US11900743B2
A security authentication method is provided. In a step (a), a to-be-recognized image information and a to-be-recognized voice information about a user are provided. Then, a step (b) is performed to identify and judge whether the to-be-recognized image information and the to-be-recognized voice information comply with a registered image information and a registered voice information, respectively. In a step (c), if the judging condition of the step (b) is satisfied, a security information prompt signal is generated. In a step (d), a to-be-recognized security information is provided by the user. Then, a step (e) is performed to identify and judge whether the to-be-recognized security information complies with an abnormal warning information. In a step (f), if the judging condition of the step (e) is satisfied, an abnormal state warning and processing process is performed.
US11900738B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods to obtain feedback descriptive of autonomous vehicle failures. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can detect that a vehicle failure event occurred at an autonomous vehicle and, in response, provide an interactive user interface that enables a human located within the autonomous vehicle to enter feedback that describes the vehicle failure event. Thus, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can actively prompt and/or enable entry of feedback in response to a particular instance of a vehicle failure event, thereby enabling improved and streamlined collection of information about autonomous vehicle failures.
US11900721B2
A novel electronic device is provided. An electronic device capable of executing various types of processing by simple operation is provided. An electronic device with a high security level is provided. The electronic device includes a control portion, a detection portion, and a memory portion. The detection portion has a function of detecting touch operation and a function of obtaining fingerprint data on a touching finger. The memory portion has a function of retaining fingerprint data on a plurality of finger registered in advance. The control portion has functions of comparing the fingerprint data on the touching finger obtained by the detection portion with the fingerprint data on the plurality of fingers when the detection portion detects touch operation, and executing processing corresponding to the fingerprint data on the touching finger or a combination of the touch operation and the fingerprint data on the touching finger when the fingerprint data on the touching finger matches any one piece of the fingerprint data on the plurality of fingers.
US11900715B2
The present invention relates biometric authentication using an optical biometric arrangement comprising an image sensor comprising a photodetector pixel array configured to capture an image of an object, the image sensor being arranged under a controllable light source comprising light source units, the method comprising: providing a light pattern comprising portions of different light intensity for illuminating the object; acquiring an image of the object, the image comprising image portions corresponding to the portions of different light intensity of the light pattern illuminating the object, at least one image portion being captured by pixels in he photodetector pixel array arranged directly under a light source unit being active during image acquisition, and at least one image portion being captured by pixels in the photodetector pixel array arranged under an at least partly in-active illumination area of the controllable light source during image acquisition, performing biometric authentication at least partly based on metrics extracted from the image portions.
US11900711B1
An identification system includes one or more infrared light sources and a camera that acquires images of a user's palm. For example, at a first time, one or more first images may be acquired by the camera using infrared light with a first polarization that represent external characteristics of the user's palm. At a second time, one or more second images may be acquired using infrared light with a second polarization that represent internal characteristics of the user's palm. These images are processed to determine a first set of feature vectors and a second set of feature vectors. A current signature may be determined using the first set of feature vectors and the second set of feature vectors. In addition, a user may be identified based on a comparison of the current signature and previously stored reference signatures that are associated with candidate user identifiers.
US11900692B2
A vehicle includes one or more cameras that capture a plurality of two-dimensional images of a three-dimensional object. A light detector and/or a semantic classifier search within those images for lights of the three-dimensional object. A vehicle signal detection module fuses information from the light detector and/or the semantic classifier to produce a semantic meaning for the lights. The vehicle can be controlled based on the semantic meaning. Further, the vehicle can include a depth sensor and an object projector. The object projector can determine regions of interest within the two-dimensional images, based on the depth sensor. The light detector and/or the semantic classifier can use these regions of interest to efficiently perform the search for the lights.
US11900686B1
Techniques for improving image processing related to item deliveries are described. In an example, a computer system receives an image showing a drop-off of an item, the item associated with a delivery to a delivery location. The computer system inputs the image to a first artificial intelligence (AI) model. The computer system receives first data comprising an indication of whether the drop-off is correct from the first AI model. The computer system causes a presentation of the indication at a device associated with the delivery of the item to the delivery location.
US11900681B2
A server includes a processor programmed to: acquire first metadata of a first media file recorded by a first mobile device; acquire second metadata of a second media file recorded by a second mobile device; determine that the first media file and the second medial file are likely recordings of the same event when a similarity exceeds a first threshold. The processor is further programmed to, when the first media file and the second medial file are likely recordings of the same event: determine, based on a comparison between the first media file and the second media file, which of the first media file and the second media file is a higher quality recording of the same event; and when the first media file is the higher quality recording, send a link to the first media file to the second mobile device.
US11900680B2
Described embodiments provide systems and methods for defining a clip within a recording. A device may generate a recording of a session of a user via which a plurality of applications is accessible. The device may detect a transition of an application of the plurality of applications in a foreground of the session. The device may identify, from the recording, a frame corresponding to the transition in the foreground. The device may store an identification of the frame corresponding to the transition to define a clip of the user within the recording using the application in the session.
US11900671B2
Embodiments of the disclosed technologies are capable of inputting, to a machine-learned classifier that has been created using a set of neural network-based models, multi-band digital image data that represents an aerial view of an agricultural field location containing an horticultural product; outputting, by the classifier, annotated image data, the annotated image data comprising annotation data indicative of individual instances of the horticultural product in the agricultural field location; using the annotated image data, computing a first predicted yield for the agricultural field location; adjusting the first predicted yield by a scaling factor to produce a second predicted yield for the agricultural field location.
US11900670B2
Methods, non-transitory computer-readable storage media, and computer or computer systems directed to detecting, analyzing, and tracking stages of housing construction using satellite or aerial imagery in combination with a machine learned model are described.
US11900664B2
According to one embodiment, a reading system includes an extractor, a determiner, and a reader. The extractor extracts a candidate image from an input image. The candidate image is a candidate of a portion of the input image in which a segment display is imaged. The determiner uses the candidate image and a mask to calculate a match ratio indicating a certainty of a segment display being included in the candidate image, and determines that the candidate image is an image of a segment display when the match ratio is not less than a threshold. The mask and the threshold are preset. The reader reads a numerical value displayed in a segment display from the candidate image determined to be an image of a segment display.
US11900663B2
Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with traffic sign recognition, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an orchestrator, disposed in a CA/AD vehicle, to receive a classification and a location of a traffic sign, while the CA/AD vehicle is enroute to a destination. In response, the orchestrator query a remote sign locator service or a local database on the CA/AD vehicle for a reference description of the traffic sign, determine whether the classification is correct, and output a result of the determination. The classification of the traffic sign is generated based at least in part on computer vision, and the orchestrator includes an anomaly detector to detect anomalies between the classification and the reference description, and determine whether the classification is correct based at least in part on an amount of anomalies detected. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US11900654B2
The described technology is generally directed towards comparing two images for content differences, such as images based on the frames of a show and a derivative version of that show. Frame pairs such as from an original show and its derivative version are processed into image pairs, which can include decoding, scaling, luminance extraction and/or filtering. An edge pixel image is obtained via edge detection for each image. Edge pixels in one image are compared against a counterpart edge pixel (and possibly neighboring pixels) in the other image to determine matches (matching edge pixels) and mismatches. An image with too many errors based on the mismatches is deemed as a candidate for further review. A difference image can be generated to assist a reviewer in detecting where the mismatches were detected. By repeating for the various frames, a show can be automatically compared against its derivative for content differences.
US11900653B1
A camera is used to acquire images. Labels are detected in the images. The labels contain a barcode and product information. The product information is analyzed (e.g., by optical character recognition) to obtain a plurality of scan descriptions. Scan descriptions are matched with catalog descriptions to obtain stock keeping units (SKUs). The SKUs are mapped to locations within an environment based on position data of the camera at the time images are acquired.
US11900649B2
Methods, systems, articles of manufacture and apparatus to generate digital scenes are disclosed. An example apparatus to generate labelled models includes a map builder to generate a three-dimensional (3D) model of an input image, a grouping classifier to identify a first zone of the 3D model corresponding to a first type of grouping classification, a human model builder to generate a quantity of placeholder human models corresponding to the first zone, a coordinate engine to assign the quantity of placeholder human models to respective coordinate locations of the first zone, the respective coordinate locations assigned based on the first type of grouping classification, a model characteristics modifier to assign characteristics associated with an aspect type to respective ones of the quantity of placeholder human models, and an annotation manager to associate the assigned characteristics as label data for respective ones of the quantity of placeholder human models.
US11900640B2
A method of substitutional neural residual compression is performed by at least one processor and includes estimating motion vectors, based on a current image frame and a previous reconstructed image frame, obtaining a predicted image frame, based on the estimated motion vectors and the previous reconstructed image frame, and subtracting the obtained predicted image frame from the current image frame to obtain a substitutional residual. The method further includes encoding the obtained substitutional residual, using a first neural network, to obtain an encoded representation, and compressing the encoded representation.
US11900621B2
Techniques for correcting an overlay misalignment between an external camera image and a system camera image are disclosed. A first system camera image and a first external camera image are acquired. A first visual alignment is performed between those two images to produce an overlaid image. Some of the content in the overlaid image is surrounded by a bounding element. A position of the bounding element is modified based on movements of the system camera and/or the external camera. In response to performing a second visual alignment using new images, an update vector is computed. Relative movement between the two cameras is determined. Based on the movement and based on the update vector, the bounding element is progressively transitioned to a corrected position in the overlaid image. A speed by which the bounding element is progressively transitioned is proportional to the amount of movement.
US11900616B2
A method for analyzing an object. The method includes capturing, using a camera device, a sequence of images of a scene comprising a light source attached to a first element of a plurality of elements comprised in an object, detecting, by a hardware processor based on a pattern of local light change across the sequence of images, the light source in the scene, determining, by the hardware processor, a location of the light source in at least one image of the sequence of images, generating, by the hardware processor based on the location of the light source and a dynamic model of the object, a region-of-interest for analyzing the object, and generating an analysis result of the object based on the region-of-interest, wherein a pre-determined task is performed based on the analysis result.
US11900607B2
Provided is a method of framing a three dimensional (3D) target object for generation of a virtual camera layout. The method may include analyzing a reference video image to extract a framing rule for at least one reference object in the reference video image, generating a framing rule for at least one 3D target object using the framing rule for the at least one reference object in the reference video image, and using the framing rule for the at least one 3D target object for generation of a virtual camera layout.
US11900606B2
Systems and methods of tumor segmentation are receiving data having dimensions of a first size and a first kernel size. A residual volume is produced from the input volume. A first, second, and third intermediate volume are produced by from convolving a first, second, and third dimension volume of the residual volume to 1. A first global volume is produced from sums of the residual volumes. A downsampled volume is produced from the input volume. A residual downsampled volume is produced from the downsampled volume. A first, second, and third intermediate downsampled volume is produced from convolving a first, second, and third dimension volume of the downsampled volume to 1. A second global volume is produced from sums of the intermediate downsampled volumes. The second global volume is upsampled. An output volume is produced from integrating the first global volume and the second global volume.
US11900604B2
Described herein is an adaptive expert system comprising a computing device having a memory that stores programmatic instructions and a processor that executes the programmatic instructions. The adaptive expert system receives sample data comprising at least one of raw data, optical data, and electropherogram data from a DNA analysis device, said data generated from a sample containing DNA. The adaptive expert system determines at least one characteristic of the sample data. The adaptive expert system utilizes the at least one characteristic to classify the sample data and apply a predefined parameter set to the said sample data to generate an output.
US11900599B2
Provided is a multi-modality medical image analysis method and apparatus for brain disease diagnosis. The method includes the steps of: acquiring medical images with different modalities for the same patient; selecting at least some of pre-trained analysis models corresponding to the modalities of the medical images; inputting the medical images correspondingly to the analysis models selected with respect to the modalities of the medical image to produce output values related to a plurality of factors used for reading at least one brain disease; converting the output values to produce a plurality of feature vectors corresponding to the output values; and inputting the plurality of feature vectors to at least one diagnosis model pre-trained to read the brain disease to thus predict a degree of brain disease progression.
US11900598B2
A method and system for classification of cells and particles in a biological sample using an automated image-based feature extraction and classification architecture. A method operates by applying a mask or series of masks to an image, extracting features from the unmasked portions of the image based on the content and location of colored pixels, selecting a subset of the extracted features, and mapping the subset of the extracted features into a classifier architecture. In a majority of cases, the first level model architecture provides an accurate identification of the cell or particle. In a minority of cases, the classification of the cell or particle requires a second level step requiring the use of numerical or categorical values from the first level in combination with a second level model.
US11900591B2
A displacement meter for suppressing errors occurring in sub-pixel estimation, comprising: alight source that illuminates an object; an image pickup unit for receiving diffused-reflected light from the object; and a calculation unit for calculating the a displacement amount of the object by using sub-pixel estimation and the cross-correlation function between reference image data and measurement image data, wherein an image acquired during a predetermined timing from the imaging unit serves as the reference image data and an image acquired during the next timing serves as the measurement image data, generates a correction displacement amount by subtracting a correction value from the displacement amount, sets the most recent measurement image data as the reference image data and sets a predetermined initial value as the correction value if the displacement amount meets a predetermined condition, and else sets the displacement amount obtained most recently as the correction value.
US11900584B1
A method for judging freshness of cultured fish product based on eye image recognition is provided, which relates to the field of image processing and includes the following steps: obtaining eye area and eye center point of each cultured fish product; obtaining a first data category and a second data category of each gray scale change sequence according to each gray scale change sequence of each eye area; calculating a first mean value and a second mean value of each gray scale change sequence; obtaining the fish eye turbidity of each eye area according to the first mean value and the second mean value; obtaining the fish eye plumpness of each eye area according to the first data category and the second data category; and obtaining the freshness of each cultured fish product according to the fish eye turbidity and fish eye plumpness in each eye area.
US11900582B2
Estimating a material property parameter of fabric involves receiving information including a three-dimensional (3D) contour shape of fabric placed over a 3D geometric object, estimating a material property parameter of the fabric used for representing drape shapes of 3D clothes made by the fabric by applying the information to a trained artificial neural network, and providing the material property parameter of the fabric.
US11900561B2
A deep learning-based image stitching method and apparatus are provided. The deep learning-based image stitching method includes receiving a plurality of images including a first image and a second image stitched to the first image, extracting a feature map of the plurality of images, generating a plurality of flow maps indicating movement information of pixels of the plurality of images, based on the feature map, generating a plurality of warping images in which the pixels of the plurality of images are moved, by applying the plurality of flow maps to the plurality of images, respectively, generating a plurality of weight maps for blending the plurality of warping images, based on the feature map, and generating a stitch image in which the first image and the second image are stitched, by blending the plurality of warping images based on the plurality of weight maps.
US11900558B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods that tune a 3D-object-reconstruction-machine-learning model to reconstruct 3D models of objects from real images using real images as training data. For instance, the disclosed systems can determine a depth map for a real two-dimensional (2D) image and then reconstruct a 3D model of a digital object in the real 2D image based on the depth map. By using a depth map for a real 2D image, the disclosed systems can generate reconstructed 3D models that better conform to the shape of digital objects in real images than existing systems and use such reconstructed 3D models to generate more realistic looking visual effects (e.g., shadows, relighting).
US11900556B2
A computer system obtains at least one 3D scan of a body surface; automatically identifies, based on the at least one 3D scan, one or more features (e.g., nose, lips, eyes, eyebrows, cheekbones, or specific portions thereof, or other features) of the body surface; and generates a digital 3D model of the body surface. The digital 3D model includes the identified features of the human body surface. In an embodiment, the step of generating of the digital 3D model is based on the at least one 3D scan and the identified features of the body surface. In an embodiment, the digital 3D model comprises a 3D mesh file. The digital 3D model can be used in various ways. For example, output of a manufacturing process (e.g., a 3D printed item, a cosmetics product, a personal care product) can be based on the digital 3D model.
US11900555B1
Users create, change, duplicate, move and define interactions and relationships for digital objects in extended reality environments by voice commands in conjunction with hand or control input pointing and/or gesturing.
US11900552B2
A method for generating virtual pseudo three dimensional 360 degree outputs from 2D images of an object 102 is provided. An image viewer plane of the object 102 in the 3D image to be rendered on a user device 108 is detected using an augmented reality technique. An image viewer plane is placed facing the user device 108 rendering ‘Image 0’ and movement coordinates of the user device 108 with respect to the image viewer plane is detected to calculate the virtual pseudo 3D image set to be displayed based on at least one angle of view by performing interpolation between two consecutive virtual pseudo 3D images. The image viewer plane is changed with respect to the movement of the user device 108 to change the virtual pseudo 3D image and the interpolated virtual pseudo 3D image on the plane and that image is displayed as an augmented reality object in real-time to the user device 108.
US11900550B2
A method of providing an interactive personal mobility system, performed by one or more processors, comprises determining an initial pose by visual-inertial odometry performed on images and inertial measurement unit (IMU) data generated by a wearable augmented reality device. Sensor data transmitted from a personal mobility system is received, and sensor fusion is performed on the data received from the personal mobility system to provide an updated pose. Augmented reality effects are displayed on the wearable augmented reality device based on the updated pose.
US11900549B2
One variation of a method for automatically capturing data from non-networked production equipment includes: detecting a location of a mobile device within a facility, the mobile device manipulated by an operator while performing a step of an augmented digital procedure at a machine in the facility; estimating a position of a display on the machine relative to a field of view of an optical sensor in the mobile device based on the location of the mobile device and a stored location of the machine within the facility; in response to the position of the display falling within the field of view of the optical sensor, selecting an image captured by the optical sensor; extracting a value, presented on the display, from a region of the image depicting the display; and storing the value in a procedure file for the augmented digital procedure completed at the machine.
US11900532B2
Systems and methods are described for providing spatial content using a hybrid format. In some embodiments, a client device receives, from a server, surface light field representations of a plurality of scene elements in a 3D scene, including a first scene element. The client device provides to the server an indication of a dynamic behavior of a second scene element different from the first scene element. Further, in response to the indication, the client device receives from the server information defining the first scene element in a 3D asset format. The client device then renders at least the first scene element in the 3D asset format.
US11900528B2
A method of rendering a view is disclosed. Three occlusion planes associated with an interior cavity of a three-dimensional object included in the view are created. The three occlusion planes are positioned based on a camera position and orientation. Any objects or parts of objects that are in a line of sight between the camera and any one of the three occlusion planes are culled. The view is rendered from the perspective of the camera.
US11900527B2
A computer system displays a first computer-generated experience that includes displaying one or more virtual elements in a three-dimensional environment with a first appearance. While displaying the one or more virtual elements with the first appearance, the computer system receives biometric data corresponding to respiration of a first user. In response to receiving the biometric data: in accordance with a determination that the biometric data corresponding to the respiration of the first user meets first criteria, the computer system displays the one or more virtual elements in the three-dimensional environment with a second appearance that is different from the first appearance; and in accordance with a determination that the biometric data corresponding to the first user does not meet the first criteria, the computer system continues to display the one or more virtual elements in the three-dimensional environment with the first appearance.
US11900524B2
A method includes receiving a 3D image of a portion of an organ including a cavity, the image comprising voxels having respective values. A wall of the cavity is identified in the image, by (i) positioning virtual solid objects inside respective sub-volumes of the cavity, (ii) moving the virtual solid objects inside the cavity according to a predefined rule of motion, (iii) while the virtual solid objects move inside the cavity, adapting the traversed voxels to predefined value indicative of the interior of the cavity, (iv) responsively to detecting that a virtual solid object comes into contact with the wall, rolling the virtual solid object over the wall, and adapting a surface of the virtual solid object with the values of the voxels over which the surface rolls, and (v) converting adapted voxel values that are lower than a threshold voxel value into the predefined value indicative of the interior.
US11900519B2
Systems and methods for image processing are described. Embodiments of the present disclosure encode features of a source image to obtain a source appearance encoding that represents inherent attributes of a face in the source image; encode features of a target image to obtain a target non-appearance encoding that represents contextual attributes of the target image; combine the source appearance encoding and the target non-appearance encoding to obtain combined image features; and generate a modified target image based on the combined image features, wherein the modified target image includes the inherent attributes of the face in the source image together with the contextual attributes of the target image.
US11900517B2
A method for generating an output image from an input image and an input text instruction that specifies a location and a modification of an edit applied to the input image using a neural network is described. The neural network includes an image encoder, an image decoder, and an instruction attention network. The method includes receiving the input image and the input text instruction; extracting, from the input image, an input image feature that represents features of the input image using the image encoder; generating a spatial feature and a modification feature from the input text instruction using the instruction attention network; generating an edited image feature from the input image feature, the spatial feature and the modification feature; and generating the output image from the edited image feature using the image decoder.
US11900512B2
A content sharing device includes a content acquisition circuit configured to acquire main content and sub-content, at least one of which is derived from digital ink, and a transmission processing circuit configured to, in response to receipt of a request made by a terminal device operated by a user, select either first provision data or second provision data depending on usage rights of the user and transmit the first or second provision data that has been selected to the terminal device. The first provision data includes only the main content, while the second provision data includes both the main content and the sub-content. The sub-content includes content generated using a plurality of content elements that are generated before the main content is published or content generated using a plurality of content elements that are generated after the main content is published.
US11900510B2
Glyph sizing control techniques are described for digital content that provide insight regrading a true size of glyphs when rendered using a respective font and also leverages this insight to control font sizing and alignment. In one example, a glyph sizing system outputs a plurality of options to specify a unit-of-measure to control an actual size of a glyph as rendered in a user interface. Examples of units of measure include a capital height, x-height, ICF-height, dynamic height, object height, width, and other spans along a dimension, e.g., based on ascent, descent, or other. These units of measure are leveraged by the glyph sizing system to surface information regarding an actual size of respective glyphs for that unit-of-measure and control glyph sizing and arrangement.
US11900509B2
A technique capable of providing a user with information obtained by OCT imaging in a useful way, particularly for assisting in assessment of an embryo effectively. The image processing method includes acquiring original signal data indicating an intensity distribution of signal light from each position in three-dimensional space including a cultured embryo obtained by optical coherence tomography imaging, generating spherical coordinate data based on the original signal data, the spherical coordinate data indicating a relationship between each position in the three-dimensional space represented using spherical coordinates having an origin set inside the embryo and the intensity of the signal light from the position, and outputting the intensity distribution of the signal light as a two-dimensional map based on the spherical coordinate data using two deflection angles of the spherical coordinates as coordinate axes.
US11900497B1
The present disclosure relates to signal processing such as digital watermarking and other encoded signals. One claim recites a substrate comprising: a plurality of first areas and a plurality of second areas, in which each of the plurality of first areas comprises a color ink printed therein with a first clear topcoat layer printed over the color ink, and in which each of the plurality of second areas comprises the color ink printed therein, and a second clear topcoat layer printed over the color ink, in which the first clear topcoat layer and the second clear topcoat layer each comprise a different sheen relative to one another, and in which the plurality of second areas is arranged on the substrate in hole locations provided in the first clear topcoat layer, the second clear topcoat layer filling in the holes, the holes arranged according to a 2-dimensional pattern that is machine-readable from image data depicting such. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided in the specification with reference to specific implementations and related examples.
US11900484B2
The disclosure relates to identifying a user consuming content so that the user can share information on a social network communication service. Aspects of the disclosure relate to detecting reactions to the content and transmitting information to a social networking service associated with the user.
US11900470B1
A first inspection of insured property is performed to detect hazardous conditions related to the insured property. This first inspection is performed using a first set of imagery data received from one or more imagery data sources. One or more preventive measures are recommended to address the detected hazardous conditions based on analysis of the first set of imagery data. A second inspection is performed using a second set of imagery data received from the imagery data sources. The second inspection is performed to verify that recommended preventive measures have been taken. The first and second sets of imagery data may contain satellite and aerial imagery. The imagery data sources may provide information such as an image of an insured property's roof, an image of a terrain surrounding the insured property, or any other aerial images.
US11900461B2
Systems and methods for performing an exchange for physicals (EFP) may comprise receiving, with a matching engine module in communication with a processor, EFP data comprising an amount of securities to be traded and a price. The matching engine module may calculate a first delta percentage between the EFP data and an index based on the amount, the price, and an index value. The matching engine module may calculate a residual delta based on the first delta percentage and an index notional value. The matching engine module may attribute the residual delta to the securities.
US11900459B2
A method for performing an auction implemented via an exchange computer system includes receiving, from a user device, a security transaction order, receiving a first matching order, initiating a delay timer that runs for a first period of time, initiating an auction timer that runs for a second period of time, determining that the first period of time has expired, notifying a plurality of market participants of an auction, receiving, during the second period of time, one or more additional matching orders, wherein each of the one or more additional matching orders includes a request for participation in the auction, determining that the second period of time has expired, and facilitating a transaction based on the security transaction order.
US11900457B2
A method determines forecaster biases based on the correlations between prediction errors made by a group of forecasters. The method measures forecaster skills in different areas of expertise based on the correlations between the absolute values of prediction errors made by a group of forecasters. The method uses bias and skill measurements to raise the precision of aggregate forecasts. The method also reduces bias in social network rating systems by linking the ratings with objectively verifiable predictions.
US11900454B2
A system and method are provided for implementing an electronic exchange-based transaction message policy. One example method includes defining a message usage threshold to be used in relation to a client entity that utilizes one or more trading strategies and sends transaction messages to an electronic exchange. The method further includes dynamically monitoring the message usage at the client entity and comparing it to the defined message usage threshold. If the message usage exceeds the threshold limit, the method includes adjusting one or more trading strategies at the client entity in attempt to not violating the exchange-based transaction message policy.
US11900451B1
A real-time activity recommendation system receives an input from a user device regarding a targeted financial goal, such as a target credit score. Using machine learning models to evaluate patterns of user activity that contribute positively towards the goal, and to evaluate the limitations and opportunities of the user's financial circumstances and profile, the recommendation system makes an assessment in real time to determine user actions that can be taken to improve credit health based on a user's profile and activity data. A user-specific recommendation regarding an activity that should be performed to reach the goal is generated and transmitted to the user. User and third party activity is later monitored as the user's financial status changes over time, and the recommendations are updated accordingly.
US11900443B1
A centralized accounting system for invoice generation is described as a web-based portal accessible by parties of a supply chain finance relationship via one or more computer networks. The centralized system provides a computer-based, network accessible platform in which a customer and a vendor may negotiate and agree upon terms of a purchase order for products. The centralized system then approves the purchase order based on vendor and customer profile information, and sends a notification of the approved purchase order to a bank. The centralized system automatically generates a vendor invoice for the approved purchase order and submit the vendor invoice to the bank for payment according the terms of the supply chain finance relationship. The centralized system ensures that the vendor invoice is accurate for the approved purchase order. The centralized system may also automatically generate and submit a bank invoice to the customer for the approved purchase order.
US11900432B2
Methods of manufacturing articles of footwear include providing articles to a customer, receiving evaluations of one or more structural characteristics of the articles, and making new customized articles for the customer based on the evaluations of one or more structural characteristics. The method can be conducted as a cycle that is repeated each time the customer buys a new pair of footwear. Systems for manufacturing customized articles of footwear include: a computing system that receives input including a customer-selected evaluation of one or more structural characteristics of an article of footwear, wherein the article of footwear includes a first sole member with a first structural characteristic having a first value; and a second sole member for a second article of footwear, wherein a surface of the second sole member is modified to include a first pattern of apertures and/or incisions based on the customer-selected evaluation of the first structural characteristic.
US11900429B1
The described systems and methods provide a user's mobile device with a graphical user interface that can provide information about the lowest price offered for one or more products. For instance, when a person at a physical retail store places one or more products in a physical shopping cart, a scanning device may scan the one or more products to obtain information about the one or more products, the scanned information is sent to a server that provides pricing and store location information to a mobile device based on the scanned information, the pricing and store location information can be analyzed by the mobile device to display the lowest price and store location for each product.
US11900419B2
Methods and apparatus for detecting and correlating content consumption, e.g., viewing of programs and/or accessing websites, across platforms of different types are described. Content consumption, e.g., requests and/or streaming is monitored and recorded on a per subscriber basis for a wide variety of platforms, e.g., set boxes, IP content playback devices such as cell phones or pad devices with IP streaming support, and/or other devices. Web site access and corresponding content consumption is determined based on DNS requests thereby avoiding the need for monitoring at web site servers and allowing centralized monitoring of web site access operations in the form of DNS requests to be detected by a Web service provider who, at least in some embodiments, is also a content provider.
US11900415B2
A favorable merging or grouping of simply connected regions into which the array of information samples is sub-divided, is coded with a reduced amount of data. To this end, a predetermined relative locational relationship is defined enabling an identifying, for a predetermined simply connected region, of simply connected regions within the plurality of simply connected regions which have the predetermined relative locational relationship to the predetermined simply connected region. Namely, if the number is zero, a merge indicator for the predetermined simply connected region may be absent within the data stream. In other embodiments, spatial sub-division is performed depending on a first subset of syntax elements, followed by combining spatially neighboring simply connected regions depending on a second subset of syntax elements, to obtain an intermediate sub-division.
US11900409B2
Disclosed is a conversation management system that manages conversations about a content using blockchain technology. The content management system can use the blockchain technology to validate the conversations, and provide a content provider of the content a secured access to the validated conversations. The validation of the conversations can ensure that the conversations are not fake, e.g., provided by real people and not generated using bots. A conversation about the content is added as a block to the blockchain upon validation, and once added may not be modified, and therefore, the content provider may be assured that the conversation is secure and genuine. The content provider can use the knowledge obtained from the validated conversations in making future content.
US11900408B1
A promotion processing system may include a user device associated with a given user, and a promotion processing server configured to generate promotional content. The promotional content may include a link to a given image corresponding to a digital promotion. The promotion processing server may also communicate the promotional content to the user device. The user device may communicate a request to the promotion processing server for the given image based upon the link, and communicate a user identifier associated with the given user to the promotion processing server. The promotion processing server may select the given image based upon the link and the user identifier, communicate the given image to the user device for viewing with the promotional content, and save the corresponding digital promotion to a digital wallet associated with the given user based upon the image being displayed at the user device.
US11900405B2
A coupon-minter is configured to perform operations including: generating a coupon comprising encrypted discount information, wherein the encrypted discount information is encrypted with a discount key; generating, for the coupon, a hashlock from a preimage; introducing the coupon to a blockchain in association with the hashlock, wherein the blockchain is configured to permit claiming of the generated coupon only upon receiving access to the preimage used to generate the hashlock. A store-manager configured to perform operations including: claiming, using the preimage, the coupon in the blockchain; encrypting the discount key with a clearing-house public key; updating the coupon with the encrypted discount key. A clearing-house-manager configured to perform operations comprising: detecting the store-manager's claiming of the coupon; decrypting the encrypted discount key with a clearing-house private key to re-generate the discount key; and decrypting the encrypted discount information with the preimage.
US11900402B2
Provided is a process including segmenting a representation into a set of tiles and obtaining a set of geolocations. The process includes, for each tile, determining a respective amount of devices within the respective tile to form a set of weights. The process also includes assigning each tile of a subset of the set of tiles with a set of groups based on the set of weights, building a first map based on the set of groups, and building a second map by traversing the first map. The process also includes determining a first and second subset of devices by traversing the second map, determining whether a second tile is to be assigned to a first or second group based on the first and second subset of devices, assigning the second tile to the first group, and building a region map comprising the set of groups.
US11900401B2
The present disclosure presents systems and related methods for creating real-time predictions. One such method comprises receiving, by a computing device, a first set of data and a second set of data, wherein the first set of data comprises a plurality of items available from a first source for a first set of users and the second set of data comprises transaction purchase data for a second set of users that have reward accounts, utilizing a predictive data model that determines a propensity score for a user from only behavior data that is not attributed to the user; receiving a third set of data from a third source comprising social media channel data for a third set of users; and updating the predictive data model to determine the propensity score for the user based at least in part on the third set of data.
US11900392B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for requesting in-person assistance with a purchase during a mobile device digital interaction (e.g., augmented reality) with a physical object of interest. Display of a real-time view includes the physical object image as well as interfaces for interacting with the image of the physical object. The interfaces include requesting in-person purchase assistance based on a mobile device location proximate to the physical object of interest.
US11900390B1
A computer-based network system and method for using a payment vehicle having an on and off function. The system comprises a payment vehicle comprising an on and off function to enable or to disable the payment vehicle in the computer-based network for processing an electronic payment transaction, a holder of the payment vehicle, and a computer payment network wherein the computer payment network comprises a transaction engine for enabling or for disabling the payment vehicle at a request of the holder of the payment vehicle.
