US11862147B2
A system for providing information to a user includes and/or interfaces with a set of models and/or algorithms. Additionally or alternatively, the system can include and/or interface with any or all of: a processing subsystem; a sensory output device; a user device; an audio input device; and/or any other components. A method for providing information to a user includes and/or interfaces with: receiving a set of inputs; processing the set of inputs to determine a set of sensory outputs; and providing the set of sensory outputs.
US11862141B2
The present technology relates to a signal processing device, a signal processing method, and a program that allow for easier sound source separation. The signal processing device includes a sound source separation unit that recursively performs sound source separation on an input acoustic signal by using a predetermined sound source separation model learned in advance to separate a predetermined sound source from an acoustic signal for learning including the predetermined sound source. The present technology can be applied to a signal processing device.
US11862135B2
The present invention relates to a polyester sound absorption material having improved moldability and decreased weight and a method of manufacturing a molded product using the same, and more particularly to a polyester sound absorption material, which is capable of integrally molding a skin member and a sound absorption material using a felt including a polyester base fiber, a low-melting-point polyester adhesive fiber and a polyester hollow fiber, without the need to attach an additional sound absorption pad onto a skin member.
US11862134B2
A key support structure of a keyboard device includes a first member and a second member that supports the first member. The first member is pivotal about a first axis that extends in a first direction and movable with a degree of freedom of movement in a rolling direction, which is a direction of rotation around a second axis extending in a second direction that is substantially orthogonal to the first direction. the second member restricts a movement of the first member in the first direction, while pivotally supporting the first member about the first axis.
US11862130B2
A portable drum kit is disclosed. The disclosed drum kit comprising a base; musical instruments comprising one or more drums and at least one cymbal to be fitted on the base; one or more vertical columns fixed to the base to support at least one of the musical instruments at; one or more rod members detachably coupled to the one or more musical instruments; and at least one pair of modular clamps adapted to enable fitment of the least one of the one or more drums and the at least one cymbal to the vertical columns. The modular clamps allow movement of the musical instruments between an collapsed position in which the drums and the cymbal are placed closer to each other, and a deployed position in which the drums and the cymbal are placed at desired positions to allow a percussionist to use the drum kit.
US11862127B2
A refrigerator includes a main body defining a storage compartment that is divided into a plurality of storage sections, and a door coupled to the main body to selectively open or close the storage compartment. The door includes a door glass having at least one transparent display area, and a door frame surrounding one or more edges of the door glass and configured to protect the door glass. The transparent display area is configured to display, based on being touched by a user, information on food stored in one or more of the plurality of storage sections that corresponds to the touched transparent display area.
US11862126B2
An example non-transitory machine-readable storage medium includes instructions to, when executed by the processor, identify an object depicted in a video scene, wherein the video scene is displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI). The example instructions are executable to 1) identify coordinates of the object depicted in the video scene, wherein the coordinates are relative to the GUI and 2) identify coordinates of an inset window which is smaller than the GUI and overlaps the video scene. The example instructions are executable to compare the coordinates of the object with the coordinates of the inset window to determine an overlap of the inset window with the object. Responsive to an identified overlap of the inset window and the object, the instructions are executable to alter a display characteristic of the inset window to avoid the overlap of the inset window with the object.
US11862123B1
Provided are a display driving method and device, liquid crystal controller, display system and projection device. The method comprises: acquiring driving configuration information of the liquid crystal module, the driving configuration information is used for indicating the number of configured LCD drivers; receiving a color image frame, and decomposing the color image frame into 3 monochrome frame images; performing segmentation processing on each monochrome frame image to obtain monochrome frame segmentation image data corresponding to each display area of the liquid crystal module; packaging the monochrome frame segmentation image data corresponding to each display area, and sending data to the LCD driver corresponding to each display area; after the LCD driver receives the monochrome frame segmentation image data, writing, by the LCD driver the received monochrome frame segmentation image data into the liquid crystal module to drive the display area corresponding to the liquid crystal module to display.
US11862118B2
A display data processing device performs color adjustment on gradation values of pixels of a frame image of an input video signal and outputs the adjusted gradation values to a display device. The device includes a first gamma correction unit configured to set the gradation value as the first input gradation value and to convert the first input gradation value into the first corrected gradation value. The device includes a video gain correction unit configured to perform color adjustment on the first corrected gradation value according to video gain correction and to output the result as a video gain corrected gradation value. The device includes a second gamma correction unit configured to set the video gain corrected gradation value as the second input gradation value and to convert the second input gradation value into the second corrected gradation value.
US11862113B2
The present disclosure relates to a display panel and an electronic device. The display panel includes a driving array; first light-emitting deices electrically connected with the driving array; and second light-emitting devices located between at least two of the first light-emitting devices and electrically connected with the driving array. In a case where the first light-emitting devices are in a working state and the second light-emitting devices are in a first state, the display panel is in a first mode; and in a case where the first light-emitting devices are in a working state and the second light-emitting devices are in a second state, the display panel is in a second mode, wherein a visual angle of the display panel in the first mode is greater than 0 and smaller than a visual angle of the display panel in the second mode.
US11862112B2
An electronic system includes a control circuit to provide a binary control signal alternating between a first binary state during first phases and a second binary state during second phases; a screen controlled by the control signal, the screen emitting light during each first phase, and to not emit any light during each second phase; a light sensor under the screen or along the edge of the screen, and providing a measurement signal representative of a quantity of light received by the sensor during a measurement phase or a plurality of consecutive measurement phases; and a synchronization device to synchronize each measurement phase with a second phase.
US11862110B2
An electroluminescent display apparatus can include a display panel including at least one pixel; and a data driver configured to output a data voltage of a first gray level to the at least one pixel in a first refresh frame, output a flicker compensation data voltage to the at least one pixel in a second refresh frame, and output an anode reset voltage to the at least one pixel in at least one anode reset frame arranged between the first refresh frame and the second refresh frame, in which the anode reset voltage is a voltage for turning off a light emitting device included in the at least one pixel, and the flicker compensation data voltage is generated based on applying a weight to a data voltage of a second gray level.
US11862105B2
A display device comprises: a display panel including a first display area comprising a first pixels, and a second display area comprising a second pixels, each pixel including a light emitting element; a data driver circuit configured to output data voltages of an image to the first and second pixels; a gate driver configured to output scan signals to the first and second pixels; and a power supply configured to generate a low-potential power supply voltage that is applied to the light emitting element included in each pixel, the low-potential power supply voltage switching between a first level such that the light emitting element is capable of emitting light, and a second level such that the light emitting element cannot emit light, wherein a frame period of the display device includes an addressing period during which the low-potential power supply voltage switches from the second level to the first level.
US11862100B2
A display device includes a display panel and a scan driving circuit. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels and a plurality of sensors. The scan driving circuit drives a plurality of scan lines. Pixels in a j-th row among the plurality of pixels are connected to a j-th scan line among the plurality of scan lines, in which j is a positive integer. Sensors, which correspond to the pixels in the j-th row, from among the plurality of sensors are connected to an a-th scan line among the plurality of scan lines, in which a is a positive integer different from j.
US11862092B2
The present application provides a display device. The display device includes a pixel circuit and multiple operational amplifiers. Pixel units in the same column are electrically connected to the same operational amplifier. The display device of the present application uses the operational amplifier to stabilize a voltage and amplify a current, which solves non-uniformity of the display panel caused by the difference in a threshold voltage and channel electron mobility of the thin film transistor due to an immature manufacturing process of a thin film transistor, so uniformity of the panel is improved.
US11862091B1
A pixel circuit of a display panel includes a driving transistor, first to fifth transistors, and a light emitting device. The driving transistor includes a first terminal, a second terminal and a gate terminal. The first transistor is coupled between a power supply terminal and the first terminal of the driving transistor. The second transistor is coupled between the first terminal of the driving transistor and the gate terminal of the driving transistor. The third transistor is coupled between the second terminal of the driving transistor and the gate terminal of the driving transistor. The fourth transistor is coupled between a data input terminal and the second terminal of the driving transistor. The fifth transistor is coupled to the second terminal of the driving transistor. The light emitting device is coupled between the fifth transistor and a reference voltage terminal.
US11862086B2
A pixel circuit and a display device including the same are disclosed. The pixel circuit includes a driving element including a first electrode connected to a first node, a first gate electrode connected to a second node, a second electrode connected to a third node, and a second gate electrode to which a preset voltage is applied; a light emitting element including an anode electrode connected to a fourth node and a cathode electrode to which a low-potential power supply voltage is applied; a first switch element connected between the first node and the second node; a second switch element connected between the third node and the fourth node; a first capacitor connected to the first gate electrode of the driving element; and a second capacitor connected to the third node.
US11862084B2
A pixel circuit, a driving method, a display substrate, and a display device are provided. The pixel circuit includes a driving circuit, a first light-emitting control circuit, a light-emitting element, a first initialization circuit, and a second initialization circuit. The first initialization circuit writes, under the control of a first initialization control signal, an initialization voltage provided by an initialization voltage line, to a control terminal of the driving circuit; the second initialization circuit writes, under the control of a second initialization control signal provided by a second initialization control line, an initial data voltage provided by an initial data line, to an anode of the light-emitting element. Light emission of the light-emitting element from a leakage current and lateral leakage at low gray scales caused when initializing the anode of the light-emitting element can be prevented.
US11862080B2
A display panel with a less costly backup arrangement for failed light-emitting elements and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a plurality of main sub-pixels and a backup sub-pixel. For any one of the pixels, if there is a failed main sub-pixel, the backup sub-pixel is activated and configured for cooperating with non-failed main sub-pixels to output metamerized light of a desired target color in order that no change in color or brightness is perceived by a viewer.
US11862074B2
Disclosed is a data driving circuit including a noise filter, first through third voltage generators, and an output circuit. The noise filter receives a driving voltage and removes noise from the driving voltage to output a filtered driving voltage. The first voltage generator outputs a first voltage, a second voltage, and a third voltage. The second voltage generator generates a first reference voltage based on the filtered driving voltage, the first voltage, and the second voltage. The third voltage generator generates a second reference voltage based on the filtered driving voltage, the second voltage, and the third voltage. The output circuit outputs a data signal of a voltage level corresponding to an image signal based on the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage.
US11862071B2
The present embodiments disclose a display device. A display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels, each including a luminous element and a pixel circuit connected to the luminous element, a clock generator configured to generate a plurality of clock signals each corresponding to each of a plurality of subframes constituting a frame, and a parallel to serial converter configured to convert the plurality of clock signals to a serial clock signal and transfer the serial clock signal to the pixel unit, and wherein the pixel circuit of each pixel includes a first pixel circuit configured to control light-emission and non-emission of the luminous element in response to a control signal applied to each of the plurality of subframes and a second pixel circuit configured to store bit values of image data in the frame and generate the control signal based on the stored bit values and the serial clock signal such that each subframe included in the frame is controlled according to each bit value.
US11862070B2
A source driver includes: a first gradation voltage generation unit generating a gradation voltage of a first polarity supplied to a pixel on a first source line; a first amplifier receiving the gradation voltage of the first polarity to an input end, amplifying it, and outputting a voltage from an output end; a second gradation voltage generation unit generating a gradation voltage of a second polarity opposite to the first polarity to be supplied to a pixel on a second source line provided in the vicinity of the first source line; a second amplifier receiving the gradation voltage of the second polarity to an input end, amplifying it, and outputting a voltage from an output end; and a voltage comparison unit comparing a voltage of the input end of the second amplifier with the voltage of the output end of the second amplifier and outputs a comparison result.
US11862068B2
A display device may include: a first pixel coupled to a first scan line, a first data line, and a first sensing line; a second pixel coupled to the first scan line, a second data line, and a second sensing line; a first sensing channel corresponding to the first pixel and including a first sampling capacitor; and a second sensing channel corresponding to the second pixel and including a second sampling capacitor. During a first period, the first sensing channel may store a first sampling signal in the first sampling capacitor while the first sensing line is coupled to the first sensing channel, and the second sensing channel may store a second sampling signal in the second sampling capacitor while the second sensing line is disconnected from the second sensing channel.
US11862065B2
A timing control device for the display panel includes a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to generate a plurality of gate scanning control signals and a data transmission control signal. In response to that a display refresh rate changes from a first frequency to a second frequency, the control circuit adjusts the plurality of gate scanning control signals to generate a plurality of adjusted gate scanning control signals, or adjusts the data transmission control signal to generate an adjusted data transmission control signal, for driving a display panel under the second frequency as the display refresh rate.
US11862063B2
A display substrate and a display device including the display substrate are disclosed. In one aspect, the display substrate includes a plurality of pixels formed in a substantially circular pixel area and a driving circuit formed in a peripheral area surrounding the pixel area and configured to drive the pixels. A boundary is formed between the pixel area and the peripheral area, and the boundary is substantially concentric with respect to an arc defining the substantially circular pixel area. The driving circuit comprises a conductive pattern having a first side which extends in a peripheral direction crossing the boundary.
US11862062B2
A display device and a method of controlling the same are provided. The display device may include: a communicator comprising communication circuitry configured to receive a wireless signal transmitted by a wireless router, a memory configured to store one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory, wherein the processor may be configured to continuously retrieve multipath channel characteristic data based on the wireless signal, perform preprocessing on the retrieved multipath channel characteristic data of the wireless signal, determine representative values for each reference time by calculating a similarity for each time period of result data corresponding to a result of the preprocessing, determine a motion within a specified region of the display device, based on a change in the representative values over time, and control the display device based on the determined motion within the specified region of the display device.
US11862059B2
A display device includes a first gamma line providing a first gamma voltage; a second gamma line providing a second gamma voltage; a local tab point line; a first switch configured to connect the first gamma line to the local tab point line based on a tab division enable signal; and a second switch configured to connect the second gamma line to the local tab point line based on the tab division enable signal.
US11862054B2
According to an embodiment, an augmented reality optical device comprises a light source unit including a plurality of light sources and outputting a plurality of light beams having different light paths, a display element receiving the light beams from the light source unit and reflecting augmented reality images, a reflector reflecting the light beams output from the light source unit and transmitting the augmented reality images reflected by the display element, a beam splitter reflecting the augmented reality images transmitted through the reflector and transmitting real-world light to a user's eye, and a controller controlling the light source unit and the display element.
US11862048B2
A flexible display apparatus and an electronic device are provided in the present disclosure. The flexible display apparatus includes a flexible display panel, a supporting structure, and a locking part. Both the flexible display panel and the supporting structure are capable of being rolled in the hollow space, the supporting structure includes a plurality of supporting plates, and at least a first degree of rotation freedom is between two adjacent supporting plates. The supporting structure has an unfolded state; in the unfolded state, both the supporting structure and the flexible display panel at least partially extend out of the main body structure; and the locking part acts on the supporting structure that extends from the main body structure to limit the first degree of rotation freedom of the plurality of supporting plates, such that the supporting structure flatly supports the flexible display panel.
US11862042B2
An augmented reality system includes a geospatial location system adapted to identify a current location of a vehicle, a plurality of vehicle condition sensors adapted to identify the vehicle's positional attitude, direction of motion, and speed within an environment at the current location, a helmet position sensor system adapted to determine a location of a helmet within the vehicle and a viewing direction of a pilot wearing the helmet the helmet comprising a see-through computer display through which the pilot is enabled to see an environment outside of the vehicle with computer content overlaying the environment to create an augmented reality view of the environment for the pilot, a data storage module adapted to store the data from the geospatial location system, plurality of vehicle condition sensors and the helmet position sensor with a time of acquisition of each respective type of data and a processor adapted to present geospatially located augmented reality content to the helmet based, at least in part, on vehicle's current location and positional attitude.
US11862025B2
A method for calculating a dangerous spot and time for a computer to execute a process includes, detecting, by at least two mobile bodies, an avoidance action, which is an action that indicates a possibility that each mobile body has avoided a collision with another mobile body, based on locus data of a plurality of mobile bodies that belongs to a predetermined area; calculating an evaluation value that indicates a possibility that an avoidance action by one of the two mobile bodies has occurred under an influence of an avoidance action by another one; and calculating, based on the evaluation value, a collision risk in an area where a plurality of mobile bodies is concentrated.
US11862024B2
Systems and methods for an On-Demand Autonomy (ODA) service. The system includes a selection module of a leader vehicle (Lv) connected to an ODA server to determine whether to confirm a request for an on-demand autonomy (ODA) service which has been broadcast wherein the ODA service request includes control of a follower vehicle (Fv) to a requested location by creating a virtual link between the Lv and the Fv to configure a vehicle platoon to enable transport of the Fv by the Lv wherein the vehicle platoon is a linking of the Lv to the Fv via the virtual link to enable the Lv to assume the control of the Fv to the requested location.
US11862023B2
An electric vehicle is coupled to communicate with the cloud. The cloud is coupled to and communicates with the electric vehicle. The cloud includes a server. The electric vehicle is configured to distribute information between electric vehicles in a fleet. The electric vehicle has cloud connectivity and a second local wireless communication to communication information to the fleet of electric vehicles. When a message is received by the first electric vehicle, the first and second components provide a verification of their existence. The first and second components decrypt and verify their parts of the message. When either the first or second component fails to provide a verification, the electric vehicle is not activated.
US11862022B2
Described herein are examples of a computerized method that comprises: in response to obtaining information regarding a potential collision between a vehicle and an object, obtaining data describing the vehicle for a time period extending before and after a time of the potential collision. The method may determine a likelihood that the potential collision is a non-collision event based on the data describing the vehicle by performing one or more assessments. The assessments may include telematics monitor assessment, driver behavior assessment, road surface feature assessment, trip correlation assessment, and/or context assessment. In response to determining that the likelihood indicates that the potential collision is not a non-collision event, the method may trigger one or more actions responding to the potential collision.
US11862017B2
A communication system (1) includes multiple transmission apparatuses (200) that transmit beacon signals to a moving body (10), and a terminal apparatus (100) that is mounted in the moving body (10) and, upon receiving a beacon signal of a predetermined intensity or more from a transmission apparatus (200), presents information to a user based on the beacon signal of the predetermined intensity or more and a past reception record.
US11862001B2
The systems and method proposed herein aim to identify a mobile device or devices worn by an individual or a subject that has entered an area monitored by a passive motion detection system that uses wireless signals to sense motion in the space. The system will collect as much signals as possible from both the devices worn by the individual and from the system performing the passive (device-free) motion detection for identifying the individual or person of interest. The individual or person of interest may be a user of a product or an intruder.
US11861990B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a management server which makes it possible to uniformly and rapidly limit the usage of a predetermined currency in a case in which currency handling systems including currency reading devices in each of which a wide variety of currencies are available are used. A slot machine management server 1 and a casino management system 2 manage slot machines 4S including currency handling systems 100 in each of which a wide variety of currencies are available. For example, when a currency used at any one of currency reading devices 201 of slot machines 4S provided in areas A to D is determined as a $100 banknote with limited usage after a center controller 101 of the slot machine management server 1 receives information which limits usage of the $100 banknote in the areas A to D of a map of a gaming facility 15 from an input unit 104, the center controller 101 of the slot machine management server 1 sends a command to the currency reading device 201 through a PTS terminal 700. The command causes a process which discharges a used banknote T ($100 banknote) to be performed.
US11861989B2
A system provides for electronic interaction in a multi-player system, the system being adapted to interface with first and second electronic communications devices through a communication system, the first and second electronic communications devices including displays for presentation of game information to the players and with input devices for receiving live game play information. The first and second electronic communications devices having storage to store a game application program from a remote server, the first and second electronic communications devices having graphical display capability. The system utilizes sports event data corresponding to sports events. Preferably a game analysis system is utilized.
US11861984B2
An outcome determination device includes a controller a random generator configured to determine an outcome from a predetermined number of outcomes. The device includes a display device, which may in the form of a wheel, having a plurality of sectors. A plurality of illumination devices are associated with each of the sectors. The sectors correspond to the predetermined number of outcomes. The random number generator and controller determine an outcome for a game, with the outcome corresponding to one of the sectors. The controller illuminates the illumination device corresponding to the sector that corresponds to the determined outcome. The illumination devices may be illuminated before, during, and/or after determination of the outcome, and may be illuminated in sequence to produce a rotating effect or may be illuminated randomly.
US11861981B2
Techniques are provided for experience-adaptive interaction with uncertain measurable events (UMEs), such as in a sports wagering context. A back-end wagering system of a television service provider system is disposed in a television network to provide subscribers with subscription content services for live event content and UME interaction services for viewing and placing wagers on live event content with a UME book provider. Embodiments can build data spaces at least of available live event content and wagerable UMEs being provided for the live event content. Embodiments can assign a wager experience score to a subscribers based on experience level with UME interactions, and can use the built data space and the wager experience score to generate an experience-tailored set of wager offers for the subscriber. The set of wager offers can then be presented to the subscriber in an experience-tailored UME interaction interface.
US11861975B2
A gaming system that receives a frame of image data captured by a camera at a gaming table, generates a set of images from portions of the frame of image data, and determines whether the set of images meets an input requirement of a neural network model. If the set of images does not meet the input requirement, the gaming system modifies, by an incremental amount, an image property of a subset from the set of images until the set of images meets the input requirement. When the set of images meets the input requirement, the gaming system transmits the set of images as a unit (e.g., as a composite of the set of images) to the neural network model for concurrent analysis.
US11861968B2
A boxed battery dispenser configured to hold a plurality of battery trays. Each battery tray of the plurality of battery trays is configured to hold a plurality of batteries, and each battery tray can be independently removeable from the dispenser.
US11861967B2
Multi-currency digital wallet systems for use in casino gaming and other contexts are described. Such digital wallets may allow for balances of a variety of different types of currencies to be tracked and managed by a user. Multi-currency gaming machines are also described; such gaming machines may provide award amounts in different currencies dependent on a particular game outcome.
US11861961B2
An item management system and a key management system are provided. The key management system includes a plurality of keys, each key including an RFID tag in association therewith; a plurality of key storage positions, each for storing one or more of the plurality of keys; a visual indicator associated with each of the storage positions, the visual indicator configured to indicate a status of one or more of the key storage positions; at least one RFID reader configured to read the RFID tags of the plurality of keys; and at least one processor, coupled to the at least one RFID reader, the at least one processor configured to determine the presence of at least one of the plurality of keys in an associated storage position of the plurality of key storage positions.
US11861958B2
Release mechanism for an electronic locking system, wherein the release mechanism is configured such that an input member and an output member are locked against relative rotation and can rotate together within a locking ring opening when a locking member is located in an input member recess and in an output member recess, and such that the output member is released to rotate relative to the input member when the locking member is located in the output member recess and in a locking ring recess. A freewheel mechanism and assemblies for an electronic locking system are also provided.
US11861951B2
A vehicle in a driving management system including one or more authentication servers and one or more vehicles capable of switching between a manual driving mode and an automatic driving mode is provided. The vehicle includes a communication unit that communicate with at least one authentication server of the one or more authentication servers, and a detecting unit that detects switching between the manual driving mode where manual driving is performed, and an automatic driving mode where automatic driving is performed, based on a message issued by at least one of the plurality of electronic control processors. The vehicle also includes a generating unit that generates transaction data including information indicating the detected switching, and an identifier indicating the vehicle, and transmits, to the at least one authentication server, the transaction data.
US11861950B2
An example operation includes one or more of sensing, by a server, an environmental performance of a transport and notifying, by the server, at least one device at a location apart from the transport to operate at a different setting than a current setting based on the sensing.
US11861945B2
In certain embodiments, transaction data retrieval from a postage vendor system database may be facilitated (e.g., via label generation with multiple barcode representations of a portion of a postage tracking identifier, where the tracking identifier is generated based on a carrier-specific tracking identifier unique within a carrier system with respect to accounts recognized by the carrier system). In some embodiments, the tracking identifier may be generated such that (i) the tracking identifier comprises the carrier-specific tracking identifier and (ii) enables a mail piece associated with a postage transaction to be tracked within the carrier system, and the tracking identifier portion is allocated to the postage transaction in one or more databases of the vendor system. An indicium identifier may be generated to comprise the tracking identifier portion, thereby enabling the vendor system to identify the postage transaction using one of the two identifiers without the other one of the identifiers.
US11861942B2
The present invention provides a technology that acquires a high resolution iris image more quickly than before. An iris capture apparatus according to one example embodiment of the present invention includes a rotatable movable mirror; a control unit that controls rotation of the movable mirror; a capture unit that captures different regions of a face of a user via the movable mirror and outputs a group of images every time the control unit rotates the movable mirror by a predetermined angle; and an iris image acquisition unit that acquires an image of an iris of the user from the group of images.
US11861941B1
Methods and apparatus for using polarized light (e.g., infrared (IR) light) to improve eye-related functions such as iris recognition. An eye camera system includes one or more IR cameras that capture images of the user's eyes that are processed to perform iris recognition, gaze tracking, or other functions. At least one polarizing element may be located in the path of the light which is used to capture images of the user's eye. The user's eye may be illuminated by IR light emitted by one or more LEDs. At least one of the LEDs may be an LED with a polarizing filter. Instead or in addition, at least one polarizer may be located at the eye camera sensor, in the eye camera optics, or as or in an additional optical element located on the light path between the eye camera and the user's eye.
US11861936B2
Provided are systems and methods for face reenactment. An example method includes receiving visual data including a visible portion of a source face, determining, based on the visible portion of the source face, a first portion of source face parameters associated with a parametric face model, where the first portion corresponds to the visible portion, predicting, based partially on the visible portion of the source face, a second portion of the source face parameters, where the second portion corresponds to the rest of the source face, receiving a target video that includes a target face, determining, based on the target video, target face parameters associated with the parametric face model and corresponding to the target face, and synthesizing, using the parametric face model, based on the source face parameters and the target face parameters, an output face that includes the source face imitating a facial expression of the target face.
US11861934B2
Disclosed is a driving method of a display device which includes driving a display panel, which includes a pixel and a fingerprint sensor and displays a static image and a dynamic Image, at a first frequency, and driving the display panel at a second frequency lower than the first frequency for the purpose of sensing a finger and reading a fingerprint through the fingerprint sensor. The driving of the display panel at the second frequency includes driving the display panel at a (2-1)-th frequency when the display panel senses the fingerprint and displays the dynamic image, and driving the display panel at a (2-2)-th frequency different in value from the (2-1)-th frequency when the display panel senses the fingerprint and displays the static image.
US11861932B2
A detection device includes a sensor area provided with a plurality of detection elements each comprising a photoelectric conversion element in a detection area, and a detector configured to detect a potential difference between a voltage generated in a first detection element and a voltage generated in a second detection element adjacent to the first detection element in the detection area.
US11861927B1
Actors may be detected and tracked within a scene using multiple imaging devices provided in a network that are aligned with fields of view that overlap at least in part. Processors operating on the imaging devices may evaluate the images using one or more classifiers to recognize body parts within the images, and to associate the body parts with a common actor within the scene. Each of the imaging devices may generate records of the positions of the body parts and provide such records to a central server, that may correlate body parts appearing within images captured by two or more of the imaging devices and generate a three-dimensional model of an actor based on positions of the body parts. Motion of the body parts may be tracked in subsequent images, and the model of the actor may be updated based on the motion.
US11861926B2
A receipt capture tool residing on a customer mobile device may be initiated when a customer completes an in-store or online purchase. The receipt capture tool may prompt the customer to capture an image of a receipt detailing a purchase and an item (e.g., product or service) purchased. For instance, the photo of a physical receipt may be taken by the mobile device, or an electronic receipt or email detailing the purchasing transmitted from a physical merchant or online merchant server may be stored. Receipt information may be extracted and saved with other information pertinent to the item purchased, including warranty information. If the customer needs to return or repair the item purchased at a future date, the receipt and warranty information may be subsequently accessed via their mobile device. The receipt and warranty information may also be stored in a searchable database to facilitate easy retrieval by the customer.
US11861918B2
A method comprises receiving an input of at least one image associated with an issue. In the method, text is extracted from the at least one image, and an intent is determined from the extracted text. The method further includes recommending a response to the issue based at least in part on the determined intent, and transmitting the recommended response to a user. The extracting, determining and recommending are performed at least in part using one or more machine learning models.
US11861913B2
A map in a cloud service stores physical objects previously detected by other vehicles that have previously traveled over the same road that a current vehicle is presently traveling on. New data received by the cloud service from the current vehicle regarding new objects that are being encountered by the current vehicle can be compared to the previous object data stored in the map. Based on this comparison, an operating status of the current vehicle is determined. In response to determining the status, an action such as terminating an autonomous navigation mode of the current vehicle is performed.
US11861908B2
Methods, systems, and media for adaptive presentation of a video content item based on an area of interest are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: causing a video content item to be presented within a viewport having first dimensions in connection with a web page, wherein the video content item is associated with area of interest information corresponding to one or more frames of the video content item; determining that the first dimensions associated with the viewport have changed in which the viewport is currently associated with second dimensions; determining that a modified video content item should be presented within the viewport having the second dimensions in response to determining that the first dimensions associated with the viewport have changed, wherein the modified video content item includes an area of interest based on the area of interest information associated with the video content item and wherein portions of at least one frame of the modified video content item are removed based on the second dimensions of the viewport; and causing the modified video content item to be presented within the viewport having the second dimensions.
US11861902B2
An example virtual reality (VR) system includes a VR headset, a plurality of monitoring stations, and an image processing device. Each of the monitoring stations includes an image sensor to capture images of the VR headset and an environment in which the VR headset is used. The image processing device is to process the images captured by the monitoring stations to detect an object in the environment, and to transmit, to the VR headset, information that includes notification of the object detected.
US11861899B2
Systems and methods for displaying augmented reality content relative to an identified object are disclosed. The systems and methods can include a set of operations. An operation can include providing a first image. An operation can include determining interest points in the first image. An operation can include identifying an object in the first image. An operation can include identifying augmented reality content associated with the object. An operation can include determining a first transformation for displaying the augmented reality content in the first image relative to the identified object. An operation can include providing the interest points and the first transformation. An operation can include determining a second transformation for displaying the augmented reality content in a second image relative to the identified object using, at least in part, the first transformation and the interest points. An operation can include displaying, by a user device, the augmented reality content.
US11861891B2
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture providing an efficient safety mechanism for signal processing hardware are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an input interface to receive an input signal; a hardware accelerator to process the input signal, the hardware accelerator including: unprotected memory to store non-critical data corresponding to the input signal; and protected memory to store critical data corresponding to the input signal; and an output interface to transmit the processed input signal.
US11861890B2
A style-based generative network architecture enables scale-specific control of synthesized output data, such as images. During training, the style-based generative neural network (generator neural network) includes a mapping network and a synthesis network. During prediction, the mapping network may be omitted, replicated, or evaluated several times. The synthesis network may be used to generate highly varied, high-quality output data with a wide variety of attributes. For example, when used to generate images of people's faces, the attributes that may vary are age, ethnicity, camera viewpoint, pose, face shape, eyeglasses, colors (eyes, hair, etc.), hair style, lighting, background, etc. Depending on the task, generated output data may include images, audio, video, three-dimensional (3D) objects, text, etc.
US11861885B2
A method and system for characterization of Cannabaceae plants using macro photography images is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of receiving one or more macro photography images of a Cannabaceae plant; performing feature extraction analysis of trichomes using image processing, and performing plant characterization analysis using a neural network which analyzes the macro photography images. The training phase of the neural network comprises using results of chemical composition laboratory tests performed on the plants for which the macro photography images have been used in the training phase. The invention calculates and reports an assessment of maturity of the plant for harvesting, diagnosis of the existence of diseases, insects, or pests, assessment of the presence and concentrations of central ingredients, recommendations for treatment during plants drying, curing or storage production processes, and assessment of the quality and pricing of Cannabaceae plants products.
