing box and a first sealant comprising a viscous, non-Newtonian fluid that is injected into the stuffing box under a first pressure exceeding the pressure of the working fluid; the sealing unit further comprising an inner fluid seal of a Newtonian fluid between the first sealant and the drive shaft upstream of the first sealant, such that the Newtonian fluid seal is kept at a pressure slightly higher than the pressure of the working fluid and prevents the working fluid from reaching the first sealant.
US11761537B2
The present invention relates to a gasket (1, 1′, 1″) for sealing a drive shaft of a pulp washer, the gasket comprising a gasket body (10) having a central opening delimited by an inner edge (21) and the gasket body (10) also having an outer edge (22), wherein the gasket (10) further comprises a cut-in portion (30) that extends from the outer edge (22) in a radial direction inwards into the gasket body (10). The invention also relates to a pulp washer comprising at least one such gasket and to a method for mounting such a gasket on a drive shaft of a pulp washer.
US11761531B2
The present disclosure is directed to a filter system for a wind turbine, comprising at least a filter device having a filter housing with a volume portion and a cap portion, both defining a filter volume for receiving the oil filter. The filter housing is equipped with an inlet port, an outlet port and a pressure port. The filter system further comprises a pressurizing device having an interface port, and supply means for providing pressurized gas via the interface port, preferably into the filter housing of the filter device. The pressurizing device is configured for being connectable to the pressure port, preferably via a compensation duct. Furthermore, a method is disclosed, wherein the pressurizing device is connected to the filter housing, lubricant is discharged by applying pressurized gas into the filter volume, the cap portion is removed and an oil filter is subsequently replaced.
US11761508B2
A shock-absorber has a cylindrical body having an inner and an outer cylindrical tubes enclosing a reservoir chamber containing oil, and a rod. A piston divides the internal volume of the inner cylindrical tube into a rebound chamber and a compression chamber. The cylindrical body has an intermediate cylindrical tube enclosing with the inner cylindrical tube an intermediate chamber. A first electronically-controlled valve is arranged inside the inner cylindrical tube, so as to be drivingly connected to the rod, and hydraulically connected to the rebound chamber and to the compression chamber to adjust, during rebound phase, flow of the damping fluid from the rebound chamber to the compression chamber. A second electronically-controlled valve is arranged outside the cylindrical body and is hydraulically connected to the reservoir chamber and to the intermediate chamber to adjust, during compression phase, flow of the damping fluid from the compression chamber to the reservoir chamber via the intermediate chamber.
US11761506B2
A gas spring consisting of a gas cylinder (2), a piston rod (3) which is movable in the axial direction in the gas cylinder (2), a guide (4), wherein an axially outwardly open gap (6) exists between the guide (4) and the gas cylinder. A protection (10) is arranged so that it extends radially over the width of the gap (6). The protection (10) is fixed in the guide (4) or in the cylinder wall (5). The protection is configured so that, when an axial force (F) is applied to the protection, a first part of the force (F) is transmitted to the guide (4) and a second part of the force to the cylinder wall (5), and thus the protection (10) relieves the load on the guide (4).
US11761498B2
A braking system includes a rotor, a braking mechanism including a brake pad, and an actuator system configured to reposition the rotor from a first position where the rotor does not engage with the brake pad to a second position where the rotor engages with the brake pad.
US11761492B2
A boot for a constant velocity universal joint includes large- and small-diameter mounting portions to be mounted to an outer joint member and a shaft, respectively, with boot clamps, a bellows portion integrally coupling the large- and small-diameter mounting portions to each other, and a cylindrical shoulder portion formed at a bellows portion-side end of the large-diameter-side mounting portion, and connected to the bellows portion through two auxiliary crest portions and one auxiliary trough portion between the auxiliary crest portions. A radial distance between each of the auxiliary crest portions and the auxiliary trough portion is shorter than a radial distance between a crest portion and a trough portion. A diameter passing through a center of the radial distance between each of the auxiliary crest portions and the auxiliary trough portion is larger than a diameter of the cylindrical shoulder portion.
US11761478B2
A contact layer is formed by a deposition method on an inner surface of a first metal element by a centrifuging process, and preferably includes an inner layer of copper alloy and an outer layer of tin alloy. Such a contact layer is used in an articulation joint including a first metal element having a surface provided with the contact layer, and a second metal element with a second surface. The first and second elements are relatively movable such that first and second surfaces slide against each other.
US11761474B2
A control cable connection structure includes a long, narrow casing, a casing end, a cable end and a slider. An end portion of a first conduit is anchored at one end portion, in a length direction, of the casing. An end portion of a second conduit is anchored at the casing end. The casing end is superposed and assembled with the casing in a radial direction of the second conduit. The cable end is attached to an end portion of a second inner cord. An end portion of a first inner cord is anchored at the slider. The slider is supported at the casing to be slidable in the length direction thereof. In the assembled state, the cable end is engaged with the slider at an opposite side from a side at which the second conduit is disposed, and the second inner cord is connected with the slider.
US11761470B2
A length-adjustable assembly and method including a connecting element for connecting the assembly to a component so that the connection can be subjected to tensile loads and compressive loads, the connecting element being plugged along the longitudinal axis onto an axial end section with respect to the longitudinal axis of the assembly. The connecting element includes a latching arm elastically bendable outwardly with respect to the longitudinal axis in a mounting configuration of the connecting element for plugging the connecting element onto the end portion, wherein the latching arm includes a latching element, wherein the latching element to positively cooperate with a mating latching element of the end portion, the mating latching element of complementary shape to the latching element, in an operating configuration of the connecting element fitted onto the end portion along the longitudinal axis.
US11761465B2
A hydraulic system includes at least one hydraulic unit (2) having at least one flow path (14, 16, 18), an hydraulic actuator (22), provided for influencing a hydraulic flow through the flow path (14, 16, 18), at least one sensor device (24, 26), and a control device (10) for controlling the hydraulic actuator (22). The at least one sensor device (24, 26) includes a storage device (32) provided for containing information specifying the hydraulic unit (2). The control device (10) is configured to receive the information stored in the storage device (32) of the sensor device (24, 26) and to set up a control of the hydraulic actuator (22) based on the received information specifying the hydraulic unit (2). A method is provided for controlling the hydraulic actuator.