US11900383B2
Methods for generating fraud detection rules based on transaction data may include receiving historical transaction data, associating tags with each transaction, generating decision trees having root nodes and child nodes operably connected to the respective root nodes, determining at least one primary rule and at least one set of secondary rules associated with the at least one primary rule based on relationships between features of the transactions, assigning primary rules and sets of secondary rules to the at least one decision tree to populate the tree, extracting a plurality of rule sets including at least one primary rule and one or more secondary rules, determining an ordering of the plurality of rule sets; and determining a subset of rule sets from the ordered plurality of rule sets against which subsequently received transactions are compared against to determine if the subsequent transactions are fraudulent.
US11900370B2
A computer-implemented method for authenticating a user device via a device credential scoped to a common domain shared among a plurality of payment networks may be provided. The method may include receiving, by a server of a payment network, a first request redirected from a sub-domain assigned to the payment network to a domain name associated with the payment network, responsive to the first request, transmitting, to the user device, an authentication request comprising a challenge, a user identifier that identifies the user, and the common domain to which the device credential is scoped, receiving, from the user device, a response, accessing the device credential, the device credential having been stored by the payment network, validating the response based on the device credential, and causing, by the server, the user identifier and the device credential to be federated to the other ones of the plurality of payment networks based on the validating.
US11900364B2
The invention presents a solution in which blockchain Transactions are created to implement the functionality of a logic gate. The invention may be implemented on the Bitcoin platform or an alternative blockchain platform. The transaction includes a locking script which comprises instructions selected so as to implement the functionality of a logic gate such as OR, AND, XOR, NOT and so on. In some examples, the instructions may be provided in a hashed form. When the script is executed (because a second transaction is attempting to spend the output associated with the locking script) the inputs will be processed by the conditional instructions to provide an output of TRUE or FALSE. The second transaction is transmitted to the blockchain network for validation and, if determined to be valid, it will be written to the blockchain. Validation of the second transaction can be interpreted as a TRUE output. Thus, the locking script of the first transaction provides the functionality of the desired logic gate. The invention provides numerous advantages and can be used in a wide variety of applications, such as for the implementation of control systems and processes.
US11900362B1
Methods and systems of managing payment cards are disclosed. A financial institution computing system includes a token database storing a plurality of tokens and token information, a network interface circuit enabling the financial institution computing system to exchange information over a network; and a token management circuit. The token management circuit enables a graphical user interface on a customer device over the network that can be used to generate new token requests, re-provision token requests, and management requests. The management requests enable and disable tokens, such that transactions against a payment card account using an enabled token are completed, and transactions against the payment card account using a disabled token are denied.
US11900360B2
A method comprises receiving a request to add a stored-value card to an electronic wallet via interpreting an intelligent code which directs a user to a URL for an electronic wallet website; prompting a user for credentials to enter the electronic wallet website; determining whether the stored-value card already exists in the electronic wallet; and adding the stored-value card to the electronic wallet. A system comprises a computer device to receive a request to add a stored-value card to an electronic wallet via interpreting an intelligent code which directs a user to a URL for an electronic wallet website; to prompt a user for credentials to enter the electronic wallet website, to determine possession of the stored-value card, to determine whether the stored-value card already exists in the electronic wallet, and to add the stored-value card to the electronic wallet.
US11900355B2
The present disclosure generally relates to managing the use of transfer accounts using an electronic device. In accordance with some embodiments, user interfaces for inputting information about a secure credential to an electronic device are described. In accordance with some embodiments, user interfaces for managing the use of a credential provisioned on an electronic device that operates on stored power are described. In accordance with some embodiments, user interfaces for managing the use of a transfer account associated with different credentials on an electronic device are described.
US11900352B2
The disclosed embodiments include computer-implemented systems and processes that perform operations that initiate, approve, and execute exchanges of data between network-connected systems, apparatuses, and devices in a computing environment. For example, a network-connected apparatus may receive a first value of a parameter that characterizes an exchange of data initiated at a terminal device, identify a second value of the parameter allocated to the client device. In response to a determination that the first parameter value exceeds the second parameter value, the apparatus may request, and receive, parameter data from an application program executed by the at least one processor. The parameter data may identify a third value of the parameter allocated to the client device by the executed application program, and the apparatus may authorize, based on the second and third parameter values, a performance of the initiated data exchange in accordance with the first parameter value.
US11900347B2
A server computing device receives a first transaction request comprising computer-readable content and metadata for the content. The server computing device generates a first hash based upon the metadata. The server computing device then generates a second hash based upon the first hash and a content identifier that has been generated for the content. The server computing device causes a block to be added to a blockchain, the block comprising the second hash, wherein a transaction identifier is produced as a result of the addition of the block. The server computing device receives, from a second computing device, a second transaction request that comprises an identifier for the computer-readable content. The server computing device provides the second computing device with access to the content based upon the identifier for the content, the block in the blockchain, and the transaction identifier.
US11900343B2
A payment device for conducting a transaction is provided. The payment device includes a device substrate, a payment device identifier visibly located on the device substrate, and a data storage region contained on or within the payment device. The payment device identifier does not include information identifying an issuer for the payment device. The data storage region comprises a first data storage sub region containing data corresponding to the payment device identifier, and a second data storage sub region electronically isolated from the first data storage sub region and containing data identifying the issuer of the payment device.
US11900337B1
Techniques are described for creating and tracking receipts via a digital distributed ledger system. The techniques include receiving a purchase data, and transforming the purchase data into at least one receipt trail record. The techniques further include storing the receipt trail record in a least one block of digital distributed ledger system. The techniques additionally include distributing the at least one block among nodes of the digital distributed ledger system, wherein the digital distributed ledger system is configured to immutably store the data of the receipt trail record.
US11900334B2
An electronic garage shelf is described. The system includes an electronic garage shelf which may be a metaphor for a shelf in a garage that is used to store parts for a vehicle. Merely for example, the electronic garage shelf may store a token part that signifies a part or smart component such as an oil filter, carburetor, spark plug, on a garage shelf in the user's garage. Further, the metaphor for a shelf in the garage may be expanded to include a virtual part that represents a part or smart component the user wants to acquire. Accordingly, the system may include garage shelf information comprised of virtual part information and token part information where the virtual part information may store virtual parts signifying parts that are desirable for acquisition and the token part information may store token parts signifying parts that are in the possession of the user.
US11900329B2
A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for generating a schedule for project. Modules are selected from a collection of modules. A module in the collection of modules has a group of milestones. A set of backoffs is selected for a set of the modules. A backoff in the set of modules for the module in the set of modules points to a milestone in another module in the modules. Dates are determined for the milestones based on time periods for the milestones, the set of backoffs, and a reference date for the project to form the schedule for the project.
US11900326B2
An apparatus for managing a business strategy map includes: a strategy map memory unit configured to include a business strategy map region for a business strategy map including a business specification in which a relation between a business project and a business executant has been defined, a business contents region for business contents accessible through the business specification and written by the business executant, a business chat message region for at least one business chat message accessible through the business contents, and a business object link region for a business object link included in the business specification and used to access a business object which is the business chat message and in which a business provider and a business recipient have been defined, and a business processor configured to provide specific business contents within the business contents region through a specific business specification.
US11900317B2
Aspects described herein relate to methods, systems, and apparatuses that infer which items were purchased in a transaction based on correlating a transaction record for the purchase, such as credit card receipt, with browsing records received from multiple users of vendor websites that identify individual costs of items.
US11900314B2
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for mapping is provided. The present invention may include locating an asset using an unmanned vehicle (UV), where the asset include a sensor device that is not mapped to the asset. The present invention may also include recording, using the UV, a sensor identifier of the sensor device. The present invention may include recording a location of the sensor device based on determining a location of the UV when the sensor device is detected. The present invention may further include registering the recorded sensor identifier of the sensor device with the asset to map the sensor device to the asset.
US11900313B2
A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform certain acts. The acts can include determining an estimated arrival time of a user at a physical store. The acts also can include generating an estimated wait time using a machine learning model and based on input data comprising the estimated arrival time and dynamic wait time data for the physical store. The acts additionally can include sending the estimated wait time to at least one of the physical store or a mobile device of the user. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11900310B2
Generally, embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods that can facilitate delivery and access to an unattended home. A location of the unattended home for a drop off of the item is determined based on information received from a user or information associated with a user profile, the information including permission to enter the unattended home. Location data for a carrier device is determined based on receiving satellite positioning data from the carrier device, the location data of the carrier device indicating that the carrier device corresponds to the location of the unattended home. Information associated with an identifier affixed to the item is also determined. Access to the unattended home is granted based on transmitting a signal to at least one of a home monitoring system and a networked home device at the unattended home when the information corresponds to the location data from the carrier device.
US11900289B1
The present disclosure describes devices and methods of providing a technology environment for analyzing unstructured data to generate structured data. A set of electronic documents, each electronic document associated with a type of product, may be accessed. A data instance for each of the documents may be generated. The data instance may include a plurality of data fields that are based on the type of product. The electronic documents may be analyzed to identify values for each of the plurality of data fields. Analyzing the electronic documents may comprise applying a respective character recognition algorithm to respective electronic documents, and assigning a confidence factor to each of the values. The data instances comprising the values for each of the plurality of data fields may be stored in a second database.
US11900284B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for scheduling tasks in an electronic system. In some implementations, a dynamic scheduling system allows performance-based access to a task schedule. In distributing tasks to be completed, the dynamic scheduling system prioritizes resources that are more proficient at completing the tasks over resources that are less proficient. For example, resources that are more proficient may receive higher-priority access to the task schedule than resources that are less proficient. Each resource may be assigned a proficiency score based on quantitative or qualitative performance indicators associated with tasks previously completed by the resource. Each resource is dynamically provided access to the task schedule based on its proficiency score. For example, resources having the highest performance scores may be first to receive access to a set of timeslots, whereas resources having the lowest performance scores may be last to receive access to the set of timeslots.
US11900279B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for parking space routing. For example, parking data for a parking region, such as a parking lot, may be obtained from one or more data sources (e.g., vehicle sensor data, a parking lot camera, parking meter transaction data, etc.). Routes from a current location of a vehicle to available parking spaces within the parking region may be computed. The routes may be ranked based upon various criteria, such as convenience, congestion, travel time, travel distance, a parking space fill order, etc. A route, having a rank above a threshold (e.g., a highest ranked route), may be provided to a driver of the vehicle, such as through a vehicle navigation unit, a mobile device, a wearable device, etc. The route may be provided to autonomous driving functionality of the vehicle for automatic routing and navigation of the vehicle to the parking space.
US11900274B2
Disclosed systems, methods, and computer readable media can detect an association between semantic entities and generate semantic information between entities. For example, semantic entities and associated semantic collections present in knowledge bases can be identified. A time period can be determined and divided into time slices. For each time slice, word embeddings for the identified semantic entities can be generated; a first semantic association strength between a first semantic entity input and a second semantic entity input can be determined; and a second semantic association strength between the first semantic entity input and semantic entities associated with a semantic collection that is associated with the second semantic entity can be determined. An output can be provided based on the first and second semantic association strengths.
US11900273B2
Disclosed are methods and systems for determining combinations of system parameters that indicate a root cause of a system level experience deterioration (SLED). Some of the disclosed embodiments generate a decision tree from a first class of operational parameter datasets. Rules are derived from the decision tree. Filtered rule sets for feature parameters included in the system parameters are then determined. Pairs of features within a particular dataset that each satisfy their respective filtered rule sets are indicative of a root cause of the degradation, at least in some embodiments.
US11900272B2
A method and system for mapping labels of documents is described. A training set including a plurality of documents and at least one map can be retrieved. Each document can include a plurality of labels, and the at least one map can represent associations between the labels of one document and another document in the set. Each document (or group of documents) in the set can include certain features. These features can relate to the labels in the documents. Each label can correspond to one or more data points (or datasets) in each documents. In one example embodiment, the map can be generated based on the features extracted from each document.
US11900260B2
Methods, devices and processor-readable media for an integrated teacher-student machine learning system. One or more teacher-student modules are trained as part of the teacher neural network training. Each student sub-network uses a portion of the teacher neural network to generate an intermediate feature map, then provides the intermediate feature map to a student sub-network to generate inferences. The student sub-network may use a feature enhancement block to map the intermediate feature map to a subsequent feature map. A compression block may be used to compress intermediate feature map data for transmission in some embodiments.
US11900253B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for converting data to a tiling format when implementing convolutional neural networks are disclosed. A system includes at least a memory, a cache, a processor, and a plurality of compute units. The memory stores a first buffer and a second buffer in a linear format, where the first buffer stores convolutional filter data and the second buffer stores image data. The processor converts the first and second buffers from the linear format to third and fourth buffers, respectively, in a tiling format. The plurality of compute units load the tiling-formatted data from the third and fourth buffers in memory to the cache and then perform a convolutional filter operation on the tiling-formatted data. The system generates a classification of a first dataset based on a result of the convolutional filter operation.
US11900248B2
Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for correlating data center resources in a multi-tenant execution environment using machine learning techniques are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes obtaining multiple data streams pertaining to one or more data center resources in at least one multi-tenant executing environment; correlating one or more portions of the multiple data streams by processing at least a portion of the multiple data streams using at least one multi-tenant-capable search engine; determining one or more anomalies within the multiple data streams by processing the one or more correlated portions of the multiple data streams using a machine learning-based anomaly detection engine; and performing at least one automated action based at least in part on the one or more determined anomalies.
US11900244B1
A data source configured to provide a representation of an environment of one or more agents is identified. Using a data set obtained from the data source, a neural network-based reinforcement learning model with one or more attention layers is trained. Importance indicators generated by the attention layers are used to identify actions to be initiated by an agent. A trained version of the model is stored.
US11900240B2
Systems and devices are provided to increase computational and/or power efficiency for one or more neural networks via a computationally driven closed-loop dynamic clock control. A clock frequency control word is generated based on information indicative of a current frame execution rate of a processing task of the neural network and a reference clock signal. A clock generator generates the clock signal of neural network based on the clock frequency control word. A reference frequency may be used to generate the clock frequency control word, and the reference frequency may be based on information indicative of a sparsity of data of a training frame.
US11900236B2
An exemplary embodiment may provide an interpretable neural network with hierarchical conditions and partitions. A local function f(x) may model the feature attribution within a specific partition. The combination of all the local functions creates a globally interpretable model. Further, INNs may utilize an external process to identify suitable partitions during their initialization and may support training using back-propagation and related techniques.
US11900232B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training a distilled machine learning model. One of the methods includes training a cumbersome machine learning model, wherein the cumbersome machine learning model is configured to receive an input and generate a respective score for each of a plurality of classes; and training a distilled machine learning model on a plurality of training inputs, wherein the distilled machine learning model is also configured to receive inputs and generate scores for the plurality of classes, comprising: processing each training input using the cumbersome machine learning model to generate a cumbersome target soft output for the training input; and training the distilled machine learning model to, for each of the training inputs, generate a soft output that matches the cumbersome target soft output for the training input.
US11900227B1
An apparatus for producing a target strategy comprising at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor. The memory is configured to instruct the processor to receive a history datum. The memory also is configured to instruct the processor to identify a pattern datum using a quantitative field machine learning model. The quantitative field machine learning model is configured to train the quantitative field machine learning model using a quantitative field training data. The quantitative field machine learning model is also configured to identify the pattern datum as a function of the history datum. The memory then instructs the processor to generate a modified target as a function of the pattern datum. Finally, the memory instructs the processor to generate a target strategy as a function of the modified target.
US11900225B2
A computer system for generating information regarding chemical compound includes one or more memories and one or more processors configured to generate information regarding chemical compound based on a latent variable, and to evaluate the generated information regarding chemical compound based on desired characteristics, wherein generating the information regarding chemical compound is restricted by the desired characteristics.
US11900220B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for amplitude estimation of a quantum circuit. The method includes: calculating a first difference value between a current angle upper limit value and a current angle lower limit value corresponding to a to-be-estimated amplitude of a target quantum state, and determining the first difference value as a target difference; determining, a next angle amplification factor and a next flag parameter corresponding to a next iteration step; amplifying the target quantum circuit by the next angle amplification factor; calculating a second difference value between a next angle upper limit value and a next angle lower limit value of the to-be-estimated amplitude, and determining the second difference value as a target difference; and determining, based on an angle upper limit value and an angle lower limit value that reach the precision threshold, a probability estimated value corresponding to a to-be-estimated quantum bit.
US11900214B2
Methods and apparatus for enhancing simulated annealing with quantum fluctuations. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining an input state; performing simulated annealing on the input state with a temperature reduction schedule until a decrease in energy is below a first minimum value; terminating the simulated annealing in response to determining that the decrease in energy is below the first minimum level; outputting a first evolved state and first temperature value; reducing the temperature to a minimum temperature value; performing quantum annealing on the first evolved state with a transversal field increase schedule until a completion of a second event occurs; terminating the quantum annealing in response to determining that a completion of the second event has occurred; outputting a second evolved state as a subsequent input state for the simulated annealing, and determining that the completion of the first event has occurred.
US11900213B2
A quantum computer executes quantum measurement of <ψ1|Pi|ψ2>, <ψ1|Uij,+|ψ2>, <ψ1|Uij,−|ψ2>, <ψ1|Pj|ψ2>, and <ψ1|PiPj|ψ2< below based on a quantum state pair configured by a first quantum state ψ1 and a second quantum state ψ2, and outputs measurement results of the quantum measurement. A classical computer computes a transition amplitude |<ψ1|A|ψ2>|2 based on measurement results for <ψ1|Pi|ψ2>, <ψ1|Uij,+|ψ2>, <ψ1|Uij,−|ψ2>, <ψ1|Pj|ψ2>, and <ψ1|PiPj|ψ2>, wherein A is a physical quantity for computation of transition amplitude, i and j are indices for identifying a and P, a is a real number, P is a tensor product of a Pauli matrix, U is a unitary gate, and <ψ1|ψ2>=0.
US11900198B2
A method of transmitting a first tier of information by a radio frequency identity (RFID) chip when hailed in a first frequency band and transmitting a second tier of information by the RFID chip when hailed in a second frequency band. The method comprises receiving a first hailing radio signal in a first frequency band by an application executing on a processor of an RFID chip, in response to receiving the first radio signal, transmitting a first tier of information stored in the RFID chip in the first frequency band by the application, receiving a second hailing radio signal in a second frequency band by the application, and, in response to receiving the second radio signal, transmitting a second tier of information stored in the RFID chip in the second frequency band by the application.
US11900189B1
A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes at least one physical memory device to store compensation logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the compensation logic to receive measurement data corresponding to a print medium printed with a plurality of non-functioning pel forming elements, a plurality of functioning pel forming elements and a plurality of tint levels; wherein adjacent ones of the plurality of functioning pel forming elements print with compensation transfer functions applied and are located adjacent to the plurality of non-functioning pel forming elements, associate measurement data with the plurality of non-functioning pel forming elements, the compensation transfer functions and the plurality of tint levels and determine optimal compensation by selecting the compensation transfer functions that have corresponding measurement data values closest to compensation target values for each of the plurality of tint levels.
US11900188B2
There is provided a printer including: a printing part having: a conveyor configured to convey a medium in a conveying direction; a printing head having a plurality of nozzles from which an ink of a specified color is discharged and of which positions in the conveying direction are mutually different, the printing head being configured to discharge the ink from the plurality of nozzles to the medium so as to form dots in the medium; and a facing member configured to be capable of facing a print surface of the medium on an upstream side in the conveying direction with respect to the plurality of nozzles of the printing head; and a controller.
US11900181B2
A data object from a data source is received by a distributed process in a data stream. The distributed process has a sequence of categories, each category containing one or more tasks that operate on the data object. The data object includes files that can be processed by the tasks. If the task is able to operate on the data object, then the data object is passed to the task. If the task is unable to operate on the data object, then the files in the data object are passed to a file staging area of the distributed process and stored in memory. The files in the file staging area are passed, in sequence, from the file staging area to the task that was unable to operate on the data object. The data object is outputted to a next category or data sink after being operated on by the task.
US11900180B2
One disclosed method involves accessing, by a computing system and using access credentials associated with a user, data associated with systems of record, generating, by the computing system, a plurality of notifications of events indicated by the data, determining, by the computing system, that the user selected at least one keyword, determining, by the computing system, that a first notification of the plurality of notifications relates to the at least one keyword, and causing, by the computing system and based at least in part on the first notification relating to the at least one keyword, a client device operated by the user to present the first notification.
US11900179B1
A computer-implemented method includes receiving training data including a plurality of API requests from a plurality of client devices. The method includes generating a plurality of permissible API sessions based on the training data. The method includes applying a sequence embedding technique to the plurality of permissible API sessions to generate a plurality of embeddings. The method includes applying a dimensionality reduction technique to the plurality of embeddings to generate a plurality of compact embeddings. The method includes applying a clustering technique to the plurality of compact embeddings to determine a plurality of different clusters of the compact embeddings. The method includes generating a plurality of patterns based on the plurality of different clusters. Each of the plurality of patterns is descriptive of permissible API sessions associated with a corresponding cluster of the plurality of different clusters.
US11900169B1
Descriptors of machine learning tasks to be used to respond to analysis requests, indicating acceptable categories of runtime environments for the tasks and metrics to be collected from the tasks, are received via programmatic interfaces. In response to an analysis request, an orchestrator receives results from individual tasks as they become available, provides the results to other tasks, and causes a response to the request to be prepared using results from at least a subset of the tasks. Metrics collected from the tasks, and a visual representation of the tasks indicating their runtime environments are presented.
US11900164B2
In accordance with some aspects of the present disclosure, an apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a processor and a memory, wherein the memory includes programmed instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to receive a request to join a plurality of entity data structures using a first join order, determine a first performance cost of the first join order, determine a second performance cost of a second join order, determine whether the second performance cost is lower than the first performance cost, in response to determining that the second performance cost is lower than or exceeds the first performance cost, select the second join order or the first join order, respectively, join the plurality of entity data structures using the selected join order, and send the joined plurality of entity data structures.
US11900163B2
Implementations described herein relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media to monitor a distributed computing system. In some implementations, a method may include obtaining a first plurality of monitoring metrics of a respective application of one or more applications executing over the distributed computing system, obtaining time-series data of the first plurality of monitoring metrics, programmatically analyzing the time-series data of the first plurality of monitoring metrics to determine a second plurality of monitoring metrics, wherein the second plurality of monitoring metrics is determined to be a predictive set of the first plurality of monitoring metrics, and monitoring the distributed computing system by monitoring the second plurality of monitoring metrics.
US11900156B2
A processor includes a compute fabric and a controller. The compute fabric includes an array of compute nodes and interconnects that configurably connect the compute nodes. The controller is configured to configure at least some of the compute nodes and interconnects in the compute fabric to execute specified code instructions, and to send to the compute fabric multiple threads that each executes the specified code instructions. A compute node among the compute nodes is configured to execute a code instruction for a first thread, and to transfer a result of the code instruction within the fabric, for use as an operand by a second thread, different from the first thread.
US11900149B2
Data queries that are agnostic to any particular data source may include a data source alias. The data source alias may be replaced with a data source identifier to obtain a data query configured for a target data source. Data processing jobs may be agnostic to any particular data processing platform. A data processing job may include a data processing task that is agnostic to any particular data processing platform. A code library may provide platform-specific code configured to implement a data processing task on a data processing platform. A data query configured for a particular data source and a data processing task configured for a particular data processing platform may be used to create a data processing job. Configurations that restrict execution of a data processing job to execution via an interactive development environment may be removed to allow its execution directly at the data processing platform itself.
US11900147B2
Systems and methods for cloud-based file sharing, where templates are provided for creating workflow instances which enable the sharing of managed objects. Reusable workflow templates are stored in the repository of a cloud-based file sharing system as objects that define components of the workflow, or placeholders for these components. A user instantiates a workflow instance from one of the templates and configures the workflow instance to identify content objects or forms, tasks related to the content objects, and users assigned to perform the tasks. The workflow instance is stored as an object in the repository. Users assigned to tasks are authorized through the workflow instance to access the content objects or forms to perform the tasks.
US11900144B2
A controller of a quantum system identifies a phase update trigger for a quantum object of the quantum system and an interaction time. Responsive to identifying the phase update trigger, the controller determines, for between a first time and the interaction time, (a) a location/transport effect on a phase of the quantum object based on locations thereof and transport operations performed thereon, and (b) a quantum operation effect on the phase of the quantum object based on any quantum operations applied thereto. The immediately previous phase update for the quantum object occurred at the first time. Based on the location/transport effect, the quantum operation effect, and the interaction time, the controller determines an interaction time phase of the quantum object. The controller adjusts operation of a manipulation source such that a phase of a signal generated by the manipulation source corresponds to the interaction time phase at the interaction time.
US11900143B1
In one implementation, systems and methods are provided for developing a computer-implemented digital experience application having a first and a second micro-application. Each micro-application includes a front end interface configured to receive and display information. The first micro-application includes a first event manager configured to detect an application event belonging to a category, and a first state manager configured to detect an application state belonging to the category. The digital experience application further includes a driver application configured to host the first and second micro-applications, an event hub configured to receive the detected application event from the first micro-application, and a state store configured to store the detected application state received from the first micro-application. The second micro-application includes a second event manager configured to receive the detected application event from the event hub, and a second state manager configured to receive the detected application state from the state store.
US11900137B2
A method for configurable in-application event logging may include receiving, from a client device, one or more user inputs specifying at least one of an event of interest associated with an operation of a software application and a data to collect in response to the event of interest. A logging agent may be configured, based on the user inputs, to respond to the specified event of interest by generating one or more log messages including the specified data. The logging agent may be as a first programming code embedded within a second programming code implementing the software application such that the logging agent is able to access a context of each executing instance of the software application. Related systems and computer program products are also provided.
US11900131B2
Techniques comprise receiving results from one or more configuration checks performed on one or more elements of an information processing system, wherein the results are received from a set of one or more interfaces of the information processing system and comprise an indication of detection of a configuration issue with at least a portion of the one or more elements of the information processing system. The method generates one or more remediation actions based on at least a portion of the received results, and then causes initiation of the one or more remediation actions within the information processing system at least in part through the set of one or more interfaces of the information processing system from which the results are received to effectuate remediation of the configuration issue with the portion of the one or more elements of the information processing system.
US11900130B2
Systems involving distributed control functions are described herein. Each member or device within the system has responsibility for controlling part of the system's behavior, and includes logic to determine what action, if any, will follow as a response to determining information or receiving information from other members or devices within the system. A change of status of one member of a system may provide a basis for action by another member of the system. Status may be the result of sensing a condition of the environment, sensing the condition of a component, receiving the output of a conventional sensor, and/or sensing the condition of a link between components. In some embodiments, action taken by a member of the system may include collecting data during law enforcement activities.
US11900127B2
Cryptographically-secured deferral tickets provided by a minting process that runs in a secure enclave on a computing device reset an authenticated watchdog timer that reboots the device from a hardware-protected recovery operating system to re-image the device into a known good state if the timer expires. The deferral tickets are written to a secure channel using a symmetric key that is provisioned by repurposing an existing Intel SGX (Software Guard Extension) Versioning Support protocol that enables migration of secrets between enclaves that have the same author. In an illustrative embodiment, the deferral ticket minting process and authenticated watchdog timer execute locally to enable automated recovery of the computing device when utilized in far edge infrastructure of a fifth generation (5G) network such as a distributed unit (DU) of a radio access network (RAN).
US11900126B2
A method for managing information handling systems includes initiating, by a stackable system role (SSR) manager of an information handling system of the set of information handling systems, a boot sequence, making a first determination that the boot sequence does not specify a SSR of the information handling system, based on the first determination: performing a hardware evaluation to identify available hardware resources of the information handling system, obtaining a hardware resource inventory based on the available resources, applying a hardware resource function to the hardware resource inventory to determine a SSR for the information handling system, and continuing the boot sequence using the SSR.
US11900123B2
A system includes a processing unit such as a GPU that itself includes a command processor configured to receive instructions for execution from a software application. A processor pipeline coupled to the processing unit includes a set of parallel processing units for executing the instructions in sets. A set manager is coupled to one or more of the processor pipeline and the command processor. The set manager includes at least one table for storing a set start time, a set end time, and a set execution time. The set manager determines an execution time for one or more sets of instructions of a first window of sets of instructions submitted to the processor pipeline. Based on the execution time of the one or more sets of instructions, a set limit is determined and applied to one or more sets of instructions of a second window subsequent to the first window.
US11900117B2
A streaming engine in a system receives a first set of stream parameters into a queue to define a first stream along with an indication of either a queue mode of operation or a speculative mode of operation for the first stream. Acquisition of the first stream then begins. At some point, a second set of stream parameters is received into the queue to define a second stream. When the queue mode of operation was specified for the first stream, the second set of parameters is queued and acquisition of the second stream is delayed until completion of acquisition of the first stream. When the speculative mode of operation was specified for the first stream, acquisition of the first stream is canceled upon receipt of the second set of stream parameters and acquisition of the second stream begins immediately.
US11900116B1
A system may determine that two instructions may be combined based on a processing power of the processor and a size of the instructions, fuse the two instructions into a pair, map the two instructions with a single register tag, write the register tag into a mapper with bits indicating that the register tag is for a first instruction of the two instructions, write the register tag into the mapper with bits indicating that the register tag is for a second instruction of the two instructions, write the fused instruction pair into an issue queue, issue the fused instruction pair to a vector-scalar transformation units (VSU), and execute the two instructions.
US11900113B2
The present disclosure relates to data flow processing methods and devices. One example method includes obtaining a dependency relationship and an execution sequence of operating a data flow by a plurality of processing units, generating synchronization logic based on the dependency relationship and the execution sequence, and inserting the synchronization logic into an operation pipeline of each of the plurality of processing unit to generate executable code.
US11900106B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to personalized software release note generation. Software usage of a user with respect to a software application can be tracked. Software release notes of the software application can be analyzed with respect to the software usage. Personalized software release notes can be generated for the user based on the analyzing. The personalized software release notes can be presented to the user.
US11900104B2
A system and method for identifying and removing dead-code from a computer program of an independent service is provided. The method includes: retrieving information related to the code of the service, wherein the retrieved information includes at least static and dynamic dependencies information of classes of the service; constructing a static dependencies graph, wherein nodes of the static dependencies graph are classes, and directed edges depict static dependencies between classes; classifying classes based on the static dependencies; constructing a first subgraph to include classes classified as internal-pure-static (IPS) classes; detecting external-dead-class candidates by traversing the subgraph; adding external-dead-class candidates to a dead code cut (DCC) set; and removing at least one class included in the DCC set from the code of the service.
US11900101B2
Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses are described for sending different update times corresponding to a same version of a resource. A computing device may provide a version of a resource in response to requests from a plurality of different devices, and may indicate different update times for the version of the resource. The different update times may be based on times associated with the requests from the plurality of different devices.
US11900093B2
A pipeline can be constructed for implementing a software-stack resolution process. For example, a system can receive a request from a client device for a recommended software-stack for a target software item. The system can also receive pipeline configuration data specifying configurable pipeline units to be included in the pipeline. The pipeline can include a search process for identifying and analyzing a group of software-stack candidates associated with the target software item. The system can construct the pipeline using the configurable pipeline units based on the pipeline configuration data. One or more of the configurable pipeline units can be arranged in the pipeline to guide the search process by adjusting one or more parameters of the search process. The system can then execute the pipeline and transmit a response to the client device indicating a recommended software-stack for the target software item.
US11900083B2
Method, system and computer readable storage medium for transmitting content from an SCM version of a repository maintained by an SCM system to a corresponding search engine (SE) version of the repository maintained by a search engine system. The method includes generating a content request, the content request comprising information defining a start state of the SCM version of the repository and a filter field; identifying one or more files in the SCM version of the repository that have changed between the start state and an end state; filtering the identified files based on the filter field in the content request to form a filtered set of files and a removed set of files; extracting content and metadata for one or more files from the filtered set of files; and transmitting the extracted content to the search system for storage as part of the search system version of the repository.
US11900081B2
Various embodiments include a computer-implemented method for task-oriented system definition, implementation and operation, the method comprising: importing representative model data including predefined model parameters by an interface component; importing one or more requirements for the model parameters by the interface component; executing measurement and importing measurement results data; aggregating and evaluating imported data, wherein the evaluation is performed depending on the requirements and measurement results data; storing imported data to a computer-readable storage component; operationalizing by adding measurements to the model requirements; and generating a task based on an algorithm performing a functional analysis of the model requirements.