US11861882B2
A data partitioning system receives an input dataset for e-commerce products, each sample containing attributes and associated values for each product including at least an image; represents each sample as a node on a graph to provide a graph of nodes for the dataset; measures a relative similarity distance between each pair of nodes based on comparing at least image values for the attributes; determines for each pair of nodes whether they are related if the similarity distance between them is below a defined threshold, and if related, generate an edge between them on the graph; group the connected nodes into a first or a second group such that the grouped nodes have no edges connecting them to nodes in the other group and have a shortest relative similarity distance with each other. The groups are used as training dataset and testing data sets for a supervised machine learning classifier.
US11861878B2
A vehicular trailer assist system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and viewing at least a portion of a trailer hitched to the vehicle. A control, responsive to processing of frames of image data captured by the camera and during a calibration maneuver by the vehicle, determines an initial trailer template of trailer hitched to the vehicle. During a turning portion of the calibration maneuver, a subset of frames of image data is stored, each stored frame of image data including the trailer at a different trailer angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle. The control, responsive to storing the subset of frames of image data, converts each stored frame of image data to an edge image and matches each edge image to the determined initial trailer template, and determines a location of a hitch ball of the vehicle.
US11861877B2
A system and method for detecting the origin of wooden planks in a sawmill is provided. The method scans surfaces of processed planks and, with the help of an AI algorithm comprising a deep-learning algorithm, determines the origin of said planks based on analysed parameters of the planks. The parameters used in the analysis are mainly properties of tool marks and the resulting analysis provides tools and equipment used. The deep learning algorithm may be in a self-learning mode or in a supervised training mode.
US11861876B2
A three-dimensional (3D) video reconstruction method, an encoder and a decoder are provided, comprising obtaining a list of video content screens or video content frames of an object from the 3D video; obtaining a list of depth screens of the 3D video; adding a shape screen to each video frame of the 3D video; superimposing each of the video content screens or video content frames with the depth screen and the shape screen to form a shape identification library; and storing the shape identification library at a header of a compressed file for unmasking of the object. The shape recognition list format may significantly reduce the storage size and increase the compression ratio by replacing the original shape with the identifications, and help improve the rendering quality.
US11861875B2
Image transformation tasks such as cropping, text addition etc. are common across industries. Each industry has different business context and demands the image transformations be performed aligned to the business context. This disclosure relates to a system and method for an adaptive image transformation for a given context and maintaining aesthetic sense of the transformed image. Herein, the system is configurable and adaptive to any business context or domain. The system learns the context from available domain samples and creates an automated workflow of context-aware transformation tasks that maintains both the content and aesthetics demands of the context. Further, a saliency map is extracted for the identified RoI to append a text to the RoI based on the extracted saliency map, the calculated similarity metric for various content and aesthetic factors and various preferences of the user.
US11861874B2
An imaging apparatus, an imaging control method, and an imaging control program are provided. A digital camera includes an imaging element including a first light-receiving region in which a pixel group including focal point detection pixels is arranged and a second light-receiving region in which a pixel group not including the focal point detection pixels is arranged, and a system control unit, in which the system control unit performs a recording imaging control of causing the imaging element to perform imaging in a first exposure time period and a display imaging control of causing the imaging element to perform imaging by setting an exposure time period of the second light-receiving region as the first exposure time period and setting an exposure time period of the first light-receiving region as a second exposure time period.
US11861866B2
A method, system, and computer readable storage for identifying regions of interest on a casino gaming table. Regions of interest are locations on an image where relevant actions are typically going to occur. For example, locations of betting area region of interest and card area regions of interest are determined so that these areas can be analyzed on a video camera. The analyzed areas can then be used for things such as determining and tracking player betting amounts, determining if the game is being dealt properly (by analyzing the cards dealt to determine if the proper cards are dealt and/or the proper payouts are made).
US11861858B2
Methods and systems for determining rotation and clipping parameters for images of unit load devices (ULDs) are disclosed herein. An example method includes capturing a set of image data featuring a ULD. The example method may further include locating a fiducial marker proximate to the ULD within the set of image data. The example method may further include cropping the set of image data, based upon the located fiducial marker, to generate a set of marker point data and a set of floor point data. The example method may further include rotating the set of image data based upon the set of marker point data and the set of floor point data, and clipping the rotated set of image data based upon the set of marker point data and the set of floor point data.
US11861854B2
Dense feature scale detection can be implemented using multiple convolutional neural networks trained on scale data to more accurately and efficiently match pixels between images. An input image can be used to generate multiple scaled images. The multiple scaled images are input into a feature net, which outputs feature data for the multiple scaled images. An attention net is used to generate an attention map from the input image. The attention map assigns emphasis as a soft distribution to different scales based on texture analysis. The feature data and the attention data can be combined through a multiplication process and then summed to generate dense features for comparison.
US11861850B2
A system and method of re-identifying players in a broadcast video feed are provided herein. A computing system retrieves a broadcast video feed for a sporting event. The broadcast video feed includes a plurality of video frames. The computing system generates a plurality of tracks based on the plurality of video frames. Each track includes a plurality of image patches associated with at least one player. Each image patch of the plurality of image patches is a subset of the corresponding frame of the plurality of video frames. For each track, the computing system generates a gallery of image patches. A jersey number of each player is visible in each image patch of the gallery. The computing system matches, via a convolutional autoencoder, tracks across galleries. The computing system measures, via a neural network, a similarity score for each matched track and associates two tracks based on the measured similarity.
US11861844B2
A method for edge identification of a self-shadowing object based on a visual camera and a vehicle includes: collecting image data of an object to be identified, and performing differentiation processing; according to a preset threshold, performing three-value processing to the image that has been differentiation-processed, to acquire a three-value-processed image including positive-direction boundary pixels and negative-direction boundary pixels; according to the positive-direction boundary pixels and the negative-direction boundary pixels, acquiring a positive-direction straight linear segment and a negative-direction straight linear segment that represent boundary trends of the object to be identified; if the straight linear segments do not create a target object that satisfy a predetermined condition, determining the first boundary according to the predetermined condition; according to the first boundary, determining the second boundary; and by using positions of the first boundary and the second boundary, drawing a peripheral boundary of the object to be identified.
US11861843B2
In variants, the method can include: determining a timeseries of measurements of a geographic region; determining a set of object representations from the timeseries of measurements; and determining a timeseries of object versions based on relationships between the object representations.
US11861835B2
Systems and methods for assessing expansion of an abnormality are provided. A first input medical image of a patient depicting an abnormality at a first time and a second input medical image of the patient depicting the abnormality at a second time are received. The second input medical image is registered with the first input medical image. The abnormality is segmented from 1) the first input medical image to generate a first segmentation map and 2) the registered second input medical image to generate a second segmentation map. The first segmentation map and the second segmentation map are combined to generate a combined map. Features are extracted from the first input medical image and the registered second input medical image are based on the combined map. Expansion of the abnormality is assessed based on the extracted features using a trained machine learning based network. Results of the assessment are output.
US11861823B2
Disclosed herein are methods for quantifying contact lens deposition. An example method may comprise disposing a contact lens sample in a fluid well. The example method may comprise disposing a volume of tear fluid in the well with the contact lens sample. The example method may comprise capturing pre-rinse images of the contact lens sample. The example method may comprise rinsing the contact lens sample. The example method may comprise capturing post-rinse images of the contact lens after the rinsing. The example method may comprise determining, using one or more of the tear images or the post-rinse images, a deposition metric. The example method may comprise outputting the deposition metric.
US11861813B2
A method for correcting a distorted image includes: acquiring a first coordinate of each pixel in a distorted image to be corrected; determining internal parameters for shooting the distorted image; acquiring a second coordinate corresponding to the first coordinate based on a corresponding relationship between the internal parameters and image distortion degrees, in which the second coordinate is an undistorted coordinate; acquiring a distance between the first coordinate and a coordinate of a center point of the distorted image, and determining a smoothing processing coefficient corresponding to the distance based on a smoothing processing function, in which the smoothing processing function is configured to indicate a proportional relationship between the distance and the smoothing processing coefficient; and acquiring a distortion correction image by performing smoothing correction on each first coordinate based on the smoothing processing coefficient and the second coordinate.
US11861805B2
An electronic device and method for positioning an eyeball into a 3D mesh of a head portion of an object is provided. Images of an eye of an object, the 3D mesh of the head portion of the object, and a 3D template mesh of an eyeball are acquired. 3D feature points for eye regions are extracted from the images and fit to a sphere. An initial pose transformation between the 3D template mesh and the sphere is estimated. Based on the 3D template mesh, a first set of points corresponding to the eye regions are interpolated. Based on sampling parameters for the first set of points, a second set of points are determined. A final pose transformation is determined based on minimization of difference between the first and the second set of points and the 3D template mesh is fit into an eyeball socket of the 3D mesh.
US11861793B2
A method for merging surface skin three-dimensional (3D) data includes the following steps: 1. constructing actually-measured 3D data of a workpiece and 3D data of a design model of the workpiece; 2. calculating a normal vector, a neighborhood radius, and a position of a sphere center of each point in the design model 3D data; 3. finding closest points to the design model 3D data for all points in the actually-measured 3D data; 4. calculating a static closest distance and a dynamic closest distance from each point in the actually-measured 3D data to the closest point in the design model 3D data; 5. constructing an objective function of a surface adaptive distance; 6. minimizing the objective function and calculating a differential motion screw; and 7. updating the actually-measured 3D data and achieving data merging.
US11861792B2
A method and apparatus are provided for tessellating patches of surfaces in a tile based three dimensional computer graphics rendering system. For each tile in an image a per tile list of primitive indices is derived for tessellated primitives which make up a patch. Hidden surface removal is then performed on the patch and any domain points which remain after hidden surface removal are derived. The primitives are then shaded for display.
US11861786B2
Rendering system combines point sampling and volume sampling operations to produce rendering outputs. For example, to determine color information for a surface location in a 3-D scene, one or more point sampling operations are conducted in a volume around the surface location, and one or more sampling operations of volumetric light transport data are performed farther from the surface location. A transition zone between point sampling and volume sampling can be provided, in which both point and volume sampling operations are conducted. Data obtained from point and volume sampling operations can be blended in determining color information for the surface location. For example, point samples are obtained by tracing a ray for each point sample, to identify an intersection between another surface and the ray, to be shaded, and volume samples are obtained from a nested 3-D grids of volume elements expressing light transport data at different levels of granularity.
US11861778B1
In an aspect, an apparatus for generating a virtual avatar is presented. An apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor. At least a processor is configured to generate a virtual avatar model. A virtual avatar model includes a virtual entity and an operational model of the virtual entity. At least a processor is configured to receive user input. User input includes an avatar modifier. At least a processor is configured to modify at least a portion of a virtual avatar model as a function of an avatar modifier. At least a processor is configured to display a virtual avatar model to a user through a display device.
US11861774B2
Example embodiments of the described technology provide methods for generating quasistatic models of textile and/or skin tissue objects for computer animation. The method may comprise optimizing an energy function defining a cloth object to minimize stretching and bending. The method may also comprise modeling collisions of the cloth object with one or more surfaces of an underlying collision object. In some embodiments the collisions are modelled with inequality constraints.
US11861772B2
In implementations of systems for generating images for virtual try-on and pose transfer, a computing device implements a generator system to receive input data describing a first digital image that depicts a person in a pose and a second digital image that depicts a garment. Candidate appearance flow maps are computed that warp the garment based on the pose at different pixel-block sizes using a first machine learning model. The generator system generates a warped garment image by combining the candidate appearance flow maps as an aggregate per-pixel displacement map using a convolutional gated recurrent network. A conditional segment mask is predicted that segments portions of a geometry of the person using a second machine learning model. The generator system outputs a digital image that depicts the person in the pose wearing the garment based on the warped garment image and the conditional segmentation mask using a third machine learning model.
US11861766B2
An apparatus for incremental motion correction in medical imaging. The apparatus for motion correction in magnetic resonance imaging includes processing circuitry configured to estimate an intermediate image from a first section of k-space, the first section of the k-space corresponding to acquisition time points within a magnetic resonance scan of a subject, the corresponding acquisition time points within the magnetic resonance scan being associated with shots of the k-space determined to have minimal motion, estimate motion parameters of a second section of the k-space using the estimated intermediate image, combine data from the first section of the k-space with data from the second section of the k-space according to the estimated motion parameters, and reconstruct the combined data of the k-space to generate a final image.
US11861758B2
Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to process packet data in parallel. In at least one embodiment, packet data is processed by (e.g., one or more algorithms expressed in CUDA code executing on) a Graphics Processing Unit (“GPU”).
US11861756B1
Systems and methods are described for identifying a subset of interest from a general population and for monitoring a database of daily activity logs associated with the general population in order to identify database entries indicative of an occurrence of a pre-defined trigger event that is associated with a member of the subset of interest. In particular, systems and methods are described that allow a massive database of daily activity logs to be monitored to identify trigger events that have occurred within the past twenty-four hours or other very recent time period. Embodiments are described that may be advantageously used by a provider of credit-related products and/or services who wishes to accurately target prospective customers, identified by the system, based on occurrence of a trigger event, as being in a decision-making phase of credit shopping, for purposes of making a timely and targeted offering relevant to the customers' current activities.
US11861749B2
An apparatus for calculating an estimate for installation of a water heater according to an embodiment of the present invention may include an image analysis unit for analyzing a water heater region image including at least one of a previously-installed water heater main body, a previously-installed pipe connected to the previously-installed water heater main body for fluid flow, and a room controller for controlling a water heater, and a processing unit for calculating estimate required for the installation of a water heater to be installed on the basis of at least one of information about the model of the water heater to be installed and required dimensions of a pipe to be installed obtained on the basis of an analysis result of the image analysis unit.
US11861745B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, that enable clients to create custom conditional segments on which other clients can claim a spot. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a device of a creator, attributes of a conditional segment created by the creator through an interface presented at the device. In response to receiving the attributes of the conditional segment, clients are notified that the conditional segment is available and the clients are enabled to claim a spot on the conditional segment. A determination is made whether to convert the conditional segment to a confirmed segment based on a number of spots claimed by the clients. Prior to converting the conditional segment to a confirmed segment, a given client is cancelled from the conditional segment in response to receiving, from the given client, a request to cancel the claimed spot.
US11861743B2
There are provided systems and methods for communication of orders and payments in a drive through using wireless beacons. A merchant location may include a drive through with a wireless beacon established in the drive through. The beacon may provide communication services with a device for the user. The merchant may detect that the user is in a vehicle in the drive through using either the connection between the device of the user and the beacon or a camera, sensor, or other detector located near the beacon in the drive through. Based on check-in information generated on the connection, an order for the user may be accessed. The user may pay for the order using the device and through the connection to the beacon. Further, if other devices for additional users in the vehicle connect to the beacon, the additional users may split the payment for the order.
US11861738B2
A cultivation-target crop selection assisting apparatus 10 includes: an information collection unit 11 configured to collect information regarding a specific cultivated land; a prediction value calculation unit 12 configured to calculate a prediction value of actual performance of cultivation of one or a plurality of varieties of crops in the specific cultivated land by applying the information collected by the information collection unit 11 to a prediction model 14 created by performing machine learning on a relationship between information regarding a sample cultivated land and actual performance information regarding a crop produced in the sample cultivated land; and a crop selection unit 13 configured to select a crop that is suitable for being cultivated in the specific cultivated land based on the prediction value calculated for the one or plurality of varieties of crops.
US11861737B1
A server computer system receives a dataset of candidate hybrid seeds for planting on one or more target fields, which comprises data regarding one or more hybrid seeds, probability of success values associated with each of the one or more hybrid seeds that describe a probability of a successful yield, and historical agricultural data associated with each of the one or more hybrid seeds further receives one or more properties for one or more target fields, and selects a subset of the one or more hybrid seeds based on the probabilities of success values. The server computer system generates representative yield values for hybrid seeds in the subset based on the historical agricultural data, generates a dataset of risk values for the subset, which describes an amount of risk associated with the representative yield values for each hybrid seed in the subset based on the historical agricultural data associated with each hybrid seed in the subset, and selects a list of target hybrid seeds from the subset for planting on the one or more target fields based on the dataset of risk values, the representative yield values for the subset, and the one or more properties for the one or more target fields. In addition, the server computer system generates a prescription related to planting the list of target hybrid seeds in the one or more target fields for a next period determines a safety stock for the list for the next period with respect to a supply chain based on the prescription, and causes displaying values of the safety stock, thereby causing production of the safety stock.
US11861736B1
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a social-networking system an identifier corresponding to a post item stored in the social-networking system, and information indicative of a plurality of coordinated user gestures input into a composition interface control. The composition interface control comprises a plurality of interface targets each associated with a respective musical note. The information comprises target musical note and timing data associated with each of the user gestures. The method further includes translating the plurality of coordinated user gestures into a musical composition that includes musical notation reflecting the musical note and timing data of each user gesture. The method also includes associating the musical composition with the post item, and in response to receiving a request for the post item, formatting the post item and a graphical representation of each note in the musical composition for display in a user interface control.
US11861726B2
Methods, systems, apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable media are described for conducting collaborative real-time inspections of insured properties. The system may include several workstations, each operated by a different user with a respective role in processing an insurance claim. The system also may include a server system configured to receive an indication of an insured property to be inspected by users at the workstations using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to collect aerial imagery, provide, substantially in real time during an inspection session, aerial imagery of the insured property to each of the workstations, receive, substantially in real time during the inspection session, information related to the insured property being inspected from the workstations, and generate a database record descriptive of the inspection session. The aerial imagery may be used to verify dimensions of insured homes or estimate home damage resulting from fire, wind, hail, water, or hurricanes.
US11861721B1
Systems and methods are provided for maintaining up-to-date insurance information at a mobile device. In some example embodiments, insurance information associated with an insurance customer is obtained, and an insurance card image is generated based on the insurance information. A connection is established with a mobile device associated with the insurance customer, and the insurance card image is provided to the mobile device. Receipt of the insurance card image at the mobile device causes the mobile device to store the insurance card image. A response is initiated upon determining that the insurance card image was displayed at the mobile device. Telematics information is also analyzed in response to receipt of the message to determine whether to automatically create an insurance claim for the customer.
US11861710B2
An illustrative computing device may include a processor and a non-transitory memory device for storing a data structure capable of being compressed, where the data structure includes a plurality of data elements and each of the plurality of data elements includes a date field and a quantity field. The computing device may process instructions to arrange the plurality of data elements in a consecutive series in date order based on a value stored in the date field of each data element, determine whether a gap appears in the consecutive series of data elements based on a value stored in the quantity field of each element, remove the determined gaps in each of the data elements, and repeat the determining and removing steps until a predetermined criterion has been reached.
US11861701B2
A tool for synthetic order recovery is provided. An exemplary method for synthetic order recovery includes the features for detecting a server event associated with a synthetic order server identified by a synthetic order server identifier, wherein the synthetic order server is in communication with the recovery tool; determining at least one active synthetic order associated with the synthetic order server identifier; determining a child order status for each child order related to the at least one active synthetic order, wherein the child order status includes an updated child order quantity since the server event was detected, and wherein each child order is associated with the synthetic order server identifier; calculating an updated synthetic order quantity for each of the at least one active synthetic order and based on the updated child order quantity; generating a recovery package including the at least one active synthetic order and the updated synthetic order quantity; and communicating the recovery package to the synthetic order server associated with the synthetic order server identifier.
US11861698B2
A device receives transaction data associated with an individual that is participating in a transaction for a vehicle. The device identifies transaction term values relating to the transaction. The device determines scores indicating likelihoods of the transaction term values contributing to prevention of completion of the transaction. The device receives vehicle inventory data describing vehicles. The device identifies one or more recommended vehicles, of the vehicles, based on performing a vehicle search of the vehicles described by the vehicle inventory data, where the vehicle search identifies the one or more recommended vehicles based on one or more filters. The device provides vehicle offer data for the one or more recommended vehicles to one or more other devices to permit the one or more other devices to use the vehicle offer data as part of another transaction for a particular vehicle of the one or more vehicles.
US11861696B1
A systems and method facilitates obtaining accountant prepared financial statements associated with a client. A financial statement user initiates the process such as when a client has requested a loan and the financial statement user initiates an underwriting process. An identity of an accountant or client is received at a confirmation system from the financial statement user via the communications network. The identified accountant or client identifies the other party to the confirmation system via the communications network. Financial statements associated with the client are received from the identified accountant via the communications network. The received financial statements include financial information associated with the client. Permissions associated with the financial statements are received from the client via the communications network. The financial statements are provided via the communications network to the financial statement user in accordance with the permissions provided by the client.
US11861692B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for receiving a first bank statement at a hybrid pipeline including a set of lookup tables and a deep learning (DL) model that can each be used to determine customer IDs from bank statements, providing a first key based on data associated with the first bank statement, and determining that the first key is included in a first lookup table of the set of lookup tables, and in response: identifying a first set of customer IDs from the first lookup table, the first set of customer IDs including one or more customer IDs, and outputting the first set of customer IDs to computer-executable software that matches the first bank statement to one or more electronic documents at least partially based on the first set of customer IDs.
US11861683B2
A system includes N location indicators and a mobile scanning device. The N location indicators are configured to be arranged throughout a store that includes a plurality of stocked items for picking according to one or more electronic customer orders. Each of the N location indicators is configured to transmit a different location signal. The mobile scanning device includes a display. The mobile scanning device is configured to wirelessly receive an electronic customer order comprising a plurality of ordered items indicating which of the stocked items are to be picked, detect at least one of the N location signals, and arrange at least some of the plurality of ordered items on the display based on which of the at least one of the N location signals is detected.
US11861680B2
Techniques and systems for beacon triggered device to device content transfer are disclosed. A described technique includes presenting, at an interactive beacon device, content including an interactive store catalog; receiving, at the interactive beacon device, user input responsive to the content; generating, at the interactive beacon device, a beacon message that can include transaction information based on the user input and the content, the transaction information including a service or product identifier corresponding to a product or service selected from the interactive store catalog; and transmitting, from the interactive beacon device, the beacon message over a short-range communication link to a mobile device. The beacon message can be configured to cause an application on the mobile device to advance a transaction associated with the transaction information.
US11861667B1
A service engine of a processor-based system determines an estimated amount of taxes due in association with a proposed transaction based on a risk tolerance value specified by a party to the transaction, such as a seller. Multiple classification code queries are generated for classifying an item that is the subject of the proposed transaction, from which a plurality of classification code candidates are determined. Each such classification code candidate is considered in determination of multiple corresponding possible tax-due amounts, and the taxes due for the proposed transaction are determined by the service engine based on a statistical calculation corresponding to the specified risk tolerance value. The service engine provides the estimated tax due amount to one or more parties to the proposed transaction.
US11861662B2
The present invention relates to a mobile advertisement providing system, and more specifically to technology for a mobile advertisement providing system which includes an information display button and displays content and advertisement information provided onto a current screen in response to the manipulation of the information display button.
US11861660B2
Methods and systems are described for providing advertising services to devices with a customized adaptive user experience. In one embodiment, a system includes a user interface (UI) configurator to provide a custom scripting framework to create and edit customizable ad formats for display on a device. The ad system receives an ad request from the device with the ad request including different types of information including publisher settings of a selected software application on the device, an application id to identify the selected software application, placement information for timing placement of at least one ad or interstitial ad to be displayed on the device. The ad system processes the ad request to determine an ad format and timing placement of the at least one ad or interstitial ad based on the information contained in the ad request.
US11861659B2
An electronic device for displaying a target advertisement which displays a content screen on a display based on content data received from an external server, transmits information about the electronic device to the external server for a target advertisement, and receives first target advertisement information determined based on the information about the electronic device from the external server and displays a target advertisement by using the received first target advertisement information. Also, the electronic device performs screen mirroring such that at least a portion of the content screen is displayed on an external device, transmits information about the external device connected by the screen mirroring to the external server for a target advertisement, receives second target advertisement information determined based on the information about the external device from the external server, and displays a target advertisement by using the received second target advertisement information while performing the screen mirroring.
US11861657B1
Identifying potentially unfair practices in content and serving relevant advertisements is described. A total risk score associated with an online advertisement is determined by a computer system based on a first risk score and an issue risk score. The first risk score is based on online content associated with the online advertisement and the issue risk score is based on one or more risk attributes associated with the online advertisement. The total risk score is transmitted to a client computer, where the total risk score is displayed through a user interface in conjunction with the display of the online advertisement on the client computer.
US11861652B2
One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for mailbox-based coupon display are provided. For example, a plurality of email messages stored in a mailbox of a first email account of a first user may be identified, and may be evaluated to identify a plurality of coupons. The plurality of coupons may be analyzed to determine one or more coupon features. User data and/or activity data associated with the first user may be analyzed to determine one or more user features. A predictive model may be tuned based upon the one or more coupon features and/or the one or more user features. A set of scores may be generated for the plurality of coupons based upon the predictive model. A graphical user interface may be controlled based upon the set of scores to display one or more coupons.
US11861640B2
A system and method for omnichannel text-based routing, transfer, and customer-to-enterprise communications. The system is a cloud-based network containing an interaction control server, a routing engine, an optimization engine, a media translation server, a mobile application, a business entity portal, mobile and compute devices for business enterprise and customer, and an enterprise database. Taken together or in part, said system optimizes customer interactions by delivering context aware text message, chat or email to customers; and when requested by customer, optimally routes with context, based upon a multitude of variables, to best available resource to handle the customer interaction. The system may be accessed through web browsers or purpose-built computer and mobile phone applications.
US11861638B2
A server apparatus includes a processor configured to manage identification information of a registered vehicle registered in advance, acquire identification information on a vehicle of a user who wants to replace the batteries from a vehicle key device, acquire fee-related information from the vehicle key device, the fee-rerated information being at least one of a travel distance and a battery usage amount of the vehicle of the user, calculate a usage fee of the batteries based on the fee-related information, determine permission and prohibition to replace a battery, control a lock device which enables taking-out of the batteries accommodated in the battery stand, determine the permission and prohibition to replace the batteries based on the identification information acquired from the vehicle key device and the identification information, and unlock the lock device when it is determined to permit replacing the batteries.
US11861632B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses may provide for the auto-determination of partial usage of a physical environment and use derived intelligence to take various actions. This may allow for partial resulting maintenance of the physical environment based on a single use or use over time.
US11861630B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, devices, and the like for augmented media intelligence using Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Natural Language Processing (NLP), data analytics and data visualization. In one embodiment, a system is introduced that can retrieve real-time data from social media platforms to perform augmented media intelligence analysis and take real time actions if necessary. In another embodiment, the augmented media intelligence is design to use the machine learning and natural language processing capabilities and social currency means for understanding an influencers reach within the augmented media intelligence system via an influencer score.
US11861629B2
In a system and method for measuring global urbanicity, trapezoid shapes are built based on latitude/longitude boundaries using two different scales in two dimensions, thus yielding four different shapes/sizes of trapezoids. A multiplier is applied to adjust the count within a trapezoid to compensate for the fact that these trapezoids delineated by latitude/longitude lines will diminish in size as they approach the poles of the Earth. Census data is applied from a given country, and then summed up using an external data set pertaining to counts. Finally, the counts are rolled up into a set number of urbanicity “bands” or levels as desired for a particular application.
US11861627B1
A block storage service analyzes customer behaviors as external signals to the health of the block storage service. In one example, using rules set by a customer for a health monitoring service, the block storage service can gain insights into what the customer cares about. The customer rules can then be used to setup internal monitors within the block storage service. If the internal monitors are triggered, the block storage service can proactively correct problems before the customer alarm thresholds are reached. For example, customer volumes can be moved to increase performance characteristics. In some cases, if the customer has too much performance capability, the customer volume can be moved to a less costly alternative.
US11861615B2
Child/family support payments are made on a multilayered consortium ledger network using blockchain, IoT, and other technologies to expedite the process and disbursement of child/family support payments. The multilayered consortium ledger network may cater to local and/or global child support agencies and/or local and global Parties/Parents/family members who elect to send child/family support payments to their family(ies) outside the traditional child support agencies/district attorney offices. The plurality of technologies used support payments made/received using, but not limited to, domestic/foreign fiat, cryptocurrency, tokens, an/or native tokens.
US11861614B2
Child/family support payments are made on a multilayered consortium ledger network using blockchain, IoT, and other technologies to expedite the process and disbursement of child/family support payments. The multilayered consortium ledger network may cater to local and/or global child support agencies and/or local and global Parties/Parents/family members who elect to send child/family support payments to their family(ies) outside the traditional child support agencies/district attorney offices. The plurality of technologies used support payments made/received using, but not limited to, domestic/foreign fiat, cryptocurrency, tokens, an/or native tokens.
US11861613B2
A system may receive transaction information associated with a transaction, the transaction information comprising an account number associated with a first user. The system may determine whether the transaction is associated with a second user. Responsive to determining the transaction is associated with the second user, the system may transmit a first prompt to a first user device associated with the first user, the first prompt comprising a request to confirm or deny the transaction. The system may receive, via the first user device, a first user selection confirming the transaction. Responsive to receiving the first user selection, the system may determine whether the transaction exceeds a predetermined threshold. Responsive to determining the transaction exceeds the predetermined threshold, the system may transmit a second prompt to the first user device, the second prompt comprising a recommendation to designate the second user as an authorized user of the account number.
US11861608B2
Methods and systems are described. A method includes accessing a first identifier of a payment requester and a first identifier of an electronic communication from an electronic communication client that identifies a payment requester and an electronic communication, authenticating the payment requester as being registered to receive payments, if the payment requester is authenticated, automatically identifying a payment service that is registered as an approved payer, and authenticating the payment service as being approved to make payments to the payment requester. In response to a selection of a funds transfer triggering component in the electronic communication, causing a transfer of funds from the approved payment service to the payment requester.
US11861602B2
Examples implementations relate to payment tokens. An example includes a customer computer creating a first data buffer, with a set of customer-specified parameters, signing the first data buffer with a customer private key, associating a customer public key to the signed first data buffer to create a first data record that is communicated to a service provider. The service provider computer creates a second data buffer with a set of service provider-specified parameters, signs the second data buffer with a first private key of the service provider, associates a first public key of the service provider to the signed second data buffer to create a second data record, combines the first and second data records, signs the combined data record with a second private key of the service provider, and associates a second public key of the service provider to the combined data record.
US11861598B2
An apparatus and method for calculating foreign exchange advantages, the apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory containing instructions configuring the at least a processor to acquire action data from an entity, wherein an element of the action data includes at least a plurality of originators and at least a plurality of receivers, process the action data, wherein processing the action data includes classifying a plurality of action data elements to at least an originator of the plurality of originators and a receiver of the plurality of receivers and classifying the action data against a data store including at least a foreign exchange rate, generate a conversion record as a function of the processed action data, and output the conversion record to a third-party computing device.
US11861597B1
A method can include generating a cryptogram by encrypting, by a hardware security module (HSM), a keyed-hash message authentication code (HMAC) key by a master key encryption key (MK); transmitting, a database server, the cryptogram; destroying the cryptogram at the HSM, in response to the transmitting the cryptogram to the database server; receiving, from the database server, the cryptogram and an ID generated by the database server; generating a wallet password based on the ID and the cryptogram; generating a data encryption key (DK) retrievable via the wallet password; transmitting, to the database server, the DK without the wallet password; destroying the wallet password in response to the transmitting the DK to the database server; decrypting the cryptogram into a decrypted HMAC key; regenerating the wallet password using the ID and the decrypted HMAC key; encrypting the regenerated wallet password; transmitting, to the database server, the encrypted regenerated wallet password.