US11761463B2
Provided is a fluid actuator capable of safely driving a drive target. An air actuator using air as a working fluid includes an X-axis pressure sensor that measures air pressures PX+ and PX− along one drive axis, which drives a drive target in an X direction, a Y-axis pressure sensor that measures air pressures PY1+, PY1−, PY2+, and PY2− along two drive axes, which drive the drive target in a Y direction, and an acceleration detection unit that detects translational acceleration and rotational acceleration generated in the drive target on the basis of the measured air pressures PX+, PX−, PY1+, PY1−, PY2+, and PY2−.
US11761458B2
A compressor is provided with: an impeller a housing configured to rotatably house the impeller and having an intake passage for introducing a gas to the impeller from outside the housing, a scroll passage for guiding the gas having passed through the impeller to the outside, and a bypass passage connecting the intake passage and the scroll passage so as to bypass the impeller; and a bypass valve having a valve body disposed in the bypass passage and capable of opening and closing the bypass passage. The valve body is configured to, in a fully closed state, separate the bypass passage into an inlet-side passage having a communication port communicating with the scroll passage and an outlet-side passage communicating with the intake passage. An inlet-side passage wall surface which defines the inlet-side passage includes at least an upstream passage wall surface portion connected to an upstream end of the communication port in a cross-sectional view of the housing taken along an axis of the impeller. The upstream passage wall surface portion is configured such that an angle between the upstream passage wall surface portion and an upstream scroll wall surface of a scroll passage wall surface which defines the scroll passage connected to the upstream end is less than 90 degrees.
US11761454B2
A ceiling fan blade fastening structure includes a base and a fan blade. The base is fixed to a rotor of a motor of a ceiling fan. The base has a bottom wall and a peripheral wall. The peripheral wall has a slot. The bottom wall is provided with a guide rail portion adjacent to the slot. The bottom wall is provided with a bracket and a positioning block behind the guide rail portion. The fan blade has a tongue portion to be inserted into the slot and pressed against the positioning block, so as to position the fan blade. The tongue portion is provided with a stop block to be against the rear of the bracket, so that the fan blade is unable to be disengaged from the slot.
US11761448B2
The present disclosure concerns an electric aircraft propulsion system. Example embodiments include an aircraft propulsion system (200) comprising: a fan (213) mounted on a central shaft (214); a first electric motor (215) mounted on the central shaft (214) and arranged to drive rotation of the fan (213) via the central shaft; and a second electric motor (216) arranged to drive rotation of the fan (213) via the central shaft (214), wherein the second electric motor (216) is coaxially mounted downstream of the first electric motor (215) and an outer diameter (D2) of the second electric motor (216) is smaller than an outer diameter (D1) of the first electric motor (215).
US11761444B2
A vacuum pump cooler for cooling a pumped fluid in a multistage vacuum pump, the vacuum pump cooler comprising: a plate comprising: a first surface; a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a channel through which a cooling fluid can flow; and one or more fins extending from the second surface of the plate.
US11761440B2
A dual pump smart control system. The operating time and the number of simultaneous operations are analyzed and compared with a reference time and a reference number, so that a controller determines whether or not the operation is normal. Afterwards, the driving of a first pump and the driving of a second pump are differentially controlled depending on whether or not the operation is determined to be normal by the controller. Thus, a malfunction caused by the concentration of load at a specific pump is prevented. Accordingly, the dual pump smart control system precisely controls the driving of the dual pumps and enables the pumps to operate efficiently.
US11761439B2
A fluid control device includes: a case that includes a case top plate having a first vent hole, a case side plate, and a case bottom plate having a second vent hole; a pump body; and a holding member that holds the pump body relative to the case. The pump body includes a first main plate, a second main plate that faces one main surface of the first main plate, a side plate, and a driving member that is arranged on the first main plate. The first main plate includes a plurality of first openings arranged in a ring shape. The second main plate is arranged at a side of the first main plate nearer the case top plate and has a second opening at a position that overlaps the first vent hole in a plan view.
US11761422B2
A wind turbine blade shear web comprises an elongate panel (28) having a first side and an opposing second side and a longitudinally extending flange (30a, 30b) arranged along a longitudinal edge of the panel. The flange comprises a plurality of elongate flange sections (46) arranged along the first side of the panel and integrated therewith. Each flange section comprises a plurality of elongate flange elements arranged one on top of another and offset from one another in a longitudinal direction of the flange section (46) such that the offset between the flange elements defines a tapered portion at each of a first and second longitudinal end of the flange section. The tapered portions of longitudinally adjacent flange sections overlap to define at least one scarf joint between said adjacent flange sections.
US11761416B2
Energy storage system comprising: a first tunnel shaft extending in an upright direction from a ground level to a predetermined underground level; an underground chamber at the predetermined underground level in the first tunnel shaft; a water reservoir is provided at the ground level a second tunnel shaft extending in a lying direction at the predetermined underground level, the second tunnel shaft forming a second water reservoir; at least one pipe extending through the first tunnel shaft interconnecting the first water reservoir and the second water reservoir for enabling water to flow between the ground level and the predetermined underground level; and at least one electrical pump and at least one electrical turbine operationally connected to the at least one pipe to enable a controlled charging and discharging of the energy storage system by running an upward and a downward flow of water via the pumps and the turbines, respectively.
US11761409B2
An air filter retention interface for use with an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The interface is substantially secured in an opening of a wall and the interface attaches to an air filter at the front end of the interface and an air intake tube on the back end of the interface. The interface has a filter sleeve and a filter base. During operation of the engine the filter sleeve is disposed through the opening in the wall such that the wall is between beads disposed on the external surface of the filter sleeve and the filter base thereby substantially securing the interface in place and the front end of the filter base is attached to the filter and the back end of the filter base is attached to the air intake tube and air passes through the filter then through the filter base and filter sleeve and then into the air intake tube and toward the engine.
US11761389B2
An apparatus of charging Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) fuel of a bi-fuel vehicle includes: a gasoline mixing chamber mounted on an LPG bombe side, a gasoline fuel supply line connecting the gasoline mixing chamber with a fuel tank and allowing gasoline fuel to move to the gasoline mixing chamber as a first valve is open, an LPG fuel supply line connecting an LPG bombe with the gasoline mixing chamber and allowing LPG fuel to move to the gasoline mixing chamber as a second valve is open, and a control unit configured to open the first valve and control the LPG fuel to be recirculated to the LPG bombe together with the gasoline fuel by a pressure of the LPG fuel moving to the gasoline mixing chamber, as an internal pressure of the LPG bombe reaches a predetermined reference pressure.
US11761387B1
Methods and systems for operating an engine that includes two fuel pumps are described. In one example, a first fuel pump may be activated or remain activated in response to an engine shutdown request so that a second fuel pump may be cooled before the first fuel pump is deactivated in response to the engine shutdown request.