US11900078B2
A method includes determining, by a computing device, a programming language of a running workload; selecting, by the computing device, a profiler module in view of the programming language; determining, by the computing device, characteristics of the running workload using the profiler module; identifying, by the computing device, a persona of the running workload from the characteristics; identifying, by the computing device, orchestration policies which map to the persona; tuning, by the computing device, a container orchestrator module in view of the orchestration policies; and deploying, by the computing device, containers to the running workload using the tuned container orchestrator module.
US11900076B2
The present approach provides a method for safety-critical systems to reduce the required long V development and certification process, into a process that is up to 80% shorter, as well as safer. The present approach creates a pre-certified system, with both pre-certified hardware and pre-certified software. The pre-certified system may be configured to implement a safety-critical software compilation, that contains variables, operations, and template instantiations defining the safety-critical system. This approach eliminates the process below the high-level requirements for the safety-critical software through prior action. To support the configuration, the present approach implements three kinds of components: variables, operators, and templates that provide input, output and abstracted concepts. A configuration defines a set of variables, operations and template instantiations. A tool is used that takes high-level requirements written in a computer readable format into the configuration.
US11900073B2
A computer-implemented method is programmed to support efficient and rapid generation of machine translation suggestions on client devices. Network latency is substantially reduced or eliminated by separating certain aspects of the translation workload across multiple classes of tasks, including final neural network output, between a client device and server device. The client device and server device may be connected such that a decoder portion of a machine translation system may be downloaded onto the client device, along with an initial translation suggestion and encoder outputs associated with a document, which document is in a source language to be translated into a target language. The initial translation suggestion may be replaced by an updated machine translation suggestion as a user inputs text in the target language called a prefix. This updated machine translation is generated on the client-side decoder using the previously-downloaded encoder outputs as input and the prefix as constraint.
US11900069B2
A translation model training method for a computer device includes obtaining a training sample set, the training sample set including a plurality of training samples. Each training sample is a training sample pair having a training input sample in a first language and a training output sample in a second language. The method also includes determining a disturbance sample set corresponding to each training sample in the training sample set, the disturbance sample set comprising at least one disturbance sample, and a semantic similarity between the disturbance sample and the corresponding training sample being greater than a first preset value; and training an initial translation model by using the plurality of training samples and the disturbance sample set corresponding to each training sample to obtain a target translation model, such that the training output sample remains same for the disturbance sample and the corresponding training sample.
US11900044B2
A display method of causing a display apparatus having a display screen to display a document is provided. The method includes a displaying step of causing a page image that is an image of a page of the document and thumbnail images of pages to be displayed on the display screen, a first receiving step of receiving a first operation for issuing an instruction for enlarging the page image, and an enlarging step of, in response to receiving the first operation, causing the page image displayed in the display area to be enlarged and displayed and causing the thumbnail images to be moved in a first direction in the display area. In the enlarging step, the thumbnail images are enlarged compared to those before the execution of the enlarging step with some portions of the thumbnail images being hidden, and the display in the display area is updated.
US11900041B2
In a particular implementation, a method includes: identifying prospective zones for placement of one or more vertical interconnect access pads (via) in a cell, where each of the prospective zones comprises one or more poly pitches; and assigning a first color for a particular poly pitch of a first identified zone of the identified prospective zones or assigning a first color sequence for one or more sections of the first identified zone.
US11900036B2
Methods and systems for verifying a property of an integrated circuit hardware design. The method includes formally verifying, using a formal verification tool, that the property is true for the hardware design under a constraint that an instantiation of the hardware design transitions to a quiescent state at a symbolic time.
US11900025B2
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a model for predicting the release profile of a controlled release device. The implant modeling system and models disclosed herein allow the accurate prediction of a release profile for a controlled release device based on features extracted from micro-resolution imagery. The models combine microstructural features that can be extracted at the XRCT resolution, including pore volume and connectivity, using erosion-dilation image analysis. This strategy allows prediction of release curves of the controlled release device using XRCT despite its resolution limitations.
US11900018B2
The techniques disclosed herein help designers find interesting designs for small electrical, mechanical, and/or hydraulic mechanisms by exhaustively enumerating the design space given a library of components and a maximum number of components allowed per design. Some embodiments work by creating a design space grammar of designs, solving the equations associated with parts of the grammar, and putting the solutions into equivalence classes. This dramatically reduces the number of designs that have to be evaluated to see if they satisfy the design criteria. The result is often a small number of base designs that show the range of possible solutions to the design problem.
US11900013B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to change control of sound collection in accordance with a state of an upper body region of a user who is photographed, during a communication of transmitting a sound.
US11900007B2
A display apparatus includes: a display; an input interface; and a processor in connection with the display and the input interface and configured to: upon detecting access of a first power amplifier device, output a high-level Hotplug signal at a Hotplug port of the display apparatus; monitor whether a common-mode data packet from the first power amplifier device is received within a first preset duration; in response to the common-mode data packet being received within the first preset duration, send a heartbeat packet to the first power amplifier device, and monitor whether a heartbeat response is received within a second preset duration; in response to the heartbeat response being received within the second preset duration, determine that the first power amplifier device supports e-ARC function; and in response to the heartbeat response being not received within the second preset duration, determine that the first power amplifier device supports ARC function.
US11900005B2
The present disclosure relates to a video wall. The video wall according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a plurality of displays; an image divider configured to divide an input image into a plurality of images; and at least one controller, wherein in response to a video being repeatedly played back, the at least one controller is configured to calculate an accumulated luminance value for each block on the plurality of displays during a first period when the video is repeatedly played back and calculate a luminance compensation value for each block based on the calculated accumulated luminance, and the plurality of displays display the video based on the luminance compensation value during a second period following the first period. Accordingly, an afterimage occurring due to the repeatedly played video may be reduced.
US11900000B2
An image forming device may be configured to repeatedly send an inquiry request to a server at a first interval and, in a case where a job execution response is received from the server, control the image forming engine to start image forming. The image forming device may be configured to in the case where the job execution response is received from the server, repeatedly send the inquiry request to the server at a second interval which is shorter than the first interval. In a case where the server receives a job stop instruction from the terminal device, the server sends a job stop response to the image forming device in response to the inquiring request received from the image forming device. In a case where the job stop response is received, the image forming is stopped.
US11899994B2
A printer system includes a management server that acquires position information of a printer and identifies a role of the printer set for the position of the printer based on the acquired position information, and the printer that acquires information associated with a role of the printer identified by the management server and operates based on the acquired information. The printer may update printer settings based on setting data acquired from the management server. The printer may acquire print data stored in a storage location identified by the management server and perform printing based on the acquired print data.
US11899984B1
A message that includes a queue identifier (ID) is received from a first hardware functional module. A virtual queue is selected from a plurality of virtual queues in a shared queue structure based at least in part on the queue ID and configurable message handling settings(s). The message is stored in the selected virtual queue and a message recipient is selected from a plurality of potential message recipients based at least in part on the configurable message handling setting(s), where the plurality of potential message recipients includes the second hardware functional module and the processor module. The message is provided to the selected message recipient.
US11899978B2
A method for aborting a command for PCIe based NVMe SSD includes receiving an abort command in an Admin submission queue to abort a target command present in an I/O submission queue of host or in an I/O queue of the NVMe SSD and updating a tail doorbell of NVMe doorbell registers of the NVMe SSD after receiving the abort command. The abort command includes a slot of the target command to be aborted. Thereafter, the method includes placing the abort command into an Admin queue of the NVMe SSD and executing the abort command using the slot of the target command to be aborted by updating an I/O completion queue of the host with the target command to be aborted. The method further includes updating a head doorbell of the doorbell registers of the NVMe SSD and updating the abort command in an Admin completion queue of the host.
US11899973B2
A controller controls a semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory blocks. The controller includes a block manager, a map data manager, and a command generator. The block manager manages information on the plurality of memory blocks. The map data manager manages map data for data stored in the plurality of memory blocks. The command generator generates a program command for controlling a program operation of the semiconductor memory device. The command generator generates a program command for storing data in a first memory block among the plurality of memory blocks, and determines a second memory block to store dummy data based on information from the block manager when the first memory block is full by a program operation corresponding to the program command.
US11899967B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide an aligned storage strategy for stripes within a long vector for a vector processor, such that the extra computation needed to track strides between input stripes and output stripes may be eliminated. As a result, the stripe locations are located in a more predictable memory access pattern such that memory access bandwidth may be improved and the tendency for memory error may be reduced.
US11899960B2
According to one embodiment, a computing device executes an application including processing of inputting information from a nonvolatile memory unit and outputting information to the nonvolatile memory unit. The computing device includes a processing unit. The processing unit executes processing of receiving an I/O request to the nonvolatile memory unit from the application and generating one or more control commands for controlling the nonvolatile memory unit based on the I/O request. The processing unit executes processing of acquiring authorization information from a server. The processing unit executes processing of inserting or associating the acquired authorization information into or with the I/O request or the one or more control commands.
US11899956B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for providing read-modify-writes during relocation of overlapping of logical blocks. A method includes receiving a host write command from a host interface. The method also includes translating a logical block address for the host write command to a physical address on a device memory. The physical address corresponds to a plurality of indirection units. The method also includes, in accordance with a determination that the physical address does not correspond to an aligned address, processing a read-modify-write operation for one or more indirection units of the plurality of indirection units during a relocation, in accordance with a determination that a relocation block has an overlapping indirection unit with the one or more indirection units.
US11899955B2
One or more data items is received by a processing device managing one or more memory devices partitioned into a plurality of die partitions. The one or more data items is determined to be written sequentially to one or more blocks within a die partition of the plurality of die partitions. Metadata associated with the one or more data items is written sequentially to one or more blocks across the plurality of die partitions.
US11899947B2
A storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of nonvolatile memories; a controller configured to allocate write blocks of the nonvolatile memory device to a plurality of streams provided from an outside; and a buffer memory configured to store a result of allocation of the write blocks to the plurality of streams, wherein the controller is further configured to reallocate the write blocks of the nonvolatile memory device to the plurality of streams based on the result of allocation stored in the buffer memory.
US11899944B2
Methods, systems, and devices for strategic power mode transition in a multi-memory device are described. A controller may receive, from a host device, a command indicating that the controller is to transition a volatile memory and a non-volatile memory from respective deep sleep modes. In a first example, the controller may respond to the command by transitioning the volatile memory to a standby power mode for the volatile memory and transitioning the non-volatile memory to an intermediate power mode for the non-volatile memory that consumes less power than a standby mode for the non-volatile memory. In a second example, the controller may respond to the command by transitioning the volatile memory to the standby power mode for the volatile memory and maintain the non-volatile memory in the deep sleep mode until a condition, such as a miss, occurs.
US11899943B2
A node interconnection apparatus includes a computing node and a resource control node, and a device interconnection interface connecting the two. Each of the computing node and the resource control node includes a processing unit and a storage unit, and the resource control node further includes a resource interface for connecting with a network storage device. The resource control node manages storage resource of the network storage device, and when the computing node needs to start up, the resource control node obtains operating system startup information from the network storage device and provides the information to the computing node. The computing node can start up without the need for storing startup information locally.
US11899938B2
Methods, systems, and devices for techniques to reduce write amplification are described. A memory device may receive a write command from a host device and may determine that a quantity of commands stored in a buffer for execution by a memory array satisfies a first threshold. In some examples, the memory device may identify whether a write amplification parameter associated with the memory array satisfies a second threshold. The memory device may write data associated with the write command to the memory array using a first mode to write the data or a second mode to write the data based on determining that the quantity of commands satisfies the first threshold and/or identifying whether the write amplification parameter satisfies the second threshold. In some examples, the memory device may adjust a value of the first threshold or the second threshold or both based on the write amplification parameter.
US11899937B2
Systems and methods of a memory allocation buffer to reduce heap fragmentation. In one embodiment, the memory allocation buffer structures a memory arena dedicated to a target region that is one of a plurality of regions in a server in a database cluster such as an HBase cluster. The memory area has a chunk size (e.g., 2 MB) and an offset pointer. Data objects in write requests targeted to the region are received and inserted to the memory arena at a location specified by the offset pointer. When the memory arena is filled, a new one is allocated. When a MemStore of the target region is flushed, the entire memory arenas for the target region are freed up. This reduces heap fragmentation that is responsible for long and/or frequent garbage collection pauses.
US11899933B2
A management device that may communicate with at least one devices is disclosed. The management device may include a communication logic to communicate with the devices over a communication channels about data associated with the devices. The management device may also include reception logic that may receive a query from a host. The query may request information from the management device about the devices. The management device may also include a transmission logic to send the data about the devices to the host. The host may be configured to send a message to the devices.
US11899932B2
Embodiments of the present invention generally provide for multi-dimensional disk arrays and methods for managing same and can be used in video surveillance systems for the management of real-time video data, image data, or combinations thereof.
US11899929B2
A method for customizing a key of a foldable device, a device, and a storage medium are provided. When the foldable device is in a folded state, a touchscreen of the foldable device is divided into three regions: a primary screen, a back screen, and a secondary screen. According to the method for customizing a key, the foldable device receives a first user operation used to indicate the foldable device to add a custom key on the back screen or the secondary screen, and then obtains a physical state of the foldable device. If the foldable device is in a folded state, the custom key is added on the back screen or the secondary screen based on the first user operation.
US11899928B2
Disclosed herein are related to systems and methods for providing inputs through a virtual keyboard with an adaptive language model. In one approach, one or more processors determine whether a user intended to provide semantically meaningful characters or not, when providing a hand motion or a hand pose with respect to a virtual keyboard. The virtual keyboard may be located on a surface without physical keys. In one approach, the one or more processors determine an input to the virtual keyboard based on the hand motion or the hand pose. In one approach, the one or more processors determine weight of a language model according to the determined user intention. In one approach, the one or more processors modify the detected input according to the determined weight of the language model.
US11899924B2
A notification message display control method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a readable storage medium are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining N notification messages of T application programs; and displaying target information of the N notification messages separately in M display areas; where different display areas are used for displaying notification messages of different program importance levels, the program importance level is an importance level of an application program, M, N, and T are all integers greater than 1, and M and T are both less than or equal to N.
US11899923B1
An information handling system touchpad includes an application area with a display to present control icons of an application executing on the information handling system, such as camera and microphone icons to control camera and microphone functions of a videoconference application or a calculator user interface. The touchpad accepts inputs at the control icons with a predetermined touch, such as a tap or a double tap. The touchpad continues to provide cursor touch inputs across the full touch surface, including over the control icons by applying separate touch logic to isolate control icon inputs, such as isolating finger taps as control icon inputs when control icons are presented.
US11899920B2
Disclosed is a vehicle lighting device intended to improve convenience and safety. A vehicle lighting device includes a light disposed in a vehicle interior, a controller controlling the light, and a detecting unit detecting position or motion of a detecting object by detecting a detection object at a plurality of positions, and the controller controls the light when the position or motion of the detection object is detected by the detecting unit.
US11899916B2
Methods, devices, and systems related to a user interface for modifying pictures are described. Modifying pictures can include placing an image of a picture in a different picture, replacing an image of the picture with a different image, deleting an image from the picture, and/or storing an image from the picture. In an example, a method can include displaying a first picture on a user interface of a mobile device, receiving, on the user interface, a selection of at least one foreground image included in the first picture, receiving, on the user interface, a selection of a background image included in a library of images, and displaying, on a user interface, a second picture including the at least one selected foreground image and the selected background image responsive to receiving the selection of the at least one foreground image followed by the selection of the background image.
US11899913B2
The invention relates to an information reply method, apparatus, electronic device, readable storage medium and program product. The method includes: displaying an entry label for entering an information exhibition page in an authoring page for a first multimedia content, and displaying the information exhibition page in response to a trigger action for the entry label, wherein the information exhibition page comprises one or more pieces of information associated with a second multimedia content; in response to a trigger action for a target information, displaying a sticker corresponding to the target information in the authoring page for the first multimedia content, and replying the target information through the first multimedia content.
US11899912B2
According to some embodiments, systems and methods are provided, comprising: a memory storing executable program code; and a processing unit to execute the executable program code to cause the system to: generate a visualization of a plurality of cards, wherein each card displays at least one dimension; receive a value of a first dimension; and in response to reception of the value: determine an association between one or more of the plurality of cards and the first dimension; and dynamically modify the visualization by emphasizing the one or more of the plurality of cards based on the association. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11899906B1
Detecting a selection of one or more files in a list of files; in response to detecting a selection of two one or more files selected from a group consisting of doc files and doc set files, displaying in a list of tab icons adjacent to a display-area a tab icon linked to each selected file; saving in a list of files a new doc set file comprising links to each selected file; and in response to detecting a selection of the new doc set file in the list of files, displaying in a list of tab icons adjacent to a display-area a tab icon linked to each file in the new doc set file; wherein a doc file is selected from a group consisting of a word processor file, a spreadsheet file, a presentation file, an image file, a drawing file, a PDF file, and a text file.
US11899905B2
Method of generating selectable items providing post-viewing context actions starts with a processor receiving a media content item with first media overlay from first client device. Processor causes an active notification associated with the media content item to be displayed on a notification user interface by a second client device. Processor receives a selection of the active notification from the second client device and in response to receiving the selection of the active notification, causes the media content item to be displayed by the second client device. The processor, in response to the media content item being displayed by the second client device, causes the second client device to display the notification user interface comprising an inactive notification and a first selectable item that is associated with the first media overlay. Other embodiments are described herein.
US11899898B2
In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for executing gesture operations are provided. A touchpad gesture manager and a touchscreen gesture manager may be maintained. Both managers may comprise the identities of gesture operations and conditions for executing the gesture operations. The conditions for one or more touchscreen gesture operations may be the same as the conditions for one or more corresponding touchpad gesture operations. The gestures that have same conditions for the touchscreen and the touchpad may comprise application window operations and virtual desktop transition operations. In some examples, one or more display elements, animations, or intermediate operations may be different in executing the touchscreen operations than for executing the touchpad operations.
US11899897B2
An electronic device may include a display, a communication circuit, a processor operatively connected to the display and the communication circuit, and a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to: receive information relating to at least one application installed in an external electronic device from the external electronic device through the communication circuit; configure, on the basis of the received information, the at least one application as a remote control application controlled by the electronic device; receive a notification message related to the remote control application from the external electronic device through the communication circuit; and display, on the display, a first object indicating reception of the notification message. Various other embodiments are also possible.
US11899896B2
Disclosed are a flexible screen terminal device and a display method therefor, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The display method may include: determining a folding boundary line corresponding to a folding operation in response to a detection of the folding operation corresponding to the flexible screen terminal; and performing a split-screen display operation based on the folding boundary line and a preset display rule of the flexible screen terminal device.
US11899892B2
A display device includes: a display panel including a display area in which pixels are provided, and a non-display area formed to enclose at least one side of the display area; a touch sensing layer disposed on the display panel, and including at least one first touch electrode and at least one second touch electrode; a printed circuit substrate connected to one side of the non-display area and electrically connected with the pixels; and conductive tape attached to one surface of the printed circuit substrate. The conductive tape may include first conductive tape and second conductive tape spaced apart from each other.
US11899886B2
An electronic device having a novel structure is provided. A battery is provided in each component of an electronic device, whereby the electronic device includes two batteries. The electronic device including the two batteries and a display portion that can be called a flexible display and has a plurality of foldable portions is provided as a novel device.
US11899884B2
An example electronic device may include a fingerprint sensor, a touch sensor, a memory, and a processor. The processor may be configured to determine whether a touch input is generated, determine whether the generated touch input continues for a given time or more, generate first data by accumulating the touch input generated based on the touch input continuing for the given time or more, determine whether an inputted fingerprint corresponds to a registered fingerprint of a registered user, analyze the first data using a first AI model based on the inputted fingerprint corresponding to the registered fingerprint, analyze the first data using a second AI model based on the inputted fingerprint not corresponding to the registered fingerprint, identify a form of the touch input based on the first data, and perform a function and/or execute a user interface corresponding to the identified form of the touch input.
US11899881B2
In some examples, touch data can include noise. The noise can be generated by a component of an electronic device that includes a touch screen. For example, one or more signals transmitted to the display circuitry of an electronic device can become capacitively coupled to the touch circuitry of the device and cause noise in the touch data. Machine learning techniques, such as gated recurrent units and/or convolutional neural networks can estimate and reduce or remove noise from touch data when provided data or information about the displayed image as input. In some examples, the algorithm includes one or more of a gated recurrent unit stage and a convolutional neural network stage. In some examples, a gated recurrent unit stage and a convolutional neural network stage can be arranged in series, such as by providing the output of the gated recurrent unit as input to the convolutional neural network.
US11899879B2
A stylus detection method includes detecting, by a terminal, an input signal of a stylus at a first frequency, receiving a first input of the stylus through a touchscreen, detecting, in response to the first input, the input signal of the stylus at a second frequency, detecting the input signal of the stylus at a third frequency when detecting the input signal of the stylus at the second frequency and when a duration in which the terminal does not detect the input signal of the stylus is greater than a first time period. The second frequency is greater than the third frequency and the third frequency is greater than the first frequency.
US11899878B2
An input sensing device includes driving electrodes and sensing electrodes, and an analog front-end which processes sensing signals from the sensing electrodes to output a differential output value. The analog front-end includes a first charge amplifier which differentially amplifies first and second sensing signals from two sensing electrodes to first and second input terminals, thus outputting first and second differential signals through first and second output terminals, a second charge amplifier which differentially amplifies the first and second differential signals, thus outputting third and fourth differential signals, a first demodulation circuit which filters the first and second differential signals in a first mode and filters each of the third and fourth differential signals in a second mode, and a first analog-to-digital converter which outputs a first sensing value based on at least one output signal of the first demodulation circuit.
US11899864B2
A touch sensor includes: a plurality of first sensor electrodes, each including first sensor patterns extending in a first direction, and being arranged in a second direction; a plurality of second sensor electrodes, each including second sensor patterns extending in the second direction and being arranged in the first direction; an opening in a touch active region separated from the first and second sensor electrodes; a first connection pattern disposed around but not in the opening, the first pattern electrically connecting first opening sensor patterns of the first sensor patterns that are adjacent to respective portions of the opening in the second direction; first lines respectively connected to portions of the first sensor electrodes, the first lines extending to a periphery of the touch active region; and second lines respectively connected to portions of the second sensor electrodes, the second lines extending to the periphery of the touch active region.
US11899859B2
A system and method for remotely generating an original signature provided by a signatory as a user of a first mobile device are disclosed. According to one embodiment, the system comprises a cloud server having a signature transmission API, and a video stream module configured to facilitate a live video stream. The system further includes a pen plotter having a plotter controller communicatively coupled to the cloud server by the signature transmission API. The pen plotter has a mechanical arm configured to receive an ink pen, and a video capture device communicatively coupled to the video stream module of the cloud server and configured to capture video of the pen plotter and transmit to the video stream module.
US11899858B2
An input device including a housing, a ring-shaped scroll wheel, and an integrated haptic unit inserted through the scroll wheel. The integrated haptic unit includes a bridging structure and a variable motion-resistance component coupled thereto. The variable motion-resistance component having a cylindrical body rotatable relative to the bridging structure. The scroll wheel being fixedly attached to the cylindrical body in a coaxial manner. The variable motion-resistance component being configured to vary a motion-resistance profile against a relative rotation motion between the cylindrical body and the bridging structure for defining a haptic behavior of the scroll wheel. The integrated haptic unit includes an inbuilt encoder to convert relative motion between the cylindrical body and the bridging structure as an output signal. The integrated haptic unit being mounted to the housing in a manner so as to suspend the integrated haptic unit and the scroll wheel from a portion of the housing.
US11899850B2
An input device comprises a depressible element with two switches including a first switch configured to generate a first signal when the depressible element is depressed by a threshold distance and a second switch configured to generate a second signal indicating when the depressible element is depressed by the threshold distance and the second switch is in an active state. One or more processors may be configured to receive the first signal from the first switch; configure the second switch to change from an inactive state to an active state in response to receiving the first signal; receive the second signal from the second switch in the active state; determine whether the second signal indicates that the depressible element is depressed by the threshold distance; and generate event data confirming that the depressible element is depressed by the threshold distance in response to receiving the second signal.
US11899845B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes at least one sensor and at least one processor configured to identify a gesture identification request from a first application being executed by the at least one processor, in response to the identification of the gesture identification request, identify a gesture using at least one sensing data from at least one first sensor module activated, among the at least one sensor, based on a gesture application, provide the identified gesture to the first application, and perform at least one operation corresponding to the identified gesture based on the first application. Other various embodiments are possible as well.
US11899844B2
A device for motion sickness reduction. The device operates by providing haptic feedback using transducers that convert electrical signals to a tactile sensation such as pressure, vibration, electrical stimulation, temperature, or airflow. The transducers are located at different locations on the body of a user, and actively change their operation to indicate a direction of motion or rotation to the user through haptic (tactile) feedback. This tactile feedback can be used to reduce motion sickness. In an embodiment, the feedback is improved by deducting motion associated with the user's visual frame of reference from motion associated with the user's vestibular frame of reference.
US11899842B2
Method for generating haptic feedback responses starts with processor causing communication interface for communication session to be displayed on first user interface and on a second user interface. Processor detects first touch input on first user interface and second touch input on second user interface. Processor monitors location of the first touch input on the first user interface and location of the second touch input on the second user interface. Processor determines distance between location of first touch input on first user interface and location on first user interface corresponding to location of second touch input on second user interface. Processor causes the first user interface and the second user interface to generate a haptic feedback response based on the distance. The haptic feedback response increases in intensity or speed as the distance decreases and decreases in intensity or speed as the distance increases. Other embodiments are described herein.
US11899838B2
A wearable device comprises a flexible substrate carrying multiple conducting loops which are formed into a zig zag pattern so as to be able to accommodate a stretching of the substrate. The substrate is formed into a glove and the loops positioned such that they are aligned with the anatomical joints. As the anatomical joints move, the loops change shape and accordingly change their inductance—this is measured by the electronics in the glove and used to calculate the joint angles in a processor which transmits the angles to an external computer system. Some of the loops are attached to current drivers in the electronics module, and a magnet positioned close to the loop, providing means for a force to be generated between magnet and loop when the current driver passes current through the loop, thereby providing tactile feedback to the user.
US11899837B2
The disclosure relates to technology for detecting and tracking eye gaze. An apparatus comprises a visible wavelength camera, an infrared (IR) camera, and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to generate a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud of a person's face from IR data captured from the IR camera, generate a two-dimensional image of the person's face from visible wavelength data captured from the visible wavelength camera, and detect a symmetry plane of the person's face based on the 3D point cloud and the two-dimensional image. The symmetry plane divides the 3D point cloud into two portions. The one or more processors are further configured to reconstruct the 3D point cloud based on the symmetry plane, and track eye gaze of the person's face based on the reconstructed 3D point cloud.
US11899830B1
A method may include detecting a keylogger based at least in part on an increase in power drawn by an input device, detecting the keylogger based at least in part on a driver of the input device, detecting the keylogger based at least in part on a duration of time that a signal generated by the input device takes to transmit to a computing device, or any combination thereof. The method may also include, in response to detecting the keylogger, generating an alert to indicate a presence of the keylogger.
US11899823B2
An example computer-implemented system maintains user profiles and displays external content. Method and system are provided for performing attribution of conversions with respect to the external content in a privacy safe manner by anonymizing personally identifiable information utilizing cryptographic salt.
US11899822B2
A system for providing private, secure travel is provided. The system may include a transceiver. The transceiver may be operable to receive and transmit communication from and to a plurality of travelers and a plurality of service providers. The system may include an itinerary booking module. The itinerary booking module may process itinerary communications received from the plurality of travelers. The itinerary booking module may determine a plurality of legs included in each received itinerary. The itinerary booking module may book, via the transceiver, at least one service provider for each leg of each itinerary. The system may include a unique identifier generator. The unique identifier generator may generate a unique identifier for each of the plurality of travelers.
US11899820B2
A system for storing and managing secure information is disclosed that includes a secure identity and profiling system, which serves as a middleman between a user and an entity requesting personally identifiable information (PII) from the user. The system collects the PII from the user and stores it securely, such as in an alternate blockchain in an encrypted form. The location of the that PII within the alternate blockchain may be indexed using smart contracts in a main blockchain that can only be read with an access token generated and supplied by the user's mobile device. When an entity requests PII from the user that has already been collected and securely stored, the user can provide permission to release that PII by providing the access token. The system will use the access token to locate where the PII is stored and release the PII to the requesting entity.
US11899817B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for storing PII information via a metadata driven blockchain using distributed and decentralized storage for sensitive user information, operable within a cloud based computing environment. For example, there is a system configured with a memory to store instructions; a set of one or more processors; a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium that provides instructions that, when executed by the set of one or more processors, the instructions stored in the memory are configurable to cause the system to perform operations including: operating a blockchain interface to a blockchain on behalf of a plurality of tenants of the host organization; operating a database interface to a distributed database, separate from the blockchain, on behalf of the plurality of tenants of the host organization; displaying a Graphical User Interface (GUI Interface) to a user device communicably interfaced with the system over a network, in which the GUI interface is to prompt for a metadata entity definition at the user device when displayed by the user device, in which the metadata entity definition defines access control permissions for a blockchain entity including specifying at least (i) a data classification attribute indicating sensitive user information and (ii) a consent required attribute indicating consent is required to access the sensitive user information and (iii) a consent requirements attribute indicating a party from whom the consent must be acquired; transacting the metadata entity definition onto the blockchain; creating a new entity object defined by the metadata entity definition within the distributed database system to store the sensitive user information and writing the sensitive user information to the distributed database to be persistently stored. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
US11899809B2
A method and system for determining whether a consensus has been achieved for adding a block to a distributed ledger. The system receives a candidate block to add to the distributed ledger and receives block approvals of approving participants for the candidate block. The system calculates a total block approval stake that the approving participants have in the distributed ledger. The system identifies a total stake that participants have in the distributed ledger. When the total block approval stake is at least a threshold fraction of the total skate, the system indicates that the consensus has been achieved for adding the candidate block to the distributed ledger.
US11899807B2
A method for auto discovery of sensitive data may include: (1) receiving, at data enrichment computer program in a metadata processing pipeline, raw metadata from a plurality of different data sources; (2) enriching, by the data enrichment computer program, the raw metadata; (3) converting, by the data enrichment computer program, the raw metadata and the enhanced raw metadata into a sentence structure; (4) predicting, by a category prediction computer program in the metadata processing pipeline, a predicted category for the sentence structure; (5) identifying, by a sensitive data mapping computer program, a sensitive data category that is mapped to the predicted category based on a policy mapping rule; (6) determining, by the sensitive data mapping computer program, a risk classification rating for the predicted category; and (7) tagging, by the sensitive data mapping computer program, the data source associated with the metadata based on the risk classification rating.
US11899799B2
A system performs an application update process based on security management information that is information including meta information for each of a plurality of security services. The application update process is a process for adding one or more security services including a security service that reduces the security risk of an application having a plurality of distributed microservices having a graph structure relationship to the application.
US11899798B2
Disclosed is a method and system for verifying a regex sanitizer and a validator. The method comprises verifying of at least one of a regex sanitizer and a validator by applying the regex sanitizer and a validator over multiple predefined tainted inputs. An output obtained after applying at least one of the regex sanitizer is checked for one of a tainted output or a non-tainted output. The at least one of the regex sanitizer and validator may be qualified as a valid regex sanitizer and validator based upon the checking. The valid regex sanitizer may be tagged with a validation signature. The valid regex sanitizer is used for checking the tainted input in the user's input.
US11899795B2
Disclosed is an electronic device configured to perform a secure boot. The electronic device according to an embodiment disclosed herein may include: a first memory area for storing a firmware signed with a private key; a second memory area for storing a boot loader configured to verify integrity of the firmware and executing the firmware of which integrity has been verified; and a third memory area for storing a first public key paired with the private key, wherein the second memory area may store a second public key paired with the private key. The boot loader may verify the integrity of the firmware with the first public key when there is the first public key in the third memory area and verify the integrity of the firmware with the second public key when there is no first public key is in the third memory area.