US11861593B1
A method of updating a payment card includes receiving a payment card having an existing payment part. The method includes removing the existing payment part from the payment card and installing a new payment part with the payment card for subsequent use of the payment card.
US11861590B1
Identity verification using payment instrument(s) is described. In an example, an identifier associated with a user can be associated with a secure storage component of a payment instrument associated with the user. A verifying entity—which can be a computing resource and/or a service provider—can receive a request to access a computing resource availed via a computing device operable by the user. The verifying entity can determine whether to grant the user access to the computing resource based at least in part on an interaction between the payment instrument and a reader device associated with the computing device.
US11861587B1
Technologies for securely processing payment transactions include a mobile device configured to generate a secure payment transaction request message for a payment transaction. The request message includes a public key address derived from a public key of a public/private key pair. A multi-factor device receives the request message and generates a reference public key address as a function of the corresponding private key of the public/private key pair. The multi-factor device determines whether the public key address included in the received request message matches the generated reference public key address. The multi-factor device generates and transmits a response message to the mobile device including status indicator data based on the determination whether the received public key address matches the generated reference public key address. The mobile device processes or blocks the payment transaction as a function of the status indictor data. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11861582B2
Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems for performing security protection of association between a user device and a user. A computing system receives from a service provider a notification that an identifier of a user device has been activated in the user device to be associated with a user identifier to replace an existing identifier of the user device associated with the user identifier. The computing system further receives from the user device a request for information associated with the user identifier to be sent to the user device associated with the identifier of the user device. Before sending the requested information to the user device, the computing system verifies the identifier of the user device has been activated by the user by an additional authentication of the user through a communication path between the user and the computing system. Other embodiments may also be described and claimed.
US11861573B2
A method of a payment for an Internet of Things (IoT) device is provided. The method includes steps of: a payment supporting server (a) on condition that the payment supporting server has registered certificates of the IoT device, a service providing device, and a digital wallet in a first blockchain, manages their transaction IDs, has registered a representative hash value in a second blockchain, manages their transaction IDs, and manages link information between the IoT device and the digital wallet, confirming validity of a billing transaction, and (b) acquiring identification information on the digital wallet; and (c) paying the billing detail using the digital wallet, registering its payment result in the first blockchain, registering in the second blockchain, if one anchoring condition is satisfied, a first representative hash value, and transmitting the payment result to the service providing device, the IoT device, and the digital wallet.
US11861571B2
The present invention is directed to systems and methods for maintaining a stabilized digital currency is provided. The systems and methods include monitoring for one or more digital transactions in a service provider network utilizing digital coins, minting and storing a predetermined percentage of reserve tokens of the digital coins in a reserve pool, providing compensation for the one or more digital transactions as utility tokens of the digital coins, and monitoring current value of the digital coins for the digital currency for inflation or deflation.
US11861569B2
In a method, computer readable medium, or system for making a payment transaction between a payor having an associated payor computer with a ledger storage for the payor and a payee having an associated payee computer with a ledger storage for the payee in a consensus payment network having a plurality of nodes each comprising a respective computer with ledger storage and relying on consensus determinations, an initiator is provided for making the payment transaction between the payor and the payee, the initiator being either the payor, the payee, or an intermediary having an associated intermediary computer. The respective initiator computer creates a temporary payment transaction consensus subnetwork comprising a set of validation nodes acceptable to both the payor and the payee, the set of validation nodes comprising fewer than all of said plurality of nodes in the payment network. The initiator with the respective client computer processes the payment transaction via the consensus payment network from the payor to the payee based on a determination of consensus by the consensus network.
US11861563B2
In an embodiment, the disclosed technologies monitor electronic message traffic between a network and a recipient computer system. An embodiment includes obtaining, from an electronic message received from the network, a triple of a display name, email address, and sending domain, determining a name score for triple, and determining characteristics of the electronic message. The name score of the triple and the characteristics of the electronic message may be used to determine whether the electronic message is a spoofing attack such as a business email compromise (BEC) attack. In response to determining that the electronic message is malicious, an embodiment may cause the network to at least one of modify, delay, re-route, or block transmission of the electronic message to the recipient computer system.
US11861560B2
A computer system for selection of data records for forwarding includes one or more data storage devices storing data records including structured and unstructured data, and an analysis hardware server configured to, in cycles, determine sets of data records for predictive model review, extract words and phrases from the unstructured data, apply the predictive model to determine current-cycle scores for the data records of the set, assign the data records to groups in accordance with the current-cycle score, determine a velocity of change in group, and select data records for forwarding to an operation system based at least in part on the determined velocity of change in group.
US11861559B2
A computer-implemented method for managing a provision of a resource. The method includes the following steps: receiving a request regarding a utilization of the resource, validating the request, and, based on the validation of the request, establishing a state channel.
US11861554B2
Method and systems for product inventory are described. In one embodiment, an inventory surface unit retains a plurality of products in an unordered state. An inventory identification unit acquires information for an orientation, and location of the plurality of products on the inventory surface unit. The inventory identification unit is disposed above the inventory surface unit. An inventory pick unit is adapted to pick a product among the plurality of products from the inventory surface unit based on the orientation and location acquired by the inventory identification unit. The inventory pick unit is disposed proximal the inventory surface unit, and the inventory pick unit is communicatively connected to the inventory identification unit. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.
US11861552B1
The present disclosure discloses a method for managing liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanking safety based on location matching and an Internet of Things system. The method includes that an intelligent terminal perceives and acquires terminal operation information, generates a request for tanking, and sends the request to a management platform; the management platform obtains vehicle information of an LNG tanker after receiving the request, generates a task plan for tanking and sends the task plan to the LNG tanker and the intelligent terminal respectively; the LNG tanker drives to a location of the terminal according to the task plan, and the management platform performs real-time tracking and monitoring on a driving path of the LNG tanker; the LNG tanker completes a two-way location matching authentication with the intelligent terminal through the management platform after arriving at the location of the terminal and performs tanking for the LNG distributed energy intelligent terminal.
US11861543B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for optimizing cubic utilization when loading items into a loading space. A current loading configuration of the loading space can be determined according to image data obtained by 3D sensors. Item data (e.g., volume, mass, type, dimensions, etc.) can be determined for incoming items to be loaded into the loading space. The current loading configuration and the item data can be used to determine an item sequence and optimal placement location for the next item to be loaded such that a cubic efficiency of the loading space is maximized and amount of air gaps between items is minimized. The current loading configuration can further be used to determine if a sensing system or an item loading system needs to be repositioned. Whether the next item was placed in the optimal placement can also be verified based on subsequent image data obtained by the 3D sensors.
US11861541B2
Methods and systems for organizing and conducting a computer-implemented simulation to support an exercise are disclosed. The method includes a processor receiving, via a first GUI prior to the simulation, configuration data representing at least: (a) organizational nodes, (b) organizational pathways, (c) interorganizational relationships, and (d) one or more first events that change the interorganizational relationships. The processor generates a framework of the simulation based on the configuration data, receives user input via a second GUI during a first period of time in the simulation to dynamically change the product flow allocation of the organizational pathways in response to the first events, determines one or more second events based on the user input to dynamically change the interorganizational relationships differently from the first events, and automatically updates the interorganizational relationships of the framework of the simulation in response to applying the second events in a second period of time following the first period of time.
US11861535B2
A method for online contents registration is provided. The method includes registering a contents manuscript to a contents management server, registering a voice source generated by a voice actor to the contents management server based on the contents manuscript, providing the voice source to a user through the contents management server, registering video contents created by the user to the contents management server based on the voice source, and distributing profits generated based on consumption or distribution of the created video contents.
US11861533B2
A network-based work assignment platform is provided. Employers and workers are registered on the platform. A registered employer posts a temporary job on the platform. The platform matches a registered worker to the temporary job. The platform facilitates, coordinates, and monitors performance of the temporary job by the registered worker and processes payment to the registered worker for performance of the temporary job on behalf of the registered employer.
US11861528B1
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for an infringement detection system that obtains images of products and images of proprietary objects, and analyzes the images to make coarse matches. An image comparison engine may transform or augment the data for comparison for coarse and refined matching. The outputs of the image comparison engine are initial infringement predictions that are further evaluated using refined matching including shape fitting. The detection system outputs refined infringement predictions, which may be optionally confirmed as counterfeit based on various considerations (e.g., known inauthentic products, suspect sales history, text and image anomalies, etc.). Upon a refined match or confirmation, the detection system records potential infringements and associated metadata into a database to initiate an optional response action. Multiple response actions are possible for transmission over a computer network to one or more receiving electronic addresses, computer servers, network system gateways or mobile/fixed devices.
US11861526B2
Systems and methods are provided for generating a base visual score for each candidate image of a plurality of images received by a computing system, based on the scene type of each image. For each candidate image, the computing system multiplies the base visual score by a feature importance weight to generate a first visual score, adds respective scene type bonus points to the first visual score to generate a second visual score, and adds diversity scoring points to the second visual score to generate a final visual score for each candidate image. The computing system ranks the candidate images based on the final visual scores and provides a specified number of the top-ranked candidate images to be displayed on a display of the computing device.
US11861525B1
Systems and methods for authenticating access to multiple data stores substantially in real-time are disclosed. The system may include a server coupled to a network, a client device in communication with the server via the network and a plurality of data stores. The server may authenticate access to the data stores and forward information from those stores to the client device. An exemplary authentication method may include receipt of a request for access to data. Information concerning access to that data is stored and associated with an identifier assigned to a client device. If the identifier is found to correspond to the stored information during a future request for access to the store, access to that store is granted.
US11861524B1
A method includes receiving, in a first networking platform, an electronic message directed from a first party to a workflow to a second party of the workflow. The method also includes identifying a document attached to the electronic message as relevant to the workflow, and identifying at least a portion of a text content in the electronic message as relevant to the workflow. The method also includes updating the workflow associated with the workflow based on the document attached to the electronic message, when the second party provides the input and storing the document attached to the electronic message in a database, as a new version of the workflow. A system and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions to perform the above method are also provided.
US11861522B2
A computer-implemented logistics method of arranging delivering of items to recipients situated at different recipient locations, comprising: recording items received at a distribution centre, clustering the records according to location of the recipient, locating a hub position for each cluster, further clustering the records, creating an individual schedule for each agent with events and locations and timings for the events, and instructing the agent to deliver the items by providing individual schedule information.
US11861513B2
A computer-implemented method for detecting and monitoring bias in an application includes index training data and obtaining a plurality of correlation values of one or more features in the indexed training data with a target variable. For each of the one or more features, a first value and a favorable result and a second value along with the unfavorable result is calculated. An absolute value of a difference between the calculated first value and the calculated second value is calculated. A total sum of the calculated absolute value of the plurality of correlation values of the one of the one or more features is calculated.
US11861507B2
A computer-implemented content suggestion engine provides content suggestions to a requesting user based on information about content items that other users may have independently categorized or organized into folders within a content repository. Embodiments of the method comprise a content repository having a plurality of content items, where each content item is associated with one or more user-created folders. Embodiments further comprise receiving, via a network, a suggestion request for suggested content, where the suggestion request identifies a first content item for which suggestions are sought. Other content items in the content repository are then identified as potential suggestions based on the application of a formal relationship between the first content item and the potential suggested content items. One or more of the potential suggested content items may then be provided in response to the suggestion request via the network.
US11861504B2
A method of performing a class incremental learning in a neural network apparatus, the method including training an autoencoder using first input embeddings with respect to a first class group, calculating a contribution value of each of parameters of the autoencoder and calculating a representative value with respect to each of at least one first class included in the first class group in the training of the autoencoder, retraining the autoencoder using second input embeddings with respect to a second class group, and updating the contribution value of the each of the parameters and calculating a representative value with respect to each of at least one second class included in the second class group in the retraining the autoencoder.
US11861502B2
A model receives a target demand curve as an input and outputs an optimized control sequence that allows equipment within a physical space to be run optimally. A thermodynamic model is created that represents equipment within the physical space, with the equipment being laid out as nodes within the model according to the equipment flow in the physical space. The equipment activation functions comprise equations that mimic equipment operation. Values flow between the nodes similarly to how states flow between the actual equipment. The model is run such that a control sequence is used as input into the neural network; the neural network outputs a demand curve which is then checked against the target demand curve. Machine learning methods are then used to determine a new control sequence. The model is run until a goal state is reached.
US11861501B2
Semantic segmentation method and apparatus for three-dimensional image, terminal, and storage medium
A semantic segmentation method and apparatus for a three-dimensional image, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining a three-dimensional image; slicing the three-dimensional image according to three directional planes, to obtain two-dimensional slice images of an x axis, two-dimensional slice images of a y axis, and two-dimensional slice images of a z axis; invoking a first segmentation model, a second segmentation model, and a third segmentation model to respectively perform semantic segmentation on the two-dimensional slice images of the x axis, the y axis, and the z axis, to obtain distribution probability maps of a target object on the three directional planes; and obtaining a three-dimensional distribution binary image of the target object by invoking an adaptive fusion model to perform three-dimensional fusion on the three distribution probability maps respectively corresponding to an x-axis directional plane, a y-axis directional plane, and a z-axis directional plane.
US11861499B2
This application provides a method, a terminal-side device, and a cloud-side device for data processing and a terminal-cloud collaboration system. The method includes: sending, by the terminal-side device, a request message to the cloud-side device; receiving, by the terminal-side device, a second neural network model that is obtained by compressing a first neural network model and that is sent by the cloud-side device, where the first neural network model is a neural network model on the cloud-side device that is used to process the cognitive computing task, and a hardware resource required when the second neural network model runs on the terminal-side device is within an available hardware resource capability range of the terminal-side device; and processing, by the terminal-side device, the cognitive computing task based on the second neural network model.
US11861497B2
A system and method implement deep learning on a mobile device to provide a convolutional neural network (CNN) for real time processing of video, for example, to color hair. Images are processed using the CNN to define a respective hair matte of hair pixels. The respective object mattes may be used to determine which pixels to adjust when adjusting pixel values such as to change color, lighting, texture, etc. The CNN may comprise a (pre-trained) network for image classification adapted to produce the segmentation mask. The CNN may be trained for image segmentation (e.g. using coarse segmentation data) to minimize a mask-image gradient consistency loss. The CNN may further use skip connections between corresponding layers of an encoder stage and a decoder stage where shallower layers in the encoder, which contain high-res but weak features are combined with low resolution but powerful features from deeper decoder layers.
US11861494B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that identifies a cognitive space that is to be a compressed representation of activations of a neural network, maps a plurality of activations of the neural network to a cognitive initial point and a cognitive destination point in the cognitive space and generates a first cognitive trajectory through the cognitive space, wherein the first cognitive trajectory traverses the cognitive space from the cognitive initial point to the cognitive destination point.
US11861491B2
We disclose computational models that alleviate the effects of human ascertainment biases in curated pathogenic non-coding variant databases by generating pathogenicity scores for variants occurring in the promoter regions (referred to herein as promoter single nucleotide variants (pSNVs)). We train deep learning networks (referred to herein as pathogenicity classifiers) using a semi-supervised approach to discriminate between a set of labeled benign variants and an unlabeled set of variants that were matched to remove biases.
US11861490B1
A machine learning environment utilizing training data generated by customer environments. A reinforced learning machine learning environment receives and processes training data generated by independently hosted, or decoupled, customer environments. The reinforced learning machine learning environment corresponds to machine learning clusters that receive and process training data sets provided by the decoupled customer environments. The customer environments include an agent process that collects training data and forwards the training data to the machine learning clusters without exposing the customer environment. The machine learning clusters can be configured in a manner to automatically process the training data without requiring additional user inputs or controls to configured the application of the reinforced learning machine learning processes.
US11861489B2
Disclosed by the disclosure is a convolutional neural network on-chip learning system based on non-volatile memory, comprising: an input module, a convolutional neural network module, an output module and a weight update module. The on-chip learning of the convolutional neural network module implements the synaptic function by using the characteristic of the memristor, and the convolutional kernel value or synaptic weight value is stored in a memristor unit; the input module converts the input signal into the voltage signal; the convolutional neural network module converts the input voltage signal layer-by-layer, and transmits the result to the output module to obtain the output of the network; and the weight update module adjusts the conductance value of the memristor in the convolutional neural network module according to the result of the output module to update the network convolutional kernel value or synaptic weight value.
US11861482B2
Interactions between a training server and a plurality of environment controllers are used for updating the weights of a predictive model used by a neural network executed by the plurality of environment controllers. Each environment controller executes the neural network using a current version of the predictive model to generate outputs based on inputs, modifies the outputs, and generates metrics representative of the effectiveness of the modified outputs for controlling the environment. The training server collects the inputs, the corresponding modified outputs, and the corresponding metrics from the plurality of environment controllers. The collected inputs, modified outputs and metrics are used by the training server for updating the weights of the current predictive model through reinforcement learning. A new predictive model comprising the updated weights is transmitted to the environment controllers to be used in place of the current predictive model.
US11861475B2
Described here are systems and methods for generating and implementing a hybrid machine learning and mechanistic model to produce biological feature maps, or other measurements of biological features, based on an input of multiparametric magnetic resonance or other images. The hybrid model can include a combination of a machine learning model and a mechanistic model that takes as an input multiparametric MRI, or other imaging, data to generate biological feature maps (e.g., tumor cell density maps), or other measures or predictions of biological features (e.g., tumor cell density). The hybrid models have capabilities of learning individual-specific relationships between imaging features and biological features.
US11861467B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for adaptively executing machine learning models on a computing device. An example method generally includes receiving weight information for a machine learning model to be executed on a computing device. The received weight information is reduced into quantized weight information having a reduced bit size relative to the received weight information. First inferences using the machine learning model and the received weight information, and second inferences are performed using the machine learning model and the quantized weight information. Results of the first and second inferences are compared, it is determined that results of the second inferences are within a threshold performance level of results of the first inferences, and based on the determination, one or more subsequent inferences are performed using the machine learning model and the quantized weight information.
US11861461B2
In various embodiments, a stylization application generates designs that reflect stylistic preferences. In operation, the stylization application computes characterization information based on a first design and a trained machine-learning model that maps one or more designs to characterization information associated with one or more styles. The stylization application then computes a style score based on the characterization information and a target style that is included in the one or more styles. Subsequently, the stylization application generates a second design based on the style score, where the second design is more representative of the target style than the first design. Advantageously, because the stylization application can substantially increase the number of designs that can be generated based on the target style in a given amount of time, relative to more manual prior art techniques, the overall quality of the design ultimately selected for production can be improved.
US11861451B2
A method for chip collection and a method for chip positioning are provided. The method for chip collection includes that: an image to be detected is obtained; chip position information of a comparison image with a highest matching degree with the image to be detected is obtained from a database; a position of each of detection regions in the image to be detected is obtained based on the chip position information; an image of the detection region is obtained based on the position of each detection region; it is determined whether the image of the detection region includes the chip code image; and when the image of the detection region includes the chip code image, a chip code corresponding to the chip code image identified and the chip code is stored in the database.
US11861438B2
Technology is described for providing and using a thermo-sensitive payment card. An example payment card comprises a card substrate and a personalization layer overlaying the card substrate. The personalization layer includes a first region and a second region surrounding the first region. The first region includes an account number associated with an account of a user, and the account of the user is maintained by a payment service system that issues the payment card. At least one of the first region or the second region comprises a thermochromic ink such that application of heat to the first region or the second region having the thermochromic ink causes a change in color of the personalization layer so as to reveal the account number.
US11861431B2
A device for printing a QR code comprises: at least one processor; and at least one memory in which instructions are stored, the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, causing the at least one processor to perform an operation, wherein the at least one processor receives QR data from a server, generates a first QR image on the basis of the QR data, performs image-conversion processing for the first QR image to generate a second QR image, stores the second QR image in the memory, and prints the second QR image stored in the memory on a curved body.
US11861430B2
A system (100) and a method for marking a product (10) utilize an encoding that specifies the presence or absence of each of a plurality of luminescent materials, at least one of which exhibits a predetermined decay behavior. The decay behavior of a plurality of different materials is detected, and based thereon the presence or absence of the luminescent materials is inferred. A corresponding encoding specifies whether or not the respective materials are present. In this way, different encodings can be associated in advance with different properties of the product (10). The luminescent materials that specify the associated encoding can be applied to the product (10) as a mark (20) in accordance with a determined property of the product (10).
US11861417B2
A peripheral information acquisition unit (121) acquires information relating to a first application (13a) running in a terminal, information relating to control of the terminal, or information that can be acquired from a sensor included in the terminal, as peripheral information. The peripheral information acquired by the peripheral information acquisition unit (121) is accumulated in a peripheral information accumulation unit (122). A dialogue interface unit (11) accepts input of information from a user and outputs information to the user. When the peripheral information accumulated in the peripheral information accumulation unit (122) and information input to the dialogue interface unit (11) satisfy a predetermined condition, a scenario control unit (123) causes the dialogue interface unit (11) to output information relating to execution of a second application (14) that is associated with the condition in advance.
US11861412B2
Techniques are described herein are related to managing deployment of a converged infrastructure (CI). Such techniques may include receiving a request to initiate a CI deployment; obtaining a CI information set; creating a CI deployment file using the CI information set; rendering a deployment user interface (UI) screen that allows a user to select to configure network devices or a CI cluster; receiving a first selection to configure a network device; rendering network device configuration screens to obtain network device configuration information; adding the network device configuration information to the CI deployment file; receiving a second selection to configure the CI cluster; rendering CI cluster configuration screens to obtain CI cluster configuration information; adding the CI cluster configuration information to the CI deployment file; and deploying the CI using the CI deployment file.
US11861409B2
Techniques are described for efficiently distributing across multiple computing resources satisfiability modulo theories (SMT) queries expressed in propositional logic with string variables. As part of the computing-related services provided by a cloud provider network, many cloud providers also offer identity and access management services, which generally help users to control access and permissions to the services and resources (e.g., compute instances, storage resources, etc.) obtained by users via a cloud provider network. By using resource policies, for example, users can granularly control which identities are able to access specific resources associated with the users' accounts and how those identities can use the resources. The ability to efficiently distribute the analysis of SMT queries expressed in propositional logic with string variables among any number of separate computing resources (e.g., among separate processes, compute instances, containers, etc.) enables the efficient analysis of such policies.
US11861405B2
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: receiving, by a manager node, from a plurality of compute nodes metrics data, the manager node and the plurality of compute nodes defining a first local cluster of a first computing environment, wherein nodes of the compute nodes defining the first local cluster have running thereon container based applications, wherein a first container based application runs on a first compute node of the plurality of compute nodes defining the first local cluster, and wherein a second compute node of the plurality of compute nodes defining the first local cluster runs a second container based application; wherein the manager node has received from an orchestrator availability data specifying a set of compute nodes available for hosting the first application.
US11861397B2
A computer-implemented method to schedule special containers using a multi-queue scheduler. The method includes receiving, by a scheduler, a first pod including a first container including a first queue, a second queue, an event handler, and an error handler. The method further includes obtaining a set of characteristics for the first pod and determining that the first pod is a special pod. The method includes adding the first pod to the first queue, wherein the first queue is a special queue and includes a special function. The method also includes initiating the special function. The method further includes assigning, based on one or more placement rules, the first pod to a first node of a plurality of nodes.
US11861385B2
A method for electronic device virtualization and management includes transmitting a signal to a server from a client. The signal is initiated by a user of a user interface of the client. The user interface of the client presents at least two devices to the user, which the user may interact with. The signal may include a power cycling instruction directed to at least one of the devices. When the server receives a communication back from the at least one device, it may send the information to the client, where the user interface may be updated in response to the communication. The devices may be controlled with other instructions, such as scheduling instructions, firmware update instructions, and configuration backup instructions. If a power device is virtualized, it may be controlled on a port-by-port basis.
US11861378B2
A graphical user interface (GUI) page may be represented as GUI page encoding to facilitate processing of the GUI page in an application of GUI pages. A GUI page encoding may be computed by processing a GUI with a GUI page encoding model, and a GUI page encoding model may be trained by processing a training corpus of sequences of GUI pages. The training process may include obtaining first and second GUI pages from the training corpus, computing first and second GUI page encodings with the GUI page encoding model, computing a predicted GUI page encoding by processing the first GUI page encoding with a page predictor model, computing an error value be comparing the predicted GUI page encoding and the second GUI page encoding, and updating parameters of the GUI page encoding model by performing back propagation using the error value.
US11861373B2
Techniques are disclosed for deploying a computing resource (e.g., a service) in response to user input. A computer-implemented method can include operations of receiving (e.g., by a gateway computer of a cloud-computing environment) a request comprising an identifier for a computing component of the cloud-computing environment. The computing device receiving the request may determine whether the identifier exists in a routing table that is accessible to the computing device. If so, the request may be forwarded to the computing component. If not, the device may transmit an error code (e.g., to the user device that initiated the request) indicating the computing component is unavailable and a bootstrap request to a deployment orchestrator that is configured to deploy the requested computing component. Once deployed, the computing component may be added to a routing table such that subsequent requests can be properly routed to and processed by the computing component.
US11861368B2
A first type of prediction, for controlling execution of at least one instruction by processing circuitry, is based at least on a first prediction table storing prediction information looked up based on at least a first portion of branch history information stored in branch history storage corresponding to a first predetermined number of branches. In response to detecting an execution state switch of the processing circuitry from a first execution state to a second, more privileged, execution state, use of the first prediction table for determining the first type of prediction is disabled. In response to detecting that a number of branches causing an update to the branch history storage since the execution state switch is greater than or equal to the first predetermined number, use of the first prediction table in determining the first type of prediction is re-enabled.
US11861358B2
An example device includes a processor; a first interface port forming a first datalink to a core network device via a first interconnect device; and a second interface port forming a second datalink to the core network device via a second interconnect device, the first and second datalinks being redundant connections of a link aggregation group (LAG) including a plurality of multiplexed connections within a single network media. The processor is to: remove the first interconnect device while maintaining the second datalink; update firmware of the first interconnect device upon receiving a first indication that the first interconnect device has stopped receiving or transmitting data; and reestablish the redundant connections of the first interconnect device upon receiving a second indication that the first interconnect device has been added back to the LAG. The first and second indications include indications of states in each connection of the multiplexed connections.
US11861357B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to providing a subset of software components customized for a device to the device prior to the device installing an associated operating system. An update platform including a repository including a number of software components associated with multiple operating systems and multiple hardware sets is to determine that an operating system install is to occur on the device. The update platform is to select a subset of the software components for the device based on the operating system install and hardware devices on the device. The update platform is to push the subset to a storage coupled to a baseboard management controller of the device prior to the operating system install.
US11861349B2
A method for managing firmware of an information handling system may include receiving, by the information handling system, an update for a firmware of the information handling system. The information handling system may determine based, at least in part, on the received update, one or more firmware modules of the information handling system that are changed by the update. The information handling system may determine a location of each of the one or more firmware modules within one or more firmware volumes of the information handling system using an offset list including one or more offsets corresponding to the one or more firmware modules. The information handling system may update the one or more firmware modules based, at least in part, on the determined location of each of the one or more firmware modules within the one or more firmware volumes.
US11861341B2
A node selection method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: receiving a request message, where the request message is used to request to provide an installation package of a product required by a user; searching, based on the product information in the request message, a node state table for a target node corresponding to the product information, where the node state table includes at least one correspondence; and sending the request message to the target node, so that the target node builds the corresponding product installation package for the product required by the user (203). The method can quickly find the target node that can provide a service, to complete job dispatching, and improve job dispatching efficiency.
US11861328B2
A processor for fine-grain sparse integer and floating-point operations and method of operation thereof are provided. In some embodiments, the method includes forming a first set of products, and forming a second set of products. The forming of the first set of products may include: multiplying, in a first multiplier, a second multiplier, and a third multiplier, the first activation value by a first least significant sub-word, a second least significant sub-word, and a most significant sub-word; and adding a first resulting partial product and a second resulting partial product. The forming of the second set of products may include forming a first floating point product, the forming of the first floating point product including multiplying, in the first multiplier, a first sub-word of a mantissa of an activation value by a first sub-word of a mantissa of a weight, to form a third partial product.
US11861324B2
Provided is a method for normalizing embeddings for cross-embedding alignment. The method may include applying mean centering to the at least one embedding set, applying spectral normalization to the at least one embedding set, and/or applying length normalization to the at least one embedding set. Spectral normalization may include decomposing the at least one embedding set, determining an average singular value of the at least one embedding set, determining a respective substitute singular value for each respective singular value of a diagonal matrix, and/or replacing the at least one embedding set with a product of the at least one embedding set, a right singular vector, and an inverse of the substitute diagonal matrix. The mean centering, spectral normalization, and/or length normalization may be iteratively repeated for a configurable number of iterations. A system and computer program product are also disclosed.
US11861321B1
A regular expression prompt may be determined by combining a regular expression prompt template with input text from an input document. The regular expression prompt template may include a natural language instruction to identify one or more regular expressions from the input text and one or more fillable portions designated for filling with the input text. The regular expression prompt may be sent to a large language model for evaluation, and one or more regular expressions may be identified based on a response received from the large language model. The regular expressions may be used to disaggregate the input text, and the disaggregated text portions may be used to determine a structured document based on the input document. The structured document may be used to determine a response to a query of the input document.
US11861320B1
A query request identifying a query and a plurality of text portions for determining an answer to the query may be received. Relevance scores corresponding with respective ones of the text portions may be determined based on application of one or more machine learning models to the respective text portion and the query. A subset of the text portions may be selected based on the relevance scores. A response message to the query request including an answer to the query in natural language text generated by a large language model based on the first subset of text portions may be determined.
US11861306B1
In one embodiment, a domain-name based framework implemented in a digital assistant ecosystem uses domain names as unique identifiers for request types, requesting entities, responders, and target entities embedded in a natural language request. Further, the framework enables interpreting natural language requests according to domain ontologies associated with different responders. A domain ontology operates as a keyword dictionary for a given responder and defines the keywords and corresponding allowable values to be used for request types and request parameters. The domain-name based framework thus enables the digital assistant to interact with any responder that supports a domain ontology to generate precise and complete responses to natural language based requests.
US11861303B2
A method of an electronic apparatus for providing information related to a fulfillment center includes confirming data request information for requesting data related to the fulfillment center, acquiring first data corresponding to the data request information from at least one other apparatus connected to the electronic apparatus, and generating second data by processing the first data based on template information corresponding to the data request information.
US11861302B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for automating the process of form creation. In particular, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for implementing an independent and standardized way to create new data records and data types, and amend existing data records and types, in a computerized form creation and processing system.
US11861292B2
A system includes a memory and a processor, where the processor is in communication with the memory. The processor is configured to receive a request to compress a schema. The schema is analyzed to determine whether to apply a first type of compression or a second type of compression, where analyzing the schema includes determining whether the schema exceeds a threshold level. Upon determining that the schema exceed the threshold level, a compressed schema is generated by performing the second type of compression. Next, the processor responds to the request with the compressed schema.
US11861290B2
In some embodiments, logic stored on a computer-readable medium, in response to execution, causes a computing system to conduct an inverse design process to generate a plurality of segmented designs corresponding to a plurality of device specifications, determine at least one highly impactful design area based on the plurality of segmented designs; and designate the at least one highly impactful design area as a static design area. In some embodiments, a product line comprising a plurality of physical devices is provided. Each physical device of the plurality of physical devices includes a design region that includes a static design area and a customized design area. The static design area for each physical device is the same for each physical device of the plurality of physical devices, and the customized design area for each physical device is different for each physical device of the plurality of physical devices.