US11761385B2
A method is provided involving a turbine engine. During this method, data is received indicative of twist of a shaft of the turbine engine. The data is monitored over time to identity one or more reversal events while the turbine engine is operating, where each of the reversal events corresponds to a reversal in a value sign of the data. Shaft shear is identified in the shaft based on occurrence of N number of the reversal events.
US11761381B2
In accordance with at least on aspect of this disclosure, there is provided a hydrogen fuel system for aircraft. The hydrogen fuel system includes a gas turbine engine and a fuel feed conduit. The fuel feed conduit is defined at least in part by, in fluid series, a liquid hydrogen tank fluidly connected to a combustor of the gas turbine engine, a liquid hydrogen pump to drive fuel to the combustor of the gas turbine engine, an evaporator, and an electric heat source in thermal communication with the evaporator to add heat into a flow of hydrogen passing through the evaporator. In embodiments, the electric energy source associated with the electric heat source to power the electric heat source.
US11761380B2
A turbofan gas turbine engine includes, in axial flow sequence, a heat exchanger module, a fan assembly, a compressor module, and a turbine module. The fan assembly includes a plurality of fan blades defining a fan diameter, and the heat exchanger module is in fluid communication with the fan assembly by an inlet duct. The heat exchanger module includes a plurality of heat transfer elements for transfer of heat from a first fluid contained within the heat transfer elements to an airflow passing over a surface of the heat transfer elements prior to entry of the airflow into an inlet to the fan assembly. At full-power condition, the engine produces a maximum thrust T (N), the heat exchanger module transfers a maximum heat rejection H (W) from the first fluid to the airflow, and a Heat Exchanger Performance parameter PEX (W/N) defined as PEX=H/T is 0.4 to 6.0.
US11761375B2
Various embodiments for a hydrogen zero emissions vehicle that utilizes hydride storage of hydrogen and buffering of hydrogen for high demand power are disclosed.
US11761373B1
A cooling device is employed in a vehicle including an internal combustion engine provided with a forced-induction device and an intercooler. The cooling device includes a circulation circuit configured to circulate coolant supplied to the intercooler, an electric pump configured to operate to circulate the coolant in the circulation circuit, and processing circuitry configured to control a discharge amount of the coolant of the pump. The processing circuitry is configured to execute a control amount deriving process of deriving a control amount of the pump based on a requested flow rate and a coolant temperature, and an operation process of causing the pump to operate based on the control amount when the requested flow rate is larger than 0.
US11761371B2
Systems are provided for a thermostat housing positioned in an internal combustion engine system. In one example, the internal combustion engine system may include the thermostat housing and one or more thermostat valves positioned within the thermostat housing, wherein the thermostat housing may include a plurality of plate configurations. In some examples, the plurality of plate configurations may include an upper plate configuration and a lower plate configuration. The upper plate configuration may include an upper plate coupled to an upper flange of a casing of the thermostat housing. The lower plate configuration may include a lower plate coupled to a lower partition of the casing of the thermostat housing. In some examples, the upper and lower plate configurations may include a plurality of openings defined fit to the one or more thermostat valves.
US11761363B2
System (2) for CO2 capture from a combustion engine (1) comprising an exhaust gas flow circuit (6) having an inlet end fluidly connected to an exhaust of the combustion engine, a heat exchanger circuit (12), a primary exhaust gas heat exchanger (H1) for transferring heat from exhaust gas to fluid in the heat exchanger circuit, at least one compressor (10) for compressing fluid in a section of the heat exchanger circuit, the compressor driven by thermal expansion of heat exchanger circuit fluid from the primary exhaust gas heat exchanger (H1), and a CO2 temperature swing adsorption (TSA) reactor (4) fluidly connected to an outlet end of the exhaust gas flow circuit. The TSA reactor includes at least an adsorption reactor unit (D4) and a desorption reactor unit (D2), the heat exchanger circuit comprising a heating section (12b) for heating the desorption unit (D2) and a cooling section (12a) for cooling the adsorption unit (D4).
US11761346B2
The present invention thus proposes an inlet cone for an aircraft turbine engine, comprising a frustoconical body and a tip made from elastically deformable material fixed to an end of smaller diameter of said body, the tip comprising a top configured to be situated on an axis of rotation of the cone and a fastening base for attachment on said end of said body. Said base extends in a connecting plane P. Said connecting plane P is inclined relative to said axis of rotation. Said base has a generally circular or oval shape. According to the invention, said connecting plane P is inclined relative to a transverse plane T perpendicular to said axis of rotation.
US11761345B2
An assembly for a turbine engine turbine includes a turbine rotor disc centered on a longitudinal axis and a turbine shaft centered on the longitudinal axis and driven in rotation by the rotor disc. Torque from the rotor disc is transmitted to the shaft, wherein the rotor disc is locked in translation relative to the shaft in the direction of the longitudinal axis by a screwed member on the shaft. Torque from the rotor disc is transmitted from the rotor disc to the screwed member when the torque ceases being transmitted from the rotor disc to the shaft. The screwed member has an unscrewing direction identical to the direction of rotation of the rotor disc in operation.
US11761341B2
A method of applying a protective coating to a substrate includes the steps of: providing a turbine engine component substrate formed of a ceramic matrix composite material, forming an environmental barrier coating layer including a rare earth disilicate material directly on the substrate, treating an outer surface of the environmental barrier coating layer to form a thermal barrier coating layer including a porous rare earth monociliate material directly on the environmental barrier coating layer. The step of treating the outer surface is performed using a thermal process consisting of the application of heat or a chemical-thermal process consisting of the application of heat and a chemical. The method further includes infiltrating at least a portion of the pores with a metal solution or suspension.
US11761339B2
A turbine blade includes a root arranged to attach the turbine blade to a rotor and a vane extending in a radial direction from the root to a tip surface. The vane includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure-side surface, and a suction-side surface that cooperate to define a vane perimeter. A perimeter wall extends radially from the tip surface and surrounds a portion of the vane perimeter. A first trench wall extends across the tip surface and cooperates with the perimeter wall to substantially enclose a pressure-side pocket and a second trench wall extends across the tip surface and cooperates with the perimeter wall to substantially enclose a suction-side pocket.