US11899792B2
Examples provide a single-command menu option for initiating security scanning of source code without user interaction with the security scan component performing the security scan. The single-command menu option can include a single-click menu option in a graphical user interface, a command-line utility or a web interface for performing web service calls to the security scanning service(s). A user selects source code for scanning. A zip file is created for the selected source code. The zip file is placed in a target directory or scan queue for upload to the security scan component. A user ID appended to the source code is utilized to return a summary report of the scan results to the user without user credentials or login to the system.
US11899791B2
A malware family identification engine constructs a graph data structure of direct relationships between malware instances and malware families, direct relationships between malware instances and detected tags, and indirect relationships between detected tags and malware families. The engine builds a dictionary data structure comprising detected tag entries linking each detected tag to one or more malware family nodes based on the graph data structure. The engine identifies significant indirect entities (SIEs) within the detected tag entries of the dictionary data structure and selects a SIE with a highest number of out-going links (OGLs) as a root node in a family tree data structure, recursively connects SIEs with a number of OGLs less than the highest number of OGLs to the root node in the family tree data structure, and converts each SIE name in the family tree data structure to a chained family entity name in the family tree data structure.
US11899785B2
A method for detecting an unauthorized physical access to a bus system. The method including: acquiring a measuring signal which assumes a first state when the voltage signal lies above a threshold voltage and a second state when the voltage signal does not; detecting a test-level sequence in the voltage signal; forming a measuring-signal pattern based on the measuring signal; comparing the measuring-signal pattern to a reference pattern that is assigned to the detected test-level sequence and was determined based on a reference measuring signal for the test-level sequence in a state of the bus system in which no unauthorized physical access was present; and determining that a possible unauthorized physical access is present if the measuring-signal pattern and the reference pattern differ from each other in one or more predetermined properties by more than a specific tolerance.
US11899775B2
In an embodiment, an operating system includes a device manager that is a central repository of device information. Device drivers may communicate with the device manager over respective channels, and may request channel identifiers (Cids) to communicate with resources related to the respective devices. The device manager may provide values for resource access (or handles that the resources may use to access values). In an embodiment, the device drivers do not have the ability to allocate resources for a peripheral device. Accordingly, the security of the system may be increased. Furthermore, the resource allocation may be centrally located, simplifying the process of updating resource allocation when needed. Additionally, the device manager may delay response to requests from a given device driver until its dependencies are clear (e.g., other device drivers and hardware initializations). Thus, startup scripts may be avoided in some embodiments.
US11899773B2
The invention relates to an authentication device intended to be used with an electronic device comprising a screen and a radio transceiver, the authentication device being characterised in that it comprises a light receiver, disposed on a face of the authentication device intended to be placed facing the screen, a radio transceiver and a memory comprising an encryption key, the authentication device being adapted to receive, via the light receiver, and decode an identification light signal emitted by the screen, the identification light signal encoding a message comprising identification information, broadcasting the identification information via its radio transceiver, receiving, via its radio transceiver, a request to establish a connection from the electronic device and establishing the connection, receiving, via the connection established, a message comprising information to be encrypted, encrypting said information using the encryption key and sending a message to the electronic device, the message comprising the encrypted information.
US11899772B2
Systems and methods for distorting CAPTCHA images with generative adversarial networks include an image distortion interface that can select an image record from a database, determine the size of the selected image, and apply an adversarial attack algorithm to create an array of pixels that is the same size as the selected image so that the majority of the pixels in the array are zero values and the remaining pixels in the array are in the red-green-blue value range. The image distortion interface can merge the array of pixels with the selected image to form a distorted image. A server can include a CAPTCHA test interface that can select a set of images having the same label, retrieve corresponding distorted images, and provide a CAPTCHA test using the distorted images. The CAPTCHA test can use distorted images with different applied adversarial attack algorithms.
US11899767B2
Methods and systems for multifactor authentication and authorization are described. A method includes receiving captured image data of a person with a badge needing access to a secure area, detecting at least two faces from the captured image data, identifying a first name based on matching a face associated with a live human face with a control face in a database, identifying a second name based on matching on another face associated with the badge with a control face in a database, performing character recognition on text associated with the another face, comparing the second name with the character recognized text, comparing the second name with the first name when the second name matches the character recognized text, checking access rights, checking for at least another person in a proximity of the secure area, and granting access when the person is sole person accessing the secure area.
US11899761B2
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for identifying and consenting to permissions for workflow and code execution. Aspects of the invention can be used to automatically scan a workflow or code definition to identify (potentially all) the actions/triggers a workflow or program intends to perform on behalf of a user. The user is shown the actions/triggers the workflow or program intends to perform (e.g., at a user interface) before consent to perform the actions/triggers is granted. As such, a user is aware of intended actions/triggers of a workflow or program before granting consent. Further, since actions/triggers are identified from the workflow or code definition (and not formulated by an author), permission requests better align with permissions that workflow or program functionality actually uses during execution.
US11899760B2
An automated system tracks digital service providers (DSP) data management agreements, and user behavior, individually and in aggregate, to determine potential changes for a personal/corporate privacy charter. The personal/corporate privacy charter is thus dynamically adaptable to permit users to continue to engage seamlessly in accordance with user/corporate target goals with digital service providers (DSPs) and similar entities.
US11899748B2
A computing system comprises a data storage and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the data storage. The at least one processor is configured to execute program instructions to cause the system to perform the following steps. A deep neural network (“DNN”) model is trained using training data. Next, additional scenes are determined based on the DNN model and the training data. The determined scenes are generated, and then used to augment the training dataset. The DNN model is then retrained using the augmented training dataset and stored in a data storage for deployment.
US11899746B2
The present disclosure relates generally to techniques for efficiently performing operations associated with artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and/or deep learning (DL) applications, such as training and/or interference calculations, using an integrated circuit device. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to an integrated circuit design implemented to perform these operations with low latency and/or a high bandwidth of data. For example, embodiments of a computationally dense digital signal processing (DSP) circuitry, implemented to efficiently perform one or more arithmetic operations (e.g., a dot-product) on an input are disclosed. Moreover, embodiments described herein may relate to layout, design, and data scheduling of a processing element array implemented to compute matrix multiplications (e.g., systolic array multiplication).
US11899743B2
Disclosed is a reconfigurable parallel 3-Dimensional (3-D) convolution engine for performing 3-D Convolution and parallel feature map extraction on an image. The reconfigurable parallel 3-D convolution engine further comprises a plurality of CNN reconfigurable engines configured to perform 3-D convolution, in parallel, to process a plurality of feature maps, a kernel memory space, present in each instance of CNN reconfigurable engine, capable for holding a set of parameters associated to a network layer having each operational instance of CNN reconfigurable engine, and at least one memory controller, an Input Feature Map Memory (FMM) cluster and an Output FMM cluster.
US11899740B2
We present the architecture of a high-performance constraint solver R-Solve that extends the gains made in SAT performance over the past fifteen years on static decision problems to problems that require on-the-fly adaptation, solution space exploration and optimization. R-Solve facilitates collaborative parallel solving and provides an efficient system for unrestricted incremental solving via Smart Repair. R-Solve can address problems in dynamic planning and constrained optimization involving complex logical and arithmetic constraints.
US11899735B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media containing instructions allow altering default website display parameters to conform with a neurodevelopmental disorder, epilepsy, visual impairment, and/or cognitive disability profile. In one implementation, a non-transitory computer readable medium contains instructions that cause a processor to alternate default website display parameters to conform with a disability profile by: obtaining an indication that a user of a website has a disability; and based on the obtained indication, implementing a predefined template to alter multiple website default display parameters to conform with needs of the user with the disability; wherein implementing the predefined template impacts presentation of content on a computing device of the user with the disability without impacting presentation of content on other computing devices display to other simultaneous viewers of the website.
US11899724B2
An order preserving pattern matching apparatus according to the present invention includes a matching direction pattern conversion unit for setting an ID number for each order preserving type of a character string in a retrieval pattern for a plurality of matching directions including at least one diagonal direction, and generating a list of the ID numbers as a matching direction pattern, an encoding processing unit configured to generate an encoded two-dimensional pattern assigned with a corresponding ID number for a pattern being a part of a two-dimensional pattern to be searched that matches an order preserving pattern assigned with an ID number, and a matching unit configured to perform matching whether an arrangement matching the matching direction pattern assigned with an ID number exists or not within the encoded two-dimensional pattern.
US11899723B2
One implementation of the present disclosure is a building system of a building including one or more memory devices having instructions stored thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a selection including a context and a twin function and generate an operation to monitor a building graph based on the context, the operation identifying whether one or more new events are added to the building graph, the one or more new events affecting a processing result. The instructions cause the one or more processors to cause the twin function to execute responsive to identifying the one or more new events added to the building graph that affect the processing result, execute the twin function based on the one or more new events and the context to generate the processing result.
US11899717B2
This disclosure relates to a video processing method, a video processing apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium. The video processing method includes: providing a first user with an interactive interface for tagging people in a video; receiving a tagging operation on at least one people in the video, which is inputted by the first user through the interactive interface; and in response to the tagging operation of the first user, displaying a tagging result in-feed outside a video display interface when the video is posted on a social network.
US11899708B2
A system that facilitates sharing of multimedia content includes a user interface, network circuitry; and one or more processors. The processors perform operations that include displaying, via the user interface, a list of one or more media playback devices available to be added to a social networking group. A selection of first and second media playback devices to be associated with a particular social networking group is received via the user interface. The first media playback device is associated with a first playback queue that specifies a first set of media items associated with first media content that can be streamed from a first streaming service to the first media playback device. An indication to the social networking system that specifies the selection of the first and second media playback devices to be associated with the group is communicated via the network circuitry. In response, the social networking system communicates second media content items associated with the first media content items to a second playback queue associated with the second media playback device. The second playback items facilitate streaming of second media content associated with the first media content from a second streaming service to the second media playback device.
US11899707B2
A method for responding to a query is implemented on at least one computing device and includes: receiving at least one query from a user device; determining a context for the at least one query, selecting at least one deep learning network (DLN) of a plurality of DLNs to process the at least one query, where the selecting is based at least on matching the context to the at least one DLN, sending at least a representation of the at least one query and the context to the at least one DLN, receiving at least one response to the at least one query from the at least one DLN, and sending the at least one response to the user device.
US11899690B2
This invention makes it possible to analyze data with a focus on an event as a source of information on the data and state transition of the event. A data analytical processing device includes a multidimensional database management unit that associates pieces of data in a temporal dimension and spatial dimensions embodying temporal and spatial changes due to at least one of creation and annihilation and state transition and pieces of data in intrinsic dimensions of a plurality of types dependent on subjects, and pieces of data which are identified by the pieces of data in the temporal dimension, the spatial dimensions, and the intrinsic dimensions and represent properties of the plurality of types dependent on the subjects as data embodying an event in a real world with an identifier of the event for identification of the event as a source of information on the pieces of data, and accumulates and manages the pieces of data in multidimensional cubes which are constructed for the respective subjects, and an OLAP manipulation execution unit that executes the OLAP manipulation on the multidimensional cubes.
US11899687B2
In an example embodiment, a solution is used to provide for multiple and concurrent web application accessing of a database in a database-as-a-service (DBaaS) framework. More particularly, a cloud solution is provided on a DBaaS for leveraging Docker network functionality to provide a virtual Internet Protocol (IP) address pool, while utilizing in-memory database technology to set up an entire accessing solution for multiple and concurrent DBaaS users and web applications, which serve the data-intensive jobs to the in-memory database. This allows for improved functionality, performance, concurrency, and handling of network stress.
US11899683B2
A digital asset management system (DAMS) provides an integrated user experience for the rapid and facile manipulation of a users digital assets in an online environment. Spanning the spectrum of digital assets, the DAMS system set forth herein enables users to tag, fitter, collect, and show such digital assets in a manner which requires preferably minimal user interaction in order to achieve digital asset management and exhibition. Sharing among friends and family becomes much easier and incoming digital assets may be automatically segregated according to user choices or history to enable easier management of such assets. Recognition of relationships, characteristics, features, and the like between different assets may occur automatically and develop an ongoing fashion to enable association of such similar assets into “collections” or the like.
US11899678B2
Systems and methods for low latency materialized information provision are disclosed. For example, a system may include at least one memory storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include receiving, via a materialization service, data from multiple sources related to an item associated with a webpage hosted by a server. The data may include first event data sourced from a real-time feed and second event data sourced from stored data. Operations may include generating synchronized data based on the first and second event data. Operations may include receiving a request from the web server for information related to the item, the request being associated with a user segment. Operations may include identifying data to aggregate to fulfill the request, generating a data structure gathering synchronized data using the data structure, and forwarding the gathered synchronized data to the server.
US11899670B1
Systems and methods are described for generation of queries for execution by a separate system. In order establish a connection with the separate system, credentials can be obtained. For example, the credentials may be based on a user identifier and/or a login identifier. Indices can be identified that correspond to the credentials and a query can be identified that includes a selection of at least one of the indices. For example, the query may identify a set of log data ingested and indexed by the separate system. A request that includes the query, the credentials, and a connection identifier can be communicated to the separate system. In response to the request, a set of data can be received from the separate system. The set of data can be provided to a computing device. For example, the set of data can be provided to a computing device providing the query.
US11899665B2
A query engine or compute engine receiving a query request identifies a plurality of data sources for satisfying a query request, and determines, from among multiple data sources, one or more fields likely to incur substantial computational demands in processing the query request. Pre-positioning aggregation logic moves the determined fields one data source to another data source for positioning the moved fields to a single data source from which the query result will be computed.
US11899662B1
A system and method for extending compression-aware aggregation logic to column partitioned database sources when an SQL query involves simple or complex aggregate expressions. The logic can be applied when there are multiple fields specified in a Group By clause, when a Group By clause includes an expression involving multiple columns from a column partitioned table, or when there is no Group By clause in the query. This logic extends the benefits of push-down aggregation to complex aggregate queries to build partially aggregated rows that can be directly added into an intermediate cache. For cases where the fields within aggregate expressions are themselves compressed, the aggregation techniques leverage the compression information of the aggregate fields. This aggregation mechanism can be applicable to compression techniques including run-length encoding (RLE), value list compression (VLC) and Presence, Delta on Mean (PDM) on columnar source tables such as Column Partitioned (CP) or Parquet tables.
US11899646B2
The subject technology receives a command to commit a table in a different table format on an external volume. The subject technology generates a first snapshot of the table on internal storage. The subject technology generates a first list of metadata files on the internal storage. The subject technology generates, based on the first list of metadata files, a first set of metadata files on the internal storage. The subject technology generates a second snapshot of the table on the external volume. The subject technology generates a second list of metadata files on the external volume. The subject technology generates, based on the second list of metadata files, a second set of metadata files on the external volume. The subject technology generates a first set of data files in a different file format on the external volume.
US11899645B1
A two phase move technique for moving groups of tables may reduce cross-host communication and length of table locks. A group including a first table and a second table may be moved to the destination host system. This is done by creating a third table replicating the first table and creating a fourth table replicating the second table on the destination host, and replicas of other tables in the group. The tables in the group are not locked against modifications during the creation of the replica tables. After the creation of the replicas, roles of the original tables and the created tables are switched such that the original tables are set to the replica role and the created tables stored on the destination are set to the source role. The original tables are dropped after the switching of the roles.
US11899643B2
A computer investigation system and method organizes information in a hive. Information in a target device is parsed by a processor, and facts and links are extracted from the data. The processor identifies the fact type for each identified fact, and further generates a fact ID for the fact. The information for the fact is stored in the hive in a fact table associated with the fact type. The processor also identifies the link type for each identified link, and further generates a link ID for the link. The information for the link ID is stored in the hive in a link table associated with the identified link type. A query language that is adapted to work with the hive allows querying of data stored in the hive.
US11899639B1
A first combined key may be generated based on a geographic location, a first time, and a first user that are associated with a first event. The first combined key and first data indicating the first event may be stored in a database, the first combined key configured to identify the first data. A second combined key may be generated based on the geographic location, a second time, and a second user that are associated with a second event. The second combined key and second data indicating the second event may be stored in the database, the second combined key configured to identify the second data. A set of events associated with the geographic location and comprising the first event and the second event may be presented by retrieving the first data and the second data using the first combined key and the second combined key, respectively.
US11899638B2
Semantic analysis to resolve ambiguous user input data with respect to a request for data includes identifying tokens based on the text string, identifying a tables in a database, wherein a token indicates a column from a table and a token indicates a column from another table, identifying candidate join paths for joining tables, obtaining respective candidate results using the candidate join paths, outputting combined candidate results including values from the respective candidate results, obtaining second user input data indicating a selected value, identifying the request for data as unambiguous and identifying a selected join path based on the selected value, and, in response to identifying the request for data as unambiguous, outputting data responsive to the request for data using the selected join path.
US11899635B2
Case management systems and techniques are disclosed. In various embodiments, an indication to create a case instance is received. A case model definition is parsed to determine a hierarchical data model to be used to create the case instance and a placeholder data to be associated with a case node comprising the hierarchical data model. The case model definition is used to create the case instance, including by associating the placeholder data with the case node in the case instance as created.
US11899634B2
A multi-layer database sizing stack may generate prescriptive tier requisition tokens for controlling requisition of database-compute resources at database-compute tiers. The input layer of the database sizing stack may obtain historical data. The threading layer may be used to flag occurrences of single threading application execution. The change layer may be used to determine potential for a step based on compute utilization type data and assert flags indicating the potential. The step layer may determine if potential steps may be taken based on operation-rate type data and flush type data. The requisition layer may generate a tier requisition token based on the provisional requisition tokens generated at other layers and/or finalization directives obtained at the requisition layer.
US11899633B2
From among physical storage devices (PSDs) of a storage system, a set of two or more of the PSDs that are eligible for scrubbing may be determined; and from among the set, a relative eligibility of the PSDs may be determined. Conformance prediction analysis may be applied to determine the set and the relative eligibility of PSDs of the set. The conformance prediction analysis may determine a scrubbing eligibility classification (e.g., label), and a confidence value for the classification, which may serve as the relative eligibility of the PSD. The eligible PSDs may be ranked in an order according to determined confidence values, and may be further classified according to such order. The future workload of the storage system may be forecasted, and the scrubbing of PSDs may be scheduled based on the forecasted workload of the system and the relative eligibilities of the set of PSDs.
US11899632B1
A methods, systems, and devices for secure linking and matching of data elements across independent data systems of a first and a second enterprise are disclosed. The system includes a first private data system having a first private database that may include all attributes known to the first enterprise A reference data system having a reference database and is also part of the first enterprise. The reference database may include all known attributes regarding data records contained any data system that is in communication with and/or has access to the reference database. A first set of query attributes may be used determine whether a subject represented by the first set of query attributes associates uniquely with a subject of any private data record stored in the first private database. A similar comparison may be made in the reference database.
US11899627B1
With multiple software applications, multiple electronic devices for a user to access and work upon, and multiple potential storage locations for the files it is difficult for a user to remember the identity of a file worked upon, its storage location, or which application they employed. Whilst some applications provide a user with a listing of recently opened files these are only those accessed by that specific application upon a specific device. Embodiments of the invention provide users with a synthesized centralized view of all files accessed irrespective of where the user has stored the electronic content, with which electronic device the electronic content was accessed with, or with which software application the electronic content was accessed with.
US11899622B2
Techniques for managing erasure of data are presented. In response to receiving a request for erasure of data from a set of data stores, an erasure component can analyze a set of rules and information relating to the user account, including an account status and erasure hold status associated with the user account. The set of rules can be based on legal or contractual obligations applicable to the set of data stores, and can indicate various conditions under which data associated with a user account of a user can be eligible to be erased from the set of data stores or an associated data vault repository. The erasure component can determine eligibility for erasure of all or a portion of the set of data from the set of data stores based on the analysis results. Erasure component can determine erasure eligibility scores to pre-qualify user accounts for erasure eligibility.
US11899616B2
The present disclosure provides a systolic array-based data processing method that includes determining an input splice quantity for the systolic array based on a target input depth and a standard input depth, and determining an output splice quantity for the systolic array based on a target output depth and a standard output depth; inputting the input data matching the input splice quantity to an input buffer of the systolic array in batches, without overlaps in the input data, and processing, by the systolic array, the input data in the input buffer to generate output data corresponding to each piece of input data; and in accordance with a determination that a quantity of output data received by an output buffer of the systolic array from the systolic array matches the output splice quantity, outputting, in the output buffer, output data having a quantity matching the output splice quantity in batches.
US11899613B1
A packaging technology to improve performance of an AI processing system resulting in an ultra-high bandwidth system. An IC package is provided which comprises: a substrate; a first die on the substrate, and a second die stacked over the first die. The first die can be a first logic die (e.g., a compute chip, CPU, GPU, etc.) while the second die can be a compute chiplet comprising ferroelectric or paraelectric logic. Both dies can include ferroelectric or paraelectric logic. The ferroelectric/paraelectric logic may include AND gates, OR gates, complex gates, majority, minority, and/or threshold gates, sequential logic, etc. The IC package can be in a 3D or 2.5D configuration that implements logic-on-logic stacking configuration. The 3D or 2.5D packaging configurations have chips or chiplets designed to have time distributed or spatially distributed processing. The logic of chips or chiplets is segregated so that one chip in a 3D or 2.5D stacking arrangement is hot at a time.
US11899609B2
A system includes a first device and a second device coupled to a link having one or more lanes. The first device is to transmit two or more frames to synchronize the one or more data lanes, where each frame comprises a quantity of bits. The second device is to receive a first set of bits from each data lane corresponding to the quantity of bits in each frame of the two or more frames. The second device is to determine that the first set of bits received from a data lane of the one or more data lanes does not correspond to a frame boundary of the two or more frames. The second device is further to synchronize each data lane of the one or more data lanes with respect to the frame boundary, responsive to determining that the first set of bits does not correspond to the frame boundary.
US11899608B2
A method and/or process of interface bridging device for providing a C physical layer (“C-PHY”) input output interface via a field programmable gate arrays (“FPGA”) is disclosed. The process, in one aspect, is capable of coupling a first wire of data lane 0 to a first terminal of first IO serializer of FPGA for receiving first data from a D-PHY transmitter of a first device and coupling a second wire of the data lane 0 to a second terminal of the first IO serializer of FPGA for receiving second data from the D-PHY transmitter. Upon activating a first scalable low-voltage signal to generate a first value on P channel and a second value on N channel in response to the first data and the second data, a first signal on first wire of trio 0 for a C-PHY output is generated based on the first value on the P channel.
US11899602B2
An information handling system may include a host system, a management controller configured to provide out-of-band management of the information handling system, and a network interface controller including a network interface controller storage resource. The management controller may be configured to: receive, from the host system, a first identifier that is specific to an operating system (OS) of the host system; compare the first identifier to a second identifier provided by the network interface controller, wherein the second identifier is specific to an OS of the network interface controller that is stored on the network interface controller storage resource; and in response to a mismatch between the first identifier and the second identifier, prevent the network interface controller from operating.
US11899600B2
A serial connector adapter system includes a serial connector adapter device connected to a computing device. The serial connector adapter device includes a serial communication request subsystem coupled to a serial connector and a first USB connector. The computing device includes a second USB connector connected to the first USB connector, a serial communication subsystem coupled to the second USB connector, and a serial communication configuration subsystem coupled to the second USB connector and the serial communication subsystem. The serial communication configuration uses a USB ground drain connection in the first and second USB connectors subsystems to identify the serial connector adapter device and perform bi-directional communications to receive a request for serial communications with the serial communication subsystem and, in response, configures the serial communication subsystem to perform serial communications via the serial connector using USB transmitter/receiver pair connections in the first and second USB connectors.
US11899583B2
Various implementations described herein are directed to a device with a multi-layered logic structure with multiple layers including a first layer and a second layer arranged vertically in a stacked configuration. The device may have a first cache memory with first interconnect logic disposed in the first layer. The device may have a second cache memory with second interconnect logic disposed in the second layer, wherein the second interconnect logic in the second layer is linked to the first interconnect logic in the first layer.
US11899572B2
In some aspects, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium includes instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to create a virtual swap space that is exposed to a core system software, intercept a first page selected by the core system software to be swapped out to the virtual swap space, map the virtual swap space to a physical swap space that is allocated to a type of page associated with first swap metadata, and write the first page to the physical swap space based on the first page having the first swap metadata. In some embodiments, the first page is associated with the first swap metadata.
US11899563B2
A system on a chip (SoC) includes a first domain comprising a first processor configured to boot the SoC, and a first debug subsystem, a second domain comprising a second processor, the second domain configurable as either a safety domain or a general-purpose processing domain, and isolation circuitry between the first domain and the second domain. During boot-up of the SoC, the first processor provides code to the second domain which, when executed by the second processor, configures the second domain as either a safety domain or as a general-purpose processing domain.
US11899549B2
A merged infrastructure for manufacturing and lifecycle management of both hardware and software is disclosed. In various embodiments, a library comprising a superset of device drivers is stored, the superset including for each of a plurality of supported systems a corresponding set of device drivers for devices comprising that supported system. A context in which a processor is deployed is determined, the context being associated with a specific corresponding one of the plurality of supported systems. The library is used to provision based on the determined context at least a subset of devices accessible by the processor in the context in which the processor is deployed.
US11899538B2
A changed block tracking (CBT) driver at a production host tracks, in a bitmap, changes made to a source volume of the production host since a last backup. A command is received to perform a differential backup of the source volume. A request is issued to a copy service to take a snapshot of the source volume. The bitmap is embedded into the snapshot. The snapshot is mounted on a backup proxy, different from the production host. The backup proxy retrieves the bitmap from the snapshot and conducts the differential backup of the source volume to secondary storage, thereby backing up the changes made to the source volume since the last backup according to the bitmap.
US11899525B2
Techniques of reproduction of graph data during query time are disclosed herein. One example technique includes receiving, at a query processor, a query having a set of predicates to be evaluated on data in a graph. Upon receiving the query, the example technique includes evaluating the set of predicates based on data in the first or second partition of the graph and recording a sequence of query states of the first or second partition whose data is used to evaluate each of the set of predicates. Subsequently, the example technique includes constructing a set of snapshots of the data in the first or second partition based on the recorded query states and reevaluating the set of predicates on the constructed set of snapshots of the data in the first or second partition to troubleshoot the detected query error when the set of predicates were previously evaluated.
US11899513B2
A power management controller is disclosed. Broadly speaking, the controller may, in response to receiving a timing signal, monitor a temperature of an integrated circuit including multiple processor clusters. The controller may generate a comparison of the temperature and a threshold value, and in response to a determination that the comparison indicates that the temperature is less than the threshold value, transition a particular processor cluster to a new power state.
US11899510B2
A memory enclosure is described that includes a debugger connector access portion in the memory enclosure. The memory enclosure further includes a breakaway tab which at least partially covers the debugger connector access portion. The memory enclosure further includes at least two anchoring joints connecting the breakaway tab to a portion of the memory enclosure surrounding the debugger connector access portion, the anchoring joints adapted to break upon application of a breaking force causing the breakaway tab to break away from the memory enclosure and allow a debugger tool access through the exterior of the memory enclosure to a debugger connector situated in the interior of the memory enclosure.
US11899495B2
Docking platforms formed in one of the largest-surface-area surfaces of mobile electronic devices. Such a docking platform may comprise a docking accessory cavity having a docking connection system comprising one or more docking connectors formed within the cavity, and optionally two or more electrical contacts within the cavity, the contacts electrically connected to electronics within the electronic device and constructed and arranged to allow electrical connection to detachable docking accessories. The docking connection system is operable to form detachable attachments to multiple independent docking accessories simultaneously. The cavities of the docking platforms are shaped to accommodate a broad range of docking accessories that are specially adapted to sit in a generally flush manner with the back surface of the mobile electronic device while attached to the docking connectors. One type of accessory forms an assembly with an expandable accordion attached to the docking platform.
US11899490B2
A system and method employing a precisely synchronized time in connection with a distributed hardware architecture are disclosed. Using an independent and trusted time signal and a second transition pulse signal, each resource in the distributed hardware architecture may be synchronized precisely to the same absolute time.
US11899489B2
A method for determining a behavior of a smart card, which may be implemented by a server. The method includes operations for obtaining a first reference time data corresponding to a time for setting a smart card clock, and a second reference time data corresponding to a time for reading a first time data from the clock, determining a time drift associated with the smart card based on the first reference time data and on the second reference time data, and determining a behavior of the smart card from the time drift.
US11899487B2
The present invention includes: a first current source, through which a first current is made to flow; a second current source, through which a second current set at a certain ratio to the first current is made to flow; a first current path, which includes a second resistor, a first resistor, and a first bipolar transistor that are connected to the first current source in a sequential manner, and through which the first current is made to flow; a second current path, which includes a third resistor and a 0th bipolar transistor that are connected to the second current source in a sequential manner, and through which the second current is made to flow; an operational amplifier, which controls current amounts of the first current and the second current by an output from an output end, and of which a positive input end is connected to a connection point between the second resistor and the first resistor, and of which a negative input end is connected to a connection point between the third resistor and the 0th bipolar transistor; and a buffer amplifier, which outputs a reference voltage, and of which a positive input end is connected to a connection point between the second current source and the third resistor, and of which a negative input end is connected to an output end; wherein an area ratio of the first bipolar transistor to the 0th bipolar transistor is n:1, and a reference voltage of which temperature dependence is corrected is obtained by adjusting resistance values of the first and the third resistor and a value of the area ratio n.
US11899479B2
To provide a digitally controlled LDO regulator that can control an output voltage even during an auto-zero processing period. A digitally controlled low dropout regulator is provided that includes a plurality of AD converters and an impedance variable circuit, each of the plurality of AD converters including a comparator, in which a first signal from each of the plurality of AD converters is input to the impedance variable circuit; a second signal output from the impedance variable circuit is input to one of two terminals of each of the plurality of AD converters; when one of the plurality of AD converters is in operation, another of the plurality of AD converters performs auto-zero processing to set a voltage value used as a reference; and the comparator compares a voltage value of the second signal input to the one of the two terminals with the set voltage value.
US11899478B2
A low-power semiconductor device is provided. A retention transistor is provided between a control circuit and an output transistor. An output terminal of the control circuit is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the retention transistor, and the other of the source and the drain of the retention transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the output transistor. A node to which the other of the source and the drain of the retention transistor and the gate of the output transistor are electrically connected is a retention node. When the retention transistor is in an on state, a potential corresponding to a potential output from the control circuit is written to the retention node. Then, when the retention transistor is in an off state, the potential of the retention node is retained. Thus, a gate potential of the output transistor can be kept at a constant value even when the control circuit is off. Accordingly, even when the control circuit is off, a constant potential can be continuously output from one of a source and a drain of the output transistor, for example.
US11899477B2
Systems for processing articles are essential for semiconductor fabrication. In one embodiment, a system is disclosed comprising a plurality of fluid supplies configured to supply process fluids, a plurality of apparatuses for controlling flow, a plurality of mounting substrates, a vacuum manifold fluidly coupled to the plurality of mounting substrates, an outlet manifold fluidly coupled to the plurality of mounting substrates, a vacuum source fluidly coupled to the vacuum manifold, and a processing chamber fluidly coupled to the outlet manifold. The plurality of apparatuses for controlling flow have a bleed port and an outlet. The outlets of the plurality of apparatuses are fluidly coupled to corresponding outlet ports of the plurality of mounting substrates. The bleed ports of the plurality of apparatuses are fluidly coupled to the corresponding vacuum ports of the plurality of mounting substrates.
US11899470B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for an airframe of a volitant body are presented herein. An apparatus may include a body having a normal axis. The body comprising a central air passage communicating through the body along the normal axis of the body. The central air passage may have an inlet at a first end of the body and an outlet at a second end of the body, the second end being opposite the first end. The central air passage may form an interior surface of the body. The central air passage permitting a flow of air through the body via the central air passage. The inlet may be formed to produce a Venturi effect in the flow of air passing through the central air passage from the inlet to the outlet by choking the flow of air at the inlet.
US11899460B2
A system for detecting and engaging a refuse can includes at least one sensor positioned on a refuse collection vehicle and configured to detect objects on one or more sides of the refuse vehicle, an actuator assembly configured to actuate to engage the refuse can, and a controller configured to detect, using a single-stage object detector, the presence of the refuse can based on first data received from the at least one sensor, determine, based on the first data, a position of the refuse can with respect to the refuse collection vehicle, generate a first trajectory from the refuse collection vehicle to the position of the refuse can, generate a second trajectory for the actuator assembly, and initiate a control action to move at least one of the refuse collection vehicle along the first trajectory or the actuator assembly along the second trajectory to engage the refuse can.