US11861280B2
A method of reinforcement learning of a neural network device for generating a verification vector for verifying a circuit design comprising a circuit block includes inputting a test vector to the circuit block, generating one or more rewards based on a coverage corresponding to the test vector, the coverage being determined based on a state transition of the circuit block based on the test vector, and applying the one or more rewards to a reinforcement learning.
US11861277B1
Embodiments include herein are directed towards a method for electronic circuit design. Embodiments may include enabling data transmission between plurality of protocol adapters, each of the protocol adapters including one ingress port and one egress port, wherein the ingress port of each of the plurality of protocol adapters maintains an active connection with a single egress port at one time. Embodiments may further include transmitting data between the plurality of protocol adapters using a distributed routing matrix that provides an interface between the plurality of protocol adapters.
US11861271B2
A method includes: accessing a part model comprising a three-dimensional representation of a part; accessing a material profile relating exposure energy and three-dimensional polymerization geometry of a material selected for the part; segmenting the part model into a set of model layers; detecting a first upward-facing surface in the part model; defining a first model volume in a first model layer, adjacent the first upward-facing surface, and fully contained within the part model; based on the material profile, calculating a first exposure energy predicted to yield a first three-dimensional polymerization geometry approximating a first contour of the first upward-facing surface when projected onto the material during a build; populating a first print image with the first exposure energy in a first image area corresponding to the first model volume in the first model layer; and storing the first print image in a print file for the part.
US11861269B2
Geolocated information is communicated to a user based upon a position of smart device in a building as determined by optical recognition of a first visual identifier, a second visual identifier and a third visual identifier. A distance determined from each of the visual identifiers, as well as a direction of interest indicated by a user. A user interface is generated for display on a Smart Device based upon the position of the Smart Device and direction of interest.
US11861268B2
A method for auto-generating an AutoCAD drawing includes providing an interface for extracting only input data required for drawing equipment from strength calculation data, displaying all components and nozzles constituting the equipment and providing or correcting information thereon. The AutoCAD drawing is automatically generated based on information on all components constituting the equipment and nozzles.
US11861266B2
A system, method, and wireless earpieces for implementing a virtual assistant. A request is received from a user to be implemented by wireless earpieces. A virtual assistant is executed on the wireless earpieces. An action is implemented to fulfill the request utilizing the virtual assistant. The wireless earpieces may be a set of wireless earpieces and the virtual assistant may be implemented independently by the wireless earpieces.
US11861265B2
In an exemplary technique, speech input including one or more instructions is received. After the speech input has stopped, if it is determined that one or more visual characteristics indicate that further speech input is not expected, a response to the one or more instructions is provided. If it is determined that one or more visual characteristics indicate that further speech input is expected, a response to the one or more instructions is not provided.
US11861258B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for sharing a shared interface and allowing participants to annotate the shared interface within a group-based communication system. A shared interface is shared by an interface sharing device to participating devices, which can then individually annotate the shared interface by creating interface annotations that then are shared on the shared interface by the interface sharing device. Such methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products provide for an efficient and effective method of advancing discussions among a group in a group-based communication system.
US11861252B2
A supporting program corresponding to the printer causes an information processing device to obtain user identification information and a usage condition associated with the user identification information when a general-use printing program receives a print instruction. The usage condition is a condition that determines whether printing is executable by a printer. The supporting program determines whether the printing is executable by the printer based on print settings of the print instruction and the obtained usage condition.
US11861250B2
Provided is an industrial printing system that reduces the risk of delay due to proofreading in variable printing. This industrial printing system processes variable data for production printing. The status management unit manages the completion status of a plurality of records or a plurality of pages for the variable printing. A process control unit collectively acquires completed record(s) or completed page(s) managed by the status management unit and creates a job ticket. A process management unit performs a prepress process or a printing process by using a job ticket created by the process control unit. A post-processing unit performs post-processing according to the job ticket for a record or a page that has been performed prepress process or printing process by the process management unit.
US11861246B2
System and methods for determining whether an execution instruction is associated with a target user
An image forming device includes a storage unit and a control unit. The storage unit stores user information according to a specific device connected to an external network in advance. The control unit receives an execution instruction as an execution instruction of a job by a user indicated by the user information according to the specific device, if the execution instruction of the job is received from the specific device via the external network, and executes the job according to the execution instruction.
US11861244B2
A printing system includes a printing device including a thermal head that prints print content on a print medium; and an information processing apparatus that controls the printing device. The information processing apparatus comprises a processor configured to detect, from print image data from a server, a position of a control target portion including a specific portion in a print image corresponding to the print image data. The processor is configured to generate printing control information for printing the control target portion. The processor is configured to transmit the print image data, the position of the control target portion, and the printing control information to the printing device. The printing device executes different printing controls for the control target portion and a portion other than the control target portion based on the print image data, the position of the control target portion, and the printing control information.
US11861239B2
A device includes a memory array with first memory cell and second memory cell, and control logic, operatively coupled with the memory array, to cause a first threshold voltage (Vt) state read out of the first memory cell to be converted to a first integer value and a second Vt state read out of the second memory cell to be converted to a second integer value; index, within a decoding table using the first integer value and the second integer value, to determine a set of three logical bits; and output, as a group of logical bits to be returned in response to a read request, the set of three logical bits with a second set of logical bits corresponding to the first Vt state.
US11861232B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the technical field of semiconductors and provide a storage system and a data writing method thereof. The storage system is configured to: enter a write data copy mode in response to a write-copy enable signal; if at least two groups of data in multiple groups of data exported from multiple data ports are a same in the write data copy mode, define the at least two groups of data as a category; generate an identification signal that is used to indicate a data copy; transmit one group of data in the category to an interface of a memory array; and disconnect a transmission path between a data port corresponding to another group of data in the category and another interface of the memory array, wherein the memory array, in response to the write-copy enable signal and the identification signal.
US11861220B2
Methods of memory allocation in which registers referenced by different groups of instances of the same task are mapped to individual logical memories. Other example methods describe the mapping of registers referenced by a task to different banks within a single logical memory and in various examples this mapping may take into consideration which bank is likely to be the dominant bank for the particular task and the allocation for one or more other tasks.
US11861210B2
Disclosed is a method for data processing applied to a solid state drive, a computer device and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes acquiring an interface protocol command received by the solid state drive. The method also includes parsing the interface protocol command to obtain I/O information from the interface protocol command. The I/O information includes at least an I/O timestamp, an I/O type, and an I/O size. The method further includes invoking machine learning based on the I/O information to predict I/O information of a first future time period, so that a processor of the solid state drive is configured to proactively execute management functions according to the prediction results.
US11861205B2
A volume to which a storage function is applied is migrated without copying data written to a volume as a migration object between computers while maintaining functionality of the storage function. A plurality of computers are accessibly connected to each of one or more physical storage devices. Each computer migrates ownership of the volume as the migration object to a computer as a destination. When the migration object volume from a first computer to a second computer is an owner volume to which a storage function is applied, the storage function requiring control data for I/O of data, the control data being metadata other than domain mapping data (indicating a relationship between a volume region and a storage region and being metadata for the owner volume), in place of or in addition to the domain mapping data.
US11861197B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a non-volatile memory and a controller. The controller manages validity of data in the non-volatile memory using a data map. The data map includes first fragment tables. Each of the first fragment tables stores first and second information. The first information indicates the validity of each data having a predetermined size written in a range of physical address in the non-volatile memory allocated to the first fragment table. The second information indicates the validity of a plurality of data having a predetermined size in each of entries. The controller selects a write destination block based on a size of write data to be written to the non-volatile memory by a write command from a host.
US11861195B2
The present disclosure generally relates to improving programming to data storage devices, such as solid state drives (SSDs). A first memory device has a first XOR element and a second memory device has a second XOR element. The ratio of the first XOR element to the capacity of the first memory device is substantially smaller than the ratio of the second XOR element to the capacity of the second memory device. A read verify operation to find program failures is executed on either a wordline to wordline basis, an erase block to erase block basis, or both a wordline to wordline basis and an erase block to erase block basis. Because the program failures are found and fixed prior to programming to the second memory device, the second XOR element may be decreased substantially.
US11861190B2
Memory blocks are allocated for a microcontroller having one memory subsystem storing instruction information, and a separate memory subsystem storing data information. At design time, an address map is created implementing configurations of different ways of allocating instruction information and data information between memory blocks. At runtime, a configuration signal is received, and a particular memory block configuration for storing instruction information and data information is determined. An incoming instruction signal received from a dedicated microcontroller port, is communicated according to the configuration signal and the address map to a connection point (e.g., pin, fuse, register). Via that connection point, the instruction signal is routed to a memory block designated exclusively for instructions. Similarly, based upon the configuration signal and the address map, an incoming data signal (received from another dedicated microcontroller port), is routed via a connection point to a different memory block designated to store exclusively data information.
US11861188B2
A storage system, blades, removable modules, and method of configuring a storage system are described. The storage system has blades with computing resources and storage resources. At least one of the blades has, or has added, one or more removable modules.
US11861187B2
A method for determining the memory power consumption includes: receiving a memory control command and controlling an analog memory to enter different working stages according to the memory control command (S410); acquiring an original current change curve of the analog memory in different working stages (S420); determining a target time period corresponding to a target working stage according to a time sequence of the memory control command (S430); intercepting a stage current change curve corresponding to the target working stage from the original current change curve according to the target time period to obtain a target current change curve (S440); selecting target performance parameters from a memory performance parameter table according to the target working stage (S450); and determining the power consumption of the memory according to the target performance parameters and the target current change curve (S460).
US11861175B2
A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed. The method includes receiving a write request to a system and calculating, based on operating parameters of the system, a total processing time associated with servicing the write request in the system. The method also includes determining an actual time taken to store data specified in the write request and, when the actual time is less than the total processing time, delaying sending a completion message for the write request to an I/O interface.
US11861172B2
Single input/output writes in a file system hosted on a cloud, virtual, or commodity-server platform
Systems and methods for performing single I/O writes are provided. According to one embodiment, responsive to receipt of a write operation from a client by a file system layer of a node of a distributed storage system and a data payload of the operation having been determined to meet a compressibility threshold, an intermediate storage layer of the node logically interposed between the file system layer and a block storage media is caused to perform a single input/output (I/O) write operation that persists the compressed data payload and corresponding metadata to support asynchronous journaling of the write operation. The single I/O write operation coupled with the use of a new pool file that maintains a list of available blocks for single I/O write operations and a modified node crash recovery approach allows the write operation to be acknowledged to the client while the journaling is performed asynchronously.
US11861160B2
A writing interaction method, a smart interactive display device and a writing interaction system are provided. The writing interaction method includes: detecting a first touch event of one or more smart pens and acquiring one or more corresponding identifiers of the one or more smart pens (S100); generating handwriting according to the first touch event (S102A), and determining whether the generated handwriting corresponds to multiple smart pens of the smart pens according to the identifiers of the smart pens (S102B); under a condition that the handwriting corresponds to the multiple smart pens, generating multiple non-overlapping writing regions, wherein the multiple writing regions are in one-to-one correspondence with the multiple smart pens, each writing region covers handwriting of a corresponding smart pen, and each writing region only responds to a touch event of the corresponding smart pen for generating handwriting (S104).
US11861156B2
An interface display method is disclosed. The method includes: An electronic device displays a first page of a first application in full screen. The electronic device receives a first operation on the first page. In response to the first operation, the electronic device displays the first page in a window form in a first area of a display, displays a second page of a second application in a window form in a second area of the display, and displays a first control in a third area of the display, where the first control is associated with a third page of the first application. When the electronic device receives a fourth operation on the first control, the electronic device displays the third page in full screen in response to the fourth operation. In this way, the third page can be quickly entered from the first page, and access efficiency is improved.
US11861154B2
Systems and methods for instantiating collaboration interfaces via object recognition are disclosed. An object recognition engine communicatively coupled to a database and an electronic device receives sensor data related to an object and identifies an object characteristic. A component is selected having criteria satisfied by the object characteristic and a collaboration interface is instantiated on the electronic device. This can allow a user to edit content related to an object. A substantially identical collaboration interface can be instantiated on a second electronic device to allow collaboration among user with respect to content related to the object.
US11861145B2
A method of interactively navigating a user through a path of menu choices on a user interface may include displaying a current menu of choices on a first portion of a user interface display. The user interface allows for selecting of a menu item from the current menu of choices and to drill down through levels of menu choices based on selecting a menu item from a prior level of menu choices. A second portion of the user interface display presents past selected and past unselected menu items of the drilled-down levels. The past unselected menu items are displayed as selectable options. The user interface allows for jumping to a different path of menu choices by selecting a past unselected menu item from a previously navigated menu level displayed on the second portion of the user interface display.
US11861142B2
Disclosed embodiments provide systems and methods implementing a web-browser plugin for providing requested information. A method for providing requested information comprises receiving, as a user interaction on a graphical user interface, a request to provide data associated with a target object presented on a web page, retrieving an object identifier associated with the target object based on a determined data accessibility, the object identifier incorporated in the web page, transmitting the retrieved object identifier to a plurality of systems storing data associated with the target object, the plurality of systems configured to provide data corresponding to the received object identifier in response to the received object identifier, receiving data responsive to transmitting the retrieved object, modifying the web page to include the received data, and presenting the web page on the graphical user interface.
US11861138B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for presenting user interface elements. A first page of one or more user interface elements is presented on a touch-sensitive display. Each of the user interface elements corresponds to a respective application. A gesture performed on the touch-sensitive display is detected. In response to the detected gesture, a second page of one or more user interface elements is presented on the touch-sensitive display.
US11861137B2
Described herein are techniques to facilitate vehicular incident reenactment using three-dimensional (3D) representations. The techniques include presenting an image including 3D representations of one vehicle and one non-vehicular object related to a vehicular incident. The operations further include providing a message that requests manipulation of the 3D representations to reenact the vehicular incident. The operations further include receiving input and generating a 3D reenactment of the vehicular incident that includes the 3D representations of the at least one vehicle and at least one non-vehicular object.
US11861130B2
The present disclosure provides a touch module, a manufacturing method thereof, and a touch display device. The touch module includes: a base substrate; an array of touch units arranged on the base substrate. Each touch unit includes a first touch electrode extending along a first direction and two second touch electrodes arranged on two sides of the first touch electrode along a second direction, the first direction and the second direction intersecting each other; wherein, the touch unit further includes: a bridging region between the two second touch electrodes, and a boundary region between the first touch electrode and each of the second touch electrodes. The bridging region includes a first cutting pattern, the boundary region includes a second cutting pattern, and the first cutting pattern and the second cutting pattern are substantially the same.
US11861124B2
Disclosed are a touch-control panel and a preparation method therefor, and a display apparatus. The touch-control panel comprises: a substrate, a plurality of first touch-control electrodes which are arranged on the substrate at intervals and extend in a first direction, and a plurality of second touch-control electrodes which are arranged on the substrate at intervals and extend in the first direction, wherein the first touch-control electrodes and the second touch-control electrodes are insulated from each other; the first touch-control electrodes and the second touch-control electrodes cross to form a first interdigital structure; and first bending parts extending towards the outer sides of the first touch-control electrodes are formed on side parts of the first touch-control electrodes, or, second bending parts extending towards the outer sides of the second touch-control electrodes are formed on side parts of the second touch-control electrodes.
US11861121B2
The disclosure relates to an electronic device comprising a metal mesh touch electrode. The electronic device may include: a display panel comprising an active area in which data is displayed, and an edge area formed along the outer peripheral surface of the active area; a substrate positioned on the display panel, the substrate comprising a first area corresponding to the active area and a second area corresponding to the edge area; a metal mesh electrode pattern formed in the first area and the second area; and multiple trace wires positioned on the substrate and electrically connected to the metal mesh electrode pattern. The metal mesh electrode pattern may comprise a first electrode pattern having a lattice structure, and a second electrode pattern having a lattice structure, the second electrode pattern being positioned on top of the first electrode pattern and disposed so as to crisscross the first electrode pattern. A single-wired portion may be formed in at least a partial area of the metal mesh electrode pattern formed in the second area.
US11861111B2
A touch sensing display device and a driving method thereof for improving touch noise characteristics during moving image driving are discussed. The touch sensing display device can include a display panel including touch electrodes and subpixels defined by data lines and gate lines, and a timing controller configured to output an average data value and a touch synchronization signal in which display driving periods and touch driving periods are alternately time-divided, a touch controller configured to output a charge remover capacitance compensation value, a charge remover voltage compensation value, and a gain compensation value according to the average data value. Further, the touch sensing display device can include a power controller configured to output a charge remover voltage according to the charge remover voltage compensation value, and a touch driving circuit configured to sense a touch signal from each touch electrode and output a touch sensing value.
US11861104B2
A touch sensing device is connected to a plurality of touch sensors to drive the plurality of touch sensors and to receive a sensing signal. The touch sensing device includes an input unit generating pieces of sensing data by using a sensing signal input from each of the plurality of touch sensors and a correction unit dividing the pieces of sensing data into a plurality of groups and applying different correction values to the sensing data of each of the plurality of groups to generate correction data.
US11861101B2
A touch sensing device configured to be installed in an electronic device, the electronic device including a side unit and a touch switch unit, the side unit including a non-conductive cover and a conductive frame coupled to the cover, the touch switch unit including a first touch member that is a portion of the cover, the touch sensing device including a first sensing electrode configured to be disposed inside the electronic device near the first touch member; a first sensing coil configured to be disposed inside the electronic device; and a first connection wire including one end connected to the first sensing electrode and another end connected to the first sensing coil, thereby electrically connecting the first sensing electrode to the first sensing coil.
US11861093B1
A charge source circuit, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) touch panel are disclosed. The charge source circuit includes a reference current generation block, a current mirror block and a charge output block. The charge output block is configured to provide an amount of charge as current times time, rather than voltage times capacitance as conventionally done. This dispenses with the use of a voltage division technique, a drive operational amplifier or a great number of capacitors, resulting in circuit simplicity, reduced cost and circuit layout area savings. Moreover, current and time interval sequences can be designed to enable, with a very small area and voltage, continuous adjustability of the amount of charge within a desired range at a higher resolution. An equivalent capacitance corresponding to the amount of charge can be adjusted within a range from tens to hundreds of pF.
US11861092B2
A display device includes a display substrate in which a plurality of sub-pixel areas is defined, a light-emitting diode (“LED”) on the display substrate, a touch sensor electrode on the display substrate and including at least one touch electrode, and a bank separating the plurality of the sub-pixel areas, where each of the plurality of the sub-pixel areas may include a first area in which the LED is disposed and a second area in which the touch sensor electrode is disposed.
US11861091B2
A display device includes a substrate including a plurality of sub pixels; a first touch electrode on the substrate and overlapping at least one subpixel from the plurality of sub pixels; a second touch electrode on the substrate and spaced apart from the first touch electrode and overlapping the at least one sub pixel; an insulating layer covering the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode; a plurality of charging transistors on the insulating layer and electrically connected to one of the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode; a plurality of sensing transistors on the insulating layer and electrically connected to one of the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode; a planarization layer covering the plurality of charging transistors and the plurality of sensing transistors; and a light emitting diode on the planarization layer.
US11861079B1
A luminous touch pad module includes a touch member, a touch sensing circuit board, a first light guide plate, a second light guide plate, a first light-emitting element, a first light-guiding element and a second light-emitting element. The touch member, the second light guide plate, the first light guide plate and the touch sensing circuit board are sequentially arranged from top to bottom. The first light-emitting element is aligned with the first light guide plate. The second light-emitting element is located under the touch sensing circuit board. The second light-emitting element is aligned with the first light-guiding element. A light beam emitted by the first light-emitting element is transmitted to the touch member through the first light guide plate. A light beam emitted by the second light-emitting element is transmitted to the touch member through the first light-guiding element and the second light guide plate sequentially.
US11861073B2
An athletic performance monitoring system, including a gesture recognition processor configured to execute gesture recognition processes. Interaction with the athletic performance monitoring system may be based, at least in part, on gestures performed by a user, and may offer an alternative to making selections on the athletic performance monitoring system using physical buttons, which may be cumbersome and/or inconvenient to use while performing an athletic activity. Additionally, recognized gestures may be used to select one or more operational modes for the athletic performance monitoring system, such that a reduction in power consumption may be achieved.
US11861070B2
Example systems, devices, media, and methods are described for controlling one or more virtual elements on a display in response to hand gestures detected by an eyewear device that is capturing frames of video data with its camera system. An image processing system detects a hand and presents a menu icon on the display in accordance with a detected current hand location. The image processing system detects a series of hand shapes in the captured frames of video data and determines whether the detected hand shapes match any of a plurality of predefined hand gestures stored in a hand gesture library. In response to a match, the method includes executing an action in accordance with the matching hand gesture. In response to an opening gesture, an element animation system presents one or more graphical elements incrementally moving along a path extending away from the menu icon. A closing hand gesture causes the elements to retreat along the path toward the menu icon.
US11861058B2
When cheering of a distributor avatar by virtual avatars has been detected and the distributor avatar reacts to the cheering, a reaction motion is performed for the virtual avatars that cheered, and a normal motion that is not a reaction motion is performed for the viewer avatars that did not cheer. The motion performed for the virtual avatars that cheered differs from the motion performed for the viewer avatars that did not cheer based on timing indicated by the distributor. Either the motion performed for the virtual avatars that cheered or the motion performed for the viewer avatars that did not cheer is a predetermined motion.
US11861055B2
A virtual reality system 1 includes a display unit 13 that displays a video 100, a control unit 21 that controls a change of the video 100 displayed on the display unit 13, an origin position setting unit 14 that sets an origin position X, a current position recognition unit 15 that detects and recognizes a current position Y of a user U, and a progress direction setting unit 16 that calculates a direction of the current position Y recognized by the current position recognition unit 15 with respect to the origin position X set by the origin position setting unit 14, and sets a progress direction in the displayed video 100 in accordance with the direction, and the control unit 21 controls a change of the video 100 to cause the video 100 to progress in a progress direction set by the progress direction setting unit 16.
US11861050B2
The present disclosure presents various systems and methods for implementing a physical unclonable function device. One such method comprises providing an integrated circuit having a plurality of set/reset flip flop logic circuits, wherein each of the set/reset flip flop logic circuits enters a metastable state for a particular input sequence. The method includes varying circuit parameters for each of the plurality of set/reset flip flop logic circuits to account for manufacturing variations in the set/reset flip flop logic circuits and enable generating a stable but random output in response to the particular input sequence. Thus, by applying the particular input sequence to the integrated circuit, a unique identifier for the integrated circuit can be derived from an output response of the plurality of set/reset flip flop logic circuits.
US11861040B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including an apparatus for managing user data according to user consent settings are described. In some aspects, a method includes determining that a request for transmission by a client device to a recipient will include user data of a user of the client device. In response determining that the request will include the user data, the method includes requesting, from a consent management module of the client device, current user consent settings specified by the user which define at least one of (i) user data that can be transmitted from the client device, (ii) how user data transmitted from the client device can be used or (iii) which recipients can receive and retain user data from the client device. The method further includes receiving, from the consent management module, the current user consent settings and generating request data according the current user consent settings.
US11861039B1
Various embodiments of a hierarchical system or method of identifying sensitive content in data is described. In some embodiments, sensitive data classifiers local to a data storage system can analyze a plurality of data items and classify at least some data items as potentially containing sensitive data. The sensitive data classifiers can provide the classified data items to a separate sensitive data discovery component. The sensitive data discovery component can, in some embodiments, obtain the classified data items, perform a sensitive data location analysis on the classified data items to identify a location of sensitive data within some of the classified data items, and generate location information for the sensitive data within the data items containing sensitive data. The sensitive data discovery component can provide to a destination this information, in some embodiments, where the destination might redact, tokenize, highlight, or perform other actions on the located sensitive data.
US11861033B1
Techniques for identity resolution and data enrichment include configuring, at an account of a data consumer, an outbound share. The outbound share is designating a share at an account of a data provider as a receiving share. An identity resolution application is instantiated at the account of the data consumer. An instruction originating from the account of the data provider is decoded at the account of the data consumer. The instruction is generated based on the configuring of the outbound share. The instruction enables the identity resolution application for an identity resolution process. Source data is retrieved from the account of the data provider at the account of the data consumer. The source data is associated with the identity resolution process.
US11861031B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for using a distributed ledger interface system to facilitate background verification of an individual. One method may include, sending, by a server to a first device associated with a first organization, an indication that an individual is ending the membership to the first organization; unlocking access to an individual-specific data structure in a distributed ledger, wherein the individual-specific data structure allows storage of a plurality of data values corresponding to a plurality of background aspects of the individual, and wherein the distributed ledger is shared within a plurality of nodes within a network; providing, to a user device associated with the individual, a digital key to allow permission to access the individual-specific data structure; and granting, to a second computing device associated with a second organization, and based on a permission received from the user device, access to the individual-specific data structure.
US11861030B1
Various embodiments include a secure access system that provides secure group-based access to sets of digital assets. The system may allow a user to upload digital assets to the system for secure access by other users, and may allow a user to remove digital assets from the system as well. The assets may be associated with a family, and may be stored as a “family album”. The system may issue a secure credential to family members for accessing the family album. A family member may invite another family or individual to view the family album. On acceptance of the invitation, the system may automatically forward the secure credential to the invited family or individual. The invited family or individual may use the secure credential to access the family album with no further action required by the invited family or individual.
US11861023B2
Embodiments of the invention include a computer-implemented method that uses a processor to access cryptographic-function constraints associated with an encrypted message. Based on a determination that the cryptographic-function constraints do not include mandatory cryptographic computing resource requirements, first resource-scaling operations are performed that include an analysis of cryptographic metrics associated with a processor. The cryptographic metrics include information associated with the encrypted message, along with performance measurements of cryptographic functions performed by the processor. The cryptographic-function constraints and results of the analysis of the cryptographic metrics are used to determine cryptographic processing requirements of the encrypted message; and match the cryptographic processing requirements to selected ones of a set of cryptographic computing resources to identify a customized set of cryptographic computing resources matched to cryptographic processing requirements of the encrypted message. The customized set of cryptographic computing resources is used to perform customized cryptographic functions on the encrypted message.
US11861010B2
An integrated circuit can include a communication endpoint configured to maintain a communication link with a host computer, a queue configured to receive a plurality of host commands from the host computer via the communication link, and a processor configured to execute a device runtime. The processor, responsive to executing the device runtime, is configured to perform validation of the host commands read from the queue and selectively execute the host commands based on a result of the validation on a per host command basis. The host commands are executable by the processor to manage functions of the integrated circuit. The queue is implemented in a region of memory that is shared by the integrated circuit and the host computer.
US11861000B2
A memory system includes a first memory and a second memory that share common addresses received from a memory controller, wherein the first memory includes a first scrambling circuit suitable for scrambling a common address to generate a first scrambled address designating a word line to be activated in the first memory, and the second memory includes a second scrambling circuit suitable for scrambling the common address to generate a second scrambled address designating a word line to be activated in the second memory, and the first scrambling circuit and the second scrambling circuit perform a scrambling operation in such a manner that neighboring word lines, adjacent to a word line selected by a first common address, are selected a most in one memory among the first memory and the second memory by a second common address other than the first common address.
US11860996B1
Embodiments described herein provide for virtual machine (VM) based exploit mitigation techniques that can be used to harden web content frameworks and JavaScript Engines. Some embodiments described herein are also generally applicable to other system frameworks, libraries, and program code that executes on a processor that is vulnerable to an attack using a security exploit. Program code that implements the techniques described herein can prevent the use of security exploit attacks to bypass security properties within the program code.
US11860995B2
A method to implement traceability and provability on a particular project in software development based on blockchain-recorded transactions of assigned developer time, the method comprising of the following steps: setting up a blockchain network comprised of a distributed, redundant, and tamper-resistant ledger; issuing each user an attestable pre-fabricated and signed virtualized environment on approved hardware that comes with functionality required for the user's role implemented as one of a set of virtual machine templates fashioned from a signed and approved pre-fabricated image; and verifying that assigned developer time is valid, and if so, record each development action on the ledger to enable extensive tracking and auditing of end-to-end software development process.
US11860978B2
Methods and systems for detecting detection devices located at energy metering points of natural gas
The present disclosure provides an early warning method and an early warning system for a detection device located at an energy metering point of natural gas, comprising: obtaining a first detection data set collected by the detection device located at the energy metering point of the natural gas, determining a first cluster center set through clustering a first historical detection data set, determining a first vector corresponding to the first detection data set based on the first detection data set, determining a first target cluster center based on the first vector and the first cluster center set; and determining whether the detection device is abnormal based on a distance between the first vector and the first target cluster center.
US11860973B2
Systems, apparatus, and methods are disclosed for foreline diagnostics and control. A foreline coupled to a chamber exhaust is instrumented with one or more sensors, in some embodiments placed between the chamber exhaust and an abatement system. The one or more sensors are positioned to measure pressure in the foreline as an indicator of conductance. The sensors are coupled to a trained machine learning model configured to provide a signal when the foreline needs a cleaning cycle or when preventive maintenance should be performed. In some embodiments, the trained machine learning predicts when cleaning or preventive maintenance will be needed.
US11860970B2
A method for performing a matrix multiplication operation is provided. The method includes: obtaining a matrix B1, a matrix A2, and an index matrix, wherein the index matrix comprises indexes, in a matrix A1, of elements in the matrix A2; generating m matrices B2 based on the index matrix and the matrix B1, wherein the m matrices B2 are all matrices with t rows and n columns, and each row of each matrix B2 is a row indicated in the matrix B1 by a corresponding element in the index matrix; and generating a matrix C based on the matrix A2 and the m matrices B2, wherein the matrix C is a product of the matrix A1 and the matrix B1.
US11860947B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for deleted data restoration in accordance with one embodiment of the present description, in which in response to a search request having specified search parameters, data of a deleted data unit is located as a function of specified search parameters. In addition, metadata erased as a result of the deletion operation, is restored as a function of the located data. Accordingly, the previously deleted data unit is undeleted and access to the previously deleted data unit is restored via the restored metadata. Other aspects of deleted data restoration in accordance with the present description are described.
US11860942B1
Prediction logic analyzes previous data usage activities of a customer process running on a host machine to generate a first prediction indicating that the customer process will request a first data set at a first time. The prediction logic retrieves the first data set from long-term storage and loads the first data set into memory on the host machine in advance of the first time in order to provide the customer process with access to first data set in the memory during a period between the first time and a second time. The prediction logic further generates a second prediction indicating that the customer process will not access the first data set for a threshold period of time after the second time and stores the first data set in the long-term storage at the second time.
US11860940B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for processing and executing queries in a data intake and query system. The data intake and query system receives a query identifying a set of data to be processed and a manner of processing the set of data. The data intake and query system uses a search node catalog to identify search nodes that are available to execute the query and uses a bucket catalog to identify buckets to be searched. The data intake and query system executes the query using the identified bucket and search nodes.
US11860936B2
There is provided a method for producing a customized content, comprising identifying a customizable content from which to produce the customized content, identifying a base content in the customizable content, and receiving at least one customizing criterion as input. The method further comprises determining a plurality of content modifiers for harmonizing the base content and the customizing criterion, extracting the plurality of content modifiers from a modification library, and integrating the plurality of content modifiers with the base content to produce the customized content. In one embodiment, the method is embodied as instructions stored on a computer-readable medium. A system for producing customized content comprises a content host hosting a customizable content including a base content, a modification library, and a content customizing application.