US11761335B1
A model selection method for a hydraulic support includes: determining a surrounding rock-support mutual feedback equilibrium curve under a first equivalent in-situ stress and a surrounding rock-support mutual feedback equilibrium curve under a second equivalent in-situ stress, according to the first equivalent in-situ stress, the second equivalent in-situ stress, a stress of a fracture zone on a softening zone under the first equivalent in-situ stress, and a stress of the fracture zone on the softening zone under the second equivalent in-situ stress; determining a support strength of a to-be-selected hydraulic support on the surrounding rock and a minimum expansion and contraction quantity required by a movable column according to the equilibrium curves; determining the residual burst energy that needs to be absorbed by the hydraulic support; and determining the hydraulic support matched with roadway. The method quantitatively achieves parameterized model selection of the bursting-preventing hydraulic support of roadway.
US11761330B2
An apparatus comprises a subsurface sensor to be positioned in a wellbore formed in a subsurface formation, wherein the subsurface sensor is to detect subsurface measurements. The apparatus includes a processor and a machine-readable medium having program code executable by the processor to cause the processor to generate a combination of functions based on the subsurface measurements, wherein the combination of functions is a subset of functions from a library of functions. The program code is executable by the processor to cause the processor to determine at least one function parameter of at least one function of the combination of functions and determine at least one formation property of the subsurface formation based on the at least one function parameter.
US11761329B2
A downhole composition includes a carrier fluid and at least one shape-changing nanoparticle. The shape-changing nanoparticle is configured to change shape upon exposure to elevated temperature for a period of time. A method of monitoring temperature in a reservoir is provided. The method includes introducing a temperature monitoring composition into the reservoir, the temperature monitoring composition including a carrier fluid and at least one shape-changing nanoparticle. Then, after a predetermined period, producing a produced fluid from the reservoir, collecting samples of the produced fluid, measuring an optical property of the shape-changing nanoparticle, and based on the measured property of the shape-changing nanoparticle, determining a temperature of at least a portion of the reservoir.
US11761324B2
A vibration-damping sub is provided to mitigate shock and other sources of vibration in a tool string. In examples, a tubular damping body is rigidly coupled between a vibration-sensitive tool and a vibration source. The tubular damping body includes a tubular wall defining a plurality of shaped holes configured to dampen the mechanical vibration to below the design threshold for the vibration-sensitive tool. The tubular damping body may also include different portions having different materials and impedances to further disrupt the propagation of mechanical waveforms.
US11761323B2
A drill bit may comprise a bit body including an electronic housing, one or more electronics coupled within the electronic housing, a transducer housing coupled to the electronic housing, a first transducer seated in the transducer housing, a first pressure tube extending through the bit body and coupled to the transducer housing, and a floating ball in the first pressure tube. A method may comprise allowing a drilling fluid to move through a first entrance and into a pressure tube formed in a bit body of the drill bit, allowing the drilling fluid to exert a force on a floating ball placed within the pressure tube, allowing the floating ball to transmit the force to a fluid placed within the pressure tube on an opposing side of the floating ball from the drilling fluid, and measuring pressure of the fluid with a first transducer.
US11761315B2
There is provided system and methods for restimulating a hydrocarbon producing well using water and pressures below the closure pressure, which results in production rates approaching the initial production rate of the well. There is provided multiple restimulation techniques using water based fluids at or below the closure pressure of the well, which results in production rates approach that of the prior rate upon stimulation.
US11761309B2
The present disclosure describes a wellhead system that includes a wellhead; a tank of corrosion inhibitor chemical; and an ejector device comprising: a high pressure nozzle connected to the wellhead through a first flowline; a low pressure nozzle connected to the tank of corrosion inhibitor chemical through a second flowline; and wherein the ejector device is configured to generate a gas and chemical mixture fluid that exits the ejector device and flows downstream of the wellhead system.
US11761308B2
The disclosure provides for systems and methods for controlling fluid flow into a power generation section of a tool string. In one aspect, multiple flow kits are fluidly coupled with a turbine, and flow of fluid into the turbine is regulated by selectively opening valves coupled with the flow kits. In another aspect, a valve is fluidly coupled with the turbine, and flow of fluid through the valve and into the turbine is regulated by opening, partially opening, closing, or partially closing the valve in response to measured operational parameter data.
US11761300B2
A technique facilitates flow control downhole via at least one flow control valve. According to an example, a flow control valve has an internal piston. Additionally, an electrically powered actuator is mounted externally to the flow control valve and connected to the internal piston via a linkage. The electrically powered actuator is responsive to electrical inputs to shift the internal piston to desired flow positions of the flow control valve.
US11761296B2
A component of a downhole tool utilized in oil and natural gas exploration and production comprises inorganic hydrolysable compound-containing materials. The inorganic hydrolysable compounds grant the component the degradability/dissolution in aqueous environment. The inorganic hydrolysable compounds include, but not are limited to, hydrolysable carbides, nitrides, and sulfides, such as aluminum carbide (Al4C3), calcium carbide (CaC2), magnesium carbide (Mg2C3 or MgCl2), manganese carbide (Mn3C), aluminum nitride (AlN), calcium nitride (Ca3N2), magnesium nitride (Mg3N2), aluminum sulfide (Al2S3), aluminum magnesium carbide (Al2MgCl2), and aluminum zinc carbide (Al4Zn2C3).
US11761291B2
A wellhead arrangement includes a valve tree arranged on a wellhead and a seal carrier with at least one seal. The valve tree includes an isolation sleeve. The seal carrier is arranged between the wellhead and the isolation sleeve.
US11761288B1
The swivel device attaches to a bowl or is implemented as a component of the bowl. The swivel device enables adjustment of the bowl to align the outlet with the flowline. A flange of the swivel device includes multiple fastener apertures for securing the flange to the stack. The swivel device secures the bowl to the stack while allowing rotation of the bowl. Rotation of the bowl adjusts the positioning of the outlet to align the outlet with the flowline for connecting the outlet to the flowline.
US11761286B2
A hydrocarbon extraction system that includes an erosion control system. The erosion control system includes a housing defining a first inlet, a second inlet, and an outlet. The housing receives and directs a flow of a particulate laden fluid between the first inlet and the outlet. A conduit rests within the housing. The conduit changes a direction of the particulate laden fluid and reduces erosion of the housing. The conduit is inserted into the housing through the second inlet. The conduit defines a plurality of apertures between an exterior surface and an interior surface of the conduit. The apertures direct the fluid into a conduit cavity. The conduit guides the fluid entering the conduit cavity to the outlet. The erosion control system excludes a plug and/or a sleeve around or in the conduit.