US11899453B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods that control the motion of an autonomous vehicle by rewarding or otherwise encouraging progress toward a goal, rather than simply rewarding distance travelled. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can project a candidate motion plan that describes a proposed motion path for the autonomous vehicle onto a nominal pathway to determine a projected distance associated with the candidate motion plan. The systems and methods of the present disclosure can use the projected distance to evaluate a reward function that provides a reward that is positively correlated to the magnitude of the projected distance. The motion of the vehicle can be controlled based on the reward value provided by the reward function. For example, the candidate motion plan can be selected for implementation or revised based at least in part on the determined reward value.
US11899451B2
In one embodiment, a remote controller for a vehicle includes at least one control element for controlling operation of at least one aspect of the vehicle when the vehicle is in a remote-control mode; an actuator connected the at least one control element for controlling a position of the at least one control element when the vehicle is in an autonomous operations mode; and a processing system for receiving a first control signal from the vehicle indicative of a state of operation of the vehicle. In operation, the processing system generates a second control signal to the actuator to cause the actuator to control a position of the control element such that it corresponds to and indicates the state of operation of the vehicle.
US11899449B1
Autonomous vehicle methods and systems are described herein for communicating with an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle to remotely control operation of the vehicle, to detect and remove unauthorized passengers, to deliver loads, to receive registration information for the vehicle, to provide accessibility information to the vehicle, and/or to receive sensor or other environmental data to integrate with an electronic game or other extended reality experience.
US11899437B2
The present disclosure proposes a diagnostic system capable of properly identifying the cause of even an error for which multiple factors or multiple compound factors may be accountable. The diagnostic system according to the present disclosure is provided with a learning device for learning at least one of a recipe defining operations of an inspection device, log data describing states of the device, or specimen data describing characteristics of a specimen in association with error types of the device, and estimates the cause of the error by using the learning device (refer to FIG. 4).
US11899435B2
Systems and methods are described for managing articles. The systems and methods described herein may comprise an example method for manufacturing an article. The systems and methods provides an end-to-end manufacturing value chain as a closed system and feedback loop.
US11899416B2
Systems and methods to provide low carbon intensity (CI) hydrogen through one or more targeted reductions of carbon emissions based upon an analysis of carbon emissions associated with a combination of various options for feedstock procurement, feedstock refining, processing, or transformation, and hydrogen distribution pathways to end users. Such options are selected to maintain the total CI (carbon emissions per unit energy) of the hydrogen below a pre-selected threshold that defines an upper limit of CI for the hydrogen.
US11899412B2
An industrial development hub (IDH) supports industrial development and testing capabilities that are offered as a cloud-based service. The IDH comprises an enhanced storage platform and associated design tools that serve as a repository on which customers can store control project code, device configurations, and other digital aspects of an industrial automation project. The IDH system can facilitate discovery and management of digital content associated with control systems, and can be used for system backup and restore, code conversion, and version management.
US11899408B2
A pointer controller includes at least one processor; and a display that includes a pointer. The at least one processor is configured to control the display so as to display an elapsed time, switching between (i) a first display mode for display of the elapsed time cumulatively by causing, upon resumption of display, movement of the pointer that inherits a previous display time and (ii) a second display mode for display of the elapsed time non-cumulatively by causing, upon resumption of display, movement of the pointer that does not inherit the previous display time. The movement of the pointer controlled by the at least one processor is such that the first display mode and the second display mode differ from each other in a way of movement that indicates how the pointer moves.
US11899404B2
A device for assembly and alignment on a first bridge, particularly a timepiece movement plate, arranged in a first plane, the device including a second bridge arranged in a second plane, the second bridge being intended to carry a component, in particular a moving component of a timepiece resonator mechanism, the device including a device for aligning the second bridge on the first bridge, the alignment device including at least two bearing faces of the second bridge arranged orthogonally to the second plane in two different directions, the alignment device further including at least two movable adjustment pieces connected to the first bridge, the adjustment pieces each being configured to contact with one of the bearing faces to position the second bridge in a position on the first bridge, the movable pieces defining a plurality of positions of the second bridge on the first bridge.
US11899394B2
An image-forming apparatus includes: a main body; a toner cartridge having a first opening; a process cartridge having a photosensitive drum and a second opening; a positioning part; a transfer unit; and an urging member. The toner cartridge and process cartridge are attachable to and detachable from the main body in an axial direction of the photosensitive drum. The positioning part and transfer unit are positioned above the process cartridge attached to the main body. The positioning part fixes the attached process cartridge in position relative to the main body. The urging member urges the attached process cartridge toward the positioning part and urges the process cartridge such that the toner can be supplied from the toner cartridge to the process cartridge through the first opening and the second opening when the toner cartridge and the process cartridge are attached to the main body.
US11899383B1
An image forming apparatus in an embodiment includes an image carrying body, a transfer body, a first mechanism, a sensor, and a second mechanism. The image carrying body carries an image of a developer. The image of the developer is transferred onto the transfer body from the image carrying body. The first mechanism separates the transfer body from the image carrying body. The sensor detects a state of the surface of the transfer body. The second mechanism separates the sensor from the transfer body in association with the first mechanism.
US11899380B2
An apparatus for and method of sensing alignment marks in which a self-referencing interferometer based sensor outputs standing images of the alignment marks and camera device is used to capture the images as output by the sensor and a detector is used to obtain phase information about the alignment marks from the images as output by the sensor.
US11899379B2
Aspects of disclosure provide a method for attaching wiring connections to a component using both design and field measured data of the component to produce accurate wiring connections.
US11899377B2
A semiconductor processing method includes operations. An exposure process is performed on a semiconductor workpiece and includes selecting a target state of a reticle based on given data and regulating the reticle to reach the target state. A development process is performed on the semiconductor workpiece.
US11899376B1
A method for forming alignment marks leverages pad density and critical dimensions (CDs). In some embodiments, the method includes forming first and second alignment marks on a first substrate and a second substrate where the alignment marks have a width within 5% of the associated CD of copper pads on the respective substrates and forming a first and second dummy patterns around the first and second alignment marks. The first and second dummy patterns have dummy pattern densities within 5% of the respective copper pad density of the first and second substrates and CDs within 5% of the respective copper pad CDs. In some embodiments, alignment marks with physical dielectric material protrusions and recesses on opposite substrate surfaces may further enhance bonding.
US11899373B2
A method of generating a layout pattern includes determining a first energy density indirectly exposed to a first feature of one or more features of a layout pattern on an energy-sensitive material when the one or more features of the layout pattern on the energy-sensitive material are directly exposed by a charged particle beam. The method also includes adjusting a second energy density exposed the first feature when the first feature is directly exposed by the charged particle beam. A total energy density of the first feature that comprises a sum of the first energy density from the indirect exposure and the second energy density from the direct exposure is maintained at about a threshold energy level to fully expose the first feature in the energy-sensitive material.
US11899369B2
A treatment liquid for a semiconductor device includes an alkanolamine; a hydroxylamine; an organic solvent; Ca; Fe; and Na, wherein the content of the alkanolamine in the treatment liquid is 0.1% to 5% by mass, the content of the hydroxylamine in the treatment liquid is 0.1% to 30% by mass, and each of the mass ratio of Ca, Fe, and Na with respect to the content of the alkanolamine and the hydroxylamine in the treatment liquid is 10−12 to 10−4.
US11899355B2
An optical unit includes an optical element, a holder, a first support portion, a second support portion, a first swing mechanism, and a second swing mechanism. The holder holds the optical element. The first support portion supports the holder so as to be swingable about a first swing axis. The second support portion supports the first support portion so as to be swingable about the second swing axis. The second swing mechanism includes a second magnet and a second coil. The second magnet is arranged on the first support portion. The second coil is arranged on the second support portion.
US11899353B2
An illumination system comprises an exciting light source, a phosphor wheel, a first lens, a first reflector, and a light uniforming element. The exciting light source emits an excitation beam. In a first time sequence, the phosphor wheel reflects the excitation beam to the first reflector, the first reflector reflects the excitation beam to the first lens and the excitation beam passes through the first lens and transmits to the light uniforming element. In a second time sequence, the phosphor wheel converts the excitation beam to a conversion beam, the conversion beam from the phosphor wheel passes through the first lens and transmits to the first reflector, the first reflector reflects the conversion beam to the first lens, the conversion beam passes through the first lens and transmits to the light uniforming element, the excitation beam and the conversion beam, sequentially and respectively transmits to the light uniforming element.
US11899348B2
An attraction system of an amusement park includes a viewing area, a virtual area, a beam splitter positioned to enable visibility of a portion of the viewing area through the beam splitter and visibility of a portion of the virtual area via reflection off the beam splitter, and a controller. The controller is configured to generate image data based on a distortive parameter associated with a first element disposed in the viewing area and transmit the image data to cause display of a second element in the virtual area. The distortive parameter is indicative of a distortion of an appearance of an object visible through the first element.
US11899347B2
An imaging system including a housing, a light-splitting element, a light valve module, and a compensation module is provided. The light valve module is disposed on a transmission path of an illumination beam and is configured to convert the illumination beam into an image beam. The light-splitting element is disposed on the transmission path of the illumination beam and is configured to reflect the illumination beam and allow the image beam to pass through. The compensation module is disposed between the light valve module and the light-splitting element. The compensation module includes a carrier element and a compensation element. The carrier element includes a slot. The carrier element is configured to rotate around a rotation axis. The compensation element is disposed in the slot and is located on the transmission path of the illumination beam and a transmission path of the image beam.
US11899346B2
A projector includes a projection lens and a projector body. In the projection lens, a U-shaped optical path is formed by optical axis to optical axis. A lens barrel is a U-shaped barrel. A housing of the projector body includes a storage section. The projection lens is supported rotatably about the optical axis with respect to the housing, in an up-down direction and a right-left direction of the housing perpendicular to the optical axis, between a first position where the projection lens is stored inside a storage section provided in the housing and a second position where the projection lens is protruding from the housing.
US11899344B2
Described herein are apparatuses and methods for selectively controlling the application of a fluid to a sensor enclosure such as a camera housing to protect the housing from overheating. An apparatus that includes a protective shield and a conduit such as tubing for supplying a fluid is described. The protective shield is provided so as to protect an exterior surface of the camera housing from heat caused by sun exposure. The tubing includes an inlet for supplying a fluid such as water or air, can extend through or around an exterior of the camera housing, and includes an outlet with one or more nozzles for ejecting the fluid into a space between the protective shield and the camera housing. Sensor data is received from various vehicle sensors to assess the temperature of the housing, the velocity of the vehicle, and so forth to determine when the fluid should be supplied.
US11899342B2
A multi-eye interchangeable lens is disclosed. In one example, it includes a lens barrel, a movable unit, individual-eye lenses, and a light source. The movable unit is movable along an optical axis with respect to the lens barrel. The individual-eye lenses are integrally movable with the movable unit and are arranged such that emission positions of imaging lights emitted via the individual-eye lenses do not overlap with one another. The light source is configured to be movable along the optical axis integrally with the movable unit and the individual-eye lenses, and is arranged such that an emission position of an irradiation light emitted to an image sensor provided in a camera body does not overlap with the emission position of the imaging light of each of the individual-eye lenses.
US11899338B2
A nonlinear crystal including stacked strontium tetraborate SrB4O7 (SBO) crystal plates that are cooperatively configured to create a periodic structure for quasi-phase-matching (QPM) is used in the final frequency doubling stage of a laser assembly to generate laser output light having a wavelength in the range of about 180 nm to 200 nm. One or more fundamental laser beams are frequency doubled, down-converted and/or summed using one or more frequency conversion stages to generate an intermediate frequency light with a corresponding wavelength in the range of about 360 nm to 400 nm, and then the final frequency converting stage utilizes the nonlinear crystal to double the frequency of the intermediate frequency light to generate the desired laser output light at high power. Methods, inspection systems, lithography systems and cutting systems incorporating the laser assembly are also described.
US11899332B2
A display device includes a substrate, a common electrode layer on the substrate where the common electrode layer includes a first common pad protruding in a second direction from a first reference side surface extending in a first direction and the second direction intersects the first direction, a driving layer between the substrate and the common electrode layer, a display layer between the driving layer and the common electrode layer, a first conductive via apart from the driving layer and between the substrate and the first common pad, and a driving chip at an opposite side of the first conductive via with reference to the driving layer.
US11899331B2
A method of controlling tint of a tintable window to account for occupant comfort in a room of a building. The tintable window is between the interior and exterior of the building. The method predicts a tint level for the tintable window at a future time based on a penetration depth of direct sunlight through the tintable window into the room at the future time and space type in the room. The method also provides instructions over a network to transition tint of the tintable window to the tint level.
US11899325B2
A liquid crystal display panel and a display device are disclosed. The liquid crystal display panel includes a pixel matrix composed of more than two sub-pixels. Three adjacent sub-pixels located in the same row have different colors, and all sub-pixels located in the same column have the same color. Each data line is connected to at least one pixel group successively. Each pixel group includes three sub-pixels with different colors, which are respectively located on both sides of the data line. In a pixel group, each data line is connected to three sub-pixels in sequence.
US11899321B2
The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixels defined by a light shielding matrix, and an array substrate and an opposing substrate arranged to be spaced apart from each other. The opposing substrate includes a first substrate and a plurality of spacers, wherein the spacers are on a side of the first substrate close to the array substrate and being within a light shielding area of the light shielding matrix. The array substrate includes a second substrate and a plurality of protrusion structures, wherein the protrusion structures are on a side of the second substrate close to the opposing substrate, and being within the light shielding area of the light shielding matrix.
US11899313B2
According to an aspect, a display apparatus includes: a first light-transmissive substrate; a second light-transmissive substrate arranged to face the first light-transmissive substrate; a liquid crystal layer including polymer dispersed liquid crystals sealed between the first light-transmissive substrate and the second light-transmissive substrate; at least one light-emitting device arranged to face at least one of a side surface of the first light-transmissive substrate or a side surface of the second light-transmissive substrate; and at least one reflector arranged on at least one of a side surface of the first light-transmissive substrate or a side surface of the second light-transmissive substrate, the side surface of the first or second light-transmissive substrate being on an opposite side of the side surface of the first or second light-transmissive substrate to which the at least one light-emitting device faces, and configured to reflect light at the side surface on the opposite side.
US11899312B2
A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel disposed on a back-light unit; and a viewing angle control unit disposed between the back-light unit and the liquid crystal panel, wherein the viewing angle control unit includes light-blocking patterns having a light-blocking material and variable patterns disposed between a first control electrode and a second control electrode, wherein the variable patterns are extended in a direction perpendicular to the light-blocking patterns, and wherein transmittance of each variable pattern is changed according to a voltage applied to the first control electrode and the second control electrode, thereby preventing a distraction of people around a user by selectively sharing a realized image.
US11899311B2
A low-resolution image is displayed at high resolution and power consumption is reduced. Resolution is made higher by super-resolution processing. Then, display is performed with the luminance of a backlight controlled by local dimming after the super-resolution processing. By controlling the luminance of the backlight, power consumption can be reduced. Further, by performing the local dimming after the super-resolution processing, accurate display can be performed.
US11899307B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a flexible printed circuit, a light bar, a backlight module and a liquid crystal display device. The flexible printed circuit includes a substrate and a plurality of groups of LED pads located on the substrate, wherein each group of the LED pads is configured to mount one LED lamp bead, each group of the LED pads includes a first pad, a second pad and a third pad, the firs pad, the second pad and the third pad are arranged sequentially in a first direction, the first pad and the second pad both receive a first voltage signal, the third pad receives a second voltage signal, and the first voltage signal is different from the second voltage signal.
US11899302B2
The present application proposes a display panel and a display device, the display panel includes a liquid crystal display module, a reflective film and a fingerprint identification module. The liquid crystal display module is on a first side of the reflective film, and the fingerprint identification module is on a second side of the reflective film opposite to the first side. The fingerprint identification module includes an invisible light emitting unit and an invisible light sensor. The invisible light emitting unit is configured to emit invisible light in a direction towards the reflective film, and the invisible light sensor is configured to receive reflected invisible light. The reflective film is configured to transmit the invisible light and reflect visible light reaching the reflective film through the liquid crystal display module.
US11899298B2
Disclosed is a display device. The display device of the present disclosure includes: a display panel; a rear frame which is positioned in a rearward direction of the display panel; an inner frame which is positioned between the display panel and the rear frame, and coupled to the rear frame; and an outer frame which is coupled to the inner frame, and supports a rear surface of the display panel.
US11899290B1
According to some embodiments, a progressive addition lens includes a distance portion and a reading portion. The distance portion includes a fixed prism diopter power. The reading portion includes a fixed base in prism. The fixed base in prism comprises a diopter power between 0 to 10 diopters greater than the fixed prism diopter power of the distance portion.
US11899288B2
Certain embodiments of the present invention are directed to therapeutic intervention in patients with eye-length-related disorders to prevent, ameliorate, or reverse the effects of the eye-length-related disorders. Embodiments of the present invention include methods for early recognition of patients with eye-length-related disorders, therapeutic methods for inhibiting further degradation of vision in patients with eye-length-related disorders, reversing, when possible, eye-length-related disorders, and preventing eye-length-related disorders. Additional embodiments of the present invention are directed to particular devices used in therapeutic intervention in patients with eye-length-related disorders.
US11899276B2
The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and an interchangeable lens that enable depth-of-field adjustment. The imaging apparatus includes a depth-of-field adjustment function that adjusts the depth of field of at least one monocular optical system among a plurality of monocular optical systems having optical paths independent of one another. For example, the depth-of-field adjustment function includes a mechanism that adjusts the depths of field of the monocular optical systems, and an optical system control unit that adjusts the depths of field of the monocular optical systems by driving the monocular optical systems on the basis of control information. The present disclosure can be applied to an imaging apparatus, an electronic apparatus, an interchangeable lens or a camera system that provides a plurality of monocular lenses, an information processing method, a program, or the like, for example.
US11899267B2
A camera module includes a filter, a supporting base, a metal sheet, and a fixing member. The supporting base includes a first through hole, a first surface, and a second surface. A receiving groove is recessed from the second surface toward the first surface, an inner wall defining the receiving groove includes a bottom surface. The first through hole penetrates the first surface and the bottom surface. The metal sheet is received in the receiving groove and includes a second through hole. A central axis of the second through hole is collinear with a central axis of the first through hole. The metal sheet further includes a supporting platform exposed from the first through hole, the filter is mounted on the supporting platform and received in the first through hole. The fixing member is arranged on the supporting base to fix the metal sheet to the supporting base.
US11899263B2
A terminal closure to enclose a drop connection. A closure base and a closure cover mate to define an interior space of the terminal closure. A movable cap is located on the closure cover. While in a closed position, the cap and an associated portion of the closure cover bound a volume. A grommet is located within the volume. The grommet includes an internal bore to receive a plug or a drop cable. The grommet has an outer periphery boundary that is at least as large as the volume bounded by the cap and the portion of the closure cover such that the grommet is sealingly engaged by the cap and the portion of the closure cover when the cap is in the closed position. There may be a plurality of port openings arranged in rows, each row being at a respective, different distance from a mount side wall.
US11899262B2
Fiber management assemblies for telecommunications closures. The assembly includes a frame adapted to conform to the wall of a housing piece of a closure. A fiber management tray is pivotally coupled to the frame. The frame supports the tray and spaces the tray away from fiber optic connectors positioned in connector ports defined by the closure. In addition, the pivotability of the tray relative to the frame can provide access to the connectors and/or connector ports without disrupting fiber management on the tray itself.
US11899258B2
Provided are (i) a fiber-optic cable having a cable sheath that enables significant changes in the cable's cross-sectional shape when the cable is bent and (ii) a raceway that can be used to deploy such a fiber-optic cable.
US11899249B2
Disclosed are disinfecting covers for optical-fiber connectors. For example, a male disinfecting cover can include a plug, a bore of the plug, an absorbent disposed in the bore, and a disinfectant absorbed by the absorbent. The plug is configured to insert into a receptacle of a female optical-fiber connector. A female disinfecting cover can include a body, a receptacle in the body, an absorbent disposed in the receptacle, and a disinfectant absorbed by the absorbent. The receptacle is configured to accept a male optical-fiber connector. Whether the disinfecting cover is male or female, the absorbent is configured to contact the ferrule and the optical fiber disposed of the optical-fiber connector. Methods can include at least a method of using the male or female disinfecting cover.
US11899240B2
Photonic device, system and methods of making photonic devices and systems, the method including: providing a substrate, forming an insulator layer over the substrate, depositing a plurality of waveguide layers and a plurality of insulator spacers at different vertical levels over the insulator layer, wherein adjacent waveguide layers in the plurality of waveguide layers are isolated by one or more insulator spacers in the plurality of insulator spacers, and forming a plurality of waveguide patterns at the plurality of waveguide layers, wherein at least two waveguide patterns at different vertical levels in the plurality of waveguide patterns are coupled.
US11899235B2
Aspects of embodiments pertain to a display illumination optics for illuminating an image display device of an image generation apparatus, the display illumination optics comprising: a source illumination distributor that includes an illumination waveguide having a front surface and a back surface opposite the front surface and configured to internally direct light along a main direction, wherein the illumination waveguide is configured to distribute the luminance of input illumination light along the main direction of the display illumination optics to obtain, along the main direction, output illumination light of desired luminance.
US11899206B2
A display device of the disclosure is a display device to be mounted on a vehicle, and includes a display panel, a first input unit, a second input unit, a third input unit, and a controller. The first input unit is configured so as to acquire an engine rotation speed. The second input unit is configured so as to acquire a vehicle speed. The third input unit is configured so as to acquire a shift position of a transmission of a vehicle. The controller is configured so that a first image representing the engine rotation speed and one or more second images representing the vehicle speed are combined and a combined image is displayed on the display panel. The controller is configured so that switching of the second images is carried out based on the shift position.
US11899203B1
Method for out-coupling grating for AR optical waveguide, and design method for AR optical waveguide
The disclosure provides a design method of a coupling-out grating and the design method including: calculating a diffraction coupling-in angle, at which a light beam is diffracted and coupled into the optical waveguide body through the coupling-in grating, according to an angle at which the light beam is incident to the coupling-in grating, a wavelength of the light beam and a grating period of the coupling-in grating; calculating a distance between two adjacent coupling-out positions of the light beam; calculating a brightness difference rate of the light beam after being coupled out multiple times through the coupling-out grating according to the maximum diffraction efficiency of the coupling-out grating; and calculating the number of partitions of the coupling-out grating according to a length of the coupling-out grating, a sensitivity of a human eye to the light beam, the brightness difference rate, and the distance between the two adjacent coupling-out positions.
US11899201B2
A vehicular head-up display that is provided in a vehicle and is configured to display a predetermined image to an occupant of the vehicle includes: a housing that has an opening upward; a transparent cover that covers the opening of the housing; a picture generation section; and a cleaner that is configured to clean an outer surface of the transparent cover. The picture generation section includes: a picture generation unit that is provided inside an accommodation portion formed with the housing and the transparent cover in order to emit light for generating the predetermined image; and a reflection unit that reflects light so that light emitted by the picture generation unit heads toward a windshield.
US11899197B2
An optical scanner is described and includes an optical beam assembly and a transducer. The optical beam assembly includes a pivoting portion having a cantilevered beam; a stationary portion; a first torsional flexure coupling a first side of the pivoting portion to the stationary portion; and a second torsional flexure coupling a second side of the pivoting portion to the stationary portion. The transducer includes a first magnetic element disposed on the pivoting portion and a second magnetic element disposed on the stationary portion. The first and second magnetic elements are configured to generate magnetic fields that interact to rotate the pivoting portion relative to the stationary portion about an axis defined by the first and second torsional flexures.
US11899191B2
A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a plurality of zooming lens units configured to move along an optical axis in zooming and including a lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a final lens unit having a positive refractive power. A distance between each pair of adjacent lens units changes in zooming. The first lens unit includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a first subunit having a negative refractive power, a second subunit having a negative refractive power, and at least one subsequent subunit, a distance between each pair of adjacent subunits changing for focusing. The second subunit is configured to move along the optical axis for focusing. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
US11899186B2
A folded lens system that includes lenses with refractive power and two light folding elements such as prisms. A first lens on a first axis refracts light to a first folding element. The first folding element redirects the light from the first axis onto a second axis on which one or more lenses are arranged. The lenses on the second axis refract the light to a second folding element. The second folding element redirects the light onto a third axis on which a sensor is disposed. The lens system may include a front aperture. The sensor may be moved on the third axis to provide autofocusing, or alternatively the lens system may include one or more optical actuators that provide autofocusing. The lens system may have a low F-number (<=2.8), and may have a 35 mm equivalent focal length in the medium to long telephoto range.
US11899183B2
The present invention relates to a high resolution optical system. The optical system of the present invention includes, sequentially from an object side, a first lens having a positive refractive power and an object-side surface convex toward the object side; a second lens having a negative refractive power and an upwardly concave upper surface; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens having a negative refractive power; a fifth lens having a positive refractive power and an upwardly convex upper surface; and a six lens having a negative refractive power and an upwardly concave upper surface.
US11899181B2
Provided a lithography projection objective includes: first lens group, second lens group, third lens group, fourth lens group, and fifth lens group, wherein first lens group, second lens group, third lens group, fourth lens group, and fifth lens group are sequentially arranged along an optical axis; first lens group and third lens group each has negative optical power, second lens group and fourth lens group each has positive optical power, fifth lens group has optical power of 0, sum optical power of first lens group, second lens group, third lens group, fourth lens group, and fifth lens group is 0; lithography projection objective further includes diaphragm; and first lens group, third lens group, and fourth lens group each comprises aspheric lenses, one aspheric lens thereof includes an aspherical surface; and a number of aspheric lenses is greater than or equal to 4 and less than or equal to 8.
US11899180B2
There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of low profile and low F-number. An imaging lens comprising in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, a second lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a third lens with negative refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, a fourth lens having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, a fifth lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, and a sixth lens with positive refractive power having an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, and predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.
US11899177B2
An optical imaging system includes a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power, and a fifth lens having a positive refractive power. The first to fifth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side to an imaging plane. One or more lenses among the first to fifth lenses are formed using a glass material.
US11899175B2
The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging lens assembly, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, including: a first lens having refractive power, an object-side surface thereof is concave, and an image-side surface thereof is convex; a second lens having refractive power; a third lens having refractive power; a fourth lens having refractive power; a fifth lens having negative refractive power, and an object-side surface thereof is concave; a sixth lens having positive refractive power; and a seventh lens having refractive power. A total effective focal length f of the optical imaging lens assembly and an effective focal length f3 of the third lens may satisfy f3/f>1.49.
US11899171B2
An imaging lens system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens disposed in order from an object side. In the imaging lens system, the first lens has positive refractive power and an object-side surface of the first lens is concave. A field of view of the imaging lens system is 100 degrees or more. In the imaging lens system, a distance TTL from the object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane and a height ImgH of the imaging plane satisfy TTL/ImgH<1.5.
US11899170B2
An optical lens includes a first lens with a positive refractive power, a second lens having a diffractive optical surface and a negative refractive power, and a third lens with a positive refractive power arranged in order from a magnified side to a minified side. A total number of lenses with refractive powers in the optical lens is smaller than six, and the first lens, the second lens and the third lens are made of plastic.
US11899169B2
Provided is a lens assembly including a first lens array including a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens array including a second lens having negative refractive power, and a third lens array including a third lens having negative refractive power, wherein the first lens array, the second lens array, and the third lens array are sequentially provided from an object side toward an image sensor side, wherein the first lens has a biconvex shape that is convex toward the object side and convex toward the image sensor side, and wherein each of the second lens and the third lens has a meniscus shape that is convex toward the image sensor side.
US11899168B2
The present disclosure provides an optical imaging lens assembly including, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power and a convex object-side surface; and a third lens having negative refractive power. A distance TTL along the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of the optical imaging lens assembly and half of a diagonal length ImgH of an effective pixel area on the imaging plane satisfy 2.0
US11899166B2
An electronic device is disclosed, which includes: a panel, including: a first substrate; a second substrate, disposed opposite to the first substrate; a first protection element, disposed on a surface of the first substrate away from the second substrate; and a first polarizer, disposed on the first protection element.
US11899165B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a display panel and a method of manufacturing the same. A high-reliability display panel with a reduced bezel area or substantially no bezel area and a method of manufacturing the same.
US11899162B2
A method may include obtaining a selection of various user-defined coarsening parameters. The user-defined coarsening parameters may include a predetermined fine-grid region in a geological region of interest and a predetermined cell distance. The method may further include determining an area of interest (AOI) mask for the geological region of interest based on the predetermined fine-grid region. The method may further include determining a geological property mask based on the user-defined coarsening parameters. The geological property mask may correspond to a predetermined geological feature within the predetermined cell distance from the AOI mask. The method may further include generating a coarsened grid model using grid model data and well data for the geological region of interest. The method may further include performing a reservoir simulation of the geological region of interest using the coarsened grid model.
US11899159B2
A beam injector may include a cathode emitter to emit electrons and an electrode to bias at least a portion of the electrons to remain on the cathode emitter and focus the emitted electrons into an electron beam. The beam injector may also include a resistor coupled between the cathode emitter and the electrode and configured to allow self-regulation of a voltage potential on the electrode based at least in part on a current of the electron beam.
US11899156B2
Provided is a method for detecting a metal target in soil using a metal detector including the steps of generating a transmit magnetic field for transmission into the soil using a transmit winding based on a transmit signal; receiving a first receive magnetic field using the transmit winding during a receive period to produce a first receive signal; and receiving a second receive magnetic field using a receive winding during the receive period to produce a second receive signal. The transmit winding and the receive winding are separated spatially; and producing an indicator output signal based on the first receive signal, the second receive signal and at least one synchronous demodulation function. The first receive signal includes first parameters that define a first transfer function transforming the first receive magnetic field into the first receive signal. The first parameters include an effective number of turns, a geometry of the transmit winding, and first electronic amplification transfer functions between the transmit winding and first receive signal. The second receive signal includes second parameters that define a second transfer function transforming the second receive magnetic field into the second receive signal. The second parameters include an effective number of turns, a geometry and a relative orientation of the receive winding with respect to the transmit winding, and second electronic amplification transfer functions between the receive winding and second receive signal. The first parameters and the second parameters are selected such that the first receive signal and the second receive signal are processed together to reduce or null detected signals within the indicator output signal due to received soil eddy currents from conducting soil components manifested in the first receive signal and the second receive signal; and where the selection of the first parameters relative to the second parameters are dependent on the synchronous demodulation function.
US11899153B2
A downhole tool including at least one transmitter, a receiver array, and a controller. Each receiver element of the receiver array is configured to apply variable amplification and a variable time delay to detected acoustic waveforms, wherein the variable amplification is controlled by an amplification factor assigned to the given receiver element, and wherein the variable time delay is controlled by a time delay assigned to the given receiver element. The controller assigns a set of amplification factors and time delays to the receiver elements of the receiver array and combines signals resulting from the application of the variable amplification and the variable time delay to the detected acoustic waveforms such that sensitivity of the receiver elements of the receiver array is focused at a desired zone-of-interest in a wellbore corresponding to the set of amplification factors and time delays assigned to the receiver elements of the receiver array.
US11899149B1
A method for automatically identifying an active source azimuth of a planet seismometer, comprising: intercepting a three-channel original time sequence in a duration before and after an active source first arrival signal of each support leg received by a planet seismometer in turn; converting the three-channel original time sequence to a horizontal plane based on a pitch angle and a roll angle of the planet seismometer after being deployed to a surface of a planet; converting a time sequence of the horizontal plane to RTZ coordinates and calculating the maximum amplitudes of components of a vibration signal; constructing a target function based on the maximum amplitudes of components of a vibration signal, and scanning an azimuth of the planet seismometer at preset angle intervals, wherein when the target function reaches the minimum, the corresponding azimuth of the planet seismometer is the optimal estimation.
US11899144B2
The investigated object containing a source of positrons is placed into a system of n position and energy-sensitive gamma radiation detectors (Di), each having detection elements (Dijk), where one of a pair of annihilation photons interacts in the detection element (D1jk) and the other interacts in another detection element (D2jk). The detectors store the coordinates of simultaneously affected detector elements, the time of interactions and the energies E1 and E2 of the annihilation photons. The recorded events in the detection elements (D1jk) and (D2jk) leads to recognition of individual pairs of annihilation photons. An analysis is performed of the registration of the photons by the detection elements (D1jk) and (D2jk) with energies in the interval from 507 keV to 513 keV to obtain an approximate spatial depiction of positions of positron annihilation and, registration of the photons from the positron annihilation with significantly Doppler shifted energies outside of that interval.