US11860932B2
Systems and methods for image processing are described. One or more embodiments of the present disclosure identify an image including a plurality of objects, generate a scene graph of the image including a node representing an object and an edge representing a relationship between two of the objects, generate a node vector for the node, wherein the node vector represents semantic information of the object, generate an edge vector for the edge, wherein the edge vector represents semantic information of the relationship, generate a scene graph embedding based on the node vector and the edge vector using a graph convolutional network (GCN), and assign metadata to the image based on the scene graph embedding.
US11860920B2
Embodiments may provide a document system that receives a responsiveness call from a user through the task/queue framework regarding a machine call document. Theses responsiveness calls may be used to refining the scoring algorithm used by the document system of to generate a desired confidence score for the document system.
US11860918B1
Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to providing remote access to electronic documents stored in a server system using a virtual secure room, and include actions of authenticating a user at least partially based on credentials the user, at least partially in response to authenticating the user, providing a secure connection between a computing device of the user and the server system, transmitting at least one electronic document for display to the user on the computing device, monitoring the user, while the at least one electronic document is displayed to the user on the computing device, and selectively closing the secure connection in response to one or more of at least one activity and at least one state of the user.
US11860908B2
A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for quantitatively grouping a set of persons into a plurality of groups of three or more persons using computational clustering, the method including storing a set of data objects corresponding to the set of persons, storing a plurality of attributes corresponding to each data object in the set of data objects, generating a plurality of multidimensional objects by encoding each data object in the set of data objects as a multidimensional object based at least in part on two or more attributes corresponding to that data object, each multidimensional object corresponding to a data object in the set of data objects, and generating the plurality of groups of three or more data objects based at least in part on applying a clustering algorithm to the plurality of multidimensional objects.
US11860905B2
Techniques are discussed for preparing and executing scanning plans for particular types of information, including personally identifiable information. A user indicates one or more datastores to be scanned for the particular type of information. A scanner determines scan objectives for the scanning plan and classifiers for use in scans conducted according to the scanning plan. The scanner estimates scan performance metrics and scan quality metrics. The scanner presents estimated results for the scanning plan based on the selected classifiers, scan objectives, estimate scan performance metrics, and estimated scan quality metrics. The user can modify the set of scan objectives or select between alternative sets of scan objectives. The scanning plan may be performed iteratively and the results of previous scan may be used to adjust classifiers or scan objectives to be used in subsequent scans.
US11860901B1
Techniques for query execution against relational databases using connection pooling are described. According to some embodiments, a query processing service is disclosed that enables users to execute queries against target relational databases implemented by a relational database service. The service receives query requests originated by a client application at a web service endpoint and identifies a connection to a particular target database. In some examples, the query request is a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) message comprising a query to be executed by a target database instance within the provider network. The service transmits the query for execution at the target database via the connection and obtains a query result based on the execution of the query. The service transforms the query result into a format suitable for the client and transmits a query response to the client.
US11860893B1
Disclosed are an input/output proxy method and apparatus for a mimic Redis database. Through a pseudo server module, it is ensured that the interface of the Redis database is consistent with the external interface of the native Redis, so that it is convenient to implant the Redis database into arbitrary Redis application scenarios; the isolation of the modules inside is realized by independent processes, thus facilitating independent development, maintenance and expansion; and the synchronization function is integrated into the input/output proxy to achieve resource reuse; for the synchronization function, the random credit attenuation mechanism is cleverly utilized to ensure the synchronization function while taking into account the saving of resources.
US11860889B2
Methods and systems described herein may retrieve a data lineage associated with a first computing system comprising a plurality of services and data elements. The data lineage may indicate a plurality of interrelationships between the plurality of services and data elements. Based on the data lineage, a visualization of the first computing system may be generated. Based on the one or more interrelationships between a first data element and the plurality of services and data elements, one or more services and data elements affected by the change to the first data element may be identified. Based on the one or more services and data elements affected by the change to the first data element, the visualization of the first computing system may be updated to indicate the impact to the first computing system.
US11860887B2
A computer device receives a stream of event data which event data has the data about the event itself and a device or user identifier. One or the events is stored for different identifiers to be used as state. Two or more different scripts are run and the information about at least one event is shared by at least two different scripts.
US11860886B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for using bots. One method includes receiving, from a user device, an input indicative of a selection of a bot, and retrieving data associated with a user of the user device. Further, the method includes identifying a selection of bot options based on analyzing the user data, and presenting, via the user device, the selection of bot options. Further, the method includes receiving, from the user device, a selection of an option from the selection of bot options, and retrieving user payment information and shipping information based on the user data and populate one or more fields associated with the selection of the option. Further, the method includes presenting, via the user device, a confirmation page to confirm the populated one or more fields.
US11860885B2
An associative memory array includes a plurality of associative memory cells arranged in rows and columns where each first cell in a first row and in a first column has access to a content of a second cell in a second row in an adjacent column.
US11860884B2
Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for assembling a database for query generation. The database is assembled by receiving a query history log, the query history log including target queries and a mapping between each of the target queries and associated subqueries for each of the target queries, selecting one or more of the associated subqueries for a first target query based on a conditional probability exceeding a threshold for the associated subqueries of the first target query compared to the matching associated subqueries of the other target queries, and including the first target query and the selected one or more associated subqueries for the first target query in the in-memory data structure store for query generation.
US11860873B2
Dashboard loading using a filtering query from a cloud-based data warehouse cache, including determining that a filtered result for a first filtering query is stored in a cache of a cloud-based data warehouse; sending, in response to the filtered result being stored in the cache, to the cloud-based data warehouse, a request for the filtered result from the cache; and providing, based on the filtered result for the first filtering query, one or more dashboard visualizations.
US11860870B2
An approach is disclosed for optimizing jobs, which involve effective data retrieval across multiple data sources, via an externalized query pattern. The approach receives a query. The approach allocates computing power to one or more computing nodes to process a job for the received query. The approach determines whether the job for the received query corresponds to an identifier indexed in a search engine. The approach retrieves, in response to determining the job for the received query corresponds to the indexed identifier, attribute data corresponding to the indexed identifier from the search engine. The approach provides a response to the received query request, in which the response includes the attribute data corresponding to the indexed identifier.
US11860867B2
A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: bundling multiple registered queries of a dataset using a scheduling technique, wherein the dataset is homogenous in schema; running a single table scan of the dataset to process the multiple registered queries of the dataset in parallel; and generating a respective output responsive to each of the multiple registered queries. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11860856B2
An example operation includes one or more of receiving a block, extracting information from the block, correlating an identifier to the information as previously stored in a first storage area, replacing the information in the block with the identifier, and submitting the block with the identifier for storage in a second storage area. The identifier links to the information previously stored in the first storage area in order to allow for recovery of the information, and at least the second storage area is in a blockchain.
US11860847B2
A seed value assigned to a database table is determined. Numerically ordered invocation numbers are determined. Unordered pseudorandom numbers are generated based on the seed value and the invocation numbers to index temporally ordered data changes to the database table. It is determined whether the total number of yet-to-be-saved pseudorandom numbers reaches a maximum total number threshold. If so, the yet-to-be-saved pseudorandom numbers and a sequence of corresponding invocation numbers are saved in a sync table.
US11860839B2
Techniques are disclosed for tuning external invocations utilizing weight-based parameter resampling. In one example, a computer system determines a plurality of samples, each sample being associated with a parameter value of a plurality of potential parameter values of a particular parameter. The computer system assigns weights to each of the parameter values, and then selects a first sample for processing via a first external invocation based on a weight of the parameter value of the first sample. The computer system then determines feedback data associated with a level of performance of the first external invocation. The computer system adjusts the weights of the parameter values of the particular parameter based on the feedback data. The computer system then selects a second sample of the plurality of samples to be processed via execution of a second external invocation based on the adjustment of weights of the parameter values.
US11860831B2
Systems and methods for entering and storing data. User input defining a data set is received. A data collection construct including a data entry user interface for inputting data in the data set is defined using the user input. A data storage construct including queries for retrieving the data is automatically defined based on the user input. Additional user input indicating modifications to the data set is received. The data collection construct, the data storage construct, and the queries are automatically updated based on the additional user input indicating modifications to the data set.
US11860809B2
A computing device includes: a housing defining an exterior of the computing device; a controller supported within the housing; a first communication port disposed on the exterior; a second communication port disposed on the exterior; a port-sharing subsystem supported within the housing, having (i) a first state to connect the controller with the first communication port, exclusive of the second communication port, and (ii) a second state to connect the controller with the first communication port and the second communication port; the controller configured to: detect engagement of an external device with the first communication port; obtain connection parameters from the external device; based on the connection parameters, set the port-sharing subsystem in either the first state or the second state; and establish a connection to the external device via the port-sharing subsystem and the first communication port.
US11860807B1
Disclosed are a USB data communication method and device based on a hybrid USB Network. The USB data communication method based on a hybrid USB Network includes following steps executed by the docking station terminal: obtaining a USB data monitoring command carrying an operation mode; when the operation mode is an automatic mode, monitoring a data communication status of a USB input and output interface; when the data communication status is a no input and output information status, monitoring a data of a network input data interface of a network module in the docking station terminal; when the network input data interface obtains a data sending request sent by a client terminal via the hybrid USB Network, in which the data sending request includes network data and a target transmission device, converting the network data into a USB communication data via a soft switching module in the docking station terminal.
US11860806B2
A microcontroller system comprising a master microcontroller unit, a further module and a general purpose input/output. In a first state the general purpose input/output is controlled by the master microcontroller unit and in a second state the general purpose input/output is controlled by the further module. The master microcontroller unit is arranged to transmit a selection signal which changes the state of the general purpose input/output.
US11860804B2
A direct memory access (DMA) controller, an electronic device that uses the DMA controller, and a method of operating the DMA controller are provided. The DMA controller is configured to access a memory that contains a privilege area and a normal area. The method of operating the DMA controller includes the following steps: searching for a DMA channel that is in an idle state in the DMA controller; setting a register value of a mode register of the DMA channel such that the DMA channel operates in a privilege mode; setting a memory address register and a byte count register of the DMA channel; and controlling the DMA channel to transfer data based on the memory address register and the byte count register.
US11860803B2
A memory device includes a buffer die configured to receive a first broadcast command and a second broadcast command from an external device; and a plurality of core dies stacked on the buffer die. The plurality of core dies include: a first core die including a first processing circuit, a first memory cell array, a first command decoder configured to decode the first broadcast command, and a first data input/output circuit configured to output data of the first memory cell array to a common data input/output bus under control of the first command decoder; and a second core die including a second processing circuit, a second memory cell array, a second command decoder configured to decode the second broadcast command, and a second data input/output circuit configured to receive the data of the first memory cell array through the common data input/output bus under control of the second command decoder.
US11860792B2
Systems and methods for memory management for virtual machines. An example method may include receiving, by a host computing system, a memory access request initiated by a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) device, wherein the memory access request comprises a memory address and an address translation flag specifying an address space associated with the memory address; and responsive to determining that the address translation flag is set to a first value indicating a host address space, causing a host system input/output memory management unit (IOMMU) to pass-through the memory access request.
US11860790B2
A streaming engine employed in a digital data processor specifies a fixed read only data stream defined by plural nested loops. An address generator produces address of data elements. A steam head register stores data elements next to be supplied to functional units for use as operands. An element duplication unit optionally duplicates data element an instruction specified number of times. A vector masking unit limits data elements received from the element duplication unit to least significant bits within an instruction specified vector length. If the vector length is less than a stream head register size, the vector masking unit stores all 0's in excess lanes of the stream head register (group duplication disabled) or stores duplicate copies of the least significant bits in excess lanes of the stream head register.
US11860781B1
A write cleaner circuit can be used to implement write-through (WT) functionality by a write-back (WB) cache memory for updating the system memory. The write cleaner circuit can intercept memory write transactions issued to the WB cache memory and generate clean requests that can enable the WB cache memory to send update requests to corresponding memory locations in the system memory around the same time as the memory write transactions are performed by the WB cache memory, and clear dirty bits in the cache lines corresponding to those memory write transactions.
US11860779B2
An onboard relay device comprises memory and a processor connected to the memory. The processor is configured to receive a data transmission request from a request originator, determine whether received data that is data received from a transmission originator is variable data or fixed data, record the received data in a cache memory section temporarily in cases in which the received data is the fixed data, determine whether or not transmission request data that is data subject to a transmission request from the request originator is recorded in the cache memory section, and in cases in which the processor has determined the transmission request data to be the received data recorded in the cache memory section, transmit the received data recorded in the cache memory section to the request originator as the transmission request data.
US11860776B2
The present memory restoration system enables a collection of computing systems to prepare inactive rewritable memory for reserve and future replacement of other memory while the other memory is active and available for access by a user of the computing system. The preparation of the reserved memory part is performed off-line in a manner that is isolated from the current user of the active memory part. Preparation of memory includes erasure of data, reconfiguration, etc. The memory restoration system allows for simple exchange of the reserved memory part, once the active memory part is returned. The previously active memory may be concurrently recycled for future reuse in this same manner to become a reserved memory. This enables the computing collection infrastructure to “swap” to what was previously the inactive memory part when a user vacates a server, speeding up the server wipe process.
US11860771B1
A remote device infrastructure can be used to test and develop applications and websites. A user developer can select a number of remote devices at a remote location and test a programming application from a local machine. The remote devices run the programming application. The user interacts with mirrored displays of the remote devices on the local machine of the user. User inputs are transmitted to a remote device. The user can also enable a multisession mode, where the user can test a programming application on multiple remote devices and observe a display output of each remote device on the local machine of the user. The user can interact with any mirrored display of a remote devices in a multisession and observe a synced output in the other mirrored displays.
US11860763B2
Techniques to facilitate provision of different user experiences to different groups of users of a mobile application are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, a manifest provided by an application development and optimization platform is received that defines a plurality of user segments and a plurality of feature variants individually associated with the plurality of user segments. The manifest is processed to determine a segment of the plurality of user segments associated with a user of the mobile application along with a feature variant of the plurality of feature variants associated with the segment of the user. Execution of the mobile application is monitored for an occurrence of an event that triggers a default feature of the mobile application, and responsive to the event, the default feature is replaced with the feature variant associated with the segment of the user.
US11860755B2
An approach is provided for implementing memory profiling aggregation. A hardware aggregator provides memory profiling aggregation by controlling the execution of a plurality of hardware profilers that monitor memory performance in a system. For each hardware profiler of the plurality of hardware profilers, a hardware counter value is compared to a threshold value. When a threshold value is satisfied, execution of a respective hardware profiler of the plurality of hardware profilers is initiated to monitor memory performance. Multiple hardware profilers of the plurality of hardware profilers may execute concurrently and each generate a result counter value. The result counter values generated by each hardware profiler of the plurality of hardware profilers are aggregated to generate an aggregate result counter value. The aggregate result counter value is stored in memory that is accessible by a software processes for use in optimizing memory-management policy decisions.
US11860749B2
A method and apparatus for sending a debugging instruction, an electronic device and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The method may include: after acquiring a debugging instruction sent by an operating terminal, determining a debugged terminal and a first edge communication node corresponding to the debugged terminal according to the debugging instruction, and determining a debugging communication link between the first edge communication node and the debugged terminal, the first edge communication node being determined based on first edge communication node information sent by the debugged terminal, and the first edge communication node information being determined and obtained based on an edge node computing application locally installed on the debugged terminal, and sending an debugging operation included in the debugging instruction to the debugged terminal through the debugging communication link.
US11860744B2
A processing system may apply a binary classifier to detect whether a first data pattern of a first data source associated with a communication network performance indicator is consistent with prior data patterns of the first data source that are labeled as correct data patterns, determine, via the binary classifier, that the first data pattern is not consistent, apply a clustering model to a first input data set comprising the first data pattern and invalid data patterns of the first data source to obtain a first plurality of clusters, verify that the first data pattern is an invalid data pattern when the first plurality of clusters is the same as a second plurality of clusters generated by applying the clustering model to a second input data set comprising the invalid data patterns, and replace the first data source with a replacement data source as an active data source in response.
US11860730B2
Example embodiments relate to low-overhead, bidirectional error checking for a serial peripheral interface. An example device includes an integrated circuit. The device also includes a serial peripheral interface (SPI) with a Master In Slave Out (MISO) channel and a Master Out Slave In (MOSI) channel. The MOSI channel is configured to receive a write address, payload data, and a forward error-checking code usable to identify data corruption within the write address or the payload data. The integrated circuit is configured to calculate and provide a reverse error-checking code usable to identify data corruption within the write address or the payload data. Additionally, the integrated circuit is configured to compare the forward error-checking code to the reverse error-checking code. Further, the integrated circuit is configured to write, to the write address if the forward error-checking code matches the reverse error-checking code, the payload data.
US11860726B2
According to an aspect, a (recommendation) system constructs a knowledge graph based on problem descriptors and remediation actions contained in multiple incident reports previously received from a performance management (PM) system. Each problem descriptor and remediation action in an incident report are represented as corresponding start node and end node in the knowledge graph, with a set of qualifier entities in the incident report represented as causal links between the start node and the end node. Upon receiving an incident report related to an incident identified by the PM system, the system extracts a problem descriptor and a set of qualifier entities. The system traverses the knowledge graph starting from a start node corresponding to the extracted problem descriptor using the set of qualifier entities to determine end nodes representing a set of remediation actions. The system provides the set of remediation actions as recommendations for resolving the incident.
US11860720B2
Techniques for causal modeling. Historical feature data is received, relating to a plurality of nodes in a system. A machine learning (ML) model is generated, for a node of the plurality of nodes. The ML model is trained to predict a plurality of future feature values for the node based on at least a portion of the historical feature data. A causal graph is generated, for the plurality of nodes, using a feature selection mechanism within the ML model. The feature selection mechanism includes a regularization term encouraging sparsity of nodes in selected features in the ML model.
US11860716B2
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit calculates a first input/output error related to normal data and a second input/output error related to pseudo abnormal data different from the normal data, for each of a plurality of autoencoders having different network structures. The processing circuit outputs relational data indicating a relation between the network structure and the first input/output error and the second input/output error.
US11860714B1
Methods, systems, and devices for error notification using an external channel are described. In some cases, a memory system having a host-driven logical block interface may issue a notification of a detected error using an out of band channel. For example, after receiving a data unit from a host system but prior to storing the data in a memory array of the memory system, the memory system may transmit an acknowledgment to host system to indicate that the data was successfully received. As part of storing the data, the memory system may transfer the data along data paths between various components and perform parity checks at each component. If the memory system detects an error along a data path, the memory system may issue a notification of the error to the host system over the out of band channel.
US11860707B2
A system and method for managing energy consumption of one or more processor cores in a multicore processing device. The method includes translating each activity level of the one or more processor cores to a respective charge value. The method also includes generating, at least partially subject to each translated charge value, one or more charge replenishment requests associated with the one or more processor cores. The method further includes transmitting the one or more charge replenishment requests to a pending queue prior to a delay queue.
US11860702B2
Methods and systems for controlling current consumption by an electrical load of a first circuit board are described. In an example, a device of a first circuit board can measure a current being drawn by the electrical load of the first circuit board from a second circuit board. The device can generate a control signal based on a current difference between the measured current and a target current. The control signal can represent a load control parameter. The device can apply the control signal to the electrical load of the first circuit board to adjust a current consumption by the electrical load.
US11860691B2
A display device may include a window module and a display module including a first non-folding region, a second non-folding region, and a folding region disposed between the first non-folding region and the second non-folding region. The display module may include a damping layer, a color filter layer, a display panel, and a lower member, which are sequentially stacked below the window module, and the damping layer may include polymer.
US11860687B2
A semiconductor device includes an intellectual property (IP) block, a clock management unit, a critical path monitor (CPM), and a CPM clock manager included in the clock management unit. The clock management unit is configured to receive a clock request signal, indicating whether the IP block requires a clock signal, from the IP block and perform clock gating for the IP block based on the received clock request signal. The CPM is configured to monitor the clock signal provided to the IP block to adjust at least one of a frequency of the clock signal provided to the IP block and a voltage supplied to the IP block. The CPM clock manager is configured to perform the clock gating for the CPM.
US11860686B2
A clock oscillator control circuit is provided. The clock oscillator control circuit includes a signal processor configured to receive a composite clock request signal and output an altered composite clock request signal. The clock oscillator control circuit also includes logic circuitry configured to receive the altered composite clock request signal from the signal processor and a clock oscillator valid signal from a clock oscillator, and to output set and reset signals based on the altered composite clock request signal and the clock oscillator valid signal. The clock oscillator control circuit further includes a set-reset latch configured to receive the set and reset signals from the logic circuitry and to output an enable signal to the clock oscillator.
US11860678B2
A technology for the optimized capturing of resource file content for resources referred in recorded user interaction sequences is disclosed. Individual resource files are typically referred in multiple recorded resources, therefore it is desired to capture those resources only once and reuse them for all recorded session capturing them. As user interaction sequences are executed and captured in independently operating web-browsers, a direct coordination between recording web-browsers to avoid multiple captures of the same resource is not possible. Data about the global resource capturing and demand situation is generated on a monitoring server that receives all session recording data and transferred to session recording browsers in form of lists identifying resources that are referred in sessions but are still unresolved and should therefore be captured, and for resources that should not captured, because they are already available and capturing them again should be avoided.
US11860675B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media for latent summarization of a graph. Structural features can be captured from feature vectors associated with each node of the graph by applying base functions on the feature vectors and iteratively applying relational operators to successive feature matrices to derive deeper inductive relational functions that capture higher-order structural information in different subgraphs of increasing size (node separations). Heterogeneity can be summarized by performing capturing features in appropriate subgraphs (e.g., node-centric neighborhoods associated with each node type, edge direction, and/or edge type). Binning and/or dimensionality reduction can be applied to the resulting feature matrices. The resulting set of relational functions and multi-level feature matrices can form a latent summary that can be used to perform a variety of graph-based tasks, including node classification, node clustering, link prediction, entity resolution, anomaly and event detection, and inductive learning tasks.
US11860673B1
A distributed database encrypts tables using table encryption keys protected by a client master encryption key. The client may revoke and subsequently restore authorization to access the client master encryption key. A sweeper process of the distributed database examines encrypted tables and identifies changes to the status of a corresponding client master encryption key. A response to an identified change in status is initiated.
US11860671B2
A memory-control logic, disposed in a memory circuit, is provided. The memory circuit includes a memory-cell array that is divided into a plurality of regions that include a damaged region. The memory-control logic includes a one-time-programmable (OTP) memory array, an array-control circuit, and an address-redirecting circuit. The array-control circuit programs a memory-size type of the memory-cell array, a region-failure flag corresponding to each region, and a redirecting mapping table corresponding to each region in the OTP memory array. The array-control circuit programs the redirecting mapping table corresponding to each region according to the memory-size type to direct the redirecting mapping table corresponding to each damaged region to non-repetitive good regions. The address-redirecting circuit converts the address signal into a first redirected address signal according to the redirecting mapping table corresponding to each region, and inputs the redirected address signal into the memory-cell array.
US11860668B2
Systems and methods enable a computing system to recognize a sequence of repeated actions and offer to automatically repeat any such recognized actions. An example method includes determining a current sequence of user actions is similar to previous sequence of user actions, determining whether the previous sequence is reproducible and, when reproducible, initiating display of a prompt that requests approval for completing the current sequence based on the previous sequence and, responsive to receiving an indication of approval, completing the previous sequence. Another example method included determining that a first current sequence of user interactions is complete and is not similar to any saved sequence of user interactions, saving the first current sequence as a previous sequence, identifying a second sequence as satisfying a similarity threshold with the previous sequence, and initiating display of a prompt that requests approval for saving the previous sequence as a shortcut.
US11860660B2
A sub-circuit of a voltage regulator includes a load condition detection circuit and a controllable circuit. The load condition detection circuit is arranged to detect a load transient frequency of a load powered by the voltage regulator, and generate a control signal according to a detection result of the load transient frequency. The controllable circuit is arranged to receive the control signal, wherein an operational behavior of the controllable circuit dynamically changes in response to the control signal.
US11860657B2
A semiconductor device includes a regulator circuit, a wire, n load circuits, and an analog circuit. The wire is connected to the regulator circuit and including n connection nodes (n is an integer of 2 or more). The n load circuits are connected to the n connection nodes, respectively. The analog circuit is connected between the n connection nodes and the regulator circuit. The analog circuit is configured to generate an average voltage of n voltages at the n connection nodes. The regulator circuit is configured to generate an output voltage supplied to the wire based on the average voltage generated by the analog circuit.
US11860654B2
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and computer program product embodiments for modifying the functionality of an alternating current (AC) controlling device. An example computer-implemented method includes determining whether an electrical terminal of an AC controlling device is connected to a grounded conductor. In response to determining that the electrical terminal is connected to the grounded conductor, the example computer-implemented method includes generating a first control signal configured to permit the AC controlling device to perform a function. In response to determining that the electrical terminal is not connected to the grounded conductor, the example computer-implemented method includes generating a second control signal configured to prevent the AC controlling device from performing the function.
US11860649B2
One variation of a method for monitoring cooling units in a store includes: at a robotic system, during a first scan routine, autonomously navigating toward a cooling unit in the store, recording a color image of the cooling unit, and scanning a set of temperatures within the cooling unit; identifying a set of products stocked in the cooling unit based on features detected in the color image; mapping the set of temperatures to the set of products at a first time during the first scan routine based on positions of products in the set of products identified in the color image; and generating a record of temperatures of the set of products stocked in the cooling unit at the first time.
US11860647B2
A thermostatic mixing valve includes a first cold water inlet, a first cold water outlet, a second hot water inlet, a second mixed cold/hot water outlet, a thermostatic member and a shutter operated by the thermostatic member to ensure that the mixed water is kept at a predetermined temperature. A hollow insert is provided along the first cold water inlet and includes longitudinal fins on the outer wall thereof to obtain two separate coaxial passages, for sending the cold water both directly to the first cold water outlet and to the area for mixing it with the hot water through the shutter to supply the mixed water to the second hot water outlet.
US11860644B2
A flying device is provided, which includes: an acquisition unit that acquires communication quality information with which position information indicating a position and the communication quality at a position indicated by the position information are associated; a flight position identification unit that identifies a flight position, which is an in-flight position; a path determination unit that determines a flight path on the basis of the communication quality associated with the position information corresponding to the flight position in the communication quality information; and a flight control unit that controls a flying mechanism on the basis of the flight path determined by the path determination unit.
US11860641B2
A device may determine, based on image data of an environment that includes a ground surface, depth information indicating distances from a vehicle to different areas of the ground surface. The device may generate, based on the depth information, an overlay to indicate a range of distances from the vehicle. The range of distances may be associated with an area. The device may provide, for display, a video feed including the image data with the overlay on the ground surface. The overlay may provide the perception of depth, with respect to the area, during an operation of the vehicle.
US11860635B2
A method of area coverage planning for an autonomous vehicle includes, at a computer system, receiving information of a boundary of a work area, and laying a plurality of tracks within the boundary of the work area. The plurality of tracks is spaced apart from each other by a spacing. Laying the plurality of tracks includes, based on the information of the boundary of the work area, performing a multivariate optimization to: (i) determine an optimal direction of the plurality of tracks, and (ii) an optimal offset for a first track from the boundary, so as to minimize a total distance of the plurality of tracks. The method further includes generating a trajectory that is traversable by the autonomous vehicle to traverse the plurality of tracks.
US11860624B2
A vehicle control system includes: a vehicle control unit that remotely controls a PW, which is a control object, based on a signal from a mobile device; a mobile-side stop processing unit that performs stop process for stopping the PW upon transition to a predetermined operation state in which user operations are restricted while the PW is in operation by the remote control.
US11860621B2
According to one embodiment, a travel control device includes a passing order determiner configured to determine passing order of a plurality of mobile objects in a first area through which the plurality of mobile objects pass on a basis of a conflict condition at which conflict among the mobile objects occurs; and a controller configured to control traveling of the plurality of mobile objects on a basis of the passing order.
US11860606B2
A method may include generating, by a camera having a view of an interior portion of a computer-numerically-controlled machine, an image comprising a pattern. The image can be transformed into a set of machine instructions for controlling the computer-numerically-controlled machine to effect a change in a material. The change can correspond to at least a portion of the pattern. At least one machine instruction from the set of machine instructions can be executed to control the computer-numerically-controlled machine to effect at least a portion of the change. The execution can include operating, in accordance with the at least one machine instruction, a tool coupled with the computer-numerically-controlled machine. The tool can be configured to effect the change on the material. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.
US11860603B2
A system for optimizing manufacturing utilization is disclosed. The system includes a manufacturing apparatus configured to transmit a first electronic message type indicating a time period when the manufacturing apparatus is in use, as well as a sensor disposed in a work cell associated with the manufacturing apparatus, the sensor configured to transmit a second electronic message type indicating a time period of operator activity within the work cell. The system further includes a computing device configured to receive the first and second electronic message types and accumulate one or more of each of the respective time periods of the first and second electronic message types. The computing device determines utilization of the manufacturing apparatus based on accumulated time periods corresponding to the first electronic message type as a percentage of accumulated time periods corresponding to the second electronic message type.
US11860602B2
A system is provided for programming workpiece feature inspection operations for a coordinate measuring machine. The system includes a user interface with a simulation portion (e.g., including a 3D view of a workpiece) and an editing user interface portion (e.g., including an editable plan representation of a current workpiece feature inspection plan). Transparency operations are performed including automatically identifying as a target feature a workpiece feature in the 3D view that corresponds to a workpiece feature or inspection operation representation in the editable plan representation that is indicated by a current feature-directed operation (e.g., a selection operation for selecting a workpiece feature or inspection operation in the editable plan representation). An occluding workpiece feature that would otherwise be occluding at least a portion of the target feature in the 3D view is then automatically rendered as at least partially transparent in the 3D view.
US11860598B2
A control system includes: a communication unit that sends, to each of a plurality of devices, a control command for controlling the device; a registration unit that registers a standard action for collectively controlling at least two devices included in the plurality of devices, based on device control consecutiveness which is determined by control history information of the plurality of devices; and an executor that causes the communication unit to send a control command to each of the at least two devices when execution of the standard action registered is instructed.
US11860572B2
Examples are disclosed that relate to computing devices, head-mounted display devices, and methods for displaying holographic objects using slicing planes or volumes. In one example a computing device causes a display system to display a holographic object associated with a holographic volume, the holographic object occluding an occluded holographic object that is not displayed. Location data of at least a portion of a hand is received from a sensor. The location data of the hand is used to locate a slicing plane or a slicing volume within the holographic volume. Based on the location of the slicing plane or the slicing volume, at least a portion of the occluded holographic object is displayed via the display system.
US11860571B2
A system is provided. The system includes a first PVH layer configured to deflect a first polarized light having a first handedness. The system includes a second PVH layer coupled to the first PVH layer and configured to deflect a second polarized light having a second handedness opposite to the first handedness. The system includes an optical sensor configured to generate a first image based on the first polarized light deflected by the first PVH layer and generate a second image based on the second polarized light deflected by the second PVH layer.
US11860560B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, a first transfer device including a first mover, a second transfer device including a second mover, a transfer-pressure changer, a detector, and circuitry. The detector detects a toner image and outputs a detection value indicating an amount of toner of the toner image adhering to the second mover. The circuitry calculates a variable value for the amount of toner varying with a change in a transfer pressure, based on the detection value and a target value of the amount of toner of the toner image to be transferred and adhere to the second mover, reflects the calculated variable value in the detection value to correct the detection value, adjusts an image-forming condition based on the corrected detection value, and sets the image-forming condition of the toner image in the image forming device based on the corrected detection value.