US11761285B2
The method of preventing pressures higher than a predetermined pressure in the front ram seals of blowout preventer rams comprising providing blowout preventer rams suitable for sealing across the bore of a blowout preventer stack, providing seals on the blowout preventer rams which sealingly isolate the bore area below or upstream of the blowout preventer rams from the area above or downstream of the blowout preventer rams, providing a passageway from the front to the rear of the blowout preventer rams to vent the upstream or higher pressures to the rear of the blowout preventer rams, and communicating the resilient seal material in the front ram seals with a pressure release piston which will relieve the pressure at the predetermined pressure.
US11761282B2
A through-bore spool apparatus for use in deploying multiple spoolable media in a bore is disclosed. The through-bore spool apparatus comprises a first spool comprising a first spool axis and a first spoolable medium wound around the first spool axis, and a second spool comprising a second spool axis and a second spoolable medium wound around the second spool axis. The first and second spoolable media are de-spoolable simultaneously from the respective first and second spools during movement of the through-bore spool apparatus along a bore.
US11761280B2
A downhole tool including a mandrel having a first surface, and opposing second surface defining a flow path, a lock support zone provided one of the first and second surfaces, and a passage extending between the flow path and the first surface. A tool is supported on one of the first and second surfaces. A sleeve is selectively shiftable on the one of the first and second surfaces into engagement with the tool. The sleeve includes a first surface portion and a second surface portion. The second surface portion includes a latch section. A lock system is arranged between the first surface and the second surface portion in the lock support zone. The lock system includes a lock member selectively supporting a lock element in the latch section. The lock element constrains movement of the sleeve.
US11761276B2
A drilling system includes a choke valve system in fluid communication with a wellbore via a fluid return line. The choke valve system is configured to receive a return fluid from the wellbore. The choke valve system includes a choke valve through which the return fluid flows and a valve position sensor configured to determine a position of the choke valve. The drilling system further includes a controller in signal communication with the valve position sensor. The controller is programmed to determine a flow rate of the return fluid through the fluid return line based on the determined position of the choke valve. The controller is further programmed to adjust the position of the choke valve in response to the determined flow rate of the return fluid.
US11761261B2
An access door may include a core, stiles on opposites sides of the core, an elongated panel extending transversely between the stiles, wherein a major face of the door between the stiles defines one or more recessed pockets along a top edge of the elongated panel between and the stiles and the elongated panel, and a notch formed into the top edge of the elongated panel and extending along at least one of the recessed pockets, the notch extending downwardly into the top edge of the elongated panel so as to form a lip in the top edge of the elongated panel with the notch positioned between the lip and the one or more recessed pockets, the lip and the notch of the elongated panel together forming an accessory rail, wherein the accessory rail is configured to receive and support a complementarily configured hanger base of an accessory hanger.
US11761260B2
A window or door element includes a frame and an insulated glazing unit removably disposed in the frame, the insulated glazing unit including at least one first electrical connection pin and the frame including at least one second electrical connection pin, the at least one first electrical connection pin of the insulated glazing unit being in electrical contact with the at least one second electrical connection pin of the frame when the insulated glazing unit is inserted into the frame.
US11761258B1
Window and door opening assemblies are disclosed herein that incorporate one or more high-density insulation cores and methods for constructing thereof. The high-density insulation cores are comprised of polyurethane foam with uniform high density and high structural integrity.
US11761251B2
A lifting apparatus (100) includes a connector assembly (110) with a first connecting member (120), a second connecting member (130) and a connecting link (140), the first and second connecting members (120, 130) configured to be pivot-mounted at first ends (122, 132) to a first stationary component (200), and a pneumatic supporting member (150) is coupled to the first and second connecting members (120, 130) via the connecting link (140). The connector assembly (110) and the pneumatic supporting member (150) are configured to perform a lifting motion, wherein, when performing the lifting motion, the first and second connecting members (120, 130) transition from a first position (P1) to a second position (P2) and the pneumatic supporting member (150) transitions from an extended position (EP) to a compressed position (CP).
US11761249B2
A latch mechanism of a storage case where a case cover is openably and closably connected to a case body, the latch mechanism includes a latch arm connected to the case body and an arm receiving portion provided on the case cover. A hook is formed on a tip side of the latch arm. A locking claw is formed on a tip side of the arm receiving portion. The arm receiving portion is formed with an inclined surface that guides the hook toward a claw tip of the locking claw.
US11761244B2
An adjustable latch configured to accommodate different backset lengths. The adjustable latch includes inner and outer housings, at least a portion of the inner housing being structured for axial and rotational displacement within the outer housing as an engagement projection of the inner housing is displaced about an adjustment slot of the outer housing. The apparatus may include a bolt assembly having a bolt rod and a latch bar, the bolt rod having projections that are structured to be adjacent to the latch bar when the bolt rod is at a first rotational position and at first or second axial positions. When the bolt rod is at a second rotational position, the axial positions of the bolt rod and the inner housing relative to at least the latch bar and outer housing, respectively, may be adjusted to adjust the backset setting of the latch.
US11761242B2
An actuator controlled electric strike for operating in conjunction with a latch of a lockset. The strike comprises a keeper support bracket movable between blocking and unblocking positions. When the bracket is in the blocking position a keeper is held in a locked position, and when the bracket is in the unblocking position the keeper is movable to the unlocked position. A motor is operatively connected to the bracket and is actionable in first and second directions to move the bracket between the blocking and unblocking positions. A biasing member comprises first and second springs that apply a net force to the bracket. The first spring applies a first force to the bracket in the first direction, and the second spring applies a second force to the bracket in the second direction. When the bracket is in the blocking position, the net force of the biasing member is approximately zero.
US11761241B2
The invention discloses an accidental unlocking prevention electronic lock, in particular an accidental unlocking prevention electronic lock in the field of electronic locks. The accidental unlocking prevention electronic lock of the invention comprises a lock cylinder, a control circuit and a clutch sleeve, wherein the control circuit and a key hole are installed in the lock cylinder, and further comprises a transmission system, a power shaft, a clutch cam, a key cam, a key pin and a suspension, wherein the lock cylinder is internally provided with a clamping jaw, a torsion spring and a clamping jaw motor; one end of the clamping jaw is connected with an output shaft of the clamping jaw motor, one end of the torsion spring is fixed in the suspension and the other end thereof is connected with the clamping jaw; the key cam is provided with a limiting groove and the lock cylinder is provided with a limiting pin. The invention has the advantages of high safety and reliability, low power consumption, small volume and strong impact-resistant performance, and can be protected from accidental unlocking even under the conditions of high-speed impact and severe vibration.