US11899140B2
Provided herein is a system and method for determining whether a sensor is calibrated and error handling of an uncalibrated sensor. The system comprises a sensor system comprising a sensor and an analysis engine configured to determine whether the sensor is uncalibrated. The system further comprises an error handling system configured to perform an error handling in response to the sensor system determining that the sensor is uncalibrated. The method comprises determining, by a sensor system, whether the sensor is uncalibrated, and performing, by an error handling system, an error handling in response to the sensor system determining that the sensor is uncalibrated.
US11899131B2
A method is disclosed for converting source radar data of a source configuration of a radar system target radar data of a target configuration. The method comprises: providing a source array of grid cells for source reflex locations; determining, for each respective grid cell in the source array, a probability or frequency that source reflex locations are located in the respective grid cell; forming a source tensor including the source array populated with the probability or frequency for each grid cell; transforming the source tensor into a target tensor including a target array of grid cells for the target reflex locations and indicating the probabilities or frequencies of the target reflex locations for each respective grid cell; and generating the target radar data by sampling the location coordinates of the target reflex locations.
US11899130B2
A method and a device for determining a radar cross section, a method for training an interaction model, a radar target emulator for manipulating a radar signal, and a test facility for a vehicle are described herein. The propagation of a virtual radar signal is simulated on the basis of an interaction model in a simulated environment scenario that contains the simulated radar target. An interaction of the virtual radar signal with the simulated radar target is modelled such that a physical variable, characterizing the virtual radar signal, is divided into a directional component that corresponds to a directed scattering of the virtual radar signal and into a diffuse component that corresponds to an isotropic scattering of the virtual radar signal. A value of the physical variable is determined at a receiver point in the simulated environment scenario, taking into account the directional component and the diffuse component, and the radar cross section of the simulated radar target is derived from the determined value of the physical variable at the receiver point.
US11899123B2
An edge device includes a first antenna array and a control circuitry that senses a surrounding of the edge device to recognize a user equipment (UE) in motion as valid to receive services from the edge device. A position of the UE in motion from the edge device is tracked to execute beamforming for directing a first beam of radio frequency (RF) signal having a signal strength greater than a threshold to the UE in motion. A first portion of the first antenna array is used to sense the surrounding area and one or more second portions of the first antenna array is used for the beamforming to direct the first beam of RF signal in a defined radiation pattern. Further, the defined radiation pattern of the first beam of RF signal is dynamically updated based on a change in a position of the UE in motion.
US11899122B2
Geolocating one or more emitters includes obtaining a set of lines of bearing (LOBs) indicative of location(s) of emitter(s), determining intersections of LOBs of the set and generating clusters informed by those intersections, assigning the LOBs of the set to cluster(s) based on proximity, identifying a cluster having the greatest number of assigned LOBs from the set; determining an emitter location area based on a best point estimate for the cluster, and indicating a location of an emitter as the emitter location area. Additional emitters can be located by removing from the set of LOBs those LOBs assigned to the identified cluster, and repeating aforementioned aspects. Initially, the set of LOBs can be selected from a larger collection as a representative subset thereof.
US11899117B2
A moving body positioning system of the present invention includes: a GNSS receiver that is included in a moving body and that receives a GNSS signal transmitted from each of one or more satellites and acquires pieces of observation data respectively corresponding to the satellites; an external data acquisition means that acquires external data; a multipath detection means that detects multipath with respect to an observation data group; and a positioning calculation means that performs positioning calculation after a selection of a satellite to be used and a satellite to be excluded on the basis of a result of the multipath detection.
US11899115B1
A chirped illumination LIDAR system having a transmitter that may include a pulsed radiation illuminator that is followed by a beam forming optics. The transmitter may be configured to output, during each illumination period of a sub-group of illumination periods, a first plurality of radiation pulses that form a decimated chirp sequence of radiation pulses; the decimated chirp sequence is a sparse representation of a chirp signal. A receiver of the system may be configured to receive, during each reception period of a sub-group of reception periods, one or more received light pulses from one or more objects that were illuminated by the one or more radiation pulses transmitted during each illumination period. The receiver may include multiple radiations sensing elements, multiple shutter circuits, and multiple processing circuits for converting the one or more received light pulses to output information; wherein the multiple shutter circuits may be configured to apply a shutter function on intermediate signals, the intermediate signals represent radiation sensed by the multiple radiations sensing elements, wherein the shutter function represents the chirp signal.
US11899111B2
A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system to transmit an optical beam toward a target and receive a returned optical beam. The optical beam includes an up-chirp frequency and a down-chirp frequency, and is modulated to have phase non-linearities. The LIDAR system generates a baseband signal from the returned optical beam, which includes a plurality of peaks corresponding with the up-chirp frequency and the down-chirp frequency. The LIDAR system identifies a first true peak in the baseband signal, and identifies a second true peak in the baseband signal based, at least in part, on a spectral shape of the second true peak caused by the phase non-linearities. The LIDAR system is to determine the location of the target using the first true peak and the second true peak.
US11899104B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a navigation system which, on the one hand, is arranged on sides of the underwater vehicle/AUV and, on the other hand, includes a surface transmitter as a counterpart. The two units communicate with each other such that the surface transmitter emits its signal directed to the position of the underwater vehicle and/or that the surface transmitter follows the underwater vehicle to improve the position determination capability.
US11899099B2
Disclosed are techniques for fusing camera and radar frames to perform object detection in one or more spatial domains. In an aspect, an on-board computer of a host vehicle receives, from a camera sensor of the host vehicle, a plurality of camera frames, receives, from a radar sensor of the host vehicle, a plurality of radar frames, performs a camera feature extraction process on a first camera frame of the plurality of camera frames to generate a first camera feature map, performs a radar feature extraction process on a first radar frame of the plurality of radar frames to generate a first radar feature map, converts the first camera feature map and/or the first radar feature map to a common spatial domain, and concatenates the first radar feature map and the first camera feature map to generate a first concatenated feature map in the common spatial domain.
US11899095B2
Systems and methods are provided for Doppler processing for frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar systems. Range-gate data representing the position of an object within a region of interest is generated at a radar sensor. A first Doppler Fast Fourier Transform (Doppler-FFT) is performed on the range-gate data to provide a first set of Doppler-FFT data. A velocity associated with a signal amplitude that exceeds a noise floor is identified in the first set of Doppler-FFT data. A correction value for the range-gate data is determined from the identified velocity. The range-gate data is modified using the determined correction value to provide modified range-gate data. A second Doppler-FFT is performed on the modified range-gate data to provide a second set of Doppler-FFT data.
US11899087B2
A computer-implemented method is described for evaluating magnetic resonance data of a scan region of a patient acquired by means of a magnetic resonance device, wherein, following acquisition of at least two image datasets using an acquisition technique at different echo times in each case, by combination of the image datasets, at least two combination datasets, each showing magnetic resonance signals of a different spin species, are determined, wherein, in order to assign a spin species shown in the combination dataset to each combination dataset, an input dataset is determined from the combination datasets, and the input dataset is evaluated by means of an assignment algorithm which comprises a trained function and which determines assignment information assigning to each combination dataset the spin species shown therein, wherein a pre-trained function trained further with regard to the spin species assignment by means of transfer learning is used as the trained function.
US11899077B2
A test system for an electrical system includes a slot array having a plurality of slots and a plurality of recesses formed therethrough, a plurality of mounts in which each mount of the plurality of mounts is positioned within a respective recess of the plurality of recesses to align with a respective slot of the plurality of slots, a connector port having a plurality of pins, and a plurality of conductors in which each conductor of the plurality of conductors extends from a respective pin of the plurality of pins to a respective mount of the plurality of mounts. Each mount of the plurality of mounts is configured to receive an additional conductor via a corresponding slot of the plurality of slots to electrically couple the additional conductor to a corresponding pin of the plurality of pins via a corresponding conductor of the plurality of conductors.
US11899076B2
A computer including a hardware interface wherein the hardware interface includes a first resistor with a first first resistor pin and a second first resistor pin, a second resistor with a first second resistor pin and a second second resistor pin, a transistor, a comparator; the first first resistor pin being coupled on the one hand to the first hardware interface pin and on the other hand to a first transistor pin.
US11899068B2
Disclosed are techniques to conserve battery of an endpoint device. Example techniques include adjusting the size of messages transmitted by an endpoint device and/or adjusting the transmission rate of an endpoint device. In some configurations, the one or more criteria are used by an endpoint device to determine what data fields to include within a message and/or adjust a transmission rate associated with the transmission of messages by the endpoint device. For instance, the one or more criteria may include the battery level of the device, the time of year, whether the data has already been transmitted by the endpoint device, whether the data has been acknowledged as received by another device, whether the endpoint device has been instructed by another device to reduce the message size and/or adjust the transmission rate, and the like.
US11899063B2
A scan chain may be formed throughout an integrated circuit in which the scan chain is coupled to a set of pins via bi-directional input/output (I/O) buffers. A state machine may be provided to control the scan chain. Decoding logic may monitor states and transitions between states and generate pseudo static control signals in response to certain states and transition sequences in order to free up test pins for use as additional scan data I/O pins using a single JTAG IR. A test pattern may be received from an external tester using the set of I/O pins and buffers operating in parallel. The test pattern may then be provided to combinatorial logic circuitry coupled to the scan chain. A response pattern may be captured in the scan chain. The response pattern may then be provided to the external tester using the same set of I/O pins and buffers operating in parallel.
US11899056B2
An example system includes a first circuit board having first conductive traces, where a first conductive trace is for conducting an alternating current (AC) digital signal having an edge; a second circuit board having second conductive traces, where a second conductive trace is within a predefined distance of the first conductive trace to produce a contactless coupling with the first conductive trace, and where the contactless coupling enables electrical energy on the first conductive trace to manifest on the second conductive trace as a transient response that is based on the edge; and circuitry to reconstruct the edge based on the transient response from the second conductive trace.
US11899052B2
A vehicle LED lighting outage detection circuit is disclosed for detecting a fault in the LED light and automatically increasing the power drawn from the light power supply in response to the fault. A complementary detection circuit is also disclosed for detecting the increased power draw and signaling a fault to an operator. The increased power draw can be selected to be in the form of a pulse that settles to a lower power draw state after a time to avoid excessive and wasteful power draw. The system can be mounted in a vehicle and, more particularly, to a semi-tractor truck.
US11899045B2
A system and method for calibrating a capacitor voltage sensor that measures voltage on a power line coupled through a switch to a primary coil of a transformer. The method includes measuring a control voltage on a secondary coil of the transformer and measuring voltage on the capacitor sensor when the switch is known to be closed. The method identifies a calibration factor that when multiplied by the measured voltage on the capacitor sensor when the switch is closed makes the measured voltage on the capacitor sensor substantially equal to the control voltage. The method subsequently measures voltage on the capacitor sensor when the switch is open or closed during operation of the transformer, and multiplies the subsequently measured voltage on the capacitor sensor when the switch is open or closed by the calibration factor to obtain a measured voltage.
US11899037B2
A method for non-contact monitoring of at least one sequence of motions having several states of motion with a passing recognition system, including a floor edge, in particular for installing on a floor of a passing area to be monitored, at least one first sensor strip extending along a vertical vector and including several sensors for detecting states of motion within a detection area of the sensors, includes a computing unit for evaluating the states of motion and/or the sequence of motions. Furthermore, a computer-implemented method as well as a passing recognition system for performing the method is related.
US11899033B2
The analyzer of the present invention is specifically adapted to provide moisture determinations for foods and other agricultural material. It allows the operator to introduce a precise weight of sample into a crucible in a closed furnace in a controlled environment through an access port in the furnace cover. The access port in the cover can be tapered to allow easy access to an underlying aligned crucible and allow an operator to add and remove sample material from the crucible until a precise desired sample weight is reached as measured by a balance within the furnace. The access port is enclosed by an insulated cover after the samples are sequentially placed in the crucibles.
US11899032B2
A device is provided for use in analytical instrumentation that provides continuous transfer of a known molar quantity of gas from a source having an unknown gas mixture and varying pressure. In addition to the upstream and downstream paths of typical flow control devices, the device has a midstream path to introduce a carrier gas at a known elevated pressure. The device has at least three equal-volume ballast vessels and a valve arrangement to cycle the ballasts through at least three states: fill, equilibrate, and empty. The ballasts fill with the upstream gas, pressurize and equilibrate at the midstream pressure, and empty to the downstream path. The cycle of each ballast is timed in phased relationship to the other ballasts to keep the flow relatively uninterrupted; as one fills, another equilibrates, and another empties.
US11899031B2
Cradles for draining liquid from containers are described herein. An example apparatus includes a housing having a bottom wall, a side wall and an open top. The housing is to receive a container having liquid. The example apparatus includes a probe extending upward from the bottom wall toward the open top and is to drain the liquid from the container when the probe is inserted into the container. The example apparatus also includes a sliding lock slidably disposed within the housing that receives a cap or top of the container when the container is inserted into the housing. The sliding lock includes a key slot. The sliding lock is movable when a cap or top of the container has a matching key that engages the key slot, which enables the sliding lock to move downward to expose the probe and drain the liquid from the container.
US11899028B2
A buffer management system includes at least one workstation configured to support a supply of concentrated buffer solution and an inline dilution skid having a manifold and at least one workstation to support delivery of diluted (surge) buffers from the inline dilution skid. The latter workstation also serves to supply ready-made (diluted) buffers to a bioprocessing unit. The manifold is in fluid communication with the supply of concentrated buffer solution and is adapted to be placed in fluid communication with a source of water for injection (WFI). The inline dilution skid is configured to variably mix the supply of concentrated buffer solution and the source of WFI to obtain a range of diluted buffer solutions. Processes for automatically identifying the arrangement of buffer solutions in a bioprocessing application use signals from various sensors to identify the fluid connections between components of the system.
US11899025B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating neurodegenerative diseases comprising a COX2 acetylating agent as an active ingredient and, more particularly, to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating neurodegenerative diseases comprising, as an active ingredient, a COX2 acetylating agent which exhibits an effect of inhibiting the deposition of amyloid-β in brain neurons, reducing excessive neuroinflammatory responses, and increasing the phagocytosis of amyloid-β in microglial cells. The pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating neurodegenerative diseases comprising the COX2 acetylating agent as an active ingredient has the effects of alleviating neuroinflammation by promoting COX2 acetylation in neurons and secreting specialized pro-resolving mediators (SPMs) and thus, can be very useful in the development of a preventive or therapeutic agent for neurodegenerative diseases.
US11899024B2
The invention relates generally to a process for isolating subpopulations of EVs to identify biomarkers useful identifying, determining the progression of, and/or prognosing a disease, including a neurological disease. More particularly, the present invention relates to detection technology of various exosomal biomarkers including proteins, protein modifications, sugars, RNA, DNA, lipids, and metabolites, and combinations thereof.
US11899022B2
The disclosure features methods of identifying specific drug candidates for disease treatment, the methods including: for pairs of associated expressed proteins in a protein-protein interaction network for a plurality of biological samples, comparing relative concentration values of the associated proteins in each of the biological samples to identify outliers among a distribution of the relative concentration values, identifying a set of proteins involved in dysregulated protein-protein interactions in the network based on the outliers, and predicting an efficacy of one or more drug candidates from among a set of drug candidates for treating a disease based on the identified set of proteins and information about one or more of proteins, protein complexes, biological pathways, and functional modules targeted by the set of drug candidates.
US11899019B2
Methods are provided for predicting a response to an anti-PD-1 antibody or anti-PD-L1 antibody therapy based on a new biomarker and for evaluating a malignancy of cancer. The method for predicting a response of a subject to an anti-PD-1 antibody or anti-PD-L1 antibody therapy includes measuring an expression level of LAT1 in a sample collected from a cancer tissue of the subject; and predicting a response of the subject to the anti-PD-1 antibody or anti-PD-L1 antibody therapy based on the expression level of LAT1. The method for evaluating a malignancy of cancer in a subject includes staining a sample collected from a cancer tissue of the subject with an anti-LAT1 antibody and an anti-PD-L1 antibody; and evaluating a malignancy of the cancer in the subject based on a presence or absence of a LAT1-positive and PD-L1-positive site.
US11899012B2
The present disclosure provides new approaches in developing templated polymer-based chemical receptors. At least some embodiments of the invention use a stimuli-responsive polymer [e.g., poly-Nisopropylacrylamide (pNIPAM)] as a polymer backbone with the incorporation of functional monomers (for analyte recognition). In at least some embodiments of the invention, vinylferrocene may be used as a redox-active label for electrochemical transduction.
US11899009B2
A method for adjusting the maturation state of mammalian sperm for use in assisted reproductive technologies (ART) is disclosed. A mammalian ejaculate is provided and incubated under controlled conditions. Aliquots of the ejaculate are assayed during incubation period at intervals to determine maturation state and changes in the maturation state by observing the percent positive cells in the aliquot. The assays are repeated with successive aliquots at intervals during incubation to observe real time changes in the maturation state. The ejaculate remaining is processed for the desired ART after the percentage of positive cells in the latest aliquot being assayed begins to decline.
US11899004B2
An apparatus includes a first member having a housing that encloses a power source and a controller, a second member coupled to the first member that is seeded with a target product, and a sensing module coupled to the first member to allow power from the power source to be transmitted to the sensing module and sensor data from the sensing module to be transmitted to the controller. The sensing module including a sensor oriented toward at least a portion of the second member. The sensor configured to obtain sensor data associated with at least one characteristic of the target product.
US11899001B2
A method includes exposing gas sensitive material of a gas sensor device to different adjusted target gas concentrations, determining measurement values of the resistance of the gas sensitive material between first and second contact regions in response to the adjusted target gas concentration, determining a first gas sensor behavior model based on the measurement values of the resistance of the gas sensitive material as a function of the adjusted target gas concentration, translating the first gas sensor behavior model into a corresponding second gas sensor behavior model for the resistance of the gas sensitive material as a function of a control voltage, and sweeping the control voltage based on the second gas sensor behavior model over a control voltage range for providing control voltage dependent resistance data, wherein the control voltage dependent resistance data over the control voltage range form the calibration data for the gas sensor device.
US11898999B2
Described is a mixer for a liquid chromatography system. The mixer includes a flow distributor, a mixing disk and a flow collector. The mixer includes an inlet face, an outlet face and a plurality of channels each having an inlet end at the inlet face and an outlet end at the outlet face. The channels have a flow direction anisotropy between the inlet and outlet faces. A compositional solvent stream received at the flow distributor is distributed across the inlet face of the mixing disk and the flow collector collects the distributed solvent composition stream after passing through the mixing disk. The mixing disk may include a dispersive medium having a random porous structure. A retention time distribution of the mixer may depend on the structure of the channels between the inlet and outlet faces of the mixing disk.
US11898994B2
A computer-implemented process determines, based on bearing fault frequencies, optimum values for the maximum frequency (Fmax) and the number of lines of resolution (Nlines) to be used in collecting machine vibration data so as to adequately distinguish between spectral peaks for identifying faults in machine bearings. The process can be extended to any other types of fault frequencies that a machine may exhibit, such as motor fault frequencies, pump/fan fault frequencies, and gear mesh fault frequencies. Embodiments of the process also ensure that the time needed to acquire the waveform is optimized. This is particularly useful when collecting data using portable vibration monitoring devices.
US11898988B2
According to one embodiment, a molecular sensor contains a sensitive film in which a porous member and an ionic liquid coexist. The molecular sensor is capable of detecting a target molecule by measuring a change in physical quantity of the sensitive film due to adsorption of the target molecule to the sensitive film.
US11898984B2
To form a layer separating two volumes of aqueous solution, there is used an apparatus comprising elements defining a chamber, the elements including a body of non-conductive material having formed therein at least one recess opening into the chamber, the recess containing an electrode. A pre-treatment coating of a hydrophobic fluid is applied to the body across the recess. Aqueous solution, having amphiphilic molecules added thereto, is flowed across the body to cover the recess so that aqueous solution is introduced into the recess from the chamber and a layer of the amphiphilic molecules forms across the recess separating a volume of aqueous solution introduced into the recess from the remaining volume of aqueous solution.
US11898983B2
Devices and methods of using the devices are disclosed which can provide scalability, improved sensitivity and reduced noise for sequencing polynucleotide. Examples of the devices include a biological or solid-state nanopore, a field effect transistor (FET) sensor with improved gate controllability over the channel, and a porous structure.
US11898982B2
A liquid heater apparatus increases the temperature of an A/F sensor up to a target temperature by a target heating time. The liquid heating apparatus such as a gas water heater uses the A/F sensor for detecting an oxygen density in a heating tube. An MPU of a controller count a time from beginning by using a timer and decides whether a moisture on the A/F sensor is evaporated by using the change of a current for a heater portion of the A/F sensor. When the MPU decides the A/F sensor is dried out, the MPU counts the time from the beginning to such time tα as a drying time and setts a heating completing time by reducing the drying time from the predetermined target time. The MPU so controls the heating portion that the temperature of the sensor portion becomes the target temperature by the heating completing time.
US11898979B2
A gas sensor with improved sensitivity. The gas sensor comprises an active sensor unit, a reference sensor unit and a temperature control circuit. The active sensor unit has an active detector. The reference sensor unit has a reference detector. The temperature control circuit is provided and configured to keep a detector at a predetermined temperature.
US11898977B2
A temperature control device and a temperature control method for use in measuring thermal properties of materials at high and low temperatures are disclosed herein. The temperature control device is configured for controlling a temperature of a test volume inside a test cell and is capable of providing both extremely high and low test volume temperatures over a wide temperature range. The temperature of the test volume is controlled using opposing heating and cooling by controlling a supply of thermal energy to the test cell from a heating subsystem while simultaneously removing thermal energy from the test cell using a cooling subsystem.
US11898970B2
An EUV mask inspection device includes: an EUV light source for outputting EUV light with a wavelength ranging from 5 nm to 15 nm; a multilayer reflection zone plate having an EUV reflection multilayer film, which is a planar substrate, and a zone plate pattern; and an EUV lighting unit for creating EUV illumination light by obtaining 1st diffraction light reflected after radiating EUV light output from the EUV light source to the multilayer reflection zone plate. The EUV mask inspection device further includes: an aperture for providing monochromatic light or reducing a light radiation area by reducing a linewidth of optical wavelength radiated from the EUV lighting unit; a transmissive zone plate for forming expanded light by collecting reflected or scattered light after radiating light passing through the aperture to the EUV mask; and an image sensor for measuring intensity of light through EUV mask measured light.
US11898958B2
A spot on a layer of a 2D semiconductor material deposited on a substrate is irradiated so as to generate excitons, so that photons are emitted from the layer. The photoluminescence spectrum is recorded for different values of the charge carrier concentration in the layer. The modulation of the charge carrier concentration may be realized by modulating the output power of the light source used to irradiate the sample. The relation is recorded between the ratio of the photoluminescence intensity of a first peak in the spectrum related to radiative recombination from indirect bandgaps to the intensity of a second peak in the spectrum related to radiative recombination from direct bandgaps, and the carrier concentration. This relation is fitted to a model of the ratio that takes into account multiple recombination mechanisms, radiative and non-radiative. From this process, the trap density within the bandgap is derived.
US11898955B2
Systems, devices, and methods for detecting agrochemicals in environments associated with agricultural equipment are described. Certain agrochemicals that are formulated for being detected using the systems, devices, and methods disclosed herein are also described. The devices, systems, and methods disclosed herein are generally configured to use spectral characteristics to detect agrochemicals in an environment associated with agricultural equipment. The spectral characteristics can be analyzed in various ways to provide different types of information about the agrochemicals and/or the environment.
US11898952B2
Provided is a microparticle measuring apparatus including a plurality of light detection sections that detects, at different positions, optical information emitted from microparticles flowing through a flow channel. The microparticle measuring apparatus further includes a detection timing control section that controls a detection timing of each light detection section, on the basis of a trigger signal detected at a first reference channel provided in a first light detection section, and an optical signal detected at a second reference channel provided in a second light detection section that detects optical information emitted from the microparticles, at a position different from a position of the first light detection section.
US11898940B2
A method of inspecting a leak detection system in a short time is disclosed. The leak detection system includes a leak detection line, an on-off valve, a flow mater, an operation controller configured to detect a fluid leak from a fluid line based on a first flow rate measured by the flow mater, a drain line, and a drain valve attached to the drain line. The inspection method includes: opening the on-off valve and the drain valve, with a supply valve and a return valve closed; measuring a second flow rate of fluid in the leak detection line by the flow mater; and determining that the leak detection system has a defect when the second flow rate is lower than a predetermined reference value.
US11898936B2
A method and apparatus for evaluating a body feeling of a vehicle, an electronic device and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: a pressure of a measured object acting on each measurement region of a target riding apparatus under a current weight is measured by at least one pressure sensing unit within a measurement time period; a pressure intensity generated by the pressure of the measured object acting on each measurement region is calculated according to the pressure on each measurement region measured by each pressure sensing unit and an individual size of each pressure sensing unit; an objective body feeling evaluation score of the measured object under the current weight is determined according to the measured pressure and the calculated pressure intensity; and a comprehensive body feeling evaluation score is calculated according to the objective body feeling evaluation score and a predetermined subjective body feeling evaluation score.
US11898934B1
Producing and tuning an integrated vessel control model to meet decarbonization goals includes loading an base performance model for a vessel and corresponding observed carbon emissions from the vessel resulting from a set of control inputs for the vessel. A decarbonization model also is selected. A new integrated performance model is computed within a digital twin of the vessel modeling new performance metrics resulting from the deployment of accessories in the decarbonization model, and the new metrics are compared to minimum performance standards for the vessel. When a performance metric fails to meet the minimum standard, a corresponding accessory is identified as impacting the failing performance metric and an adjustment is incrementally applied to the accessory until the failing performance metric is determined to meet the minimum standard. Then, the new integrated performance model is simulated to predict resulting carbon emissions which is stored in the new integrated performance model.
US11898932B2
A device for diagnosing a fault in a bearing of a motor is provided. If the device operates in a fault diagnosis mode, a current signal acquisition unit acquires a real-time current signal of the motor, a residual signal acquisition unit extracts harmonic signals from the real-time current signal of the motor acquired by the current signal acquisition unit and remove a fundamental signal and a harmonic signal from the real-time current signal of the motor to acquire a residual signal, a fault feature extraction unit analyzes the residual signal in both time domain and frequency domain to extract a fault feature index of the bearing, and a fault diagnosis model unit performs, by using a bearing fault diagnosis model obtained through training, pattern recognition on the fault feature index to diagnose a fault state of the bearing.
US11898929B2
A thermal management system includes a switching valve that switches between a first mode in which first and second flow paths are separated and a second mode in which parts of the first and second flow paths are connected. In the first mode, a control unit acquires measured values of first and second temperatures in the first and second flow paths and estimated values of the first and second temperatures when the switching valve is not in a slightly open state. The switching valve is in the slightly open state when the measured value of the first temperature is higher than the estimated value of the first temperature by a value greater than a first predetermined threshold and the measured value of the second temperature is lower than the estimated value of the second temperature by a value greater than a second predetermined threshold.
US11898924B2
A sensor unit to be incorporated in a skin-like layer of machines such as robots employs a set of sensor electrodes supported in a first deformable sheet and a base electrode supported in a second deformable sheet, each of the sensor electrodes partially overlapping the base electrode so that application of a shear force causes the overlap of the electrodes to differentially change modifying the capacitance of the electrodes and permitting the detection of the shear force.
US11898923B2
A residual stress distribution measuring method of the present invention is characterized by comprising: by using an analytical model in which a cut-surface is interpolated to a cross section of a metal member, the step of calculating a residual force vector that is a sum of a load vector acting on a first metal piece at the cut-surface and a load vector acting on a second metal piece at the cut-surface; the step of calculating, as a modified displacement vector, an amount of movement at the cross section by interpolating the residual force vector as a forced load to the cross section of an analytical model of the metal member; by using an analytical model having the shape of a cut-surface of a measured first or second metal piece, the step of modifying the shape of the cut-surface of the first or the second metal piece on the basis of the calculated modified displacement vector; and by using the analytical model in which the shape of the cut-surface of the first or the second metal piece is modified, the step of calculating a residual stress distribution at the cross section by interpolating a forced displacement to the analytical model.
US11898916B2
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of active area structures. One or more active devices include portions of the plurality of active area structures. A metal layer is formed on the plurality of active area structures and separated from the one or more active devices by one or more dummy gate layers. The metal layer is configured to measure, due to a change of resistance in the metal layer, a temperature of the plurality of active area structures.
US11898904B2
Laser warning systems are provided for providing an alert when exposure to laser light sources is detected. The system includes a colloidal quantum dot detector module including a colloidal quantum dot photodetector and a processor coupled to the colloidal quantum dot detector module. The system detects interference patterns generated in the colloidal quantum dot detector module by light illuminating the laser warning system and determines if the light illuminating the laser warning systems is laser light based on a magnitude of interference infringes generated by the light illuminating the laser warning system.
US11898903B2
An optical sensor includes a support layer, a thermoelectric conversion material portion disposed on the support layer and including a strip-shaped first material layer that converts thermal energy into electrical energy and a strip-shaped second material layer that is electrically conductive, and a light absorbing film disposed on the thermoelectric conversion material portion to form a temperature difference in a longitudinal direction of the first material layer. The first material layer includes a first region and a second region. The second material layer includes a third region and a fourth region connected to the second region. The optical sensor further includes a first electrode electrically connected to the first region, and a second electrode disposed apart from the first electrode and electrically connected to the third region. The first material layer has a width, perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, of 0.1 μm or more.
US11898900B1
A method for distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) includes (a) generating first data signals for transmission via a first fiber optic strand, (b) generating first sensing signals for transmission via the first fiber optic strand, and (c) analyzing at least one of first back-scattering signals and first forward-scattering signals of the first sensing signals, to perform DFOS. The method may further include generating the first sensing signal such that presence of the first sensing signal on the first fiber optic strand does not interfere with transmission of the first data signal by the first fiber optic strand.
US11898897B2
When there is currently no article at an upstream end of a trough of a downstream linear feeder, an upstream linear feeder is driven to operate until any article detected by an upstream article detector. In case no article is still detectable by the upstream article sensor when a predetermined period of time is passed after the upstream linear feeder starts to be driven, the upstream linear feeder is driven to operate by an increased vibration strength based on the assumption that an article(s) is being jammed or articles are being stuck together on an upstream side of the upstream linear feeder.
US11898894B2
A fluid sensing system includes a target positioned at a target level, a first transducer configured to generate a first sound wave, and a second transducer configured to generate a second sound wave. An electronic processor is configured to produce a first signal to drive the first transducer and receive a first indication of a detected first echo from the first transducer. The electronic processor is configured to determine a first level of the fluid and determine whether the first level is less than or equal to the target level. The electronic processor is configured to produce, in response to determining the first level is less than or equal to the target level, a second signal to drive the second transducer, receive a second indication of a detected second echo from the second transducer, and determine a second level of the fluid based on the second indication.
US11898888B2
A radiometric measuring device for determining a mass flow of a bulk material on a conveyor belt including, at least one detector which is configured to detect at least part of radiation of at least one radiation source the emits the radiation in a direction of the bulk material on the conveyor belt, the radiation having at least partially passed through the bulk material and the conveyor belt, at least one evaluation circuit which is configured to determine the mass flow of the bulk material based on the detected radiation; at least one storage means which is set up to store at least one measured value equation, the measured value equation mapping a relationship between the detected radiation and the mass flow, at least one electronic calculation means which is set up to determine, based on at least one calibration measurement without bulk material on the conveyor belt, a correction equation with which the measured value equation is corrected.
US11898884B2
A stroke sensor that allows adjustment of the magnetic field distribution without changing the positions of the magnets is provided. Stroke sensor 1 has magnets 2A, 2B, and sensor 3A that detects a magnetic field that is generated by magnets 2A, 2B. Magnets 2A, 2B are movable relative to sensor 3A in first direction X. Magnet 2A has surface 5A that faces sensor 3A in second direction Z, magnet 2B has surface 5B that faces sensor 3A in second direction Z, and surface 5A and surface 5B have different polarities. A position in first direction X at which magnetic field intensity in second direction Z is zero is positioned between reference axis RA and magnet 2B. Reference axis RA is parallel to second direction Z and passes through middle point MP of minimum section S that includes magnets 2A, 2B in first direction X.