US11860559B2
There are provided a temperature sensor that has following capability to a temperature measurement object and has excellent responsiveness, and a temperature detection device and an image forming apparatus each including the temperature sensor. A temperature sensor used in contact with a temperature measurement object, includes: a thermosensitive element configured to detect a temperature of the temperature measurement object; a heat collection member including an abutting portion configured to abut on the temperature measurement object, and configured to be thermally joined with the thermosensitive element; and a holding member including a housing portion configured to house the heat collection member. The heat collection member is swingably held by the holding member, to maintain a state where the abutting portion abuts on the temperature measurement object.
US11860557B2
In an example, a print apparatus comprises an intermediate transfer member to receive thermoplastic print agent from a photoconductive surface, a rotatably mounted endless cleaning surface to receive a layer of thermoplastic print agent from the intermediate transfer member and a heater, to heat the endless cleaning surface. The endless cleaning surface may be to engage with the intermediate transfer member when heated to transfer residue from the intermediate transfer member to the layer of thermoplastic print agent on the endless cleaning surface.
US11860552B2
A system for positioning, a stage system, a lithographic apparatus, a method for positioning and a method for manufacturing a device in which use is made of a stage system. The stage system has a plurality of air bearing devices. Each air bearing device has: a gas bearing body which has a free surface, a primary channel which extends through the bearing body and has an inlet opening in the free surface, and a secondary channel system which extends through the bearing body and which has a plurality of discharge openings in the free surface. The flow resistance in the secondary channel system can be higher than the flow resistance in the primary channel.
US11860551B2
A method for detecting a rare stochastic defect, the method may include searching for a rare stochastic defect in a dense pattern of a substrate, wherein the rare stochastic defect is (a) of nanometric scale, (b) appears in a functional pattern of the substrate with a defect density that is below 10−9, and (c) appears in the dense pattern with a defect density that is above 10−7; wherein the dense pattern is a dense representation of the functional pattern that differs from the functional pattern by at least one out of (a) a distance between features of the dense pattern, and (b) a width of the features of the dense pattern; and estimating the occurrence of the rare stochastic defect within the functional pattern based on an outcome of the searching.
US11860543B2
A plate handling system (500, 600) for transporting printing plates between workstations in a process workflow. A plurality of vacuum gripper end effectors (512) configured to grip the printing plates are mounted to a computer-controlled transporter (514) configured to translate in at least three orthogonal directions and to rotate about at least one rotational axis. At least one sensor (560) detects orientation of the plate relative to a staging location and a controller (630) causes the transporter to move based upon programmed instructions in accordance with information provided by the sensor. A mobile preparation table (1000) may be provided in the staging location. A thickness measurement system (1090) may be included in some embodiments.
US11860541B2
The present disclosure discloses a silicon-based nanowire, a preparation method thereof, and a thin film transistor. By using a eutectic point of catalyst particles and silicon, and a driving factor that the Gibbs free energy of amorphous silicon is greater than that of crystalline silicon, and due to absorption of the amorphous silicon by the molten catalyst particles to form a supersaturated silicon eutectoid, the silicon nucleates and grows into silicon-based nanowires. Moreover, during the growth of the silicon-based nanowire, the amorphous silicon film grows linearly along guide slots under the action of the catalyst particles, and reverse growth of the silicon-based nanowire is restricted by the retaining walls, thus obtaining silicon-based nanowires with a high density and high uniformity. Furthermore, by controlling the size of the catalyst particles and the thickness of the amorphous silicon film, the width of the silicon-based nanowire may also be controlled.
US11860539B2
The present invention discloses a photosensitive composition, comprising polyvinyl acetate (0% saponified) having a styryl type nitrogen-containing heterocyclic groups such as a styrylpyridinium or/and styrylquinolinium that possesses high UV light energy sensitivity with a small photosensitive group content, high solid content, high water resistance, and very sharp imaging characteristics and produced therefrom photosensitive compositions such as a photo-resist, photolithographic plates, screen printing stencil emulsion and film, and abrasion resistant photosensitive emulsion and film, and other photosensitive compositions being used for commercial and industrial applications.
US11860536B2
The inventive concept relates to a three-dimensional crosslinker composition and a method of manufacturing an electronic device using the same. According to the inventive concept, the three-dimensional crosslinker composition may be represented by Formula 1 below.
US11860528B2
Substrate processing systems or platforms and methods configured to process substrates including of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask blanks are disclosed. Systems or platforms provide a small footprint, high throughput of substrates and minimize defect generation. The substrate processing system platform comprises a single central transfer chamber, a single transfer robot, a substrate flipping fixture, and processing chambers are positioned around the single central transfer chamber.
US11860521B2
A light source is provided that includes a laser operable to emit laser light at a wavelength in a range from 460 nanometers to 470 nanometers and a converter assembly arranged so as to absorb the laser light emitted by the laser and to emit photoluminescent light produced by the laser light and having a longer wavelength than the laser light. The converter assembly has a converter element with a ceramic doped with Eu3+ such that under irradiation of the laser light the converter assembly emits photoluminescent light in the red spectral range.
US11860516B2
A device for processing images are provided. The device a support bar, a mounting housing mounted with a camera lens, and a connector configured to connect the support bar to the mounting housing. The mounting housing is integrally rotatable with the connector with respect to the support bar. The mounting housing may further be mounted with an ultrasonic probe and a lightening device. The ultrasonic probe is configured to monitor a predefined change, such as a change in an occupation state of a parking space, and the camera lens and the lightening device is controlled at least by the monitored change. When the ultrasonic probe monitors that a car is leaving or entering a parking space, the camera lens and the lightening may be switched on.
US11860514B2
A camera can perform two different photographing operations with a lens at different positions without vignetting while preventing entry of light and dust. A camera includes a frame including a film compartment to contain a photographic film and a barrel extending from the film compartment in an optical axis direction, and a lens barrel movable in the barrel in X-direction. The lens barrel includes cylinders movable frontward relative to the barrel, and a cylinder movable frontward relative to the cylinder. The camera includes a rear bellows connecting the frame and the cylinder, and a front bellows connecting the cylinder and the cylinder. In a first photographing state in which the cylinders extend frontward relative to the barrel and the cylinder is accommodated inside the cylinder, the rear bellows is expanded and the front bellows is partially contracted. In a second photographing state, the cylinder extends frontward relative to the cylinder.
US11860490B2
An electro-optical device includes a frame including a conduction part and a resin part, an electro-optical panel that is housed in the inner side of the resin part, and an exposure part that is formed by exposing the conduction part from the resin part. The exposure part is disposed to face at least a part of an end face of the electro-optical panel or protrude from a surface of the electro-optical panel over the end face.
US11860488B2
A display panel and a backlight unit facing the display panel are provided. The display panel includes first and second polarizing plates, first and second substrates, and a liquid crystal layer. In a plan view, a second electrode formed on the first substrate extends in a first direction and includes a plurality of branch electrodes arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction. Any one of transmission axes of the first and second polarizing plates is parallel to an orientation direction of liquid crystal molecules when no voltage is applied to the second electrode. When a formation surface of the second electrode is as a base level and a normal direction of the base level is set to 0 degrees, light from the backlight unit has a peak of the intensity of light at an angle different from 0 degrees in a visible light region.
US11860487B2
According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first area, second area, liquid crystal layer, and a plurality of pixels. Each subpixel includes an opening area including a first opening area and a second opening area. The pixels include a first pixel positioned in the first area and a second pixel positioned over a boundary of the first area and the second area. The opening area of the second pixel is smaller than the opening area of the first pixel when opening areas of subpixels of same color are compared. An each imaginary line showing the boundary of the first opening area and the second opening area is a same straight line.
US11860486B2
A digital display device including, from top to bottom, a first red filter, a transflective liquid crystal display cell, a second red filter and an emissive display cell, the transflective liquid crystal display cell displaying information using at least one first seven-segment digit and the emissive display cell providing a plurality of juxtaposed light points which are arranged so as to provide a display formed by at least one second seven-segment digit.
US11860474B2
A display device including a display panel; a frame at a rear of the display panel; a plurality of light source assemblies between the display panel and the frame, the light source assemblies providing light for the display panel; and a reflecting sheet between the display panel and the frame and including a first sheet part forming a central area of the reflecting sheet; a second sheet part forming a side area of the reflecting sheet around the first sheet part, the second sheet including vertical dot areas formed on first and second vertical sides of the reflecting sheet and horizontal dot areas formed on first and second horizontal sides of the reflecting sheet; and a plurality of partial ring-shaped dot areas formed on the first sheet part partially around corresponding light source assemblies without completely surrounding the corresponding light source assemblies.
US11860471B2
A system is provided. The system includes a display configured to output a virtual image. The system also includes a lens assembly optically coupled to the display and including a plurality of optical lenses. The system also includes a controller configured to selectively activate one or more of the plurality of optical lenses, determine a lens center shift between a center of the selectively activated one or more of the plurality of optical lenses and a center of the lens assembly, and determine an image shift based on the lens center shift for shifting the virtual image output from the display.
US11860470B2
A flexible optical element adopting liquid crystals (LCs) as the materials for realizing electrically tunable optics is foldable. A method for manufacturing the flexible element includes patterned photo-polymerization. The LC optics can include a pair of LC layers with orthogonally aligned LC directors for polarizer-free properties, flexible polymeric alignment layers, flexible substrates, and a module for controlling the electric field. The lens power of the LC optics can be changed by controlling the distribution of electric field across the optical zone.
US11860467B2
A color filter substrate, a display panel, and a display device. The color filter substrate includes a base substrate, a common electrode layer covered on the base substrate, and a first alignment layer covered on the common electrode layer. The first alignment layer has a display region and a sealant region for connecting a frame sealant. One or a plurality of opening(s) is/are arranged on the first alignment layer, and one or a plurality of electrical conductor(s) embedded in the frame sealant is/are configured to insert into the one or a plurality of opening(s) to be electrically connected with the common electrode layer. According to the present application, a problem of a frequently occurred poor conductivity between the array substrate and the common electrode layer of the color filter substrate in the display panel of the related art is solved.
US11860458B2
A spatial light modulator (SLM) comprised of a 2D array of optically-controlled semiconductor nanocavities can have a fast modulation rate, small pixel pitch, low pixel tuning energy, and millions of pixels. Incoherent pump light from a control projector tunes each PhC cavity via the free-carrier dispersion effect, thereby modulating the coherent probe field emitted from the cavity array. The use of high-Q/V semiconductor cavities enables energy-efficient all-optical control and eliminates the need for individual tuning elements, which degrade the performance and limit the size of the optical surface. Using this technique, an SLM with 106 pixels, micron-order pixel pitch, and GHz-order refresh rates could be realized with less than 1 W of pump power.
US11860453B2
Methods of manufacturing an ophthalmic lens are described. The methods include a step of providing an ophthalmic lens; and a step of providing a photocurable film. The methods use a digital light projections system to photocure at least one region of the film to produce at least one photocured gradient index refractive element. The film is applied to a surface of the lens.
US11860451B2
Disclosed herein is a cleaning device for orthokeratology lens, comprising a housing, a cap, a gear module, two cleaning shaft, two cleaning head, and a rotating shaft. The housing comprises two orthokeratology lens bases and an opening. The cap is disposed on the opening. The cleaning shaft comprises a first end connecting to the gear module and a second end. The cleaning head is disposed on the second end of the cleaning shaft. The rotating shaft connects to the gear module.
US11860444B2
Electronic devices such as head-mounted electronic devices may include displays for presenting images to users. To accommodate variations in the interpupillary distances associated with different users, a head-mounted device may have left-eye and right-eye optical modules that move with respect to each other. To hide internal structures from view, the rear of a head-mounted device may be provided with a cover. The cover may have a stretchable layer that is coupled to a frame. Openings in the stretchable layer may be aligned with the optical modules.
US11860437B2
Cable fixation assemblies for telecommunications systems. A cable support body of a cable fixation assembly defines a tie wrap passage. The tie wrap passage includes features that can improve tie wrap tightening control and/or a preferred tie wrap advancement direction when securing a cable to the cable support with the tie wrap.
US11860431B2
An optical cable traction terminal structure includes: a helically wound inner tube that houses an optical cable; and a flexible outer tube disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the helically wound inner tube, wherein a part of the flexible outer tube enters an inside of a groove on the outer circumferential surface of the helically wound inner tube.
US11860422B2
Aspects of the present disclosure describe large scale steerable optical switched arrays that may be fabricated on a common substrate including many thousands or more emitters that may be arranged in a curved pattern at the focal plane of a lens thereby allowing the directional control of emitted light and selective reception of reflected light suitable for use in imaging, ranging, and sensing applications including accident avoidance.
US11860408B2
The disclosure provides optical fibers that exhibit low macrobend loss at 1550 nm at bend diameters between 10 mm and 40 mm. The relative refractive index profile of the fibers includes a trench cladding region with small depth, large width and a trench volume configured to minimize macrobend loss at large and small bend diameters. The optical fiber includes an outer cladding region that surrounds and is directly adjacent to the trench cladding region and an optional offset cladding region between the trench cladding region and the core region. In some embodiments, the trench cladding region has a relative refractive index that decreases monotonically from the inner radius to the outer radius. The monotonic decrease in relative refractive index may have a constant slope. The low macrobend loss at large and small diameters makes the optical fibers well suited for space-constrained deployment environments, such as data centers.
US11860406B2
An optical fiber includes a glass portion, a primary coating layer, and a secondary coating layer. In the optical fiber, a value of microbend loss characteristic factor FμBL_GΔβ is 6.1 ([GPa−1·μm−2.5/rad8]·10−12) or less when represented by FμBL_GΔβ=FμBL_G×FμBL_Δβ, where FμBL_G is geometry microbend loss characteristic and FμBL_Δβ is optical microbend loss characteristic.
US11860402B2
According to one embodiment, an illumination device, in which a plurality of light guides include a plurality of light guide pairs, each of the plurality of light guide pairs includes a first light guide and a second light guide, the plurality of light guide pairs are connected with their long sides opposed to each other, a plurality of laser light source elements include a plurality of first light source elements arranged to be opposed to a first side surface on a short side of the first light guide of the light guide pair, and a plurality of second light source elements arranged to be opposed to a second side surface of the second light guide of the light guide pair.
US11860386B2
An apparatus and method for displaying an image are disclosed. The apparatus includes microLED unit cells including sets of microLEDs each emitting light and at least one lens to control an emission angle and emission profile of the light emitted by the microLED unit cells. A display controller controls an intensity distribution of the microLED unit cells in accordance with first and second video data signals such that a first portion of the emitted light is emitted at a first emission angle with a first emission profile at a first observation angle relative to a display and a second portion of the emitted light is emitted at a second emission angle with a second emission profile at a second observation angle relative to the display. The first and second light portions form unrelated images.
US11860383B2
Embodiments disclosed herein reduce petal flare. A flare-suppressing image sensor includes a plurality of pixels including a first set of pixels and a second set of pixels. The flare-suppressing image sensor further includes plurality of microlenses, where each microlens is aligned to a respective one of the first set of pixels. The flare-suppressing image sensor further includes plurality of sub-microlens, where each microlens array is aligned to a respective one of the second set of pixels.
US11860378B2
A device (100) for speckle reduction, comprising an optical cell (110) and a controller (130). The optical cell (110) comprises a first and second cell wall (121, 122) spaced apart by a gap, and a liquid crystal composition (114) in the gap. The controller (130) is configured to cause fluid turbulence in the liquid crystal composition. The fluid turbulence in the liquid crystal composition (114) results in time varying spatially random scattering of light (102) transmitted through the liquid crystal composition (114). The liquid crystal composition (114) has a chiral nematic phase.
US11860372B2
A display control device is configured to control a display position of an image in an image projector configured to project the image onto a display object of a mobile body. The display control device includes a processor; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the display control device to perform operations including: acquiring a detection value of an acceleration acting on the mobile body; calculating an attitude angle of the mobile body based on the detection value of the acceleration; and setting a correction amount of the display position for controlling the display position of the image to be projected onto the display object by adjusting a correction amount per predetermined unit time in accordance with a change amount of the attitude angle in a predetermined period.
US11860370B2
Augmented reality and virtual reality display systems and devices are configured for efficient use of projected light. In some aspects, a display system includes a light projection system and a head-mounted display configured to project light into an eye of the user to display virtual image content. The head-mounted display includes at least one waveguide comprising a plurality of in-coupling regions each configured to receive, from the light projection system, light corresponding to a portion of the user's field of view and to in-couple the light into the waveguide; and a plurality of out-coupling regions configured to out-couple the light out of the waveguide to display the virtual content, wherein each of the out-coupling regions are configured to receive light from different ones of the in-coupling regions. In some implementations, each in-coupling region has a one-to-one correspondence with a unique corresponding out-coupling region.
US11860363B2
A method performed by an XR rending device (124) having an NCOD (199) for generating, for a first user, XR content for an XR environment with which the first user is interacting. The method includes obtaining first user preference information for the first user, the first user preference information comprising sensory permission information indicating, expressly or implicitly, one or more sensory stimulations to which the first user agrees to be exposed. The method also includes obtaining XR scene configuration information for use in generating XR content for the first user. The method also includes generating XR content for the first user based on the sensory permission information and the XR scene configuration information such that the generated XR content does not comprise XR content for producing any sensory stimulation to which the first user has not agreed to be exposed. The method further includes providing the generated XR content to an XR user device worn by the first user, wherein the XR user device comprises one or more sensory actuators for producing one or more sensory stimulations.
US11860360B2
A display apparatus, a head-up display and a motor vehicle are provided. The display apparatus includes a projector device, a reflector structure and a light beam diffuser structure. Light emitted from the projector device passes through the light beam diffuser structure, is reflected by the reflector structure, and then reaches a first predetermined region; the light beam diffuser structure is configured to diffuse a light beam passing through the light beam diffuser structure; the reflector structure is configured to reflect the light emitted from the projector device and the light reflected by the plurality of sub-reflector structures reaches a second predetermined region within the first predetermined region if the light beam diffuser structure is removed from an optical path from the projector device to the first predetermined region, and an area of the second predetermined region is smaller than an area of the first predetermined region.
US11860349B2
A programmable multiple-point illuminator for an optical microscope includes a light source and a spatial light modulator (SLM) to modulate a light beam from the light source. The modulated light beam scans across a sample provided with fluorophores placed under the microscope objective. The SLM includes a first and a second acousto-optic deflectors, said two acousto-optic deflectors being arranged in cascade to provide respective deflection in different directions, whereby the SLM is enabled to scan in two dimensions across the sample. The SLM further includes a telescope relay to conjugate the first modulation plane with the second modulation plane. The illuminator also has an arbitrary waveform generator configured to synthesize holograms, and is arranged to simultaneously inject a first such hologram into the first acousto-optic deflector and a second such hologram into the second acousto-optic deflector, in order to modulate the light beam in response to said holograms.
US11860348B2
A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative power, and a rear unit having a positive refractive power as a whole and including one or more lens units. A distance between adjacent lens units changes during zooming. The first lens unit includes a first subunit having a positive refractive power and a second subunit disposed on the image side of the first subunit. The first subunit includes a first positive lens having the smallest absolute value of a focal length among lenses included in the first subunit. The second subunit includes a second positive lens and a first negative lens having the smallest absolute value of a focal length among negative lenses included in the second subunit. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
US11860343B2
Present embodiments provide for optical imaging lenses. An optical imaging lens may include at least seven lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Through arrangement of the convex or concave surfaces of the lens elements, the length of the optical imaging lens may be shortened while providing better optical characteristics and imaging quality.
US11860340B2
The present disclosure provides an optical laminate including: a polymer substrate containing a polymer resin and rubber particles having a cross-sectional diameter of 10 to 500 nm dispersed in the polymer resin; and an antiglare layer containing a binder resin and organic fine particles, nano-inorganic particles and chain-shaped silica dispersed in the binder resin, wherein rubber particles having a cross-sectional diameter of 10 to 500 nm exist within 50% of the thickness of the antiglare layer from the interface between the polymer substrate and the antiglare layer, a polarizing plate including the optical laminate, and a liquid crystal display and a display device including the polarizing plate.
US11860332B1
A semi-airborne electromagnetic survey device and a semi-airborne electromagnetic survey method based on coaxial coplanar mutual reference coil assembly are provided. The device includes a measuring coil and a reference coil with linear correlation of additive motion noise; the reference coil and the measuring coil have a same bandwidth, are coaxial and coplanar and are in hard connection or soft connection; detection resolution of the reference coil only distinguishes the additive motion noise; detection resolution of the measuring coil distinguishes real vertical magnetic field signals and motion noise simultaneously; the reference coil has a much smaller outer diameter than the measuring coil. In the method, one coil only receives the additive motion noise, and an other coil simultaneously receives the additive motion noise and the real vertical magnetic field signals; and the additive motion noise received by the two coils is cancelled to obtain the real vertical magnetic field signals.
US11860329B2
A method for locating a buried casing stub may include a) identifying a target region, b) providing at each of a plurality of survey points in the target region a casing stub locator that includes a vector magnetometer, c) measuring the magnetic field at each of the survey points using the vector magnetometer so as to generate a plurality of magnetic field measurements, d) using the magnetic field measurements to generate a model of the magnetic field of the target region, e) fitting the model generated in step d) to a selected model of a magnetic anomaly created by the casing stub so as to generate model fit information (MFI), and f) locating the casing stub using the MFI. At each survey point, an expected Earth magnetic field can be subtracted from the measured magnetic field. A total station can measure the position and/or the azimuth of the package.
US11860326B1
The present invention belongs to the field of geological exploration and specifically relates to the fault characterization method and system for precise navigation of deep oil and gas based on image fusion, aiming to solve the problem that faults in deep formations are difficult to characterize with conventional seismic interpretation methods. The present invention includes: obtaining amplitude gradient images by calculating amplitude gradient vectors; calculating dip attribute images based on the enhanced seismic data; fusing gradient amplitude attribute fault confidence region with dip angle attribute data volume that defines the fault position through a hierarchical wavelet transform method to obtain a superimposed fault attribute map; dividing bead-like structures based on superimposed fault attribute maps; calculating the score of branch fault data points based on the center point position of bead-like structures, and dividing and analyzing the dominant fault areas.
US11860323B2
A radiation imaging device according to one embodiment comprises a radiation detection panel, a base substrate having a support surface configured to support the radiation detection panel, and a housing, wherein: the housing has a top wall and a bottom wall, the base substrate has a protruding portion which protrudes further outward than the radiation detection panel when seen in a direction orthogonal to the support surface, a first extending portion is provided to the support surface of the protruding portion, a second extending portion is provided to a back surface of the protruding portion, the second extending portion being disposed at a position which it faces the first extending portion with the protruding portion interposed therebetween, and the base substrate is supported on the top wall via the first extending portion and is supported on the bottom wall via the second extending portion.
US11860320B2
For dead time determination for a gamma camera or other detector, a long-lived point source of emissions is positioned so that the gamma camera detects the emissions from the source while also being used to detect emissions from the patient. The long-lived point source, in the scan time, acts as a fixed frequency source of emissions, allowing for dead time correction measurements that include the crystal detector effects.
US11860319B2
A phase-contrast imaging detector includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a detection material that generates a measurable parameter in response to X-ray photons. Each pixel also includes a plurality of sub-pixel resolution readout structures. The sub-pixel resolution readout structures are in an alternating pattern with a spacing therebetween that is larger than a frequency of a phase-contrast interference pattern but small enough to enable charge sharing between adjacent sub-pixel resolution readout structures when an X-ray photon hits between the adjacent sub-pixel resolution readout structures. The phase-contrast imaging detector also includes readout circuitry configured to read out signals from the plurality of sub-pixel readout structures. The plurality of sub-pixel resolution readout structures includes two or more electrodes having alternating arms that form an interleaved comb structure.
US11860318B2
A method for reconstructing a signal from a subset of the full signal is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a plurality of randomly sampled multichannel radio-frequency or in-phase and quadrature signals acquired from a physical environment including a transmitter, a propagation medium and a receiver; modelling the full signal as a matrix comprising a plurality of vector signals wherein the full signal is expressed as a matrix product of a first matrix and a second matrix; updating the second matrix based on an objective function to produce an updated second matrix; determining a convergence parameter in dependence upon the evaluated objective function; and modifying the updated second matrix in dependence upon the convergence parameter.
US11860317B1
A method and a system for optically adjusting an image fusion LiDAR system are provided. The method includes: presetting initial positions of a first detector and a second detector; acquiring signal strengths of the echo signals emitted by diffuse reflection at different positions on a background wall detected by the first detector; determining a first mark position on the background wall according to the signal strengths of the echo signals; and adjusting at least one of a position or an attitude of the second detector according to an echo signal emitted by diffuse reflection at the first mark position, the first detector and the second detector being each a linear array detector.
US11860307B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first stage and a second stage. The first stage may include a micro light-directing unit that is operable to receive a light beam from a light source and direct the light beam along one dimension to discrete input locations of a second stage. The second stage may be operable to receive the light beam from the first stage at the discrete input locations along the one dimension and direct the light beam through two dimensions to discrete output locations of the second stage to scan a three-dimensional space.
US11860297B2
A radar system and method include and employ a plurality of substantially identical transceiver sets establishing respective substantially identical, overlapping virtual antenna arrays. A first sub-array of widely spaced virtual antennas provides high angular resolution but high angular ambiguity. A second sub-array of narrowly spaced virtual antennas provides low angular ambiguity but low angular resolution.
US11860295B2
An enclosure for electronics comprises a shell. The shell defines an exterior of the enclosure and accommodated a main chamber inside the shell. The enclosure comprises a partition defining a relief chamber extending inwardly of the shell. The partition has a relief aperture communicating between the relief chamber and the main chamber. The partition has a gas-permeable barrier membrane arranged to cover the aperture. The shell has an opening communicating between the relief chamber and the exterior of the enclosure. The enclosure is suitable for vehicle-mounted radar sensor electronics. The enclosure may provide IP6K6K environmental sealing.
US11860294B2
Techniques and apparatuses are described that implement electromagnetic vector sensors (EMVS) for a smart-device-based radar system. Instead of including an antenna array of similar antenna elements, the radar system includes two or more electromagnetic vector sensors. At least one of the electromagnetic vector sensors is used for transmission and at least another of the electromagnetic vector sensors is used for reception. Each electromagnetic vector sensor includes a group of antennas with different antenna patterns, orientations, and/or polarizations. An overall footprint of the two electromagnetic vector sensors (e.g., one for transmission and one for reception) can be smaller than antenna arrays used by other radar systems, thereby enabling the radar system to be implemented within space-constrained devices.
US11860293B2
A device (112, 130) is configured to communicate data (108) on a radio channel (101, 105, 106) according to a radio access technology. The radio access technology comprises pilot signals and transmission blocks for the data (108). The device (112, 130) is further configured to participate in the radar probing (109) employing at least some of the pilot signals as radar probe pulses of the radar probing (109).
US11860287B2
An system and/or method for detecting outliers in satellite observations can include: receiving satellite observations associated with one or more satellite constellations; receiving sensor data; determining a GNSS positioning solution using a filter to process the satellite observations; determining a fused positioning solution; detecting whether outliers are present in the satellite observations; and when outliers are detected, updating the GNSS positioning solution and/or the fused positioning solution using a set of outlier mitigated satellite observations.
US11860285B2
A method for assisting the navigation of a fleet of vehicles including main vehicle and a secondary vehicle movable relative to the main vehicle includes receiving data acquired by one or more sensors, the received data including relative kinematic data between the main vehicle and the secondary vehicle, and estimating a navigation state of the fleet of vehicles by an invariant Kalman filter using the received data as observations. The navigation state includes first variables representative of a first rigid transformation linking a frame attached to the main vehicle to a reference frame, and second variables representative of a second rigid transformation linking the frame attached to the main vehicle to a frame attached to the secondary vehicle. The invariant Kalman filter uses as binary operation an operation including a term-by-term composition of the first rigid transformation and of the second rigid transformation.
US11860268B2
A system and method for determining a number of occupants at a location using multiple modalities. The method includes gathering a first data set with a motion sensor of the lighting system. A second data set is gathered with a transceiver of an RF subsystem. First and second estimates are calculated from the second data set using first and second algorithms. The first estimate and the second estimate are fused to create a fused occupant estimate. The first algorithm, the second algorithm, or both the first algorithm and the second algorithm are trained by inputting the second occupant estimate and/or the second set of data to recalibrate parameters of the first algorithm and/or inputting the first occupant estimate and/or the first set of data to recalibrate parameters during training of the second algorithm. A building control system can operated in response to the fused occupant estimate.
US11860259B2
An optical-electronic integrated RF leakage interference cancellation system and method for continuous wave radars belongs to the technical filed of radars. The optical-electronic integrated RF leakage interference cancellation system cancels the RF leakage interference by integrating of the microwave photonic link and the cable link. The microwave photonic link implements the phase adjustment, time delay adjustment and amplitude adjustment of the microwave signal tapped from the continuous wave source in the transmitter and realizes the cancellation matching conditions of the out of phase, the matching delay time and the same amplitude with the leakage interference signal. It has the advantages of broad frequency band, large bandwidth, and high tuning resolution, which enables the effective suppression of the RF leakage interference and ensures the high transmit-to-receive isolation for continuous wave radars.
US11860257B2
A three-dimensional magnetic resonance image dataset of an object is acquired using a multi-shot imaging protocol in which several k-space lines are acquired in one shot. The three-dimensional k-space includes a central region and a periphery, wherein the sampling order of k-space lines differs between the central region and the periphery. At least one k-space line from each shot passes through the central region, whereas the periphery includes regions, which are sampled by k-space lines from a subset of the plurality of shots.
US11860254B2
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes a set of magnet coils for generating a magnetic field. The set of magnet coils are composed of a superconducting material. The system further includes a mechanical cryocooler in thermal contact with the set of magnet coils and operable to reduce and maintain a temperature of the set of magnet coils below a transition temperature of the superconducting material, and an energy storage device coupled to the set of magnet coils. The energy storage device may be capable of receiving and storing energy dissipated from the set of magnet coils during rapid shutdown of the set of magnet coils. The system may also include a controller coupled to the energy storage device. The controller may be programmed to recharge the set of magnet coils using the energy stored in the energy storage device during the rapid shutdown of the set of magnet coils.
US11860250B2
Magnetic angular sensor device destined to sense an external magnetic field, the sensor device including a plurality of magnetic sensor elements, each sensor element including a magnetic tunnel junction containing a ferromagnetic reference layer having a reference magnetization that is pinned in a pinning direction, a ferromagnetic sense layer having a sense magnetization that can be oriented in an external magnetic field, and a tunnel barrier spacer layer, between the reference layer and the sense layer; wherein the sense layer of at least a portion of said plurality of sensor elements comprises an in-plane uniaxial sense magnetic anisotropy having an easy axis that is aligned substantially parallel to the pinning direction, such that an angular deviation in the alignment of the direction of the sense magnetization in the external magnetic field is minimized for a range of external magnetic field.
US11860240B2
Provided is an apparatus and method for protecting against unsafe electric current conditions. An example method includes accessing a selected operating mode for a heating element of the electric grill using at least one user input device of the electric grill, the heating element connected to a voltage line and a neutral line; measuring, using a temperature probe, a temperature of the heating element; estimating an ambient temperature at a location within a cook box of the electric grill spaced apart from the heating element, the estimation of the ambient temperature based on the measured temperature of the heating element; and using the estimated ambient temperature to determine when a target temperature corresponding to the selected operating mode is reached.