US11761234B2
An exemplary Internet of Things (IoT) module for a lockset includes a housing assembly configured for mounting with the lockset, a controller, a wireless transceiver, and a sensor array, and may further include an LED array. The controller is in communication with an external device via the wireless transceiver, and is configured to transmit to the external device information received from the sensor array. The controller is further configured to control operation of the LED array based on information received from at least one of the sensor array or the external device.
US11761232B2
An adjustable fence post coupler is shown and described. The adjustable fence post coupler includes a fence connection plate. The fence connection plate has a plurality of apertures located through the plate. The apertures are configured to allow for fasteners to be placed though and into the fence securing the fence connection plate to the fence. The fence connection plate is connected to at least two connection bolts. The connection bolts are connected to a fence post coupler strap. The connection strap has at least two tubes attached to the connection strap. The connection bolts go through the tubes securing them to the fence post coupler strap. The fence post coupler strap is connected to a fence post. The adjustable fence post coupler is used to adjust the distance from the fence post that the fence is installed at. This allows for a perfectly linear fence.
US11761231B1
A barrier, such as fence panel, is formed from a plurality of channel-shaped rails and plurality of upright members. Each upright member traverses the rail channels of the rails forming the barrier and is mechanically connected to the rail, such that the upright member is selectively tiltable with respect to the rail within an angular adjustment range. The mechanical connection between rail and upright member may be formed by a weld, such as a resistance weld, by a permanent adhesive, or with a fastener such as bolt or screw. A tab that extends from the rail web may be used to connect a rail to an upright member. The tab may depend from a bracket installed within the rail channel, or may be cut out and bent into the channel from the web. The tab is rotatable about an axis situated at or adjacent the web.
US11761229B1
A tent cover system for providing improved ventilation and cooling is disclosed. The tent cover system includes a frame having a hub and a plurality of roof poles extending therefrom; a cover having a reflective topside and a blackout underside; a plurality of vertical poles configured to hoist the cover above a tent, thereby creating an airspace therebetween; and a plurality of guy lines configured to removably secure the cover to a ground surface.
US11761226B2
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, an attachment assembly for coupling to a base plate includes a substantially planar attachment plate having a top side and a bottom side, a magnet assembly including at least three magnets, each of the at least three magnets having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first sides of the at least three magnets are configured for coupling with the bottom side of the attachment plate, wherein the at least three magnets each have a first end and a second end, such that the first end of each magnet is adjacent a second end of an adjacent magnet to form an array, and a shim plate removably coupled to the second side of the at least three magnets.
US11761223B2
There exists a number of youth development programs centered on sports programming. Some of these programs operate on a platform of revitalizing neighborhood spaces to improve community engagement by creating a space for youth to enjoy sports. Oftentimes these neighborhood spaces include restrictions or the surrounding community has needs (like lighting and seating) which are unmet or under-met. Envisioned is a system approach to addressing these needs wherein a wide variety of custom solutions can be produced from prefabricated, modular, and portable components that interface with existing amenities (if any) so to enrich the youth experience and better achieve program objectives. This modular approach provides a common infrastructure for different spaces, different sports, and different levels of play.
US11761218B2
A scaffolding element having a scaffolding pole, at least one fastening element being disposed or formed on the scaffolding pole. The fastening element preferably has a fastening element body. The fastening element body can be L-shaped. Preferably, the free end of the fastening element body points straight upwards when the scaffolding element is in the mounted state. A projection is disposed or formed below the free end on the fastening element body, in particular in a section parallel to the longitudinal axis of the scaffolding pole. The projection can be part of a U-shaped bead.
US11761216B2
The present disclosure relates systems and methods involving movable/adjustable guardrails. An example system includes a frame weldment and a rail assembly attached to the frame weldment. The rail assembly includes a first post and a second post. The base portion of the first post is rotatably coupled to a first pivot point of the frame weldment and the base portion of the second post is rotatably coupled to a second pivot point of the frame weldment. The system also includes a top rail rotatably coupled between a top portion of the first post and a top portion of the second post. The system yet further includes an actuator configured to controllably adjust a configuration of the rail assembly between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration with respect to the frame weldment.
US11761210B2
A shingle comprises an overlay, an underlay, and a height increasing material disposed between the overlay and the underlay. The height increasing material includes a first adhesive adhered to the overlay, height increasing granules adhered to the first adhesive, and a second adhesive adhered to the height increasing granules and the underlay. The height increasing material can extend along front ends of tab portions of the overlay, along front cutout edges that extend between tab portions of the overlay, or both.
US11761203B2
A plastic formwork is disclosed, and comprises a slurry-receiving structure, wherein the slurry-receiving structure defines an aperture and a formwork-defined internal space, wherein a slurry is receivable within the formwork-defined internal space. The formwork further comprises a formwork-defined first connection system counterpart and a formwork-defined second connection system counterpart, each of which includes a sealed interface-effecting portion that is supported by a substrate portion. The material of the sealed interface-effecting portion is softer than the material of the substrate portion. The formwork is connectible to another formwork via interlocking engagement with effect that an obtained aperture and an obtained internal space are obtained, wherein a slurry is receivable within the obtained internal space. The interlocking engagement is with effect that sealing engagement is effected between the sealed interface-effecting portions of the formwork and the another formwork such that sealed interfaces are obtained between the formwork and the another formwork.
US11761196B2
A construction method for building a post frame building by first constructing the roof near ground level. The roof assembly can have a removeable safety net system and be coupled to a plurality of support members, such as columns having a hinge connection to the roof assembly. Upon the roof system being lifted, the hinged columns can fold under the roof system and then be coupled to one or more anchor points established in the ground. The roof system can be raised into position at a pre-determined height using a lifting apparatus, such as a hydraulic lift.
US11761174B2
A drive for a machine includes a computer configured to control a first electric motor for driving vehicle wheels and a second electric motor for driving a work attachment. The second electric motor is configured to drive at least one hydraulic pump with an adjustable stroke volume. A sensor is configured to detect the stroke volume of the pump. The computer processes the stroke volume to control the second electric motor.
US11761169B2
Provided is a work machine or the like which can switch between a power supply state and a power supply cutoff state of an actual machine control device irrespective of switching on or off an actual machine switch. On switching an actual machine switch 81 from off to on, a first power supply route from an actual machine power source 80 to an actual machine control device 400 is formed. Consequently, a second power supply route from the actual machine power source 80 to the actual machine control device 400 is formed. Then, the first power supply route is cut off, while the second power supply route not through the actual machine switch 81 is maintained.