US11898883B1
Techniques for obtaining and processing utility consumption data (e.g., gas, water, electricity, etc.) of a utility network to determine if a violation has occurred with respect to a restriction schedule associated with a service site. By way of example, a number of utility restriction schedules associated with a number of service sites may be generated that indicate, for example, a type of restricted activity and/or event (e.g., irrigation), seasons and/or which days activity is allowed or not allowed, duration activity is allowed, and/or mitigation to take place if a violation is detected. A device (e.g., a smart utility meter, a router, etc.) may monitor utility consumption and detect a particular usage activity (e.g., irrigation) via data disaggregation. The device may compare the activity to the restriction schedule for that particular service site and perform automatic mitigation if a violation is detected.
US11898881B2
In a method for manufacturing a gas sensor, a casing for holding a sensor element and a protective cover are connected to each other so that a distal end portion of the sensor element is covered with the protective cover. A first gas chamber, a sensor element chamber, and a second gas chamber into which gas is introduced from the outside are formed between the protective cover and the casing. In the gas introduction portion including the first gas chamber, the sensor element chamber, and the second gas chamber, there is no joint portion formed by welding.
US11898880B2
A method for manufacturing a sensor for a motor vehicle. The method includes placing a sensor core in a lower indentation of a mold; the sensor core having a metal lead frame, including connection pins and lateral retention members, and an integrated circuit, including at least one measurement cell and being overmolded on a support zone of the metal lead frame so the lateral retention members and the connection pins are exposed, and an electrically conductive terminal on each connection pin; placing a magnet in line with the overmolded integrated circuit; placing two lateral indentations of the mold on either side of the magnet and the integrated circuit so the lateral indentations retain the lead frame in the vicinity of the lateral retention members; overmolding the integrated circuit, the magnet and part of the lead frame to allow the free end of the terminals to project; and removing the mold.
US11898879B2
A sensor-cluster apparatus includes: sensors configured to detect and collect external environment information, the sensors including one or more kinds of sensors; a body member having one surface onto which the sensors are mounted; a case on which the body member is fixed, the case including: an inner space in which the body member is mounted; and an opening defined in one surface thereof exposing the inner space, the sensors are exposed through the opening; and a cover configured to open and close the opening of the case, wherein, the sensors are configured to be detached from the body member through the opening of the case with the body member fixed to the case.
US11898878B2
Proposed is a multi-sensor assembly, and the assembly of the present disclosure includes: a first sensor provided in a sensor coupling unit positioned at a front end of a housing; a second sensor provided in a mounting groove that is open toward a front surface of the first sensor; a first connector member configured to transmit a signal measured by the first sensor and, simultaneously, to firmly fix the first sensor to the sensor coupling unit; and a second connector member screw portion formed on an outer surface of a rear end of the first connector member so as to be coupled to a fixture screw portion of an adjustable fixture provided at a rear end of the housing, thereby moving relatively thereto.
US11898875B2
An optical measurement system and method that utilizes a single camera in combination with a specially configured target object which significantly improves optical measuring accuracy with respect to the measurement of distance, height difference and position.
US11898873B2
Systems and methods for calibrating multiple inertial measurement units on a system include calibrating a first of the inertial measurement units relative to the system using a first calibration model, and calibrating the remaining inertial measurement unit(s) relative to the first inertial measurement unit using a second calibration model. The calibration of the remaining inertial measurement unit(s) to the first inertial measurement unit can be based on a rigid body model by aligning a rotational velocity of the first inertial measurement unit with a rotational velocity of the remaining inertial measurement unit(s).
US11898870B2
An apparatus, method and computer program product provide a route using a map layer of one or more sound events. For example, the apparatus receives a user preference indicating a sound type, identifies a road segment associated with the sound type from a plurality of road segments, selects a subset from the plurality of road segments as a route based on association of the subset with respect to the road segment, and outputs the route.
US11898869B2
A system for generating a map of an environment, the system including a plurality of agents that acquire mapping data captured by a mapping system including a range sensor. The mapping data is indicative of a three dimensional representation of the environment and is used to generate frames representing parts of the environment. The agents receive other frame data from other agents, which is indicative of other frames representing parts of the environment generated using other mapping data captured by a mapping system of the other agents. Each agent then generates a graph representing a map of the environment by generating nodes using the frames and other frames, each node being indicative of a respective part of the environment, and calculating edges interconnecting the nodes, the edges being indicative of spatial offsets between the nodes.
US11898868B2
A system for identifying redundant road lane detections in map data and subsequently updating the map data to remove the redundant road lane detections is provided. The system may be configured to determine, based on sensor data, a plurality of road lane detections associated with a road link represented by the map data. The system is further configured to determine a cluster for the road link based on a clustering criterion. The system is further configured to establish a plurality of road lane detection groups based on connectivity of the road lane detections in the cluster. The plurality of road lane detection groups is evaluated to identify one or more redundant road lane detections based on one or more of a parallel-detection criterion or a heading difference criterion. The identified redundant road lane detections are used to update the map data by a computer-implemented update process.
US11898865B1
Aspects of the disclosure relate to using machine learning methods for customized output generation. A computing platform may train a model (using historical data) by classifying the historical data by a trip context, a device interaction context, and physical condition context, or a personality context, and training models using the classified historical data. The computing platform may monitor a data source system to collect new data, which may include information about multiple drivers. The computing platform may generate, by inputting the new data into the model, a customized driving output for a first driver, where the customized driving output is based at least in part on information about a second driver. The computing platform may send, to a computing device, the customized driving output and commands directing the computing device to display the customized driving output, which may cause the computing device to display the customized driving output.
US11898863B2
A server includes a processor configured to acquire a user's destination, estimate a user's staying time at the destination based on the destination, determine whether to move a moving body used by the user based on the staying time, and control driving of the moving body.
US11898859B2
The present disclosure is directed to a computer system and techniques for updating map data used for navigating an autonomous vehicle. In some embodiments, the computer system is configured to obtain map data including a starting location and a destination location; obtain a plurality of travel times corresponding to a plurality of respective possible routes for traveling from the starting location to the destination location; obtain benefit information for at least a first respective possible route; and determine a selected route based on the travel times and the benefit information. In some embodiments, the computer system is configured to obtain a route between a starting location and a destination location; obtain map-age information for the route; determine a first set of driving parameters for the autonomous vehicle based on the map-age information; and navigate the autonomous vehicle along the route using the first set of driving parameters.
US11898857B2
Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention can obtain and use a variety of telematics data to classify trips taken by a vehicle. Trip models can be generated based on telematics data captured during the operation of a vehicle. A variety of features of the trip model, such as the timing and/or location of stops made by the vehicle during one or more trips, can be used to classify the trip as a business trip or a personal trip. In several embodiments, machine classifiers are trained to classify features within the trip models based on historical trips that have been classified as business trips or personal trips. A number of trip models can be combined with other driver attributes to classify a particular vehicle and/or driver as engaged with a transportation network company.
US11898855B2
An assistance control system performs assistance control for causing a moving object to move to a destination based on map information. The assistance control system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to generate or update the map information based on input from a sensor mounted on the moving object, acquire a plurality of route candidates to the destination, evaluate certainty of the map information for each location or each section, and calculate a map information evaluation value, evaluate accuracy of the assistance control in the acquired route candidates based on the calculated map information evaluation value, and present a route candidate having the highest priority among the route candidates to an occupant of the moving object, or control the moving object along the route candidate having the highest priority.
US11898848B2
A visual positioning system for mobile devices includes at least one infrared camera, at least one infrared illumination source, and a processor that coordinates operation of the at least one camera and illumination sources. A flood IR infrared illumination source illuminates environmental objects for localization of the mobile device during a first camera exposure window, and a structured IR illumination source illuminate environmental objects for detection and mapping of obstacles during a second camera exposure window. A visual SLAM map is constructed with images obtained from a first camera, with a single map being useable for positioning and navigation across a variety of environmental lighting conditions. A method for training a robot includes receiving operator input signals configured to start and stop recording of defined routes during the guiding of the mobile robot along paths between different pairs of desired robot destinations, such that routes for subsequent use by the robot are generated for paths imaged while recording is active.
US11898839B2
A measuring assembly for a measuring tape device may include a blade, an end hook and an anti-rollover attachment. The blade may include a first end configured to extend from an aperture in a housing of the measuring tape device and a second end configured to be wound on a reel assembly. The end hook may be disposed at the first end of the blade to engage an object for measurement, and may extend substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal centerline of the blade to extend away from an underside of the blade. The anti-rollover attachment may be disposed proximate to the end hook at the first end of the blade such that a center of gravity of the anti-rollover attachment is spaced apart from the underside of the blade. A combined weight of the end hook and the anti-rollover attachment may be in a range between about 10 grams and about 55 grams.
US11898838B2
There is provided an adjustment method including, identifying correspondence between a projector coordinate system and a camera coordinate system, detecting brightness of a first area of a second captured image and brightness of a second area of the second captured image, estimating a range of first brightness of a third area of a second image, estimating a range of second brightness of a fourth area of the second image, and adjusting brightness of a fifth area corresponding to the third area in a projection image projected from the projector so as to fall within the range of the first brightness and adjusting brightness of a sixth area corresponding to the fourth area in the projection image so as to fall within the range of the second brightness.
US11898831B2
A bullet compressing device for creating marks imparted by a barrel of a gun on a bullet, has: a first member; a second member spaced from the first member by a gap, a dimension of the gap selected to correspond to at least a length of the bullet, the first and second members slidingly receivable within the barrel of the gun; a biasing member in engagement with the first and second members, the biasing member having a compressed configuration in which the first and second members are biased toward one another thereby decreasing the dimension of the gap, one of the first and second members engageable by an actuator, the first and second members and the bullet received therebetween movable relative to the barrel thereby imparting marks on the bullet by the barrel upon actuation of the actuator.
US11898825B2
A dart catching device for catching darts that fail to adhere to a dartboard includes a tray, which is mountable to a vertical surface upon which a dartboard is positioned. The tray is mounted below the dartboard and extends substantially perpendicularly from the vertical surface. The tray can catch a dart that is thrown at the dartboard, but which fails to adhere to the dartboard. The device can prevent damage to the dart that might occur should the dart drop to a horizontal surface beneath the dartboard.
US11898824B2
A blast countermeasure for a vehicle, such as an armoured vehicle, is provided. The blast countermeasure comprises: at least one explosive; a detonator for detonating the explosive; and at least one reflector, located at least partially above the at least one explosive, for reflecting a shock wave generated by detonation of the at least one explosive groundwards in order to apply a groundwards force to the vehicle. The vehicle may comprise: control circuitry configured to respond to detection of an explosion local to the vehicle by activating an actuator to generate a groundwards force and cause a cabin floor of the vehicle to move groundwards.
US11898818B2
A device for launching a projectile along an intended flight trajectory includes a launching mechanism with a handle. A projectile having a longitudinal axis is disposed in the launching cord in a launch position prior to launch such that the projectile's longitudinal axis is perpendicular to a plane in which the launching cord is disposed. As the projectile is launched by the launching mechanism, the projectile rotates such that the projectile's longitudinal axis is parallel to the plane in which the launching cord was disposed.
US11898815B2
A semiautomatic shotgun successfully uses the AR-10 receiver and the superior direct impingement gas system. A combination of locking lugs to maintain proper sequencing, a spring disposed inside of a gas impingement chamber, and a spring to cycle the action. Fouling is avoided using nickel-boron coated parts, permanent infusion of a dry film lubricant, and an angled gas port. A unique magazine feed lip and barrel extension feed ramp and the magazine maintaining the shells at a slight angle upward, and a bolt face having a rear facing partial bevel avoid jamming and snagging. The present invention also teaches raised gas tube and gas key to accommodate the larger bore of the shotgun. The combination achieves an AR-10 based shotgun which has the advantages of direct impingement cycling (less recoil, greater accuracy, etc) without fouling and/or jamming.
US11898808B2
An electronic device can include a housing and a support component joined to the housing. The support component can include a thermal conduction layer defining a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The support component can also include a first support layer overlying the first surface and a second support layer overlying the second surface. A ratio of the thickness of the thermal conduction layer to the combined thickness of the first support layer and the second support layer can be at least 1.5.
US11898795B2
Method and apparatus for thermally protecting a product, when storing and/or shipping a product, to control temperatures products are exposed to. Embodiments increase the amount of time portions of the product experience a desired temperature range and/or reduce the amount of time portions of the product experience temperatures outside a desired temperature range and/or experience an undesirable temperature range. Embodiments incorporate thermally conductive materials, referred to as conductive equalizers, positioned around and/or near the product positioned inside a packaging container, where the conductive materials conduct heat from locations in the package interior to other locations in the package interior. The conductive equalizers conductively transfer heat from hotter portions of the interior of the container to cooler portions of the interior of the container and/or from portions of the interior desired to be cooled to the cold bank, resulting in a more uniform temperature distribution around the product.
US11898788B2
A refrigerator provides visual information indicating a map of the refrigerator and technical operations of the corresponding regions. The refrigerator includes a voice recognition function using a proximity sensor. The refrigerator has input/output (I/O) management functions for foods stored therein. The refrigerator communicates with a peripheral device over a network.
US11898783B2
A performance degradation diagnosis system includes a determining unit, and control unit. A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit having a compressor, heat-source-side heat exchanger, and use-side heat exchanger. The determining unit determines, based on an index indicating an operation state of the refrigeration cycle apparatus, performance degradation of the refrigeration cycle apparatus with respect to each of a plurality of performance degradation factors. In a case in which the determining unit determines performance degradation, the control unit grasps an operation condition of the refrigeration cycle apparatus which is operating. In a case in which the operation condition of the refrigeration cycle apparatus is not suitable to determine performance degradation with respect to a performance degradation factor of a determination target, the control unit controls the operation condition of the refrigeration cycle apparatus so that the operation condition of the refrigeration cycle apparatus becomes an appropriate operation condition.
US11898782B2
A multi-air conditioner for heating/cooling operation may include: at least one indoor unit which is installed in a room, and includes an indoor heat exchanger; an outdoor unit which is connected to the indoor unit through a refrigerant pipe, and includes an outdoor heat exchanger, a compressor, an outdoor expansion valve, and a four-way valve; at least one leakage blocking valve which is formed on the refrigerant pipe, and blocks a refrigerant flow in the refrigerant pipe when a refrigerant leak occurs from the refrigerant pipe in the room; and a buffer unit which is installed on the refrigerant pipe between the indoor unit and the outdoor unit, and collects refrigerant leaking from the refrigerant pipe. Accordingly, when the refrigerant leaks into the room, it is possible to minimize the amount of the leaking refrigerant by collecting the refrigerant in the buffer tank.
US11898777B2
An air cleaner may include a housing including a first housing having a discharge outlet through which air is discharged outside of the air cleaner, and a second housing including a suction inlet through which air is suctioned from outside of the air cleaner, and a filter assembly accommodated inside of the housing and that filters air. The first housing and the second housing may be spaced apart from each other, and the filter assembly may be replaceable through a space between the first housing and the second housing.
US11898773B2
This application provides an evaporative cooling unit. The evaporative cooling unit includes an outdoor channel, an indoor channel, and a heat exchange apparatus, and, further includes: an air filter and a defrosting apparatus that are disposed in the outdoor channel. The defrosting apparatus is located on a side that is of the air filter and that is close to an air intake vent of the outdoor channel. The defrosting apparatus includes a heat exchange film, and the heat exchange film has a first channel and a second channel that are arranged crosswise. The first channel communicates with the air intake vent of the outdoor channel, the second channel communicates with the indoor channel, and the first channel communicates with the second channel. The defrosting apparatus further includes a switch valve, and the switch valve is configured to control the second channel to communicate with the indoor channel.
US11898771B2
A terminal unit for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a housing defining a plenum and having a first panel and a second panel disposed opposite each other. The first panel has a first outlet opening and a second outlet opening, and the second panel has a first inlet opening configured to receive a first air flow and a second inlet opening configured to receive a second air flow. The terminal unit includes a sound attenuator including an inlet configured to receive the first air flow and an outlet configured to discharge the first air flow into the housing via the first inlet opening. The terminal unit further includes first and second blowers. The first blower is configured to discharge air from the plenum via the first outlet opening, and the second blower is configured to discharge air from the plenum via the second outlet opening.
US11898769B2
A condenser fan assembly includes a first condenser fan and a first motor coupled to the first condenser fan via a first shaft, where the first motor is configured to drive rotation of the first condenser fan via the first shaft, and a second condenser fan and a second motor coupled to the second condenser fan via a second shaft, where the second motor is configured to drive rotation of the second condenser fan via the second shaft. The condenser fan assembly also includes a fan rotation restrictor configured to selectively block and enable rotation of the first shaft.
US11898762B2
A ceiling-embedded air conditioner includes a main unit, and a decorative panel that has an intake port and an outlet guide tube, wherein the main unit includes a box-shaped housing, a heat exchanger that is disposed inside the housing, a fan unit that is disposed inside the housing and collects air from the intake port and discharge the air from an outlet tube, and a drain pan that has an outlet port opening through which the air discharged from the outlet tube passes toward the outlet guide tube, the outlet guide tube has a top opening communicating with the outlet tube, a bottom opening facing a direction below a front plate of the housing, and a curved outlet ventilation path connecting the top opening to the bottom opening, and a bottom end of the bottom opening protrudes more downwards than the decorative panel does.
US11898758B2
A method of controlling a cooking apparatus includes a cleaning process which includes controlling a temperature in a cooking chamber such that the temperature in the cooking chamber is maintained at a preset first temperature for a preset first time, and controlling a temperature in a cooking chamber such that the temperature in the cooking chamber is maintained at a preset second temperature higher than the first temperature for a preset second time.
US11898757B2
A propulsion system includes at least one rotating detonation actuator comprising: a flow path extending from an inlet end to an outlet end; an inner wall defining a radially inner boundary of the flow path; an outer wall defining a radially outer boundary of the flow path; and at least one aircraft wing. The rotating detonation actuator is disposed in the aircraft wing. At least one rotating detonation wave travels through the flow path from the inlet end to the outlet end.
US11898754B2
A combustor nozzle using fuel containing hydrogen, a combustor and gas turbine including the same are provided. The nozzle for a combustor configured to burn fuel containing hydrogen includes a fuel supply duct including a plurality of injection tubes through which air and fuel flow and a fuel passage through which fuel flows, a plurality of swirlers formed on a side surface of each of the plurality of injection tubes to guide air outside the injection tube to be introduced thereinto for swirling, and a plurality of fuel inlet holes formed radially through the injection tube to communicate with the fuel passage and allow fuel to flow through the fuel passage to the injection tube.
US11898746B2
A system and method uses a combustor and gasifier to burn a primary dirty fuel, such as waste materials or high-polluting fossil fuels, and a secondary low-polluting fuel, such as biomass fuels, for co-generation of electricity while reducing harmful emissions. The primary fuel is burned at least partially through the use of an improved burner tube. Dirty exhaust from a combustor is scrubbed by a gasifier by reforming the combustors exhaust gases into a clean-burning producer gas (syn-gas). The secondary fuel and oxygen are added to the dirty exhaust in the gaslifier to create gas, char and ash. The gas powers an engine or turbine that turns a generator, or a boiler, Stirling engine, or Organic Rankine Cycle power plant, and releases a cleaner exhaust.
US11898745B2
Methods for generating a vapor are provided. In some embodiments, the method may comprise heating a pressurized stream liquid brine in an ohmic heating device and introducing the resulting heated, pressurized stream liquid brine into a flash vessel such that the heated, pressurized liquid brine flashes to a vapor portion and a remaining liquid portion. In some embodiments, the method provides integrated vapor generation and water treatment such that feedwaters of varying water quality may be used. Also provided are related systems for generating a vapor.
US11898725B2
A jewelry lighting lamp has a lighting part, a rotating part and a mounting part, the mounting part has a lamp barrel which accommodates the lighting part and rotating part. The rotating part has a driving motor, which drives the lighting part to rotate along the central axis of the lamp barrel; the lighting part has a main light source arranged on the central axis and one or more secondary light sources arranged around the main light source, the main light source and the secondary light source are driven by the rotating part to rotate along the central axis circumferentially. A jewelry lighting method using the jewelry lighting lamp is also provided. By varying luminance, the lamp solves the problem of visible light and shadows at the edge of the aperture when there are main and auxiliary light sources with different luminance.
US11898721B2
A recessed luminaire includes a housing supporting a light emitter, an intumescent material coupled to an outer surface of the housing, and a plate coupled to the housing and to the intumescent material. The housing configured to be positioned at least partially through a ceiling. The housing also includes a stepped surface. The intumescent material has a shape complementary to a shape of the housing. The plate is positioned adjacent to the stepped surface and to an upper surface of the intumescent material.
US11898711B2
A lightbar assembly connector for use in a modular lightbar system to connect two or more lightbar assemblies together and having a design and configuration that enables the lightbar assembly connector and lightbar assemblies to be connected by moving the lightbar assembly connector in a direction generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the lightbar assembly (or by moving the lightbar assembly in a direction generally transverse to the major surface of the lightbar assembly connector). It is thus possible to assemble a modular lightbar system comprised of a plurality of lightbar assemblies and lightbar assembly connectors, any of which are easily removable, replaceable, or serviceable without having to remove or move lightbar assemblies that do not need to be replaced or serviced.
US11898699B2
An oil mist recovery, separation and purification device for a minimum quantity lubricant (MQL) grinding process, including: a pneumatic separation mechanism, a pipeline and a fan fixedly connected with one end of the pipeline, wherein the fan is configured to form a negative pressure in the pipeline, one cone-shaped filter mesh mechanism is disposed in the pipeline, and a tip of the cone-shaped filter mesh mechanism faces the side of an air inlet direction of the pipeline; and a filtering and recovery mechanism connected with the pipeline and including a case body, a filtering mechanism and a recovery mechanism, wherein the case body is connected with the pipeline through a connecting part, and the filtering mechanism is connected with the recovery mechanism. The device can separate, recover and reuse oil mist particles in the air.
US11898691B2
A versatile wall mounting assembly is disclosed. The assembly may include a first section extending parallel to a wall structure, a second section extending from the first section, wherein the second section includes a free end, and a third section extending from the first section. The third section may be oriented perpendicular to the first section. The assembly may further include a faceplate couplable with the wall plate, the faceplate including an outer side opposite an inner side, wherein a plurality of ridges extend towards the wall plate from the inner side. The plurality of ridges may include a first ridge in abutment with the second section of the wall plate, a second ridge in abutment with the second section of the wall plate, and a third ridge extending beneath the third section of the wall plate.
US11898688B2
This disclosure relates generally to corrugated pipe, and more particularly to corrugated pipe with an outer wrap. In one embodiment, a pipe includes an axially extended bore defined by a corrugated outer wall having axially adjacent, outwardly-extending corrugation crests, separated by corrugation valleys. The pipe also includes an outer wrap applied to the outer wall. The outer wrap may include fibers and plastic. The outer wrap may span the corrugation crests producing a smooth outer surface.
US11898685B2
A cable retention and release mechanism includes a cable gripping device including a cable passage. A cable extends through the cable passage. A cable gripping device collar is movably coupled around the cable gripping device. An outer cable gripping device surface is seated against a cable gripping device receiving inner surface preventing movement of the cable gripping device relative to the cable gripping device collar. The cable gripping device receiving inner surface clamps the cable gripping device on the cable and prevents sliding movement of the cable. A jack is movably coupled with the cable gripping device collar. In a first engaged position the jack is engaged against the cable gripping device proximal end. In a second engaged position the jack unseats the outer cable gripping device surface from the cable gripping device receiving inner surface and releases the clamping of the cable.
US11898683B2
A plumbing fitting for selectively allowing the passage of a fluid therethrough includes an elongate body with a first open end and a second open end, with a passageway providing for fluid communication between the first open end and the second open end, where at least one of the first open end and/or the second open end include a connection arrangement for connection with a further plumbing fitting or fixture, and a valve for selectively sealing or unsealing the passageway to allow for a flow of fluid between each of the open ends, with the valve being operable from the first open end or the second open end.
US11898667B2
A locking fitting assembly that can be removably installed in a tapped hole on a housing and resists unintended loosening of the fitting assembly. The fitting assembly maybe installed at a mounting location for receiving the fitting assembly, and includes abase with engagement structure configured to engage corresponding structure adjacent the mounting location to secure the base against rotation. The fitting assembly further includes a nipple fitting received on the base and having first and second oppositely disposed coupling features. The first coupling feature is configured to mate with a complementary coupling feature of the housing, such as the tapped hole, whereby the nipple fitting can be sealingly secured to the housing. Locking structure disposed between the base and the nipple fitting is configured to resist relative rotation between the base and the nipple fitting.
US11898659B1
An adjustable flow restrictor includes a nut, an adjustment screw, and a sleeve. The adjustment screw installs into the nut whereby the adjustment screw and the nut define a pathway therebetween. Adjustment of the adjustment screw relative to the nut varies the pathway with respect to a length thereof. The sleeve fits over the adjustment screw and mates with the nut in order to define a chamber with an outlet. The pathway receives therein a liquid conveyed to the nut and communicates the liquid to the chamber for exit therefrom via the outlet. Adjusting the length of the pathway sets the volumetric flow rate of the liquid traversing the pathway such that the liquid exiting the outlet flows therefrom at a desired volumetric flow rate.
US11898658B1
A valve housing is configured to maintain temperature of a valve. These configurations may incorporate paths or channels in structure of the valve that carry working fluid. Heating fluid, like steam or hot water, may flow through these paths to heat this structure. This feature can maintain or raise temperature of the working fluid to meet specifications, standards, or process parameters. In one implementation, the paths may have complex routes or geometry with curves, bends, or other feature that can maximize surface area that is available to distribute heat to the device. This geometry may require manufacturing techniques, like additive manufacturing, that can generate unitary or monolithic structures, particularly those structures that includes voids in the material to form the integral paths for the heating fluid.
US11898657B2
An exemplary thermal management system includes, among other things, a valve, a radiator loop configured to be connected to the valve, a power electronics loop configured to be connected to the valve, a heater loop configured to be connected to the valve, and a battery loop configured to be connected to the valve. The valve is configured to connect one or more of the radiator, power electronics, heater, and battery loops together and the valve is configured to isolate at least one of the radiator, power electronics, heater, and battery loops from any remaining loops of the radiator, power electronics, heater, and battery loops.
US11898655B2
A tank valve system comprises a main valve body, an overfill protection device (OPD), a gauge drive apparatus and a fuel level indicator. The OPD and gauge drive apparatus are configured to both be inserted through a narrow neck of a fuel storage tank prior to connecting the valve body to the neck. The valve body includes a primary fuel channel and a shuttle interface channel. The OPD includes an overfill float driving an overfill shutoff valve for controlling fluid flow from the primary channel into the tank. The gauge drive apparatus includes a gauge float, a shuttle, and an elongated extension body. The gauge float is movable with respect to the extension body between an uppermost position and a lowermost position, thereby driving the shuttle. The shuttle has a gauge actuation portion transportable within the shuttle interface channel to thereby actuate the fuel level indicator.
US11898650B2
This pressure-reducing valve includes: a casing in which a valve passage is formed; a valve body that is movably housed in the casing and changes a position thereof according to a secondary pressure to adjust an opening degree of the valve passage; and a biasing member that biases the valve body against the secondary pressure in an opening direction in which the valve passage opens. The biasing member is a spring in the form of a plate and extends laterally from the valve body.
US11898647B2
A butterfly valve assembly includes: a butterfly element configured to control fluid flow through a main conduit; and a butterfly controller configured to control the butterfly element. The controller includes a first chamber for receiving fluid at a first pressure, a second chamber for receiving fluid at a second pressure, and an actuator responsive to the first pressure and the second pressure. The assembly also includes a relief valve arranged to regulate the first pressure in the first chamber within a predetermined pressure range, wherein the relief valve comprises an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the predetermined pressure range. The butterfly valve assembly may comprise a manual override operable to lock the butterfly element in a fully open position or a fully closed position.
US11898636B2
Fixed belt tensioners for a belt system, such as for an exercise bicycle or other belted exercise equipment. The tensioners have the pulley-bearing assembly fixedly attached to the tensioning arm, which is attached to the equipment frame or to a bracket via the same aperture that forms the axis by which the pulley-bearing assembly is attached to the tensioning arm. The arm includes a protrusion or other feature that provides a pivot point for use during the belt installation process. The tensioning arm also incorporates a tensioning adjustment, such as a hex or square hole or protrusion for engagement with a torque wrench or a simple wrench.
US11898631B2
A transmission for a vehicle includes a transmission unit for receiving a transmission command for a vehicle, a driving unit for generating a driving force for switching a posture of the transmission unit, and a control device for controlling the driving unit to switch the posture of the transmission unit based on whether a preset condition is satisfied. The driving unit includes a first stator for generating magnetic flux, a first rotor having a first inner permanent magnet and a second inner permanent magnet axially arranged at a predetermined spacing along a rotation axis, and configured to be rotated by the magnetic flux transferred to the first inner permanent magnet, an outer permanent magnet, and a second rotor configured to rotate along a magnetic force path between the second inner permanent magnet and the outer permanent magnet.
US11898623B2
A linear drive has a linear unit for carrying out a linear movement, a motor for the motorized driving of the linear unit, and a drive connection which extends from the motor as far as the linear unit. In order to ensure reliable operation even in the event of a power failure, it is proposed that the linear drive have a centrifugal brake which is rotationally coupled to the drive connection.
US11898621B2
A wire guide device A includes a wire guide body 15 that is formed by coupling a plurality of link members 17 in series such that the link members 17 can rotate relative to each other, and inside which an accommodation space 16 for a wire W is formed. The link member 17 includes a link body 20 and a lid 31. The link body 20 is provided with an opening 29 through which the accommodation space 16 is open toward the outside of the wire guide body 15. The lid 31 is locked to the link body 20 and thereby closes the opening 29. The openings 29 and the lids 31 are arranged on surfaces of the link members 17 that are located on an inner side of a curved portion of the wire guide body 15 when the wire guide body 15 is curved.
US11898616B2
A machine tool includes a machine element, an active vibration damper arranged on a region of the machine tool for damping a vibration of the machine element, and a vibration sensor facility arranged to detect the vibration of the machine element at a first point and at a second point of the machine tool, with the vibration of the machine element to be detected being smaller at the second point than at the first point. The active vibration damper is designed to damp the vibration of the machine element as a function of a variation between a first actual value detected by the vibration sensor facility at the first point and a second actual value detected by the vibration sensor facility at the second point.
US11898606B2
Sealing device including a first annular element coupled to a first fixed mechanical member, and a second annular element coupled to a second rotating mechanical member, for protecting an annular compartment delimited between the members, the first element being provided with at least one annular sealing lip configured to interact with the second element, which has a radial edge of a flange portion arranged at an edge of a sleeve portion of the first element, thus forming with the latter a radial gap configured as a labyrinth seal; wherein the radial gap of the flange portion of the second annular element carries a plurality of depressions arranged in a crown, spaced adjacently to one another at the radial gap and configured to generate, as a result of the rotation of the second element, a dynamic effect (F) for the purpose of repelling any contaminants impelled towards said radial gap.
US11898598B2
A joint has a housing with journal openings, an inner joint portion with a bearing area, which is fitted into the housing and extends axially out of the housing through the openings. A bearing body is arranged in and firmly connected to the housing which encloses the bearing body and comprises plastic. The inner joint portion is fitted and able to move within the body. Sealing bellows surround the inner joint portion and extend from a bearing-body-side bellows contact area, provided on the body or the housing, to an inner-joint-portion-side bellows contact area, provided on the inner joint portion. A sleeve is provided, on at least one of the bellows contact areas, that surrounds the inner joint portion and extends axially. The sleeve surrounds the bellows or is surrounded by the bellows, and has, at an axial end, a radial limb against which the bellows is axially supported.
US11898593B2
A multipart adjustment element for a tolerance compensation arrangement for automatically compensating for tolerances in the spacing between a first and a second component. The adjustment element comprises a bush, a dragging element, a contact disc, and a securing sleeve. The bush has a bore, an outer thread with a first direction, and a step. The dragging element comprises at least one spring arm protruding radially inwards, wherein a first axial end of the dragging element is arranged on the step in the threaded bush. The contact disc is arranged adjacently to the first axial end of the threaded bush and has a through-opening. The securing sleeve likewise has a through-opening and is arranged at least partly in the bore of the threaded bush with a press-fit connection in order to securely connect the contact disc, the threaded bush, and the dragging element together.