US11860229B2
An automated test equipment (ATE) apparatus comprising a tester processor operable to generate commands and data for coordinating testing of a plurality of devices under test (DUTs). The ATE further comprises a field programmable gate array (FPGA) communicatively coupled to the tester processor, wherein the FPGA comprises routing logic operable to route signals associated with the commands and data in the FPGA based on a type of the device under test (DUT). Further, the ATE comprises a connector module communicatively coupled to the FPGA comprising a socket to which the DUT connects and further comprising circuitry for routing the signals to a set of pins on the DUT, wherein the set of pins are associated with a first type of DUT. The circuitry can support multiple different DUT types having a common form factor but different pinout assignments.
US11860227B2
A delay estimation system estimates a delay of a DUT for an emulation system. The delay estimation system receives logic blocks of the DUT and a combinatorial path connecting one or more of the logic blocks. The system applies a delay model to a feature vector representing the combinatorial path, where the delay model can determine a delay of the combinatorial path. The delay model may be a machine learning model. The system generates a timing graph using the determined delay and provides the timing graph to a compiler to perform placement and routing of the DUT.
US11860225B2
A test apparatus includes a test board, a unit, and a probe pin housed in the unit. First and second tip portions of the probe pin have the same shape as each other. A first external terminal of a first semiconductor package is brought into contact with the first tip portion of the probe pin and the second tip portion thereof is brought into contact with the terminal of the test board, thereby performing an electrical test of the first semiconductor package. Then, the unit is turned upside down and rearranged in the test apparatus. Thereafter, a second external terminal of a second semiconductor package is brought into contact with the second tip portion of the probe pin and the first tip portion thereof is brought into contact with the terminal of the test board, thereby performing an electrical test of the second semiconductor package.
US11860224B2
The disclosure describes a novel method and apparatus for improving interposers to include embedded monitoring instruments for real time monitoring digital signals, analog signals, voltage signals and temperature sensors located in the interposer. An embedded monitor trigger unit controls the starting and stopping of the real time monitoring operations. The embedded monitoring instruments are accessible via an 1149.1 TAP interface on the interposer.
US11860220B2
A method for evaluating a Hot Carrier Injection (HCI) effect of a device is provided. The method includes, a ratio of a substrate current to a drain current of a first device at different gate-source voltages is acquired, and recorded as a first current ratio; a ratio of a substrate current to a drain current of a second device at different gate-source voltages is acquired, and recorded as a second current ratio, the second device is subjected to process parameter adjustment or device parameter adjustment relative to the first device; and an influence of the process parameter adjustment or the device parameter adjustment on an HCI effect of the device is determined based on the second current ratio and the first current ratio.
US11860218B2
An electronic monitoring circuit for detecting a variation in the power or current absorbed by an electronic circuit under test is disclosed. The circuit includes an input terminal adapted to receive a pulse-width modulation control signal, a resistor having a first terminal connected to the input terminal, and a capacitor having a first terminal connected to a second terminal of the resistor. The output terminal is adapted to generate an output signal as a function of the value of the voltage drop at the ends of the capacitor, said output signal being representative of a variation of the pulse width of the pulse-width modulation control signal. The variation of the pulse width is a function of the power or current absorbed by the electronic circuit under test.
US11860212B1
A computer monitors a status of grid devices using sensor measurements. Sensor data is clustered using a predefined grouping distance value to define one or more sensor event clusters. A plurality of monitored devices is clustered using a predefined clustering distance value to define one or more asset clusters. A location is associated with each monitored device of the plurality of monitored devices. A distance is computed between each sensor event cluster and each asset cluster. When the computed distance is less than or equal to a predefined asset/sensor distance value for a sensor event cluster and an asset cluster, an asset identifier of the asset cluster associated with the computed distance is added to an asset event list. For each asset cluster included in the asset event list, an asset location of an asset is shown on a map in a graphical user interface presented in a display.
US11860204B2
The present invention provides a display device and detection method for impedance of the display device. The display device includes a display panel, a circuit board, and a chip-on-film. The chip-on-film includes pins, and the pins include conducting pins and test pins. The conducting pins are electrically connected to a first detection part of the circuit board, and the test pins are electrically connected to a second detection part of the circuit board. The conducting pins electrically connected to the first detection part are connected to the test pins by test wires.
US11860196B2
A detection system for a capacitor of a power inverter of an electric vehicle includes a protection circuit including a current sensor and a power switch having a first terminal in communication with a battery system of the electric vehicle. The protection circuit is configured to selectively generate a pulse and to sense a measured current flowing through the power switch. A voltage sensor configured to sense a measured voltage across the capacitor. A controller in communication with the voltage sensor and the protection circuit is configured to estimate a capacitance value of the capacitor based on the measured current and the measured voltage.
US11860191B2
The present disclosure discloses a probe module, comprising: a body, a floating plate located at the bottom of the body and a probe assembly located on the side of the body which is far away from the floating plate. The probe assembly includes a cover plate, a mould core comprising pin grooves and blade pins each limited and fixed in the pin groove by a limiting member. The floating plate comprises pin holes, and the floating plate is configured to be floatable relative to the body in an extension direction of the blade pin and electrical contact terminals of the blade pins may be inserted into the pin holes from the surface of the floating plate close to the body and protrude from the surface of the floating plate which is far away from the body.
US11860174B2
This invention relates to anti-cannabidiol antibodies and methods of using these antibodies for the detection and quantification of bioactive cannabidiol.
US11860167B2
Applicants have developed an amplification system and methodology for IHC and ISH staining that utilizes “click chemistry” to covalently bind reporter molecules to tissue.
US11860165B2
The present inventors have demonstrated that circulating auto-antibodies to cancer antigens hold promise as specific and sensitive biomarkers for the early detection of cancer. The present invention thus relates to methods of detecting cancer in a sample, comprising utilising a glycopeptide bait derived from human mucins with different cancer-associated O-glycans. Detected antibodies were demonstrated as glycopeptide specific, and it could be discriminated between e.g. colorectal cancer patients and healthy individuals. The inventors have also developed monoclonal antibodies based on the identified glycopeptides epitope baits, and demonstrated differential expression of the relevant target antigens. The invention thus, in a lock and key-based manner includes both glycopeptides and antibody tools for early detection of cancer, as well as methods of using the same for in situ visualisation and treatment of specific cancer types.
US11860161B2
Disclosed herein are methods of treatment of autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) as well as clinical assays for detection of autoimmune disease activity in patients utilizing a PD1 ligand.
US11860159B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include systems for use in preparing a labelled biomolecule reagent. Systems according to certain embodiments include an input manager for receiving a request for a labelled biomolecule reagent, a memory for storing a dataset having a plurality of labelled biomolecule reagent storage identifiers, a processing module communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to identify one or more labelled biomolecule reagent storage identifiers from the dataset that corresponds to the labelled biomolecule reagent request and an output manager for providing the one or more identified labelled biomolecule reagent storage identifiers. A reagent preparatory apparatus for preparing the labelled biomolecule reagent from an activated biomolecule and activated label is also described. Methods for communicating and receiving a labelled biomolecule reagent request and preparing the subject labelled biomolecule reagents are also provided.
US11860156B2
Methods to rapidly and accurately detect, characterize, measure, and quantify site-specific antibody drug conjugates, that may be present in pre-clinical animal biological samples, or human biological samples, including plasma/serum and tissue samples.
US11860142B2
A liquid chromatograph mass spectrometer specifying a location where a flow path is clogged and recovering in a short time. The liquid chromatograph mass spectrometer includes a first flow path passing through a separation column, a second flow path not passing through the separation column, a mass spectrometry unit on the downstream side of the first and second flow paths that analyzes a sample that has passed through the first flow path, a first valve for connecting any one of the first and second flow paths to the mass spectrometry unit, and a controller for controlling driving of the first valve connecting the first flow path to the mass spectrometric unit, comparing the measured value of the mass spectrometric unit with a predetermined threshold value, and connecting the second flow path to the mass spectrometry unit when it is determined to be abnormal.
US11860136B2
A gas chromatography analysis method includes separating a component in sample gas by introducing the sample gas into a separation column (4) using carrier gas, and detecting a component in sample gas that has passed through the separation column (4) by introducing the sample gas into a detector (6). The detecting includes individually taking out hydrogen gas and oxygen gas generated by electrolysis of water, and controlling flow rates of taken-out hydrogen gas and oxygen gas and supplying the taken-out hydrogen gas and oxygen gas to the detector as detector gas.
US11860135B2
A three-dimensional dynamic and static load test system for simulating deep roadway excavation and a method thereof are provided, which relates to the technical field of indoor simulation testing in underground engineering. The system includes a mobile platform, a box body, a support frame, a roadway excavation device, and a data monitoring unit. The system and method of the disclosure can reproduce the whole process of roadway excavation, simulate the multi-directional loading of deep roadway, and restore the real stress state of deep roadway under the influence of dynamic and static load superimposed disturbance. The problem of insufficient research under the condition of unidirectional static loading and lack of multi-directional dynamic and static loading in current large-scale experimental devices has been solved, and the stress and deformation of the surrounding rock of the roadway are reflected in real-time through the data monitoring unit.
US11860133B1
Disclosed is a multi-shaft pressurized rock mechanics tester, pertaining to the technical field of rock mechanics testing devices, comprising a base; the base is of an integral rectangular structure, and welded six vertical support plates symmetrically at the front and back ends, a -shaped bracket plate is horizontally welded at the top of the six vertical support plates (“” is a Chinese character, read as “Ri”), and a bracket plate is rotatably installed on the top section of the three rear vertical support plates, pressed against the -shaped bracket plate; the left and right sides of the base are symmetrically welded with four vertical bracing plates, an I-shaped installation plate is welded on the top of the four vertical bracing plates, four hydraulic cylinders are locked, fixed and hoisted on the bottom of the I-shaped installation plate with screws.
US11860116B2
A semiconductor device includes a target layer disposed on a substrate, and a crack sensor for detecting a crack generated in the target layer. The crack sensor includes a first conductive pattern positioned at a bottom surface of the target layer, a second conductive pattern positioned on a top surface of the target layer, the top surface being opposite to the bottom surface of the target layer, a plurality of resistors, and nodes. The plurality of resistors are connected in parallel to each other through the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern. Each of the plurality of resistors is disposed to substantially penetrate the target layer.
US11860113B2
Provided is a tube weld X-ray inspection device for inspecting an abnormality, such as a tube welding part crack, of a heat exchanger by using X-rays.
US11860110B2
To provide an article inspection apparatus capable of sensitively and stably detecting a change in a spectrum when an unspecified foreign substance is contained and determining a defective product. A transport unit that transports a tablet for inspection to an article inspection position, a light irradiation unit that irradiates the tablet transported to the article inspection position with light, a light detection unit that detects light transmitted through the tablet, and an article inspection unit that inspects a quality of the tablet based on spectral characteristics of the light detected by the light detection unit are provided, and the article inspection unit standardizes a measured value of a spectrum of the light detected by the light detection unit for each wavelength and determines whether the tablet is a normal product or a defective product based on a standardized value.
US11860097B2
A measuring apparatus includes a holding table that holds a measurement-target object and a measuring unit that measures a height or a thickness of the measurement-target object held by the holding table. The measuring unit includes a light source unit, an optical fiber that guides light emitted by the light source unit, and a light collector that focuses the light guided by the optical fiber on the measurement-target object held by the holding table. The light source unit includes an excitation light source, a fluorescent body that emits fluorescence when receiving excitation light emitted by the excitation light source, and a collecting lens that focuses the excitation light emitted by the excitation light source on the fluorescent body.
US11860088B2
A testing apparatus for dynamic characterization of a sample of a material under test. A terahertz (THz) time-domain spectroscopy system is configured and arranged to generate and detect terahertz waves to interrogate the sample. A shock wave loading system is configured and arranged to produce a shock wave in the sample concurrently with said THz spectroscopy device interrogating the sample. The sample undergoes changes in an index of refraction in response to the produced ultrafast shock wave in the sample that are detected by the terahertz spectroscopy system.
US11860080B2
In some examples, a system including a fluid stream monitoring system. The monitoring system includes an illumination device configured to illuminate at least some of particles suspended in a fluid stream; and an imaging device configured to image the illuminated particles at a first image plane that intersects a longitudinal axis of the fluid stream, wherein the illumination device and the imaging device are registered to the fluid stream delivery device in the first image plane, where the first image plane is substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis. The system includes processing circuitry configured to determine one or more physical characteristics of the fluid particles.
US11860079B2
A parallel core simulation device for commingling production in low-permeability gas reservoirs includes a gas supercharger configured to provide a high pressure gas to simulate a fluid in a gas reservoir, a plurality of core holders arranged in parallel, a thermostat configured to control a temperature of each core holder to simulate a temperature of the gas reservoir, a pressure pump configured to control a pressure applied to each core holder to simulate a confining pressure of the gas reservoir, a first back-pressure valve communicated with each core holder, a fully-automatic gas meter configured to measure a rate and a volume of gas production and a second hydraulic pump configured to simulate a part of a gas well Christmas Tree.
US11860075B2
The analyzing method for quantifying urea in a sample solution includes: a pretreatment step of pretreating the sample solution with at least one of a membrane device including a reverse osmosis membrane and an ion exchange device including an ion exchanger; and an analyzing step of analyzing a target substance in the pretreated sample solution. The analyzing step is based on, for example, flow injection analysis (FIA), and includes a step of quantifying the target substance by measuring the absorbance of a liquid containing a substance generated by reacting the target substance with a reagent.
US11860068B2
Methods and systems for remote monitoring of a portable generator. A method for monitoring portable generators includes removably attaching a telemetry module to a portable generator, the telemetry module including a processor, a service provider cable modem, and sensors for obtaining telemetry data from the portable generator, sending, to a service provider system via the service provider cable modem and over a service provider coaxial cable system, portable generator telemetry data when the portable generator is active, receiving, by the service provider cable modem from the service provider system, control commands based on actionable data generated from the portable generator telemetry data, and executing, by the processor, the control commands on the portable generator.
US11860056B2
A shaped body, in particular for a pressure sensor, can have a membrane and having a supporting section supporting the membrane. The membrane can be produced at least in layers from a ceramic material by means of additive manufacturing, in particular 3D screen printing, and having an outer circumferential shape with at least one corner.
US11860045B2
A semiconductor device includes a control signal generation circuit configured to shift a test mode signal in response to a clock signal to generate a plurality of control signals, and a plurality of temperature sensing circuits each including a first resistor having a resistance that varies depending on temperature and configured to generate a temperature sensing signal based on the resistance in response to a corresponding control signal of the plurality of control signals.
US11860044B2
A system has a first temperature sensor located at a first location. A second temperature sensor is located at a second location. A control is configured to determine a difference between voltages indicated of a temperature sensed by each of the first and second sensors. A method is also disclosed.
US11860029B2
Provided are a light intensity detection circuit, a light intensity detection method and an light intensity detection apparatus. The light intensity detection circuit includes a photoelectric conversion sub-circuit, a source follower sub-circuit, a reset sub-circuit, a read sub-circuit and a sense sub-circuit. The photoelectric conversion sub-circuit generates a corresponding electrical signal according to an incident light signal, and outputs it to a first node; the source follower sub-circuit generates a corresponding voltage signal or current signal according to the electrical signal of the first node and outputs it to a second node; the read sub-circuit reads the voltage signal or current signal of the second node to determine an incident light intensity; the reset sub-circuit provides a voltage at a offset voltage terminal to the first node.
US11860026B2
An electronic liquid level gauge assembly includes an electronic display located in a housing connected to a tank. The display has first and second display portions for indicating liquid level condition. A first electronic sensor senses a change in magnetic field of a magnet associated with a liquid level transducer, with magnet rotation being proportional liquid level change. A processor determines a temperature-compensated liquid level condition by correlating the liquid level signal with temperature measurement of the liquid. A temperature-compensated vapor space can also be calculated based on tank information and properties of the liquid. Signals related to the temperature-compensated liquid level and vapor space are sent to the display and wirelessly transmitted to a smart phone or the like for remotely viewing the tank information. The smart phone also includes a special app for sending information, firmware updates, and display configuration data to the electronic gauge assembly.
US11860024B2
A valve arrangement for a guided wave radar level gauge including a valve housing holding a movable valve element having a through-opening, the movable valve element being configured to be movable between an open position and a closed position. A probe section arranged in the through-opening of the movable valve element. Upper and lower probe sections are located on respective sides of the movable valve element. A spring-loaded connection assembly is configured to form an electrical connection between the upper and the lower probe section via the probe section in the movable valve element when the movable valve element is in an open position.
US11860018B2
A rate-of-change flow measurement device is provided including first pressure sensor, a position control valve with a valve position sensor, a second sensor position and a chamber comprising a part of the flow path of the device, and an isolation valve, arranged in this order along the flow path of the device. The device receives valve position data from the valve position sensor and pressure data from the pressure sensors, and calculates a volume of the chamber at least in part using the valve position data when a calibration of a device-under-test is performed by decreasing a pressure of the chamber or increasing the pressure of the chamber while opening the position control valve to maintain the pressure reading of the first pressure sensor constant to stay at a pressure set point.
US11860017B2
A dispensing system including a cap configured to secure the dispensing system to a bottle filled with a formula, wherein the cap is configured to retain a metered dose of the formula, a shaft in fluid communication with the cap, a bladder inside the cap, wherein the bladder comprises one or more openings, and wherein the bladder is configured to lift to cover the shaft, a distributor nozzle in fluid communication with the shaft, and an outer nozzle covering the distributor nozzle and configured to dispense the formula.
US11860015B2
An Infrared (IR) imaging system can be constructed with a spectral range that includes at least a portion of an IR band of CO2 which firstly, enables the system to measure flow rates of flare stack gases that contain hydrocarbons, and secondly, is radiometrically calibrated, thereby assuring that the output for each pixel in images captured by the camera has apparent temperature consistent with the temperature of a blackbody used to calibrate the camera.
US11860014B2
Systems and methods for material composition detection includes a vessel containing a quantity of a fluid composition therein which has at least a first and second fluids. At least one acoustic transducer is positioned on an exterior sidewall of the vessel. A computerized device has a processor and is in communication with the acoustic transducer. A metric of a property of the first fluid is determined based on a first signal of the acoustic transducer. A metric of a property of the second fluid is determined based on a second signal of the acoustic transducer. A metric of a property of the fluid composition at a point in time is determined based on the metrics of the first and second fluids, and at least a determinable volume of at least a portion of the vessel. A material identity of the fluid composition is determined at the point in time.
US11860013B2
A magnetically inductive flowmeter for determining flow velocity and/or volume flow of a medium includes a measuring tube for conveying the medium, a magnetic field generating device and at least one electrode assembly, which is installed in the measuring tube in such a manner that it forms a galvanic contact with the medium, wherein the electrode assembly has an electrode body, wherein the electrode body is stylus shaped and has a front end surface, wherein a pressure measuring transducer is coupled with the electrode body, and wherein the pressure measuring transducer is contactable with the pressure acting on the front end surface.
US11860011B2
A magnetic insertion meter is disclosed herein. Disclosed insertion meters include in some examples, a sensor head tube cylinder having a textured front surface and at least two electrodes. Disclosed insertion meters include a textured front surface adapted to move the separation point of a fluid flowing over the sensor head tube towards the upstream surface as compared to the same sensor head tube without the textured front surface. Methods of measuring flow are also disclosed herein using example magnetic insertion meters.
US11860009B2
An automated meter testing system that includes a fluid inlet valve fluidly coupled both to a fluid source and an inlet on the at least one meter. The fluid source provides fluid pressure to move fluid through the at least one meter. A flow control valve is fluidly coupled to the at least one meter opposite the fluid inlet valve. A valve controller that operates the flow control valve. A controller is electrically connected to the valve controller. The controller sends at least one signal to the valve controller to incrementally open or restrict the flow control valve to increase or decrease a flow rate of the fluid through the at least one meter.
US11860007B2
An encoder includes a scale and a sensor. The scale has first and second absolute patterns. The sensor includes a light source, and first and second absolute light receivers. The first and second absolute light receivers receive light from the first and second absolute patterns, respectively. The first absolute light receiver receives light from the first pattern and includes first and second light receiving elements. Each first light receiving elements outputs a first signal with a first phase. Each second light receiving elements outputs a first signal with a second phase. The first and second light receiving elements are arranged alternately. The second absolute light receiver includes third and fourth light receiving elements. Each third light receiving element outputs a second signal with the first phase. The third and fourth light receiving elements are arranged alternately. Each fourth light receiving element outputs a second signal with the second phase.
US11860005B2
The position detector of an object includes a body defining an input receiving an optical fibre delivering a light signal, and an output delivering a signal representative of the position of the object. A mirror is mounted to move between first and second positions in the body with respect to the input. The first position or the second position ensures transmission of the light signal from the input to the output. The other of the first position and the second position prevents transmission of the light signal to the output. A spring is mounted in the body in order to place the mirror in the first position. A tip is movable relative to the body between a first position and a second position along a direction of movement and is intended to cooperate with the object to be monitored.
US11860004B2
A multi-layer electrode for a capacitive pressure sensor is manufactured according to a method including co-extruding a conductive polymer layer and a dielectric foam layer and forming coextruded layers of the capacitive pressure sensor and pressure rolling an XY layer and the coextruded layers together and forming the multi-layer electrode.
US11859995B2
A designated location preview method includes obtaining an image of a portion of an environment of a vehicle dispatched to a designated location in response to a service request from a user, wherein the obtaining is performed using at least one onboard sensor of the vehicle; and displaying the image of the environment portion on a user interface (UI) of a user device substantially in real-time.
US11859986B2
Particular embodiments described herein provide for a system and method for facilitating autonomous delivery using a delivery assembly transported by an autonomous vehicle, the system and method can include determining a location of the delivery assembly and in response to determining the location of the delivery assembly, configuring a user interface to facilitate the autonomous delivery. The user interface has at least a point of origination configuration and a user configuration. In addition, the user interface can authenticate a user, allow the user to access one or more cubbies of the delivery assembly, and inform the user through one or more indicators on the user interface that the user can access a specific cubby.
US11859965B2
A material analysis method is provided. A plurality of wafers processed from a plurality of ingots are measured by a measuring instrument to obtain an average of a bow of each of the wafers processed from the ingots and a plurality of full widths at half maximum (FWHM) of each of the wafers. Key factors respectively corresponding to the ingots are calculated according to the FWHM of the wafers. A regression equation is obtained according to the key factors and the average of the bows.
US11859964B2
Some embodiments described herein relate to optical systems and methods for determining the shape and/or size of objects that include projecting a pattern of light onto the object. The pattern of light can be configured such that first-order reflections can be distinguished from second- and/or higher-order reflections, which can be rejected. Thus, even in instances in which the pattern of light is reflected onto the object multiple times, the original, or first-order, reflection can be detected, distinguished, and/or used for laser triangulation. In some embodiments, a pattern of light that does not have reflection and/or rotational symmetry is projected onto the object, such that second-order and/or higher-order reflections can be distinguished from the first-order reflection.
US11859958B2
A powder compaction device is disclosed. The device has a drive motor operable connected to a compaction rod that moves through a loading platform to a cartridge holding platform. A powder loading station is positioned below the loading platform and above the cartridge holding platform. The compaction rod moves through the powder loading station, which loads a predetermined volume of propellant powder into one or more reliefs defined in the compaction rod. The cartridge holding platform has a removable cartridge fixture designed to receive an ammunition cartridge to be loaded and compacted with propellant powder. The propellant powder is released into the cartridge fixture from the reliefs as the compaction rod passes a funnel defined at an upper end of the fixture. After releasing the powder, the compaction rod continues into an interior chamber of the fixture to compact the powder contained therein.
US11859945B1
A handgun enables the adapter plate for mounting the dot-sight to be securely and easily assembled into the slide even without using a fastening member such as a screw. The handgun equipes with the adapter plate and the slide for mounting the dot-sight with the improved assembly structure, wherein the adapter plate slides toward one side and is assembled into the slide, and then a projection lever restricts sliding of the adapter plate in an opposite direction such that the adapter plate is not unintendedly detached from the slide.
US11859944B1
A sling slider element has a frame defining an aperture, a rotor pivotally connected to the frame, the rotor received in the frame aperture, the frame and rotor configured to receive a strap, and the rotor movable with respect to the frame between a disengaged position in which the strap is free to slide with respect to the rotor and an engaged position in which the strap is engaged to the frame and rotor. The frame may include a pivot pin spanning the aperture. The frame aperture may be rectangular, and the rotor may be rectangular. The frame may be a planar body, and the rotor may have a planar body portion coplanar with the frame when in the engaged position. The rotor may have a handle element extending away from the planar body portion. The handle element may extend perpendicularly from the planar body portion.
US11859938B2
A multi-channel magazine for a toy gun includes a magazine body, a dividing unit formed within the magazine body, and a bullet pressing unit. The dividing unit cooperates with the magazine body to define at least one storage channel, a plurality of first narrow channels in spacial communication with the storage channel, and a converging channel in communication with the first narrow channels and a bullet outlet. Each of the first narrow channels and the converging channel is configured to allow only one bullet to pass through. The bullet pressing unit is mounted on the magazine body to press the bullets from the storage channel through the first narrow channels and discharge the bullets from the converging channel. The bullets can be moved and converged gradually to a one-by-one arrangement to the bullet outlet so as to facilitate smooth pressing and discharging of bullets and increase the capacity of magazine.
US11859923B2
The disclosure discloses a cooling system and an automatic coolant injection method for the cooling system. The cooling system includes a heat exchanger; a converter; a liquid cooling pipeline; a coolant tank with a liquid-level sensor; an injection pump for injecting coolant from the coolant tank into the liquid cooling pipe; and a control unit. When liquid level of the coolant tank reaches an upper threshold, the injection pump injects coolant into the liquid cooling pipeline. When pressure of the coolant in the liquid cooling pipe reaches an upper static liquid pressure threshold, the control unit turns off the injection pump, and executes the turning-on and turning-off operations of the circulation pump with a preset circulation period. The circulation pump forces the coolant to circulate in the liquid cooling pipeline when being turned on.
US11859918B2
A heat exchanger includes a first end opposite a second end, a first side opposite a second side, a first layer, and a second layer. The first side and the second side extend from the first end to the second end. The first layer includes an inlet at the first end and an outlet at the second end of the heat exchanger. The second layer includes a first passage at the first end of the heat exchanger and extending from the first side to the second side and a second passage adjacent to the first passage. The second passage extends from the first side to the second side. The second layer further includes a third passage extending from the second end toward the second passage. The first passage is fluidically connected to the third passage proximate the second end and the third passage is fluidically connected to the second passage.
US11859913B2
A wick sheet for a vapor chamber is sandwiched between a first sheet and a second sheet of the vapor chamber that encloses a working fluid. The wick sheet for a vapor chamber includes a sheet body having a first body surface and a second body surface, a penetration space that penetrates the sheet body, a first groove assembly that is disposed on the second body surface and that communicates with the penetration space, and the second groove assembly that is disposed on the first body surface and that communicates with the penetration space. The flow channel cross-sectional area of a second mainstream groove of the second groove assembly is greater than the flow channel cross-sectional area of a first mainstream groove of the first groove assembly.
US11859909B2
A device for producing expanded granulated material from grains of sand with an expanding agent includes a furnace with a furnace shaft, which has upper and lower ends. A conveying section extends between the ends and passes through separately-arranged heating zones in a conveying direction. At least one feeder charges at least the unexpanded material into the furnace shaft at one end toward the other end. At least one rotatable shaft insert is arranged at least in sections in the furnace shaft and has at least one scraper blade forming with an inner wall of the furnace shaft at least one gap having a gap width and being designed, during rotation of the at least one shaft insert in an operating state of the device, to remove caking on the inner wall at least in sections if a thickness of the caking is greater than the respective gap width.
US11859904B2
A liquid removal device is for removing a liquid from a surface. The liquid removal device includes a chassis comprising a handle and an absorber drum and an extractor drum both rotationally coupled with the chassis. The absorber drum includes a cylinder, where an absorbent layer is positioned on an outer drum surface of the absorber drum. The extractor drum includes a reservoir configured to retain the liquid absorbed from the surface, an outer extractor surface, and a plurality of apertures defined by the outer extractor surface in fluid communication with the reservoir. The extractor drum is movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, at least a first portion of the plurality of apertures are in contact with the absorbent layer. In the second position, the first portion of the plurality of apertures are not in contact with the absorbent layer.
US11859902B2
Included are systems, methods and devices for cooling beverages, comprising an upper insulated basin sized to allow placement of cooling fluid and beverage containers; a separator device sized to restrain the beverage containers such that during agitation, each of the beverage containers does not impact any other of the beverage containers or the side surface of the upper insulated basin and allows for cooling fluid to contact an exterior surface of each of the beverage containers; and an agitation section placeable in physical communication with the upper basin that can provide, when activated, motion to the upper insulated basin.
US11859901B2
A refrigerator includes a cabinet and a door configured to open and close a storage space of the cabinet. The door includes an outer plate defining a plate opening, a door liner defining a liner opening, a panel assembly configured to shield the plate opening and the liner opening. The panel assembly includes a first display through which the inside thereof is visible, and a screen is output, a second display disposed at a position that is spaced apart from the first display, and a frame provided between the outer plate and the door liner. The frame includes a first mounting part that mounts the panel assembly, a second mounting part that mounts the second display, and a wire guide part that connects the first mounting part to the second mounting part and accommodates a wire connected to the second display.
US11859889B2
Systems, methods, and devices for preparing shaved ice confections. A device for conditioning ice includes a base housing comprising at least one upstanding sidewall defining an interior space and an upper surface with respect to the at least one upstanding sidewall. The device includes a motor disposed within the interior space of the base housing. The devices includes a sidewall disposed within the upper surface of the base housing defining an opening for receiving a drive shaft therethrough, wherein the drive shaft is mechanically connected to the motor and a blade assembly. The device includes a venting channel disposed in the at least one upstanding sidewall of the base housing for releasing heat emitted by the motor. The device includes a control mechanism for activating and deactivating the motor.
US11859884B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums are provided for improving the efficiency of a filter-type oil separator in a cooling system including a compressor that pumps a mixture of lubricating oil and refrigerant through the filter-type oil separator. The filter type oil separator is configured to receive a first portion of the mixture from the compressor, and a bypass line is configured to bypass a second portion of the mixture around the filter-type oil separator. The bypass line ensures a sufficient amount of oil is present in the compressor.
US11859866B2
An electric heater including a metal body, in which a first pipe and a second pipe are provided in the metal body. The first pipe and second pipe are mutually distinct so as to be crossed by two distinct flows of fluid to be heated. A first heating stretch, a second heating stretch and a third heating stretch are arranged in the metal body. The first pipe and the second pipe are arranged between the first heating stretch and the second heating stretch. The third heating stretch is proximal to the second pipe and distal from the first pipe. The second pipe is arranged between the first pipe and the third heating stretch.
US11859863B2
Methods, systems and devices for managing humidity within an HVAC system including a nanostructured desiccant porous material configured to adsorb water from an inlet stream at a first air pressure and to release water from that material when subjected to a second air pressure when the second air pressure is lower than the first air pressure is located within a particular location so as to allow for the passage of wet air over the materials and allow adsorption of the water on to the material. When coupled with a vacuum pump water can be collected and released from the materials and the system, regenerating the material for future use and removing water from a stream at a significantly lower cost than existing processes.