US11761163B2
A load bearing clamp including a first clamp member, the first clamp member including a first semi-annular clamping surface, a second clamp member, the second clamp member including a second semi-annular clamping surface, the second semi-annular clamping surface opposing the first semi-annular clamping surface and at least one member for drawing the first clamp member and the second clamp member toward each other, wherein at least one of the first semi-annular clamp surface and the second semi-annular clamp surface includes at least one irregular surface that deforms at least a portion of a shaft clamped between the first and second clamp members.
US11761162B2
Offshore structure comprising a pile of a foundation and at least one offshore element, mounted on the pile, forming a slip joint, wherein between an inner surface of the offshore element and an outer surface of the pile: —a coating, especially an anti-fouling coating is provided, increasing friction between the said two surfaces and/or preventing corrosion of one or both of said surfaces and/or —at least two spaced apart areas are provided with a substance, forming a seal between the said outer surface and the said inner surface, near an upper end of the pile and the off shore element and between a lower end of the off shore element and the pile.
US11761160B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for use in monitoring product placement within a shopping facility. Some embodiments provide an apparatus configured to determine product placement conditions within a shopping facility, comprising: a transceiver configured to wirelessly receive communications; a product monitoring control circuit coupled with the transceiver; a memory coupled with the control circuit and storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to: obtain a composite three-dimensional (3D) scan mapping corresponding to at least a select area of the shopping facility and based on a series of 3D scan data; evaluate the 3D scan mapping to identify multiple product depth distances; and identify, from the evaluation of the 3D scan mapping, when one or more of the multiple product depth distances is greater than a predefined depth distance threshold from the reference offset distance of the product support structure.
US11761120B2
Disclosed herein are high melt flow polypropylene homopolymers generally characterized by a melt flow rate ranging from 200 g/10 min to 3000 g/10 min, a ratio of Mw/Mn ranging from 2 to 5, and a peak melting point ranging from 138° C. to 151° C. These polypropylene homopolymers can be produced by catalyst systems containing a racemic ansa-bis(indenyl)zirconocene compound, an activator-support, and an organoaluminum co-catalyst.
US11761118B2
A method for manufacturing a carbon-doped silicon single crystal wafer, including steps of: preparing a silicon single crystal wafer not doped with carbon; performing a first RTA treatment on the silicon single crystal wafer in an atmosphere containing compound gas; performing a second RTA treatment at a higher temperature than the first RTA treatment; cooling the silicon single crystal wafer after the second RTA treatment; and performing a third RTA treatment. The crystal wafer is modified to a carbon-doped silicon single crystal wafer, sequentially from a surface thereof: a 3C-SiC single crystal layer; a carbon precipitation layer; a diffusion layer of interstitial carbon and silicon; and a diffusion layer of vacancy and carbon. A carbon-doped silicon single crystal wafer having a surface layer with high carbon concentration and uniform carbon concentration distribution to enable wafer strength enhancement; and a method for manufacturing the carbon-doped silicon single crystal wafer.
US11761111B2
In one aspect, the invention provides a coating process system including a continuous conveyor, a first end defining a loading station for loading work pieces to the conveyor, and a second end defining an unloading station for unloading work pieces from the conveyor. A series of workstations is configured to render coated work pieces and arranged at a first level to extend between the first and second ends. A cure oven is arranged at a second level above the first level, the conveyor making a plurality of runs between the first and second ends at different sub-levels within the second level. A first post-oven run of the conveyor extends from an outlet of the cure oven to the unloading station. A second post-oven run of the conveyor extends from the unloading station to the loading station.
US11761110B2
The present invention relates to a Z-type heterojunction photoanode film used for the photocathode protection of a reinforcing bar, the preparation method thereof and a method for the corrosion inhibition of mental materials from concrete structures in marine engineering by using the Z-type heterojunction photoanode film used for the photocathode protection of a reinforcing bar. The preparation method includes steps of preparing Fe2O3 on the conducting surface of a clean conductive substrate through the hydrothermal process, preparing Fe2O3-PANI composite photoanode film by depositing polyaniline on the surface of Fe2O3 through the electrochemical synthesis and preparing Ru-Fe2O3-PANI composite photoanode film on the surface of the Fe2O3-PANI composite photoanode film through the in situ chemical reduction method. The technical solution in the present invention can achieve highly effective photocathode protection of a reinforcing bar from concretes in marine engineering and improve the durability of concrete structures in marine engineering.
US11761107B2
Copper electroplating baths include reaction products of amines, polyacrylamides and sultones. The reaction products function as levelers and enable copper electroplating baths which have high throwing power and provide copper deposits with reduced nodules.
US11761101B2
A CaTiO3—TiO2 composite electrode and method of making is described. The composite electrode comprises a substrate with an average 2-12 μm thick layer of CaTiO3—TiO2 composite particles having average diameters of 0.2-2.2 μm. The method of making the composite electrode involves contacting the substrate with an aerosol comprising a solvent, a calcium complex, and a titanium complex. The CaTiO3—TiO2 composite electrode is capable of being used in a photoelectrochemical cell for water splitting.
US11761093B2
Method for preparing sodium interface and method for preparing sodium-based optical structure device
The present invention discloses a method for preparing a sodium interface and a method for preparing a sodium-based optical structure device. This sodium interface is prepared in an inert gas atmosphere by the following steps: (1) melting solid sodium metal into liquid by heat, and stripping off solid oxides and impurities on the surface of the molten sodium metal to obtain pure liquid sodium with metallic luster; and (2) spin-coating a dielectric substrate with the liquid sodium to obtain the sodium interface tightly attached to the dielectric substrate. The prepared sodium interface can be used as a plasmon polariton material for use in plasmon polariton optical waveguides, nano-lasers and the like.
US11761084B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes a stage provided in a chamber, a shower head in which a plurality of slits are formed and which is opposed to the stage, a first gas supply part which supplies a first gas to a space between the stage and the shower head via the plurality of slits, and a second gas supply part which supplies a second gas which is not a noble gas to a region below the stage, wherein the second gas is the same gas as one of a plurality of kinds of gases constituting the first gas in a case where the first gas is a mixture gas constituted of the plurality of kinds of gases, and the second gas is the same gas as the first gas in a case where the first gas is a single kind of gas.
US11761076B2
A microfluidic device for use with a microfluidic delivery system, such as an organic vapor jet printing device, includes a glass layer that is directly bonded to a microfabricated die and a metal plate via a double anodic bond. The double anodic bond is formed by forming a first anodic bond at an interface of the microfabricated die and the glass layer, and forming a second anodic bond at an interface of the metal plate and the glass layer, where the second anodic bond is formed using a voltage that is lower than the voltage used to form the first anodic bond. The second anodic bond is formed with the polarity of the voltage reversed with respect to the glass layer and the formation of the first anodic bond. The metal plate includes attachment features that allow removal of the microfluidic device from a fixture.