US11898585B2
Decking hangers (e.g., strut hangers, flexible hangers, combinations thereof, or the like) are utilized along with keys (e.g., continuous keys, discontinuous keys, combination thereof, or the like) to hang decking components from structural decking (e.g., fluted steel structural decking, or the like). The decking hangers may be rigid and/or flexible, and include an adjustment that allows one end of the hanger to move with respect to another end. The keys may be continuous and run longitudinally parallel with the direction of the webs of the flutes of the decking. Alternatively, the keys may be discontinuous having a continuous side (e.g., continuous perimeter), or multiple sides, that enclose a corresponding connector at an end of a hanger. The keys provide different locations for installing the hangers and/or providing multiple (e.g., two or more) points of connection on at least one end of a single hanger.
US11898581B2
A pneumatic stepper motor includes a housing, said housing accommodating at least part of: a rack or geared axle comprising a plurality of gear elements; and two pistons, each comprising at least two teeth, said pistons being arranged to cooperate with said rack or geared axle. The racks may either be straight or curved. The pistons are preferably double-acting pistons. A device includes at least one, and preferably a plurality of, such pneumatic stepper motor(s). The device may in particular be an MRI-compatible robotic system, more in particular for example an MRI-guided breast biopsy device.
US11898580B2
The confined plunging liquid jet reactor with energy recovery includes a downcomer having an upper end, an open lower end, and a gas inlet for receiving gas, the downcomer extending into a liquid reservoir in a tank. A nozzle is mounted on the upper end of the downcomer for receiving a pressurized liquid to generate a liquid jet. The liquid jet impinges on liquid contained within the downcomer, creating turbulence and bubbles to entrain gas introduced through the gas inlet into the liquid reservoir as the jet travels downward in the downcomer. A riser is disposed around the downcomer and defines an annular air lift column. Unentrained gas and liquid exiting the downcomer rises in the air lift column with significant energy, the upper end of the riser being connected to a turbine coupled to a generator to recover energy from the air lift column.
US11898572B2
An impeller wake vortex dissipation device under stall condition of a mixed flow pump includes a guide vane and a wake vortex dissipation device. The pump is evenly divided into n guide vane channels by N evenly distributed guide vanes. A wake vortex dissipation device is set in each guide vane channel, and one end of the wake vortex dissipation device is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the pump body. Therefore, each wake vortex dissipation device is located in the middle and upper part of the guide vane channel and does not occupy the lower guide vane channel; the wake vortex dissipation device is provided with a dissipative hole pair, which are used to dissipate the energy of the wake vortex of the impeller.
US11898564B2
Provided is an axial flow blower capable of improving an intake efficiency even when air is introduced from a plurality of suction openings. An axial flow blower includes a housing including an air blowing passage extending from a plurality of suction openings (lateral suction opening and lower suction opening) to an ejection opening, an electric motor, and an air blowing fan that blows air from the plurality of suction openings (lateral suction opening and lower suction opening) toward the ejection opening. An air blowing guide member is provided closer to the plurality of suction openings (lateral suction opening and lower suction opening) than to the air blowing fan, inside of the plurality of suction openings (lateral suction opening and lower suction opening). The air blowing guide member guides air introduced into the air blowing passage from the plurality of suction openings (lateral suction opening and lower suction opening) toward the air blowing fan.
US11898562B2
The present disclosure provides a pumping assembly, a compressor and air conditioning equipment. The pumping assembly includes a first structural body, a rolling bearing assembly, a second structural body, a third structural body and a main shaft passing through the first structural body, the rolling bearing assembly, the second structural body and the third structural body. The pumping assembly includes: a first lubricating oil path passing through a second structural part, the sliding sheet backpressure cavity, a third structural part, a second structural part and a rolling body of the rolling bearing assembly; a second lubricating oil path passing through the sliding sheet backpressure cavity and a first pressure relieving groove of the first structural body; and a third lubricating oil path passing through the sliding sheet backpressure cavity, the first structural part and the rolling body of the rolling bearing assembly.
US11898561B2
Disclosed is a direct-drive refrigerant screw compressor, having: a housing; a compression chamber in the housing; a pair of rotors, each rotor of the pair of rotors being rotationally disposed in the compression chamber and including an outer surface with a screw-geared profile; a fluid being disposed in the compression chamber, the fluid consisting of a working fluid for providing lubrication to each rotor; a first port extending through the housing and configured for directing the fluid toward the compression chamber; and when the compressor is activated, each rotor rotates and the fluid is distributed about each rotor to lubricate each rotor.
US11898559B2
A gear pump includes gears received within a housing defining an inlet, an outlet and end plates. The gears have shaft portions on each of two sides of each of the two gears. The shaft portions are mounted in journal bearings. The journal bearings each have a gear side face adjacent one of the two gears. A remote face is on a remote side of the journal bearing remote from each of the two gears. There is a plurality of heat pipes in at least one of the journal bearings. The heat pipes move heat from the gear face of the at least one of the journal bearings to the remote face. The plurality of heat pipes is enclosed by the housing, and extend generally in an axial direction from an end adjacent the gear face to an end adjacent the remote face. A fuel supply system is also disclosed.
US11898558B2
A scroll compressor including: a housing; a motor provided in the housing; a rotary shaft configured to be rotated by the motor; an orbiting scroll configured to orbit in conjunction with the rotary shaft; and a fixed scroll configured to define compression chambers together with the orbiting scroll, in which the housing includes: a center housing penetrated by the rotary shaft; a front housing configured to define a motor accommodation space that accommodates the motor; and a rear housing configured to define a discharge chamber for accommodating a refrigerant discharged from the compression chambers, and an introduction chamber for accommodating a middle-pressure refrigerant introduced from the outside of the housing, in which the fixed scroll has a plurality of injection ports that guides the refrigerant in the introduction chamber to the compression chambers.
US11898557B2
Scroll devices with cooling fluid supplied through a crankshaft are provided. The device may comprise an orbiting scroll operably connected to a fixed scroll and a crankshaft operably connected to the orbiting scroll. A first seal may be positioned about an outer surface of the crankshaft to form a seal with the outer surface. A second seal may be positioned about an outer surface of the crankshaft to form a seal with the outer surface. A first channel and a second channel extend through the crankshaft and are in fluid communication with the orbiting scroll and a fluid source and a fluid reservoir.
US11898542B2
A wind turbine comprising a plurality of wind turbine blades, a blade anti-ice system including a blade heating arrangement associated, wherein the anti-ice system includes a control system and a power supply configured to provide power to the blade heating arrangement, characterised in that the power supply comprises a power converter. A benefit of using a power converter to supply electrical power to the heating devices is that power can be applied in a stepless manner. A much finer degree of control is therefore achieved over the thermal energy applied to the blade since the power can be ramped up gradually as the system controller determines that the icing conditions are becoming more severe. As a result of the use of the power converter, the magnitude of thermal energy that is applied to the blade can be increased gradually and smoothly.
US11898540B2
Provided is a method for feeding electrical power into an electrical supply network using a converter-controlled infeed apparatus. The apparatus feeds into a local network section of the electrical supply network at a network connection point. The network has further infeed apparatuses and consumers for consuming electrical power. The local section has a ratio of power able to be fed in using converters to a total power able to be fed in by all infeed apparatuses of at least 50%. A controller controls the infeed of the electrical power depending on a network state of the network. The controller has control behavior that depends on a network characteristic of the local section. The network characteristic is dependent on at least one property of the local section and at least one property of a further network section of the network or a determination that no further network section is present.
US11898531B2
A variable speed pumping system includes a generator motor including a frequency converter, in which the variable speed pumping system, in the pumping mode, supply a power command to the generator motor to perform power control, and the power control correction signal generator adds a value obtained by multiplying a signal based on a difference between the power input command and an actual power input measured by a power detector in the pumping mode by a constant gain to a signal based on the deviation and inputs the added value to an integration control element to generate the power control correction signal based on an output signal of the integration control element.
US11898528B2
An ignition device for an internal combustion engine that uses fuels including hydrogen. The ignition device includes an ignition coil including a primary coil and a secondary coil, a power supply device, a switching element, a spark plug, and a limiting diode. The switching element performs switching between passage and interruption of a primary current. The spark plug causes discharge at a gap, based on a high voltage induced at the secondary coil. The limiting diode includes a Zener diode that is forward-biased when oriented in a direction from the one end to the other end of the secondary coil. A breakdown voltage of the limiting diode is higher than the maximum value of an ON-state voltage obtained by multiplication of a value of a direct-current voltage applied to the primary coil by a ratio of the number of turns of the secondary coil to that of the primary coil.
US11898526B2
A fuel injector (1) including a fuel injector housing (2), a valve seat (4) formed at one end of the fuel injector housing, and a valve body (10) disposed in the fuel injector housing and operable to open and close a spray hole (20) in the valve seat. The valve seat includes a base portion (16) and insert portion (26) having spray holes (8) that is secured to the base portion (16).
US11898514B2
An internal combustion engine, with an engine regulating device and an exhaust gas aftertreatment device with an SCR catalytic converter for the reduction of at least one NOx component, and with a catalytic converter regulating device, wherein the engine regulating device is prescribed a target value for an NOx mean value of the NOx component of the exhaust gases, which mean value results at an outlet point of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device in relation to a predefinable time period, and the engine regulating device is configured at least in one operating mode to continuously calculate an NOx reference value for the catalytic converter regulating device with consideration of Nox components which have already been emitted and the predefined target value, which reference value is selected in such a way that the predefined target value results at the outlet point of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device at the end of the predefinable time period when the calculated NOx reference value of the catalytic converter regulating device is fed as NOx setpoint value to the regulating means.
US11898507B2
A method for determining the load of a fuel vapor retention filter in a fuel evaporation retention system of an internal combustion engine. The fuel evaporation retention system includes: a fuel supply container for storing fuel, a connection line which couples the fuel supply container to the fuel vapor retention filter, a regeneration line which couples the fuel vapor retention filter to an intake tract of the internal combustion engine and in which an electrically controllable flow control valve is arranged, a ventilation line which couples the fuel vapor retention filter to the atmosphere, an electrically controllable purging air pump arranged in the regeneration line, such that purging air can be directed through the fuel vapor retention filter and supplied to the intake tract in order to regenerate the fuel vapor retention filter.
US11898503B2
Methods and systems for determining an engine temperature for a gas turbine engine are provided. An estimated combustor temperature is determined based on at least one operating condition of the gas turbine engine and an estimated vane mass flow. A corrected vane mass flow is determined based on the estimated combustor temperature, the estimated vane mass flow, and a combustor pressure. The corrected vane mass flow is compared to a reference vane mass flow to obtain the mass flow correction factor. When a condition associated with the mass flow correction factor is not satisfied, the estimated combustor temperature is adjusted based on the mass flow correction factor to produce an adjusted combustor temperature; and the mass flow correction factor is updated based on the adjusted combustor temperature. When the condition associated with the mass flow correction factor is satisfied, the estimated combustor temperature is assigned as the engine temperature.
US11898501B2
A method for controlling a gas turbine, having a measurement step, a prediction step which is carried out after the measurement step, and a control step which is carried out after the prediction step. In the measurement step, a state variable of a combustion within a gas turbine is measured. In the prediction step, a future combustion dynamic is predicted using the measured state variable. In the control step, a control signal is output using the prediction of the future combustion dynamic.
US11898496B1
A fuel system of an aircraft engine, having: a boost pump having an input and an output; one or more selector valves; a first component pump having an input fluidly coupled to the output of the boost pump and an output of the first component pump is configured to direct fuel to a first component via the one or more selector valves; and a second component pump having an input that is selectively coupled to either the input or the output of the boost pump by the one or more selector valves, and an output of the second component pump is fluidly coupled to a second component and selectively coupled to the first component by the one or more selector valves.
US11898486B2
This disclosure relates to improved water pump assemblies and related methods. The water pump assemblies can include pre-mounted fasteners and gaskets to facilitate easy installation or reinstallation of the water pump assemblies. The water pump assemblies further can include a temperature-control valve assembly positioned within a housing of the water pump assembly. The water pump assembly can include a variety of other pre-installed components. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11898484B2
A mixing subassembly for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine for mixing exhaust gas, which is discharged by an internal combustion engine, with reactant includes a mixing path which extends in the direction of a mixing path longitudinal axis and which has an upstream mixing path inflow region for receiving exhaust gas and/or reactant in the mixing path. The mixing path includes a core flow channel, through which a first exhaust gas partial flow flows, and a bypass flow channel, through which a second exhaust gas partial flow flows. At least one flow blocking element reduces a flow cross section of the bypass flow channel and is arranged in the bypass flow channel.
US11898483B2
Systems and methods for operating passive nitrogen oxide adsorbers in exhaust aftertreatment systems
A system includes a catalyst for receiving and treating exhaust gas generated by an engine, a passive NOx adsorber (PNA) positioned upstream of the catalyst, a bypass valve positioned upstream of the catalyst and the PNA, and a controller. The controller is configured to, determine that the catalyst is operating under cold start conditions, control the bypass valve to direct exhaust gas to the PNA, determine that the catalyst is no longer operating under cold start conditions and continue to control the bypass valve to direct exhaust gas to the PNA for a predetermined duration, and after the elapse of the predetermined duration, control the bypass valve to direct exhaust gas to the catalyst bypassing the PNA. The controller is also configured to detect a high transient torque demand while the exhaust gas is provided to the PNA, and split the torque demand between the engine and an electric motor.
US11898482B2
A method for the diagnosis of an air supply circuit supplying air to a burner of an exhaust gas after-treatment system for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, wherein the air supply circuit is provided with a pumping device housed along a first duct adjusted by a shut-off valve. The method entails housing a first pressure sensor along the first duct interposed between the pumping device and the burner; housing a second pressure sensor along a second duct out of the burner; acquiring the pressure signals detected by said first and second pressure sensors; and diagnosing faults and/or malfunctions in the air supply circuit depending on the pressure signals detected by said first and second pressure sensors.
US11898480B2
Systems and methods for removing accumulated soot in an aftertreatment system are disclosed herein. A method includes: determining, by a controller, an adsorption amount of soot in an exhaust aftertreatment system; comparing, by the controller, the adsorption amount of soot to a predefined adsorption amount limit; in response to the adsorption amount exceeding the predefined adsorption amount limit, initiating, by the controller, an exhaust cleaning event to remove at least some accumulated soot in the exhaust aftertreatment system; receiving, by the controller, exhaust gas data during the exhaust cleaning event; determining, by the controller, a desorption amount of soot based on the exhaust gas data; comparing, by the controller, the desorption amount of soot to a predefined desorption limit; and ceasing, by the controller, the exhaust cleaning event based on the comparison.
US11898475B2
Apparatus and methods are disclosed which apply inorganic particles to a plugged honeycomb body comprising porous walls, an inlet end and an outlet end. The apparatus comprises a particle counter and the method comprises counting a selected portion of the inorganic particles from a first sampling port upstream from the plugged honeycomb body and a second sampling port downstream from the plugged honeycomb body. The selected portion of the inorganic particles are in a preselected inorganic particle size range. Filtration efficiency can be determined while inorganic particles are being deposited, for example to increase filtration efficiency.
US11898474B2
A constant velocity muffler assembly for maximizing the exhaust performance of an internal combustion engine includes a muffler that is fluidly coupled to an exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine to facilitate exhaust gasses to pass through the muffler. A cylinder is disposed within the muffler and the muffler swells outwardly at a middle of the muffler to accommodate the cylinder. The cylinder is oriented to extend along a flow axis of the muffler with respect to the exhaust gasses. In this way the cylinder is configured to deflect sound waves from the internal combustion engine thereby reducing a noise level of the internal combustion engine.
US11898470B2
A rocker assembly for a type III center pivot valvetrain comprises a rocker arm having a cam end, a center pivot bore, and a valve end which includes a first actuator bore and a second actuator bore. The rocker assembly further comprises a cylinder deactivation actuator arranged in the first actuator bore. The cylinder deactivation actuator comprises a hydraulically actuated latch assembly configured to selectively switch between a latched configuration and an unlatched configuration and a mechanical lash-setting sleeve distanced from a travel stop defined within the first actuator bore. The cylinder deactivation actuator further comprises a latch step disposed below the mechanical lash-setting sleeve and extending into the first actuator bore. The hydraulically actuated latch assembly is configured to selectively travel between the travel stop and the latch step when the hydraulically actuated latch assembly is in the latched configuration.
US11898469B2
A reaction turbine operates on the heat released from the condensation of steam, combined with inherent steam pressure and temperature heads. A series of rotors, each containing multiple curved internal channels, provide compressive boosts between successive stages, while avoiding excessive self-compression. Compressive effects and shock waves generated within these channels provide high levels of condensation, thereby releasing immense amounts of heat. The resulting hot vapor and condensate droplets are then ejected tangentially at the periphery of the rotors to generate thrust. The exhaust steam from the last stage is then compressed and returned to the engine inlet to be mixed with the incoming fresh steam, thereby efficiently completing the system cycle without the need of large cooling towers for condensation.
US11898446B1
A tool retainer is provided. The tool has a retainer sleeve having a longitudinal external tab to engage with an internal recessed radial groove with a tool holder, and wherein the retainer sleeve has one or more internal radial tabs that engage with a recessed groove in a rotating tool shank. A cutting tool assembly including a cutting bit and the retainer sleeve is provided.
US11898445B1
The present invention relates generally to a portable coring machine for penetrating a surface to install or repair sub-surface structures. Coring machine may include a frame assembly and a drilling device. Frame assembly may include a plurality of interconnected bars and facilitate operating drilling device in a generally horizontal position or in a generally vertical position. Further, frame assembly may accommodate core bits of different sizes for cutting an annular hole into asphalt, concrete or other hard surface. Support members of frame assembly may be configured to support a track including a plurality of teeth. The track may engage with a gear assembly of a mounting block configured to support the drilling device. Advantageously, coring machine may be moveable along track in response to an operator rotating a crank mechanically coupled to the gear assembly.
US11898439B2
A double-layered wellbore tubular assembly includes a first wellbore tubular configured to be lowered into and installed within a wellbore. The first wellbore tubular has an inner diameter and defines a first hollow volume. The assembly includes a second wellbore tubular configured to be lowered into and installed within the first hollow volume of the first wellbore tubular. The second wellbore tubular has an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the first wellbore tubular. The second wellbore tubular installed within the first hollow volume defines a tubing-to-tubing annulus (TTA) between an outer wall of the second wellbore tubular and an inner wall of the first wellbore tubular.
US11898438B2
The disclosed embodiments include methods to monitor expansion of a metallic sealant deployed in a wellbore, methods to monitor downhole fluid displacement, and downhole metallic sealant measurement systems. The method to monitor expansion of a downhole metallic sealant includes deploying a metallic sealant deployed along a section of a wellbore. The method also includes exposing the metallic sealant to a reacting fluid to initiate a galvanic reaction. The method further includes measuring a change in temperature caused by the galvanic reaction. The method further includes determining an amount of expansion of the metallic sealant based on the change in the temperature.
US11898435B2
Borehole images can be corrected using machine-learning models. For example, a system can train a machine-learning model based on a training dataset. The training dataset can include a first set of borehole images correlated to a second set of borehole images, where the second set of borehole images are less precise versions of the first set of borehole images. The system can then execute the trained machine-learning model in relation to an input borehole image to receive a corrected borehole image as output from the trained machine-learning model. The corrected borehole image can be a visually corrected version of the input borehole image. The system may then perform one or more operations based on the corrected borehole image, such as generating a graphical user interface that includes the corrected borehole image for display on a display device.
US11898431B2
Disclosed herein are methods for treating hydrocarbon-bearing formations previously subjected to hydraulic fracturing, in which at least some of the methods include pumping into a wellbore a treatment composition comprising LPG combined with one or more surfactants each of which is fully or partially dissolved into the LPG, causing the treatment composition to make contact with water residing in the formation such that at least a portion of the one or more surfactants dissolves into the water, and recovering a composition that includes residual hydrocarbons and at least some of the LPG and water that resided in the formation and at least some of the one or more surfactants that were pumped into the wellbore.
US11898429B2
Systems and methods to pump fracturing fluid into a wellhead may include a gas turbine engine including a compressor turbine shaft connected to a compressor, and a power turbine output shaft connected to a power turbine. The compressor turbine shaft and the power turbine output shaft may be rotatable at different rotational speeds. The systems may also include a transmission including a transmission input shaft connected to the power turbine output shaft and a transmission output shaft connected to a hydraulic fracturing pump. The systems may also include a fracturing unit controller configured to control one or more of the rotational speeds of the compressor turbine shaft, the power turbine output shaft, or the transmission output shaft based at least in part on target signals and fluid flow signals indicative of one or more of pressure or flow rate associated with fracturing fluid pumped into the wellhead.
US11898424B2
A non-explosive punch system for making perforations in a casing includes a housing and one or more punch elements configured to extend through a wall of the housing to perforate a casing of the well. An actuating device is located within the housing and may comprise a piston and an actuator block configured to actuate the one or more punch elements. An energy supply device is also located within the housing and may comprise a valve to direct fluid flow and a piston configured to use a pressure of a well fluid present in the casing, to actuate the actuating device. No explosive material is present in the punch system.
US11898418B2
A system is provided for use with an electrical submersible pump (ESP). The system includes an ESP mounted on a tubing and a magnetic field source positioned above the ESP. The magnetic field source generates a magnetic field configured to suspend iron-containing particles above a discharge of the ESP. The magnetic field prevents an accumulation of the iron-containing particles onto components of the ESP during a powered-off state of the ESP.
US11898410B2
A method may include determining a stuck pipe event in a well operation for a well. The method may further include obtaining well data regarding the well operation and stuck pipe data regarding the stuck pipe event. The method may further include determining, using the well data and the stuck pipe data, a diagnostic action for the stuck pipe event. The method may further include transmitting a command to a stuck pipe adapter to perform the diagnostic action. The stuck pipe adapter may be a substitute adapter for a drill string or a work string in the well. The method may further include obtaining diagnostic data regarding the stuck pipe event in response to the stuck pipe adapter performing the diagnostic action. The method may further include determining a predicted location in the well of the stuck pipe event based on the diagnostic data and a machine-learning algorithm.
US11898401B2
In one aspect, a covering for an architectural structure may include a shade panel and a bottom rail assembly coupled to the shade panel. The bottom rail assembly may include a rail housing and a roller extending within the rail housing, with the shade panel being looped around the roller such that the bottom rail assembly is vertically supported by the shade panel as the panel is moved between extended and retracted positions. In addition, the relative positioning of the roller within the rail housing may be adjusted, as desired, between the top and bottom ends of the bottom rail housing.
US11898389B2
A tilt-up door having vertical side members each having a pivot point, the pivot points move upward or downward when an actuator is activated to move the door between open and closed positions. First and second cams connected to the vertical side members at a lower end of the cams, each of said cams extend from the lower end thereof upwardly and arcuately toward an interior of a building to a distal terminal end thereof, each of the ends contacts a cam follower. The cam followers slide along the first and second cams and guide the first and second cams and the door as the door moves between the open and closed positions.
US11898386B1
A door stopping system comprises a mounting member, a supporting member, a leg member, a spring member, a sleeve member, a first pin member and a second pin member. The mounting member is pivotally connected with the supporting member via the first pin member, the leg member is pivotally connected with the supporting member via the second pin member, the mounting member and the leg member are oppositely located to each other along the supporting member, the spring member is biased in between the supporting member and the leg member, and the sleeve member is slidably sleeved on the supporting member. The mounting member is configured to be removably attached to a door. The leg member is configured to contact a ground.
US11898383B2
A hood lock device has a base plate having a striker groove, a primary latch configured to fasten a hood in a totally closed state, and a secondary latch, the secondary latch has a latch main body of steel and a handle of resin, and the latch main body has a forcing meshing portion configured to come into engagement with a striker passing across a half opening position and moving to a totally closing position and to be pressed in a latching direction opposite to an unlatching direction by the striker in a case that a hook portion configured to lock the striker recedes from the striker groove and a mounting portion provided adjacent to the forcing meshing portion and on which the handle is mounted.
US11898373B2
A motorized latch retraction system for transitioning a latch of an exit device from a latched position to an unlatched position is provided. The motorized latch retraction system includes a lock indicator indicating the latched or unlatched position of the latch and a floating motor.
US11898365B2
The invention relates to a clamping retainer (1) for fastening a pole, the clamping retainer (1) comprising at least two similarly shaped half shells (2) respectively having a straight side (4) and a clamping side (5) in an axial direction (A), wherein at least four or eight bores (3.1 to 3.8) running in an axial direction (A) are provided, uniformly distributed over a compass of the half shell (2), wherein a respective straight first clamping face (6) having a first width is arranged on two sides of the half shell (2) lying opposite each other in a radial direction, wherein, starting from the straight first clamping face (6), a length of the half shell (2) in the axial direction (A) increases in multiple steps (7) resulting in further straight clamping faces (8, 9, 10) with an increasing width, wherein a respective first round clamping face (11) having a shape comprising a radius or a shape of a parabola or hyperbola around its apex is arranged on two sides of the half shell (2) lying opposite each other in a radial direction and offset by 90° relative to the two sides with the straight clamping faces (6, 8, 9, 10).
US11898361B2
A device for raising a temporary wall to enclose an area includes a main body, a drive wheel attached centrally to the main body, a motor mounted on the main body and configured to drive the drive wheel, and a hook portion attached each end of the main body. Each hook portion has an arm member extending from the main body, a wheel support member extending from the arm member, the wheel support member extending substantially parallel to the main body, a wheel attached to the wheel support member on a surface facing the main body, and a depth adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a depth of the device by adjusting a length of the arm member. The device also includes a width adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a width of a gap between the wheel support members and a loop member attached to the main body.
US11898360B2
A flooring installation assembly for pressing a warped floorboard into position for installation includes a mounting plate that is mounted to a floor joist during installation of floorboards onto the floor joist. A pair of rods slidably extends through the mounting plate. Each of the rods extends through a pressure plate such that the pressure plate is spaced from the mounting plate. A push plate is coupled to each of the rods. A nut is coupled to the mounting plate, and a bolt is threaded into the nut to abut the pressure plate. The bolt urges the pressure plate away from the second section of the mounting plate when the bolt is rotated in a first direction such that the push plate compresses the floorboard into position for installation.
US11898358B2
A binding machine includes a wire feeder, a curl forming part, a cutter, and a binding part configured to twist the wire wound on the object and cut by the cutter. The binding part includes a wire locking body to which the wire is locked; a rotating shaft configured to operate the wire locking body; and a wire holding part including a first member and a second member. The wire holding part is configured to bend the wire wound on the object in an axial direction of the rotating shaft by the relative movement of the first member and the second member approaching each other, and to hold the wire. The cutter is provided in a wire feeding path between the wire feeder and the wire holding part, and is configured to cut the wire after the wire is held by the wire holding part.
US11898357B2
A fastener unit and related method for securing a board to a support is provided. The fastener unit includes a spacer block, a grip element extending from the spacer block and configured to fit in and engage a groove of the board, and one or more board engagement elements. The board engagement elements can engage the groove of the board, thereby securing the spacer block in a position adjacent the groove to establish a gap between the board and another board. Related methods of use also are provided.
US11898353B2
A self-supporting gutter guard device is described having a bridge member composed of a decking material having a plurality of orifices, and having a roof side and an opposing gutter lip side, at least one groove disposed in the decking material altering a profile of the deck material to outline a 3-dimensional geometry that spans the bridge member from a proximal end of the bridge member's roof side to a proximal end of the bridge member's gutter lip side, a roof attachment member configured to attach to the roof side of the bridge member, and a gutter attachment member configured to attach to the gutter lip side of the bridge member, wherein the 3-dimensional geometry of the at least one groove enables the device to be self-supporting.
US11898339B2
Toilets and accessories associated with toilets are provided. According to various implementations, an exemplary toilet includes a base configured to be fastened to a floor and a pair of bracket panels, which are connected to the base and extend upward from the floor in a vertical direction. The exemplary toilet also includes a tank housing confined between the pair of bracket panels. The tank housing has an adjustable height above the base such that the tank housing can move in the vertical direction between a raised position and a lowered position. The exemplary toilet also includes a bowl attached to the tank housing, wherein the bowl is configured to support the weight of a user.
US11898336B2
A drainage control device includes a main body, an upper cover, a lower cover, a pressure relief cover, a membrane, and a return member. The main body has a water filling trough, a drainage trough, and a water passage trough. A drainage chamber having a drainage port is defined between the upper cover and the drainage trough. A water filling chamber has a water filling port is defined between the lower cover and the water filling trough. The pressure relief cover and the main body hold a periphery of the membrane. A water passage chamber is defined between the membrane and the water passage trough. A back-pressure chamber having a drain port is defined between the membrane and the pressure relief cover. The membrane is configured to open or close a junction of the water passage chamber and the drainage chamber. The membrane is returned by the return member.
US11898327B2
A hydraulic system for a working machine includes a hydraulic pump to output a hydraulic fluid, an operation device operable to supply a pilot fluid in accordance with an amount by which the operation device is operated, a hydraulic actuator to be operated by the hydraulic fluid, a pilot fluid passage connected to the operation device, a first control valve connected to the pilot fluid passage and to be operated by the pilot fluid to control a flow of the hydraulic fluid, a second control valve to be operated by the pilot fluid to control a flow of the hydraulic fluid, a proportional valve to change a pressure of the pilot fluid to operate the second control valve, a pressure detector provided in the pilot fluid passage to detect a pressure in the pilot fluid passage, and a controller to control the proportional valve based on the pressure.
US11898324B1
Systems and techniques are described for an adaptive control system of powered earth-moving construction and/or mining vehicles. In some situations, the systems/techniques may receive signals from various controls of the powered earth-moving construction and/or mining vehicles that provide signals at various high-level voltages and low-level voltages and provide commands to the various controls by modifying command signals to various high-level voltages and low-level voltages. The systems/techniques may employ various modular input/output daughtercards to modify the various signals and commands.
US11898323B2
A control system to control a work machine and a traveling vehicle traveling with the work machine, includes a first communication device and a second communication device each of which controls operation of the traveling vehicle and at least one of which includes an authenticator to authenticate the work machine by communicating with a third communication device to control operation of the work machine, and a notifier to notify the other one of the first communication device and the second communication device that the authenticator succeeded in authentication, the first communication device and the second communication device each being prohibited, unless the authenticator succeeds in authentication, from at least controlling operation of the traveling vehicle in accordance with information sent from the third communication device.
US11898321B2
Systems and methods for adjusting a height of an implement mounted on a body of a vehicle as the vehicle travels over a terrain are provided. Sensor data is received from a set of sensors disposed on the vehicle. A trajectory associated with the vehicle is determined based on the received sensor data. A profile of the terrain is estimated based on the determined trajectory associated with the vehicle. A ditch is detected in the terrain and compensation values for adjusting the height of the implement are determined based on the estimated profile of the terrain to compensate for the detected ditch. One or more control signals are transmitted to one or more actuators for adjusting the height of the implement based on the determined compensation values.
US11898312B2
A device is for lubricating a railway switch, the device being remotely controllable and configured for moving on a railway track. The device has a container for lubricant and at least one nozzle configured for lubricating the railway switch with the lubricant. A system includes the device and a controller for remotely controlling said device. A method is for lubricating a railway switch, wherein the method includes the steps of remotely directing the device to the railway switch, remotely instructing the device to lubricate the railway switch, and remotely directing the device away from the railway switch to avoid hindering train traffic through the switch.
US11898306B2
The present application relates to a sizing agent composition, a carbon fiber material and a composite material. The sizing agent composition comprises specific compositions, thereby producing a sizing agent having emulsion droplets with specific diameter. The sizing agent has excellent emulsion stability, and it can efficiently improve hygroscopicity and dimensional stability of the carbon fiber material. Besides, the sizing agent can improve bonding properties between the carbon fiber material and resin matrix, therefore enhancing properties of the composite material.
US11898304B2
The present invention teaches an antimony free brominated flame retardant composition, comprising a brominated flame retardant, an organic phosphorus-containing flame retardant which is an organic phosphate that is either an amorphous solid or a liquid, and a flame retardant which is a source of nitrogen and inorganic phosphorus, this source being amorphous compound. The invention further teaches textile coating formulations comprising these compositions, a process for applying them on textile fabrics, and the flame retarded fabrics coated by these compositions and formulations.