US11859859B2
An outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a casing having an air inlet through which air enters the casing, an air-sending device disposed in the casing and configured to create a flow of air passing through the air inlet, a heat exchanger disposed between the casing and the air-sending device and exposed through the air inlet and including a plurality of fins spaced apart from each other, and a partition disposed in the casing and dividing a space in the casing into an air-sending device chamber containing the heat exchanger and the air-sending device and a machine chamber containing a compressor. The plurality of fins include an end fin group located at an end remote from the partition. The casing includes a wall having at least one vent that faces the end fin group and that is located along a side edge part defining an edge of the air inlet.
US11859848B2
An environmental control system for a building is shown. The system includes a control device operable affect a static pressure in a conduit, a building device operable to affect a flow rate of a fluid through the conduit, and a controller including a processing circuit configured to perform a volumetric control process to generate a control signal for the drive device. The processing circuit is further configured to receive an operating position signal of the control device. The processing circuit is further configured to determine an estimated static pressure level within the duct using the operating position signal of the control device and update the control signal based on the estimated static pressure level determined using the operating position. The processing circuit is further configured to operate the drive device based on the updated control signal to affect the flow rate of the fluid.
US11859845B1
A networked HVAC system is implemented as part of a multi-unit dwelling. At least one HVAC unit is installed within each unit of the multi-unit dwelling. Each individual HVAC unit includes a localized HVAC unit controller, which is connected to an external network. The HVAC unit controller also can be connected to any other controllable HVAC devices in the unit, such as an exhaust fan. The HVAC system addresses the open-loop issue by monitoring temperature, air flow, humidity, air pressure, occupancy, window open/close state, and HVAC units of all units in a multi-unit dwelling, as well as common areas, and optimizing operating parameters to minimize wide swings in operational states and managing the overall system of multiple units/common areas so that energy usage and temperature/ventilation control is optimized. The HVAC system also enables learning and predictive modeling for adapting to real-time and anticipated condition requirements within each zone.
US11859842B2
An indoor air purification system installed in a heating, ventilation and cooling (HVAC) system of a residential or commercial building. The air purification system includes an indoor air quality (IAQ) monitor mounted in a return duct of the HVAC system to detect various undesirable gases, as well as climatic conditions, and controls a bi-polar ionization unit to help alleviate undesirable air quality issues that can be considered health risks at excessive levels. The IAQ monitor communicates electronically with the ionization unit and with a building HVAC automation system via wireless and/or wired electronic communication networks. The building HVAC automation system can utilize data from the IAQ monitor to control some HVAC functions to optimize HVAC efficiency.
US11859822B2
A burner assembly includes a plurality of burners for mixing fuel and air. Each of the plurality of burners includes: a fuel nozzle for injecting the fuel; a mixing passage supplied with the fuel and the air; and a support portion connecting a passage wall of the mixing passage and the fuel nozzle to support the fuel nozzle.
US11859821B2
An injection system includes an inner nozzle body defining a first air path along a longitudinal axis. The first air path defines a converging-diverging section between an upstream portion of the first air path and an outlet orifice of the first air path. A main orifice is defined at a narrowest portion of the converging-diverging section. A fuel circuit wall is outboard of the inner nozzle body. A fuel path is defined between the fuel circuit wall and the inner nozzle body. An outer nozzle body outboard of the fuel circuit wall has a second air path defined through the inner nozzle body for communication of air from the outer nozzle body into the first air path, wherein the second air path meets the first air path at a second orifice in the first air path downstream of the main orifice of the inner nozzle body.
US11859813B1
A pulverized solid fuel nozzle tip assembly with a low contact frame for use with a pulverized solid fuel pipe nozzle is described. The pulverized solid fuel nozzle tip assembly has an outer nozzle tip portion adapted to mount in supported relation with the pulverized solid fuel pipe nozzle, and an inner nozzle tip portion adapted for mounting within the outer nozzle tip portion to have secure tiltable movement. The outer nozzle has supporting surfaces that support surfaces of the inner nozzle tip portion to minimize the tilting forces transmitted to the inner nozzle tip portion during normal furnace operation, enhancing the wear resistance of the pulverized solid fuel nozzle tip assembly. The supporting surfaces of the outer nozzle also eliminate stress cracking to the surfaces of the inner nozzle tip portion that can arise due to thermal growth.
US11859808B1
The present invention provides a multifunctional bracket and a method, the multifunctional bracket comprising a photo frame, a mobile phone holder, a support rod, a stand column, and a base stand, the photo frame comprises a fixed backboard and a transparent board, the bottom ends of the fixed backboard and the transparent board are fixedly connected, and the upper ends are connected to each other in a detachable manner; the mobile phone holder includes a stand backboard and a support board, the stand backboard and the support board are attached to each other, and a charging device is installed on the back of the stand backboard; the top of the support rod is equipped with a third slot, and a detachable light bulb is placed in the third slot; the stand column comprises a cylinder and a placement block, the method is the method of using the multifunctional bracket.
US11859803B2
A lighting device may include an elongated housing that defines a cavity. The lighting device may include plurality of emitter printed circuit boards configured to be received within the cavity. Each of the plurality of emitter printed circuit boards may include a plurality of emitter modules mounted thereto. Each of the plurality of emitter printed circuit boards may include a control circuit configured to control the plurality of emitter modules mounted to the respective emitter printed circuit board based on receipt of one or more messages. The lighting device may include a total internal reflection lens for each of the plurality of emitter printed circuit boards. The total internal reflection lens may be configured to diffuse light emitted by the emitter modules of the plurality of emitter printed circuit boards.
US11859800B2
Some embodiments of the present fixtures include a mechanical actuator configured to direct movement of a light mount along an arcuate path defined by arcuate bearing surface(s). Some embodiments of the present fixtures include a rotatable portion coupled to a stationary portion at an interface that is at least partially defined by smooth surface(s). Some embodiments of the present mounts include a base having a sidewall that defines an outer perimeter and mounting tab(s), each movable between a deployed state and a retracted state in which at least a portion of the mounting tab is disposed within the outer perimeter. Some embodiments of the present removable shroud assemblies include a lens coupled to a second end of a shroud and movable from a first position to a second position in which a portion of the lens is not in contact with the second end of the shroud.
US11859795B2
A surface maintenance machine includes a body, a surface maintenance tool coupled to the body, processing circuitry supported at the body, and a light projection mechanism supported at the body and coupled to the processing circuitry. The light projection mechanism includes a light housing, a light emitting element within the light housing, and a projection lens that is configured to focus light emanating from the light emitting element. The light projection mechanism is configured to project light onto a ceiling surface that is above a floor surface along which the surface maintenance machine is configured to perform a surface maintenance task using the surface maintenance tool.
US11859790B2
A light guide has an elongated body that includes an entrance face at which light is admitted into the light guide and an exit face at which the light emanates from the light guide. The light guide has an inboard side wall and an outboard side wall extending between the entrance face and the exit face. The entrance face, the exit face, the inboard side wall and the outboard side wall enclose a medium containing a colorant by which the medium meets a color criterion while minimizing light absorption at a wavelength of the light.
US11859781B1
A portable illumination device includes a first component having a light source(s) and a second component coupled to the first component, and the second component includes a curved handle containing one or more battery cells within the curved handle, wherein the light source(s) are powered via the one or more battery cells, and wherein a center of mass of the illumination device is located in the curved handle. By way of example, the brightnesses of the light source(s) are adjustable and the control firmware of the micro-controller inside the portable illumination device is upgradable. In addition, the curved handle's center position may have a foldable hook for hanging the device downward so that it may be used as a lantern or flash light.
US11859780B1
Disclosed is a light source switching apparatus for a flashlight, which includes a floodlight source and a spotlight source, a lamp strip plate serves as the floodlight source, and a main lamp plate serves as the spotlight source, with a gasket with a set thickness padded in between; a lens support mounted on the floodlight source, with a lens carried thereon, the lens is trumpet-shaped, the central circular area and the outer ring area have different set cross sections, so that the floodlight source and the spotlight source in the flashlight may penetrate through different areas of the lens for realizing the integration of the spotlight and floodlight functions, and meanwhile, the operation is convenient.
US11859778B2
In embodiments, a first light engine produces a first light spectrum having a first CCT. A second light engine produces a second light spectrum having a second CCT. The first light spectrum is emitted from a first region of an enclosure; a second light spectrum is emitted from a second region; and a mixture is emitted from a third region that separates the first and second regions. The second CCT is less than the first CCT; a difference between the first and second CCTs is at least 10,000K. The first light spectrum may have a first emission peak in a range of 450 to 480 nm and a second emission peak in a range of 380 to 420 nm. The second light spectrum may have a third emission peak in a range of 480 to 500 nm and a fourth emission peak in the range of 450 to 480 nm.
US11859773B2
A light bulb apparatus includes a bulb shell, a light source module, a driver, a first cap body, a wireless module and a second cap body. The light source module includes a plurality of LED modules. The first cap body is connected to the bulb shell. The first cap body has a surrounding wall. The surrounding wall includes metal material. Heat of the light source module and the driver is transmitted to the surrounding wall. The wireless module is electrically connected to the driver. The second cap body is connected to the first cap body and an Edison cap. The Edison cap has two electrodes for receiving an external power source from an Edison socket. The second cap body is made of plastic material. The wireless module is located at least partially in the second cap body.
US11859770B1
An actuator for opening a hermetically sealed cylinder is disclosed herein. The actuator includes an actuation chamber configured to receive pressurized gas, the actuation chamber at least partially defined by a top wall and a bottom wall, a cutter body disposed within the actuation chamber between the top wall and the bottom wall, the cutter body including a top portion and a bottom portion, a cutting edge extending from the bottom portion of the cutter body, and a spring disposed between the top portion of the cutter body and the bottom wall of the actuation chamber.
US11859766B2
A fusible plug for a high pressure gas cylinder includes a communication hole filled with a low melting point alloy, a porous metal sintered body is press-fitted in at least a part of the communication hole in a length direction, all or a part of the porous metal sintered body is impregnated with the low melting point alloy to solidify and composite the low melting point alloy. It is preferable that: the low melting point alloy has a melting point of 110° C.; the porous metal sintered body to be press-fitted is a porous metal sintered body having pores with an area ratio of 30% or more and 50% or less and having pores with a diameter exceeding 5 μm among the pores of 80% or more in terms of area ratio to all the pores; and the porous metal sintered body is a porous austenitic stainless steel sintered body.
US11859760B2
A hanging device includes a wall fixing plate, a wall hanging element, and a spiral spring. The wall fixing plate includes a fixing portion, an abutting portion, and a first fitting portion. The wall hanging element includes a housing and a fixing member. The housing has a back surface, and the back surface has a second fitting portion and a spring installation region. The spiral spring is disposed in the spring installation region and includes an inner arc section, an outer arc section, and an arc connecting section.
US11859757B2
A fluid conduit system a first conduit section having a first conduit bore extending from a first end of the first conduit section to a second end of the first conduit section, the first conduit bore including a first beveled surface proximate the first end of the first conduit section. The fluid system also includes a second conduit section coupled to the first conduit section and having a second conduit bore extending from a first end of the second conduit section to a second end of the second conduit section, the second conduit bore including a second beveled surface proximate the first end of the second conduit section. The fluid system further includes a coating applied to the first beveled surface and to the second beveled surface.
US11859751B2
A closure is provided for a pressure vessel or pipelines that can provide quick and easy access to the interior of a pressure vessel or pipeline and means for a pressure tight seal between the hub and door. The closure can incorporate means for mechanically fastening the door to the hub using an external split clamp ring actuated by a toggle mechanism. A locking mechanism can be provided to safeguard against unintended closure actuation and provides a layer of redundancy to the holding characteristics of the toggle mechanism. The locking mechanism can be interlocked to a pressure alert system to ensure any differential pressure condition contained within the closure is detected prior to disengaging the locking mechanism and actuating the toggle mechanism.
US11859734B2
A microfluidic device has a first substrate, a resilient diaphragm, an actuator, and a second substrate. The first substrate has an opening extending therethrough. The resilient diaphragm is secured to a second side and surrounds the opening. The actuator is secured to a first side and surrounds the opening. The first substrate, the resilient diaphragm, and the actuator cooperate to form a gas-tight chamber. The second substrate has a channel formed therein having a first end and a second end. The second substrate is secured to the first substrate. A volume of gas disposed in the gas-tight chamber pressurizes the gas-tight chamber and expands the resilient diaphragm such that the resilient diaphragm is disposed in the channel between the first end and the second end. The resilient diaphragm retracts from the channel to open the channel from the first end and the second when the gas-tight chamber is depressurized.
US11859729B2
A valve including a valve assembly and a solenoid assembly. The solenoid assembly is coupled to the valve assembly to actuate the valve assembly. The solenoid assembly includes a movable armature engaged with a poppet of the valve assembly. A plate spring having a spring force is positioned between the valve assembly and the solenoid assembly that is configured to bias the valve member of the poppet into engagement with a valve seat. Based on the spring force of the plate spring and the voltage or current that is applied to the solenoid coil, the solenoid assembly is configured to control a distance that the valve member moves relative to the valve seat to proportionally control an amount of flow that is permitted through the valve assembly.
US11859722B2
A piston check valve system includes a body including an upstream end and a downstream end, a bonnet secured to a proximal opening of the body, and a piston secured within the body, the piston being moveable between a closed position in which the piston rests upon a valve seat and an open position in which the piston is spaced away from the valve seat. The piston check valve system also includes a retainer configured to guide and retain the piston and to secure the valve seat within the body.
US11859721B2
A mixing valve having a first inlet port (4), a second inlet port (6) extending transverse to said first inlet port (4) and an outlet port (8). The inlet ports (4, 6) open out into a valve chamber (10) and the outlet port (8) branches off this valve chamber (10), inside which a movable valve element (12) is arranged, having an obstruction (32) inside the second inlet port (6), which protrudes from an inner circumference (36) of the second port (6) into an interior thereof. The obstruction (32) extends at least along a portion of the inner circumference (36), which portion of the circumference (36) is located on an inner side of the second inlet port (6) being distant from the first inlet port (4). A heating or cooling device includes such a mixing valve.
US11859718B1
An axle assembly having a collar that receives a shift collar that is moveable along an axis. An alignment rod may be provided to inhibit rotation of the collar about the axis. A linkage retaining device may be provided that is selectively engageable with a linkage that is operatively connected to the shift collar to inhibit rotation of the linkage.
US11859714B2
A power transmission device includes a power transmission mechanism, an oil pump, a first electric wire, a controller and a control unit. The power transmission mechanism is arranged in a first chamber. The oil pump is arranged in a second chamber. The control unit is connected with the controller via the first electric wire. The first electric wire is provided inside the second chamber, and is arranged at a position that does not overlap with the oil pump when viewed along a first direction that is a direction facing from the oil pump to the controller.
US11859706B1
Methods and systems are described for a gearbox lockout device. It may be desirable in certain vehicles to lock a drive shaft within a gearbox for a period of time. Lockout embodiments under the present disclosure include a shaft configured to selectively engage the drive shaft via teeth. An inner and outer collar surrounding the shaft can be manipulated to restrict the movement of the shaft once the shaft's teeth are engaged with the teeth of the drive shaft. The system can be torqued up and locked in place. This can allow for more safe transporting of the vehicle, easier maintenance, or other advantages.
US11859705B2
Harmonic drives are used widely in robotics as a method for achieving high gear reductions and for driving force transmissions. The harmonic drive is made a three components: a wave generator, a flexspline, and a circular spline. Embodiments described flexsplines for a metal strain wave gearing. The cup of the flexspline is free from sharp edges and with a rounded bottom with a curvature maximized based on the geometry of the flexspline. Compared to a steel flexspline, implementations of flexsplines will have the same outer diameter, the same number of teeth and profile, the same input shaft/base, the same wall thickness near the teeth, but comprise a rounded bottom where the input shaft/base transitions to the straight wall of the flexspline, providing improved performance of BMG flexsplines by reducing low cycle fatigue failures due to stress concentrations.
US11859703B2
A transmission (21) as a power transmission device for a vehicle comprises an input shaft (22), an output shaft (23), and a planetary continuously variable transmission mechanism (31). The planetary continuously variable transmission mechanism (31) comprises a planetary gear mechanism (32), a pump side clutch (33), a hydraulic pump (36), a hydraulic motor (38), and a motor side clutch (40). The hydraulic pump (36) and the hydraulic motor (38) are connected via a pair of main lines (37A, 37B). When the transmission (21) is switched from a traveling state to a neutral state, at least one clutch (33, 40) of the pump side clutch (33) and the motor side clutch (40) is released.
US11859701B2
A powertrain for an electric vehicle includes: a planetary gear including a first rotating element, a second rotating element, and a third rotating element, where the first rotating element is connected to a first shaft, the second rotating element is connected to a second shaft, and the third rotating element is selectively connected to a transmission housing; a first motor supplying power to the first shaft at all times; and a second motor selectively supplying power to the first shaft and the second shaft. Two rotating elements among the first, second, third rotating elements of the planetary gear are selectively connected to integrally rotate the entire planetary gear.
US11859699B2
A system for stopping rotation of a first gear and a second gear on a shaft, The first gear and second gear are concentric and rotatable about said shaft. The first gear and the second gear are driven by the same input system and the first gear and the second gear are configured to rotate at differential speeds and independently to each other. The first gear comprises a first end stop and the second gear comprises a second end stop and the first end stop and the second end stop are configured to engage each other when the first gear and the second gear have each rotated a predetermined number of turns. Engagement of the first end stop with the second end stop is configured to prevent rotation of the first gear and the second gear and cause a stall in the system.
US11859695B2
Disclosed is an 8-speed gearbox for a dual clutch transmission, with a particular gear arrangement of the gears on the countershaft, wherein the speed or reverse gear of a gear pair that is a permanently rotationally and axially fixed gear is the radially smaller of the gear pair. One or two cluster gears may be provided, each cluster gear having two gears axially paired attached to the countershaft by a shrink fit connection.
US11859693B2
A gear assembly includes a first gear wheel including a first gear wherein a plurality of teeth of the first gear are oriented in a first direction and a second gear wherein a plurality of teeth of the second gear are oriented not-parallel to the primary axis. A second gear wheel is configured to match the second gear of the first gear wheel including an outer gear and an inner gear wherein a plurality of teeth of the inner gear are oriented parallel to the plurality of teeth of second gear. A retention member can be used to secure the second gear wheel on the first gear wheel.
US11859690B2
A suspension system includes a first suspension member movable relative to a second suspension member, a fluid reservoir having a volume, the volume variable in response to a relative movement between the first and second suspension members, and a fluid flow circuit having a first end in fluidic communication with the fluid reservoir and a second end in fluidic communication with an isolated suspension location, the fluid flow circuit comprising a first valve, a second valve and a third valve, wherein said first and third valves are in parallel with each other and the second valve is in series with each of the first and third valves.
US11859689B2
An active control anti-yaw damper (100) is provided. When a piston (2) of the active control anti-yaw damper (100) reciprocates inside a hydraulic cylinder (1), an interior of the hydraulic cylinder (1) is divided into two cylinder blocks (PA, PB) which communicate with an oil reservoir through two main oil lines respectively to form a primary loop between the hydraulic cylinder (1) and the oil reservoir; a reversing valve (PV3) is installed between the two main oil lines and the oil reservoir and is configured to change a flow direction of the primary loop when the active control anti-yaw damper (100) is in an active mode and adjust a displacement of the piston (2) within the hydraulic cylinder (1).
US11859680B2
A brake dust particle filter for a brake caliper of a disc brake assembly, wherein the brake caliper comprises a lining inspection opening, closes in a mounted state thereof the lining inspection opening at least partially with precise fit. The brake dust particle filter is provided with a filter medium support that supports a filter medium. A brake caliper provided with the brake dust particle filter in the lining inspection opening is arranged across the brake disc of the disc brake assembly.
US11859672B2
The present disclosure relates to a hose quick connection device for a fracturing equipment, comprising: a hose holding and moving mechanism for holding a hose and moving the hose between an initial position and a target position, wherein at the target position, an end of the hose is aligned with a manifold interface; and a controller configured to: receive first orientation information indicating the orientation of the hose from the first sensing device and receive second orientation information indicating the orientation of the manifold interface from the second sensing device; generate a desired motion command for moving the hose to the target position, based on the first orientation information and the second orientation information; and control the hose holding and moving mechanism to execute the desired motion command to move the hose to the target position. The present disclosure further relates to a fracturing equipment comprising the hose quick connection device.
US11859671B2
A hub joint assembly for frictionally connecting a shaft to a connector includes a coupling hub including a collar portion and a flange portion. The collar portion includes a bore having an inner surface that is configured to be positioned adjacent to the outer surface of the shaft. The collar portion further includes an outer surface that may be conical. The flange portion extends from the collar portion and is configured to be coupled with the connector. The hub joint assembly further includes a clamp ring including a bore having an inner surface. The inner surface may be conical and configured to mate with the outer surface of the coupling hub. A passage is defined in the clamp ring and extends from an outer surface of the clamp ring to the inner surface of the clamp ring.
US11859670B2
An assembly including an outer member; an inner member; and a tolerance ring disposed between the inner member and the outer member, wherein the tolerance ring is a split ring comprising opposing edges, where the edges engaged with at one of the inner member or the outer member so as to prevent or restrict movement between the tolerance ring and at least one of the inner member or the outer member, or where the tolerance ring is deformed as installed between the inner member and the outer member and forms at least one buckled region in the tolerance ring due to an interference fit between the inner member and the outer member, where in an uninstalled state, the buckled region is absent.
US11859665B2
A drive shaft has a tubular member extending between axial ends and being hollow. The tubular member is formed of a thermoplastic matrix with embedded fibers. At least one ring member is positioned radially of the tubular member. A method is also disclosed.
US11859664B2
A pinion shaft assembly for operation in a power end of a reciprocating pump includes a tubular member coupled to first pinion gear member via an interference coupling extension, possibly having a protruding alignment key operable to engage a slot formed on an inner wall of the first end of the tubular member to ensure correct rotational orientation of the first pinion gear member and the tubular member and to help prevent rotation of the first pinion gear member relative to the tubular member. The tubular member is also coupled to a second pinion gear member via an interference coupling extension, possibly having a protruding alignment key operable to engage a slot formed on an inner wall of the second end of the tubular member to ensure correct rotational orientation of the second pinion gear member and the tubular member and to help prevent rotation of the second pinion gear member relative to the tubular member.
US11859659B2
A compliant foil thrust bearing subassembly comprising: a fluid plate comprising an annular mating ring and a plurality of fluid foil elements disposed radially inwardly from the fluid plate mating ring; a force transfer plate comprising an annular mating ring and a plurality of force transfer elements disposed radially inwardly from the force transfer plate mating ring; and a spring plate comprising an annular mating ring and a plurality of deflection elements disposed radially inwardly from the spring plate mating ring, wherein: the fluid plate, the force transfer plate and the spring plate are stackable such that each fluid foil element is axially supported by a corresponding pair of overlapping force transfer elements and deflection elements.
US11859648B1
A joint system including a support device with a plurality of radial extensions extending in at least a first direction from the support device, each individual radial extension of the plurality of radial extensions terminating at a distal engagement end and a receiving device separate from the support device with a notch area to receive the distal engagement ends of each radial extension of the plurality of radial extensions and a contact area upon which a length of the radial extensions of the plurality of radial extensions engage when the distal engagement end of each radial extension of the plurality of radial extensions are engaged within the notch area. At least one radial extension of the plurality of radial extensions is configured to be flexible between a first position to provide for at least one of assembly and disassembly of the support device to the receiving device and a second position when the support device and the receiving device are assembled. Another system and method are also disclosed.
US11859644B2
A piston assembly for use in a gas spring or damper can include a piston rod partially positioned within a pressure tube, and a linear position sensing apparatus capable of tracking and determining the velocity of the piston rod. The linear position sensing apparatus can include a sensor, such as a waveguide sensor, connected to the piston rod such that the sensor moves with the piston rod. A beacon, such as a magnet, can be contained within the pressure tube and the sensor can detect the position of the beacon relative to the sensor.
US11859639B2
A fan motor according to an embodiment of the present invention may include: an impeller a hub connected to a rotary shaft and at least one blade formed on the outer surface of the hub; a shroud surrounding the outer circumference of the impeller; and a coating layer coated on the inner circumferential surface of the shroud. The coating layer may include: a polymer having strength lower than the strength of the blade; and a plurality of beads mixed with the polymer and having strength higher than the strength of the polymer.
US11859637B2
A washing machine includes a tub, a drum, a nozzle, a pump for circulating water from the tub, and circulation pipes for guiding water. The pump includes a pump motor, an impeller, and a pump housing including first and second circulation ports. The pump housing includes a rotating water current guide part and a biased water current guide part on an inner circumferential surface. The rotating water current guide part extends in a rotation direction of the impeller from a cut-off point that branches water into a first flow running along the rotation direction and a second flow running toward the first circulation port, and guides the first flow to the second circulation port. The biased water current guide part extends from the cut-off point to the first circulation port with an angle greater than 180° relative to the rotating water current guide part, and guides the second flow.
US11859629B2
A turbo fluid machine includes a rotary shaft configured to rotate in one rotational direction, and a thrust foil bearing that includes: a plurality of bump foils each having a corrugated shape and a plurality of top foils each having a bearing surface that faces a thrust collar. Each bump foil is divided into an outer peripheral foil and an inner peripheral foil in a radial direction of the rotary shaft. Ridges on the outer peripheral foil are inclined in the other rotational direction of the rotary shaft while extending from an edge of the outer peripheral foil adjacent to an inner peripheral side toward an outer peripheral side, and the ridges on the inner peripheral foil are inclined in the other rotational direction while extending from an edge of the inner peripheral foil adjacent to the outer peripheral side toward the inner peripheral side.
US11859624B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to a combination axial fan and LED lighting system configured to fit into the footprint of a standard ceiling tile. Disclosed embodiments further include ceiling tiles with a built-in fan and/or LED lighting. The disclosed systems may include a housing container and an axial fan. The fan has a fan cavity including air diversion mechanism to direct air from the fan cavity toward the lighting and fan components. The inventions include an airflow surface to direct air existing the fan cavity along an LED light fixture. Moreover, disclosed embodiments include one or more UV light sources which irradiate contaminants as air flows through the ceiling tile.
US11859610B2
A fluid end for a fracturing pump includes a plurality of segments coupled together along a discharge axis, each segment of the plurality of segments having a plurality of suction bores. The fluid end also includes respective interfaces between segment pairs formed by adjacent segments of the plurality of segments, the interfaces coupling the segment pairs together. The fluid end further includes respective access areas proximate the respective interfaces, the respective access areas configured to provide access for mechanical couplings to join the segment pairs together.
US11859606B2
A magnetically driven pressure generator including a housing, flexible member, first magnetic force generator, and second magnetic force generator. The magnetically driven pressure generator oscillates the flexible member to increase or decrease the volume of a chamber, inversely increasing or decreasing the pressure of the chamber.
US11859604B2
A reciprocating compressor includes a cylinder that defines a compressing space and a discharge muffler configured to receive refrigerant compressed in the cylinder and to discharge the refrigerant. The discharge muffler includes a discharge muffler body and a discharge guide supported by the discharge muffler body. The discharge muffler body defines a discharge space configured to receive the refrigerant from the cylinder and includes a wall protruding from an inner circumferential surface of the discharge muffler body. The discharge guide is coupled to the wall and includes a pipe that defines a pipe inflow hole configured to receive the refrigerant from the discharge space and a pipe outflow hole configured to discharge the refrigerant. The discharge guide further includes a fixing bracket that couples the pipe to the discharge muffler body.
US11859602B2
Provided are an electroosmotic pump, including: a membrane; a first electrode which is provided on one surface of the membrane, including a porous support including an insulator and an electrochemical reaction material formed on the porous support; and a second electrode which is provided on the other surface of the membrane, including a porous support including an insulator and an electrochemical reaction material formed on the porous support, and a fluid-pumping system including the electroosmotic pump.
US11859597B2
An offshore power generation structure comprising a submerged portion having a first deck portion comprising an integral multi-stage evaporator system, a second deck portion comprising an integral multi-stage condensing system, a third deck portion housing power generation equipment, cold water pipe; and a cold water pipe connection.
US11859583B2
A fuel injector is disclosed. The fuel injector may have an injector body having a fuel inlet and at least one orifice. The fuel injector may also have a first check valve member. The first check valve member may be selectively movable to fluidly block a first flow of fuel from the fuel inlet to the at least one orifice. The fuel injector may have a second check valve member. The second check valve member may be selectively movable to fluidly block a second flow of fuel from the fuel inlet to the at least one orifice. The fuel injector may also have a control valve assembly. The control valve assembly may be configured to selectively operate either the first check valve or both the first check valve and the second check valve to fluidly connect the fuel inlet and the at least one orifice.
US11859575B2
An arrangement for an internal combustion engine includes a crank case, a cylinder liner disposed in a cylinder of the crank case and including a flange, and a cylinder head disposed on an end of the cylinder delimiting a combustion zone inside the cylinder liner, wherein the flange of the cylinder liner is braced between the cylinder head and the crank case, wherein a flange cooling cavity is provided, which is delimited by a circumferential surface of the flange of the cylinder liner and the cylinder head.
US11859561B2
A method of determining an inlet total air pressure includes determining a first parameter indicative of a first inlet total air pressure. The method includes executing a sequence that includes: determining a mass air flow passing through the air inlet based on the first parameter, determining a Mach number of air passing through the air inlet based on the mass air flow, determining a static air pressure at the air inlet, determining an air pressure ratio based on the Mach number, generating a subsequent parameter indicative of the revised inlet total air pressure based on the air pressure ratio and the static air pressure, and substituting the subsequent parameter for the first parameter. The method includes executing at least one additional instance of the sequence with the subsequent parameter, and outputting the subsequent parameter as the inlet total air pressure.
US11859558B2
A device for driving an integrated generator from an accessories relay box of a turbomachine. The device includes first and second electric motors arranged to transfer electric power from one to the other, one or more controllers configured for controlling said electric motors, and an epicyclic reduction gear train. The gear train includes a first element intended to be coupled to the accessories relay box, a second element intended to be coupled to the generator, and a third element driven to rotate by said first electric motor. The control means are configured to modify the speed of rotation of the third element in such a way that the second element is driven to rotate at a constant speed.
US11859557B2
A generator drive disconnect device comprising a drive transfer means (100) having a connected configuration, and a disconnected configuration. The disconnect device further comprises a disconnect mechanism, configured to move the drive transfer means from the connected configuration to the disconnected configuration, and a latch mechanism configured to the hold the drive transfer means in the disconnected configuration. The latch mechanism includes a latch member, which is moveable between a retracted position and an extended position, and a biasing mechanism. The biasing mechanism is configured to generate a biasing force to bias the latch member towards the extended position and to apply a reaction force to the latch member to resist movement of the latch member towards the retracted position, the reaction force having a magnitude which increases as a function of the distance of the latch member from the retracted position.
US11859552B2
A system includes a recirculation conduit that recirculates working fluid and a permanent magnet generator module in communication with the recirculation conduit. The working fluid from the recirculation conduit drives the permanent magnet generator module.
US11859543B2
A diffuser pipe has a tubular body defining a pipe center axis extending therethrough. The tubular body includes a first portion extending in a generally radial direction from an inlet of the tubular body, a second portion extending in a generally axial direction and terminating at a pipe outlet, and a bend portion fluidly linking the first portion and the second portion. The tubular body has a length defined between the inlet and the pipe outlet. The tubular body has cross-sectional profiles defined in a plane normal to the pipe center axis. An area of the cross-sectional profile at the pipe outlet is at least 20% greater than an area of the cross-sectional profile at a point upstream from the pipe outlet a distance corresponding to 10% of the length of the tubular body.