US11761067B2
Provided herein are techniques for making low-carbon steels with high surface hardness. A technique includes heating a low-carbon steel precursor material in a furnace to form molten steel material, increasing the free oxygen content of the molten steel material to a predetermined level, and then solidifying the molten steel material having the predetermined oxygen level to produce a steel structure by cooling the molten steel material at a predetermined cooling rate. The predetermined oxygen level and the predetermined cooling rate are effective to produce the low-carbon steel with a high surface hardness. The low-carbon steel may have inclusions smaller than about 1 μm.
US11761065B2
A tungsten wire is a tungsten wire containing tungsten or a tungsten alloy, a diameter of the tungsten wire is at most 100 μm, and a total number of torsional rotations to breakage per length of 50 mm of the tungsten wire is greater than or equal to 250×exp(−0.026×D) when a tension that is 50% of a breakage tension of the tungsten wire is applied as a load, D denoting the diameter of the tungsten wire.
US11761049B1
Wellbore drill bits can be used for excavation through subterranean formations for extracting hydrocarbons from a reservoir. Wellbore drill bits can experience excessive force during extraction processes. Drill bits can be assembled with resilience. Thus, treating a subsurface of a metallic blank material by adding one or more elements to the subsurface of the metallic blank material inhibits chemical interactions between a metal binding mixture and one or more construing alloying agents of the metallic blank material. The metallic blank material and a reinforcing agent can be positioned in the drill bit mold to begin an infiltration process where the metal binding mixture fills gaps between the metallic blank material and the reinforcing agent to generate a metal-matrix composite.
US11761048B2
A method for treating and phosphatizing a metal board without using acid includes the following steps: performing a degreasing step to remove grease and dirt from a surface of the metal board with a degreasing agent; performing a blast-peening step by blasting and peening polygon blast-peening granules on the metal board through a centrifugal impeller to remove an oxidized layer; performing a washing step to clean remaining powders from the metal board after the blast-peening step; performing a phosphatizing step to form a protective phosphate coating on the metal board; performing another washing step to wash off remaining phosphatizing agents from the metal board; performing a rustproofing step to apply a rustproofing agent on the metal board; and performing a drying step to dry the metal board.
US11761037B1
The present invention discloses a probe applicable to high-throughput sequencing and a method of enriching a target region using the probe. The probe includes, in an order from a 5′ end, a ligation arm, a masking sequence 1, a UID sequence 1, an Illumina Tag1 sequence, a dU region, an Illumina Tag2 sequence, a UID sequence 2, a masking sequence 2 and an extension arm; wherein the masking sequence 1, the masking sequence 2, the dU region, the UID sequence 1, and the UID sequence 2 may be 0 bp. When sequencing is performed by using a library built by the probe of the present invention, it is not necessary to add a sequencing primer additionally, and adopting the method of the present invention may directly use an RNA as a template to capture a target region, so as to simplify the experiment procedure.
US11761036B2
Provided herein are novel methods, systems and processes for generating and analyzing sequence data for the determination of the presence or absence of one or more genetic variations within a genome of a subject.
US11761034B2
A method for real-time quantitative detection of single-type, target nucleic acid sequences amplified using a PCR in a microwell, comprising introducing in the microwell a sample comprising target nucleic acid sequences, magnetic primers, and labelling probes; performing an amplification cycle to form labelled amplicons; attracting the magnetic primers to a surface through a magnetic field to form a layer including labelled amplification products and free magnetic primers; and detecting the labelled amplification products in the layer with a surface-specific reading method.
US11761016B2
Compositions and methods are capable of modulating male fertility in a plant. Compositions comprise polynucleotides and polypeptides, and fragments and variants thereof, which modulate male fertility. Expression cassettes comprise a male-fertility polynucleotide, or fragment or variant thereof, operably linked to a promoter, wherein expression of the polynucleotide modulates the male fertility of a plant. Regulatory sequences drive expression in a male-tissue-preferred manner and may be targets to downregulate an operably-linked gene. Mutations that induce nuclear recessive male sterility in subsequent selfing and crossing of wheat lines containing the mutations may be tracked. Male-sterile plants may be maintained by crossing with a maintainer plant. Hybrids can be produced using the male-sterile plants.
US11761000B2
Disclosed herein are compounds, compositions and methods for modulating the expression of huntingtin in a cell, tissue or animal. Further provided are methods of slowing or preventing Huntington's Disease (HD) progression using an antisense compound targeted to huntingtin. Additionally provided are methods of delaying or preventing the onset of Huntington's Disease (HD) in an individual susceptible to Huntington's Disease (HD). Also provided are uses of disclosed compounds and compositions in the manufacture of a medicament for treatment of diseases and disorders.
US11760992B2
The present invention relates to method for producing and purifying RNA comprising the steps of providing DNA encoding the RNA; transcription of the DNA into RNA; and conditioning and/or purifying of the solution comprising transcribed RNA by one or more steps of tangential flow filtration (TFF).
US11760982B2
The present invention relates to a chimeric enzyme comprising or consisting of at least one catalytic domain of a capping enzyme and at least one RNA-binding domain of a protein-RNA tethering system as well as its application for the production of an RNA molecule with a 5′-terminal cap.
US11760980B2
The present disclosure provides an iPSC cell derived from a somatic cell comprising a Cbx family gene and the applications thereof. Also provided are methods for generating the somatic cells that have potential to become induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells (iPS cells) without oncogenic properties, and methods for generating iPS cells from the population of cells, which may then be used for transplantation and for cellular differentiation and interaction.
US11760975B2
The invention relates to an ex vivo generated population of tissue-specific anti-inflammatory macrophages and methods of making and using such macrophages.
US11760971B2
Methods for improving the ability of a population of biological agents to compete and survive in a field setting are provided. The modified population of agents is able to grow, compete with other microbial strains and fungi, and provide protection for plants from pathogens. Modified biological agents and modified populations of such agents that are herbicide tolerant or resistant are selected or engineered. In this manner, the protection from disease-causing agents is enhanced. Such modified populations can be added to soils to prevent fungal pathogens and associated diseases, promoting plant growth. The present invention is useful for enhancing the competitiveness of modified biological agents particularly over other microbial agents which are not herbicide resistant. Compositions include selected or engineered herbicide resistant biological agents and modified populations of biocontrol agents. These modified biological agents can be used as an inoculant or as a seed coating for plants and seeds.
